... ET1PEE-AB RD1PEN-AND DISTRIOT TRAMWAY. I- i. i . -. . . . . . .. . 1 - . 1 P~tlet~t is o hoheldthis iifternoo o l led~ 0 oImts frost t ioStreet - CotnnIhtereeisendi . 0 te Aberdleen 'Tttuiwaysi, And thu Lie to Eoht end mid. tote.Tbo.equniuiit~cee ytijeL to tho cqristruction. Oftpc *Quay tt'ornwiy, btt1 at doilut; of thte tlia.rowncOss of tlici cutricigewi' of Brtidge ISticot. (3feet) , Manil ...

... P i'l^TBBRIEAD. 'a;V unou BJ oUI0OOLIBOAU1D.-.A meeting of' thi Uurghl! b xn, Scahool!Bonrd was held yesterday-Mlr Ti J. Bremner I rs, presiding. A letter fron the East Churoh managers in .I W. referenco to the alleged encroachment on their feu by c Ur theo School Board wns read. The 'letter, which ehl- tl as, racterised the conduct of; the Sihool Boerd as a law- b ;the less act,'doenaniled ...

... mILRAL ASSOCIS'I'TON FOR FORFARSHIRE. Ijil WedulehldY afternoon a mecting of tho county cte wis held ill thle Tulwnhall, Forfar, the object elec to fSOII a liberal A'ssociatiou similar to those recentlY forlle in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee, B jaj'ht lton. * E. Ecater, MLP. (ehalirlan). h tth Clisirmasi having explained tbe object of thle a till Mr Barclay, MIr., movol the fellowilig I - ...

... THE KIRKIIILL PUBLIC SCHOOL, NICG. ke nig to RiSOrUTION TO APl'Y TO PYAILTAMENT. att u°r On ucseday afternotin a meet(ing of the School Board V11 ti, of the parish of Nigg was held within the ofice of tho il Ur clerk, Mr M'Lcnnanl, 4S King Strcet-Mlr P. Qooper, a1o Ys chairman of the Board, presiding. see The chief business before the meeting was to receive oil) and dispose of n ...

... The annual Clristmnas Tree Bazaar in aid of the funds of the Dorcas Sooiety was held in M1r Minty'a 8 Hall oln Saturdey laot. Thle Rev. W. W. Peyton, pro- sidlent of the society, openid it by prayer, and after- 8 wards gave a short ilnlress, seatting forthi the workings of the society during tho past fourteen years of its existence, and showinglo Ow it had won the confideneo a and support of ...

... THE FARMERS' COLUAIN. at - r( l1at THE FEEDING OF CATTLE. WE aing ~~~~~~BARLEY OR DIALT! 1a an A considerable amount of discussion has taken place Al ran., recently an the sub ject of the malt tax, and the value co *s of malt for feeding pnrposes. The question whether Hli 'sire barley or malt is at once the cheapest Tnethod of feed- SC ing cattle, i~nd whether the one or the other will yield 3 ...

... | An accident resulting in the death of a Steeple I u 5 Jack, which has cast quite a gloom over the town al B I happened in Inverness yesterday. For some weeks tj | Messrs Goodchild & Moir, known as Steeple Jacks, of Dundee, have been engaged repairing the Town spire. Recently they commenced repairing the spire t of the Free High Church. Yesterday morning, shortly v after ten o'clock, ...

... TUE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR. .t.1 A ±. - I host PUBLIC MHEETING IN ABERDEEIN. 'et 011CC, .k public mneetin'g, called by t~he Lord Provost in too, scettbCO ithitrequisition to express the mnild of probt fc~ommunie ity h th be p intrelation y that this countrtoughit to will' prn00Ic l elto to the %var in the East, was held last 1%v nigiht in the Meusicnull. Thle Lord Provost wasaccomfpit- liore 0kde, ...

... OLD DEER-ST DROSTAN'S FAIR, Wednesday.-Dustaen Fair being the oldest fair in Buchau, asd icog atiterior to r Ie famous Ailey, was held to-day oe the stance at fiatlaw stittioj. The numnber of beasts presecilt Was less than ever i eviotisic known, and their coedi tion was belew what is ex- 'etedatthis seaison. This locality wias well ransacked for e sazitab)le becsts for Christmas, and mosta of ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. I 'ail II_ g i e' .1 I E le- allybi i, HOUS~E OF LORDS-OKA 'Ygik-, inl ace Cfr Their lordshil's inert at five o'clock, wpork ed THBd WAR. trurfir ud .Lord STRATH9DEN. aId CAMPBELL, calted atten- You of tion, it, pursuftico of notice, to 'the further coreesponl. to con deuce respecting the affairs of Turkey.. .He regre~tted ton he ~'the want of meore speelflc ...

... I. d.. 'I0AL MEETINGS. .i -I . : i-., -I MAnxrqnnES' CauneItHeesnoN,1 RALL-A social meet- he ing was given on Tuesday night, Iiii tilt Mission Seill1 Water tanob, to thel'children k'ttc-nding thOre weekly ho meetings held i n the hatilr iThere was is large' nnmrbbor ,( of the parents of. the ehifilren ,present. Thle chaisr was it oceruped by Mir ,Tamss .MRobb,: who delivered cuend- 0ddress on ...

... I CORRESPON DE.N CE. 3 ' TICE kINCAI1DINESHIlE FA1lM\ERPS' CLUB. a -- rTO THE EDITOR O THlE ABERDEEN JOURNAL. ' Sm,-Somnbody has said if you wvant to ask a f fIavour or wish to secure a genial reception approach )f your friend after dinner. The advice is good, and may .11 be regarded as general in its application but there are ir exceoptions, and the agricultural men of the Mearns- ), the ...