The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-01
GOVERNMENTAL.
Matters Picked Up In a Tour of
the Departments.
Spicy Gossip and Political Points
Heard at the Capitol
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
From Thursdays Daily.
The governor yesterday issued prOcls-
nation Offering a reward for a Brown
county fence cutter.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters were filed in the
office of the secretary OF state yesterday
morning:
The Brazos River Channel and Dock
company; capital, Sl,O00,OO0 Incorpo.
rators: Ira Ii. Evans, of Austin; Jot
Gunter, of Dallas; George W. Angle and
Chss. W. Ogden, of San Antonio, and
VIM. NJ. ID. Lee, John NJ. Ferguson and
4. j. Tullock, of Leavenworth, kas.
The object of the company Ia 20 con
s'ruct a deep water channel from the
waters Of the Gulf of Mexico to the main
land at the mouth of the Braz1s river for
the purpose of navigation and transpOrts-
lion; also to construct and operate docks
and build piers and breakwsters as may
be necessary to obtain sufficient depth of
water to facilitate the ingress and egress
of vessels.
nc AAdE"soa AN'll S'AA HAs' N"EAt"4
stock 10000. Inc1rpOrators, Ira H..
Evans, George W. Angel iand VIM. NJ. d.
| Lee.
The Live Oak Ferry company, capital
stock $4,000. Incorporators, Chas. W..
| Ogden, A. B. Langerman aud Max
| HOmeyer.
LAND OFFICE.
Applications To purchase public domain
were received and filed in the general
land office yesterday as follows;
One for 500 acres, watered agricultural,
in Deaf Smith county, So per acre; two
for 500 acres in Lampasas county, dry
grazing, 81 per acre; one for 100 acres in
Webb comfy, dry grazing, 81 per acre;
one for 500 acres in Jack county, dry
agricultural, 81 per acre; one for GAO acres
in Fisher county, dry agricultural, 81 per
acre.
The following applications to lease we're
received:
| One for GAO acres in Lampasss county
one for four sections Of university lands
in Crockett county; two for LAO acres in
| Frio county.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
Yesterday morning Comptroller Mccall
sent out instructions TO tax assessors
which are very comprehensive and contain
valuable information for such officers.
From fridays Daily
Relative TO the mistreatment of Rosa
Schmidt, at San Antonio, by W. NJ. Win
tel, an agent of the contractors, Hartman
d Mobley, who convey prisoners to the
peniteDtisry, Mr. Winter has made affids
Wit that she was not chained to a negro,
but 10 a white prisoner.
Messrs. Hartman 4 Mobley have written
the governor that they never heard of
Winter mistreating prisoners, but on the
other hand they found him an honest,
good man. They discharged him, how
ever, as suggested by the governor.
To the letter Governor Ross yesterday
replied As follows:
Messrs. Hsrdmsn & Mobley:
Gentlemen-YoUrs of the 22d is at hand,
and in answer thereto l am directed by
the governor to say your action in
discharging W. NJ. Winter is
| approved. He does not believe
in the necessity of neckl yoking or chain
ing any girl of Rosa Schmidt's age to any
man, black or white, and cannot think
thato anything could possibly Justify it;
nor does he believe that q man who would
or could have the heart to put chain
around a Young girls neck is fit to be
! trusted with the care of criminals, or any
other class of people, and it does not mat
ter whether the statements from San An
tonic are exaggerated or not-the fact
that there was, by this mans action, any
/ ground for the charges, shows that this
man, if nothing else, is destitute of that
discretion, without which no officer can be
efficient.
A gentleman, who was passenger from
Waco to Corsicana, writes that he met on
the cars three conyicts, and he ssys-"The
contractor carrying prisoners TO the peni
Tertiary, had seven on the train,
two negroes, three Mexicans and a
white man who looked dirtier and more
degraded than any of the rest and chained
to this crowd and exposed 10 the gaze of
the public was nice intelligent looking
white woman, apparently about 20 years
of age, who, from appearances, was con-
sidersbly above the average, and whom l
could not help but think was entitled to
much better treatment than she received
from the guard. Although she may be
guilty of some crime, still it does not seem
to me that society, or good government
either, will be subserved by allowing
guards to treat prisoners In such a manner.
For claiming the girl at all there is no
pallistion or excuse. am respectfully,
II. NJ. HOLMES,
Private Secretary.
The capitol board held session last
evening to discuss matters pertaining to
the capitol and it's dedication.
CoAIPTBoLLER's OFFICE,
Atsscosa county redeemed two of her
$500 court house and Jail bonds.
General revenue deposits yesterday
to $7,32S.77; available school
fund, S5216.
The comptroller has sent the following
to tax assessors: Each sep
arate parcel of real property shall be
valued at its true and full value in money,
excluding the value of crops growing or
ungsthered thereon.
In determining the true and full value of
real and personal property, the assessor
shall not adopt a lower or different stand
ard of value because the same is to serve
as basis of taxation, nor shall he adopt
as criterion of value the price for which