The Arizona champion., 1886-06-19
STOCK NOTES.

The highest price paid for beef cat tie in Kansas City last week was Ss 20 for shipping steers averaging I,5oo pounds, against s5.5o the previous week for shipping steers averaging I,75o pounds.
 A mountain lion which had been "operatng" on the east side of the Boboquivari Mountains for several years past, was killed this week by be. ing poisoned. The lion had killed stock estimated to be worth SI, 900. Tucson Citizen.
 When you see a man abusing a horse, or any other dumb brute, you can put him down as not ouly q cow ard. but a man to be summed in the ordinary transactions of life. He IS neither honest, brave nor good com pany.-Texas Panhandle.
 Droves of wild horses are in the Mississippi River bottoms, 100 miles above Memphis. They are supposed to have originated from horses lost by General Forest in his campaign. His command was splendidly mounted on thoroughbreds, and large number of them escaped into the swamps.
 An idea of the loss of cattle caused by drouth, there being neither suffi- cielt grass or water in parts of New Mexico, can be formed by the action of the government in ordering the Fort Stanton reservation fenced, ow- ing to the great number of dead cat tie in that vicinity, which 1t Is feared will effect the health of the post. It IS now time for the rainy season in that country, and they will probably have plenty of water and grass before the month is out .-Globe Live Stock Journal.
 The agitation now going on in Hi. nols over dishorning cattle is spread ing. Experience teaches that the growth of the horn can be stopped by applying a hot iron to the horn germ in calves. This Is a simple test and can be easily made by rangemen. When branding calves run the iron over the inclpient horn and sec what result will follow. 1t can do no harm and if 1t dwarlS the growth of the horn it must do good. The greatest attraction in black cattle Is their smooth polls.-EX.
 Messrs. Merrill & Able, of the firm of Weedon & Co.,, sold yesterday to Henry Warren, of the Aztec cattle company, forty-live pure bred and high grade short horn Hereford bulls. A choice lot. Mr. Able started last night for Kansas City to bring out some more bulls. He also brings out a car of Jersey COWS, and pure bred Jersey bull. Mir. Merrill starts Mon day for California, to close a deal for S3o,ooo worth of Galloway pure bred cattle, ol which Weedln & Co.,. are extensive importers, - Albuquerque Journal.
 The twenty. first annual sheariag festival of the SoutheaStern Wisconsin Wool Growers and Sheep Dyeedgrj' ; Association was held a; Caldwell, Ra cine county, Wednesday and Thur, day of last week, SlX'y-eight thor- oughbred sheep were exhibited and shorn. Among the notable sheep was one exhibited by Ed. Wedge-a 2-year.old ewe--that sheared twenty four and one-half pounds of wool with only IIH months growth. This IS believed to be the heaviest fleece ever shorn from a eve in the state. - Exchange.
 An employe of the Aztec cattle company, who has just come in from their Pecos river ranch. reports cattle in bad condition, ana dying for lack Of water and grass. A few days ago the most disastrous hail storm ever known in the west, passed over that section. The hail-stones, he claims, were as large as hens eggs, and being driven by fierce wind, killed fifteen thousand sheep and some cattle. TEe company IS about to remove large portion of the cattle on their ranch to Arizona, where tie company owns ex- tensive grazing ground and an abun- dance of water. -Albuquerque Jour nal.
 The loss of calves and weak COWS