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Ttto London Standard pmteatn against the abrogation of the Clarton-Buiwer Treavy unless with compensation Ind the neutralization of the Nicaraguan canal. The Empress Eugenie will start " the end of the month for atrip in the Mediterranean on the stun! ynoht Thistle. A combination of calico printers in England and Scotland is talked of, with a proposed capital oil $50,000,000. A relative of General Gordon has roc- ently paid .150 for a hymn book which the Boudan hero used in his youth. On his own statement, the profes- sional {can of the late Sir William Jenner amounted to £1311!) ayear. A decree has been signed appointing Gen. Lord Kitchener Governor-General of the Soudan. Charles Morris, 86 inches high. and Miss Goddard, 86 1-2 inches high, were married in London. Lord Aberdeen will be the new presi dont of the British Empire League. The Gatineau Valley Railway will be extended this year from Grtusefield, the present terminus, to Mauiwaki, which will be the terminus for some time to come. The distance in 28 miles. GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Justice Hawkina will now bn known as Baron Hawkins of Bitrhin. A meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of the Trent Valley Canal Association, was held " Peterboro'. and a derision arrived ttt to begin aggressive action to further the wont. The Hamilton School Board has a heavy deficit. owing to the Normal School and other new buildings costing more than was realized for the deben- tures issued to build them. The Woodstock Town Council is non- pith-188d over the Get that the root on the new Central Methodist parsonage has nut bean constructed according to the provisions of the fire by-law. '900.000 and '1,000,000. The Customs Department has nearly a mpleted arrangements for placing it: Mfieers under guarantee bonds. The ti,tul amnunt of insurance is between The Allan and Dominion tine steam- ers, which leave Halifax on Mondays, will nuw wait once a month for a few hours, until the arrival of the Chine” m d]: from the Paeifie coast. The United States Government'. cl lim against John and James Living- stone of Baden for 818,000 due as customs dutien has been settled for 81,000. Ho. James D. Lewin, Senator, who has been on the directorate of the Bunk of New Brunswick for 48 yearn. has just been re-elected president for the tend term. Prof. Henry Alloyne Nicholson. re- alm professor of natural history nt the ['nivorsity of Aberdeen. la dead. He at one thm, occupied a chair It Toronto University. The Governor-General has asked the people of British Columbia to subscribe to the Gordon Memorial Collette, tprungh Lietttegtant-Govesrrtor McIn- ms. Last year the Government received 0109.750 from the poll tax on Chinese immigration, of which 821,650 was paid over to the Province of British Col- umbia. Prof. Goldwin Smith is writing a pop- uhr history of the United Kingdom down to the Reform act of 1832, to be published in the autumn. Senator Maclnnes has decided toclooo Dundurn Park tttHamilton to the pub- iie this year. He will not loose either the park or baseball grounds. The dead body of an Infant was found in a room at London just vacated by a woman who gave her name as Mrs. MacDaniels. An inquest will be held. Judge Ardagh has declined to give any decision in the Simcoe County Council ro-count on account of the con- fused state of ballots. 't he North-Bauer!) Railway Company The Hamilton Board ot Works will let a quantity of stone to be out by hand, in order that the unemployed may have work. Several cannon balls have been found by workmen excavating between the Quebec Post Office and the Chateau Frontenac. The Great Northwestern Transit Co. will replace the burned Pacific by a new steamer on the Sault Ste. Marie route. The Attorney-General of Quebec un- nounces that marriages performed by Horneritea in the Provxnco in il- legal. Work will shortly be commenced on I 010.000 steel bridge, over the Rideau Canal at Marin street. Ottawa. J. H. Metcalle, warden of the King- ton penitentiary, on leave of absence. 