... THE LIVERPOOL POISONIN(G MYSTERY. t The inquest was opened yesterday at (larston, near Liverpool, tonucing the death ot James Maybrick, aged 50, cotton merchant, Liverpool, f whose death is alleged to have been caused by poison I adminietered by his wife, who is ini cuqtoily. Mrs Maybricl-, whose age is 20, is a daugnter of Baroness Roque, and stcp-daughter of Baroa Roque. Mrs4 Maybrick's name ...

... ABERDEEN, MONDAY, MAY 13,188P. I T.-, 4- n t AA .. Ha V-- en- -:A AA c- j . :2 11 __ London at Paris on Saturday, said France was il working for the peace of the world and the p fraternity of nations. t M. Thevenet, French Minister of Justice, il and M. Merlin, President of the Examining f( Committee of the High Court of Justice, are in favour of bringing General Boulanger before ...

... THE PAR NELL COMMISSION MR O'BWIE N IN THE WITNESS;BOX. In anticipation that Mr William O'Brien would go into the witness-box there was a very Treat pressure upon the accommodation in' the Parnell Court yesterday morning. The galleries were crowded by ladies in bright dresses, and in the area of the Court there were noticeable scientists like Sir Henry Roscoe, and politicians like Mr T. D, ...

... - ELECTION oFr lMEns.s. A meeting of -the electors of the parish of Old- a m nacbar was held yesterday afternoon in the office in D'iamond Street, for the purpose of electin;, 30 elected members. to serve on the Parocblala Board for the ensning year. There was a smaU attendance. Most of the nominatione- Indeed practically all-were made by Mr Giles, Holburn Street, and Mr, Mitchell, clothier, ...

... I MR CARNEGIE AND ABERDEEN, PUBLIC LIBRARY. In GIFT OF £1000. ; be At a meeting of the Public LibrarypNew Building ag Fund -Sub.Committee, held yesterday afternoon, the fir following letter fromA Mr Andrew Carnegie to the id Lord Provost was submitted to New York, April 12, 1889. Of To the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, ad My Dear Sir,-I have your favour of the 18th &l March, telling me about the ...

... ABERDEEN CHORAL UNION, The annual meeting of the Aberdeen Charal Union 1 was held last night in the Round Room of the Msicioi Ihil Buildinggs. There was a good attendance. Mr Pi J. Mlurray Garden, advocate, tile president, occupied Be ihe chair. b mr A. M. Byres, the secretary, having read the a Mninute3 of last meetingv, submitted the report of the hi cwnoinittee as follows:- The session ...

... mUSIc AND THE DRAiA. In consequence of the applications for seats for the last nights of Mr Wilsou Barrett's favewell perfor. asances, his engagement at the Princess's Theatre, ,Tonden, has been extended for another week. Mr Wilson Barrett on Monday night revived the Silver King for five nights onlyand on Saturday next he will play The Colour Sergeanb, 'A Clerical Error, and Chatterton ...

... TEHE IiHONOGR.APH IN AbERDEEN., Q ,. - _ : .; .' ' . u- Yesterda'y : a private exhibition. of.Mr ;Zdison's phonaograph, in its 'latest iand most IPerfect form, was~ given in the Music Hall~ luildings, Abetdleen,' by Mr NY Lynd, FL. The invention is remarkable' for its simiplicity, If a drqpa. or membrane with a 1 needle -proje tilg from its cete he Ie , invbaik by ba sundwave, suchas is ...

... a. a^flJ>vuan ILrVYv~. e Rev. a. Duncan states that he recommends St Jacobs Oil el for rheumatism and neuralgia as the most effectual cure he a] has ever known. E Mr Joe. Young, of Golden Lion Hotel, High Street, Sunder- b, land, writes:- But more remarkable yet was the casei of (I my wife, who had nearly lost the use of her arm, from os rheumatism, but thank God and St Jacobs Oil she has ...

... : A CIii xprience BURNLB.Y GAZBETT-, Fnhsay 23itL HE lot of those who toiom day to day-inhe bowels of the 5 earth is not a very agreeable one. Apart from the terrible risk of which we are so often reminded by a calamitous explosion, with all its thrilling scenes, the collier has to pursue his work at times under circumstnces of great hardship. Yr. Moes Knowles, of 109, Oxford Rod, Burnley, has ...

... CoitN Am~nAflitt - Week ended May 4th. - Quantities aold-Whoat. 61,1.35 quarters ;barley, 7135:- oats, 3869. Pricos~wh5eCt, 2Ds 100l barley, 0is 7d; oats, 1i9a Gd. Corrospotiding week last year-Whleat sold, .55,419 quarters b arloy, 80356 eats, 4413. Pricos-Whilit, 31s 20 barley 30s Od oait, 16a 4d. LONONnnSMonday.-Uarket opens quiet for every. thing, the onlly feature being oato, whiach are % ...

... JSIR $ WM HARCOURT: AT BROMLEY Sir Win. Harcourt, M.P., last 'night addressed a crowded meeting in the. DriUhall, Bromloy, Eent. convened, by the Sevenoaks K visioI Liberanl Council. Sir Wmn. Harcourt, who on rising to speak was received with loud cheers, said he calculatedthatthe result of the Sugar Convention would be to increase the price of sugar 6s per head per year. The effect of ...