... WORKHOUSE BARBERS, The curse all the male children of Adam does not pass over the pauper. Like the rest of us, requires periodically to be shaved and to have his hair cut. Unfortunately, other people have to pay for in his case, and the problem seems ...

... DOMINOES IN THE WORKHOUSE, The Chichester Board of Guardians has had to decide the question whether dominoes is game of chance. The master reported that tho children in the workhouse had had a treat given them at the Bishop’s Palace, which they had enjoyed ...

... WORKHOUSE REFORM. Writino on workhouse reform,the Rev. A.'W. Jephson points out that new and more humano classification of the inmates is one of the first steps to be taken. What can be more cruel, he asks, than to herd together the respectable poor with ...

... PROVISIONS FOR THE WORKHOUSE. The following tenders for the supply of provisions to the Workhouse for the ensuing quarter, were accepted :—Messrs Belcher and Co—cheese, fid ; moist sugar, ; loaf sugar, lid ; black tea, Is 4d ; golden syrup, 2d ; cocoa ...

... ESCORTED TO THE WORKHOUSE. New Ross was on Monday the scene of a singular demonstration. ' o’clock in the afternoon an immense procession entered the town from Fethard, 00. Wexford. First came a brass band, then three waggonettes containing 62 persons ...

... FIRE AT A WORKHOUSE. Fire broke out at the Camberwell Workhouse, Havil-street, Peckham-road, early Tuesday morning. About 2 o’clock one of the night nurs«*s saw a light in the laundry, .which annexe of tho main building, and the master, Mr. Wist, having ...

... A WORKHOUSE SCANDAL. At the Central Criminal Coart, on Tuesday morning, before the Common Serjeant, Charles William Canary, 35, workhouse master, and Edward Lauderdale, 2S, warehouseman, who pleaded guilty at the October Sessions to charge of conspiracy ...

... A WORKHOUSE SCANDAL. Some serious allegations have been mads against workhouse officials at am inquest held at Foisthill Workhouse, Warwickshire, touching the death of Ephraim Williamson, miner, aged SB yean, who died in that institution. The ward in ...

... A NONAGENARIAN AND THE WORKHOUSE. A pathetic scan* waa witnessed in the Sunderland Police-court, on Monday, when venerable-looking man, named James Hoach, was summoned for begging in the streets. The defendant, who bunt into tears, said be was 99 yean ...

... tEISTMAS DAY IN THE WORKHOUSE. This Workhouse still maintains its high reputation both as regards its efficiency and annual Christmas festivities. Nothing could exceed the elaborate and extensive preparations that had been made with the sole object of ...

... WORKHOUSE MYSTERY. man who for the past two years has been inmate the £lham (Kent) Workhouse, under the assumed name “Wilton Howard,”hasio«|idied suddenly from heart disease. He was evidently birth and education a gentleman, and his conduct while in the ...

... A THEATRICAL COMPANY THE WORKHOUSE. An extraordinary incident was mentioned tbe last meeting of the Salford Board of Guardians. It was reported by the master of tbe workhouse that amongst the occupants of the tramp ward on the preceding night were seven ...