Omaha daily bee., 1888-01-05
Dockage and Commission.


Dead hogs, 80 lbs and over, 81 7592.0O
per cwt, less than so lbs, of no value.
Yardage: Cattle, 25c; hogs, SC; sheep, oc
per head. Feed: Corn, 81 per bu; timothy
hay, $50: prairie hay, $50 per ton.
Commissions: Cattle SOC per head calves
and yearlings, $40 per car. Hogs and sheep:
Single decks, S5; public inspection on hogs,
15c per car. All sales unless otherwise stated
per 100 lbs live weight.
Live Stock Notes.
L. f. Hit, clerk of the stock yard bank, is
i'll.
Phil Unit, Seward, marketed a loa dof
cows.
c. H. Haber won the elegant hat rack yes
terday.
Squres & Co. were the heaviest hog buyers
yesterday.
J. A. Crane, Risings, Neb., was at the yards
T. M. Trindle, Arcadia, was here with two
loads of cattle.
j. F. Pumphrey returned from trip to
Iowa yes terday.
J, A. Kehoe, Platte Center, marketed a
load of 55c hogs.
Among those who sold SOC hogs was l. c.
Biship, st. Paul
A. Truesdell, Bradshaw, was at the yards
with u load of hogs.
Mr.. Dickson, Bennett, was on the market
with two loads Of cattle.
Fred Voss, feeder, of Logan, Ia, was
looking over the market
w. II. Beagle Sioux City, was on the
market with cattle and hogs.
Charlie Carr stopped at the yards on his
way to David City yesterday
Mr.. Myerson, Of Myerson & Buchanan,
Fremont packers, was on the market.
c. G. Clifton, Wahoo, was among the
shippers who were at the yards yesterday.
IL yof hD.~
at 1}4cp per h., while a few brought &c.
j. b. Borgreen, Wahoo, was on the m arket
with two loads of cattle and two loads of
hogs.
MIR. Butler, of the firm Of Butler & Hough,
Crescent, Ia, was on the market with load
of hogs.
Mr.. Butler of the firm of Butler & Hough,
OF Crescent, Iowa, was on the market with
hogs yesterday.
Colonel ]. H. Pratt, Summer Hill, Neb., a
prominent ranchman, was among the visitors
ut the yards yesterday.
Mr.. Cox, the well known shipper of Hamp-
| ton, Neb, was on the market with three loads
of hogs which brought the top price, $500.
Ernest Moss, who was appointed hog in
spector yesterday at scale house No. /,
| entered upon his new duties yesterday morn
| ing.
Dave Myers, formerly with Rosenbaum
Bros, has resigned, and will in future repre-
sent the Alpine Safe company on the road
| Dave is a rustler and will succeed in what
| ever he undertakes.
Arrangements for the shippers banquet are
| progressing as rapidly as could be expected.
| The committee has given guarantee of al
| least so plates but it is expected that there
will be more than that number present
| Joseph H. Nash, of the firm of Wood Bros,
who at present is u jolly bachelor, left for
| Chicago yesterday, and after remaining for
several days will return bringing Mrs. Nash
with him. Who the fortunate lady was
| Joseph would not say. Cigars, etc, will be
in order when he returns.
Six thousand six hundred and ninety-sis
dead hogs were rendered by the Union Rem
| dering company from January 81 to Decem
Der 10, 1857 The number Of dead cattle
handled during the same time was 252
calves, 1891; sheep, 1903; horses, Al. The
| cost Of the hogs was s., 590.94; of cattle ant
calves, $1,000 IL; of the sheep, S33. 30; Of the
horses, s24.50. In the way of an output there
were ,762 barrels of grease, 1858 cattle ant
calves skins, besides ia sheep pelts and A
| hnrse skins