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JUS I K E OF THE PEACE, Keep s complete line injustice's blanks lor sale. Also Hlank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WKAVKIl, K. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the tawrence House, has undergone a complete change, and Is now furnished with all the mod em improvements. Heated and lighted throughout Willi natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ol guests never neglected. MENTHA L HOUSE, V. UK HOW . UEROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This Is the inostcentrally located hotel in the place, and lias all the modern improvement. No pains will lie spans! to make it a pleasant stopping place for the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. pilIL. KMEKT FANCY HOOT A SHOEMAKER, Shop in Walters building, Cor. Elm lid Walnut streets. Is prepared to do all Kind-, of custom work Irom the finest to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give iM-rfcct satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. J OKENZO FULTON, Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GOODS. TIONESTA. PA. S. H. llET & Ml GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. TIONESTA, PENN. ODELL AND HIGGINS. Nominated For Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Another Operation Necessary Tor nado and Tidal Wave Pardoned b President Sheriff Shot by Tramps Killed by Strikers Great Britair and Venezuela. The New York Republican slate convention met at Saratoga Tues day morning. Colonel Dunn, chair man of the mat a committee, called tin convention to order, and nominated Lemuel E. Quigg of New York for tem porary chairman. He was elected and male an eloquent speech, eulogizing the administration of President MeKln ley uud of his successor. Llout-Goy. Woodruff, from the com Piittee on permanent organization, nominated Senator Ellsworth of Niag ara county for permanent chairman. The senator made a short speech and after the election of vice presl deuts and permanent secretaries the clinirman called for the report of the committee on resolutions, of which Mr Lauterhach was chairman. The repjrt was not ready and the convention adjourned till Wednesday morning. Governor O.lell had not Intended coming to the convention, but as doubt had arisen as to the wisdom of nomi nating (Jeorge R. Sheld in of Ne York, who had been slated for lieuten ant governor, the (lovernor went tc Saratoga Tuesday night and after a five-hours' conference with Senatoi Plutt and other leaders, Mr. Sholdon was induced to withdraw. Convening Wednesday morning and completing In three hours a state ticket and promulgating a platform ol principles, without the least indication of friction and amidst much enthu s.asm, the slate Republican conven tion adjourned sine die. The candi dates with three exceptions are at present state officers. The planks in the platform which attracted most attention were thost piMtcFting at;nlnst combinations and trusts and the declaration for Improved canals. The tlrket nominated was: For governor, II. B. Odell, Jr., ol Orange. Lieutenant governor, Frank W. Wa ging of Cattaraugus. Secretary of state, John F. O'Brien of Clinton. Treasurer, John O. Wickser of Erie. C mptroller, N. B. Miller of Cort land. Krtqlnoer. E. A. Bond of Jefferson. Attorney-general, II. B. Coman of Madison. Ju !ge Court of Appeals, Wlllinm E. Werner of Monroe. Another Operation on President's Leg. Another operation was performed Sunday on the abscess on the injured leg of President K losevelt. In the former operation a simple needle was used to relieve the trouble but on Sunday tho surgeons made an incision with a knife, exposing the bone which was found to be slightly affected. The president's case has been pro gressing satisfactorily, but it is be lieved by the physicians that the further operation made will hasten bis complete recovery. The physicians say the area of bone affected Is very slight and that there Is no evidence whatever of any matter that would produce blood poisoning. They expect that the president will be on his feet within a reasonable time and soon be himself again. Dr. Kixry, the surge in general of the navy, performed the operation, as sisted by Dr. Lung, the presidents regular