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Reck Justices of the Peace 0. A. Randall, D, W. Clark. Oouneumen. J. W. Landers, J. T. Dale, O. H. Kobinson, Wm. HmearbauRb It. J. Hopkins, W. O. Calhoun, A. B, Kelly. Constable Charles Clark. Collector W. H. Hood. School Directors J. 0. Soowden, R. M Herman, Q. Jainleson, J. J. Landers, J V, Uelat, Joaepn uiark, FOREST COUNTY OFFICER, S. Member of Congress IX. P. Wheeler. Member of Senate J. IC. P. Hall. Assembly W. J. Campbell. President Judae W. D. Hinckley. Associate Judges F '. 0. Hill, Samuel Aul. Prothonotary , Register Jt Recorder, f. J. U. uelat. Sheriff 8. R. Maxwell. Treasurer Geo. W. Holeman Commissioners Wm. H. Harrison, J M. Zuendel, II. H. MoUlellan. District Attorney M. A. Carrlntr, Jury Commissioners lr neat Hlbble, Lewis Wagner. Ox-oner Dr. M. C Kerr, County Auditors George H. Warden, A. C. Gregg and J. P. Kelly. County Surveyor D. W. Clark. County Superintendent I) . W. Morri son. Kelr Tcrata af Ceart. Fourth Monday of February. Third Monday of Ma". Fourth Monday of September. Third Monday of November. Regular Meeting of County Com mis aioners lat and 8d Tuesdays of montb. Chart aaa HaTaalh HekMl. Presbyterian Sabbath School at 9:46 a, m. t M. K. Sabbath School at 10:00 a. m. Preaching in M. K. Church every Sab bath evening by Rev. W. O. Calhoun. Preaching in the F. M. Church every Sabbath evening at the usual hour. Rev. U. A. Garrett, Paalor. Preaoblng in the Presbyterian church every Sabhalb at ll:oo a. m. ana i:w p m. Rev. U. A. liailey. Pastor. The regular meetings of the W. C. T, D. are held at the headquarters on the second and rourtn Tuesday or eacn month BUSINESS DIRECTORY. iPV . N ESTA LODGE. No. 869. 1. 0. 0. F. X Meets every Tuesday evening, in Odd Fellow' tiaii, ranriuge nuiiaing. CAPT. GEOROR STOW POST, No.274 G. A. R. Meets 1st Tuesday after noon of each month at 3 o clock. "1APT. GEORGE STOW CORP8. No, yj 137, W. R. C, meets first and third Wednesday evening or eacn montn. F. RITCHEY, ATTORN EY-AT-L AW. 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HIT WITH A STONE Aged Farmer Is Assaulted by a Highwayman. Waa on His Way Home When He Was Attacked by a Robber Who tempted to Relieve Him of the Pro ceeds of the 8al of Produce Saturday Other Newa of General Interest to the Busy Reader. Town Officials were looking for John Mariner, aged 23 years, of the west ern part of Canandalgua, N. Y., who Is sought on a warrant charging assault sworn out by William Appleton, an aged and respected farmer. Appleton sold a lot of produce Sat krday and had started home with his money, when Mariner asked for a ride, He was taken aboard and sat in the back end of the wagon. According to Appleton, when an isolated place in ihe road was reached, Mariner sneaked up and delivered the old man a stun ring blow upon the top of the head, probably with a stocking containing a large stone. Appleton wore a thick fur cap, and while the blow nearly fractured his skull, he swung around and gave Mar iner a blow that sent him out of the wagon. Appleton was brought to this village, where his wound waa dressed It Is not likely to prove serious. COURT SUSTAINS CLAIM Daniel E. Crouse'a Daughter Receives 11,500,000. By a decision of the appellate dl vision of the supreme court at Syra cuse the claim of Dorothea EdgariU McVlcker to $1,500,000 of the estate of Daniel Edgar Crouse Is established and the money due Miss McVicker and her mother which has been tied up in the Lincoln Trust company of New York, pending the decision of the ap poll.Ue division, will be paid over. The suit decided Thursday was brought' by Charles E. Crouse and other heirs to the $5,000,000 left Daniel Edgar Crouse when he died in 1892 He was reputed to be a bachelor an1 the bulk of his estate went to rela tlves. After the will had been probated, Mrs. Siegbert Kosterlitt came forward and said that Crouse had married her In London under the name of Wilson and that her daughter, Dorothea Ed garita, was a child of Crouse'a. In be half of the child a suit was brought against the 27 cousins of Crouse who got the residue of his estate, for the entire estate. A settlement was made out of court by which Dorothea and her mother got $1,500,000. Two years ago 13 of the cousins brought Buit to get back the $1,500, 000 on the ground of fraud, but by the decision of the higher court her claim to the money Is sustained. DENIES THE CHARGE Emit Hottlnger Is Brought Back tc Hornell For Trial. Emll Hettinger of New York city, who is charged with having abducted Eva Dennlson. the 17-year-old daugh ter of Postmaster George Dennison of Rexlvllle, N. Y and who In company with the girl was arrested In Jersey City. WB8brought hack to Hornell by Sheriff M. W. Davison. Ho was ar raigned before Recorder Stevens on .1 warrant charging him with ab duction. He asked for an examination which was set down for Tuesday morning. While he admits that he ran away with the girl, he says that she Informed him that she was 19 years old. The assist ant attorney of New Jersey at first refused to grant extradition papers on the ground that no crime bad been committed, but later Governor Wilson signed the papers. Cruel Murder In Rochester. Prompted by Jealousy, Joseph Tlryere. 