The Pontypridd Chronicle and Workman's News

To Traiellers, &c.-Dinners, 6d., 9d., is. THE Cheapest House in Cardifi for Good Dinners, Teas, &c., is No. 20, Caroline-street. Please observe large flag over tne premises. A FATAL ARRANGEMENT.—MANY LIVES LOST.- Late on Thursday night a somewhat alarming affray took place in one of the houses in the main street of this town. It seems that the members of the household, twelve in number, retired to rest at the usual time, everything apparently alright, but in the course of one short hour a terrible affray took place, in which many lives were lost. On exami. nation it was found chat the eldest son had per. chased a 61. tin 01 Hagon's Powder, and this he sprinkled on the sheets and blankets cf his bed, with the result that all ttie fleas, bugs, &c were oruelly slaughtered. The powder killed them right and left to the joy aod satisfaction of the pu chaser, who had suffered tor many weary nights from the latteuti-ons of these minute but very persistent insects. See advertising columns for list of agents. THKO^K Hail, Snow Rain, « Class Portraits can always had fro.n lH°S JFOREEST Cambrian Studio. Pontypridd.

LLANFAEON. HAY RICK ON FIRE.—On Tuesday morning, a hayrick belonging to Mr Mathias, at Garth Farm, took fire from some unexplained cause, probably heating of the hay, and damage to. the extent of about .£100 was done.

GYFEILLON. \NAVEKSABY SERVICKS.-OH Sunday and Mon- day the members of Siloam Methodist chapel held their anniversary services, when the Revs. Moses Thomas, Glandwr; T. Jones, :Llansamlet; and J. S. Adams, America, ofhciated on tbe occasion. The sermons, which were t ffectively delivered, wer" •listened to witn eat nestueas lar^e congregations. Mr Edward Evans presided »t the hur^"Q,h d Mr T. Jenkins (blew iiafod) conducted the sing- ing.

PO IT N. BETHLEHEM METHODIST CHAPEL.-On Saturday, "Sunday, and Monday, the members belonging to this p ace of worship held their special services. The pulpit was occupied by the Revs. Owen Parry, Llanidau, North Wa'es 3 Williams, Brynsiencyn; orth hales j and W. Lewis, Pontypridd.

FERNDALE. As will be seen from our advertising columns, Professor Daprez is to visit this place on the 6th last.

TONYPANDY. At the National Schoolroom, on October 4fcb, ProfesBor Duprez will give an entertainment. Finest mild cured Breakfast Bacon, 5d per lb. Whole side, 4Jd, &t Harris', 75, Taff-street, Ponty- pridd. THE MYSTERY.—-Our readers are informed that The Mystery, will be explained in future issues.

YSTRAD. Professor Duprez is annonnoed to visit this place on the 5th October.

CAERPHILLY. REFUSING TO PAY TOLL.-At a petty sessions on Tuesday-before Messrs H. T. Williams, W. Rees, W- H. Leigh, and Dr Llewelyn—William Long and Divid Monkley, of Abersyen ui, W3re chared with having refused to pay toll at Pwllypant, on August 24, and were each fined 5s and costs. TRAVELLING WITHOUT TICKETS. Lewis Williams and David Thomas, of Gelligaer, were charged with havi, g travelled on the Rhyuinev Railway without ticketH on May 8Gb, and wel-a fined 5s aud costs. GAME TRESPASS.—Djvid Jenkins, Upper Boat, and Richard Jenkins, Treforest, were charged with trespassing in search of game on the Duffryn Ffrwd Estate, on September 2nd. Defendants were each fined 92, and 21 9s 3d costs. THE ALLEGED THEFT BY A SALVATIONIST.—George Barrett, a member of the Salvation Army, was brought up in custody and charged, on remand, with having, on ilarch 13th, stolen 23 5s 6 1, money belo-uiri g to a fellow lodge' named Thomas Stokes, at Caerphilly- The facts of the case have- already been reported. Defendant, who is well known to the police, was committed to take his trial at the nest quarter-sessions. Small Hams, about lOlbs, of superior quality, war- ranted mild, 6d per lb.-Harris, 75, Taff-street, Pontypridd.

MOUNTAIN ASH.' i rr l- > SEARCHING FOR GA.ME.-At the Aberdare police- court, on Tuesday. William Richard, Penrhiw- oeiber, was summoned for trespassing in search of game, on mountain in the Llanwonno district, belonging to Messrs. Nixon and Company. De- fendant, accompanied by a greyhound, was observed by a keeper named Scott searching the ferns. Defendant said he was looking for nuts. Mr, Rhys: Do you use greyhonnds for drawing nuts? The defendant was fined 20s. and costs, with the alternative of three weeks' imprisonment with hard labour.-Willism Davies, who did not appear, was summoned for trespassing on Lord Aberdare's land at Mountain Ash. Mr. Morgan, his lordship's agent, said he saw defendant, and other men, with a greyhound and terrier, near rabbit holes. A warrant was granted. STEALING POTATOES AT MOUNTAIN ASH.- William Henry Evans, a boy, was charged with stealing three-pennyworth of potatoes from a garden belonging to William Williams, back of the Church, Mountain Ash, on the 18th inst. He was fined 5s. and costs, ordered to pay 3d., the value, or go to gaol for ten days.

