Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-12-02
Hoggs,

} the 23d ult. says prices were firm
$ yeste rday, and for lot of 500 hogs
!, So 65 wa S offered, which the drover
e refused, the prevailing price being
e IS 75
] The \ Iadison (Ia) Ba nner says
that a firm in that city had pur-
a chased 9p00 hogs since Thursday,
$ at figures ranging from S. 40 to
< S. 75 ndtt.
: The Ma Olson (Ia.) Courier of Mon
t day has the following We hear al
}. 50 of a sale, late Saturday night, Of
n 1000 at S. IS. At noon to-day a
t sale Of 5000 hogs at S. rs.
r I'll e Cincinnati Commercial of the
i 23d qlt. says in relation to the Pork
: mark let +:
e Fd II Sc eral days past there has
: been much excitement in the pork
t mark ct. Large sales of hogs have
!, been made lat Sc nett, and yesterday
S So % was asked The supply Of
: hogs, lis thought by many of the
S large deal rs, to be abundant in the
: Wests but they have been late this
$easo coming into market. The
price has been appreciated by early
fontr bets, the present high prices of
mess pork at New Orleans and New
! York and the small quantity held
+ over @flast seasons supplies In ad
| ditioa to iall this, money is very
|. abun4 ant,I and perhaps at no pre-
yious season, at the commencement
| Of pork packing in Cincinnati, has
| the a mouh bit Of surplus cash been so
{ large or the facilities SO great for
I the n got iations of packers of pro-
I duce. MT more than one-third in
Z numb Ter Of hogs have reached this
! mark t as there was in the cores
| ponding period of last year; and those
I who look with acuteness into this
+ large bra hch Of our trade, and its
Z event ual profits, think the prices toe
q high, and appear to be holding back
lin their extensive operation.
ntI Thy 81 hughtering was very light
r]yesteF day in consequence of the wet
, Hand a alavp rable weather. Prices o
,]hogs hre frm, with sales at S. "a
4 nett. Sal les Of 5000 green hams
= from the block at 7s cents, ant
!, III 200 bar rels mess pork at 16 dol
lars -Lo b. Corr, 25M.
u ca It'll AND Hoes. We heart
d Iof ! ale pf 10 head Of fat cattle :
e few v eel4 Is ago in our county, at 5.
II dts. They are in demand.
81 We b9lleye all the hogs in OIL
' county have been sold: most Of then
e Invent off at S4' gros 5, the last sale
! were at So 75,. but we understood
e a day or two since from a gentle
h man who had just finished collect
: ling q drove OF 500 bead for tn
y river mar Set at So rs that he hat
e beep pffeIed S4 for them, and h.
irefusdd it.--Richusoad (KyD Mes
senge,I.
HEAvH HoGs.-CoI. NE4 H. Nc
CAM soia and deliv cred thi 5 wetl
lila lot of hogs, 1873 in numbef +, aver
;, Iage weight of which was 4 o.
" pounds! Can any man in til e STATE
. beat this .--Lerlngt0n O5se Fver 8
> Exporter.
I'll Pork. The Louisville packers ar
a giving 81 per cwt. for good h 0 G
g weighing R25 to 300 pounds, mar
81 ket firm and receipts large TIL
,f Dangille {Ky) Tribu ne repor It's sale
at S. 75hS4 gross, and the Chatta
], nooga (Tdnn.) Advertiser at S4 81
L gross. at Alton lIll9 operation
if have conf nenced with sales Of hog
1t at S5-n ttt, we suppose.
n Hog killing Will commence at Ash
,, brooks t p-mor row. They have be
a tween Top and 500 in the pens
I This will be the first movement il
d this city this year for packing pur
Z poses So. Louis paper, 25h uA.
f Hoe SLAUeHTERlNG. Nearly al
the packing establishments are in op
eration to a small amount, though
u none of them are in full receipt .
: hogs Prices are very firm at Its
g gross, and at S. 80 and SIS 40 nett
/ some sale have been made. Yester
:, day We heard Of the sale of the pro
n dpct Of SB7OO hogs at 2 cts. and 7
: cts for ge en- shoulders and hams from
i the block and 9 cents for the pr lime
e Hard.
III At Hut fman, Cunningham & Cos
e 2,lO0 hogs have been killed up to
i last evening, and to-day they are to
e kill 2,000I At Jackson, Owsley &
y Cos, yes erday, 1900 head were
r 81, ,,ce btorad