Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21

A., to Barcelona, Spain, is a long
distance, particularly to transport
a lot Of Texas steers. Neverthe-
less, on Friday last, a herd Of 800
head, which had been unloaded
from an Italian freight steamer
caused great CONSERVATION among
the inhabitants. From the cable
gram (Dalziels Special News) il
would appear as if the day had
been one which would long be
remembered by the inhabitants of
Barcelona. The ropes that had
been drawn TO keep the animals
together on the pier broke and a
hundred of the animals escaped.
The animals running across the
quay dispersed IN several different
streets, stampeding all the inhab-
itants that came in their way, and
making business impossible. AL
day long people we're engaged in a
hand to hand conflict with the
Infatuated animals, and it was not
until evening that the last of the
fugitives was killed. In the ex-
element one young girl was tram
pied to death, an old lady badly
gored and nine others badly in
jured, four of whom are expected
to die. Houses, shops and lamp
posts show signs of the conflict,
and in the evening the dead casts
were lying about the streets. The
inhabitants, when the danger Was
over, cut off ribs, launches and
fllets for the next days dinner.
When the u rose the next MORN
ing, the city, in many quarters,
had the appearance of having been
sacked by an invading army.
The National Stockman thus
comments on the apathy among
eattlemen: 1t is hardly strange
that producers Of beef cattle should
be quite apathetic as regards their
industry. Years and years have
elapsed since beef-making was in
a perfectly satisfactory condition,
and so often have surface indica-
tions pointed to better things just
at hand only to disappoint a little
later, that people have lost faith
in cattle to a degree probably
never known before in the history
of the country. The one satisfac-
tory thing in connection with cat
tie growing at this time is that
prices have seemingly reached a
basis from which further decline
is unlikely, and any general change
is to be expected IN the way OF
improvement, if at all. Yet con-
ditions which should stimulate
prices so frequently fail to do SC
that many of those who at one
time filled the market with the
choicest beeyes now seemingly
care little about attempting to hold
their old position at the front il
this particular. When will such
a time come as Will remove these
very unsatisfactory conditions?
A. P. Rogers, of Ration, had or
the Kansas City market Monday
of last week, two cars of steers
40 head-which averaged LOSS
pounds and sold at s3.623. They
were fed. There is certainly
money in raising such cattle.
Under foreclosure of mortgage
on February % at Eddy, the stocl
formerly belonging to Adams &
Holloway, and ranging in Lincoln
Chaves and Eddy counties, will BE-
sold at public auction. The
amount of the indebtedness il
$4,000, owed to Gregory, Cooley
& Co., the commission merchants
of Chicago and Kansas City, thu
Colorado national bank and JOIN
B. Slaughter. The stock is in thu
III, V bar, L and G brands.
The Cudahy Packing compan!
of Omaha and Sioux City, havI
established a packing house a
Los Angeles, California. TIL,
California Cultivator reports tina
Mr.. W. H. Maurice, the agent o
the Cudahys, is authority for tn
statement that alfalfa fed hogs
given five or six weeks feeding Of
grain, makes as fine packers a
could be wished.
Hornless cattle now, instead o
being the exception are rapid.
getting to be the rule at the mark
ct centers. A large share of tn.
stock cattle sent out are dehorneC