23 years old, of Rochester. N. Y., emptied a five-shooter Into the body of Frances Delsinger, a German girl, 19 years old, when he met her as she was returning from her work In factory. Every shot took effect, but the girl ran Into her boarding house nearby and reached the second landing,, where she fell and died. Two policemen who happened to be nearby SYrested Tlryere. The girl had left Germany hut a few months ago. A short time ago Bryere tried to commit suicide by taking carbolic acid, as a result, It Is said, of his Infatuation for the young woman. Girl Died Under Anaesthetic. As two doctors were administering chloroform to Miss Dorothy Esmack. 17 years old, at the home of her' moth er, Mrs. May Esmack In Rochester, and before the girl was yet under the influence of the anaesthetic, she strug gled and expired. The girl was about to undergo an operation for the re moval of adenoids and enlarged tonsils. State Gets Mineral Springs. Tho reservation commission has ac quired the mineral water rights of the Patterson and Levengston springs to be added to the New York state reser vation. The Bta'.e In the proceedings old not lake over the land and build ings of tho two spring companies, but took only what rights the owners have in the mineral springs. JUSTICE W. R. DAY Wrote Opinion Upholding Constitu tionality of Corporation Tax. BIG TELEPHONE MERGER Frlenshlps Telephone Co. Has Been Absorbed by the Bell System. Acting for the New York Telephone company the Friendship Telephone company of Syracuse, N. Y., was made an offer for the purchase of the outstanding stock and bonds of the system operating Independent lines In Rochester, Syracuse, Utlca Canandalgua, Brockport, Weedsport Boldwlnville. Rome, Clinton, Herkim er, Illon, Mohawk, Frankfort, and sur rounding territory. The deal Involves two and one half million dollars, pay raents In cash to security holders. Announcement was made recently by officials of the Bell Interests that the negotiations pending several months between George R. Fuller, president of the Friendship company had terminated successfuly this week and circular notice to the holders of the securities of the several companies involved stating the terras of purchase will be mailed in a few days. The board of directors of each com pany has endorsed the proposition. The service will be consolidated and over 20,000 subscribers stations will be added to the Bell system. T ROADS TO BE MADE WIDER Highway Commission Orders Improve' merits In the Mohawk Valley. It is announced at Amsterdam, N, Y., that the Btate highway com mission has ordered that the public highways in the Mohawk valley on the south side of the Mohawk river be widened and otherwise improved as early In the spring as possible for the automobile traffic next, summer. The roads will be made 24 feet wide. The state highway commission will divert the automobile traffic to tho south side of the river as -the main highway in many places between Al bany and Buffalo will he macadamized next seison. The town boards in the various towns are already making preparations to Improve the town roads as ordered by the state authorities. Auto Plunges Down 100-Foot bank. At South Main street Geneva, N. Y., the engine in the auto of Dr. Stebblns stalled. He got out to crank the machine without throwing Jt out of genr. At the first turn of the crank the machine plunged ahead, knocking Us owner down and running over him The auto plunged down the embank ment, which drops a sheer 100 feet to the railroad U'aoks and lake. Half way down th precipice It struck a tree stump and stopped. Dr. Steb blns' right shoulder was dislocated, his collar bone broken, his whole body bruised and ne was injured Internally, It took several hours to get the ma chine back on the level ground. The frame of the car was badly twisted and one radiator ruined. Suicide's Widow Kills Herself. The body of Mrs. Marie Schultz waa found at her home In Syracuse, N. Y. A note wa3 found In which the woman stated that she was about to commit suicide. No weauon was found in