The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-11-19
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ell SO lbs, is Dragged " in the George
town Tine
William Arnold sold to j. p Hudson
| s aged mule, At sli7.5O per head / Rich
mond Register.
Hon. John Sam Owsley sold TO Mr..
I Quisenberry, Of Clark. 30 head I ,ljO No.
cattle at cents.
&C. =. Afford, Of Lexington, bought last
Monday 90 head Of 2-year-old mules, we'll
fetied, At $3.50 per head.
The Lebanon Standard reports the pur-
chase Of two carloads Of fat hogs in
Green county, At 1915 to a. per owt.
during the racing season just closed in
England, Pierre Loriliard's gross winnings
we're about S23 600. aud J X. Keane'- about
90 900.
-"Bndstreei" figures, from reliable
data, that the wheat crop II the past sea-
son in the uniied States was 4j5 $500
bushels.
There will he big sugar crop in
Louisiana. The present yield is estimated
at $4,000 hog-head., again-t about 10000
last year.
Tim W. Higgins ha- purchased since
last report two car load- II hogs at 4 cents.
Mr. J. l.. Farris ha. al.o bought two ears
at same price.
d Tribbie, Of Madison, bought Of r..
y. y 4. Z. Wood-, Jas. Paxton and II. 5.
Wiiher-, Of Lincoln, their lots Of feeding
cattle at cts. 9
$. u. Bruce bought Of A. X Denny 80
head Of 40 10. cattle at a., and Of Rich
ard Cobb % heed 10 be weighed Saturday
at same price.
Charley Clark sold to f. g. Harris,
last Friday. an extra bunch Of IS head Of
Eat sheep, that weighed lGi pounds, at 4
cents Danville Advocate
The fat cattle show at Chicago, which
commenced Monday awarded the FIST
premium for Short-hom s,eers,t to 2 35O-lb
animal, belonging to an Illinois man.
-WANrEn.-3OOO or 1900 barrels Of
corn at highest market price. w. l..
Wilherr, Agent for II A. Il. Marksbury.
See y. T. llushcs for nextt weeks.
Mr.. Mary A. Lard. widow Of Elder
M,.cs T. Lsrd, has sold t. Mrs. Mollie F.
Jones. Of Carlisle, the Lard farm. near
Lexington, containing 20 acres Price
paid :. 500.
A number Of our farmers have not
finished sowing wheat. but even il no more
is sown. the crop already seeded win be
considerably larger than last wear, when
more 'hau usually was sown.
--Dr. T. H. Montgomery had 30 hogs
filtentd by T. T. Davies at 3lc per ID.
lie put an average Of l33 los on them,
and saws that he lost $50 by the opera
ton The Doctor sold half Of the lot at &c.
They weighed SOOi pounds.
james l.. Neal furnishes the following
recipe to the Harrodsburg Obsrntr, and
says that it never fails to cure the epizootic
in few days Take half peck OF wheat
bran and scald !, thoroughly; mix it with
little salt and teaspoonful Of ground
mustard. Give twice a day until cured.
-DANvILLE CoURr-About 500 cattle
on the market Of fair quality. Best SELL
ing at %; scrubs and common from p to
3 ceuts per pound Some mules on mark
e, but none offered phblicly. Plug horses
selling at from $40 to $50 with little de-
mand. Bidding was duller on all stock
than previous court. IL. I. Bush.
Last spring J. n. Marden, Of Balti-
more, Md, tried the experiment Of keeping
the frost away from 300 Of his pear tree-
by building fires around them ON severe
nights. His orchard contains 5000 trees
and those treated a. above described yield
ed fruit that sold for more than $4,000
while the balance OF the orchard produced
comparatively little.
Speaking Of Mrs. D. b. Bowman's sale
the IIarrodsburg Obserrer says; "rh'
household furniture and farming imple
ments, as is usual at such sales, brough
abort double their value, bat the stocl
sold at an immense sacrifice. Registere'
cattle ranged from $50 to $50; milk COW
from s25 II SIS; hogs silO per cwt. On
horse was sold for sos"
There was tolerably brisk cattl
market al Georgetown Monday, althougI
some few were LEFT over unsold. Price
ranged from p To cents for grades rang
ing from common to choice. T. ]. Burgess
bought Of 4. NJ. Ohutt a carload of ], 30
pound cattle at 81 cents. A few lots o
choice hogs sold as high Ms 81 %, but mos
sales we're made at Sll5. About fit
head Of mules ON the market, which sol
at SIS to sl25; one pair sold for s24'
Plug horses SIS To $40.
-CINcINNArI-Ther is a better feelin
in the cattle trade, with prices a shad
higher. Hogs are quiet and dull. n
change in the sheep trade. Below are tn
QUOTATIONS.
g.rrt -f,a,l 10 choice butchers ..... tl.l004.