The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-07-22

The Rio Grande G Eagle Pass railroad
paid its quarterly passenger tax yester.
day.
The comptroller yesterday paid in $42,-
1872, nearly all of it going to the credit of
general revenue.
Mr.. Harrison, of the comptrollers office,
has made the following estimate of re-
ceipts of available school fund during the
year ending August 81, 1887:
S63S 600 values % l9h cents..""...S 1870
Education poll tax .... ................ 1850 0
ne-fOurth occupation tax .......... 100000
Ints't on permanent fund county bonds. 125 600
Interest on permanent fund state bonds 1900
lnts't on permit fund (railrOad bonds).. 5000
Interest on land notes ........ e. 80. 100000
Interest on land sales and leases 80. o.. $780, 90
Total. ...............,....,... $50. S2,j7l $50
Less losses for insOvent sales to the state
for taxes due, cost of assessing and col.
lectlng 8 2lOOO)
Net available fund for the year .... S2,33l $50
The Sabine q East Texas Railroad com
pany paid $905 passenger tax yesterday.
The collectors of Cherokee and Orange
counties settled yesterday.
Comptroller Swain yesterday deposited
$4,000 to the credit of the school fund,
and $4,000 to general revenue.
The collectors of Frio, Lamar and
Kaufman counties settled III full with the
state
Col. Swain is out of town, for brief
season, and Mr.. John ID. Mccall is run
ming the department.
The assessors of the following counties
have sent in their assessment rolls for the
year 1886;
Franklin, Camp Scurry, DmmiUt and
Brown. The rolls have not been exam
ined, and comparison of values with
last year cannot be made.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
Adjutant-General King was seen YES.
terday by Il STATESMAN reporter relative
TO the commotion in military circles over
the Galveston military encampment and
interstate drill. From him il was learned
that some days before the Lampasas
drill, ana during the adiutant.general's
absence, letter was received by Governor
ireland from the Galveston committee, re-
questing that a state officer be detailed to
take command at Galveston. This letter
was referred to Adjutant- General King
but his absence in north Texas, and his
subsequent visit to the Lampasas en-
'clmpment, prevented him from giving it
prompt answer. Indeed, il was not
until his return from the state drill that
his attention was called to the letter.
There being no appropriation to pay an
officer, and he having no authority to order
ono to proceed to Galveston to take com
mHnd, II was necessary to ascertain what
efficient and competent state officer willing
to pay his own expenses would consent to
go. OF course, this caused further delay,
and the impatient Galveston committee
flew off at Il tangent and requested Gen
eral Stanley, at San Antonio, to appoint a
regular army officer, which he kindly con
scented to do.
1t is evident the committee acted hastily,
and they are going to severely feel the
effects of their action.
General King will notify the state troops
that at Galveston, should they attend, they
will be under the command, and will have
TO obey the orders, of regular army
officer. From letters received at the ad-
iutant-generals office, il is probable that
few com panies of state troops will show
up at Galveston, as the boys, who are bent
on having some pleasure fear the training
and discipline of n regular army officer
will interfere with that freedom absolutely
essential to having jolly old time.
ArToRNEY-GENERAL' s OFFICE.
Mr.. Edmonson, chief clerk in the attor-
neygenerals Office, yesterday received in
telligence that Judge Willis, of Donley
county, has decided the injunction suit
against Charles Goodnight the Panhandle
cattle king, in Goodnights favor. The
grounds of the decision ere not known
here, but it is supposed the injunction is
dissolved, on the plea nonjoinder of
parties filed in abatement.
Tho attorney general yesterday sent the
following letter to Comptroller Swain,
which explains itself
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
AUSTIN, July IT, 1886.
Hon. W. j. Swain, Comptroller.
DEAR SIR-Calling your attention to act
,, code of criminal procedure, as amended
by chapter Ga, Laws of 1881, beg leave
to notify you that the district clerks of
the counties named in the exhibit hereto
attached are in default in making reports
TO the Office. 1 therefore desire to request
that unless you receive notice from this
Office that these reports are on file, you
audit no more claims in favor of the
clerks of any of the counties above refer
red to.
have the honor to be, very respect
fully, JOHN d. TEMPLEroN,
Attorney General.
The counties referred to as being in de-
fault are:
Angelina, Arandas, Archer, Bell, Blanco,
Bosque, Caldwell, Callahan, Chambers,
Clay, Collin, Colorado, Concho, Coryell,