... SHARESFEARI; LODGE I.O.G.T.-Tlie inernbers of tr, this lodge held their ailcual New Yefsr's soiree oi d TIcarsday evoning in Dr Bell's School, kindly granteA by lit the purpose. The company numribered tibout 80. ilb 'l'he Chairanicii, Brother Smith, andi Brother Russell ohl ;,cIve short addresses; appropritite to the ocqasion, and Hi vafioutl of the mcem bers of the Order. contributed th ...

... RAILWAY TRAFFIC INTERRUPTED. i land The river Irwell, which divides Manchester from prin Salford, has overflewed its banks on both sides to sigh such an extent as to cause great damage to property, to si and to cause serious apprehension in the minds of the the people living in the lower parts of the two towns, Inc particularly as rain is still falling heavily. At ten spir o'clock on Wednesday ...

... TWO VERSIONS IN IAMBIC METRE OF J wuus Vwsar, Act iii., Scene i. Antony. O mighty C-sar ! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure? Fare thee well. I know not, gentlemen, what you intend, Who else must be let blood, who clse is rank. If I myself, there is no hour so fit As Cesar's death's hour; nor no instrument Of half that worth as ...

... HAPRVARD .UNIVERSITY. The extent to which indigent students are pecuni- arily helped at Harvard'is not generally known to the public. There are, in the first place (says the New York Times), 112 scholarships (of which, how- ever, four or five are not yet available), varying in their annual income from 40 dols. to 350 dols. The' whole amount yearly realised from this source and distributed ...

... t' lit 2afx Xfrual.T ABERDEEEN, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7, 1880. INTELLIGENCE has been received from the Viceroy of India intimating the receipt of news from General Roberts at Cabul up to Sunday. Quietness is said to prevail at Cabul, where our troops have reoccupied the Bala Hissar, but in other parts of Afghanistan disturbances are believed to be impending. The troops at Pei war have been warned ...

... KINTORfE. NATIONAL SECURITY SAViNGS BANK. - The forty- third aunnual general meeting of the Kintore National Security Savings Bank trustees and managers was held in their office here on Monday evening. The Rev. John Galloway, F.C., occupied the chair, the other trustees and managers present being A. G. Burnett, Esq. of Kemnay William Tait, Esq., Broomend ; Rev. Jomh Craig Smith, E.O,, Kintore; ...

... the Akthell Journal,. OrNE or two items in our intelligence this morning relating to Afghanistan are of some im- portance. Telegrams from the occupied dis- tricts of the country contain nothing new ; but the movements of Abdul Rahmaa Khan are watched in many quarters with close attention. A . ...

... ITA THE 7LY BRIDGE DISASTER.; - I Ino THE DIVING OPERATIONS. K1 ga.c eaF RECOVEIRY OF A BODY. up bei be( THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY. bb Ws DUNDEE, Monday. too This morning the weather gave hope that the work it . at the bridge could be carried on under favourable by auspices. The crews of the whaling boats were early vel astir, and about eight o'clock a dozen boats, fully manned, and each having on ...

... POLICY IN AFGHANIST'AN. he THERE can be no doubt that our experiences en Afghanistan have constituted what must be ral regarded as a very serious business. The under- -st taking, commencing with the sending of a Mission ng to Cabul, where a Russian Embassy had already been established, was entered upon with the )n, S. entire approval of the country, and in the full ok. knowledge that the step ...

... FRIDAY-(Before Baillie MACDONALD). A PEDLAt-ONE Or TIlE UNEMPLOYED.-James Jobnstone, pedlar, residing in Guestrow, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having created a disturbance last night in Guestrow and Broad Street, where he col- lected a crowd of people. The evidence led showed that the accused, who bears a pedlar's certificate, was under the influence of drink, and that while in this con- ...

... TIlT LATI,' COLONEL GOU)(oN oF lF'YVIl. thle liev. Dr Milne, of Fvvie, 011 Sabbath,~ ioiade sepoial and11 reference to the late Colionel Gordon of lyvie. There (,o wast a large congregation, and thle iniiisl~er took for his oen text itt-browii xiii.,I14- Hero wo have 10t) dlio conatinniiog city ; hub wo sock 0o10 fo 0o1io''-Pueaelvimu TrO therenLorn an eleqacirt sermon on thle changes of in c ...

... &BE3RDEEN TOWN COUNCIL. The; The mothly u'eng of this Board was held yester. s day afternoonr-nLlore.tinProvost Jainielont in the chair. br Teother members present were-Brijilies Donald, Itht Smith, Macdonald, Esslecrrrnt, ROeSS, and Duffus; Tres- I Surer Wrdker, Dotan of Guild Walicer, MeasrA Findlity, in' Me-'ns, Ogilvie, Hunter, Tennant, Gordon, George t, Walker, K~inghorn, Patterson, GMO, ...