Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-04
WEEKS RECEIPTS.
THE PACKING HOUSE CONSUMING
MANY HoGs-coNsIGNMEA
TO THE YARDS.



commission men. OF the continued
duilness and lack OF operations in the
cattle business, and while 1t is true
that but little is doing in that line.
still the business being done at the
Fort Worth stock yards is certainly ON
steady increase. and is. In meas
ure at least, satisfactory to the yards
management, although OF course there
Is n steady determination to greatly
extend the business and the field of
work.
The receipts OF the present week up
TO last night. as shown by Manager
SINNERS report. amounted TO 200 nvgs
and 756 head Of cattle. The receipts OF
hogs yesterday Were In the neighbour
hood of 100 and the purchases by the
packing house were Dol hogs and fifty
cattle. Recent events have demon
strated that at present hogs find a
ieauier SAFE here and in greater guam
titles than cattle, although O reusun-
able number of the latter are daily
consumed; but the capacity OF the
packing house to consume fat porkers
seems practically unlimited. iester-
day was altogether the most sat!sfac-
tory day at the yards since the holt
days began. The receipts We're de-
tihtuig ana lne COMMITS
sion men were pleased with the higher
prices for their customers stun, which
the general Improvement in the mar
ket made II possible for them to secure
Top hogs yesterday were cents higher
and the best price for the day was
$40. A carload lot from l.. j. White
OF Hillsboro brought that figure. and
they were pronounced SO good lot as
to be worth every bit OF II. and more.
even at the low stage of the hog
market.
The mammoth Poland China SOW
brought In by q. J Keller of johnson
county was sold yesterday and
weighed even more than the experts
had guessed her. she tipped the beam
at 6l0 pounds. and sold for cents.
netting Mr.. Keller $3.50.
The receipts yesterday included two
cars of hogs from X. j.. Saunders. and
one car each from j. j. Mckinney and
Alex Jones, Santo; J. l.. Mccall. Min
eral Wells; d. NJ. Mcclure. White
wright; s; p. Stone, Itaska: L. J.
White. Hillsboro. and NJ. NJ, Cooper,
Mt. Pleasant. A number marketed
hogs from country points.
A representative sale of Texas cattle
made at st. Louis Wednesday was
that of 81 head OF 1os2-pound steers
sold by Gordon Bros. of Sulphur
Springs to Armour a Co. for $500
dispatches Stlll Jul give
the total number Of Mexican cattle I'M
ported into the United States during
December as 1851, making total for
the year of 23S,66 A large number of
these went to Texas grazing points.
According to Kansas City authority
the receipts of Texas cattle at that
market during last year showed an in
crease over 1894 OF nearly 100000 head,
although the total receipts showed a
slight decrease from 1894. 1t Is said
that many OF the Texans making up
the Increase were formerly Chicago
patrons. but that they have been de-
tered partially from shipping TO that
market by the terminal charge of Sc
per car at Chicago.
Tom Montgomery yesterday heard
from his ranch foreman In Crosby
county, who wrote that n prairie Are
had started In Floyd county near
Mount Blanco and burned as far as
the Matador pasture, sweeping away
from 10000 to 100000 acres Of grass. On
account OF the rankness OF the grass
on the range this season big fires had
been predicted, and II Is feared that
other and more disastrous ones may
occur.
J. w. Fields. n Dallas livestock COM
mission man, was In the city yesterday.
1t is understood that he has an ex-
tensive cattle deal on foot with ]. A.
Smith OF Big Springs.
The eleven cars OF fed cattle be-
longing to j. NJ. Mathis of Goliad that
stopped over at the stock yards here
Thursday night were shipped yester-
day to the Chicago market
II. N. Graham has returned from his
mysterious Journey of thirteen days or
more. during which not even his part
ner knew his whereabouts. He says
he saw a few cattle while he was gone
that were looking well. The nearest
he will come to giving the place he has
been to is to say that he has been to
Venezuela 10 meet the Prince OF Wales
by appointment to arbltrate the bound
ary dispute.
II. d. Yoakum, livestock agent OF
the Santa Fe, Ia back from trip to
Brownwood. He says there are a num-
Der OF fine feeders at that place that
will 20 to market some time this
month.
Reports from Greenville say that
there are several thousand head of cat
lie on feed there that are some OF the
finest in the state. There are also
many others yet TO go on feed there.
C. C.. DAILY OF the Evans-Snider-B uel
company left yesterday morning for
st. Louis to attend the annual meeting
OF the company.
J. II. BOYD OF Grsndview, J, J. No.
Kinney Of Gordcn and John Lovelady OF
San Angelo were visitors at the yards
yesterday.
Frank Divers. Midland cattleman,
was a visitor in the citv yesterday.
Lee Coode OF Ballinger was among
the cattlemen here yesterday.
Arch Camel of Chiekasha, I. t..
spent yesterday In the city.
j. A. Smith OF Big Springs was
among the cattlemen here yesterday.
REPORT ON THE TRINITY RIVER.
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