... Captain R. D). Sinchair Wenyss, Gordon lligl- i landere, has been promoted major, ill uceein tt, Lioutenant-Cialope! lwuwnman, appointed to i the command of the lt Battalion '' ; tail W.emyss joined the (Gordon Highlanders in May, 1380, and weeas promoted lieuteliant July, 16.81, and captain MaIy, 1889. Ic has ierved is ad- jitant of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion King', Own Scottish Birorderrers ...

... TuIH QL1IC l !.N4) A JD,8.13M AIT1LTL!Af' BAND. ICOMPILIMIENT 'PO' [HE, U=11EMBR& Pautdma~ster .Jamtes Wood, thet leader ,LIf the bend of the let Abetrdec Vein ottr -c At i If cv. cc ioe fierfim areavni-i'at LIi,, ga Iferiig, of tinlen ni-i Moyal HI ftc-land Seelety xi t Hal m, ra on Thr~itl..Iay were ci nmteft apllre(ia1intd by thle pjuffit', ba-s received the( tiihitiviit- Ii tccr frtom ...

... THIM iMPROVENENT OF LAND ACT, 1899. io,-s. nimay be desirable to draw the attention of land owners, agents, and others to the passing M.: the liouroveient of Land Act, 1899, which corses into ot0.rosouon Oa the lst ,January next, and which nkids to the list oC improvements : uthorised by the imDroverment o. Land Act, 1864. D tidee section 2. the following enactments have eifect in Scotland, ...

... A LARGCE TYN-Fi-BMTTt STFA MER ON I I LAKI.EI 1BAINAL. In the summer of 1896, Sir AV. G. Armstrong. \rhitrworth, and Co.. Limiited, conqtructed itl their Walker shiil)ivtod at large steamer intended fur service on Lake Baikal (Siberia). The essa wvas takcn to pieves. s$ripped to ,t Petersburg, and tbetve taken w>crt trid a distanoe of about b5OO miles tu the villi)ag of Li tvenichaita, oni ...

... I I I, ah re as ly e- as di- er a. as al le ae 711 al ly in ri, rh id ly er co as -h 3y it i, le ill FORT CHABROL. ITS CONDITION ON SURRMNDER. A SURPRISE FOR THE POLICE. (DALZIEL 's TERsGnAxl.) Paris, Thursday. There was only one bed inside Fort Chabrol, and this was given up to the sick man Chantaloub, his companions sleeping in hammocks, which were smuggled ihto the house after the siege ...

... THE QUEEN'S ERIZE MD ITS WINNERS xI. 1879.-PRIVATE JOan P INITERURD There was a backward tendern Queen's 'Cup competition tlhe Aberdeen Wapinschaw in 1s79, at0 bav.a lbeen struck off the total sum5 gve prizes, £150 in 80 prizes and the r, ill remlainiug for competition Ther e 380 competitors for the blue riebboll 3 the meeting, and these came fromn alil a of Scotland. The Aberdeen W 3?apie had ...

... BANFF. The officer who hcs been appointed to the command of the Banff Coastguard Station is Mr Vale, station officer at Pennan. Mr Vale has been at Pennan for a few years, and is well known there. For a considerable time previous he was a station officer at Fraserburgh. The Late Dr Maaason Donald.-Ill a reference to the late Dr Wm. Deane MNianson Donald, who died at Cairo about the 'beginning ...

... ITTHE BATTLE OF OMDJIDMAN.I ANNIYR I RSYI CELkiBR.ATlOX BY TH7E GU A1R1DS AT N\VNDSlR. - lloUax. thV fi0'1t. alili Vir:ay 1If tGho batile of IC'1lol.'hit.wlt i, IlhieltOk', durvisiles. Icd by thle ii vill'~fj ^(1, (,ls~e ...

... FUNERAL OF MR NICOLSON OF GLENBERVIE. There were many manifestations of mourning in-rthe parish of Glenbervie on Saturday when the . furieral of Ur J; Badenach Nicolson. of Glenbervie took 'place. The fairmers and cottars deeply re- gret the loss of a popular laird, who. thoroughly understood their position and conditions'; and the villagers of Drumlithie feel that in him they 5 have lost a ...

... ABERCHIRDBR. Property Market.-There was exposed for soie in the Fife Arms Hotol here on Saturday, the property in iMain Street. belonging to the trust estate of Robert Anderson, contractor. The upset price wa£ E176, but no bid was made. It was afterwards sold privately to Mr George Grant, Main Street, for £165. BUCKIE. l Police Court. - Yesterday - before Bailliesz Bremner and Simpson-James ...

... TiE REYFU .. . . t THE WEEK'S EVIDENCE. At the Dreyfuseuna.~ Wedn vow Breed ouand g rhiig~eal et,4, eiayi. Witnesea of high thesinal et.n that the bordeee was in h c Esterhaesy. rThes ernment. .4 hounced that by koregarteaiu sstor~, the douments rder artillery anld1.rbY Aedefet nes back. Ten hsa b In the -meraed tinalera he Study fask uth con rtial ooed i t sevceea heiuirn . jthe ordered to, ...

... VOLUNTE WSeR' I 1ST V.B. GORIDON mGHWLANDER. PREENATION OF C0YMPAY.PR-ZlR S.- On Friday night the prizes gained by four of the 6omianies of the lst V.B. Gordon Highleiaders during the pest season wee presoAted to the re- spetive wininers 'Mose of C, E, and G Co&-' Pani-s were presented in the Drill ell, Wool- malnlul, and those of L Company in the Prince of W.lea Hotel. C 0, COMPANY.. ...