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f IOTES 01 PASSIM EYEXTS.
f IOTES 01 PASSIM EYEXTS. 1 IKE AtTlVR WILLIAM*, X.P., AND 1VNI OWBW. I TBI member I." South Glmorpa on Friday Oevening asked his promised question of the Home Secretary. As we stated last week the tbjeet was to fiad out whether Ann Jamel- y one of Mi William' -conatitumto "■"Was prevented by JudgeOwen at tb* Car- diff County Court from giving her evidence in the Welab laDeur. Mr Childers, in reply •••id: "It is a fact that Ann James, the ldefen&nt in a county-court can at Cardiff, told the judge that she was imperfectly Acquainted with the English language. As, however, in a previous ease tried before the Une judge she had given evidence in English, the judge asked if she would again do so, thereupon she was sworn in English, and "Iwerecl every question without hesitation, ftd in such a way as not only to satisfy the judge, but as I am informsd, also her own solicitor." It remains to be seen Whether Mr Williams will rest satisfied with this reply. ova LOCAL II.P.'S IN LONDON. va county members seem to be receiving iheir share of invitations to take part in the gatherings of Welshmen in the metropolis, -d, from all accounts, it would appear that they readily respond. The member for Etut Glamorgan, Mr Alfred Thomas, presided at the fifth annual meeting of the Shirland Literary Society last week, and in the eourse -of hit address dwelt upon the advantages of mutual improvement societies for young people, situated as so many young Welshmen and women are in London. Several Glamor- ganshire musicians took part in the prooeed- inpp. The member for the Rhondda has jeiaed the new Jewin Calvinistic Methodists in London, and took a publie part in the religious services held there recently. We daresay his vocal powers will be a welcome ■addition to the little Welsh choir. DAVID'S DAY AT TBI CAPE OF GOOD HOPK. COPY of the Cape Argus for March 3rd contains an interesting report of a gathering Welshmen which took place in Cape Town 8t. David's Day. There was a banquet at the Whittington Hotel, Cape Town, the host of which is Mr Lionel Goodman, formerly of Pontypridd. It is satisfactory to hote that once the people who have been brought up together in this country get to a 40reign land, they are drawn together by such a bond of fellowship as the memory of Auld Lang Syne." At this banquet we are told that there was a fairly large company, and the "Speakers expressed regret that there was not a larger assembly as there were about 150 4persons from Wales located in that part of the •colony. One is not sorry to learn that Mr Goodman (who, by the bye, is the son of Mr Chas. Goodman, pawnbroker, Pontypridd), and his friends consider themselves Welshmen, and that they all joined in toasting the memory of St. David in solemn silence. PROPOSED DEPUTATION TO THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. AT the Eglwysilan School Board on Monday the Chairman, Mr Anthony, incidentally stated that he had received the following -circular from Mr Ivor James, the Registrar of the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, CardHf :_CC Sir, the Council of the College, in punuanee of the resolution -of the Court of Governors in regard to th2 importance of founding a school of medicine, and a faculty of engineering, in connection with the College, propose to request the Lord President of the Council to receive a deputa- tion on the 14th April. The objsct of the deputation will be to petition the Government for an annual grant towards the Endowment -of the required addi:ional professorships. The Council sincerely hope that you will be able to support them on the occasion. I shall be glad to hear, at the earliest opportunity, hfther it is probable you will be able to form part of the deputation." 8LIDINB SCALE FIGURES. AN amusing illustration of the old saying that figures can be made to prove anything is to be found in some correspondence that has arisen out of the recent election of members of the Sliding Scale Committee for Monmouth- ft** an(* Wales. It was stated soon the election that the number of votes as cal exceeded the total possible number, _0 i npon the basis of the number of Paying towards the cost of the « arrangement. Upon this ground tiff tl'eT*lid'^ <t,he « T»U JJ- -o a Person signing himself a Rhon ^ach Collier," comes out and states that if there.were 23,000 colliers represented at the meeting which protested against the election, the total^presentation must, at the meeting, have been 27,600 (and, says he, about one-ffth of the workmen who contribute towards the sliding scale fund are not colliers, and therefore should be added to the 23,000) so that the Aberdare meeting must have repre- sented 600 more than the whole number of -team coal workmen contributing towards, and Noting upon, the sliding scale arrangement. AN UNFORTUNATE PROPHET AT CARDIRR, w.. JOIlDAN, described as a patriarchal Rnl" o mau, was charged at the Cardiff ? h Urt 0n Friday, with professing to tell mling planets. The polio, had T°70<*ng women m decoys and the ° f only given them a favourable account of their fortunes, but had written out what he called their horoscopes, which were docu men s written on ordinary note paper, one side o whicK Was COrered with cabalistic characters, and the other giving a detailed account' of the dark brown young man, who was to meet the Unfortunate young woman that was born the day after the wedding -Christmas ^ay.