't reported as gradually improving in ahh. The Kingston Elevator and Transit Co., has asked for a bonus from Hamil- ton, to build an olentor there. The Pontiac and PMsitio Junction Railway Company will extend their line from Aylmer to Ottawa. The Canada Atlantic and Parry Bound Railway last year carried near- ly 11,000,000 bushels of grain. The Ontario Tack Company, of Hun- ilton has shipped 20 tons of nails and tacks direct to the Yukon. The Archbishop of Quebec was Igt- vested with the pallium with imposing ceremonies at the Basilica. At the Montreal depot on Wedges- day, 400 Chinese. en route for M21100, were given their supper. Eight thousand claims have been made to the Government for Fenian Raid medals. Three steamers have been wrecked and many lives lost in ice Jams on the Yukon. The Township of Binbrook has cu" rind prohibition under the local option law by MI Another case of suspected mallpox has been found " Montreal. The city of Winnipeg has sold .65,” worth of bonds in Montreal. Diphtheria is ranging the lumbar camps nenr Sudbury. CANADA. A district military school in to ho - tablishod " Belleville. 'ews Summary. Recent Happening: Briefly Told. Robert Jamieson, mining enclavf. of Vancouver. committed suicide In szmle, on Saturday, been» he feared The Nicaragua Canal bill passed the United States Senate. Under its pro- visions the Government will own most of the stock and the President willap- point five out of the seven directors. The Hudson Bay Company's packet leaves Edmonton for the Mackenzie River country early in February, and the company has made arrangements to carry, free of charge. letters to min- ers and prospectors there. S:~nator Davis, in charge of the peace malty in the American Senate, told a delegation from the opposition that he would not at present consent to a vote upon the treaty nor until he was satis- fiu: that the treaty could be rati- tie . ! Sir David Barbour, formerly Finance 'Minister of India, is going to Jamaica Ifor the British Government, to see [that the financial affairs of the island I are straightened out. It is claimed that ', bad financing is responsible for the lack it! prosperity, and Britain proposes to keep her West Indian colonies on an equal footing with the islands now managed by the United States. Lee Chung a Chinaman from Nev, York, called at the White House, and insisted on seeing President MC- Kiniey. He said he wanted to enlist in the United States army, and wanted the President to give him some soldiers so that he could 80 over and whip China. Martha Bailey, coloured, 33 years old, is locked up at Baltimore, tshartred with the murder by poison. of 9toysw W. Kiah, also coloured, at 9unbryWts, and of his mother, Mary Jane Kill! Arsenic was put into flour used for making oyster fritters. The Hawaiian Telegraph Bill for a service for 20 years from San Fran- cisco to Honolulu, at $100,000 a year. is before the house at Waeshingtou. During the war $2,011) a day was paid in cable tolls. I War correspondents were " it " hr back as the time of Edward II. Scribe: specially commissioned, were sent up 'withthe English army which invaded Scotland at the time. Incredible as it m. y seem. not one of the London news- l papors was specially represented at the ‘battle of Waterloo. ' The boys of New York who hate go- ing to school are in luck. The situa- tion there for school accommodation is such that the boys who play "hockey" are not punished because the room is needed. The United States revenue cutters to be built on the lakes will be smaller than those recently constructed, not greater than 500 tons burden, and will cost about 3165.000 each. A San Francisco paper publishes the Jctttils of an alleged anarchist plot to How up a number of big hotels in that my. A letter giving the plans has been found in Alameda. The police 'tre investigating.. Three commissioners ot the Glasgow exhibition of 1901 have arrived at New York and will proceed to Wash- ington to invite the United States to participate in the big show. The Fifteenth United States Infan- try of Ohio, and the Fourth Regiment of Infantry of Illinois have started on their long journey to tho Philip. puma. a new leaf" on their liberation. The Nationul Health Society has obtained permission from