The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-16
CAPITAL CITY CULLINGS.
Mr.. Triple is TAKEN IN TOW.
He Is Accused of Fraudulent Land
Transaction Educational Mat
tiers of Intermediates for
Murder-Other News

AUSTIN, July 10. Special 1.-The
sensation alluded to In THE HERALD
special of Tuesday developed to-day
and the arrest of John f. Trippe,
prominent young married man, fol-
lowed, on a charge of forgery, made by
II. B. Chapman, a Chicago drummer
Chapman has been a warm friend of
I'rippe, and from time to time during
the past five or six months has Iur-
nished him an aggregate of 5000, to
DO invested In Texas lands; Trippe
having set up in the land business
about year ago in Austin. A deed
for $50 acres of land purporting to be
in Tom Green County and to have
been purchased by one Will
liam Castles for tho sum Of $l,S06,
was forwarded to Chapman. A few
days ago Chapman happened TO strike
Austin on his rounds, and concluded
to see about this particular deed, which
purported to have been acknowledged
| before an Austin notary. He could
find no such notary, and an investiga-
ton disclosed that the whole thing
was base forgery. 1t was also ascer-
tanned that the balance of the $1,000
had been used, but the complaint
sworn out to-day cites only the dsed
mentioned above. Tripps waived OK
animation, and IN default of $4,000
bond, was remanded to Jail. He Ia from
the State of New York, has resided in
Austin about two years, where he has
college classmates and whore he has
heretofore stood high.
| NORMAL SCHOOL STUDENTS.
| Tho RporI pf TTlnnot Iayy
pended the rules requiring students
who enter Sam Houston Normal
School to DO is years old, and APP
pointed Miss Bette McUullock and
Miss Anna j. BrshGm a. students TO
the school with ono other 10 be sp-
pointed. The board says:
"The above is not 20 establish pre-
Cedent, but that each case will bo de-
cidsd on It's merits"
THE FREE SCHOOL FUND.
Tho amount Of money TO no appro-
priated 10 the tree schools this
year, az furnished By the
Comptroller. is not S2,30G,OOO,
or about 800 per cGpita. This may be
increased by future sale or lease of
lands.
CASH BALANCE ITEM.
The Comptroller deposited in the
trea suryto-day 5000.
STILL INCREASING,
The Coleman County assessment
rolls, received to-day, show an in
crease OF values of $ll3,000 Last year
the increase was 100000.
AN INSURANCE MATTER ADJUSTED.
The Austin Board of Underwriters
have been at loggerheads with the
State Board for some time in regard to
the manner of writing up policies, but
everything was fixed up satisfactorily
to-day, the State Board having several
Dallas representatives present.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Lee Lenerton was arrested yoster-
day, charged with being an
accomplish in the murder
of DR.. Stovsl last winter,
and the proof against him is said to be
strong, The complaint against him
was sworn out by Tom Pearson, who
went TO the penitentiary yesterday on
tho same charge.
DIDN'T COME TO DALLAS,
Tho publication Office Of the Texas
Law Review has been moved TO this
place from Galveston and will be issued
hereafter from here.
COLONEL TAYLOE'- RETURN.
Colonel Taylor, the capitol contrac.
tor, reached the city Tonight, and the
capitol complication viii he cnsid
cred tomorrow