... PENARTH LOCAL BOARD. At a meeting of the Penarth Local Board on Monday night Mr c. W. Ingram preaided, and there were also present Messrs W. Shepherd, T. H. Belcher, G. PUe. and Beavan. The paving of James-street waa discussed, and the Surveyor waa instructed to prepare estimates of the cost of egectmg P'Tvate imnrovements m both James- etraet &nd Brootnoeld-pIace.—The Clerk read a etgned by ...

... ,f A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT. H. SMITH, in reply to Gen. Goldsworthy, that the intelligence department was now and considering reportsrtwhichihad been r°eived at the War Offifca on the .state of j^Pment and readiness for service of the two ^/army corps. He was not at present in,a 8ltioa to make any statement oa,the subject. THK LBNACT LAWS. j,:ir MATTHEWS, in reply to Mr WillianrCorbett, t-^that ...

... YANKEE YARNS. HARD LUCK. What is the matter? Why do you weep? asked a kind-hearied gentlemen of a woman who was mopping her eyes. To-day is an unlucky day with me. My hus- band has been arrested for the thirteenth time this year for drunkenness. WHAT HIT RIM. Young Binks takes his country cousin, who is in the city on a visit, to see a baseball match. Ball hits C. C. in the eye. Gosh all ...

... The Powis Exhibition, which is worth £60 a year, has been awarded to Mr W. Llewelyn Williams Hulmeian Exhibitioner, of Brasenose College, Oxford. Mr Williams was educated at Llandovery College. ...

... THE ALLEGED WIFE^BE ATING BY A NEWPORT TRADESMAN. At Newport borough police court on Wednesday, the adjournel summons against Mr Robert Vaughan, jeweller. Commercial-street, for assault- ing his wife, Maria V aognan, was proceeded with. Complainant stated that on Monday, the 7th inst., her husband came home intoxicated. She remonstrated gently with him, and said, This is the condition you ...

... The quantity of coal sent to London by railway in August shows a falling off as compared with July cf 29,538 tons, and was 15,972 tons less than in the corresponding month of last year. The falling off was fully shared in by most 3f the col- lieries in South Wales doing business with the metropolis, the result of the comparatively high rate for carriage, which is from Is 2d to Is 5d per ton ...

... MR DAVID JONES'S WEDDING.—A banquet was held on Monday evening to celebrate the return of Mr David Jonss, senior partner of the firm of Messrs D. Jones and Co., grocers and provision dealers, from his honeymoon. The banquet was served in Mr Jones's new building in North- street, and Mr Jones, of Cardiff, a partner in the firm, presided. During the evening a timepiece and an illuminated address ...

... The funeral of Mrs Jones, Oernant House, mother of Dr Edgar Jones, Mayor of Cardiff Mr J. O. Jones, Cardiff Dr J. A. Jones, Llanelly and Mr E. Jones, Feathers Hotel, Aberayron, took place on Saturday last at Penycae Independent Chapel Burial Ground. The Rev John Tnomas, Lampater, conducted the service at deceased's residence, and the Rev J. M. Prydderch and the R»v. W. Evans, Aberayron, ...

... j IMMENSE DAMAGE. 60 PERSONS KILLED, I BURSTING Of A DAM. A TRAIN SUBMERGED. PEOPLE PANIC-STll ICKEN. [RECTEU'3 TELEGRAMS.] YOUK, Wednesday. An extensive portion of the United Spates was visited at ten o'clock last night, by .n earthquake of au alarming character. It was felt with most severity it), the Coast region from Alabama tn New Y odc, the heaviest shocks baing in the smth, notably at ...

... On Tuesday was celebrated the opening of the extension, line from Crjmmych to Cardigan, and from to-day (Wednesday) the Great Western Railway Company will take over the entire line from Whitland to Cardigan, and henceforth work it for passenger and goods traffic. The delays which have taken place in connection with the construction of the extension-a work which has been on hand for 11 years or ...

... On Wednesday morning two schoone^' Jessie and Superior, of Aberdeen, foundered ;o Stonehaven. The vessels left Stone;¡¡¡.veIl the charge of the steamer Benledi Aberdeen, and when off Yarrow Point the rope broke, and they were driven ashore- Superior sank in eight fathoms of water, wbde Jessie was dashed to pieces. Fortunateh lives were lost. Part of the plant used in the wrecked steamer, ...

... A MOST INTERESTING LKTTKR.—The following letter will have just now great interest for all our readers Dear Friend,—Here I am at last, enjoying my holiday, The severe strain I have undergone for some time past made a complete rest necessary. Acting on yeur suggestion, I consulted the leading medical man in this place. 'You have been over- working yourself,' said he Many people do—some with the ...