the Prison Commis- sioners to hold a weekly “Homer Talk" on health and nursing with the women who are undergoing short sen- tence in the prison mentioned. These lectures will relieve the tedium of in- tearoeration, and perhaps fit the hear- it's to become better' members of soo- iety than they have hitherto been. UNITED STATES. Chicago physicians have made a nose out of chicken's flesh tor Herman Wade. 1 The floor ot the rotunda at the Lon- don Coal Exchange, where the mer- ‘chants gather. in unique. It is com- posed o inlaid woods arranged in the form of a mariners compass, with a border of Greek fret. Upwards of 4,- I000 pieces of wood are employed. It is axpected that the United States Government will advance $40,000,000 to pay the Cuban army. Misa Aime Hamilton of New York has been declared insane by a sheriff's jury. She has personal belongings amounting to 8200,000. George Gould it is stated will reiurr, to New York as a resident and pay taxes but on a reduced valuation. Miss Lindboom is an applicant for membership in the Chicago Board of Trade. It is reported that the Amerlcan Bell Telephone Co. is to be merged in- to the American Telegraph and Tele- phone Co. ' A rather novel form' at combined amusement and instruction has been arranged tor the benefit; of certain prisoners at Wormwood-Scrubs, Lon- don, who may be anxious to "turn over "The Christian" thGUGiii"ieTGhir, With the exception of the United States. it! Enema bu just distributed $1.000 in prizes to the keep: of sixty small gatationa an awards for neatneaa and Efforts are, being vainly made to sup- presa agrave scandal connected with the retirement and disappearance from London, England, of the Rev. Robert Er on, rector of St. Margaret's church, and acanon realdentiarr of Weat- minster. Wilson Barrett, the acior, has on- tared suit at London against Ball Caine and Charles Frohman to enforce his claim to .tty.s excl‘qaive acting rightts_of Prof. Richard Claverhouse Jobb, of Cambridge, who represents the uni- versity in parliament has been elected as Mr. Glrxdsxone's successor to the honourary professorship of ancient his- tory in the Royal Academy. The total amount of money coined by all the Queen'- predecossors on the throne was £205,ooo,ooo. During the pro- sent reign the Mint has turned ant A450,000,000, including £158.000,000 1n India-a record for all time. It is reported that the British Gov- ernment is about to impose counter- vailing duties upon French bounty-fed sugar, to force Frnnoe into the move- ment to abolish then beauties. A professional school of electricity is to be established near Paris. The school is intended to furnish labourers, and foreman with an electrical edu-' cation and firat-ciaaa instruction will be given in both theory and practice. A new method of preserving meats, from which much is oxpeoted. consists The mines in Manchurla. according to a report of a Chinese official, are situated in a country covered 12 feet deep with snow in winter, and infested in summer and autumn with an insect which makes life unbearable. Mrs. Tan Jiok Kim, late. of Singa- pore, is buried in a 8%),000 coffin. It was decorated with silk, gold and pre- cious stones, and was the most costly Coffin ever constructed in the Straits Settlement. Empress Frederick of Germany, who is said to be suffering from tubercu- loeis has arrived at Nice. Her Ma.- jesty is a guest at the Hotel den Aug- lais, where she has engaged eighty rooms until April. There are supposed to be nearly 50,- 000 dentists practising upon people’s teeth in the world. A dentist's case of instruments nowadays contains bo- tween 800 and 400 instruments. Mr. Pelletan in the French Chamber of Deputies, accused the Govern- ment of bad administration in the colonies, on which the loss to the country had been sixty millions. Among the Riffian pirates of Mor- occo the women do all the agricultur- al and other hard work, while the men, when at home, do the cooking and mend the clothes, including the wo- men's. . The Czar and Count Tolstoi have met, kissed and parted at Toolah, in Cen- tral Russia. The ruler has the reform- er's promise of co-operation in the scheme for the limitation of