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1 'G E N E H A tj NEWS." is reported to bo among tho ;i])plioants for the chief oonetabkvliip of iijc,. f The production of wine in Franco in 1CC3 is (estimated at 35,000,000 or 36,000,000 hectoliters. » Herr Pimo\v( tho fhrnous valet and confidant of Bismarck, has just died at a Berlin hospital. rOver 6,700 summonses have been iasiuxl to ¡ns- sivo rcsi«~tera to date, and there have beo-n 270 «6al?s. f- A boy six years old has died from whisky ^drinkin^ in County Derry. lie dra;:k lialf a I pint by accident. t. Six cargoes of 6,000 tons each of Welsh s&nm Coal will )x> delivered at Port Arthur before the end of February next. The King has sent a message of coml/Mene^ to the parents of Ileard, the young seaman who was killed in the Falcon-Dove collision. The manner of a "humorous" journal in ■ Athens arrested on a charge of pub- iiii ij'!Suttiiig of King (,'(')t-gc,. Tho signaiums to the petition on behalf of Edalji, Bontcncod to seven I penal servitude on charges of cattle maiming now number nearly 10,000. Hunting with the York and Ainsty Hounds, Mr. Riley Smith had a very heavy fall, his horse rolling over him. Though much shaken, how- ever, he was able to ride home. The S. A. Thompson Yates, who was chiefly known as the donor to the Liverpool University of the laboratory bearing his name, has died at his residence in London. A\- ii i-I o ascending in the lift at Messrs. Garnett's cotton mill, at Low Moor, Clitheroo, Joseph Secdall (63) became entangled in the lift machinery, and sustained, fatal injuries. The estate of the late Lord William A. Caven- dish-l>viitinck, half of the I .hike of Port- land, Hussars, who died on the Arabia, in the Suez on November 4th last, baR been valued at £100,637. By a new dispute at the Acton Hall Colliery, near Normanton, concerning the refusal of four men to do some special work, 2,000 hands hitvo been thrown idle, the miners having resolved to ply" until the four men are reinstated. A little girl named Elieaboth Keid, about five years of age. was running across Smith-st., Kirk- dale, when she was knocked down by a tramcar, dragged underneath, and so dreadfully injured that she died in the ambulance before reaching the Stanley Hospital. At an inquest ait Dover- the medical evidence showed that the death of an old lady named Clmdwiek was accelerated by excessive tea drink- ing. After drinking some wtrong tea flatulency was set up, and 1J,() died suddenly, the tco strong tea affecting the heart. Tho 1'ev. John Hutch iTtsoii;, of the Free Church, St. Ives, Huntingdon, has left the Cott- pregatioiia.list denomination with the intention of taking Outers in the Church of England. Mr. Hutchinson was trained at the Lancashire Col- lege Manchester, and has been minister at St. Ives since 1896. A new cure is reported to have Ittvn found for appendicitis. -\i, mentioned in the" On- looker" in which there was no rest cure, no dieting, and no dreaded operation, but simply electricity applied daily (without any lying up) until the appendix withered up, and now prac- tically to all intents and purposes non est. The Bishop of Carlisle has issued an ap]*eal on behalf of the poor clergy in his diocose. Ha poi n ts out that of 297 bene-fie* 133 of a less value than £ 200 a. year. Thirteen under £ 100, 45 varY from £ 100 to £ 150, while 75 others vary from £ 150 to £ 200. His Lordship wa#? able 3ast year to allot Bl,105 in, grants to 97 benefices. The New York correspondent of the "Herald" pfcatcs that the mast of S'hamrook III. has arrived at Cape May, New Jersey. It required five flat- cars to carry it. The mast will be erected on the public square at C-ape May, and will be used as a flagstaff. It has been presented to the cify by Captain Charles Barr, who bought it from Sir Thomas Lipton. The Employers' Federation and the Boiler- makers' conferred at Newcastle on Tuesday con- cerning the former's demand for a reduction of Is. 6d. per week on time rates and 5 per cent, on piece rates. Though the men have voted against accepting the reduction, the conference was ad- journed. 