... ABERDEEN. The yearly Licensing Court for the g ranting of rcertificates for the sale of excieable liquors for the hi Burgh of Aberdeen was held yesterday in the tBurgh Court House. The Magistrates on the bench a I were Baillie Kinghorn, Baillie Gordon, Baillie Berry, in f and Baillie Findlay. ti aieoi~~ni~~ts. p Mr Yeats, Town Clerk Depute, said there had been P 0* and the Association for the ...

... IMPORTANT TO CATTLE SALEMEN. E This is an action at the instance of David Nicoll, cattle dealer, H1igh Street, Perth, against William Gordon, cattle dealer, Balmoral Place, Aberdeen, for payment of £193 1is, being balance of commission due by the defender to the pursuer on the sale of a large number of cattle effected on defender's behalf in the Wakefield and Manchester markets. The pursuer ...

... STROICACH'S CLOSE Mi~s iox.-Tho ii noal social meeting! of the Stronech's Close Miv~ioa in) con-nec-I tiori with the Crown Terrace Baptist (2hnrlic was De! oidly held last light. At five o'clock Ole children were Cot tlh a entertained Ito teia, and pre~eoted with giifts; from off eci aged a, ]large Christmas tree. At seven o'cock the adnllts I ,C11d inet together, end after tea they wvero ...

... I LI:. COLLILESTO?, 1.~ 1,~i . . tlitt t xif S,-ttio onl Satur- . : itrcd tIde l'ar-ito ot evidencie in - :.i-:~-t for -icil ce hv And-ytv t-ol1ll I.-midt h, LUtic Collieoton, ';at ut ''.it. Ie the~s i-t A!lel. I%|I iLr l~tltil'oiiOao, i :l. .s itti, So'-Lt. 1'.vilette in tie actiont is tee~ itt thle no ltsa led oil Foid ty. V: l'oItcli iU 1.. dttlt-4tit -'erOaott, ine rep'y to Atr : i Id ...

... VOTERS IN ABERDEEN. Mr Russell, Burgh Assessor, has kindly furnisbed us with ab statement of the number of voteri on the Muanioipal Roll. The total number of male voters for the year 188889 is 16,085, as against 16,224 in 18S878, showing an increase of 461. The females number 4346, an increase of 182 as compared witb last.year. The details follow:- Males. Males. Females. Females. Wards. Year ...

... .riC4NADIA0 LIQUOR LAWS. h Canada.is such a large -country that we need not iswonder'at all aorta of varying or conflictaing methods, 40being adopted in different parts of the Dominion' for Id dealing with comnplicated,,social questionsi. The dis- crepancesa and contralicltinon are confusing, however, and nohr mr o thaniia the attempts made to regulate the liquor traffo.. As. I took smem pains ...

... D!SPUTE AS TO A PROPERTY SALE. This was an nction at the instance of James Mearns, warehousemnan, 344 Holburn Street, Aber- deen, against Murdoch M'Donald, builder in Aber- deen, in which the pursuer asked the Court to grant a decree acainet the defender ordering him to sign aud deliver a conveyance of the h.)ue No. 344 lfol- burn Street in favour of tbe pursuer, or alternatively to pay £200 ...

... -- BIRThS. iway I At 28 Sk noSpiorr, Aberdeen, ait the 28th nIt., the wife of r the EliltAil fiAviii, 5tOlitetttt?, of a flail. At 2(1 I irntjiti.eenue, Aberdeeli, on the 211h Inst., the flUID. wife ci UIFAIusi Irnile, gardener, of a daughter. ?' tho At It St Nicho a5 Street, Aberdeen, en the 86th iut?taot, stein the wife of JAIl 55 5'ATIISO.,, hiil.pester, ole eat,. At 71) Fennte.iahsli It. ...

... ' eed, The fame of Caractacus had penetrated even to er Italy. The aomnn citizens wiela anxious to behold 'w thebarbarian who had'so longbraved'thuirpower. Wd Although defeated and a captive; the natural gleat. ady ness of his soul did not abandon him, Tacitus relates is athat his first remark .on beholding the inmperial city 1an BWas susprip s that those w ho lsessed such magnifi- nthe cent ...

... WIVE. MURDER AT NOTTINGHAM. . A shocking murder was committed at Nottingham early yesterday morning, the victim being Mary Terry, wife of Benjamin Terry, a collier. Both are young people, and their married life has been tn- i L happy. Terry had recently accused his wife of infidelity, and while in bed yesterday morning, he deliberately strangled her. It is stated that Terry's suspicions of his ...

... T-HESHIP -HOTEL- ROBBE~ AT BDINBIRGH. lay ; pRRESIN ABERDEEN %P. : ' - Early, on Sunday morning, the 30th of January I -risf, theaundy~of~the Ship Hotel, I ast Register er- Streef, ,Ediriburghinwa diedovered to b/ee ie n to onfire, and en. during the excitement which was ( aueed. by the ix-: occurrence, a mnuzber of thefts ot mrni/y and goods wvere comnitted. It. is. believed by/the ...

... COURT OF SESSION-SATURDAY. (Before LorD Las,) AlIRDEENSHiRIE 5UOIES9tON CJASeL To)*-fay the action was on the roll which has been raised by Mrs Buckner, the wife of a chip carpenter, reAding at Woodside, Aberdeen)rand which raises a tnesticn as to a share of the estate of the late Mr harry Leith Lumsden of Auclindoir, Aberdeenshire. ps rtsucr says that the residue amounted to about £3o,000, ...