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The Volunteers

... I ?? . - ?? I , ?? 1, , . I ?? :Sergl,-Instructor.in-.usketry W. Gregor, of the I lsto s.-I, h uing seored488 points in clas firing, *i estltledtas' t besstvbot in the'buttalioi for1890,' the badge of cross rifles and crown, The Secretary for War has approved of the honorary rink of captain being Rranted on the usual conditions .t quartermasters ot nlunteer. corps. atbr -beea years' ...

Published: Monday 03 November 1890
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 661 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES!

... PZ I F 3!Z1, - : I . TRIM P.RI 1 rPRI Is .F ; - 1 - - 7- - -- -15CLUtD1NG SPEOCIA PZES ABOUT £1000. S3iTY O{A'DEN U O ONE-SEtTLLIXG. A. wrand dmminarlf prrime -in coimeetlo with A FX -d a~t d p E~:- : te 2V~arre Icesasi an mlotbeis 131Qb, Btlitt, *dl ak la~e In the C t Snr 1b, Roemr Urse. Aelfaa), 'on St*ayi '15th loveuiber, 1811, et ^Xb~~ iW;1n4 aii o-Q. Olesr~ e. ib deft~and mkla ...

Published: Wednesday 29 October 1890
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 451 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

The Last 24 Hours

... ebt KLant .24 PON+ ; 'Tie a chronicle of dawy by da-M7 Timj'A If. a stranger interested in. Public buildings in Bristol bad wandered into the corrldor-1of1 ctyeot police 'court about midday. yesterday he might have ~i -afined-We say a. atsltrner might have lrasgid tbt the. magistrates ,and the consitabularY force were engaged In morning prayers, For a considerable time the. murmur of. many ...

Published: Wednesday 29 October 1890
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1466 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

The Last 24 Hours

... SO~t JLatst Qua WOUVZ 5, - - -, - r- - -s 'Tie a chronlele of day by d1gy.-2c Temvesi. Mr Justice Wille, as Piesident of the Railway Commiaeion, has directed that the Hilary sittings of that court shall commence on Monday next. Among the cases set down for hearing is that of the Rbymney Railway Company versus the Bute Docks Company, Consols closed at 96 to. 16b for money and 9JOlt to 961, for ...

Published: Friday 09 January 1891
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1675 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

MAGAZINES FOR NOVEMBER

... [THIRD NOT10I1]; In Time Mrs J, K, Spender'a novel, Lady Hazel. ton's Confession, which has already ran throegh a syndicate of newspapers, approaches conclusion, An anonymoues young mau gives his recollections of Robert Browning, and the editor (gr B. Belfort Back) prints-tbe paper which he read at the National Libeal, Club, Liberalism against Smeialism. Among other items is a very ...

Published: Saturday 08 November 1890
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1088 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

TRYING HIS STRENGTH

... TRYING *HIS STRENGTH. - - - - ->.rT no l- PAINFUL RESULTS, In the LOad Mayor's Court, London, on Tuesday, a curious claim for damages came before the Assistant Jdade (Ir Roxbrrah) and a jury. Tho aobion WAs brought by Mr A. F, Woodward, a compositor, against tho Improved Strength Testing Machine Company (Limited) to recover damages. The defendant com. pany are the proprietors ot apatent ...

Published: Thursday 08 January 1891
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1010 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

District News

... P0t~tit Ad~J. At thetwnekly fBtTH Board of Gobroli.f5 A the wee meetg ofte esented which ?? sttl~b~~ ?? WI u Ih sa oestorday, the I °b i a oaiitil were pr showed that the number of , otdcrauerX, . Sit ted during the week ending Decembllerf was A814 ?? asnoeult expended in outdoor rele. wse was E14 4 tiae number of, jumatel in the ?? and he nmberof vagrants relieved was 88, Atteplc conrt, ?? Ed ...

Published: Thursday 11 December 1890
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 3313 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

MARQUIS TSENG'S CORRESPONDENCE

... I MAQUIS TBENG'S COU~oEpo1WENOE. I Tse-g KEwo-fan, the father of the late Marquis Teag, the well-known diplomatist, was the most Powerful statesman in China of his day. He died as Viceroy of Nanking, the post now held by his younger brother and for many ears pror to his death he was the mainstay and guide of the Pekin Government, espeolall in all matters relating to foreign Powers nd to tne ...

Published: Monday 29 December 1890
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 4247 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

CREDITORS' MEETINGS IN BRISTOL

... -CREDITOli' MiEF.T.UGS T BRISTOL. YESTERDAY. (Before the Official Receiver, Ur E.G. Clake) Ire ADELAIDE ROSE HEMBUE, wife of Tom fember, residing at 124.,Well road, Totterdwzn.-Mr Moseley appeared for the debtor, and Mr T. W. Munden repre. sented creditors. The statement of affaire shlowed liabilities amounting to £285 18s ld, and thedefielency wab £211 2a. The alleged oauses of failure were- ...

Published: Wednesday 31 December 1890
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 545 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

TWO EXECUTIONS

... TWO EXEQUTIONS. MACDONALD AT KIRKDALE, The exeoution of Thomas Macdonald for the murder of Miss Holt, sohoolmistreea, at Belmont, jar Bolton, took place ?? Gaol yesterday. The morning was terribly cold and winterly, enow lying thickly on the fields and roada in the vicinity of the gaol, and a keen wind blowing acrogs the exposed piece of land in front cf the part of the gaol where the black ...

Published: Wednesday 31 December 1890
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 759 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

The Last 24 Hours

... IEDC jl.40f. 24 V)DUS, I g 'Tis a chronicle of day by ?? Tceacst, The weather of late has not been so pleasant as we t 'e had a light to expect it to be under ea UnioniBt t} LH Government; but in Bristol, at any rate, its severity bi has sensibly lessened, As for its future course, any- el body nay predict that, without the hopelessly Ul cdemoralised M~eteorological Office having the right to ...

Published: Monday 05 January 1891
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1817 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

A MAD BULL ON THE RAILWAY

... I I -~~~nTMTWTIn TXTnTh7I'NTTC e EXCITING INCIDENTS. Trafflc on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway was much impeded on Saturday morning by a mad bull that had somehow got on the line about seven o'clock. The animal went careering along between Canmberwell and Wandsworth, and was met by n a Midland train running from Victoria. The o animal careered right round and passed the l train ...

Published: Monday 02 February 1891
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1315 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News