OBITUARY RECORD

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 30

OBITUARY RECORD

Tli." Rev. Dr .lames Grant, for cb yrai* parish minister of Fordy^e, aud a man well known in the north of Scotland, oicil o>i February 10. age,d 79. He celebrated hi--miin«terial inbil-e m April, 1896, and was then able for all his duties, but for a v ear pa«t he. had been in declining health Mr -lohii Sword. Piovo»t of .Tedbuiji ami an out-tjndiu" man on the Holder-, dn'c' <->• February 9 aged 53. lie lcndeied mo-t valuable' -en ice to Jedburgh in a \anety of ways, and wa- in hi-, second term of office as "Provost when he died. Hi.s death is greatly regretted in the ancient burgh, and there v.a< a great demou-tration of re->pect at his funeial Dr Robert Armstrong, a prominent Scottish educat-oiii-t. died very suddenly on February 11 at St. Mamoek's manse, Kil marnock. He began his oareer at Tain Academy, whence he removed to St Andrew*, where he was head master of the English department of the Madras College. Among his pupils wore many from all parti of the world who have lived to do credit to his training, some of them in high position". In recognition of hi-, services, the Universtiy of .St. Andrew h -onferred upon him the degree of LL D. Dr Armstrong was an <hi-thii'-iast in Inil-t limbing, and la«t June he celebrated lil-i eightieth birthday by (limbing Go.ctfell. in Anuii He l- stated to have <•»'• compht-hed the feat " v. ith all the ardour and agility of youth." Dr Robert Ander^n, Piof«"-»or of Logicin the L*nivei.-uy of Glasgow, died on Febru arv 5, aged 54 He w.is educated in Ediu burgh, ami wa- ■-uc ce->sively Professor of Logic at Owen's Co.K'ge. Manchester, and at Aberdeen University, before he was ap pointe-1 to the < h.nr at Glasgow. The la'-t v airicd university confened the degiee of LL.D., upon him in 1533. when he was one of the youngest holdei - of .ho honour in the United Kingdom. He wa> lmincn-ely popular with the students. l'iofessor Adamtoii published several book-, among them being work* on Roger Bacon. Kant, and Fie lite. Mr Ale\ander Williamson, a prominent citizen of Imeine--. hhoj o died there at the a iff of 71 He wa- foi 25 vcar-, agent foi the l'iiti-h Linen Bank, and on his retire ineiit he ieccived a public presentation from the citizens. He took a special interest in tlio p<j< it . and all organisation- for the amelioration of their condition mot with his hearty support. He also rendered important service in connection with jommercial and industrial enterprises in InvernesF. Mi David Mat-Gibbon, a leading Scottish architect, died m Eclmhuigh on February 20. aged 70. He cte-igned many schools, bank-, and other bu-iness buildings, and was widely l.nown a? a writer on architectural ■"Übjects His best known books were published in collaboration with his partner, Mr Thomas Ross, and dealt with the castellated doniPstie and ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland They aro leckoned standard works. Two y«ar= a«o Mr Mac Gibbon re ceived the degree of LL.D. from St. Andiew's UrmciiiLy.

GENERAL. NEWS. The following artists ha-ve been elected Royal Scottish Academicians -.—Mr T. Scott, A.R.S.A. ; Mr R. B. Nisbet, who began life as a clerk in a Leitb shipping office ; Mr George Henry, a well-known Glasgow landscape painter: and Mr Washington Browne, a leading architect in Edinburgh. Steps are being taken at Kirkintilloch and Kihvinning foi the erectior of a town hall in each of those burghs. Ihe ancient custom of playing football in the sheets of Melroso on Fastern's E'en was t'rc.pped this year. The game caused much inconvenience, owing to shops having to bo closed an'l windows barricaded. Remonstrances by the magistrates proving unavailing, some of the players were prosecuted last year. A threat to dr. the same this year put an end to the practice, but it wa? .kept up at Jedburgh with all the frenzy of former years. The Oban Town Council is taking the preliminary legal steps widi a view to extending tho Dunolhe Esplanade, by way of Dunolhe Castle, to Ganavan Bay. In an fiction brought in the Court of Session relative to the will of the late Professor Simp=on, of Glasgow, the judge. Lord Kyllachy, decided that a typewritten state- ' ment was valid. A sum considerably exceeding £7000 has been subscribed for the erection in Ayrshire of a proposed sanatorium for consumptive I patients. A labourer who broke into a pubhehouse in Aberdeen and «tole a quantity of liquor was tracked to his dwelling by his footprints in the snow. He was tried, convicted, and i sentenced to twe months' imprisonment, with hard labour Addressing the Glasgow Corporation employees at the Dalmarnock Gasworks, Lord Piovo-t Chisholm declared that he would not stand behind a public-house bar for £1000 a week. In answer to p communication from the vice-president of the Dundee Liberal Association, Lord Roberts states that after making ve-rv careful inquiries he does not think that either Barry Links, Forfarshire : Annamuir, Ladyb&nk ; or Lundin Links, neat Leven, would form a suitable training ground for troops. This is in reference to the new Scottish Army Corps. At the Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow, .To'iu C*tto. one of the artistes, immediately aft-r com-ludunj a gymnastic perfomiaiice, died from h-au disease. A peal nf belU, presented to St. Ctuhberfs Church, Edinburgh, by Mrs General Anderson, in memory of a deceased sister, was dedicated on February 15. The 5040 changes wei-e rung in a little under four hours, being the fir=t time that a complete peal has been rung on Scottish ground by Scottish ringers. Plans are being prepared for the restoration of the ancient aud ruined cathedral of lona. which was bequeathed by the late Duke of Argyll to a body of truslprs, who include among their number the Principals of the four Scottish I'nlver^ities and tho Moderator of the Church of Scotland. The. building, when reftoied, wi'l accommodate oved 1000 persons, but it is not intended to place .seats in it. in the first inctance. In a lecture on " The Printed Literature of the Scottish Gael," delivered In Glasgow University !a?t week. Professor MacL°an stated that the only paper at prese-nt wholly written in Scottish Gaelic was one published in Cape Breton. About 20 monthly pcriodu-aU were started during the- uinetefnth ceotuiy, but all <.f them difd— most cif them in their infancy. According to v. pa.il iamenU'ry return just issued, t!.e foi:il quantity <l whisk/ in bond m Senlland on 31st January. 1902, was 109,263,191 proof gallon?. Mr Cameron Corbctt, one of the Glasgow M.P 'b, has arranged to plant trees along tb.9 south bank of the Clyde from Iho Broomielavv Bridge eastwards. In presiding at a demonstration of tho Boys' Brigade at Pai-!ey on February 20, tha Karl of Aberdeen .stated that the brigade nov consisted of 11,000 companies in the United Kingdom, comprising 4000 officer* and 50,000 boys. Th<^ following aro t,he totals of the per &onal e.=tates of the deceased persons named which have been recorded during the month: Mr Gonr&e Cnat». of Stfiiteley, Paisley, £489,300; Colonel .Mm Gordon" Smith, of Dclnabo, proprietor of the Glentwel dislillery, £180,997; iii-y M M. Linton, of Skairncld, Dumfriesshire, £81,757; Mr .1 dines Laurie, „f BcHefield, Lanark, £37,346.