... IDAMAGE, £1000. Shortly before eleven o'clock last night fire broke out in the cooperage of Mr Joseph M'Combie, sit,. ated in Pleasure Walk, Keith Inch, on the extreme south-east of Peterhead, and the contents being of a highly combustible nature, the whole place sva, gutted in less than an hour. The building is of three storeys, and measures about 70 feet frontage. The fire originated on the ...

... PROGRESS IN MANITOBA ir Last year Manitoba held a census on its own n account, taking stock not only of its population, bu l, of almost every aspect of theprovince. In 1381, wh,!' if the general census of Canada was taken, Manitbh y was, of course, included in the operation ; so that tt, e present census, which was taken on July 31, 1,36 s enables us to see what proqress has been made in live ...

... 5i Theae was a decided improvement in the character of the weatheysteda.Thseatmospherewiii clear tee of sum shone out brightly, and the temperature was ol ly. mild for the season. Although the number of persons who paraded the streets can hardly be Is aid to be So lre a onMonday, there was still a considerable throng in the oarin- h 't cipal thoroughfares, the fine weather being g a greet ...

... sit OFOiLANCE OF THE AMESSIAH. l The Aberdeen Choral ITnion gave their nnnual perforilance of the Messiah in the Music Hall !:,O niiiht in presence of r very large audience. This Ni is the first appearance of the Union for the season. 'he proDuction of the favourite oratorio has long heeu rea.%rded as one of the events of Christmastide, 1m aid, the fituess of the time has doubtless ...

... LEO SIIL On Saturday the two hundred and sixty-third i successor of St Peter celebrated the fiftieth anni-a versary of his entrance into holy orders. The Pope's sacerdotal jubilee in of especial interest to English- men, since it is to be made the occasion for canOnis- ing a large number of our more or less famous countrymen who died for their religion in the i sixteenth and seventeenth ...

... I!\QTFIirY INTO BEA-li TRAWLIN~G. tI Y esterday a committee of the Fishery Board I for Scotland appointed to inquire into the wa tsnfilit of boom trawling, as affecting the fishing in- ber ,fil-try in the 'north east coasts of Scotland, met in ,ie Imperial Itotel, Aberdeen, for the C I'(r 1104e of receivitng evidence from repre- th ~aeatives of tho. industry in various centres. s ren mlembers ...

... AEpW TN W~bED.AR,2t P u.r, l, l'88 APE RT)F.N, WEDNES DAY, JAN., 3,, 18,SS The report was current yesterday in Dublin that the Government intended at e to pro- claim the N9ational League in counties Dublin and Meath, but the Gazette of last night came out without any order to that effect. and the announgement is meantime regarded as I premature. The usual fortnightly meeting of the League ...

... na. THE WAR RUMOURS ON THE De CONTINENT. the (REuTER'S TELLGRAAMS.) me e Vienna, Tuesday.-The uneasiness felt in fro is official circles has given way to -a strong feel- rec ,ina of confidence in the maintenance of peace. sm ,s St Petersburg, Tuesday.-The ,Journal de ma 11 St Peterabourg, to-day expresses satisfaction inc e that the publication of the forged letters throws irit light upon ...

... ; GOOD TFmrMLAR CorvE:sAzmoNte-The members of the British Workman Lodge (LIdependent Order of t Good Templars), held thair fourth annual conver- eaziono in Trinity Hall, Shiprow, last night, There v was a large attendance. Brother J, T. Low, chief . templar, occupied the chair, and was accompanied on r the platform by Brother .J. Wilson, Brother D. I ; Campbell, Rev. Matthew Galbraith, .A., ...

... THE.STATE OF IRELAND. TEE SUPPRESSION OF THE NATIONNAL I LEAGUE.I a Last night's Dublin Gazette appeared without enany notification concerning the suppression of thefr a National League, and there is reason to believe that fK a the announcement published yesterday morning on ME t the subject to the effect that the suppression would S e 0take place immediately was prematuie. lir If Confirming ...

... In these iconoclastic times, in times when our belief in Shakespeare is ruthlessly threatened, when r our faith in the Wall of China is heedlessly shaken, wre may be entirely sure of very little, certainty not of all this famous Gretna Green story, for the worthy blacksmith himself mustinow fall down before the rods verifying tendencies of the age. The fact is (according to a visitor who has ...

... LEWIS CPROFTEP9S DESTROYING FENCES. I At one o'clock yesterday morning about 100younet mr-n were engaged tearing down the fences parting Ai-nish farm from the Trmain road to Garrabost, opposite lnock Manse. The morning was bright, said the operations were carried on in a most deter- mined manner. Soon about 400 yards of fence was lyi,:g on tl e road. No one was present to stop the ssisehie:. ...