... EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE BY A SEAM.AN IN ARBROATH. n OnWednes'daygreat excitementprevailed in Arbroaeth t, in connection with a rumour which gained wide- d spread currency that Jack the Ripper had been captured in the town. Although the rurnour, as might have been expected, turned out to be untrue, 3, the excitement was not altogether without cause, e The details of tbe affair cannot be fully ...

... DISTHICT NEWS. ABERLOUR-OPEN uNo oy ORnmitNAorr ScH0oo s. -Few villagei within the past ten or twelve years 1mre made such rapid pregress in architectural adornment as that of Aberlour. Only a few months ago the mainiticent structure the Merming Hall was op~enel. Of all the new buildings the Orphianage, with its chapel and schools, is by far the largest and most handsome. The buildings alone ...

... in__ THE EXTRAVAGANT PROMISES OF THE GiLADSTONIANS, 0- Rt. THE RESULT OF HOME RULE IN CRETE. d- id GREAT BRITAIN'S FOREIGN PRESTIGE. it al__ in Last night Mr Goseben, Chancellor of the Ex- id chequer, addressed a mass meetlig of Conservatives )r in Hull Artillery Barracks Drillbill in connection :t, with the Central Hull Conservative Association. The right hon. gentleman, who is the guest of ...

... I t ._t( George Ritchie, labourer; William Fowlie el s labourer; and John 'Bremner, labourer, all of Aber- b ,- deen,werecharged in AberdeenSheriffCourtyesterday tl e -Sheriff Wilson on the bench-with having on c . Tuesday last been found on the public road leading p S from Aberdeen into Buxburn, at a point about 100 d b yards from the inn occupied by James Taylor, in I y illegal possession of ...

... THE MARQUIS OF LORNE IN . UDUNDEE.. PRESENTATION OF TRTHE FREEDOM OF THE CITY. The Marquis of Lorne, who has consented to form- ally open the Victoria Art Galleries at Dundee to. morrow, was yesterday presented with the freedom of the city, The presentation took place in the Great Hall o Of the Albert Institute, to which the Marquis and' the Earl of Camperdowh (whose guest the Marquis is) ...

... in__ AX Mt.P. IN A SMOOK-FRtOCK. Ch The French newspapers are deriving much amnse- to ment from TM. Thivrier's blouse. The report is or spread that this working-man deputy is to sit in the Chamber of Deputies disguised in his native blouse. AL Thivrier has replied to the lazzis of the ne press in D. long and somewhat amusing epistle. Here is the conclusion of it :- Inuring the electoral ...

... bite Ptt'C el t moi'ltX flt ABERDEEN, TUESDAY, OCT. 8, 1889. The Peterborough election took place yester- day, and resulted in a Gladstonian victory. The I -1 In a- M-- Ia - a I flyU' ,V-uv ALL 4 ' cIVbU LA. Yfltuk -L. figures were-Mr Morton (GL), 1893, and Mr bi Purvis (UL), 1642-showing a majority for the m Glkdstonian of 251. On the occasion of last fr election the Conservative majority ...

... : I I L T C D - DIU~STRIQfT NXEWS. r KINCJARDINE O'NEIL-TsIANKSGIVING SeR- ry VlCns,-Special harvestt thanksgiving services were held in Christ Qhurch on Sunday, when the Rev. eCecil N. Nasb, M:A., the incurnbent, officiated. AUOI1INBLAE-HABVEOT BALL.-Tho annual )r, harvest ball was held in the Public Hall here on iFriday eyening. MIisrs Smith, Martin, and h Malcolm'a violin band discoursed ...

... as 3.IARRIAG ES. At New York, U.S. America, on the 16th September. by C- the Rev. D. G. Wyllie, lKiox Presbyterian Church, CtiisTImA eAtTAVISu to ALEX. HENDRY, plasterer, both of Aberdeen. DEATHS. Dl At 13 Guestrow, Aberdeen, on the let inst, CeURISToA to CAMPBELL, wVidow0 of the late G}eorge Duffus, aged 42 years. Friellds kindly accept of this (the only) intimatioll. 1t At Woodsidc Works, ...

... AT SCHOOL, In conversation, aa in literunre, it is more necessary I to have something to say than to say it well, From olesning a street np to regulating the affairs of a nation, the charcoter that is put into the work is what will determine its value, and only that can be put in which already exists in the worker. I 1? I STICK TO MY' WORK. The Windmiil says:-It's not a very intar. eating ...

... A spjeial correspondent of the RDaily News at 1 Canea emads the following:-Tbe cruel polich of Ohakir Pasba bas witbin the last fortnight become I ahasper and harder. The peasants are not only im- psisoped in great numbers without any rinquiry or explanation, but are merci- lesaly whipped and cudgelled. The knout .works terribly. All young and active mbn tly to the higher and more remoto ...

... iNV iRNE'SS CIRCUIT COITUWP. The Circuit Court was held en Thursday-Lord Klvilachy on the bench. The couniiel prlse.it witro 'Messrs Strachan, Watt, laclsenmian, Blair, llrudit, lanes, Macleod, and( laillie. The first cas ccalled was A rodr FIO'FiDiU Oitt'INC¢ iFRtOMS (Ail(IxN('$5, Birbara >iiinpijion, wife of Jhnlii :ijiipsii, sIuII aoxt master, Bridge oit Westfield, was uhilrind vitlh tie ...