The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-29

yesterday were as follows: Missouri Pa
cific. 8; Santa Fe. 4; Frisco, 3 and Rock
Island, L
The business of the Dold company were
cars sold, heavy express trade south
and southwest, and the average local
cars out
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago had estimated 5000 hogs,
received A, 600, against 5000 on Tuesday,
and had left over 2OS0 The trade in
hogs was good, with prices averaging
cents higher. The estimate for today
at that point is 1900. At Kansas City
the receipts were $3.50, against 15175 hte
day previous. and the market was up
to 10c. The st. Louis market was cents
higher, with 800 hays in, against s, 600
the day before. Provisions were elsier,
cash ribs going off IL cents, and cash lard
closing about steady.
The daily comparisons are as follows:
Yesterday, tops, 1875; bulk, g. 271zd3. 81:
average weight, 249; receipts sold al I
weighed up, S9S; actual receipts yarded
during the day, 1873. For the day before.
tops, s3.2712; bulk, s.. 2Od3. %; average
weight, 242; receipts, 1159. For the same
day last week, tops, $3.171z; bulk, s.. 10G
3.1712; average weight, 2g7; receipts weigh
ed up and sold 729; actual receipts yard
ed, 1856.
Several of the clerks and amanuenses
of the Dold Packing company are absent
from their desks, caused by illness.
Grippe and severe colds are the ruling
ailments.
Inspector TiIlford has hung UP in the
main hall of the Live Stock Exchange
building a large picture of the lament
ed A c. Runyon, who, during the palmy
Ter of the Stock Yards bank. Mr.. Run
yon was universally beloved by all, espe-
cially so by the yards contingent, who
were all recipients of his generous, large
heartedness and jovial temperament His
sudden death in the autumn of 1893 cast
a pail over the entire city, and his like
ness hung up in the exchange corridor
brings back to all fond memories of one
who was a friend 10 every one and had
not a single enemy in all the world.
Mr.. VIII Baker, weighmaster at the
scale house of the yards. was at his post
yesterday. after brief holiday excursion
to St. Louis.
During this week year ago, National
yard receipts were 1898 cattle and 81, O55
hogs.
At Chicago last week receipts were:
&c. 700 cattle and 1s9 41S hogs.
At Indianapolis last week receipts were
! ,720 cattle. and $3.50 hogs,
Last week al St. Joseph, Mo, the re-
ceipts were, 1873 cattle and 34s4S hogs.
At Kansas City last week receipts were
%. $40 cattle and p 500 hogs.
At Omaha last week receipts were s.
O16 cattle and IS. 1O5 hogs.
Receipts at the St. Louis National Stock
Yards during the week ending December
a. were 1865 cattle, and 51,91 hogs,
against Il, 30 cattle and So, $50 hogs re-
| ceived during the previous week. These
figures show a decrease of 72S5 cattle, a
decrease Of 3,749 hogs. As compared with
the corresponding week a year ago cattle
show a decrease of ZOO head hogs in
! creased q, 100 head.
Drovers' Telegram: IF the Omaha Stock
Yards company is made of the right kind
Of metal it will hustle into the highways
and byways and alleys and compel a few
extra hundred cattle to come in this
week. Up to tonight receipts at Omaha
for the year have been $500 head, just
/ the same as year ago. Any stock yards
company that doesn't know what to do
under the circumstances ought to go into
| receivers hands