The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-04-19
OVER THE RANGE.
Home Market for Cattle Very
Dull.
Items From the Great Stock Range.
OF Interest to ALI
Stockmen.

The market Tor peer caIbe nere III -huo-
tin has been very brisk for week, owing
to an increased demand for fat cattle for
consumers.
Prices ranged from to 81 cents.
Mr.. W. L. Crawford brought in car
load of very fine and fat cattle from his
Frio county ranch, which he sold at good
prices.
Mr.. Bill Blocker yesterday shipped 200
head of fat three aud four-year-old beeves
to Chicago.
Ten thousand head of cattle in four
herds will be driven this month from this
county to the Indian Territory.-Marfa
New Era.
Jerome Harris purchased sixty-tive
head of beef steers of Mr.. j. A. M. Ihomp-
son Thursday for which he paid $26 per
head They were handsome lot OF CATTLE
-Cotulla Ledger.
Samuel Malvln and the Colorado Ma
tional bank, of Texas, have sold to Mitchell
Bros, of Grant equity, New Mexico, their
right, title and interest in a ranch IN the
western part Of that county, together with
about 5000 head of cattle and 40 horses
for $4,000.
The Continental Cattle company will
transfer $4,000 head of cattle from their
Panhandle ranch TO Wyoming. The
con pany contempla'es driving, unless
! the Panhandle route agent should deter
mine them otherwise.
! one third interest in the Horseshoe
ranch on the Fermejc, in Colfax county,
New Mexico, belonging to T. f. Maulding,
consisting of about 10000 acres, on which
are 1000 head of cattle, has been sold to
G. H. Dane, of Deming for $4,000.
Twenty cars of beeves and COWS, 397
head, were shipped from Beeville to
Chicago Thursday by Adler g. Co. The
animals were purchased from R. King
and Vim. Benton of this county.-Corpus
Christi Caller.
A Dallas special says: The original
proprietors of the Dawson, Word d Byler
ranch, located in Tom Green county, have
extricated themselves from the long,
tedious and costly litigation in which that
property was involved by selling out
lock, stock and barrel to syndicate
composed of Dallas and Philadelphia
capitalists. The property consists of
about 10000 head of cattle and certain
leases, and other valuable franchises in
the county aforesaid.
The terms of sale are that the pur-
chasers are to pay $180000 and assume
all the Indebtedness of the property.
Col. W. S. Simpson, q member of the
purchasing syndicate, and also of counsel
for Dawson, Word g. Byler, stated yester
day that the purchasers would have
some trouble with j. H. Stephens, receiver
of the ranch, who, he says, has sod the
steers on the ranch at figures very much
below what they will bring in the market.
The receiver has sold some fine four-year-
old steers for SIS per head when they will
readily bring $23 in the market.
The first business to which the pur-
chasers will turn their attention will be to
have this sale Cancelled.
This ranch has been in the hands of the
receiver for about three years.
The Fort Worth Stock journal thinks
the outlook for cattle is improving, and
says: The signs visible are these: The
Pacific coast has drawn upon the Texas
ranges for few cattle, on New Mexico
for more cattle, and has very nearly
cleaned up the grown steers of Arizona,
cutting off some supplies heretofore NOV
ing eastward. Looking further in this
direction, the cattle of Idaho. Oregon and
Washington Territory, formerly drifting
east to be butchered, are now reduced in
numbers, and are being strongly drawn to
the growing cities of the western slope.
Other signs can be seen on the farms.
Calves, COWS and steers are scarce. In
three localities out of four the supply of
cattle is light, and men who have sold out
OF cattle are becoming ready to buy d.
rectly the tide turns the other way.
The signs are good, but not complete.
J The swing towards the beef market keeps,
moving, and the famine in beef looks afar
Off as it ever did, yet it is becoming
nearer and nearer, and although the turn
ing point is not yet apparent and there
may seem reasonable room for doubt if
the present generation will live to see the
change, no one need feel surprised If the
change takes place in unmistakable shape
before the grass cattle run.
Iexas has not five beef steers to match
every 100 head of stock cattle, and if
better prices do come soon we will have
to realize on COWS.