... STORIES OF PRINCE BISECTl The third volume of F. von Sybel's Hirtorg a! the German Empire, which is about to be pub- lished, contains a number of episodes and anec- dotes hithertj not generally known. A DUrL WZ11C1t WAS INnVB 5'OUGrsT. ng Probably tbe most interesting chapters refer to the relations between Prince Bismarck and Count Bechberg, then Prussian and Austrian Ambassa- rtd dors ...

... ABZODEEN, Tueodav. -Eighteen trawlers landed good takes of cod, ling, haddocks, turbot, lemon soles, plaioe, and codlinga. Four steam line boats bad fair shot4of cod, ling, aind skVe. None of the emaU line boats ere at sea to-day. Prices;:-Cod, is ad to aa od eath; ling, 2a Gd to 8s 'd eanb ; largd- haddoolt 1Q. to l1s per box; smmlIl, G9 to lOe per box ; turbot, lOOs to 110a per cwat.; lemon ...

... ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, 1890. A I.- --I.. -- I - - o1 . _ A disputo has talcon place botwoen the | Servinn Rogonoy and the Government on thoe I . . t. . .. . . I A C I' I C I pix)intmont of now State Couiicillors, and in by i onlsequelncu a sitting of the Skuptsohiua% was hor iostponed yesterday. tiol Tho report that Dr Peters' expedition had ros, not beon massacred is ...

... T - IAA IFGHTING IN SAN Dssson.[ i __ . ?? (REUmI&S rm1EGRAX.) - New York, Decer81e According to intelligence received bere ?? a V.Abertad, San Salvador, the Government troops bave gained a victory over the insorgents under General Kivas. They bave ?? six of the principal forts held by the rebsle, mcsny being 'Xkilled on bothS sides in the fighting. It is oipected ibat the rebellian will be ...

... I , . :_ - a: , - - . b HOGMANAY NIGHT ENTERTAINM9INT, . L - - .: '' aed aRoN-ACCORD 'T~bT OF' RITOADIIns. a. The first anntual Hogruanlay, festival of the BOn' A lo lug Accord Tent,-Nio. 1666, of the Independent Order of 'thepe. uile Rechabites. 'was heold in. St. Rath arine's Hall. LUITi ,ad Counnillor. Pratt occupied the chair. 'and W Ia 'Lair illy accompanied on the platform by Boilliev ...

... Ti.E NEW YEA, - *t, *'-' : _ - - pt Tbe kin' is dead long live the King ! The id year 1889 isof the tire thet *as, and on the last i, stroke of miduigbt,,and by cheering and mutual c congratulations, the infaut year of 1890 was welcomed !a this mo1i~ng with the usual boisterous effusiveness. The night turned out beautifully, the moon shliing A ie in almost full splendour from an unclouded ...

... IDECLUNE oF THrE AtdERICANI FARMER. I , - ?? (FRtOM A coltmspmouTls.) I [A O11e bears so much of progress in the unitedaI P5 States, of industrial development, and con-. e tinuous prosperity, that it may be hard to e 0believe in the gradual decadence of thie most, e ad important interest in the Republic, that hasco latherto been the, largest and surest source of its pro wealth-ini fact, the ...

... IEVENINGS AT- HOME. Wouldst thou be a happy liver, Leot the past be past for ever Fret not when prirl Knd padanta bore you; Enjoy the good that's eot before you, Busat chiefly hate no'man; the rest Leave thou to God, who knows wbat's beast. TasANSATTINThe, we need scarcely Gsay:- Scene-An editors sanctum. Master Printer (rushing in excitedly)- Here's a i' go l Johnson temurderer has just been ...

... ' AGIVCULTURAL REVIBW, (YnM0i A BSrMAL CoaMPOND]C1T.) - We wish our agricultural friends a proaperouiseneev il- year. Signs are not awanting that with the advance bY in commercial prospects, the growing impriovement ia *u trade, with a consequent rise of wages and diatzibu- twon of money, agriculturitsta will benefit with the or- rest of the world, Some departments of trade have of been ...

... BUCHAN NOTHS. (FROM THE£ EVBNINX ExPaEggS) It isapith that a town of the size and importance of Pehrbesd ohould depend almost entirely on the oatch of herrings. If the berring fisbinz be in a bad eIate then the other branches of industry are affected thereby, This should nob be no. Before Peterhoad can be raised from the dulness that prevails in it just now we must get some other brAnches ...

... TilE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. 'I . I LORD SALISBURY ATACKE-LATEST oo RE.PRTS FROM HATFIELD. Lo' B ?? (PrESS A'001A0T TCLZG3.) bef Loudon, Tuesday Night. oxi c The Diplomatic Corps generally has been son Pat Eattacked by influenza. The first to be taken pat r was Count Hatzieldt, the German Ambassador, Ha wbo has been laid up for nearly a fortnight. Lord ma X Salisbury is now suffering at Hatfield. ...

... U1a tintj ' Mr Gioachsi, in his recent letter -on the recoinage wh M`r of likht gold and other currency questions, denied iAnc did that any carsriliy of the half-savsreiizn, of which com- Bull 00 plaint has been mrode, was due to the stoppage of its Ont ,n,. issue in the interests of bi-inetalfliarm. As a sciatter of Pic nke fact, it has been and is being issued, and so far an our galt Ox ...