physician. Dr. O'Reilly, sur geon general of the army, was alsc present. Dr. Edward R. Stltt, another of those present, Is in charge of tho naval museum of hygiene and medical school. Tornado and Tidal Wave. A dispatch from Rome announces that a severe tornado has swept over Catania (a city on tho east coast of Sicily.) A dispatch from Syracuse, Sicily, direct says that the stream flowing through .Modica, swollen by the recent terrific utorni, suddenly overflowed, Inundated the town and that several houses collapsed and a number of families perished. The country in the vicinity of Mod lea is flooded and the prefect, with a force of troops, has started for that place in order to render assistance to the sufferers. The sea swept inland for several kilometres, doing enormous damage, while there were violent submarine agitations between Sicily and the main land. It is reported from Modica that a hundred bodies already have been found, but that the number of dead swept away by the torrent is un known. The newspaper Vracassa expressed tho belief that some 400 people have been killed. Enhanced Price of Soft Coal. Btadst reel's says: Large yields of nearly all rrops have been secured. Jobbing trade ac tivity Is unabated, manufacturing In dustry in nearly all lines is running at full speed, retail demand is Improving, railway and water transportation in terests are pushed to handle business offered and the cnly unfavotable feat ure In the situation Is the growing tension exerted by the anthracite coal strike, which now finds cold weather almost here and industries in ui,r..y lines threatened with Interference raused by the enhanced price of tho hltitmlnouq nmdnct Woollen goods are In excellent po rtion. Mills are busy on men's wear goods, and large orders for spring have been booked. In women's weai fancy fabrics are in especial favor. Business failures for the week end IngSeptember 2j.numher 170 asagaiusl 187 last week, P.I7 In this week last year, 1U9 In 1900, 129 In 1899 and ItiC in 1898. Annual Pension Report The annual report of the commis sioner of pensions, E. F. Ware, madf public shows that the total enrol ment comprises 738.809 soldiers and 2U0.63T widows and dependents. The aggregate includes 4,695 pensioner) outside the United Stales. The number of death notices of old Boldlers, not now in the service, re reived by the bureau during the yeai was 50.158; but only 27,043 of them were pensioners. The report says that the death rate among pensioners for the coming yeat will be about 40.000 and the losses to the rolls from other causes will be about (i.ono. The total amount paid for pensions during the fiscal year was $137,504,208, and the yearly cost of operating and maintaining the bureau and the agencies, outside of the pay ment of pensions proper, aggregates $3.590,5:'9. Pardoned After 22 Yean. The president has granted a full pardon to William Dinkella, con victed In 1880 before a United States consular court In Japan or the murdei of Charles Abbott, the first mate of the American ship Centennial, while lyinR in Hioco harbor, the prisoner being the second mate of the ship Dinkella has been In prison for more than 22 years, two years In Japan and over 20 years in Albany, N. Y. He always has Insisted that the crime was committed In the heat of passion and when he believed his own life was In Jeopardy, the testimony show ing that the murdered man had beaten and choked the prisoner almost into insensibility, when the prisoner secured his pistol and shot Abbott dead. The attorney general says that the element of premeditation was en tirely lacking. Sheriff Shot by Tramps. Near Hornellsville, N. Y., Conduc tor Curtiss of an Krie freight train on the Buffalo division put two tramps off his train. They fired two shots at him but missel him. Curtiss stopped his train at Canaaeraga to inform the authorities. Deputy Sheriff Phelps followed tho tramps and caught up to them at Ark port. They shot him In the mouth and assaulted him with butts of their pis tols. Phelp3 is dangerously wounded. The bullet was found near his Jugular vein by the burgeons and safely removed. A posse was at once organized at Arkport. A handcar was secured and the tramps were overtaken and captured at Alfred. They were handed over to the sheriff. Miner Killed by