... TRAGIC DEATH OF AN OHOiVi- EATER. Wretched State ef Things at Uaneiiv. On Tuesday morning the body of an elderly lady, named Mary Harries, living at Caroline- street, Llanelly, was found dead in her bedroom, Deceased was an imbecile for many years, suffer- itig from a diseased spine, and was a great con- sumer of opium. Latterly she had become an advanced opium-eater, and took immense ...

... DEFRAUDING JACK SALT. Boarding Master Heavily Fined at Cardiff At Cardiff Police-court this afternoon James Mason was summoned for illegally detaining the sum of £ 1 Os 8d belonging to a seaman named John Connolly, and which was balance due on an advance note of L2. Prosecutor having givell evidence, defendant said that he had made the amount up by boarding and lodging prosecutor. He alleged ...

... CARDIFF COURTS AGAIN. Judge Owen SUM Dissatisfied. A DESPAIRING APPEAL. I This afternoon his Honour Judge Owen, who presided over the county-court in the (irown- conrt room, Town-hall, Cardiff, took the oppor- tunity of the presence of Councillor G eorge David to put in a word for the improvement of the place. Said his Honour to Mr David Now that you are on tho town council can't you do the ...

... For the time Football is being superseded by the Frost, and thousands who are quiet spectators of the Rugby game become active participators in skating. It freezes on, Till Morn, late rising o'er the drooping world, Lifts her pale eye, unjoyous. Good skating is to be had on the ponds and flooded meadows in Cardiff, Newport, and other districts, and at the time of writing there is every ...

... VISIT OF THE TO PONTYPRIDD, Nie.-srs Trenohard and Jones have arranged with Mr Maurice Bandmann to produce Mr Wil. son Barrett's latest and greatest success The Manxman dramatised by him from Hall Caine's f th S famous novel bearing that title, at the Clarence Theatre PC ,n ,ypr. idd, next Monday and every evening during the week. A first-class London company has been selected to appear in ...

... FACTS AND FANCIES. I understand that Wdtoughby was haa seM overatthe S.'eerwei) dinner. Ot),nc, hewas 9:n'iag into the port when I left. Pa.hent Is the doctor at home 9 M-tid No heha.sKonetothe footb. -t gaute.—P&tuc' For p)t'Mure or profeasionn)iy ? I G?mb! Wou!d you like to ta.ke a chance I .'l' Gamble: \Vou1d JU like to take a chllnce I in ? 'ottery, Mfs? Over3g??—l\I,ss Overage ...

... [MI: IV. I.I Nl.WMAUKK.T Ml N NKWMAKKK.T, Monday.—A sharp frost -.sain last night, with anothsr dow nfall of snow, and tile under- mentioned teams of horse-s were given a long spell of ironing work on the roads '.—.Archer's Goiden slipper, Leader, and Le Dauphin; Goldir.ji's Karbary, B-icli, Acrobat, Pet of the Fancy, Brooklyn TI., I-alse Face, !wilLow, La. Brenne, John o' Seaham, TIachure, ...

... Tit for Tat. Mrs Thompson wiil Appeal ts the Queen, Mrs Thompson appeared in the AppeiJ j C nit, to-day with reference to au order refusing her access to her children, but the Master of the Rolls informed hpr that the court had no jurisdiction. Mrs Thompson thereupon ex- You are a very vile man. Have you children of your own? The Master of the Rolls rnp!;»d, I don't- think you arp. in your ...

... EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT AT CADOXTQN-BARRY, I Oil Saturday evening, Mrs Scannell, wifo of a labourer residing at Sully Village, whilst attend- ing the shop ot Mr T. Walters, grocer, in Main- street, Cadoxton-Brury, to purchase her weekly supply, was suddeniy taken ill. On her removal to an adjoining room she gave birth to a feu.ale child. She was soon afterwards attended by Dr. O'Donnell, and ...

... The magistrates at the Newport Borough Police-court to-day were told that Win. Carnell, ft lad of just over 13 years of age, was fond of paying visits to neighbouring districts. Several times he has left home and gone to Red wick, near Magor. Three times he has gone to Bristol, and once he visited Cardiff. The chief objections to the visits were that lie did not give his parents notice of his ...

... Doctor Pellerea-.i. who waa surgeon on boa-rd the French paelcet-boat Pei-Ho, is now in prison a Sairt Denis, Reunion, charged w.thtwo serions crimé., one of which be said to ha.ve adn-itted. On leaving MaMei!Ies tho accused was hard preyed for money, an:t ha tesolved to rob the ship's puraer, a M. Rtvierp. fh.j latter became ili with dysentery dunug the voyage horn Tamatave to Reunion, and ...

... SUDDEN DEAl H IN A CATHOLIC CHURCH. A painful incident occurred on Sunday morning in tho Catholic Church of B. Mary, Moorfields, London, when Mass was proceeamg. named Henry Maisrield, a member of the choir, had just entered the organ gallery to take part in the musical portion of the service when he was seized with sudden illness, and expired before medical aid could be summoned. Heart ...