Western Kansas world., 1885-04-18
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 latest wrinkle in New Kiowa is te
load sack of salt and a currycomb anC
brush on mans back and hire him to
60 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, thei1
Short-H bull, "Roan Duke of River
side" good animal, one year old March
2, and weighs $40 pounds.
Ness City Neacs: 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 $1,000 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 large force
of men and horses, as will be indicated
by the fact that Mr.. Wiser also purchased
14O 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 we'll 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 iveliest he has ever known. Dur
ing the last thirty days Miller Bros. have
sold over $500 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 q 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-five wit
nesses subpenied. He has not yet been
and has applied for new
trial.
Alma Enterprise: A number of the
horsemen Of Wabaunsee have lately pur-
chased q s., 200 imported Norman stal.
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 30 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.
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
lish Draught, Percheron, Cydesdale, |
Norman, Morgan and Hambletonian. |
Mr.. Alfred Pay's fine imported Percher-
On stallion Meredith was among the