Strikers. On Thursday, James Winston, 48 years of nge, was killed and his son-in-law, I. J. Iwis, was severely injured by a gang of Hungarians strikers, who waylaid them on their way to work at Grassy Island colliery of the Dela ware and Hudson company. The affair took place half a mile from and almost within sight of the camp of the 13th regiment at Olyphant. Lewis got away but Winston had his skull crushed with a club and fell un conscious. While he lay prostrate and dying the crowd jumped on him, kicked him In the face and beat him with clubs. After dancing about their victim, clapping their hands and singing, the crowd loft him. Great Britain and Venezuela. Any day may bring the announce ment that the British minister nt Cara cas has been given his passports with corresponding action towards the Venezuelan representative In Ixmdon. The cause of the crisis does not seem to be confined to any particular Inci dent, but consists in various differ ences which culminated In Venezuela assuming such an angry attitude as to leave Downing street fully Impressed with the belief that the Venezuelan government Intends to rorce matters to a crucial issue. That a diplomatic rupture would result in hostilities Is a contingency thus far scarcely con templated. Fasted 37 Day. A fast of 37 days has apparently cured all the Ills of Attorney P. Slo cum of Erie, Pa. The heroic treatment was taken in the hope of finding relief from catarrh of the stom ach and a troublesome kidney com plaint. Mr. Slocum says both have dis appeared. Mr. Slocum asserts he was reduced in weight to 90 pounds by the water diet, but he Is now regaining his normal weight. "I have been regen erated," he declares. "I have not an ill or an ache. One remarkable clr runistance Is that my eyes, which have troubled me greatly, are now entirely cured. I do my work without glasses." Attorney Slocum Is chairman of the Republican city committee. To Succeed Senator Higgins. A, T. Fancher was nominated at tho fiftieth senatorial district convention to succeed Senator Higgins, the Re publican nominee for lieutenant gov ernor. The nomination was made on the 11th ballot. Mr. Fancher has been a member of the assembly for four years and was recently renominated In the SeconJ district. Thousands of Greeks Coming. In a dispatch from Athens a cor respondent draws attention to tho exo.lus of emigrants to the United States which he says is probably due to the failure of the currant crop In Greece. Official reports saw that 8.IHHI tersons have emigrated during tho past i ;ar and that thi ptndn continue M. ZOLA FOUND DEAD. Asphyx.d ioi Endd th Life ol thr Great Novelist. Pipes of a Heating Stove In Their Bed room Out of Order M. Zola Awak ened by His Wife and Before H Could Open a Window He Fell to the Floor and Died. Paris, Sept. 30. Emile Zola, the novelist of the realistic school, whe gained prominence in recent years be cause of his defence of the Jews and of fotmur Captain Dreyfus, was found dead In his Paris house yesterday morning fr&m asphyxiation. M. Zola and his wife retired at 10 o'clock at night. Madame Zola was se riously ill when the room was broken Into in the morning. At about noon she was removed to a private hospital, where she recovered consciousness for a short time and was able briefly to explain to a maglstrato what had hap pened. M. and Mme. Zola returned to theit Paris home from the country house at Medan Sunday. Owing to a sudden spell of cold weather the heating stove In their bedroom was ordered to be lighted. The stove burned badly and M. Zola was asphyxiated by fumes from the fire. The pipes of the stove aro said to have been out of order. To the magistrate Mme. Zola ex plaint d that she woke early in the morning with a splitting head iche. She wakened her husband and asked him to open a window. She saw him rise and attempt to move towards a window hut he staggered and fell to the floor unconscious. Mme. Zola fainted nt the same moment and then fore was unable to give the alarm. Mme. Zola does not yet know of her husband's death, and It Is feared she may suffer a relapse when Informed of It. The death of M. Zola, which only be came generally known at a late hour yesterday afternoon, has caused a great sensation In rarl9. and last night there was a constant