Cheshire Observer

You Can Always Rely on "MAYPOLE" EGGS, For they're just New Laid. and fresh from the farm. Moreover, every Egg is stamped as a guarantee of good quality. MAYPOLE EGG;- Every morning are the best beginning for the day's work, and they're the finest foundation for count- less kitchen dainties. TO-DAY'S PRICE ONLY 9D. Per Handy Box of 12 MAYPOLE DAIRY Co.. LIMITED, 8, WATERGATE STREET, CHESTER. 366 BRANCHES THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM. WHO CAN FURNISH THE WITTIEST TESTIMONIAL IN OUR SPRING CLEANING COMPETITION ? me WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE BEST TESTIMONIAL* Referring to one or more of the articles mentione on a handbill to be obtained at any of the 300 branched of BOOTS, CAS Hell K Mil STS. SPRING CLEANING REQUISITES. HOUSEMAIDS' GLOVKN Protect the hands from scars and ingrained dirt. Price from 8Jd. per pair. BOOTS VARNISH STAINS Givea brilliant polish in oak, walnut, mahogany, &c. Staining and varnishing woodwork at one operation. Usual 6d. size for 4l2d., 1 size for 8d, 2 6 size for 1/5 per bottle. FURNITURE CREAM Gives a brilliant gloss. Guaranteed not to show finger marks. 6d. bottle for 4d., 1/- bottle for 7d. BRUNSWICK BLACK Will make itomvork of the commonest kind ornamental. 6d. size for 4d., 1/- bottle for 6 id. MORGAN'S GOLD ENAMEL The most satisfactory substitute for gold leaf. Hae the original brightness of gold, and is easy of application. Powder, liquid, brush and j palette. 1/3 till for 10d, UNRIVALLED MKTAL POLISH BOOTS BRASS PASTE or METAL POLISH will clean every kind of metal, brass, steel oi iron, :anci is invaluable in household use. Trial size (usual 2d ) for Id. 1/- tin for 4d. BOOTS SANITARY FLUID Kills the germs of disease and keeps the house and surroundings healthy. A highly concen- trated but safe disinfectant. 4d. and 8d.; 1/4 quart; 3/6 gallon. WILLS' CLEANSING CLOU D Y AMMONIA Makes hard water soft, and is an invaluable help in'the cleaning of silver, crockery mirrors, windows, cut glass, but especially is it useful in removing grease spots, stains, &c., from wash- boards and floors. It is also good for toilet, bath and laundry. 1/- bottle for 10d., small trial size 6d. BOOTS, CAS H C H E M I sT s. LARGEST, BEST & CHEAPEST. LOCAL ADDRESSES 284 EASTGATE ROW. AND 24 EASTGATE-ST CHESTER

MAIIAMK DOUGLAS ADAJJS'S FAUST." An operatic performance of Gounod's "Faust" will he given at the Music Hall on April 21st, by a company of London artists, with the pupils of Madame Douglas Adams m the chorus. The difficult role of Marguerite will bs taken by Miss Ella Douglas, daughter of Madame Douglas Adams, a student fresh from the Roval College of Music London, and the p.\rt of Siebel will be taken by Miss Violet Monk. The famous opera will he staged with much taste, the best theatrical appliances being adopted in the mounting of the piece. Madame Douglas Adams has been very successful in her training of the chorus for previous operatic performances, and with the aid of the London talent the opera should prove a great musical treat. A preliminary advertisement of the event appears on our first page On account of the great length of the oper a the time of commence- ment is altered from 8 o'clock to 7.30, the doors opening at seven o'clock. DEATH OF MR. W. PAXTON HARDING.We regret to announce that the death unexpectedly occurred at eleven o'clock oa Monday night of Mr. Walter Paxton Harding, at White Friars, at the age of 53. The deceased had been in poor health for some months, but was only actually confined to his bed about three weeks ago. By profession he was a dentist, and commenced practice in Cheater a.! out 20 years ago, coining here from Carnarvon. He retired from active practice about 12 months ago, and the business is now carried on by his eldest son, Mr. Henry Paxton Harding Deceased for the past year had been residing at Colwyn Bay, but he returned to Chester about a month ago owing to the bad state of his health. In 1892 lÜ. Paxton Harding unsuccessfully contested St. Mary's Ward. He was an old Volunteer, but had retired m'my years ao, For Homo ye?rs he held the postj of captain in the Carnarvon battery of the 1st (11(,.Shir and Carnarvonshire Artillery Volunteers. I Much sympathy is felt for his three sons and two daughters. The funeral took place on Friday I morning. The first part of the service was ).t St. Mary's-on-the-hill, and the cortege then pro- ceeded to the cemetery, where the ceremony was concluded, the Archdeacon of Chester officiating at ¡ both places. The funera.) waR strictly private. The mourners were Mr. H. Paxton Harding, Mr. II. Paxton Harding, and Mr. Charles i-i. titrcii-ng (sons) the Rev. T. J. Roberts (son-in-law), Mrs. T Roberts and Mrs W. H. Rowlands daughters), Mr. and Mrs. C. R. S. Clayton Mr. Arthur Muse-rave Dr, Hamilton and Dr. Duff. Beautiful floral tributes were hent by "HorrM and fom; "his sons. Harry andR?in?d" U?rhe and Ma.nd" and Mrs. W. H. glands. 1 he funeral arrangements were c?iried out by Messrs. E. Dutton and Sons, i

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I IRELAND'S AWAKENING. Wednesday witnessed the inauguration oi a movement in Dublin which is confidently believed to be the beginning of a new chapter in Irish history. Whatever may be. its out- come, it assuredly promises better than any one of the many schemes that have been launched from time immemorial to bring peace and prosperity to the Isle of Disconteii t. The occasion was a great gathering of delegates from many parts of Ireland, to take steps to establish an Institute of Indus- try, with the object of aiding in the develop- ment of Irish industries. The meeting was attended by representatives of all classes and creeds, political and religious, which is in itself of happy augury, while the chair was taken by a great captain of industry, Mr. W. J. Pirrie, of Belfast, the head of the cele- brated shipbuilding firm of Harland and Wolff. The key-note of the meeting and of the movement was struck by the Chairman in a practical, businesslike speech. It was "self-reHance and self-help." An earnest of the promoters' sincerity in this excellent profession of faith was given by the decision to conduct this new institution quite independently of Government control or assistance. Such a resolution, coming from our Hibernian neighbours, means an