... i: GENERAL FOREIG.N NEWS, - -------- V j THE STORMS IN AMERICA. I SIXTEEN SCHOOL CHILDRIW KILLED. Ai (RBUTLR's TELEGRoAMS.) , Toronto, Friday. - Another terrific storm. p' accompanied with violent rain, raged throughout oi Ontario yesterday. The town of Barrio, on ti Lake Simcoe, is almost submerged, and severaL tl houses and factories were washed away. There cc ! and at Bowmanville the storms ...

... A1L3CIA, EN COUNTY COUNCIL vi neliifoftli JxeulVOCommittee of C .\,ollO ' ti'tyt~tn~Iunder the Contalzionq o (Ainitmit) Act, wva hield within thle County I P. ,yic efoy aftern,o0'-Mr A. fT,. GordoD of I W ti,, the thtiiritn, pretidirig. ti I CItO. AiDOI.islrltATION, c Atiter froil t lie I urUtivye Comiiittee of thead 'rolIf Aherd~en under the Ciontagvious a iAnmilsI) Adt w3A read, ...

... TFtUJ.PSO-H,1i1' .AND r AsarS-The annual High. land GameF took place at Thurso on Thursday, the day of the Wick floliday. The usual rauge of games formed the programme, with pipe music and dancing, ending witb a tug of war between Tburso and Wick tcams, the foruner being the winners. The games were well contested throughout. Mr Macron, of Nairn, and Mr W. Smith, of Invernees, carryinL off a ...

... ECCLESTASTICAL NEWS, SCOTTISH Er ie(c0r'Ar, CHRt~CII STNOT).-T1)S General Synod of the Episeopal Church in Sentlanid was inaugurated by a special service, including she celebration of tire fHoly Conimunion, in it N~r [y'sl CaithedrAl, lEdiuburrch, yesterdeny firecroon, The l3iahop of St Andrews was the preacher, and there I wa9 a foill choral service. Triol Rev. Dr Walter C, Smith, Edinburgh. ...

... ITHE GEINERAL ASSEMBLIES. t (F|les OUS OWN CORIREPONDENT.) t EDINBURGH, Saturday night. f In the Free Church Assembly to-day a dis- ; cussion which tended to throw light on* ecclesiastical prospects in Scotland was raised by a series of resolutions reciprocating fraternal o greetings with the United Presbyterian Church, C and authorising the Home Mlission Committee I to u meet with the Home ...

... ABERDEEN, MNONDAY, JUNE 9, 89O, A Gormian white book bears that the expedi- tioni muiler Riniun Pasha will prOcoled to Victoria tv.. I Nyan.za. . be Several sorious accidents are reported from be Amorica-eight fatal cases ou railways. A domonstration against tho Government vy CoMipensatoioi clauses was held in Hyde Park, nt London. There was a large concourse of people, saost of whoim wore ...

... FISHING INTELLIGENCE L1 Acnrcnz, Monday.-Ten trawlers arrived. Those that had been fisbing in the Moray Firth had y rood takes, and also a beat that had been trawling il on the NorWiegiati coast. The others were light ,, fished. Two Grimsby smacks landed good takes ; of plaice and halibut. The small line boats were t only lightly fished. The prices were :-Uod, 6d to Is each; ling, la 6d to 3. ...

... I Monday night. The statement of the leader of the If ouse that the Local Tazation Bill, so far as the compen- sation clauses are concerned, is to be hung up until another session, has been received with mixed feeling. The arrangement is regarded as a compromise by the Tories, and on the Radical I benches as a concession to obstruction. The arrangement will not shorten the session by a week, ...

... rHnEI MISER'S DIAMOND NEOKLACE| |In the year 1740 there lived In the Latin quartor In Paris a famous miser named Jaen Avere. The wealth concealed In tho obbscre rookery where he reeided was believed to be fabulous, and was no'doubt really very great. Among hlie treasures wis a celebrated diamond necklace or immense value. This he conealied so carefully that ho ulti. mately forgot Its hiding ...

... MR STANHIOPE ON THP WANTS OF OLD SOLDLERS. A fete and gardeu party in aid of the Balaclava IHeroes' Relief Fund' was held rt Yhartford onWedner- day, in the grounds of Messrs BInroughs & Wellcome h IThere was a very large attendance, and a considerable o addition to tbe fund was realised. Eight of the our- vivors of the famous charge of the Light Bitgade were present. In connection Ngith the ...

... NeW YORK PRIOES-Tupissry. Money eany. Stocks at the opening were a fraotion i lower, but the market afterwards firmed up, aud 1 after a general advainoe, closed sterdy. Cotton, on I spot, remained quist and unchanged. Futures have declined, in sympathy with weakness In Liverpool, i but clored nteady. Petroleum, a quiet bisiereas, 1 clocing, however, eteady at the last quotations. The t lard ...

... FIBHING INTELLIGENCK AaMDeorNeThuraday.-Eight trawlers airived with rather light catches. Five of the deep sea haddock fishing boats discharged fair quantities of cod, ling, plaice, halibut, lemon soles, skate, and codlinga. The small line boats were not at sea. Prices were :-Cod, average price, 15z to INe per score; ling, Is 6d to 2a Gd each; saithe, 2e 6d to 3s 3d-average, 2H 9d por score; ...