Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-18

stopped at the yards last night on his way to
m .,.f,
Jim Frazier, of Silver City, Ia, was IN
with two loads of cattle. 90
j. F.. Mundhenkey OF Milford, came in to-
day with nine loads of cattle.
Dennis Minham, of Nicola, Ia, was in. and
sold a load of hogs of his own fleeing.
F. w. NATION, of Grand Island, was on
the market with three loads of cattle.
J.. E. Thockmartin, of Madison, Neb., had
two loads of cattle on the market today.
John Lemke and George Boetel, of Willard,
were both here with a load of hogs each.
John Morrison, of Oketo, Kan, had two
loads of cattle and one load of hogs here to-
day.
Bell Bros, of Franklin, had a shipment Of
goats on the market, which sold at the top
price.
Mr.. j. G. Matheson, of Pilger, was on the
market to-day with a load of cows, which
sold at good figures.
A. W.. Beal, a regular shipper TO these
yards, marketed q load of 1407lb steers at
$3.50, the top price.
The Cattle Trust, OF Denver, Col, has
made arrangements for supplying the French
army with 10000 head of range stock per
annum.
The Drovers' Journal of yesterday has the
following to say of two loads of sheep that
should have been sold in this city: 20. w.
Eaton, of the firm of Eaton & Clifford, Wood
River, Neb., was here and sold AS head of
l23lb. sheep at $3.50. r. e. Rogers, OF
some Nebraska sheep that averaged So
pounds and sold at 1865"
The South Omaha Stockman, in q fit Of
enthusiasm" takes exceptions to the BEES
quotations on ''good' fat sheep and remarks
that the grade mentioned good sold this
week at $500. As the word 'good' is the
Id usitatlsslmum of the paper mentioned, it
must not be wondered at when it makes q
kick. In the table of prevailing prices in the
live stock column will be foundq quotations on
''prime fat sheep" which are given at 5000
SEQ, and have been since Monday last. Evil
IDENTIFY the Stockman editor has lost his spec
tacles.
The petty jealousy existing in the cities OF
Chicago, St. Joseph and Kansas City at Oma-
has success in the live stock business be-
comes more apparent each day. Papers
whose interests are most closely identified
with the stock business refuse to publish the
state of the Omaha markets, although the
same is sent to them daily by the Associated
press. This action is no doubt caused by the
fact that the markets in the cities mentioned
will hot bear comparison with those of this city
The BEE publishes the entire reports of all
live stock markets, and, as will be seen in an
other column, the market at Omaha is much
better than at any of the points named.
Special reports from leading stock growers
III tne territory contiguous 10 OHland SHOW
| the condition Of stock as healthy, considering
| high prices on corn and feed. A feeder from
Republic county, Kansas, writes the only re-
port that is IN any wise discouraging, as fol-
lows: "There are about one-half as many cat
tie being fed as during last year. Good hogs
are scarce. Corn 40c, hay $500 per ton" A
Shelton (Neb.) stockman says: "There are
fully as many cattle here as last year and the
quality is better. They will soon begin to
move. There are no hogs to speak off,
Pottawatomie county, Iowa, says: '"There
are a good many cattle being fed here which
will be marketed in May. Cattle in good
condition. Hogs scarce. Corn 35c. Hay,
S6@S per TONI This last remark is probably
an error as the best quality of hay is sold in
this city at $500. Clay county reports feed
very scarce and sheep about all sold with
stock hogs scarce. Shippers from this
county protest against paying 8 cents for
yardage on sheep when hogs are only 5 cents:
Butte county, Nebraska, reports plenty of
corn and cattle, few sheep and ''slathers" OF
hogs. They propose, unless the cattle mar
ket rises, to hold their stock until July.
Nuckolls county, Nebraska, says there are
| some fat cattle, few hogs, feed scarce in
some localities.