arma- ments. _ A medical authority on the virtues of various kinds of food declares that the herring gives the muscle elasticity, the budy strength and the brain vigor, and is not flesh-forming. A despatcb from Cologne, Germany, says a number of children have been mysteriously stabbed on the streets. One has died. The crimes resemble those of " Jack the Ripper." Student riots have occurred at Pal- ermo and Naples. One of the latest achievements in chemical science is a pellet containing the concentrated elements of coffee. sugar and milk. A Norwegian sailor on July, 1898, be- tween Iceland and Greenland, sighted a heap of ropes and rubbish, probably the wreck of Andree'a balloon on an ice-flow. Prince Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Princess Louise, his wife, have arrived at Stockholm, where they are guests of Uncle Oscar. the King. The Pope had a chill on Tuesday, and there were great tears for his life. But His Holiness quickly rallied. His physicians advised him, however. to hold as few receptions as possible. The official inauguration of the new telephone line between Moscow and St. I'tstorsrhartr took place last week. The line alone cost 60.000 roubles. 29,400. A bronze column, inscribed with a treaty between two cities, made in the third century before Christ, has been found in a Dorie temple. in Greece. Count Tolutoi declares that he has to thank his bicycle and his vegetar- ian diet for the robust health which he enjoys at the age of seventy. In Berlin, the pawnshop is a royal institution, and it is not allowed to make a profit. Its surplus goes to charitable purposes. At the opening of the Parliament of Sweden Wednesday the speech from the Throne advocated the building of de- fences. Serious fighting between rival chief- tains, which may lead to international complications is reported from Samoa. During the transportation of 1,170 Spanish soldiers from the Philippines, to Barcelona, 300 took sick and " died. The German estimates. just brought down, show a surplus of 74,370,000 marks, or about $18,500,000. Dr. Gueseppe Basso, of the Turin University, became infected while cul- tivating bacillli and died. Bermuda is overrun by cats and spat- rows. The plague has been discussed in the Colonial Legislature. Carl Jacobson. the Danish brewer, bu: given the city of Copenhagen art treasures valued at 01,400,000. It is said that the chief amusement of the Chinese Emperor is training goats and donkeys. It is reported that the Sultan of Tur- key has ordered alot of Krupp field guns and shrapnel. Ahmed Fedil‘s force, the last Dervish army, has surrendered. Ahmed Fedil himself escaping. Brussels is named as the place of meeting of the disarmament conference of the powers. The Russian General of the Trans- easpian district has been ordered to take Herat. Frenchmen are asked to subscribe for a 860,000 submarine boat for na- tional defence. Storms are causing great havoc in Switzerland. The present flow of lava from Mt. Vesuvius is said to be uprecedented. A statue to John Ericsson, the in- ventor, will be erected at Stockholm. Five feet is the minimum height of the Russian and French conscript. The Elbe has risen and Hamburg is partly flooded. The ferry Niagara was caught In an ioepfloe between Buffalo and Fort Erie. She was swept down under the Inter- national Bridge with nineteen pae- eengere on board and was in danger of going over the Falls, but managed to get into clear water below the bridge. All her upper works were torn off by contact with the bridge tim- bers. A surgical operation was performed on the Great toe at Absalom Digbee. of Rodd township. Mich., a few days ago. The surgeon extracted from the opening a diamond ring. Mr. Digbee has been told that he swallowed this ring in his infancy. He is now sixty- five years of age. to bee bnelneu difficulties and possi- ble poverty. Mr. Jamison followed hin profession in Turkey. Asia Minor and England... He leave: 3 wife in Vancouver. GENERAL. TORONTO conferred Upon Ital-or by Ike I‘m-nu- Emperor. A despatch from Berlin, tsartc-The Chinese Minister to-day presented to the Kaiser, on behalf of the Emperor of China, the insignia of the Order of the Double Dagger. A despatch from Fort Worth, Tex, Arc-A bold bank robbery occurred at Bowie. Edward Lewis, the book- keeper of the City National Bank, took from ita, vault, 'Moo, then set T-ho presidoit of the bank believes-i1 will develop that the bank is oat over Battleship I‘olllngwood Nearly Sinks the Cruiser (Juan-0a. A despatch from Devonport, Eng- land, says ..