Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-01-03
STOCK ITEMS.

Points Of Interest About Kansas Stock.
Emporia Republican: The parade of the
banquet beeves took place a few days
ago, and all that the people had been led
to expect from the apparently extrava-
CANT descriptions of the stOckmen was
fully realized. The animals were about
as magnificent specimens of the Gallo
way and Hereford as were ever seen in
this country, and it is no wonder that a
special effort was made to secure the
Galloway for exhibition at the Worlds
Fair. The procession was headed by the
K. P. band, and passed through the
principal streets. The animals to be
slaughtered were gaily decorated with
ribbons, and moved quietly and with
caution, seeming to feel that any hila-
IiOus conduct on their part would inter
fere with the success Of the banquet.
Four weeks ago seven short
Geo. W. Nelles, near Paramount
were bitten by a mad dog, and seven
have since been shot, the last one Mon
day. Two dogs on the place were bitten
at the same time and as soon as they be-
gan to show signs of hydrophObia were
also killed. The calves when first af-
flicted by the malady stood perfectly
still with a fixed gaze and beloved.
This was kept up during all of the first
day. The second day they became vio-
lent and ran against fences. The calves
were all short horn yearlings, valued at
$50 per head.
Emporia Republican Col. Whitley
viii exhibit at the stockmen's banquet,
a bottle of wine presented to him seven
teen years ago this Winter by Phillip
HOyne, one of the very first settlers of
Chicago and now United States commits
siOner in that city. At the time of the
presentation this bottle of wine had
/ been in MIR. HOyne's cellar tWenty-fOur
/ years. How old it was Whenit found its
way into Mr.. HIS cellar, no one knows.
| 1t is certain however that tits over forty
one years old.
/ Caldwell Journal: A half dozen fine
/ deer from the Territory, were sold on
/ this market for shipment Monday at
| $3.50 per hundred pounds. Our markets
are well supplied with game of ali kinds
| now and some has to be shipped away.
4 The hunters are making game scarce In
! the Territory this fall and if it is not
/ stopped the game will almost all disap-
! pear in a year or two.
Prairie fires have about closed out the
range cattle business for this Winter in
/ the western part of Kansas, above the
| Arkansas river. Many ranges are en-
| tirely burned of, together with hundreds
of tons of hay that had been secured by
Iranchmen to feed their cattle on through
i bad storms. Fire guards appear to dc
but little good in many instances.
Hartford cal: James Mccullough, o.
Four Mile, killed the champion hog this
week. Guesses as to its weight after il
was dressed vary from 500 to 700. At al
events they had to construct a windlasl
70 raise it from the ground. No othel
State can beat Kansas in raising hogs
even if we do have to raise them with {
a windlass.
W. C. Reed, the Florence stock dealer
shipped q car load of hogs from Florence
last week that averaged $40 pounds
one Of the finest lot of hogs ever sent Out
of the country. Mr.. Reed also shipped
800 head of sheep from the keystone
ranch, near Burns.
Wichita Eagle Kansas beats the
} world for fine, healthy hogs. Who evel
saw superior specimens of the dudisl
swine than the Berkshire and POLAND
Chinas that are now being brought t,
the city, and that are daily seen upon on
streets.
Florence Herald; Chas. Barker, 0