'H is expected that the dispute will be amicably arranged. Replying to an a.ppeal from the H,ev. J. Strati- ton, secretary of the sports department of the an League, that he would cause tho boys a,t Eton College t-o discontinue the practice of cha.sing hares with beagles. Dr. Wane, the headmaster, states that he is not prepared to in- terfere with the liberty of the in the, and that he has no evidence to show that t.he restiltis are demoralising to the boys who run with the beagles. An action brought by Mr. George Rush worth, a Colne iron merchant and broker, against Mr. A. S. Young, formerly connected with the management of a print works at Stubbins. near llamsbottom, to recover E5,700, the balance of an account for iron bought and sold on the defen- dant's behalf on the Glasgow Exchange, and for commission, etc., resulted at the Manchester Assiz-es on Tuesday in judgment for plaintiff for £ 2,500, all allegations of fraud being withdrawn. At the Manchester Assizes Charles Robinson, hat maker, Stockport, su<d the Stockport Cor- poration for damages, for personal injuries. The case for the plaintiff was that on July 16th last he fell from a Stockist electric tramca.r. owing, he allege. to the ear lie alighted. The defence was that the accident aro-e owing to the fault. of plaintiff, who did not get off the car at the stopping-place, but waited until it had been re-started. The jury returned a. verdict for the Corporation. It is stated that during the disturbances in Birkenhead a number of priests, disguised in Inverness cloaks and workmen's caps, were recog- the crowd in Grange-st. Their movements were closely followed, and it was found that they were picking out the members of their faith and sending them to their homes. It redounds to the credit of the priests that they are putting forth every endeavour to prevent the two religions factions from meeting under suoh circumstances as prevailed on Monday night. In the King's Ben oh Mr. Henry E. Pack w-ood, a breeder and exhibitor of d-c.v.is, ras>iding at Bir- mingham. sued the Union Castle Stei.nitjhip Company (Limited) for j355, the value of a collie dog, which was lest overboard while on a voyage on board the defendants' steamship Galician, from London to Cape Town. Mr. Jusctiee Wal- ton held that even if there had been negligence on the part of their servants, the defendants were exempted from liability In- the negligence] clause of the bill of lading, and he, therefore, entered judgment for the defendante with ccets. The formation of a new township for tiio village of Sabden, at the foot of Pendle Hill, Lancashire, tins the subject of a. Local Govern- inciit lkiii-kl inquiry oil The village at present forms part of no fewer than eight townships. The Of Hurnley and Clitheroo are rivals for its jiossossion, and both Lanca- shire and the West Biding County Councils are interested. The Local Government Board had issued an order constituting the new township and transferring it to the ISurnley Union, and against, this the Clitheroe In ion have appealed. An exciting scene was witnessed at a. fire which occurred at a grocery establishment in the Park, Sheffield, early on Tuesday. The shop is kept by the Misses Johnson, and at half-past four they were awakened from sleep by smoke which in- vaded their bedroom. They found the place was on fire, and that they could not escape by the staircase. The,ir cries attracted assistance, and a sheet was procured from a neighbour's, into which the young ladies were asked to jump. The younger, who jumped first, fell to the ground, and was badly hurt, but the other landed in the sheet without injury. Captain Powell-Cotton, of Northumberland Fusiliers, who lias just readied Brussels after a sojourn «f forty months in the remotest ¡;rts of East Africa and the country of the great lakf-s, announces a remarkable discovery. At tin.- foot of a cihain of mountains, and near a number of epringTs in the Upjier Nile region, the eanta-'n claiiiiis to have seen with his own eyas- a veriirb'o cemetery of elephants. To this spot, he$r»ye, the pachyderms of this part of Africa have from time immemorial made their way to die. ¡nd when the captain saw it there was soinc hun- dreds ofOskeletons lying aiound. .-r (y this "cemeiery" the natives have for centuries gathered ivory. The West India Committee have addressed a letter to the Colonial Secretary on the subject of the constant breakdowns of the telegraphic communication with and between the British West Indian Colonies. Since Juno, they state, the situation has become aggravated. On no less than five occasions during the present year the Trinidad-Domerara cable has broken down. The Board of Trade have issued a return for last year of casualties to British vessels. Tho total losses df serious and. minor casualties numbered 5,318. The number of vessels lost, 348 (tonnage 12Q,631\ was with one except ion lower than in any of the previous twenty-four years. In the year the loss of life by sea casual- ties was 2,048, while 5,523 persons were rescued from British wrecks. During the hearing: of a school attendance case, no Tuesda\^at Northwich Sessions, an offi per stated that defendant-, Albert- Woodier, had given one of his children away to the gipsies. The child was only found by the police scouring the country in all direcfioius. lie would havo given another child away but was prevented. Defendant was fined the maximum school atten- :i.?f.Ch rl

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