Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-28
LIVESTOCK NOTES.

Burke burnett came In from his Gi6b
ranch yesterday.
j. n. Hughes. the Bonhnm caltlemah'
Is In the city attending court
NJ l.. Mertz of the sheep firm oi bitH
& Aioriz, San Angelo ID Ia tue N'e"''N"
ccRhg.
Tom Tatum and jun Ileupu of lang
try. have sold All their stock go Harris
Brothcrs q Childress Of san Angelo
G. Gibbons the shccpman Of Edwards
county, has leased the Wolf wafer ilolt
ranch. four miles west OF sonora lroW
| w. j. Boycc.
sioux CITY dealers generally agree that
prcsent stock cntilo prices are t9o hikn
TO bc maintained on anything hAe l'p
eral supplies
Harry Cattlett, tic well known COW
man OF Colorado City, was among w
| few cnttlcmcn who grslced the clF Win
/ their presence yesterday
Groy wolves are getting to be very M
merous In parts Of Wyoming and peh'
i tionR are being circulated for an incTease
| Of the bounty ON their scnlpS'
Some COO sheep held at Las Cruces
n NJ for transportation we're ahd 10
have died during the heavy snoWstofm
| which recently visited the valley
James and Robert Hind Of Sherwood
have made o sale % Ben CusenhHrS OF
| SpO muttons az 81 80 per head ana nave
eold 900 steers 10 y. 4. Conner nj PR
vate terms.
The southern Pacific railway is making
n I'D for nipmcuts Of cattle from uie
| country surrounding Da heo, nnd y
putting It's best foot foremost Ia the mat
ter. 40 20 speak.
The receipts OF Texas cattle ut Chi.
cngO during the past week were ilV
head against 1900 the previous week
nrd 2O00 the corresponding week lna'
year.
A dispatch from San saba says thory
Is considerable inquiry for cattle ana
cnttlrmen ARE asking - Tor steer year
lings: 500 has been refused for a lot
OF rough-fed and i-ycnr-olds.
Reports from the Great Falla district
az Montana regarding the loss among
cattle wary bur most cuwmen agree that
Il Is large, md that anything hke an ~
! proXimate idea cannot be had unul the
spring roundup.
Local cnttlcmen say the supply Of
cattle In the Panhandle VIII not begin
to I'm the demunds Of northern feeders.
| The prccs promisc 10 be- better than for
wears. and thc siockncn ARE consequently
happy.
Reports from Denver are 20 the effect
that there n a lively Dw brewing ia
the Colorado Cattle Growers nssocln-
ton over the question OF is relation
60 the state board Of Inspection commits
sioners.
Receipts Of live stock at the ST. Louis
! National Stock yards during the week
ending February %, 1893, amount 10 ~
600 cattle 1905 hogs and l12I sheep,
| nqninst 1886 cattle, 2lEo hogs and
Hl3O sheep received during the previous
week.
W. =. Turner. n prominent Gentleman
| Of Northern MoutalW, is 10 ne city, lie
snys that though there has been several
inches of snow on the ground range
| cattle hive vintcred well. lie Is Il mem
Der of the Montana Livestock associa.
ton.
j. II. Wilson Of Dallas marketed Sat
urday az Chicago tWpuiy'one huld OF
lOSBpound steers. which brought alJO
twenty-threo steers, Via pounds, N3.gl
aud twenty bulls. 1900 pounds average
brought 3.20.
The funeral of Captain a. = Nithol.
son, which took place yesterday from
81 Andrews tpis'u opal church was
attended, among many qihefh ~ mum
ber Of stOcknon who thus paid the last
sad tribute " respect % "a mnu who
was h0nOred and respected By thcm i0i
bis ability and slraghtlorwardness.
Charles Copplnger Of this city came 81
yesterday after az absence gi severn
weeks. spet on bis ranch in Scury
county, aud with several other cowmeh
Intended ihe funeral OF a. =. Nicholson
lie h accompanied By hs wife, 0nc
viii Ice iu tie city Until after me meet
ing of the Northwest lfAnH cattle hniS
er.' association on March li. he ~
ports everything in o prosperous e0isi
ton in Scurry county, ana snbi cutfl'
are winteriug in iirg-class shape.
This time last year tie movement Of
cattle through the st0ekyards ~ Till
CIV 10 the NOuh wis large, but Che AZ
tual movement win not begin this sea
40n for two nr three wfcks % pOme, nui
even then there win not be. aceOrdn,
to estimates. more thnu from ono-hai
10 two-ihirds OF the movement Of iaf
year. which was phepO'ueunlly large
| enustd to d crant extent ~ the dr0uii
iu Southern Texas. But The mild via
ier ana good rains % that section thi,
year and ~ comparatively smnll mum
| Dor ~ cattle on tie ranges have mudl
I \ great alnnar ~ conditions there. am
shlpmeiHs North win not be 0nf-ibifi b
thoac III lan year, when tncY bad q
be backed together as nany ns possible
la Gar 20 kpoD them ifun fnlling down
and were literally nothing bui ski
md BONES. The c1tflc coming tlrougi
this year viii BE- risky aud frolicsoi1r
AN interested in tie coming eoDyentioi