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h ee iesion has proven that the to 84c outside, No. 2 680 outside, heat5334 to bBo outside TNO, Baa RY ; Uorn--New. . kiln-dried. No." ¥ 14740, and No. 8 new yellow," select- 1}4¢, Toronto freights. 0 .50 in. bags, Toronto, shorts, $24, in bags, Toronto. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples--81.50 to $3 per barrel, rding to quality, 4 ots outside, $1.75 to 11:00, and small lots at $2 to $2. r bushel. ] oney--Combs, dozen, $2 to #9. s extracted, 104 to llc per Ib, 'Baled hay--No. 1 timothy, $13.50 $14, and No, 8 at $12 to 819.50 track, Toronto, Baled straw--87.50 on track, To- 8d fo 80¢ per bag on p ; rio, : oultry--Turkeys, drefsed, 17 to per 1b, ; ducks, 13 to 180; geese, 0. 13¢; chickens, 13 to 14¢, and 1, 10 to 1lc. hl 'THE DAIRY MARKETS, Buttor--Pound prints, 23 to 23: bibs and Iarge rolls, 20 60 23; in- 18 to 200; creamery, 27, and 24 to 2c per 1b. . Nges--COase lots of new laid, 33 "49 840 per dozen, and storage, 2bc per dozen, §6--1277c per 1b. for large, 13¢ for twins. 0G. PRODUCTS. Long clear, 1444 to 1430 case lots; mess pork, $27; short cut, $38 to $29, Light to medium, 15 to do, heavy, 14 to 14%c'; rolls, i34¢ ; 'shoulders, 13 to 13:0 : bacon, 1744 to 18c; backs. 15% tubs, 100; an a : ~ ---- ee BUSINESS IN MONTREAL, eal, Feb. 8.--Oats--No. 2 Western, 46 to. 46%c: No, 4c 25; do, in bags; eed---=Ontario bran tario middlings, toba bran, $22; iorts, $23; pure. grain a) mixed mouille; westerns, 12 by 11¥%ta 11%¢e. gresmery, 95 to at 24 to + i} Chas. Roantrec's outbreak is traceable when a mad dog ran across the Interna ticnal Bridge ab" Lewiston, to Queenston, and thence up the stove i Niagara Falls, Cu, where 1 sever on its rampage. {& finally fell Raton in a field and died. f «Dri 0. A. Hodgetts, secretary of weak 'and 25c lower, but: Iambs were steady at last quotations, Hoge weak and unchanged ab $8.10 fob. and $8.35 fed and. watered. : rep ey VOTED RELATIVES INCREASES Two Days Before the People Turned ~Them Out. A despatch from Montreal says: There are many - curious echoes from the city hall. A faction of the defeated host claim that two of the newly elected controllers may be proceeded agalust on the ground that they have not property quali- fications, 'Ib also transpires that at a secret session of the road com- mittee two days before the election; presided over by Ohairman Giroux, & general increase was voted to the eniployes, 'a son of Giroux, getting an advance of $600, and Gallery's cousin $600. ne MERRITON BLOCK BURNED, Firs Caused by Explosion of Stove in Chinese Laundry, A despatch from St, Catharines says: The explosion of '& gasoline stove in a Chinese laundry in Mer- riton on Thursday caused a fire which almost completely destroyed the Hough Black, in which 'are situatod Mrs. Hunniford's grocery, barber: shop, a Chinese laundry and an Italian fruit store. The Lincoln, Riordan aad. Merritton~hose companies re- sponded to the alarm, and after two hours' work succeeded in gotting control of the fire. The loss is es- timated at about $5,000, with very little insurance. ms eI HOW TO PAY A CITY DEBT. Have Somebody Insured for a Suf- ficient Sam. A despatch - from Bridgeport, Cenn., says: Insurance on his life for between $2,000,000 and $3,000,- 000, the city to pay the premiums and receive the benefits under the policies at his death, is the novel scheme for paying the city debt, presented by David 8. Beach, to the Bridgeport common council. He stipulates in return that the city erect to his memory a monument with » suitable inscription, acclaim. ing him the originator of municipal life insu) ; : : has been alarming, to say the least. One order which may be issued is that all dogs in On- tario must be muzzled, and if se special officers will 'be appointed to enforce the order. The situation ia regarded as being most dangerous in the cities, The real danger is from mad dogs running at large. Home owners of cattle have destrey- od cows which have been bitten by mad dogs, and in two cases veterin- aries wero bitten while attending to sick cattle. ; MORE CABS INSPECTED. First Five Months of Last Crop Year Beat the Record. A despatch. from Ottawa sayse The Department of Trade and Commerce reports that during the past month 1,601 oars more wheat, and 2,136 cars of all kinds of grain wore inspected than dure ing the same month in the previ ous year. For the first five months of the crop year ending January there were inspected 75,968 cars all kinds of grain, of which 61,008 gars were wheat. This was the greatest quantity inspected for this period in the history of the West. At the end of January there wére in store at terminals in Fort Wil. liam and Port Arthur 5,041,687 bushels of wheat, compared with 4,369,130 bushels at the samp {ime last year. x : rms is CANADA'S AID 10 FRANCE, rn. Fifty Thousand Dollars for Fioed Sufferers. A despatch from Ottaws says: Canada will give $50,000 in aid of the flood sufferers in I'ranco. A supplementary estimate providing for this was brought down in the Commons by Hon. Mr. Fielding a$*" the opening of the House on Thurs. day afternoon. A reply has been received at Paris in response to the Government's query of a few days ago, stating that the French Gov- arnment would not consider the ac- ceptancé™of.gid from Canada as in any way. derogatory to the national dignity. The consent of Parlis- ment to the above gant is, there- fore, asked by the Government. + ALL THE RODIES FOUND. Diver Surc None: Were Carrio Away by the Current, A despatch from Sudbury says ¢ At Thursday's session of the in quest on the Webbwood wreck Div- er Lepinte said he was sure that he had recovered all the bodies in the river, The current was not strong enough to carry them away. Cem oral Superintendent Gutelius said he had not been able to assign any direct cause for the wreck. mint Fleven men: were killed by an explosion in a mine near Indiana, Pa., on Saturday. "TRAGEDY AND CARNIVAL XLS ane A er ot