stream of callers at the Zola residence. At night M. Zola's remains lay upon a divan In the center of tho drawing room of his house under a canopy of rare and an cient hangings. It Is believed that Mme. Zola will survive. The servants of the Zola household, nt hearing any movement In their master's apartments, enterel the bed room at 9:30 and found Mme. Zola ly ing on the bed Inanimate. M. Zola was lying half out of bed. with his head and shoulders on the floor and his legs on the bed. Doctors were summoned but they failed to restore M. Zola to life. After prolonged ef forts they resuscitated Mme. Zola. A druggist who was the first to arrive at the house to attend M. Zola and his wife, said: "When I entered the bedroom, M. Zola was lying partly on the floor. No especial od.ir likely to cause asphyxiation was distin guishable. M. and Mme. Zola did not present any marked symptoms of asphyxiation. Their faces were con torted and their lips were bloodless, but not violet clored. I think the accident was probably caused by their Inhaling heavy carbonic gas, which lay mainly below the level of the high bed. This would account for Mme. Zola's escape. They were not suffo cated on the bed. M. Zola was awak ened by the effects of the gas and tried to rise but he was seized with vomit ing, fainted and fell to the floor where he was suffocated. Mme. Zola also was overcome by the gas, hut to a less degree than her husband." M. Zola had been resting from literary work since he finished his book called "The Truth" which Is being published In serial form In the Auivre. Tho obituary notices pay tribute to Zola's high literary talent. The Temps says French letters have suffered a hiss which will be keenly felt. The newspapers Judge Zola's role In the Dreyfus affair according to politi cal bias. Engaged to Miss Ruth Hanna. Chicago, Sept. 30. Announcement was made of the engagement of Miss Ruth Hanna, youngest daughter of Sen ator Hanna, and Joseph Me 111! Mc Cormlck, son of Robert S. McCormlck. whose appointment as ambassador to Russia was announced last week. The prospective bridegroom is connected with a local newspaper. Indicted For Death of Banker Fish. New York. Sept. 3". Thomas .1. Sharkey, who was arrested on the tharge of causing the death of Nicholas Fish, the banker, in an altercation t Eighth avenue and Thirty-fourth street on Sept. 13, was indicted on a charge of manslaughter In tio first de gree. He will be arraigned to plead to the Indictment today. Editors Sentenced. Dublin, Sept. 30. Timoth McCarthy and Thomas McDwyer. respectively editor and manager of The Irish Peo ple, who have been on trial charged under the Crimes Act with having published intimidations, were each tentenied to two months Imprison ment. They gave notice cf appeal. Honorary Pall Bearers. Newbuigh. N. Y Sept. I!o. Governor ") dell and Justices M. II. Hirsehherg .nil W. D. Dii key. of the supreme court ere honoiaiy pall bearers at the -..nr.1 ,,f Malnr w " We-iton today. MYSTERIOUS CONFERENCE. United Mine Workers' Officers Met ar Unknown In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Sept. 30. A niystoriou: conference took place in this city ye terday between President Mitchell ol the United Mine Workers of America Secretary-Treasurer W. B. Wilson Distiict Presidents Nicholls, Duff) and Fahy and an unknown person whose identity the other parties to tin conference refused to divulge. At the office of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway company it was stat ed positively that no official of thai company had been present at the meet ing. A member of Mr. Mitchell's party who declined to allow the use of his name, made tho following statement: "Any one can readily understand that only a matter of first importance in relation to the strike would bring President Mitchell, Secretary Wilsor and District Presidents Nicholls, Duffy and Fahy, who form the executive board of the United Mine Workers, tc this city together. There must neces sarily be continued conferences and negotiations with the coal operating in terests before the strike can be set tied." At the conclusion of the conference Mr. Mitchell and the three district presidents left over the Pennsylvania railroad for Wllkes-Barre and Secre tary Wilson departed for Indianapolis