... SHOCKING DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. A shocking domestic.tragedy has been enacted at Twickenham, resulting in the death of one child, the attempted murder of another, and the suicide of the mother under peculiarly painful circumstances. Mra, Beresford, wife of the steward of a local club, her husband having gone to a.neighbouring doctors to fetch some medicine, at about noon suddenly attacked her ...

... THE BEST PREVENTIVE & CURE FOR THE PREVALENT INFLUENZA is JACKSON'S ANTIZYME,' The efficacy of which, in the case of the Epidemic Disease, has been proved by thousands. Sold in Bottles, at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d., by W. & G. WOOD, CHEMISTS, PONTYPOOL. Wholesale Agency: Barclay & Sons, Limite d Farringdon-street, London. Proprietors Jack- son â: Sons, Baictry, Yorks. CRANE STREET, PONTYPOOL Next ...

... A MINER DECAPITATM). baccident Has-occurred at Tamworth Colliery;. Alveeote, whereby an old man, named James New: bury, met with, a; fearful death. The deceased, who was fammtlt, ),-rtown as Big Jim, was. about seventy years of a^e, and resided- at Cock- spturi He was--about to leave-thewpit when the- caM ascended, whether* without due warning beiiig given does-not 800m to be yet-known. The, ...

... GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS. ANIVERSARY A.T PONTYPOOL. The anniversary of the Pride of Pontypool lodge, No. 1396, of the Grand United Order of Oddfellows, Blaenavoc District, held at the Old Bath Beerhouse, Pontypool, was celebrated on Monday, when, notwithstanding, the unfavour- able weather, a fairly large number of the mem- bers came together and a very enjoyable evening was spent. ...

... LESS THAN EIGHT HOURS' REST. On the Midland, seventeen per cent. of the goods guards resumed their long spell of work without getting more than seven hours' rest. Some of them only got three or four hours'rest The London and Brighton is again one of the worst offenders. Forty-six per cent. of its goods guards, forty-seven per cent. of the drivers, and thirty-eight per cent. of the passenger ...

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... BLAENAVON. CYCLING. During Bank Holidaitt week, a young man, living in London, made a iournev from the big city to Blaem von, via Bristol, on a bicycle. The journey to and fro, with a three-days' visit to relatives residing here, occu- pied six days. RE-OPENING OF THE BRiTisW SCHOOL.—This school was re-opened oa Monda f s.Alter a month's holidays. A large number of s6Iu&l;irs attended. In the ...

... THREE BATHERS DROWNED. Three young men, William Adams, a mill worker, John Logan, and William Hardy, ironmongers, have been drowned while bathing off Aberdeen beach. The weather was bright and warm, and, as usual, there was a large number of bathers. Several of them went into the water at a spot marked dangerous, where there is a treacherous current. The three young men, after going out a ...

... claims in full that for the past fifty years or more have been only partly paia, and then to issue a balance sheet showing to the world the honest position they are in. What right, Mr. Editor, has c An Old Friendly Society Worker to speak of the solvency of an order that has allowed so many scores of lodges to die insolvent? First of all pay your past and present claims in full, get your ...

... To the Editor of the Pontypool Free Press. Sir,—In your report last week of the Rechabite meeting: held at Abersychan, the late High Chief Ruler (Mr. T. J ones Parry) in his comparison of the progress made by the Order during his term of office, and that of his predeecssor (Mr. T. H. Casley) is made to say the increase in 1887-9 was only 1,92t members. This is surely a printer's error, as the ...

... EBBW VALE., DEATH OF AN OCTOCI-ENARIAN -Mr. Thomas Prosser, Bridge Cottage» Ebbw Vale, peacefully passed away on Sunday last at the advanced age of 80 years. The deceased gentleman was bora at Rhiwgan, Llangynider, Beconshire, in the year 1802. When scill a young man he removed to Ebbw Vale, where he was employed as a mineral agent under the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Company. He also ...

... A SINGULAR WEDDING. An extraordinary marriage was celebrated on Sunday morning at St. Thomas s Parish Church, Dudley, by the Rev. Dr. Cosens, vicar. Both the contracting parties were deaf and dumb, the lady being Miss Lucy Marge, me ...