The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-01
FROM AUSTIN.
BIG ASSESSMENT INCREASE.
More Railroad Rsports-Rids to Loase
ana Purchase RESOLUTIONS OF Res
pect -Csrswel and tho Mule.
New Postmaster Takos
Charge Other Notes.

AUSTIN, O,t. 81 [Special.l The
Austin & Northwestern railroad 70.
port shows: Total recsipts, SI5s, sl4;
expenses, $4,000. The road has no
debt.
Tho governor to-day issued procls.
nation revoSiug all proclamstions Of
fering rewards made at auy time prior
TO January l, 1885.
Tho "Sause" road paid In s7o7 pss
songer tax. The Austin & Northwest
ern paid sac. Reports are still duo
from the "Sunset" and tho Texae &
81. Louis rosds.
Bids to lease aud purchase continue
to como, but mono have bsen received
from Wheeler, Oldham and Dopley
land districsa. These are largo lease
districts.
Nearly ell tho assessment report 6
arc In. The State values will show nj
ioest $lo, 900 600 increase.
Comp roller Swain has succeeded In
making such oiose collections OF tsxos
IN he unorgsnlxed counties that iv is
llkeiy To do away with the annual adj
vorsisement and sale OF property in
those counties for non payment of
taxes. The collections OF taxes genor-
ally throughout the State navo bean
very close, Notwithstanding the hard
| imes.
Senator Pieffsr and Professor Nc.
Glunis, OF the Agricultural and Me-
cnsnical college, are in the city sot-
| MlnS no thoir accounts with the STATE,
Tue college III moro Prosperous than
usual, VITA tho attendance increaain
Tho bar to-day held Meeting and
adopted appropriate resolutions or re-
spect 10 the memory OF Judge g. y,
West. Ga motion tho following GEN
tlenen were appointed to present tho
same 10 tho several courts: District
court, Judge Tom II. Sneod, ID. G.,
W1oten, Hon. II. II. Moore; aipromp
court, ex-uhtoI Justice A, NJ. Roberts,,
judge A. w. Terrell, Hon John Han.
cook; court of appsale, Hon. w, M
walton, Judge A. M. Jackson, General
N. q. Shelley.
Postmaster Johnson took poseession
OF tho Office this afternoon. Too folio N.
ing are tho only olu,mopts yet
made: j. Walker, assistant; George
.. Proctor, money order clerk; j, II
II 'tchkess, mailing clerk; Miss n. N,
Anderson, paper clork.
Colonel Cardwell returned from
Wuartsn to-day, where no has bees.
settling mp his plantation affairs, He
mas been on a mules paok d ,ilv far
weeks, preparing himself for the IN ey
ltsble donkey ride Ia Cairo. Hs viii
not don the baggy pauts and turbsn
until sfber reaching his pos of duty.
ber 70. '''"
Andrew williams, colorcd, In the
itstrict court to-day, pleaded puiity
70 an attempted rape, and WAS sapt !, !,
Tor life, Tho cunvicts reached Burns,
safely, and will be put to work Mon.
uAy. All arrangements have bseu
made, aud the new capital will h.
pushed to completion ss rapidiv n.
native work will permit.
The comptroller today notified tina
attorncy-aenersl OF ths dersnls OF Tar
rant county to pay aome 80 600 In tsress.
past uue, on money buir wed from
tue echoo, tund. Ths auorn sv.ren.
sra, viii take steps t. Collect the es,ne.
Tbs following csttlemen Will 40 from
Louiss ~
Frank Ms dox, of tho "Bte -four,
Dos. Day, Il. Mem II, J. l.. Drioklil.
r.bs Drtrkii, Bld Driskili, Ire Psi ger,
" :. Osr"sberrs Tim OIsperts. george
W lAttls asid aud John Blocker.
Ell tystlrs Of San Antonios Will head