Senator Quay was not in the city and Senator Penrose denied having had any communication directly or indirect ly with Mr Mitchell. Before leaving the city Mr. Wilson said: "You can state emphatically that Mr. Mitchell's visit has nothing to do with politics and Is without political significance." President Mitchell declined positive ly to make any statement concerning the object of his visit here. Conference With Striking Employes. Sctanton, Pa.. Sept. 30 The Sheri dan troop of Tyrone arrived at Oly phant and was placed under command of Colonel Waters of the Thirteenth regiment who will use the cavalry in flying trips to any points of danger. Second Vice President I.oomls of the Lackawanna company held a con ference with a number of striking em ployes for "talking over the strlk" situation" with them. Mine workers' officers made efforts to prevent the men from meeting Mr. Loomls and succeeded In many instances. FRENCH CABLE CUT. Caracas Government Has Caused Ar rest of Office Force at Carupano. Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad, B. W. I., Sept. 30. News has been re ceived here from Venezuela that Gen eral Volutin! acting as special dele gate of the Caracas government, has caused the arrest of the manager of the office of the French cable company nt Carupano, as well as the company's clerks at that point. It is said In Carupano that General Vclutinl had no right to take tho ac tion he did. The French consular ag-ent at Carupano, who Intervened In behalf of tho manager and clerks of tho cable company, was also placed tin lor arrest. The cable office at 'Carupano Is closed and coastwise cable communi cation has been Interrupted for the last five days. The Venezuelan cruiser Re.-taurador Is suspected of having cut tho French cable in order to prevent the revolu tionists from using It. The managers of the offices of the cable company at Caracas and La Guaira have protested against whit they term the "arbitrary action of the government." M. Qulevreux. tho French consul at Caracas, has also pro tested strongly against the arrest cf the cable employees at Carupano nn I the cutting of the cable without notice. The French cruiser Tage Is expected shortly to reach Carupano. The Ger man cruiser Vlneta is expected at La Guaira to replace the German cruiser Falke, which is going to Ilaytl. Retired From Baseball. New York, Sept. 3o. Andre Freed man, president of the New York base ball club, last night announced his re. tiromont from baseball. He Raid that he had sold the New York club to John T.. Brush, former owner of the Cincinnati club. Mr. Freedman has boon In baseball since 1S9I, when he pur chased the controlling interest in the New York club from E. I). Talcott and others. Duelist Pardoned. Berlin, Sept. 3o. nmper.ir William has pardoned Lieutenant Thieme who was sentenced to 27 months' impils onment in a fortress for killing a stu dent named Helf in a pistol din 1 :u Jena, in January. The news has be.-n received at Jena wi:h dissatisfaction. The student clubs there prolog, 1 against forcing ib-If to lig'it one of the best shots In the army. Message From General Booth, London. Sept. 30. General Hnnth of the Salvation Army, who sailed fir New Yolk Saturday on the American lino steamer Philadelphia, sent i ic following wireless mesage to the Sal vationists: "IJoiiio on the wings cf prayer, I go on my An.ei i an ruiupnign. From the ocean 1 et-ain call on my people- everywhere for renewed, des perate fighting for God." Appellate Division Calendar. Rochester, Sept. So. Appellate couit calendar for Tuesday, Sept. 3n; Nos. 95, 102, ins, lu9, 82, lo4, lor., Dili. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Summary of the Week's News of the World. Cream of the News Culled From Long Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape For the Hurried Reader Who is Too Busy to Read the Longer Reports and Deaires to Keep Posted. It is reported that neither Austria nor Russia is willing to support tht appeal made by the United States ir behalf of the Jews of Uoumania. Two French tourists, two guides and three porters, who were making an us cent of Mont Blanc, fell over a preci pice and It is feared were all killed. The man arrested at Derby, Conn, has been identified by two witnesses as William Hooper Young, the