her room and there His nothing to Indi cate how she had ended her life. Her husband committed suicide about two years ago. Big Fire at Easton, Pa. St Joseph's Catholic church of Easton, Pa., was totally destroyed ly a fire on Friday night,' resulting n a loss of about $300,000 on which here was about $150,000 insurance. rhe congregation was Just leaving aft er a lenten service when the pastor. Rev. James Uagnery, discovered the fise. Corporation Tax Uphe'd. United States supreme court has rendered a decision upholding prac tically all the contentions made by the government In the corporation tax buit which was pending before it for some time. Oldest Minister Dies. Tbe Kev. Cicero Barber, said to be the oldest clergyman in the country, died at his home in Fort Edwards, N. Y., aped 101. He was a member of the Troy MclhoJlst conference lor 73 years. 0m A w L V IN San Antonio the Scene of the Greatest Activity. Thousands of Soldiers of All Arms of the Service Have Arrived and the Officers Are Licking Everything into Shape Preparatory For the Big Man euver or the Hard Work of Patrol ling the Mexican Border. San Antonio, Tex., March 14. Sev en barefooted Mexicans perched like ecarecrows on the top rail of the fence surrounding the property of the Sau Antonio Brick company saw what there was to see in the cactus strewn and mud splattered yards of the rail road company's spurs. Under their Iteeple hats the Mexicans' faces were is lmmovahlo as those of wooden Az- tec gods, only their eyes roved and from their lips came continuous thin streams of cigarette smoke. What those passive Mexicans saw was "El Gringo" on the hustle. "El Gringo" In this Instance was a great parcel of cavalrymen, artillery men and horso wranglers, switchmen, roustabouts, and mounted officers of the United States army snaking stores. horses and cannon off cars Innumera ble. Mexicans Astonished at Activity. To the sad eyed brothers from over the Rio Grande this was an Incompre hensible expenditure of energy, things were being done In a most remarkable manner, the wheels were moving to day Instead of manana. Troop trains from the north and east were continually arriving out of which Infantrymen and cavalry troop ers piled pell mell and marched off to the signal of the bugle. The down pour of last night had converted the de-training yards Into bogs and small seas. A groun of troopers from the Ninth cavalry awaiting the switching of their own horse cars disposed themselves on convenient stacks of hay alongside the ciising, struggling artillerymen. and gave them the sweet benefit of their expf Hence. "Hi, whisper your name in his ear, you rummy," one grinning cavalryman yelled, "then he'll come along like a little ladv." "Give his tail the Swedish twist If he don't want to get out in his turn," another called to a fellow with red stripes who was trying to shut off the wind of a bay and keep him from crowding to the runaway before his time. Horses Run Amuck. "The Swedish twist is a great In splrer of horses." two big bayg broke from their halter straps, plunged down the runway and began to run amuck through all the piles of guns, grain and greasers. Instantly cavalrymen were down from their hay piles with arms out spread, mounted officers were being splashed to their eyes in mad pursuit and even the white eyed negro rousta bouts dropped their grubbing hoea over the runty cactus and gave chase. After they had had their little fling both runaways trotted up to the line of tethered grn pullers with the most unctuous Innocence shining from their eyes. RECRUITS POURING IN Every Regiment at San Antonio WW Be Raised to a War Footing. San Antonio, Tex., March 14. Major General William H. Carter, who Is In supreme command of the divisional army now mobilizing In Texas, said that the massing of 20,000 troops with in striking distance of the Mexican border, had no ulterior significance whatever and that the movement waa simply pursuant of a desire on the part of the general staff at Washing ton to test the new field service regu lations. In making this statement General Carter broke the scrupulous silence that be had maintained since his r- Ival at the big camp at Fort Sam Hous ton on Saturday morning. Within an hour of the time that General Carter thus explained the rea son for the hasty assemblage of all branches of the service along the 1,800 miles of foreign border, a train load of cavalry recruits from Columbus, O., pulled In to the railroad yards a mile from the camp. The recruits and their officers did not detrain but stayed in their cars. They left over the Southern Pacific line for Eagle Pass on the Mexican border