(The phraseology of this reminds us very forcibly of the nursery tale of the" House that Jack built.") When the police inspector entered the room he found a table covered with boo on astrology, &c., and the fortune-teller ventured the prophecy that the most the magistrates could give him would be three months. This was unfortu- hate for him; for, taking him literally at his ^ord, the Stipendiary sentenced the delinquent 'to three months' hard labour. TRU VOTURCOMIJIG COLONIAL AND IMDIAN EXHIBITION. AT the last meeting of the Aberdare Local Board, a circular was read from the Royal Commiflwm fur the Colonial and ludim ik. hibition, 1886, with respect to the formation of workmen's clubs, to whieh from the present time and until the month of September, mem- bete of such clubs may periodically subscribe small sumn, with a view of forming a fund to defray the expense-of their journey to and from the Metropolis, and their stay in the same. From the 21st Jnne next until the 31st October* the members of the Clubi will be able, on presentation of a warrant, to secure a ticket to and from London for the price ot a Single Third Class Fare. These tickets will be available for any number of days up to fourteen, from the date on which they are issued that is to say a club member may resolve, at his. option, to spend one, two, three or more days (up to fourteen) without im- perilling the validity of his tioket. » A CONTRACTOR PAYING THI PENALTY AT YITRAD. YSTRADYFODWG Local Board contracts, say some, are, like the laws of the Medea and the Persians mentioned in the Scripture, unaltera- ble, and the unlucky man who transgresses any of them has to pay the penalty. When a clause is inserted in a contract fixing a definite time for completing a job, and penalties are laid down for non-compliance, it is expected that the contractor shall respect that clause. If he should foiget it, the Board will not. The Public Offices were not finished in time by Mr David Morgan, and down came the Board on him like a thousand bricks." A road contract was the subject of a considerable forfeit for delay; and now, to show that the Board is no reapecter of persons, Mr John Mackay, whose footprints are to be found along roads and railways from Africa to Aberlleobau, has come in for a penalty of L 100 because the bridge over the Rhondda Faeh was not ready at the time agreed upon. POVERTY IN THE RHONDDA. ALTHOUGH the Guardians of the Pontypridd Union have come to the conclusion that there is no such poverty in the district as to warrant special measures being adopted to relieve the distress, there can be no doubt the depression in trade makes itself keenly felt among the working men's families. It is stated in regard to the npper part of the Rhondda, that nine large collieries were idle last Thursday, affecting some 5,500 workmen; eight on Tuesday, and ten on Saturday, excluding Ynyswen and Tynybedw Collieries, which have been stopped altogether, the latter having been now idle over six months in consequence of the depression of trade. Eleven pits were at a standstill on Monday, six on Tuesday, and on Wednesday several collieries, besides the four large Ocean pits, were idle. Bute- Mertbyr Colliery only worked one day during the last fortnight. To relieve the distress, Dr. James, Centre, has given about R15 worth of fresh meat away, and it is stated that Mr W. Jenkins, head manager of the Ocean col- lieries, has given food to a large number of children. People are turning their attention to the question of emigration, and several families have just gone away. PROFESSOR BLACKIE COMPLIMENTING THE WELSH. A correspondent has sent us the following account of a St. David's Day dinner held in Edinburgh: The Welsh at Edinburgh determined to keep up their national Saint's Day in a becoming manner, so a dinner was given at the University Hotel. The toast of the guests was proposed, coupled with the name of Professor Blackie. When the venerable Professor rose to respond, with his long white suken hair hanging down over his shoulders, the Welsh students could contain themselves no longer. Rising in a body, they waved their handkerohiefs frantically and cheered the veteran professor again and again. The scene was one of unbounded excitement. Professor Blackie said he was not going to make a speech. He was not an orator—he never was one, if by orator they meant a man who could carefully balance sentences, use long words, and make much noise. But he could speak from the depth of his heart, and he was going to do so then. For no other speech would be worthy of that occasion. (Hear, hear.) He knew Oxford well, he knew Edinburgh well, but he had not seen such a night as that since he left Germany as a student some fifty-seven years ago. He loved the Welsh. He loved them much, for they bad shed their blood to prevent the invasion of the Romans and Saxons. He respected every nation that did that. He loved young men, yes, and he loved young lasses too. He had been in Wales and had studied Welsh character. It was in Wales that he saw the prettiest lasses that he had ever seen and to confess the whole truth, he had fallen in love with some of them, and made them some love songs. (Laughter and applause.) The beauty of these lasses