The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-03
SHIPPERS AND NOTES.

Grace Bros, of Cheney, were on the
market with a car of hogs. Mr.. Harvey
Grace came with the consignment and
mingled among his many friends at the
yards. This firm was among the large
shippers to this market, and are now feed
ing more stock for shipment
A. B. Crawford of Garden PLANE was
the yards with a car Of fine hogs, which
brought the top of the market. Mr.. Craw-
ford is one of the old-timers on this mar
ket, and besides being a successful hog
grower, is also proprietor of the Crawford
String band of Garden Plaine, which has
been chartered to furnish the music for
Chris. Shepherds wedding, at which event
Mr. Grace will officiate as best man.
Johnson & Mallam of Enid sent up a
car of hogs on the early market yester-
day. This firm is one of the regular and
successful shippers to the Union Stock
yards.
Campbell & Horton Of Caldwell had a
car of hogs on the market.
L. NJ Dakin, now of Clark county, was
a caller at the yards yesterday. renewing
acquaintance among the commission men.
Mr.. Dakin was formerly one of the old
time heavy shippers to the yards from
Mulvane and Derby, and is now a rancher
in Clark. He reports lots of fine cattle
around him. but none of it moving. All
are holding out there.
Several parties of ladies gTaced the yard
pens and the abatoirs yesterday with
their presence. They came to witness the
marvellous system of expediting business
al the Dold plant, and also to view the
two huge buffalo now confined in the
cattle pens One party of the ladies was
made up of out of town guests in the city,
in charge OF one of the popular and eff
cient educators In the Wichita schools.
The whirr of busy life and rush of af-
fairs at the big packing house interested
them greatly: and the opportunity afford
ed to view for perhaps the last time two
magnificent specimens of the noble bison
were a source Of rare entertainment TO
them. and they return to their respective
homes impressed with the magnitude OF
Wichita's two pet enterprises.
The Dold Packing company yesterday
shipped out car OF fresh pork to Boston,
and were preparing reserve stock for
large shipments all next week
j. d. Harrison. chief clerk of the &C
counting department of the Dold Packing
company, will spend Sunday at Arkansas
City, returning in time for Mondays bus
mess at his office.
Messrs. Riley. Baughman and Revely.
travelling statesmen for the Dold company
were in at the house yesterday on bus
mess.
The railroads bringing in the stock yes
terday were as follows: Six over the Santa
Fe. and two each over the Kansas Mid
land and the Rock Island.
The quiet periods interspersed through
out the days business is taken up in earn
est debate among the visitors, shippers,
and commission men regarding the Gu
ban imbroglio. Every one realizes this
international matter has
weighty effect on the course OF the mar
kets, and quite naturally they are all in
terested IN the prompt settlement OF the
affair somehow. Nowhere could more
warm patriotism be found than among
the sturdy and practical stockmen. and
of this contingent not the least enthusi-
astic is the large Kentucky element at
the yards. From the genial. high-spirlted
down. the feeling Of stanch