, 1872-11-01
ELOODED STOCK,
Great Auction Sale OF Short-Eorncd
Cattle.

Great Auction Sale OF Short-Eorncd
Cattle.
Jacksonville III, (0ct. 29) Correspondence Of the IFS
Mr J. Fl. pieire ellt; De's1s Of Hslristown, Macon
county. Ill, one Of the prominent breeders Of
bloodcd stock, sold at public auction. on Thurs-
Gay last, forty-ono head OF short-horn cattle
(tWenty-nlne COWS and heifers and twelve bulls),
forty-se7en Berkshire hogs, and twenty-eight
Southdown sheep. Colonel J. ". Judy, of 11enard
County, H., ofiiciated as auctioneer. The vide
sprend reputation of Mr. Pickrell as an eminent
~ successful breeder Of blooded stock, brought
together large number OF stockmen of Illinois
and other States, among whom were Messenger,
Br1dgeford, Garrard, and Black, of Missouri !;
Burress, Duncan, Spears, Letton, Humphreys,
Hamilton, Hes, Brown, Sandusl1y, aud Sebert, Of
Illinois; Page, of California; Vanmeter, OF Ken
tucky, and Earl, of Indiana. The IL short-horns
sold brought N a the aggregate $M,1 ,1s5, making
BerkAhire hogs sold. brought IN average Of S23
per head, and the 28 Southdown sheep realized
an average of $3.50 per head. The total amount
realized for the cattle, hogs and sheep, was
$26, ,4O8.
As tho herd Of cattle sold was one of tho
finest IN the Mississippi Valley, and as the prices
obtained were extraordinarily high, we think it
will be Of great interest to give the sales in de-
tail. They were as follows Baron Lewis,
years old, sold to Y. 4 Il: sandusky, Indiano1a,
sold to T. ". Gazrard, Martinsbu1g, No., for
81, TOO; Lady Fairy A, 2years old, sold to 7. ".
Garrard, Martinsburg, no., for 81 100; Daisy
Booth, 2 years old, sold to H. J. Earle, Of La
fayette, Ind, Tor s1,s10; Aristocrat, years
Baron Blossom, 4 months old, sold to Arthur
Pick1ell, .Harrstown, Ill, for 517O Lewis Hill,
5 months old, sold to J. &. J. F. Ha1den, Ellison,
H., for $475; Baron Kirk, 8 months old, sold
t. s,oo John b. Turner, t3 God's Point, H., for
old, sold to James kirkpatrick, Lafayette, Ind.
for $500; Manfredo, ten months old, sold to j..
johnson, Poolsville, Ind, for 5000; Baron
Luange I'd, ton months old, sold to James Orat,
Winona, ILL.,, for S275: Zeb. Dun, eleven months
$3.50; Daisy Bull, one year old, sold to A.;
Latimer, Abingdon, Indiana, for $3.50; Standard
Bearer, three years old, sold to ". ". Reynolds,
Of Shipman, Illinois, for 1,050, Conscript, four
years old, sold to Oliver Hall, of s1echanicsburg,
H., for $3.50; Prize Flower, two years old, sold
to E. ". Mills, Sullivan. H., for $3.50; Amelia
Third three years old, sold to T. ". Garrard, Of
Martinsburg, Mo-, for s46O; Amelia: four years
old, sold to G.. L. Burruea, Of Carrollton,
H., for $3.50; Statesman Daughter Second,
mon County, Ill, for s625 Florentia Twenty
first, Years old, sold to T. ". Garrard Of Mar
tinsburg, No., for S420; Princess Royal Sev-
cnth, 8 years old, sold to James Gray, OF Sum
MERRILL, H., for $3.50 Princess Royal Fifth, 9
years old, sold to 7. Humphrey, Elmwood; H.,
Tor $3.50 Prairie Blossom, years old. sold to
Edward lies, of Springfield, for 5000 !: Lady
Fair Twelfth, years old, sold to G. L. Burris,
OF Carrollton, III, for $500; Caroline Third, S
years old, sold to J: ". shotwell, Frankfort;
No., for 500; Mary Fourth, years old, sold
to ". Page, San Francisco, Cal, for $500; Wood
land Lady, years old, sold to T. Humphrey,
Elmwood, Ill, for 5000; Laura 4, year
old, sold to N. J. Earl, Lafayotte, Ind,
for 54u0; Laura Fourteenth, 8 months
old, sold to William Knowl, Paxton, Ill,
for s410; Laura Thirteenth, 8 years old,
sold to w. Page, San Francisco, for S40o: Laura
Eleventh, four years old, sold to Israel Pierce,
Assumption, Illinois, for $500; Daisy Sweep
stakes, three years old, sold to Mr. Holden, El-
ison, illinois, for $3.50; Lounn Of Macon, three
months old, sold to Mr.: Feather, Of Sunbeam,
Illinois, for s355; Eighth Louan Of Woodlawn,
sold to same for S455; Louan Thirty y-seventh,
FIVE months old, sold to S. S. Lockbridgo, OF
Greencaatle, Indiana, for $3.50; Eme Dun, five
years old, sold to Ar. Humphrey, Of ElmTood,
Illinois, for 1910; Ophie Pierce, one year OLE,
sold to ". Page, Of San FraEcisco, for $500 /;
Nettie Pierce; four yonrs old, sold to T. ". Gar
rard, Of Martinsburg, Missouri, for $3.50; OF
tilia, eloven years old, sold TO T. Il. Humphrey,
of Elmwood, Illinois, for $3.50; Rose, seven
years old, sold to Vim. Knowl. Paxton, Illinois,
for $3.50; Retta, twelve years old, sold to L. B.
Wing, cement, Illinois, for s4O0.