Local and General.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 940, 2 September 1891, Page 2

Local and General.

A meeting of the EHesmere A:' and P. Association will W* htld at tha L^uston Hotel tomorrow afternoon. A man OBnVd, f rahojs, 1 we'l kn.'twn io the fiplwyn district; Committed suicide oa Thursday at Narth Rakaja, taking Rough on Rat*. 1 .V'/" ''';!#,!'..: "' The Slnhthiv .inoetiner of the Rlle»unre Road Boanl . ,v^a««. h«ld yfl-iterflav. Th« Report of the proceeding* will appear m , pur next issue. , ','] . » -, „,...' ; •,J.Vjthe.HoiJHe.o,n Monday Bfter. a long d abate the Eliflamere Lake Lands were declared )tp be Crown i Lands and to crime linger the operation of the Land Bill. ,■]"■'-.■' •-.., ■ -. -1) A Paris journal is responsible for the atory tbat Sarah Bernhardt is negotiating for the puFohtts'e'of the r b^ Maripo^a, m which to make a theatrical tour of the world. ■; i A GBlsliY 'proof at the suppression o£ l,he Yemen ,rebeHianwa» brought m by tlifl Tin kjjsh .- eqmfnafider.) , Hp l\ad with him fourteen camels, loaded with human hoftfls. •' ' ;: Tys annual examinat ; on o5 \ the ; |>ri(jge Sbhonl commenced, yesterday, and will probably be qoncluded today. Holi(lnys will commcnca at the conolu/iioa of the ex ain i nation. •, ..AooqSDJNQ to the ; census retHrnf, th* i pftpulatioji of the Sonthbri^ga Town District is <>43; of whom 340 are males ; ihel nopnlhYioh "*of ! the Ellestnere Road tWetriot is 3872."0f Vliom 2044 are males; and |he!p«pnlation of Solwyn County is 36j375,;0f whom 18,699 are males ■'■'' Von OAPft.vr, the Qermap Oh'ihbellor, has introduced a Bill jnto tjfie" Reichstag to Puppress " driirikeAheßH." ' The Bill provides that all i*il>rit'*e* : wh r V''drink to the dongor- of other peoplex'-^hall be r jaced under restraint.- TJ>e Emperor assisted to draft the Bill. /-\ Tf b cable man has it that Mm Lingtry is ro tour Australia next year. As he (old us the other (Uy that she had boon so Beriously hurt by Biird as to^e foroed to retire from tlie'^jtag^ nnej-if^not both oE his slatementp ~«nußt be taken with tLe customary pinch, of salt. The Art Union m aid of the funds of the Queen's Oadet Oorps is fixed to be drawn on Eriday, ythe ,2^th insfr.- There 'ore etill n. few. liokete 'eft* aad'thoaa desirous of aiding a worthy cause, and' at the snme time runnjng the chance of winning a 'uinHMOino prize, oan obtain tickets a,t r t|io Gp^p^AN.offiof.; .}<;> ;.;> /^ , Some weeks aero, two policemen m En£ land chAr^ud a girl 'naihe'<r Alfo9 Millard with being at disorderly character. An inyes.ttea'i^n followed, with the result ;that^ it has been proved tnat the officers gay« false evidence, nnd <lny have been riisniis*e'l from the ■ force. Millard is a most resp>'cuble girl, md the ca3e oreated ' some sensation throughout England. Tbk ch-ice of a^uccossor to Sir Dillon Bill is narrowing down. The Ministry i 3 still silent on tlie subject, bat the man m the street sayn it wiw offered to Sir Georgo Grey, who de.'liried it, "and that now it is iijuioKt certuin to b.e offered to Mr P. re vval, wfvo pr6b ilVljr wpn't decline ■•Iti : ■■'■'■ '■■'■ ' :; ;:: : ' : : ' . '■; 7rV r !.-, , We would remlnii f>ur rea-lexs that one of ihu olua^anrH^ fob Hi iri'i »fHh-* season, th-Socia! of (ho Loe»ton Football Club, tuk^s nlucH on Friday, fh^ 'club has w. rthily u'sih-l'* «lrt Itori >ur 'of Loestoa •.on. ''ln' ffMi/ha 1 (i-jl'l, .in»l no i doubt f vill .'do .the BtiiM'i mi tl>»> liunbJng fl>ir. Theif gueatH nmy im c.-ilaia ot *j> Utliuj a tuO^t eojoyable evening. . i ■• -.; '■•;'■'

