The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-22
company ofst. Louis; capital stock, $3.50.

company of St. Louis; capital stock, $780,
900.
LAND oFFIcR.
The land Office reports sale and lease of
lands on the increase. Mr.. John Hoffer,
one of the Panhandle classifiers, returned
yesterday, and he reports that the alleged
troubles up in the Panhandle have been
greatly exaggerated.
From Wednesdays Daily.l
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
Major Holmes is holding down the exec
utive office, the governor being still off
trying to patch up peace between the con-
tending factions in Fort Bend county. No
news was received from there yesterday.
The governor is expected home this morn
ing.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL's OFFICE.
Captain 0rsay received no news from
Richmond yesterday, and everything is
believed to be quiet.
The Ell Paso Light Infantry, H. Il. Ste
venson captain, has completed its organiza-
ton, and Captain Orsay sent the company
arms yesterday.
He also sent out to the different compa-
MES the United States army regulations for
1899.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
Refugio, Edwards, Hemphill, McCol-
The following counties shows increase in
values; Live Oak, 500, 259; Lee, $50, 600;
Sommeryille, $70,S01; Chambers, $4,000;
Waller, $1,000.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following foreign charters were filed
in the office of the secretary of state yester-
day:
fhe Ostrander and Loomis Land and
Stock conlpany of New Jersey, capital
stock, 100000.
The Eisenstadt Jewelry company, of st.
Louis; capital stock, $4,000.
GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
Prof Dumble has just returned from
three weeks visit of investigation in Ell
Paso county.
In the Quitman mountains he discovered
valuable deposits of onyx samples, of which
he has an exhibition. The zones or veins
of the stone are beautifully colored and it
will be fine material for mantels, table tops
and ornamental work. A vein of it six feet
thick was found. A large quantity of fine
agates and beautiful opals were found and
altogether the trip was very successful and
the result of it will be of great value to the
section through which it was made.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
The following is the new law relative to
districts, and the attention of county and
school officers are called to it:
l. The commissioners courts of the sew
eral counties of this state shall have power
to levy a special tax for the further mainte-
nance of public free schools and the cree
ton within each school district of school
buildings therein in counties not exempt
from the district school system: Provided,
Two-thirds of the qualified property tax
paving voters of the district, voting at an
election to be held for the purpose, shall
vote such tax not to exceed in any year
20 cents on the 500 valuation of the prop
erty subject to taxation in such district.
2. 1t shall be the duty of the county COM
missioners' court of all counties not ex-
empted from this section to subdivide their
respective counties into convenient school
districts at least one month before the
first Monday in October, 1884. Said courts
shall designate said school districts by num-
bers: Provided, That when districts are
once established they shall not be changed
without the consent of a majority of the
legal voters in all districts affected by such
change.
3. Said school districts shall be so made
as to be as convenient as possible to the
scholastic population, and said courts shall
give the metes and bounds of each district,
and shall designate the same carefully by
giving the whole surveys and parts of sur
views, with acreage of whole surveys and the
approximate acreage of parts of surveys in
each district, and the county judge shall
carefully record the same, and each district
shall be given number, which number
shall be painted in large letters or figures
over the doors of the school houses, said
signs to be provided by the district trustees
of each district.
4. All polls for school district elections
shall be opened at 10 O'Clock a. M, and
shall not be closed before o'clock p. m,
and none of the officers holding such cleo
ton shall be entitled to compensation
therefor.
Particular attention is called to section 2