amount ,¡f self-denial that can hardly be adequately appreciated in this country. It has been the fashion in the past for the majority of Irish- man to regard ail Governments as existing for two purposes only, namely, to be kicked 1- and bled. No matter what concessions any I Government made to the distressful island, the recipients accepted the boon with scarcely a thank you" while no movement of any magnitude was ever started without a pre- liminary appeal in lachrymose style to the bounty of England. This habit of always leaning upon the Government has become so ingrained in the Irish nature that it is doubt- less largely responsible for having sapped much of the native independence of character origmaiiy impianted in the Irishman's breast. j If the hopes and aspirations of the founders of this new Institute of Industry are realised, Ireland will cease to play the unenviable petrt of the poor relation in the Britannic family. Mr. Pirrie is all for independence, and, like the true business man that he is, he advocated a complete revocation of the ancient practice of endeavouring to find a j market for Irish products in Canada, the United States and elsewhere on sentimental grounds, because it would help the dis- tressed country. He would have his fellow- j countrymen waken up to a proper sense of their position, make Irish products rival those of any other country and com- mand a market anywhere on their own intrinsic merits alone. That the ideal is j realisable cannot be disputed, if one reflects how conspicuously Irishmen succeed, when they put their hearts in their work and cease j harping on their ancient rights and wrongs. The relatively prosperous condition of the north of Ireland to-day is an example of what can be done by Irishmen who are loyal, peaceable and industrious, while the poverty- stricken wastes further south afford an appalling object-lesson of the evil wrought by sloth and her hand-maiden the professional agitator. Mr. Pirrie pointed with pardonable pride to the high position won and retained by his own Belfast trm in the ship-building world.. It is true that the founders of the i undertaking were not natives, Sir Edward j Harland being a Yorkshireman and Mr. i Wolff a German, but the extraordinary [ success which attended their enterprise proves what can be done in Ireland. The firm, Mr. Pirrie stated this week, began in a small way, and now employs twelve thousand men, pacing in wages no less a sum than £ 20,000 a week. If a gigantic business of this nature can be established in Belfast, and textile industries prosper in other parts of the north of Ireland, there is no need to I despair of infusing similar success into kindred trades further south, while the great natural resources of the country represented by the agricultural and fishing interests are also capable of enormous development, with a little practical co-operation among all classes. It is this lack of co-operation, the eternal bickerings between class and class, that have been the bug-bear of Ireland for generations. Complaint has been made against the Irish railways on the score of their absence of facilities for the transport ofjfagricultural and other produce, but we do not know that the railways have been wholly to blame. It is rather to be feared that the Irish producers, through their lack of co-operation and cohesion have never made a really strenuous endeavour to encourage the carrying com- panies to put forth their best efforts. If traders will combine and give railway companies goods in sufficient bulk, to enable cheap rates to be charged, the directors of the Irish railways may be relied upon to meet their clients at least half-way. The new organisation will find abundance of work ready to its hand in the spread of its ramifi- cations throughout the land and in perfecting its machinery by which it will approach railway and steamship companies for a cheap and quick transport of its various products. One of the first practical schemes of the institute will be the promotion of an inter- national exhibition in Dublin, and although this is to be encouraged as a certain means of bringing much-needed money to Ireland, we are not at all convinced that it is the most businesslike course to pursue. It seems rather premature to hurry on a great exhi- bition at tha outset, for, as the Chairman objected, it would seem rather like advertising their past failures still, any practical under- taking is better than wasting time in vain discussions and wranglings, according to the old Irish fashion, and even the exhibition may be a success, if all classes remain in their present state of unwonted unanimity of enthusiasm. The paid grievance-monger will no doubt view this unexpected development with abject dismay, but if every member of his class were unemployed to-morrow the fact would be the surest guarantee of the permanent restoration of peace and prosperity to the country.

THE LATE SIR E. B. BATES. -The steitmer Imaun has arri ved at Plymouth and landed the body of Sir Edward Bertram Bates, of the well-known Liver- pool shipping tinn. Sir Edward, who was twenty- six years of age, went to India for the Durbar festivities, after which he remained for shooting large game. Just as he was to have left for home he was seized wIth illness which proved to be enteric, and to which he fell a victim. The borlv whs shipped from Bouilisy tol.'ly mouth, and was forwarded to Li verpool by rail for interment. DIVISIONS r-,r THE HOUSE OF Commo.,vs.-Tija attendance of local members of Parliament during )(-,i-s of Par l it,,m(.ti t d 'n the recent session were as followsSir J. T,'I Hnmncr. Northwich, 25; Edward Chapman, Hyde, 39; W. Bromley Davenport, Macclesfield, 32; Coningsby H. Disraeli, Altrincham, 13; the Hun. A. de Tat ton Egerton, Knutsford, 0; Joseph Houlfc, Wirral, 32; Sir Elliott Laes, Birkenhead, 0 Sir JoM-ph Leigh, Stockport, 28; B. V. Melville, Stockport, 21; the Hon. M. \V. Ridley, Stalybridge, 41 H. J. Tollemache, Eddisbury, 14 James Tomkinson, Crewe, 30; R. A. Yc-rburgh, Chester, 7 the Hon. G. T. Kcnyon, Denbigh Boroughs, 5; J. H. Lewis, Flint Boroughs, 23; S. Moss, East Denbighshire, 1; Samuel Smith, Flintshire, 15. TIME TltiIC8 ALL. For over 60 years Hewitt's Boots have stood tho test of time, and are still unsurpassed and unequalled. Abbey Gateway and next to Music Hall.

