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... THE TOWN COMMISSIONERS AND THE USK CON- SERVATORS.-At a special meeting of the Usk and Ebbw Board of Conservators, held at the Angel Hotel, on Tuesday week, a committee was appointed to take legal proceedings against the Abergavenny Improvement Commissioners, for polluting the river CJsk, by allowing the town sewage t,) flow into it. The Commissioners have erected filter beds and tanks. and ...

... MURDER OF A PARAMOUR. A boiler- smi th, named William Simpson, is in custody at West Hartlepool, charged with the murder of his paramour, Jane Turner. The pair quarrelled, and then Simpson is said to have so severely beaten her with a heavy stone that death ensued. ...

... DEATH OF MB. JAMES GRAHAM.—The stroke of Death has this week fallen with appalling sudden cess upon a well-known and highly-esteemed citizen of Newport. M. James Graham, auctioneer, &c., of 67, High-street, rose on Tuesday morning in his ordinary state of health, and died between 2 and 3 o'clock on the same day. The visitation came with startling swiftness. Mr. Graham, as was his wont, went, ...

... An extraordinary scene occurred at Bandon, County Cork, last week, on the occasion of the burial of a Mrs. Loane, the wife of a Protestant trader in the town. It was alleged this woman had become a Roman Catholic before her death. The husband denied it, and invited two Protestant clergymen to perform the burial service. Two Roman Catholic clergymen alsoattended—one, the parish priest, ...

... At the Eurydice court martial, on Wednesday, Cap- tain Keith Hudson gave evidence as to the suddeness j of the squall whLii struck the t arydice, aud the pe- culiar atmospheric appearances which accompanied it. The harbour master at Portsmouth was also examined, The harbour master at Portsmouth was also examined, and he said that from observations made on board the wreck he found the captain ...

... ALLEGED FRAUDS BY A COLLIERY MANAGER. At the Birmingham Police Court, on Saturday, Jas. Hutchinson Balmain, 29, ex-colliery manager, Moseley, was charged with stealing Z1075 belong- ing to the Wimblebury and Cannock Colliery Company, Hednesford and Birmingham. Mr. Underbill appeared for the prosecutioa, and in ap- plying for a remand stated that evidence would be given showing that prisoner ...

... f MONMOUTHSHIRE AND SOUTH | WALES BUILDING SOCIETY. The ninth annu S.1 meeting in connection with this society was held on Monday evening, at the court- ROOM, Town-had, Newport. Mr. H. J. Parnall in the chair. Tners was a fair representative attendance of j shareholders. Mr. Harse, the secretary, read the notice convening the meeting, and also the minutes, which were confirmed. The ninth ...

... The unjustifiable conduct of some young men who were present at a dancing party near Waco, in Texas, the other evening, has created much unpleasant feeling in the neighbourhood. It seems that most of the ladies who took part in the festivity brought babies with them, and the noisy perversity of the infants prevented their mothers from enjoying the dance. A number of young men, actuated ...

... THE BRITISH WORKMAN. The Daily Telegraph remarks :—A scheme to pro- mote and extend technical instruction to the metropolis is now under the consideration ot the General Purposes Committee of the Corporation of the City of London. If carried into effect in the manner proposed it may produce beneficial results among the artisans and ap- prentices who will largely avail themselves of its advan- ...

... A SPANISH LADY has appeared on the Paris Boule- vards leading a pet dove by a rose-colored ribbon. The body of Mr Russell, one of the party of three who were drowned at Nottingham on Satur- day, was discovered on Tuesday, but nothing yet has been heard of that of Miss Bradbury. Another explosion of gas generated in the coal on board ship is reported from Cardiff. The French steamer Emelie had ...

... HENLLIS. ACCIDENT IN THE HA y FIELD.—An accident happened recently to a little boy, son of Mr Adam Lewis, of Henllis. While he was amusing himself in a hay field, he fell down and broke his arm. He was conveyed to the surgery of Dr. Davidson, by whom -he was attended to immediately. ...