The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-10
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

SHIPPERS AND NOTES.
]. B. Kell, Of Clearwater, one Of the old
stand-bys, was in with load Of fair TO
coed hogs, 81 In number, which sold to
Dold for the next to top price. They av-
eraged 246 pounds.
jeff Houston Of Ponca City sent up q
car of hogs on the early market
W. S. Thomas & Co., Of Ponca City,
swelled the days receipts by two cars
of hogs. sold to Woods.
L. B. Morledge & Co. were on the mar
ket with two cars Of good hogs, enc OF
which caught the top OF the day and
sold to DoId There were 70 head In this
load, averaging 247 pounds of fine, plump
pork, as good as has been received at
the yards in seone time and only equalled
lately by the other top car yesterday, and
the one of Saturday at the same price.
This is one OF the large and successful
shipping firms operating IN the territory,
and they hogs they are sending up lately
are getting better all the time Light and
thin stock has predominated from that
section for some time, but there is no
ticeable Improvement Of late coming from
all the Oklahoma shippers.
House & Wolff Of Newton were in with
a car OF IS good hogs, which sold to Woods
at the next point from the pinnacle.
J. VI. Liggett of Whitewater was on the
market with a car Of choice medium heavy
hogs which also took the $3.50 top price
and went TO Woods. There were Il. aver
aging ECO pounds and without q dock or
a cut-out. They were little softer than
the top load, but good, fine porkers. which
ranked up among the prizewinners.
C. NJ. Davis. also Of Whitewater, was
at the yards with car load OF hogs. He
reports not many marketable hogs in that
section just now.
John Norris, Of the firm Of Norris 8 va
eel, of Furiey. was present with car Of
good hogs, which Woods bought for his
shipment this evening. He reports lots of
good hogs there, wheat looking fine, and
corn in much better condition than was
hoped for after the severe rains the past
week. Wheat and rye are heading out and
look superb, with a heavy acreage of
wheat and corn in. His firm are doing
considerable shipping Of late and good
stock, too. They expect TO be in today
with another load.
c. A Stewart of Haverhin was at the
yards with two mixed cars of hogs and
cattle which graded fair. They went to
bold.
c. H. Clark of Andover was present with
a car of 1aS fair hogs He reports lots
of hogs and in good condition from his
district. He says there have been heavy
shipments out of there Of hogs. but there
are still more ready for market most any
time
c. c. Carson of dt. Hope was in with
two cars of hogs on the late market,
which were fair in quality.
c. Z. Blake of Mt. Hope was among the
late Missouri Pacific arrivals with a car
of hogs. He is a regular weekly ship
per 70 the market
George r. Cole, a large stock grower
and shipper of Mt. Hope, was a busin~@
visitor at the yards yesterday, in COM
pany with some of the Mt. Hope shippers
in. He reports lots Of stock hogs in his
country, and some fat hogs. Cattle are
not moving much from there. but a large
number are on grass feed. He has a
large bunch himself feeding. The late
rains have brought out the grass in
splendid shape and the cattle are looking
I'D we'll now. He is now negotiating for
more cattle to place on his pasture land.
The Dold Packing company shipments
yesterday were. a car of fresh pork each
TO Boston and Buffalo. and car OF pack
ing house products each to New Orleans
and Fort Smith.
The roads contributing to the days re-
q 10
souri, Pacific. 8; and each from the Rock
Island and Frisco.
Messrs. Reveley, Riley and Maughner,
travelling statesmen for the DoId Pack
iug-company. spent Sunday and part OF
yesterday in the city.
A year ago today the market was weak,
with 614 hogs received, and dull. slow
trading, prices being on and the tops way
down.
Charles Phipps. OF the Union Stock
Yards yard force. has returned from trip
to St. Louis, where he went with a con-
signment OF stock.
Farmers and shippers should weigh well
the suggestion in the leader this morning
regarding light stock hogs. There is prac-
ucally no demand here fer them now. and
II Is difficult TO dispose Of them with
any thing Ike satisfaction to the con-
signor Fat hogs and shipping weights
are the demand here, and for which ship
pers VIII always find q live market
The Doid company is shipping large
quantities Of fresh pork 70 eastern points
lately, Buffalo. Philadelphia, and Boston
taking the most OF it The southern trade
on mixed products is also unusually
heavy.
The wagon trade yesteray was large IN
volume for the season. and fair 70 good
in quality.
Chicago expected ss0o0 hogs yesterday.
and got 500 more than the estimate. The
estimate for today IS "a 100 a. that point
The receipts OF hogs so far this year az
s. Louis show falling OF OF ISIS,
National Live Stock Reporter: The
Omaha people are requesting the Exposi-
ton management 10 put Up money instead
OF leather for live stock premiums. Il Is
q case OF put up OF shut up"
The state q North Carolina collects tax
IS on e0S.I45 cattle. i.7I4.SI2 hogs. $3.50
sheep I6S. SIS horses, IZl2s5 mules. s0s
jacks and jeunets and e s25 goats Those
figures are from the last report issued BY
the state auditor.
Combined reports OF cattle az the four
western markets during The first four
months Of ISIS were exceeded before IN
1884. the greatest number being only
Ie0. coo greater than were received during
the present year
Combined hog receipts at the four west
ern markets 80 far this year exceed al
previous records.
The Danahy Packing company plant, 10
Gated on Metealf street Buffalo. Y Y.
was burned 10 the ground ore week aSo
today. The plant employed about 10
men,