The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-18

Sl.4O to 81. Hogs are scarce at fvs - ~
six cents gross. "
COLORADO CLIPPER.
III. Martin sold ninety one calves !.
st. Louis last week at Sc.
Bill Hitler shipped carload of oo...
to Chicago Wednesday. eS
G. G. Poole shipped caaload of bo,...
to the Territory Thursday. ''
Will Waddell sold his wool elm a.,
week, about $4,000 pounds, at fop,ta.s s
cents.
Burt Simpson shipped two double dso.
cars of sheep to Chicago yesterday.
NJ. 2. Smisson sold in Kansas Citv la.
week 101 steers 917 pounds, at s.. 80.
1t is rumored that General Netts,o,
the famous Boston railroad builder :
about to become interes ted in a Fo,s
Worth railroad.
Corn is selling on the streets of Wolff
City at from % to 81 cents per bushel r.
frost stays off few days longer it is said
big top crop of cotton will be made
The only prisoner in Jail at Menardyille
boy seventeen years cd, charged with
theft of horse, made his escape fev
nights ago by saving the bars of the door
in two.
The total cotton receipts at Marin
since the opening of the season are 5OO0
bales. Shipments, 5000. 1t is estimated
that 10000 bales will be received during
the season. About seventy five carloads
of seed have been shipped to date.
Miss Florence Chapman, of Waxahachie.
was driving IN buggy drawn by a mule
recently, when the animal became fright
ened and ran away. The buggy turned
over and the wheels passed over Miss
Chapman, inficting quite painful and
serious injuries.
Grand Chancellor E Il. Sentenis, of the
Knights of Pythiss, has completed bis
labors on an official digest. 1t is now in
the hands of the printer and will be ready
in few days for distribution or sale
among the order at actual cost. The book
contains 105 pages and is bound nicely.
The Champion Cattle company shipped
fifteen car loads of cattle to Chicago Tues.
day.
Sawyer, McKoy & Runery shipped
forty five cars of cattle TO the Indian
Territory this week.
B Gatewood shipped eleven cars of cat
tie to Chicago last Saturday, and Mum
Bros. d Wilkes fifteen cars.
The CAP itil syndicate has a contract
with Chic go house to ship 10000 prime
beeves TO market this fall.
John B. Slaughter and Il. NJ. Sims con.
tracted for about 500 yearlirg steers at
Abilene last week at an average price Of
IS. They will put than in the Barnett /
Mcintyre pasture for the winter.
The following cattle from this section
were sold in Chicago last week: SW.
Lomax, 229 COWS, 764 lbs, So .O5; Alb.
Robertson, 81 steers, 995 lbs, $40; 26
COWS, SIS lbs, 81 O5; Msllet Cattle Co., 60
calves, los lbs, 81; 1853 cows, 40 lbs,
$3.50; A. W. Dunn, 167 calves, 176 lbs,
SO 69: 143 cows, 40 lbs, $1.9O; Num-
Bros. 40 cows, 7OS lbs., 81; 2O3 steers, 9l4
lbs, $3.50; 313 cows, 733 lbs, 81 .05; John
Num-, 81 cows, 629 lbs, $2.O5; S. W.
Lomax, $50 steers, 74S lbs, 81 10; Sam
Wilkes, 107 steers, 695 lbs, $3.50; NJ, Q.
Smissep, 10S steers, SS5 lbs, $2.65; 295
steers. 765 lbs, S2.15; John Harris, II
COWS, 70l lbs, 50. 10.
SAN ANGELO STANDARD.
Seston Keith will ship 400 head of fine
fat COWS to Chicago from this point on
the 18th.
Hammond, Justin & Co. shipped one car
of mixed bulls and steers this week to
Chicago.
Bird d Mertz bought 1000 head of NUT
tons from Maddox Bros. d Anderson,
Concho county, which they will ship from
Ballinger next week.
Parties ia from the divide between the
head of South Concho and Devils river
fifty miles square the new grass is from
eight to ten inches high. This section
was burned off during the summer, but
later rains have placed it in prime con-
dition.
The Sandersons finished shearing 11,COO
head of sheep near Knickt rbocker on
Thursday. They will average about three
and half pounds-fve months clip.
Jinks Blocker started a herd of 800
ones and twos to Colorado City last
Thursday, having sold them to F. T.
Oxsheer, who will drive them to his ranch
on the plains.
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK JOURNAL.
Mr.. Val Dickey, of the Dickey Cattle
company, was in Fort Worth during the
week after steers.
The Fort Worth butcher market is run
ming as usual on cattle, but really GOOD
sheep are worth 215 cents, and hogs sell
at fancy prices.
Messrs. Richardson d Hackett sold lOO
steers averaging $40 pounds at cents, to
Joe Fowler, of ALE, Tarrant county.
Mr.. Moritz Weinrlch, president of the
Ironside Cattle company, of Missouri
was here to buy colts and feeding steers
Ed East has recently purchased abou'
5000 head of stock and steer cattle, IN,
GLIDING the Box X cattle formerly owned
by the Falls Cattle company.
Phil E. Chappell, of Kauses City, nss
been making enc of his regular trips "
the ranch of the Hesperian Cattle COM
pany, in which company he is largely III
terested.