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SADDEN DEATH OF JIB. J. PYRE THOMPSON. 4 TRAGIC EVENT AT PENARTH. ^^LS DEAD IN A FRIEND'S HOUSE. j We regret to amnounce the death of Mr. J,* Pyke Thompson, J.P., The Redlands, i .€&arfch, a gentleman very well known and Soly respected throughout South Wales. The occurred with tragic suddenness at on Wednesday evening. About oft: oc^ock ^tr. Thompson called at the ji Ces of Mr. H. Snell, of the Windsor Estate, eilarth, to talk over matters of business, and *Jr some time he -a as closeted with that gentle- in an upstairs room. Mr. Thompson j-U Mr. Snell were going downstairs, when Snell called attention to something in rJe office on the ground floor, and Mr. t 7*nipeon followed Mr. Snell thither. Upon ^teiing the room Mr. Thompson immediately Flted white, and complained of feeling fiw-ell. Mr. Snell, becoming alanmed, placed -111 in a chair, and got him some brandy. He ;180 sent, without delay, for Dr. Nell, who Ves opposite. When the medical gentleman red Mr. Snell's house he found Mr. '^nipson gasping for breath. The doctor ^niediately laid him upon rugs on the floor, .to Mr. Thompson expired in the course of a » minutes. Mr. Carslake Thompson (his pother) and Mr. Clothier (his brother-in-law), Who are now sttymg at The Redlands, were i ^Sd. and both hastened to Mr. Snell's office, axis Thompson was dead before they to ri^' T'ie body was subsequently removed The Redlands, where it now lies. The >&ased was fifty-one years of age. '1 Jjr • Pyke Thompson, WAR a son of the late ditf Carles Thominjon, J.P., Preswylfa. Car- of to w^om Cardiff owed much in a variety bro k5'- not ^le of which ;s that he v *n*° ^10 t°vvn a family whose munifi- in been on a scale truly notable, and Yy>0 .Yirectioiia calculated to do the widest thfi R°od. Mr. Pyke Thompson's father, dav e* • Charles Thompson, vho till the of +i ^'s death, eight years ago, was the head tlle well-known firm of flour merchants, Spillery and Co., came of Quaker stock. Jog. one of the numerous family of Mr. of vP. Thompson, a member of the Society ho carried on tlie business of t!)irj °n?er at Bridgwater. Charles was the ^Iarin*°ni,i.an^ was ^°rn hi 1815. He married Brownl' i)HTonly daughter of Captain George on V„, j v>'ho was one of the lieutenants tima T„ Victory at Trafalgar, and at that th0 ni-ian^eT °f the Bridgwater branch of inarriaco England Bank. On his Priends and\Thompson left the Society of 'body. >io ■«,),{3 himself to the Unitarian •ori took an wife balonped. I\fr. Thonip- *>f hi* native tcr^X? Pai't in the publio affairs the peace. Ia was made a justice of ship witii his b 6S4, be entered into partner- W. Browne, a^a^-in-law, the late Mr. S. «T»d C4med on I late Mr. Win. Allen, exErJ style °f S^n ^nd milling business, diff -leS of ^ade cauls ^nd Pa-owne. The wnere a t his removal to Car- exisfo, 11 ^l1' the Prw'UKOr !V t!i1^ way be-a,n tki x' JS,3d erfct.-d. In v^nd highly rMWe»iait now so VTe^ known Ik. v.nitar!an body m Oa»diBF, tnU ti« KTeet t T^alitv of the father the pviblio rniti- ^tOris of the tovrn ha>^ been more than main- ty ]^;s immediate de^e-idari't. On« '"is sons has provided a section if the town fl'ft ft lame, well-kept park and recreation but for the moment we Mvo ro ^alc life and labours of Mr. Tyke Thompson "'O!le SnHi"' Thompson was chairman of Messrs. °oin anc* from the formation of the about four years ajro. when he ra- position on account of ill-health. He diPhowever, retained the position of a Va|e was also a director of the Taff Toan Itealway Company, and was for a good vV6arH a m«niber of the Penarth Local Tn0r.r .^6 was a justice of the peace for G-la- care'an.shlre, and during the gTeater part of his j-0a er m Cardiff, up to some ten or twelve ^airf 8^°' 'n'^eJ"e3i€d himself and held rank as rila' r la the local Volunteer movement. It pr' .also l>e mentioned that he wna part- strept16401" ^he CardifE Publto-hall. Queen- e^d was keenly devoted to all matters pertaining to art. the most chafacieristio features of Mr. I to "^)s°n's persanality was hie earnest devotion fters k* aJ^ie^ ^im8caf for the ^rent>- with every moveaneut in of winch had for its object the furtherance He was chairman of one of the oom- tlie exhibition held in the Drill-hall, ofg' 'n 1881, and also took a prominent and Itoy, Part in the 1884 exhibition in aid of the Cambrian Academy. lie refrained, 011 aooount of deciiwing health, from I* eidentifying himtiolf with the %3,!T( Cardiff Exhibition, and for the roason he was rarely aeso- yith anv of the reoent public move- m the Welsh Metropolis. lie will, sirt eVer' ^,e long remembered, not only as an W>aa?? £ noi^ur- ^ut 33 a large-hearted <■■(!}' {"ropigt, and, perhaps, still more parti, be as an ardent advocate of what might In |i ^ed "the rational use of the Sabbath." his g latter direction he pave an earnest of Iiraent-s and feelings by building an art 'shtrwT ^narth^ which ever since its estab- has remained open on Sunday after- In this gallery—popularly known as >eryer House—he had srathered together a Tiip(. v&lua.ble and interesting collecti /n of <*n<j Tes> which are a. source of grcat attraction t'eria_)1'1,ter<6t, not only to the residents of V.-a.gjv". but alpo visitors from a distance. He of ths fine arts sub-oommittee of ni°st ^diff Museum Committee, and one of his tl Cen* act^oriS ln connection with that.-bodv R(Jriea 'hawing np of an interesting and useful fJepaj,°f suggestions for the conduct of the art v.>p7rtlnent of the museum. These ouggestions hor8 tinted and circulated among the mem- ^Jbk2ho. found that they contained a large Q of hints for their guidance. i» Vrel?'ie ^-ar(bff also Mr. Thompson's name 1 Known in connection with art promotion Sfess ^Popular standpoint. At the Art Con- Liverpool, about 1890, he delivered an *<>d 3 on the opening of picture galleries on Sundays before an immense ,T'tftre the subject l>einp one of absorbing t_*° the Liverpool people just at that UD to the attitude which he took occasion he was sup- jQtl»e of a Frederick I^ighton and « y- t i known art authorities of the address referred to may bo i^^ded °Le ^)e clearest and most liberal- be PrcnoUDCeinents on the question that r'bj*™ fl^"r-d among the literature on the vUlldav Wlls also with the ^sL^vemo»f. in Ijondon, and subscribed ] ^Qtv- rp-t0 funds of the Sunday oi'i "^afoie, it is not only among a teLUrho<VJ frlendfl "a Cardiff and the neigh- JI- tnat he will be missed, but the loss 'der «_ deatli involves will be feltein a much n roa- filled gvlleries of the Cardiff Museum a fine oqileotion of pictures pre- f }, Th««e pictures aro of the clags in •tJ'r»n a *ook particular delight, and they ^glig^ of line examples of the early a^'ed yTr co'our. school- Mr. Thompson j-81"?0 portion of his wealth to the iM he of works of a very high art value, IV kniak!eS8ed representative paintings from .>,vid fir* °f Rn 'h great artists as Turner, ^histlfj1,' Rosotti, Holman Hunt, and S1" distri^T really a pioneer as far as f^te fT" YJ* concerned in the cultivation ^•jtotioiu ♦ ^le works indicated, and his trood or ln^ its i°Tard3 Cardiff in the direction of >i fcrt fotnirt III8 88 01 for the promotion tk ti^.i "^Ouent practical exemplification. "hi« sa.id of Mr. Pyke Tliompson ROQ" works shall live after him." —

