The St. Johns herald., 1885-09-17
LIVE STOCK NEWS.
Items of Interest to StOekmen, Gath.
 cred from Reliable Sources.

Southwestern Stockman: By the assessment returns Yavapai coun- ty has 10000 horses, 800 mules, $500 sheep, and S9,6SS head of cattle.
 Dodge City (Kan.) Cowboy : The Texas fever has broken out among the cattle on the trail in the Panhandle, Several authenticated cases have been reported.
 Dodge City (Kansas) Journal |: Song of the c and A cattlemen : We are coming, Father Cleveland, with three hundred thousand more." Short Meter. Air-"Tear- ing out of the Wilderness"
 Dodge City Stock Journal: Steve Elkins, who became so well-known as Blaine's manager last year, has an interest in forty thousand head of cattle now being driven from the Indian territory to New Mexico. MT. Elkins owns large landed in terests in New Mexico.
 Hoof and Horn: Down in Texas they have an official designated as "scab inspector" His jurisdic- tion extends over one or more counties, in which he visits the diff ferent fiocks of sheep, and those found afflicted with scab he requires to have dipped, in compliance with a state law.
 Caldwell (Kan.) Journal: The cattlemen in the Cheyenne and Ar apahoe country are rustling their cattle together as fast as men and horses will do it, to get them out before September 2d. Many of them will be unable to do it, how ever, as the cattle are badly scat tered at this season of the year.
 St. Marys Express: Messrs. G..  A. Fowler & Co.,, the big ranchmen of Wabaunsee county, insure all their cattle againt death by torna- does, fire, etc., and say that the protection this season has already paid the premium on the insur- ance. They recently lost a very fine COW from lightning and the in- surance was adjusted very satis- factorily by their company.
 Globe Stock Journal: We sec a statement that one hundred head of Colorado horses have been ship to London for street car service, and we cant help but add if they are the scissor brand heaven have mercy on the Englishman that makes the coupling between one of them and street car and every thing else below the second floor in that block.
 Tucson Citizen: It is now off, cially announced that Gen. Arm strong, who recently investigated the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian agency, and whose report theron had much to do with the issuance of the proclamation ordering cat tlemen off that reservation, will soon proceed to the White Noun tain reservation, in this territory, for the purpose of making an en- rollment of the Indians and in- quiring into and reporting upon the condition of affairs among the Apaches. In other and more homely phraseology, he is huntin g fish rats in the Indian meal tub.
 Northwestern Live Stock Jour nal: The order of the president to remove the fences from the pub lie domain is to be enforced. Some persons had been led to think that further would be heard of the matter, but a dispatch from Washington on late date is to the effect that the fences will have to come down, "even with the force of the military, if necessary" If those who have such lands enclosed | are as prompt in removing the fences from same, as have been the owners in getting their cattle off the Indian reservations, it will not be many days until the ''open will be considerably larger