The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-09
TEXAS STOCK NOTES.
Intelligence from the Cattle, Horse
and Sheep Round-Ups
News of Interest to StockInen,
Gathered from the Great
Stock Range.
COLORADO CLIPPER.

COLORADO CLIPPER.
Mr.. Brakebill shipped two cars o.
sheep to Chicago Thursday.
Thos. Trammell shipped thirteen ca r
loads Of beef cattle to Chicago Tuesday
D. H. and j. W. Snyder shipped nine
cars of beef cattle to Chicago Wednesday
There have bsen 117,OOO Texas cattle
shipped into Montana in the last two
weeks.
Col. G. G. Slaughter, of Dallas, was in
! town this week and shipped ten carloads
of fat steers to Chicago Thursday.
Bob Sanderson shipped 423 head of "a
pound sheep from Big Springs to Chicago
last week, which he sold at 81.
Last Tuesday Conan d Shear sold to
| Chas. Kenyon the Vincent Vincent clip of
wool, $500 pounds at 12c. The wool was
shipped to Troy, N. Y.
When Montana-Texas grass cattle aver
age l, 40 lbs, and sell at $3.50 and $500 in
July, the outlook for ranchmen is certainly
good. -Drover's journal.
| Now that all the roads are seeing what
time they can make in the transportation
of stock, the following record of the
Missouri Pacific will be of interest to
stockmen:
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, July 8, 1888.
q. G.. Murray, Freight Traffic Manager:
Dear Sir-For your information 1 beg
to state that shipment of eighteen cars
of stock left Texarkana at 1:l5 a. m. of
the 9th, arrived at Lesperance street yards
at 3:45 a. m. of the 9TH, crossed the bridge
at 4;49 q. m. on the 7th, making time of
twenty-five hours and fifty five minutes
to st Louis, twenty-six hours and
tifty-nine minutes from Texarkana
to East st. Louis, which 1 believe
is the first attempt to put stock
from Texarkana to st. Louis for feed, and
you will note that stock were gotten in
within one hour of the limit. Three of
these cars were shipped by I. H. Jones,
Goldthwaite, Tex, destination East st.
Louis; eleven cars by M. Corrigan, Kle-
berg, Tex; and four by John Corrigan, |
Kleberg, Tex. Last fifteen cars destined |
to Chicago, via the Chicago and Alton.
Yours truly, @. w. HEQUEMBoURG,
Superintendent Car Service.
ANOTHER SHIPMENT.
Time on twenty-five cars of stock from
Texarkana to st. Louis, destined to St.
Louis, Chicago and Buffalo: Left Texar-
kama $3.50 a. m, July s; arrived at st.
Louis, 1856 a. m, July g. twenty six hours
and twenty-five minutes, 1895 miles; aver
age number of miles per hour, 1875.
FORT WORTH STOCK JOURNAL.
A bunch of Texas mares with colts sold
in San Antonio for $32.5O per head, and
young horses at $35.
A. +. Schultze, of Australia, has bought
a 5,0O9-acre ranch in Uvalde county, and
will stock it with cattle.
c. L. Hicks, of San Antonio, shipped
Mrs. s. M. Wharton, Buffalo, N. Y, 100
bead of l and 2-year-old horse stock.
The novelty of San Antonio Just now is
he exhibition of a ix.legged, large and
reality COW, born and raised in Uvalde
county.
About Sc and 50 is the price of l and
'-year-old steers in LaSalle, McMullen,
live Oak, Frio and Atascosa counties, aud
| man can buy twos easier at 50 than ones
1t So.
There is some talk of building wool
securing mill at Galveston.
Mr.. Armentrout, of Fort Worth, says
that the wool business here amounts to
less than it does at Galveston, and the
quotations are nearly nominal.
We understand that recent wool sales
by Adoue d. Lobit, of Galveston, amounted
to nearly 100000 pounds, and prices of
short clips were 1415 to 1612 cents, choice
IL mos. selling at 1712 to 1S1 cents.
The total number of cattle shipped
north from San Antonio over the Inter
national and Great Northern railroad dur
ng the month of July was 1883 head, of
which $3.50 head came off the San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass railway. In
Iune it was 1878 head, of which 1912
anne from the San Antonio and Arkansas
Pass.
H. j. Delamar, of Duval county, recently
fought some 200 head of two and three
ear old steers in McMullen county, for
which he paid $3.50 and II 50 per head,
delivered south of the Nueces river
Let's g. Waters recently purchased 300
cad of two-year old steers from L. l..
of McMullen county, for IS
Ter head, and they have been driven to
he Let's d Waters ranch in Kinney
ounty.
DOlle VI bne HOTVuWeSbern TuDCnme0,
rho are now shipping double wintered
attic to the beef markets, are making ,
mall fortunes out of Texas yearlings and
wo-year.olds, bought at low prices.
That the northern ranges are only fit
o mature cattle and are unfit for breed {
ng stock is very nicely proven in the
perations of the last few years. The steer {
wners have made money despite their
eavy winter losses, but the stock cattle
nen have made none.
MoBEETIE PANHANDLE.
John Kritser, of Kansas City, has been
ere most of the week. He is inquiring
bout fat cattle on the ranges.
Another beef rustler is in the ranges a
his week, representing prominent /
Kansas City commission house. L
We had brief glimpse of Nick Eaton t
yesterday morning. He had just come in
rom Kansas City and was hurrying away
o the ranges to look after recent pur- b
base of cattle, and see To THAR nronar 4