Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-19
A SLIGHT INCREASE.
1900 More Hogs Received Last
Week Than Week Before.y
FALLS FAR BELOW PRECEDING WEEK
Country Roads Rough and Will Prob
ably Detain Shipping-Market Con-
ditions News Concerning Resi-
dents of East ottumwa.

lFrom Saturdays Daily.
John Morrell & Co. packed $500 hogs
last week, an increase of 1,200 over
the week before, but $500 below the
number two weeks ago. Country
roads are now in such a condition that
the shipping will probably be small
during the coming week
There has been decided shrinking
in the packing of hogs, the number
killed in the west during the past week
amounting to 385,000, compared with
500,000the preceding week, 100000 dur
ing the corresponding week a year
ago, 100000 two years ago. The total
number of hogs handled since March
i is 635,O00, against 6S5,0O0 during the
same time a year ago-showing a re-
duction of $4,000. The quality of the
hogs received is about the same as last
week, generally fairly good. The
price of hogs continues strong, the
average for western markets at the
close being about 10 cents per 100
pounds higher than week ago and
nearly Is cents higher than year ago.
The provision markets have shown
more activity the past week and an
upward trend of prices has occurred.
Mess pork closes S1.38 per barrel, lard
Csc per 100 pounds, and short rib
sides 37lAc per 100 pounds higherSthan
week ago for May at Chicago. The
export clearances were fairly liberal
altho below last week and correspond
ing week last year. The falling off in
the receipts of hogs resulting in high
er prices had some influence in slim
ulating the prices for product. Mess
pork and lard close at the highest
Ns,,k 81 Il, Il oh, vii cid
only fractionally below the highest
point.
The following shows the lowest,
articles in Chicago for the week, for
deliveries indicated, and also the
closing week ago and a year ago:
May May May
pork lard. sides.
Lowest .$14.25 $3.50 $f12H
Highest ;. 7. 15.52A I7.72h 7.50
Closing 1890. 15.521a 7.72A 7.41h
Week ago 80. 14.22A 7.45 ITO
Year ago 49,. lilo COZ 600
East End Items.
Frank Wright began work Monday
as timekeeper.
Charlie Deahl is the most recent adj
Qltl0n TO the mall desk.
T. D. Foster returned yesterday from
q business trip in the south.
Assessor John Peck was a business
caller at the packing house on Thurs.
day.
George Allott, of the fire depart
ment is suffering from an affection of
the eye.
Packing House Policeman Ramsell
was off short time this week on ac-
count of illness.
Mrs. F. McCloskey, who has been
visiting at Decatur City the past three
weeks has returned home.
Wesley Gee, of the cellar depart
ment was off duty few days this
week on account Of Illness.
The Ideal" is the name of asnew
sixty horse power engine set up in the
engine room last Thursday.
Mrs. A. P. Murphy, wife of the
head bookkeeper, has returned home
after three weeks visit with rela-
tives in Davenport
A small boy named Harry Barlow,
employed in the trimming room acct
dentally cut the end off one Of his
fingers on TUESDAY.
D Contractor Reardon is building a
foundation for the new sixty horse
power engine which is being erected
in the new engine room.
~ Clarence McMichael has been pro-
NOTED to the position of journal clerk
Just vacated by ]. A. Walker, who is
now one of the bookkeepers.
Hugh Traul, who has been in st.Jos-
eph, Mo-, for the last six months, has
returned to his home in East Ottum-
wa and will reside here in the future.
Todd Lotspeich, who has been as
sisting the cashiers in the local mark
cts for the past few days, has return
ed to his regular position in the Of
dce.