The St. Johns herald., 1886-06-17
Exchange: The packing house

q [ = the French government with 7 0O0,. 1000 pounds of beef in cans to be put up in the special can adopted for use by the French army. This is said to be the largest individual contract ever awarded te one firm in the meat packing industry. Globe (Kan. Journal J. NJ. Do- bic sold last week to Erwin & Ne Dowell, of Rocks county, one hun dred and ten head of horses to George Healy, thirty-six head, and to W. 4. Rowen, thirty head. Mr DObie sent a herd of two hundred head north Wednesday, and has a herd of over two hundred head on the trail coming to this city.
 Stock Grower: Clay Allison, af- ter negotiating for a few days at Springer, concluded to ship his herd to Cheyenne. Mir. Shaylor of fered him $15.5O for ones, $19.5O for twos, and $24 for threes, which figures were declined. MT. Shaylol subsequently, contracted with R. G. Head for 1,500 ones, full age, half breed steers, at $16, to be delivered in June at Colorado Springs.
 Stock Grower: The commandant at Fort Reno, has received instruc- tions from the honorable secretary of the interior to allow all estab- lished cattle trails across the Terri tory to remain open to the herds passing north. This revokes the order prohibiting herds from conn ing through the Oklahoma country by the old Chisholm trail. All herds will be required to push right through, however.
 Lincoln Independent: There is no denying the fact that we are ex- periencing a drouth, the most dis astr9us to the stock interest that this country ever experienced. The Pecos valley is full of trail herds going north. and their course is plainly defined by dead cattle. The loss i'll these herds is immense. It seems to us this is one of the years 1t would have paid them all big to have shipped their cattle.
 Hoof and Horn: If dame rumor can be relied on, the term of the District Court which will open on June Eth will be prolific in cases resulting from too free use of the branding iron by several parties in 1avapai county who cannot con tent themselves with waiting to grow rich by legitimate means, but prefer instead to clap their brands on everything that they think it possible to get away with.
 Tombstone Epitaph: A lot of LAS head of Texas stock cattle arrived at Deming last week, and since that time over 200 of them have died. They were fourteen days on the road and suffered great ly for want ot feed and water. They are now in a pitiable condition, the most of them being too thin to drive to another range. The own CTS of the stock will commence suit against the railroad company for damages.
 Stock Grower The cattlemen of New Mexico are rapidly coming to the front as the most Godly people we have. During the past month Col. J. c. Tiffany of San Marcial, a we'll known ranchman, has been rousing sinners from their evil ways, at Albuquerque. Now Major E. D, Luxton, an evangelist stock grower from the tornado, has jumped into the ring and is playing Sam Jones on the people of the same town. The cattle business is certainly con duce to morality and right living.
 Exchange: Leading New York s!aughterers say it is difficult to make any predictions in regard to the future of the cattle market. Prices in New York, and, in fact, throughout the entire country, are largely dependent upon the English market prices for beef, which have