mur derer of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer in New York city. King Leopold Is reported to have or dered out of the palace at Spa hi: daughter, Princess Stephanie, wht married Count Lonyay against hi; wishes. Thursday, Great Britain and Venezuela are or the point of breaking off diplomatic re latinos. The Spanish war veterans at Do troit have voted in favor of amalga n ation with the Spanish-American wat ve dermis. Violence In the coal regions was si widespread that Governor Stone has ordered the Thirteenth regiment t Scranton. William Hooper Young, arrested In Derby. Conn., confessed his identity and admitted killing Mrs. Pulitzer in New York. The committee on resolutions at the Republican state convention will sub mit a plan for nppr; prlating large bums for canal Improvement and foi good ma 's. President Roosevelt returned from Indianapolis to Washington, abandon ing his Western trip became he was suffering from injuries received in the trolley collision at West field, Mass. Friday. Captain Titus says William Itoppei Young's confession proves his crime the most revolting in police history. Major J. W. Powell, a distinguished ethnologist of the Smithsonian insti tution at Washington, died at his sum mer home In Maine. The Republican state convention re nominated Benjamin li. Odell for gov ernor and nominated K. W. Higgins of Olean for lieutenant governor. King Oscar's yacht, with the Crown Princess Victoria on board, has run on the rocks near Kalmas. on the Baltic. Vessels have gone to the yacht's assistance. President Roosevelt in his speech at Lognnsport, Ind favored the creation of a non-partisan board of experts to remodel the taiiff as It becomes neces sary to suit changing conditions, tak ing the question entirely (.tit of poll tics. Saturday. Senator Higgins receive 1 a great ovation from citizens of Olean on his return from the state convention. Yale university reopened for the beginning of its 2"2 1 year with a largely increased number of students. President Roosevelt's speeches on trusts and public sentiment generally caused the abandonment of the pro posed beef merger. James Wenzel, formerly secretary of the local union cf United Mine Work ers, was clubbed to death near the Grassy Island colliery in Lackawanna county. Pa. Henry Phipps, donor of the $100,000 fund for Boer widows nnd orphans, ob tained a promise from G-neral Botha that nothing would be done with it unfriendly to Grout Britain. Monday. Boston coal dealers have advanced the price of soft coal to $8 50 a ton, and anthracite to $15. By an earthquake In Russian Turkes tan, l.ooo lives have been lost and several villages destroyel. Dc.noctals In state convention In Connecticut refuse 1 to reaffirm the Kansas City platform, and nominated Midbert B. Cary for governor. A patron of the Golden Eagle hotel in Washington attempted to kill the proprietor's family by dynamite. The family escaped death, but the patron committed suicide. Negotiations are ponding between Mr. Quesaili. the Cuban minister, nn I the Rtate department with reuanl to a commercial treaty, nn extradition treaty and a treaty to adjust the title tot lie Isle of Pines. Tuesday. George Girvan. chief encinoer i f the Slienan loali cotton mills at I tiea, was struck by a trolley car and died. Emile Zola, the novelist, was u.-phyx-iated III Paris by fumes from a stove, the plpci- of which were out of or ler. Joseph Gillis, a striker who was sho It West Xa'itiioko by .lames Swc.-ii", a deputy, died in a Will.es Burro hoj pital. While Th inns Wanl was beating his mother u: luu-ago l is liroiiier .".iiciiaei sled in m through the lo ad and he die I in a few minute.;. I'leod.-nt do, in Mill hell losued a statement to the public giving n.liu-is' sole of tho v.'ail.ue and deicuii iing or biiratii n. PlOiidellt Re. -..! el'.'.