I LOCAL & GENERAL NOTES. We are familiar to a certain extent with Winter's lingering in tho lap of Spring, but what wfl are witnessing at the present time is some- thing bolder complete retvjrn of the season of frost and icy winds. Nine degrees of frost were registered during.. Thursday night, while eight degrees were noted on the previous night. This phenomenal state of things is causing grave ooncern in many quarters, for a detrimental check has been administered to tender spring growth. Flowers, especially tulips, may be seen lying limply. But the worst feature is the damage to stone fruit and pears. In the fields, too, havoc has been wrought. The earliest planted potatoes have suffered severely, many of them being quite black. The effect genera.iy upon the early! Cheshire potato crop may be best gauged from tho fact that old potatoes have considerably advanced in price, even, it is stated, to the, extent of 10s. per ton. Early sown oats also a-re affected. When Alderman Churton some time ago sug- j ge?&d a portrait of tho lato Duke of W estminster '? for the Town Hall he voiced the feelings not only of the Council but of tho citizens generally. The, matter was entrusted to the Town Hall Com- mittee with happy result. Keen satisfaction hso been expressed at the kindness of the present, Duke in deciding t.o lend for the. purpose a picture of his grandfather by Millais. The Committee have commissioned Mr. Hanson Walker, of London, to copy this picture. Mr. Walker is the artist who so successfully repro- duced after the fire the portraits of Major French and Mr. Dixon now hanging in the Council Chamber, and was recommended to the Council by that great portrait painter, Sir Walter W. Ouless, R.A., the artist of the originals. We have therefore sufficient acquaintance of Mr. I Walker to confidently anticipate a faithful repro- duction. The picture will be numbered among the most prized in the civic portrait gallery. In addition to the address of welcome which is to be presented Jo the Prinoe and Princess of Wales, his Royal Highness will bo asked to accept an elegantly bound booklet containing historical not&s relating to the Earleom and Earls of Chester. The notes have been prepared by the Towja Clerk. Gratifying smoothness has characterised the Easter vestries in this locality, a circumstance upon which* clergy and laity alike are to be warmly congratulated. It is interesting to learn frcm Canon Cooper Scott that the St. John's vestry this week is the 1,367th vestry meeting of which tho minutes remain in an unbroken line. Of course there have been more than one vestry a year. The earliest recorded is in 1636. There are few churches with a history equal to that of St. John's. The United Kingdom Postal Clerks' Associa- tion have been holding their annual conference at Cardiff this week. The association have accepted the invitation of tho Chester Branch to hold their 1904 conference in this city. Dr. Kenyon's annual report on tho health of the city is satisfactory reading. The death-rate for the past year has been exceptionally low, having been 16.53 as compared with 18.9, the average for the previous ten years. There are many people who are perpetually grumbling at any increase in the rates. Do they ever stop to enquire what e. great benefit has resulted to the citizens from the expenditure on sanitary matters? A comparison of the dsath-rate 29 years ago and now throws some light on the subject. In 1874 tho population of the city was 35,905. and the death-rate reached the high figure of 25.25; while in 1902 the population was 38,451, and the death-rate had dropped to 16.531 Those who rejoiced so loud.'y over the Local Government Board's consent to the Chester Corporation's housing scheme seem to have crowed rather prematurely. The state of affairs disclosed at this week's meeting of the Town Council assuredly affords no ground for congratu- lation. It shews that, even allowing for an annual loss per cottage of 9s. 9d., the lowest rent chargeable for the oattag-e3 will be six shillings per week. Inasmuch as the oottages would fetch, say three-and-sixpence or at the most four shillings a week rent in tho open market, we do not see how the Committee proposes to obtain tenants on the suggested terms. The paragraph in the report explaining tho deficiency sums np -the position, although not with a maximum of lucidity. It seems that, without making any allowance for the repayment i of the loan, the rent per cottage wouid be 4s. Id. per week. Not even the most Socialistic member of the Corporation would propose to ignore the repayment of the loan, supposing the authorities allowed matters to drift. The repayment of the loan must clearly be provided for, and tho City Accountant reckons that this will add an extra lid. a week to the rent, making it five shillings. But here another difficulty arises. The fact, of the rent's being five shillings per week deprives the owners of the 30 per cent. allowance for com- pounding, so that the rent must be over six shillings per week to make the cottages pay their way. In order that the absurdity of the whole scheme may be complete, it must be remembered that the idea of the Committee was that the cottages must be let only to those persons who are in receipt of less than JE1 per week wages. The financial position and the domestic economy of those poor cottagers will afford an interesting study. A man receiving less than a sovereign per week will be required to spend more than six shillings of it on rent, leaving little more than 13.s. for the suport of himself, his wife and his family. We do not fancy that any Chester labourers earning JB1 a week would be so ill- advised as to squander so large a portion of their earnings in rent, but if any were so disposed, they might pause when they considered that these cottages, which are offered at more than six shillings a week, are in reality worth only three-and-sixpence or four shillings. The Committee now proposes to tinker at the scheme, with a view to reducing the estimate and getting the Local Government Board to extend the period of repayment from forty to sixty years. Granting that this is done, the saving cannot be appreciable, and if the Com- mittee is only obliged to include the £ 100 costs of the Inquiry, as ought in honesty to bo done, the total figures will not be greatly altered. It is altogether preposterous of Mr. Vernon to get up and try to saddle the burden of the expense of the Inquiry upon those who were concerned in the opposition to the scheme. The opposition have their own expenses to pay, and the. Committee must bear the costs of fighting its own case. When the ill- starred. Sluices Bill was under discussion, did