The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-22
NEwSY NOTES PICKED UP IN THE
STATE DEPARTMENTS
YESTERDAY.
Items Of Interest for the People and Official
Figures and Opinions for
County Officials.
From Sundays D'aly.l
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.

Matagorda COMMUNICATION, 2,6S5 bales
corn, 1896 bushels.
Sabine county-Cotton, 9, 265 bales; corn,
| 119 425 bushels; oats, 300 bushels.
Kaufman county-Cotton, 1904 bales
corn, 737, 400 bushels; wheat, 20,322 bushels;
oats, 107 bushels.
Gillespie county-Cotton, 1884 bales;
corn, 282, $50 bushels; oats, 22,025; wheat,
5000 bushels.
Raines county--Cotton, zoos bales; corn,
117,925 bushels, wheat, LIPS bushels; oats,
1884 bushels.
coMPrRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
The following counties sent in the tax
rolls yesterday:
:. Chambers Gillespie, Hood, San Jacinto
Live Oak, Throckmorton, Baylor, Greer
and Sommerville.
The following counties show increase in
values: Parker, so, III; Nueces, $2l6, 400;
Victoria, $179,S70, and Caldwell, 500, 1856.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The B. F. Avery Pillow company, of Louis.
vile, KY, filed charter yesterday in the
office of the secretary of state under the
provisions of the foreign charter act.
The following is a list of the students
together with the grades obtained by each
in the competitive examinations for the
Peabody scholarships in the Nashville
Normal college, held at Dallas, Austin,
Galveston, San Antonio and Tyler on
August and 2:
Mr. E. G. Lewis, Forney, Tex ....... 9S
Mr.. Lee D. Borden, Sealy, Tex. 81
Miss Bessie Jones, Dallas, Tex. 49,. =. .9625
Mr. Robert N. Little, Brookhaven, Tex .95
Mr. H. L. Hargrove, Penn, Tex, ..,. .9212
There were twenty eight competitors and
many of the unsuccessful candidates had
excellent sets of papers. Miss Bessie Jones,
of Dallas, is the only young lady appointed.
She is only II years of age.
The following shows the scholastic popu-
lation of some of the largest cities in the
state with the amount of money appor-
toned to each.
Austin, 1904; last year, 1920; apportion-
ment, $16,016.
Dallas, 6,797; last year, 5,516; apportion-
ment, $27, 1888.
San Antonio, 1914; last year, 10,037; APP
portionment, $40,616.
Fort Worth, 3,545; last year, 3,2S6; appor-
tionment, $14 $50.
Waco, 2,914; last year, 2,429; apportion-
mont, $11,656
Houston, 5SO3; last year, $3.50; appor-
tionment $23,212.
Sherman, 1,724; last year, 1850; appor-
tionment, $685.
Paris, 2, 494; last year, 2,513; apportion.
ment, $685.
BRENNAN, 1,214; last year, 1,162; appor-
tionment, 1885,
From tuesday PlDaiiy.]
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
No news was received at the governors
Office yesterday from Richmond, and all
must be quiet down there.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL's OFFICE.
Captain Orsey chief clerk in the adjutant.
generals office, received no news from
Richmond yesterday, and he is satisfied
peace prevails.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
The following counties show increase in
values:
Lee county, $s9,61o; Caldwell county
$2O6, 500; McMulien county, $iO9, 797; Vic.
toria county, $179, $3.50; Potter county, $4,000;
Waller county, $1,000; Bell county,
1892, 697; Shelby county, $127,5A; Medina
county, decrease, $19,978.
The following tax rolls were received yes
terday-Bell, Rains, Burnet, Hunt, Pale
Pinto, Comal, Austin, Falls, San Saba
Kinney, Hidalgo, Dimmit, Fisher, Hale.
The comptroller registered $4,000 of Cor
sicana sewer bonds Yesterday
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Commissioner Foster yesterday received
the following statistical report for the yeal
| 1888:
Hood county-Cotton, bales, 1886; corn
bushels, 351, 1888; wheat, bushels, 1892
oats, bushels, 146398; number of farms
| 6S8.
| Stonewall ,county-Cotton, bales, 81
corn, bushels, 1884; wheat bushels 542
oats, bushels, $50; number of farms, 49,.
Franklin county-Cotton Dales, 3,007
corn, bushels, 196, 260; wheat, bushels, 452
oats, bushels, 29,885; number of farms
652.
Bell COMMUNICATION, bales, 80, 100; corn
bushels, 2 564 ,585; wheat, bushels, "A, 1856
oats, bushels, 67S,3S4; number of farms
1,460. The peach crop was valued a
$27 ,08O.
Coryell county-Cotton, bales, 1888; corn
bushels, 993,115; wheat, bushels, 50, 1913
oats, bushels, 514 271; number farms, l, 25s
Falls county-Cotton, 28,80O; corn, bush
els, 1886 1908; wheat, ID, 705; oats, bushels
22S,270; number of farms, 1927.
San Saba county-CottOn, bales, LII
corn, bushels, 2SO,916; wheat, bushels, "a,
557; oats, bushels, 131 POS; number offarms
SOP; pounds of wool clipper, 22l 1874.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
The department of education in few
days will send out to the treasurers of TIN
school fund of the counties and cite
coupon certificates for amount of available
school fund apportioned to them; with then
| is the 1OllOWlng lnIOImdGlon IOT Jne Bulu
ance of officers.
Coupon No. of the certificate will b
paid by the county collector of taxes in &C
cordence with instructions issued by tn
comptroller of public accounts.
Each coupon from to 13, both inclusive
wi i he aid on presentation, by the stat
treas 'er on or after the date of the coupon
On the first of each month you will b
adv ised by this department just how mucl
money Il state treasurer can pay on tn
certificate. On receipt of this notice of tn
amount that can be paid you will fill il
such amount on the coupon next due an
present the same to the state treasurer 70
payment.
The certificate must be surrendered TO tn
state treasurer with coupon No. IL, whic
will be paid on the first day of September
1890.
For further information you are respect
fully referred to chapter vi, section 5, p. Il
also chapter VII, section 9, p. IA, Schoo
Laws Tiny digest, 1881
The following is the scholastic populatio
of some of the larger counties outside {
their cities: Bee, 6,143; Dallas, 1909; Far
min, $3.50; Fayette, 7,S49; Grayson, s,039
Grimes, $500; Galveston, $40; Hunt, 1856
Lamar, 1882; Navarro, 5,545; Red Rive
1858; Robertson, 6,065; Smith, 5, 1888; Travi
5,6O6; Washington, 1896; Bexar county
10,154
STATE DEPARTMENT.