-, !. sicians feu lid It neeer--ai t.i a;jin operate on tie" wound in bis leg. tin- bone hav ioi b-'en slightly afl-eied. The oper ation was suci L-sslul. APPEAL3 BY MINISTERS. President Asked to Appoint a Commis sion of Mediation. New York. Sept. 30. After a stormy session lesolutions calling upon Pres ident Roosevelt to appoint a commis sion of mediation looking to ending the coal strike, were adopted at the weekly Methodist preachers' meeting. The resolutions recite that the strlka "has reached a stage which calls for the most serious attention of all Chris tian men; that the interests of many of our people are specially involved, as well as those of the churches now un der cur care; that if continued1 much longer the strike will result in un paralleled suffering among the poor of our great cities, and the time has now como for honest, earnest efforts to bring about such a settlement a will lie acceptable to all parties." Tho Presbyterian Ministers' asso ciation of New York city at their meet ing adopted a resolution on the coal strike to the effect that the ministers of the association be required to offer special prayer for divine guidance an1 the right solution of the question. Creeks Overflowed Banks. Kingston. N. Y Sept. 30. Heavy rains have caused Esopus an I Walklll creeks to overflow thoir banks, doing damago to cropj amounting to more than $15,000. In the Catskill moun tains, all brooks are now torrents. Bridges have been carried away on the line of tho Ulster and Delaware railroad, causing a tie up and a loss of $25.oo0. The New York, Ontario and Western road loses over $30,000 by the washing down of embankments. The new Ellenville and Kingston railroad Is covered with six feet of water. The total damage in this section is esti mated at $100,000. To Develop Pest Manufacture. Passaic, N. J., Sept. 30 Tho Amer ican Peat company with a capltnl of $50,000 Is being organized In this city to develop and work large deposits of peat in Somerset county. The or ganizers nre Ed Terhune and other heirs of the Terhune estate in that county. They reside In this city. They control 2o0 acres of peat In that section. A plant will be erected and business begun as soon as the com pany is Incorporate 1. MARKET REPORT. New York Provision Market. New York, Sept. 29. WHEAT No. 2 red, 73c f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern, Duluth, 80'e. CORN No. 2 corn, 68c f. o. b. afloat. OATS No. 2 onts, 33c; No. 2 white, 34c; No. 3 white, 33-c. PORK Mess, $18. oog 18.75; family, $20.50(& 21.00. HAY Shipping, 65ig70c; good to choice. Ooifi !l5c. BUTTER Creamery, oxtras, 22V4r; factory, 179 18e; imitation cream ery, western fancy, LSZ( 18'-4c CHEESEFoncy large white, 12r; small white, 12c EGGS State and Pennsylvania, 25 ff :rc. POTOTOES New York, per 180 lbs., $1.5mgi.75. Buffalo Provision Marker Buffalo, Sept. 29. WHEAT No. 1 northern, old, winter wheat, No. 2 red, 75c. CORN No. 2 corn, GIV4c f. o. b. afloat; No. 3 corn, (i.l-'ic. OATS No. 2 whito, 34V4c; No. 3 white, M 33 Vic FLOUR Spring wheat, best potent.' per hi!., $ l.00!i( L25; low grades, $2.25"! 2.75. BUTTER Creamery, western, er tra tubs, 23e; t-ta'e und Pennsyl vania, cream?ry, 22'c; dairy, fair to good. 19'i.i!! 2oc. CHEESE Fancy full cream, 11 (1120; good to choice, llffi 1 1 V4; common to fair, 8ti 10c. EGOS State, fresh fancy. 23ifi24o. POTATOES Per bushel, 402f(jne. East Buffalo Live Stock Market. CATTLE Best steers on sale, $7.50 (tiS.oo; good to choice shipping steers, $5.75'ii li.no; fair to good steers, $5.25 y.5.75; choice to smooth fat heifers, $4.75fi 5.25; fair to good heifers, $4.00 (0 4.5o; good butcher bulls. $3.6003.75. SHEEP AND LAM lib Spring lambs, gool to choice, $ 4.90(f? 5.15; common to fair. $4.5oi 4 8n; good to choice handy wethers. $4.noi0, 4.25. HOGS -Mixed packers' grades, $7.20 (iii.10; me Hum hogs, $7.457.60; choico 210 lbs and upwards, $7.65fp 7.70. Buffalo Hay Market. HAY New, per ton, loose, $14. OO 10 no; prime on track, per ton, $ 1 5.00ft1 16. no; No. 1 do, do, $)3.50ii 14.50; No. 2, do, do, $11.0011 12 00. Little Falls Cheese Market. Littlo Falls, Sept. 29. Sales of c today wire. Large cul. hee.so oil the dairy market red. 4 lots of 2S2 boxes at ll'tc; sma boxes at 1 1 of 1.520 box 8 lots of ." II white, 22 lots of 1,410 4c; small coloied, ?7 lots s at ll'iC; twins, colored, 6 boxes at ll'ic; twins, while. 19 I. BUTTER enamel y s latter. ts of 1.137 boxes at 1114c Seventy six pac kages of dd at 21 i22. mostly at tho Utica Cheese Market ft Ira. Sept. 29. At the Utioa dairy board of trade today the offerings of cheese were 82 lots of 6.51 1 boxes; ruling price. 11c for large and llttr for small, both whito nd colored. BUTTER Creamery, 150 psrkages old at 21 cents.