Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-20
Stock Notes.

stewart Il ward want to buy SEE horses
and mules. See Their ad. elsewhere.
Read Mr.. b. C. ray's advertiseme OF his
horse, Farmers Gbry. in another colnn
A very fine bay mare was stolen bm Mr..
Andy Ramey. lastSaturday night. Such was
made but nothinscould be learned of he thief.
Read Capt. Wa. Re,id's ad. He ANTS to
buy one or tive carloads of high -lade bull
calves, one year OF next spring. Hmay be
found or addressed a Waverly.
MIR. Horace hlIddlbrook. of Polk county,
passed through this ity, last Saturday with l6
head oil work mules md two horses, Inch he |
was taking up into Iowa for sale.
We had desired to wife al article aout the |
lair, and to notice otter live stock, enecially
the horses Of Mr.. C.. '. Long, but are obliged
by want OF time and sace to defer bth until
next week.
The rumoI now is lat Bonner PROPOSES to
drive Edwin FOrrest,nd Rarus as double
team, and as low hgureas .: Is are talkh about.
II they 'hitch up'' wetogelher, they will prob
ably make the fastest dlble team living.
luMr. Bonner has invited a small fortune in
horsefesh. Startle cost I'M $50, 900; Dexer, $685.
600 ard Grafton SIS 90 Goldsmith Maid and
Jay Gould represent $500 each; Lad, Thorn,
Sao'ooo; Socrates, $500 Lucy. 81, 400; Tat
tier, $l7 900; Rosalind, 10, 900 and Gen. Knox,
$40 900.
At Mr.. Upton WILSON, sale. last Tuesday,
inferior horses sold at lw prices, $25 to $40;
horse and mule colts soldt $40 to $50; sheep at
81 80 per head; cattle, ierlor grade yearlings
steers, ST. 90 per head; cvs at from $40 to $50;
hogs at 81 to 81 80 per lO6ounds. Capt. J. ID.
Conner, auctioneer.
The following were thquotatlons on cattle,
in Kansas City, yesterday Extra native ship
ping steers, 81 % to 81 Al good well-fattened
steers, SO IS to 81 90; mediu, steers in fair flesh,
SO IS to 80 so; choice to eXtrsat butchers COWS,
81 % to 81 SO; common to ,r COWS, 81 rs %
81 90; good smooth stock csae and feeders,
So IS to SO 10; light stockers, y % to So SO;
bulls, common tt choice. 81 SO to " 90; Texas
steers, 81 40 to 2 as; Colorado steers. So 40 to
So IS.
The following were the quotations N live
stock, in st. Louis, Thursday: Cattle-Supply
only moderste and values entirely unoanged;
good to ctoice heavy shipping steerss4 Sc to
So 90; do light 81 80 to 81 20; grass Texans
81 50 to SO 30. Receipts, l 600. Shipments,
l 200. ~Hogs-light higher; heavy week; mixed
packing SO 10 to So 40, Workers and Bltimores,
SO IS 60 So As; butchers to extra hGvy, SO As
to 81 so; grass hogs, 81 IS to 3 a5. Receipts,
3,10. Shipments, 5000. S~heep-sarce and
wanted; fair to good, So 90 to So O.; choice
fancy, So 65 to 4 90; values very firm. Receipts
600. Shipments, none.
At NJ. A. Hayden's sale, near 1ayview,
Thursday, fair average colts sold Mt fom $50 to
$40 per head; l yearllng mare mule cit sold at
S62 so; one yearling horse mule colt, g. so: one
thoroughbred BULL years old, $50; one high
grade COW and calf, $50 IS; one bull calf, $50;
two bull calves, S2s each; helfers firm $50 to
$40; cows, good grades, $3s to $50; hos at three
to four cents gross; hay, In barn, S to SIS per
ton; farming implements brought bigprices. A
good dinner was provided, and there vas a large
crowd, in good humor. Capt. j. }. Conner
acted as auctioneer, and OF course, aided much
to the good temper and liberalIty of tie bidders.
The following Lafayette county stock men
took premiums at the Marshall fair week before
last: Stallion, 5 years and Upward, NJ. Beamer,
hrst premiums; stallion, 4 and under 5, r.. Tod
hunter, first premium; gelding, 8 and unter 4,
NJ. Beamer, first premium; buggy geldng, 3
and under 4, NJ. Beamer, first premium: road
ster stallion, 4 and under S, NJ. Beamer, first
premium; buggy mare, 4 and under 5, R. Tod
hunter, first premium; saddle geldins, 5 years
and upward. Harry Francisco, first premium;
brood mare ami colt, NJ. Beamer, second prem
ium; harness stallion, 4 and under 5, NJ. Beam
er, first premium; harness stallion, 3 and under
4, X. Todhanter, first premium; harness stall
lion. 2 and under ), r. Todhunter, first prem
ium; harness gelding, 5 and upward, r. Tod
hunter, second premium; harness gelding, 3
and under 4, NJ. Beamer, FIRST premium; road
ster mare, 8 and under 1, R. Todhunter, Sec
ond premIum; mare, 4 and under5, r. Todhun-
ter. first premium; mare, 3 and under 4. Il.
Todhunter, second premium; mare, 2 and under
3, NJ. Beamer, second premium.
The grand free for all trot at the fair grounds,
last Saturday afternoon, attracted Il large
crowd, and created considerable enthusiasm.
henoah Reamer entered bay stallion, AL West;
p. Noble entered Ireland's Bessie Membrino
Ben. Gordon entered Gov. Hampton. and Law
renee 4 Seeber entered Arabell. In the first heat
the horses all got of in a bunch, and went down
the turn at a fine pace, AL West On the inside
and in the lead, Bessie second, Arabell third.
In coming around the east side of the track
Bessie got her fore foot in a hole, and In pulling
at it struck it with her other foot, cutting it bad.
ly. She held up . allantly, however, and kept
her place, and the heat was completed with A
West, first; Bessie AT his neck and second; Ara
bell, third; Gov. Hampton, fourth. Many per.
sons on the ground thought the little mare would
have won the heat if she had not hurt herself.
The second heat was much similar to the first,
barring the accident, and the fact that Hampton
came in third. In the third heat, Hampton
forged to the front on the first round, and passed
the judges stand next to AL West, Bessie third
but on the second round the little beauty easil,
resumed her place as second In the race, and
the heat and race We're declared won by AL.
West; Bessie, second; Gov. Hampton, third
purse, $lOo-ilrst horse. $50; second horse, $50
third horse, $40.