ABERDARE. A MILK VENDOR IN TROUBLE.—At the Aber- dare police-couht, on Tuosday-before Mr North, Mr Rbyp, Mr D. E. Davies, and Mr D. P. Williams—William Evans, 26, Oxford-street, Gadlys, was summoned for selling adulterated milk.—Inspector Thorney said on 30th August he bought a pint of milk from defendant's daughter, which on aualysis was found to contain 10 per cent. of water.—Defendant's wife said no water was added to the milk so far as she knew.—Supt. Thomas mentioned that ten samples of milk were taken at the same time, and sent to the analyst, and this was the only one found to be adulterated. —Defendant was fined 25s and costs. DAMAGING PUBLIC PROPERTY.—David Rees Davies, a boy, was ordered to pay 2s 6d fine, Id damage, and the costs for having damaged a public lamp.

THE HORSE FRAUD AT CAERPHILLY. HOW FARMERS ARE DUPED. APPREHENSION OF "PAPER COLLAR JOE.' ATTEMPTED RESCUE. PRISONER BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES. At the Caerphilly police-court on Tuesday, before Mr H. T. Williams, Mr W. Rees, Mr W H. Leigh, and Dr. Llewellyn,-William Goodwin, alias Powles, but generally known as Paper-collar Joe," was brought up in custody charged with conspiring to de- fraud Thomas Evans, Ynysybwl, of a horse at Caer- philly April fair. Prisoner's son was convicted of the same offence, and sentenced at the last Quarter Sessions to tnree month's imprisonment, and the case has excited a good deal of interest. It may .be interesting to state that the prisoner was arrested at Stow bridge, whither he had been traced upon the information of the Pontypridd police. It was with great difficulty that he was secured and arrested, the police at that place being, when they attempted the werk, assaulted by a numerous family living in the house where the prisoner slept. The prisoner's wife and son, who took part in the melee, were arrested for attempting a rescue. The prisoner is supposed to be one of a gang of men who go about the country attending fairs, and, it is alleged that, for a long, time they have been perpetrating a series of frauds upon unsuspecting people at these fairs. For instance, it was stated that one way of defraud- ing farmers and others was for one of the clique to go to a farmer and ask him how much he would sell his horse for, the man answering (say fl2). The stranger would, without any hesitation, pay the money and receive the horse. Then the stranger would say that some of the farmers were chary of him, and that he was therefore unable to do business with them, and pointing to a horse in charge of a confederate he would ask whether the farmer would oblige him by buying the animal for him, naming at the same time the price that he was wiliing to give for him (say X30). The farmer not suspecting any- thing wrong as the stranger had paid the money so readily for the horse which he had purchased from him, at once complies, and without re- ceiving any money from the stranger goes to the confederate and buys the horse, taking it back to the place where he had left the stranger standing, but upon getting there he finds the stranger has dis- appeared. Then retracing his steps to the spot where he left the confederate, from whom he had purchased the horse for stranger number one, he finds that he also has decamped, and the farmer is left very pro- bably with a broken winded horse on his hands and £ 18, or whatever difference in the price of the horses may be, to the bad. Another mode of operation is one that the farmers ought to see through more easily than the other. The stranger goes to a farmer and asks him the price of his horse. The farmer replies, sayt3O. The stranger say fa* No, I don't care to give that for your horse, but I will give you X40 for that horse over there (pointing to a hare in charge of a confederate); ycu swop horses with him and I will give you the X40 for his horse." The farmer thinking that he will benefit by the bargain proceeds to swop horses with the confederate, pays, perhaps, the £10 difference in order to get rid of his own horse, and then takes the swopped horse, which is vastly inferior to his own, to the place where he had, a few minutes before, left stranger number one. Upon arriving there, however, he finds that that gentleman has made a mysterious disappearance and is nowhere to be found. Tne farmer then suddenly discovers that he has been duped and goes in quest 01 the dealer with whom he exchanged horses, but finds that he also is minus. This is the kind of transaction that the pri- soner is supposed to have been associated with, and, upon the information of the Pontypridd police, as already stated, Paper Collar Joe was apprehended, and on Monday was brought down by Inspector Jones, of Porth, and on Tuesday was breught before the magistrates and remanded till next Tuesday.

