The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.

ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Office Assistant Harrison re-
ported everything dull. He has
forwarded to Nolan county the brief
in the case against the county for
failure to pay interest on money Dor
rowed from the school fund.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The Fort Worth Pressed Beef and
Packing company; capital stock,
100000. Incorporators: John r.
Hoxie, Jno. G. Mccarthy, M. G. Ellis,
S. d. Rainey, R. E. Maddox, Robert
Mozart, A. L. Byor, lobe Johnson and
E. B. Harold.
CoMPTRoLLER's DEPARTMENT.
Harrison county redeemed $4,000
subsidy bonds yesterday.
The records of the comptroller's
Office show the total amount to the
credit of the permanent school fund,
in cash, is $6,621 1892. This fund
is being invested in interest bearing
securities as fast as the cash surplus
accumulates. (See tables 4S and 49
for class of securities held by this
fund.- During the year, county bonds
amounting to $1H,S 800 were redeemed
by different counties. and the amount
of bonds purchased during that time,
as an investment, was 1924, $50.
The annual interest on bonds held
by this fund is 1882 ,655.H.
The various asylums have $4,000
invested in state bonds. Receipts
from the above investments, together
with the interest received from land
sales, constitute the available funds,
which are transferred annually to
state revenue by authority of the gen
eral appropriation act, from which
fund the appropriations are made for
the support of the respective asylums.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT..
The following letter explains itself {:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIoN,(
February ID, 1890.
Principal of High School:
Dear Sir: 1t gives me great pleas
ure to transmit to you the following
communication which 1 have received
today from Mr.. E. T. Dumble, state
geologist:
Hon. O. H. Cooper, State Superintendent
Public Instructions, AUSTIN Texas:
Dear Sir: As numerous request
have been received during the past
six months for collections of the rocks
and minerals of Texas for the purpose
of illustrating the study of geology in
the various high schools of the state
/ have made a collection of specimens
of suitable size, which are numbered
labelled plainly and ready for use in
the way desired. These specimens,
besides the ordinary educational value
of such material, have the additional
advantage of being from the state, and
therefore just such forms as the stu
dent will meet with in his field stu
dies.
These collections will be furnished
to any high school in Texas on appli,
cation of the principal, approved by
the school board, the only require
ment being that a suitable case be
provided for their preservation. An
ordinary show case, eight feet i
length with locks in the doors, will
answer admirably, or, if an upright
case be preferred, book case with
glass doors will answer. Similar col
lcctions of the characteristic fossils of
the different geologic periods will be
prepared in time for the fall term.
Yours very truly,
[Signed] E. L. DUMBLE,
State Geologist."
congratulate your school on the
opportunity to obtain at such slight
expense the necessary collections of
rocks and minerals for instruction in
the practical study of geology. Yours
very truly, OSCAR H. COOPER,
State Supt. Pub. Inst.