Two Y ^OTJND AT BAEEY John Westcombe and Edgar th. i on wr1^ tile Publio allotment gardens VK "°dv nf afternoon, dis< >vercd j*thar iu,nenf*f-b!>ra male child, but be ST had had a separaSe exis- | subject of a coroner's inquiry.

EXCITING SCENE AT CARDIFF. FOOLISH ACT OF TWO SISTERS. On Tuesday night, between eight and nine k. two men, named Francis Blake, and Edwin Brockway, here walking on the Penarth- road in the direction of Grangetown, Cardiff, when they heard sc-raams proceeding from the embankment on the Grangetown side of the bridge crossing the River Taff, and went to the embankmen, to discover the cause. About 100 yards from the Penarth-road they found a young girl, named Lily Humphries, aged 16, standing on the bank of the river in a very excited state. She told them that her sister had jumped into the water and was drowning, and immediately afterwards she made an attempt at suicide herself. Fortunately, Blake succeeded in holding her back, and in the meantime Broekway, threw off his j -ket and got into the river juMt in time to rescue Edith Humphries, n&vd 14, whom he brought to the bank in an exhausted condition. Both girls were after- wards taken by the men to No. 19, Lucknow- fitreet, Grangetown, and subsequently Mr. Humphries, the father of the girls, etatod that recency they had beeij. stopping out late at ■ night, and that evening he ).ad iound them on the Penarth-road, near the Tanyard. He told them to V but when lie reached home the girls had again left the house. Mrs. Humphries, the mother of the two girls, was tseen on Wednesday by one of our reporters, who paid a vi,it to 19. Lucknow-street, Grangetown. She said that her daughters have nllmost entirely recovered from the effects of their foolish action. When the father raw his daughters Lite at night in Penarth- road and spoke angrily to them, they allowed their tempers to get the better of them, and. without thinking of the conse- auences, ran off, mad with jxiseion, to the river. Mrs. Humphries gave both daughters good characters, and ¡;.aid that, beyond staying out date at night occasionally and being rather eelf-willed, she had nothing to complain of against them. Since they had been brought home tluty had done nothing but cry and she hoped they would m'ver try to do anything so wicked again. She thought it would bn a lesson to them.

FEE N C if IN VA SI ON AT FISHGUARD. THE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS. The date upon, which the French surrendered on Goodwick Sands to Lord Oawdor and hio forces in 1797 was the 24th of February, and it was originally suggested that a. large pro- cession, including the different friendly societies of the town and district, jjhotild on that day be formed, to proceed to the place where the French landed, and when the tablet to be erected thereon would be unveiled, but the committee have wisely postponed that event until the 3rd of July ijext, in conse- quence of the uncertainty of the weather. Wednesday week will be declared a general holiday in the town, in order to assist the extensive celebrations to take place on that day. The general committee on Friday evening decided that a procession should take place on the 24th of February, and visit dif- ferent localities, after which a tea. will be pro- vided for all the children in the parishes of Fishguard and Llanwnda at the Market-hall, Fishguard. In the evening the whole town will be en fete, with a huge bonfire and fire- works, and ail the windows of Fishguard and Goodwick will be illuminated. nOMHnWMRRMIMm

A SOLDIER'S GRIEVANCE AT BRECON. "Truth in its military pillory this week refers as follows to the 13epot, South Wales Borderers, at Brecon: —"The old grievance of men of the permanent staff of the 4th Bat- talion being brought over from Welshpool to Brecon without any rafficient reason still flourishes unabated. For the last twelve months there have been six oolour-sergeants and sergeants of the 4th Battalion a-t Brecon, and virtually thpy have to :do moJrt of the duty, only. one or two men of the 3rd Bat. • talion being, as a rule, available for parades, drilling of recruits, &c. There are twenty- eight colour-sergeants and sergeants of the Depot and 3rd Battalion staff at Brecon, and all but a few cf these are exempted from parades and duties, while their work if done by men of the 4th Battalion who are brought from. Welshpool, and separated from their wives and families for twelve months or more at a time.

ALLEGED INCENDIARISM AT YNYSYBWL. At Al^ercynon Police-court OIL Wednesday (before the ptipc-ndiary, Mr. North, and Messrs D. Davies, M. Morgan, and Dr. Jones) John Peter Jonas, of Ynwybwl, was charged with having feloniously Ht fire to his house on February 5. Mr. Ivenehole. of Aberdare, prosecuted, and Mr. Jarnos Phillips, of Ponty- pridd, defended.—Mr. Kenshole stated that a quantity of waste paper saturated with paraffin oil was found on the premises after the fire, and also pointed out that on the day before the fire, which was the early closing of shops day, the aroused had, in addition to taking down the blinds of his shop window, placed tiome brown paper over the side pane of the window, as well as the fanlight above the shop dcor.-There was no evidence called, and the case was ad- journed, to be tried at Mountain Ash on Wed- nesday next. The accused was allowed out on bail, himself in JE100 and two oltior sureties in similar amounts. The premises, it was stated, wei-e insured with the Norwich Union Insurance Company to the amount of £ 1;000.