this morning. They go to swell the number of the Third cavalry now doing patrol duty along the fighting tone. With the arrival of bIx other car loads of cavalry recruits from the same recruiting post In Ohio, the Eleventh cavalry, now on the ground at the camp, Is raised to full war strength of 1,188 men and 51 ofllcera Over 200 recruits for the infantry and engineer corps also came in and everywhere on the great windy plain where the divisional camp 'lias been established awkward squads were be ing put through their paces by drill siTK' nuts all day. Although no official statement to hat affect has been Issued by General Carter, It was a matter of common knowledge that before the end of tho week every regiment of each arm of he service represented in the divi sion which ha commands will be as "early recruited to a war footing as he exigencies of railroad transporta tion will permit T HOOPS POUR NG PRINCIPAL DISMISSED School Master Substituted a Paper Prepared by Himself In Place of One by Hia Pupil. Albany, March 14. License of Fred prick V. Webster a Baldwlnsville hig t.r.hool principal to teach in this state has been revoked by State Education Commissioner Praper who sustained the charges of fraud made against him In substituting a paper prepared by the principal in place of a paper presented by one of his pupils on a regent's ex amlnatlon held at his school. A petition signed by 600 or more res idents of Baldwlnsville v.as submitted to Commissioner Draper asking for le nlency for the accused. Mr. Draper says in rendering his decision: "The board of education very prop erly has assigned another principal to the school and this has led to what Is called a strike by a large body of the pupils; who, the manifest acquiescence of their parents have refused to go to school, paraded the streets with often slve placards, and much commotion called the teachers who discovered the fraud, snoopers, and otherwise Insult ed and menaced them." Commissioner Diaper further finds this condition to the fact that the principal has worked Industriously nnd effectively to engage the Interest and attachment of pupils. "But," continued Mr. Draper, "it can count but little against frauds, which not only give children false ratings and their parents false hopes, but also overthrow moral sense In the school and undermine the entire system of education." REFUSAL TO DANCE CAUSED SHOOTING American In a Parisian Cate Startled Supper Crowd, Paris, March 14. A supper crowd In the Cafe De La Paix was startled by the sound of a revolver In the room They had been fired by an American named Lee, win Is said to be from Mis souri. Lee, who was dining with an American woman, hnd invited two pro fesslomil American dancers, a man named Morris and a woman named Miss Leonard, to Join him at his table A dispute arose because Lee wished his companion to dance with Morris end she was unwilling to do so. Tho man became excited and Lee drew a revolver. He was a very poor marks man. The first bullet traversed his own leg and rlccochetted agalnbt Morri3. The other smashed an eiecuic light In the ceiling. Neither Lee nor Morris was slight ly hurt. Lee returned to tlie RiU to await a police summons for carryiug arms. COLD STORAGE BILL Has Been Submitted to Columbia Uni versity Professors and Also Ware' house Men of New York. Albany, March 14. A cold storage bill Introduced by Assemblyman Cuvll Her was submitted to the professors of Columbia university on physics and economics, and also has been sub mitted to a majority of the warehouse men In the city of New York. Goods may be kept in storage for a year and after that time If they are found to be unfit for food the board of health must summarily destroy them. Interstate commerce goods need not be inspected or labeled. All eggs stored after 30 days, when sold wholesale or retail, must be la belled "cold storage eggs." The state board of health and the local board of health of the various cities and towns of the state shall have Jurisdiction. A license of $"0 annually Is expected for every storage warehouse. This fund Is raised for the purpose of prop er Inspection. The senate passed Senator T. D. Sullivan's bill making the' possession of a fraudulent weight, or scale pre sumptive evidence. OLDEST RESIDENT DEAD Mrs. Mary Keefe of Little Falls Passes Away Aged 101 Years. Amsterdam, March 14. Mi's. Mary Keefe of Little Falls Is dead aged 101 years. She was one of the oldest resi dents of that section of the state. Death was due to pneumonia. Mrs. Keefe was able to read the daily news papers without the aid of glasses. She was a native of Newmarket, England. She is survived by a son and two daughters, 21 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Wslter L. Fisher Sworn In. Washington, March 14. Walter L. Fisher o( rhic.iKo was sworn In as sec retary of ihe interior to succeed H. A. Ballinger who resigned recently. Mr. richer at. nnce took up the work of the ufllce. Mr. B.illinger will stay here for a week or 10 days to assist the now ucereUry. Japan Denies Secret Treaty. Paris, March H. Baron Kurino, the Japanese ambassador to France, stated In an'dutervlew that the report that a necrit treaty existed between Japan ;u(l Mexico (s. absululcly false. 