I THE RHONDDA TRADE DEPRESSION. II REDUCTION IN VALUATION". The collieries in the Rbondda. Valley are still slack oji workings, although last week there was a slight improvement perceptible. The overseers have just completed their revaluation, and ill the parish of Ystradyfod N alone there is a reduction of J39000 reported,

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PONTYPRIDD HIGHWAY BOARD. The monthly meeting of the Pontypridd High. way Board was held on Wednesday, when there were present Mr. Josiah Lewis, in the chair, Messrs. T. Morgan (Tonteg), T. Morgan, (Ponty- pridd), M. Cule, E. John, and E. H. Davies. A letter was read from the Glamorgan Coal Com- pany, asking the Board if they could either make a new road at Gelligron, or widen and improve the road between Penrbiwfer and Tonyrefail. The Surveyor reported that difficulties had arisen with regard to the matter, inasmach as the landowner, Mr. Thomas, declined to grant the land necessary for widening the road.—Several of the members pointed out that the road was one of the worst in the county, and that a great amount of traffic passed over it from Tonyrefail to Penygraig, Ystrad, and other places. But, inasmuch as the land could not be obtained, the next best thing was ordered to oe done, viz., improve the road in its present width. THE BOARD AND THE BARRY RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. T. Morgan (Tonteg), drew attention to the action of the contractor of the Barry Railway in leaving heaps of stone and material on the roadside at Tonteg, where the work of erecting a bridge and embankment at Pantifanddu bad been carried on.—Mr. M. Cule said he wished to draw atten- tion to another matter of very great importance, and that was that the contractors of the Barry Railway Company had closed up a public foot- path which had existed for about 100 years at least, from Tafarn-y-coed towards the tinworks and across to Rbydfelen. The Taff Vale Railway Company bad erected a footbridge across their railway in order that the path migh be used, but the Barry Company seemed to have ignored both the right of way and the action of the Taff Vale Railway Company, for they had constructed their line right across where the footpath was, and they had all sorts of rubbish there as well.—The Chairman said they certainly ought to call upon the Company to restore the footpath.—The Clerk (Mr. E. C. Spickett) said that the Company or their contractors seemed to think that they could do as they liked, bat in regard to the road up the bill, near his own house, he had written to them pointiag out that they were liable to £ 20 a day penalty for obstructing it, and Szlumper, the engineer, at once came down in that case.- Mr. Morgan (Tonteg), said that in regard to the footpath mentioned by Mr. Cule, he knew that there had been disputes about it between the people and the Taff Vale Railway Company many years ago, the company having built a wall across the path and the people having pulled it down, and the matter had to be dealt with in Llantrisant court, but the Company lost the day and the footbridge was erected across. It was decided that the Clerk write to the Company call- ing upon them to clear the path or make the footbridge, and also to clear the road of all rubbish in the place mentioned.—A letter was received from the company asking the Board if they would agree to forego their claim for a wider road where the company had made a new cutting at Tonteg on the condition that the com- pany straighten the road at Nantydall, the Board paying one half the cost of the lengthened culvert across the stream, towards which the Rural Sani- tary Authority had agreed to contribute. After a short discussion it was decided that all that bad been required by the Board originally should be insibted upon, viz.: the widening of the road, as well as the straightening of the road at Nantydall.

