Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-22

Increase in Local Re-
CeiptS Reported.
BETTER PRICES GENERALLY AXE
STILL DEING REoEIvED.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
REPORTS FROM THE PACKING
HOUSE AND THE MATTER
OF EXTENSION.
Texas Fed Cattle ON the Market ana
stun Ready for shipment.
Personal Mention.

Receipts at the local yards yesterday
showed a decided increase over those
of any day for IA week past, which Is
attributed mainly to the improvement
in the weather. though the better prices
no doubt considerably influenced the
matter.
The receipts of hogs yesterday were
especially good, but only few loads
of cattle came in.
The best hogs sold yesterday for
s3.77 1-2. but Ss.50Q3,75 would be much
nearer the figure to put top hogs at
on this market during the present con-
ditlons. Packing house products have
also gone up considerably.
Receipts included car OF hogs each
from l.. Leonard. Rlnggold; Proctor s.
Crittenden. Bridgeport; Ralph Ogden,
Kopperl. j. Il. Parker, Waco; ]. II.
Emory, Grandview; NJ. Mayiield. AL
varddo; c. A. Allingham, Harold; S. Is.
Burnett, Wichita Falls. and l.. N. and
ID. Rany. Ennis.
4. Thornton OF Groesbeck consigned
two cars of cattle and good lot OF
hogs were marketed from feeding pens
at the yards.
The Packing company has resumed
shipment of lard to New York and
eight carloads were being billed to that
place yesterday.
The house has not, under the new
management been making shipments
there. but the recent heavy receipts
of hogs and consequent Strengthening OF
large numbers has enabled the house
to get on hand n more extensive stock
OF the lard product.
w. ]. Dee of Chicago. president of
the Packing company, is in the city.
having returned from Dallas. where
he spent Monday. The ostenalble visit
of Mr.. Dee to Texas was to look after
the matter of the extension of the field
of operations, which would involve the
putting In OF cold storage facilities
at various places. Mr.. Dee, however.
does not give out any positive informa-
tlon as to the intentions of the com
pany, and is not certain whether he Will
return to Chicago shortly or visit other
places in Texas.
Two more loads OF the Harold cat
tie from the Alvarado feeding pens
were sold yesterday. one at st. Louis
and one at Chicago. The former weigh.
ed 1912 pounds and brought $40, and
the latter sold for si.l2 IL.
Il. ]. Godair OF tho Chicago firm of
Godair. Harding a Co.. IL In from
5000 head Of sheep that he reports are
in fine condition and fattening well.
About 1000 OF them Will so TO market
today. Mr., Godair is also feeding 1000
head of cattle at Dublin that will go
to market In February.
S. Il. Burnett is down from the 666s
ranch. He reports things in fine con-
dition there and says that while they
had about week of very cloudy
weather there was not much rain fall,
not enough to inJure the grass on the
range.
William A. Young of Red Moon. Rog-
err Mills county, o. t.; T. NJ. Cunning
ham. Canadian. Tex, and NJ, A. Harp
er of Runge. Tex. are the latest names
added to the roll OF the Cattle Raisers'
association.
S. II. Cowan, attorney for the Cattle
Raisers' association, has returned from
Laredo. where he went to prosecute
two Mexlcans charged with cattle theft.
He however. found that no cases could
be made against them. and accordingly
dismissed the cases
J. II. Emory. Grandview; C. A. AL
lngham, Harold; j. II. Parker, Waco;
w. A. Cuiwell. Burneyvilie. !. T.: A.
SCHNEIDER, Little Rock; g. II. Crittcnden
and ]. r. Proctor. bridgeport: s. d. a.
Duncan, Bryan; J. ii. Boyd, Grand
view and Ralph Ogden, Kimball. were
among the visitors at the yards yester-
day.
Major J. b. Dale of Bonham was In
the city yesterday on his way to Hen
rietta TO attend TO the shipment Of a
lot OF cattle.
George X. woolforth. county clerk
Of Lubbock county. and an old cattle
man, was in the city yesterday.
II. NJ. Kldwell, @. d. Cakes and NJ.
o. Lynn of Mineral Wells were among
the cattiemen In the city yesterday.
w. J. Goode OF siuanah. With a ranch
IN Oklahoma. Was q visitor Ia town s-<-
terday.