Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-04
A LIVESTOCK EVENT
THE CATTLE WILL DE sHirrED
DIRECT TO LIVERPOOL.
A CattIeman Who Opposes the Inn
Ainrkct-PersonaI Notes.

The event in local live stock circles
that is acknowledged by stockmen to
be of most interest and Importance is
the establishment at this place of a
shipping point for export cattle. Yes
terday afternoon Colonel A. j. Thomp-
son received at the Fort Worth yards
$50 head OF fat cattle from Alvarado
.or direct expectation to Liver
pool. They were brought from Cap
tain Il. b. Harold on last Saturday,
and were fed at the Alvarado oil
mills. The terms OF the sale were
| private. but II Is declared authorita-
lively that the price paid was better
than could have been received on the
Chicago market, less freight and
shrinkage. The cattle weighed last
night averaged over 1900 pounds, and
We're In every way quite suitable Tor
export. 1t was the intention to ship
out the cattle last night to New Or
leans, where a vessel Is now lying to
receive them. but an unavoidable de-
lay rendered II necessary to wait until
this moring to make the shipment,
This is the first direct expectation OF
cattle ever made from the state Of
Texas to Europe, and Is noteworthy on
that account. Colonel Thompson. as
has been remarked before, is one Of
the most extensive exporters of cattle
in America, and has II In his power
to permanently establish at Fort
Worth an eSport trade that will
eventually result in more good to the
city as a live stock market and to the
local yards than anything that
has ever been attempted. Colonel
Thompson, however. Is not going Into
the export business here for the single
purpose of building up the Fort Worth
market or the Fort Worth yards, but
tN.. Iua To-. taKNs fl.a "a
may accrue to himself from the VEN
ture. He complains, with perhaps more
or less Justice, that the Texas cattle
men are inclined TO take advantage OF
the fact that he is here for the purpose
of establishing an export business, and
are asking more for their cattle than
the market justlhes, but 1t 10 more
than likely that these difficulties Will
be overcome and that Mr., Thompson
will remain as a prominent factor In
Fort Worth's live stock trade.
The Importance OF the event yester-
day was made manifest by the fact
that there were more prominent liNe-
stock people at the yards yesterday
afternoon than for many months past.
Among those noticed were Colonel j.
Peter Smith. C. II. Sllliman, j. W.
Spencer Morgan Jones. j. v. Goode.
j.. NJ. Fouts, M. French. l.. W.
Krake, James A. Wilson. w. Fl. Cur
It's of Memphis, William Harrell. Anna
rillo, Colonel b. 3. Groom, Panhan-
die. Charles Mcfarland. Aledo,
Glen Walker. ]. Morgan Wells. c. r.
Brown. Childress. II II. Riddles. Page
Harris, Captain NJ. u. Lloyd, George
b. Loving, NJ. Harold, j. H. Snow
of the Mexican Central railroad, John
Savage, Ben j. Intar. b. w. Hunter
and a number Of others.
Colonel S. b. Burnett was also
l...... laa.
cattlemen. He was much elated, as
well he might be. for the cattle there
that were being received for export
were the now celebrated brand OF the
four skies, and they were truly fine to
look upon and were enough to make
even W. II. Moore OF Ardmore 1eal-
Gus. About sixty of IN, iightest cattle
packing house. The rest VIII be ship
ped this morning to New Orleans,
thence to England.
The local hog market showed
slight Improvement yesterday and tops
brought SO 90. Receipts, however, were
small. Among the top hogs brought In
was a car load marketed by j. u.
Rarev OF Eddy, n. NJ Mr.. Rarey says
that his section OF New Mexico Is very
fine for hog raising. The hogs mar
keted by Mr. Rarey were less than one
wear old and weighed 2eO POUNDS.
They were grazed on alfalfa ana REQ
on milo maize.
John Savage OF Brady is visiting In
the city. Mr.. Savage Is a prominent
cattleman, and owns cnttle on
thousand hills. He Ia opposed to the
imnortation OF Mexican cattle and
saws that 1t works harm to the iexas
81 o. Lively of the stock yards was
IN the city yesterday and went out
last night for 8 trip through the Ter
r. W. F1ato came in yesterday from
Ransns City.
was in town yesterday.