... DEATH BT DROWNING.—We have to record the death by drowning of Albert Wall, second son of Mr Jacob Wall, on Saturday last. He left home just before 10 a.m. for the purpose of bathing, and in a very short time he appeared to be caught by cramp, and was very soon drowned The de- ceased was a very promising teacher in the Ebbw Vale Board School. The body was in the water over six hours before it ...

... TRIBUTE WBRITISH SOLDIERS. Mr W. H. Smith, speaking at the dinner of the Westminister Licensed Victuallers' Association, at the Crystal Palace, on Thursday, referred to the conduct of our troops in Afghanistan. Dis- asters, he said, and even reverses might overtake the British soldier, but he knew that the country and the army to which he belonged were too strong to permit of more thm the ...

... Advicb to Mothers.—Are yon broken ili lest by a ttick child suffering with the pain of cuv.itia teeth Go at onee to a chemist and fret a bott!e vf Wntsi/yw's Sootkiks Sracr. It will relieve the sufferer imumdimely. It is perfectly harmless an 1 p,,e2,. saat to taste; ft produces natural, quiet slten h. relieving1 Uiechiid from pain, and the little chip awakes bright as a button. It s othes ...

... GLAMORGANSHIRE ASSIZES. The business of the summer assizes for the county of Glamorgan was opened at the Guildhall, Swansea, on Monday—before the Right Hon. Sir Richard Baggallay Knt., and the Right Hon. Henry Thesiger, The calendar contains the names of 39 prisoners. S. T CROWN COURT. [Before Mr Justice BAGGALLAY.] His Lordship took his seat at 11.10, when the following gentlemen were sworn ...

... THE SOUTH WALES EISTEDDFOD. THE ANNUAL MEETING AT SWANSEA. ARCHDEACON GRIFFITHS ON EISTED0F0DAU. ADDRESS BY BR IN LELF l RICHARDS. FIRST DAY. The South Wales Eisteadfod, at Swansea, was opened there 011 Wednesday forenoon, in a large temporary wooden building erected for this pur- pose, an 1 intended also for the meetings of the British Association. The attendance was by no mc* ns large. At ...

... The annual meeting of the Swansea Harbour Trust waa held at tho Guildhall, on Monday, Mr Brown presiding pro ...

... SIR E. J. REED, K.C.B., M.P. THE constituents and friends of the honour- able member for Cardiff will be pleased to learn that a high distinction lias- just been conferred upon him. His great services in connection with the navy are well known throughout the country, and it must often have occurred to those who have been able to form a just estimate of these services that the honourable ...

... WRECK OF THE FLYJNG SCOTCHMAN. THE TRAIN TELESCOPED. THREE MiFKILLED. BERWICK-ON.TWEED, TUESDAY. DerwIck-oa-Tweed was thrown into a state of the most intense excitement to-day by the report that the fast Scotch train known as the Flying Scotchman had gone over the sea banks at Marshall Meadows, about three ndlea fiom the town. The medica! men in the district at once proceeded to the scene of ...

... TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH. At the Centr&l Criminal Court, London. Robert Slade Uoimer, 42, and Jane Colmer, 42, his wife, have been indicted for the murder of Mary Budge. The female prisoner, a haggard grisly womac, seemed to be in a very weak state, and the omcera ia charge of her had frequently to administer restoratives. The case is a very painful one, amd of a nature which precludes ...

... HANDSOME DONATION TO THE RiSCA FUND. The directors of the Great Western Railway have authorised & donation ot 100 guineas to the Riaca explosion fund. ...

... BRIDGEND. MEETING OF GUARDIANS. — At the weekly meeting of this board on Saturday, the question of advancing Dr. Verity's salary in consideration of his attendance at the Cottage Homes, was dis- cussed. The board agreed to recommend that the sum of £5 per annum, in addition to his present salary, be paid Mr Verity. WIFE BEATING.—William Jones, of tbe Golden Lion, Aberfcenfig, haulier, waa ...

... I live. This is an inter- | °cuinent, which at first sight strike# I l* on'y j>>' reason of its oddity. But I think that nig .jetween the lines v. e n ay find in it a ess n i,i the char ccer of the Irish peasant hich MWouldbediHicuktof.btinfrommo.erreten- IOU. sources, \e fce !.ere how simple and yet low c iniiiu with what ready instinct lie urns to i arliampnt to hi Id bin iu his ...