Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1885 — Western Hog Packing. [ARTICLE]

Western Hog Packing.

[Cincinnati telegram J The Cincinnati Price Current says that the number of hogs packed in the West last week is 145,000, compared with a similar number last year. The total from March 1 to date is 4,175,000, against 3,625.000 a year ago. The movement at various cities since March 1 is as follows: Chicago, 2.175,000; Kansas City, 710.060; Milwaukee, 191,000; Cedar Rapids, 164,000; St. Louis, 163,000; Indianapolis, 161.000; Cleveland, 126,000; Cincinnati, 103,000. - 1 - ■1 King Ludwig of Baravia thrashes the dentist every time he has a tooth pulled.