Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-02
LIVESTOCK.
A General Lack of Animation
in Cattle Markets.
HOGS GENERALLY HIGHER.
Sheep Continue to be Firm-The Boston
Wool Observation-Disclosures, Shipments
and Quotations at All
stock Centers.
Livestock Notes.

Harry Hslsel, representative stockman
of Decatur is in the city.
H. L. Huffman of Sulphur Springs had a
car of beeves on the market.
Nat Houston shipped in a car of cattle
from Wichita, Kan, yesterday.
C. H. Ray, an enterprising stockman of
Ranger, is stopping at the Mansion.
The cattle in Central New Mexico are
said to be looking fine and to be N excellent
condition.
J. H. Pressnau and NJ Lewis, both well
known livestock men of San Antonio, are
E1zssing in the city.
lobe Odem, rustling livestock man of
Chicago, was circulating among his Fort
Worth friends yesterday.
A livestock association has been organ
lied at Phoenix, A. T., with D. L. Murray
for president and ]. E. Park ice-presi-
dent.
The Arizona livestock sanitary commits
sion has arranged for the publication of
brands of all unclaimed cattle cut out by
inspectors.
Five cars of cattle were fed at the Union
stockyards last night. They are en- route
from Waxahachie to Chicago. The ship
ment was made by He Rogers.
Ed Carver of Cassidy Bros, the we'll
known Chicago commission house, was mix
ing with the local cattlemen yesterday He
left in the evening for trip up the Fort
Worth and Denver.
Henry Smith of the Twenty-four cattle
company OF Apache county, A. T., has sold
1000 head of steers to the Boise land and
cattle company, to be delivered at Magda-
lena, N M, June 20.
Genial ]. P. Moore, the Texas and Pacific
general livestock rustler, made flying
business trip 10 Dallas yesterday, accom-
panied hX his assistant, E. P. Morris, and
aEs1Akheu n the evening.
Senator Warren of Wyoming recently
presented memorial of the Angora Wool
Breeders association of California I'M
favor of the establishment of government
breeding farm of pure Angora goats. FL
The Las Vegas Stock Grower says trades
for New Mexico steers are not as numerous
SO far this season as it was hoped they
would be, and the prospect for an active
and large demand is not very bright at
present
Under the head of Kinetograms the
American Farmer is running column of
epigrammatic and witty sayings, which,
strange to say, have the appearance OF be-
ing original Bill Nye's brother must be
exercising his mighty intellect for its
columns.
]. L. Pennington, general livestock agent
of the Santa Fe, will remain in the city for
few days. He says that the coming con-
vention is going to be a great success and
that there will be very large attendance.
Mr.. Peunington's extensive acquaintance
among the cattlemen makes this opinion
valuable.
An effort is now being made by the rep
resentatives of the South Omaha stock
yards and the commission merchants of
that city to secure a reduction of rates from
Southern and Southwestern points on cat
tie to that market. If the concessions are
granted it will result in large increase in
the trade for that city.
Northern New Mexico and Southern Col
orado stockraisers haxe petitioned the In
dian bureau TO open stock trail across the
Jicarilla Apache reservation, and the mat
ter is now under consideration by Commits
sioner Morgan, with the chances of favor
able action as soon as the snow disappears
sufficiently to permit examination of the
ground by Agent Robertson
Galveston Wool Market.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, Tex, March 1.-Wool-Mar-
ket closed quiet.
sPRNG-TWELvE MONTHS CLIP.