The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-17
LIVE STOCK

CATTLE are coming In very slowly and barely
Sufficient are offered daily To supply the local
demand AT this season OF the year the arrivals
should be large, and considering the abundant
grass on NIL the ranges, should be fat aud
smooth. Prices have advanced about II quarter
OF cent since last report Mutton sheep IRE
Also becoming, scarce and are eagerly taken II
iitled for the shambles Veal calves aud spring
lambs nave entirely disappeared from the pens.
There Is still good enquiry for horses, mules
ana ponies, and prices are very firm.
TODAY & QUOTATIONS..
BRAF CATTLh-Corn-fed none
BARREN COws-Fat 2h0oJ cents.
BHIPpING-3A 6o3is cents.
STCCK--Pcr head, s91SlS.
MICH Cows-With calves, S256SSi0
SPRiNGKRs-Per head, 8l0t0s30.
Hoas1Corn.fed, 5@5h cents; timber fat 8Go4;
stock. 2hGpS.
sHREr-Mutton, sX@Si cents; stock, por head
HoRsEs.Extra fine, per span, sIOC@s5OG fancy
harness, sl50@e20O; livery harness, 875@psl7b:
farm, s5O@sl25; ponies Sl5tbsS0,
MULEs.Extra heavy sl25@S200; medium $500
8 90 small &S0n6u
An Indian territory special says that United
States indian Agent Miles has given notice that
he Will under orders from the war department
eject NIL cattle men ind their herds from Chcy-
eenne and Arapahoc reservation, and Secretary
Lincoln has ordered the employment of troops
II necessary 10 rid the reservation Of the stock
men who are there without authority of law
The work of removal is now in progress Indians
who own herds and the families of those who
have intcrmarricd with whites In possession of
herds will not be molestcd.
From an article entitled studies In tho
SOUTH In II late numbcro of tho Atlantic Month.
ly, we cNtructthe following;
Westward from Houston the country becomes
dryer, though there Is still much low prairie All
along the road In this region one sees many cat
tie and soon learns the meaning Of the accounts
so often repeated, OF cattle being able 10 1.-Two
ont oil winter withoutfc feed or shelter" They do
live sO-that Is some of them do. Many die
from starvation / saw their bodies everywhere,
and many OF those still alive wero wretchedly
emaciMed. Hundred of them WERE to use nh
expressive southwestern phrase "ou tho lift"
that ", when they lay down they are so weak
that they could not get up, but II they wero
helped 10 get up they could walk about and
feed until WEAKNESS weakness prompted them
to lie down again. when tho process had to be
repeated ] saw great numbers VI dead AMI.
mails In pools and bitches where They had come
to drink and beir. too weak to struggle through
tho mud, they had fallen into the water and
been drowned. The owners seemed generally
TO hold the same general philosophy with amau
with whom talked at Corinth, mississippi, who
Thought he did not lose much when hundreds OF
his sheep died for want OF food aud shelter, be-
cause, as he said, I'VE git the wool" Sothoso
Texas catlle.mcn seem satisfied with the hides
hundreds and thousands of the cattle die when
the new grass begins 10 come SO was told
cNclN WHtIc. ihccNpluHhtluul IN luhl inc CNlllc,
weak from long starvation and ravenous with
hunger, eat excessively Of the fresh grass They
have no dry feed tn serve MS u correction, and
the surfeit oil greon food Kills them The whole
system OF cattle. raising In the state seemed IN
| me to be enormously waSlclul, yet tho industry
Is u source of wealth. II would, however, he
| much more profitable with better methods and
as the population becomes more dense, and the
range for cattle is circumscribcd, these win OF
| necessity be adopted. Nearly every pursuit IN
tho south. is. tO Nrcut pNkput carried
rather goes on, with similar wnstefulnuss OF
method and result