Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-04-16
STOCK sQUlBs.

Points and Items about Kansas Stock.
Topping Bros.& Kerr of near Ness City
have lost 10l head of stock during the
winter.
The Manhattan Republic says: Barney
Dempsey sold, last Monday, his half
blood, three-year old Norman for $500.
Miller Bros, of Riley county, have
wintered 100 head of cattle, only losing
one. No trouble to winter stock if you
have sheds and feed.
The latest wrinkle in New Kiowa is to
load sack of salt and a currycomb and
brush on a mans back and hire him to
20 out on the range and curry the brands
off the cattle.
Miller Bros, of Junction City, sold last
week to J. D. Griffith, of Bala, their
Short-Horn bull, "Roan Duke of River
sfde," good animal, one year old March
2, and weighs $40 pounds.
Henry Daniels, of Manhattan was
offered, this week, $500 for his three
year old half-blood Norman stallion, by
an imported Norman horse. Itpays to
raise Normans.
Bill & Burnham of Manhattan sold
last week one thoroughbred bull to Z. M.
Dyche, of Ogden, and two to Berry
Bros, of Abilene, to 60 to the Irish col
ony in Ottawa county. All these short
horns are good stock.
Ness City News: Mr.. John Stephens
has been making the round of the cattle
camps this week. He thinks the worst
of the season is past, and that with good
care and attention from this time on, the
loss of stock will be practically at an end.
Kansas has walked them up again at
the New Orleans Exposition. Captain
White. of Sabetha, with nine head of
Short Horns, took $40 out of ST 900 in
premiums offered in the classes in which
he exhibited. A Kansas herd of Polled
Angus cattle took the first premium in
that class.
Mr.. FIJI. Barnhart, who for the past
ten years has been at the Osborne Farm
er's helm, has retired from the publica-
ton business, and will hereafter devote
his time to raising fine stock, improving
his farm and regaining health lost in the
too arduous labors consequent upon the
production of one of the best country
newspapers in Kansas.
Emporia News:: While absent in Texas
Harlow G. Wiser procured 5000 cattle,
to be driven from the Goodnight ranches
to the Wiser ranches, on the "Panhan-
de-" in the Indian Territory. The driv-
ing of these cattle will take a large force
of men and horses, as will be indicated
by the fact that Mr.. Wiser also purchased
l4O horses to use in making the drive.
Clay Center Times: While filling up
an old well Friday, two of Jesse Reeds
horses fell in and it was only by hard
work they were rescued. Though the
we'll was thirty feet deep, strangely
enough neither horse was injured to any
great extent. While party came to
town for derrick, rope and tackle, the
crowd around the well threw in straw
until the horses walked out by their
own efforts.
A. N. Miller, of Junction City, who
was in Manhattan last Saturday, says
that the trade in blooded hogs this spring
is the liveliest he has ever known. Dur
ing the last thirty days Miller Bros. have
sold over 5000 worth of thoroughbreds,
and we are glad to add that these pigs
were all sold to Kansas men, only four of
the lot to Davis county, the remainder
being distributed over the State.
Alma Enterprise: The Witherspoon
cattle stealing case took up good share
of the time of the Court last week, came
to close Saturday, the jury finding him
guilty. He was convicted Of stealing IA
head of cattle from Max Bucks pasture
in the vicinity of Eskridge. There was
in the neighborhood of seventy-fve wit
nesses subpenied. He has not yet been
sentenced, and has applied for new
trial.
Alma Enterprise: A number of the
horsemen of Wabaunsee have lately pur-
chased $1,000 imported Norman stall
lion, which they will keep for their own
use exclusively. This is, we understand,
the best horse in our county, and the
gentlemen who own him are determined
that so far as they possibly can the hor-
ses of Wabaunsee county shall in the
near future grade up to those of any of
our neighboring counties.
MauudItdu ItepuOCtC. we WcTc SOIIy
to hear that Frank Leach lost his valua-
BILE English Shire horse, recently, one of
the best in the West, which cost him
81 200 two years ago. The stallion was
not injured by being hooked, as has been
reported, but died from strangulated
hernia. There was not rupture on
him. The horse was splendid, high
spirited one. Mr.. Leach leaves Monday
for Missouri, where he will purchase
two stations of the same breed and
bring them back with him to his Bluff
dale farm.
Abilene Reflector: The fine stallion
show of last Saturday, when about twen-
ty thoroughbred stations were exhibit
ed on the streets of this city, was con-
elusive evidence Of the progress Dickin-
son county has made during the past
dozen years in the way of fine stock
The families represented were the Eng
fish Draught, Percheron, Clydesdale,
Norman, Morgan and Hambletonian
Mr.. Alfred Pray's fine imported Percher-
on stallion Meredith was among the
number. Meredith's action was shown
by trotting him behind pair of running
horses. He easily kept up with them,
showing four minute speed, which is
something remarkable in horse of his
immense proportions. The show was a
revelation to our people.
GRAND ARMY tlIEANINGS.