Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-01-28
STOCK AND OTHER NEWS.
From the centralia Courier

from the Centraua Couf1ef.
R. A. Roddy sold his COW to MIR.
Wheatley for s25.
John F. Baker, near Skinner, Ia
feeding so head of young hogs.
Jno. L. ,Skaggs bought the John
Ballew property last week for $1,000.
w. n. Mackey, near Skinner, is
feeding 60 head of hogs for the April
market.
Geo. Hulen sold his load of cattle to
Sim Adams, of CLARK, at s56 per head.
The cattle go next week.
w. B. Starr shipped two double
decked cars of Mexican yearling sheep
to Chicago the first of the week.
W. 8. Elliott is here from New
York. He wants car load of fox
horses. Mr.. Elliott is with Robt. Potts
and will pay good prices.
M. J. O'Brien is roughing % head of
I3-year-old steers he will feed next
summer. He is also feeding 20 head
of hogs for the February market.
w. l.. Green bought over 200 mules
last week, shipping 175 head. Mr..
Green also shipped a load Sunday
night and has load at Joe Cason's, in
Galloway County, to go this week.
J. P. Turner is feeding a nice bunch
of IL head of yearling mules. Mr..
Turner says that good mules are get
ting scarce and that If there is any
demand.for them the price will 60 up.
P. s. Faddis, one of Audrain's big
gest stock men, came in from. Kansas
City Wednesday with loads of feed
ers. George Dean also brought in
two loads of feeders from the same
market.
@. O. Dye and wife, ODE Smell,
Leslie and Tom Ford, N. Smith and
Mr.. Manning are back from O pros
pecting trip to Rock Island, Texas.
They are all delighted with the coun-
try they saw and all purchased from
so acres to a half section of land.
Quite a colony from this vicinity have
of late settled in the Rock Island
country.
A. A. Howell has brood SOW that
knows what she is here for. Forty
pigs Is the record she made in eleven |
m onths. The first litter contained 81
pigs. Then the financial question was
sprung on the country and to show
her Democratic sympathies she gave
birth to 16 more, 16 pigs to i SOW.
Bryan was defeated and her last litter |
contained only Is.
G. Ell. Early attended the John R. |
Mallory sale, 51a miles northeast of
Rowena, Thursday of last week. A
good crowd was present and things |
sold well, the sale amounting to over |
$4,000. Horses brought from $50 to |
$40 per head; So shoats sold for $16s;
sows brought from sS.25 to $15 per |
head; rs sheep went at $3.50 to $5 per |
head; COWS brought from $37 to $45 |
per head; calves went for $12 to S27 |
per head, and other stock proportion
ately well.
Virgil Potts, prominent farmer |
and stockman of near Murray, was in
town Saturday and reported the fol-
lowing stock sales which have recent
ly occurred in his vicinity: ]. T.
Gibbs 10 head of cotton mules to John |
Stewart, of Columbia, at $50; @. B. |
Potts bought mule from Rev. Stur-
geon Friday; Millard Turner and
Frank Potts bought 10 head of mules
Friday; R. sE. Thurston, south of |
town, sold 80 head of 275-pound hogs
Thursday at cents to Jos. Howell;
Mode Glenn bought 20 head of steer
calves from VIM. Ridgeway last week |
at about $40; @. B. Potts recently sold
a fat COW to Jos. Howell at $2s; Virgil |
Potts delivered to W. Lee Green
Wednesday night 16 extra cotton
mules at $53. Frank Potts delivered
at the same time % head at $3.50.