The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-12
CATTLE CHATTER,
Texas Cattlemen on the Chicago
Market.
Prices and Movement of Cattle,
as Gathered from Stock
Exchanges.

The Chicago Live Stock Commercial
gives the names of the following Texans,
who were in that city with cattle, on Fri
day last:
j. G. Gillis, of Rockdale, Tex, was at
the yards yesterday with three cars of
Texas cattle.
A. NJ. Aiken, esq, of Terrell, Tex, had
sold, yesterday, on our market, thirty one
| head of Texas ste ers that averaged 076
pounds, at So per hundred also forty lone
head, at So 10 per hundred, that averaged
1874 pounds.
w. Z. Simms, esq, was on the market
on Tuesday, with 100 head of 928 pound
Texas cattle that were sold to Swift d. Co.,
at $3.50 per hundred. Mr.. Simms came
through with the stock from Fort WORTH
Tex.
E. G. Simms, esq, of Taylor, Tex, was
on the market yesterday with seventy
head of Texas cattle that averaged S72
pounds, and sold for 81 30 per hundred.
Meuley Brothers, from Corpus Christi,
Texas, were on the market yesterday with
twelve cars OF Texas cattle that sold at
prices ranging from $40 to $2.10 per
hundred
A. Z. Heacock, of Beulah, Texas, had
four cars of cattle on the market on the
26th.
Messrs. Foley, Davis g. Co. markete
124 head of s5S pound Texas cattle on the
25th; they were sold to Morris at $500
per hundred. The cattle were forwarded
from Henrietta, Texas.
Messrs. johnson d. Jennings, of Pear
sail, Texas, marketed thirty-seven head of
101O pound cattle that sold at 1915 per
hundred, on Wednesday last.
The Commercial, speaking of the mar
ket, says: Texas-Fresh supply about
1900; stale, 1000. Markets slow and
weak, with dressed beef grades suffering
in price more than Gamers. Sales were
mainly below 81 for cows and between
$2.25@2.75 for steers; So 60 was extreme
top for fed steers. Oaly about ne-half
of the supply had been sold OF O'Clock
It is pretty safe for ranchmen to fol
low the lead of spectators in marketing,
if they care to market instead of selling
on the ranch. When spectators are
keen to buy is the best time to ship, and
when they are slow at taking hold 1t Is
risky to market. The reason for this Is
that spectators make it business to
closely study the market, and, while they
don't always hit 1t, they are more apt to-
do so than green horn,-Texas Live
Stock journal, Fort Worth.
The San Antonio correspondent of the
Fort Worth Stock Journal says Stockmen
continue to complain of the effect of con-
slant worrying OF the stock by the myriads
of mosquitoes in the pastures this year,
the result of the frequent rains during the
spring and summer. Green head flies are
also reported very abundant in the coast
country.
Thursday train of nineteen cars of
stock left Corpus Christi, viz: By Bust
car mules, 40 head, to Chicago; Lott &
Nelson, 10 cars CATTLE 275 head, to New
Ocleans; Frank Rabb, 6 cars cattle, $50
head, to Chicago; N. Bowling, cars
horses, IS head, to Toledo, O. This makes
l ,120 cars of stick shipped from Corpus
Christi this season.-Corpus Christi
Caller.
A determined band OF Mexican horse
thieves rounded up about all the stock IN
the Knagg's ranch neighbOrhoOd, about
twenty-five miles southeast of Encinal,
and were driving the accumulated herd off
IN the direction of the Rio. Grande when
Fred Jordan dropped on their little game
and started in pursuit. AS soon as he
came UP with the gang they fired on him,
which he returned. At this moment his
horse stumbled and fell, and the Mexi-
cans, believing that they had shot him,
set up yell of delight. But Fred was
soon in the saddle again, and the fight
was renewed. But this did not last long,
as the Mexicans, thinking no doubt that
the rapid and continued firing had
alarmed the whole neighborhood, rode
rapidly away, leaving the gallant Fred in
quiet possession of all the stock.-Cotulls
| Times.
Would not combination of the quarter
of million beef producers of the west,
with the eighty thousand butchers of the
country, be able to overcome any corners
on beef made by few wealthy Operators?
l-Mobeetie Panhandle.
A very pleasant gentleman named Jerry
Nance was here Monday. He is on the
way 10 deliver 1,043 head of cattle to the
L X ranch. The herd is composed of two
and three-year. old steers, and is from JEFF
Davis county, in the Pecos country. The
cattle are in very fine condition, and Mr..
Nance informed US that the season to the
southwark has been especially good for
both calves and babIes-for baron and the
man with the hoe.-Panhandle.