Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

OSWESTRY. A SAD CASE.—On Thursday, Jane Evans, wife of Edward Evans of Glyn Mill, was brought up and charged by P.C. Fieldhouse with being drunk and disorderly in the Wynnstay Arms Hotel yard on Wednesday. From the officer's statement defendant must have been in a sad state, and was with diffi- culty taken to the police station. She had £ 9 12s. 9id on her, and receipts for bills paid that day for up- wards of s620, and a bottle of brandy. Fined 10s. and Gs. Gd. costs, and an order made that the money found on her be delivered by the police to her husband.

LLANDUDNO. GRAND MUSICAL CROWN EISTEDDFOD.—The programme of this eisteddfod, to be held on October 4th in the new Grand Pavilion to be erected here, is already issued. Among the prizes offered is one of £ 21 (and a silver crown to the conductor) to the choir that will render best "Rest, Soldier, rest" (J. H. Roberts, Mus. Bac.), and another of ten guineas to the Brass Band that will render best a selection of Welsh airs. Medals will also be awarded to the conductors of the choir in the chief competition and the band that will place the choir or band on the stage in the shortest time after the name is called. The programme contains sixteen other musical items. See advertisement.

WREXHAM. ACTION BY A BICYCLIST AG AINST A ROADMAN.— On Wednesday, at the County Court, before Sir Horatio Lloyd, William Crump, a roadman in the employ of the Denbighshire County Council, and living at Rossett, was sued by Thomas Cathrall, a slater and plasterer, living at Rhosnessney, near Wrexham, for £ 3 14s., under the following circum- stances :—On January 23rd the plaintiff was riding to his work on a bicycle along the footpath of the main road between Rossett and Lavister. The defendant was engaged in repairing the road, and, according to the plaintiff's version of the affair, he ran across and pushed his shovel through the plaintiff's machine. The defendant stated that he merely put his shovel in front of the bicycle, and gently guided it off the footpath into the channel. At all events, the machine was injured, and will cost £ 2 14s. to repair, and the plaintiff claimed £ for injuries he himself received.—His Honour said the defendant went a great deal further than he ought to have done. A most serious accident might have occurred. He gave judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed.

MR. LLOYD GEORGE, M.P., AND THE GOVERNMENT. Mr. Lloyd George, M.P., was the principal speaker at a crowded and enthusiastic disestablishment meeting at Shrewsbury on Wednesday evening. He said Churchmen realised that the hand of destiny lay heavily on the Established Church in Wales. They had a Government in power pledged to deal with the question of disestablishment and disendowment as the second measure in its pro- gramme. He did not place much reliance on party pledges as a rule, but he was of opinion that no Government could exist long which did not honestly attempt to liberate Wales from the spiritual thraldom she so much abhorred. He did not indulge in menace, were he in a position to do so. He preferred to trust to the honour and good faith of the Liberal Ministers. At the same time he ventured to repeat that Wales was fully prepared if need be to cut adrift from her most cherished political connections in order to concentrate her efforts on the attainment of this object.

WARNING.-When you ask for RECKITT'S BLUE see that you got it. The Manufacturer begs to caution the public against imitation square Blue of very inferior quality. The Paris Blue in squares is sold in wrappers bearing their name and Trade Mark. Refuse all others. The Editor of the Medical Annual for 1890 points out that potash is largely used to add to the solubility of many of the Co coas at present sold, but that in marked contrast MESSES. CADBURY supply an absolutely pure Cocoa of the highest. quality and that the name OADBUKY on any packet of Cocoa is a guarantee of purity. Mr. Hilton Barker, one of the principals of Barker's Bank, which failed some time ago, committed suicid on Wednesday by blowing out his brains with a revolver. The deceased, together with his brother William, was to have surrendered at the Mansion House, London, on Wednesday morning, to answer charges of obtaining money by false pretences. On Saturday the body of a gentleman was found on the Conway Bay shore, near the Great Orme's Head. In one of the pockets of the clothing was found a first-class railway ticket, which was, however, so much affected by the action of the sea water that the word "Manchester" alone was distinguishable. In other pockets were found a half-sovereign and a little silver. Subsequently the deceased gentleman was discovered to be Mr. Roland Crook, of Manchester.

VALE OF LLANGOLLEN HARRIERS WILL MEET Wednesday. March 1st .Glyndyfrdwy Station. At 10 20 o'clock. Saturday, March 4th Ffyniaonlas. At 11 o'clock. -L;-

A LETTER ON THE NEW YEAR SENT BY DR. ADAGIO TO HIS MUSICAL FRIEND, AKXE DAKTEY. DEAR FRIEND, may this New Year Bring Treble joy and cheer. As you run along in life's Checker a race-course May the Tenor of your way Be guarded, day by day, From those who walk a wicked or a Bass course. Join in Trio or Quartet, But beware of a Duet, For 'tis sometimes set more Forte than Piano Long may you, free from strife, Sing the charms of single life, With your beautiful Contralto or Soprano. And if tears prepare to drop, Then pull out another Stop Let Music throw its charms o'er ills that bore ye May those who're not in Tune With your welfare, late or soon, Diapason the New Year's hearth before ye. Pull out, my friend, the Lute, Or perhaps the gentle Flute, Or you'd rather hear the soothing Dulciana But returning home at night, No sound appears so bright As a welcome sounding on the Vox-humana Never let your morals Quaver, Nor for any Crotchet waver, For nothing peace of spirit disconcerts so But may you Bis be blest, And find a Minim rest, When life has passed away so like a Scherzo. Now it matters not what Key Life is set in—A to G. „„v,ir,Us There's another life where all the good you ve done shines Be careful then to C, Ere the latter end shall B, That you wisely make your A while the sun shines. And now I say "farewell The last: ah, who can tell ? For the leaf of life is growing sear and yellow Follow good in every shape, And never get into a scrape. Except upon the Violin or 'Cello. 7 T Cambridge. Z. T.

