The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-29

Chartered: The Texas Investment CON-
pany, of Navarro county; capital stock
600; term of existence fifty years;
objects for which organized, mining of
land and the purchase and sale thereof,
and the loaning of money. Directors for
the first year: George F. Williams, John
G. Willis, Isaac Forsyth, D. P. Ives, E. S.
Rogers, W. R. Bright, R. E. Prince, R. o.
Elliott, j. h. Woods and II. G. Damon.
Certificates of election have been
received by the secretary of state of the
folio wing members of the twenty-first
legislature:
T. S. Cochran, Colita; ]. L. Grassland,
Douglass; R. T. Miner, Henderson; G. A.
Newton, Mt. Selman; ]. A. johnson,
Bethel; ]. B. Bishop, Athens; A. S. Bailey,
Detroit; W. ]. johnson, Mt. Pleasant; J.
NJ. Nelson, Pickton; 7. P. Alexander,
Grsnyille;> I. j. Towles, Canton; R! D.
Allison, Mckinney; A. c. Crosby, Denton;
j. NJ. Strong, Dallas; ]. F. Rowland, Rich
ardson; l. d. Parker, Birdville; j. W.
Crsyton, Rockwell; A. j. Brown, Alvsrado;
W. L. Wood, Palmer; S. R. Frost, Corsi-
cana; j. A. Hudson, De Gress, Albert
Stevenson, Westherford; j. E. billiard,
Kaufman; Elias Mayea, Bryan; H. L.
Lewis, Hearne; c. Q. Connellee, Eaetland;
]. I. Moody, Prairie Grove; g. W. White,
Dew; John Brown, Kerens; S. P. Mills,
SpeiglsviIle; Walter Gresham, Galveston;
4. d. Sowell, Wharton; 1. W. Middle
brook, Columbus; R. W. Thompson, Nell
sonville; j. F. Mcclure, Ledbetter; Chss.
WeIhausen, Flatonio; J. NJ. Robinson, Red
Rock; F. E. Smith, Austin: W. R. Handy,
Austin; Norton Moses, Strickling.
NJ. H. Mcdonald, Stockdsle; D. c. Rob
inson, San Antonio; W. F. Miller, Converse
Station; W. NJ. Clemens, New BrauIfels,
J. ". Peebsles, Leesville; ]. L. Ellison,
Martineale; Geo. I. McGhee, San Marcos.
The governor, secretary of the state
and attorney general were busily engaged
yesterday counting the electoral votes cast
at the recent election. 1t is thought the
result can be announced to-day.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The treasurer now has on hand $780,
900 belonging to the general revenue; re-
ceipts yesterday were $500 for revenue
purposes; paid out yesterday, $1,000.
The following circular has been issued
from the treasury department.:
Dear Sir-The attorney general having
informed this department that he will
within a short while proceed, under the
law, to collect all back interest due on
school land purchases under acts prior to
1883, it is the desire of this department to
so notify all purchasers under said acts
that They may at once take such steps as
are necessary to prevent suits and for
feiture of their claims; therefore l would
urge prompt payment of all back inter
est. Respectfully,
F. R. LUBBOCK, Treasurer.
ATToRNEY-GESERAL' DEPARTMENT.
Attorney general Hogg will soon begin
proceedings for the collection of all back
interest due on lands purchased under acts
prior TO 1888. All delinquent purchasers
of lands before that time should make ar
rangements for prompt settlement If they
wish to avoid suits and maintain their
present rights.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
omptroller McCall's forthcoming re-
port will show the status of the accounts
of every tax collector In the state, all but
three of whom have settled in full, and the
aggregate Of the balances against those
three is only about $500. No such show
ing has ever before been made in this
Office.
The com ptroller has received memoran-
dunn of the court costs and fees for she
first conviction and sentence to the state
reformatory, at Gatesville. The offender
is named John Springfield, sentenced by
the Wichita county district court, for two
years for theft of property under $40 in
value.
The comptroller yesterday received
$1,000 from nonresident taXpeyers;
So, 366.36 for general revenue, and $37752
for school fund.
The sale by the comptroller of lands in
unorganized counties for the unpaid
taxes for 1885 and 1887 will
begin Tuesday, December 4. Pay
ments of taxes on these lands
will be received up to the hour of sale.
Next Saturday The bids for the furnish
ing of supplies TO the different asylums
will be opened. Bids will be received up
to noon Friday.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
The scholastic population of the state
between the ages of eight and sixteen is
528,110. The enrolment of pupils shows
rs per cent, which is higher than that of
any other state in the union, which pos
sibly may be accounted for from the fact
our enrolment begins at the age of eight,
while many of the other states begin at
six years. Taking the general average in
ell the states the ratio of school popula-
ton to the total population is 20
per cent. Under the same rule of compu-
tatiop, which is very reasonable one, the
total population of Texas should now be
about 2 ,640,55O.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Commissioner Foster has received the
statistical returns from all the counties in
the state except Jeff Davis county. As
fast as returns are received they are tabu.
lated and placed in the hands of the
printer and will be out of press in two or
three weeks.
Commissioner Foster has sent out a
circular TO the tax assessors of the state
informing them that the census feature
will be eliminated from the statistics to
be gathered this year for the state bureau
of agriculture, statistics and history, and
| that more attention will be devoted to the
gathering of agricultural statistics. The
great dissatisfaction occasioned by EN- e
bracing the taking of the census in these
reports, owing to the inaccuracy attendant
upon the work, is doubtless the reason for
eliminating the census feature.
THE ARCHITECTS.
Architect Miller stands high in his pro-
| fessiop oDd ic prasa1t avery doy in tho nayu