... SHOOTING A FARMER'S WIFE. An Arrest at Queenstown. I Jergmiah Lane, a youug farmer, was arrested at Queenstown this morning when about to embark for New York on a charge of shooting and seriously wounding Mrs Larkin, wife of a farmer at Brosna. He was remanded by the magistrate. ...

... AN AUTOMATIC GAS-METER. At the annual meeting of the Liverpool Gasfittings Company, held on Tuesday, it was stated that the company were about to try the experiment of uaing an automatic gas-meter. It was an apparatus of recent invention, and had been successfully tried in Birmingham. The consumers, by putting a penny in a slit in the apparatus, could obtain a supply of 25 cubic feet of Ras ...

... Tiie will of the late Mr Heury Wat,kins, of the city of Hereford, brewer, wuo died at Lugwardine, on December 30 last, has been proved by the executors, his brothers Charles and Alfred. The testator bequeaths the furniture aud household effects at Bewell House to his mother, and certain tfther specific legacies. He devises and bequeaths all his real estate aud the residue of his personal ...

... I YANKEE YARNS. I MARK TWAIN'S STORT. No, said Mark Twain a week or two ago as he sat in his room at the Murray Hill Hotel and dreamily watched the smoke from the pipe which he WAS puffing, No; I would not say that it was the best thing that I ever wrote, but I remember that I was pretty proud of it at the time and was decidedly disappointed when it didn't come out tha npxt day; I didn't ...

... At yesterday's meeting of the Llandudno Improvement Commissioners it was resolved to memorialise her Majesty to visit Llandudno (hiring fcer stay in North Wales, and to open a park which has been presented to the town as a jubilee gift by Lord Mostyn. It has been proposed that while at Pale Hall the Queen should proceed by train to Berwyu Station, and there entering an open carriage, proceed ...

... THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BUTE DOCKS. THE INQUEST. This morning, at the Town-hall, Mr Li. Grover, deputy coroner, heid an inquiry at the Town-hall, touching the death of Auustu Donovan, aged 45, who was killed by being run over by a train of waggons at the top of the East Dock on Saturday iast. A verdict of Accidental death was returned. ...

... SUNDAY DRINKING AT SWANSEA [SPECIAL TELKSRAM TO THK ECHO.] At the Swansea police-conrt to-day John West-ray, landlord of the Brecon Arms, was fined £3 for a breach of the Sunday-closing Act. It was proved that he sold a man a bottle of freshly-drawn beer. George Hide, of the Talbot Arms, was summoned for a like offence. The case was dismissed, on proof that the drink was purchased previously. ...

... 1 HE NEW CODE. I I Deputation to Sir W. Hart-Dyke. This morning, at the Education Department, the Yics-Presideut of the Council, Sir W. Hart-Dyke, received a deputation from the National Education Association, on the now code of regulations now before Parliament. Mr Llyulph Stanley, who introduced the deputation, admitted that the code was a great and progressive step jn the direction of an ...

... I A PERPETUAL ARRANGEMENT. LONDON, Tuesday. The Bute Docks Bill-the object of which is to promote a working agreement between the Taff Vale Railway Company and the Bute Docks Company—to-day came before a committee of the House of Lords on clauses, Lord Bathurst presiding. Mr Pamber, Q.C., said with respect to the Rhymuey Railway Company they never intended to appear on clauses, and he thought ...

... fWKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ITCHO. ]- 4. The Rey J. G. Davies, Newbridge, Mou., one of the most popular ministers in South Wales in the Welsh Baptist connection, died suddenly this tooriiiiag. Deceased had a sudden attack of heart diawwe a week since whilst in his puipit, and had tor be conveyed home. He was chairman of the Mynyddislwyn School Board, but only occupied the chair once. ...

... FIRE AT LORD ROMILLY'S. l A Lamentable Aooident. Lord Romilly this morning accidentally upset a spirit lamp at his house 2, Oviilgton GardeuE:, London, and the room instantly took fire. Although his lordship endeavoured to overcome the outbreak he was unsuccessful, and was burned on the hands in the attempt. He raised au alarm, and the police and firemen were summoned. Buckets of water wero ...

... Mr Parnell was on Thursday evening presented with a congratulatory address from various town councils in Ireland. The presentation took place at the Westminster Palace Hotel, and among the corporations represented were those of Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Clonmel, Wexford, Kilkenny, Dundalk, and Drogheda, Among others present were the Lord Mayor of Dublin (Mr Sexton, M.P. ...