The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-15

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population last year, 800.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
The county attorney of Colorado county
has written to the attorney general that
he has instituted suit TO escheatt to the state
property valued at from $500 to 5000,
once owned by Mrs. NJ. Bat9lia, who died
at the Lunatic asylum in this city in 1886
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
Comptroller Mccall yesterday depos-
tied IS 35G to the credit of general rev
enue, and 50 495 to the credit of the avail
able school fund.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
Applications to purchase public free
school lands were filed i'll the general land
office yesterday:
Two for three sections in Harris
county; dry grazing.
One for 1880 Qcres in Ochiltree county.
Two for $50 acres in Lipscomb county.
One for 800 acres in Jack county; dry
agricultural
One for GAO acres in Erath county; pas
! ture land.
| One for 800 acres in Blanco county;
grazing. All valued at 81 pei acre.
! Applications to lease were filed as fol-
| lows:
Two in McCulloch county, $50 acres.
! One for 500 acres in Tom Green county.
From Sundays Daily,
The governor has received the second
quarterly report of the board of trustees
of the Reformatory. 1t says: "Owing to
the peculiar formation of the earth's
surface, we found it necessary to excavate
| more than was at first anticipated and
more than was called for in the specihca-
tious, thus increasing the cost of the
stone work $7024O. The rock used on
the foundation has been examined by
competent and experienced workmen
who pronounce it of spurious
quality and of the same kind as that to
be found in the government pOstoffice
building at Austin. After the completion
of the foundation and cut stone work to
water table, we found it necessary to
make some arrangement for the neces-
sary material with which to complete the
work, as the brick manufactured here,
which we had hoped and believed would
suffice for all inside work, proved on ex-
animation to be wholly untitled for the
purpose. Hence, we have agreed to use
the Rusk press brick for all outside walls,
ard for interior of outside walls and all
interior walls to use what is called here
fine rock, which is very hard, thin and
fat of almost uniform thickness and is
said to be, as we think, fire proof.
We make this change without any addi-
tional cost to the state.
Work on the building has been retarded
by the bad weather.
The wire fence around the tract of land
has been completed some time, and it is
good one.
The artesian we'll is now down to
depth of 525 feet with water in it within
forty feet of the top.
We have allowed and approved to date
accounts to the amount of $13,36O.7O, ex-
elusive of salaries of trustees.
The contract for building the two
houses was let to Mr.. j. B. Smith, of Aus
tin, for $31 $50, to which must be added
SOP, allowed for extra work on the foun-
dgtiOn.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The Collinsvile COOPERATIVE associa-
ton of the Farmers Alliance, capital
stock S20,000 filed charter yesterday in
the office of the secretary of state. In
cOrporator7: Ed. Sanders, j. Daukins, S.
j. Melton g. D. Campbell, John Kinsly,
w. l.. Riggs and W. G. Williams.
COMPTROLLER DEPARTMENT.
The sheriff of Jones county has sent up
two approved sheriff fee bills which the
state will have to pay.
One of them shows that in summonine
forty-uine witnesses in murder case ne
travelled the modest distance of only
1896 miles, and his milage and other
incidentals amount to $s21.SO.
In the other case he travelled 6746
miles, securing the country for thirty
nine witnesses in theft case, and his fees
amount to $535.6O. Evidently Jones
county is a good county in which to be
sheriff.
The com troller yesterday deposited
81 400 to the general revenue and $3.50
to the available school fund.
LAND OFFICE.
Applications to purchase public lands
received and filed in the general land Of
fee as follows:
One for 160 acres, grazing, in San Saba
county. One for 358 acres, same quality,
in ThrCckmorton county. One to lease
480 acres in Throckmorton county.
g. W. GriscOm, state agent and CLASH
fer, reports on six survey S in Wise county, |
assessed at 81 per acre, the minimum
figure under the law.
The price of Autograph maps has been |
reduced. All for sale at the uniform !
price, 80 cents each, without regard to
Size.
From Tuesdays Daily.l
The governor was busy yesterday with
the routine work of his Office. He has
had no further information from Eagle
Pass relative to the killing of Mexican
soldier there last week by the sheriff of
Maverick county, and everything is sup
posed to be quiet
CoMPTROLLER's DEPARTMENT,
All the collectors, except about twenty
five, have sent in their statements for
February.
Comptroller Mccall yesterday deposited
Sl4,2SS.25 to general revenue aud 81.
1906 to the credit Of the available school
fund.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters were filed yester
day i'll the office of the secretary OF state;
The Mona Mills company, of Beaumont,
fled IN amendment to their chsrter, in
creasing the capital stock to 100000.
The Marshall Electric Light ard Power
capital stock $4,000, filed
a charter. IncOrporatOrs: c. A. MURRAY.