R. T. JONES, GENERAL UNDERTAKER, 16, WEST STREET, LLANGOLLEN. For M.ONUMENTS, TOMBS, HEADSTONES AND WREATHS, AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF MONUMENTAL WORK, APPLY TO WILLIAM WILLIAMS, AT HIS SHOW YARD IN MARKET STREET, LLANGOLLEN. jEtS" W. W. is prepared to compete with any Firm in the Kingdom as regards prices for Stone, Marble, and Granite, and also as to quality of material and workmanship. L1563al

For SPECTACLES, EYEGLASSES, &c., to suit al. sights, go to HUGH JONES S, "Advertiser Office, Llangollen "OADBURY'S OOCOA. has, in a remarkable degree those natural elements of sustenance which give the system endurance and hardihood, building up muscle and bodily vigour with a steady action that renders it a most acceptable and reliable beverage. "-Health. William Hampton, 45, described as a clerk, of Hawarden, Flintshire, was again charged on remand at Marlborough-street Police Court, London, on Saturday, with having attempted to commit suicide under circumstances already reported. Mr. Newton ordered him to find two sureties of X20 to be of good behaviour in the future. At the Worcester petty sessions, on Tuesday, Thomas H. Ballard, postmaster at the neighbouring village of Suckley, was charged with robbing a till at the Nelson Inn, in that parish. Mrs. Vennard, the landlady, caught the prisoner with his hand in the till, grasping about a pound's worth of silver. He pleaded drunkenness as an excuse, but the bench sentenced him to a month's hard labour. Murder or suicide? On Wednesday afternoon Walter Neilson, chemist, of Whalley Range, Black- burn, was found by his assistant in the back room of his shop lying dead across the hearth, with a terrible wound extending from the front to the back of the head. Shortly before he had sent the assistant on an errand, and on his return the assistant found the door locked. After a short walk he tried the door again, and it was then open. The extraordinary thing is that no weapon has been found on the premises. Nothing had been disturbed, and Neilson s watch and money were intact. Neilson was a single man of good character, who lived with his widowed mother. The London School Board intends to send an exhibit to Chicago. It consists almost entirely of hand and eye work by children between four and fift2en, of various schools under the board. It thus includes samples of needlework, laundry work, writing, mapping, freehand and technical drawing', ma shading from the cast, designing, modelling in cardboard and clay, woodwork, ironwork, and brass and copper work. There will be a display also Of kindergarten work, both elementary and advancea. The standard of technical work under the board naa been rising gradually and steadily, and some of the work to be sent to the American Exhihition is Qf [ a. high order of merit.

CORRESPONDENCE. [WE lo not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our correspondents.—BD.1

OSWESTRY, WEBNESDAT.—Wheat, 3s iOd to 48 4d Per 7o lbs.: barley, 3s 6d to 4s 3d per 70 lbs.; oats, 12s 6dto 16s Od per 225 lbs.; butter, Is 3d to Is 4d per lb.; eggs, 14 to 16 for a. shilling; fowls. 4s Od to 5s Od per couple; ducks, 5s od to 6s Od per couple; rabbits, 2s 4d to 2s 6d per couple.

