Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-01
LIVESTOCK
Yards and Packing
House News.
THE MARKET WAS STEADY YES
TERpAY-ror PRICES PAID.
FRENCH RETURNS.
NE HAS FOUND sToCi>MEN DIS
POSED TO RAISE MORE HOGS
FOR THIS MARKET.


Sulus ythNtTuaN Wtit uNNttE th"h
usual on Saturday but the manage
ment is by no means satisfied and be-
lleves that the efforts they are making
Will soon build UP for more ex-
tensive market. The market ruled
steady and practically unchanged aud
the top prices of the day paid FOR hogs
was $3.50. one good car load bringing
that figure. Among the consignmenis
were one car OF cattle. c. u. MecasSy.
Wills Point: one car OF hogs, Winters
* Fisher, Stephenvillc; one car OF hogs,
George Il. Blakency. Lndonia: two cars
OF cattle. Western Beef company, IIilrs
Lake, Wyo.; three cars OF cattdc, VIII
liam Allen, III Paso; V. Y. Jarvis. j. d
DngEett and Il. u. Holt, had In hogs
from country points and II. u, Clay
pool, A. II. Sharp. J. w. Barbee and
Potts 4 Han. drove In cattle. the last
named having In n drove Of about atty.
c, c. French. one OF the travelling
representatives OF the stock yards. was
In yesterday from n trip OF several
days. lie went up on the Denver MS
far as Chlldress, the Katy as FAR as
| Atoka and east on the Texas and Pa
citc as far as Grand Saline While
soliciting consiBnmcnts OF cattle also
| Mr.. French has devoted attention more
TO hogs, which are In greater demand
] now at this market, Al all the placea
| he visited Mr. French found that while
| stoctmcn were somewhat discouraged
| over the prevailing prices offered for
| hogs. they feel confident that by the
| time the pigs OF this season are grown
| up much better prices Will be paid and
with the abundant corn crop OF this
| year the pigs can be kept and fed
| cheaply Everywhere he found dis
| position among stockmen 10 raise hogs
| more extensively and as they realize
| that the best are always In demand
and bring the best prices while poor
stock finds n poor market, they pro-
| pose to greatly Improve their breeds,
Mr.. French found stookmon rejolcod az
the recent packing house changes and
| confident that what they raised would
be In demand and bring better prices
| The best hogs are to be found AT pres
ent. says Mr.. French. along tho line
| OF the Denver and In the black land
country to the south.
The packing house yesterday had
| good run and slaughtered over 600 hogs
and some cattle. The buyer for the
house was on the market and took
what suitable stun was offered.
The three car loads OF cattle con.
signed by w. Allen were MeNicans and
came In from FL Paso. They were
destined TO Kansas city, whore they
VIII be offered on the market. The two
cars from the Western Beef company
|
TO the ranch near Monahan, Tex,
Among the big sales of cattle re-
ported yesterday was that OF nearly
two thousand head of steers sold by
Charles coppinger to II. c. Burlington
or these 1850 are yoarlinRs and $50 are
two-ycar-olds. The cattle are situated
at Snyder. in scurry county.
prominent Southwest cattlemnn,
who returned few days ago from
Mexico. is reported rs saying: 81 was
there with the idea of buying bunch
OF steer cattle, II could get them
right. but good cattle are getting as
scarce as hons teeth In Mexico. In
that section of Mexico, for 100 milns
along the Rio Grande. taking Eagle
Pass as starting point, and 100 miles
back from the river. ] Will make a
wager that II II impossible to round up
5000 head OF cattle, Again these Mexi-
can ranchmen are ignorant ns to the
number of cattle on their ranches. For
instance. friend OF mine made a con-
tract with certain ranchman In that
country for 1000 head OF steer cattle.
and after securing his ranch he only
succeeded in rounding up about 40
per cent OF that number, Owing TO
the fact that the ranges over there are
being rapidly depleted OF stock, the
Mexican government viii surely take
steps to stop the expectation of cat
tie. and I would not be surprised 10
learn at any time that that govern
ment had levied an export duty OF
anywhere from So to $40 per head"
A telegram from the city OF Mcxi-
co says: Efforts are being made To
arrange for the establishment OF a
direct cattle trade with Europe. and
probably also dressing OF beef and
canning fer export VIII be commenced
here. This is In connection with the
United states, and calculations show
that. Mexico being on silver basis,
,.sfn b. Ian farnAt -
Governor Thornton OF New Mexico
has received information stating that
Israel King, a prominent atockmnn OF
Grant county, N. NJ, and two OF hlf
cowboys. Henry Coleman and John
Ward, are under arrest md imprlaon-
ment at Ascension. MexIco.
II Is represented that the trio are held
md are not permitted to communicate
with any person. because two head oil
cattle. belonging 10 an American. but
claimed by the authorities 10 be owned
by Mexican, strayed into herd
which King was shipping into the Unit
ed States The authorities at wash
ington have been notified that the mer
may be protected. Much Indignation !,
felt by Americans who know the cir
cnmstanoes az this IL said TO be the
second or third case OF the kind.
j. w Corn OF wcntherford wa:
among The oattiemen in town yoster
day. Mr.. Corn shipped n train load o
cattle 10 Chicago yesterday. lie hal
enFaged 100 cars from the Santa II,
70 use In shipping a lot OF cattle from
San Angelo this week
william Clayton shipped Friday 1
/ train load OF FED cattle from Grandyiev
: 10 Chicago.
: Jot ]. smyth was up from Grand
View yesterday. He reports his feed
D ers in hne condition. They will soon b.
ready for market
Y X. ". Graham and A. v. Carter wen
up The Denver yesterday and WIN Vial
/ several places on that road while gonf
W. y. Jorden. United statea auaran