... ELGIN COUNTY CGURT SMATSTICS FOR, 189 I Irn./gin, Sheriff Court during the past year 101 cases -were initiated which, witn 14 carried 'ftorn te -previous year. made a total of 115. Of these 70 were disposed of by final judgment. and 18 settle-d or otherwise taken out of court., laving 13 in dependence at trhe bejginninz of this year. Of the 70 disposed, decree in absence 2 was iranted' in 47 ...

... Zbe corat. I 0sborne, Saturday. *|S Th n Queen dTDve out. yesterday afternoon., p -t(omipillit l yh Princess Victoria Ot 4A Schleswig-Holstein, and attended by the Dowa .er Countess of E rroli. The Heon. Sir Stafford Northooe, Bart., C.B., tnd Lady Northbote arrived at Osborne., and head the honour of dining with C Her 1Majesty and the Royal family. The Hon. Si-r Stafford Northeote kissed : ...

... TRHE STABBING CASE AT RATHEN. InAt a pleading diet of a Sheriff and Jury Court in Aberdeen yesterday-Sheriff Robertson on rh bench-Atexander Kerr. a young man, wae charged with assaul. by stabbing. The indicc- ment was that, on 5th January. on the Spillars- burn Road. Rathen. aborz S0 yards in a sourher.y direction from tbe dwiling-house at Pacthe; Shop, occupied by Elizabheh -tim. widow, ...

... | I~~~~ INCREAiSE DN DRUNKENNESS AND J}U iNUXI OFMFNCBS. At yesterday's. meeting of the Aberdeen Towen Council, the annual criminal and statistical re- turns fo.' 1E5'9, compiled by Chief Constable Wyness, were laid on the -table, and, when printed, will be circulated among the members. As usual, the statement is on, a very elaborate scale, and the work entailed in collecting thel facts amust ...

... ISTOPPAGE OF ELEC'TRC CAR IN ABERDEEN. S~hortly hefor i'stort cloek best night ch ae on, Cure. oeltoric sectaion of the Aberdeen 'tramiwey M 5vstem came to -a dlead stop owing to the faih6iru 'it, Ls F of the, motiave power. ~The car -which leave this dian Queens, sLaTxre itaa-bitv-l rntititee to tenf watS jul't char, tchout to co na-eneei the return trip to the eta iLion that Si XV ridaid ...

... DISTRICT NEWS; ABERPOtIR. c As-iaembly.- St Drostan's Lodge of bhell teir nawual zdssemably in the Fre=. Hall on Friday evening. whon 60 cotiplrz . Tne £tiI was very .appr- we-det de lrafted fr. the. ocrasion. Fnslt - .. kep; up till the miall hooch nexr 7C51CI!l g, haIxoid. fro-n Stris-hc-,l gave ex- 'l'ea a. easeJd on tables in the Jlo4tit .* i . rvet by the brethren s wive. *-:,n'. T, il- ...

... ISECOND EDITIONj1I In 5 NEw BR1DGE STREET, LONDON, G ABERDFEN JOURNAL Orren, a F B3WEDNUEDAY :ORNlNG, 5.30. _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ se (BY SPECIAL WRE.) A fc T.lt FIGHITING IN NATAL m 01 HEAVY FIRING ON THE ti I +, 'rTTGEL. A BOERS CONTESTING OUR PASSAGE. (DAkLY MATaI COPYRIGHT TELEGRARS.j . Pietermaritzburg, Tues-Tay, 4.30 p.m. There was very heavv fring to the north I vesserdatv. I believe thel ...

... ABBRDEEN CITY CONCERTS. SOLO-SINGING CONMPET]1IoN. The attractive programme submitited by the Cit (syneerts Committee crowded the ausic ail! on Saturda- evening, many being unable to ob- taiu ,ests. The most interesting feature wav, ci coiinse, the solo-siriging compemiticml icr femnaie vi 5jcels ('ounr i;!or Kemp occupied the chair. and smazed the conditions upon which the award would be| ...

... I A LANDLORD Z TENANT CASE. Sheriff Robertson, in Aberdeen Sheriff Court, has issued an interlocutor in the case by Robert Kinloch, W.S., Clydesdale Bank Buildings, Perth, and the Rev. David Paul, LL.D., minister of Grange Parish, Edinburgh, the sole surviving and accepting trustees of the deceased Alexander John Kinloch of Park, Aberdeenshire, and Altries, etc., in Kincardieshire, against ...

... I AN INTERESTING ANNUITY 1 CASE SE In Aberdeen Sheriff Small DebtCocurtyesterday Sheriff Burnet heard evidence in a case where Mary Chalmers Smith, 3 Skenre Place, Aberdeen, sued John Rae Smith, bookseller, Aberdeen, for £3 Ifs, being a proportion of alment.alleged to beu due by defender to pursuer at the term of Whit- sunday, under bond of annuity granted by John is Rae Smith and others in ...

... PRIMROSE LEAGUJE -TGRAND HABITAON. ..AT1N DEFEiUNCE OF TM GOVANWENT A meeting of the ,Grand HIabitoation of the Primrose League, Scottish Branch, was held in the salcon of the-Roval HoteLEdinbturgh, on Fri- day afternoon-Sir James Buchanir'j C0raigend Castle, Milngavie, presiding. There s'ws a fairly good attendance of delegates, and. Aberdean habitations were represen.fed by the two secre- ...

... W NOBL};, -'D., The g set Fim of costame us anai ! Waeb e teie Wora1anoe now COInlg ' ,THSALEO@FTNEEY andtln addition to the Wanderfiu Bargains izz:osturaes t5,1 Eah and D v e Goods (fiUy deerbadand ilustratedin The SCatea .45= .yit att memorable by a se-es a, in VALUE, Swupmasig FR EE G IFT S ~~~~ever'ything yet nttemptea. A ni a & Stauwf presenrted with everv tadtes' Costune Soad. mbgoold Pr ...