Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-17
nays unpilstable, and is sometimes

always unpslstable, and Is sometimes
diseased.
II you will attend this convention en-
masse, and show to ca:tlemen aud stock
farmers Of the couatry that you take An
interest in this great industrial confer
eDce, cur success is assured.
can say to you in all confidence, tbs.
ne are going to have the greatest NEE ing
that ever assembled on the American con
tinent in connection With any industry
can say to you In all cor nieEce
thkt papers will be reed s.
this meeting from some of the
most eminent men in the United States
converssnt with the cattle business and
the meat trade, which will demonstrate
the justice OF cur cause, and which will
show to ths world, as plainly as the
handwriting on the wall, the necessity In
the interest Ct public health, as well as
In the interest Of public policy, for the
enactment By the states Of the inspection
laws which are necessary to break up the
power Ct the dressed beef monopolies.
On receipt of this letter I would earn
estly urge you to hold meetir g, resd
this letter, and have one and all make
arrangements TO be present at St. Loui,
uo1Ab6 OaA nOSuA6' - NAE SSskc&
does not reach you in time fer
the butchers Of your city 70 tske
action and be present 81 st. Louis on the
morning CT the 20sh, st the opening Of
our great convention, then ask you to
see 70 1t that you all attend the meeting
OF November 81.
The rsilrosds Of the country, apprecist
ing the importance TO the commercial in
serests Ct the nation OF our meeting, have
very generously made rate from points
east OF the Missouri river CT fare OF
one and one-third for ell who desire to
sttend our meeting. Railroads. west ard
southwest Of tbs Missouri river have
made rstes Of one fare for the round trip
Tickets at these reduc d rstes may be
obtained at all iicket CfTl;es where cou-
pan railroad tickets are sold. Very re-
spec!fully, CHRIS. BRoKATE. Secretary.
a..
There are several companies repre-
scented at Tshleqush which are DESTROYS
of leasing the Cherokee strip, the council
Of that nstlcn having been in session
some ten days now. Only one bid, so far
as correspondents there are informed,
has been presented, that having been put
in by the Southwestern Company CT which
Andrew Drum, prominent re=iden. o!
Kansas City, Is president. The amount
OF the bid has not been Learned, but it is
known that other companies, when the
question comes up, will be ready with
the cash to raise II several thousand.
Several Texas men are on the ground,
who will make 8 hard Aga, for the Jesse.
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Tae Illinois livestock commissioners
are determined, as fs- ks in them lies, to
stamp cut the trsfIi. in cattle # cted
with contagious and inf ctious diseases.
They have issued circular giving notice
thst sill persons detected in buying, sell
irg, shipping, or otherwise moving cattle
# c.ed with actinomycosis or ",ump
Jazz" or tuberculosis, will be prosecuted
under the law Tor the suppression Of con-
ssgious and Infectious diseases among
domestic snlmsls, and quarantine en-.
forced against Euch cattle.
Az explainirg in some degree the de-
cision Of the senate committee inyestgS-
ting she beet monopoly to hold it's frat
sittiDgs in 81. Louig, instead Of Chicago
as 1t fist intended, suodusd whisper 8
are heard regarding unpleasant testimony
S6lu W HaNt DESu tAkeu Ahet WkukCI US ZIG
house committee on agriculture, relating
TO prtc ices OF some st Louis slaughter
ips house, the exact in wsrdpess Of which
the public has never been permitted to
learn, the evidence having bsen cup
pressed.
-.
Tom Andrews Of Fort Worth Is do ~n
Ct ssh Marcos rsceiYipg bunch O. 1900
young cattle, which the company which
he 10 member propose TO place on jim
Reds pasture near Fort Worth 70 fix If
me spEilg market.
The L S. cu'at have recently sent 500C
hesd OF cattle to the north fork CT .tae
Canadian for the winter. 1t is estimated
hat l3, 900 head hsvs been turned loose
in that country during the last sixty days.
-.
Harry G. Leach of Cheyenne, Wy. T..
who has 6 wide reputation in connection
with the live stock business, is stopping
st the Ellis. Hs arrived yesterday after
noon.
D. D. Sweari1gen of Quanah, one OF
the busting cowmen Of the Northwest, il
In Fort Worth.