Pontypridd Police Intelligence, WEDNESDAY. Before Mr W. Jones, Mr E. Thomas, Mr E. John and Mr C. Bassetfc. Juny LISTS.—The jury lists of the different parishes were passed. INFRINGEMENT OF LICE SE AT PWLIYGWAIN.—Seth Williams, holding an outdoor license, was charged with infringing his license. Mr W. Spickett appeared for the defendant. P.C. Bodger said that on the 23rd September he went to where defendant lived, and saw five men standing by the back door, close round it in a circle, and one man standing half way in. One man had a jug m his right hand, and a glass divider in the other. He was pouring beer out of a jug. A little girl ran in and said something about a policeman. He heard defendant's son say "Hide the glass." The man put the glass under the tail of his coat, and moved off about two yards, and then drank the beer. He saw all the men drink. The jug would hold about half a gallon. Defendant was in the house. His wife asked him what ri,-»ht had he to take the man's name and his son's name. She said "I sold the men the jug and the beer, and they drank it off the premises.—Cross- examined: P.C. Francis was with him. Could not say whether the jug was sold or borrowed. Defen- dant's wife distinctly said she sold it to them.—P.C. Francis corroborated—Mr Spickett said defendant had been subjected to great persecution in being watched. He had now left the house.—For the defence, John Alderman, collier, was called, and said he went to the defendant's house and asked for beer. Defendant's daughter refused because he had no jug. He borrowed one next door, and then got the beer. No beer was drunk until they got into the middle of the road. They were not by the door when the police came up.—John Williams, son of defendant, said the men were not in the doorway when the police came up. He heard his mother say she sold the jug, but she did not knpw ¡ -a.Qyt.bing about it, as she was upstairs when the men I came. Fined 20s and costs. THROWING STONES AT BICYCLISTS AT WATTSTOWN. David Jenkins, 9 years of age, William Gerald, 11 years. and David Williams was charged with this offence.—Owen Powell said: On Monday 13th, at nine at night, he was gcing through Wattstown on a bicycle and saw boys picking up stones. As he passed them they threw stones at him. One stone hit him on the back and the others hit his machine. A stone got between the brake and the tire was knocked to pieces. The damage amounted to £ 1 15s. —David Davies, said he was going on a machine at the same time with complainant. Stones were thrown at him as he passed.—The defendants were fined 2s Gd each and ordered to pay the damages, 30s. BREACH OF THE COLLIERY RULES AT PONTYPRIDD.— John Thomas, George Spear, and Jacob Summerhill, were charged with breach of the Colliery Rules.The case against Spear was first heard.—Thomas Limb, Manager of the Maritime Colliery, Pontypridd, said defendant was a collier, and tried to take a patent pick out a of the Colliery. To carry such a tool was a breach of the 264th General Rule.—Fined 2s. 6d. and costs.—Jacob Summerhill was next charged. —Thomas Mayberry, overman, said defendant was a collier. On the 21st inst., at 12 at night he went to defendant's working place and ordered him to set some timber under the roof. He said he would. Three hours after he went there again and found the timbers had not been set. He (witness) and the manager set them at once.—Fined 2s. 6d. and costs. -John Thomas was charged with neglecting to set timbers when ordered to do so by the overman.—De- fendant said he considered the place was safe.— Ordered to pay the costs. FAMILY DESERTTON.—William Qnartly was charged with beserting his wife and family.—Adjourned. DRUNK Ar PONTYPRIDD.—Charles Richards was charged with being drunk on the 19th inst.—Fined 15s. ASSAULT AT TYI,ORSTOWN.-Mary Day was charged with assaulting Mary Thomas.—Fined 20s. OBSTRUCTION AT PORTH.—Owen Davies, William Hughes, and Isaac Williams were charged with ob- struction.—P.C. Williams proved the case.—Hughes was fined 5s and costs, and the others 10s. each, including costs.—Charles Didden was also charged with obstruction.—Fined 10s., including costs. STEALING A WATCH AT WATCH. Thomas Davies, Pandy, was charged with stealing a watch, value £ 5, the property of Jonas Maybe, Pandy, on the 27th September. From the evidence adduced it appeared that the defendant stole the watch and afterwards pawned it.—Committed for trial.

ABERDARE LOCAL BOARD. Mr R. H. Rhys presided at the bi-monthly meeting on Friday morning. The medical officer reported eight fresh cases fever during the past fortnight, being an inerease of two, and one death. There was also one fresh case of typhoid fever. An estimate of the new rate was sub. mitted by the clerk, and it was resolved that a general district rate of Is 3d in the Y, be made. There was no other business of impostance.

ADJOURNED LICENSING SESSIONS AT CAERPHILLY The adjourned annual licensing meeting was held at the Court-house, Caerphilly, on Tuesday, for the Division Lower, which comprises the parishes of Eglwysilan, Llanfabon, Gelligaer, and Rudry, and the hamlets of Fan, Llanfedw, and Rhydygwern. The jnstices present were: Messrs. H. T. Williams (chairman), John Llewellyn, W. Rees, and W. W Leigh. All the licenses held over from the last meet- ing were renewed.—The Chairman, on granting the license of the Panteg Inn, cautioned the landlady in a rather peremptory tone as to the future management of her house.

SAD CASE OF DROWNING AT YNYS CADUDWG. At 7.30 p.m. on Monday P.C. Jenkins who is stationed at Navigation received information that a man had been drowned in the Taff river near the Park Farm, Navigation, while trying to cross the river with a horse and cart, the property of Mr John Morgan, contractor, Aberdare. The unfor- tunate man proved to be Evan Lloyd Davies, 27 years of age, and lodging at Stormstown, except from Saturday to Monday, when be was at Aber- dare. The deceased, who was a haulier, had been at Ynysoadudwg where Mr Morgan his employer was erecting some houses, and was, when the accident happened, taking the horse and cart to a stable at the farm, and was crossing the river at Ynyscadudwg, there be;ng no bridge at that point, in order to save himself the journey to Naviga- tion orPontypridd. Another haulier wasfollowiug him and was about to cross the river but when he saw deceased disappearing turned back. The cart was seen upside down about 300 yards below. It was reported that shortly after 7 o'clock on Monday evening, the body of a man was seen carried by the flood over the weir at Treforest, and it is supposed that it was the body of the unfortunate man Davies.

