... .tir aftde -pt1 if r7111igl. Vr CKMP OFri0,-BROAD STREET, ABERDEEN. 1ONDON OXVOE-5 NEW BRIDGX STREET, N.C. ftLsRAMS-.'ABERDEEN JOURNAL, ABERDEEN. TELEPHomE-No. 27. :K'&BERDEEN, MONDAY, DEC. 28, 186. Mr A. J. Balfour presided at a meeting at Raddington on Saturday, at which the WvIaster of Polwarth, who twice unauccess- fully contested Haddingtonshire, and now intimates withdrawal as Unionist ...

... I ' TJ5gT0PY OF THE SCoTTISH CHURca. By W. Stephen, rector of St Augustine's, Dum- ;acton. Vol. It. (Edinburgh . David Douglas, 1896.)-We give a warm, though womewhat tardy, welcome to Mr Stephen's 5econd volume of the History of the Scottish Church. Like its predecessor, it i an eminently readable book. Many of its facts are new to the English speaking world, the whole treatment is ...

... I AGRUICULTURAL NEWS. ' I.~ ~~~ THE STRIKIKN OF FIARS' PRICES. Sheriff Ivory has, in response to a petition lodged by the parish rninister. of Inver~ess- shire, agreed to strike the trice of barley in two qualities. The sheriff directs that at& future Fiars' Courts, until otherwise ordered, prices shall be struck far two qualities of barley, and that iu the following manner, viz.e -The whole ...

... BIRTHS. STEWART.-At 41 Gilcomston Park, Aberdeen, on 24th inst., the wife ef Wus. A. STEWART, of a dauehter, MILNE.-At 46 Urquhart Road, Aberdeen, on the ,24th inst., the wife of CHARLES IiLNE, of a son. MILNE.-At 121 Leslie Te race, Aberdeen, on the 24th inst,, the wife of D. J. MiLNE, of a daugiter. MARRIAGES. RAE-CATTTO.-AtBon-Acc erd hlotel, Aberdeen, on the 23rd einst., by thie 1ev. John ...

... ELECTRIC LIGHTING FOR g | :PABERDEEN QUAYS . ESTIMATED COST, £9336, A joint meeting of sub-eommittecs of the Gas Aind Electric Lighting Committee of Aherdeen Town Council and the Docks and Pilotage Committee of Aberdeen Harbour Board was held yesterday to considor the question of jlighting the quays with electricity. On the motion of Mr Murray, seconded by Mr Skinner, it was decided to ...

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... A LITTLE ts LIST OF LIrTrE ILLS CURED BY CARTER'S LITT. PILLS( I1tf L{*- edfpi rl pdIifrely Lured by these Iait-t Pills. They also relieve Distress from 1)yw ipepsia, Indigestico, and Too Hearty Eating1, A perfect remedy for Dizzineses, Nausea, Drowait neso, Bad Taste in the Month, Coatied Tongute,, Pabin in the Side and Back. They regalatte 'the Bowels. -Parely Vegetable, Sugar Coiteds, Small ...

... 'TER, AUJTUMN AND WIN SEASON,9 1896i7, CAMING NOVELTIES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT1 PRATT & KEITH9 ABERDEEN, EAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING A GRAND AUTUMN SHOW TN EfW GOODS FOR THE SEASON ON TUESDAY- 15TH 'SEPTRAER, AND FOLLOWING DAYS. SPECIALITIIS Iu Sito VELVETSl DRESS FABRICS. MILLINERY; RIBfBONSI hAkESj GLOVES, .:OIBBY, UMBRELLAS, MANTLESi JACKETS, BLOUSES; FUR& SEALSKIN JACKETS, CAPES, FUR ...

... m UI0CIP LISATIOFRY 1UN AMUKC. i Tian A'brdeen Branch of the Sociai Deno- cratic Federation, which is to run at least one candidate in the ensuing Municipal Election, has drawn txp a comprehensive programme for the consideration qf cpnoidmta sa4 the public. Naturally, the first item on the pro- gramme is payment of members of the Town Council. The members of the Democratic Federation do not ...

... SXR GREYFRIARS 0RUUCH QUESTION. A VPRY disgraceful proposal has been made to the Aberdeen Town Council to commit a gross breach of faith by refusing to carry out the agreement to rebuild Greviriars Parish Church on the new site nearer Queen Street. The Town Council entered into an arrangement to defray the cost of erecting a new church on condition that the University authorities provided a ...

... AABERDEEN UNIVERSITY; I PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION RESULTS. r The resultls of the preliminary exarmina- ieons recently held in arts, medicine, ind science in connection with Aberdeen Iniversity were announced yesterday forenoon. It is impossible to ascertain the number who alre concluded the exam inations in science and Arts. as a candidate can sit for subjeots in these ji different periods; but ...

... , * ANOTHER MASSACRE OF :ARMENIANS. 600 KILLED. FURTHER OUTBREAKS FEARED. DEFENCES OF THE DARDANELLES. (EDuTaru's TImLcGRAX,) CONSTANTINOPLE, Sunday. News has been received here of a mnissacre of Armenians at Eguin, in the vilayet of Karput, on the 15th and 16th inst. The accounts received by the Porte state that the Kurds attacked the Armenian quarters. Six hundred Arminnians rewere killed, ...