... THE VACCINATION ACT. I I Sleeping with a Smallpox Patient. I A men applied to Mr Paul Taylor, at the South. waik Police Court yesterday, for a certificate of exemption under the Vaccination Act. Mr Paul Taylor Why do you object to your child being vaccinated ? Applicant: My brother was vaccinated, and he had the smallpox. I slept with him, and although I was not vtecinated I did not have it. I ...

... Mountain Ash District Councillor and His Wife- At the Mountain Aah County Court, held on Thursday week (before his Honour Judge G wilym Williams), Mrs Eva.ns, the wife of William Evans, hairdresser, Abercynon, & member of the Mountain Ash Urban District Council, brought an action against her husbaud for maintenance under an agreement entered into by the parties when they separated in 1896. The ...

... PRINCE GEORGE- Kom £ Tu^fcday Morning.—The King has for- warded.. telegram to Prince George congratu- birn on his appointment as Governor of Crete. CC.J'i-GI News. ...

... The Man About Town. The County Council elections, so far as we are immediately concerned, will commence in all earnest to morrow, and the time is not yet too short to say a word of advice to my Liberal triends in both counties. The first suggestion is that all qualified persons should go early to the voting place, and that they should muster beforehand, if they get hold of them, the needful ...

... IMITATING JACK THE RIPPER IN SOMERSET. A case has just occurred at Yeovil showing the effect the recent tragedies has on the minds of some young people. It appears that two boys enticed a little fellow into a lane called Red Lion Lane. It is alleged that they threw him down, and that whilst one of them held him down the other drew an old rusty sword across hie throat. The weapon only made a ...

... I SPORTING I i EMS. Humewood is on offer to a French breeder. Wagering on the Waterloo Cup is still a dead letter, H.R.H. the Prinoe of Wales is exp&oted at Nice on the 25 h inst. Jack Wannopoffers tofightany man in America with small gloves. There are now five stud bonks for horses and four herd brroks for cattle in France. Gildseeker has been entered lor almost every race for which his ...

... About ten o'clock yesterday morning a shocking discovery was made on Hackney Marshes. Mr Kennedy, it is stated, was in search of a bird he had shot, when he found the body of a woman lying on tho ice in a ditch at the back of the White Hart, Tempie Mills, near the River Lee she was quite dead and had apparently been so for some hours. A constable was called, and the body was conveyed to ...

... Six Arrests. Late last night a party of police left Gweedore in search of other persons suspected of Inspector Martin's murder. A number of houses were entered and six arrests were made, two being of women. Many of the people who attended Derrybeg Chapel on the day of the murder are still hiding. ...

... The boy Duncan Johnson, who was seriously injured by falling from a train on the Great Northern Railway, near Grantham, last week, is progressing favourably at the Grantham Hospital. Beyond the terrible injury to the skull, no bones are broken, but he has extensive bruises all over the body. There are intervals of consciousness, when he can speak, but nothing intelligible as to how the ...

... SPORTING ITEMS. Tile Lewes jockey Ecott thinks Frigate is bound to win the Grand National. Indian Prince has won a big trial, and he is booked a certamty for the Llyerpool Spring Cup. It seems that Tommy Tittleuaouse beat both Yarm and Frapotel in a trial that took place on tbe new Hedon racecourse. Helmsley cleared out a lot of Sherrara's horses in a trial, and he will, if started, win the ...

... District Intelligence, CARDIFF. DON'T FORCICT SEVFR'I'IiOkD BOARn SOHOOI* CONCERT, to-night, Coioniai Hali, inew-street, Cardiff. Armada and ^hakespeare, in beautiful cos- tumes. 1 rices 2s ana Is. Tickets may be bad at the doors. gill For high-class Portraits go to A. & G. Tayloi's, Duke-street. One quality, the best one price, bI per dozen. NEWPORT. Rover Safety has set the fasuion to the ...

... AN INTERESTING LETTER BY THOMAS CHARLES, OF BALA. The Evangelical Magazine is the oldest magazine of its kind issued. We have been favoured with a copy of a letter addressed by Mr Charles nearly 90 years ago by the Rev D. B. Hooke, late of Rhyl, to the managers of the magazine. It contains some facts which will bo of special interest to those who are interested in the history of Welsh ...