Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-25

h'Ns bWA lut uuNunce ia bound 10 come,
aud come TO stay for some years mt
least and thc wise man will aud Is.
governing himself accordingly.
CATTLE CHATTER.
Bud FuTar a wcll.known cattle feed
or OF Ennis. came Ia yesterday. Ellis
county feeds as many cuttle as any coun-
y M the state, ~ not more, and it h
very cold day when one or more of her
stockmcu Is not la this city.
Tom Atkins IS here from Henrietta.
j. w. Williams. catllcman Of Iorrna,
was among yesterdays arrivals
j. b. Caldwell came Ia from Ellis
county yesterday.
Joe Baker Is at Empora. Kan. with
train Of cattle aud Is not allowed To
unload thcm having been forbidden by
the sheriff. although hc had "a clean hin
of health. He told John Is. R0ason.
livestock agent of the Frisco. that me-
would unload those cattle III he had 90
NIGHT IL out all summer and that ne win
make the sheriff foot the bill Thp
Kansas quarantine law went into effect
on March /, which excludes an Texas
cattle. Last year a similar case happen
ed, that Of John ~ Ncaie manager IT
the Jumbo Cattle company. He shipped
from Hale county direct from the pas
turc and had a clean bin Of health Bnt
he had to bring them back and it cos.t
him the neat little sum OF 5000 for
freight charges
Receipts Of livestock ut the Unioi,
stockyards for the past week show 1000
decrease I'm cattle, 1000 increase Ia hogs
and 100 increase Ia sheep, compared
with the previous week.
A few days ago George Begrs Of this
city shipped ont a car Of hogs tO Chi
cago. 1he Chicago Droyers' Journal
of Saturday says of u Geo. Bcggs of
Fort Worth, Tex, had load Of siXty-sey-
en- hogs on the market which averaged
us pounds and sold for $3.50 This h
a good showing for Texas aud Be- The
highest price this year for IeXns hogs,
I'm fact there is no pcurl which shows
that Texas hogs ever did sell any higher
Canadian cattle exporters are having
trouble in securing TRANSPORTATION for
their stock this scason.
John Is. Rosson, the handsome general
livestock agont of the Frisco, is here
and wp0rtS q good movement Of cattle.
NJ Half Of San Angelo one of the
heaviest shippers of livestock in Texas,
returned yesterday from trip ~ Ar
kansas City.
VIM Gauin, the Abilene cattleman,
Is here.
r. j. Atkinson. an energetic bowman
from Henrietta, Is IN the city.
During the past week about COO head
Of nattle lave been shipped from Pecos
City,
A correspondent says, IN speaking OF
the condition of sheen ON the Rio
Grande; Sheep are In superb condition,
and the lambing season, which just com
menccd, promises 10 be the most success
full for years. On the east side of the
Rio Grande sheep DO not do W well,
owing 20 scarcity Of water Cattle
are Ia bad shape on account Of "A lack
Of rain and short grass.
The rains that have fallen IN Texas
the last few DAYS will doubtless check
10 a large extent, the shipment Of cattle
out of the state.
w. O. Wright Of Taylor marketed
eleven herds of cattle az Chicago that
brought S46O and $40,
The western packing for the week has
boon 10000 hogs. compared with l25
900 the previous week, and $4,000 the
corresponding time llsi year The toto!
from March I is 100000, against ! ,2SD-
600 a year QeO.-dccreasr. 10000 pri-
ces have somewhat improved the aver
age for Western markets at the close be
ing about $500 per 100 pounds or -
cents higher than week ago. The
quality Of hogs Is generally fair.
The National stockyaies of St. Louis
has made a gain of 5000 head Of cattle !
over the receipts for the Gpt four months
Of 1892
Receipts Of livestock az the 81. Louis |
National gtOckyarfls during the week |
ending April 22, 1898, amount to 0.154.. |
cattle 1889 hogs and G372 sheep, |
against 0745 cattle 15,O63 hogs and /
6iS3 sheep received during the previous /
week. The figures show an increase OF |
$50 hogs and $50 sheep, and decrease
Of j94 cattle.
Cattle smuggling Is still being carried |
on very extensively over the Rio Grande /
border.
Tie following are the livestock sales
during the past week In the San Angelo /
country, as reported by The Standard:
r. H. Baker Of Sutton county sold 90 /
Cusenbary & Field OF SonOrn 1000 head |
of ] and 2-year-old steers az s. and $ll. |
p McHugh bought 1900 mutt0us from /
Bruning a Mckinzie al $3.50 Muir /
ray Bros & Co. of Coleman bought from /
HOlkamp a. Hodge Of kimble county |
1900 head Of cattle al - for cows, Sl7 /
r. ID. Newell of Sonora bought from
Sidney BWmner 1900 muttons at $40 /
and 100 stock sheep OF 1921 H. de-
liyered with wool ON. Alessrs. Thomas,
peppcr lud Mckee Of South iinuO
have sold 500 head Of beef steers 10
q. W. Farmer az an average price of
Si7. Messrs H. II. Allen and WIN
Kelly have contracted 10 deliver % VIII
Fields of Sonora, at X. n. Bakers pens
on North llan0. between 300 and 1000
head OF cattle al the following prices
COWS 50, yearling steers So 2-year-od
staers 81. yealling beifers So 2year
XII beifers 81 J. W. Knapp brought in
IA head Of 3yearOld steers this week,
atdDh be- sold 10 n COckrcli as Tie
hsrdsone figure VI SIS " $. lnskeep I