that the public cannot be fully aware of the benefit offered under the scheme started two years ago. It implied that any person contributing regularly not less than one penny a week through an employer or directly to the Hospital will when admitted be free from payment of the usual weekly fee of 2s. 6d. This was to all intents and purposes a sick club for working men, and when they hear of sick clubs failing to come to the relief of the members when that was most wanted, he felt sure that when this is better known in this district employers and others will assist an popularising these collections. A penny a week is nothing to a working man when he is in employment, and it secures for him every medical and other attendance when he is most in need of it. It only required one or two workmen to start, and he felt sure that others Would soon follow. The Hospital being a public institution backed up by the people of Llangollen, the men would feel that there would be no danger as in the case of many sick clubs for them to be disappointed in the hour of need. He was also glad to say that the staff of the Hospital had given them every satisfaction. Last year they reported that the doctors of the town with the exception of one had agreed to give their services free of charge. He was glad to be able to say this year that the one alluded to has consented to follow the good example of the others. The following are the items of receipt and expen- diture for the year 1892 :—Receipts To balance in hand, £ 114 8s. 9Jd.; subscriptions, £ 115 2s. Od. District Nurse Fund, £17 5s. Od.; donations, C8 Os. Oct.; Hospital Sunday collections, 4-50 4s. 4d. interest on endowment and reserve funds, 4-46 9s. 10d.; patients' payments, £ 1G 12s. 9d.; penny cards and workmen's collections, 445 14s. 5id.; alms boxes, dE.3 14s. 6d.; garden receipts, £ 1 Is. 6d.; income tax returned, £ 1 8s. lOd. total, £420 2s. Od. Expenditure By butcher's meat, £ 36 14s. nd.; fish, £ 3 17s. 3J-d.; bread, P,9 9s. 9d.; grocery, £28 7s. 6 £ d.; milk, £ 12 14s. Od.; eggs, £1 14s. Od.; butter, £ 9 lls. Od.: vegetables and garden labour, £ 7 19s. 5|d.; port wine and spirits, £ 5 17s. 7.!d. chemist, Y,4 6s. 2d.; coals and wood, £18 15s. 2.Vd.; washing, Y,2 9s. Od.; lamp oil and gas, £ 7 2s. 9d. stationery, printing and stamps, £ 5 19s. 6d.; drapery, £4 Os. 9Jd.; repairs and renewals, £17 13s. lUd. 2 sundries, £ 215s. 5d.; salaries and wages, £ 68 4s. Id.; fire insurance, £1 16s. 6d.; amount transferred for investment, C46 18s. 2d.; balance in hand, £123 15s. 2d. total, £420 2s. Od. The committee suggested that a portion of the balance in hand should be devoted to the erection of a wash-house at the rear of the Hospital and a small mortuary attached. At present the washing was done in the back-kitchen, which was very inconvenient, while they had often felt the want of a proper room where anyone dying in the Hospital might be put. The committee, however, desired that the meeting should ratify what they had done in this respect. After making some further observations Capt. Best moved that the Report as submitted to the meeting be adopted. Mr. Jagger having seconded, the motion was carried unanimously. The Rev. J. S. Jones proposed, and Mr. S. Morton seconded, that Sir Theodore Martin, K.C.B., Capt. Best, R.N., and Mr. S. T. Jagger be elected members of the com- mittee as representing the subscribers. Carried unanimously. Mr. James Clarke moved that the thanks of the committee and the subscribers be given to the medical gentlemen for attending to the patients free of charge, to the treasurer and matron, to the Rev. J. S. Jones, Llantysilio, and all clergy and ministers who have made Sunday collec- tions, to the proprietor of the Llangollen Advertiser for insertions of notices and acknowledgments free of charge, to all those who have taken charge of penny cards, alms boxes and workmen's collections, and to all contributors of goods in kind. This was seconded by Mr. T. C. Davies and carried unani- mously. Mr. John Morris proposed and the Rev. J. S. Jones seconded that the thanks of the subscribers be given to the committee for their successful management of the Hospital during the past year. Carried. Capt. Best acknowledged on behalf of the committee. On the motion of Mr. Dodd, seconded by Mr. Morton, the warmest thanks of the meeting Were accorded to Capt. Best for presiding and for the interest he takes in the work of the Hospital. Capt. Best, in acknowledging, said that after all Mr. Dodd was the man that had to do more with it than any- one else, and to him the thanks of the subscribers are specially due. Mr. Clarke at the close of the meeting said he was glad to be able to announce that the Llangollen Choral Society, who were holding a concert that evening, had decided at an informal meeting of the committee to give a performance at an early date in aid of the Parish Nurse Fund.

TREVOR. LITERARY AND COMPETITIVE MEETING.—A Well-attended meeting was held on Wednesday evening. Feb. 15th, at the Independent Chapel, Trevor, under the presidency of the Rev. R. Williams (Hwfa Mon), the pastor, when a very interesting programme was gone through of various subjects-viz., essays, singing, reading, spelling and reciting, and when prizes were ^Warded to John Morgan Parry, E. M. Edwards, Yavid Richard Jones, William Allen Jones, Edward Ambrose, Jane Williams, Anna L. Jones, Kattie Edwards, and others. The following gentlemen ^oted as adjudicators:—Rev. R. Williams (Hwfa M6n),]\lr> Lettsome,Mr. John Richards, Llangollen, and Mr. David Jones, Trevor, while Mr. T. J. Edwards acted as secretary. Songs were rendered Y E. M. Edwards and Mr. John Richards. Mr. John Samuel Jones also addressed the meeting.

RHOSLLANERCHRUGOG. RUABON SCHOOL BOARD, Friday (at Johnstown). -Present, Messrs. George Garside (chairman), E. lIooson, Lloyd Jones, Christmas Jones, B. Williams, and J. Hughes, with Mr. J. Denbigh Jones, clerk. The School Attcndwncc.-The reports of the attendance officers were submitted, showing an ncrease in the average attendance.—Mr. Hooson aid he was very pleased to see such a marked lncrease in the attendance. There were occasional complaints of the attendance, but they found that e total on the books was 3,37)5, which was nearly ne-fiftjj 0f the population, and according to the ducation Department this was what it should be, ecause that department required accommodation for Qe-fifth of the population of a district. But he ought the average attendance might be higher per cent., as it was.—Mr. Lloyd Jones and v?6 a*rman thought the average attendance was tni^ ^?0<^ when the bad weather of January was Or tlh account-—Mr. Hooson hoped that in two ei(rh+ee m.ont^ls the attendance would average Mr ph °r e* £ hty-five per cent., and in this view a^ma9 Jones concurred.—The reports were «*en. adopted. T .Llppoi1ït1ncnt of ^'s^ress for Acrefair School.— for 8a^ ke had advertised for applications Scho 1 ^°St mistress in the Acrefair Girls' oDp f0, an^ ,^e had only received two applications, frm« ^ivr^1 ^i8.8 k- Jones, of Trevor Issa, and one said Is za^Jeth Taylor, of Rhos.— Mr. Hooson savinw+v10'^ receive(l a letter from Miss Taylor, thernf s^e another post.—Miss Jones was aPP°inted on the motion of Mr. Lloyd M 8e°on(^ed by the chairman. attend was decided to give prizes for clerk ai?0^3,8 usual-—It was also decided that the Board i- PrePare a report of the work of the buair.^ a teachers, etc.—This was all the harness of interest.

