... ABERDARE. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SPORTS.—The annual sports and horse races announced to take place on Monday, July 9th, contain this year a special attraction in the shape of a brass band contest. There are various and valuable prizes for compe- tition by amateurs and professionals, and we understand that a large number of entries have already been received. It should be noted that no entries ...

... THE SUICIDAL EPIDEMIC AT SWANSEA. Another suicide has to be added to the list of those which havo recently been either attempted 01 committed iu Swansea, Mr William Harper, landlord of the King's Head Inn, High-street, Swansea, and formerly steward of the Working Men's Club, early on Saturday morning cut his throat with a carving knife, and almost severed the head from the body. The deceased, ...

... PRESENTATION TO THE REV. FATHER BRUNO, OF CARDIFF The Rev. Father Bruno, who has been for nearly thirty years connected with the Roman Catholic Church at Cardiff, a short time since received notice from his superior to leave Cardiff for another mission. The Roman Catholics of Cardiff determined to present him with a testimonial as a mark of their appreciation of his zeal as a priest, and as a ...

... GENERAL. THE TIMES AND COMPETITION. THE penny newspapers have, at last, begun to tell on the fortunes of the Times news- paper, and it is reported that arrangements are nearly ready so that that newspaper may be published at two prices, threepence and one penny, like the Morning lleral l and Stanilard many years ago. There is no doubt that the penny edition of the Times willluwe an enormous ...

... THE FRENCH IN TONQUIN. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] PARIS, WEDNESDAY. According to private advices from Hanoi, un- der date 22nd June, the Black Flags cut off the heads of Commandant Rivibre and other French officers and soldiers killed and wounded in the disastrous sortie from the citadel, and carried them in a triumphal procession through all the province of Annam. ...

... JACOB YN BKTHEL, Dan bwys cvdwybod euog Ffodd Jacob ar ei rawd, o flaen ystorm gynddeiriog Digof'aint Esau, 'i frawd Yn Luz, dan bren almonydd, Fe rodd ei ben i lawr, Ar gareg o obenydd, He gwelodd ysgvl fawr. Ei phen oedd hyd y nefoedd, Ah throed oeJd ar y ddae'r; Ar hyd-ddi engyl luoedd Ucó at yn eu gwisgoed i ciaer, Yn ac yn esgyn O'r ddaear byd y neu, A'u Hollalluog Frenin Yn syllu uwch eu ...

... LLONGYFARCHIAD I Elizabeth Mary a Rachel Aun, merched bychain Mr T. J. Thomas, Brynawel Villa, Cwm- rhondda. Beth gyflry'r awen, ddeffry'r serch, Mor rhwydd â gwen a geiriau merch ? A chwareu ar dyneraf aant Ein mynwes ni mae geiriau'r plant, Heb fawr gram ad eg, ferched glan, Hwy dorant eiriau'n ddarnau man A mynych rydd y galon lam, Wrth iddynt sisial Dad a Mam, Mor ddengar 'ynt, llygaid ...

... FATAL ACCIDENT.—A very sad accident took place betweeD 10 and 11 o'clock on Saturday night. A woman named Eliza Jones, wife of David Jones, bailer, of 5th Row, Georgetown, was pass- ing the vaults of the Tredegar Arm Hotel when a piece of which had been placed to prevent persons going into the vault from rubbing against the wet paint, fell. knocking Mrs Jones on the head. She fell bleeding ...

... SERIOUS ALLEGATION AGAINST A MINISTER. At the Stafford quarter-sessions on Wednesday, the Rev. F. Andrews, pastor of the principal Primitive Methodist congregation in Sheffield, appealed against an affiliation order made by the South Staffordshire stipendiary compelling him to pay towards the maintenance of the illegitimate child of Fanny Herbert, a girl of 18 years of age, living with her ...

... THE CHOLERA IN EGYPT, [SPECIAL TELEGRAM.] ALEXANDRIA, WEDNESDAY, 11 A.M. The reports received this morning from Damietta and elsewhere are favourable, showing a marked decline in the number of cholera cases. Two deaths from cholera were reported to have taken place in this city, but it now appears they were in reality due to gastric fever. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] ALEXANDRIA, WEDNESDAY. The number ...

... THE CHILDREN'S HOUR COLUMN FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. BY MAGGIE SYMINGTON. Between the dark and the daylight, W hf n the nightis beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupation, That is known as the Children's Hour. LvngfeUow. THE DAYS WHEN WE WENT GIPSYING -BREAK- FAST IN THE WOODS—BOILING THE KETTLE— PIC-NIC MEMORIES—MISHAPS—INFURIATED WASPS —LOST IN THE WOODS—USEFPL KECIPES—THE ...

... IT is greatly to be regretted that some un* pleasantness has been caused in America tg ...