... On one of the pleasant foothill ranches of the S'erras lived Eva Rose. a pretty blonde maiden, over whose Runuy head just eighteen summers had Her parents were owners of the Mar- tina Rancho, and Eva h-vj lived a happy, coruemed life until the present time. The crops bad not turned out well, owing to the dry season, ana pretty Eva bad been refused some money thai, sue wanted for a new party ...

... Professor Ker, of the University College, Cardiff, was on Saturday elected to the Quain Professorship of English Literature in University College,(London. This important chair*, which has been held in succession by Professor Masson, now of Edinburgh, and by Professor Henry Morley (who retires at the end of the present session), has been recently enriched by an endow- ment under the will of the ...

... FATAL PROTECTION. Sad Death of a Schoolmistress. Mdlle. CUllY, a schoolmistress at Saint D in the Vosges, has just met her death under extra- ordinary circumstances. She had gone with her brother to see some cousins in a neighbouring village, but, finding the front door of the house locked, she walked round to a side entrance and pushed it to ascertain if it were also fastened. A loud report ...

... Fraud and deception of the worst kind were proved up to the hilt against William Penfold Cope, Minister of the Gospel, who yesterday npplied for his discharge from the Bankruptcy Court., and ignominiously failed to obtain it. wolf in shepherd's clothing had been a Christian minister for twenty-three years, and for xteen of them had supplied spiritual nutriment to the good folk of the Maze ...

... THE LIBERATION SOCIETY. The pioceediugs of the Liberation Society's conference were concluded on Thursday at the Memorial Hall, London. Mr Osborne Morgan, M.P., presided over a welt-attended meeting. After some formal business, The CHAIRMAN delivered the opening address, in which, as an old Welsh member, he expressed the gratification he felt that Mr Diliwyn, that veteran leader of Welsil ...

... Alleged Embezzlement by a Cardiff Clerk. MAGISTERIAL PROCEEDINGS. At the Cardiff police-court to-day—before the Stipendiary, Dr Paine, and Alderman Jacobs- August Bleniat, 24, was charged,on remand, with embezzling and stealing various sums of money on various dates the moneys of his master, Arthur Cappell, a shipbroker, of Cardiff. Mr T. H. Stephens prosecuted, and Mr Belcher defended. Mr ...

... Theatre Royal. The Old Guard pays a return visit to the Theatre Royal ttna week. The opera is sufficiently in the recollection of local playgoers to render a description unnecessary, and it need only be said that the music of M. Planquette and the libretto )f Mr H. B. Farnie will receive adequate treat- ment at the hands of a large and clever company. Arthur Roberts will, of course, be missed, ...

... The will of the late Mr E. J. Grice, J.P., one of the ex-mayors of Newport, and latterly residing at Beachwood, Reigate, has been proved by his widow and the two executors. The value of the personal estate i, £ 74,000. Deceased leaves £1,000 to each of the executors (Messrs Henry W. Elhct and Thomas Keen), and the whole of the rest of the property upou trust for his widow, aud on her death to ...

... RHONDDA CHAMBER OF TRADE. Munificence of Mrs Llewellyn, Baglan Hall. The Rhondda Valley Chamber of Trade met at Peufre on Thursday evening, under the presi- (ipiicy of Mr E. H. D.ivies. Judge Gvvdym Williams, the president, had resigned office last January. A deputation had s nee waited on his Honour earnestly asking him to continue in office. As no reply had since ueen received from Judge Wil ...

... I SHE AWOKE TOO SOON. For forty long years have my good old wife and I travelled hand in hand adown life's thorny road, said old Deacon Gush at an apple-paring party the other evening, and in all those years not one single harsh, hasty, unkind word has passed our lips when speaking to each other. Isn't that true, mother ? Mother had quietly fallen asleep on the isofa by Mr Gush's side, and ...

... GRAND CRICKET MATCH.-—T. Page Wood and Co. respectfully invite cricket and lawn tennis players to inspect their large stock of cricket and lawn tennis requisites by the most noted makers.—21, Castle- street (opposite the Castle), Cardiff. ...

... ILLNESS OF CAPTAIN LINDSAY. We regret to state that Captain Lindsay, the recently appointed superintendent of police at Merthyr, is lying seriously ill at his residence in Thomastown. Dr Webster is in attendance. Colonel Lindsay, chief constable of the county, visited his eon on Friday. Captain Lindsay caught a chill a week ago- ...