... e NORTHERN AaRICULTURAL COMPANY.-The employds of the Northern Agricultural Company held their social meeting and ball in Lockhart's Hall on Monday a evening. Mr Anderson, manager of the company, oc- I cupied the chair, supported by the heads of the depart- r ments of the works at Aberdeen and several of the I a agents. After tea, the Chairman delivered an address, i - expressing his great ...

... WRECKS ON T WEXFORD COAST, Intelligence reached “Wexford that the Debonair, of Greenock, gone ashore off great storm. She was bound from Bilbao to G ow with a cargo of sardinés and iron ore, The apparatus was got on to the vessel, but only one of the crew on it watil the vessel is to become a total The King Arthar, tons, from rock on the a 9 one were sav ...

... i . ~I eet- aeld de- aag, 0th als, 7tbe xte, fa iro- ,sill out to use of dL. ved Lnk vas ;al' C is in. snt ce, ere Lry ro - rn ^ 'en '-as An- :an ;ea, nit .all ?er the SW, vr,, owv ter blre 'he rge YAKOOB KHAN. PEs}1Awus, Monday. When Ileft Jellalabai on the 26th, Yakoob Kban ha4 not come in, nor were there any expectations that be'would do so. Two brigades are camped comfortably at Jellalabad ...

... RNOCK. Town of Council was held in the Town-Hall on M: y night Provost G brought forward the motion of which he had given notice at last ing, that the Council should give a subscription of £10 from the municipal funds to aid in the erection of a clock in front of the Post Uffice, to be regulated daily according to Green- wich time. The same proposal had been made at & previous meeting, but ...

... CORN TRADE RT. (FROM OUR OWN Lane, most of the past week the weather has and the which followed made the roads still more impassable than they had been when frost and snew prevailed, while the fields have become tented, with No has been done by the severit; the erage he the young crops, wlich have indeed, oe than otherwise by Ta France the frost and snow were \ by the farmers, ped to mild, ...

... a LONDON, Tuesday, six pan. In the course of the past 24 hours a further fall of the of t barometer has taken place in the north, especially over in Sweden, while a rise is reported in France and along- our south coasts. The depression in the north has con- sequently become much larger and considerably fe deeper, and the gradients for soutl-westerly winds are vi very steep. Westerly and south ...

... OSBORNE, Tuesday. seea held a Council at one o'clock yesterday a , at which were present His Royal Hlighniess t] of Connaught. His Royal Highness krince tL and the Duke of Richmond aud Gordon, pre- ! Si the Council. Mr C. L. Peel attei d.:il ais sc6 he Council. g :s to the Council, the Duke of Richmond anad G .ad an audience of Her Majesty. g ; jesty afterwards drove out, attended by the r . ...

... A WATCHER BE iH E DEAD. n A corresponident sends to the Timesi the following as translation of an article from the Dqrmsp-sier Zeitffar 's hearing this title, and date, Darmstadt, Christmas. rr Eve :'- Long, long before daybre onk o one of these gloomny December days of last week an officer radie his way hurriedly along the empty, silent streets of the capital, lie was in full uniform, but ...

... Lt d. E A . ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, 1879. d 1 ** K/ . L, X0 O . I A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Peshawur on J Monday, states that he left Jellalabad on the 26th -,, I- -Z. 1 -A no Il - t - - , . I - I inst. Yakoob Khan had not then entered the place, of nor were there any expectation that he would do so. it :sPreparations are being made by the troops for a Af winter residence at ...

... THE rectification of our Indian north-west fr'ntier has fairly commenced, wi+1,rn7t +he -slightest-symptom of -its-distturbing thewonder- I .fully good understanding that has established 1 itself between Britain and Russia with reference t] to the affairs of Afghanistan. lUnder the former n hesitating policy of :the Indian Government, II letting 'I dare not' wait upon ' I would,' t] Shere ...

... EXTRACTS FROM ty Homan Policeman— «Be pardon but I've just it these two a slide in front of your door- you gave ’em ion!” Househelder—“* it mays man. luncheon bi The fact is L expect my mother-in- Rerort Covrtrous.—New Parlourmaid— New Mistress—‘ “Here's a letter, ma'am, if you please,” » are you not accustomed to see handed on a tray?” New Parlour- maid—‘ Yes, ma'am; but not know you was |” ...

... —Ata Fist wpe ard, held on night, ‘s was sae tative of the ward the Town Council. ‘ter- wards up the question of sor to Mr him a vote of thanks for his past the names of - dation to the Town One was b being a recommended to the Council to fill vacancy, which will be filled up at the meéting of that body on Tuesda: —Sheriff Fraser held a Court for the hearing of cases came up for were taken to ...