The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-09-23
GOVERNMENTAL.
WHAT Is GOING ON IN THE
DEPARTMENTS.
AN EPITOME OF WHAT WAS
LEARNED AT TIE CAPITOL
YESTERDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.


yesterday from Brown county, requested
that the governor forward the writer fifty
bushels of wheat and fifty bushels of oats
for seed. Governor Ireland's known lib
crafty and generosity of soul proyokes
scores of just such letters, the writers
doubtless imagining that he has an mex
haustible supply of everything ready at
hand
There was very little doing in the exec
utiye Office yesterday, Governor Ireland
having gone to New Braunfels to attend
the funeral of his friend, Hon. George
Pfeuffer.
A firm away over in Genoa, Italy, writes
the governor that for the modest sum of
800 per annum they will spread infor-
nation about Texas broadcast over sunny
Italy, and induce scores of emigrants to
move to Texas. II is hardly necessary to
state that the governor will not employ
the firm.
The governor yesterday appointed G. c..
Garrett of Brennan, one of the directors
of the A. and NJ. college, vice Hon. Geo.
Pfeuffer, deceased. Mr.. Garrett is ma
tive Texan, an educated man, and is emf
nently qualified in every way for the po-
sition.
The governor yesterday issued proc
lamation ordering and directing an cleo
tion TO be held in the several counties in
the state on Tuesday, the I'd day of No
yember, A. ID. 1886, for the election of one
member of the United States congress for
each congressional district as given be-
low and the following state and district
officers, towit:
Governor acknowledgements, comp
troller of public accounts, treasurer, com
missioner of the general land Office attOr
ney-general, superintendent of public in
struction, one associate justice of the SUI
preme court.
One Judge of the district court for each
of the following judicial districts: Num-
bers Twelve, Fifteen, Nineteen, Thirty,
Thirty-one, Thirty.two, Thirty five, Thirty
six, Thirty-nfne and Forty.
And one district attorney for Districts
Twelve, Thirty, Thirty-one, Thirty-three,
Thirty-six and Thirty-nine, composed of
the counties enumerated above, and num-
bers One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Seven,
Eight Nine, Thirteen, Twenty, Twenty
one, Twenty Twenty three, Twenty.
four, Twenty-Five, Twenty-six, Twenty
seven, Twenty eight, Twenty nine Thirty
two, Thirty-four, Thirty five, Thirty seven
and Thirty eight, and one criminal dis
trict attorney for the counties of Calves
ton and Harris.
One senator for each of the following
senatorial Districts to-wit: Numbers Four,
Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Thirteen, Four
teen, Fifteen, Seventeen, Eighteen,
Twenty, Twenty -one, Twenty five, Twenty
six, Twenty-seven, Twenty-eight, Thirty
and Thirty-one.
One hundred and six representatives to
the Twentieth legislature, to be elected by
the qualified voters of the several repre-
sentative districts of this state.
One member of congress for each of
the congressional districts of this state.
The election for county and precinct
officers Will be ordered by county judges,
as prescribed in Article 1850, Revised
Statutes.
Said election will be held at the polling
places of the several counties of this
state, and will be conducted by the officers
holding the same in strict accordance with
law, and returns made in conformity to
the laws of this state and of the United
States, and in accordance with this
proclamation.
In testimony whereof, hereto
SEAL sign my name and have caused
~ the seal of the state to be here.
on Impressed, at the city of Austin, this
10Th day of September, A. d, 1886.
BY the Governor.
JOHN IRELAND, Gov.
j. w. BAINEs, Sec. of state.
The governor has letter from Mr..
Michael Cahill, of San Francisco, who
claims to have discovered process of ex-
tracing rain from the atmosphere at will,
and he is anxious to come over to Texas
and 90 into the drouth-stricken regions
and call down copious showers.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters we're filed in the
Office of secretary of state yesterday;
The Harris county mills, to grind grain
and gin cotton; capital stock, $4,000.
Incorporators, d. 7. Sheppard, NJ. c..
Wellborn and X. Lockhart.
The Denton ice factory; capital stock,
$4,000. Incorporators, j. A. Carroll, l..
w. Abney, II. L. Schweet, A. G. Owsley
and NJ. S. Stout.
An association known a. "rhe Agricul-
tural Wheel Of the State of Texas" filed
a charter in the Office of the secretary of
state yesterday. The principal Office will
be at Paris, Lamar county, and the object
of the association, to be brief, is TO roll
over and crush the life out of all persons
who speculate in farm products and to
disseminate among the farmers OF the
land valuable information.
The 4 "Wheeln will be turned for the
ensuing year by the following patriots
and distinguished farmers; j. G. Moore,
r.. Anderson, f. G. Brock, and p. X.
Marhck OF Paris, and j. W. Sawyer, of
Oyila; j. II. Bogard, of CARROTS, and w.
A. Mobiles, of Deport,
Yesterday the st. Louis, Arkansas d.
Texas Railway company in Texas, filed in
the state department an amendment to
It's charter authorizing the construction of
branch line of railway from Mt. Pleas
ant, in Titus county through the counties
of Titus, Franklin, Hopkins Delta, Hunt,
Fannin and Grayson, to the city Of Sher-
man. in said last named county.
ooMPrRoLLERs OFFICE
The comptroller, yesterday, paid into
the treasury 5000 to the credit of the
available school fond, and $4,000 to gen
eral revenue.