... CHRISTMAS AT THE WORKHOUSE, i In connection with the minutes of last meeting twas suggested that it would be advisable to pub- 11 ah the list of those who assisted in making Chnst- as Day a happy one for the paupers. The JJ't of donors is as follows :—Miss ...

... Jane Lewis, making her chargeable with the maintenance of her husband, David Byron Lewis, who was an inmate of the Llandilo Workhouse. Mr. J. W, Nicholas appeared for the defendant. Jane Lewis, the defendant, stated that she married David Byron Lewis in 1877 ...

... SALARIES OF WORKHOUSE OFFICIALS. A letter was read from the Master and Matron of the Workhouse applying for an increase of sal- ary. It was 8 ated that 23 years ago there salary was ra ,1 from £80 to £100 a year. At that time there were about 250 inmates ...

... WORKHOUSES AND THEIS KEEPERS. [BY A SWANSMA LADY.] [In consequence of the growing interest which being taken in the relief of the poor and tho condition of our workhouses, and especially ir ...

... SUICIDE AT THETWANSEA UNION WORKHOUSE. AN INMATE HANGS HIMSELF. THIS MORNING. A man named V'ilH.-m Thomas, aged 50, com- mitted suicide at Swansea Union Workhouse early this morning by deliberately hanging him- self. The circumstances connectcd with the ...

... A BARRISTER IN SWANSEA WORKHOUSE. GENIUS AND ECCENTRICITY. At the usual meeting of the Swansea Board of Guardians on Monday, the Master of fcfce WorB- liouse reported that on Saturday night last a person named Allan Howell Grove had been brought to the ...

... MURDEROUS ASSATLT IN A WORKHOUSE. William Davies, an inmate of the Bridgnorth Workhouse, was remanded at -Bridgnorth to-day (?..o.da,) charged with beating another inmate named Mantel on the head with a hammer. Mantel is in a critical cond-tion. ...

... SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A WORKHOUSE INMATE. DIABOLICAL TREATMENT OF A OHILD. At the Swansea Borough Police-court on Thursday morning—before Mr. J. Coke Fowler (stipendiary), Mr. J. C. Vye Par- minter, Dr. J. G. Hnll, A-r. W. Watkina, a*id Mr. J. Lewis—Isakella ...

... Friday night au extraordinary occurrence took place at the workhouse there. A married woman, named Beilly, died of fever there the previous day, and the body was placed in a coffin in the workhouse mortuary. On Friday evening her friends arrived with a hearse ...

... ESCAPE OF A LEPEH. EXCIITING INCIDENT AT A WORKHOUSE. A leper named Evans, who is confined in Lisburn Workhouse, yesterday made a determined attempt at escape. Though blind he made his way to the gate, and when his keeper sought to prevent him sealing ...

... the inmates of the Workhouse and Cottage Homes a little extra to eat and drink upon the Royal Wedding Day. The Chairman expres- sed his satisfaction that the Guardians had re- ceived such kind offers to make the inmates of the Workhouse as happy as possible ...

... at the Homes, and expressed a hope that some of those from the Workhouse would be removed thither. The MASTER of the WORKHOUSE stated, in reply to a. question, that the Swansea Workhouse was now really under-stocked as regards officials. The Rev. O. T ...