... . . . ST NICHOLAS AND RGhMOVTNT WAR-DS. A meeting of the St Nicholas and Roesemount Wards in connection with the Aberdeen Liberal Association was held last evening in Skene Street School, There was a fair attendance. The busi- ness of the St Nicholas Waurd was first transacted. Mr Murdo Robertson was appointed 'hairman, and Mr A. Martin Mauphail secretary. Messrs Jas.' M'Kessar, Esslemont ...

... mr WA - P . -. .; Much sttivfrtction is felt in, the &raaite trade over the cothplimet Paid to Aberdeen in -cinl tion wbith the slae of Busnk of Visito be: ebuilrt of Asbet'deen granite froa .8brL Mnrsll wakeneik s desgns. Prv It is felt that this is one o t the mfinest ribiites ever paid 'o thegranite in- J!ir' and that ilb is likely~ to %ave a good effeet o. h trade, ha Vhe m iuc of Man is ...

... TIHE VITAL STATISTICS OF ABERDEEN ANOTHER WORD ABOUT THE WATER. In his summnary of the vital statistics for the year 1898, Dr Hey, medical officer of health for the city, says: - I regret it is not possible to present so good an account of the death-rate as in the report for the preceding year. It will be remembered that I was then able. to state that the death-fate for that year (17.9 per ...

... THE MISSING LIN-Et. 1AE GVERDt7E STEAMER GA44FT. LQCAJL StAXMEN QN WQARD. Uip to last night the teith agents for the Arrow liner Ctof I were still tvithout the slightest news asa to the whoreAbdutS of''1 te ssse]. Anxious inquiriesecontinue to be masde in Leith by relatives. and friends of tlse crew. In seafaring circles many cling to the hope that the steamer has broken down or run short of ...

... SAT - -N IN C H A.I SITUA8TION IN. : CRINA, 1 . .. I I CHANG YI'S TRIUMEP. REGARDED AS A HEAVEN-SENT SAVIOUR. SERIOUS OUTLOOK. FOR BRITISH TRADE. (PRESS ASSOCIATION? FOREIGN SPECIAL.) Pekin, Saturday. Some recent declarations of Chang Yi and other circiunstances appear to confirm the rumours which have been current that this official, to whom strenuous objection is taken, will soon be. ...

... i TRAWLING. OFF THE FAROE ISLANDS, TEXT OF THE NEW LAW. The Bietish representative at Copenhagen hig forwarded a despatch to the Foreign Office in. tiznatisxg that a new law with regqrd to tbawling and the presence of Gtnwlers in tht territoritl watiiors of the Faroe Islands h6 cotat into f. Phe dtopatdh has heen handedS to the Fisheries andfi H rbut'o Department of the Board of Trade, uwhich, ...

... 1 SECOND EDITIONJ 5 Nowr Bsozr SracT, Lo'o xj'' AswwarK . JgXAIt 0ras :'' Tuesday morning, 5.80. (JBY SPECIAL WIRE.) RUSSIA: AND PERSIAN GULF. THE PROPOSED RAILWAY, (D.MLY MAn. TiLEEGAIC.) .St Petersburg, Sunday. The Ministry of Finance has given per- nuission to a syndicate of Russian capitalists to construct' a railway from Alexaudropol Station, om the Kars line, to Dshuifa and Schacht'hn, ...

... AN ABERDEEN altEAT1TING LETTER.' At a first diet' of a Sheriff and. 'Jnry Court in Aberdeen last week-- Shefiff Robertson on the bench -Joseph .Duguid,' quarryworker, was charged ' with having, on'.3re inet, in Carmelite Street, Aber- deen, written and sent';through the Post Office, a' threatening letter to Margaret Gardefs, daughter of John Garden, croftef-, Cothal Mills, 'Fintriy, in which ...

... -- TEE RIGHTS OF HOTEL-KEEPERS AND GUESTS. NOVEL PROSECUTION THREATENED. A case which will be. of special interest to hotel- 'keepers. and the travelling public will, it is ex- pected, :engage the attention of: the- authorities in Aberdeen soon. The circumstanbes are un- !asdal, and the decision will be awa4ted with much interest. It seems that. recently- a gentleman belonging to the Aberdeen ...

... RMESSRS ALEXANDER PIRIE ANTD SONS' PETITION. The following is the text of a petition deposited *x the House of Lords yesterday against the Aber- Seen Passenger Station Bill by Messrs Alexander Pirie and Sons:- Your petitioners carry on a very extensive inusiness as paper and envelope manufacturers in find near the city of Aberdeen. Their works in Aberdeen (known as the Union Works), which give ...

... I ';'1:TH WEATHIIER, I ! Thermometer and Barometer. I R1S IDISGS AT 2 A.M. TO-DAY. I wony~, eAMON. Rie_, 710 - - 8 33 P.DL. Sets..- 5-33 e.>.. 7*0 iM. 1igih Water a3 Aber l 213 Lo. geen.. .. . J.._ J 2 27 p.m. TQNDAY. (February 27, 18S9) TODA Y. FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY. The following forecasts of weather for io-day were isSued from the Meteorological Office at 8'30 P.m. yesterday - 0. SCOTLAND N ...

... J DISTRICr NEWS; n. ABERLOUR. l; The annual concert for the benefit 6f hot dinners Ut the children * attending .U dinvillie - School a, s held on Friday evening-Mr John Sim in the chair. There was a very large attaendance, arnd Zhthe programme went off very suecessfully: ALFORD. uJ Oddfellows' Assembly.-The annual.assembly of -a' the Vale of Alford Lodge of Oddifellows, NI. 8, 1045, was held ...