Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-17
LIVESTOCK.
A Big Sale Made at Albany
Yesterday.
HOGS COME UP A FRACTION.
Cattle Only In Medium Demand, Closing
Irregular in Price at the Different
Markets-Sheep FIrm-Re-
ceipts and Shipments.
Livestock Notes.

LIVESTOCK notes.
The Sioux City Times says Ed Parkinson
& Co.'s sheep deal recently consummated
with Rudolph Lehfeldt of Denison, Iowa
for 5000 head of yeal ling Shropshire grades,
involves a consideration jof S25,00 The
firm has contracted for about eight thou
sand in Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa to
be delivered within the spring months and
intends to contract for Is, 600 more for later
delivery.
Chicago received 252, 464 head of all kinds
Of live stock last week in 1916 cars, against
343, $50 head and 6662 cars the correspond
ing week last year.
Receipts at indianapolis last week were
1900 cattle, 90, $50 hogs and 300 sheep. Thus
far this month there has been an increase
Of about three thousand hogs, five hundred
cattle and three hundred sheep over the
corresponding time, 1891.
Receipts at Omaha last week amounted to
IL, 500 cattle 5000 hogs, 4413 sheen, against
u, 495 cattle, q, 1863 hogs, 56OS sheep last
week and l2,SS8 cattle, 40,5 hogs, 1919
sheep for the second week of March, 1891
T, B. Hord, cattleman of Central City,
Neb., recently sold eight cars OF 150O-pound
Western cattle at Chicago. The price OBJ
tanned was S4.20 to S425.
The Stock Grower, Las Vegas, n. NJ,
says: Present indications point to largely
increased trailing of Southern cattle this
year to Northern ranges. It is believed
that fully one hundred thousand steers will
leisurely walk across Wyoming during the
summer and make it interesting for ranch
men along the lines of travel.
Willis McCauley of the firm of McCauley
& Huffman, Sulphur Springs, brought in
lot Of fine steers yesterday, that averaged
1910 pounds, and sold at S2.75.
The Texas and Pacific stockyards re-
ceived yesterday four cars of horses from
San Antonio. One car is the property of
the Home land and cattle company, and
goes to Panhandle City for use on their ex-
tensive ranches, and the other three are
being shipped by Sam Block to Childress. 4
A train of empties was sent out by the
Texas and Pacific railroad company yester-
day evening to be used in transporting
feeders from Sherman to Chicago.
A train of cattle arrived at the Union
stockyards yesterday en- route from San
Angelo to the Territory. They are being
shipped by Bird 81 Mertz.
S. Simms, a Kent county cattleman, is in
the city, and will remain here several days.
He arrived from South Texas Tuesday and
reports severe storm of sleet and rain in
that section. His opinion is that the pres
ent Indictment weather will mean death to
hundreds of cattle on the ranges, which
could have stood a dry cold, but cannot
stand the present sleet and rain.
W. F. Lewis, well-known San Angelo
cattleman, was in Fort Worth yesterday,
and in response to inquiries by GAZETTE
reporter said: THE present weather will
mean death to thousands of cattle all over
Texas and the Indian Territory, should
change take place tonight and a frost
ensue. Even should the weather clear up
tomorrow and become warm, the loss will
be large. This weather is the most unfor-
tunate thing that could have happened to
the cattle interests of the state. Mr.. Fos-
ter was certainly a good way from hitting
the truth this time"