The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-11
REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
SHIPPERS AND NOTES

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Chas. Elliott of Wilmot was on the mar
ket with car of hogs. and also looking
over the prospect for investment.
Henry Steinkirchner Of Newton was
down with a car Of fair quality lights.
which sold we'll up to Doid.
Henry Schweiter was on the market
with full car of good medium packers,
which went to Dold for the top price for
car hogs.
Earl Beckham was present with a car of
fair hogs. which were shipped IN from
Nickerson on the early market.
Garrison Scott of Kechi was in with a
car of good hogs of medium weight which
sold for top car price and went TO Dold.
He reports still lots Of good fat hogs all
through that part Of the country and
more stock hogs coming on. He is one
Of the well known farmers and stock
handlers in that part of the county. and
a frequent shipper to this market.
Hugh Griffith of Belle PLANE was In
with car of very fair hogs OF medium
light grade and well fed They sold early
at good price toward the top.
c. c. Carson of Mt. Hope was on the
market with top hogs Of good weight and
quality. He reports a few fat marketa-
bic hogs there and any quantity of stock
hogs coming into weight.
VIM. Astell & Son of Haven were again
on the market with a car of light mediums
which sold to Woods toward the close.
D. w. Muck of Haven was at the yards
with a car of fair heavies He reports
not many desirable hogs in very large
punches left in that section, but a few
scattered an through the country which
require considerable riding to gather them
up. Those that are left. he says, are
mostly light. Wheat, he says, Is all right,
but the wet weather has been bad for
corn, and it is very weedy. Hail, too.
damaged the growing crops some around
there.
Whitmer & BurchinaA of Nardin, o. T,
were on the market for the third time
this week, with a car OF fair mediums,
which sold to Dold.
J. S. Vandaveer of Hackney was in with
a car load of fair lights which sold to
the Dold company.
A. T. Jones & Co., Of Kremlin, O. T.,
were shippers of hogs on the late trading
Theye were fair stock of light weight.
Powers & Deselms, of Orlando, o. T,
were shippers Of hogs at the yards on
the early trading.
Burchfeld & Reneau Of Waketa, o. t.
were in with a car of light hogs in charge
of Mr.. Reaeau. He says, though his
point IS a new one for stock shipping
yet a large run of hogs has been shipped
out Of there by his firm this past season,
and that he predicts it but a foretaste
of what the future will be now the deal
is fairly started. The country to draw
upon is both wide in extent and pro-
life of hogs, and he predicts that after
harvest and on up into the late fall there
will be a very heavy shipment to this
market of good hogs. His firm have
shipped to this market lately twelve cars
of hogs, the best to be found.
Charlie Stuart shipped in a small load
of extra fine heavies from Augusta which
went at top prices 20 Dold. They were
among the best of the day.
The shipments yesterday of the Dold
Packing company were as follows: One
car of their celebrated White Clover Leaf
lard to San Francisco, and a car of pack
ing house products each to Fort Smith
and New Orleans. A line of special orders
are also booked for early shipment next
week.
The roads doing the hauling to the yards
yesterday were as follows: Missouri Pa
cific, 5; Santa Fe, 4; Rock Island, 8, and
one each from the Frisco and Kansas
Midland.
The wagon trade yesterday was unusu-
y
this source alone.
Frank Robbins daughter, Miss Ethel
entertained at her home Thursday in
honor of friends from Eureka. A large
number of young society people from the
city were present.
The clerks and yards contingent are Civ
ing the quiet smile to John Speer of the
joint agency. The building occupied by
the agency has been an island since the
high water, and yesterday John mount
ed a raft imprOvised from railroad ties,
and with a long plank was scattering
water over the switch brakemen. He
made just one too many whirls. and the
plank missing the water flew around like
the wind. taking the sportive Johnny with
it. He lost his foot hold and plunged off
the raft and into ten feet of watep The
forgiving engine crew generously fished
him out, and he was the most bedrag-
gled looking youth rarely beheld. He
gloomily crawled off into the back room,
wrung out his clothes and proceeded to
wait for night to cover up his Shrurken
clothes.
St Louis reports a scarcity OF such hogs
as are most wanted and which sell at the
highest prices. Good hogs averaging 225
pounds and upwards are the scarce COM
modities.
Chicago estimates for today, 5000 hogs.
Inspector Tillford, of the yards, is enthu-
siasticauy for Stanley. and was the first
one to dip into the classics and quote the
platitude of Charge. Chester. charge; on,
Stanley, on"
Five months hog packing at Chicago,
Kansas City, Omaha and St. Louis in
1898 amounted TO $500 more than during
the corresponding period Of a year ago.
Sioux City Tribune: The average weight
OF hogs received at this market last
week was $50 pounds, against $50 pounds
the week before. pa pounds a month ago.
27f pounds a year ago. and 27S pounds two
years ago.
An exchange says: "A farmer went into
his COW stable the other night and by mis-
take mixed her q nice mash in a box OF
sawdcst instead of bran. The COW merely
supposed that hard times had come. and
they were going 10 economic. meekly
ate her supper. and the man never discov-
cred his mistake until the next morning.
when he MIXED the COW and she let down
a gallon OF ;Urpentine. a quart OF shoe
pegs and a bundle of lath."
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