The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-11-28

stota - Yesterday to inspect the
sSa'e penltentiaries and state conr;o,
plantations. ''"'e convict
before leaving he ordered ranoora
10 De sent to San Saba county for tls
projection OF witnesses in a nnmber
oI murder cases in that county and
70 ala IN Keeping the peace in adioin.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
Inc following charters were filed in
tle once OF the secretary of state YES
terday: "'o yes
J: F, Tradley & Co., of New York
capital stock, $4,000.
The Equitable Land and Title com,
pany; capital stock, 100000.
The Tennent Stribling & Elv Shoe
company, of Missouri; capital stock
100000. p''"1 ''''A'
The Whitman & Barnes Manufact-
9 INNS company, of Ohio, capital stock
The M. V. Monarch company. of
kentucky; capital stock, 100000.
The Waco Cattle company filed an
amendment changing the name to
the Arkansas Pass Colonization COM
pany, and changing the placesof bust
ness from Waco to Arkansas Pass.
The Decatur Canning company !;
capital stock, $4,000. Incorporators !:
IL. ii. Halsell, j. F. Johnson, ]. w.
Chenoweth, s. A. Mcdonald, T. A..
Fuller and r. S. Vance.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
Bosque county yesterday redeemed
a bond for 81 600.
LAND OFFICE.
Land Commissioner Hall has pre-
pared and sent statement of certifi-
Gates of land issued to the Houston
and Texas Central railway, accom-
panied by the following letter:
"AUsTIN, November 10.
'Hon. ]. S. Hogg, Attorney-Gen-
eral-Enclosed please find statement
OF certificates issued to Texas
Hentral Railway company and
~ NOyo WHlCh dI6 I6COTu6u Dy
l%is office as legally made
byvirtue, thereof but which from various
causes remain unpatented. In addi-
ton to the certificates mentioned in
the enclosed statement 234 others To-
Gated on reserved lands, or in conflict
with older valid surveys, have been re-
turned with field notes to this office,
which, being illegal, have not thought
necessary to describe definitely.
Will also state for your information
that 526 of the 1892 certificates issued
to the said company have never been
returned to this Office, and are now
barred by constitutional limitation.
Respectfully,
r. M. HALL, Commissioner.
OF these unpatented certificates 15G
are deemed valid, and as stated above
234 illegally located and 526 barred,
each certificate representing GAO acres
Commissioner Hall states that no
patents will issue to the Houston and
Texas Cestrlal railway until Attorney
General Hogg has had time to bring
suit, which will be several days yet
Next week will tell the tale.
GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
State Geologist Dumble has re-
turned from his trip to Ell Paso and
the west, whittier he went to inspect
the work being done by Assistant
Geologist Steernwitz. He spent some
time at work between the Diablo and
Eagle mountains and brought back
with him a geological profile of the
country between these two ranges OF
mountains, covering distance of
twenty miles. On the profile are
marked the exact heights of the diff
ferent mountains taken by the most
modern instruments. Geologist
Dumble states he saw among
these mountains ineXhaustible
deposits of the finest kind of marble
accessible to the railroads. Mr..
Dumble believes this western country,
in addition to its mineralogy, can be
made an agricultural region.