The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-18

A L. GillelaDd, the old reliable shipper.
had in two cars of hogs from Douglass
and sold to Dold.
]. G. Lockry & Son Of Perry had in a
car of hogs. the assorted pigs of which
went to Myers, and the heavy hogs to
Armour.
Burchfield & Reneau of waketa were on
the market with two cars of hogs. which
sold well I'D for the day.
| JEFF Houston of Ponca City was IN with
two cars Of hogs Of fair quality.
Fremont Boyle & Co., of Kremlin, o.
T., were on the market with ono Of, the
top loads for the day. They had sixty-six
hogs straight with no dockage averaging
245 pounds and selling to Dold for A35.
Martin & Graham were on the market
with a carload of fair hogs weighing well
up with the bulk of the day and selling to
Dold.
Rison & Cooley of Kingman had in a
car of hogs which sold to Woods for
shipment
Adam Huffbauer Of Mulvane was in with
d car Of seventy-fve hogs which sold to
Doid on the late market.
William Wiley. the old reliable shipper
from Sedgwick, was again on the mar
ket With another top load of good hogs,
among the best of the day. There were
SO hogs averaging 234 pounds and selling
to Dold for the top figures. Mr.. Wiley's
son, Mr.. J. A. Wiley, was in charge of the
consignment Mr.. Wiley is one of the
most successful buyers and shippers who
come to this market, he having received
the top prices the past three or four times
he has been in. He only buys the best,
and the result is that he gets the best
prices for his stock. So far the Dold COM
oil
Campbell & Horton of Caldwell were on
the market with a car of hogs which sold
at once to Woods.
J. w. Reser OF Renfrow, o. T., was a
shipper of hogs which went to Dold.
w. E. Connors of Kingfisher shipped up
a car of fair hogs, which Woods bought
to fill out his consignment.
Homer & Kirk were again on the mar
ket with car load Of hogs, which were
shipped up from Kingman and went to
Woods
Sykes Bros. of New Murdoch were pres
ent with car of 80 hogs, which went to
Woods. This firm is also one of the regu-
lar weekly shippers to the Wichita mar
ket, and nearly always have high grade
stuff to offer.
Burchfield & Connen of Anthony and
Conway Springs were on the market with
Woods at good prices. All the stock
yards force are always glad to welcome
these gentlemen, for their genial good ma
tured manners have won them many
friends.
A 2. Johnson Of Elmer was present at
the yards with a car of good hogs. This
firm are among the big stock growers of
Kansas and ship regularly to this mar
ket. He reports everything looking finely
except corn, which is backward on ac-
count of the heavy rains. There are lots
of hogs all through that end of the state,
and large herds of cattle on the ranges.
His firm have fifty head of cattle In their
feed lots and 100 on pasture. They have
also about 200 hogs in their feeding, many
of them fat and ready for market.
Whitmer and Burchinal of Conway
Springs were on the market with a car
of hogs which were sold in the late trad
ing.
Colonel James H Hamilton of Nashville
ex-state treasurer of Kansas, was present
at the yards with car load of hogs
which sold late at a good price to Waads
to complete his days shipments
The roads contributing to yesterdays
receipts were as follows: Santa Fe, IL;
Missouri Pacific. 6; Rock Island, s. Kan
sas Midland. /
The shipments OF the Dold Packing
company yesterday were as follows: Cars
Of packing house products to Charleston
Springfield. Mo, and New Orleans The
house has booked also some produce to
the Philippines by way of the Pacific
coast for use of the United States troops
This shipment will be made today.
The stock yards yesterday received
car load of twenty head of horses and
mules billed from Arnold and Lawson of
Kansas City. to Hennessey. o. T Thax
were sold, and were yarded here for feed
and rest, and reshipped last evening for
their destination
The receipts yesterday were the heav
lest for this year. and though the general
run was inferior, the offerings received al
so the highest market price for the year.
There was no cattle marketed yesterday
because of no offerings. The late ,re-
mendous squirt in the hog division seems
10 attract all the notice of shippers, with
the result nat cattle are ignored