... 1 ABOYNE. Serious Assault on a Woman. - In Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday -before Acting Sheriff . Sub3titute J. u. Dove Wilson-Agnes Macfarlane or Kane, pedlir, was charged with having, on the 26th August, uI tile Public Green it Aboyne village, 'essaulted Margaret Deans or Hardy, pedlar, by striking her several severe bloivs with a stag's hoora, and felhsng her to the ground; also with. ...

... INVERCIIARRON GATHERING, A GREAT ASSEMBLY. M i P~PRESENTATION OF COLOURS. - 'ADDRESS TO MR LrITILXOHN. The great Highland meeting known as the Inveroharron Gathering was held yesterday in . the beautiful grounds of Invercharron House, t Ardgay, Rossshire, the residence of Mr A!ex. e Littlejohn. Although the sky was somewhat i cloudy, and in the early part of the day rain threatened to fall, ...

... ITHE TRANSVAALd THE BOERS' REPLY. QUALIFIED REFUSAL. (CENTRAL NEaS TEsEGRaMonas Johannesburg, Friday, 8.30 a.m. I ami enabled to confirm from undoubted sources the fact that at the secret session of the Raad it was decided to recommend the Transvaal Government to return a qualified refusal to Sir Alfred Milner's in- vitation for a Joint Commission on the ft franchise question. The reply has ...

... Vice '~Myrdfer Ohrnrmrt CEIPF ORFPI-BROAD STRURT, ABERDEEN, LoYhoNN OFFpICo-5 NEW BRIDGE STREET, B.C. THMLRonMS- ABERDEEN JOURNAL. ABERDEEN. w^ELBuNH~- NC. WB. 1 ABERDEEN. SATURDAY, AUG. 19, 1899. NEWS SUMMARY. W oren have been granted the franchise in We$ Australia. -------- The death is announced of Lord Dunboyne, a the age of 60. The Im peria telegraph has now been opened to Masern, the ...

... ,I.. ! .A . ;L .4D S'W NAid: THE RT-WEATHi AGA' IN '- The hot weather i responsible for.all manier of strange things. Some people declare that it has a deleterious eff ect on one's sense of humour, and really, when one comes to-think it over, jokes do sewnm very scarce just mow, whilst the very mildest Zt.tempts to be funny are everywhere hailed with As inmch enthasiahm as can be mustered ...

... THE DEESIDE RAILWAY. I _ _ . DOUBLE LINE EXTENDED TO PAR1 An important improvement, which will greatly facilitate traffic onl the ])eeside Raihya-1 has been, completed by the Great North of Scotlu,, Railway Company, the traek having beeni doubled from Culter to Park. Formerly the line em double from Ferryhill to Cultcr, a distanee of about seven miles, and the extension now com pleted measures ...

... I 1YT ABERDEEN VOLUNTEE R ARTILLERY. The annual small arms competitions in connec- tion with this corps were held at the Links range on Saturday under very favourablo circum- stalces as regards weather. There were livo cm- p3titious an the programme. Shooting comn- menced at one o'clock, and continued until eight. Through the generosity of Colonel Ogeton and the officers of the corps, as well ...

... DIIUMOAK FREEP CFURCi. 'it Sat tidayr a fteenoon thle second( dire of the tiare a ini ;id 'it the limittdttr folit, ot &iiumoak Ir te i'',,jrebi Nliari x ai oytcocd in a itaeqO1Ce at Pak lAtaltaiorl lv Mr it Tota' Oviliie, Aheitcleeti, iloo is it- jirrtcit rA'thriig lfl the Xiains ol 1)rutt. Tl~'Ih-iieei',11 Ivi's agiini ver) hue, and there Avas a c',.ttitlnal Itrciti tOt \'tsllors all day. ...

... IlGOBERT GOMONw'S COPISGE. . . I d 1 t o w i, I . I.. .. . - 1s -ea A-_ 1-1 s . -.- 1 .-. -i.:~ Th-o quarterly 9SS' fi*the-goyeeaors of Robert A letter iwas intl 4rpie Scotch Educa- tio Depar1) eeit, 'statiuan tlhitf it was the in- tention of the governbrs to make any'claim under the minute relating te th distribution of the grant available uder; the Local Taxation Ac- count (Scotland) Act, ...

... Like the Teutonic and the Majestic, the Oceanio will be a mercantile Armed cruiser. She will mount in'time of war 2+ guns. These guns are of immense lenglfh, and can fire twelve shots a minute. To counteract the recoil there is an oil buffer belmv the breach which absorbs' the intrograde movement. . The cost of each gun is some 26000. .To show the importance of these Larmed cruisers in the ...

... trATAL ACCIDENTS iNQUIRY IN A ,BERDE'XN. Antilng Shtrifi Sulstitute J. c. Doave Wiisol and a jury clioduct ad ai illquiry il Aberdesn Sheriff C(iourt, least week, under the FaltLal Aceildents tnqtiiries Act, into the vauses of three accidents which had proved fatal. Tile first case conlcerned tile accident to Peter Buchalln, Signalian, Bruicklay. who waiss killed oil 22nd July whilel crossing ...

... [] 5 NEw BRMGE STREET, LONmoN, AB3ERDSUN JOURNAL OrFICE, TUESDAY MORNING, 5.30. (BY SPECIAL VIR:E.) THE BOERS AND THE JOINT INQUIRY. A SIGNIFiCANT MEETING. (DAILY MAIL TELEGRAM.) Johannesburg, Monday. The President, 'with the State Secretary, the State Attorney, and the Under Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs, met at the Pretoria Telegraph Office on Sunday morning, and re- mained there for three ...