END OF THE SOUTH WALES COAL CRISIS. The members of the Sliding Scale Committee for South Wales and Monmouthshire met at the Angel Hotel, Cardiff, on Friday, for the purpose of reconsidering an agreement for the regulation of wages. Sir W. T. Lewis presided, and Mr. Wm. Abraham, M.P., occupied the vice chair. At the last conferenco the only point left undecided was that relating to the percentages, the men claiming 9 per cent. in the shilling on the selling price of coal, and the employers offering 8J. After a sitting 2 on Friday of nearly ten hours, it was agreed to renew the scale of 1892, which fixed the percentage at 8J. The agreement is to be operative for twelve months from April, and only to be terminable by six months' notice on March 31st, 1891, so that it really holds good for 18 months instead of twelve months as has been the case hitherto. The audit of the coalowners' books, however, is to date from January 1st last, and in anticipation of a reduction resulting from the first two months' audit, the men are to submit to a reduction of 21 per cent. from March 1st next.

GLYWEDION DICK 81110N. Clywed fod y ùona, fides fyddentyn ei gwneud hi yn point i fyn'd am long constitutional ar y Sabbath, nid er mwyn y ddiod," o, uagè, to be sure, oud er mwyn yr awyr iach a'r scenery, yn tynu gweb echryslon 0 hir, fel fiddle, pan oedd y tafarnwyr yn gweinyddu y gyf- raith y Sul, ac yn eu gwrthod gyda'r delcaration, Not a drop, to-day!" Clywed nad oes undyn byw, na, dynes chaith, 0 ran hyuy, i gael stand at ease yn Castle-street nac ar y Bont Fawr o hyn allan. Pawb, ond rapsealiwns synwyr lloi, yu canmol ypolice yn ofuatseu am y drefu. sure," ebre Shani. "Hold on ebre Shani, yr hen wreigan acw, betli ddaw o'r lioyal Standbacles rwan, Shonyn bach dyna hi wedi darfod arnyn nhw am le delicate i'w cefnan noble." Aros dithe," ebre iine, rhaid i'r byd fyn'd yn i flaun, weld di, a rhaid iddi nhwthe symyd y cefnau i le mwy secluded, megys at Pont Penddol neu Bont Llandyn, os ydyw yn imperatively necessary iddynt gael wal pout i'w siqyportio. Wei, ie, to be Clywed fod y Court Journel yn hysbysu nad yw yr Healtheries Board, am eu bod mewn mourning ar ol eu last born (Steam Fire Engine), yn bwriadu cynal yr anmlalsocial evening y mis nesaf,ond i wneud i fynu am y dyffig bwriedir, yn mhellach yn mlaen ar y flwyddyn, pan y bydd adeg y wylofain wedi myned heibio, gael cheap trip i Dinas Bran ar gefn Jerusalems dwy flwydd, pryd y cynhelir international convention yn ngwrt y castell ar y question mawr, "Pa fodd i ddadgyssylltu a diwreiddio wal fawr Cae y Felin." Disgwylir y bydd amryw o'r American Dynamitards yn bresenol yn gwneud practical illustrations. Clywed fod yr un authority yn gwneyd yn hysbys na fydd i'r ffaith fod y Board mewn mourning effeithio dim ar yr annual races, gan fod Limited Liability Co. wedi cymeryd rheini mewn llaw. Nid yw y course quite wedi ei ddesidio hyd yn hyu. Clywed y Cor yn eu gynau gwynion a'r orchestra yn canunos Iau yn glorious I Fu rytshwn beth 'rioed o'r blaen. Hogenod o'r Llan yn canu y piano, solos, alto, a soprano, a hogie y Llan yn canu yr harmonium, fiddles, violincello,piccolos,cornopians,solos, alto, tenor, a bass, ac yn conductio ac yn tendio'r drws Ac yn canu, nid rhiw ffal-di-ral, cofiwch, ond fel tae Dan Godfrey ei hun a'i grew wrthi. Yn y grand cligiiaxis fy syndod oedd na fuasai cloch Factri Mile End wedi cymeryd ei hedfa o hen Wlad y Gin fel na welai neb byth mohoni, rhag cywilydd. Clywed beirniadaeth yr athrylithgar ar byd-enwog gerddorion, Huwco Tan Cyt, Eos y Pentan, a Gwilym Tal, ar y Consert (y ddau olaf ar eu ffordd i Stfeddfod y World's Pair yn Chicago a'r cyntaf a'i wyneb tua Steddfod y South), a chan mai cwyn corau pob amser yw nad ydynt yn cael beirniadaeth lawn yr wyf yn ei rhoi yn verbatim er mwyn y byd cerddorol:—Cantata neillduol o bwrpasol, cerddoriaeth soniarus a perfor- miad bron di-guro. (1) Y solos: rhai yn gampus a rhai yn druenus. (2) Y quartet yn well at ei gilydd. (3) Y choruses yn ardderchog, y gerddoriaeth niegys yn gwthio pinau drwyddom ac yn peri i'r penglog ymwthio ar i fynu megys pe bai am dissolvio partner- ship gyda'r corphyn, and gan eu bo'd yn canu yn yr iaith wreiddiol, sef yr Italian, nid oeddem yn deall yr un gair and" haleliwia." (4) Yr orchestra yn myned drwy eu gwaith yn ganmoladwy iawn (er fod ganddynt le i wella) ac o wasanaeth anhraethadwy i'r cor. (5) Y conductor wrthi yn slavaidd, fel engine 40-horse, ac yn chwysu'n domen dail. Os oedd bai yw ganfod yn rhywle nid oedd yn y conductor. Y verdict: Rhag i'r cor ddychmygu eu bod wedi gorphen dysgu, ni byddai niwed yn y byd iddynt ddeall y byddai modd gwella y performiad drwy ymddiried rhai o'r solos i brofes- sionals a gosod haner dwsin o'r un tribe yn yr orches- tra. [Gyda golwg ar clause 3, nid wyf o'r un farn am tri cedyrn, clodwiw gydwladwyr. Nid yn yr iaith wreiddiol yr oedd y cor yn canu, canys y mae genyf grap ar yr Italian, megys il penseroso, in petto, dolce far niente, da capo, ac yn y blaen, ac mi gymra fy llw na ddaeth yr un o'r rhai ene dros ei tafode. Fy marn i yw fod y bad enunciation i'w briodoli i un o ddau beth -naill fod yr hall yu rhy fechan neu y cor yii rhy fawr.—D.S.] Shani, ar y ffordd gartref, yn cwyno ei bod wedi ei siomi yn enbyd 11a buasai wedi gwel'd y secretaries. Y mae ganddi feddwl mawr o secretaries, ac yn ystyried eu bod yn go sod pomp a gogoniant ar bobpeth. Y tro nosaf, os na bydd modd entertainio yr idea o'i gosod wrth fwrdd ar y stage, a la Steddfod, Shani yn begio arnynt wisgo massive crimson rosette a cherdded i fyny ac i lawr yn ddi-s/o^, er mwyn i bawb gaeleu llygadu. Shani yn deyd hefy'd y byddai yn sicr 0 fod yn iinprove- ment ofnatseu pe buasai y Pencerdd yn rhoi warm shake of the hand all round the hall. Clywed fod y consert wedi gyru Treforfab r orfo- leddu yn y Faner fawr, a'i fod yn gwaoddi-Gwell genym gael un cyngherdd fel hwu unwaith yn y flwyddyn na'1' pethau a gamenwir yn" gyngherddau mawreddog" ddeuddeg waith a deugain yn y flwyddyn. Hwre i hogie a hogenod Llangollen, yute ?

