... On Tuesday, Mrs Margaret Anne Griffiths, wife of Thomas Griffiths, brass-smith, residing at Montague-terrace, and daughter of Alderman David Morgan, miners' agent, Aberdare, left the house about 9 o'clock in the morning to visit a friend at Robarstown, a small village some mile away. While there she was engaged for some time assisting her friends io sewing, and was apparently in she brightest ...

... OFFICER AND GENTLEMAN RIDER. I At the London Bankruptcy Court to-day a meeting was held before Mr Registrar Hope for the pubiio examination of Walter Herbert Jeffreys, of Jermyn-street, St. James's, and of Cyncfordy, Llandovery. South Wales, of no occupation. Examined by Mr Brougham (official receiver), the bankrupt stated that be held a commission in the South Wales Borderers (Militia), and ...

... More Disclosures. I The hearing of the St. George's election petition was resumed to-day. Ernest Benn, son of peti. tioner, on being oalled to formally prove a written statement of one of the witnesses was cross- examined at length by Mr Jelf as to his share in getting up evidence for the petition. He said most of the evidence was brought to him by friends in the neighbourhood who wished to ...

... I The Transvaal. I WHO IS CAPT, THATCHER P A Times correspondent states that Captain Thatcher comes of a well-known military family. His father, Major-General Thatcher, is a dis. tinguished ofhcec in the Indian Army (now on the retired list), and he has brothers and many relatives holding commissions in her Majesty's service. It is true that be obtained his commission through the ranks, but ...

... I » A VALUABLE HAUL. I I £ 20,000 Worth of Bank Notes. I An Oporto correspondent) af the Times telle tha following interesting story of a strii,,ge recovery of shipwrecked property -Some six years ago the Marine Insurance Company, of London, insured a case containing about £ 20,000 wcrtb Brazilian bank notes, shipped in the st??MEei Buenos Ayros, from Pemambuco to Rio de Janeiro. The steamer ...

... At the fortnightly meeting of the Rhondda Urban District Counoi, on Friday, ibwas agreed to accept the terms of Messrs Treharne, owners of the Fernvale Brewery, to light the main road by 10 incandescent electric lamps, fixed on poles erected 100 yards apart, ab a cost of 23 per lamp of 20 candle power per annum, from the Bridgend Hotel through Pontygwaith. ...

... Annie Matilda Phelps (38), married, was found gudt.y at Old Bailey to-day of strangling her six months old child at Plaistow, and was ordered tq be detained during het Majesty's plea-urei n-.edical evidence being given that she was nof responsible for her actions. ...

... THE WATCHMAN (Private Turf .Cir,ilar).-I Monday, March Sth. ...

... I What the Astrologer Said QUESTIONS AND QUIBBLES. Down Channel with a Star-Gazer, I (n THE MAN OF MIXED DIILICTION, I I Mao Aboub Town was disrespectful to astrologers the other day. Allow me to relate my experience with a distinguished professor of the astral art. It is worth hearing, tho' I aez it, as shouldn't. We got away from the pontoon with a big crowd aboard and perhaps that's why ...

... I I-IE ART OF SWEARING. I Amusing Csunty Court Case. There in everything, even ill bad language. He swears like a sucking dOTe may be taken as the positive, or the next best stage to swearing nob at all he ilweara like a trooper represents the comparative, probably founded on the renown of our famous Army in Flanders and at last the superlative, hitherto awar.'oing, has been found in the ...

... GAROTTERS IN LONDON, I The South London police authorities are ao'ively engaged in endeavouring to break up ?verat gangs of garotters who are infesting the Blackfrlars and Waterloo Bridge roads-neigh. borhoods which have earned an unenviable Notoriety in consequence of the numerous attacks which have been made late at night and during early hoWs of morning by gangs of ruffians 011 nnsuspeoting ...

... I A LITTLE MAN'S BIKE. Count Magre, the little man who married Tom Thumb's widow, and who is 30 inches high, bac just ordered a bicycle for his own use. It is to cost 60 guineas, though it will be the smallest biko on record. The dimensions include • 14-inch wbeel and a 12-inch frame, and the weight is not to exceed 101b. His wife, who still retains the name of Mra Tom Thumb, pays for it, ...