The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-28
SHIPPERS AND NOTES

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SHIPPERS AND NOTES
| John Ratcliffe OF Cunningham was On
| the market with one Of the prizs-winners.
I and they were certainly very fms prime
fat butcher hogs. n weight and plump
fancy stock they were among the few rare
lots that have come 20 this market In
many weeks. and sold straight for the
top price Of the day.
J. W. Norris OF Oxford was another top
holder. his fine load Of heavy butcher
hogs also taking the $3.50 mark, and sell
ing without dock
J. ". Workman OF Geneseo was In with
fine load OF heavtes OF even run good
enough 20 come within 2lk cents Of the
top.
Cheskey & Funk Of Nickerson were LAT.
arrivals Monday night. their straight load
OF extra heavtes receiving the top Of
the bulk on IN early market.
John Cooley Of Rose Hill was IN with a
car OF good mediums which sold for the
top OF the bulk.
g mixed car OF fair to good hogs. arriv-
ing late. The big end sold we'll up to
Dold. the tighter bunch going to Bennett
at the same point as the heavier
Charlie Granville. OF the old-tine ship
ping firm Of Pzugh & Granville, of Sedg-
wick was a late conner with a car load
CT good medium heavy hogs which sold
to Dold at bulk prices
L. 3. McCrocklin OF Derby was IN with
a car Of medium weight hogs, which sold
early among the car transfers at a high
bulk figure.
Abel & Cowherd, extensive Sumner
county stock dealers, were on the market
with a mixed car Of hogs and cattle BILL
ed from Rome. Mr.. W. T Cowherd was
in charge and he reports very few hogs
in his section, either fat hogs OF stock
ers. The cattle, he says. are doing well
He sold out all his stock. the hogs being
a fine lot OF medium heavy stuff, selling
without dock
Henry steinkirchner OF Newton was
down with a car OF heavy hogs Of well
finished stock, selling early 20 DoId at
Joe Scott Of Peck was in with a mixed
load Of hogs and cattle. The hogs were
Of heavy weight and sold at once to
Bennett
Hugh Griffith Of Belle PLANE was an
other Sumner county shipper in with
car Of mixed hogs the largest end be-
ing Of medium heavy stock and selling
to DoId, BENEFIT taking the lighter re-
mainder.
D. N. Hutchinson one Of the old stand
bys Of this market, was a late arrival
with car load Of extra heavy proportion
ed hogs. selling towards the close at
a fair price. He has just returned from
the old soldiers reunion at Cincinnati.
and gives glowing accounts Of crops all
along the line. He says there are worldse
OF hogs in his vicinity, many of them be-
ing now fed on new corn, and he predicts
heavy shipments 10 this market all next
season.
D. W. Muck OF Haven was at the yards
with a car Of very good medium hogs
which sold toward the close TO Dold at
top bulk prices.
VIM AsteII & Son, another well-known
Haven shipping firm. were late corners
with a car OF light hogs, but which sold
the last load 10 be weighed. at q stiff
price.
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were as follows: Santa Fe, Z: Missouri
Pacific, 4; Frisco. s, and Rock Island, l.
The daily comparisons are as follows:
Yesterday, tops. So 90: bulk, s., 5GG3- so; av-
erage weight, 243; receipts, !, 209. For Mon
day, tops. $3.55; bulk. S3.50Q3.65 average
weight 2+0; receipts. ass. For the same
day last week, tops, S3.55: bulk. S. 40G
$50; average weight, 232; receipts, 33S.
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago looked for a. 600 hogs. and
received 26o10. with 3 157' left over, and
the market was early given as a shade
higher for best brades. others steady. and
a the close stronger. The receipts for
Monday were 5000, and for today they
are estimated at 50. COO. Kansas City re-
ceived i. go hogs, against 1, 40 the day be-
fore, and the market was quoted on the
close as follows: Lights active steady
prices. Packing hogs steady 20 cents
lower" ST. Louis received 7.000 hogs,
against 5000 the day previous, and the
market was cents lower. Provisions were
early weak on yellow fever rumors. and
scaIpers generally were sellers. Later the
market steadied somewhat on moderate
support from packers RIBS and lard closed
from 21a 70 cents of
The shipments Of the DoId company yes
terday included two cars 10 the south,
and four cars IN the jobbing division
The dockage on wagon hogs yesterday
was very light. and only moderate, con-
sideriug the heavy run. On car stuff
All markets yesterday received heavy
runs of hogs. this point along with the
rest being greatly increased
Bennett was q heavy buyer yesterday
for the grade which he is after. lights
and thin stock. This very nicely dispozes
OF the cut-outs which the packing house
can not use.
Some OF the wise ones predict IJ5.00o
hogs at Chicago this week.
Packers purchases OF hogs at Chicago
last week were 134 800; year ago, 81. 100.
Armour got SO. 200 last week
Receipts az Omaha now show the fol-
lowing changes compared 10 a year ago:
A q crease OF T1.oc0 cattle and an in
crease OF 236. 500 hogs and 3S3. 500 sheep.
Cattle receipts last week at Kansas
City were the largest OF the year al 81
40 head. Hog receipts were s. 502. and
sheep $40 Total number OF cars was
asp; year ago, 266s.
Last week the combined hog receipts
st Chicago, s. Louis Omaha and Kansas
City were 25s 20 head, against 81 400 dur
ing the previous week. and IS. SO received
during the corresponding week a year
ago
Receipts Of hogs az Indianapolis last
week were =. 90. 400 more than a year
ago. Fer the year to date receipts were
121. 600. al increase over a year ago o.
81 GO.
There were 23.0oo western range cattle
az Chicago last week. against 1880 a
year ago The wears receiuts have beam