The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-05-03

buggy. and after locking the house, was
taken to the home of friends in another
! part of the city. The lady was deaf and
/ dumb, but she expressed her appreciation
and qualification for the gallantry of her
chivalric rescuer IN soulful looks and
signs. Many OF the north side residents
| had 10 vacate their houses to wait for the
fan of the water, in the meantime taking
| their abode with friends who are on high
er ground
James Brown, the well known horse
! dealer and breeder. was a caller at the
yards yesterday, looking over the hood
sights and transacting business
Y. j. 1ull was visitor at the yards yes
terday afternoon, leaving in the evening
FOR Kansas City on horse buying expe-
dition. He is confident of higher prices,
not only for horses, but in all the live
stock trade.
No material loss was sustained by the
big Dold works during the late wet spell,
though it wa sonly prevented by prompt
and decisive measures by the manage
ment. A gang Of workrnen early were at
work throwing up dykes around the Gel
lars and taking all precautionary mea-
sures against flooding the cellars. The
AtSU4L " - ilO NdltT III lNe cellars, ana
no reserve stock in the least injured. The
delay and disarrangement Of plans and
shipping IS the only detracting effect of
the severe rainfall All the hogs which
were bought when the storm came, about
800. were safely penned and cared for
either at the plant, or the stock yards, and
not hog was lost. It is expected the
company will resume killing today, at the
furtherest tomorrow, when increased ac-
dvity will result A large amount Of Or
ders have been booked, and all possible
means will be employed to catch up from
the temporary setback In their usual rou-
tine affairs.
Shipments yesterday were four cars of
hogs. More were ordered but could not be
bought. Redoubled shipments will follow
as soon as thehogs can be got into the
yards.
Enoch Burchfead, Of the stock firm Of
Burchheld & Connell Of Harper county,
was in the city yesterday on business and
looking into the chances Of immediate
shipment Of hogs to market
Every new conner to the far away yards
is eagerly surrounded by the contingent
for the latest war rumors ana bulletins
There is no more patriotic and loyal group
anywhere than in the north end, and feel
ing ran high yesterday when the Eagles
first and editions reached the yards with
the first reports of Admiral Dewey's grand
victory.
Nearly all OF the switch and freight en-
gines passing through the north side in
tersections yesterday were decorated with
flags by the yard masters and crews in
honor of the nations naval achievement.
All the railroad bridges around the yards
Uare tad
children and castaways fishing in the
swollen creek though the strings of catch
were not especially overworked.
The Dold Packing company have out a
neat and artistic souvenir baton, which
all the employees and others whowant them
are wearing. It is small round button,
with the background in varied colors
blending one into another, the prismatic
effect of which is pretty, thought not
gaudy In the center is a horseshoe sur
rounding four leaf clover withe deli
cate white blossom surmounting the
leaves. Around the perimeter ofthe shoe
arethe words, IF it's Dold's it's the best"
Around the edge Of the whole button are
the words of this firms famous trade
mark. white Clover Leaf Lard The
accounting force are all wearing this but
ton and are proud of it and thewell known
product it sets forth. {
Messrs. Riley, Reveley and UnderhiIl
travelling statesmen for the Dold plant,
spent Sunday in the city arranging some
business matters before their return.
The National Live Stock Reporter says:
The war has not taken the fraction Of a !
cent off the price of cattle hogs or sheep. |
and this is better than we had a right to /
expect. There are other lines of trade in |
T,a az bof 11u
because they are not absolutely !
necessaries of life. Cattle, hogs, sheep, /
horses and mules are necessaries and /
more necessary as the supply gets short /
er.
The demands of Great Britain are suf-
fcient to take the surplus products Of this /
at a profitable figure, therefore a
grub allowance IS practically necessary TO /
the two countries -