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... 'fortiAll btelligulce, THE ZULUJ WARO . 1i1 FULLER DETAILS OF THE BATTLE OF el * ?? IIOLO VA. t11 as THE INTOMIBI DISASTERL ofa THE VICTORY OF COL. WOOD. a] TREMENDOUS SL&UGIITER OF THE ZULUS. The Donald Currie royal Mail steamship, Dublin Castle, which left the Cape on April 7, arrived in Ply- moutih Sound on Thursday morning, bringing news fitl confirmation of Lord 'Chelnisford'o victory and ...

Published: Wednesday 07 May 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4920 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

BAZAAR AT BARTON BLOUNT

... Barton Hall, the b0autiful reaidence of Francis Bradsalaw, 4 ad Esq., was the sceno of unwonted anination on Wednesdady b last. A bazaar, of a very tasteful and unique description, A was beld in aid of the fuude for the completion of the Rec- P ad tory House at Smalley, of which parish tho Rev. William t he Bradshaw is incumbent. The patrtioularobject was saetforth 2 in a circular, of which ...

Published: Wednesday 13 August 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 904 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

DERBY POST OFFICE REGULATIONS

... - DeatIfY 'osr o'mFXcE ItEGUILA- TIONS. ?? THE BOXES ARE CLEARED AS UNDER. )fThe Office is open to tie Pubilic from? 7RM, to 9 P.M. on hWeek-days, atd front 7 tim. to 10 a~m, on Sundays. The Telegraph Ofices open altrttLIs. No, ot Mall. 1. Mfanclhester L~Iverpool. Nor-th-WelsternCounties, etid Irelaind, U rantbani, Grimsbhy, Lincoln, Newark, Nottllighleft, mid N. Lincolnshire.. 2 ILM. 2. ...

Published: Wednesday 14 May 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1584 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

THE ELECTION OF THE DERBY BOROUGH CORONER

... I THE ELECTION OF THlE DERBY BOROUGH I I CORONER. ' I doe A special meeting of the Ntrby Town Council wits held . it-. on Thursday aternoon for the purpose of electing P. gentle- sy ma to till ties office of coroner for the borough, in the In he( p0lace of the late Mr. Vallaick. The Mayor presidad, and Ii In there were also present Aldermen Bernrose, Cox, Higgie- ia- bottom,. Leech, Itenals, ...

Published: Wednesday 19 March 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1167 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

THE DAUGHTER OF MR. POTTER, M.P

... I'lr i i ?? to. Th' following extraordinary narrative is supplied to the tion WIT/ftchall Revicew by one of its contributors in Rlome:-.Tho and condition, physical and metaphysical, corporeal, montal, and dist spiritual, of one of those ladies who Digure in your list of see( ,Romo recrits,' is exciting keen attention here. The A lady to whom I refer is Miss Editb Potter, only daughter of of t ...

Published: Wednesday 22 January 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1562 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

Foreign Intelligence

... : isr. c 'Juretgn 3nltd1igtnct. THE AFGHAN WAR. at re THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH YAKOOB KHAN. lb (Standa, d.Telegrain,) foic SIMAc, Sunday. El The Government Are satisfied with thle progress sol which the negotiation. with Yakoob are making. Li The frontier line agreed upon by us is exactly that de which I telegraphed you from Lahore on thle 9th inst., I i namely, the Khyber Pass, the Khoorum ...

Published: Wednesday 21 May 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 9244 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

SUNDAY CLOSING CONFERENCE AT DERBY

... re OR Monday ovening, a couferenco washold at the Temper- M ance Hall, to take into consideration tho above subject. cc Mr. Alderlnnu Bemrose, J.P., presided, and there were also mi preseut the Iievs. R. Hey, W. H. Askwith, C. R. Molineux, w H. Rowart.., C. D. Badland, W. Wilkinsos, Messrs. S. Court, W. Mart, F, Earp, Firtb, Todd, &c. The floor of hl the room was fairly filled, many of those ...

Published: Wednesday 21 May 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 903 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

STEPHENSON MEMORIAL HALL

... STEFPH-EINSON 1IlAI\IORIAL HlALl. 1l . . , ?? aton SPEECHIES BY T1W DUKE OF DtEVO'NSHIRE tbc were MR F ARKWRIGRiT, M.P., ADMIRAL EGER?-`! Alto- TONM.P., ?? Cie 7ells, OPENTNG OF THlE HALL. allt Air. 'hise Slepllenlson Meniorial 1-fall, Clhestprtfield, was formadll he', ~ie%- popned (in Mornday Afternoon by tise Grace the Bake of No M~ Devotisiire, The day was observed its a general holiday, -p ...

Published: Wednesday 16 July 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5184 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

DERBY POST OFFICE REGULATIONS

... Dit{iBY 'oS'T' oFFICEI)L. I'EGULA- TIONS. THE BOXES ARE CLEARED AS UNDER. The Office is opeon to the public from 7 a.m. to 9 p.M. Om Week-dayo, and from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Snndaye. The Telegraph Office Is open aerlays. No. ot Wail. 1. MancheEter. Llverpool,North-M estern Counties, and Ireland, Granlitam, Grimsby, Lincoln, N4ewark, Nottingham, and N. Lincolnshire 2 anm. 2. Ashborne, Belper ...

Published: Wednesday 09 July 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2450 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

District News

... pistrid Jews. 00.5, _ iand- wits CRIC9. rose- Typnoin, FEVEIR AMONGST Paos.- This diiorder still con- 19I tinues to spread in spite of the precautions that are being 7oca- taken by the Local Authority. At tbe Belpeir Police Court On on Saturday last, Superintendent Lytle made Application to thiih G. R. Strutt, Esq., the presiding Magistrate, for- an order to 'tiOn. destroy i~wo pigsthus ...

Published: Wednesday 03 September 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 11090 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: News 

TRIAL OF THE 100-TON GUN

... .L4 - ' - _ As-l -it ?? U U ?? The first shot was fired from the first of the 100-ton guns at Woolvich on Friday afternoon, and was the occasion of er much interest. It may be necessary to explain that at the W tirme when the special vote of credit was passed in the spring of 1878 it was discovered that Sir William Armstrong had on hand at his Elawick factory four gans of 100 toits apicce, a- ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1534 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

AGRICULTURAL

... AGRICULURtAL. TEE CROPS IN TH1E DISTRICT. The following reports have been published by the Staf- fordehire Advertiser: - BURTON-ON-TRENT DIsTRIcT.-Barton: Wheat 16, oait 30, barley 20, bushels por acre, one-half of which is daingged. Mangolds 6 tons per acre, swedes 12 tone, common turnips 10 tons. Cabbages good. Potatoes ball a crop, moroor lessr diseased. Arable land foul; pastures very bare ...

Published: Wednesday 17 December 1879
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: News | Words: 1556 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News