... Tuve 4Lt 24 )Ourz. 'Tis a chronicle of day by day-The Temvp, Consols closed at 105 13-16 for money and account. Freshening S.W. winds and changeable, showery, and thundery weather to-day. To mitigate that awful stink which hangs about the New Cut's brink. Maximum and minimum temperature recorded by thermometer outside the BRISTOL MERCURY Office, B2ft. above the ground, for 24 hours ended at 2 ...

... SI)e Cralft of Vri.5tolo Fain at last ! Alter seven weeks of drought, liuisbIirig up vitlh go degrees of heat registered by Mr Dix on Durdhatn Down on Sunday, the rainfall anter midnight on Sunday lnod the heavier showers of yesterday nere welcome in the extreme. Less than a quarter of ril inch of raia had fallen during tiveor six weeks, nnd only abGut an inch in two months, and Maany would ...

... PUBLOWV AND PENSFORD HARVEST FESTIVAL. Thanksgiving for the safe ingathering of the harvest commenced on Sunday last in connection with the parishes of Publow and Pensford, when special services were hold in the Publow Church, sermons being preached by the vicar (the Rev H-. H. Tripp). The festival was continued yesterday afternoon under favourable auspices, though ominous clouds at times ...

... !A 3 WEJDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1899. Thle Bialstror, 3flEiculn, wvas establishled 11arci1, 17A0. The J;iMTO 1. DAILY POsT vwAs issued in uou junCtiof lvit, phlle iD1EUCu\' January 24, 1860, aud iueorporatcd Winl, it January 2G, 1878. TEIErIiONE No. 11'.. 'D RCe:lill NCLetral. IT is but too apparent that the ill situation in the Trausvaal has become extremely Critical. -S r Chaml)erlain's speech ...

... I LIBERALISIMI AND TEMPERANCE. I to control the liquor trafEc, and when the party sir ceascF, through its representative, to oontintnl its De support, our responsibllity ceases and we must forge l eta another vveapon, i Th I cannot help thinking that your correspondent lvould have done better to leave OBgoldoross alone, l Nva as his letter shovrs an evident ignorance of the true I fin ...

... i5 THE AGENDA. he The Bath and Wells Diocesan Conference will be )M held in the Chapter House at Wells on Thursday and Friday, October 5th and 6th. The proceedings ,will c. open with a celebration of the Holy Communion in the Cathedral, and the Conference will commence at eleven o'clock with an address by the Bishop of Y' Bath and Wells, the president. Ten clerical and ten ng lay members will ...

... I (Special to the BristOl Mercury.) LIVERPOOL, TUrESDAY. The members attending the Conference had assent bled in full force last night, when Lady Willox and the members of the Ladies' Committee gave a recep- tion at the Adelphi, and later on the Liverpool Press Club Invited both ladies and gentlemen to a smoking concert, which was attended by the President (Sir Wemyss Reld), the President ...

... I ~ ~ ~ ~ GREAT STRIDES IN as AMERICAN IRON, The New York Times just received states that it has for years been usual to regard this industry as the most trustworthy barometer of general trade and prosperity, and its tremendous growth during the year 1899 is looked upon as the surest sign of continued and increasing prosperity. A few days ago it was announced in the press of the entire ...

... VCkr Briftol lercurpo THURSDAY, AUGUST 8], 1899. ThIo BE-STOL AMEICT'UUY wra cstablis1id Marcih 1 179). The BRIISTOI DAILY POStr was issued in conjimlcbiU With the MEWcUI{r January 24, 1850, and incorporated vitI it January 26,1878. TELErirONE No. 149. I'stelh;:zy. TiuE nmine of this wvortly person was conmtantly being mentioned in the course of yesterday's pro- ceedings at the Rennes Court ...

... Gardening Notes rII to If any reader who Is in a difficulty -liltire se his garden will write direct to flitt,p ' rsIbeneath, his questions will all be detail, free of charge aind by return fP his an, S~TOR{ING VE6 ETA I~I gar iin, Introduc-tory.-The seasonls of' 1at e os~iderably prolonged ly it: and giv Dinlh thought or C-Ieti-n : ffhe question. I a Jerusalem Articliokes,_Ui tul' an- crop ...

... At yesterday's meeting of the Gloucester Board of Guardians, Mr H. G. Ford moved-- That in accord- ance with the power vested in this Board of Guardians, as stated in the letter received by this Board from the Local Government Board, dated 1st August, 1899, we, the Guardians of the Poor of the L Gloucester Union, resolve that the expenses incurred by the Vaccination Oflicer (Mr Thody), before ...

... BRISTOL VOLUNTEER DIXRY. TO-DAY. ENGINEERs-7.30 p.m,, recruit drill. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENIS.-At to-morrow's promenade concert the vocalist will be Mr Percy Smith. SAI' OF GAS STOcKC,-On September 14th Messrs George Nichols, Moses Smith, and Alder will offer a quantity of Bristol Gas Company's Stock, comprising £16,000general capital with a maximum dividend of 5 percent., and £4000 new debentures ...