The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-04

a so mark were as follows; Conner &
Humphreys, Of Kingfisher, medium
weights; Cheskey & funk. Nickerson,
medium lights; W. ". Hagen, Enid, me
dunn lights: Martin & Wilson, Enid,
medium lght
A J. Miller, of Renfrow. had in car
Of heavy hogs which sold at the $4-821s
point, next TO tops.
jim Sparks, of Conway Springs, sold
out a car Of light hogs at prices strong
for their grade.
c. c. Carson, of Mt. Hope, was on the
market with a car load Of light lights,
which went at good figures for their
class.
a review Of the tables Of sales Of yes
terday shows the following: The tops
were S4.65. and five cars Weighing from
215 to % pounds brought this price. One
car Of 252-pOund hogs brought the next
point Of S4.S2lz. Five cars ranging from
ISL pounds TO pa pounds took the $50
price, while one each Of 1856 pounds and
153 pounds sold respectively at s4.65 and
$3.50. The whole range in weights, av-
erage of all car hogs was from 153
pounds to % pounds
The trade IN wagon hogs yesterday
was especially heavy and the quality Of
this branch OF the hog receipts extra
fine There were in all 256 head Of hogs
company got practically all. One COM
mission firm alone received I76 head in
all, of which there was but one dock.
There were three large punches, two Of
them being IS and 20 head. These sold
az good, firm prices before much of the
car stuff commenced arriving
G. N. Shives Of Burton, F. B. Staley
of Rose Hill, and w. II. Mosbarger
were late arrivals with hogs, after the
close.
@. T. Giles. one Of the successful
Sedgwick county stock men, was at the
yards with a large drove of wagon hogs.
Mrs. VIII White, Of jamestown, \. Y;
Miss Blanche Lawson, Of Huntsville,
Ohio, and Mrs. VIII Dulaney were visit
ors at the bank offices at the yards yes
terday afternoon. The first two ladies
are sisters-in-iaw of Superintendent Du-
laney, and guests in the city of Mr. and
Mrs. Dulaney, at their homeA on West
Third street. They are especially de-
lighted with Kansas weather. which. al
though seemingly a little severe to old
timers here to them, who have been
used to far worse in their native states,
seems very pleasant.
Uncle Ed Blackburn has the sympathy
Of all the yards people in his illness
with lung trouble at his quarters at the
Manhattan.
Receipts Of hogs at Chicago yesterday
were $1,000 with only IFS left over. The
estimate for today at that point IS $500,
and on Wednesday they were ., 1S5. The
market was cents lower.
Provisions opened easier in sympathy
with a lower hog market, but recovered
on a good demand from packers. May
pork closed at S12.97; on the day previous
at s12.7215 May lard closed at S7.O71b:
on Wednesday at S7.05. May ribs closed
at $6.721a, and on the day before at
S6.6215
Chicago's receipts this week are run
ming far below the same week last year
In the first three days less than 5000
cattle arrived, against over 10000 a year
ago. Hog receipts were g., Loco, a decrease
of $1,000. OF sheep there were q, 900 this
week a falling off Of 5000
Total receipts at the Sioux City mar
ket for the year 1900 were: 300.470 cattle,
S33, 0S5 hogs, 1.242 sheep, 90, sos horses and
22905 cars. Compared with the receipts
of 1899. cattle showed a decrease Of As
increase Of 25,171, horses an increase Of
500, and a. gain Of 4,4S0 cars.
Edward Fink an u Paso customs in
spectoT for the ports at FL Paso and
Palomas, has just inspected one of the
largest herds of cattle ever taken into
New Mexico by the Hearsts. There were
3 300 head of cattle. The duty on the
shipment was $1,000 which is more than
enough to pay the expenses of the Palo-
mas customs house for ten years. The
cattle came from the Hearst estate In
New Mexico and Arizona.