... o METHLicK.-Tho quarterly me5tin0 of this Board I 3was loeld in the Institute on Thursday forenoon- gu Mr Marshall preeiding. The triennial electioni was 1 1fixed for Saturday, 7th April. The clerk was in. structed to procure. new desiks for Methliclr Public Ba oSchool. The treasurer intimated that he had I o received from the 'Kirk-Segsion of Methiok the sum a - of P8 Os Id, heing the whole ...

... 7-7- - A Sl letIt S X ILN\VAYLAN-DSLPATOULLEN I . .. - t, load;'a is 1)),taken pl ace at Cuillen, inl thre v~ect cci blocking- of the romline of M.1 ;a > ort11 or Scotiland ldailIwvav Ani embank- sul has iv en w ivy between the miiddlo viadout Se 'he an t e' eas viaduct nearest the Cullen t i-nib- IIj. incur. which to a, rrest extent th( 4f ey -io 'soont 1 5) yards in lencothi, ...

... ELECTION OF ROAD TRUSTEE'-. Foimom.-At a meetinsi of ratepavers of the pririoh of Fordotin on Saturday, Mesirs W. Falconer, Cairntoi, and Robert Crabb, banker, Auchinblae, were unanimously ele'cted trustees under the Roads and Bridges Act. L..uaulsRsi urx.-Ata meeting of ratepayers held here On Saturday the following were elected trustees for the next three years :-Xtesars Ge rge Ross, In- ...

... no,- --___________ _ B1IRTHS, ght At 30 Jam2es Street, Aberdeen, on the 30th December, the led wrife of ALEXANDER. W10awr, seaman, of a daughter. Onl the 3rd Janutar'y, at 36 Union Tcrrace, Aberdeen, tiic ,ed w~.be Of FRSANK W1NIseNs, of a daughter, lay w t 18 Whtcliouse Street, Ahrrdeen, on the 3rd inst., the 1- At 16 Canal Rtoad, A rdnoil tile Ist inst., the wile of UJOHiN IV L. A10WAT, ...

... THE AUTOBIC)G \PJIY Go? .A BEGGAli. I A little book has just been issued by David a Robertson & Co., Glasgow, of Wbistlebnkie lid faile, tinder the title of Hawkie: The Auto- r biography of a Gangrel. The book has been edited z by John Strathesk, who is favourably known to readers of Sootch tastes as the author of Bits from not Blinkbonny, and other books of l)oric llavour. The tsouk ...

... SPORTING N EWS. FOOTBALL That this week's local football (Association rules) tes has been of more than average excellence, tuose who witnessed the Glasgow Thistle v. Orion, and en Nairn County v. Aberdeen, fixtures on Monday, and of* the Dumbarton v. Aberdeen match on Wednesday, bai will at once admit. The fine science shown by the HI two southern clubs must hove been a revelation to MI I many ...

... T'I'HE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE PRIZE RING. (OFFICIAL DENIAL FROM SANDRINGHAM The Press Association states that a telegram was eon Wednesday afternoon despatched to Sandringham l where the Prince of Wales is at present staying, in- u,,$ quiring if there was any truth whatever in the state- . a ment recently published that His Royal Highnees the was a member of the committee engaged in organis- ...

... THIE ChILT2DRI E N'S 1.fTJIG 1 IT. etween the dark and fhe daylight, .T. t~' h ei Oil; t beghinning to lowvr, Ci iiapmal i I hi, viay/ oricupiltrois, That is lcrio% ri as t1'e childeen's hour. at 'Rorw in th,. f'lrrt' r r *e p v Ud c Ii rye Sr, .. *:i I o L .i p.' t;. I L lid IV r ato l uirtfi iw.intIr I rk- In ,aw 4.l all is`, l` it lt ws ~et, rL!;i)isrw~ d iy_ I do rirt rag-Imeanl to ...

... , NORTHERN POLMTRY AN\D PIGEON CLUB SHOW. Tl.iis lu!'s anitild showiv of poiutry, pigevons, nn i vs lot. wVali i-,ne eil . Tuesday in the Dil EHall, WoolujauijIL There are altoaether i5IO enliies at the present show, being 100 in it excess of la.t yeair. The increaqe iS i-pecially Itl temne of the iectious of poultry, the numlber of Y pWgeons and rabbi:s forw..rd being much the same as dn the ...

... THE 8TA'TE oF i'RADE. REVIVAL. IN' THE iVELS;H COAL. AN IR ON TRADIS . The Welsh newspapers rcport& considerable revil al iii thie coal and iron trades of the principality. Numerous substantial orders have been received to vxteijd over a tirtracted period, and inoqt of the iron xvzrks and collieries are now in full work. There is al-n a revival in the steel trade, and prospects for the year ...

... - CONSERVATIVP LEGTSLATION FOR T7E . ~~WORKING CLASSES. . . - - A . ., 1. Factories (Women and Children) Act, '74, licuiting the hours of employment and providing for education. 2 and 3. Building Societies Acts, 18.74 and 1:7,, to place these associations on a sounder basis, 4. Hosiery Manufacture (Wages) Act, 1741, for abolishing the truck system In this trade. 5 and 6. Friendly ...

... I - C A DETERMINED BE LL ErOND. SrR,-I was standing in the doorway of a place of U' e bosiners in Union Street on Saturday afternoon, when the usual bell fiend came crashing along. I 2, sent across the street, and the proprietor of the shop l sent across, to request the coal-carter to make less IC noise. What did he do? He turned the whites of his eyes upon us, and swinging the bell behind his ...