The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-10
TEXAS LIVE STOCK NEWS.
ncorSs From the Fort worth Yards
stockmcn to Mcct--Notes.

Fort. Worth. Tex. Dec. 8,
The receipts In the local market yes
terday were hardly so heavy as for the
few days previous and the market was
Inclined TO be weak. with hogs general
~ & cents lower. The top price paid
yesterday was So rs. Four carloads OF
hogs and one car OF cattle were re-
ceived. besides some stun from the
country. Sam Hunicut OF Greenvlile
had in car OF hogs that were sold at
the packery.
A car OF thin cows were sold at the
yards to Mnyiield & Co. OF Alvarado
at 81. 10 and shipped to that place. where
they viii be fed A car OF cattle was
also sold at 81 10 TO willis Mccauley
Of Sulphur Springs, where they viii be
put on feed.
Harry Halsell and Mr.. Woody Of De-
catur were nj the yards yesterday.
They are shipping on an average a
car Of good cows 10 this market week
ly They are well satisfied with the
prices paid, and expect good market
to he built up In Fort Worth.
Mr. Medley of the firm of Means &
Medley Of Valentine was among the
visitors nj the yards yesterday The
firm will ship good lot Of feeders and
good fat cows to this market soon.
The packing house yesterday was
busy winding up the work Of the week
good lot Of cattle was Killed
Reports received by local stockmen
yesterday indicate that the cattle mar
ket IN the Northern centers remains
steady. with no raise in prices, and
men who have cattle to market are
sIill on the ragged edge, In comment
ing on the sudden drop OF last Wednes-
day and the causes that led to II,
Chicago stockman said: There are
various circumstances which have
combined 20 put big supply OF cattle
on the market today. Most OF the of
ferlngs were ninety-day cattle The
nrst OF the month was time for con-
siderable liquidation and feeders have
been Obliged 10 market their stock.
Another and important reason is that
In many places where these cattle came
from feeders lost their hogs by cholera
and did not care 70 feed them longer,
Some are also afraid Of the future, 30
you sce that all these little reasons
have combined to make one big one.
a party OF stockmen, consisting OF
s. u Burnett, VIM. Hunter. j a. VIII
son. e. Il, Harold. NJ. Harold. ]. l..
Loving and several others OF this city
and w. II. Moore OF Ardmore and
others from outside places. will go to-
day 20 Alvarado to inspect lpt OF $3.50
cattle that are being fed az that place
by u. II. and NJ Harold This IL said
TO be the best bunch OF feeder cattle In
the state and Colonel Burnett is taking
up the crowd 10 show them what kind
OF cattle come off the G66G ranch.
In answer 20 call signed by II. j.
Kleburg, II. Driscoll. j. NJ. Chittim. ].
c. Fulton. @. Davidson. J II. Fleming
and Is. l.. Crouch. u meeting OF stock
men will be held at Beeville on the
10th OF this month The meeting is
for the purpose OF considering the mat
ter Of building stock yards and pack
ing house at Arkansas Pass, The scheme
is that If a satisfactory contract can he
made with some reliable packers TO
build slaughter and packing houses at
their own expense. the cattlemen
should build and control stock yards OF
their own of sufficient capacity TO
handle all the cattle south OF the quar-
antine- line. The scheme was evolved
at an Informal meeting at San An
tonic OF the signefs OF the call with
Hon. Brewster Cameron of the Aran-
sas Pass Harbor company and j. X.
Cochran ~ Chicago. Tho rnaeting NJ