- TEMPERANCE MEETING AT WEST HALL.—A temperance meeting was held at West Hall on Christmas day in connection with the Band of Hope there. The tables were presided over by Misses Atkinson, West Hall; Nixon, Fir Crosset ; Bulman, Tenement; Holmes, Calees ; Watson, Richardson, Bank

NOVEL BY DOR& RUSSELL, Annoy. or " GOVSINEBB." PRINT/ IN TAN SNOW," &C.. ko. CHAPTER XXXYL—A. SON AND Hair. Hayward was angry with Hide, after the scene the conservatory, , and yet in I is heart he acknowledged he hao deserved h , l rebuke. He went h ome almost immediate , y aft

are some of the firms who keep it in stock : Cash Prices —Queen's Quality, 42a. per dosed ; s ri, S a f l ezial Quality, 50s. Fine Tonic Sportsmen's ALSTON. M. Walton and Co. ALNWICK George Cockb CARLISLE County Wine Company. Halstead and Pearson. Jos. Hope, Sons, and Bendle. DA

ARREST OF THE HOUSEKEEPER. • The usually quiet and peaceful village of Blanchland and the surrounding district has been thrown into a state of considerable excitement and consternation by the murder of a young farmer named Robt. Snowball, who lived at Belmont, which is eituate a

. On Monday last, at noon, dinner, consisting of roan beef and plum padding, was served hi 330 of the aged . peer of the town in the Town Hall. In the case of the infirm and bedridden poor, and in other cases where the persons were not able to attend, their dinner was sent to th

selected Stock of WINES and SPIRITS, imported direct by us from the beet shippers, and which we can 'with confidence recommend as to quality and good value, viz.:— PRICE LIST. PORT, 24/., 30/-, 38/., 42/-, 48/-, 54/, 60/., and Munim's, Pommery's, Moees and Chandon's, upwards. Cl

GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND BROOCHES, LOCKETS, NECKLETS, &c., AT MUCH REDUCED PRICES, AT 'ALSTON WATCH AND CLOCK ESTABLISHMENT T. BRAM WELL, WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AND SILVERSMITH, Dealer in all kinds of MITSICAL INSTRUREITTS. A good Assortment of CONCERTINAS direct from

APPLIANCES TOR THE CURE, RELIEF, AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE, ecs. Thousands of persons have been restored to health by their use. TEE APPLIANCES are still receiving the Flattering Encomiums of the In- Public, as witness : THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FRASER, D.D., THE LORD BISHOP OF MiN

" Bowscar. Penrith, January 15th. 1880. "After wearing one of Wetton's Magnetic Belts for nine months and deriving very great benefit from it, it is only my duty to inform you of the fact, and to strongly recommend all who suffer from rheumatism to give the appliances a trial.—Y