Mr, Vernon sugg-esii that the opposition were re- sponsible for tho costs of that project? Were not the majority of the Council who favoured I the Sluices Bill saddled with all the odium of I incurring the heavy expenses collected with that measure? Had any of these gentlemen the- temerity cf Mr. Vernon to turn round and say to the opposition It is all your fault; if you had not opposed the scheme, there would have been no expense"? The present impasse with regard to the housing problem pr-cves conclusively what we have been endeavouring to instil into the minds of the citizens all these years, that the Corpora- tion cannot provide oottages so economically as a. voluntary body like the Cottage Improvement Company, which is unfettered by Local Govern- ment Board regulations and which is content with a small dividend, less, in fact, than the interest required upon a loan which tho Corpora- tion would incur. The Corporation probably thought the cottages would be a pleasing new toy, but they have turned out, as Mr. B. C. Roberts ?ays, a white clophtit. It is providential that they have not yet been built, and it behoves the Council to kcpp a sharp eye on tho alteration of the estimates. Our tramway critic, "Ratepayer," is still im- pendent and sceptical as to tho cost charged the Tramways Committee for electrical energy. The L l"'d I, ",tran.!£¡ are charged lifd. per unit for energy, which alsc tip vers tho expense io'Vhi;.a tic Coip:o-n has been pttt in providing for the large demands of that undertaking. Our correspondent, how- ever, if he chooses, can obtain electrical energy in large quantities from the same source at lid. per unit. If the Corporation can supply private consumers on these terms, there need bo no qualms regarding the price charged to the Tram- ways Committee. In point of fact, there are t son.e members of the Corporation who consider j that the Lighting Committee is charging too much for "the energy to the trams, witness the question asked at Wednesday's meeting by Mr. Egerton Gilbert. The reason why electrical energy- can be purveyed more cheaply than electric light is that, generally speaking, tho energy is used during the day time, when it can j readily be spared and is not needed so much at night, when the pressure upon the light supply is greatest, t Ratepayer" is still unconvinced on the sub- ject of bank interest. We inf ormed him last week that there is no bank interest. The bank loan has been repaid long ago. What the Tramways Committee is working upon'now is the city loan, which comes out of the funded debt, and upon which there is no bank interest. The continued success of the new ele&ne trams, as shewn by the figures quoted elsewhere, ought to go far towards disarming those sceptic who distrusted the financial soundness of the undertaking. Moreover, some city tradesmen are beginning to find that their business is im- proving through the agency of the trains that the cars are bringing customers to their doors. The oomplamt of "Visitor" respect-ity? tho punctuality -if the tram service is scarcely fair, in view of the newness of the business. Slight delays are unavoidable with everything new and the men unaccustomed to the fresh conditions, but, all things considered, the punctuality ha been wonderful, and the immunity from accident still more remarkable, both which facts reflect the highest credit upon tho organisation and foresight of Sfir. Gardner's management.

LOCAL NEWS. I The Duke of Teck and his biotfeer, JMWWBireturned to London from Saighton, The Duke of Teck, who has been spending .Easter at Saighton Towers, left for Loucton 011 Tuesday. Lord Tollemache, who has spezit the winter at St. Leonards-on-Sea, arrived at Peekforten Castle on Wednesday. Mr. P. B. Ironside Bax has left hie .residence, No. G, Stanley Place, for a short period. He has taken Sunhurst, Lorne Park, Bourneosiauth. where he will reside during some mouths in the year for the benefit of his health. Earl Egerton of Tatton and the DuohesS of Buckingham and Lord Egerton, who h^e arm ed in Paris on their way hOllle from Eg-y.pt, a.re expected at Tatton for Chester race-week. The engagement is announced of Captain-J. H. ACassie, D.S.O., Itoyal Garrison Artiiiery, second y fteond son,rd Mr. Edward Massie, of Coddingtoo. to May, eldest daughter of Major-General Ernest A. Berger (hüe 10th Regiment), of 8, PenMy-stroet, Portsmouth. The marriage Mra.nged between Captain Gewge H. Rickard, K. G .A., yo.ungerson of the late Captain F. M. Rickard, I.M.S., and grandson of the late General F. J. Moberly, K.E., and Winifreds j Augusta, only daughter of the late Walter James, of Elvaston Hall, Rytonon-Tyne, and Lady Camp- J bell, and stepdaughter of Culonel Sir Alexander Campbell, R.A., of Kilbryde Castle, Perthshire. will take place very quietly, owing to mourning, at Trefnant Church, North Wales, early in June. The Rev, George Trougkton, of the Vicarage Higher Bebiugton, Chester, who died on February 6th. in his 77th year, appointed his widow and his son Charles Willis Troughtoo, of Sun Court, Com- hill, to be the executors of his will made on July 8th, 1885. The testator gave tie household furni- ture to his wife, and the residue .of his property is to be invested and the income i herefrom paid to her, and subject to such like life-interest divided in equal shares among his children. The executors have sworn the value of the estate at £ 21,582 ds. yd. including personalis of the uett value of £ '21 402 13s. 2d. CHESTER AND DISTRICT SKIN DisprNSARY.-The Treasurer of the Chester Skin Dispensary desires to acknowledge £15, the proceeds of a concert given by the Brythoii Male Voice Choir, per Mr D. Hughes, Lord-street, Boughtbn. THK LATE MR. EUSIUND PEEL.-At Overton Rural District Council on Saturday, Mr. O. J. Evans, who presided, moved a vote of condolence with the family of the late Mr. Edmund Peel, of Brynypys, and with the chairman (Mr. Wardle) on the death of his daughter. Major Godeai seconded, and the motion wLi carried. HER TENTH APPEARA.iC.E.At the City Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. J. J. Cunnah and Mr. J. M. Frost, a Chester woman named Ellen INicholson was fined 10s. and costs with an alternative of 14 days, for being drunk and disorderly in Abbey- square on Wednesday. P.C. Rogers proved the case. Inspector Tilley produced a record of nine previous convictions against, prisoner. ARNOLD HOUSE SCHOOL ^IA<AIJINE.—The second number of the Arnold House Sehool Magazine is a bright and interesting one. It contains a photo- graph of the first football eleven, an article on "Wireless Telegraphy," which is a report in essay form by a boy in the school on Air. Fish's lecture, an amusing explanation of "Why I learned to ride," by C. Mills, a letter from Mr. G: W. Walker-Jones, of H.M.S. lsis, &e. CHESTER PUJULIO LIBRARY.