... DAVIS BROS, GEORGE STREET, PONTYPOOL, In returning thanks to the Inhabitants of Pontypool and District for the very liberal patronage bestowed upon them during the past year, 1890, desire to call attention to the following AGENCIES which they have:— '■■■-■* FIRST-SPECIAL FOR « W. & A. GILBEY'S WINES & SPIRITS. AGENTS FOR WIrAGILBEY W&AGILBEY! hqokm nob-&n & .1 XMManscori^ %^M0CWK^r SECOND- ...

... IMPORTANT TO LADIES. pA TTERNS FREE—20 Lovely Shades in Cashmeres, 52 inches wide ilid. per yard. A.TTERNS FREE-Special Lot of Black Cashuaeres 11-id. to 4s. 6d. per yard. P 2 I ATTERNS FPEE-Hundreds of Useful Dres6 Fabrics frolu 3-id. to 61-d. per yard. 11 L 2 ATTERNS FREE-Rich Black Gros-grain Silks Is. 6'd. to 3s. Ild. per yard. p 4 100 Odd Dresses, left over from our late Sale, to be ...

... STIFF'S STARCH Sold in lb. Picture Boxes. Sold in 5-lb. Packets. «T A T?PTT Trade Mark—Queen Bess. IliJj b blA.BO.tl Uniform Qliaiity. Warranted Pure. STIFF'S STARCH Most Economical. Q Imparts an Exquisite Gloss. Makes Linen Look like New. TIFF'S STARCH For Collars. For Wristbands. STIFFS STARCH F^^ERKT £ NTS' 8 For Caps. TIFF S STARCH FOR CUFLS. For Lace. TIFFS STARCH For Cuffs. For Lace. For ...

... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. C WHITE.—Your letter on Emigration to Texas shall appear in our next. It is unavoidably crowded out. A MIXICU- M\N.—We must declinc to publish your letter on the Town Hall Eisteddfod. It isinncour- teous, to say tip leàst of it, for anyone to adjudicate npoll the adjudicators at such meetings, The duties are far from easy, and, we believe, are always per- formed in ...

... BLACK-MAIL IN THE UNITED STATES. An elaborate scheme to black-mail Mr. Jay Gould has been exposed. Un October 17th an anonymous letter reached Mr. Gould saying that the writer had been commissioned by (Jod to take his life, and would shoot him within six days. Mr. Gould had been frequently threatened in similar ways, amI immediately suspected thÜ the writer was merely a black-mailer, and put ...

... [ADVTj To the Editor of the Free Press. Sir,-Afte,r a true statement has been made at a public meeting and fairly published in a weekly newspaper, I consider it very unjust in any person to question its truthfulness by paying for the in- sertion of a letter on a subsequent week, the con- tents of which are made up of wrong calculations, and intended to cast a stigma upon tlip innocent i for ...

... To DUQN Gary HAIH.~LCCXTB*'S Sulcata HAl. BEETO'STS J.roducc! 4 perfwtly natural sfcaffa in a few dart- Ifp hahrtstprtnr oCarwia dtfuil to Lt'c&m'i Sulphur /djr iU clttyWiWoa tltfMfntfMJng U always to |W. lAr|« MTOe«» lfl 6d, Ion rfttprhera, ...

... The essentiaT properties of tea are found to exist only iu the young leaves. IIornunan 8 Tea,—selected from the choice spring gather- ing, without the usual mineral powder on the leaf, is distinctively strong and delicious in fla- vour being supplied only in sealed packets, direct from the Importers, uniform quality and real cheapness is guaranteed. for list of lIor- niman's Agents in this ...

... We have much pleasure in announcing that next week will be commenced, in these columns, ORIGINAL STORY, by a local author, under the nom-de-plume of Lionel. The title of the Story is BREESTON HALL, and its plot will be found deeply interesting and exciting the period is the beginning of the present century. The Story will be continued week* by-week until completed. ...

... THE PONTYPOOL FREE PRESS' IS SOLD BY THE FOLLOWING AGENTS ABERCARNE Mrs ROACH ABERGAVENNY.. Miss BRAY, Fancy Repository ABERSYCHAN [Mr BRAIN, Post Office. I Mrs THOMAS, nr. Rail. Station ABERTILLERY Mr J. ESAU, Stationer BETTWS NEWYDD Miss STEED f Mrs REES, Post Office BLAENAVON Mr PROBERT, Stationer [ Mr I. MORGAN, News Agent BRYNMAWR. Mr STEPHENSON, Printer CRUMLIN Mr LUCAS, News Agent ...

... HISTORIES OF PUBLISHING HOUSES. In TH>rcSmC^TMAS5ir24, 1860, will be given Chap. I. of _T ;Tr A HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF LONGMAN, (WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE LATE THOMAS NORTON LONGMAN, ESQ.) To be continued weekly. To t>e continued weekly.iT. The numbers of the CBITIC for January last contain A HISTORY OF -F ™ A ■, Portrait of the late JOHN MURRAY, Esq. Price 6d. Stamped, 7TI. THE CRITIO has been ...

... Hollow a/ ts Ointment and Pills.-Be Ready. Now many are suffering from throat and chest affections, which rapidly run on to danger when maltreated or neglected. On the first appearance of' irritation in either part, Holloway'a Ointment should be perseveringly rubbed twice a day upon the external skin, whence it will pass to the glands, and through them its bent fieial influence will be ...