... TANCASaIRE AND CHSInsrE ANTI4IYARIA, 01 At a mecting of the members of this Society, iT1 Friday vevening, in the Chethlacm's Library, Huiit's ti inkIt;. Mlinoheler, presided over by Mr. J, Holne Nfchol.-oIn, Lienlt.-Col. Fishvick, ?? read a papsr doscriutive of Tonci luall, Middleton. which' dated bark!l: to~n ,tbe E iizabettiau period, a view of st which he C e hibited as it ?? in 1865. rr Mr ...

... Vic (Trountrv. A young man, named Henir Rogers. became entangled in the macbinery at Williams's leather works, o Romsey, on Monday, and was killed. On Friday morning a fire broke, out in tile. Slippery Lane Pit, Hanley, belonging to Earl (Gran- ville. Nine men who were working in tbe' mine were all bub suffocated before tbey could be removed to the fresh air. Three warehouses situated in ...

... I THTTE MISSING MILL MANAGtP.. A meeting wwas held on Saturday afterhoon, at the Dawson Hill Milll, pox street, Hey- wood, of the shareholders of the -ompany. Tihe manager of the company left ?? about a fort- night ago under mysterious cirenimstanees. There wias a large attendance, the chairman of the company, Air. Counqillor Taylor, presiding. The Chair. man said the meeting had been called ...

... ('iUOTS :'QUlE!J TO A STRIKE. At the M~anhebeter County-court. oI Friday, his TorIoor udfgo ?? heard an action brought through his next fricn:I by William Stanley a minor, a carter. of 92, Holiand street, Newton Heath, to reoover damages for personal inijries sustained by him whiil' in the ernolov'ment of John foei.sty. coal mer- chbnt, contractor, arid eat't hirer. of Rochdale-roarl.- Mr. ...

... OUR CHTRISTAMAS NUMIBEP. For several years the contributions of my nephewvs and nieces have formed an attractive and interesting feature in our Christmas number, and as it is wel to keep up good Christma~s Ostomns, I again invite the young folks to set their wits to work. CHRISTMAS SIsORIEs.-For the best original stories of R seasonable character six prizes will be given. Com- petitors will be ...

... CITESHIRE ,TO1T STANDNG (Di,rFTTTRN. Sil h4. -. -A1 -- S .._O 1- .. I I I. . I At a quarterly meoting of this cont.sittee held at Chester Castle, onL Satarday, Colonel France Pahut I was re-elected chairman, and complimented npon the ability with which he bad conducted the business of the committee dnring the past three years. TlFE CHIEF (!ONSTABLr S POW1RP OVER CONSTA1BLES. The Clerk (Mr. ...

... AtlICU1/I'ATEAL NOTES. TBY ?? SPMCfIA, MO 1ESPONDENJ.. A STt'I)Y OP TIIE CH'IAN'CES THAT OUCT7tl TN MITN. The Director of the Offlice of Experimental Stations of the United States Department of Agriculture has published. a imio:at interestincg con- (leused statemenit of the outcomie of all recent. investigation's into milk fernmentations, their causes, and their relations to dairying6. Tile ...

... ILRELAND. TIM WtD LrEUTENANT',S rAnEWRwE . The Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Zetland, visited the Royml Irish Constabulary depot on Monday in Phcesni Park, Dublin, and held a farewell inspection. He said he hoped the day was far distant, and might, indeed, never come, when any circnmstance would tendto fundamentally alter the constitution of that great body, of which not only Ireland but the ...

... A HAD STOcRLY OU' BURNLEY EMIGBAINTS. STAINVUNG AT SOUTHAMPTON. At the Southampton Police-court, on Alonday morning, four Burnley )weavers. the only survivors of the iruwe party who emaiaratod'from that town iu Augunt, 1891, appeatled to toe magistrates to help tbem to got back to Lancashire. They told a tnost terrible tale of' their experience in the lrazilq. and Raid their mates hadl died ...

... SIP; HENR JAMES AND THIt, ?? ' OPf Jb'IVE4. ?? PRESNATION OF AN ADDRESS. The.textild operatives ij the counties bf Lancashire. Yaork'sEbire, Oblesb re1 auvdibibshire, inrecoguiitibnl pE thb servi66a ?? '-to theb by Sir Winrty 1 James, M.P., in Parliament, on Saturday evening presented him with a beautifully illuminated address in a massive gilt frame enclosed in a handsome oaken case. The ...

... gte (TOUltp3. _ ?? . Mrs. Osborne gave birth last 'week to a daughter. At an inquest held on Tuesday on the body of Eliza Cudworth at Earby, near Skipton, a verdct of Wilful murder against her husband was returned. Lord Sheffield's return from his Australian tour was celebrated on Saturday; at Sheffield Park, by the presentation of addresses from tenants and mem- bers of local cricket clubs ...

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