... I4 BOME CuRIOUSi' :PER- I -'-QU-8IITE9. T ohinsou defilies- the, wardt perquisit 'er as any -emohiment attached to a, place or. offlife over- and abovet the sottled the Fwages-; .Addison cosiirms this exPla- Dnari nation by- the Sentence To an hionest cof th- mind the: best parqui~ites. of ?? place while e.are the advantages:'it 'give a. man. of. dee is dbing good,. Yet- definer the term as ...

... TiE WEATHER. England, N.H. Notth-easterly and pris norlherly winds, strong, -squally; Cold; Thei rainy or snow; flner later. whi( .General.-Stroog -northerly winds. are 8Csi ptobable over the country, with much colder oather and cold showers in places. TnA ...

... DARLINGTON MUNICIPAL IiK'rRAVAGANCE.. (To the Editor of 'the Northern- Echo.), Sir,--I OraIve your permission to refer to the proposal of the Derlingt'on.Towni 0 Council to rush the town Iinto an .expen- ones sire' an'd unnecessary scheme, for -the rithi erection of Mitnicipal. Buildings. [on, The :ertrave~iit proclivities of cer- sk: re: tain members of tbnt Council are, well of red' known, ...

... a CURIOSITY COLUM.N. It 3y Preville, the actor, and some of his o, boon companions often amused them- s selves with practising on, the credu- 3, UIty ot Poinsinet, the poet. One day ?? camne to him in. haste to tell at hin that the. office of the king's tire- S-screen Was vacant and that he had a better apply for it. Poinsiinet in- ?- quired what were the duties of -thii - office. They told ...

... ?tLtl?l3 BY A FALLU?G WALL t fall of a wan at Jarrow yes', ?? men, Rans Stevenaon and Wrdtt(i hlolev. were killed. Two et vere injured. LADY CASTLEREAGH. 'GE ,yctlereagh left Mvyieyard Park J!L dfy for 3 ondon to rejoin her husband. yt'terdY alaost recovered from her indis- pa ba9 lt vaeek which ?? upon pition BeMrs ertse Beckett, who 5 eta laid up at Wynyard from a ?? r1 rasoe, i8 olmest ...

... 1RESERVISTS' FAMILIEF - (To thi S'S P-RACTICAL SYMVPATBY, Siri to the fol- RED .CROSS FUND., Coui 1at he following further asubscri~ptionsi sivo's lantk .have been received in- connection* with. erectio, ae to the- St. John Ambulance 'Assodiation, The:' bye-, Middliesbrough, and Cleveland centre: tain ni -Amount previously acknowledged,' known £911 7s Id- Messrs Skinningrove Iron arnxirtj * ...

... -NORT[ COUNTIRY NEWS - mI Mr Whyper, of Tow Law, was presented 01 last night with a walking stick, pipe, asui cl purse of gold on his retirement from the ft *position of permanent way inspector. The presentation was made at Crook. - The friends of the Union-row Wesleyan Jc Mission, Darlington, purpose, wish a viev en tolielp on the spiritual work, toW ftabliasl- du Yaturday eveningconcerts ...

... TE PUTBLIC A.ND TITI. £DESrR. VIST FUND. I of A CLEVE iSWTINDLER C, *t: vA 'he DURRAM. Ias At the Duirham City Poliee Court, trd before the ?? l('ilolnillor Wi Gray) in the chair, Couniocillors Gee. s Procter, ?? H. Ferens, and (1. p . Blagdon, a young man naimned Harry lh cBramwell, who described hiisellf & a Ir- naval lieutenant, was brought.t op xy chargef. on remand with obtaitning te, ...

... NORMfI COUNTRsY NEWS I|I I - hun A DARLINOTON FIAIiUt..-JOhn Whiteley, inor 1 umbrella manufacturer, of 38, Skinnergate, Fari Darlington, tiled his petition in the Stock- ton Bankruptcy Court yesterday, and was y adjudicated a bankrupt. havi TiH Dooit-ilcms;o NUISANCE.-At Stock- D m ton Bertie Eller, a young man, was pro- mili ceeded against under the Local Act for oblij 9 Iieking at people's ...

... A LINGDALE MINEWS DA.TIT .r- Yesterday afternoon Mr T. D. Li. r Stubbs, deputy, coroner, Guisbroi glh, r held an inquest at Lingdale on the body of Xohn Henry Sampson ?? &1- miner, who died on Wednesday froia be injuries received on December litl! r-whilst working in. Messrs Pease and Partners'- Lingdale mines,, as renorted Of: in yesterday's Northern Echo.' -The e, inqui3rwas attended by Mr ...

... it GEN. GATACRE REINFORCEDC ~ga COLo PILCIER'S MOVEMENTS. IN be 6t - DOUGLAS EVACUATED. te t' Se ATTACK ON MOLTENO. ar h lo] y~GA FIGHTING AT COLE911BERGE D N NORTHE1FN ECHQ SPECIAL WAR SERVICE. x 1 ..7v A ?? - -7.: ?? -- SOUTH BOiRDER. w oan 11 DORDRECHT EVACUATED. (dirc The War Office yesterday hfternoon jar received the following telegrami from di io ilhe Genera] at Capeto-wn, drated Wed- ...

... - ?? DARLINGsT6v OPTL INw nrbgr nf - ?? . . Numnber of patients in December, 33; admitted du pL month, 28; ?? d rilg ths month' 21; died during the U1011tb IayS remaining under treatment 3 ' gug- ber, 36~ number ofotp~ibe le receivet, 90.; number o eati' ~erat home' 82; inumbe P 1 n51 ,NJi 'hc- ire the monoth, 297. s was Gifts of monqey, provsjoll, glo- cals, etc., have been re ero. tly ...