The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-09

Of the 4S,5O8 acrs IN Gray county
nearlv all belong to the FRANKLIN Land
ard Cattle company, and IT Is uAuerstoou
the mpany will contest the forfeiture.
Only one application to purchase land
was received yesterday. Hundreds OF sec
tions of land and possibly thousands are
being forfeited for failure to pay interest
and the following resolution OF the lana
board upon the subject will be of interest
as the legislature will undoubtedly have 10
take action upon the matter.
The board duly considered and adopted
the following resolution, being No. %, to
wit:
Resolved, That all common school, uni
versity and asylum lands, sold under the
provisions of the act approved April IL
1883, which may become forfeited Tor
failure to pay the interest due by the trst
day of August, and which lands are &C
tually oc upied as homesteads by the pur-
chasers or their vendees, are hereby de-
clared to be segregated from the mass OF
educational lands, and the same shall not
be subject to re entry or purchase, while
so occupied as homesteads, until the legis-
lature or the courts of the county shall
otherwise order.
Resolved further, That as the improve
ments on all forfeited lands become the
property of the fund 10 which the land be-
longs, the actual occupant of such land
is hereby charged with the duty of pre-
serving such property from destruction
or removal.
STATE HOUSE ECHOES.
Mr.. Robinson, chief clerk of the land
office, has gone to Houston to be absent
several days.
Owing to a lack of quorum the land
board did not meet yesterday.
The comptroller has received all the
railroad reports.
1t is generally understood that Mr.. Bob
Shelley will be chief clerk and Hon. U. N.
Hollingsworth, receiver at the land office.
There will be several changes in the
clerical force at the land Office.
Judge A. j. Carroll, of Denton county,
is in town and called on the comptroller to
see how the collector of Denton
county, who has skipped, stood with the
state. He is short about $1,000. The
collector of Wise county is behind about
$4,000, and he too mas took" to the
woods.
Everything was quiet in the attorney
generals Office yesterday.
The legislature will have to work TO get
through in ninety days.
Gen. King will have his report ready for
the printer in few days.
The Gulf, Colorado x Santa Fe has pro-
vided for building road to Austin.
Business was dull in the treasury de-
partment Yesterday.
General Bees report will not be ready
for the legislature for some time as he
has to await reports from the insurance
companies doing business in the state.
The attorney-general's report is being
delayed because of the hardness of dis
trict clerks in sending up their reports.
The appointment of Major George w.
Breckenridge as university regent was
made on the 9th of November, but was
not announced until yesterday. His ap-
pointment gives eminent satisfaction, and
it is hoped he will accept.
Hon. E. T. Moore is evidently being
pushed forward for speaker of the house
He would make a most excellent presid-
ing officer. Mr.. Pendleton, of Bell, and
Mr.. Browning of Mobeetie are also men
toned for the position.
Governor Ireland and party will return
home Saturday.
Mr.. Pete Walton, during the absence of
Mr.. Baines, makes a courteous and most
efficient secretary of state.
Mr. Workman, the next state treasurer,
holds on to the $4,000 bills in the treas
ury. They are his nest-eggs, as it were.
The state department received heavy
mail yesterday, and the clerks were very
busy,
The governor and party are still off on
a hunt. Thursday night they sent in two
fat deer and dozen large wild turkeys.
The party IS expected home tomorrow
night.
Six of the clerks in the comptroller's
office have been notified that their term
of service will cease on January 1st.
Gen. King is expected home to-day.
1t is understood that the new attorney
general will retain Mr.. Oliver. He is an
expert stenographer, and efficient clerk
and most excellent gentleman, and no
better man could possibly be fonnd to
fill the position.
Treasurer Lubbock will have all the
cash on hand necessary to run the legisla-
ture three months.
1t was dull up about the land board yes
terday.
Land Commissioner Walsh is hard at
work on his report.
Col. Darden is having the capitol put in
frst-class condition for the meeting of
the legislature.
Mr.. p. S. Spiller, courteous and eff
cient clerk in the comptroller's Office, is
among those who will hold over.
Gen. Hardemans friends are going to
urge. his claims for the position of post
master of the house of representatives.
Joe Costa, who foots up the values of
the state in the comptrollers office, and
who is an expert at figures and an excel
lent penman, is one of the jolly fellows
who will hold over under Hon. John D.
Mccall.
Mr.. Rice, of Marlin, Texas, is talked of
for the position of assistant attorney gen
eral. Hon. B. M. Baker is also promi-
nently mentioned for the same position.
Mr.. R. W. Finley, formerly deposit war
rant clerk, has been promoted to receiv-
ing clerk in the comptroller's Office, and
Mr.. Walter Swain has been made deposit
warrant clerk.
The clerks were maid off vesterdav and