The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-09

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main one day only. Don't fau TO see this
great physician while he IS here
brickp avement floors progressing very
satisfactorily. About ZOO brick are re-
CURED for each pen. and ali are being
laid in the very best and compact shape.
All the newly built pens will soon be COM
pletely paved and ready for use, including
the new water and spraying appliances.
Councilman J. Giles Smith was a visitor
al the yards yesterday.
W. H. Woods has returned from 2 fe Y
days business absence IL the country.
Ed. Healy is back from a weeks bust
ness trip in adjoining counties.
Mr.. Clifford Darratt was absent from
his desk at the Paugh Commission COM
pany's Office yesterday. on business.
Much interest IS being manifested by the
commission men, shippers. packing house
force and all others having business at
the yards and north end over the street
car problem This end OF town is the only
manufacturing and Industrial and lead Z 2
commercial section Of the city, and the
most dependent on street car servIre- Il
often means dollars and cents 20 the In
terested parties TO reach tn yards at the
hight time. and no one part OF town suffers
more than does this district from unreli-
able service. It Is the hope Of all con-
cerned that the meeting this evening Will
develop something to encourag q long
suffering and patient public.
At the four leading western markets
receipts OF stock last week were as fol-
lows: Kansas City, g, 800 cattle. a loss Of
"A, 5000 compared with the same week last
year: 81. coo hogs, loss OF q. 100 compared
with the week last year Chicago, a, 700
cattle, a loss OF Z. 400; ia, 100 hogs. loss
OF 1850. Omaha, 13 300 cattle, a loss OF
go; 4, 800 hogs, loss Of 1900. 81. Louis,
10. 600 cattle, a loss Of S, 100; q. 600 hogs. a
loss Of 500. The total number OF cattle
was 10000 for last week; los, SOC the pre-
vious week, 1s. 100 the same week in 1891,
and 112 eco the sans week IN 1885 The
total number Of hogs for the week was
255 900, and for the previous week. 274 600;
for same week n 1897, S2s 100, and same
week in 1856, Los, 100. All markets show a
loss in both hogs and cattle compared with
the corresponding week last year.
According to the Price Current. the eX-
hibit of stocks Of cut meats at the four
ceuters making returns shows the follow
ing totals: Total number Of pounds IN
stock August l. 1898, 313. ss7. 900; on July
this year. ga s67 000; for August l. 1897,
81, 1s1, 900. This shows q decrease Of i, 90, =
900 pounds in the stocks OF meats at the
four large csnters Of Chicago. Kansas
City, Omaha and Milwaukee, making re-
turns, for the month. compared with a de-
crease Of q. 700 900 pounds last year, when
the manufacture was much smalles than
for the corresponding season this year
The same authority gives the export
clearances for the week OF hog products
2, S27, coo; x 20 00o pounds of this aggre-
gate being in meats, bacon, pork, etc,
and 1853, 600 pounds being IN lard. Com
pared with last year the showing for the
latter was: Total hog products exported
@, 77s ,000. OF which 15.4s4,o0o was meats,
and S,315 600 was lard. The following is the
Pric eCurreut's review, under date Of Aug
ust Liberal marketing Of hogs couttn-
ues. Western slaughtsring for the week
represent total Of 40. 600. compared with
435. 600 the preceding week, and 10000 TWO
weeks ago. For corresponding time last
year the total was 295, coo. From March
the total is s225, go, against $50. 600 a year
ago-an increase Of 1855, 900. uQality gen
orally good. The provision market has
been fairly steady most OF the week, val
ues being well maintained. but at the close
a decided decline has occurred. attributed
TO the effect on the trade OF the peace
prospects and the presumed early termi-
nation Of army requirements. This, how
ever, should not count for much as D.
discourag cement, and doubtless such in1u-
ence will be but temporary. The c'IrrenC
distribution of product has shown an en-
larging tendency. although export clear
ances are still within moderate proper
tons"
Drovers Telegram: Receipts for last
week foot up IS, SIS cattle. 81, $50 hogs and
IS. 100 sheep. against 47.483 cattle, 1907 )
hogs and Is. 20 sheep for the correspond
ing week last year. The corresponding
week last year was excessively dry and nu-
mrous hogs and cattle were forced on to
the market. Thisaccounts somewhat for
the market falling off this week. \ good
trade has been had all week in native
cattle but Texas made tremendous break
in prices. Hogs closed SC lower than tie
opEing prices on Monday.
Omaha Drovers Journal: Receipts for
the year 1898 TO date, inclusive, are 403. 1871
cattle 1851 SIS hogs; an increase, as COM
pared with same period 1897, Of $3.50 cat
tie. 4S5 10 hogs
Denver Record: The receipts az the
yards for July, 1888, were q, $50 cattle, 4 e23
hogs and s.O6s sheep; same month 1887,
p. Or cattle, sol hogs and 13,722 sheep ar
rived
The Chicago Drovers Journal says:
There is anywhere from 3 cents 20 500
per Ic0 pounds spread in the price of
southern hogs. They sell according to
style and quality Most OF them kill out
soft" even II they have been fed corn.
Indianapolis Live Stock Journal: TIE
receipts last week show a total OF about
80. 80 hogs, 500 cattle, against "a. 900 hogs
SS0S cattle last week, 20.604 hogs. 3,s4s cat
lie the same week a year ago and HIS
hogs. 3.1l6 cattle the corresponding week