The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-28
SHIPPERS

Joe Scott of Peck, was in with one Of
the banner loads for some time past. Dolt
was the buyer of his top load.
]. c. Brownback Of Corbin, was a ship.
per Of hogs. Dold taking his consignment
Fremont Boyle & Co. Of Kremhn. o
T. had a car Of fat hogs for sale on the
early market.
w. F Conner OF Kinghsher, was anothel
| Oklahoma shipper of car of hogs.
Charles H. Elliot of Wilmot was in with
a car Of porkers which went TO Dold
JEFF Houston Of Ponca City, sent up a
car load Of fair hogs.
J. B. Keu of Clearwater. was in with q
car Of medium porkers.
Whitmer Bros. OF Conway Springs were
in with a car Of hogs which Woods took
for shipment on orders.
c. Figge Of Nashville, Kansas. one of
| the new shippers. sent up car of hogs
which went to Woods.
Campbell & Horton OF Caldwell, shipped
up car load Of hogs and disposed Of them
readily 70 Woods.
S. s. Rebstock Of Putnam, another new
which sold to Dold.
! Lem OOn19li ana AJO1. BuTCnnetO OF An
thony, were IN at the yards with two cars
of hogs. one OF which took the way up
price for tops Both loads were good, the
prime one especially so. Brother Burch-
field is Just recovering from a severe acct
dent q week ago, and his many stock
yards friends congratulate him 1t was no
worse. They are heavy shippers to this
market, having a large territory to draw
upon-twenty miles each way from An
thOny. They say marketable hogs are not
so numerous just now, bu THEY look for
a large number in June.
Whitmer & Burchinell of Conway
Springs. were both present with con-
signment of hogs They sold out among
the last Of the days business. They re-
port some hogs left in Sumner county,
and in fair condition. They are frequent
shippers on the market.
c. VI. Davis Of Whitewater, was present
with box car Of hogs, which showed up
well. Mr.. Davis IS cattleman and not
a specialist in hogs, bu gathers up all that
are offered in his immediate neighbour
hood and ships to this market.
Townsend & Gibbons Of Andale. were on
the market with q car Of hogs which
graded fair and went easily.
Dan VIM sold a car Of hogs on the late
market to Woods to complete large ship
ment.
John Arlington Of iKngman, William
Johnson of Attica and D. Jackson of Ha-
zelton, were top price winners on Tues
days market. their loads being fair, and
the best Of the day.
AsteIl e Son were on the market with
two cars of hogs They are among the
regular shippers and generally have fair
hogs to offer.
Superintendent W. r. Dulaney Of the
Union Stock Yards company. has returned
from three days business trip to Kan
sas City
Among the visitors at the yards yester-
day were Agent NJ. H. Rudolph OF the
Frisco. w. B. Throckmorton and Messrs.
W Robbins and :. w. Robbins. father and
brother of Frank Robbins. Mr.. Robbins,
Sr.. lives in Hope, Ind, and this is his sec
ond visit TO Wichita J. W. Robbins is
a successful cattle grower at Eureka
Deck Parsons. formerly hog buyer for the
Dold Packing company, was also a caller
a the yards.
The Dold Packing company shipments
for Tuesday were one car Of fresh pork
to Boston, a car of packing house pro-
ducts to Kansas City. and one of the
same to Texas. For yesterday they were
two cars to New Orleans. two more to
Texas, a car of lard to Kansas City, and
a car of ice TO Ashland. The Dold com
pany now have a quarter of million
L. 8 e.
shipment. and another quarter million in
sight, advices and orders for which have
been received, all having come in this
week so far. This represents a business
OF far greater ma gnitude than is gener-
ally realized and a splendid record for
efficiency and promptness Of service. as
well as high grade quality of the pro-
ducts supplied.
The roads bringing in the receipts yes
terday were as follows: The Santa Fs. 3:
Missouri Pacific. {: Rock Island. 4. and
Frisco. ].
H. c. Mcconnell of Pa tterson was a
caller at the yards Yesterday.
Both OF the top loads yesterday were
straight all through. there being no dock.
or neutrality-suspicious. records
Chicago estimates 81. ono hogs for today.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Last week at the National yards the
cattle receipts were the smallest in two
years.
At Buffalo last week receipts were:
1880 cattle and 90 hogs.
At Omaha last week receipts were:
I2. 606 cattle and 1886 hogs
At Indianapolis last week receipts were
400 cattle and 2S00o hogs.
At Chicago last week receipts were
1878 cattle and 1851 hogs
At Kansas City last week receipts
were: 25.sSS cattle and IS sS hogs.
Last week the four great western mar
kets received 50. 900 cattle and s0s 900 hogs.
Compared with the same week year
ago cattle receipts decreased 400 head
and hogs increased 5000 head.
Two years ago this week Chicago re-
ceived 1S7097 hogs. the largest on record
for April. II was expected by Chicago
traders last week that the recent sharp
advance in prices would bring in a good
many this week The wise heads" were
counting OF about I75eH0
Thus far this year the hog receipts az
St Louis show a decrease os IQ9Ia
Chicago hogs averaged sc pounds last
week.
Last week Sioux City hogs averaged Isl
pounds, six pounds under a year ago.
Hog receipts Tuesday at Kansas CITY
we're the largest since the first week IN
January. and lacked only q few hundred
u being the largest OF the year.
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