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Port Perry Star, 13 Mar 1907, p. 3

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oe, adition at the aol, the ex- granted, Such exem, Bowarer, if grazing is al. he woodland, or if {he land over and the {gees removed, | March 4th, 1907 'and nominal st $19. to bulk, Shorts quated at CALL BOARD. ; Wheat™ No, 3 'winter offered at: 2 716 No. 2 ized, £1 ; paints on C.P.R., without sellers. No. 1 northern, 90c bid, gpl, North Bay. : "Oats-One. car of No. 2 while sold 'a: 40%c on track, Toronto. They offercd at 390. ona 5¢ rate to Toronto, with 38%c tside. per cenk {bid at 78 'per cent. points for . 10,000 BR COIs iii vara ab ree varieties of Millet . a 50 VOLChEE : io vvvas pid buns atsonsss '19-Field Cabbage and two varieties "w 'of Rape ......... AY RE. 20-~Threo varieties of: ( «8 Infoin, Jaicetne and Burnet .. 3 Three varieties of Field Beans... 3 "Three varieties of Sv Wil size of each plot in each of the ten! n experiments and in Ere Bach person' in Ontario who Wishes to Join in the work may choose Any ONE of the: nents. for 1907.and apply. for "Lhe fur- The material 'will be" nishad ihe order in which the ; cations are received unlil the supply is exhausted, applicant to make a second ice, for fear the first.could.not be granted, All material will be furnished entirely free ol charge to each "applicant, and the produce . will, of. course, become the propeérty of the person who conducts the experiment, . 'Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, A. ZAVITZ, Director. CANADA A MPING GROUND... ARSE x * pails, 12%3. n rged a prisoner, sug- gostiog .that his" friends send him lo ada. ~ Mr. Bruce Walker wrole to g onthe Magisirales, protesting 'against they were Géor| J making Canada So dumping 'ground for Magistrates replied, t: that. the suggestion le; and promised that the nol Nie Walk Canada. On | such people. expressing been 'had been | man would ti.and straight grain, $28 fo { 8 8%. 10 d0%ge i pure lard, 11 elle B aka 13 10.13)6c;. hams, 13 to Salurgday morning about 6 o'clock it ana. in Tong bx a It. might be well for each, bushels ; 39¢ hid on a 4¢ rate to Toronto. Barley--No. 3 extra, 50c bid at 78 per cent, points; 1 Peas--No. 2 'offered at 8ic oulside, Corn---No, 2 yellow, 45¢ bid fob. on M.C. or G.T.R. 2 y Rye--No, 2 offered at 64c on a 5c rate to Toronto, without bids. 4 y COUNTRY PRODUCE, "| Apples--Good to- choice winter Stock, $2.50 to_$3.50 per bbl. ' Beans--Hand-picked selling at $1.50 to $1.95, and primes at $1.40. Honey<--Strained quoted at 11 to 12¢ jar x and comb honey at 82 to $2.50 per . * Hops--New quoted at 18 to 21. "Hay--The receipts are moderale, and prices steady. No. 1°timothy is quoted al $12.50 to $13 here, and No. 2 at $10. Straw--8$7 to $7.50.a ton on track here. Polalees--Ontario, 80c per bag=on track, and New Brunswick, 90 lo 95¢c per ba y : +f without bids. Boultry--Turkeys, fresh killed, 13 to 4c; chickens, dressed, 10 lo 12c; alive 8 10 9c per 1; [lowl, alive, 6 to 7c; c dressed, 11 lo. 12¢; geese, 10 to ile per Bb, THE DAIRY MARKETS. ""Putter--Pound rolls are quoted at 22 to 23c; tubs, 20 to 22%; large rolls, 20 to #2. Creamery prints sell at 26 to 27c, and solids at 23 to 24c. " Eggs--Storage; '28 to 2%c; selections, 25 to 26c, and new laid, 28 lo dozen, ' ) Cheese--Large cheese, 13% 10 14c, twins, 14% to 14%c. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs in 'car lols are. un- changed, with prices quoted at $8.50 lg $8.75 here; Bacon, long clear, 11 to 11%c¢ per 1, in case lois; mess pork, $21.50; short cu, $23 to $23.50. © : Hams--Light to medium, 15)c;" do, heavy, 143c; rolls, 11) to 12¢; shoul- ders, 11 lo 11)c; backs, 16)c; break- fast bacon, 15Xc. Lard"-- Tierces, 12¥c; tubs, 133c; ' and 'BUSINESS 'AT MONTREAL. Montreal, March 12.