—The following is the return of the issue of books for the week ending Saturday, 11th April, 1903 :—Lending department Religion and philosophy, 7; sociology. 4; arts, sciences, and natural history, 43; history, biography, geography, and travels, 55; poetry and the drama, 7 prose fiction, 857; miscellaneo literature, 28; juvenile literature, 156 total, 1,157. Reference department: Religion and phi.osophy, 27; sociology. 0; arts, sciences, and natural history, 23; history, biography, geography, and travels, 34; poetry and the drama, 11; enoyclb- psedias, dictionaries. &c., 193 miscellaneous litera- ture, 35; total, 323; combined total, 1,480; daily average (lending department), 231; daily average (reference department), 05; combined daily Average, 290. DEATH or MRS. WILLIAM BROWN.—We regret to record the death of Mrs. William Bro>vn, widow of the late Mr. William Brown, which occurred on Saturday evening at her residence in Curzon Park. The deceased lady. who was 83 years of age, had been in failing health for a long time, having been attended by Dr. Taylor, and passed peacefully away. Mrs. Brown, who belonged to a Lancashire family, had lived a retired life except for the public duties which were imposed upon her as Mayoress of the city during the two yeavs' when Nlr, William Brown was chief magistrate. Her kindly disposition and ready and practical sympathy with all good works gained her the highest general esteem, and her death will be particularly regretted as severing a cherished link with one of Chester's benefactors. The funeral took place on Wednesday at Chester Cemetery, and was of a strictly private nature, being attended only by the members of the bereaved family. The officiating clergyman was the Rev. H. Grantham, rector of St. Alary's-without-the Walls. DEATH OF AN OLD TRADESMAN.—We regret to announce the death on Good Friday of Mr. Edward Minshull at his residence, 3, Lorne-street, Chester. Mr. Minshull was one of the oldest tradesmen in the city, being of the well-known firm of Minshull and Meeson (formerly Minshull and Hughes) stationers, &c., of Eastgate-row, Chester. He was probably the oldest tradesman in the Row, where he served his apprenticeship Mr. Minshull retired from business about ten years ago on account of feeble health. A freeman of the city, he took a keen interest in its affairs, though he never held public office. He was a Conservative and a Churchman, and many years ago he discharged the duties of churchwarden at Old St. Mary's Mr. Minshull was also an old mem ber of the Cestrian Lodge of Freemasons. He is survived bv a widow, an only son, Mr. C. H. Minshull, and three daughters, to all of whom the sympathy of many friends is extended. The deceased was aged 76 years. CHESTER RACE COMPANY.—The annual report of the directors of the Chester Race Com- pany which has just been issued is as follows Capital account: The expenditure to date, in- j eluding new stands, furniture and fittings amounts to £ 32,904 8s. (id The directors have purchased further freehold property in Crane-street, the whole of the property now acquired in Crane-street Paradise-row stands at £ 3,920, of which amount £ 3,200 remains on mortgage. Gross receipts: The gross receipts for the year were £ 12,158 14s. 8d as against £ 13,(i52 13s. Gd. m the previous year Racing fund The balance now standing to credit is £ 3,235 10s. Gd., as agciiiist C-3,461 5s. 3d. in the previous year. Revenue Account: The, profit for the year, namely, £2,350 8s. 4d., has been trans- ferrod to nctt revenue account, and this, added to the balance brought forward from the previous year, amounts to £ 2,408 lGs. 3d., out ot which the maximum dividend of ten per cent. has been paid, a sum of £ 700 has been credited to sinking) fund acoount, and :1 further sum of £ 138 17s. 5d. has been oredited to reserve fund, leaving a balance,, after providing for directors tees and interest, of £ 3p Its. to be carried forward to next account. Reserve Fund £ 3,479 8s. 6d. of the amount. set aside on the reserve fund account 1 has been appropriated to meet the over-spent capital on alterations and improvements account. Directors The following directors retire by rotation, but are eligible, and oifer themselves for l'e-electiu The Right Hon Lord Arthur Hugh Grosvenor. the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, the Hon. Cecil T. Parker. The auditor, Mr. Harry Jackson, A.C.A., likewise retires, but is eligible and offers himself for re-election. TERRIBLE FARM FATALITY.—At the Infirmary, on Wednesday, Mr. F. Turner, deputy city coroner, investigated the circumstauces under which it bov named Ernest Weaver, aged 15, met a terrible death on the farm of Mr Samuel Lightfoot, Claughton, on Monday, April Gth. From the evidence of a. youth named Vickers, aged 18, it appeared that Mr- Lightfoot instructed him ;md deceased to roll clover roots with a Cambridge roller and two horses. Mr. Lightfoot saw them commence the work and then left them to it. As they were turning around at one end of the field, the shaft horse, a young colt, bolted and threw V ickers into the ditch. Vickers got up and caught the runaway, while deceased held the chain horse. Deceased held the eolt while Vickers fastened him into the shafts again. Before this operation was complete the eolt "bolted again, and suddenly turning, knocked Weaver down and drew the roller over him before Vickers could stop him. Help was soon procured, and Weaver was removed to the house and afterwards to the Infirmary.—Mrs. Billingtdn. 7. AlberVsti i-n-t. Chester, said deceased was her son hv II, former marriage. As Mr. Lightfoot did not kuow where she lived she did not hear of the accident until Thursday, when her brother saw an account of it in the paper. Deceased had bad experience of horses before.— Mr. Samuel Lightfoot said the colt was four years old and had been worked in shafts since November.—A Juryman Do you think a boy aged 15 and one aged 18 are capable of driving a team of horses?—The Coroner: It is hardly a fair question to put, because diseased was not in solo charge of the horses.-A Juryman • 1 should not think a toy of that age was capable of taking charge of the colt —Dr. H. G. Carlyle, house surgeon at the Infirmary, said deceased suffered from a. fracture of the b.1se of the skull and severe bruises on the back. When the lad recovered consciousness, he said he remembered being in a field and then lying in a house —A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned, and one juryman expressed the opinion that deceased was too young to take charge of the horses.

