The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-09-06
DEPARTMENT DOINGs.
Items Of General Interest Cleaned IN IL;
Departments Yesterday.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE


Departments Yesterday.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Colonel Levy, Governor Hogg's pri.
vate secretary received telegram
yesterday from the governor saying
that he would not be home for several
days as he had gone fishing.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
The following charters were yester-
day filed in the office of the secretary
of state
Christian church of Howe, Grayson
county. Trustees: S. l.. D'Spain, John
o. Mathews and w. L. Copeland.
The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
Emanuel church of Manda, Travis
county. Signed by Onst. Carlson, W .
Smith and g. @. Abramson.
The Commercial club of Sherman,
capital stock of $4,000, Incorpora.
tors: G. B. Dorchester, H. l.. Hall and
Sidney Wilson
The Waco Commercial club, with
capital stock OF $4,000. Incorporators;
j. w. virgins, W. a. Williamson
and w. w. Seley.
The Ell Paso Tannery, with Cap
ital stock of $4,000 The incorporat.
ors sre u L. White, A. Larmour and
Joseph Magoffin.
The Clear Greek Irrigation and
manufacturing company (Menard
county, with capt. al stock of SlO,-
600, also filed a charter today, Incor.
rorators: w. l.. Black, George L.
Nouis H. Rang.
RAILWAY COMMISSION.
The commission granted yesterday
the Galveston, Harrisburg and San
Antonio railway authority to make
the following rates on lithO carbon in
carloads from Give, Texas
To San Antonio 13c per 100 pounds;
to Houston, 1Sc; to Galveston, zoe; to
Media and all stations north to and
including Denison, 25c; Beaumont, 2lc;
Orange, 22c. Effective Sept. s, 1894.
HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT.
Judge G. w. Raines, who is the his.
Jorical clerk OF the department of
statistics and history, has returned
from tour through the state and has
collected some relics and curlos of
rare value. He obtained the follow
ing specimens from Hon. John Adri-
aDce OF Columbia: The files of The
Telegraph and Texas Register which
was published at Columbia in August,
1885. Upon casual examination OF
one of these old papers it rAay be dis
covered that the columns contain the
announcement for president OF
the republic of Stephen f.
Austin, Sam Houston aud Henry
Smith.
The Townsend letters, which were
letters from his partner, and among
them is one containing the Express
from the Alamo calling for help of
date Feb. 26, 1888; a French manu-
script on the subject of the COLOMBIA
ton of Louisiana dated 1928; Bowels
letter to General Cos, and walking
stick made from the fret cotton screw
erected in Texas.
Hon. IhOs. II Jennings has also
contributed an oil painting of the
old stone fort at NacogdOches, painted
by Miss Jennie Harris OF Nacogdoches.
This work of art is realistic and de-
serves notice.
Judge Raines exhibited to STATES.
MAN man lot Of old newspapers
which he purchased for the
state with q special fund for
that purpose, from Mr. j. E.
Mayfield of Nacogdoches. Among
them we're noticed the Red Lander,
published in San Augustine in 1874
and edited by A. w. Garfield This
was q weekly publication and the de.
Jan, 4, 1874.
Another newspaper relic was the
Texas State Gazette, published at
Austin in 1850 81 and edited by H. P
Brewster and J. W. Hampton. An
other was the NacOg doches Times,
published by Floyd H. Kendall in
iS4S 10. The next observed was the
Rusk Pioneer of 1919, edited by }. A.
Clark, and the last was the Tyler Tel
egrapb, edited by Lucius c. ClOpton
IN 1857 The copy obtained was the
initial number.
The department of statistics and
history is q magazine of curious bpeCi'
mems OF great historical interest and
the student can spend hours pursuing
his lnvestiga with increasing in
terest and without fatigue.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Chief Clerk KimbrCugh of the de-
partment OF education furnished the
| following figures yesterday:
Total attendance at the summer
normal schools, 34S5.
Number of applicants for summer
certificates, 2229.
Number of certificates granted, 973
CoMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.
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