DEATH OF ANOTHER VETERAN IN CAfRDIFF. Mr. John Roberts, late of the IN aval Brigade, died ao Canton, Cardiff, on Monday. Deceased served in the Naval Brigade in the Crimea, and was present at the landing of the troops on the 14th of September, 1854, at the Battle of the Alma. After the Battle of thr: Alma he landed at Balaclava with the Na-val Brigade, under Cap- tain Feel, «nid was present at the first bombard- went, on the 17th of Ociooer, 1854. He also took part in the Battle of Inkennan, and served in the Baltic, and posa-ssed the Crimean medals and three clasps and the .Lurkhh and Baltic medals. He had been under the But;* Docks Crmjanv as dcekgataman and tierthingmau for about 23 years, was hIghly esteemed at the Docks by his comrades, and fought many a hard battJa in the Conservative cause. He a,lso l^IoTisfed to the smbiunnoo brigade since the year 1838. The funeral will take place on Monday next, leaving 1"> Penilyne-roaa, Canton, lit one o'clock. All vptorana of the district and cihcr frionds ar? invited to attend.

SAD CASE OF SUICIDE AT BARRY. A verdict of "Suicide while in a state of unsound mind" was returned on Saturday by the coroner'^ jury at Barry Police-court in the case of John Roberts, aged 54, a ship carpenter, residing at 25. Courtney-road, Cadcxton, who committed suicide by cutting his throat on Friday tale, túId by the unfortunate widow, before Sir. E. B. Iieece. was to the effect that before she married ^eceaeed, twenty years ago, he attempted to commit suicide, and again four years ago. when they lived at Lc-kwrth-road, Cardiff. He was a.\vays praying for God to keep him ni his right senses. Latterly be had been drinking heavily, and was of weak intellect.

1. NEGLECT OF CHILDREN AT GOE- SEINOW. At Swansea County Police-court on Wednes- day William Roberta, a Gcrseinon collier, m-as charged with wilfully neglecting his children. Air. J. Viner Leeder prosecuted on behalf of tlie N.S.P.C.C.—Inspector Pearoe said lie visited the house of defendant at Gorseinon-road, Gorscinon, and examined defendant's four children in his presence, and found them in a. disgracefully dirty and ill-kept condition, whilst tho house was almost devoid of furniture and full of vermin.—Mr. D. R. Thomas, sanitary inspector, and Pn] ice-constable Thomas (181) corroborated.—Defends nt waa sent to prison for a month with hard labour.

THE SWANSEA MYSTERY. James Hill, of Cwmbwrla. brother of the murdered man Jesse Hill, and a well-remem- bered witneM in the case, died somewhat sud. denly on Tuesday night, having broken a blood vessel. Deceased was the second son, amd had a wife and family. This is the second death in the unfortunate family since the terrible event of last autumn.

SWAANSEA MURDER CASE. Mr. Ivor Bowea has been informed that judgment in error re Richards' sentence for complicity in the recent Swansea murder has now been delivered, and a. day will now be fixed for hearing.

A THRILLING NARRATIVE, HOW THE AGRA SURVIVORS WERE RESCUED. The Pr&ss Association states that Lloyd's Agency has been furnished by Captain Dudding, of the screw steamer Onega, with the following interesting narrative of the rescue of the survivors of the Glasgow eteamer City of Agra, which was wrecked on the 3rd inst. near the Yillano Light in the Bay of Biscay.—The pilot had scarcely left its on the 28th of January when it came on to blow from the north-west, and after we had passed Soilly the wind freshened to a smart gale. On the 31st of January the wind changed to south-west, increasing to a hard gale, with heavy rain. On February 1 we made the Spanish coast, between Cape Vil- lano and Lisarfas L.ght. The wind had then increased to a. fitrce gale, accompanied by heavy rains and high seas. The steamer making little progress, it was decided to stay under the land during the night, there bting some little shelter from Cape Villauo. The next morning at day- light it was blowing a hurricane and tlie steamer anchored in Lago Bay at daylight on February 3. The weather having moderated, we steamed out of the bay, and when about three niilcvs to the westward there was evidence of a serious disaster, as wreckage was floating, and the chief officer called attention to an object about two miles on the steamer's port side. We steamed towards it an<I despatched the port pmnaoe in charge of the second officer, with two seamen. The object proved to be a lifeboa,t bottom up. cn which were huddled together, scantily clothed, and some of them nearly dead with cramp from exposure, eight Lascars. These were brought on board the steamer, and, by careful tending, wore brought round. Twc of the men spoke English fairly well, and stated that they formed part of the orew of the City of Agra, which had stranded about eight hours before, viz., about midnight, en the 2nd of February. Having ascertained from them that there were on board when sac stranded about 73 persons, Europeans and Lascars, mm were sent aloft with glasses to get a good look-oat for a.ny that might be on the water. An object being reported on tb<\ starboard bow, we cteamed towards it. and picked up another lasoar, who was floating on along wooden caae. We then steamea through wreckage, hoping to discover further survivors, but had nearly given up hope when attention wag called to a voice calling faintly for "Steamer ahoy." We then saw a man with a lifebelt on, clinging to a. door, but so exhausted that it was with some difficulty that he was got on board. This man was Captain Frame of the Oity of Agra. On getting rflm on board, it was feared that he had already succumbed, but after his clothes were taken off he recovered with blankets, and with the assistance afforded by four men rubbing him for over an hour, be was brought round. It was, however, not until five bourse after that he recovered con- sciousness. When taken out he had been over ten hours in tlie water. The Onega continued searching amongst the wreckage during four hours for further syrvivors, but after scanning every piece of wreckage possible it was dc- cided by consultation with the officers that all that tvao possible had been done to save lifp. and thai there could be no further survivors in the vicinity of the wreckage. j-iw Onega then etcamed out to sea, and proceeded on her voyage. She put into Gibraltar on the 6th inft. to land the shipwrecked men, having bad a long and dreary passage on her way out from Cardiff.

BIG BLAZE IN LONDON. TWO LIVES LOST AND SSVERAL INJURED. A disastrous fire, attended with the loss of two lives and great personal injury, broke out at one o'clock on Monday at Messrs. Walton's hop factory, II nion-street, Southwark. The building is within easy reach of the chief fire brigade station, but was burning furiously when the firemen arrived. Captain Fox and Superintendent Gamble were instructing their men when the roof collapsed, and they had narrow escapes. Then the whole building became involved, and it being apparent that the dimes were beyond control the firemen directed their energies to protecting the adjoin- ing house*. The aide of the hop factory borders on the rear of Symond'e Coffee Shop, in Borough High-street. Owing to the excessive heat a quantity of malt dust stored in the red in the hop factory exploded and wrecked the door of tlie coffee tavern, killing two women instan- taneously and injuring several others. All were buried in the debris, and had to be dug out by th9 firemen and police, who did so at great risk of their own lives. Thcee killed were Alice Symonds, daughter of the proprietor, and Mr-. Miller, assistant-cook. Nearly a dozen people sustained injuries, three being detained at Guy's Hospital. These are Eliza Pooley, Mary Ann Reynolds, and John Ridgmell- The fire was subdued before five o'clock. The damage was considerable.