THE "PUBLIC PURSE STRINGS" AND MAIN-SEWERS. To the Editor of the "Llangollen Advertiser." Sir,—In your account of the Local Board meeting I was surprised to find the very con- tracted form of the report of the said proceedings. As ratepayers your readers would no doubt be obliged for fuller details or verbatim reports of future meetings. It is evident that the motion for the construction of main-sewers in Abbey-road and Birch Hill was the subject of strong opposition, and which to me seems most creditable to the two members who had the courage to stand in the interest of the ratepayers. It is intended to spend some thousands of pounds on the new water scheme, which will add largely to the now heavy rates." In the face of this I venture to ask, Can the Board show that there is now any urgent need for the additional expenditure in Abbey-road and Birch Hill ? I should like to ask where are the houses for which this main-sewer is to be provided On making enquiries I find that the new terrace lately built by the railway station, the Green Lodge, the Green Villa, Dolafon-terrace, Fair View, Arnon Cottage, Cottage Hospital, Plasynddol, Plasteg, Jenny Jones and terrace are already provided for, and I also further find that the owners of all these houses had to pay out of their own pockets and make their oirti provisions. In the name of all common sense and justice if the afore-mentioned places have already been provided for without the cost of a Id. to the rates, where and what is the great reason aud urgency to be found for constructing a sawer for non-existent houses.' Also as regards Birch Hill, one new house has been lately erected there, but the owner has made his own drain at his own expense. Not many years ago the owner of a large residence in Llangollen constructed a main-sewer of con- siderable length at his own expense. Other parties have had to do the same in the past. Of course, it is not my purpose to justify or condemn the action of the Board towardsjthose parties but who can account for the different treatment accorded to various persons, when on the one hand —where property already erected is not provided for at the public expense-and on the other hand, the Board are eager and ready to provide for house property which is only anticipated and which only exists in the dreams of speculators, but which. now alas does not contribute towards the rates Just another question before I finish re the intended sewer in Abbey-road Where is it intended to empty it and at what point? Alongside of whose property will it be. and how far up the Abbey-road 1 Will it reach a point further up than St. John's Cemetery? Further let me ask the ratepayers of Llangollen to find out what pro- portion of the cost of this scheme will fall upon the promoters. A public meeting might serve to ventilate the question.—Yours, RULEII.

