Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-16
LIVESTOCK.
Little Change in the
Market.
LOCAL RECEIPTS OF HOGS WE'RE
HEAVY YESTERDAY,
CATTLE ARE HIGHER
REPORTS FROM CHICAGO SHOW AN
ADVANCE OF TEN cENTs-sALlss
ON THE MARKET
Texas Cattle Sold mt st. Louis ana
Kansn. ci',--Livestooi. Per-
sonni Notes.

consequence occurred In the local live
stock market yesterday and the market
for cattle was especially steady, Hogs
were slightly stronger than on the
day before. with possibly small gain.
The best car load lot on the market
brought 1921 This was the lot
consigned by ]. Burnett of Justin.
The day as a whole was good one
In the hog market. Eleven car loads
were received at the yards and sold at
fairly good prices all round
The packing company bought up
wards OF 100 hogs and is having anoth-
er good week In the matter OF slaugh-
tering.
Among the consignments yesterday
were one car OF hogs each from NJ. NJ.
Mahaffey and c. c. Bell, Mt. Vernon:
Paal Enear. Marteil; c. b. Barringer,
Ardmore. w. A. Gault. Round Rock;
Cats g. Holman, Hutto; j. Il. Pool, Lo-
rem; ]. Burnett, Justin.
j. l.. Root OF Taylor marketed two
car loads and II. Hamilton and NJ. KIN
ney, hogs from the country.
Reports received from the Chicago cat
tie market yesterday We're to the eff
feet that cattle were 10 cents higher,
which gives rise to the hope that the
Since the close OF last week
Another consignment OF the Ard
more cattle sold on that market Mon
DAY at S.15, against $3.50 on last FRI
day and 1886 last Thursday, which
Is a fair example OF the action OF the
market. Another consignment of
few cars of IL. b. Harrold's cattle at
Alvarado was on the Chicago market
yesterday. Captain Harold was con-
hdent that on account OF the rise In
prices they would bring si,25 when heard
from. Should they do so the result Will
verify the wisdom OF Captain Har-
rolds method OF shipping cattle No
difference how long his string may be
he has adopted the plan OF always ship
ping In small lots, about six cars at
time. In this way he manages TO hit
the market some times when 1t Is up.
For instance his shipment on last Mon
day sold for SALE 1-2; the one on Tues
gay Tor s4.l5 and 1t Is highly probable
that yesterdays consignment sold for
A.2o: 1t can be readily seen that the
result would have been very unsatis-
factory had the three shipments all
been on the market on Monday.
j. w. Corn OF Weatherford was in
the city yesterday. Mr. Corn had a
train OF eight cars OF fed cattle on the
Chicago market yesterday. He had 70
timed the shipment as to have them ar
rive In Chicago sooner, but by for
tunate delay they did not arrive at
that market until yesterday, and Mr..
Corn is congratulating himself that
he struck the market just In time to get
advantage OF the 10 cent rise He has
also shipped several loads to St Louis
and they will arrive there for the mar
ket Friday. Mr. Corn is an extensive
feeder. and the total number that he
has fed and will feed will aggregate
between nve and six thousand.
j. w. Cloud of Waxahachie was
among the cnttlemen In town yester-
day. Mr.. Cloud has fed this season at
WaNahachic and Round Rock about 100
head of cattle and will begin shipping
next Saturday. He reports that on
Tuesday a Comanche cattleman ship
ped from near that place two cara OF
cattle to Kansas City that had been fed
on cotton seed and sorghum. but which
were In very poor market condition,
as ~ were not more than half fat.
j. It. Holt, Honey Grove. Texas, mar
keted In st. Louis Monday ios4-pound
steers at $3.50 and 1l93-pound steers at
$685.. j. w. Kokernot OF Aline, Tex,
marketed 269 head of 92i-pound steers
at SO per 100 pounds.
p, S. and +. Wltherspoon OF Gaines
vile. Tex, marketed ten cars OF extra
good Texas steers at Kansas city that
brought s3C06375; they were meal
fed. J. II Belcher OF Belchervllle, Tex,
had three cars OF meal fed Texans there
that weighed 1859 pounds and brought
$3.50.
The secretary OF the Cattle Rnisers' |
association and his assistants are now |
pretty thoroughly Installed In their |
new offices. four In number In the new |
Scott-Harrold building. The rooms are
handsome and commodious. and make |
convenient quarters. Several promi- |
nent livestock commission men occupy
offices In the building. The association
received the application for member
ship OF w. W. Dyer OF Cloud, Arm
strong county; he enters 1000 head OF
cattle.
s. II. Cowan. attorney for the Cattle
Raisers' association. has gone to La
redo to prosecute two Mexlcans who
are charged with stealing cattle from
]. w Sullivan. a member OF tho asso-
citation.
Ed Fenlon OF Leavenworth, Kan,
was In the city yenterday on his way
from that place to the ranch OF the
Brownson Cattle company at Midland.
Mr.. Fenlon reports some very severe
In Kansas during the past
week or two.
]. W. Roland. Alvord; J. w. Buchan-
an, W. s. Bradshaw and II. F. Dawson.
Odessa; J. l.. Root. Taylor and J. T.
Pool. Lorenn. were visitorB at the yards
yesterday.
Pre- sident Dee OF the packing house
and C. w Simpson OF the. stock yards
viii leave Chicago for this place Sat-