was not that of the vulgar kitchen beauty, but the beauty of intellect, the beauty of culture, and the beauty of a pure soul. He stayed last year in one part of Scotland, where the rivers, mountains, valleys, and dales spoke the Welsh language, and he had found the meaning of many of these places from Stephens' wotks. The noblest, the highest, the most heaven- directing tendencies of the literature of Britain was derived from the Celtic elements. He hated the Scotch because they sang English airs; he hated the English because they sang German airs; he hated the Gaels because they had nothing at all; but he loved the Welsh dearly because they sang, and sang, and sang their grand old national Welsh airs. (Applause.) That was the first opportunity he had had of being amongst them, and if they liked Old BIackie," and if he would be alive next year, he would be amongst them again. (Renewed applause.) The professor then sang a Scotch song and left the meeting amid great cheering." SUCCESS OF A PONTYPRIDDIAN. IT IS with pleasure we notice in an American paper the success which has attended the efforts of Mr Llewellyn W. Johns (sou of Mrs Johns, butter merchant, Pontypridd). He is recognised in the American Press as one of the three men who have done much for Alabama, United States." He is the mining engineer of what the Americans call a Great deposit" in Alabama, the dimensions of which can be estimated from a reply given by Mr Johns to an interviewer: "There is enough oorfl in these mines to last 200 years, at the heaviest output possible for man and machinery to mine it.We give a Ihort. sketch of his life as it appeared in the Daily American," Nashville, for March 7th, 1886:— L. W. Johns, the mining engineer of the Pratt Coal and Iron Company, was born in Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales, in 1846. He came to America in 1664. He was timber boss in the Ophir mine of Nevada. He was mechanical mining engineer at Anendried, Pa., which mine he opened. He was mining boss at Seattle mines on the Pacific coast. He was mining boss at Cataaqua, Pa., for the Thomas irun ore mines. He came South and was connected with the mines at Rising Fawn, Ga. He went to Helena, Ala., and opened up all the coal mines at that point, and also the slopes for the Eureka mine. He was ap- poiated mining engineer for the Pratt Coal and Iron Company, and opened all the mines of the company, including three slopes, one shaft and six drifts. He is the discoverer of natural gas in the South, and is the inventor of an endless chain that is uaed at the mines in hauling the coal to the surfaoe. He is a man of remarkably vitality, and thoroughly understands his business."
Pontypridd Police Intelligence.
Pontypridd Police Intelligence. WziDNasDAT,Befom Mr Ignatius Williams. Sti. pendiary Magistrate, Messrs. Blandy Jenkins, Wil- liam Jones and Evan John. STBAUNO AT YNTBYBWL.—Jan net Ellen Williams «u in custody on the charge of Stealing two aprons, a basin, aad one handkerchief. Catherine Williams, Wattitown, laid the articles produced were hers. She had been ill for seven weeks, and on getting UP AVG weeks ago last Sunday, she missed the utiwes. The basin she found afterwards had been pven to, her neighbour, who had retaened it to her. Prisoner was a "tvant ia her employ, and left the Wednesday after Christmas Day. The valae is six shillings.- F.C. Mend said on Thursday last, he was called to Mrs. William I' Wattstown, and found prisoner there, and charged her with stealing the articles. She said she had the handkerchief, but not the aprons. Told her he mast take her to Pontypridd, to which she replied, I don't care." On being asked where the articles were, she said, they are all at. my mother's house, at Ynysybwl." Fsund the articles in her mother's house-Prisoner in defence mid prosecutor only paid her a shilling now and 'B could not get the money and borrowed the tnimga because she had none to ase, and no money to bay any.—Discharged. WOUNDING AT PEKYGBAIG.—John Rees, haulier, was charged with this offenee.—P.C. Butler said from information he received on Monday nignt, he went to No. 2, Brook-street, Williamstown, and there foand William Williams bleeding freely from the left ear, and under the left jaw. He said defen- dant had bitten his ear, and someone else had kicked him. Arrested prisoner who said, I have been fighting with him, but I don't belieVe I bit him, or anybody else." The injured asan was unable to appear.—Mrs. Williams said her husband was in bed ana very bad in his ear, jaw, and side.—Remanded for a week on bail, himself in JE10, and a surety in 910. BREAcH OF THB PEACE AT MA y.-Richard FTauo was charged with this offence.-Sergeant Menhennick said he saw defendant fighting on the 8th instant at Pontypridd. Defendant was cirunk.-Bound over in the sum of ten pounds to keep the peace for six months and to pay the costs. ALLEGED ABDUCTION AT PONTYPRIDD.—Jenkin Jones about 50 years of age was charged with this offence.- Superintendent Matthews said the prisoner took a little girl eight years of age, a. stranger to him, about a mile up the road, and sat down on a heap of Btones- The little girl ran away. She made no charge against him; bat he thought the case ought to be bronght before the Beneh.—The father said two yoang men saw the prisoner leading the child by the hand, and she was crying.