The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-02
AFFAIRS AT AUSTIN.
The state claims Ready and All Aud
ited-BIds for Lands-Another Tar
Circular - Convention OF Colored
Teachers-Local Notes.

The State Claims Ready and All Aud
| ited-BIds for Lands-Another Tar
| Circular Convention OF Colored
Teaohers-Local Notes.
AUsIIY, July l.-ISpecial. .l-Char-
tered: Evangelical Lutheran Emanu'
FL Church, Greenyllle, Washington
| County.
San Marcos Sunday School Assem-
bly, and Summer Institute.
The State Auditing Board completed
its lsbors to-day, and the total amount
Of expenses Tor frontier defense, from
October 20, 1865, 70 juno y, lss2, foots
up $l,Si5,7cJ. This amount VIII bg
considerably reduced in bringing II
down to the same rate as was paid by
the United States for the same sew
| ices during tho Same years. The gov
ernor will sign the vouchers to-mcr-
row and Colonel Pope will start 20
| Washington in few days.
| TIE land board received bids to-day
to lease ever 50O,0C) acres of land in
the Howard -Donley land district. at q
cents. Many OF these are tho old
cent bids.
Scholastic cersus: Dewitt County,
2,Gs6; Llaro, 2,05l; Goliad, l,l59; Nc
Lehman, 5,4S9; city OF Waco, 2.lli;
| Weather.ord, 5i0.
Tho comptroller has notified Tax
collectors that occupation tax receipts
for use during the year beginning July
| /, 1885, have beon forwarded and arcer
no circumstances will collectors
changer tho values of any rece,p pis.
The occupation tax receipts have been
chsrged to collectors at their printed
value and mrst be accounted for az
the end OF The year. Should the supply OF
| any SCI les sent not be sufficient collec.
tors will make requisition on the
comptroll er's Office for ouch as they
peed, giving the numbers of each SO;
ries desired. Tax collectors Will
| troilei's office for credit on their ac-
counts Of 81 of the occupation tax re-
csip;s sent them prior to June 80, 1885,
thGt they have on hand unused 9t the
close Ct business on tie 9th cf June,
| and they are instructed not to use any
! re ceirts from the old book after July
| 1855. An ACT TO authorize the traps-
iei of occuDaton licenses is
| now IN force sDd according
to its terms occur lton tax
receipts can be transferred once and
collectors are urged to see that the
provisions of said act was complied
with.
4 convention of colcred teachers ct
| the State convened to-day with 20
10 ole sud pino female delegates pres-
ent. Professor +. Ii. Malesor ofGal-
weston, was elected president; A. j.
Moore, Waco, secretary. County
Judge Fillmore was present aud de-
livered short but timely address. lis
there q new Educs.ion?" culinary
Instruction and "The Necessity OF
Industrial Schools" wero ques'
tons taken up and full
~ and intelligently discussed
Committees on organization and COT
| stitution were appointed. Ad.journes
| till tonight at the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, where Colonel A. P.
Woodbridge and others addressed the
teachers. The convention Is an intel
ligent body and will be in session sev.
oral days and its work will undoubt-
edly b3 beneficial to all concerned.
DR.. John Smoot, brother CT Rev.
Il. *. Smoot, died this afternoon. His
| remains will be forwarded to Fulton,
Kentucky, his homo.
The Western Union ofice here has
| reduced tolls to eastern cities about
3SH per cent. The new rate went into
effect to-dav.
Senator shannon is in the city on
business,