... PLU.MPrON. RACE. W I R. PRICE. Polcf;aie llurdle Uuiouisc 4 on Lu 30 a°st Uncertificated Lauy Ada i he Auove prices are identical with those published olliclally in Lbb fiaciny Calendar. ...

... Opening of a Relief Fund. I jniXli.K'.s TKLKGRAM. | WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—A fund :has been opened here for the relief of the families of the firemen who lost their lives at tbe Indianapolis tire. President Harrison heads the list with 200 dollars, and other officials have subscribed large sums. Every member of Congress has also con- tributed. ...

... A CRAVING FOR THE WORK- HOUSE. Youthful idiosyncracies are often of a perplex- ing character, but very seldom do they take the form of an ordinate craving for the happiness of a workhouse. A case of this description is reported from Stioroditcb. Zn the pauper esta- blishment of that district the other day a boy was taken in destitute. Shortly alterwards his anxious father claimed him, and ...

... Massacreof 200 Soldiers. | CENTRAL NKWS TKLKGEAM, J NEW YORK, Monday.—The steamship Belgic bat, brought to San Francisco the news that 200 Chinese troops were racently surprised by 5,000 who lay in ambush for them, and blassac-red every man. The authorities, being Without power to punish the murderers, made terms of peace with them. ...

... SUICIDE OF A ST. MELLON'S PUBLICAN, Tha inhabitants of the little village of St. Mellon's were startled this morniucr by a report that Mr William Gerrisb, landlord of the B:ue Bell Inn, St. Mellon's, com- mitted suicide by haucing. Enquiry elicited the fact that the report was only too well founded. The deceased, who was upwards of 60 years age, retired to rest last nielit, but this morning, ...

... In consequence of a notice posted up at the mouth of the Covenant Colliery, Maesleg, the propt-rty of Colonel North aud Company, statiug that every tram containing 6 cwt of small coal will be cropped, the workmen, numbering about six hundred, refused to resume operations, and held a general meeting shortly after to consider the matter. A deputatiou was appointed to wait upon the manager, but ...

... At the weekly meeting of the Cardiff Water Committee, held this morning at the offices, there were presoni-Aidertnan D. Joues (chairman), Alderman Waring (deputy-chairman), Alder- man Lewis, Councillors Mildon and Heme, ami the officers. The Clerk reported that the Angling Society had submitted a copy of their rules, and a deputation of four members of the society (including tha secretary) ...

... The new education code is published to-day. Instead of the pensions, a fixed grant of 4s 6J, sind a merit grant of l, 2 ...

... May I speak with you a minute e8, if you don't want more than a dullar. When I drink much I can't work, and so If let it alone. The drinking Z N u the working. Dignified mamma: When that young man left you last night, I heard something which sounded like a kiss. Dignified da.ugbtp.r Did How do you ? es a kiss sound, SOOTHING. *;1 If you're not pretty when you're young, This ...

... BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. THE AC liON AGAINST AN EX-HOTEL I KEEPER.. The Defendant in the Box. FURTHER EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES. At the Birmingham Assizes yesterday the trial was continued of the actiou to recover £ 3.500 for breach of promise of marriage, slander, and assault, brought by Florence Jennie Day against Morris Roberts, formerly au hotel-keeper. Mr C. J. Darling, Q.C., M.P., Mr J. S ...

... The Queen will scarcely recognise the Villa Victoria when she reaches Aix-les-Bains as the Maison Mottet where she stayed in 1887 and in leSS. The house has been considerably altered and enlarged, and the -interior is entirely redecorated and refurnished. A private telegraph-wire has just been placed in the room in which Sir Henry Ponsonby is to work. The Queen's bedroom and sitting-room are ...

... A Second Charge Against the Prisoner. [SPECIAL TELECUIAM TO THE _FCFO ] I The domestic servant. Surah Ann Thomas, surrendered to her bail at Haverford west, this morning, ou a charge of attempting administer strychnine to her employer. Superintendent Prauc:s said Air Evans was still unable to attend the court. lIe shouid have to apply for a further remand. lie might mentiou that a second ...