Y CONS ART. At OlygydI y "Llangollen Advertiser." Anwul syr,—Yr ydech chi a finne yn hen ffrindie, ond ymhle ar y ddauar yr ydech chi yn cadw ? Yr ydw i yn gweld yr hen wr a'r baich drain yn amlach o'r haner nag ydw i yn ych gweld chi. Ond diolch am siawns i sgrifenu atoch chi pan y budd gen i rwbeth ar fy meddwl. Yr ydw i yn teimlo mor ysgafn a cheiliog rhedun wedi deud fy syniade wrthoch chi. Be ddyliech chi sudd gen i y tro yma ? Mi fu Beti a finne yn y consart yr wsnos dweutha, a chan ych bod chi wedi methu mund am fod y riwmitis yn ych tryblo chi, rhaid i mi ddeud tipin i chi am y cwarfod, a theimlade Beti a finne ynddo fo. Wel, mi euson yn ddigon buan, ac erbun decbre "roudd y stafell yn llawn, mor llawn tua'r drws nes gneud i chi feddwl am benwig mewn casgen. Ond ust! pwu sudd yn dwad o'r antiroom ? Dyna fo ar y staej, a'r cor i gid ar u traed. Dacw fo yn troi at y gynulleidfa ac yn treio gneud bow spectabl; wedun mi edrychodd ar y cor, a dene nhw yn disgin i lawr yn glytie fel pe base nhw wedi caul eu seuthu. Mi allsech feddwl fod Syr Tsiarls Hale ne Mistar Di Jong ne rhwfun fellu wedi dwad i mewn ond doudd o neb ond yr arweinudd. Gresun garw iawn na base chi yno i weld y darn yma o'r program, oblegid roudd o y peth mwua trwstan a ridiclos welodd neb rioudd. Hoi rwan dyna'r cor yn mund trwu u gwaith—ie. yn rhagorol hefud. Ond be heplas oudd ar y bobol! Sasneg oudd y cwbwl. Ond pam roudd rhaid mund dros glawdd Off a? Mae'n debig na fedre llawer o'r cor ddim duall Cymraug. Ond och fi doudd llawer o honu nhw ddim yn duall y Sasneg chwaith. Fechgin a gnethod da fydde iddu nhw ddysgu Cymraug i ddechre, ac wedu'n fudd gwell gobeth medru swnio y geirie Sasneg yn iawn. Rhaid iddu nhw gymud cyngor gan hen wr. Peidiant a ineddwl os medra nhw ganu tipin, fod hynu yn gneud i fynu am u twllwch a'u hanwubodeth nhw. Ddo nhw buth yn gantwrs mawr os na budd rhwbeth o'r tu cefn. Fedra nhw ddim buw ar wunt yn siwr. Mau edruch ar ambell un o honu nhw yn treio tori ffigiwr a chwafars ar y staej yn ddigon a chodi cyfog ar gorn simdde. Gobeithio y gwela nhw y sylwade yma, ne mi fudd gen i rwbeth eto yn reit buan ac os na budd yna ddarn Cymraug y tro nesa, mi ddeuda air ne ddau wrth y condygtor y cofith 0 am danu nhw am orie lawer. Gyda eithriade fel ene mi auth Beti a finne adre yn llawn hwul. Ddwrnod ne ddau wedun," Shon," medde hi, be ydi roc o egis ?"' Mau ene riw ystur biwtiffwl i'r geiric, ac rouddwn i yn teimlo wrth wrando'r canu na base gen i ddim ofn marw. Shon. be ydi'r meddwl I" Craig yr ousoudd," medde finne. Ie, ie, Shon bach, diolch am dani," a dene'r dagre- Rouddwn i wedi meddwl deud chwaneg, Mistar Golygudd, ond hwrach y sgrifenai eto sylwade pellach. Hun oddiwrth cich hen ilrind, JOHN JONES. Min y Ddwrdu.

At Leeds Town Hall, on Thursday, a special jury sat to assess damages in a breach of promise action brought by Nellie Ernson, a domestic servant, against John Alfred Wilson, Westwood-lane Farm, Headingley. Defendant promised to marry the girl, but in the following April he wrote to her saying the acquaintance had better cease. When she threatened to take proceedings against him he went to Wales. Returning to Leeds he took a Welsh wife with him. The jury awarded plaintiff .£150. The counting on Saturday of the votes recorded on Friday for the Parliamentary vacancy in the Hexham Division showed that Mr. M'Innes (L) has been returned by a majority of 44G, Mr. B. Clayton (C) receiving 4358 votes. This is a loss of a seat to the Conservatives. Mr. J. Jordon (N) was on Saturday declared elected for the Parliamentary vacancy in South Meath. The polling took place on Friday, and Mr. Jordon received 270S votes against 2630 recorded for Mr. J. Dalton (P). The result of the polling at Stockport on Wednesday is that Mr. Louis Jennings, the late Conservative memb.r is succeeded by Mr. George Whiteley, who is also a Conservative. BEATTYS PIANOS AND ORGANS. Hon. Daniel F. Beatty, the great Organ and Piano manu- facturer, is building and shipping more Organs and Pianos than ever. In 1870 Mr. Beatty left home a penniless plow-boy, and by his indomitable will he has worked his way up so as to sell so far nearly 100 000 of Beatty's Organs and Pianos since 1870. Nothing seems to dishearten him obstacles laid in his way, that would have wrecked any ordinary man for I ever, he turns to an advertisement and comes out of it brighter than ever. His instruments as is well known, are very popular and are to be found in all parts of the world. We are informed that during the next ten years he intends to sell 200,000 more of his make, that means a business of 20,000,000 dols. if we average them at 100 dols. each. It is already the largest business of the kind in existence—send to D. F. Beatty, Washington, New Jersey, for catalogue. (3552)

