Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-24
In tine San Angelo Country.

d. l. HUFFMAN Is arranging 10 snip loUt
head Of mutton to Chicago.
John Riley of Sutton county is en- route
| with 800 muttons for shipment to Chicago.
Barksdale Il Terry are coming up from
DEVILS river with 1900 head of muttons for
| shipment
George Black sold nine head of horses to
J. L. Carlisle at $25 per head and thirteen
head to Nance g. Dupree at $26
DR.. j. B. Taylor of Sutton county shipped
eighteen carloads of steers to St Louis,
which Melted $27 per head. The doctor
feels satisfied with the price, and is pre-
pairing to send OF another lot soon.
Mr.. N. w. Huntington of Sutton county
is in the city this week, making arrange.
! ments to ship more cattle north.
The Yellowstone herd, owned by Thomas
Mc(Iill OF Montana, numbering upwards of
$500, was sold 70 NJ H. Murphy Of Montana
| at ST. head all round.
Sidney Bremner Of Miles Station, through
George l.. Abbott, sold 2700 head of sheep,
lambs counted, to LeMin Bros of Menard
county for $6O75. Mr.. Bremner expects %
leave in a few days on years. visit to his
old home in Scotland, after which he will
return to West Texas.
DR.. ]. B. Taylor left for his McMullen
county ranch Wednesday hight to ship out
beef cattle to Chicago.
NJ r. Braggins of Kimble county is in
the city. Mr.. B. sold 40 head of muttons
to James Hamilton Of Mexico, Mo-, at 81. so
per head The stock is now being shipped
from San Angelo to Chicago.
r. K. Wade bought seventy-five head of
twOs and threes this week from Messrs.
Knapp & Rappleye at private terms.
Harry Fayrer sold and delivered this
week forty-six yearling steers to Jack
Persse at S. and twenty-four twos to r.
R. Wade at s12.
Charles Jones, brother of the well and
favorably known DR.. Jones of Fort Nc
Kavett is doing a profitable business,
strange to say, in exporting Texas ewes.
He has farm six miles from Richmond.
Va, and has just bought 500 big bodied
Texas ewes which will be shipped to that
point. He breeds them to Shropshire rams
and sells the lambs in the early markets
This spring he sold three-month-old lambs,
from Texas ewes, the same class of sheep
as he has now bought, at S per head Of
course there is big money in the business.
Mr.. ]. w. Nosworthy of Scleicher county
was IN the city this week. Mr.. Noteworthy
has the finest muttons in the county and
says he has 800 that will weigh 135 pounds
each. They are fat and ain good shipping
condition. He may possibly take them to
Chicago himself.
Albert Turner, who formerly ranched in
Schleicher county, has leased the Davidson
pasture on Lipan Flat and stocked it with
2200 head of sheep.
From June IL to is there were shipped
from San Angelo via the Santa Fe 1908
head of m uttons, 113 head of beef cattle and
1898 bags of wool, the wool weighing 403,-
$50 pounds.
Mr.. Hart Of Missouri is in the city. On
Thursday he received and shipped out three
carloads of the Whitehead & Cox beeves,
raised down on Beaver lake, to st. Louis
and Chicago.
George L. Abbott bought three carloads
OF beeves from Sol Mayer of McKavett.
Sam Montgomery writes from the
ting big fat and everything is coming
smooth for him.
NJ. B. Pulliam returned from the Indian.
Territory Tuesday. He says the Tom
Green cattle have all improved at least
100 per cent since they We're
shipped there some two months ago.
They will be ready for market in few
weeks
The total amount of stock of all kinds
shipped from San Angelo this spring up to
date is 1SCS carloads, which makes 200
trains. The total number of cars necessary
to move San Angeles wool clip this season
is $50 cars, or eighteen train loads. San
Angelo does business, and don't you for
get it.
1t is thought by stockmen that So 1000 cat
ale from the Indian Territory will be placed
on the market next month. The cattle are
reported to be in good condition, and fancy
prices are expected.
* Felix Mann of Menard county sold in
San Angelo last Wednesday 1000 head of
cattle to Charles Priess of Fredericksburg.
Terms private.-[San Angelo Standard,
June 20.