EASTER MOVMV ERSTRNNRO:-).— The silver presented to the conductor of the successful choir at the eisteddfod, was manufactured and designed by Mr. Alfred W. Butt of this city, and was generally admired as a handsome piece of work. MARUIAVJE CF MJSS M. E. T. DUCKWORTH.— At Christ Church, Chester, on Wednesday after- noon. in the presence <;f a large congregation, the marriage was solemnised between Miss Mary Emmeline Theodora Duckworth, vonr.ger daughter of Mr. Henry Duckworth, J.P., Liverpool-read, Cb.cster^and Mr. Walter William S,¡\t, late of ¡. ',1 "r' -t' "u wi, ,o Sl^caf, prcfr*? o- d. Cambridge University. The ceremony waa per- formed by the Rev. Professor Skeat. Litt. D., L.L.D.. the Rev. Canon Duckworth, D.D., C.V.D Sub-Dean of Westminster, nud the Rev. J. F. Howson. vicar of the parish. Mr. F. Laidlaw, of Owens College, Manchester, acted as best man. The bridesmaids were Miss Duckworth, sister of the bride: Miss Clart Skeat, sister of tiie bride- groom Miss Isa Taylor, Chester and Miss Bortha Wilkinson, London; who were attired jn. white crepe de chene. tulle veils and wreaths oi ',he lay of the valley. The bride, who was givea away by her father, was handsomely attired in white satin draped with Brussels point do gaze Jace, with w] and orange blossoms The presents were numerous and made a handsome display. Umbrella* He-eovertu ;u: RefimRhpd equal to new. Ladies' or Gent's with the noted B E M 3,1-3 n.rH m „.]( from 1/13 to 12¡ó.-J)r.u.) iIJ, Ji oteyuio-aireei, Ciitieter.

I EXHIBITION OF SPIUNG FLOWERS. I PAXTON -SOCIETY'S DISPLAY Uno of the most interesting local event* at this time of the Ye9..r in the-horti- uliura! World k ihe annual exhibition of epr ng fl.->•> rs v, l. el. is pro IUvLod by tho- members of C I Society, and this year's show w E held on vVfcdnusday and Thundny at the Oros- H'nor ?lu?um, proved ?,? ? is ;? ceasin- i? popu!a.r,fy S. ? .? p,,?;= da :r;. h:J;iat' j: c: ? .'? ,thIS P-T od, when ?owcr au^t ?. ? i IU4 M.:? pjr?u; Js to be dsnve.1 ,?  ?; ? aa exirbiiion of this charaote- ê2 -1 Remoter# desei-vo every encouragement At t;, opreiiag .?r(;?<.?? on Wpdn<?av ?c;c w <: t H, r cM<ao. j'X):nting ait?ndMco. Mic'ud ng Cintain MvGiHy- &n"d G Frost Mr 'T'. t'8DS Fl""),:L ,!U .1rchrlo-}c<J,¡ ;f 1v;1 t't(>r  I EV!im-Lloyd Mr. B. 0. Dr! K V n- I Dr 1;,lul"5, D: T:t.ylor, Dr, K;tg D:- G:&>1,¡'ør. II". R'o" 'J C--t:r-)4 TJ ¡'ldt1RJ). ^v £ Sunon. Mr. Robt. Newgtea.d Mr G P .? (?. s? retaj-?. <?c. Apoio?.o- for a?,wrra Mayoi- tDr. Roberts), tha Sh.¡-ifÏ (:Ir. H. Dod.') and :\1.jor L,mb, C'1pa.i-1 1\'13,o(j H: (;uc\I' a.s p: ci;;cnt of t.tla 0;('\t.y "fo!1'd th<) qxming Cf'rFlllony, H() c1;.1 tbf' h jti()O wo¡¡d atl¡) "i.J k' c.cr,-body ,I h on aceount of C.t' ,xtraor:.linn.1.'Y ?01,<-r?, a.nù u f ?car at wnicb it ws' ¡"'ld, Tha.t sho' um. ai :1 l:rnn h(n tha i (*■ 'S11 i_ usually net rown to itg fulJ bloom. wout. U ifo oi tunately owing to th,e early eason it had  P3.'Ot ? fdl h!ü/)ÏI1, Mc&t of .-J .-?;? .? P„ t *1 'J ?e? grown entmdv ..n?- rriacm t m  r  thc? w? a bo uC; h: '-r" — U?. Mu:f! prcwn Milicty Ou: of doom. TSW f «. cnooura.K,? to the who h?d gar- d?ns. That ?ow was not o-? at w?.? !?-? riz. s wcTe ?i?n. It w??t r"Jy Toh.?y. ? .'?? ou?.?t w? a matter of consul; t-onto .? :'W f.?.??r ?n? f'?tnct rha? '?'-?.?.on? a,,id shew their 't .?0I.V? !o. ?- ?oth? The P?ton Society ?m?:b_t congratulate its If un such .?. ?..?<- I -e of Chafer M=ved. end Colonel ?? ?.n.s-??.o' ?d ondnJ ? h(?:-tv ?tp nf th-'M? to C,nt.ain MacO:ilycuddy .-? t- ?h;b-'?? Af,, T jbboD8 Fro. < support od and tho motion w-,o ? h?tr']'y accomcd., Tb? Mh-b'ttoa wa? much Janver than hst voa?A and fn!ly oc^npifd two j?oms The !— 3? ™f 'rnjxr-nir GxtrbH w » ?-< "?t3,in .? ,? ?, ???cuddv. o.f Ba..?? Hell. H mc:u? 2 'ré'c ??n?y o? phn?. 'ho<h inn?r pr.? outdoor art?ularh- s?? w?-? thi. cra??.J n;n? <? th(\ ???!' ???'? ?d ?ho ?.nt Ic-hizM- .???9 d'.?od)!R M?.nt.ua..tonqu 1< iu!ip? <m? beautiful- old-fa^h oned primrw: Th? wMo mad", ?p ??