---Grain--The mar- ket for oats is quiet but firm; -Onlario No, ¥ white sold at 43% to 4c; No. 3 al 42% 10 43¢, and' No, 4 al 41% fo 42c per bushel, ex store. Flour--Choice spring" wheat patenis, 8450 to $460; seconds, $4; winter wheat patents," $4 to '$4.15; straight rellers; $3.35 to $3.65; do, in , $1.60 to $1.70 ; extras, $1.45 te 81,55. Feed--Manitoba bran, in bags, $21; shorts, $22 fon ; . Ontario bran, in.bags, $23 10 823.25 ; shorts, $22.50°t0 $23; milled mouillie, $22 fa $25 per ton, $30, Provis sions- short clit mes, $22-10 824.504 'hall-barrels, $11.75. "to $12.50 ; clear fab backs, $24 lo $24.50'; long cut heavy mess, $20.50 to $22; hall-barrels, $10.75" to $11.50 ; 'dry salted long clear bacon, 12 to 12%c; barrels plate beef, $11 fo $12.50; half-barrels do, $6.25 fo $0.75; barrels Tieavy mess beef, $8.50; half-barrels do, 84.95% vompaund iard, iC to 13¢; Way 'than ever, and as they thundered il | the whole structure. quivered with ee " : United Stat {A New York Cenfral engine pulled 5 train of forty-six cars out of the Lehigh Valley yard end started across the bridge for the Grand Trunk yards. As. the train left the Lehigh Valley yard fhe fortyfourth car jumped he frack. The whole course of the train wis on a curve, and the men on the engine could notsee as far bock as-the derailed. car, The train went ahead at a rapid. rate; {and the derailed car jumped over {ies, | swilches amd frogs; damaging everything thstruck; The next car behind it was pulled. off. {he track also. and .the two | sold at $4.50. Togefher thcy weighed ! 4240 1bs,, one lnping the seales at 2.240 Bs. and the other at 2,000 ts. Choice exporters sold from $5 19 $5.25; medium to choice, $4,75 lo $5. - Apart. from. {he | wo extra choice mentioned, bulls sold from $3.00 to $4.25, according to quality. Bulcher catile show no signs of weak- ening. _Siraight loads of choice sold from $4.50 to $4.70. Stockers and feeders show change from last week. . Milch cows are firm and more active. Two extra choice caltle sold at $77 each, and other sales were made at prices slightly in advance of last week. Calves are quoted unchanged. There were more of them offering to-day, but prices held up wel . are sleady fo firm, with a fair demand, but lambs haye- a' slower ten- dency, common lambs' moré so than grain-fed, Hogs are quoted unchanged and steady al $6.85 for selects, fed and watered. -- STUDENTS BLINDED. | Result of Practical Joke at @ MkGill Union: Concert. A despaich from Monireal says: A practical joke was played on the science freshmen in McGill Union on Saturday night which may result seriously. A concert was held at McGill Union by the freshmen in science. All went alon very nicely until about 10 o'clock, w! litle hen 29c per | the electric light wires were cut, and | al the same lime a large boltle of am- monia was fhrown into the hall from a lounging nook on the second floor. The botlle bfoke and fillod the room with the overwhelming fumes peculiar fo ammonia, This got into the eyes of several of the lellows, and four of them had to be taken to the hospital and treated for very painful injuries. There le danger of the eyes of some being per- manently injured. a whill) ¢ -- ROBBED BANK OF ENGLAND, Charge Against Anderson, Arrested in Manitoba. A despalch from Winnipeg says : defaulting clerk of the Bank of named Anderson, who secured from the branch of the bank at Man tee by substiluting copper coins for gold in the vaults and. who has been a fugi- tive from justice for seven months past, was arrested by the Provincial police in Dominion City, Manitoba, on Friday and is now Mm jail here awailing the arrival of an officer from 'England to take him back lo stand (rial, He admils his iden- tify, though denying the charge of theft. He has been followed three times across fhe Atlantic and out to the Pacific coast "and back: here again. Anderson is about 40 years of age. : F teiens Sores seein POSTOFFICE SAFE BLOWN.' Burglars 'Made a. Good Haul at New + Hamburg. A 'despatch from New Hamburg 'says: A vered that fhe postoffice safe bad -beén blown io pieces and robbed of about $220 worth of stamps and about #90 in cash and all theyprivate papers and | belonging to the postmaster. The neigh- Er towns have heen notified. | lookout for the safe-bretkers, ion made of 3 the. 