The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05
NEwsY NOTES PICKED UP IN THE
STATE DEPARTMENTS
YESTERDAY.
Items of Interest for the People and Official
Figures and Opinions for
County officials.
From fridays Daily.

To His Excellency, the Governor of Texas:
Honored Sir-One thousand of our
laborers Cotton hands) are anxious to
come to your state. The cause of
this exodus is a failure in crops for the
last five years and worn out lands.
The cotton crop this year did not
average two bales to the pillow. Many
have gone to Mississippi. Thirty-one
families left last week and 500 this
week, and still about $4,000. more to
go. Now, if your planters desire
good, honest farm labor to cultivate
cotton, now is the opportunity. 1
have 1000 good families ready now
They are willing to work anyway to
make a good support. They are large
families, every member, nearly, a use
full cotton picker or farm hand. Please
inform me what advantages are Of
fered by your planters and what ar
rangements can be made with the
planters desiring help in your state,
to have them supplied. These parties
have not a dollar to pay railroad fare.
The Mississippi planters come over
and pay their way and give them an
opportunity to work it out.
Please address me at once and there
by benefit your planters and likewise
these poor laborers. They must go or
starvation will overtake them.
Yonr obedient servant,
w. P. MADISON,
Mayor of Tarboro.
The governor also received letter
from Mr.. ] H. Matthews, state agent
at Dallas for Funck & Hertzler, manu-
facturers of the Orchard City wagon,
him that a wagon had been
shipped to Mr.. Walter Tips for the
benefit of the Confederate Home.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The following charters were filed
yesterday in the Office of the secretary
of states
The American Glucose company, OF
New Jersey; capital stock, 81 100000.
The Smith Refrigerator and Manu-
featuring company, of Indiana; capt.
tai stock, $4,000.
The Sucker State Drill company, of
Illinois; capital stock, $4,000.
The st. Louis Candy company, of
Missouri; capital stock, $4,000
The Milburn Manufacturing COM
pany, of Missouri; capital stock, $780,
600.
The Globe Curtain Pole company,
OF Connecticut; capital stock, $l0,-
600.
The Palestine Baptist church.
GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT..
Circular No. 5, just issued by Pro-
lessor Dumble, of the geological de-
partment, speaks of the work in
central Texas as follows:
The detailed work, in cooperation
with the United States geological sur
vey, which is being done under the
direction of Mr.. r. I. Hill and as
sistants, requires time for its COM
pletion, but it is necessary to cor
rect solution of the problems involved.
Mr.. Hill is now writing bulletin
describing the central artesian water
belt, which will embody the re-
suits of the work as far as it has gone
in this direction in order chat they
may be at the service of the public as
soon as possible. Mr.. j. S. Stone
has been appointed assistant in this
division in place Of Mr.. Drake, who
has been transferred to work under
Professor Cummings.
Doctor T. B. Comstock has practic-
ally completed the field work of all of
his district except portion of Llano
and Burnet counties and an area Of
unknown extent in the northwest.
Enough material has been gathered,
in The way of notes, specimens and
illustrations, to afford basis for de-
tailed report upon the geology and
economic resources OF the region thus
far traversed. 1t will require much
Office and laboratory work before it
will be safe to announce all that the
Investigations may warrant, but it can
be stated that the area of the iron ores
has been clearly made out; the occur
renee of manganese, copper and pos
SlDly lctu OIeS HIS DccIl uOiuOu-
strated and the belts determined.
An opinion as to values, how
ever, must be held back
Until the chemical work has been
completed. The precious metals, il
found, will be within very limited
area, but there are other products
within the district which may event
ually yield greater revenue than
could be anticipated from gold or sill
yer mines. These-the GRANTEES
marbles, sands and special minerals
will probably prove very valuable
whenever they are exploited with care
and extensively enough to fully show
their character below the surface.
The character of the soils and natu
raj products has been as closely OBJ
served as possible, and the report viii
be of great value to agriculture al
wei as to the mineral resources Of thu
district.
Professor Jenny has completed hi
field work in, Gillespie county, and i
now engaged in writing his report.
FRoM SATURDAYS DAILY.l
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
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