THE PONTYPRIDD ARBITRATION CASE. —— t..IQ()II.. LETTER FROM MESSRS. GROVERj' AND GROVER. We have received the following letter from Messrs.,Grrover and Grover r J l Bank Chambers, Pontypridd, 4 iG .¡J.>(¿ 8 u;, Sept. 29, 1886.4 ^SIR,—In your issue of the 24th inst., under the heading Echoes," you refer to the recent arbitration between Mr Richard Male, solicitor, and Mr David Griffiths respecting the erection of a suburban resi. dence for the former. Your correspondent must have been greatly misinformed as to the correct termina tion of the proceedings, as he states the award to our client, the builder, was something overi £ 200. It was very considerably over that amount as the aam awarded to Mr Griffiths was £ 594 10s 9d, in addition to a further sum of X49 12s 6d for his costs, and we have receivedj on account of our client Mr Male's cheque forTE626 6s 3d being the aggregate of the fore- going sums, less tl7 17s our client's moiety of the arbitration fees as agreed. Kindly oblige us by giving this correction in your issue of this week. Your obedient servants, GROVER & GROVER.

EGLWYSILAN SCHOOL BOARD The monthly meeting of the Eglwysilan School Board was held on Monday, when there present — Me (Jule in the coair, the Rev T, W. Jones, Messrs Ddovid Morris, John Morgan, Eli Jenkins, and David Willame. Libts of the irregular children attending school Wbra sent in by the various teachers, bat as it appeared from the statements of the attendance officers who attended the Board meeting that a large number of the children on the lists were absent through illness, it was decided to return the lists to the teachers, requesting them to send in only the names of those children who were absent without any sufficient reason being assigned.—A precept was issued for the sum of £ 600.—The committee having reported that the enquiries were satisfac- tory respecting Mr F. Pearce, it was decided that his tender, which was before the Board at the last meeting, for the extension to Coedpenmaea school be accepted.

THE EFFECTS ARE PERMANENT. A WONDERFUL STATEMENT, SHOWING THAT THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF "WARNER'S SAFE CURE" ARE NOT TEMPORARY, BUT PERMANENT. THE objection is often made that the beneficir.I efitclsof proprietary 111eliicles aloe only temporary, and tfont the disease return tS soon is the use of the medicine is discon- tinued. To meet thi., objection in the case of "Warner's Safe Cure," we give below a single one of the thousands of cpnfinned testimonials in our possession, showing per- manency of effect several years after the cure was wrought. Mr. J. Hiscock, station-inrster of Taff Vale Railway iSta^ion, Wales, writing' under date of JULY SI, 1882, says —Having for years suffered from kidney trouble, which ended in abscess of that organ, resulting from inflammation. \;¡th a copious tlowof pus, I purchased about 15 bottles of Warner's Safe Cure.' the contents of 13 only of which A ii»ve taken. Itbroughtaway about two ouncfs of tolle; the JH1 has ceased to appear, the pain has vanished, the water is now clear, and I believe it li w eHeetec1 a complete cure. I have long and ftirly tried snm:- of the ablest medical men in South Wales, but they failed to treat the case success- fully, one of them remarkingthit medical science had. failed to find a remedvfor conlinried j¡1t1J':Y disease." Writing under date of AFT-CIL 27,1886, this gentleman says: It is now nearly four :(tr. since I discontinued the I!se of Warner's Safe Cure,' nnd I have haclno relapse of kidney trouble, have seen neither stone, gravel, or pns during that period, no return of the bad, heavy pain in the region of the kidneys which troubled me for years before I began the use of Warner's Safe Cure.' In my case the care has been thorough and permanent, and I doubt not it will be in others similarly afflicted, if a fair trial is accorded it. /7 Yours faithfully, "Station Master Navigation Station. Taif T ale llailieay, Treharris, B.B.V. Glamorganshire, Wales." Thousands of testimonials like the above can be shown, proving bevond the shadow of a doubt, that the beneficial effects of 11 Warner's Safe Cure" are permanent. This permanency of power over disease gives it the most exalted rank, and in this particular it has no equal. Read the statement of Mr. Hiscock again, and then answer for your- self: Do you prefer to suffer, or will you give thorough trial to a remedy that has proved a blessing to so many many thoiisinds-9 For sale by all chemists and druggists, and at the stores. Price. 4s. 6d. If your chemist does not beep it, and will not order it, send your orders direct to ft. H. WARNER & CO., 47, Farringdon Street, London, E.G.

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. — Prevision ■— As autumn treads on winter, slender, delicate, and pale-faced youths become listless, languid, and debilitated, unless an alternative, combined with some tonic, be administered to quicken their enfeebled organs, This precise requirement is supplied in these noted Pills, which can and will accomplish all that is wanted, provided the printed instructions sur- rounding them meet with scrupulous attention. Holloway's Pills are especially adapted to supply the medical wants of youth, because his medicine acts gently, though surely, as a purifier, regulator, alterative, tonic, and mild aperient. A very few doses of these Pills will convince any discouraged invalid that his cure lies in his own hands, and a little perseverance only is demanded for its com- pletion.

