>From Wigtown Free Press 28th January, 1897 BIRTHS RALSTON, Female - B18/1/1897 - At Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. on the 18th inst., the wife of Robert Ralston of a daughter. PRESTON, Female - B21/1/1897 - At Waverly, Singapore, on the 21st inst., the wife of George Murray Preston of a daughter. DEATHS GIBSON/CUMMING, Margaret - D9/12/1896 - At Buenos Ayres, South America, on the 9th ult., Margaret Cumming, widow of James Gibson aged 83 years - a native of Glenluce, Wigtownshire.