'WHOM A MAN MAY NOT MARRY.' A few days a.go there was an extraordinary incident at a church in St. Petersburg, where a, young man, a. member of the Russian aristo- cracy, was unwittingly about to marry his half- aister. It appears that about twenty years ago a baron, who was liD officer in the Imperial Guard, fled with a. young countess to England, where he married her. On hus return to Russia, he was killed in a duel by the countess's brother. The baron had had a son by a former marriage in Russia, but this son knew nothing of the second marriage of his father. At a ball he met a young lady of whom he became enamoured, and to whom he became engaged to be married. When all the wedding party had assembled at church an old general, who had been a friend of the bridegroom's father, took the young man aside and told him that the lady he was about to marry wae the oountea's daughter, and, therefore, his half-sister. The wedding, consequently, did not take place. The young man is alleged to have attempted suicide, Mtd the bride thai was to have been is almost demented.

NELSON ON THE STAGE. The Press Association states that Admiral Field, M.P., has given notice of the following question;—To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will ascer- tain if the Lord Chambeiilain has had his atten- tion called to the performance of the play at the Avenue Theatre, oaflled "X elson'" Enchan- tress," in which the greatest naval commander of the century, who died in the service or his country, is held up to public derision; whether the Lord Chamberlain wiill call upon the manager of the eadd theatre to withdraw the play in question under distinct notice that otherwise the license to perform stage plays will be suspended or withdrawn; and whether, seeing that a former Lord Chamberlain pro- hibited a certain performance in a London theatre which lampooned members of the Government of that day (1870-74) similar pro- tection will be afforded to the memory of the honoured dead. I

e. A LONG SLEBP. <rutjh ie stranger than fiotion (says the Gentlewoman.") A friend of mine, who had torrioly overworked himself in London, went down to the country to rest for a few days.. Arriving there on Saturday night he took up his abode at a village inn and went to bod. He awoke, as he thought, on Sunday morning, and ran^ for a servant to bring up his breakfast. I hear no church bells in your village," re- marked my fr.end casually. "No, sir," was the reply, "we don't have any church bells on Monday morning!" My friend, you see, had slept wythoufc waking from Saturday night until Monday morning..

FOUGHT AND DIED TOGETHER. A remarkable funeral took place in Birming- ham on Wednesday. Three Crimean veterans died in Birmingham on Saturday, and it was arrangod to bury them all in one grave. Peter Anderson served in the 79th Highlanders in the Crimea; Benjamin Jones, in the Crimea. and Indian Mutiny—he had sold five medals to buy bread. Joseph Yarnold served in the Crimea. The funeral was with military honours, there being a military escort, gun oar- riage, and firing party. Thousands attended.

HUMAN LEG FOUND IN THE TRENT MEADOWS. At Repton on Monday a human leg was found embedded in the mud in the Trent Meadows, and it was at first thought it belonged to the trunk picked up on Sunday at Skard- lcw. The trunk, however, proves to be that of a woman, whereas the leg is said to lie that of a man. The finding of the remains has caused cot siderablo excitement in too district, and the police are searching the banks of the Trent in the hope of making further dis- coverie*.

THE MURDER OF A SISTER. AVONMOUTH CASE AT THE ASSIZES. At Gloucester Aseue« on Monday (before Mr. Justice Day) William Lionel Price, aged nine- teen, described as a. cac-e-maker, was charged with the wilful murder of his meter, Rosina, near Bristol, on January 4. Mr. Gwynne James and Mr. T. M. Snagge prosecuted, while Mr. Lauriston Batter, was instructed by Mr. Justice Day to dtfend the prisoner, who. apparently did not realise his position, and pleaded, on being told by one of the barristers to do so, "Not guilty. '—Mr, James, in opening for the prosecution, detailed the facts of the alleged crime, which briefly showed tha.t prisoner and his deceased sister, who was but ten years old, were y-een together by several persons not far from w?Mts deceased waA found lying somewhat ill, although, apparently, not seriously so. In fact, all there did not seem to be much wrong with her, she was going by train home to St. George Bristol, where her father lived, but when in the railway carriage blood was disco- vered on her underlinen. A further examination showed that she; was stabbed in several places in her stomach, and so badly that the bowels were protruding. She was at once taken to a doctor's, where an operation was performed, which did not, however, save her life. Before her dmth her depositions wero taken. In concluding his opening sptech, Air. James admitted that priso. ner from his childhood days had not been M others, and hie chief delight seemed to be in things of a. bloodthirsty nature.—William Price, father of the prisoner, was the firit witness called. and he stated that he lived at 2, Dorey- lane, St. George's, Bristol. He recogni&ed the two knives (produced), both of which were found on prisoner when arrested. Witness, who was examined but briefly, appeared to be much dis- tressed, but prisoner maintained the appearance of indifference. Prisoner's mother said when he was a. baby she unfortunately laid upon him in bed, and since then he had fallen down stairs, and had always been of v. oak intellect. A companion of prisoner's stated' that he had known him for several years, and they attended the same Bible class together. On Christmas Eve witness grpeke to prisoner, who said he should like to rip a womaji up, and made some further indecent remarks. Dr. Oscar Clark. doctor at Gloucester Gaol. said he found the prisoner quiet, and in perfect bodily health, but was of opinion that prisoner was of defective intellect, and not responsible for his actions. Dr. Craddock, of Gloucester Asylum, gave similar evidence, atatinjr aR, his impression that prisoner was unquestionably insane. Eventually. after a large number of witnesses had been called, prisoner was found guilty, but not responsible for his actions. He was ordered to be detained.

HESS DIVORCE CASE- In the Divorce Division on Monday, in the case of Hess v. Hess and Tankard, in which Mr. Hess, petitioner, had mysteriously dis- appeared, Mr. Walker, counsel for respon- dent, read an affidavit made by Mrs. Hess, stating that the petitioner had lived with her in Madagascar since the petition was filed, and that when she left Madagascar, because of her health, thev parted on the most affec- tionate terms. Her husband had also mitten her most affectionate letters since. He was a free agent, and could return at once if he chose.—Mr. Inderwick eaid the petitioner's solicitor had brought the matter before the court as a duty, but he had no desire to press the case against the respondent and co- respondent. That was a matter for the peti- tioner himself.—Counsel for the respondent and co-respondent urged that the case should be disposed of at once.—The Judge said he thought that the petitioner's solicitor should have further opportunity of communicating with his client, and ordered the case to stand over until the next sittings.

