... MR FLETCHER'S ILLNESS, A Relapse. I Mr Edward Fletcher, the leasee of the Theatre Royal, Cardiff, who has been lying ill for the pasb month, had a sudden relapse on Monday. We regret to say that he passed a restImAight, and this morning is no better. ...

... A COUNTY COUNCILLOR KILLED. Dr. Longstaff, of Wandsworth, a member of the London County Council, was thrown from his trap on Clapham Common last evening and killed. Dr. Longstaff was on his way home after attending » committee meeting. Dr. Longstaff, although a physician, never practised. He had been a member of the Council from its foundation. ...

... FACTS AND FANCIES. Johnny S:- whaj¡'s- phdosopher, anyhow ? j —Tommy A ph?osopher'a a man that don't care a durn. WILLING TO OBLIGE.— You are well fitted for the position, but I should prefer a married man. Perhaps we can arrange that, I see you have daughters. Mr Dolley What do you mean by saying that your father made light of my proposal ?—Miss Giggles Well, he did. He used it to ignite ...

... Here and There. There were 12 suicides in London last week. Bill Nye has been stricken with paralysis. Sheridan's corpse was arrested for a debt of £500. Nine infants were suffocated in bed in London last week. Mr John Dillon ie an enthusiast about Gootht and Burns. The Queen will hold a Council at Windsor Castle to-day. President Kruger'e private fortune is said to be about a million. ...

... SMALLPOX AT CARDIFF. Revaccination Objeeted To. At a meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guar- dians, which was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hill, to-day, under the presidency of Mr O. H. Jones, reports were read from the Workhouse Visiting Committee and the master respecting smallpox. In these the two additional cases already referred to in the Press were maintioned but with those exceptions ...

... ANOTHER FIASCO. KnanRed Out in lÍJe First Round. EL J'ASO, Friday.—T;)R train tho tight, al1( t!)eir 'fllpporter:s .left i'ere two hours after the ttnis wbich h.d been announced for its dpp:Htnre. I', wi!l not: rpach Lauhry, Texa?. unhil 9 o'ciook to-ight ((Greenwich The scene of the fight;, !tis t-eiieved. will be somewhere near tho town, and the ring pitched at a suitable spot amoagthei ...

... I THE I UG OF WAR. j Sir John Tenniel's cartoon in Punek is a ...

... A RUNAWAY TUG. I Exciting Chase. NKW YORK, Sunday. —An exciting- incident Dccurred :n the harbour on Saturday. A tug- beat named Sayre came into collision with a ferry boat. Hot crew became alarmed and leaped to the deck of the latter vessel for safety, but the Sayre righted herself and started off at full speed with no one aboard. A number of other tugboats started in pursuit. The Sayre was ...

... FISHING IN THE ROATH LAKE. FISHING IN THE ROATH LAKE. This mornins; at a meeting of the Cardiff Parks Committee, there was considerable discussion j upon the rules formulated for the regulation of fishing in the Roath Laka Mr Harris, an official of the Cardiff Piscatorial Society, attended the committee in reference to these regulations. TIe strongly urged that boatmen should be prohibited ...

... I THE SITUATION AT BULUWAYO. I RECEPTION OF MR RHODES I The Need ot Railway Accommodation. BULUWAYO, Monday.—Colonel Napier's calumn; which was sent from bore to tllPet Mr Cecil Rhodes and the Salisbury column, returned her ...

... Mr August Manns expreased himself to a South Wales Daily Neios reporter lait evening in the following terms As an artistic result I can only say that the chorus sang the Messiah music quite perfectly and with a spirit that showed clearly that they are in possession of superior musical gifts. They sang with soul and with unflinching spirit from first to last they never wavered in intonation, ...

... Missus, who won a stake at Newmarket for E. ? Martin, the jookey, wiR not run for the Waterloo Cup, the bitch having gone MMM. ...