The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-21
SHIPPERS AND NOTES

J. T. Craig Of Clearwater had In car
of hogs on the market.
VIM. Wiley of Sedgwick sent one car
| of hogs on sale,
]. ]. Houston Of Ponca City sent up two
cars Of hogs at the yards,
Fremont, Boyle & Co., OF iKremlin, o.
T, had a shipment of a car of hogs. They
are among the regular shippers.
HUFF & Hoop of Udall had in a car of
hogs. They rarely miss a week without
having one or two cars Of good hogs at
the Wichita yards.
Brewer r. Taite of Hennessey had a car
of hogs for the days business. They
were sold to Dold at once.
c. F. Branthain of the firm Of Branthain
&, Slaughter of jefferson, o. T, had
car of fat hogs on the late market which
were the first to catch the top price for
the day. They were good hogs and were
readily disposed of, Dold taking them.
J. NJ. Funk of the firm of Chesky &
Funk Of Nickerson, was at the yards with
a car Of about a hundred hogs which
also knocked the persimmon top for the
day. He says there are still lots of hogs
around his territory, and they are mostly
looking well. He has been sick and I'M
able for soc time to come in person with
his consignments, and all the yards peo-
pie were glad once more to see him.
Lem Council, Of the well-known buyers
firm of Burchfeld Sc Connell, was on the
ground from Anthony with a car Of II
head of good porkers, which were one of
the three to grasp the top price of $3.50
for the day. They were among hte late
arrivals, but caught the market during its
strength, and besides were a good run of
stuff. They are a large shipping firm
from several points in the southwest part
of the state He said ne was sorry 10 be
obliged to leave Duke Burchfield at home,
but TO the regret and sincere sympathy of
the boys at the yards, he informed them
the Duke had suffered the isfortune of q
severme accident TO his head, caused by
a swinging barn door, which cut open
the scalp in an ugly wound. This was the
second time in week this firm has re-
ceived top prices for their hogs.
The Dold Packing company shipments
yesterday were as follows: One car of
packing house products to Texas; one TO
Cincinnati, and one of the same to Ala
bama. There were two cars Of fertilizers
TO New Orleans. This is an important fea-
ture of the abattoir products, and one
that is yearly growing in essential worth,
since each year witnesses more worn-out
land in a country which is the youngest
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zone. Fertilizing is now a ne
cessity in many Of this country's former
fertile belts, and none is 80 valuable and /
applicable as that produced from the re- /
fuse Of the large packing establishments. |
The roads doing the hauling business 1
yesterday were as follows: The Santa Fe, /
); Rock Island, 8: Missouri Pacific s. and /.
Kansas Midland, /
The whole city yesterday was startled. /
and the North end greatly alarmed by the /
ominous blasts, prolonged and I
sullen- of the big steam whistle on the 4
Dod packing plant. This whistle is
among the most powerful ones in the west,
having back of 1t a tremendous horse
power boiler Of screaming steam. II can +
be heard for miles in the country on d
quiet day. and was once the official gov
ernent announcement of the federal wea-
her bureau. 1t had for some time been
he agreed-on signal for announcing to
he community the formal declaration OF
var. Promptly as the Associated Press
dispatches few over the wire declaring
he presidents action on the great issue,
I was reported by telephone 10 the man
cement OF the DoId works. and at once
'ommunica ted 70 the chief engineer. At
! minutes past one the big engines were
rowCied to their utmost capacity. all I
-aIves and escapes closed so far as feast
lie, and the powerful whistle turned wide
pen and the rope tied taut TO hold the
tea pressure full on \ terrible blast was
he immediate result. which, at that IN
expected hour created a little panic among
he employees, and brought the entire stock
xchange out 10 look for the cause OF the
mirous herald. All supposed. OF course,
meant a IRE at the plant and dismay
nd const formation ran throughout the
Fhole surrounding country. Mr. Fred.
Dold- who was AZ the time over among
be stock pens, nearly worked a - of
poplexy Up in his frantic rush for the |
lain buildings For half an hour the (
eavy homing. surging shrek Kissed out (
n the noon air, and the whole OF Wichi- ,
. became alarmed for the fate o. the
tvs pride the big packing house. OF the
atoms fate. il case il proclaimed war.
Then il became generally known that II
as only the war instead OF possible
re. every one felt relieved. and people
sttled down 10 speculate as 10 how long
ich q blast could continue without using
p more steam than could be generated
} keep II going.
was the wisest sanT"
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as the only man who knew enough &c
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