The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

The sum of $4,000 was deposited yes
terday with the treasurer to the credit of
the permanent school fund, and $4,000 to
gsneral revenue.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Some half dozen applications for land
by actual settlers were filed with the secre-
tary of the board yesterday.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
Messrs. r. S. Mann, Jos. Nugent, d.
VanWert, j. 7. Nichols and A. B. Byles, of
Mansfield, Tarrant county, as incorpora-
tors of the the 'Mansfeld Mills Com
pany," fled their charter yesterday. Their
capital stock is $4,000.
Also the "Lampasas Improvement Com
pany," of Lampasas. Its incorporators
are Walter Acker, l.. S. Darrow, j. G. Rus
SELL j. G. Matthews, F. R. Malone, George
R. Taylor, G. N. Witcher and Henry Exall,
and its capital stock is $4,000.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
The governor has authority to appoint
as delegates to the Farmers convention,
to assemble at st. Paul, Mimi, August 2,
1886, four from the state at large and two
additional from each congressional dis
trict Under this authorization, the fol
lowing appointments have been made:
From the state at larger. j. Sledge, of
Kyle; and W. w. Kendall, of Denton leav-
ing two vacancies to be filled. From the
Seventh congressional districts. B.
Brelsford of Bee county. From the
Eighth-D. McNaughton, of Hays county.
From the NINTH. N. Cross, of McLen-
nan county. 1t will be seen that there are
twenty-one appointments yet to be made,
two from the state at large, and nineteen
from the congressional districts.
Inquiry at the offices of the adiutant-
general and state superintendent of in
struction failed to elicit anything of mo-
ment.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Several applications to lease university
lands we're received by the board yester-
day, among which were the following:
Gen. S. A. Griffin, to lease thirty sections;
the Independent Cattle company, of St.
Louis, to, lease seventy-two sections.
Awards will be made by the board on
Tuesday next, May 4.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Brazoria is the only county which has,
up to this time, sent in its scholastic cen
sus, which is as follows: Total number of
white male children within the scholastic
age, 1863; total number of white female
children. 319; total number of colored
male children, 1,410 total number of
colored female children, 1,1S3; total num-
Der of white and colored children, 1921;
total number last year, 2,570 increase
over last year, I'll. Of the children in
the county within the scholastic age, 81
white and 1911 colored are unable to
read.
There was lull in business in the other
departments yesterday.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The Sierra Carmen Mining company,
of San Antonio, filed it's charter, yester-
day, with the following incorporators: E.
o. G. Ord, L. d. Dibble, of San Antonio
j. N. Browning, of Mobeetie; Jas. F. Ord
of Laredo, and Geronimo Trevino, of
. Monterey, Mexico; capital stock, $780,
600.
Also, the Texas State Fair, of Dallas;
incorporators-W. H. Lemon, A. B.
Taber, j. G. Hill, w. L. Wright, W. M.
Rogers, G. G. Cole, F. P. Holland, W. NJ
Robinson and G. A. Heating.
ooMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
Comptroller Swain received from the
Houston & Texas Central railway COM
pany yesterday, $6,50652 interest and
sinking fund on the school loan.