... WORTH £ 100,000 THiiEE YEARS AGO. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Dan Ry lands, colliery owner, Barnsley, held at Sheffield, the liabilities were announced at £ 302.200, whi ch in- cluded mortgage securities amounting to £ 229,412. The unsecured estate show ed a trifle over 10s. in the pound. Three years go the debtor was worth He attempted to commit suicide a weeic after the receiving ...

... smgie uay a c I'ittsburgli four expectant briaes had to leav« the churches without being tnariued, the bridegr ooms all being too drunk to put in an aDDearaiicft. ° Henrik Ibn. the Noxwegiall poet, wnose piays arc DOW beir perfortjiod at tho Uuvg-theatro, staying in Vienna, ?j8d ^b.iect vt gre»* tioa in litewy cir.clefe alteu* The HigVSKeviif of Ytrksiiire (Mr. Arthur I 5', J i, his Luder ...

... GWILYM EVANS' QUININE BITTERS. GWILYM EVANS' QU I N I N E BITTERS. GWILYM EVANS' QUININE BITTERS. This preparation has been before it is confidently recommended for CLE R3Y- OTTININ'R T?TTTF,RS QUININE BITTERS the public for many years, and has MEtf, LAWYERS, MERCHANTS, and PJO- QUININE BITTERS steadily gained in popular favour. FESSIONAL MEN generally, who have to QUININE BITTERS r.TTT-TT-T„ ...

... WHITE SOFT EI,4LXI)S.A -f ter WaSilit g, I.b liglitly Wifh a SulPlioline liar?-d Tiblet, -,v!ien Chaps, Roughness, Abi,iAgiort?, Diseonifort, Vie.k'v disappear, leaving ,t 'Be ,ite Dolic d inaay weather. SLilpholin. Threepence everywhere. The Editor of t, Mvlical Annual speaks in Ihe h'g4et rer.,j,,q oi C;).(.?o.t a,,i e ra and a fo,,d 1, 1 nra!idR 1)1'Lttnt of b purity, tii(fi -jualiti?-, ...

... HIGHWAY BOARD.—Mr. James Powell, vice- chairman, presided over the monthly meeting of the Pontypool and Usk Highway Board, held at the Sessions-house, Usk, on Monday afternoon. Only routine business was trans- acted. LECTURE.—At the Three Salmons Hotel, Usk, on Monday, Mr. D. Morrison Storrar, F.R.C.V.S., delivered the second of his course of six lectures on Our Domestic Animals in Health and ...

... To the Editor of the Free Press. Sir-I would call the attention of the ratepayers, direct and indirect, to the neglected state of this district. Remember that in the near future we shall have ae election. Then see that you are properly repr seated, and not return men who sit on the like dummies, but those that will have their say and have as much done for their dis- trict as members of other ...

... DISTRICT NEWS. ABERBEEG. ACCIDBWT TO A RAILWAY EMIXOYBE. — Off Christmas Eve, Mr. G. Jesset, who was engaged as pilotman on the railway, accidentally slipped off the gmfer of the railway bridge near the station, and fell into the road trade? neath, receiving severe wounds to his head and llngh. ACCIDENT TO- MR. S. MILLS.- W e regret to report a serious- accident to Mr. S. Mslls. the much ...

... TECHNICAL EDUCATION.-As the result of an examination held at Newport by Mr. Evan Smallv a County Council Scholarship will be awarded to V. Daniel, of the Abergavenny Grammar School, who eame out first in the examination^ The scholarship, which is tenablp for three years, entitles the holder to a sum w £ 40/a year and instruction at University Collegia Cardiff, free of charge. Two of the five ...

... HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Llangibby Hounds will meet on Tuesday. January 5th, at The Beech, WeiitNvoo(I Friday, 8th, Llangibby Tollbar at 10.30. ...

... A DISHONEST SERVANT. At the Guildford County Bench a domestic ser- vaut named Louisa Daws (17), was charged with stealing money, baby linen, and wearing apparel, the property of her employer, Thomas Nunn, land- lord of the Talbot Hotel, Ripley. From the evi- dence of prosecutor, it appeared that prisoner had been in his service for six weeks as nursemaid. In balancing his books every week he ...

... MARRIAGE OF MISS ANNETTE GRIFFITHS, GRIFFITHSTOWN. An event in which considerable interest was evinced was celebrated at St. Hilda's Church, Griffithstown, on Wednesday afternoon, being the marriage of Miss Margaretta Ann (Annette) Griffiths, daughter of Mr 'Henry Griffiths, Dunstan Villa, with Lfr J. O'Keefite, Griffiths- town. Long before 2 p.m., the hour at which the ceremony was announced ...

... Celebrated.SIXHY-SHIL. liLNtr. ALE isalways to be had oa draught in excellent condition at PSACH'S, Grreyhouai Vaults,.Pontypool. None but. Bass & Co.'s Mas- drawn. HOTEL, WILLIAMS, HJiåH STREET POISTYPOGL, begs to inform his fiiends and the public that he has taken the above house,, where he purposes arranging, to affer Superior Accommodation for Travellers said. Yiators, and trusts by ...