... The market committee of the Council of this I borough met at the Town Hall on Saturday- I Alderman Bell presiding. The clerk of markets a submitted the report for the week, showing that t the receipts continued to show satisfactory pro- gress. It also showed that during the week seven ' carcases of meat had been seized and justices' orders obtained for their destruction as unfit for human food ...

... CHURCH OF IRELAND YOUNG MEN'S' SOCIETY.| ANEINUAL MEETING. TThe annual meeting in connection with this as- sociation was held last evening in Clarence Place Hall. The president of the society, Sir William Quartus Ewart, Bart., presided. There was a very large attendance, which included--Rev. Olas. Scott, Rev. J. E. Archer, Rev. J. MtNiece, Messrs. J. Taylor Blackwood, J.P.; W. R. Patterson, 1. ...

... SAD) COORRENCE INT HOL~YWOO.O' A very sad and somewhat mysterious occulr-| rence wras reported in Holywood yesterday morn- in;. An old man namned Johnl Quinn, Who re- sided writh his brother in 3, Marine flace, iKin- 7neg~ar, was discovered to be missing. It -ap peers that about twro years ago Mr. Quinn met With a serious accident on the Queen's Bridge, Belfast, being knocked down and rum ...

... COUXNTY COUNCmJ EL}ECTIONSr CANDIDATURE OF MR. JOHN LAIRD A most enthusiastic rmeeting of ;hie', the County Council of the Cruoeliin ] 1 ,r1-* stone wve held iln thte CourlthOUnn, Cmei'1U1;- 26,;h lust. The meeting, aral ne d ve Sli's.- . candidature of M.r. Johntuu Ll, . ; ' place wias crowvded from end tO enid, he' $r; unable to) get admission to the heed5,;r +t Wilhiam Gresham was called ...

... THE PURITA? C1IR1SV?S s Chtristmas under the ma3sterfulniE le of the p¼ tans3 w as not a ioviai season. Iur'it~a i titers ,Puritan preachers, for loony years be-ore rthe *1q w nellian victories gave themn poliitael PO..-cr been denoeuncing all the okld-time ohbssrv~rl.. snectedi withl Christmlas andi the other ?? . ecclesiastical origin that naairked thle Iin''slr - 1And so, wshen the ...

... Thle following appeared in )ur , SiaturdLy: - ?kIHRHTS INGE DEFICIT, WASIINYVON 1.! A distinct sensation. r sau i .. of Representativeasi to-ty Nvh ?? .ir. anai. of the Committee on A1.I i the startling announcemett iit 'L-L tlis year will soo$0 fice ;a IlI. ; c:..i 15%GOO.OOO dollars, withtoitt>'w -. dollars to be paid to SLJ- 'S *r j11; : I the cession of the PhLillPini- 1! ?? C's the 'Daily ...

... BELFAST. YESTERDAY'S POLLING. THE RESULTS. The first loea Alections contested under the provisions of the Local Government (Ireland) Act took place in Belfast yesterday in eight wards of 'the city, there being no contests in the other seven. Many notable changes in election pro- cedure are introduced by the act, and for the first time in the history of local municipal contests paid officers at ...

... LIFE IN AI3tERICA.1 PROPOSED ARBITRATION TREATY WITH ENGLAND. TiE NICARAGUA AND PANAMA ANALS. EAGAN TO BE COURT-IARTIALED. . BY CABLI. FROM OUR OWN COR3rEPONDENT. NEW YORs, TUESDAY EVENING. -Reliable Washington advices announce that one of the chief subjects of negotiation to be brought before the British Government by Mr. Choate will be the renewal of a general arbitration treaty. Secre- tary ...

... COLERAINE ACADEMICAL INSTI- TUJTI ON. The annual meeting of the members was held yesterday in the Boardroom of Coleraine Town Hall, Right Honourable Sir H. H. Bruce, Bart. (president) in the chair. There was a large atten- dance, including-Revs. F. N. Dudley, Dr. Wylie, W. A. Wilson, and W. G. Davis; Messrs. R. A. Taylor, J.P.; J. Huey, J.P.; D. Grant (honorary secretary), J. J. C. Canning, D. ...

... 3IARRIAGE CERTIFICATES FOR SOLDIERS' W I VES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BELrAST NEWS-LETTER. Sin-Anyone applying for relief from the emer- gency fund for assisting the wives of soldiers is required to obtain the signature of a magistrate or clergyman to a form containing the -words, I have seen and examined the marriage certificate. Within the last few hours three women of my congregation whose ...

... RATEFAYEL.-Your letter is not authenticated. BELFAST COAL FUND. TO THE EDITOR OF TIM DELAST NEWS-LETTER. SIP.-I am directed by the committee of the above fund to ask your reader e to remember the poor this year also. There has been an unex- i Vected descand in consequence of the war i l the I Transvaal, and it is a matter for thankfulness that. it has heen so liberally responded to; but I ...

... ARMAGE 'PILIARATONIC SOIETY. On the 9th inst. the first grand concert of the thirteenth session of the above society was held in the Lecture Roomns, Armagh. The ha'l was crowded. The programme provided by the society nwas a very high-class one, and was, indeed, a rare musicai treat. The enterprise of the society in securing the services of the famous contralto, Madame Belle Cole, met with the ...