The St. Johns herald., 1886-05-20

are aiding the cause of good gov ernment and the prosperity of the people here. They are doing just the contrary, and men who are more than any thing else responsible for these difficulties-irresponsible ed itors of weekly papers, should take a just pride in what is right and of good repute, and feel that the Eng fish situated in our midst have rights that must be respected as | we'll as any other class of people.
 Wilcox Stockman: Mir. D. Nc l Donald, whose ranch Is near Hook CTS Hot Springs, and who was in town on Saturday last, informed us that mountain (California) lions were committing great depreda- tions among the young calves of the Nye Brothers, whose range is in the Galuria Mountains. The mountains seem to be full of lions, and the Nyes think that fully half of the calves that have been drop ped this spring have been killed by them. They have also killed a number of young colts belonging to ranchers in the vicinity of the Galuria Mountains. The Nye Brothers have not the time to hunt the lions themselves, so they offer to board and furnish arms and am munition to any one who will hunt them. As a bounty of $25 is paid by the Territory for each scalp, here is a fine opportunity for some idle Nimrod to put money in his purse"
 Rio Grande Republican: There is nc d;gri,ing the fact that tho. cattle herds of southern New Mex ico are in fair way to'be depleted by the long continued drouth. The fortunate owners of ranches near the mountains have no cause to complain, but where the ranges are wholly on the plains the suffering is fearful. Cattle are so poor that they will not leave the water to hunt grass, but stay and grow poorer. It is said that in some counties in Texas the price has been reduced to $5 per head, and in the southern part of Lincoln county, New Mex leo, they can be bought for $11. The drouth goes to prove the asser- tions that many of the ranges are overstocked, and especially does it hold good in Lincoln county. Many of the heaviest growers have been arranging for raising food on large scale, so as to be prepared for an emergency like this, and the wis dom of the plan is now apparent.
 Fl Paso Tribune: There will be heavy shipments of cattle by rail through this place within the next fifteen or twenty days, owing to the lack of grass and water on the northward trail. MT. E. s. New man, manager of the Niobrara Cat tie Company, who started lot of stock to the north, has been ob- liged to abandon the drive. He has just ordered thirty-fve cars to be sent to Toyah and thirty-eight to Kent, on the Texas Pacific railroad, and will ship the cattle to this place thence to Denver over the Atchi- son, Topeka & Santa Fe, ana rom there to the ranches of the com pany in Wyoming and Montana. Twelve hundred head of cattle will be shipped from Toyah in a few days by M. Half & Brother, to go to their New Mexico ranch. A large number of other cattlemen will ship as soon as their cattle are in fit condition, which will depend up on when the rains begin and give the grass a better start.
 Silver City Enterprise: A gang of the most desperate Mexican thieves ever known to southern New Mexico are plying their voca- tion very extensively here of late. It is not strange that they have been successful when it becomes known that they are harbored and