, 1893-12-06

thdN tueh VIII unnecessarily lLteit re with
the sac If homeopathic medicines bv present
dealers; Y hiie shopkeepets md others who
sell patent medicines about the country are
bewsliing thv prospective loss of trade in this
direction which the Bill is calculated 10
bring about. since, as il now stands. it pro-
hiblts the sale except by Il certifcated drug:
glsi Of any such medicines containiug certain
specified pols0u~.
4Ae shareholders of the Barbados TeIeuhone
Cor pau\ met on Monday. 18th lust. at the
tomptny's Office, when the Directors report
on the Affairs OF the Company If the past
year was read and adopted and = dividend &C
l2oIo declared. MesSis. w. X. Chandler
Joshua Baeza and j. II. G.. Leuco3k. retiring
Director Is, were re- elected
A meeting IT the al,srtlU der, Il th+ SYgty
Estates Company was held last Satu DIV eve.
mig for he purpose Of receiving tho annu,X
report of the Directors. The report gas keaJ
and adopted, and a dividend Of 10 pa: cent.
declared. The retiring Directors were 70.
elected.
A Meeting Of delegates from the several
Clubs competing for the Barbados Challenge
Cup was held at the Ice House on the 4tl
INST. for the purpose Of establishing an AAA
ISOLATION to be called The Barbados Cricket
Association" A draft set Of rnles had been
prepa7 sd and circulated, and the delegates.
4AE IA NCb AHkU y COIlLulLL0t. Chp8@
fully revised the proposed code with tho
result that the Association will be run on
most liberal lines, aid no club or member
Of a club can be forced into the noysnent
against his will. The object Of The Associa.
ton il defined to that Of promoting the inter,
est IF th cricket of the island, and its funds
are to be applied in defraying tie expenses
of Sruding representative teams to other
colonies, while all the arrangements for Inte-.
colonial matches will be in the hands Of the
Council of the Association. The revised rules
are TO be printed and circulated and after
they have been considered 10y The several
Clubs, another meeting uf delegates viii! be
called to formally adopt same.
II. NJ. 5. Canada arrived on the 10th
inst. from st. Lucia. While at that port
typhoid fever broke out among the crew.
several of whom 'SucUunbed IT, the malady
after her arrival here. She left on The I4th
for Bermuda.
The Dutch bqhe. T1orb 'cke VII Arrived
yesterday from Delagoa Bay, bound for Pes.
cagouFa III want of stores and medical aid.
and was qnarAltinsd.
The American ship San Joaquin arrived
yesterday morning from Hioga. Japan, in 1870
days, consigned to Messrs. DaCosta d Co.
with general cargo for New York and Port.
land, in want Of stores, an reports having.on
tH0 ON4 D@HiOhHOOiJ AA Ant % ~ OcS. ECuuLns
Long. 1920 deg. West, ran into an iceberg,
losing b~owsprit, 'uaintopsgallant:sm mast, and
sustaining other damages.
About 3 O'Clock p. M. on the 4th instant.
in the parish of ST. Thomas, there was a re.
markable phenomenon. in the shape Of a
tornado or whi~lwind. which furiousiy ragged
at FGucluSe and in the surrounding district.
destroying a three..acre field of arr 0 " .dsscanes.
fiom which about half an acre VIVA actually
taken up by the roots and transferred to an
adjoining deld. The wind was 80 high as TO
strip the canes Of their trash AMI top some Of
them Just as if thoY had been out with a cane.
bill A similar phenomenon occurred between
IL and / o'clock he next day in Payne's Bay,
st. James, when the muse of a man named
Browne was taken off tho grounded. one side
Of a house belonging to Ho! 9 bio VIZ IF, and
several closets thrown down.
On Saturday, the 10th inst, Mr- Briggs,
Coroner for the parish Of St. Michael. held an
inquest on view Of the body of a female child
named Lillian Taylor, between 7 and 8 years
Of age, who is SAID to have been burnt with
alnmp thrown at her by her sister, Minnie, a
day or two previous, while they were alone in
the house. The Jury returned a verdict Of
Granddaughter against Minnie Taylor. An
inquest was also held on the 18th inst. on view
Of the body of a four year old child named
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