... NOTES ON AGRICULTURE. [BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. J CORN. CRAVEN Amrs, SALOP, September 7th.—I have been on a half-holiday half-agricultural tour this week, as I intimated last week I should be. On my run down through the Midland and North-western Counties the wheat and other grain had a very dark and murky appearance, but a week of fine weather has put a new feature on the progress of the harvest ...

... POREIGSMTELLIGENCE [PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS, REUTER'S FRK33 ASSOCIATION, AND C3XT3AL NEWS.] THE yfiLLOW FEVER IN THf UNITED STATES. NET. OittE.iNs, 1143 ceased near Gallipoli, and the njpPm. new cases elsewhere is *ereG8 deaths at New Orlea?^ye3turctdJ' at Memphis, and 12 at Vv^3 TUo Central Relief Coin?P^ee a- Or- leans have applied to Government for sixty thousand more for the ...

... FEARFUL^ STRUGGLE WiTU MANIACS AT PLYMOUTH. An exciting incident occurred on Thursday afternoon at Plymouth. Two young men, named Jenkins and A visor, were about to sail for Aus- tralia, in the steamer Hankow, but when pre- jented for medical examination, they were in a bordering on delirium tremens, from recent beavy drinking, and were possessed by such hallu- cinations that the Board of ...

... On Thursday evening an adjourned meeting ot the ratepayers of Ferndale, Blaenllecha, etc., was held at the Ynysybwl Inn, Ynysybwl. There was a numerous audience, among whom were Mr Thos. Williams, Glog, vice-charman of the Board of Guardians, Pontypridd Messrs M. W. Morgan solicitor; n. P. Thomas, solicitor; James lleea, rate-collector; C. H. Smith, Rhondda House; Idria Williams, W. Griffiths, ...

... THE RUMOURS OF A DISSO- LUTION. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM FROM OUR OWN REPOHTEK] PEYB,)N i', RADNORSHIRE, FRIDAY NIGHT. One of the most successful shows held during the last six years by the Radnorshire Agricultural Society took place at Penybont on Friday. The attendance was very large, and the entries in the various departments were numerous. Thanks to the energy displayed by the secretary, Mr James ...

... SUDDEN DEATH.—On Tueeday evening a,young man,named Benjamin Davies, ticket clerk, expireu at his desk in the office at the Pembroke and Tenby Railway Station. ...

... The bi-monthly meeting of this board was held on Wednesday. Present: Mr George Martia (chairman), and Messrs J. Probert, Bedlington Kirkhouse, Henry Evans, Thomas Jones, R J. Griffiths, Thomas Jenkjns, William Harris, Lloyd, John Gabe, and Thomas Williams'. — T ie minutes of the last meeting were read and con. firmed.—In the absence of Mr William Jones, Thomas Lluyd moved the motion, notice of ...

... FOILLIGN INTELLIGENCE. 9 FCNOM nun OWN COR.RESBONDEXTS, T.EVTSH'X TEFI\X'Y, I'K;C'5S AS:-IX'JAT;OX, AND CEMTTAL NEWS.] i ii — V THE YELLOW FEVER IN TJIffi tj f?OL THEKN .STATES, •j OULKANS, Wednesday.—Tliore J ^oatha at Yir-k^bm^ vost-fcrda-V. Ko i'«- t Pavement i.> vet reported, ii the sanitary c°ndition ...

... HORRIBLE DEATH. Intelligence of the death of William Jones Owens, of Bangor, has been received. As the ship Alice Davies was lying at anchor at Probo- lingo, on the coast of Java, five of the crew went to bathe, and four of them returned to the ship, but just before Owens reached the vessel a shark attacked him, completely disembowelling h m with one bite. The poor fellow uttered a piercing ...

... ANINUAL LICENSING AT NEW- PORT. On Thursday the brewster-sessions in connec- tion with the Newporc petty-sessional division of the county was held at the court-room, Victoria- hall. There were present on the bench Mr Thos. G rat-rex (ch airmail), Air 1-4. J. Hall, Mr W.Evans, and Mr 11. W. Hamilton. lnere are in the divi- sion 49 full licences and 36 beerhouses, all the occupiers of which ...

... The eisteddfod connected with the Reading- room and Institute of Maesycwmmwr was given on Thursday, in a marquee erected by Mr J. Smart, of Cardiff, in a field let by Mr D. Love. A fine day favoured the gathering, which was very numerously attended. The eisteddfod was under the patronage of Lord Henry Somerset, AT Col. the Hon. F. e. Morgan, M. P., Mr Ellis Mr L. Lewis, Mr L. D. liees, &c. At ...

... A TIN WORKS CASE. An important case came on for hearing at th' Neath Divisional Petty Sessions, on Saturday, Mr H. P. Charles appearing for the defendants. Messrs Joshua Williams and Co., and Mr Howel* Thomas for the defendant. It appears that th ...