County Observer and Monmouthshire Central Advertiser Abergavenny and Raglan Herald Usk and Pontypool Messenger and Chepstow Argus

w-OT-ro I ) ► ^Bnif "J™iS *■. ^gjPfipyj The County Observer Forty-sixth Year of Publication. -0- Scale for Advertisements. PEB INSERTION. Official Announcements. Single Column. Parliamentary Addresses,. ( Legal Notices r 6d. per line. Prospectuses of Companies ) Election Addresses Property and Stock Sales Auction Sales Municipal and other bodies Ordinary Notices. | 3s. per inch in depth. Ijalance Sheets Statements of Accounts. Houses Wanted Houses to Let J Entertainments ") Agricultural Shows. Subscription Lists. Is. 6d. per inch. Wedding Presents I J SMALL PREPAID ADVERTISEMENTS. ") Servants Wanted 12 words 18 words 24 words Situations Vaca."t. Apartments Wanted Apartments to Let 6d. 9d. Is. Money Lend Articles Lost. Articles Pound Articles for Sale J Three weeks for double above charges. Must be paid for when the order is given, or double the above scale charges will be made. Remittances received in Postage StampB, — 1iItII JPrintiny of every Description AUCTIONEERS' Particulars, Posters, & Catalogues. soxmotmsl Prospectuses, Lithographic Maps, & Plan. I TRADESMEN'S Cards, Dill Heads, & Note Headings. I All communications to J. H. CLARK, Co UNTY -OBSERVER Office, USK, Monmouthshire. WANTED, GENERAL SERVANT.—Mrs.. E. w K. JONES, Usk. pLilN COOK, or General wanted.-Apply, CASTLE VALE, U sk. WANTED, GIRL, about 14, as Nurse. —Apply, MRS. PKICB, Redgate, near Usk. WASTE PAPER FOR SALE, good and clean » 8s. per cwt. — Apply at the COUNTY OBSHKVEU "'Office, Usb. QPKATT'S PATENT DOG KENNEL FOR — SALE, good conditiOD.-Apply, CASTLE VAM, TJsk. LOST, on AUGUST 18th, dark-brown SHEEP DOG; answers to name of "Wallace."— JOHN G. CALE, Coedybrain, Usk. ——- PROPOSED RIFLE CLUB.—A Meeting will be r held at the Three Salmon's Hotel, Usk, on THURSDAY next, 20th inst., at 8 p.m., for the purpose of considering the formation of a Rifle Club for Usk and district. All interested in the object are invited to attend. High School, Usk. PRINCIPALS THE MISSES WATKINS. Next Term Day, SEPTEMBER 11TH. An Articled Pupil required. Raglan Farmer's Club. THURSDAY, OCTOBER lltnt has been fixed for the Annual Ploughing Match. j *ATCW & CHA1N POR OWE DAY'S WOBK £ M VRRNDN,?AII5TICAN, KET A NICKKI,- CI JI-ARLD WATCH, ALSO A CHATV JL xi doz<m Package* of CP each. Send your H" *iSl address, including name of County by return mail, ami we will forward the Bluine jxjfst paul, and a larj« premium list. No money rwimred. BLUINBCo. ,Department Fl) 241. Gipsy Roadi WAS £ Norwood, London, H -v-r -US? SUN 'J1 @;ÃÆ; ISSCEAiVCE OFFICE. t, e 0 s Sum insured in 1899 exceeded ^435,000,000. For all particulars apply to MR. THOMAS REES, JUNR., AGENT AT USE. PRINTING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Executed at the "COUSTI OBSERVER" OFFICE. BEVAN AND COMPANY For Suites BEVAN AND COMPANY l' Largest Selections BEVAN AND COMPANY >, For Bedsteads- BEVAN AND COMPANY Reliable Goods. BEVAN AND COMPANY For 1 BEVAN AND COMPANY .1 Lowest Prices. BEVAN AND COMPANY For Carpets BEVAN AND COMPANY > Newest Designs BEVAN AND COMPANY For Floor ciotbs BEVAN AND COMPANY Free Delivery BEVAN AND COMPANY For Pianos BEVAN AND COMPANY Ó' Immense Stoclss I BEVAN AND COMPANY (LIMITED), Registered and known throughout Wales as TIIE CARDIFF FURNISHERS," NEWPORT, SWANSEA, CARDIFF, & PONTYPOOL. ',< L; CLOTHING A BIG STOCK OF NEW GOODS FOR THE SEASON AT SIMPSON'S, P PONTYPOOL. Inspection Invited. LO I/TY OINTMENT Cures Lumbago, Sciatica, Sprains, Rheumatism, Stiff Joints and Contracted Muscles. V^F THERE IS MAGIC IN ITS TOUCH ? When applied to Poisoned Wounds, Sores, Bad Legs, Piles, Fistulas, MIW and all Ailments of an Inflammatory nature. *°R SKIN DISEASES IN ALII FORMS IT. CANNOT BE EQUALLED. | Manufactured only at 78, New Oxford Street, London sold by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors. ,<' ;¡ t- EDWARD JONES, r r Late or and TJslsi, Deceased. i ¡ THE TRUSTE ES of the Will of the above JL Deceased wish to inform the Public that the Businesses both at Raglan and Usk will, "i for the present, be carried on for the benefit of the Widow and Children, and they trust that ,,> ¡" they (the Public) will give them their sym- I pathy and support. J -4 I -ø: USK FARMERS' CLUB. President A. A. WILLIAMS. Esq. Fontypool. Tho Gfitli Annual Iff of Horses, Cat, SHEEP, PIGS, DRESSED POULTRY, BUTTER, CHEESE, HONEY, GREEN CROPS, & c" Will be held in a MEADOW NEAR USIv BRIDGE (kindly lent by Mr. John Haggett), and in the PARISH ROOM, LLANBADOC, (Kindly lent by the Rev. G. M. Williams), On THURSDAY, September 27th, 1900. < £ 12Q IN PRIZ'ES! £ 120 Admittance to Show, 6a. Members, Subscribers, & Exhibitors Free. THE