Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-14

/. shsphsrd Becomes Lost with
/. irloclI and wanders about
without Food.
l..,sl Farce Of the Cattle Kings
|T,eVu as Drifting" or The
Crazy Steers

y ..seuee OF the Gazette.
HtANp, TEXn Dec. l2.-The
4, & now engaged in the process
'Wriur up, after the heaviest storm
.s,son. The storm can hardly
IA norlher, either wet or dry,
wind through its whole dura-
N,our days was directly from the
The rain was warm as summer
and was attended by a dense
Al made IL impossible for one TO
Ne than few rods in any direc-
Our winter storm was not with
dramatic element, and heavy
Nofthunder rang out az intervals
n the storm.
gnr shepherd, new to the coun-
lame lost in the fog last Mon
morning and wandered about
n food, fire or shelter until
Isdsy afternoon, when he was
Uby the rangers. He had bravely
Mnhis flock, and his employers
.ndsomely reward his fidelity.
me exception OF a wearied body
badly aslOnished stomach the
fllow came out Of the ordeal all
& numbers of cattle ran before
.orm from the heads Of the
ID and came bawling into Mid.
hiring the dOwn-pour. The rain
sased and our prairies in the vi.
Of Midland are covered with
great farce Of the cattle-kings,
"Driliing,n was placed upon
lrds about four weeks ago, and
4, Is having a very successful
The play Is reproduced annually.
ins through the winter months
managers for this part Of Texas
C0l. Slaughter and Walker &
I, More than "a month ago their
tRvere ordered to leave the Pan
Die sod encamp south of the Texas
dfsnilway. They are cOmforta-
. fId a few miles south OF Mi =
within easy range of nips
general supplies, and the herds
iollowed them are Just
uiortab'y fixed, consuming our
uAlfd winter forage. every blade
|hlch belongs to private individ-
The gentlemanly managers send
0Fing dispatches to the papers
Terrible storms in the Panhan-
he stampeding of cattle towards
bolth, and the severe loss to stock
This is clumsy device to catch
lions, suckers, and anything that
more gullet than brains. AS q
T Of faGr, at the time these herd
sft the Panhandle there had been
Orm sufficient TO demoralize an
hen's back hair. The northern
was eaten off, and these chival.
cattlemen coveted the fine winter
IDg of central Tom Green, and
ght out the thread bare farce OF
5liDg,n or the "Crszy Steers" In
Vicinity there are $4,000 sheer
have during the summer peace
4 grsGad and fattened on grasse,
ing for the most part on LAND
ID by private individuals anc
as private property. They are
Of these incursions of the Goths
landals from the North; these
bal forays for plumber, ia which
'heep are driven out, their fine
b aud pure water appropriated
heir range made bare ana desc
As all these little matters must
busted in the near future, IL /,
10 begin calling these great move
poi cattle expeditions for plundeI
% Of drifting.
81 been hoping by this time e
sslce the arrival of another heavy
tsoi goods for a general store, bu
BOW every available car Is takel
DE movement Of cattle The roaC
oSded, and shop stocks and house
goods take an indeiiulte leEgtl
me on the road.
Weller returned from For
n few days ago with sixty-hy'
ior dairy purposes. He intend
Il back again soon, as he has set hi
fIon having about "a hundred cows
IA building up an enterprise tina
tqtizsns OF Midland should be Yer!
lnd Of.
Hae Midland Building association /
yfeady for business, and will begin
erection of building number ON
Aonday next The simple plan o
a'soclation meets the wants of uey
seIs In II very CRAFTY ing manner
VIII prove a powerful auxiliary II
building up of Midland.
Murray Harris, chief surveyo
ae Texas d Pacific railway, has jus
10 with his party from the Ri
sede, and Is OK pected TO remain her
y the neighborhood the rest q
fSinter.
axes & Co. are still assisting ealS
uien Ia fnrniah their hOmes in