AI&EiuCAN CHEAP COAL. Says the "Iron anu Coal Trades Review": — One matter that the English industrial com- munity appears to have some difficulty in understanding is the cause of the cheap coal which is .generally at the disposal of our American rivals. One explanation of this important advantage on their side is the greater output cf coal which the American miners appear to reach. The average annual output of. coal per man employed in and about the bituminous coal mines of Pennsyl. V^u -S six hundred tons, or thereabouts which is more than twice the annual average output of the coalminers in this countr\. The miners in the United States work longer hours and with greater intensity than they generally do at home. Their average rate of wages is nominally much the same, but they get larger earnings owing to their larger output.

SOLICITOR'S FAILURE. At London Bankruptcy-court on j<>:dav the first meeting of the creditors of J. t'n\e "stotr- don. solicitor, 2, Clement's Inn, London," was held. Tlie receiving order was made upon n petition of Mr. J. h ullwun Wilson, veterinarv surgeon, of Enfield, upon a judgment debt of £ 30,600. Debtor roMinw his gross debts at J348,514, of which B53,539 la unsecured, and assets at JS77 IDs., all of which 18 absorbed by presferential claims. Debtor was admitted solicitor in 1869, and wasf suspended for two years. 1894-95, for professional misconduct in connection witS the esta-te of one S. C. Leijrh, on where ,behalf he inverted £ 60,000, which was ordered ^t/PjL5ccounfed for. A judgment for over £ 60.000 and costs wa-s obtained against hvm. wnicii he secured to the extent of some £ 30,000, and the balance of the amount was represented by a judgment which was e-ventuallv t referred i o t]16 peti- tioning creditor for fco.Ulil). Debtor attributes hib fail-ti-c to bad debts, and other muses. There béincp no offer, the case went into bank- ruptcy, with a committee of inspection.

r HARLEY SLANDER CASE. The case of Harley versus Ifarlev, in which Mrs. Emma Harley sued her mother-in-law for slander in stating that plajntiff had had two illegit;ma,te children, and had kept a house of ill-fame was resumed on Tuesday in the Queen's Bonoh before Justice Hawkins and a special jury. At the opening the judge sugges- ted that no benefit could result to either party by a continuation of the case, but after consulta- tion, a eettflemcnt was apparently found im- possible, and the case proceeded.—-A Police- oc.instable callod for defence, said he had frequently seen unfortunates accompanying men to the house kopt by plaintiff about the year 1888--The jury eventually found a verdict for plaintiff, damages one farthing; judgment accordingly, but costs reserved.

A NOVELIST'S LIFE. Though not the greatest, M. Emale Riche- bourg is certainly the moat popular of living French novelists. Strangely enough, he has published very few of his stones in book form. According to his own calculations, M. Riohe- bourg has amaased a fortune of jS80,000, which he is adding to year by year simply by supplying French newwpspera with serial novels. He was originally a mercantile clerk, then drifted into the minor walks of journalism and eventually bloseomed forth in the "feuilleton" of fiction department of daily pa,pers, as the legitimate successor of Eugene Sue. M. Riohebourg's novels are written in solid, unpretentious French, adapted to suit the work-a-day world.

ENGLAND AND AMERICA. Speaking at the Sheffield Press Club dinner on Saturday evening, Mr. Bayard, the United States Amba.udor, &aid that perilously near the close of his career he was going back shortly to America in the spirit in which he came, having said nothing he would wish to unsay and done nothing he would wish to have un- done. The cause of his regret was that he had been unable to do as much as he desired. There was no mysterious diplomacy in this. Only let the people of England and America, whose ideas of public and private virtue were the same, look each other frankly in the face and ask what each meant, and nobody's beauty would be spoilt, but each would be a good deal wiser.

«- THE EXPLOSIVE NIGHTDRESS. The duties of an explosive sub-committee would not generally be supposed to extend to an inspection of nightdresses; but a discovery of immense domestic importance has been made by the deputy-chairman of the Hull Watch Committee, says ihe "Northern Daily Telegraph." Flannelette, it is found, is as inflammable as cotton wool, and in five or six recem burning fatalities nightdresses constructed of this material were found to be responsible. The Hull Watch Committee seemed to bo agreed that the publio ought to be warned not to use it for their children's nightgowns, and finally the explosives sub-oommittee were entrusted with the duty of expounding its dancers

THE NEWPORT SUICIDE. DEATH PREFERRED TO THE WORKHOUSE. An inquiry was held by Mr. Lyndon Moore (district coroner) at Newport on Tuesday into the circumstances attending the death of Robert Chmn, 75, shoemaker, of No. 1, Beynon s-court. Newport, who died on Sunday Q ay altera.on at the Newport Intirmary.ks ey J. Davies, a carpenter, said deceased had lodged with him at Beynon's-court, and had related to him his experiences as a soldier, he having seen active service in the Chinese War, and altogether had served for eighteen years in the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, then known as the 28th Foot. Deceased was for some time in receipt of 2s. 6d. per week parish relief, which was discontinued on Saturday week, as the authorities wanted him to go into the workhouse. This step was very distasteful to deceased, and he said he would prefer cutting his throat. When witness went home to dinner at midday on the next Monday he found that deceased bad carried out his threat, and the room was splashed with blooa.-Louisa Davies, land- lady of the deceased, said he always was very reserved in manner. He at one time wrote to a. sister at Cardiff, but in reply had a letter saying that she could not help him.—Mr. Edmonds, relieving officer, said he had seen deceased, and, observing his ill-health, advised him to go into the workhouse. To this he appeared much averse, but at last consented. The parish relief was not stopped, as stated by previous witnesses.—Dr. Hucquoil related how deceased was admitted into the infirmary on Monday, and, after he had stayed there for some days, he confessed to the doctor that lie was in the habit of taking doses of opium, and bogged to be given some. The doctor com- plied, giving him a small dose, but deceased got indignant, and wanted more. Dr. Hac- quoll found the deceased had been taking as much as two drachms, or about a shilling's worth, a day.—The Coroner, in summing up, pointed out how an habitual opium-taker was subject to the most abject depression, and that it was probable that on the particular morning Chinn had a horror-struck apprehen- sion of going into the workhouse, though he, in common with others, held that view mis- takenly.-The verdict returned was that "Deceased committed suicide whilst tempo- rarily insane," and a rider was added that the jury attached no blame to anyone.

