The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-05

market again yesterday. He sold a car
OF medium weight swine for the ruling
bulk price.
j. S. Greenwade, the old-time shipper
of HunneweIl was in yesterday. He sold
load of 212-pound hogs for the bulk
sum.
Hall & Sego. a well known shipping
firm of Orlando. were on the market yes
terday and disposed of a load of light
packers for a good price.
McCrary & Fisher, heavy shippers Of
Red Rock, were on the market with
| load OF light hogs yesterday. Their load
arrived late and was yarded over.
Johnson & Hanna OF Enid, one Of the
best known hog shipping firms in Okla
homa, were represented yesterday by
good load Of heavy hogs which sold for
a stiff bulk price.
w. s. Thomas Of Ponca City received
stiff bulk price for a car Of medium
weight packers they had in yesterday.
W. ]. Norris, the reliable shipper Of
Oxford, sold car of heavy hogs for
high bulk sum yesterday.
Charley Dorsey Of South Haven was in
yesterday with a car of medium light
hogs which were disposed Of for a good
price.
]. n. Pirtle of El Dorado, an old and
reliable shipper to the Wichita market.
was in early yesterday with a good load
Of heavy packers, which sold well.
Merritt & Hawthorn of Benton were on
the market yesterday with a car of
heavy packers, which sold for the bulk
sum.
VIM. Astle & Son Of Haven, one Of the
most popular shipping firms dealing
here, were in again yesterday with a car
Of heavy weight packers, which brought
a stiff bulk sum.
Ed Weidline, the veteran shipper of
Augusta, was represented on the market
! yesterday by a load of heavy hogs which
/ sold for a good price.
w. F. Barnes, the well-known shipper
Of Pratt, came in yesterday with car
Of medium weight packers, which he sold
for a satisfactory price.
J. c. Endicott Of Waterloo was on the
market yesterday with a load Of 244
pound hogs, which brought a high price.
J. w Ransom of Amarillo, Tex, a
/ travelling representative OF the Dold
| Packing company, came in yesterday to
attend the meeting OF the Dold travelling
men which Will be held here Friday and
| Saturday.
CAR-LOT RECEIPTS.
| Cars of stock were received as follows,
over the fifteen railroad lines yesterday:
Santa Fe, 10; Missouri Pacific. 9; Rock
! Island. 2; Frisco. l.
A FIFTEEN-TO-ONE SHOT.
! Charley Schnitzler, the well-known
speciality man of the bold Packing COM
pany, tried to branch out as an expert
! judge of cattle Tuesday, but managed to
get in the "also ran" class. He was
looking over a cow, and remarked that
he was willing to bet a small sum that
| the animal was in such and such a con-
dition. John Fortman, Dold's country
cattle buyer, who purchased the animal
was near by, and disagreed with
! Schnitzler and a hot argument followed.
| Fortman finally said he knew what he
was talking about, and bet SchnitZler
| so against . cents that he was right.
Schnitzler stood around and Rugged him.
self because he thought he had a bit Of
"easy money" right in his hand. He f.
nally accepted another bet of s. against
81 which Fortman proposed, and then a
post-mortem examination was made. To
Schnitzler's horror and disgust he found
that Fortman was right, and ever since
has been bewailing the bad luck, or
judgment, which lost him s1.25, when he
might have won SIS.