The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-23

ceipts were 1876 against 1l.459 the day
previous, and the market 5G10 cents low
err and very slow. At st. Louis the re-
ceipts were 5000 1000 short Of Tuesday and
the market ruled cents lower
In every group of men associated togeth-
er for the transaction Of legitimate bust
ness, there IS usually one who from breed
Ing and lower tendencies makes out Of
himself so despicable and disgusting
spectacle as to call down upon himself the
utter contempt and dislike of all mis- asso-
ciates. The stock yards just now has
Just such an undesirable character, TO
adequately describe whom would tax the
best invective of the English language.
Yesterday he had his usual daily At, and
tried to see just how disagreeable and
idiotic he could perform. and his efforts
were certainly crowned with glowing
success. He tried 70 quarrel with about
every one about the yards, abused and
cursed every one, made unwarrantable
charges Of theft, and finally wound up
with an attempt 20 attack one innocent
and sickly commission man with knife.
Such conduct is all right forra bull dog or
professional prize fighter, but sonsider-
ably beneath a man, and II this hot wea-
Their is effecting ones brain to that ex-
tent. Ossawatomie is the best place for
incarceration.
For the first two days of this week she
receipts at Kansas City were Is, 500 hogs:
same days last week, 1920; same days
last year q, 500.
The Daily Trade bulletin of Chicago
says: THE number Of hogs estimated
packed from Feb. %, to date In this city
are for this year, z,177, 900; same period in
1897, 1875, OOO''
SO far in the month Of June there have
hanT TnpeiUpd az (rhfoaoo hnoss
same period last year 40, POI; for the year
so far. 3,94S. 300; same period in 1897 $780,
3O2
On Tuesday at Omaha there were Ss44
hoges received, which was $500 larger
than Tuesday Of the week previous, and
the two days total shows a 400 increase
over supplies the first two days of last
week.
Top hogs year ago at st. Louis, $40.
The new Cudahy beef house at Sioux
City Will be open June 29.
The average quarantine cattle receipts
at st. Louis in the past ten weeks were
155 cars; six cars less than the average
of year ago.
ZOO cattle and 2,64O quarters of beef
Hogs a Chicago last week averaged 223
lbs in weight against 241 a year ago.
This week a year ago the receipts at the
National Stock Yards were l2,191 cattle,
24,973 hogs, 9,444 sheep and ?O4 horses and
mules.
Receipts at Omaha for the year 1898 to
date inclusive are 322, 525 cattle, $50, 262 hogs
$685. sheep; an increase. as compared
with same period, 1897, of 2O,S4 cattle, 1885,
173 hogs, and 266, S4S sheep.
Last week at Chicago receipts were
AS 6S cattle, AS, All hogs and 50, 104 sheep.
Last week at Kansas City receipts were:
%, 3S2 cattle, 1857 hogs and IA, 533 sheep.
Last week at Omaha receipts were Il, 500
cattle. 81. 800 hogs and $3.50 sheep.
Shippers of live stock to this market
from all points of the compass agree al
most without exception that fat cattle are
very scarce and young stock cattle still
scarcer. Taking this general information
as a basis, many have been bold enough
to predict that prices will soon advance.
This was apparently the situation two
months ago, and yet cattle have come to
market during that time in such liberal
supplies that prices for the heavy brand
ed steers have subsidized almost continuous
ly. Supplies are still up to the average,
and with the distillery crop just COM
mencing 1t is hard to guess when this
shortage" is going to begin. The pres
ent season has shown that morerange cat
tie were put on feed than ever before
Chicago DroVers Journal.