ANNUAL DINNER in connection with the above Show will be held at the THREE SALMON S HOTEL, USK, at 6 o'clock p.m. on the day of the Show. Dinner and Dessert, 3s. 6d. Tickets at the Hotel. tsr All Entries close MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 1900. C. J. FRANCIS, Treasurer. Llancayo, Usk, September, 1900.. R. H. MARFELL, Secretary. EDWARD JONES, USK & RAGLAN, SOLE AGENT FOR THE ALTON COURT BREWERY Co.'s CELEBRATED" FAMILY" PALE ALES. P" Trial Order Solicited. TCAvvfiir castle ■ V £ tH» JL J PARADE, u »IL} and at Priory Street, Monmouth. CYCLE AGENT. Agent for SWIFT, RALEIGH, RUDGE-WHITWORTH, ROYAL ENFIELD, SUNBEAM, ROVER, and NEW HUDSON. Repairs of all kinds at the shortest notice. None too difficult; Machines made to order; Accessories of every description kept iu stock. CartriiBS "Strait" Mriflp! ^3 Per 100. Per Doz. s. d. s. d. Llangibby Hunt" Cartridge, Kynoch's Gas-Tight Case, Loaded, 0 Schultze or other Nitro Powder, to order 8 6 11 Lightning Cartridge, Kynock's f'Perfect I j Gns-Tigbt" Case, Toaded as above 9 6 1 2 Above are now too well-known in the Usk district to need comment. Nobels Sporting Ballistite Cartridges (absolutely smokeless and water resisting) also in stock, including the 2 inch, or Parvo Cartridge, so successful for Rabbit shooting, &c., last season. Double Breechloading Guns from 40s. up. WILLIAM BUNNING, -I T7 USE I COAL. Why pay high Prices? Wilen you can get a really Z5 GOOD COAL For 16s. per ton at T. WILLIAMS & SON, Trosnant Wharf, PONTYPOOL. Depot for all kinds of Building Materials. PONTYPOOL UNION. CONTRACTS FOR PROVISIONS, &c. PERSONS desirous of contracting with the JT Guardians of this Union for the next six months, for the supply of Bread per 4 pound Loaf, made from the best Plain Tie and best Leather Tie Flour, mixed in equal quantities, Flour (beat Plain Tie), Meat, Grocery, Cheese, Butter, Milk, Rice, Shoes, Coal, Soap, Candles, Peas, Oatmeal, and other Articles of Consumption mentioned in the form of Tender; as also for Clothing for the Workhouse of the said Union, and for Hauling Firewood, per Ton, from Panteg Station to the Workhouse and Cold Blast Slag in the lump for breakup, per ton, from above, Mr. Chapman's machine, Upper Race (the Guardians paying the Royalty), the respective tonnage to be ascertained by each loud being weighed on the machine at the Workhouse, and delivery made aa required by the Master, are requested to deliver unsigned TENDERS at MY OFFICE on or before 5 p.m. on TUESDAY, the 18th inst., and send samples to the Workhouse on the same morning, by 11 o'clock without the Tenderer's name being disolosed by the Tender, or samples, or otherwise, but respectively lubelled with numbered labels, to be obtained at my Office. Tenders, to be similarly labelled and numbered, are also invited for Haircutting and Shaving in the Workhouse, for Straw, Ironmongery, Earthenware, and Chemists' Goods, to be supplied to the Workhouse during the same period also for the Pigwash and for the supply of Coffins and conduot of Funerals for the Union Workhouse, Abersychan, Panteg, and Usk Districts for the year ending Michaelmas, 1901, the Contractor to provide at his own expense a suitable one-horse hearse (to be approved by them), inclusive of horse and driver. The estimated quantities likely to be required and produced, and the probable time of delivery, together with needful information, may be obtained on application to the Master of the Workhouse. Should the Guardians deem it advisable, the Contractor shall find one or more Surety or Sureties, who shall enter into a bond conditioned for the due performance of the Contract, or shall otherwise secure same as the Guardians shall direct. It is competent for any Person to tender for any of the Articles separately, and the Guardians do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender, and they resarve to themselves the power of accepting any part of a Ter der. PRINTED FORMS or TENDER with numbered labels MAY Bh HAD AT MY OFFICE on application (bvt will in no case be delivered without), and no Tender will be entertained except upon the printed Form, or that either therein or by the samples accompanying discloses the name of the Tenderer, or that is delivered elsewhere than at my Office, or that is not received before a p.m. on the 18th instant. All Tenders must be enclosed in sealed envelopes, endorsed Tender," or sealed and so endorsed. By Order of the Board, • T. WATKINS, Clerk. Union Office, Club Chambers, Pontypool. 5th September, 1900. USK FOOTEALL SPORTS, L&JI Wednesday, Sept. 19th, 191)0. EXTRA LARGE ENTRY. FIRST BACB 2.30 P.M. THE VOLUNTEER BAND WILL ATTEND. Admission 6d; Enclosure 3d Extra. 0* All Entries close MONDAY, SEPT. 17th, 1900, to C. B. DAYIES, Bon. See