—Remanded in custody for a week to allow the police te make enquiries. STEALING AN UMBRELLA AT HAFOD.—John Roberts was charged with stealing an umbrella, property of William Groupw, Hopkinstown, a collier wno said last Saturday week he loct the umbrella produced from the bar at the Red Cow, Hopkinstown. It was about six o'clock. He left it there while he went into another room to speak with the landlady. He was away about ten minutes, and on his retarn found the umbrella gone. Defendant was in the bar when he left the room; but was gone when he returned. Valae 8s. 6d. It was raining very heavy at the time. He did not wish to Gas the charge, as prisoner at the time was ia drink.—P.C. Stacey said on Friday night last he arrested defendant, and charged him with stealing an ambrella. He said another man gave it to him.—Prisoner said in defence, I stole it in-mistake. -Fined 10s. or seven days. STEALING COAL AT LUNTWIT.-Mary Amblage and Margaret Norman, were charged with stealing coal and trespassing on the Taff Vale Railway.—William Mends, train inspector, said he saw defendant's on the 20th ult. on the line about noon, near the Maes. mawr old siding. They had each a bag on their head with coal and coke in. About 801bs. in all. They said they came to pick up a bit of coal, and did not think it any harm.—Mr. Charles Hughes, inspector of traffic, said he produced the bye-laws of the Company The charge of stealing was withdrawn, and the charge of trespassing dealt with.—Fined 6s. each. STEALING A WAISTCOAT AT CnnIER.-Hary Ann Owen was charged with stealing a waistcoat the property of John Lewis, tailor, Cymmer. The prose- cutor said he lodged with defendant's husband. The waistcoat produced was his. He had seen it safe within a fortnight. He kept it under a coat hanging on a nail. Its value is about 15s. He missed it last Saturday, and asked defendant about it. She said she knew nothing about it. He did not give consent to pawn the waistcoat.—Joseph Isaacs, pawnbroker, Porth, said that defendant pledged the waistcoat at his shop last Saturday night week. He advanced Is. on it.-P.C. Thorney said he received the vest from Mr. Isaacs yesterday. He arrested prisoner last night and charged her with stealing the waistcoat. Prisoner said, "I know nothing at all about it." Afterwards she said, I did pledge it." Prisoner in defence said, I meant to put it back. I only took the lend of it."—Fined 10s.
SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE NEAR…
SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE NEAR ABERDARE. A day or two since, after the floods had sub- sided at Cwmbaoh; two boys found at the river- side the body of a ohild with a cord round its neck. The police were oommanioated with, and a post. mortem examination made. It is believed that the child, which is abont two months old, had been in the water about a fortnight. An inquest was opened on Tuesday by Mr Leigh, depaty coroner, and adjourned.
Death of Mr. H. M. Stanley's…
Death of Mr. H. M. Stanley's Mother. The remains of Mrs Jones, Cross Foxes, St. Asaph, mother of Mr H. M. Stanley, the African traveller, were interred last Saturday at Bodel- wyddan Churchyard, near Denbigh.
Heavy Hailstorm in the Rhondda.
Heavy Hailstorm in the Rhondda. A very heavy hailstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, was experienced in the Rhondda Valley on Wednesday evening. ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warran ted to cue all discharges from the urinary organs, in either sex (acquired or constitutional), gravel, aad painib in the back. Guaranteed free from mercury. Sold in boxes, 4e 6d each, all chemists and patsnt medicine vendors; or sent for sixty stamps by the Makers, The Lirwoln and Midland Counties Drag Go., Lincoln. Wholesale, Barclay and Sons, London
: LOCAl. ft DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAl. ft DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE. PONTYPRIDD. PiaLlHIXABY MBDICAL )DuIlIIl.&TI.A.. the examination hold an the 9th, 10th, aad 11th alt. for eertifioatos reeogaieed by the General Medical Council, Mr Harry Edgar Pittway, Gelli wasted- road, Pontypridd, obtained first division hoaours. Mr Pittway, who was a pupil of Mr J. V. M'Ciaae, The tinnaar Sebool, Pontypridd, passed ia tea sabjecte including Meehaaiee aad Chemistry. sabjecte including Meehaaiee aad Chemistry. Caanirons' Maanae.—Oa Maaday a meetiag of the ereditore of Ann Evam. greaw and draper, of Haved, waa held at the effleee ef the Official Be. ceiver, at Merthyr. The statement ef affairs shewed a defieieaoy of A506 18 6d. Bad trade, giving toe much eredit, and expeases inoarred throagh preesare by creditors wore given as the causae of fail are. The debtor has been in business siaoe the death of her hasband, eleven years age, her capital at the time she oemmeaeed being C16. She states that she haa mort ,Spa the premises ia which ehe lives to the Pontypridd Building Society for 11000 and that four cottages and a small shop at Gyfeilloa, which were left her by her father in 1883, had beea fally mortgaged by him. FUNIKAL OF MISS JENKINS.