<?? c?t?-. pxhib? &ud the b?a? ?r?r (Mr. E ?u!.bs) ? to be congratulated ?n th? very tast--ftif that ibeautifid group. the collection sent by fr. F. J^.nr-s on behaM f Dr. Tuks, f-? Md P?.?n?s-c. C-?forJ ws ?.que irl it" way, a.nd attracted me, h atteiitioo. .^ne doctor, who b a. ?-c?sm?d au?J'.ortty c- hardv o..er« mnde a. ncet t?a-nttfu! di'?p'?y of pÓ¡g- powering plante, of which were vp? ran? '??t str?-n:- v..? ??.?n?t.fu! In<??.n sp?c;? of nnm.?. wh<?.? prrMv c.Arm!n? ?-?rs rt-??-<M< ?t  attractive. 1?? anemcne? r!a<Yo<!??, -po!?- Mthos pnmro? and fi;p? wfr? al! much n&ve tho avornre, th? size and quality of the blooms vin- ev:den? of !.?h culture. Sp.-IaJ mention o-?ht. to be ?ad-? of th b??r.;f. ao.io of a v?tvto? flnd!a.n??r? ?'ch hd b?n n,un<? dtor th? doctor. -Mr T. ?JM?n. Frost an?a-reS as a new exmb tor, and his splendid contribution or mod p. prominent fe&tju-a. oi'wntrais .'uoiwjr yerv effective, and 'Alr. T t?i.'J>ert, (the gr rdenerl to be congratulated oa tho success of his careful 1:'r;/tÎva,tion. Mr. Jamc G. jBottghten 5(,!rt a s mdar exhibit, per Mr. J. Clack, c^r.nrisintr cUceol.vias. aium ld-cs, daffodils and wr. lllov.xm prettily :t out. To-vrtsend I;1(, Gre«ford of oldes-t exhibitors of the society, sent per Mr. J. ■•eaver be-iutiful nv,«oclFan~e;;s roup, embrac- ing of tha vr.Wey, violas." cineraria* aiid z*r,,irn together with a. varied colloctioo of .daffodils. The neighbouring exhib:t. wis from Am- hjos-e Djxo cf Cht.de,toa Bank, ?r Mr. D. ?uM-hrs. compi'/siny primroses, waJIflovvrrs a:1d i ?'»Is. Mr. Hugh ?M?rMv, of Aid! v-0y 11,:?, i-?nt a ?.r?m6Mnt collection of d-).?<M'!Ath? ?)? a? w;>sllh of bloom be'ng quito Surprising. Particu- larly worthy of nofJco was a vase of memificent blooms of narcissus maximum.. Although im- posing the poets section \9 aiso repr<«e:;t^d by some graceful and sweet bloom-. Mr. Cnisholmo was reEponsiblo for tho exhibit Mrs. Warren IVevor, Rolands House waCt rpprcs?:ii?tl by ? ct.o'c?co??ctic') of mdoo- Hov/cr?, nanged bv Mr. T. JRobcr?. T}? spcelinens in- cluded d l,v I Pobcrti. rpo,?:??-,(') S in- i?aut'f. 'p?mcn cf tho Austrian ?ri&i? tood j out prominently. -?va.9 ?-J r. Aaothpr new exhibitor was found in Mr. Fra?r, ?-?rM-n Ea?k. who forwarded per Mr. Re' ves. a splendid tdtction of herbacoous calceolarias, ciner- arias and 7,4. Mr. Edward Dixon, L'ttleten ITnll, c-ontributed H. beautiful e-x-h'bit. eomros.d N't I-, e ir varieties of daffodils. The oolhetion included tho oniy sIFÓnw:) of tho beautiful wisteria sinr-nsrs, which was. "hewn in nice fonn, There were. aJ50 ,:FÓ:¡n,d.migll(.'tteJ tulip; prim,uJa.: cbconica ?f) ??ina?a. "rckafc' < 'n;ore w?<' an cxhibit from M!s. PjM<?m CJamp- bdl par M..J03, Ryd.?'. oP hyacmUi.s w?t- ifowers, daffodils and polyanthus. One of the mo t. succes°ful groweis of hardy flowers in tho district. Miss Humberston, Newton Hall staged, per Mr. Wakefield one of the- Ir.rgest exhibits in tho show, consisting of magnificent blooms of softrkt rhododendrons, interspersed witli white arum lii'ee mpk'ng th> wl':ole mo-t pleasing and effectiva TTio varieties m-rlnded sweet- scented v:o]ets. forget iiic-nois wnllflowers. hardy heaths, auriculas, and beautiful old-fashioned deep iLle gentians. ilrs. Wiirs Taylor, Ouraon Park, contributed a pleasing group of daffodils, violas and tulips. Mr. John Wynne, Rcwtori. a. beautiful DJS- cel'.ae.eous group of daffedds. auriculas, hardy primulas, purple honesty and dorouicums. Tlio trade exhibits were supplied by Messrs. Licksons and Messrs. McHattio. The collection was entirely compos-id e? daffodi_ ls. Sonv» irirc-e dozen varieties wore incluucn. proi.linens umong them was tho noted Sir Watkin. IMessrs. MeHattie's group was of A n-oro general character, embracing tulips, hyacinths and polyanthus^ to- gether with wme half-cfcozen vtpresentatives ol the daffodil family., Th? proocf?s of th.' cxh:bttK'? w? be d<ct? ?o reducing the ti?ictya contnbuna? :()W3. paying off a debt for tho maintenance of the Museum. I

