Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-08
LIVESTOCK.
Local Receipts Some
Smaller Yesterday.
THE MARKET WAS SLIGHTLY
wEAKEn-sALEs MADE.
S'IOCKMEN TO MEET.
AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT TO BE
Considered AND DISCUSSED
Ky THE MEETING.
A Fine lunch of Feeders to no EI-
smincd-Locai and other Live
stock News and Notes.

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
~ 9 cents lower, The top price paid
yesterday was 1925 Four carloads of
hogs and one car of cattle were re-
celved. besides some stun from the
country. Sam Hunicut OF Greenvillc
had In car OF hogs that We're sold ut
the paekery.
a ear OF thin COWS were sold at the
yards to Mayfeld & Co. of Alvnrado
ut $40 and shipped to that place.where
they will be fed. A car OF cattle was
also sold at $2l0 to willis McCauley
of Sulphur Springs. where they will be
put ON feed.
Harry Halsell and Mr.. Woody OF De-
catur were ut the yards yesterday.
They are shlpplng on an average n
car OF good cows to this market week.
~. They are well satisfied with the
prices paid, and expect good market
to be built up In Fort Worth.
MIR. Medley OF the firm OF Means X
Medley OF Valentine was among the
visitors ut the yards yesterday. The
Arm 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 nj cattle was Killed.
| Reports received by local stockmen
| yesterday indicate that the cattle mar
| kct IN the Northern ccnters remains
| steady, with no raise In prices, and
| men who have cattle to market are
| stlli on the ragged edge. In comments
| ing on the sudden drop OF last Wednes-
| day and the causes that led TO H. a
| Chicago stockman said. "rhere arc
| various circumstances which have
combined TO put big supply of cattle
| on the market today Most OF the Of
fcrines We're ninety-day cattle. The
first OF the month WAS time for con-
siderable liquidation and feeders have
been Obliged to market their stock,
Another and important reason In that
In many places where these cattle came
from feeders lost their hogs by cholera
and did not care to feed them longer.
Some are also afraid OF the future. so
you see that all these little reasons
nave combined to make one big one"
/ n party OF stockmcn, consisting OF
:. II. Burnett. VIM. Hunter, ]. A. VIII
son, y. II. Harold. NJ Harold. ]. l..
LOVING, and several others OF this city
and W. II. Moore OF Ardmore and
others from outside places. viii 10 to-
day TO Alvarado TO inspect lot OF d6a6
cattle that are being fed at that place
by y. Il. 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 to show thcm what kind
Of cattle come on the 6666 ranch
In answer TO call sivncd by II. ],
Klehnrg r. Driseoll. ]. NJ. Chittim, ].
c. Fulton q. Davidson. ] II Fleming
and u. l.. Crouch. n meeting OF sto k
men win be held at Beevlile on the
10th OF this month The meeting IL
for the purpose of considering the mat
ter OF building stock Yards and a pack
ing house ut Arkansas Pass. The scheme
If that II a satisfactory contract can 30
made with some reliable packers 10
build slaughter and packing houses al
their own expense, the cattlomrn
should build and control stock wards ~
their own OF sufficient capacity to
handle all the cattle south OF the n,,ar-
antine line. The scheme was evolved
At Mn Informal meeting at San an
tonic OF the slgners OF the call with
Hon brewster Cameron OF the Aran-
rns Pass Harhot company ana j. X.
Cochran VI Chicago. The meeting al