The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-11-28

- d. J. D. Owsley and 7. W. IIiggin.
shipped 10 Louisville. Wednesday, 10 eat
loads Of hog, Tor which they paid from
s32j to S375 per cwt
VI. G.. Portman sold his lot Of hog.
Yesterday, 10 Harris n Nunnellcy, at 81
cents. They averaged ass lbs. the highest
average that We have heard n.
90 Judy a Barry bought last week Of
james y. Gay SO head Of fat cattle at $40,
per cwi., and $50 head of. w. Prewiit, al
same price. Winchester Sun.
- II. l.. Martin bought in Montgomery
county, last wrrk, one car load Of mule.
for the Louisiana market, for which he
paid Si20.-[Blue Grass Clipper
w. II. n X. L. Fletcher sold last week
tow. $. Richart 735 turkies at SOC and 65c,
making S4jS md All At &c per pound,
making Sioj or s6ii in all.-[Mi. Sterling
Democrat.
- Moses Kahn bought Of B. A. Tracy
20 fai cattle at Si.s5, and Of W. d. Suther-
land 80 head at s75. lie also bought 40
head Of T. q. Gaines at s47j, and a Of
Squire james Chorn at s4.-[Paris Ken
tuckian.
Collier 4 Simpson commenced feed
ing 10 hogs weighing III lbs. on the 10th
OF September, and on the Goth Of. Novem-
Der, they found on shipping them that
they averaged 4Oei a sAln Of 81 lbs. day
for the two months.
LANCASTER COURT DAY.. ID. Price,
auctioneer, reports sales Of o yearline
steers at 5000 per head s yearling steers,
5000 per head; Horses from sl4 to $50;
] milk COW, s.; yoke steers, weighing 3, :.
$50 pounds, al s2.G0 per cwt.
co. Hon. 7. J. McGibben, Of Cynthiana,
has lost another valuable animal. The
tenth Earl Of Oxford, by second Duke Of
Oneida, aged six years, died few days
ago. lie was purchased only a few years
since Of Ezra Cornell, Of New York, broth
er Of the Governor-elect, at cost Of slO,-
600.
WINcHEsrER CouRr.-From 1000 to
1900 cattle IN the market. The best
LOO or l.2OO-h feeders brought $3.50 to
81 co one lot better weight and strictly
fine, SS.75; shippers, 81; yearlings, 50 to
SS.3s. One lot Of cotton mules brought
sG7. 80 per head. Other mules ran from
$50 to 500.
A friead hands US the following re-
ports Of cattle sales viii Cecil, Of Boyle,
sold 10 lsreal Braun, Of Cincinnati, as
head, averaging over 1000 lbs. at s4.35.
George Dugan, Of same county, sold to
same, two car loads, weighing 1856 lbs. at
$40, and one car load Of ,4OO-lbs. at
Si35, and Nick Mcdowell sold "a head
l,475-lb. average, at $3.50.
j. Z. Bruce auctioneer, reports the
sale Of Michael Flannery, decd, Of Gar
rard county, Nov. 18th is head Of cattle,
$40 per cwt; IS do, 1886; do, 1915;
~ head 2-year-olds, $ll.S5 per head;
cows, from s22 to SIS; mountain ewes,
$3.50 per head; 10 shoats, 60 lbs. So per
head; 4 do, 40 lbs Sl.S5; 2 horses from
S22 to $3.50. The weather was disagree
able. A. good crowd in attendance and
bidding spirited.
A singular way Of delivering a COW
was resorted TO few days since, on the
farm Of Vance Warner. He had fine
COW, which was Just ready to calve, when
a straw rick fell on her, from the effects
Of which she died in a few minutes. And
in order to save the calf, they Immediately
cut the coz open and took from her the
calf alive. The calf is now three days
old, and in prosperous condition. Har-
rodsburg Observer.
- LOUISVILLE. - Cattle are in some
greater demand, but the figures are not
much changed. Good to extra shippers,
Slc to Ale; best butchers, SIC to 3lc; me-
1ium, pc to &c; thin TO common, lie to
pic. Hogs continue to go upward, and are
quoted at $3.50 to s4.35 for choice; SAILS
to S4.25 for good packing; 1925 to $3.50
for shoats and stockers. Best, extra heavy
sheep meet with ready sale at Slc to 80;
good, bring &c to Sic; common, slow sale
at &c to 2ic.
The Union Stock Yards at Chicago,
covering $50 acres Of ground, are the most
extensive in the world. Fifteen hundred
uars Of stock can be unloaded, fed and
watered in day. They have 1000 cattle
pens, 200 hog-pens, and stabling for 1900
horses. The grounds and improvements
cost s5,OO0OOO, and $4,000 is annually
expended for repairs SeAen hundred men
are constantly employed, and 1876, 900 head
of cattle. hogs I'd sheep can be cared for
at one time.
- About five hundred persons were at
f. L. Davidson's sale Of Short Horns at
Springfield, including stock men from In
diana, Tennessee and many counties Of
Kentucky. Twenty-Five females realized
a total Of $685.. an average of $lS5 per
head. Fifteen bulls sold for 81, 500, an av-
erage Of $40. The best price realized was
for the bull Wildeyes Geneva, bought by
Hon. T. $. Grundy, Springfield, KY, at
sos. The highest priced COW, Mazurka
Thirty eighth, was bought by same for
$685..
90 Messrs. Harris 4 Nunnelley have
handled about 1900 Turkies in the last
week or two, for which they paid and !
cents per pound, dressed, and from so to
90 cents pair, alive. They sold 700 TO a
Danville mar Wednesday, TO be shipped to
Baltimore. They have also shipped about
900 lbs. Of old iron, paying from 20 to
80 cents per hundred for it, and are now
buying bones at p cents per hundred. We
have never seen more energetic young
man than Anderson Nunnelley, and II he
don't get rich, il will be a wonder
LINCOLN COUNTT.
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