... MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT SHEFFIELD. Serious Allegations Against a Soldier. An inquest was opened and adjourned at Sheffield to-day, on the body of a young woman named Harrison. She went to Manchester on Bank holiday and afterwards died from injuries she said were caused by a soldier. ...

... I FRITZ BUMMEL. I Soma twenty years ago Fritz Bumtnel was a German student at the university of Bonn. He German student at the university of Bonn. He had a tine intellect, and had be applied himself could have made a great name for himself, but un- fortunately he bad a constitutional dislike to bard work. He was a mali, slender, pale young man. with a high forehead, and a feminine cast of coun ...

... VALE OF GLAMORGAN STEAM FLOUR MILLS. ) Porthcawl of late years has certainly advanced with the times. We now hear of another addition to be made to the place. The business of Messrs John Dare and Co., corn and flour merchants, is about to beeome. a limited liability company, with sufficient capital to erect new mills under the new process system, with the best and most approved machinery for ...

... ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE ECHO.] I Lord Randolph Churchill arrived ;it Machyn- lleth to-day, and was received by Ear Lisburae, Lord Harry Vane Tern, pest, Lord Oririatiwatte, Sir Stanley Leighton, I%I.P., and Sir- lohn Puleaten, M.P. Lord Randolph Churchill, who wafe warmiy cheered, drove off to Plas Machynlleth, where he will be the guest of tho Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry. To-morrow ...

... The Demand for an Advance in t í Wages. A meeting of the mechanics, enginemen, and smiths employed by the Ebbw Vale Iron and Steel Works was held at the Heol y Mewn on Monday. Upwards of 600 notices of termination of contract were given out to be signed by the men, and these will be presented to the manager, Mr C. B. Holland, on Thursday. Should the demand for a ten per cent. advance be ...

... fcThis SpaC9 ia ie £ t ior any special eTent arriv;t; wiule this edition is being -printed ot?. ...

... An enormous crowd assembled in the neighbour- hood of Poplar Town-hall on where a meeting in connection with the late strike had been announced to be held. Contrary to expectation, the Lord Mayor and Cardinal Man- ning did not atteud, the former being prevented by official business, and the latter's advanced age rendering it inadvisable to make such a effort. —Mr Sydney Buxtoo, M.P., presided, ...

... IRISHMENANDTHE EMPIRE. Speech by Lord Dufferin. The Marquess ot Dufferin was entertained at a banquet; in Belfast on Thursday night. The Mayor presided. In replying to the toast of Onr Weicorne Guest, Lord Dufferin dealt chiefly with India. He remarked that, without disparagement to either of tha sister kingdoms, he could say with perfect truth that both Ireland as a whole and UUter as a ...

... A Big Bakery at New- port. A New Bread and a Professional I Opinion. This is where the flour is blended, said a gentleman this morniug, stacdiug at the side of a moderate-sized room, partitioned off from the rest of a loft which contained avenues of sacks of fl ...

... The Correspondence de L'Est publishes a letter from Monastir, which gives the most grievous details as to the brigandage now rife in Mace- donia. It reports that no fewer than 200 persons have been murdered and roSbed within the last two months. Two brigands, named Shakir and Osman, each of whom has committed more than 20 murders, are said to be terrorising the country. They were marauding in ...

... Welsh Sunday-closing Act. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEXT VISI r TO SOUTH WALES. The Commissioners resumed their inquiry to- day at Rbyl in the Town-hall. Lord Balfour of Burleigh presided, and the other Commissioners present were Lord Emlyn, the Hon J. T. Hibbert, Sir R. Harington, MrH. Lloyd, and the secretary, Professor Rhys. There was only a small attend- ance of the general public. Before the ...

... TO-DAY'S SHIPPING. I Lloyd's Casualty Telegrams. I The British steamer Peconic has put into Norfolk (Virginia) with her machinery out of order repairs will require several days. The Norwegian barque Sylphiden, from Cuba for Europe, with cedar, put into Charlestown, leaky probably must discharge. The steamer Radnor, of Rotterdam for Newport, with ballasc, has been towed into Falmouth with her ...