1! Pithy Paragraphs that Chronicle the Week's Doing. Long Dispatches Frcm Various Parts of the World Shorn of Their Padding and Only Facta Given In as Few Words as Possible For the Benefit of the Hurried Reader. Wednesday. A dispatch from Pekln indicates that China fears aggression from both Rus sia and Japun. Governor Dix at Albany expressed himself In favor of the state owner ship and control of reservoirs In the state forest preserves. Advices from Naco, Ariz., tell of fight near Cananea, In which many federal troops were wounded; a meet Ing Is reported at Mexican among the Insurgents. The secretary of war, after a brief hearing In Washington, granted per mission to the International Marine company to extend Its piers in the Chelsea district, North river, New- York city, by means of wooden piling. Thursday. M. Mangln, chief of the French mili tary mission, was murdered at Fez by the son of the minister of war. Many Americans along the Mexican border believe that the dispatch of troops to Texas means intervention by the United States. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg warned the Vatican against issuing de crees affecting Germany without pre vious consultation with the govern ment. The resignation of Richard A. Bal linger as secretary of the Interior was accepted by President Taft, and Wal ter L. Fisher of Chicago was appoint ed his successor. Friday. Developments In the Carnegie Trust company affairs In New York indicate that the first dividend to depositors would be 15 per cent. Following a spirited debate, the as sembly at Albany, by a vote of 101 to 35, passed the Brennan bill, limiting to six months the time during which food may be kept In cold storage. The Mexican ambassador and minis ter of finance, In conference in New York, declared there was no revolu tlon of any proportions In Mexico; they denied that President Diaz was in ill health. Intervention In Mexico is regarded hs a possibility by Washington offi cials, although that step will be taken only as a l ist resort; prepar.it Ions for the mobilization of troops along the boundary continued rapidly. Saturday. The first Chinese envoy ever sent to Salvador arrived at San Salvador. The British naval estimate Issued In Ixmdou provide for an increase in expenditures of $19,000,000 over the previous year. Lleven Hart, a young American, was swindled out of $52,000 in Paris by three men claiming to be Italian no blemen. A dispatch from Asuncion states that the government has proclaimed Paraguay under martial law for a per iod of five months. Seven men and women were killed, several persons were hurt mid the pow er house of the Hydro Electric com pany at Jordan, Cal., was destroyed by a snowsllde. Monday. Major rieneral William H Carter arrived at San Antonio nnd assumed command of the troops on the Mexican border. More than 1,200 national guard offi cers have accepted the invitation of tho war department to take part in the military operations In Texas. The Mexican government decided to mopend the constitutional guarantees throughout the republic; this means a mild form of martial law. Thlrty:six Camorrlsts, charged with he murder of fellow members of tho band, were rut on trial at Viterbo, Italy; theve will be 330 witnesses to testify on be'ialf of the state and 36 i or the defense. The total valuation of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy's estate was placed at $2,760,000 by her executor, nt Con cord, N. H.: her copyrights were ap praised at $1,400,000 and her stocks and bonds at $1,057,788. Tuesday. It whs stated at El Paso, Tex., that conditions bordering on panic reigned linost throughout Northern Mexico. The funeral of Anibal Cruz, who died recently in Washington while serving as Chilian minister to the United States, took plare at Santiago, Chili. The entombed captain of a mine, who had been buried by a cave-in at Gilbert, Minn., was taken out after u day's rescue work; his two compan ions had been crushed to death. A dispatch from Naples reported an earthquake, with strong detonations