The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
OTES.
THE sTATEsMAN's LITTLE LIST OF
CAPITOL EVENTS.
Educational Echoes-Rich Geological Speci-
mems Reported-AgriCultural Affairs.
Items From the Comptroller
Commissioners Land Office.

| The STATESMAN continues 10 gamer
them in. 1t gathered in all the items
at the capitol yesterday and put them
up in type for the benefit OF the public.
The list is given below:
Department of Education.
Superintendent ritchett is buzzlng
around like a fly in spider web, fix
ing things up in this department. so
that he may turn it over in good order
to his successor the 10Th of Septem-
ber The change which puts Profess
sor Pritchett at the head of the Sam
Houston Normal fills his present place
with one of the best recommended
men in the state and works no harm
to the department, yet there are none
but regret to have the genial, busy
little professor go away, even though
he be succeeded by the best material
in Texas.
There were 1908 applicants for two
year certificates from the recent sum-
mer normal schools, and yesterday
the board appointed to examine their
papers completed their labors. There
were granted 507 first grade certifi-
Gates, 521 second grade, and SAT third
grade, while 378 were granted none at
all, and were regarded rs failures.
There is great activity just now in
all branches of school work, from the
university to the remotest school dis
trict in the country. Cities are as
suming control of their schools, dist
riots are voting local taxes, better
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grade of teachers are being employed
and there is better outlook than
Texas has seen in many years. 1t all
argues that Texas is coming to the
front in educational matters and COM
ing rapidly too. The like state of af--
fairs does not exist in any other state
in the union.
Geological.
Mr.. Mac Woodland writes the de-
partment that he has unearthed sew
eral valuable specimens while pros
pecting in Angelina and San Angus
tine counties. He reports specimens
of coal, iron, silver, aluminium and
platinum and offers to send
specimens to the department. He
has been written to the effect
that if he has specimens such as he re-
ports to send then on and Texas will
pay the freight.
Agricultural. ..,..
Agricultural specimens are not over
whelming the department as yet,
though there is every reason to be-
lieve they will.
Reports from the various counties
are coming in rapidly and show up
well. a."
The new library and other furniture
has arrived and only await the return
of the commissioner to be unpacked
and put in position.
The Comptroller.
The comptroller purchased county
bonds as follows.
Hopkins county court house record.
room, $5000 go o'
Collingsworth court house bonds-
$4,000.
Warran is were drawn yesterday to
pay the states half on the wolf scalp
bounty as follows:
Jones county, SLID; Lubbock
county, $1.83
Tax rolls were audited yesterday
as follows:
Motley county, present assessment.
81, 294 $40; increase, $341 1856.
Karnes county, assessment, $2,502,~
319; increase, $76,380.
Dewitt county, assessment, 81 ,S52,~
147; increase, $4l9,850.
Refugio county, assessment, 81 ,747,-
O91; decrease, $20,4l8.
The collectors of Anderson, Cald-
well, Dewitt, Guadalupe, Newton,
Oldham and Washington counties
made reports and remittances yester-
day to cover August collections.
The comptroller yesterday trans
ferred under the acts of 1870 and 1887
from land sales accounts of act of 1879,
$3.50, 221 IA and of act of 1887 $31 ,294 90,
one-half of each of said amounts to the
credit of permanent school fund and
the other half to general revenue.
The comptroller has issued eircu.
lar embracing series of excerpts FROM
the laws governing the action of the
various county collectors and yester-
day he dispatched them to the inter-
ested officials with detailed instruc-
tions as to receipting collections, etc.
The Railway Commission.
There were no new rates made by
the commissioners yesterday and mat
ters seemed to have become very quiet
there.
No persons appeared before the
commissioners yesterday, the day be-
ing given up to routine business and
to entertaing the newspaper cores
rodents who are always on hand
Chairman Reagan has received sew
eral very flattering communications
yesterday from various boards of trade
offering their support should he seek
an appointment on the interstate COM
mission but he returned re-
ply that he desired no change. The
board of trade in San Antonio was.
among those heard from yesterday.
General Land Office.
For the past month The STATES
MAN has contained long lists of lands
sold by this department to individ
uals during the month Of August
The following is a list of the total
col nc m Il oI E,v