HOME & FOREIGN CHIT-CILAT. Owing to an outbreak of measles, several of the elomentary schools in the Bangor district have been closed. The other day twenty .£8 shares in the Llandudno Pier and Pavilion Company were sold by auction at an average of J213 10s. each. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone left Downing-street at a quarter to five on Tuesday afternoon, for Paddington, to visit the Queen at Windsor. Lady Morgan, although unable to return to England from Mentone with Sir George Osborne Morgan, is very much improved in health. The Bishop of Bangor has preferred the Rev. R. Jones, M.A., curate in charge of Llandegfan-cum- Beaumaris, to be rector of Llanfair Juxta, Harlech, Merionethshire. The Hon. G. T. Kenyon, M.P., has returned from Italy, and is now in attendance upon his Parlia- mentary duties. His London address is 10, Norfolk- street, Park-lane. On Wednesday afternoon a boy named Crowe, aged 14, son of a commercial traveller at Egremont, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver on account of a so-called love affair. The anuual statement of the Tabernacle Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church at Bangor, of which the Rev. T. J. Wheldon, B A., is the pastor, returns the voluntary contributions as < £ 1,191. The Rev. Griffith Edwards. M.A. (" Gutyn Padarn"), late rector of Llangadfan, whose death at Welshpool we announced the other week, was a curate at Llangollen for some years up to 1849. The Rev. J. Lloyd, curate of Corwen, has been appointed to the important living of Dollgelly. Mr. Lloyd who was educated at St. Aidan's was ordained priest in 1886, and has held the curacy since ls88 At the Bethesda Slate Quarries on Friday notice was given that in consequence of the improvement of trade wages would be increased five per cent. after the letting of Feb. 22nd, and that room would be found for additional hands. The Pope's episcopal jubilee was celebrated in Rome on Sunday by a special High Mass, for which it is estimated 60,000 persons assembled. His Holiness assisted in the function and gave his benediction, being apparently in excellent health. The death of Mrs. Sunnah Maria Oliphant, relict of the Rev. J. Oliphant, rector of Erbistock, has taken place at Scarborough. The body was conveyed to Ruabon on Tuesday week by rail. The deceased was in the scventy-sixth yea.r of her age. New York and Toronto were visited by severe snowstorms on Saturday, the worst experienced since the great blizzard in the winter of 1888. Railways were blocked, and travelling on foot was impossible in the country and difficult in towns. Mr. de Cobain, ex-M.P. for Belfast, was arrested in that city on Friday night and taken before the magistrates on Saturday. After formal evidence had been given he was remanded, bail being accepted but not forthcoming until late on Sunday night. At Conway, on Tuesday, Owen Williams, a respectably-dressed man, was committed for three months as a rogue and vagabond for endeavouring to obtain money by false pretences. The prisoner had been using the names of the vicar and others. Tho death took place on Wednesday at Pau, in the Pyrenees, of Mrs. Eyton Jones, widow of Dr. Eyton Jones, of Wrexham, whose death we recorded last week. The remains of both Dr. and Mrs. Jones were interred in the churchyard of St. Anrew's, Pau. On Monday a woman, named Marley King, wife of a glazier at Pontypridd, was arrested charged with throwing her daughter, aged seven years, into the river, the body being carried by the flood in the direction of Cardiff. The woman was in a desponding condition. At the last monthly meeting of the Lleyn and Eifionydd Calvinistic Methodists, it was resolved to send the sympathy of the meeting with Principal Owen, of Lampeter, on the death of his father, who was a faithful deacon of the Calviuisic Methodist Church at Llanengan. Mr. David Evans, who after 21 years' service as stationmaster at Llandudno Junction, has been transferred to Colwyn Bay, was on Wednesday presented with an address (executed by Mr. Shepperd, Colwyn Bay), a silver tea and coffee service, and a purse of 130 guineas. The draw for the semi-final ties in the Senior Welsh Cup Competition took pl-ice in Wrexham on Wednesday, when the following was the result:— Druids v. Chirk, to be played at Wrexham on Feb. 25th and Wrexham v. Llandudno Swifts, at Flint or Chester, on March lltb. Edis Lloyd Jones, book canvasser, Upper Bangor, was on Wednesday remanded by the Carnarvon borough bench upon a charge of obtaining money by false pretences. The prisoner, who is wanted by the Anglesey police on similar charges, was apprehended in South Wales. Bail was accepted. The depression in the iron and steel industry is becoming very serious. In the distrists of Wigan, Middlesborough, Barrow, Workington and South Wales very many hands either are now or will be shortly thrown out of employment, owing to the termination of contracts and engagements. On Saturday night a domestic servant drowned herself and her two illegitimate children in a dam at Earls Heaton, near Dewsbury, belonging to the Syke Mill Company. She had been in a great state of privatijn for several days, and had threatened to destroy herself. The children were eleven wesks old. At a recent missionary meeting in Nottingham, a Mr. W. Allen, of Sheffield, told a story of a woman in the latter town who lately astonished a neighbour w tlx the intelligence that the devil was dead They at length reached a dyer's shop, in the window of which was a placard with the inscription-" Satin dyed here! A case of smallpox has been discovered amonj the patients at the North Wales Lunatic Asylum at Denbigh. There are over 500 patients in the Asylum, and the most stringent steps have been taken to isolate the case, and to prevent the extension of the out-break. How the disease got into the institution is a mystery. One of the messages of sympathy that came to Mrs. Blaine on the death of her distinguished husband was from the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise; it was sent through the British Legation. It seems that five waggons were needed to convey the wreaths and crosses to the grave in Oak Hill Cemetery, near Washington. Mr. John Gwenogfryn Evans, the Welsh paleo- grapher, is doing excellent work in bringing out old Welsh t/xts. The "Red Book of Hergest," in two volumes—1, "Mabinogion"; 2, "Brut"; the "Black Book of Carmarthen," the Book of Llan Daf," have already been published, and the works of Dafydd ab Gwilym are in preparation. Mr. J. R. Dix, manager of the Corris Railway, has patented an invention to prevent a train passing a signal at danger. The wire which places the signal at danger also elevates a lever between the metals which, coming into contact with the brake tap on the engine, operates upon the steam or automatic brake and brings the train to a standstill. The proprietors of the British Weekly have apologised for the libel inserted in their columns against the Bishop of St. Asaph, and have handed to Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn, the sum of .£50 for such charitable purpose as the bishop should choose. The Bishop of St. Asaph has given the £.50 to the Liberator Relief Fund. The death took place at Pontypridd, on Thursday, the 16th, of Mr. Iwan Jonkyn, F.R.G.S., editor and manager of the Glamorgan free Press, and for many years formerly headmaster of Cefnfaes School, Bethesda. Mr. Jenkyn, who was a native of Aber- ystwyth, was well known and much respected in Welsh literary and journalistic circles. The Overton, Bangor, and District Gas Company, Limited, was registered on the 3rd inst., with a capital of £1,000, in shares, to acquire and carry on the business of manufacturing, supplying, and selling gas, now followed by Mr. Louis George Russell, at Overton, under the style of the Over on Gas Works, and to prosecute this business in all its branches. Mr. Crawford Clarke, one of the deputy coroners for Shrewsbury, was crossing Stretton Hills, twelve miles from Shrewsbury, when he found the body of a man decently dressed lying on the margin of a small stream in Ash Valley, with the appearance of having been there about a week. No person is missing locally, and it is supposed deceased was a visitor who got lost among the hills and died from exposure. In response to a numerously-signed memorial from the inhabitants of Coedpoeth, Minera, &c., a thickly- populated mining district a few miles from Wrexham, I the general manager and other officials of the Great Western Railway Company, on Saturday, inspected the mineral line running from Coedpoeth to Brymbo, with the view of its being opened for passenger traffic, and so open up railway communication between that district and Wrexham. Edward R. David, aged 15, nephew of Mr. Parry, proprietor of a private school at Llanfairfechan, met with his death under sad circumstances on Saturday. He was subject to epileptic fits. While witnessing a football match it is supposed that he was seized by one of those fits and fell unperceived. When discovered he was dead, his face being in a shallow pool of water. "Accidental death" was the verdict returned on Monday. Deceased was a grandson of the late rector of Llanarmon D.C. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Colonel Clarke and Mr. Hedley, Local Government Board inspector, paid a visit to Lambeth Workhouse, London, on Friday, and inspected all the wards and the arrangements for the sick and aged poor. The Prince saw the dinner served in the halis and in the infirm and sick wards, and on leaving made the following entry in the visitor's book :—" Visited this house to-day, and found everything clean and in excellent order.-Albert Edward."

FCENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAMS.] LLANGOLLEN ADVERTISEI: OFFICE, Thursday Evening. The Bank Rate of discount remains at two and a half per cent. Stocks are quiet; home railways steadier and American inactive. Hobbs, Newman, and Wright, the Liberator prisoners, were to-day committed for trial. Mr. Balfour, who is suffering from an attack of influenza, was considerably better this morning. A burglary was committed early this morning at Mr. Charles Hooks's jewellery shop in Merthyr, two hundred pounds' worth of watches having been stolen. The polling at Cirencester was brisk during the first hour to-day. Later, voters came up steadily, although the townspeople did not poll in great numbers till the afternoon.

THE LOCAL MARKETS. L LANCOLLEN, SATURDAY.—The quotations were— s. d. s. d. I s. d a. White Wheat 4 0 to 4 6 Salmon (lb.) 0 0 to 2 « Red Wheat 3 10 to 4 0 Trout 0 0 to 0 0 Malt. Barley. 3 4 to 4 6 Soles (each) 0 0 to 0 Grinding do. 3 0 to 3 4 Plaice 0 0 to 0 6 Oats (2251bs.) 16 0 to 19 0 Cod Fish (lb.). 0 4 to 0 6 Beef (lbl 0 6 to 0 S New Potatoes 0 0 to 0 u yeai 0 6 to 0 8-4 Potatoes (m're) 2 6 to 3 0 Mutton' 0 7 to 0 8 Onions (lb.) 0 0 to 0 1* Lamb 0 0 to 0 0 Apples (lb.) 0 0 to 0 3 Pork 0 6 to 0 8 Gooseberries. 0 0 to 0 u Fowls (couple) 4 0 to 4 6 Winberries 0 0 to O 0 Geese (lb.). 0 0 to 0 0 Strawberries. 0 0 to 0 0 Ducks (couple) 5 0 to 5 6 Raspberries 0 0 to 0 Turkeys (lb.) 0 0 to 0 0 Plums ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Pheasants (brc.)0 0 to 0 0 Currants 0 0 o0 0 Patridges ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Mushrooms 0 0 to 0 0 Hares (cach). 2 6 to 4 0 Butter (lb.) 1 to"-J Rabbits 1 0 to 1 4 Eggs 14 to 16 for Is

LIVERPOOL CORN, TUESDAY.—Wheat closes quiet, small business, penny decline on Friday. Quotations: No. 1, Calif ornian, 4s l*d to 4s 2 £ d; No 2, Spring, *t 8,dto 4s Hd; No. 2, Winter, 5s 8tid to 5s 9$d. Oats quiet, unchanged. Flour, sixpence down.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. SR DEATHS. BIRTHS. Feb. 16th, the wife of Mr. A. Lloyd Jones, Bryny- ffynnon, Denbigh, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Feb. 10th, at the C.M. Chapel, Llandderfel, by the Rev. 1. J. Williams, Mr. Hugh Evans, Brymbo, to Miss Margaret Parry, Llandderfel. Feb. 11th. at the registry office, Bala, Mi. Henry Lloyd, Ystrad-fawr, Llangwm, to Miss Anne Jones, Ty'n-y-cornel, Bala. DEATHS. Feb. 22ud, at Hill-street, Llangollen, aged 64, Mary, widow of Mr. Robert Owen, carrier. Funeral at three o'clock on Saturday. Feb. 22nd, at Green-lane, Llangollen, aged to, Jemima, widow of Mr. Robert Davies, wharfman. Feb. 14th, aged 87, Mrs. Susannah Davies, Hafod. yr-\vvn, Llanuwchllyn. T Feb. 8th. aged 81, Mr. John Jones, The Lane, 70, Ellen, widow of Mr, David Richards, plumber, Berwyn-street, Bala. Feb. 20th, at Bennar, Corwen, aged 84, Jiiunor, relict of the Rev. David Davies, Barmouth. Feb. 18th, at Llanfairfechan, aged 17, Evan Robert Edward (Bertie), eldest son of Mrs. Ellen David, Haulfre, Llanfairfechan, and grandson of the late Rector of Llanarmon D.C.