-The British first-class bat- tleship Collingwood driven by the strong currents, to-day collided with the British third-class cruiser Curacoa, driving a hole in the cruiser below her water line sweeping off her bouts, and dugaging a guru sponsor). The Curacoa filled rapidly, and began to lint. A scene of the utmost excite- ment followed on board, but the rush of water was finally stopped by colli- sicn mats and a number of tugs as- sisted the cruiser into the harbour, where she was docked. The damage to the Collingwood was not serious. ikis-tismsuoek fortifiglit' hairs aheah, in, order .ty give_ lun .timf goneacapg. "There is no scope yet for the in- vestment of capital, and any scheme for developing the Soudan by private enterprise would be premature. Time and immigration must first settle the labour .difficulty. When Khartoum is rebuilt it will be a. fine town." Danni” Owing to the Number Kllled In the Fighting. _ A despatch from Cairo tsays-Mr. L. J. Gorat, financial adviser of the Egyp- tian Government, who accompanied Lord Cromer to Khartoum, makes the following remarks on the condition of the Soudtut.s-. "The great want of the country at present is population. The Khalil: gathered together in Omdurman a great number of people previoust engaged in agricultural occupations, and a dearth of able-bodied males now exist owing to the number killed in the recent fighting. A large part of the remain- der are dispersed through the old vil- lages. and are resuming their former occupation of cultivating the soil. Be- fore the dervish regime there were be- tween Khartoum and Berber 3,000 sakichs, or water-wheels, now there are only 100, but new ones are being erect- The police agree that if the robbery was committed by outsiders, without any aid from within it was the most skilful piece of work of the kind on re- cord. The bank has offered a reward of £1,000 for the discovery of the thief. All the numbers of the missing notes have been published. There were £38,- 000 in £1,000 notes, and these will be very difficult to handle anywhere, as the police of the world have been noti- tied of the robbery and of the numbers of the notes. It the notes are never cashed the Bank of England will be so much the gainer. Parr's Biink shares fell off a point toy/ar orh the newtsprf 1lys_robbers. All the - " Paris Bank Taken lilo (Install. A despatch from London, Eng., says: .-Ths absence of any clue to the thief who abstracted £60,610 in notes from Parr's Bank on Monday afternoon in- creased the suspicion that there was collusion inside the bank, and all the employee were immediately arrested. The search, however, was fruitless. The notes were taken from the chief cashier's drawer while he was at luncheon. The fact that the interior of the bank is open to the View of pas- sers-by, makes it seem incredible that a stranger could have vaulted over the counter and reached the cashier's drawer without being ?s'een. In Nagasaki, Japan, there is a fire- Works maker who manufactures pyro- technic birds of great size. which, when exploded, sail in a lifelike man- ner through air, and perform many movements exactly like those of liv- ing birds. The secret of making these Wonderful things has been in the pos- session of the eldest child of the family of each generation for more than 400 years. - . "â€"7 T"'-". six pencil works in Bavaria, of which twentr-three are in Nuremberg, the great centre of the lead pencil trade, These factories employ from 8,000 to IO,- 000 workers, and produce 4,800,000 lead and colored chalk pencils every week. The Japanese Government has iven an order for the construction a? an- other large battleship in addition to the Asahi, Shikishima and Hatsuse, which are now being built in England. The new battleship will be the same type as the three vessels now under