Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-08
NEWS FROM PACKERY
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS MADE rOn
THE MEXICAN ExoURsIoN-A
PLEASANT TRIP ASSURED.
Cattle Rafscrx Association Notes.
stociSmcn visiting In the City.
livestock News and Notes.


a. r..
me reee'pVs OF hoEs Ut '"e ro''
Worth yards yesterday were unus-
ually large. and Il was In fact the
ho,,,o. 40. =, a. 80, "a, ,ho boe.
Ivy Va "'e 'e'N
line. Ihe henvy receipts were propupS
the cause of the decline, for hogs were
nhout IN corts Off from tho nrIras of
49,,
'ic way peio'r' us tue Deat "Ot' o''
the market yesterday brought only
IS 40. while the ton price for Monday
,vn. 90 IA NJ. ., -
'AeSS io'" VI up
hoss We're marketed by James Craw-
ford OF Purcell, /. T.. and those sold
on Monday MT "a 20 tho birhest nr,oo
~ H.. 49, ".e "'s pi'.e
80, 'aas Ueeh pau Ior some time.
w. an unusually me lot or they
VouIu not nave Drought that hsure.
rou' 'eeu cars OF hogs We're on the
illaIhet yesterday Whlch, with the rev
hoss rom country points, Drought the
totu up 10 the iVoO marx. the packing
hou5e sooN an the good offerings
u tne Jay ihree hundred and slNty
nog5 were Killed and 5SS cut up.
Cattle receipts were light.
me lollo"ins mad one car of hogs
eaeh on the market; j. w. Causell,
9usueili NJ H. hoAle, Granger; Day II
MlileF' Mdfletth' u, NJ, fayne, Pauls
Ndhty D. X. Stlnsoni vernon; w. l..
- DlNoh' ChildfeSs; NJ. z. Hancock,
SEYMOUR y. Palmer Wichita Falls;
james CRAWFORD. Purcell; u. j. Har-
monsoon, y, W. Hai7monson, w. w.
MaIors' Mldlothani ). T. CLARK and j =.
~. ware marketed country hogs.
Messls. Amos and Wheeler, who
opened the horse department of the
STOCK yards, sold out the remainder OF
thelr hrst consignment OF horses.
twenty-five In number, to a Sherman
buyer and left yesterday for Chicago.
They are not certain tnat they will re-
turn 10 continue the market. but Mr..
Amos believes that Fort Worth Is a
very desirable place to establish a per-
manent market OF that kind.
The arrival OF a. j. Thompson, the
Canadian cattle exporter. Is not now
expected before the end OF the month,
as he has been advised that the cattle
he expects to handle Will not be ready
lof export before that time, Mr..
Thompson Will come prepared to buy
cattle Tor export. President Dee of the
packing house company VIII be In
Fort Worth by the middle of the
month.
Treasurer Ross of the packing house
has received letter from Reau
Campbell of Chicago, general manager
of the American Tourist association
who states that he and a party OF
tourists VIII leave ST. Louis January Il
In u train composed Of about fourteen
vestlbuled cars Tor tor of Mexico
The train VIII arrive at Longview
Junction January % and San Antonio
January %. and Mr.. Campbell wants
the packery to have at one of the
two places a supply Of fresh meats
for the party ON the tour. This pack
Ing house furnished Mr. Campbell and
party with their supply last year. Mr.
Campbell expects to pick up other
tourists along the route In Texas who
want to make the trip.
Chairman ~. $. Reed, of the excur-
sion committee Of the TeXlE Live
! Stock association, returned yesterday
! from a short trip to Houston and Gal.
! weston, where he went to arrange the
! final details Of the excursion from San
| Antonio through the republic of Mexi.
/ co, staring from the Alamo city on the
nigh; OF the 18th instant. Everything
J h1s now about been arranged. and
. MIR. Reed Ia more than ever confident
I That the excursion will he u great sue.
cess ana result In an unlimited amount
Q OF pleasure to those who compose the
party. As originally intended, The
party Will number fully scventy-five
Liberal terms have been made witt
the railroads, nnd partly on this nc
count u Is estimated that the cost Of
the entire trip 10 each member vii
not exceed $40. The party viii char
ter the entire train on which the OK
curalon will he made The route. a,
originally selected, will be foiltNed
With the exception that Drizaiha, Il scut
n days run 10 the south OF the CITY Of
Mexico. may be visited EvsrythInl
that can conduce to the pleasure Of tn,
tourists has been looked TO- and It Il
assured that the tour through tn,
delightful one.
Colonel Charles Goodnight, OF Gcod
night, Texas. yesterday becane nsnIr
n member OF the Texas Cattle iials
ers' association, He had heea men,
Der before. hu, had Withdrawn, be
lievlng that the cost of h4inr mem
Der could be lust ms rffac,un ly On
ployed for the protection of his c,,tI,
hy being paid out TO priv,.c frtf g
tives. He has, however roc ,psidere,