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A CASE FROM HORFIELD

... deceased threw up his hand, and Sainsbury1s hand was injured bytbe oontaet. Bright struckSainsbury se in the mouth, and the latter hit him twice on the shoulders with his fists. Witness then went to his vrorli, and subsequently the deceased picked up the is bucket, and said, E cu come here and I'l] throw it bs at your Sninsbury went across and *vrenehed the no bucket away from horn, and in ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2868 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

House of Commons

... YESTERDAY. The Speaker took the chair shortly after three o'clock. LORDS' AMIENDMENTS. 3 The House agreed with the Lords' amendments on the Anchors and Chain Cables Bill and the Univer- 3 sity of London Act Amendment Act. CATHOLIC PROCESSIONS. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in reply to Mr WV. John- son, said the only information which he had with reference to an outdoor Roman Catholic procession at ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 3252 | Page: Page 5, 6 | Tags: News 

District News

... IlDistr ? t, Relov, W IC BATI-1. The annual distribution of prizes was held at Bath College yesterday afternoon, the Bishop of Blath and Wf lellrs officiating. In the course of his speech he alluded to the recent financial difficulty, and said he should be glad to give au entrance scholarship of £20 a year for five years to the school on condition that four other people would kindly do the ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 2577 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

The Last 24 Hours

... ZDe 4a5t 24 btuott during the recital, and at last gave vent to his feel- ings by exolaimiDg. It s a lie; it s a lie 1 The congregation were, to say the least, greatly surprised, especially as the exclamation could be plainly heard all over the building, but the person least elTected1 appeared to be the preacher, \Vith good grace, he did not at once acknowledge the interruption, but vfent on ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1546 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

Talk of St. Stephen's

... Saih of 6t. tcpocn'0. [From Our Own Correspondent.] HOUSE OF COMMONS, MO.NDAY. I This afternoon Master Balfour had a vury pleasing e Announcement to make to his scholars, It was that be proposed to let them off two days earlier than was atlirst announced. He broke itto them gently as if in fear that they might become over excited. Don't think it absolutely improbable, he said, that we may be ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1186 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

ADMIRAL MAKAROFF'S ICEBREAKER

... ADMIRAL MAKAXOFF' ICEBREAKER. A qf. P.t+rchlarr -~sr ~ ~ -1 - - - A St. Petersburg correspondent writes :-The news of serious damage having been done to Admiral Makaroff's great Icebreaker, the Yermak, during her recent voyage to Spitzbergen, causes it to be regretted here that the work of this novel vessel was not restricted to the useful experiments on the ice of the Finnish Gulf, where it ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 510 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

The Talk of Bristol

... Zte daist of 2twfilta W~e are glad to learn that Alderman Cope Proctor, who Is still lying ill at his residence, The Arches, Clevedon, is slightly better. Another sign that the holidays, like the summer beat, are now upon us was to be found in the fact that last week a subcommttee (traflic) of the Docks Committee could not form a quorum, and in the afternoon the Works Committee just managed to ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1631 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

BRISTOL GUARDIANS

... BRISTOL GUARDIANS, Blail correspondant. | t IlrelVorldV*'entA?eryxTellThen tstlle title adopted by Bl r of alter scsant tor one of bus novels. BlaDy pcDpLn besides tllD famous English writer imagine that our vaunted progress is n mistalte, arid that toe world lvout better betore the days of railways and the electric tele. graphs Woung people nowadays are apt to despise the Plugs which ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1717 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

VACCINATION STRUGGLE

... LEICESTER GUArlDIAS' COURSE OF ACTION. When the decision of the High Court, as pro- nounced by Mr Justice Darling, first reached Leicester there was a general feeling among local anti-vacs. that the verdict should be appealed against. But the point to be considered is whether any good purpose would be served by such a course, and those best qualified to know think not. The local appeal for ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 488 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

Bristol School Board

... BI'istoi School Board. . . -* tbis 1card Pt the Guildhall yoster- ieni by thle following :-The Chairman 1 5 ma' the Vice-Chairman (Mr T. T' ownsend, Miss Mabel Wait, U. \ .d '3r -i ririoeld, G. larma, J. Trebilco, E. t:( I - ';'r Prienll Messrs J. AV. Jones, C. J. -'al.41k X I roud, and Dr E. H. Cook. FINANCIAL. , I tLc adoption of the report of the .',;:: which, lie said, re ofmmeded ; onot ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 3037 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

Gardening Notes

... = any reader who is in a difficulty with reference to his garden will write direct to the address given beneath, his questions will all be answered in full detail, free of charge, and by return of post.-(Ed.) TEE 'VEGETABLE GARDEN IN AUGUST, Artichokes, Globe.-Cut down the plants as soon as the heads are used, and during October or November remember to give the young leafage a protective ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1814 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

Letters to the Editor

... gettero to tije Obttor, all We do not hold ourselves responsible for any of the 1.) opinions expressed by correspondents, AR Letters most be accompanied by the namts and addresses of the writer, not necessarily for publicatior, as lbut for the satisfaotion ofthe Eidltor. ter Correspondonts must write on one side of the paper only. ge er BRISTOL CATEEEDRAL. Sm-Seeing that there is again the ...

Published: Tuesday 01 August 1899
Newspaper: Bristol Mercury
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1502 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News