... TO THE FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE REFORM. An important crisis appearf3 -,0f hand in connection with the movement lor the diminu- tion and removal of the licensed temptations to intemperance. The legal decisi0T1 in the case 01 Sharp v. Wakefield has made it manifest tbiit the licensing justices of the countt): .h:ve siill. in their hands the original power, Witn whicift were entrusted hundreds Of ...

... INFAFT BlPTISMe IS IT PCJIIPTJTR1.L? To the Editor of the Free Press. Deaf are called fipon to giye proofs that infant baptism is Script oral, they, Tike the man without the wedding -pannent are generally speechless. I was, there fort, not at all surprised to find no reply to my que* oione by the Rev. J. LI. Jones in the Press for last week. It is char they have no Scripsriral ground for their ...

... DRAUGHTS COMPETITION.—Mr. Wm. Pritchard won a beautiful silver medal, and Mr. D. Suther- land a bronze medal, in connection with the Star'' draughts competition last week. LOCAL BOARD ELECTION.-In the recent Local Board election, Alderman George Jones was represented as having polled 1865 votes. The correct figures as given by Mr. Powell, returning officer, were 1,085, and not 1865 as was ...

... Despite anticipation formed of the operation of the M'Kinley Tariff the manufacturing in- dustries in some parts of the United States are anything but prosperous and a number of mills in Lawrence, Lowell, Fall River, Haverhill, &c., are running on half time, whilst some are entirely are running on half time, whilst some are entirely shut down. The dullness in the manufacturing interests in the ...

... A S NGU AR CASE. On Saturday morning a singular case came before the Greenwich police. A woman was found in the streets with the body of a baby in her arms, and as she was in an excited condition she was taken to the police station. Inquiries were made, and it was ascertained that the child should have been buried on Saturday afternoon. The husband not having a suit of black to attend the ...

... ABERSYCHAN GAS COMPANY. On Wednesday, the ceremony of turning on the gas to the new holder was, in the absence ef the chairman (Mr. E. Jones, J.P.), performed by Dr. J. W. Mulligan, J.P., one of the directors, in the presence of Mr. E. Cooke, clerk of works, Messrs. W. H. and D. S. Davies, a few well- wishers, and those employed upon the works.— The Doctor, in a few remarks, said he had great ...

... UPPER CWMBRAN. SCHOLASTIC SUCCESS. Mr. W. E. Richards has succeeded in obtaining a Queen s scholarship. He proceeds with good wishes from the neigh- bourhood to Aberystwith University, with every prospect of a prosperous career. (Di&rtct New continue on page 8.) ...

... IMPORTANT CONFERENCE AT PONTY- POOL. On Saturday last, a joint-meeting was held at the Crown Hotel, Pontypool, of the members of the Board of Management of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Miners' Permanent Provi- dent Society and the Abersychan Relief Distribu- tion Committee. The object of the meeting was to consider applications on behalf of persons other than widows and children who ...

... RESULT OF THE POLLING. The counting of the votes in this election, the polling for which took place on Monday, was commenced at Monmouth at half-past nine on Tuesday. Shortly before noon the result of the poll was declared from the Shire Hall as follows :— Lr MORGAN 5,421 4,700 721 Immediately the result was made known a large crowd, which had assembled in Agincourt- fcquare, gave loud and ...

... REPRESENTATION OF NORTH MONMOUTHSHIRE. ^tR. J. A. ROLLS' CANDIDATURE, A meeting in support of Mr. Rolls' candida- te was held at the Board Schools, Abersyclian, ll Friday evening last. There was a large ■i ^tendance, and the meeting, except towards the ?*ose, was very orderly. The chair was taken by Mr. W. H. Davies, Glansychan, who was sup- ported on the platform by Mr. Rolls, Mr. 14. {(ones, ...

... DROWNED ON THE WAY TO VOTE. While three boats were crossing from Rathlen Island to Bally Castle with voters, the mail boat, when about mid-channel, was caught in a squall and capsized. The occupants of the boat, fourteen in number, were thrown into the water, and John Anderson, one of the hands, was drowned. The others were rescued, but a man named Andrew Harbison died immediately afterwards. ...

... I have examined the several accounts of which the foregoing*is the Balance Sheet, and I compared the several payments credited to the Treasurer with the Vouchers, and I do hereby certify a»d report that the entries appear to be correct and legal, and that (subject to the explanation on i'olio 87) the balanoes of the Treasurer^ Accounts, via.: Three hundred and eighty-two pousws, seven ...