construction. She will be of 15,000 tons displacement, with 5,000 indicated horse-power, and of a contract speed of 18 knots. The cremation law in Norway pro- vides that all persons over fifteen years of use mast have made a declaration before death in the presence of two witnesses desiring cremation. For those under fifteen years the deelara, tion mast have been made by the par- ents. Two thousand two hundred aorea of cedars are out down yearly on the continent in order to make wood cases for lead_penci!s, . Tyres ore Ewen”. in immersion in I so per cent. solution of salt. through which a continuous current of electricity is being Dated. current or electricity is bei passed. The curing in completed innfrom ten to twenty hours, when the meat in tak- on out and dried. INSIGNIA 0F DOUBLE DAGGER. BRITISH WARSHIPS COLLIDE. WANT MALES IN THE SOUDAN. BANK ROBBERY IN LONDON. BOLD BANK ROBBERY. Duluth, Jan. 27.--Wheat - No. 1 hard, cash, TO 1-40; January, we, bid; July, 72 Ho; No. 1 Northern, mum. bid; Jnnuury. 67e,bid; Mir, 09 Ho; July, TO ble. _ _ ___, Minneapolis, Jan. 27. - Wheat - January. 610; Mar, 68 1-4 to 68 8-80; July, 68 TBe, on track; No. 1 had. 60 l-8c; No. INorthern, 68 1-80; No. , Northern, 6til-2o., ---- _ -- A Buffalo, Jan. 27.-Spring wheat-- Dull. steady; No. 1 hard, 80c; No. 1 Northern, 761-10. Winter wheat -- Easy and firm; No. 2 red, 741-s'tr, No. 3 extra red, 731-20; No. 1 white, 741-2r. Corn-Steady; No 3 yellow, 39 to 39 1Me; No. 4 yellow, 881-2 to 88 3-4c; No. , corn. 881-2 to 383-40; No. 4 com. 38 l-le. Outa-Dull, easier; No. 2 white, 33 lee; No. 8 white, 321-20; No. 4 white, 311-20; No. 2 mixed, 32c; No. , mixed. 8le. Barley-Strong; sales of West ern " 56 to 561-20. Rre---Nominat; 62 to tBe, in store for No. 2. Flour- Steady. - - " _ "iitirhry--yirm. Cur Iota of No. 1 outaides. are quoted at 48 to 490. Corn - Higher. Canadian yellow, Clrtthum is quoted at Mc. American, yellow, new, offers at 431-2c, and new mixed at 420. No old American no“ offering. _ _ . " Detroit, Jan. 27.-Wheat-Cloaed:- No. 1 white, cash. TII-N; No. 2 red, cash and January. TieLMttruf_8ts. _ Oatmeal-Firm. Car lots of rolled outs, in bags, on track here, are quoted at $3.60 per bbl, and in bbls at $3.70. Peas-Offerings light and demand fair. Car lots, north and weal, sold m. day at 660; holders generally ask 66 1-20. Car lots east, 67c. Oaitr--Higher again. White oats, north and west in car iota, sold at 29 I-?. to 293-40. and holders noN ask Foilowfu it; the" range of entrant quotations- - Ityo--Scarea', Car Iota, north and west, 54c: and anal, 55c. JBuArwheat-uuiek and firmer; offer- lugs light,_ggxr_l ots, ttyside, 48e. Flour-Fir-mer, with an advancing tendeawy. fiasterners were in the market to-day as buyers, paying " advance of 100 per barrel. Export agents bid the small mills " for straight roller, in bbls. middle freight. and tu3.20 to 88.25 is asked. ' Millfeed-9tarce; ton lots ofbran " the local mills bring $14; and shorts. (516; car lots, middle heights, are quot- ed at $13.50 for bran, and '15 tor shorls. - - __ - Hogs are unchanged at $4.25 to 84.37 1-2 per cwt. for the best, but the aver- age prioe for good bugs in around. 84.20 per cwt; light are selling at from 84 to tH.25; and the outside price for thick heavl hogs in_88.75 per cwt. _ Choice, hogs, per cwt . 425 4371-2 Light hogs, per cwt. . 400 425 Heavy. do., per cwt. . 000 875 BREADSTUFFS, ETC. Wheat-There was a heavy advance in wheat in Chicago to-day, and the boom continued until the close. Pricel here advanced sharply. Red wheat sold at Tot, Ind white " Tie, north and west. This Uternoon holders gen- orally asked mr. Manitoba" were V011 strong. No. I hard, North Bar, Iold " 860. and It the clone 870. mu asked. Same, Midland and Owen Sound, we. held at 82c. Millers hold off, not nor- ing to pay the advance. Lambs are easy at from 84.12 1-2 to "IV 1-2 per cwt. Supplies lately have been more than ample. Sheep are unchanged at from ' to 31-40. per lb. l Ducks are worth from 21-4 to 23-8 per lb. - - Choice veal calves are wanted " from 85 to "7 each; common calves are dull at from 82.50 to, It tyytrts. - --- . Cattle. fs)tipping, Pet wt; . ' £225 Cows, each. Calves, each