from Mount Vesuvius, nnd that a great landslide had dropped from the crater of the volcano. Mrs. Mary Hoffman of Philadelphia, after seeing her five-year-old daughter Hi ruck by an automobile, picked up tho mangled body, ran four bloeki to hospital, and, upon being informed that the child waa dead, lost her roa-ixvn. punmrn ur S ITEMS onunicn hl ATTACKS STANDARD OIL German Deputy Wants Government to Establish Department For Sale of Petroleuti. Berlin, March 14. The annual at tack on the Standard Oil company'a control of Germany's petroleum sup ply was made In the Reichstag. Tho leader of the attack was a National Liberal deputy of the name of Strese mann, who, on behalf of his party as sociates, asked the chancellor to In stitute inquiries as to what extent the alleged monopoly prevented German middlemen from sharing the profits and at the same time to consider the feasibility of the establishment of an Imperial department for the sale of petroleum. Ha expressed the belief that this would enable the government to se cure the prof ts now pocketed by the holders of Standard Oil stock. In the course of his remarks Herr Stressemann stated that the very rts of one pfennig In the price of oil meant an increase in the burden of the German people of $2,500,000 a year all of which went to Mr. Rockefeller and his associates. He calculated that by going into the oil trade the empire would earn an In come of $7,500,000 a year without rais ing the price ol petroleum to the consumer. COMPANIES MERGED Will Operate Under Name of Central New York Gas and Electric Company. Albany, March 14. Approval ha been given by the upstate public aer vice commission to the merger of the Geneva Seneca Electric company and the Wayne County Gas and Electric company under the name of the Cen tral New York Gas and Electric com pany, to operate In Wayne and On tario counties. The new company is authorized to purchase the plant of the J. Q. Howes Son at Phelps for $15,000. The new company Is to Issue $150,000 capital stock, $5,650,000 5 per cent bonds un der a mortgage for $2,000,000 and $150, 000 6 per cent five-year notes. The bonds shall not be sold at less than 85 and the five-year note at par, for cosh. 4,DRYS"ARE THREATENED Large Black Hand Is Printed en Their Doors and Porch Floors. Bolbesvllle, Ind., March 11. Promi nent citizens who took an active part in the local oi:ion election for the "drys" last week, were excited great- lv today when they found on their front doors and porch floors Imprint of a large black hand. The hand had evidently been dipped In paint and then, pressed firmly against the doors or on the porch floors and It Is construed into threats because of the activity against the saloon interests. Three Escape From Jail. Bradford, Pa., March 14. Patrick Wilson, Frederick Crane and Thomas Brady, all charged with larceny, es- caped from the county Jail by sawing the bars of their cells. It Is believed they had outside assistance. No trace of thein has been found. Rebels Capture 500 Prisoner. El Paso, Tex., March 14. Insurrec- to General Blanco and his foroes Ma tured Agumpriesta, Mex., directly tcross the border from Douglas, yes terday afternoon and took 500 feder als prisoners together with their rm nnd ammunition. MARKET REPORT New York Provision Ma-ket New York, March 13. WHEAT No. 2 red, f. o. b., 98c; No. 1 northern spring, $1.08. CORN No. 2, f. o. b., 53V4c. OATS-Standard, 36Hc BUTTER Creamery, specials. 27c; do extras, 25V&ff26c; stat finest, 24c; packing stock, held, 14tt 01 5c. CHEESE State specials, 14V416c. EGGS State and Pennsylvania; 23 (ff26c. Buffalo Provision Market Buffalo, March 13. WHEAT No. 1 northern, carloads, $1.04 ',4; No. 2 red, 94c. CORN No. 2 yellow, 5tttc, f. o. b., afloat; No. 3 yellow, 50Vic. OATS No. 1 white, 34 c, f. o. b., afloat; No. 3 white, 34 c. FLOUR Fancy blended patent, per bbl., $5.756.50; winter family, patent, f 5.00(85.75. BUTTER Creamery, Western tubs, extra, 27c; creamery state fair to good, 24 25c. CHEESE Good to choice, 121314c. EGGS State selected white, 23c. POTATOES White, choice to fan cy, per bu., 4748c. East Buffalo Livestock Market. CATTLE Prime steers, $6.60(9 75; 1.2001,400 lb., Bteers, $5.75'$ W: choice fat cows, $5.0005.25; choice helfera, $3.755? 6.15; common bu ils, $3.754.25; choice veals, $10.00 (fill 0.25; fair to good, $3.0009.75. SHEEP AND LAMBS Yearllugs, p.25(ff5.85; mixed sheep, $4.00(J4.5. HOGS Light Yorkers, $7.207.5O; mvy hogs, $7.357.40; pigs. $7.50. Buffalo Hay Market Timothy. No. 1, on track, $17.00; No. 2, timothy, $16.00; straw wheat and oats $6.50(57.00. .
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