The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-11-29
LASD. STOCK AND CaoP ITEMS

Mr.. Lewis Jones has about As head Of
fat cattle for sale.
@. W. Bobbitt bought Of A. B. McKin-
ney, good young horse for $50.
Tom Blackerby sold to George Ashlock,
81 hogs, averaging 335 pounds, at p cts.
A pork packing firm in Bowling Gresa
has purchased 1900 hogs at Bic per pound.
WIN. NJ. Ball shipped to Louisville, on
Wednesday, % head Of cattle Of his own
fa:tening
At Springfield court last Monday, cattle
ranged from 2lc per pound for common to
&c for best.
A Lexington man lad for his Thanks
giving dinner n turkey that weighed 80
pounds gross.
The Georgetown Times tells of a lot Of
fancy 2-year old cattle that average over
800 pounds
A. r. n r. o. Mclean sold in winches-
ter last week, 81 head Of Tennessee cattle
at S45 per head Lancaster Visitor.
Sales Of |, S25-lb. cattle, at 81 cents; l..
475-lb. at Al cents; 1,54O-lb. at 81 Is, are
reported in the Winchester Dsmoerut.
a gentleman said yesterday he remem-
bered when hogs sold in this State at 81 IS
per hundred, and the packers lost money.
I Woman,
Excelsior, the celebrated trick horse, for
many years the property Of Dan Rice, died
a few days ago, aged Sc. lie had bSen
blind for many years.
MrLewis A. Moore shipped to his rancho
in Kansas this week, 10 fneCotswold bucks
and IS ewes Of the same breed. Most Of
them averaged 200 pounds.
Hiram Quisenberry has sold 10 of his
mules in Louisiana at an average of about
$40. He reports the market dull and
times hard Paris Kentuckian.
Col Frank p. Colcord, Of Bourbon, bought
Of Mr.. Richard, Of same county, GO head Of
choice lambs for feeding purposes, at s. o.
per head. They averaged los pounds.
A Bio CoLr.-Mr. Lewis Dudderar has
Denmark colt foaled the middle Of last
April, that measures IL hands inches
high. II will perhaps he 90 hands by tho
time il is S.years-old.
Judge d. r. Hays, Of Washington county
had car load ofcattle at Danville court on
the 18th, but being offered only Sac per ID
for them, shipped them to Cincinnati, where
he sold them at &c. The difference in price
left handsome margin above the cost o.
transportation.-[L Lebanon Standard.
Samuel Bruce fattened lot Of hogs thii
season for Mr.. John MeRoberts at 81 cent
per pound. He delivered them this weel
and the scales showed that he had put OF
l29 pounds to the head. Both parties los
money by the operation. Hogs are onl.
worth 81 so and when corn is worth s. pc
barrel there ia no profit in feeding II Il
them at 3! cents.
WINCHESTER CoURT--There were abou
200 or 800 cattle on the market, and bu
few lots left over unsold. The hest pric'
realized for feeding cattle did not exceed
So so per cwt, many good feeders selling
as low as So. Yesrling cattle were dull
sale, selling at from $50 to S25 per head
There were some buyers for mule colts a
SIS to $50 per head.
LoUIsyILLE.--Good to extra shipping
cattle, 9le to &c; best butchers, Sc to SlC
medium to good, 2le to pc The hog mar
ket is firm and active with an upward ten
dency; tops now bring ms high as 81 %
per cwt, but tine bulk Of the sales are a
81 IS and 81 30; fair to good, 81 75 an
SO so; common and shoats, 81 25 to 81 %
Extra sheep sell at Sc to SIC; common
medium, &c TO pic.