The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-20

word, "DratOry.' On the reverse side i
this inscriptions:
PRESENTED By
STATE SUPERINTENDENT,
b. NJ. BAKER.
1t was forwarded by express to the com
mittee of award yesterday.
Parties wrote to the department of edu
cation to make appointments to attend
the Sam Houston Normal institute. Fol-
their information the superintendent OF
public instruction states that state sena.
tors and representatives. make one ap,
pointment eacn, and the board of educa-
ton appoints only four from the state at
large.
LAND BOARD.
The secretary of the land board is re-
ceiving applications to purchase lands
from actual settlers by almost every mail.
About ten were received yesterday, most
of them being for the purchase of lands
| in LipscOmb and Ochiltree counties.
An interesting question is pending be-
fore the board. 1t is this: Can the rule
requiring three years residence on the
land be suspended in its operation by a
payment of the entire amount in advance,
with three years interest added. The APP
plicants who raise the question are Kan
sas people, who design becoming settlers
in this state.
Only five applications for lands were
sent to the board yesterday, aud they were
scattered over as many different counties.
The application from parties in Kansas,
for town sites, etc, has not yet been acted
upon, on account of the absence of Com
missioner Walsh, a member of the board.
So far as items of news are concerned,
the temporary capitol yesterday, was a
desert without an oasis. Mr.. Routine was
theonly busy man to be seen, and he was
too busily immersed in tiles of papers to
cast so much as crumb in the way of the
hungry quid nunc. 1t was a dead level of
barrenness. from the castle on the hill to
the second floor of the capitol. Governor
Lubbock, Secretary Baines, Comptroller
Swain, Superintendent Baker, Adjutant-
General King and Secretary Lawrence, of
the land board, were each and all in the
best of humor and communicative enough,
if they had only known something to
communicate, but there was the rub.
Five applications for purchase were re-
ceived from actual settlers yesterday, for
land in the counties of Callahan and
Fisher.
Delinquent lesseeS, who owe payments
which fell due April Is, we're notified, yes
terday that unless they responded prompt
ly suits would be at once instituted by the
Encouragement at Austin, to recover
amounts due.
At the meeting of the land board yes
terday, Thomas g. Thompson, of Wichita
Falls, was appointed to succeed Dennis
Corwin as state surveyor to accompany
the railroad surveying party who are to
establish the lines between the state and
railroad sections. The state surveyor is
charged with the further duty of classify
ing the lards. The salary of the position
is 5000 per month. The lands to be sur
veyed are scattered from Fisher county
to the north line of the Panhandle.
The application of the Kansas parties
to pay in advance, with three years in
terest added, for lands for county sites,
etc, was rejected.
The following is the application re-
ferred to i'll yesterdays issue as raising
knotty question for the land boards
decision:
AUSTIN, Texas, May Is, 1886.
Hon. W, c. Walsh, Commissioner of the General
Land Office
DEAR SIR-In the interest of the set
tiers of the Panhandle country of Texas,
that we may establish towns and villages, !
postoflices, etc, we ask of you to consider |
the matter of selling us sections of school
land, receiving payment in full, with in
terest, and issuing patents therefor; said
lands to be used for townsite purposes,
only. We would further represent that |
the railroad companies owning land in
these counties are not favorable to the es-
tablishing of these towns, and hold their |
lands at high figure, that they may dis
courage settlement. Believing that you
can help us in this matter we appeal to
you, and desire an early answer, if con-
venient. Yours respectfully,
T. II. STEVENS.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
Eight applications from actual settlers,
desiring to purchase, were filed with the |
secretary of the land board yesterday. |
They were for lands lying in seven differ |
ent counties, scattered from Tom Green |
to Greer.
Commissioner Walsh: Dry as a pow
der magazine, but, see here, when | catch |
newspaper man telling the truth l feel |
inclined to compliment him, SO you can |
just consider yourself complimented."
Reporter: II am like minded Captain |
Walsh, with regard to officers of the land |
department, but | am seriously appre.
hensive that the compliment will rust
away before an opportunity is afforded
for its USE
DEPARTMENT OF STAIR.
The Longview Printing company, capt.
tai stock $4,000, filed its charter in the !
office of the secretary of state Yesterday. |
with the following incorporators: G. 4. |
Harrison, Sam Cundiff, j. H. Crutcher. |
Dock Pegues, c. W. Lawrence and A. S. |
Taylor.
The Universal lodge, of Victoria, filed !
its charter of incorporation in the Office |
of the secretary of state yesterday. The
objects of the association are benevo- |
lence and mutual protection. Its member
ship is of the colored race.
The Labor Aid association, colored |
organization of Galveston. filed its char
ter of incorporation with the secretary of
state yesterday.
The BRENNAN and Brazos Valley rail
way company filed its charter in the office
Of the secretary of state, Yesterday, with