The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-10-24


Ed Tanner, u Fayetic. sold 10 Me-
Gosaeii, Of Cynthiana, a horse % 5lc per
pound. The animal weigh ] 1850 ibs.
II ". Tillard shipped 10 Louisville
this week, 500 bushels Of Orchard. grass
seed, and Mr.. Sanford Erwin 175 bushels.
Tor which they got $40 per bashcl deiiv-
cred.
- OEoRoErowN Counr-Five hundred
cattle were offered, and prices ranged from
2lc 10 SEC. a lot Of sheep brought s3.72
per head. A car load n 2.year-old mules
brought s7225 per head; a pair II DO.
Sl15, and another pair 1924. Plug horses
sold NJ from s25 to 800.
A countryman came into this Office
Yesterday with big basket Of potatoes
and proceeded 10 give NJ full pedigree Of
them, Of which we, remembering that We
were out ofpotatoca at home, eagerly TOOK
note, but imagine our chacrin when the
article was written TO zee him get up aud
leave, taking biz potatoes with him. OF
course such a stingy man will never eer
bis potatoes advertised in this paper.
- The Chief Of the Bureau Of Statistics
reports the value Of exports from the Uni
ted States Of live animals Of all kinds in
creased from s5,sl4,65S during the fiscal
year wear Of 1878, to sl1 .4s7,75i daring
1879. OF the total exports Of live animals
the last fscal year, sevcnty-one per cent.
were sent 10 Great Britain. The value Of
exports Of cattle increased from $780,.
sis during 1873, to ss,s79, 200 in 1879.
IouHvILLE-Cattle are still low.
Good TO extra shippers Of 1900 to 1,GOO
lbs, % TO ~; best butchers 3 to 81; medi-
um, p to %; thin to common, n to p;
choice to butcher hoga are worth from
$3.50 to $500; fair to good, $40 to $3.50;
common, $3.50 TO 81; extra sheep bring 80
TO 81; common, q to 3, with scalarag
selling all the way from IS cents 10 $3.50
PEI head; Lambs are in good demand at
y to 4 cents for extra; p to ~ for COM
mon 10 medium.
e. Our old friend, Samuel NJ. Boone, one
Of the best auctioneers, rs we'll as the clev-
crest Of gentlemen, cried tine sale Of Ste
phen +. Owsley on Tuesday, and reports
The results a. follows Cows from SIS TO
si250per head;5 2-year-old cattle, medium
quality, $3.50 per head; 3 yearlings, s23
per head 10 spayed heifers 1t s2i; lOCots-
void ewes, at s.; 3 lambs at s.; l buck,
>; horses from S3l to sll7; mules from
S75 to $780, % hogs at ssO4 per cwt; 25
barrels corn, Sips per bbl. at the shock;
70 barrels, ditto, at si.45 hay from 80 to
sl3 per stack.
- DANvrLLE CouRr.-Capt. II. T. Bush
reports as follows; There were a great
many cattle on the market, ranging from
he smallest scrub to the finest Dul ham.
The best cattle brought from 1872 to 50.
- per owt.; common and scrub stock
Tagging and hard to effect a sale at any
price. A good demand for good broke
mules, but few ON the market. A large
lumber Of plug horses, ranging from $40
o 500 per head......Judge Sam NJ. Boone
'ePorts More cattle on the market than
Il any previous court day during the year
IN quality they embraced every thing
rom the tow-head TO No. feeders weigh
ny 500 pounds. While prices were
title improved, il could not be regarded as
J "boom." The best bunch Of feeders on
he market brought 1891 per hundred,
'hile the Others ranged from S2.75 to
$3.50 per hundred. But few mules offer
ng, and no sales worth reporting. Conn
non horses and plugs brought usual prices,
rom so to $50 per head.