The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-08


EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT..
The following extracts are made from
a letter received by Superintendent
Cooper from county judge 10 regard to
school matters in his county:
sour county levies and collects special
tax of 20 cents on the 800 for school
purposes and has been doing 80 for three
years. Our people pay the special school
tax without murmur. We have plenty
of cash on hand to pay teachers. Our
school term is ten months and we could
run our schools all the year if we so de-
sired. Last year our local tax yielded
1858. x X 4 Our entire scbo-
lastic population is only 175 and our en-
scholastic year will be more than $2,615,
which I think is fair for population
of 175. We collect nothing for overs
and 'unders,' and have no private sub
soription. Our people believe that the
public schools are public benefit and the
public supports our schools, and they are
public, free schools in every sense, abso-
lutely as free as the doors of the church.
X know that local tax
alton is the only way to make our schools
better. Then the law should be repealed
allowing charge to be made for overs
and unders. 1t keeps many children away
from school,"
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
Commissioners Foster was in his office
yesterday, having returned from Sau An
tonic. While in that city Mr.. Foster au-
thorized the Texas Fire and Marine In
suranoe company to commence business.
This is the second Texas fire company in
existence. 1t has an authorized capital
of 100000 and paid up capital of
100000.
The following reports have been re-
ceived at this department:
Sheriffs-Knox and Atoscosa counties.
Treasurer-Jefferso county.
Commercial report-MoKinney.
The commercial reports of the cities of
Texas, which are received daily at the ag-
ricultural department., tell tale and point
to a moral. According to the report of
the town of Mckinney, just received,
that place has population of
only 5000 people. The town last
year sold $150,000 worth of agricultural
implements, $4,000 bales of cotton, and
$4,000 bushels of corn; 100000 bushels of
wheat were shipped, together with $780,
600 worth of livestock. The town last
year spent 100000 on public improve
ments. The combined mercantile trans
actions of the year aggregated $1,500,000
and the taxable wealth of the town foots
up $1,230,780. This little town also has
$4,000 invested in manufacturing en-
terpIises.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Some days ago telegram was sent out
from New York to some Texas paper that
the reorganization of the Houston and
Texas Central railway was retarded by the
fact that there was a clash between the
attorney and the attorneys for
the railroad in regard to certain pro-
visions in the charter. 1t is understood
that there was never but one charter
by the Houston and Texas Central people
presented to the encouragement and that
was done on Tuesday. This charter was
approved by the attorney-general as
drawn in compliance with the law in every
respect. The fact, however, that this charter
has not yet been filed In the Office of
secretary of state has given rise to re-
port that there was some hitch. Such
however does not appear to be the case.
The charter has not yet been filed, prob
ably because the railroad people had not
concluded their reorganization scheme.
From Fridays Dailyl
GovERNoR's OFFICE.
The governor yesterday received an
eight-page legal cap letter from Waco
negro, who claims to have been hodooed.
There being no law authorizing the gov
ernor to intercede in such cases, the letter
was referred to the newspaper men by
Major Holmes, the governors private Sec
rotary.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The charter of the new Houston and
Texas Central Railway company was filed
yesterday in the Office of secretary of
state. The iDcorporstors are: Frederick
P. Olcott, of New York; BENZ. G. Mitchell,
of New York; Geo. s. Ellis, of Long
Island, N. Y; Henry E. Molin, of New
York; Frank W. Emery, of New York;
Frank L. Grant, of Brooklyn; James N.
Wallace, of Jersey City; John
Q. Adams, of Orange, N. Y; Philip
=. Babcook, of Brooklyn; W. II. Ludlum,
of Staten Island, N. Y. The road is under
the management and control of the folio w.
ing board of directors: E. Francis Hyde,
Charles Dillingham;, E. W. Cave. George
A. Quinlsn, j. j. Atkinson, Charles Fowler,
Dnniel Ripley, J. G.. p. Sumner. The
capital stock is $10,O00,OO0. The fee for
fling this charter in the secretary of
stata's Office was $2,575. The Houston
and Texas Central railway in this charter
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