The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-23
GREAT SALE OF FLOODED STOCK
At the Fair Grounds.

several weeks notice, had public sale of short
horn cattle at the fair grounds, IN this city on
Thursday last In addition, Mr.. Strawn had
present forty three head Of pure blooded Bcrk.
shire swine, and DR. Spruguc, of Des Moincs, Ia.
seven head of the same breed of hogs; and Peter
Wakem, Of Whitby, Ontario, Canada, thirty
seven splendid Cotswold sheep, and Jacob
Jacobs, of Ottawa, eight ewes and one ram of
Leicester sheep,
These were sold by Col. l.. p. MAR, an auc.
tionccr of stock, from Paris, KY, who has had IA
large experience in this line of business
There were eghty-sx head OF as carefully bred
Shorthorn cattle and of as pure blood rs had ever
been seen in any herd Of like number in this or
any other country, and perhaps as fine individual
specimens as any breeder ever had produced.
They seemed to be perfection; and of the sheep
and swine the same can rs truthfully be said.
Engravings in stock books-thc very choicest
could not cxaggerate the good points of many of
these noble animals
The sale was set for 10 o'clock, but the wealth
er was cold and unpropitious, consequently the
buyers and spectators were slow in reaching the
ground, and as many purchasers were expected
on the forenoon trains, who had sent notice that
! they would attend, the auctionecr announced
that he would not begin operations until noon
Among the stock breeders and persons who
came to invest, We noticed in the forenoon: w.
c. Kiser, Madison, Wis, c. II. Ward, South
Bend; Ind; X. p Wilson, Nina, Ia; A. c. Nc
Intirc, Mendoza; Nathaniel Mcintyre, Ransom;
Emory Cobb, Kankakee; Messrs. Evans and j..
NJ Adams, Compton, Lee county, Ills A. +. and
/,
j. A, Young, Rushville, HIS; p, Nichols West
Liberty, Ia; o. A. Bridgcford, Millersburgh,
HIS; Bernard Kemp Ohio; II. VI. Winsow,
Kankakec; etc
| The Prairie Farmer, Chicago, was represented
by II. ID. Emery; the Western I9yfc,lit,u'ia, Quin-
cy by +. Butterworth; and the Ljcc St0ck J0ayndl,
Chicago, by II. F. Eastman,
| BY T. o'clock the crowd had greatly increased,
and having partakcn of an ample lunch, consist
! ing of hot coffee, cheese and sandwiches, and an
abundance of it, prepared by Mrs Thos Ready,
Col Muir, the gentlcmany auctionecr, with Les
ter Strawn as clerk, opened the sale, announcing
| that on all sales credit Of six months would be
given on notes drawing per cent. If cash was
paid down Il deduction of per cent would he al
! lowed
Srawns I'd Duchess of Goodness, Il hands One
2-year old, was put up and started at SO, and af
ter four bids was sold to Peter Wakem, of Cana
da, for 800. The next was the Duchess of Good
ness, ) years old, sold to j. Thornton, Touica,
for S95; Duchess of Blutidale, years old, to p.
! Wakem, S95; Oxford Butterfly, years old, to D..
Degen, Sl20; Blanch It'll Duchess, , years old,
Evans Adrian, Compton, Lee county, $50 Stella,
| al pr
calf, Mabel & months old, to Joel K. Strawn,
Livingston county, $50; Echo, yearling, to W.
| c. Kiscr, Madison, Wis, $40; Matilda Jones, I
years old, TO Samuel Haywood, Lockport, HIS,
$50; 18th oxford Of Ncrmillion, months old to
7. {. Watts, $50; Carnation 18th, 1 years old, to
w. II H. Holdridgc, TonCa, Sll5 Fannie Mil
Ter, . years Old to j. T. Bullock, Nermllionvillc,
$780, Phoenix I'd, years old, to same, 500; 4th
Nelly Bly,, years old, to lioldridge S65; Becks
Duchess I'd, = years old, to Archie Hamilton,
Flat Creek, Ky, $3.50. This was II beautiful ami
NAL and the bidding for her was lively. Her calf,
. months old, was bought by W. 5. jackson, of
Streator, for S35. Susan 18th, years old, to A.
Hamilton, $3.50; Roxy's Gem, 3 years old, to A..
Schomas, Ottawa, $50; her calf, to Holdridge,
$40; Bell Duke a, months, to j. II. Newell,
year old, to j. X. Shaver, $50; Coy, months old,
to c. Kcnney, Ottawa, S45 Rose Champion, :
years old, to j. Thornton, 800; Arthur Hook,
calf to Henry Trude, Grand Ridge, $50. Here
Messrs. Strawn Jackson IL Co. gave way to +.
Cobb for a while, who sold as follows, and on the
same terms: Riverside Prince to John Essick,
of Grand Ridge, $3.50; Prince Victoria to Il. o
Jackson, S135; Mazourka Duke to ID. Crumrinc,
! Sl25 Prince Arthur to \. c. Mcintyre, Sl35;
Grand Duke Alexis to Ambrose Trumbo, Sl25;
Earl River View to Fred. Richards, Farm Ridge,
800 These are all under2 years old The auc-
tioncer resumed with the La Sale county herds
by putting up Jackson IL Sons magnificent COW,
Oxford Queen, years old. The competition was
spirited, and was ended by f. c. Lewis bid OF
| 500, the highest figure which any animal had
ct brought. Next came her heifer calf, . montnS
old, knocked of to F.. c. Lewis for $500; Oxford
! Queen I'd followed and +. c. Lewis was forced
| to work his chin until he had said $3.50. before
she became his property. Her calf, months
old became his also for 800. 18th Duke of Yer
Imillionvillc, calf was sold TO \. {. Swift, OF
Plano, for 800; Master Hopewcll, prize bull,
wa, sold to f. Adrian, of Lee county, for the ri
dicuously low price of $3.50. oxford Queen Sd,
I years old, beauty, was next put up. She at
tracted Ed. Lewiss artistic eye, and he 'froze to
her. for 800 as he also did to Oxford Queen 4th,
a 3year old, for S640, and Oxford Queen 9TH, ,
) year old, for S4l5; and to Oxford Queen 9th,
!, IL years old, for $500, and to Oxford Queen It'll,
yearling, for $780, H. o. Jackson was deter
mined that Ed. Lewis should not have all the
Queens in the deck, so he took Oxford Queen Stl
at $500 j. T. Bullock, of Nermillionyillc, took
Alice Scaham, 5-year old, for $50; and hei
: lheifer calf, 3 months old, for SO Beck Sd, 4
1Oyear old COW, but good one, went to Hold
ridge for $50, and Beck 18th, IA very choice 4-yeal
old, was knocked down to Bullock for $3.50; and
her calf, months old, to same for 500 He also
got away with Blanche, 5year old, for $50
= Mr.. Luellcn, of South Ottawa, captured Victoria
less than a year Old, splendid Thoroughbred
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