Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-12
LADIES ARE ASSURED


house, OF course. depends on the yards
for Its supplies.
The demand for packing house prod
ucts has been very good during the
week. On Friday orders for six car
loads were filled, one each for the
Rusk land Huntsville penltentaries.
and one each to Dallas, Dublin. Bryan
and Belmont. The cold storage facili-
ties at Houston have been completed
and car of general products will be
shipped to that place Monday. This
is the first branch house in the state
established by the packery, and more
at other towns are likely TO follow
soon. II Is announced as the inten-
ton of the packing company to 80
able to handle more cattle, the supply
of fresh beef having heretofore been
mainly for local demand. The pur-
pose Is to so broaden the field as TO be
able to fall back ON cattle as material
for the packery In case the supply Of
hogs should for any reason run out.
President Dee OF the packing company
will arrive on Monday from Chicago
and Will remain in Fort Worth and
Texas for several days. He will visit
Dallas, Houston. Galveston. Ennis and
other places for the purpose. 1t is
stated, OF looking over the ground
with view Of establishing other
DTdUCh storage nOuses.
l.. w. krake of the st. Louis Ma
tional stockyards returned yesterday
from a trip to Cameron, Marlin. Tenn
pie and other places to the SOUTH He
reports that there are large number
Of fine fed cattle In that part OF the
state. almost as many as were fed
last year. They will begin moving to
market soon and Mr.. Krake says
good part of them will go to the st.
Louis yards. There are some large
punches, numbering as many as 1000,
at Waco and Temple. At Lorena Mr..
Krake found some heavy cattle that
would weigh as high as 1900 pounds
and one steer weighed separately,
tipped the beam at 1900 pounds. These
are all meal fed cattle.
1t Is reported that another train OF
ten cars of the Ardmore cattle sold
on the Chicago market Friday Tor
$3.50. They averaged little over 1900
pounds.
q lot OF mixed cattle that averaged
$50 pounds and sold for s2.75.
The suit OF Sidney Webb against
Il. u. Harold has been arbitrated, the
arbitration resulting in favor OF Mr..
Harold to the extent OF $500. The
suit grew out OF a sale by Lon Bark,
ley to Il. d. Harold of 24O0 head OF
cattle, and for which Mr. Harold re-
fused to sign the contract. The suit
was originally filed In the court at
Wichita Falls.
G. s. White Of the cattle firm OF
White e. Swearengen, Quanah, was In
the city yesterday and called at the
offices OF the Cattle Raisers' assoeia-
tion to inquire about some cattle that
the assocla ton has In charge for him.
Il, NJ Weaver Is back from trip
to South Texas, where he bought a
lot of yearlings to stock his ranch.
L. C. Dyche and A. j. Barnett have
they spent few weeks. Mr.. Barnett
went to Arizona to buy some stock
cattle for a range he has in the Pan
handle, but found that cattle were
selling there about as high as In Tex
as and did not buy. Cattle are re-
ported to be looking well In Arizona.
W. G. Urton OF Roswell. N. NJ, man
company, is I'm the city and called
Yesterday at the office OF the secre-
tary of the Cattle Raisers' assocla-
tion. of which he Is a member. He
reports everything in good shape In
his part OF the country.
w. x. Bell OF Palo pinto came IN
last evening and was "rounding-up
his friends among the young men with
whom he is a great favorite
q. b. Carver Is back from a trip 10
Henrietta and will go down to the
San Antonio meeting next week.
NJ, Harold is at Alvarado looking
after the shipment OF the Harold
cattle from that place.
W, E. Skinner will leave Monday Tor
San Antonio to attend the meeting OF
livestock men. where he will read a
paper on "a Home Livestock Market
for Texas" A..
II. G. Strahorn. after brief visit In
Texas, has returned to Chicago.
T. M. Riley, Montague county cat
tleman, was here yesterday
John Thompson, cattieman from
Brady. spent yesterday In town.
James Daugherty is down from ADJ
lene.