... SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION. LOSS OF LIFE ALARMING FIRE. A serious railway collision happened last week between a goods train and a ballast train, on the North British Railway, near The engines and manv of the waggons of both trains ■were smashed, and a quantity of paiaffin oil ignited, causing an alarming conflagration. There were large numbers of cattio and sheep in the goods train. Peter ...

... NEWJfORT TOWN COUNCIL. The fortnightly meeting of the Watch Committee and Board of Health was held on Tuesday, at the Town-hall, when there were present-The Mayor, Aldermen C. Lyne, J. Murphy, D. Harrhy, and G. W. Jones Councillors W. West, H. R. Evans, J. W. Jones, J. Maddock, J. Gibbs, J. Thompson, Wyndham Jones, J. R. Jacob, S. Goss, J.R. Richards, A. Blake, O. Goss, and II. P. Bolt. The ...

... NEWPORT BOAllD OF GUARDIANS. The ordinary meeting of this Board was held on Sa- turday, at the Union Workhouse, when there were present-Mr. P. Woodruff, iu the chair; Mr. G. B. Gething, in the vice-chair; Revs. J. Hooper, F. B. Leonard, D. Roberts, E. Jenkins, aud J. Davies with Messrs. R. Stratton, S. Seard, H P. Bolt, E. Thomas, W. Jones (CVtiillogell), M.M.Cope, J. W. Bebell, J. If. Hillier ...

... CHURCH OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.—The quarterly meeting of the Mon noufch branch was heid ? n the Lecture-hall, on i\londay evening, and was well attended. The vicar of Monmouth (Rev. S. Phillips) a presided, and in his opening address stated that it was n resolved by the committee that a society should be formed in connection with the Church of England Temperance Society Sick and Burial ...

... Two Transatlantic vessels arrived at Liverpool report such heavy weather from Boston and Quebec respectively that they lost overboard a lare number of live cattle and sheep—one as many as 5'J4 sheep, and the other 100 head of cattle and a number of pigs. Relics of the ill-fated Eurydice have been for- warded from Portsmouth Dockyard to the Prin- cess of Wales and to Mrs. Hare, the widow of ...

... EXTRAORDINARY SHOOTING CASE. An oi raordiuary affair took place at Sale on the 17th instant. A joiner, named Wardle, who resides at Aitrincham, when in a state of intoxi- cation rambled from Sale Railway Station to Sale Nov/ Hall. A market gardener, named Edward Gresty, hearing his dogs bark, got up, and cu looking through his window, he saw something lying m his yard which lie believed to he ...

... THE Medical profession are now ordering Cadbury's Cocoa Essence in thousands of cases, because it contains more nutritious and flesh-forming elements than any other beverage, and is preferable to the thick starchy Cocoa ordinarily sold. When you ask for Cadbury's Cocoa Essence ba sure that you get it, as shopkeepers often pnsh imitations for the sake of extra profit. Makers to the Queen Paris ...

... BLACKWOOD. The Rev. J. Bowen, M.A., Lecturer, preached his farewell sermons on Sunday to his congregation at Gelligaer Endowed School Church on the occasion of closing the above sacred edifice. At the evening ser- vice there was a very large congregation, who seemed deeply moved at the steps being taken of closing the edifice, where, for over 25 years, Divine worship has been celebrated in ...

... At a conference last week of the Liverpool Ladies' Temperance Association, the chairman. Mr. Thomas Mathison, said it was calculated that by the cocoa-rooms established in Liverpool £50,000 a. year was taken from the publicans. ...

... This has for m .ny years been one of the most im- portant marts in the kingdom for the sale of cattle, sheep, Welsh butter, aud sheese. 1,115 head of cattle iu the primest possible condition occupied the princi. pal streets of Hereford 0n Tuesday, notwithstanding that the practical business of the fair did not com- mence before Wednesday, when the number was in- creased to between 3,OCO and 4 ...

... THE Hkii'traout^fjirc IJlcdisi. NEWPORT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1878.- HARVEST THANKSGIVINGS. YEAR by year man is reminded that whatever be his triumph over the silent forces of Mature, he is still dependent upon some of these III a remarkable decree- The world is differently placed now from what it was in the ...

... FREEING OF LONDON BRIDGES. The preparations for throwing open free to the public Waterloo Bridge Loudon, were all completed at an early hour on Saturday morning. The Metropolitan Board of Works hi.ve, in deference to the impatience of the public, made arrange- ments for the payment of £ 175,000, the purchase money for the structure, and the property was handed over to the Beard of Works, on ...