... : - ire Mr Wm. Smith, M.Inst. C.E.,the Aberdeen-harbocr w engineer, who has been appointed a member of the Sm International Congress of Maritim mis eets in Paris in October in co Work, wit h t conection, with the m- Exbibition, has sent to the'Councll a paper upon the ad Conveyance of Ships Overland, in t illustration of z0 which he has had constructed a et of models of his. he new system ...

... Her Majesty, acting on the advice of the Home Secretary, has granted a reprieve to Florence MIay- , brick, and commuted the sentence to one of penale e servitude for life. a Mrs Maybrick is reported to be improv- eoing as little. She is very thankful for the a efforts made to save her life, but the chaplain a considers that she scarcely realises the convict's e life that is before her.. When ...

... Mrs Rosana Lanoiimaun von Gmazaenfels, widow of the m an who committed a double eorder and suicide at Stratford, arrived in Stratford f rom, londlon on 'Thursday, and identified her huslasnd's, body. She Was met at the station by the Seperin- tendont of Police, who took her to the haosbe where the tbreo -bodies were laid out. The woman readily identifed her husband, and, kneeling down, kissed ...

... MAREBT INTELLIGENCA CORN. is Conx Avsun-Rlturn for week ended August ot 24tb is as follows :-Wheat sold, 33,669 qrs.; barley, & 341 qra.; oats, 863 qrs. Average price-Wheat, 80a Y Sd ; barley, l9B fd; oat, 18B lId. Corresponding : week last year-Wheat sold, 20,647 qrs.; barley, 16 oi qr.; oati, 1030 qrsr Average price-Wheat, 36s ld; of barley, 21s lid ; oats, 20s Od. ie LoNDoN, Monday.-Markeb ...

... TURRIFF DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL i ASSOCIATION. . , .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The leading event in the Turriff district during the year is undoubtedly the summer show of cattle, h(rses, sheep, and other stock under the auspices of the Turriff District Agricultural Association, a viorroas institutiOn which has dourisbed noiy in the Jlcolity ror naany. years. The show was held yester- day on the ...

... PETERHEZAD TOWN COTJNTCOL AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS. On Monday the monthly meeting of the Peterhead r Town Council was held in the Council Chambers- a Provost Smith presiding. I The Provost stated tbat be had taken the liberty c of having addresses prepared congratulating Her Majesty and the Prince and Princess of Wales on r 0 the marriage of the Princess Louise of Wales with othe Due of Fife ...

... DONT FOOR GIRLS. Don't allow yourself to be under obligations to any man, Don't discuss your family affairs in general con- versation. Don't give )our photograph to men, and don't ask them for their. Don't make youself conspicuous at ay time by loud laughiing or talking. Don't fail to try to always be frank and jUbt and generous, and above all womanly. Don't feel it necessary to bow to a, mn^ ...

... WEATHER EJ.!PORT. MeTEOROLOGI CAL OFFICE, LosIo-,, Frietav, S-30 pin;. In the coursie of the past 24 hours a series of com- plex depressIOns has advansced ol tbe Iribh coasts fromu the Atlantic, and ap pears to be spreading all over the king.dom. The gi:adients for southerly and south-westerly winds have been increasing steadily. The wind has backed to the southward very generally, anid ...

... ANNUAL REPORT. The report of the Frishery Board for Scotland for bhe year lSSS was issued yesterday. A considerable portion of it is devoted to information concerning the I berring fishery. It is stated that there were 612 fishcuring establishments engaged in the herring in- i dirstry upon the east coast last season, being 62 less I tban in 1887. The gross quantity of herrings branded for the ...

... HINTS ONr BATHING. The most gratifyine results are obtainei from sea batbing in ordinary cases when the dip is indulged d in at mid-day. d Bathers should not go in for a long swim while under the influence of or shortly after any kind of excitement. D)u not go into water sooner than an hour or more eafter meals, nor if the body is wealcened by hunger or aexhaustion. d It is a mistake for ...

... (FBOM THE EVENrNG EXPnESS.) An eventful day in the annals of Banffand Macduff has come and gone, and the marriage rejoiciugs of the Duke of Fife wvll lonr be remembered by the younger generations of the adjoining communities. The ex. pression of pleasure at the happy union was loyal and spontaneous. It was also nll but universal, only a factious few holding aloof from taking part in the ...

... - CE lei BAZAAR INf AID OF FUNDS. n On Saturday at soon a bazaar promoted by the Ies Mr Cox and the Kirk-Session of Dyae was opened within the Public School at Dyce, the object of the effort being to reatime suffioient funds to obtain 4 preoer heating apparatus for the jchurch, and also 'to purchase an organ to aid the musical services in the congregation. It is expecned that the cost of the ...