Too Late for Classification. MARKET HALL, PONTYPRIDD. ON TUESDAY, the 19th of OCTOBER, 18S6, a LECTURE Will b" delivered by the distinguished AFRICAN EXPLORER, MR. HENRY M. STANLEY, GOVERNOR OF THE CONGO FREE STATE, Author of "How I found Livingstone," "Through the Dark Continent," &e. subject— "MY AFRICAN TRAVELS AND WORK." Z; • I .wocn The Cimr will ba tatn by LOR) A33HDRS President of the val Geographical Sociery. Doors open at 7, to cjmmet.ce at 7.30 precisely. ADMISSION—Platform and Front Seats (num- bered), 3s; Second Seats, 2s; and Back Se-its, h. PLAN OF THD HALL May be seen and Seats secured at Mr W. H. Key's, Taff-street, Pontypridd. TICKETS May also be obtained of Air W. Jones, stationer, Duke-street, Cardiff; Miss WilKins, Stamp Office, Merthyr Tydfil; Messrs Fart ant & Frost, booksellers, Aberdare; Mis Davies, bookseller, 17, Uonmercial- street, Aberdare; Mr Evan Cule, grocer, Treber- bert; Mr W. Phillips, grocer, Treorky Mr John Lloyd, draper, Pentre Mr George Knill, grocer, and Mr Richard Lewis. Boot and Shoe Warehouse, Ton- ypandy; Mr John Jones, grocer, Hannah-street Porth. Iss" It is anticipated that the Lecture will be over in time for friends from a distance to return by the 9.16 p.m. train.

COMPLIMENTARY CONCERT TO MISS META SCOTT, MERTHYB. On Wednesday weak last a graud complimentary concert, given to Misa Meca Scot^, wis held at the Drill Hall, Merthyr, waen a large and most fashionable audience assembled t) do honour to a young lady whose musical abilities are recognised and so highly esteemed in Merthyr and the sur- rounding district. Miss Scott is a student of the R.A.M., London, and recently received high eulogiums upon her playing from the Daily Telegraph, Musical Times and other papers, on her appearance at St. James' id all, London. She was assisted on the occasion by Miss Julia Jones (soprano), Miss Hannah M. Jones, medalist, R.A.M.; Eos Morlais; Mr Dan Price, R.C.M.; Mr Fred W. Griffiths, silver medallist, B..A.M.; Hev. Luther Bruuo, and Mr T. S. Siedle, each of whom, with the exception of Miss Julia Jones, was in ex.- cellent voice and style, We were sorty to bear that Miss Jones was suffering from an inflamed throat, and was then under medical treatment. Despite all drawbacks the tones of the fair cantatrice had their usual sweetness and ch arness, although not accompanied with their accustomed volume. The young beneficiere gave piano and violin solos daring the evening. On the fof«m»r instrument she fairly electrified her audience with her exquisite render ng of Mendelssohn's Andante and Rondo Capricioso," the interpretation of which proved her a worthy pupil cf a worthy master, Mr Walter Bach, himself a pupil of the late reno vned Abbe Liszt.

THE LAST LINE DID IT. Taynndro Dumas was one dav the suest oi T-V- Gistal, a leading practitioner in Marseilles. Afldt, dinner, while the coffee was being handed round, the host requested the great novelist to enrich his album with one of his witty improvisations. "Certainly," replied Dumas with a smile; and drawing out a pencil lie wrote, under the eyes of his entertainer, the following lines. Since Dr. Gistal came to our town, To cure diseases casual and hereditary, The hospital has been pulled down- "You flatterer I" here exclaimed the doctor. mightWy pleased but the poet went on, And we have made a larger cemetery.

THE LAWYER AND THE JEW. One day, as a solicitor was passing through Lincoln's Inn with his professional bag under his arm he was accosted by a Jew with "Cloash to shell, old cloash?" The lawyer, somewhat nettled at this address, from a superstition that Moses mis- took him for an inhabitant of Duke's Place, snatched a bundle of papers from their damask repository, and replied, "No, sir; they are all new suits."

TAKING IT AS A COMPLIMENT. A young lady from the country got into one of the citv cars. The vehicle had not gone far when the conductor said, affably, "Your fare, miss." The ladv blushed. The conductor repeated, "Your fare, miss," and the lady blushed more deeply By this time' the conductor began to look rather foolislr After a pause, he again repeated, Miss, your fare." "Well said the lady, "They dew say I'm good- looking at hum, but I don't see why you want to say it out loud."

