The Eddy current., 1898-10-22
cA1rLE AND oWops

into the corpus Ihfltu country
quite a number Of cattle are being
taken 20 the feeding pens at the Cieco
oil mil.
A largely increased acreage 0f wheat
will he sown In the country around
Ennis this fall.
u. r. Moser Of Miles station, Run
neis county, has sold his sheep 70 Joe
Thiele at t2.2O head.
Mas. J. y. Dale Of Henrietta shipped
TO his feeding pens at Bonham 1000
steers bought OF w. y, Wcrsham.
Crosby county will have better winter
range this winter than Il has had for
several years unless Il IL burned 3n.
Coleman q Keeran OF San Antonio
mas just bought 100 head OF young
Hereford bulls from the Adalr herd In
the panhandle.
Charles Copplnger OF Fort Worth.
who owns n ranch Ia Scurry county.
says he has had plenty Of rain ON his
range. grass is fine and his stock doing
well.
J. W. Flynn of Georgetown shipped
out the 500 feeders bought from John
n. Belchcr at Twohig. They went TO
tho feed pens at Texarkana. where Mr.
Flynn will put the fat on them himself
Stock OF all kinds are In the best OF
shape about Paint Rock. Tho pros
poets are good for a favorar' winter
for stock OF all kinds. lSed for
winterlng stock seems to be more
plentiful than usual,
Stock water Is getting scarce In
many points OF the panhandle country.
but Amarillo and rs neighborhood Is
well supplied. as good rains have fallen
there lately.
a beautiful lot OF registered Hereford
calves were shipped TO shacklcford
county lately. Henry Heron getting
two. Joel Dodson seven. NJ. J. Leech
one and Bob Elliot two.
The wool commission men Of San
Angelo have received and stored up to
the 18th 100000 pounds OF fall wool.
II Is expected that 100000 more pounds
" IN be marketed there.
In closing up the Comer-Suggs trade
at san Angelo this week, which Afpt
through without IA hitch, Col. suEgA
gave Comar a check for $4,000. a
balance due.
The cotton crop Is going 10 make
better yield In Coleman county than
expected. and the acreage Is so much
larger than last year that the total
number OF bales ginned there will DO
equal 60 that OF last year,
l.. Goodman OF Laredo. who shipped
something over 25OO head OF Mexican
steers and bulls to the Territory this
spring. has sold them TO q. d. Sleeper
OF Muscogee, |. r.. at $40 for the bulls
and t2i for the steers.
Lightning struck the cotton Sin be-
longing to w. c. Burruss. about one
mile northeast OF Mckinney The en-
tire building and machinery, together
with about forty bales OF cotton. was
destroyed by fire. The loss is about
$4,000, with no insurance.
A good rain visited Gainesville last
week II was needed, particularly for
wheat. and hence has done n great deal
OF good. There was some wind with
Il, but no damage Is reported. A brill
liant electrical display also accom-
panied Il.
The West-Texas Fair and Roundup
association OF Abilene will begin ita
four days exhibition at Abilene Tues
day, Oct. 20, and the occasion promises
a. be one worthy even OF the grand
Abilene country, a name that includes
group OF some Of the finest counties
In Texas.
A strange and fatal disease among
the horses In certain parts OF Oklaho-
ma Is bafiing the skill OF the yeterlna-
rlaus, who appear 20 be- unable "a
either classify or control n. Many
farmers have lost heavily OF their work
stock and over 800 head have thus fai
died.
The Sabine river at laurel Is at low
water mark and logs put In by the Sa'
hlue Tram company and others abovs
there are lamming up and Il will ID
slow work getting them to Orange
Cotton nearly all picked out; cane
potatoes and other crops ace needing
rain.
The Rusk County Fair association
will hold is third annual meeting al
. Henderson Nov. /, 2. and 4. The
cattle premiums are larger than al
former fairs and the swine department
has always been well filled. Ther,
will be a good show OF horses anG
, mules and an excellent poultry exhibit
Mr. Thad Miller Is preparing TO fee,
1000 head OF big steers on the Andl
Fennoll place, near seguin. A saI
/ Antonio feeder, named Saunders. viii