... PUbBLIC BOAR9DS. En .. .oneEr ?? A S1-a an TeIxAcet BOJLT a'D OF G rusAxU)A .-At the fortnsigbtly meeCUIrgenUThu~rsdey, a letter as as read ftroni life Josaciab .Plrescott, formnerly erie of tile reliehing officers of the Iunlion, arid winO was era Friday last cetursirited for trialt e I y theoSt. Helenis niagi'tratesn er chsrge ofsteaainn Ss.I ; Losh money of the guardianxs, remiiidis the ...

... MINERS AND ARBITRATION. The Hoyland Silkitone miners, to the namber of some hundreds, have come oat on strike against a reduction. The men referred their dispute to arbitration, and will not now accept the umpire's award. THE YELLOW FEVER INf ST. LOUIS.-HEAVY MORTALITY. From further information received respecting the ont- breat of yellow fever at St, Louis, Senegal, it appears that seventeen ...

... cgRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. )atdIni Pcestofl this ea Cfisluss Day WAN 0c100ru- ?? II lie- h-or; i ae thnordinary rejoiai1198. In thoofei moaste l nthabg npleso entertainment P 9aratOns ofnraste 'ibalrbe, in t o had been made, and people :mt th ,higl, festive scaleint th peer repoonsadrne Oa er were ret ,sre oetrwith zesf notegnrlrjlig n agm ,,igwhich prevailed. Despite the untowerd tiaie thrf~ ...

... ?? THE CHRONICLE. PRESTO3 , SATURDAY. JANUARY 1, 1881. A -1. .. HA_ - I fA - - '4wn'a I The old year is dead. 1880 is gone into lime i ever-rising, ever-receding sea. A dispassionate l review, therefore, becomes apposite, if it be not a a necessity, which we think it is, at this period. The old year which last night expired, dawned when Lord Beaconsfield was still in office, but P 6hardtly in ...

... AGRICULTURBE AT MfiNNESOTA MANT M1ANAITOBA. an~d II doa The followi ng extracts from a letter from tlhe L0s North-west of America wtill be read wvith interest:- coo°ls in asetoyr St. Paul, Dec. 11, 1880. vhile, nase ovu inquiries about farming in the en-t prairie country, I may state that it is by no means ,iiiecl ! comuplex affair, but a matter easily understood g all ' and practised by ...

... THE FAR WE.ST. (Thu a Ipeciul Cemsep.nblNW i2 the F'ar West.) .PBInO, CorLoeAflO, DEC., 1880. |T , In lny last letter I told vou somethioa of the prospects of tile immijgrant rauchnian who thi comes here with a few h undred pounds in hi3 Si Ipoc3;et. H~e stats with many advantages. H~is !Sc ?? is wnit31in easy distance of some railwvay T P ,station (depot). I~e has a neat, coenmodious PH ...

... :ERTO~i~hM-,t ON CORRESPONDENT LONDON, FRIDAY. Six days hence w,'ifl have commenced what will prow .. bably p~rove one b'A iimost critiol'and stormyi iessione thwarts ,this' birai has tkmown. Both sides are preo paringlfl 'aliatI e ich will be contested to the bitten end, ai,:the a i:.tnittial legislative programme which the 6ovbrninentl arn understood to be ready tb lay be- fore the Rome fi- ...

... |1ETTERS TO THE EDITOUQ.r PLAYGROUNEDS FORt CUUILDRXX i h; r H OUDAY TIME. S -- ?? the presen t inclcret; ant ?? hootlrels of school childiren marst ?? it Cvt. ?? I to b te oft tied to their sqiualid hom~es, often: i ti ked a nd beaten because they sre in the way or 1.t a . t; o active dieco~sitionl to imitiate at:e doim i'.l - uit I te reitore s o lgest to the soaii aers oi t he . ar i::. lt ...

... IBI- AGTA~IO~ BTATE pgItSiEAN J The It * pROS fnfantry willbe stationed India, r I $hl5compan wns during the winter and large Bits Iibsf lcoin g aded Bdirbances ritanuif Idf o ?? h duati jj5 t g O.ean anaff eutati .,1~l~ecy rd ?? givenl notice to dpuai giI;OC ADTmdeu I tb hair rents in fenl within Raynsfor Svicnie I Drb trheayi P r aissuteag yinst H arrisoa ;,t hat thle IrbllgrlZt ti08 awl ...

... MERCANTILE CIRCUIAT{S. WOOL. Perkins and Robinson's Cirrseicrr.) The wool market throughout last month has been at remarkably quiet, and she transactions are restricted its to 157 bales Peruvian from ll4sd. to lSjd. per lb., 59 cc bales washed Idogadors 1mm 125. to 14?-d. per lb., 6). of bales greasy white Elms at Sd. per lb., On bales greasy white Bolivian at 5(d. per lii., 140 bales greasy ...

... -- FOREIGN. TELEGRAMS. , 5; RUSSIA.M AND HINYAe eST. PETERSBiU4, .FRIDAY. The semi-official Ageneeidusseto-dayatnouncee the continuation of the negotiations between the Mnrquis of Tseng and the Russian Governmeut, adding that the Chinese Plenipotentiary will remain at St. Petersburg pending the decision ?? ?? proposals,. THEI GREEK QUESTION. ROME, TiHURSDAY EVnNING^ I The news that the ...

... THE REVENGE OF A LIFE: CAMBRO-BRITANNIO STORY. e BY A PREBTONIAN. t CHAPTER LXXIV JOYFUL ANTICIPATIONS. As soon as the hall door closed behind the menafac- r turer a remarkable change took place in the conduct of a Edward Maeakinlay. Let us enter the library and observe l1 him. Why, he is hopping about like a veritable magpie, a and-is it possible? yes-he is actually chirrupiag to the e little ...