It is stated that the analysis of the recent census of the peoples of India will show that within the limits of the Indian empire no fewer than 132 separate and distinct languages are spoken. Employment, which has been called "Nature's physician," is so essential to human happiness that indolence' is justly considered as the mother of misery. The pleasure of doing good is the only one that never wears out. Two things are inseparable from lying; many promises and many excuses. Ashes fly back in the face of him who throw# them.. Don't show your teeth if you can tbite He laughs well who laughs last. The absent are never in the right. To a friend's house the road is nev long. Borrowed dresses give no warmth. Time is anger's medicine.

John Jones, a cowkeeper, have been charged at the Dudley police-court with cruelty to four cows by putting them into a bare field and giving them no proveudar. He kept them until one died from starva- tion and the others were scarcely strong enough to eat food supplied by the neighbours. The defendant was committed for a month. William Darlington, an engineer at Old Park Steel Works, Wednpsbury, was in charge of a steam crane on the bridge 50ft. high, when a violent wind set the crane in motion. The stop blocks breaking, the rane and engine toppled over and fell with a great crash into the street, killing Darlington irstai), taiicously. and doing 2.1,000 worth of damage to the engine. Her Majesty's Government, according to a com mnnication addressed by direction of the Marquir ol Salisbury to the Copyright Association, have decided to bring in a measure to amend the law relating to copyright, and to enable this country to beoome a part J t,, the International Copyright Union. Twenty puppies have been destroyed at Bad. bury Kennels, in Derbyshire, the headquarters of the Meynell Hunt. One of the puppies developed symptoms of hydrophobia, and all the others which had been in contact were shot. An old woman, named Mary Murray, who died at Warwick from the effects of a fall downstairs, ha4 lived like a recluse for many ywi, and had received parochial relief. Upon the house being searched nearly 40 sovereigns were found carefully packed away ar,nong it let of rap and rubbish. Priace Alexander at Batten berg has stated prlw 'ately that he is determined not to emerge from mvate life again. In consequence of the entension of the cholera ill Hungary all arrivals from the Danube and Varna tre subjected to ten full days' quarantine. Another slight earthquake shock has been expe- rienced at Charleston. No damage was done, but these repeated shocks are causing the greatest at arm. The Daily Netvs understands that Mr. Parneli intends to make a special appeal to Irishmen is the United States to assist tenants who may be evicted in the coming winter to hold out against the land- lords. The other evening, as an empty London and North-Western passenger train was standing on the metals at Folly-lane, Warrington, a luggage train ran into it, seriously breaking the van and rather badly injuring the guard. At Looe Races, the other day, a panic was caused by the bolting of a horse named Eclipse from the paddock. It knocked down several people as they tied before it; and one man a pensioner named Bate, received such injuries as to cause his death. Mr. Bartholomew, President of the Charter Oak fe Insurance Company at Hartford, has been found Lo be a defaulter to the amount of 127,000 dols. A receiver for the company, will be appointed. Mr. Bartholomew has fled to Canada. A telegram from Constantinople announces that Sir Edward Thornton is about to return to England to complete the remaining six months of his period of diplomatic service, and will be succeeded in the 1-iiistaiitiiiople Embassy by Sir William White. A column erected to the memony of Admjiral Yegethoff, who commanded the Austrian fleet at Battle of Lissa on July 20, 1866, has been un- i 41ed in Vienna, in tlie presence of the Emperor la large and distinguished gathering. 41t Berlin, the War Office authorities are busily iZUed in preparing their Budget for presentation to the Beichstag. Many important changes in the Army are contemplated, these having especial reference to cavalry and artillery. The Mayor of St. Helens (Alderman M'Bryde), in accordance with a custom inaugurated by Alder- man Harrison and followed by each successive Mayor, gave a dinner of old English fare to about 3UO aged poor people residing in the borough, ill the Town Hall the other night. Mr. James Bell, of Glasgow, has issued a ofaaU lenge to run a yttcht next autumn for the Americait Cup. If the challenge is accepted, the Clydd yachtsman will construct the yacht with a tonagtf the same as the Mayflower, and she will race with 4 crew of Clyde men on board. At the St. Helens Police Court, before Mr. C. Ji Bishop, a young man named Jacob Spash, who lives on Canal-bank East, has been charged tindet the Criminal Law Amendment Act with assaulting Annie Grady, aged fourteen years, who lives with her stepfather at 12, Sandfield-crescent He wa. reuiauded. The firm of Blochow, Vaughan, and Co., South Bank, Middlesbrough, in consequence of the ra- fusal of the hematite blast furnacemen to accept a 10 per cent. reduction of wages, have commenced te coke the furnaces. The workmen's secretary had offered to accept 2 £ per cent. The firm is willing to take o per cent Mr. Spofforth, the Australian cricketer, was mar* ried at Breadsall Church, Derby, the other afters noon, to