—On Thursday afternoon the funeral of Miss Mary Annie Jenkins, daughter ef Mr and Mrs Jenkins, Via. House, Mill-street, took place at Llaatrisant. It will be remembered that the young lady died with awful suddenness on Saturday night week last from a fit of apoplexy. The funeral was largely attended. The coffin was covered with beautiful floral wreaths sent by the undermentioned friends:- Mrs Jones, Garw Valley; Misses Davies, Mardy; Mr John Joaes, solicitor, Cardiff; Mr. C. B. B. Smith, Neath; Mrs Smith, Rhondda House; Church Sunday School, St. Catherine's Church Rev. Wm. Davies, Poatypridd; Mr P. S. Lalh j Misses Williams, Cardiff Ain Lloyd, Llanblethian Gardens, Cardiff; Misses Thomas, Mill Field; Mrs and Miss Morgan, the Field; Miss Jenkins, Cowbridge; Miss Katie Suspe; and Misses Davits, Llwyncelyn House. TncouoH Hail, Snow, kaia, er Sanshine, First Class Portraits can always be had from Tinos. Fonaasr, Cambrian Stadio, Pontypridd. OAIDIX AND FLOWBB Slinso.-W. H. KEY begs to iaferm his namerons frieads that he has received his new Stock ef Bad Potatoes, Garden and Flower goods for the present seasoa, and trusts to be favoared with an early call. Catalogues gratis on application. good Warehease, 89 and N, Tas Street, Pontypridd. GamAT RHDCCTION = Beert AND Sneas at Oliver's Boot and Shoe 8. Taff Street, Pontypridd. Men's Watertights, timed at Bailed, from Ie; Elastic from 4s; Lace from 4s lid; Wemea's high leg lace boots from 4s 6d; Elastic Sides from Is 3d; Nailed beets from Se lid; Beys and Girls' strong boots, tipped and nailed, from 2a; Strong lace boots, no nails, from Is 3d. HAFOD. SOUTH WALIB AND MONICOUTHSHTBK TEKPXR. AXe8 Associ.LTiom.-A branch of the soeiety has been formed for this district of Trehafod. The officers are—Chairman, Mr Wm. Jones Tice- chairman, Rev C. Bassett; treasurer, Mr Thos. Price; secretary, Mr John Evans, schoolmaster. PORrH. FABBWBLL SERMON.—Tbe Rev W. Jamee, minister of the Welsh Congregational Choroh, preaohed his farewell sermon on Sunday. He has been ehosen pastor ef the church of the late Rev Dr. Bees, Swansea. PANDY. Tnz NEW STATior;The emotion of a new rail. way station at Pandy lie proceeding rapidly, aad when it ia finished, paawngere will soaroely know themselves," so great is the improvement over the t old shanty near Dinas Pit. LLWYNPIA. BANQUET TO ME W. W. HOOD, LLWYNPIA.—The The local tradesmen will entertain this gentleman at a publio baaqaet on his return from his sojourn in the Bast for the benefit of his health. The pro- ceedings will be ander the auspices of the looal chamber of trade. PENTRE. RHONDDA VALLEYS CHAHBEB or TRADR.-The aanual meeting of this ooanoil was held at the Assembly-rooms, Bailey's Hotel, Pentre, on Friday, under the presidency of Mr Lorrie. The seeretary (Mr G. Lloyd) was authorised to write to the directors of the Great Western Railway Company, asking them to ran a passenger train from Llan- triaant to Penygraig. Judge Gwilym Williams WM antnimonaly re-etected president of the cham- ber. Messrs E. H. Davies and David Jones (re- lieving offioer) vice-presidents, and Mr J. 8. Cobb (London and Provincial Bank, Pontypridd), treasurer. TREHERBERT. DEATH or Miss WILLIAMS.-We regret to an- nounce the somewhat sudden death of the daughter of Mr E. Williams, Stuart Hotel. The funeral took plaoe on Tharsday. NAVIGATION. A NEW CHAPBL.-The English Con. tionalists, who founded a church here on the 21st of February last, on Wednesday had the founda- tions excavated for a new plaoe of worship. The chapel will be ready for divine service at an early date. MOUNTAIN ASH. LBCTUBE.-On Monday evening, at the Work men's-hall, the Rev Cannon Wilson, of Swansea delivered an instructive and able lecture on "Faith under Perseoution." The lecture was illustrated by a series of magnificent dissolving views. ABERDARE. APPOINTMENT OF OVKRSXKRS.—The magistrates at the police-court on Tuesday appointed the fol- lowing gentlemen as overseers of the poor for the ensuing year: -Aberdare: Messrs Eustace Richards, Edward Morgan, David Davies, Ynyeoynon House; and David Davies, Cardiff-street. Llanwonno (eccle- siastical district of St Margoiet's) Mr Thomas Veo. Rhigos: Mean, John Harris and Thomas Rees. CBEDITOBS' MEBTINO.—A meeting of the credi- tors of Mr Thomas Williams, of the Crown Hotel, was held at the Official Receiver's office, Merthyr, on Monday. From the debtors sworn statement of affaiis, it appeared that the unsecured debts amounted to .£288 13m 2d, whilst the assets (less preferential claims) were 972 17. Id., leaving a deficiency of 2215 168 Id. Mr D. T. Phillips (from the office of Messrs Linton and Kenshole) appeared on behalf of the debtor. VBSTBT MEETING.—A vestry meeting for the purpose of nominating overseers for the respective hamlets, was held on Friday, Mr James Lewis presiding.—The Chairman having read the list of the retiring overseers, Mr R. H. Rhys proposed that the same gentlemen be again nominated, so that the magistrates might make the usual selec- tion. He did this on the ground that the vestry building was not yet finished, and that it would be better to cast the responsibilities upon them.- The nominees were:—Cwmdare, Eustace Richards Evan Thomas, Evan Griffiths; Llwydcoed, Edward Morgan, John Williams, W. Charles; Cefn Pennar, David Davies, Daniel Davies, Charles Rees; Fforchaman, David Davies, (Canton House). Thomas Thomas, Richard David.—Mr David Richards seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. To POUCBHEK and those obliged to be out in the damp night airs Oadbury's Cocoa affords and ex- hilarating beverage, —warming, oomforting and sustaining.
