... DISTRIc.T NEW'S. ALVAH. I ! 'cl~ nBoard,- DII loniuday oliiht a sp rial j ci i.'i Alvah sa ilool !-loaid wasa held, irilCtI I t'a.vo %,-S-c proes~ni_;11.Lslzol (chairalllfll)s MlI 3)as idl. on, and nl N 1 'i Ilii n). Ther( was .el a: I-r 1011 0111 - ii. a Mgi'i P.azi ''''3is rliug ig ier' npi,,iiiintlie t as os iistanii anil teachlaer of1i- dIlli i~ 'vcurlk at Lilihead. Tee l.ioail agreed to p ...

... AMERICAN COMMERCIAL IiPBICES. NEW YORK STOCK M1ARlKET. Tn-day's Stock Market has been dull and noglected otdlside of an upward esuvcraeint ius Vanderbilt's cir-lers and epecialtie..s Tfre money ou1t~iook and foreign depression causes hesitation. ]'iho market elo~sd quiet, aind about steady, witls slight recessions fiom the -best. Government IBonds were steady and Railroad Bonds irregular. ...

... ITE HE r T A rCUTAS7Y PBOPLE. HUMOROUS 6E5IOF IAN MAAC- LARENV' The Rev. Dr Watson, speaking at Leeds the other night in support of the movement for Westminster College at Cambridge, said- The Scots v'erp a msodesb people-(laughter)--bue there were times when a just idea of their own greatness was allowed to take full possession of their minds. (Renewed laughter.) The occasions were rare ...

... THE GORDONS' ROUTEj MARCH. RECERPTION AT TURRIFF, ENCAIMPMtENT AT HATTON CASTLE. The detachment of the let Battalion Gordon Righlandors left Fyvie yesterday morning, and continued their march to Turriff in beautiful #ni weather. Ti'ts, indeed, is the first occasion on which they have been able to accomplish a stage of their journey without the inevitable accom-ho ipaniment of rain, Scriking ...

... TilE QtTEEN'S JOIJPiNEY TO BALM(YR AL.I TIn', Qow'en left Oiliorno vest erday cvenuitg,att vi osseti to P'it~llml~ti~t it ii itiar thle ltytty' yatll 2J Albe-rta, ell totte' Lj Bltltoval. wltielt tier tittie lIc ittLik th oroultli Lrtttt'vs, acj~ictcu ttt the TIviititt Wtuarf, EisLt (biv It:, in optlev tt' wattli thi eclc'itrtt tineo of the Qiueent, vio Wasi tact' ittltittc'd by not( ...

... ISHOCKING CRUETY TO A CHfo. LOCKED UP IN A DARK POOM. 'A BOY'S 3'o BROKEN. In Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday-Hon. Sheriff-Substitute H. Peterkin on the bench- Henry M'Kenzie, farm servant, Edindiack Cot- tage, Gartly, and Jessio M'C6nnochie or Mc&enzie, his wife, were charged with having, between lst April and 21st September, wilfully neglected and assaulted Henry Moir M'Kenzie, seven years ...

... COIPLIKENTARY DINNER TO A MEARNTS tFAREMR. I~~F - On Saturday night Mr James Peat, Wester- ton, was entertained at dinner in the Royal Hotel, Taurencekirk, by a large number of his friends -in the district. on the occasion of his leaving for a stnnevj.hat,ltengthened holiday in New Zealand, wherT most of his ralatives are now ltittetl:e' Mr, 'Winv Ritehie,' orromouir-- hills ...

... TfJE BITISRTTISI ASSOCIA - TION. THEMRWS iN POLITICAL, EiCONOM1Y. is't at generalI'' ,iecltig hedd YesterdaN it wio 1,ti i Lri jj-ters coiiii dI by Sir A tchIti- Dl1 -kiccvei th~it Sir Wi1 iam 'Turner be em. Ste Williain T1irner is ait ei ile~ atil'~tilnthlor~aofhisllss and 40010gi.sI, i. pre~idvlli of tIllo Zrft't Mich eial 8SOIIoli of }:ttil fl. i Vill~ ~'j i~l tpcs-iide oser twit year's ...

... BANKRUPTOY OF A PREMNAY FARMDR. EXATHIINATION IN ABERDEEN SHERIFF COURT. On Friday, in Aberdeen Sheriff Court-before Sheriff Burnet - George Weir, farmer, Clayford, Premnnay,. was examined in bankruptcy. . Mr John Stuart, solicitor, Huntly, appeared for the trustee-Mr W. A. Donald, solicitor, Insch-and Mr. D. M. C. Donald, Aberdeen, on behalf of the bankrapt. Bakrupt, in answer to Mr Stuart. ...

... l 5 NEtW B3RDGE STRnEET, Lo'NDON, ABERtDEE1N JOURNt'AL Oie'i1cTi, Tunsw~y Ml(,L.U (BY SPECTAL WIRE.) FURTiIRE' TEIPORISING~ BY BOE1HS. NEITHIER ACCEPT NOL Il~ 11F .CT. (D(~ A. TZLEIv Ale n'y propI;od O fooeotC':tpie Town, buit folre- li~olv1. II t~i'th1.V d l'~'' hel-li themn-.I &,t'. o tin., oieo iil thQ ~~itllatioii, 'N11i Ito.,' L1oot'i ti-iu to JITTIoitor, xhn'hi WaIl .1),01,, 10o 10 1.1 ...

... SwING OUT' QUEIR TAINGS. GLASGOW LADY'S MARVELLOUS STORY, A decade or two ago newspaper reporters r- ceived their instructions the night before what they were to do on the following day, but every year that system is becoming more obsolete. Journalists now, if they wish to satisfy their em- ployers and write up matter which the public will read, have to search for news if they are worth their ...

... I THE GORDONS' ROUTE . MARCH. JOUMSRY TO BRUCKLA | CASTLE. COLONEL DOWNMAN AND THE' E1DM- PLOYMENT OCF SOLDIERS. Continuing their route march, the detachment of the let Battalion Gordon Highlanders left Hatton yesterday morning, and journeyed across the country to Brucklay Castle-a distance of about 13 miles-where a field had been placed at their disposal by Mr Dingwall Fordyce for pitching ...