... DISTRICT NEWS, ABOYNE. Ai1ea to Shepherds' Moeting. -The Al)boVno Lodg6 vi Ancient Shepi-erds bield tbeir aUoltial general inceting in the hall on Tusldai .*velll, T'reasurer lrcorni.r Shoend, of tie [i-i et ]Eaec~u. tive, was prseiiot anid qave an addre-s.. Toe lodge resoived to give '35 fronm ito fund, to tie fund for Those Left Bielhind' Biother Olement Alleis waa presented sviih an -tIoete ...

... I I~- LMR ALFPRBD ACSTTN'S POFNI TO ARMS ! Sir,-You published on Saturday two stanzas of fir Alfred Austin's new poem. quoted from the Daily Telegraph. I like the ring of it, but not one of his rhymes, which runs thus: - From English hamlet, Iish hill, W1elslh hearths, and Scottish byres, They throng to show that they are still Sons worthy of their sires. Byres ! Is it conie to this ? Is ...

... ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY SALE * OF WORN. On Slturday .he annoal saie of worii; c-,Pe Infrmary Work Pary -v o ,ened .I hrie Dal ronm of the Musie 11all bVlliii l D: l)r- L qaharon, M.P. for West %Abnrdeen !e Allardyee, chairman of t!0 - sfirmarv 6'rcetor . presided, and :mong those prieenr tere:- .0. It. 1- Ii A er, West Par-ish luurchc Dr tGledI, MAr Thomas Kyd, Northern As-uianEo'O-pa!Y: *.ir ...

... DEATH OF MR D, L. MOODY. New York, Friday. : The death has occurred at East North- field, Massachusetts, of the well-known evangelist, Mr MNfoody, who had been in failing health for sone timle. Mr Dwight Lyman Moody was bdfin at Nori thfield, Massachusetts, oc February i, 183s. The first money he ever.earined was mi the way of reward for tenuldn cows, and the -renuneration was at the rate of ...

... iS NWOCNDED AND MISSING AT COLENSO. COL. PLUMIVER INVADING' TRANS VAAL. LORD METHUEN AND COM- MANDER CRONJE. LORDS ERROLL AND SEITRINQTON' FOR THE FRONT. A further list of casualties-the wounded- and missing-at the battle of Colenso was issued last night. At 11.30 the War Office posted a notice to the effect that no further news would be issued. The publication of the remaining details of the ...

... THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. GRATEFUL-COcMFORTING, lCRA C UIA - .URUAOT MI; §PUPP M GLISJH V7AT0HEB-----A.LV7AYT13 T.1 B3 -T,. Gaaranteed for ALccuacy, Darability, and hlrmagtii, at o.' Cr..;' c Eitn Milel' Casne. In I, ot. Gold ias __ 66~~~~~~~~~~- I ,X~ ' -r 7. 1 \,*Xi;. U*T.T, CUEAP;TEST. anzd S'rROihGr.'~j I, r3o'n t 1)rN TI-lRJ5-Q1Y hlTEII P'LA.TE 1-:neiis' }eser ;:¶l -- '\5\ SM!\lS Thirteen ...

... ULTLANDERS' CONCERITN ABER- DEEN. A SUOCESSFUL GATHEPING. An entertainment organised by the aitianders at present in Aberdeen, in aid of the Fund for 'Those Left Behind, was held in the Union Hall last week. The entertainment was under: the patronage of Lord Provost Fleming. (Joun- cillor Coubts, who occupied the chair, l as intro- duced by Mr C. S. France, president of the Uitlanders' ...

... Presenta.tion.-At a meeting of C Cornpany of *Sth V.B.U.H. heid on Saturdeay evening in the Jubilee Hall liere-Capt. R. W. Waiker presiding -Sergeant-Inst-ructor Innes, who is now re. tired was presented by the volunteers and ex- volunteers of the company with a handsome marble timepiece and ornaments, along with a silver tea service for Mrs Innes, The timepiece aind sericlee bore suitable ...

... THE MILITARY ARRANGE- TE IENTS. 1 | rUIE W AR OFFTCE. a Alatters were very (quiet at the n'ar Office-yes- ai terdlav bhit the ldjutant-iGenefal, the Assistant U llueir Sceretalty, tled other officials spent some time there. ULp to late yesterday evening 'io- thing of importitulee was publislied. '[he Iore4n I Office and Colonial Ollice were unitsually bisy for 'a Christmar IDay and some of the ...

... inve -14paO Hoine feorn, India with wha was supposed to be an curable cae of Consumption ATRo% aEMWARM Io aphotoggpWa We do not attemnpt to say, nor evenl to suggestth-at Scott's Emulsion will positively -cure the last stages of consumption. Thperp are extraordinary cases; on record where fk he enerit; deriivedl Irom his pre;vlrLion, evoli it, the lasc stagsol' 01 eon;iLnpion, hILL; been ...

... BOAT TRAIN IN COLLISION. 'PULLMAN CAR ON FIRE. SIX DEATHS; 'MANY INJURIES. Ths most serious accident which has occurred nx the neighbourhood of Brighton ior a very aonsiderable period took place on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway on Saturday evening. just above Keymer Junctiou, ten miles irom Brighton. - The disaster resulted in the loss of four lives, whilst 20 of the passengers ...

... I Thermometer and Barometer, nXAP INCUc AT 2 A.M. TO-DAY. 'IREI .It II R'ERII. 7 - ev~~~~~~~ '' ;;et (.r3D '13 &31 :.~ ' ..S.. 10 23a I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~j-. M ~ise _____te i tllsoil~ _.__ O.(3 DAV.\ (i)ei m e _ _ __ _ _ _ FOil ECAS'TS IO'S Rt 'TO-WAI. The following forecasts of wveather for to-day : o.te e ;ried from the Meteorological Office lat 83! t t). y, ete rday: io- . Lizfth ...