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LATEST TELEGRAMS.
LATEST TELEGRAMS. TiiummAy IlviiNivo. [cnrraAL xnws TSLEOBAKS.] THI UNEMPLOYED OF NBW YORK. XXW To.It.-A party of anemployed labanrera have invaded the Henso of Parliaaeat at St. John's, and planted en the table baaaers aad petition, calling attention te their grievaaoes. STEAMER DISABLED. The White Star Steamer Britaiaie, which left Iceland for New York last Friday, is aow returning i8 Qaeeastowa, with her machinery disabled. NEW RAILWAY. The new extension line, wbieh gives the Rhymney Railway direct eommunieatien with the Great Weetera Railway between Cardiff and Merthyr, was opened to-day.
Death of Lord Penrhyn.
Death of Lord Penrhyn. Lord Pearhyn died on Wednesday morning at Pearbyn Castle, Bangor, after an illness of three days.
BIRTH.
BIRTH. RicHAam-On Sunday, March 21st, the wife of Mr R. T. Richards, Treforest, of a son.
THE RHONDDA COLLIER AID A…
THE RHONDDA COLLIER AID A IdSCI WIDOW. onto". I William Cooper, of Risca, was conveyed by Inspec- tor Jones, on Wednesday, from Blaekwood to Ponty. pridd, charged on a warrant taken out by his wife, Elizabeth, at Pontypridd police-coart with marrying Mary Hayeock, of Risca, while she (his wife) was alive. Cooper lived with his wife at Dinas for some years, bat about three years ago he went to Risca, where he made the acquaintance of the widow ef one of the victims of the Risca explosion. After awhile they were married. They lived together happilv, it is said, until he went over to the Rhondda about three weeks ago. His wife then discovered his where* abouts. She nad had to maintaia herself and child for three years at Dinas. Prisoner will be brought before the magistrates on Wednesday next.
WIT AND HUMOUR.
WIT AND HUMOUR. I'm troubled with worm," as the fish said to tin medical student. A man with a very noisy dog calls him 44 Tree,' because all ttie bark is on the outside. If a man gets up when the day breaks, can lie b< said to have a whole day before him ? It is said Henry VII1. never popped the question. He rimrried his wives first, and sixed them after. wards. What a devil of a scrape I'm in now," as the fish said to the woman who was rubbing down his back with a knife. Some mercenary people are willing to be good il they are well paid for it, while your generous- hearted man is often good-for-nothing. Young Jingleson professed to have been out on a lark, but it was believed by those who saw him come home that he had really been on a swallow. Is there any kind of coat that never has any buttons on it?"asked amission teacher of a elass of newsboys. Yes, sir; a coat of paint has nary a button," was the instantaneous reply. A brute was recently charged with feeding his child on a raw cabbage for three weeks. The cab- bage had the best of the brute in this matter; it had a heart, the brute had none. The proprietor of a threshing machine at Retford has found out to his cost that it is illegal to thrash a wife. He will neither beat a woman, nor beat grain from the husk, for six weary months. During this time, lie will be compelled to wurk his corns on the trciulinill. Is the new custom of bridesmaids carrying grapes instead of bouquets at weddings introduced to give the bridegroom a delicate hint that the bride intends to have full power over the wine-cellar key or is it merely a suggestion that she prefers the pure juice of the grape to cheap, doctored rubbish ? A youmr gentleman, who has just married an un- dersized beauty, says she would have been taller, hut she is made of such precious materials that Na- ture could not afford it. An Irishman, illustrating the horrors of solitary confinement, stated that out of one hundred persons sentenced to endure this punishment for life, only fifteen survived it. No," said George Henry, 441 didn't go there to court the girl—only called occasionally to pass the time, you know. But first thing I knew they had me up for breach of promise; and so, you see, I went to conrt at last." One of our exchanges says: -1 You should return a kiss for a blow." This is sound doctrine. If the giver of the blow be a pretty girl, who wouldn't re- turn a kiss for a blow, and wish for more blows" on the same condition ? A young man asked the young lady of his affec- tions the other evening how she liked the look of his new style of standing collar. After critically sur- veying him and his collar, she replied: "Very nice indeed. It looks like a whitewashed fence around a lunatic asylum." What do you want to set such a tough chicken before me for ? indignantly exclaimed a fair dam- set in a restaurant the other day. 44 4Age before beauty' always, you know, ma'am," replied the po- lite attendant, who well knew how to serve his em- ployer and a tough chicken at the same time. Is this the way to llyde? said a traveller who was as ignorant of horsemanship as of the place he was inquiring for. The unsophisticated native to whom the query was addressed, after carefully sur- veying the equestrian artiste, naively replied, "Na, na! thee turns thee toas too much." Don't you think my son resembles me ? in- quired an apothecary, as lie introduced his