The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-08
NEWS NOTES FROM WALES.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

fDec1dt 10 me DcTdnt0n tribune.
LONDON, Aug. 29.-The popular South
Wales weekly, the Cardiff Times, dis
patched a special correspondent to St.
Winifrede's well, at Holywell, to inquire
into the genuineness OF the miraculous
cures alleged to haveIbeen performed there,
and in an interesting article he declares
that he,is completely satisfied with the au.
| thenticityof the cases. He mentions where
the blind have had their sight restored,
the dumb made to speak, the deaf to
hear, and so forth. / have visited the
we'll about thirty or forty times and have
enjoyed many a dip into the terrible cold
water Of Holywell, but apart from giving
me an Unsuitable appetite l am not aware
Of any healing properties 1t generally
gave me touch Of toothache.
MN
The Cymru Tydd society is forging
ahead and it is difficult for my country
men in America to appreciate the vast i'm
portance which this association will GER
tainly develop. 1t will rule all polit
questions, control all national matters and
ultimately will really be Wales in nut
shell.
At the Llandrindod convention last
week the constitution was passed, the
main feature being ito conserve the ma
tional individuality of Wales" and to pre-
serve the Welsh language and foster the
cultivation OF literature, art and music in
| Wales. In politics no man will be adopted
as candidate in any election unless he
pledges himself to the objects Of the
league. Among other questions the league
will agitate for the popular control of the
liquor traffic; the improvement Of the con-
dition of Welsh miners and quarrymen,
and scheme for the natural self-govern-
ment of Wales. The league is destined to
be more important factor in Wesh af-
fairs than even the Land league was in
Irish affairs, although the two are similar
in the manner Of being conducted on ag-
gressive lines.
The Arvon Calvinistic monthly meeting
made a collection amounting to $69l to-
wards the Cilfynydd explosion relief fund.
AS result of the recent litigation the
Tartan suggests that all Congregational
lists should sign a bond agreeing to all
differences being settled by the church
authorities. This would certainly avoid
much scandal but it is rarely that we Gnd
| q tribunal in any church capable OF dis
pensing justice impartially.
NJ. E. Jones, of Llanbedrog, has recently
returned from the Welsh colony at Pata.
gonia and after an experience of seven
years his praise is but half-hearted. 1t
will be fresh in the minds Of most of your
| Welsh readers that this colony was
founded by Rev. Michael D. Jones, of
Bala college, but he made the great mis-
take of choosing not British territory
but the Argentine Republic as the locate
Of the colony.
| Samuel r. Thomas, an old resident of
| Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, writes me
upon his return from Patagonia. Mr..
| Thomas is now in Wales and reports hav-
ing met Captain Rogers and family, late OF
Hyde Park, Scranton, and who was -four
ishiug In the colony. Another old resident
Of Hyde Park, whom he had met, was
| William Fireman, and Mr.. Thomas states
that the two emigrants would be delighted
If their relatives who still reside in your
city would periodically forward them q
copy Of the SCRANTON TRIBUNE They
should be addressed Captain Rogers, Chu-
bal, via Buenos Ayres, South America.
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Sir G. Osborne Morgan, NJ. P, chairman
Of the Welsh Liberty party. in speaking
recently Of the house Of lords remarked,
'It contained men who had figured In the
most disgraceful annals of the divorce and
bankruptcy courts and who would not be
tolerated in any decent assembly,"
Some scandal has been caused in Car.
marthen, where Deacon John Thomas, oi
that town, was fined $40 for being OIL
licensed premises during prohibited hours
The deacon had four pints of beer in less
than an hour and he was soon stripped OF
his deaconate as he thoroughly deserved
The Dowlais murderer, Samuel Blisset
has been committed to the assizes upon q
charge Of willful murder.
The news Of Jabez Balfour's coming re-
moval from the Argentine Republic to be
q guest Of her majesty in London Jail II
hailed with great satisfaction In Wales
Jabez found Wales his happiest hunting
grounds in the Liberator swindles. HI