Slackers are selling. well at from Mo 3l-z'c, and occasionally 33.40,. per lb. Very few milk cowa bore, less than one dozen; prices rather low, from 826 to 045 each. There is no particular on- quiry. but a few choice cows may sell we 1. Ems. per owt." Bucks, per cwt. Bucks. pertwt. ilutuser-, Butcher, Butcher, A lot of " cattle, mixed with! cows. averaging nearly 900 lbs.. sold at 80. per lo, and live dollars added. Shipping bulls sell at from 31-2 to 40, with an eighth more fur prime bulls, which are wanted. " _ A mixed lot ot cows and heifers, averaging 1,020 lbs, Bold ILL 3 3-30 per lb. A tot of 11 cattle. averaging 960 lbs, sold " 83.25 and five dollar: back. A load of good butchers' stuff, averaging 1,080 lbs, sold at 83.90 per cwt. A load of butchers' cattle, averaging 1,050 lbs, sold at $12.60 per th. Moat of the sale: were in small lots to-day; but here are a few represent- ative transactiomc- Butchers' cattle were in good de- mand, if od fair to choice quality; for the beat slut! there was a steady sale, and picked lots were bought as light shippers at from $4.20 to 04.35 per cwt. Good to choice butcher cattle sold at from $3.75 to $4.12 1-2 per cwt.; me- dium at from 83.40 to $3.62 1-2 per owl; and common down to 'lt per cwt. One load of export cattle, averaging 1,260 lbsksolq u 4.3-4? per pound. We had a good enquiry for export cattle. The supply was light, and more choice stutt would have found to easy market It prices ranging from 4 1-4 to 4 34¢ per pound. Prime ship- ping cattle is wanted. MARKETS (l? TI WORLD. Prices ot Gran. Cattle. Choose. am In the Leading lam Toronto, Jan. g7.--Wo had only n light run of receipts hero to-day. us all told only 29 loads coma in, in- cluding 1.600 hogs. There was no quotable change, but all good cattle were firm, and sold readily. ll ' TO Ho )lilwaukee1 ur cwt. . . . 225 Milken 1nd Calves. choice, do . . 850 med. to good. 826 interior, . . 800 Sheep and Lamps, Jan. ST.-. Wheat - No, Hogs. do . . 850 good. 826 , . . 800 Ind Lambs, . . . 300 . . 825 . . . 225 8475 4121-3 8621-2 2621-2 8 12 " Spank. l‘olonlnl 0mm- l‘unhle In Pay It a deficit of forty million petwtas, 88,. smnma. due to the Spanish audio-Fl who have been brought back to Spain l'hia debt willbe assumed Ly the It an Oitica. Thee. In luv. unwed It thndur. nun. and "/lt horses and I large num- ber " and: and honed out“. no ol their my to that plan. recover the trust mans) deposited in the Porto Riman ani Cuban trear:uritvh and belonging to public functionaries These funds amoum lo many million: of pesetna, and no not included in tin provisions of the treaty of peace. A “snatch from Cniro lays. that up wads of Moo then of Emir Ahmed Fed!“ (ore. of danish.- have unread. A despatch from Madrid taya:---TI" Spanish Colonial Office, which is won to go out of existence. will close with El Liberal urges Senor Girona, Min Ester of the Colonies. to tIke ale-pa it Major-General Hunter has been Ip- pointed Governor of thndurman, Linn .- Col. Lewis, Governor of Sonnaur, and Livut.-Coi. Jnckwn, Governor at Fashodu. SOUDAN DIVIDED INTO DISTRICTS Arr-unnam- lue for Mal-lure“.- In”. A despatch from Cairo, uysz-For administrative purpose: the Soudan. at which territory Gen. Lord Kitchener has just been appointed Governor-Gen- eral, will be divided into four first- clau and three wound-class districts. The first-class districts will be Umdur. man, extending to Abu Hares on the Blue Nile and to Abu Has: on the White Nile, Sennuar, lint-male, and Fushoda. Announn , Wndy Haifa and Suakim will comprise the. second-clue- districts. weeks, and (hit a rain; at price-Wu.) Ttii consumer in awry. At present A very large number at cattle ere being exported, and an con- sequence Montreal butchers hue to pay 1 high price for live cattle. In the summer and fall beef in live weight could be bought for from 214 to ac e pound, but now beef in live weight is hard to get at 41-Y ", , 50~pound. A. the shrinkage henna n .we weight .Jl." t1tettuitr=iktsteutcu'csr_otuiC, i. the Eda-TWbuu-her It rind ia. The butcher: claim that they have been 103193 'eer. durum the last few Thus, in little more than two month. Mrs. George T. Clark has been