greasy- faced boy to the witty Dr. H. Yes," replied the doctor, pretending to scan the physiognomy of each; yes, I think I see your liniments in his counten- ance. A lady having spoken sharply to Dr. Parr, apo- logised by saying, It is the privilege of women to talk nonsense." h No, madam, it is not their pri- vilege, but their infirmity. Ducks would walk if they could, but nature suffer them only to waddle." A man, who was equally fond of spouting" and drinking, was boasting that he could -1 bring an argument to a p'int as quick as any other man." -1 You can bring a quart to a pint a good deal more quickly," replied his friend. I assure you the times are so bad that I can't live," said a tippling dyer to his neighbour, a clever and flourishing tradesman. "Ah," replied the other, that is because you don't pay attention to your dyeing. If you would only dye when you drink you'd be sure to live." The Chicago papers say that the warmest sympa- thy expressed for that city was by a Connecticut woman, who contributed two strings of red pep- pers. A Cincinnati bard tried the experiment of writ- ing sonnets for one paper and criticising them in another. It worked well until it was found out. A Young Indianian proposed to six young ladies just for fun, and was considerably annoyed at being accepted by them all. An old lady being called into court as a witness, got vexed at the lawyer, and declared, If you don't stop asking questions, I'll leave!" and then added, You're the most inquisitive man I ever saw in all the days of my life."
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FROM CITY CORRESPONDENTS.
FROM CITY CORRESPONDENTS. THB Belt case and the Hinton can have bee8 disposed of, and the public isitwi not look to tb* law courts for entertainment. The judges tiavo little to do, and the lawyers are pulling long faces. If all accounts be true, barristers and solicitors feet the effects of the depression most keenly of all. Folk who are pinched for the necessities of life dis- pense with the luxury of litigation first of all. It is perhaps satisfactory in contemplating the dearth of business in the law courts to know that there it least of all to be done in the Divorce Court THE streets of London were enlivened on Wed- nesday with a new thing in the way of peripatetic advertisements. A firm of tobacconists ttent out into the thoroughfares a handsomely equipped two- horse brougham. The chestnuts were stylish enough for Hyde Park in the height of the season, and the coachman was as smart as a well-cut suit of liverj could make him. On tbe carriage the coach-painter had exhausted his art. The ground-work was at primrose, and painted thereon in golden letten were the advertisements of various smoking mist tures. THREE years ago at this season the country waa distressed by the departure from our shores for a foreign soil of an illustrious figure. London wept for weeks over its beloved elephant, and now the tears will have to run afresh. Barnum, from whose devastating hand none of the institutions of this country apjtear to be safe, is now about to take Jumbo's widow from us. Alice has been sold by the directors of the Zoological Society to the eminent American showman, and she will shortly cross the Atlantic to be welcomed with big booms in America DIKING about is a pet Sunday pursuit with a number of people. At one time they patrouised the Bristol, the Continental, and the Burlington, where dinner is provided by the card at half-a. guinea. head. But now that ladiet may be admitted to titt clubs these Sunday dinners are given in St. James'o Square, Hamilton Place, and Grosvenor Place ia. stead. In summer, when the days are long, tbw Hurlingham is the pet resort, for there the visitora can sit in the open-air under the shelter of the trees. This fashion of dining afield on Sundays is ostensi- bly followed in the interests of the servants. rU8 East End of London, I believe, has nevfl seen the consecration of a bishop. This novella, however, is to be presented to it on Lady Day. Ill scene of the ceremony is to be St. Mary's, White* chapel. Dr. George Knight Bruce, of Stoke New- ington, who was lately vicar of St. George's, Liver- pool, and was subsequently in charge of St Andrew's* Bethnal Green, has been appointed Bishop of Bloemfontein. As as East Ender, he has himself suggested that his consecration should take plaoe at the East End. The Primate has consented, and Whitechapel will therefore be able to see by what ceremony a presbyter is turned into an episcopus. THE London cab system is to be submitted to a further reform. Some men from Birmingham will shortly ask for capital to enable them to put OIl the ranks some cabs unexampled in comfort and cheap- ness. The new company is to give us hansoms and Victorias, all of which may be hired for a short run for sixpence. This, indeed, is an improvement, and the new company will be warmly welcomed if it really fulfils its promises. The promoters of the scheme will begin by putting three thousands new vehicles upon the streets. That is a very large or- der, and I wish them well of the venture. We ape told that the drivers, who by the way are