Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-07
CATTLE CHATTER.
NEWSY ITEMS or lNreRe ST
GATHERED YESTERDAY.
Chat on The Comln1 conysnllon-Tho Pros
pOcIs Tor Better Prices Discussed.
Personal 7eaion
]. K zimmorman Is N M citv

J. X Zimmerman Is IN the city.
w J. Canadian Of Bear Crook. an
extensive cattle feeder, Is Ia the city.
Nv. Powell Of Rbome Il Powell Of
hhome Tex, is again in the city
Fred Horsbrough, of Dickens county
IS n the city and says cattle are doing
o. II. Nelson Of Kansas CITY whose
here.
John Lovelady Of Brownwood lof, for
nome Yesterday after a stay Of a couple
u ID; Rogers Of Chicago who has been
nv Vhe alestock ccntcr several days, LETT
iast night Tor n tcip South
j. Is. Rosspn livestock agent OF the
rtlsoo; rs ln from a trip aud says the
cattle business is good over bis line
~ Farmer Of this city and A. McFar-
lnnd OF Wcathoriord have purchased 800
steers at $50 FROM a San Angelo irm
During the past two weeks NJ. b Phi
nam has bought 300 yeRi4ng stcprs
paying for them the neat little sum of
$500
Reports all over the country seem to
Indicate higher prices Reports are back
ed 10y the scarcity of cattle, aud sellers
are firm.
Page Harris. livestock agent of the
TeNos mud Pacific 81 back from trip
after longhorns. He says biz Is rather
duh nc present
Burke Burnett of the GGG6 ranch i'm
the Pnuhnndlo had cattle in the Chicago
market yesterday Ihpy were shipped
via the Rock Island
Henry Ford Of Corrns Bros. & Ford,
cattlcmcn of hrpWnwOOd was here Sum
day aud left yesterday for home. lie
has been doing considerable trading,
r. II. Halscll tho Decatur cattlcman
was In town and left last night for Mus
cogec TO visit bis ranch IN Chat vicinity.
While here lac has purchased several
lunches of yeulings.
The regular semi-mnuul meeting OF The
Hopkins County Wool Growers ussociu-
tion viii be- held ot the courthouse I'm
Sulphur Springs March 10. A good at
tendance is expected.
Thomns Gallon of Colorado City has
bought the Huffman ranch I'm Crockett
county aud 1000 sheen from different
sources Tie is now iu Sutton and Crock
EFT counties buying cattle.
l.. H. Moore. the popular catteman Of
| this city, is just recovering from an pt'
tack of ln gippe which has lcou play
ing sud Nvoc with him physically for
the past three weeks.
AS the opera house Is billed for per.
formanccs ut the time the cattlemen
would have used it Wallace Hendricks
has kindly rendered the second story ol
the Hendricks building TO the convention,
and the offer has been accepted
j. IT, Uncle Henry stephens, the
Kansas City cattcmun, left for that city
last MIGHT NNl huu rIll .aNVRrul lFfnNINaa
Of steers within the past two months,
and at satisfactory prices. lie viii be-,
he regrets. unable TO Boz here TO attend
the convention
w. II Jennings, Coula. Texas; j. II.
prCsnaN. Mathis, Texas; y. H. Hudson,
Alice, Texas; O. W. Cox, Iwohig, Texas.
]. NJ. and g. 7. Eilg0re. llondu, ToXus
Borden d Co. san Antonio; aud j. H.
Shuckclf0rd, COmHock. Texas, had cattle
on the 81. Louis market saturday,
H. G.. Bedford came back TO head
quarters yesterday from q trip east
ana leaves for home today. He snys he
at present, having quito few head Of
cattle TO sell, and is pleased ot the pros
pect ahead from a sellers standpoint
Showing, in some degree. the confidence
COW mon have in good prices from cattle
rs the experience of Mr.. Mclntre, mana.
ger Of the ~ ranch situated ON thC
| North Coucho lie has returned from an
unsuccessful effort TO pick up cattle and
says he thinks the cowmcn have gone
crazy
Receipts Of livestock mt Chicago for the
| week ended Saturday last show de-
| crease of 1000 cattle and 1900 hogs
! and no change In sheep as compared viii
| the previous week. As compared with O
] tr.#r IA
| cattle n decrease of $1,000 hogs aud am
/ increase of 1900 sheep.
The hadgr committee and the fnanc,
! committee got down TO work yesterday
| I'm good shape a contract was made
| for the printing of the badges, three
! different kinds. aud tbc finance com
mittpe got out and ruslcd up subscrip
! ti0ns to the amount of NlOO. The idea
! of giving II banquet has about beer
! given up, but q barbecue may be given
Receipts Of livestock at the ST. Loui
! National Stocliyards during the week end
ing March 4, 1893, amount 10 1850 eat
tie, 1850 hogs and $500 sheep agqins
! 12,OOG cattle, 1915 hogs and 1877 sheer
| received during last week; Ihe ngnre'
! show an increase of 2l44 cattle and z
decrease OF 3Sj hogs and an increase OF
SG3 sheep,
AAlt lNHliNN NtlAAlNlA" Wv ttN'. 80 N'f, '''
lowing stntcs are paccrs Indiana, Gam
brel. 2.lO 10: Missouri Walnut Boy
! oil -; Kansas, Riley Medium
! 210 -: Nebraska. Winslow WILKES
! 300 "a: Iowa. Storm 2OS IL; Cali
fornia. Direct, 2!05 ~; AHssissippii Guy
BOG 81: Tennessee Reflector, 2.lO u
New York Diyan. 2:l5 II; Illinois, koj
Wilkes, 2.07 81
| Charles Ware. the irrepressible live
stock agent Of the Denver Is in town
He Il pulling hard 10 mike the comini
convention success He VIII accom-
pauy n special car as far ns Amarillo
which goes 10 Denver on Saturday to
the purDoso Of bringing ia the cattle
mon along The line Of tliat road, and Wi
ion ia again at that place on ihe re-
furn trip. The car viii arrive In TIM
city the evening before the convention
few persons have seut IA thei
names as being willing 10 accommodate
some of the visiting catilemen durul
M convention. but the rooms committee
would like 10 hear from others Any
one having q room or two TO spare Wu