The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-02-18
GOVERNMENTAL.
WHAT is GOING ON IN THE
DEPARTMENTS,
AN EPITOME OF WHAT WAS
LEARNED YESTERDAY AT
THE CAPITOL.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.


Company case, now pending in the
United States court. 1t was postponed
i however, to await the result of the inves
! tigation to be made by the joint com
mission appointed to determine and ti1
/ the boundary line between Texas and the
Indian Territory.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
The governor yesterday received the
following letter from Ben E. McCulloch
assistant superintendent of the Hunts
vile penitentiary.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Feb. -, 1886.
Hon. John Ireland, Governor of Texas
M DEAR SIR cannot refrain from say
ing to you that, if no death occurs be-
tween now and Wednesday, (17th) that il
will have then been three months since
we have had death in this prison.
fhavo examined the hospital records as fal
f back as they have been kept, and fail tC
y find a similar record. Yours very truly
BEN E. MCCULLoCH.
The governor yesterday appointed A
8 w. Mills and Marcellus Kleberg, of Gal
weston, special judges to try the cause OF
M. E. and S. w. Miller VS.. the Gulf, Colo
s. RADIO & Santa Fe Railroad company, il
the supreme court, vice Judges Sawnit
Robertson and A. H. Willie, disqualified
STATE DEPARTMENT.,
In this department yesterday the fol
lowing charters were filed:
The Uvalde Publishing company; CAPT
& tai stock, $1,000. The object is to publish
newspaper and transact printing and
publishing business in the town of Uvalde
10
i Piper D. Ellis. w. II Beaumont, Geestal
Mueller, II. W. Baylor, c. W. Watt, James
Mccain, Jno. II. Clark and j. j. H. Pat
terson.
The Dallas & Greenville railroad com.
pany; capital stock, $S00,000. The OBJ
ject is the construction of a railroad and
telegraph line from Dallas to GrcenviIle
Hunt county, through the counties OF
Dallas, Rockwell and Hunt. Incorpora-
tors: II. M. Hoxie, D. S. H. Smith, Geo
L. Smith, William Kerrigan, and E. G.
Merriam, of st. Louis M. A. Baker and
f. A. Rice, Houston; G. j.. Gooch and N
W. Hunter of Palestine.
The First Missionary Baptist church OF
Pecos City, filed a charter yesterday in
the Office of secretary of state.
Yesterday the Texas Telegraph and Tel
ephone company, of Galveston, capita
stock 100000, filed charter Incorpor
ators: G. 3. Miller, Justus j. Schott, ia
cob Weinberger. Nicholas Weekes, p. S
Wren. James S. Montgomery and Davit
Hall.
The object is to construct and maintain
general telegraph and telephone lines
throughout the state of Texas.
In this department, yesterday, there
was filed the charter of the Star Cracker
and Manufacturing company of For
Worth; capital stock $4,000. Incorpo
rators: Thomas Don, NJ G. Wright, f. A
Carter
STATE LAND BOARD.
Secretary Laurence and his clerks wer,
busy all day yesterday with letters anC
land papers. The inquiry for land con
tinues and it is probable there will b.
a large increase in the number of bids a
the next award.
The commissioner of the general lane
office addressed an important letter to thu
governor and Encouragement yester
day, calling their attention to the condi
ton of some old Spanish land grants, thu
titles of which are not on file in the gen
eral land Office, and recommending tina
when they are in controversy in thu
courts, that the state be made party il
the suits to determine the proper owner
ship, with view, perhaps, of having the
grants, or at least, portion of them, re
vert to the state. The matter is of i'm
portance and its final disposition will
put an end to great deal of litigation.
The forfeiture of lands already made
by the land board was for interest due for
the year 1884 and not for that of 1885, as
some think. The interest for the latter
year was due on the LIST day of January
but forfeiture does not occur until after
August l.
The following is the roll of the grass
commissioners and the counties which
compose their respective districts
William M. Baines-co unties-El Paso
Reeves and Pecos. Post Office address
Ell Paso.
General Henry E. cCulloch-Presidio
Val Verde, and Kinney. Post office ad
dress, Maria.
j. d. Stephens-Tom Green, Nolan
Fisher, Runnels, Concho, Scurry, Mitchell
Howard, Dawson, Borden, Martin, Mid
land, Gaines and Andrews. Post offic
address, San Angelo.
G. M. Swink-Stonewali King, Cottle
Childress, Kent, Dickens, Motley, Hall
CARA, Crosby, Floyd, Briscoe, Lynn
Lubbock, Hale, Swisher, Terry, Hockey
Lamb, Castro, Yoakum, Cochrane, Bale,
and Palmer. Post Office address, Dickens
Ranch.
W. T. Gass-Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Hans
ford, Sherman, Hemphill, Hartley, Moore
Hutch:ns, Roberts, Wheeler, Gray, Carson
Potter. Oldham, Deaf Smith, Randall
Armstrong, Donley and Collingswortt
Post Office address, Clarendon, Donle,
county.
LAND OFFICE.
1t turns out that the four negroes t.
whom veteran certificates we're issued, frs
made their application IN 1882. Th
papers were spread out before the count
Judge at that time. The papers wer
sent direct to Col. Frank w. johnson
who was then president of the veteran
board. 1t was supposed that thos
papers now being in the capitol, ant
other papers were proposed and duly Ger
titled to before the present county judg
of .Brazoria county and these last paper
sent him, and it was upon these last pa
pers that the certificates were issued. 1