to be aU in smart livery, are not to be permitted to cliargt more than their exact fare. I fear that the Birming- ham gentlemen are too ambitious. Under the pre- sent tariff cabdrivers would be unable to live we the public not generous enough to add a little to the, precise sum due. EVEN babies are now taught to gamble. Schools are being demoralised by chocolate. The discovery is due to the enterprise of two members who are Jam- thers, and who are anxious for the morality of tho. younger flock. Boxes of chocolate are sold contain- ing all sorts of coins deftly hidden. In France and Italy the sweetmeat is bought by grown men, some of whom are said to be ruining themselves with it. In England, the infants are taught in their early years to become devotees of Monaco. Two boxes of these sweetmeats were carried to the House the other night, and on one of them being searched was found to contain a whole heap of coins. Some of the pieces ot chocolate contained no coins; some of the others had coin of value. The game is for the possessor of a box to sell his chocolate lumps to his schoolmates. Mr. Broadhurst has the other box in his room at the Home Office, with a view to fury ther action. THE change in the weather is welcome enough but it has been almost too sudden. The thermo- meter is running from one extreme to another, and people, instead of being cheered by the warmth, seemed depressed by undue relaxation. Still it gives us promise of spring, which for weeks haa been denied us. There were few folk about to-day, but I do not doubt, if the weather continaes fine, next week the streets will be thronged with gay shoppers. Saturday is not a shopping day at the West End, for the great business houses are all closed at mid-day. There has been very few social functions this week. People do not marry in Lent, nor do they dance, and all sorts of gaieties are hung up until Easter comes. Last year a section of the people, in defiance of the Church, held revelry in Lent, but certain eminent divines took them very severely to task, and the frivolous people felt very much abashed. No dances are going, and it waa notable that the attendance at the New Club on Wednesday night, notwithstanding the presence of the Prince of Wales, was much thinner than usual. PERSONS about to marry will be interested in noting the great success scored by Mr. Carvell Wil- liams in obtaining an extension of the hours within which the important and interesting ceremony may be performed. Unless the bishops should interpeea in the House of Lords the bill, which was read a second time on Friday night, has as good as becomo law. Only one point remains to be fought out In Committee. At present marriages must be cele- brated before mid-day. Mr. Williams proposes to extend the hour till four in the afternoon. Mr. Childers and Sir Richard Cross, who entertain a strong objection to the marriage ceremony being per- formed iu the darkness rather than the light, pro- pose to restrict the hour to three o'clock, on the ground that in many churches during a considerable portion of the year it is quite dark at four o'clock. A strong point in reply was made in the course of the debate of the Scotch practice of marriage at any hour of the afternoon or evening. In the case ot such marriage, if in the evening the event usually takes place in the house of the bride's relations. WE are likely, I am told, to hear something mom of Lord Hinton in the days that are to be. It it possible that the Lords will be asked to say whether Lord Hinton is his father's son or not An Act ot Parliament cannot turn a man into a woman, but it can change a son into a stepson. If the Poulett family decide to introduce a bill into the House of Lords passing on the Poulett peerage, we shall havo such a story told of the folly of a lad of 22, and hit madly hasty entrance upon matrimony, which will set the world agape. Should the bill pass, a lad, William John Lydstone, who is not yet three yeart, of age, will become Lord Poulett. The present cart has been married three times. His first wife walk Miss Lavinia Newman, daughter of a pilot of Land-, port. His second wife was a Miss Johnson. Hit present wife was a Miss de Melville. Six month* after his marriage with the pilot's daughter tlttj present Lord Hinton was born. There was no subsequent issue of the marriage. The first Lady Ppulett died on August 9, 1871. On September 2Q, in the same year, Lord Poulett married again. After exactly five years of wedlock Lord Poulett was once more a widower. In 1879 he again mar- ried, and had three children by his third alliance* the boy of the family being a baby. it is in the interest of this child, who has all the Poulett estatea set tied upon him, that a bill relieving Lord Hinton of his title is contemplated in the House of Lorde
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It is suggested by "An Irishman that the infant daughter of the Duke of Connaught, born on St. Patrick's Day, should be named Kathleen. On and from the 1st April, 1886, parcels not ex- ceeding 71b. in weight will be received at any post office in the United Kingdom for transmission to. SwitteriaiWt