REMARKABLE AFFAIR AT BATH. CARDIFF MAN'S LEAP THROUGH A SKYLIGHT. A remarkable affair occurred at Bath on Tuesday morning concerning Mr. Humphrey Owen Morgan, a. gentleman who recently cama to stay in Bath trom Cardiff. Mr. Morgan was strange iin hie behaviour. On Sunday evennig he eluded the gentleman who attended him, and came under the notice of the police, who detained him at tho central police-station for some time until his friend appeared, and assured the chief inspector that Air. Morgan would be perfectly safe in his company. On Tuesday morning Mr. Morgan suddenly left his breakfast, which had been served in his bedioom, and in the absence of his companion ran to the back window, from which, it is said, he Leaped about 30ft., on to the skylight of the kitchen. Through this he crashed, breaking the frame, alighting on the kitchen table, ana naturally creating the greatest alarm and con- sternation among some servant# who were in the room. Mr. Morgan was severely eui about the face and head, and bled profusely. Sergeant Whippey was called, and conveyed Mr. Morgan to the Royal United Hospital on tho police ambulance. Marvellous to relate, j Mr. Morgan seemed little the worsa for the fall of about 30ft., and when in tha hospital was able to walk and talk. Thpro was, however, a severe out on the head. He was detained. Our Baxh correspondent says: -M:1I1'gan'c¡ companion is very reticent as to his identity, and was most anxious to prevent the occur- rence Raining publicity. Morgan has said he is a Cordiffian, and was on his way to that: place from London. He was staying m apnit- inc-nts over a confectioner's shop in Southgate- street. Morgan was known as J.iptain Mor- gan, and has the appearance of being a sea- faring man, about 35 years old. He has a ecalp wound about 3j inches in extent on the right side of the h-jad, and also a cut and bruises on the ritrh side. He i." conscious, but the police-constables sit beside hIS bed in t,he hospital ward. The case will evidently come before the magistrates aa a cue of attempted suioide. The hospital surgeon in charge of Morgan thinks he must have struck against some obstacle to break the violence of the fall; else he could not have escaped so lightly.

BRISTOL REGISTRY OFFICE CASE. Annie Marie Pearce, 35, was put fonvard at Bristol Winter Assizes on Wednesday (before Mr. Justice Vauglian Williams) for sentence, having been convicted on the pre- vious evening of false pretences in connection with the conduct of her registry omce.—Mr. Foote, addressing his lordship for the prisoner, said he could not desire to question the ver- diet, of the jury, but he understood they had found she carried on a bona pde business, but, in eonsequecoa of the accumulation of busi- j ness, she drifted into that which was illegal. —The Judge Illegal means.—Mr. Fcote said they had heard Mrs. Pearce was engaged a good deal looking after a baby at the*ime of the alleged offence. She was now expecting again to betxwne a mother. She had under- gone the ordeal of sitting fourteen days in the dock before the magistrates, and two days at the assize. For eight or nine days hei young daughter was by her side at the police- court, and then the prosecution withdrew the charge against her. In addition to all this—a very severe ordeal for a woman in her condition—her business was ruined, and her means of livelihood were gone. Since these proceedings had been taken, to show that the office was bona fide, he might say Mrs. Pearce had received no less tnan 6^ voluntary letters—so he was instructed b} Mr. Wajxebrough, on whose word he could implicitly rely—from people expressing then sympathy, and thanking her for s had done. He could not "ely ou getting rid of the verdict of the jury, but wisie l to emphasise their reoommendation ol tne pn- scner to clemency.-The Judtp: ,t has Mr. Bucknill to say?—Mr..ft'icknil-• if yo-jr lordship asks, I will say—of course, I am quite prepared to sav without being formally asked by your lordship-that the prosecution has nc desire to ask for suoh sente ioi as imght deal unduly severely with the prisoner I can- not say more.—Mrs. Pearce was oischarged, on her husband and herself entering into a recognisance for her to come up for judgment when called upon.

QUEER^UIRIAL SCANDAL. A strange burial scandal is reported from Walkdan, UB.IT Manchester. The funeral of a yoang married woman uaincd Brown was fixed to take place at the parish church at four o'clock on an afternoon tMrt week. The vicar. the Rev Charles Heath, and the sexton (Mr. Redford) waited until half-past four. when a hearse came dashing up to the church gate, the driver informing the vicar that the husband of the dead woman had disappeared and taken away the burial money, which had been (sub- scribed by neighbours, and also the burial çer- tificate. The driver was sent back post lifate for the corpse, the vicar saying he would Con- duot the service without the burial certificate. The hearse containing the body arrived at the church about half-paat five. None of the rela- tives of the deceased were present until after the ooffin. oarried into the church by the sexton and a. collier, had been lowered into the grave.

CARRYING A CORPSE. A sensational affair was reported at the meeting of the Clitheroe Board of GUaT-ane on Monday. On Wednesday the child of a working man at Sabden, a village in the Hills, died, md the father applied to the relieving-officer for money to bury it. This was declined, and next day the father placed the corpse in a tm box, vbieh he shouldered, and trudged aicross Pendle Hill to Clitheroe Workhouse, distance several miles. Here the governor of the house refused to take the body in. so the man asrain took up his burden and csrricd it to the police- station. where the interment was undertaken) and charged to the cnardians.

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ANOTHER RAILWAY SEN- SATION. GENTLEMAN SHOT ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. Shortly before midnight on Saturday news was received of a. shocking discovory which had been made in a first-clarts compartment of a tiain at the Charing Cross Station of the South Eastern Railway. A repre-icntative of the "Observer" on inquiry found that the facts were as follows:—A train left Gravesend on Satur- day night at 9.40, and amved at Charing Cross a few minutes before eleven o clock. Nothing of an unusual character had during the journey attracted the attention of the guard or any of the passengers. Upon arrival at the terminus all the travellers alighted. Still nothing un- usual was discovered. However, a few minutes after eleven o'clock a young lady who was wait- ing on the platform for a train out of Charing Cress Station noticed a gentleman lying across one of the seats of a first-class compartment in a curious position. Although he might have been sleeping in a crouched up position, the face was altogether pallid, and the young lady at once called the attention of some railway servants to the gentleman. The guard of the train, with Inspectors Chandler and Whitely and two railway porters, immediately opened the carriage door to investigate. The gentle- man was unconscious, and his face was quite white with the exception of a thin red stain of blood from the forehead downwards. There was a revolver wound in the forehead, and a r-jvalvar was lying on the floor of the compart- ment. It was evident that the gentleman had been shot. and. from the scorched nature of the skin, around the wound it was apparent to anyone who has seen much of shot wounds the revolver must have been held quite close to the man's forehead at the time it was fired. As soon as the discovery was made a great commotion was caused at the station, for the news quickly spread, and the occurrence coming no quickly after the murder on the South Western Railway added greatly to the excite- ment. As soon as the wounded man bad been removed from the compartment lie was placed on an ambulance and taken to Charing Cross Hospital for examination by the house- surgeon, where lie was found to be in a most serious condition. Numerous letters and papers were found in his pockets, also a second-class season ticket between Putney and Waterloo on the South Putney and Waterloo on the South Western Railway. He also had upon him a. card-case, and the "Observer" representative was told by an official, whose in- formation can be relied upon, that it seemed clear that the gentleu^an's name was Mason, ana that he resided at Clarendon House, Putney. A reference to the directory shows that a family of that name reside at the address given, and a. message was a.t once conveyed to them asking them to attend at the hospital in order, if pos- sible. to establish the identity of the wounded iran, whose condition was ri girded by the police officials as being in all probability the result of an attempt at suicide. At two o'clock on Sunday morning the father of the wounded man arrived from Putney. He went to the ward in Charing Cross Hospital wlere his son lies, and remained by his bedside. The young fellow was still unconscious, and was beaieved to be sinking slowly, but surely. Par- ticulars have been ascertained which seem to threw a peculiarly sad and painful liqrlit upon the occurrence. His mother is d-d. He has received an excellent education, and has recsfntly studied for a Civil Service examination, in which he succeeded, coming out TZ IC ?^. a M*4 °f nearly 300 candidates, it is beiieved it will probably transpire that the hare study which preceded this triumph had led to mental aberration and to the sad sequel described above. Whe.i the father discovered the condition of his boy he was almost over- whelmed with grief. He at once dismissed the ca.b in which he had driven from Putney, and ^xPrf?*ed hia determination to remain by the bedside till signs of reoovei y were apparent, or Ull the end. DEATH OF THE YOUNG MAN. The young- gentleman. "ho ehot him- Wif in the train lvtween Cannon-street and Charing Croes died in Charing Cross Hospital this morning in tue presence of his father.

TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS AT SEA. FROST BITE AND BAD WEATHER. (FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT-, New Bedford, Mass. (U.S.A.). The Glasgow barque Corryvreohan has reached Boston (Masts.) after a. fearful expe- rience in a terrific mid-winter New Ergiand gale. Seven of the crew are now at he Marine Hospital, where they lie in a t'.rrible condition from frost-bite. The story of the untortunate crew's experiences is best told in the words of Captain Hammond, master of the vessel: — "The Corryvrechan is a steel barque, and haik from Glasgow," said the captain. "She is owned by Messrs. Hugh Hogarth and Co., of that city. She was built in 1885, and is as fine a sea-going vessel as any master would wish to command. We left Java on Septem- ber 20. Our cargo consisted of 2,100 tons of sugar. My crew comprised, besides myself (I hail from Yarmouth, N.S.), First-mate E. Edward lluggles> who, by the way, has been paralysed from the knees down for the past three months, and who is also a. Yarmouth man; Second-mate John Houghton, o: Bristol. England; two Norwegians, five Englishmen, two West India??, and six apprentice boys, who were shipped from Cardiff. Then there waa Darling, an Australian ooloured man, as steward; a cabin boy and boatswain, making a total of 21 persons. There is no use tellill- of our trip up to the arrival off the Delaware Breakwater, which we left on a pleasant day, with a fair wind up the coast, on January 16* On January 18 a north-west gale cerfronteii us, and in making fast my sails three of my on6? Ycre • frosi"bitten. At daylight on the i-Oth the wind shifted to the north-west and we found ourselvee three mile3 off Cape <. u'o n.iL-U \\e wore ship and stood out. On the 28th the gile iias worse than ever, and the snow blinced the man at the \vheel. It was impos- sible to see the length of the barque, but n a brief lull, I made out Cape Cod Light urt cour^ f eS? £ W v f 11 1U a^aJn> and shaped my in?1 If ha1rbour- wind TO blow- 'horten 1 w v.' atid 1 ha<1 all hands to noon fivo o'clock in the after- no<m the fore-sail blew clean out uf the bolt ml Y6 had,to ,!eave to. The fore and \vi w lVT- toJKS,ai13 were stripped to ribbon*, paid ? J acc'llors STO- The port cable paid out 90 fatnoms and the starboard 120. I bad two cables on e.toh anchor, for I was taking no chances. I made one cable on oach anchor fast to the forema.st. As luck would have it, £ tii hooks and we were brought up into the wind. Tne ver^el rode heavilv, and pullexl and tugged as if she would pull herself to pieces, but the anchors held finely. Big eeas kept coming aboard, washing the decks from bow to stern. We laid to until we thought tha.t there was a possibility of its being of some use, and then we signalled by rockets for help, rirst at eig-t o'clock I sent up two rockets', 'but I got no resnonse. An hour later I burned a blue Jignt, followed by a rocket. I waited pa.fci'&ntlw as I could until eleven at night, when a tuc came alongside, but was unable to tow the barque into port. In the morning the -ug returned with another tow-bott bring- mg- ten men to help to heave up the anchor?. You must understand that I was short of men. There vrerf seven of the crew so badly frost- bitten that they were i.ot fit for duty, and were in their bunks helpless. The first ",Iiing aflser our arrival they were sent to the Marine Hos- pital. where somo of them will. no doubt, have to have their limbs amputated. They are in a terrible condition from having been so long without the attendance of doctors. I had a. hard figbt-the hardest in a long experience. I was for 50 hours on deck. and when 1 went into mv cabin and tried to take niv coat off I found it frozen as stiff as a board. I am glad I fvtt the Corryvreehan :nt'l port safe and practically sound. The only thing I- am sorry 7 for is that tho poor fellows are in t'.u h a ter- rible condition."

CHASING A CULPRIT UP A TREE. The Melbourne police have had a curicus experience. A youth who wa., "wanted" took refugj in a tree. At a i-afe altitude from the ground he seated himself on a limb, and re- garded his wculd-b3 captors with derision. It "w as pleasant for him during tho fifterncon. In the calm seclusion of his leafy refuge he was infinitely better off than the constables who stood sweltering beneath. Curious persons streamed from the adjacent dwellings, and gave gratuitous and humorous advice to the rdice. Still the boy kept his position intact. At length, an adventurous constable stormed the tree, and the youlb, who had been up there for seven hours, was taken into custody. But not without trouble. At the police-court ho was charged with being on premises for an unlawful purpose, to wit, to steal fruit. ITe pleaded puiltv, and was sent to gaol for 21 days. For "assaulting Percy Phillips, who endeavourtyI to dislodge hom from iiis refuge, he ICceived a. further torn of 21 days' imprison- ctonA

