The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-17
CATTLE CHATTER.

|. CATTLE CHATTER.
DAILY ROUND UPBY THE STATES
MAN TRAIL MAN.
Personal.
Mr.. Robert A. Smith returned from his
Runnels county ranch Thursday night.
Day 4 Sherwood, Tom Green county,
are locating 1920 head of cattle on the
Pecos.
Mr.. E. L. Gage, Of Presidio county, one
of the most prominent live stock men of
his section, is in the city.
Chas. Goodnight, the wealthy cattleman
of the Panhandle, recently donated $1,000
to the Panhandle Stock association to
make up deficit in the treasury.
Hines, Clark Il Co., at San Antonio, re-
port sales Of 800 pound beeves, at $3.50
per 100, cows at $13 to $15 each, and milk
COWS at $685. also 100 good steers, at $28.
From the San Angelo Enterprise it is
learned that r. R. Wade recently bought
of Messrs. Cramer and Bolton two hundred
one and two year old steers at $11 and
$15.
Col. Jim Ellison thinks that trail
should be established to the plains, lands
and wells dug to supply water for the
stock.
j. W. Riddle and s. V. W. Jones, of Ea-
gle Pass, have formed a partnership to
kill beef and ship to New Orleans in re-
made this week. Another good lick at
quarantine.
Claridge, the handsome man of the
TT A. Ia. ~
Louis convention, says: "Colopel Simpson
was one of the brightest, Captain Buzzard
one of the most influential, Cal Suggs
one of the handsomest, Captain Lyle one
of the cleverest, Judge Carroll one of the
funniest and Jesse Pressnal one of the
iolliest members of the Texas delegation"
NEwsy NUGGETS.
Austin county cattlemen complain of
lack of rain and fear their stock will suf-
fer greatly this winter.
Preside county makes good report of
fine grass and plenty of it and says that
the cattle on the ranges are rolling fat.
The Trail Man learns of sale of year
lings in Arkansas county at $1,000. Stock
of all kinds are looking up in value in
that section.
Seven thousand bushels of corn, more
than hundred tons of hay, six barrels of
molasses and three barrels of sugar are
some of the productions of a Goliad coun
ty stockman, from Goliad county land this
season. His name is w. A. ('Buek'O
Pettus.
Claridge saws "they left the white hats at
home. In fact, it is not much of a white
hat crowd anyhow. They are sort of
connecting link, as it were, between the
silk plugs that showed up at Chicago, and
the weather beaten white hats that do duty
on the range"
Texas Stockman: Having attended, re-
Gently, two national cattle conventions, it
is our deliberate CONVICTION tnaf, SO IaF as
regards results of practical value to stock
men, live state organization is worth
them all, and therefore hope to see a big
attendance and active interest at the COM
ing meeting of the Texas Live Stock as
ISOLATION.
The Live Stock association of southeast
Texas met in Houston on Thursday last,
Mr.. G. R. Cox in the chair and F. M. o.
Fem, secretary
The following members we're present:
J. D. Freemen, L. B. Allen, S. B. Moore,
j. w. Davis, j. R. Fem, E. B. Thomas, j.
M.Moore, G. N. Cessna}J. II. Weems. J.
D. Whitesides, Tom Williams, E. J.. Will
liams, w. w. Bains, 81. Roberts, Geo.
Roberts, A. @. Brookshire, w. III. Baker,
H.SL. Skeete, j. j. Settegast, Geo. Allen,
w. III. Kegans, Frank Williford, w. j.
Moore, Will Brookshire, A. T. Thomas, w.
D. Hoskins, A. L. Aubrey, M B. Dunla
vey, James McCloy; James McDongle, j.
H. Patterson, G. Davis, George Davis,
Joe Davis, q. t. Winfrey, A. w. Kennard,
James Montgomery, L. Hilendahl T. W.
Hilendahl, j. T. Mooney, S. E. McAshan.
Several questions of considerable i'm
portance we're discussed. The following
officers were elected:
G. r. Cox, President; J. W. Davis, vice
president; F. M 0. Fem, secretary; j. J.
Settegast, treasurer; executive committee
II. Roberts, j. R. Fem, j. D. Freeman, S.
E. McAshan, j. w. Moore.
An organization being affected, the
meeting adjourned to meet in Houston,
January s. 1886.
1t is asserted that without question this
association is one of the richest cattle as
sociations in America. 1t only has mem
bership of sixty-eight, but these sixty
eight men represent 100000 cattle and
about 100000 acres of land.