El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-09
Live Stock.

Thomas Bell reports to the Range
News that a good many cattle are
dying at Fort Grant from a peculiar
the throats and the tongue of the amin
al gradually hsrdens until the brute
can no longer eat.-TucsOn Star.
George W. Simpson has the contract
for supplying American troops IN CUBA
with beef, and he states that during
the wear 1898 Cuba received S3. 1888 cat
tie from the outside. The United
States furnished 81, 129 head, Mexico
4i,417 head, Venezuela 1859 head, Co
lumbia 1922 head, Porto Rico 1941
head.-Del Rio Record.
The hogs in the state of Jalisco are
being attacked by a contagious dis
ease, a kind of epizootic, that is prov
ing fatal to many. 1t is rumored that
the hog men are selling the meat and
lard of the diseased animals. The
meat inspectors are examining all PORK
very closely and it will go hard with
any one who is caught selling such
meat.-Eagle Pass Guide.
The Arizona Stock Growers a%ssocia-
ton, with headquarters in Wilcox.
day at 10 O'Clock, to devise a
for the suppressing of brand burning
and maverick brands. Both
schemes are %prscticed all over
the range, and If a plan can be devised
which will have the desired effect, the
live stock interests will thank the as
ISOLATION. That associations was rep
resented in Denver this week by e. B.
Ryan, A, j. Nisbet and Hon. Burt Dun
lap.-Wilcox Stockman.
= Cattlemen generally are of the OPT
MON that the weather conditions OF
the present winter will give spring
grazing about q month earlier than
usual. AS most of the losses resultant
lily occur at the closing of the win'er
season early spring grass becomes q
matter of very great Importance. That
the range should become able to SUBJ
sist the animals upon it even two
weeks earlier e an enormous
saving both in the lives of cattle and in
their condition.-Silver City Indepen-
dent.
An attempt was made Saturda y night
to hold S. J.. Mcdonald, the cattle
buyer, as he was coming to Phoenix
from Tempe. He was driving a horse
and cart and was alone. 1t was early
in the evening and as he neared the
cross cut canal at a point where the
road is rather narrow, q man stepped
up to the wheel of the cart and draw
ing a revolver told him to hold
up. In the dim light Mr.. Mitchell
could see another man stand
ing near the other side of the horse.
He threw up his hand, and in doing
bullet taking an upward course and
passing through his hat. The report
frightened the horse and it started to
run and the robbers we're soon left in
the rear. Mr.. Mcdonald had been to
Tempe where WI or three loads OF
hogs had been loaded for him during
the day and he had considerable
money when representations Gazet.
tie.
Information was brought to the live
stock board on Thursday that two
horses had been abandoned in the
desert about six miles northwest of the
suffering from CHAMBERS. In the alb
sence of the territorial veterinarian
the board sent Inspector F. r. Moss to
see the horses and if he found them to
and burn them. Several stock
men visited the horses and
agreed that they were suffering
from the disease in an acute form.
They were destroyed. The reckless
ness OI d~DduuOulnS tue" GuSr0 Ousu
to be punishable. On Thursday after
moor a herd of 40 horses passed
through that vicinity. 1t is said they
were not brought into contact with
the doomed animals, but that they did
not was not due to a public spirited
precaution on the part of the owner on
the giandered horses.-Phoenix Re-
publican.
A special dispatch to the Globe
Democrat from Wichita, Kansas, Feb.
4. says: The Gillett Live Stock and
Breeding company is b latest sensa-
tion in the cattle plunger's career. DR..
F. W. Petry, q wealthy practitioner of
this city, has returned from a trip to
chihuahua, old Mexico, where he
joined with Grant Gillett, the former
in the organization of the above
company. When interviewed by
a Globe-Democra corresr ondent today
DIR. Parry said: The Gillett company
has leased 100. 900 acres of and
in the state of Chi
huahua with the intention of improv-
ing and raising Mexican cattle for
market. It hiss already purchased a
herd of 1000 cattle to commence with
and will import 500 thoroughbred
Hereford heifers and 100 bulls to raise
bought 5000 Mexican goats for breed
ing purposes and for their hides. The
company will also deal in horses, and
has secured exclusive right from the
state of chihuahua for the manufacture
of Mexican sausage and will erect a
packing house for that purpose"
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