... lOKNTRAI, NKWd-ISLUGRAM.] BERLIN, Wednesday.—An official .unimutc*- ment, issued Munich, states that King Otto of Bavaria, is now so hopelessly deranged as to be unnhle tr participate in any family events. ...

... THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT i NEAR DOWLAIS. Death of Miss G. Davis. I LBPIiOIAL TELBGRAM: TO THIC ECHO.] I Miss Gwenny Davis, of Merthyr, who met with a serious accident on the railway near Pant itation, Dowlais, died at one o'clock to-day, after t month's lingering illness. ...

... We understand that a London firm has pur- chased the pontoon which has been lying in the mud outside Cardiff for a year or two past, and the Dumfries Works and another attempt will be made to complete and set this place going. It is hoped the new enterprise will meet with suc- coss, as the history of the company up to now has been most regrettable, nearly £ 100,000 having been sunk in the ...

... I FRITZ BUMMEL. I Soma twenty years ago Fritz Bumtnel was a German student at the university of Bonn. He German student at the university of Bonn. He had a tine intellect, and had be applied himself could have made a great name for himself, but un- fortunately he bad a constitutional dislike to bard work. He was a mali, slender, pale young man. with a high forehead, and a feminine cast of coun ...

... VALE OF GLAMORGAN STEAM FLOUR MILLS. ) Porthcawl of late years has certainly advanced with the times. We now hear of another addition to be made to the place. The business of Messrs John Dare and Co., corn and flour merchants, is about to beeome. a limited liability company, with sufficient capital to erect new mills under the new process system, with the best and most approved machinery for ...

... CARDIFF rtg AKD TCAR HOSPITAL.—The boa. secretary begs to acknowledge, WLLil Wanks. the receipt of a donation of £2 2s to the above insti- tution from the Cardiff IfwtbftU per Mr W. H. Treatt, hon. eec. ...

... UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES. The new Board of Agriculture has awarded to the University College of North Wales, Bangor, the sum of £ 400 as a grant for tha current year to aid the college in its schema of agricultural education and dairy farming in North Wales. The Government grant IS given to supplement a special I fund raised by the college by way of subscription, the subscriptions ...

... This morning the body of a man was found floating in the Old Sea Lock by P.C. Kinsr, who c.'Used it to bo removed to the mortuary. Tiie deceased was a man ot about 4 n in height, and had the appearance of a navvy. The body has not yet been positively identified, but it is believed to be tbat of a man kuown iu the neighbourhood as Slen. ...

... While the Municipal Elections in England and Wales show a gain to the Liberal party, it must be socrowfully said that Cardiff has not acquitted itself as it ought to and might have-done. Although the loss of one se%t is no great matter for lamentation in itself, I must confess that the result in the West Ward is a grievous dis- appointment. We might set off against it the splendid majority by ...

... A MANCHESTER JOURNALIST'S APPEAL. In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, on Thursday, the case of Mackay against the Manchester Press Com- pany, Limited, and Phiilips was brought before Mr Baron Huddleston and Mr Justice Stephen, by way of appeal by the defendants from an order made by Mr Justice A. L. Smith in chambers. Mr Marshall supported the appeal, Mr Arbuthnot ...

... r Our New York Letter. Who spends the most money of any man in Now York ? 1 put this question to a Wall-street acquaintance one morning. William K. Van, derbilt, I should say, was his answer, and I must confess that it did not surprise ms. Young William Vanderbilt, or Willie,:I as bo is familiarly called by those persons who do not know him, has a fortune of not far from 215,000,000, or ...

... ADVANCE IN STEEL RAIL PRICES Yes'erday sfoel rail makers reported extraor- dinary activity, and that orders are rapidly in- creasing at tbe works. Contracts are arriving from the Argf-atine Republic, India, Mexico, New Soutb Waies, and Victori>. Extensive inquiries are being made by some English lines, but the orders have not yet been placed. Prices are rising fast in consequence of the lare-e ...