The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-10

Thursday: Tops. 1878; bulk OF sales, $3.50
g3.7211; average weight, 235; receipts.
1850. For Friday: ops, s.. 80; bulk Of
sales, s3.65q3.75: average weight, BIZ; re-
ceipts, l040 For Saturday: Tops, $40;
bulk Of sales. $3.55d365; average weight.
weight, 226; receipts, el2
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: Chicago looked for 1900 hogs. re-
ceiVeo 5000. against q 900 Friday. and the
market ruled fully sc lower. AT Kansas
CITY the receipts were 700, against I2.0oO
Friday, and the market ruled fully &c
lower AT Kansas City the receipts were
100, against 1900 the day before. and
The market was quoted as to Ioc lower.
The receipts for the week at that ooinf
were 5000. At ST. Louis the market was
TO lOc lower, with 800 hogs received.
against 1000 Friday. The shrink in re-
celpts at this point IS most remarka-
pie Lower prices for hogs and free sell
ing by packers weakened provisions and
cash ribs closed off 21zo and cash lard
5 cents.
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were as follows: Santa Fe, 4; Missouri
Pacific, 3, and each over the Rock Island
and Frisco.
Tops yesterday were just IS cent. higher
than week ago.
Five cars OF hogs werA sh,nned mr.,
All the yards contingent extent copgrat-
uLatlons TO Mr.. A. J. Johnson, the we'll
known shipper 10 this market from Ell
mer, Kan On next Tuesday night he
VII! be married to Miss Martha Millar
or Hutchinson. Every one thought Major
Chris Shepherd was 70 be married some
time ago. but he fooled the boys and
called the deal OF, much 10 their d!sap-
pointment, but in Mr.. Johnson's case It
fG soly
ali others at the yards unite in wishing
the happy couple the best Of life's bless
ings.
A force Of men are engaged at the Dold
Packing company tarring several sections
OF the large roof expanse on the building
The plans for the exchange building at
Denver are about completed. The building
viii be $4,000 brick, two stories.
National Live Stock Reporter: Last
week shows increased receipts Of hogs
and sheep on the market and there is
plenty room for larger totals in both de-
partments."
the past week have been light, but the
quality was almost uniformly good. The
average weight for the first seven days
OF July, pa pounds. was the heaviest
since January, 8 pounds heavier than the
previous week, and pounds lighter than
a year ago"
Indianapolis Live Stock Journal for
Thursday: -Four days receipts show a
decrease Of about $500 hogs, an increase
Of 200 cattle compared with the same time
last week and an increase of 1900 hogs,
a decrease Of 100 cattle, compared with the
corresponding time a year ago. The cat
tie market was quotsbly steady today,
and hogs were higher"
Omaha Drovers' Journal for Friday:
From the receipts at different western
markets ii would seem that an advance
tended to restrict rather than increase
shipments and history demonstrates that
this is fact. Today, after a Zoe rise,
only IS cars, 5,303 hogs. being marketed.
while a week ago, when prices were 30c
lower. S,197 were received and the four
western markets combined are 10000 short
Of last week"
Receipts of live stock at the St Louis
National Stock Yards so far this year TO
and including today, amount to 307, 242 cat
tie, So. 665 hogs against 335. SOB cattle, SSS,-
250 hogs received during the correspond
ing period last year. These figures show
a decrease of IS PSI title and 10 $50 hogs