... A somewhat mysterious and fatal disease broken out in the lying-in wards of Belfast W°r^ house, resulting during the past fortnight in death of 11 women. The attack commeI1 j with violent spasms and vomiting of coloured fluid, and inside two days the pati succumbs. The workhouse doctors describe to malady as a species of puerperal fever. Y as day, for the first time, the matter was alluded at ...

... OMEGA (Agreement).—Your signature to the contract note binds you until revoked. If there is still time for you to write and countermand the order, do so, H. W. (Goods Lost,).—So far as we can gather from your letter you have a claim against the railway. We understand your bag was duly labelled by their porter and put into the train by him, and they are therefore liable. If the goods are worth ...

... Nadolig l1on! mae'th nefol drem Yn llawn gogoniant Duw, Da.w Genedigaeth Bethlehem I mi yn adgof byw. Fendigol ddydd rhyw dori gwawr Yn banes enaid dyn Wyt ti, yn llawn goleuni mawr— Goleuni Gras ei hun. Myneg-fys wyt, O! ddydd-gwyl pur, I lwybrau'r cariad rhad, Pan o awyrgylch sanctaidd, glir, Daeth rbodd ddeheulaw'r Tad, Hoeanna moliant, megys ton, Ddyfera dros bob niin, A theyrn lioll ...

... MORRISTON. SUCCESSFUL EISTEDDFOD AT THE TABERNACLE. —A very successful eisteddfod was held at the labernacle on Christinas Day. President, the Alayor of Swansea (Alderman Pike). The adjudi- cators were—for u usic, Mr John Thomas, Llan- wrtyd, and Mr Mddwyn Humphreys, London in the literary department, Rev. G. Griffiths, 1 enan Pentre Estyll, Swansea. The con- ductor was the Rev. Emlyn Jones, ...

... Do You WANT TO BK LOVED.—Don't find fault. D 'n't contradict people, even if you're sure you are right. Don'b be inquisitive about the affairs of even your most intimate friend. Don't under rate anything because you don't possess it. Don't believe that everybodyelse in the world is happier than you. Don't conclude that you have never had any opportunities in your life. Don't believe all the ...

... POOR France Her grave troubles never end, and the stilling of one seething fer- ment only makes way for another. How the nation has been harried by those who professed to be, and should have been, her best friends Her Royal House and a profligate Court and nobility drained her resources and enslaved her people the Paris mob. in the name of Liberty, spilled some of the best blood of France and ...

... The Prince of WAles'sj.ew jacht is to be ...

... Moscow, Sunday.—J.. horriblf discovery point- ing to the perpetration of on-j of the crimes of murder and mutilation popularly known as of the Of Jack the Ripper class was tnado is this city yesterday. A sack, without any apparent ownur, was found leaning against the wall near tha entrance cf a church in Piatnitskaia-straufc. No one claiming the pro- perty, it was taken possession of by the ...

... THE CHURCHES, Mr Albert Whittingham, of Brecon Memorial College, has received a unanimous invitation to the pastorate of Dovaston and Wilcofct Chinches, Salop. Mr Noah Be van, TonypanJy, late student cf.i Bangor Congregational College, has been invited to the pastorate of the English Congregational Church at Bishop's Castle, Shropshire. The Rev Pedr Williams, who has been invited to succeed ...

... Albion Colliery Disaster. FURTHER PROSCUTiONS. ALLEGED ILLEGAL STORING OF EXPLOSIVES, Further proceedings against officials of the Albion Colliery Company for alleged breaches of the Mines Act on the 23rd of June last, the day of the explosion, were heard on Thursdaya.t the Pontypridd Police-court. Mr Ignatius Williams (stipendiary) presided, other magistrates on the Bench being Mr Evan John, ...

... Meeting of National Colliery Managers. Z representative meeting of the wo.kmen em. ,,Wd at the National Colliery, Wattstown, T? bond da Fach, has been held to consider the of two months' imprisonment passed fb. i«k™,w, «« '!>» Pontypridd police court on Wednesday lost, and » ■leimt.ton Wi -upr.inted to wait upon Mr Meredith, of the works, requesting him to co- the mens representatives in ...

... TRUTH says A speech delivered by the Roman Catholio Bishop of Salford at a temper ance meeting at Ashton-under-Lyne was s° sensible a,nd moderate that it deserves notice- The Bishop suggested that whilst strong beers should be taxed, the sale of light beers not above a oertain minimum strength should be encouraged by being freed from duty. This is a doctrine that I have alwayapreached. It ...