The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-03
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Dowlais and Llanelly are both mention
ed as being in the running for selection.
The marriage of Mr.. Herbert Lewis,
NJ. p. to Miss Ruth Game daughter of
Mr.. w. S. Caine, ex-M. p. for East Bed
ford. is to take place in London on
July sth next.
Chained Bibles and Common Prayer
Books are often met with even to this
day in out of the way churches in Eng
land, and 1t would be interesting to
know whether any similar Instances are
known in Wales
The Rev. ]. Evans owen, Llanberis,
is again convalescent. The promising
young bard minister, the Rev. Gwylfa
Roberts, Is reported to be compelled by
medical advice to forego for a time his
pulpit engagements.
Every child that attends the Board
schools at Llandudno is compelled"
to learn the Ten Commandments. The
"compusion" takes the form of pock-
et-knife, which the chairman of the
repeat the Decalogue correctly.
A strong effort is about to be made
to secure a gcodly share of the art
treasures now at South Kensingtop for
permanent exhibition st Cararvon
Castle. This doubtless is a part of a
scheme which has for it's aim the es-
tablishment of National Museum in
Wales.
To make good to some extent the loss
occasioned by the recent fire at the
Holyhead Free Library the local au-
thorities have Just received from Gov
ernment sources a gift of 20 volumes of
Welsh historical works; while the au-
thorities of the British Museum have
made a further donation of valuable
works of reference.
The Liberals of Montgomery borough
are taking steps to select candidate.
Among the names mentioned as likely
to be nominated as two local men in
the persons of Captain Pryor and
Mr.. Hugh Lewis, and one outsider in
the person of Mr. j. Hugh Edwards,
| Aberystwyth the editor of Young
| Wales.
Dr. Evans, Darby, the secretary of
the Pease Society, is now spending a
holiday at his native place, Saunders
foot. The other Sunday he took the an
niversary service at he Congregational
church, of which he was a member in
his youth and gave three discourses
which greatly delighted many old
! and new acquaintances.
AS illustrating the popularity among
the clergy of the appointment of Dr.
owen to the bshopric of st. Davids
it is pointed out that while in 1874 at
the enforcement of the late bishop
there were only 40 of the clergy of the
diocese present, fully three times that
number assembled to witness the en-.
thronement of Bishop Owen.
This retort. it appears, has beer
| called forth by the protest of a Car.
narvon paper against the gratuitous
assumption of the vicar that Noncom-
formist ministers must necessarily
in Connection with the Jubilee or any
other religious services, hold a position
of inferiorty of the latest importation
of beardless curates."
Cardiff street arabs are not in 1t Will
the children of Machynlleth. 1t recent
ly transpires at the Police Court tha
children grow up beyond school agt
without attending school for a day o
their lives! That probably explains
why Machynlleth, at the last moment
withdrew from the contest for the loca
tiOn of thp University Offices
The South Walians who took part il
the great "Sassiwn Sulgwyn' in Liver
fpool this year We're the Revs. Cynddy
Ian Jones, ID. D.; Thomas Davies
Treorky; w. Thomas, Maesteg; Josepl
jenkins, Newquay; William James
Aberdare; and ]. Morgan Jones, Car
diff Moderator of General Assembl.
and VIM. Jones, Morriston.
The death on Saturday as the resul
of an accident, of Mr.. Robert Roberts
of Bethesda, is the first break in tn
solid ranks of the Penrhyn Quar-.
Committees. He was member of tn
first deputation which waited upol
Lord Penrhyn during the recent nego
tiations, representing the class know
as bad-rock men. He formed one o
the small circle which may be fifty de
scribed as the inner cabinet of tn
Penrhyn quarrymen.
Mr.. II. r. Price, the chief traffic ma
ager of the Cape Government Railways
and an old Meath boy, who is now OF
a visit to South Wales, has not for
cotton his mother tongue. Last Sun
day, the first since his arrival, MI
Price attended Zoar Welsh Congrega
tional church, Meath, in the morning
and Siloh Welsh Congregational churc
in the evening, and at both places ad
dressed the congregation in Welsh an
English,
Until the disastrous calamity re
Gently, the Cambrian railway line wa
in the unique position of being abl
! to boast of never having killed pas
senger since the line was opened
officials have been occasionally fatal
injured, and persons crossing or stray
! ing upon the line have been run dowI
but never until Friday night had tn
list of deaths by accident for whic
the company was responsible include
passenger.
The Rev. John Thomas, NJ. A, Myrtl
street Baptist Chapel, Liverpool, who's