Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-14
Stock Notes.

Stock shipments are lish''
Stock no ties scarce since harvest
We hear that Capt. Todhunter ha> SOFA
his celebrated mare. Natre''''
MIR. +. ). Fi>hb,ck slapped. last sa'ur-
dny. by tn, Fannie Lewis. l. fat hogs
MIR. G. W. Ou>ley shipped by the d" MIL
ney, on her last trip down. - ia' h"s'.
Atwo year old butt of Mr.. Gran'''se age >
killed one Of his horses lev nights "s"'
Me>,r-. Shull i Elliott bought. recently,
on the Usage. ll3 head of cattle, "uicl 'heS
VIII graz.
VIM. q. N-al- sold. recently, t" D. r.
Groves. : head of two Year old Steers al
-; % per head
Cot. FranL Field. of Higgins'ilie, has! a
very hue pair of mules which "e'sh -'"o'
pounds. Can any one beat them
MIR. Tneod IRE Bate. OF TeXa- Prairir,so!d
recently. 10 Mr.. Lewis Day, at Wellington,
II lot of fat hogs at 50 - per hundred pounds
Me--r>. Shuil X Elliott soih, at hhoh
kro-Icr. recently. 10 Mus>rs. Denton No.
IA head cattle. a,erging - poun"'' al -
vents.
MIR. l.. X. Noel, of Ray county. s"id'
Wednesday last, to Mir. a. Marx, IN ths
city, 4 h"rlrr>, weighing 900. pounds al
:: cents.
MIR. W r.. Harrison, OF Auiiville. called on
Us Wednesday. Tie had Just returned from
y trIp east with seven car loads Of the hets-
| lest cattle. Skinned by Mr.. Jas. W. Harrison
| r-crnilv. Finding the market Tor that class
oil cAlIl" poor IN 81. Louis, he took them 10
Bulalu. and that market not proving salts
factory. he went on to Jersey CITY where he
sold Al II To - cent, perpouni net. counting
Is t. the custom there-;,G and 5, pounds 10
the huudred. The cattle averaged WHEN
Sold l.iOi pounds.
4, a matter Of interest to all our stock
men. We here print The law passed by the
last general assembly concerning false ped
igrer- OF stock. BE il enacted by the Cen
srdI Assembly of til e state OF Missouri, as
follows See /. Chapter POL of the general
statutes OF Missouri, the same b ling article
) of chapter II of Wasner's Missouri stat
utr>. i, hereby amended by the addition OF L
new section thereto. To be- known rs section
81. section ~. II any person ~shallknowinS-
IL, and with intent TO deceive, furnish TO any
purchaser of stock. Il printed or written false
pedigree Of the same, whereby such p~urchd>-
cr shall BE- Induced to buy said stock. the
person 50 offending shall he guilty OF a mis-
,Iematnor,a and on conviction thereof, be pun
t>hcd by a tine of not less than twenty-five
dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars,
or by Imprisonment in the county jail not less
than three non more than six months. or by
both >uch the and Imprisonment. Sec. :.
All acts ur part, OF acts Inconsistent with the
provisions oil this act are hereby repeated.
licrm. itrici>-!n a letter TO the Turf,
FIcid ami Farm-datsd Warrcnlon, Na..Junc
lNtt. SAYS: Thinking that the following aru-
Gle. which | cIIt ont of the London Enter
prise. may. perhaps, not nave come to Sour
ewes or ears. | take the liberty OF relat-
In. to you the facts OF this powerful leap,
a | was riding the horse on that occasion
AT the late meeting of the riding club, al
Warranton, MIR. LnLiam's horse Murad, in
clearing one OF the hurdles. made the aimosi
unparalleled jump of thirty-slX feet from
where his hind feet left ground to where
they again r ached ground. The distance
cleared from the point the hind feet iei
ground to where the front feet touched
ground Wa inriy-two feet. These facts art
attr>tcd by gentlemen "t the highest char
lr'rr for truth, who witnessed the jump
aud Immediately measured II with 4 stand
ard rule" The leap was made by Murad
after H. had goue TWO mites, at the last Jumi
IN the race. which was "A very wlde sod wall
four feet INCH. with i ditch six feet WIDE II
front OF II. lu-t before coming 10 this JuinI
the horse felt an inclination TO bolt, and be
c,mc very hard to control. lie rushed a
= rE. uttl AZ near ion >.rt,i- took I'M Owe