El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-24
Little Items From Live Papers.
TEXAS.

ductive to the success of the ticket
Beaumont Journal.
Texas stock sold well in ST. Louis
last week at the following prices: Cal.
yes, S7.5O(6S9:5O: stays, S2.5O@$4. co.
bulls, 2.5O(d32 81. IS; cows, 81. 25@S3. so
steers, S2.S5(6S4. 45.-Ssn Antonio
Light.
Cattlemen in the panhandle are vac.
cinsting their calves freely, and some
are mixing sulphur with the salt, be-
lieving the latter will cause the ticks
to drop off in the early fall, if not be
fore.-Pecos Valley Clippings.
An amendment to the charter OF the
Fin and Feather club of Dallas was FL
ed in the secretary of states Office to.
day changing the capital stock from
$40, 600 to SIS, 900 and raising the par
value of shares from 5000 to $780,
Houston Post.
Parties have begun at Hillsboro the
erection of large gin and ice plant
combined. The gin will have seven
large stands and the ice plant will
have capacity OF twenty tons per day
The gin part will soon be finished
Stock Record.
We had a populist to remark to us
that the Dallas News was quite COM
ELEMENTARY of the populist platform.
The same might be said of its remarks
spent the democratic platform. 1t il
trying to catch them "gwine an COM
in. "-Cherokee Blade.
After next election the populists OF
Texas will find their votes q great deal
like the "Bill Nye of the Panhandle
old the bathing costumes of the ladies
OF Gslveston-verym much too short at
ft11l 20
middle.-Willis Index.
The press of Texas has endorsed
with delight that resolution of the
Texas Bar Association at Galveston
which demands a higher degree Of
education and stricter examinations
for applicants to the bar. 1t is surely
needed.-Seguin Enterprise.
Here in Texas we get through with
the political campaign long before
election day. Culberson is elected
senator, Sayers elected governor and
Slayden is elected to congress already,
although the election does not occur
until November.-Pecos Valley Clip
pings.
While S. J. Burk, railroader, was
walking along the Santa Fe track in
Fort Worth he found cash box that
belonged in the safe of Abdill & Mitti-
SOD, robbed several weeks ago. Gold
and platinum teeth filing material
worth probably s25, was in it.-Ex-
change.
Stockmen all through Texas are
watching reports of the corn crop, for
they understand that on its magnitude
largely depends the demand for cattle
for the fed lots the coming season. The
larger the crops the cheaper corn and
the better for cattlemen.-Pecos Val
ley Clippings.
There will be four big events in
Texas history this year. The state
fair will be one and the Sherman
jubilee the other three, Probably
Manila will hear about it, and, by the
way, we might send the invitation
down to Cuba and Porto
Register.
Plans and estimates are being suit
mitted for McKinney's new water
works. The council will not close
contract until the money is received
from the recent sale of bonds. II is
said that the council will demand that
contractors use home labor in con-
Valley Clippings.
johnson & Collins have received four
large windmills for A. G.. Anderson, to
be put up on his ranch in Pecos county
Two OF the mills are D feet and two 224
feet in diameter, weighing 3005 and
1000 pounds. They are the largest ever
brought to this country for ranch pur-
poses.-Stockman, Colorado, Texas.
The report from the several mark
cts show that while prices have not
changed more cattle have
sold at good prices, indicating an &C
tual improvement. The fed cattle are
not of as good quality as the earlier
part OF the season, causing q falling off
% the number of good fit cattle Texas
Journal.
The "whitecapper' should move"
He is not a desirable citizen and is
wholly out of place in civilized and
luries OF counties desiring to maintain
their regulations for order and the de-
cencies should bring every known and
reachable case to fullest justice.-Dal-
las Times Herald.
The Times has received letter from
w. A. Squires, president of the Gulf &
Brszos Valley Railway company, in
which he says that he has made ar
to float bonds for his whole
line of railway from Red River south
via Henrietta, Jacksboro, Weatherford,
Granbury, Glenrose, Hamilton and
LamDasas, From Lampasas the road
will branch. One line will run into
Houston via Taylor, and the other to
Eagle Pass by Llano and Fredericks-
Times.
Messrs. Billie Childress and Sol
Mayer, two of our heavyweight cat
.lemen, arrived Sunday from the In
1ian Territory, where they made good
sales. They report that over 100, 900
nead of cattle in the Usage country
yet remain unsold on account of the
'act that they are not fat, owing to
The rank condition OF the range caused
oy too much rain. Mr.. Childress while
here sold to Adams 81 Schafer of
Cedar Vale, Kan, 1000 year old
steers in the territory at $3.50 per
mead.
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