... Thermometer and Barometer. 1UCADINQS AT Z A.M. TO-DAY. THERMO' METER. 1be3 A g''S F4 - sSul MOON. ,4* AM 0.53 P.M. .. 8B16 i t.M 640 A.H. Water ut Abef* J11422 A.Mr. In,.,. ,,,,.I)11E46 Pa.M barometer liha risen ly, and the weather is Ele, though not Eo settled souse s(ays past. TO-DAY. (August 3, 1i98.) xO.4VAY. - FORECASTS FOR TO-DAY. The following forecasts of weather for to-day ...

... OPENING BY SIR THOM AS BURNETT. Yesterday afternool a bazaar in aid of the building lunld ol rutnmoak Friso ChlarI -lanse was opened in a, marqciee at Park RailWay Station by Sir ''lhomas lBurnett, Bart., of Loys aud Crathios, The weatlior wvas tine, and there wvas a good attendacec of visitos. Aimonig those present were Lady Buriett and party from Cratihes Caatlo; Rev. V. M1. Grant, Vt-re ...

... THE DUKE OF ARGYLI ON I THE CHURCH ISSUES. The ' Times publishes a letter from the Duke, of Argyll, who says -Lord llalifax is perpeitually remilning u3 that there ire worso things than dies tablisthment I quite agree with ihim And osie of lteose things-inftilitely worse-would be ainy aclkinowledgnietit by the State that the divine right of self-govcrnmeilt which belongs to the Church tnf ...

... THE DUKE iOF FIFtE ON AG'RICULTURE Piesiding at the luncheon. of the centenary show of the Morayshire Farmers' mlub at Elgin lagt week. The Duke of Fife proposed' the 'hief 'toast- Success and continued prosperity to''he club. He said he had great pleashiie' in'beimg there that day, and able to offer his congratulatiots 'to members of the club upon' haItng e'elebrated; -on 14th December ...

... .SCIENTIFIC REPOHT OF FISHERY! ;8 BOA RD. TRAWLING INVESTIGATIONS IN MORAY FIRTH. The third part of the annual report of the Fishery Board for Scotland was issued last week as a Parliamentary Blue Book. It deals with the scientific investigations which have bet-n carried on during the year. Amongst these may be mentioned the migrations of food I.shea, es- pecially of the herring: the life ...

... - [AMERlICAN COMMERCIAL PRICES. NEW YORK( STOCK HARK Er.- - ~~~TuxsmDY. b.On to-day's Stack, Market'ipneas were held up, by London buying a. large commiiission- house de- mand. and bidding up of industrials, but large reetizing sales later overcame .the strength, and prices yielded with the hardening of eklIl money, and under bear pressure market closed active and irregular, with mixed ...

... THE GORDON HIGH LANDERS ANDI q R tBALMORAL. | ROUTE MARCH UP DEESIDE. It is understood that 300 officers and men of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, of Dargaii fame, at present stationed in Edin- burgh Castle, will march u p Deeside in the middle of September. The object of the march, it is believed, is twofold. Duringtthe visit of the regiment to the country of the Gordois, they will do ...

... I IMPERIAL PARLIAMP,,'NT,, HOUSE, OF LORDS-FRIDAY. The Chancellor took his 'seat at a quarter puA four o'clock. TWEED FISHERIES ACTS. Lord BALFOUR called attention to the report B of the Royal Commiesicn of 1895 on the Tweed f Fisheries Acts, and presented a bill to repeaJ . those Acts and provide for the application of the I Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Acts to the district of the River Tweed. ...

... 4BUL, pj,,ELN EDUCATIONAL TRUST. FINT 01' FOUNDATIONESi, oi Of the Aberdeen Educat;ional .. vestcY it, tho Boardroom, King ; t e alr vder Walker, uhairman, presitd. I 1 p Si uit. the clerk, intimatedl thtit the '' M ;, s d le the vx'canicis occurring * _ rlie 'AVoII (loetoit cx-Bltillie Gordxon ill. hit r 1oln ('raigoll . by thle ii .l. Soil ..,x-. *;il and 8orley; Iy tilo (ib r'llillii. hi r ...

... ITHE SALX OF HERRINGS AT BUCKTE.I FEELING BETWEEN FISHERMEN AND CURERS Last nigat some feeling arose between fisher- men and curers regardii-g bbh selling of herrings at Buckie. A Nairn boat sold a 100-cran shot At seven o'clock at 24s 9d by sample, but the sample was afterwards cast, and the price reduced to 23a The Buokie boat Superb arrived an hour later with another 100-cran shot. Her ...

... ITHE T:.ANSVAAL. K1aUGER AND Slit A. MILN0R. BURGIERS NOT. WANTING WAR. (Passa AsSOCIATION 1OItIIN SPECIAL,.) Pretoria, Saturday. Mir Fischer will reinaun here over MUonday, when Mr Chamberlain's despateh will be dis- cussesd by the Volks-eaad in secret session. Opinion is divided i.i to what the reply of tihe Transvaal Government will be. In the Inean- while President Kruger hasadcvisad Sit ...

... NORTH ABERDEEN PRBllROSI LEAGUE. OUTING AT HILLHDA-D. ' By the favour extended to them every year by M Mr William Pyper of Hillhead, the members of s the North Aberdeen Habitation of the Priecoe tLeague were on Saturday enabled to hold their annual outing at that gentlemna's beautiful reoi. dence. The weather was favourable, and the attendance numbered upwards of 400, Most of the eormpany went ...