Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-12
LIVESTOCK.
A Good Demand for Cattle at
Present Prices.
HOGS HIGHER IN BIG MARKETS
Sheep Continue Firm at All the
Markets - Receipts, Shipments
and QuotatiOns-The Lo-
cal Livestock News.
LIVESTOCK.
Livestock Notes


Charles Coppinger was one Of the OPP
ponents of the proposition TO remove the
secretary's headquarters to this city. The
reason given by him was, that as the asso-
cation was Just out of debt and getting on
its feet, he was unwilling for it to incur the
increased expense. But he said that he
would be heartily in favor of the removal
next year; that he thought Fort Worth was
the first and only place for the secretary's
Office and said he had no doubt but the
change would be made to this city at the
next annual meeting.
a car of cattle arrived at the Texas and
Pacific yards yesterday, en- route from
Blufdale to Dallas, and car Of jacks from
Dallas, consigned to Polk Bros.
A train # cattle in transit from Yoakum
to ChicagU, via the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, were fed at the Texas and Pacific
st ockyards yesterday.
c. V. Woods of Bonham had a car of
hogs in yesterday. They were bought by
the Fort Worth packing company.
The packery had light run yesterday
only seyenty-four hogs and twenty-three
cattle being slaughtered. The hog season
is about over and preparations are being
made to take stock, when cattle will be
killed almost exclusively till the nextshog
season commences.
The Texas Livestock and Agricultural
Journal is the latest addition to the live
stock literature of Texas 1t is issued at
the plucky little town of ST. 10, Montague
county, and Is weu-printed publication of
twenty pages, with Thomas T. Hughes as
editor.
Humes Bros. of Austin traded 5000 COWS
san15some steers to D. e. Simms of Paint
Rock, receiving in return two-year-olds.
The Santa Fe has received orders from
Isaac Pryor of Austin for 675 cars which
will be used to transport South Texas cat
tie to the Usage country.
81 The Union stockyards company of Chi
Is about to spend S20O, 900 the coming sum-
mer in improvements in their extensive
Sar0S Ire improvements include large
wing to the exchange building, new shops
and new horse market
Receipts of livestock at the Chicago
union stockyards for three days show de-
crease of 5000 CATTLE 5000 hogs and 5000
sheep compared with the same time last
week. and an increase Of IL, 000catt and
decrease of IS, 900 hogs and 1000 sheep COM
pared with the corresp onding time year
ago.
The Roswell Record says: ]. P. White
has returned from his visit to friends and
relatives in the Lone Star state. He reports
stockmen in fine spirits everywhere, and
thinks the outlook for the cattle men of the
Territory is better than it has been for
years.
IF. H Richardson of Crested Butte,
Mont, and another Montana gentleman
have bought 5000 head between them at Sl4
and Sl4.50.
Andrews & Graham of Fort Worth, have
sold to different parties about 5000 head of
ones and twos at prices ranging from 81 to
sl4
Galveston Wool Market.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, March 1.-Wool-Mar-
ket closed quiet.
sPRNG-TwELvE MoNTHs' CLIP.
GRADE This day. Yes'day.
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TALL WOOL
o GRADE. This day. Yes'day.
Fine.............., ......... 17620 1000
Medium. ............ I7ll20 l7a20
Mexican improved. l5tGl5 1S9l5
Mexican carpet ............ 12S1H l2614