The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-04-05
GOVERNMENTAL.
Matters Picked Up in a Tour OF
the Departments.
SPICY Gossip and Political Points
Heard at the Capitol
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursday Daly.
| Up to last evening the governor had not
heard from Washington, and whether or
not the president has signed the aPpro-
priation bill is not known.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters were fled in the
Office of the secretary of state yesterday
The fremont aud Windsor Hotel com
peny, of Dallas capital stock, S3O,oOo'
incorporators: W. E. Hughes, John
Woods, G. j. Rowland, j. Fl. Burk, Ihos.
R. Gale.
College of the Guadalupe Baptist asso-
citation, of Seguiu; capital stock, $4,000
Incorporators: W. B. Rail, NJ. H. Brad
ford, John Sheffield, H. r. Greene, JEFF
Tyson, Peter Hays and Others.
ooMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
Edwards county redeemed three per
cent court house bonds yesterday, paying
interest on same to date.
Deposited in the treasury yesterday by
Comptroller Mccall, to the credit of state
revenue, S1,37S.49.
Applications to purchase were received
and filed in the general land Office yester-
day as follows:
for so acres, blind asylum, in Taylor
county; one for $40 acres IN Archer
county, all dry agricultural, priced 81 per
acre; one for 160 acres, watered agricul-
tural in Bosque county, So per acre. One
to lease $40 acres in Kerr county. Two to
purchase 1880 acres in Tom Green county,
wetered agricultural, So per acre; one for
800 acres in Comauohe county, dry, 81 per
acre, One to lease 800 acres, Blaueo county.
One for GAO and one for $50 acres, watered
agricultural, in Hardeman county, So per
acre. One for $40 acres, watered agrl-
cultural, In Hardeman oouaty, So per acre.
One for 800 acres, dry agricultural, In
Wilbsrger county, So per acre. One for
266 acres, watered agricultural, in Will
barger county So per acre.
Three to purchase 1,760 acres, watered
agricultural school, in Hardeman county,
S. per acre. One for 800 acres in Com
manche county, dry, 81 per acre.
One to lease,320 acres in Blanco county.
Letters from Kansas, Iowa, West
Virginia, Maine, and even from the Golden
State, are received daily, generally home
seekers and inquiring of Texas public
lands, mode of acquiring, title, price,
resources, etc.
Prom Fridays Daily.
The governor, up to last night, had not
heard from Washington.
CoMPTRoLIER's DEPARTMENT.
The comptroller yesterday deposited
the following amounts: Available school
fund, S4,55O.O0; permanent school fund,
| 100000; revenue, $772.04.
The following counties paid interest
due April 10, 1888, On bonds held by the
permanent school fund:
Knox county, 1854 80; Callahan county,
$4,000, Wilson county, $2,649.45. Wilson
county also redeemed one Jail bond,
$1,000.0o.
Mr.. w. L. Rudd was in the city yester-
day and made final settlement of his &C.
count ending May l, 1883, showing very
close connections. The net amounts col
lected in said county are: State ad valo-
rem, S5,437.63; school ad valorem,
$2,S3O.74. Total, $S,26S.37.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The Texas Capitol Granite company,
capital stock 100000 filed a charter
yesterday in the Office of the secretary of
| state.
Incorporators: Hon. VIM. II. Westfall,
George W. Lacy and F. H. Holloway, of
Burnet; N. l.. Norton, A. N. Leitnaker and
Hon. A. P. Woodbridge, of Austin; and j.
p. Exall, of St. Louis.
The association is organized FOR the
purpose of mining, quarrying, working
and preparing for market and disposing
of granite, marble and minerals, and for
the establishment of foundries and manu-
| 90 ind ha
of erecting and operating hotels.
From Saturdays Daily.l
The governor yesterday received tele'
gram saying the president had signed the
appropriation bill containing the Texas
item.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Chief Clerk Workman was busy yester'
day preparing to pay off department
Jerks On the 1st.
C0MPTRoLLER's OFFICE.
Business was very dull in this depart
ment yesterday, and only 1851 % was de-
posted in the treasury, and 1T went to
general revenue.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
Applications to purchase and lea Sc pub
} lie school lands were received and filed in
this office yesterday as follows:
Three to purchase 1920 acres in Ochil-
} tree county, one for $40 acres in Eric
| county, one for $40 acres in Randall
county, one for IA acres in Stephens
county, all agricultural and grazing, dry
and assessed at 81 per acre.
To lease: One $50 acres in Bandera
county, one to purchase $40 acres in
Webb county, ore for 800 acres in Don
ley, dry grazing, 81 per acre.
From Sundays Daily
The governor yesterday issued the fol-
lowing:
To all whom these presents shall come:
Whereas, There is now in the state
treasury a larger amount of money than
is required for the economical admins
tration of the government; and the neal
completion of the state capitol building
req uires that it should be inspected by
the representatives of the people, with q
, view to its acceptance or rejection, and, il
accepted, the proper provisions made fol-
its occupancy; and, there is an imperative
public necessity for the amendment OF
, the tax laws, so that if found practicable
the burden of taxation may be lightened
/ from the people; and as the state Is IL
debted for the services of school teachers
, of the public schools to an extent which