The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-21
THE STATE CAPITOL
Matters Picked up in Our Tour of
the Departments.
Important and Interesting Infor-
nation of County Officials
and the People.
From Tuesdays Daily.l
STATE DEPARTMENT.

From Tuesday Daily,l
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters were filed in the
office of the secretary of state yesterday:
The Expressmen's Investment com
pany, of Dallas; capital stock, $25O,OOO.
| Incorporates: L. s. Garrison and d. X.
Farwell, of Dallas; I. N. Edgel, of Fort
Worth; j. K johnson, of Kansas City;
z. A Riley, of Houston; W. H. HUM, of
Galveston; NJ. C. Thompson, of Texar-
kama; W. F. Bechel, of Omaha; c. ID.
Aiken, of Little Rock; L. E. Bane, OF
Austin, and W. G. Baker, of Dallas. The
object of the ASSOCIATION is the erection
of buildings and the accumulation and
loan of funds for the purchase of real
property in cities, towns and villages in
the county of Dallas and the accumula-
ton and loan of money.
The Laredo Academy; capital stock,
$4,000. incorporates: Mother Superior
st. Pierre, Mother St. Claude, Sister st.
John, Jean Robert and Raymond Martin.
The Farmers Alliance Cooperative
Milling company, Of Eastland county;
capital stock, $4,000. Incorporators:
VIM. Mum, j. d. Upton, j. H. Borden, W.
H. Pritohard, j. j. Spa rks, R. c. Forbes,
AKRON Wood, l.. W. Caldwell, L. ]. Har-
mon, W. j. Jolly, j. II. Fish, and j. L
Brown.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
The following collectors settled up in
full yesterday:
R. R. Russell, of Menard county; ]. W.
Massie, of Hamilton county; G. W. Ar
rington, of Wheeler county.
Hamilton county redeemed a $500
court house bond.
The comptroller deposited $4,435 to the
credit of general revenue.
It is generally believed that Colonel
Hunt, of Nacogdoches, is the only survivor
who signed the declaration of Texas in
dependence, but the records in the comp
troller's Office show that MIR. ". c. Craw-
ford, OF Johnson county, is living and
draws pension as one of the signers.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
The following counties sent up scholss-
tic census reports yes erday:
Bexar-Wnite, 2,54S; colored 1871; total,
2,739 Total last year, 2,945.
Victoria-White, 1924; colored, 1,178;
total, 1922. Total last year, 2,052.
LuSluul- w uAlS5 iOtl VI MLIOLll OO- Cal
not read. LAST year, white, 1928.
Webb-White, TAI, of whom AS cannot
read. Last yeer, sos.
Fannin-White, S,164; oolored, 995;
total, 9,159. Total last year, 9,2O8.
CITIES.
San Antonio-White, 8,232; colored,
1905; total, 1O,O57. Total last year,
$3.50.
Terrell-White, $50: colored, 1874; total,
go. Total last year, -.
Superintendent Cooper will to-day send
out the following circular:
Il am authorized to appoint four stu
dents to the Nashville Normal college, for
the term beginning on the first Wednes
day in October next, to fill Peabody
scholarship, each yielding 5000 per annum
for two years. Appointm ents will be
made through competitive examinations
which will be held on July 81 and IS next,
at the following places:
Paris-COnducted by Superintendent j.
j Richardson.
Observation-Disclosures by Superintendent
P. B. COUSINS.
Observation-Disclosures by Carl Vim
cent.
Port Lavaca-Conducted by Professor
j. NJ. Beckford.
Applicants must be in good health,
Of irreproaohable character, at least
II years of age. They must
be examined in spelling, reading
penmanship, grammar, analysis, rhetoric,
political and ply steal geography, arith-
metic, algebra and United States history.
Appointees are expected to devote
their lives to the profession of teaching,
and are required to pledge themselves to
teach at least foGr years in the public
schools OF Texas. Candidates who pass
the examination with a general average
of 80 per cent or over will receive certif-
Gates which will entitle them to admission
into the college as pay students without
further examination.
From Wednesdays Dally.l
CoMPTRoLLFR's DEPARTMENT.
The appropriation to pay clerks,
sberiffs and district attorneys has been
exhausted, and from now until the meet
ing of the next legislature the warrants of
the above officer will not be cashed, not
| withstanding there is about 100000 in
| the state treasury. This state of affairs is
anything but creditable.
Comptroller Mccall yesterday sent out
the following to district judges:
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER,
AUSTIN, June 10, 1883.
Ny Dear Sir-Within the last few DAYS
accounts of attached witnesses for fees in
| felony cases have been presented at this
office, the number of witnesses in soma
instances amounting from fifty to one
hundred in one case, and in view of the
fact that an enormous expense is thus en-.
tailed upon the state, have decided to
address the district judges with respect TO
this important matter.
desire to call your attention TO the
fact that the law makes il the duty of the
comptroller to examine such accounts
when presented at this office, and if he
finds them to be correct, to draw his war
rant on the state treasury for the pay
ment thereof (see laws 1888, chapter CIV,
section 81, hence the necessity for correct
accounts that witnesses who have been