-~-_.A *to«T rfe«<f «ot{v« aycfone fa reported fw>m ' MariiniquA. 378 lir«n were lust. .;,and the <lum»ge to property id estimated aHuo million* aterling. On iHBt the D miandel Football Club Ruc'fpiUd m defeating a mixed team from Let-stop.. The match was p)*ve<l rit Uunsandol, nnd the home Club fttincee i«<l m pcoiing twelve p">intF, thren goali* and three trie*, to eight snored by the visitor*, two goals an! onp penalty g^iil. After the match the visitors were entertained to asmoke concert. Tub latest news from Chili says that the insurgents have captured Valparaiso ' after a very severe battle. The list of killed and wounded on both sides ip irumence. The loyalists were the stronger numerically, but the superior weapons of the insurgents who were armed with repeating rifljs hi <re than atoned for the Hma'lne»s of their forop. B >th loyalist Generals fell, as did very many of the „ officers. As soon as Vaipiraiao fell, the insurgent vessel Canton engagol the O'Voinmmt ornis >r AlrnirantH Lynch, and took her m a quarter of an h.,nr. A TKRRJBLB di«HH er in rppurted from Melbourne. On Fiiday morn nif the two steamer*, Eaaby and ftimbfer, cnine into coHiftion m llob«on*n Biy, the latter being cut almost m half. She onnk m a very few ininute*>, nnd Hvo miloon, 'm'lrieeri st«er«ge paßßerigurs, nnd three nailor* we're lost. The oupt«in of the E«wbv nays the other veBR«l wna out of her courpe, and that her movements were very erratic,- and hi 8 first officor cjrrobnrateß hi** abatement. The Qamhi<>r wn< from S\duoy, the Busby was bound for Newcastle. On Saturday pv^ning a meeting of the Committee of the Kouihbridge Lawn Tennis Club wae held, tlmro being a full attendnrce. Thy Roy E Whitehouse occupied the chair. It was reported that satisfactory arrangf Hunts had been made for lh<» purchafle of ihe section on which the court is situated at a price considerably . below the original estimate. A sub-cohi-tnittee was appointed lv «t»ond to the repairing of the fencsoto. We understand that it ib tho intention of the club if pofiiuble to lay down another aaphak court (his season and probab'y also to f-rect a pavilion'on tho sections Both imprsvemerits , are jrnuch ueeded and would do much to popularise the game. The ordinary meeting of S.H. G, Temperance Society, Killinchy, was held on Thursday, last, whec there was a large at- , tpndanc6. Mr Campbell occupied the chair, and the meeting was opened m the usual way with praiae and prayer. The minutes of Jast meeting were confirmed, and a general programme of mu«io, reoj- . tations, etc, was given. The following ladies and gentlemen took p*rt :-rMi»BeB McOlure (2), Tompson. Weavers and Tiplepi; Messrs Hoge, W. Tipler and W. LongstafE. A dialogue by Miss G. Tipler, Messrs Hobr (8), and G. Tipler was capitally given and much appreciated. It was announced that the next meeting would be held on the second Thursday m thq present month, and a programme for *} hat? ; evening having bpen drUfUdy' f the meeting closed with th<j benediction. ' Refbkbing to the statement that waman might be insulted by brutes of men at „ electionH, Mr O'Connor, member for Wes£- , port, related a story he had heard during i the'debate m the Hohso on the Female , Franchise Bill. At a certain railway station somewhere m the South one day, when a lot of ladies were present, &■ man came rushing m just m time to miss the train, and demanded that i» should stop; .but it did not, and then he delivered a yplley.oC abuse against the station-master who ordered him off the station. « Do you tno*-, who I am?' 4 No and [ don't want to. know.' ' I'm Mr Eish ', «You may be fish, but your language is foul,' was the station-master's retort. The House thoroughly enjoyed the telling of this story, to which no denial was vouchsafed. j Tuapejcg, Times. , i .