The St. Johns herald., 1886-06-24
LIVESTOCK NOTES.
Items of Interest to StOckmen, Gath
 cred from Reliable Sources.

eFeu ITOHl helIdDlb SOuTCeSs Wilcox Stockman: The Percy
 Brothers have divided their cattle
 and now run separate brands.
 Fl Paso Journal c. o. Howe, s ranch owner from Navajo, Arizona
 was in the city this week looking for bunch of about 1 300 head oi cattle.
 Epitaph: The cattlemen on the San Pedro have completed their rodeo. It is said that the business was transacted very satisfactorily to all concerned.
 Exchange: Good rains fell all over Texas last week, and the out look for cattle in that State is now more hopeful. It is thought there will be no more deaths from star vation and thirst.
 Chicago Times: The price of cat tie entering Fort Worth, Texas, from ranges in three or four coun- ties each way, can be quoted at $9 for yearlings, $14 for two-year-old, and SIS for three-year-old steers ; heiferS are fraction lower.
 Hoof and Horn: A. Humphreys, who is heavily interested with Ed Austin in the sheep business, north of the Atlantic X Pacific, is in Pres colt. He states that the wool clip and lamb crop in that section have been unnrecedentedly heavy.
 Exchange: Captain Lee Hall, Indian Agent of the Comanches and Kiowas, has received orders to expel all cattle found illegally brow sing in the Indian Territory, and a detachment of soldiers has been furnished him to execute the order. About 50,OOO head of stock are af- fected by the order.
 Exchange: Col. Taylor, of the Capitol Land Syndicate has bought a herd of Western Texas cattle for $220,O00 cash, This syndicate is the concern managing the lands given to John V. Farwell and oth- CTS in payment for the construction of the Texas State House.
 Epitaph A mountain lion, which is supposed to have killed stock worth over thousand dollars, on the east side of the Baboquivaris, during the past two or three years, was killed, by poison, last week. The beast measured seven feet eight inches from his ears to the tip of hIs tail.
 Mobeetie Panhandle: R. G. Head, cf Colorado, has been in town sev- eral days. He is here to receive some 10000 head of cattle which he has bought from the Francklyn Land and Cattle Company. Some of the cattle have left for Colorado and the remainder will be driven shortly.
 Colorado (Tex.) Clipper: The first shipment of Arizona cattle to Kansas City over this road passed through this week. There were eleven cars from Tucson, and they are being tried to see if as good time call be made by the Texas & Pacific as by the northern route. If successful it will largely increase the business of this road.
 Chicago Drover's Gazette: The May receipts of live stock amount ed to 138,4S4 cattle, 5,344 calves, 551,196 hogs, 55,319 sheep and 2,646 horses; against 150,471 cat tie, 3,410 calves, 516,059 hogs, S4,- 673 sheepand 2,050 horses for May. 1885. These figures show an in crease of 1,634 calves, 35,137 hogs and 596 horses, and a decrease of l1.9S7 cattle and 29,334 sheep.
 Exchange One of the prominent figures at the St. Louis Convention | was the single delegate from Mexi- co, Senor E. Viesta, of Pie6ras Ne gras, Coahuila, of which state he was formerly Governor. He repre- sents the old sheep association,