BIIITIIS,MAI'Ll%IA GES & DEATHS ♦ BmTHa, MARWASBS, and DRATJIS are charpred at the rate of 20 words for la. (prepaid). If not prepaid, the charge wi!l t-o 2a. 6d. The announcement mast be authenticated by the Signature and Address of the bender. B m T 11. ELLIOTT— April 16, at 24. Nicholas-street, Chester, the wife of Dr. J. Elliott, of a daughter. DEATHS AKKERS—April 13, at Tarviu, Elizabeth Ankers, aged 48 years. BULLOCK—April 15, at LVtoi Park, James Maxwell Bullock {late schoolmaster of Upton), in his ¡-,J Yt:ccr. Funeral on Saturday, at Upton Chinch, at S p.m. GKOKAK—April Its, at i7, Garden-lane, Sarah, the ueiovee* wife ol Ptter (jcorge, a^ted yeaw. JKFFKHY—April n, at Ivydene Inverness, N.B., Annie Sarah Kcad, the dearl) -beiovtd wile ot \V. T. \Vheat,land- Jeffery. „ LTome-strec-, Ldward M!?'?'?—0n Good 1-Yiday, at 3, Lome-stttc? Edwar(i Slirishull, a,tcd 7Uyear* OKFJIL—Mrs. Okell, of tJuilden Sutton, died on the first of this month, aged 81 years. She wa.8 the oldest Primitive Methodist in the Chester 1''it Cireiu., having been a h e in ,S53. communicant at the ol'l Steuni-nnl.-Sui\eo Ce.ajKil in IS53. She was a line character, a true Utirstiaii of the Puritan type. Interred at Banow Church. EOBWSON— April 1-i, at her res d^iice, 48, Frodsham-street, Hannah, widow of George Bobttison aed 85 years. Emi-rii-April la, at the Cross Keys, ^orthgatt-street Row, Cheater, Mary Smith, aged 4* years. STEWART—April 1 £ at 14, Piniton-ioad, Hoole, Walter Stewart, late of Southport and Manchester, aged 73 years.. TiDHWEi.ii—April 12 (Easier Day), at 27, Liverpool- ro.Td, Chester, ltlchard Thomas TiI'Iwe:I, of Bank tiouse, ileswsUL Cheshire, M.A. oi Worcester GO¡lc:;e, Oxford, and Bart-ibtei :) )I t!ie Inner i'emnie, youngest son of the iate Thomas Eainshaw Tidsweli. IN AIEMoItIAM. 15OOTU—In ever-lovinst wei.iory ot A the dearly-Iviloveti daughter ot J. and B. iieoth, of Hand bridge, who died Aprll ICtli, ID'J'J, ajed 18 years. hc was;:¡, l!ower too fair Jor earth, Sent here but for .1. while God marked her wheu ho gave her birth, And took her with a siu'ie. DAVIS—In loving memory of my dear mother, Catherine Davis, late ot Stone-street,, wiio died April 19th, 1DJ0. [Sadiy missed by her daughter, Selina. j DAVIS—In loving memory of my dear mother, Catherine Davis late oi !}, Slone-sUet- t, Chester, who died April 19, i0:>0. [fondly remembered.] (E. iV., Acreiair.) DAVIES—In loving memory of Ann, the h.bvNl daughter ol Joseph and Mary Davies, t)ils Valentinc--o\.rt. Northgate- screet, who djed April SU). 1^90, aged lti yeara She has gone, and the Lord hath received her, it was Jesus who her away She lias L'one, and the Lord hath iviieeiiied her, l'rom night to the splendour of iir.i^Tn meniory oi my dear son, J()!\J, Hill, who died April 18th J)t, aged 33 years; also of Thomas Hiil, ia.her oi the .tbove, died January 1W3. fC years. [Rest in peace.] Mciivs—In loving nemory of noy dc;u- husband, George Muncs, who died April liist, 10 J1 His voice and footsteps ne.ir. In weary momeuls iiiy sad iicnit tc eliotr. JOINSOS—Lucy yictoiiue, wile of Jonathan Joinson, ol Iielgrave HouSe, Liscard, loinieily oi Chester, who diect April 18th, lOllO.

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WcKxiNG BQYs' nOM-The annual meeting of.. ono uf Chestel"a most useful insdu'tTjns, namely, tho Chester W'irkivjj Boys' U-?.?:?v'? be sen frun our :ub. ci tisemcm. columns, WI' Pues- day. By the kindness of the D?M ?nd Chapter the Refectory will be ôlv.tihUø for the meeting, and 80 intcrt?ting fpUhei icg h expected. Mr. R. A. Yeiburgb, 5J.P ),DS kindly CONSENTED to ?.-ecn 'lei.bLirg b, AI.P 1,L)?, 'i?iii(ily with her usual irpadines8 to help a ^,ood work, has j.v\cioualy under- taken to dnstrihuto he piif.ea. -Much good ha§bcen quietly done by this institution, and the efforts of those concerned cannot but.«ommand the support of now is 'tiie welfitfe Gf úÏo. "I:i .N" a.