... fLANOHORY. C CLe JiLL BSesoorusaNG-The members of this Club bhela oslchr nlonchy can. petition onl Thursday afternoon, -the trophy was gained. by Andrew Craven, gamekeeper. liivcrshane, by bShaking 9 halls out of 10. BALTJATER. - LahtTUat -A lecture was delivered in the Free IChurch so Thursday ereniag by Rae. T. T. Alatihewe, Iof itse Landoll Mfissionary Society. Rev. A. F. A. I1 loir ...

... he Ir there has been a ruler of nmen in modern ch times who might have been deemed safe fronm at murderous attack, it was President Garfield. ho He was a favourite among the masses of his er countrymen. His election was carried by an almost solid vote througihout the North and in West of the Union. His personal record, as ,n the phrase goes, was so exceptionally good that 'ymany Democrats ...

... THE ENTAILE'D ESTATES CONVERSION (SCOTLAND) BILL. :IThe following is teltextYofttso bill for tho conve,- rren Sions of entailed estates arid to amend the law of entail ton in Seotlaifd, introduced in the House of Commons by vies the Lerd-Aolvocate asrl the EHome Secretary - i press pDosoosi n of any cilt ilrd e'tste in Scotland (which shall nray, be madei he petition a~llle sod to the Court, ...

... gut Tonat. ie l WItNDsOR CASTLE, Wednesday. 't The Queen and Princess Beatrice drove out yester- d day afternoon, attended by the Countess of Erroll, Fo and Her Majesty, with the Princess, went out this - morniV. The Hon. Lady Diddolph bad the honour of dining with the Queen yesterday. il The Duke of Cambridge arrived at the Castle 1, shortly before 2 p.m. yesterday, and lunched with the s ...

... THE .DISCOVERY' :OF INFERNAL MACHINES. LONDON, Monday. ight. anticip ttttmorroN . \ There has 'not been for 'a cdnoiderahle time (at * any rate duringtbe present seslion) so much s u prres sed Dim excitement as was felt in the House of Commons this. inenrgi 1evening when Lord Ssandon rose in his place tz put attectio: question to tbe Home' Secretary with regard to the for Gal alleged ...

... TilE W.I M BLEDON M.EETING, Onteollelhrdy THE, CAMe', 5Olo1nosy night. Wunihledoc Campn iose refreshed this sale ning after thre ICI ruin lay of rest. It Was8 IMAo two Wo'lock thbis rorniag IAu t before thle ]ast visitor hidl gone, beitig invistil sevil io toteei ~t b hi nno Whether it wis the ,T ilaish hod fo akd with ri ther gleoful stride, min thle Niiigilg in anlything but ii mlelodiouS ...

... - a ERIEE W.PI = = = EA ABERDEEN , -^kPI~tS Ilo i The tWeLticth canneal wenienloeiw, which closed at Aberdeen on stisr~o?', b vye, Boe believe, been ,less successful thenl nMy of its predecessors. For this resula the, wootdier is cntirey to blame. So far es jcin 1 ciii the numbolr of entries w went, no iceetint uppelll' under eore hopeful circum- 7 sttaces; bilt the uufaoulu 1,e vea.h er of ...

... ROYAL COMMISSION ON AGRI- CULTURE. B111 WALKEfl'S REPORT. The following is a continuation of the extracts from the report of Ir Walker of Portlethon, the Assistant Commissionerfor the Northorn District of Scotland, whichb will be read with interest .- KINCARDINE. The population of Kincardineshire in 1871. was 34,630. The county occupies an area of 245,346 acrem, exolusivo of 1385 iorce of ...

... AGRICULTUTR'E. mnoa BI5AEiKAn.--HeRvy rain fell in this district during expl several daye of last weel, doing much good to the crops. gest The turnip broird is looking greatly improved. woo CtMrAB.-The month of June has come and gone grso without bringing kindly summer weather. Cold the, seourging wiods and drought have been much too pre- mas valint, and genial wsnunth and sunshine has been ...

... ant ne SUG GESTED CHANGE OF HUSBANDRY. sunb o that t IIe connection with the annual shows of the Deeside devise Union and Deeside Agricultural Associations, held on wicbth the Market Stance, at Banchory, on Saturday, a dinner pIluse was held in a loft on the stance. Colonel Ianes of Mr Learney presided. After having givea the loyal and the to p1ltriOtic toasts, of Col Colonel Innes, in ...

... A meeting of the Borgh School Board of Nairn was it woe re j bld en Wednesday evening-Rev. Ales. Lee presiding. factor, X There were aba present-Rev. Mr Bueno, Baillie Robert. add reoss sor, MC.B.lMaeckintosh, and Mr Hugh Mann. of Bognie ACONTS. School, it On the socounts being sobmitted, somo objection was Bognie, it ft taken to that of Mir T. Martin, C.A., for saidifiog the tUsnRimou0 Dlate ...

... WE,4ttrr.2 to tiditor. oppor. .5 CA ~ I LOCAL EXAMINATIONS. 1 the; ' h the Seo,-Allow moe to inform those interested that I, Iewas hope to hare~ tlaI Coald examination pass lasts ready this a flwe dafternoon. Copies will be placed on the notice boarsad f 'eed to at the New Town Rod Old Town Universi:y Buildings, veil to asod will he sent to the booksellers' shopi in Union. omake Street. ...