... Tu4 FAIR.-At a meeting of farmers it was decided to hold the Christmas fair on Monday in- stead of Saturday. COUSTY OOUNocri BLEoTION.-A meeting of rate- payers was held at the Concert Hall on Monday evening.to hear the four candidates the hall being crowded. Mr R. James presided. The four candi- dates for the district, Messrs J. Blackwall, J. P., Isgoed JoneslDavid Jones, and the Rev. Titley ...

... It is at the villa of Mr Stuart Rendel's brother, on the Bay of Naples, that Mr Gitdstone is expected to paqs a portion of the winter months in the approaching Parliamentary recess. Writing in the Soath Wales Weekly Newvs, Maelgwyit ?? Sanguine hopes ex- pressed by the members of the Wrexham National Eisteddfod Committee-that there would be a large surplus in hard after pavinp all ?? ahout ...

... News- ina Brieft President-elect Hairison is a follower of Izaak Walton. Air Gladstone starts on hi. Italian tour on the 19th inst. There are 2096 public-houses and beershops in Liver- pool. Pneumonia causes the death of 3700 people annually in New York City alone. Neu result of the Salvatioss Army week of self- denial : a gain of £15 000 to the funds. IThere are in Europe only 221 street ...

... New Year's Day at Rome witnessed the Jubilee MIsrq of Pope Leo XIII., where zo lese tban 20,000 persons were found within the wills of St. Peter's Cathedral. On the followihg day, the Tinies newspaper etitered its second century of publication. On the 4th of January, Bolton Theatre was totdli~ destroyed by fire, and four days later seven lives were lost. owin r to a collision between the ...

... A CAPhE HORN GHOST. BY THE SKIPPER.. On her way home from Adelaide was the good: ship Flying Cloud with the first of the wool clip, and we were all anxious she should make as good a passage as possible. There were bets on, both in- Adelaide and London, that though she sailed five , days after the Wang Sung, she should be tho first to enter the Thames. The ships arriver st;. well. ...

... 'ast, were radi- e in mes 'heir ?.hey It e of Iof )tice mis- ead, rist- ipon Ling Tenr, 3ets .The ege, -the as1 of very That Charles Dikens had a good and kindly heart his works bear constant testimony, and Christmas has been rendered doubly attractive by the noble way in which he championed, and continues to champion, in his works the caase of the poor, To be happy oneself at Christmas time ...

... MIR OSBORNE MORGAN, M.P., REFUSES A CiHALLENGE. In addition to the letters already published, the I following have comze to handl, on the subject of F the Church and its Enrlowinents: * [Copy]' House of Commons, Nov. 16, 1.88. SIn,-I have receivedyourlptkerand regret that ?? 0 ngagements (which occupy me from morning to night) .1i callnlot loolk through thre seventeen volumes to which I ...

... AN EVENTFUL OH REIST gMAS EVE. SEfl.kLnX LW l rB on rR THE NORTH WAsIss tr BY NELLIE S, ELLERY. h Nellie I Agatha Felton, has arrived. I met the 'Manor ' carriage iive minutes ago with a whole. beap of boxes, contaiuiuj, no dou'bt, a lot of tb rubbisby Louddon flnery. The good-looking n yonga Heroules who spoke these words-in a veryv disdainful tone-flung himself at full length on F the sofa ...

... TPHEI HALTING STEP. SPECIATLL WRIrTTN Fon TEJ NoTRu WAS3 ; CIIIONXOLE BY ANNA WALTER THOMAS. Some years ago I was suddeuly stricken down by an iljlrus, tho offeuts of whioh left me, not ?? ill, tbut in a stats of languor that made all mental exertion trying to me. The daily round Of business, ouec fuli of pleasant interest, became an exhausting burden ; and the incipient fogs of a London ...

... Back, Rev. Arthur James, ?? vicar of Wor- stead, Norfolk. Bardaley, Rev. J. W., vicar of Huddersfield; honor. ary canon of Wakefield. Bennett, Rev. T. J. F.; minister of Curzon Chapel, Mayfair. , f I Bladon, Rev. George, B.A.; vicar of St. Luke's, Chadderton. Bodington, Rev. Charles; rural dean of Liobfield. Boyce, Rev. William; rector of Elkestone, Glouces- terabire, Brook, Revo J. Ingham, ...

... S TURDA-y, .EMBCR 1all-i1le SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29th1, 1888. A LOCAL RETROSPE.DT. BEForto the next number of the North Wales Chronicle makes its appearance, the curtain will have fallen on the~year 1888. The year, which is now so very near its close, has been marked by several events of considerable local impor- tance, and Welsh matters have claimed a large share of attention both in and onb ...

... CEBIR9TMAS IN RUTrxN.--UInlike its neigbbouring town of Denbigh, Ruthin observed WVednesde y as a holiday and held its usual market on Monday. Christmas was rung in by a merry peal of the church bells; and although the weather after a few hours of dry, turned nunfavourable for out-door amusements or rambles, it was just favourable for family reunion . A service iunaccordance with the usual ...