Miss Phillis Marsh Cadman, second daugh. ter of [r. Joseph Calinan, of the Cedars, Bread- sail. The church was crowded. The newly-married couple left for London, and will depart shortly for Australia. Anxiety continues to prevail in Austrian Govern- ment circles in regard to Russian action in Bulgaria. Every day brings evidence, a Vienna correspondent telegraphs, not only that a conflict with Russia is looked upon as possible, but that popular confidence in the alliance with Germany has been materially shaken. At Blackburn, the other day, the Blackburn and Darwen Tramway Company were summoned for overcrowding cars. In one case there were twenty passengers over the proper number in the car, and in another case eighteen. As the company had been ten times previously summoned, they were tined the full penalty of 4cs. and costs in each case. The body of a child, which was buried without registration at Wickham Cemetery, Kent, upon the representation th'at it was still-bom, has been ex- humed by oder of the coroner, for a post-mortem feXamination and an inquest. The police have been investigating the affair, as Dr. Piggot, of Beckeu- ham, reported that the child died on the day after birth. r y:. A sad drowning case occurred at Blackburn the other night about half-past eight o'clock. Some boys at play near a quarry heard a "splash and a scream, and some men, whose assistance they ob- tained, recovered from a pit in the quarry the i;ody of Betty Brown, aged sixty-seven years, wife of a. working man. It is supposed that the woman went through the quarry as a near way home, and fell into tiie pit. The Portsmouth police have arrested a 111 an named Hook with the plate in his possession be.onging to the officers' mess of the gunnery ship Excellent, which had been stolen. The prisoner had travelled from Southa up ton to Portsmouth, and was about to book for London when arrested with a. portman- teau in his hand containing the property. The articles having been identified, the prisoner was formerly brought up at the p .iice court and re- manded. Catherine Mullen lias been charged with stealing a chair belonging to Margaret Foley, Leicester. street, Birkenhead. The prisoner had lodged at Mrs. Foley's house for about four months. A few days ago she went away, alii the chair was then missed. Detective Potts arrested the prisoner, and found that the chair had been sold at a shop in Grange-road.■—Prisoner ploa.ded guilty, and was fined lOs. and costs, or seven days in default. At the Runcorn Police Court, Charles_ Kussell has been convicted, upon two warrants, of having, on tl)e :,Iotli June, been seen coming from land at Sutton, where it was suspectjd he had been searching for game, and also of trespassing on the laud, which belongs to Mr. Gorst. Prisoner had a gun in his possession on coming off the land. lift was ordered to pay fines and costs amounting to f 7s. 2d. or, in default go to prison for twenty-one days. A riot took place the other day at Porluumn, Gal- way, and on the police interfering and making some arrests they were attacked and stoned by the crowd, who attempted to rescue the prisoners. The police were compelled to draw their batons in defence, and several persons were wounded. Stone throwing was continued for a long time, and it was with great difficulty the police secured four of the rioters, who were forwarded to Gal way Gaol under a stionjf escort. About two o'clock the other afternoon a young woman named Bridget Hopkins, WHO resides at °, Milton-street, Liverpool, met with a serious acci- dent. She was employed at a warehouse in Little- Howard-street, when by some means she stumbled and tell into the cellar beneath, and sustained sudh severe injuries t-hat it was deemed necessary to send information to the Northern Hospital. Dr. Selater soon arrived upon the R,-eiie witli the horse anibu- lance, and caused the sufferer to be removed to the hospital, where it was found that she was suffering from a fractured spine. At Olilham, the other morning, Robert Vokes, a comedian engaged at the Gaiety Theatre, took out a summons against James Mayall for assault. Vokes sings a topical song, in which allusion is male to Mayall and others in a certain part of the town. Que j night Mayall and others went to the theatre and de- manded to see Vokes. Whilst he was explaining Mayall knocked him down, kicked him 011 the cheek, aill| injured his eye seriously. Vokes was escortell home by the police in consequence of threats. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. W. G. Unions. of Regent Iro nworks, liilston.and Staffordshire:Foun- dry. West Bromwich, has been held at Darlaston. The statement of affairs showed liabilities and assets Ð,(j\)O. No offer was made, and a com- mittee was appointed to investigate the affairs. Much sympathy with the debtor has been evinced by his workpeople, who, in addition to passing a resolution of sympathy with him, have offered to work a fortnight without pay by way of assisting him. At Glasgow judgment has been given in the trial of the pilot, Thomas Martin, of the Clan Graham, and James Clusholm, captain of tho btrathnairn, both charged with recklessness. Their steamers coming in opposite directions in tne Clyde, col- I litled with such violence that the btrathnairn sank immediately. The crew had a marvellous escapa by getting into boats as she was going down. The Court found Martin in default, and fined him three guineas, while Chisholm was pronounced free from iaw ¡