The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-01
GOVERNMENTAL.
WHAT Is GOING or IN TIE
DEPARTMENTS.
AN EPITOME OF WHAT WAS
LEARNED yesterday At
THE CAPITOL.

There was nothing of public interest in
the attorney generals Office, the insurance
department or the office of secretary OF
state
ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE.
Some time back the county Judge of
Hardeman county, it is alleged sold the
four leagues of public school land belong
ing to the county for the sum of about
forty cents per acre; or, as Commissioners
Walsh figures il out, for about thirty
ceats. Application was made for patents,
bat they were refused the commissioner
not being satisfied AS to the sale. In con
naction with this transaction, Attorney
General Templeton yesterday received the
following letter from the county attorney
of Hardeman county, which explains itself;
Hon. Jno y. Templcton, Austin, Texas:
DEAR SIR:-Our county Judge has sold
tn, county's school land for the very mea-
gre amount of $4,000 when he was offered
$l.25 per acre, or about $4,000. OF
course there was fraud, and gross fraud.
The sale caused us to lose at least, to-
gether with the cost of viewing the land,
1922 900. / understand that w. l.. Gordon,
county Judge gave j. X. Williams, the
purchaser, some kind of contract while
they we're out pretending to look Mt the
land, ms Williams has boasted of claiming
that he had n contract, and being n non
resident he could compel the county, in
the federal court, to give him title, even
though the commissioner court went
back on Gordon and repudiated the sale.
! have started petition for Injunction,
and would be very glad if you would adj
wise me az to the best mode of procedures;
especially as to service on nonresident, j.
Il. Williams, and notice to innocent pur
chasers.
Commissioner Walsh will not issue II
patent, as you are aware. l think. at the
present writing, that both Gordon and
Williams are in Austin perhaps trying to
get patents through the land Office. Our
people are justly indignant.
Yours respectfully,
M. NJ. HANKINs,
County Attorney, Hardeman county.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
The following districts have not APP
piled for white summer normal schools
2, 4, 8, II, 10, 81 and 20. Numbers 3 and
10 have not applied for colored schools.
The scholastic census of Gainesville
shows:
Total number of white children eight
and under sixteen years of age, 1872
White female children eight and under
sixteen years of age, 5l7.
Colored male children eight and under
sixteen years of age, 100.
COlored female children eight and under
sixteen years of age, 1874.
Total number of children eight and
under sixteen years of age, 1888.
Total number last year, 962.
There are no children within the schol-
astic age who cannot read.
Applications were received yesterday
from Orange, Seguin and Waxahachie,
for colored summer normal schools. The
following towns have sent in for white
schools: Cisco, Columbia, Gilmer, Gid
dings, Burnett Mexia and San Marcos.
The board of education was in session
last afternoon hearing evidence connected
with the old public school trouble of Rob-
ertson county.
Superintendent Baker gives notice that
no application for location of summer
normal institutes have been received from
senatorial districts numbers 2, 4, 6, s, 10,
10, II, 10, 26, ~ and 28, for whites, and
none from congressional districts num-
bers 4, 3, 8 and 10, for colored folks. APP
plications for those districts are desired,
and favor will be conferred by sending
Them in at as early time as possible.
The board of education has approved
.he decision of Superintendent Baker rel
alive to Prof. Cohron, in the matter where
The county judge of Robertson county re-
fused to approve of his vouchers as a
teacher in the public schools, but directed
hat the vouchers of his assistants, Miss
Jamison and Miss Landberry, be APP
proved, which the county judge had re-
fused to do.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
In the state department yesterday the
following charters were filed:
The Wright, Carter Cracker company
Of Fort Worth; capital stock, 100000; in
NJ. G. Wright and Z. A. Car
ter of Fort Worth, and Thomas Dow of
Jefferson county, INDIANA. The Chris
tian church, of Fort Worth.
An amendment to the charter of the
San Antonio d. Arkansas Pass railroad was
fled in the Office of the secretary of state
The road is to extend from San Antonio
through the counties of Bexar, Bandera,
Kendall, Kerr, Gillespie, Kimble, Mason,
Menard, McCulloch, Concho, Runnells,
Taylor, Jones, Haskill, Stonewall, Knox,
King, Cottle, Chidress, Collingsworth,
Hemphill and Lipscomb. 1t will be OBJ
served from the map of the state that il
is impossible for a railroad to run line
through the counties in the order named,
and at some future time the company will
designate the true counties. A branch
line is to begin at point in Karnes coun-
~ and run through the counties of De
Witt Layaca, Fayette, Bastrop, Lee, Viii.
hanson, Milan, Bell, Falls and McLennan
TO Waco. There will also be branch
through Lavaca and Colorado counties to
Sealey. Also branch from point in
Bee or Goliad county through San Patri-
bio, to some point on the line of the Tex
rs d Mexican railroad in Nueces county,
and from some point on the main line in
San Patriotic to connect with the Texas d
Mexican at Corpus Christi.
The main line will extend about $50 and
the branches 3l5 miles.
The following charters we're filed in the
office of the secretary of state yesterday:
The Gale City Lumber company, of
capital, $4,000. Incorpora-
tors: Ben Collins, B. 7. Estes, George w.
Fonke, c. 4. Hayden, w. l.. Hayden.