... I BIRTHS. - I aD REID.-ASt 2 Orchard Place. Aberdeen, on the 50t-h WC the Wife of Archibald S. Iied, of a son. LOO-Ac Deenwonnr Cottage, l?.Riverside hetmd Abrc- n deen, on 31st December, the wife of Stanley .. c Pool, Celedonian Railway, of a daugbter. be M ARRIAGES. o' BAIN-DAVIDSON -AT 122 Letlie Terraco, Albordemn, on the 27th December, by tic- Rev Donald Rolert- :tl ton, Ates (dec Crart ...

... BIRTE1HS. CALDER.-At 1611E 31t Street. 3iaMsiis Cit., Mo., on Decemaber '3th, 1139. the wife of Mr Silt air Caloifer- I of a daughtir. I ELP~i'IlNS'aS).?-At 88 Great Norhern road. Alto:- deon, On the 31?t uot . the woi.e c-f Iiderire. Eiphis- Stolle, of a Son. KENIGHT.-At 46 tuitco-cit n Park. Aberdeen., n ho . 31o. tit., tlhe vife of Wt'liatn S. bntghlt. of a Eai'. \?LARR+LYGFS.1 KVING-BROWN ...

... THE LATE COLONEL TURNXR OF We regret to reeord the death o-f Colonel John Turner of Turaerhall and Tipperty, Aberdeen- shire, which occurred on Sunday at his residence, St Stephen's Avenue. Ulmers, Surbiton, in his 69th year. Although of late years resident for tbe most part in the south of Englind and in Jersey. he was well known in Aberdeen.ehire to a, large; circle of friends from. his ...

... THE LATE MR ALEXANDER LALNG, ] COACHBUIIDEP. I I This gensileman, a citizen well known in Abet- ci -een for the greater part of' the cencury. iied at hisresidence. Brigh con Place. on-Sunday morning. jM Laing was for forty yearz coachbuilder io Her Mlajesty in premizes in Bcc-Accord Stmrat. He retired from business some 15 years ago. IL was not, how-ever. his busineas that brought hiss Iin ...

... ABERDEEN CIHORAL UNION. *THE`MESSIAH, Thesperfoflllnce of 'Handel's otaterptece. the MAessiah, is an annual event -which is looked forward to with considerable interest in iocnt ciusical circ-es, and the brilliant asseniblage. whiich crowded the Music Hail slst night showed by their unatinted appreciation that the Famous oratorio was done fuil justiee to by thre talented soloists engaged ...

... SEA TR.ANLSPORT OF HORSES. COMMNIU'NICATfON BY GENE.AL :RISSELL. -la Major-General Russell, Ci:MG,, M.P., writes bi as follows to yesterdafs Times':- Va In vour issuf of the 26th ult. there appears a *,m letter on this subject, signed 'O0hus. Darbyahire,` 21 in which he relaces :his own experience of having ib landed 131 horsee at Calcutta after a voyage from Buenos Ayree without loss and in ...

... I CErF2 OFPTV--BROAD STREET, APERDPEN. ~I'oNio- OFICE-5 NEW BrglW-E STREET. E.C. [1 7.sG-R&MaS- ABER.DEEN JOUP3-AL, ABPkPDEFN. IABERDEEN. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3, 1900. -NEW, S SUMDXARY A t.her Britrsih vutiocy. Ocltmen PPi'ther. of ithe Bedf'rdishire Regiment, ha5 made a suesesful I attack tupon a Boer Irager ahk-h had establishe tis-sIf not far from Cool's Farm, about 25 mikes! cruoi. Belmont. ...

... - BIRTUS. BRUCE.-At 8 Cai-nbaau. 0jarirtield Terrace. Butcl-r burn, on the 3rd inrt.. the wife of George A. Bruce, late of 2 Stanles Street, Aberdeen. of a dau.gizer. MAOFA.RLANE. -At Ros Btuidings, Inach. onr the 3rd inst., the wife of _Alexander Mamorlane, M. .O . S., of a dsqughver. ROBERTSOS-At 53 Thermon Street, Abecdceei. on 2nd inst., the wife of Peter Robertson, draper, Lt' a sen. ...

... 'INTOSH.-M.t 512 George Stretz. Aberdeen, tit et i3d inst.. the ifo or Charle- i'lni.xsh c-:ci11. CONNOSN-AL. 1 BS.tI Srreke. Wi-h i', ri tic ih Uft. the wife L. uchli thL'in;. hairdreo orr, or -. an' CoIJTTS f'TFARLANIE.-At GCleoswv. on tte 3i, it'. bv t-he Rei ,I JPiLcn, St PaultsPrilh. Ge -a' L', ctrs. iaw clerk. t' Annie &Seeirv. daughter c . B. Mh aianer, O'd Absrdeen. FROST-.JOS1.-At St ...

... DEATH OF M1R SCHNAD-HOMPT. Mr Francis 3ehnadhort died on the 2nd of January at Putney, after a prolonged illne's. i - It Schnadhorst, eays 'Men and Women of the Time, wa. born at Birmingham, 1640. and edu- cated at lKing Edward VI's Grarmrnar School of that town. tn 1&73 he was invited by the lead- ing Liberal, of Birmingharn to reorganise the Iarty :; tie city. ie tLmecame secretary of the ...

... BIRTS. COUTS -At C&v Knt o we. GU( tan Road, Iioad.Ude c b the 6th inst., tile wile of Johin C'uttr. ot a daghuer. ! MORRISON -At 1497 George Street, AXbtrdeelt ona hc! 6th inNe., the wvife *f . E. 1 forrikon, of a snn SIXRRIEAGlS. BROWN-B.4XTER.-Ofl Lth jocte;ar'. btiy' Rvt jica Stewoart. D.D.. Williaen Bereic broanl. Ni.t., C.?.3. Lvie, trknev, Ir lMartaret. ste tad C. VWilliam PEcer, 7 9. ...

... KENZIE, OF CHINA Rev~ W S. Swanson, Melville Free Church, _Ant, J~n , in altiudine 3aCi ...