The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-03-01
YESTERDAYS ROUNDUP.
A Ramble Among the Busy, Busy
Stockmen.
Items From Over the Range of
Interest to Buyers and
Sellers.
From Wednesdays daily.l

Alex Casperaise reached the city last
night with two car loads of fat cattle.
Ed. Haigler bought the 175 head of fat
mutton brought down from Burnett Tues
day and be paid good round price for
them.
Billy Sheehan purchased a bunch of
fine cattle day or two ago.
Mr.. w. s. Oarothers, who has been down
to his La Sale county ranch, has returned
home.
Mr.. S. Lyons, of the Cherokee strip,
is in the city and reports cattle in fine
condition.
Yesterday Alex Casperaise was awarded
the contract to supply the Blind aRd Deaf
and Dumb Institutes with beef for the
next quarter, and d. M. Shan the con-
tract to supply the Insane Asylum.
OVER THE RANGE.
The Fort Worth Livestock Journal says:
II ia rumored that Col. r. g. Head,
when here recently, bought about 1890
head of two and three-year-old. steers of
VIM. Irwin, of LsSalle county, paying 80
and $12 per head.
Doctor Carothers, of San Antonio, will
begin to ship his prickly pear and cotton
seed meal beeves to day, and thence
till about June he will send about a
trainload a week.
R.H. McCrackeD, of San Antonio, re-
Gently bought the Mission ranch, three
miles from Santa Rose, state of Coahuila,
Mexico, paying $4,000.
There is not much trading in range cat
tie going on lately, but the indications
are very strong for large sales. The late
buyers will pay the most money.
Judgment has been rendered in the dis
trict court at Fort Worth against G. E.
Odem ct al, in favor of j. F. Camp, fer
the sum of $52, 1880, to secure which
attachments have been LEVIED on large
number of cattle in different counties in
the state.
The Texas Traffic association announces
rate of one fare for the round trip from
all Texas points to the Denver Range esso-
citation meeting. The tickets will be good
| fol fifteen days.
Mr.. j. @. Loving, secretary of the old
pioner organization, the Northwest Texas
Cattle Growers association, announces the
regular meeting to be at Gainesville and
will commence on March IL.
The Fort Worth Live Stock Journal
says: When the Texas Live Stock asso-
citation meets again it should act in such
a manner as to start beef refrigeratiDg
establishment in Texas, or stand aside and
let such business alone, leaving it to take
the natural and proper course.
| A Fort Worth Gazette reporter was told
the other day by a prominent stOckman,
whose accuracy could be relied upon, that,
as he was told and believed, the PROPOSE
ton made by Galveston to the committee
of the Texas Live Stock association for
the establishment of refrigerator at that
point, was that Galveston should give a
$4,000 bonus in case the cattlemen
should put up the concern or that Gal
weston would erect the refrigerator if the
cattlemen would give $4,000 bonus.
Two wrongs never make right. If a
man made fool of himself and went into
the cattle business "just at the wrong
time" he cannot better it by making a
fool of himself in going out at the wrong
time. The all-the- year-roHrd man who
goes at it iutelligently and earnestly,
never takes foolish speculative chances,
and phiosophically takes the bitter with
the sweet, comes out better in the long
run than the chap who thinks he is smart
enough to get in when prices are going
up, and get out before they go down.
Last M nday week W. s. Kelley shipped
twenty sorghum fed steers from his Lipan
ranch to Ballinger, thence probably to
New Orleans. The results of the safe of
these cattle will determine the profit of
fattenlng beeves on sorghum in this
county.-San Angelo Standard.
The annual live stock losses from at
tacks of Oxwarble fly in Great Britain
are estimated at $1O,0O0,OOO. This is
wonderful if true.
Nevada paper says there are 10000
cattle in Ruby valley, in that state, with
the snow from four to six feet deep. Be
tween the j ok rabbit plague and deep
SHOWS, Nevada must be delightful region
to dwell in.
The stocknen of Texas would suffer
temporarily, but would be benefited per-
petually by the governor of Illinois pro-
claiming a quarantine against Texas cat
tie, preventing the receipts of cattle even
for slaughter. We would then have pack
ing houses in Texas.