... An inquest was held at noon on Monday at the Wernddu Farmhouse, Alteryn, near Newport (before, Mr Roger Evans, the newlv-appointed deputy coroner for South Monmouthshire), as to the cause of the death of Robert Beard, a man 50 years of age, who,well-known from long residence at Gloucester, had been prior to two weeks since working as a labourer at Newport. One evening about nine days ago ...

... A LONG CALENDAR. The Midsummer Quarter Sessions of the county borough of Cardiff were opened at the Cardiff Town Hall on Thursday before the learned Recorder, Mr B. Francis Williams, Q.C. who took his seat at 10.30, and thereupon the grand jury was empanelled as follows:—His Worship the Mayor of Cardiff (Alderman J, Ramsdale), foreman; Messrs J.. M. Begg, R. Culley, P. Deakin, W. du Mattos, J. ...

... Tazjix's a Chiel Among Ye Takin' Notes, an' Faith He'll Print 'em, lias now become a sayint? so familiar that no apology need be made for intro- ducinfi it; especially as it is intimately associated with the Press, which hM helped in publishing the value of Holloway's Pills anil Ointment. The chiel •that had been talon' notes for the past fifty years of the euros effected by these wonderful ...

... Free of charge—An empty gun. The Photographer's Motto—Face it out. Some Spanish papers are angrily asking why Santiago fell.—It was pushed. Gongs: How's Mitchell getting along since he learned to cycle ?—Gagly: On crutches. Medical Professor: In a patient, what is the first thing to and out ?—Student: Find oat if he can pay. When a woman hears a man praising another woman, she thinks to ...

... On Wednesday (before Mr Rhys Williams, B.L. sitting as deputy stipendiary) at Cardiff Police Court John Donoghue (28), & marine fireman, a-gainst wbcm two convictions for felony were reported, was charged with stealing with violence in Bute-street au American silver watch and a silk guard, valued in all at £1,- from the person of John Thomas. Prosecutor is a ship's cook, and the robbery and ...

... STRANGE ACOCDENO TO A LANDLADY.—On Sun- day Police-Sergeant fohns was sent for from the Masons' Arms, Llangvfclach-street, to render assistance to Mrs Sullivan, the landlady, who had sustained a fractured leg. From the report of the officer it appears that after a row outside Mrs Sullivan went upstairs to look at the con- tinuation of the row going on in the street, over- balanced herself and ...

... Mefthyr Un ton's Responsibitity. On Saturday at the ordinary meeting of the Mterthyr Board of Guardians. Mr Thomas Jenkins, C.C., J.F., presiding, it wa.s suggested that the GeIIigaer Guardians.Bhould sepaj-ately deal with their section of relief cases, as .the tAberdate Guardians were already doing. AMeonan David Davies pointed out that Mr had not 'aepMste. and Mr S. EL Rhys, J-P., said he ...

... The idea. nowadays is to buy a hat very much as a. cook abroad can buy her pastry from the confectioner's—in a simple flat round which she can adjust to the requirements of her pie-dish. Straws are now sold in flat discs, varying from seven to ten inchss across. One of these, under the manipulation of an efficient amateur, is turned, folded, and twisted until it rests in a. becoming shape upon ...

... THE WEEK'S MARKETS. CORN. CABDIPF, Saturday.—English and foreign wheat unchanged. Flour, owing to great competition causing millere to shut down, not pressed at late price, as it leaves no profit. Barley quiet. Oats and maize steady. Beans and peas unchanged. GI/OUCBSTEB, Saturday.—English wheat was held by farmers for late rates—reds, 4s 7d to 4s 8d; white, 4s 8d to 4s lOd. Foreign ...

... ALL NATIONS BAZAAR. Congregational Church Work at Carditf- Alderman Daniel Lewis opened a bazaar sale of work at the Assembly-room, Town HbJ** Cardiff, on Wednesday afternoon, in connection with the Star-street Congregational Church. church has during the past eight years hard and successfully to pay off liabilities ing £ 1,000. Relieved from this burden, Jjj? energies of the Church are now ...

... There was a merry step within the garden, When I was little and the world was new I never dreamed that it was Time, the Warden, And that it was for him the roses grew, And pansies blue. Now, on the common road, with tramp of thunder, A foot I hear that does not turn or stay. And, after it, the tumult and the wonder Of hurrying folk that throng, by night and day, The crowded way. Soon I shall ...

... When Alexander Dumas, the younger, was jnst out of college, his father took him on a hunting trip. They put up at a farmhouse and occupied two little bedrooms which opened into each other. In the middle of the night the son awoke, and saw his father walking back and forth. What are you doing ? asked the boy. You see I am walking. You are sick? Yes, I am in great pain, but I am used to it. I ...