... EXTRAORDINARY-SLIDING .FATALITY. A boy of 15, named Frederick Smith, has just died under extraordinary circumstances at Blnck. burn. His mother noticed that he walked lam and^hejtoldjher tbat^be had fallen and hurt his log while gliding on the ice. A little JlaterJjJhe com- plained of severe pain in the right knee, and was put to bed. Next day he was unconscious, and con- tinued so until his ...

... THE MAKE OF BREAD Cosmos in the South Wales News of Tuesday says :—The price of bread interests evetybody but more so the poor than the rich man. The latter eats comparatively little bread, the former lives to a great extent upon it. A representative of the St. Juntes's Gazette has been interviewing the manager of the Woolwich Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. The information there gleaned ...

... A horrible discovery pointing to the perpetration of one of the crimes of murder and mutilation popularly known, as of the Jack the Ripper class has been made in Moscow. A sack without any apparent owner was found leaning against the wall near the entrance of a church in Piatnitskaia Street. No one claiming thq property, it was taken possession of by the police, and on being opened was found ...

... ST. HILDA'S SUNDAY SCIIQOL.—The annual distribution of prizes took place on Sunday afternoon last at the Board School, when Mrs. J. R. Phillips kindly attended to present the prizes to the most regular attendants at Sunday School.—The Secretary (Mr. Geo. Scott, jun.) was then presented with two voiumes of Lane's Church History as a mark of appreciation of his good work as secretary of the ...

... Voyager on life's troubled sea, Sailing to eternity, Turn from earthly things away, Vain they are and brief they stay. Chaining down to earth the heart.. Nothing lasting they impart. Voyager 1 -bat are they to thee 1 Leave them all and follow Me. Traveller on the road of life, Seeking pleasure-finding- strife- Know the world can never give Aught on which the soul can live. Grasp not riches ...

... PONTYPOOL CALEDONIAN ASSO- CIATION. ANNU AL BANQUET. The fourth annual banquet in connection with the Pontvpool Caledonian Association was held at the Clarence Hotel, Pontypool, on Thursday evening week, and fully maintained its popu- larity. The gathering, it is needless to state, is looked forward to for some time in advance with féelins of pleasurable anticipation, not only by natives of ...

... At Wolverhampton, a day or two ago, Hemy Pemberton, a boatman, of Alma Street, Wolver- hampton, was brought up on remand, charged with attempting to murder his wife, on the 29tb December. Since the date of t.he occurrence the woman has been an inmate of the hospital, Mr. R. A. Willcock appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Dallow defended. Owin^ to a sudden influenia seizure, the clerk (Mr. E. H. ...

... An.old inhabitant passed away last Saturday afternoon in the perseo Thomas Fie^-Lei, | of Bryngwyn Place. The deceased gezitlewaro j who yras 62 years of age, had not been m robust health for years, tLougn his last illness was of coin pa rati vc-iy brief duration. 3e formerly carried ou business in George-streot as a grocer, but retired iherefrom many years since. He was for many \ears a ...

... The following interesting information respect- ing the new stationmaster at Pontypool Road is taken from the Crewe Advertiser:-We am pleased to announce that Mr. W. Mai tin O'Beirne, who has been for 21 years in charge of the Great Western goods and passenger traffic at Crewe Station, has been promoted to Pontypool Road Junction. It is not yet quite settted as to who is going to succeed Mr. ...

... Mrs. Davis, a well-known litigant, appeared a day or two ago before a Divisional Conrt of OnnAn'a Bench, consisting of the Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Cave, and asked for leave to serve notice of motion on the Treasury. She produced and handed a letter to the'r Lordslups, who, she said, were pleased to say that she was to go to the Treasurv. She accordingly did so, aud was told to write ...

... The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has, in consequence of the regretable illness of t Sir Henry Bristowe, appointed Mr. JV. Fotherg-ill Robison, Q.O., of the Equity Bar, to act as Vice-Chancel lov of the Lancaster Chancery Court till the Long Vacation. Lord Scared ale is the chairman of a committee for raising a memorial of the late Sir William Evans, and a gentleman has promised X500 on ...

... NOTES BY ENTHUSIAST. The Pillgwenlly v. Pontymoil match, being the first round in the Monmouthshire Challenge Cu was to have been played on Saturday week at Pontypool Road, but as we haven't got so many devils in this part of the country as they have at Cardiff, we were obliged to submit to the iron rule of King Frost, and pospono the fixture for a week. Although a thaw set in during the ...