WELSHMEN IN AMERICA. DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN CAMBRO- AMERICAN. [FROM AN AMERICAN CORRESPOND DENT.] Mr George B. Roberts, president of the Pennsylvania. Railroad Company, died on January 29 at iaa country residence at Bala* a suburb of Philadelphia, of heart disease. lbfl disease did not interfere with hid general work, and usefulness, and it. serious character was x.ot known outside of his friends until reeen y. Mr. Roberts leaves a widow, who was formerly Miss Miriam T. Williams, and five children. He commenced his service with the .renn»y.l- rania Railroad as rodman -n *8 1, aatl worked his way up through every step at tne aervicc, from the bottom to the top, and learned every detail of the business, 60 that ne could see how everything was done and that it was done properly. After thirty years he was made president of the grandest systean of railroads in the world. George Brooke Roberta was born on June 15, 1833, at the eld Mont- gomery country homestead where all the children of his family had been born. The head of the house came over from Wales in 1683, and in November of that yeat pur- chased the propertv to which the old Welsh name Bala. has since been given. It waa particularly gratifying to him that cn the very day the first railway train reached the new Bala, Bala in Wales also bemai-a a railroad town, and was reached by a branch of a. great English railway. He commenced life as a country boy. Though not far from the city, his heme was in a quiet place, whose retirement he always enjoyed. Even in later years, when lie became one of the most prominent men in the land, he loved nothing bettei than his unostentatious home tturroundmgw. In 1851, in a humble wjy, he commenced work on the road of which he afterwards becam* president. Just at that time the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad acroas the Alleghany Mountains wag being pushed forward with great energy. Here young Roberts secured his first position as rodman with a surveying party who were laying out its construction. In the almost superhuman zaa" whacfe were undertaken and eurmouaited in this connecfaoa the young engineer did not play hi. small part without profit to his future. Those who hat* him in charge spoke of him a ''active, painstaking, and mdefttigable. and these appear to have been the characteristics that marked hia entire caraar- After a yscr or so of this work of location and construction he wai3 appointed assistant engi- neer of the Philadelphia and Erie Raurowi. He waa leas than twenty years of age when he entered upon the duties of this position, M4 few young men have put in ten busier yearfc a life than did Mr. Roberts in that oasuini decade. Among the various road. whose raprc and sa.fe construction was so largely due to Mr. Roberts's earlier ability and energy were the Sunbury and Erie, the Allentown and Auburn. the Mahanoy and Broad Mountain, the North. Pennsylvania, and the West Jersey Railroads. But all this time there had been watching the progress of this young man an older man, who was noted for the exercise of a keen iudgmen* in the selection of able assistants. Tliis older man was J. Edgar Thomson, the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, who made an offer to the young engineer that resulted in his re- entering the service of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company in 1862, this time as assistant to the president -of the road, in whose employ ho had been a rexlman a dozen years before. Tho Hon. Morgan B. Williams, the mil- lionaire colliery proprietor of Wyoming Yalley, who was recently elected by a large vote as member Qf the National Congress at Washington, has been seriously ill from at heart trouble, but is again convalescent. Three weeks ago Mr. Williams was at Wash- ington, and was introduced by United States Senators Cameron and Quay to the members at the Senate on tha floor of tho House. Senator Quay told Mr. Cameron, "We must take car* of thifl little Welshman; he is a groat factor in politics in Pennsylvania, and is a stalwart Re- publican, and has always worked foi U3 in his end of the State." Mr. Williams stated to your reporter tha* when he suit among the greatest men of his great country it was the proudest moment of his life; it was more than money oodid purchase. What a great change from being a. poor boy, residing in a. thatched cot- tage in the villa.ge of Rhandirmwyn, Car- marthenshire, to be the guest of the United States Senate. On January 30 K. number of Welshmen- Evan Davies, Thomas Lloyd. William Bruce, David Marsh, and Frank Slade—were crushec by & falling tree while at work in Pike County, Ohio. The three first were instantlv killed. and the latter two seriously injured. Few several weeks a gang of men had been engagac in removing the timber from the land on \111. farm of William Thomas, a Welshman. Being"; in the wood, fully ten miles from any settle.. ment, the men were forced to take up tlieii residence in the immediate neighbourhood ol the saw-mill. For this purpose a email shanty had been erected iu the middle of the grove in which they were cutting the timber. Ai noon. when the men were summoned to theii dinner, two of the choppers abandoned a mammc th tree, which they had almost chopped through. When the men were in the midsfc ot l their dinner a great crashing was heard, and the immense tree fell on the roof of the cabin, which was crushed like an e-rgshell. Mrs. Margaret Roberts Richards, wife of D. T. Richards, of Scranton, died on January 4 of heart disease, after a long il'.neee. Mrs. Richards was born at St. Clair, near Potts. ville, Pa. She was the daughter of David and Mary Roberts, who oarna over to tha* country from Monmouthshire, and was » descendant on her mother's side of u.q family of William Edwards, wlioea name it; iiio separably connected with the not ad Pontyprido Bridge. When a young girl Mrs. Richanh lived in Pittston, and for some yean had charge of the poet-office, under Judge Ridding. She was one of the first, if not the first woman in Pennsylvania to practice the art of telegraphy. She also acquired the art of printing, and worked for some time 0.1 the "Pittston Gazette" when Sir John Puleston was editor. Her young life waa a busy one, and full of interest and ambition. She was married at West Pittston to Mr. D 1 T. Richards, and leaves four children. A Welshman, named Griffith J. Griffith, at old-time newspaper man, has made a magni fieent Rift to the city of Los Angeles, Cal ■, 3,000 acres for a public ]iark. The donor it the most talked-of man in Los Angeles to-day The presentation of th s valuable gift at a meet- ing of the citv council took place on Wednes- day. December 16. The only condition or which he presented thf) 3,000 acres is that tbt land shall be used perpetually as a public park, Griffith J. Griffith is a native of Llantrmnt, near Cardiff, and was bom in 1852. At an earfi age he came to America with an uncle. In 188* he came to Los Angeles, and purchased th4 Rhanchos Los Felix, the land now presented t, that city for a park. He has been one of th* most indefatigable workers in the State Hortv oultural Society, tho chamber of commerca and the board of trade. Mr William Moody, ion of the late Mr. Jflm Moodv, who was for a. quarter of a century manager of the Lvfarthfa Collieries, Merthvr, was recently elected a director of the Sunnvside and Unity Collieries at Evanvilft, Indiana. He is also the coneral manager. Mr. Moody was for twelve years the general super- intendent of the Pocahontas Collieries, Vir- ginia. tne only coal, they state, that Welsh coal for steaming purposes Mr. Harry John Reeg, son of the late Mr. John Rees. chandler, Merthyr Tvelfil, has been elected alderman of the Bluefield County Council. This is one of the most thriving cities in WTest Virginia, and is the great railroad centre on tho Norfolk and West-ern Railroad. Mr. Rees was the first mayor of Pocahontas, Virginia, the rioted coal town, ten years ago. He is the owner of several blocks of property at Bluefield, and has a street named after him.

At Hastings on Wedmcaday Benjamin Trea, rate collector at St. Leonard's, was again re- manded on a charge of embezzlement. Ihe prosecuting solicitor stated that the. defalca- tionf. wero nearly £ 3,000, and that since ]881 tho prisoner had presented a. fictitious pass-book at the half-yearly audits. The position of affairs was discovered by an error in one tigure. and when the overseer took tho pass-book to Lloyds Bank for the mistake to be rectified was declared that the book wu fictitious.