'office. jcars went bumping and leaping al (he: a] and se shock, and 'peop. ung 8 ance: out on (he bridge the de! cars broke apart and the loose 'one lurned aside and jammed iisell in- tu the railing, being held' back from & plunge into. the gorge by ils trucks! Saiching the track, . Near the centre ol th ge 1hé other ear. also brok away «from the frain and crashed through the soluig so that ils forwa end hung over ohasm. It, too, was: saved by ils trucks calching inlq the bridge tracks and timbers. The cars were much damaged, the bridge railings and walks -were- shatlered, and same injury done lo the tracks, It {ook the auxiliary several hours to clear, the track. The'other line was not ob- structed, WOMAN LEFT DOORS OPEN. Jury in Hochelaga School Fire Calas: trophe Bring in Verdict. A despatch from Montreal says: The Corner's jury: in the Hochelaga school| fire catastrophe brought in a verdict on' Friday 'afternoon . finding the children were asphyxiated, and pointing out four errors on the part of the school man- agement and othéds, which, while not contributory crimes, seriously affected the disaster. Mrs, Hand, the carelaker, left the doors in the basement open, thus allowing smoke into the passage; there was omission fo perform the fire drill, and this the board ought to have had practised more often. Miss Maxwell de- layed longer than she should in warhing' the children 'upstairs, and there were no fire escapes. The jury added to its verdict a suggestion that in each school there ought to be one man al léast as a custodian. ~It did not consider that the Prolestant Board of School Com- missioners could be held responsible in the affair, "rs ------ FIRE VISITS THE "S00." Munic.pal Building, Firehall and Libs rary Destroyed, A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., says: The Carnegie Library, Mu- nicipal Buildings, and Fire Hall 'were completely destroyed by fire on Wednes- day night. The fire originated in an attic over the library and was caused, by defective wiring. It spread with! wonderful rapidity, the buildings being finished with Georgia pine. The build- Ings were crecled about three years aga, at a cost of $36,000, and are insured! for $20,000 divided among several com-: panies. The local fire brigade soon saw, theif inabilily to fight the fire, and the: Michigan 'Soo" brigade answered prompily to an urgent call. All muni: cipal books, papers and records were saved ---- . FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH. Body of Unknown Man Discovered on Shore of TemisKaming. A despalich from Cobalt says: Under the lee of Devil's Rock on Lake Temis- "| kaming four miles from Haileybury, the body of Felix Marks, a miner, was found frozen stiff on Wednesday marning, He and his brother' were working at a mine near Argenlite, and he -left Haileybury on Tuesday night to go back {a the mine. About 7 o'clock on Wednesday mornin, he was found frozen: He is a native of Renfrew. Dr. Codd, district Coroner; and a Cobalt constable took the remains to Haileybury. They found the body on the ice, and it" is evident (hat the man must have lain down and been frozen, EX-MANAGER ARRESTED. Charged With Falsitying Books of Bank ' of Commerce, A despatch from Brantford says: Chief 'McFarlane of Paris on: Salurday night. arrested John. A. Duncan, late, manager. of the Canadian Bank of Com- merce at Ayr, on a charge of falsifying the-books and documents. of the bank is alleged that on February .2 raised 'a voucher for sevenfeen' dollars and ninety cents lo thirteen ther eventeen: dollars and cents, wrongfully "made an entry in tha" ) the mount,

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