maid. wits, widow, and orphan. she is " years of use. Robert Downer, father of the bride, died lust Tuesday. He was again And (on dealer and suipper, weil known and highly esteemed throughout Northern New York and Ontario,, President at the Oswego Board on Trade, undo nun of Wealth and distinction. Twelve hour. previous to Mr. Dow- ney's death Mrtiitrsrles C.P. Clark, the bridegroom'l mother, passed away andatew hours later her husband. Dr. Clark, died. A despntch from Montreal 'utr-Aa I. result of I decision reached by the Montreal butcheu. the price of men! commencing on Wednesday lust. ha: been advanced from one to two cent: n pound according to quality. Mr. Clark, who was forty you: of age, died suddenly tour weeks after hi. marriage. He was one of the lending lawyers in this part of the State. and well known by the profession. Bevan-rm. cl I “an; Won-mu I. be“ I'll- "ree IQIIII. A deapateh from Oswego. N. Y.. av:rtr.-Ttte wedding of George Tindalo Clark and Mia. Grace Downer in Christ P. E. church on November Swan one of the moat Lushiatusbie event: at the social season. 41m. ed. ' " 'ld'lfl'l'df, Jen. ".-The local grain market continua dull. and prieee are unchanged. Flour is dull and steady. Winter wheat patente 38.75 to .4: “night rollera. ”.55 to ”.70; in bags, 61.70 to 01.81; Manitoba patents, 01.10 to 4.20; Strong bakesri, ”.75 to " Meal in quiet. and tor hit oiled Iota prices are being shaded. but in ejob- bing way rolled oats ere selling " 88.60 per barrel and at 81.75 per bag. Feed is fairly active end firm, Ontario winter wheat bran in bulk. 815 to 315.25; shorts, 815.50 to " per ton: Manitoba bran. .15; shorls. 617 and mouillie " per ton, including bl“ Hay continues quiet and prices show no change. No. 1,.6 to 86.80: No.2,extra, 1.4.50 t085; Nn2rlmer mixture..4 to 1.4.50. clover £8.50 to " Provision-quiet and steady; Canadian pork, In barren. .15 to 815.50; pure Can. lard, in pails. 7 IA to 71-2c per lb: and compound refined at 5 to 5 I-sr, per lb; hams,, 10 to IN; and bacon, 10 1-2 to lie per lb. Cheeae is quiet with prices nominal at 10 to 10 8-fle. Butter is also quiet at 19 1-2c. Eggs are active and firm: No. i, t'andled stock. 17e; No. g, do., Me; Montreal limed, 16e; Western lim. ed 14 to 15c; Western cold storage. it to 14c; and culls, 10 to Ile per do: The demand for beaoitrehieflr for small lots, to fill actual wants; we quote eh '., hand picked 95c to .1 per bushv-l; puma, 85 to 90c. The tone of tho market for potators was firmer and (ghoioe Iota are quoted at 55to Tlie per ag. MAID. BRIDE, WIDOW. ORPHAN. Toledo, Jun. gT.--wttent - No. 2 cash, TI 1-40; Mar, " 1-20. bid. Rye- No. 2, cub. 56 1-40. Clover nod - Prinqcuh, old “45; new, $4.50. ou I Northern. 0 140; No. , Northern. 67 to 67 1-20. Rye-No. l " La. gar!ey:No. 2. 51 1-4 to SI 1-20; mph. A DEFICIT OF MANY MILLIONS. ADVANCE IN PRICE OF MEAT. DEBVISHES SURRENDERING. to the hue ill-bet " (hula It“: I.“ of Ahmed Frautu In Who-dun"... ..__‘.._ --- . A DRY tl "any women may; and who t obliged to toretr often as tir"y . the diffietsltr of quit-Hy. For suv ‘ the next best thi and thoroughly cumulued dust n a well as washi be that”: loan-1y dem, and the lieu The tAuron “In"! he run of decoration. growing mph charm. In fact, there (a! u a white Inch 3 luminary - important or the curtain " falls to piece ucritioed. I'm- .01 he "f burn Mary lo det our to a I over the .1 other side. both. No one has window can In the following low with um o-the fish out llveu in I low it to tr weaving in n in own a to the UN- We“ the II rubbed out by am that excuup in n In forgone!) 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I what or. ad then sun "You mean tit your trnde t" Tull: Pun-v N which is the law America i8t ww owned hy Hun. the ominettt Am mammativo in (and opporttutir tiou. ymmu men plinth": should Svast-nn-rms PENNY MAGA "How do you itch delicious besr of "ttoth Them in but good work, the being on the up: - "No; I mean rule he is can A Goon 112 Catetewrt on Fri h were», the [ inn C:,',',',::,,',',':,,,) tmmpUtion In M the no.“ future l ittteeeats of ”Ml mo DRAFT] Hh HOUS MAKING l u u BER what: can“! um p hree in: ml >mbn [only an are wlul u