The Herald of Wales. — 1887-10-08 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

GENERAL NEWS.  I , Two respectably dressed young men were. drowned, on 'Puee.lay afternoon. iu the river near Tottenham, through the capsizing of a boat in mid stream. The yacht Pandora, with the Right Ron. W. H. Smith on board, has arrived at Oibrelter from Algiers, and will nail on Wednesday for Cadiz, en route for England. The London Gamete of Tuesday eo&ained n Privy Council order declaring the area comprising the petty-sessional division af Ribbor, in the county of Glamorgar, to be an ales infected with swine fever.  Returning from Balmoral vow hward the Queen will unveil in ParliamenL-equare, Edinburgh, a memorial to the late Duke of Duoclench. The Secretary for Scotland ant other noblemen will participate in the ceremony. severe storms are reported la the Western Lakes, doing serious damage to 6 hipping. Many veesele have been sunk or stranded, and a number of lives have been lost. The steamer California has foundered on Lake Michigan, and twelve persons were drowned.  A liberal donor, who has amassed a large fortune, mainly in India, recently gave to the Salvation Army a cheque for £5,000, and has now presented a second cheque for £ll,OOO, for the maintenance of the work of the army in  Wednesday's S:and.-erd says .—lt ha., been decided that efficient volunteers proceeding on field service with the various departments, or on any public duty, with an army in the field, be entitled to medals. This decision will apply to the late Burmese war. The New York correspondent of the , "Standard," on Thursday, telegraphs "It is reported that the object of Mr. Davitt's visit to America is to acquire Mr. Egan's share in "United Ireland,' preparatory to his editing it as a daily journal." Mark Twain is now residing, says the World, at Buckenhata Hall, near Norwich, which lie has taken from Mr. Tys.en Amherst, M.P., for a year; and is squally enjoying himself in yachting on the Norfolk Broads, and entertainillif a party of Dutch friends, and in editing his Library of Wit and Humour "upon which he has been engaged for some time. A telegram from Tunis states that a water. spout which burst in the vicinity of I-Label:in has destroyed over 3,000 olive trees, Oreat damage has also been caused by the overflow of the water coulee. A great another of cattle and and sheep have been drowned. One European lost lue life, carried away by the flood, and one Frenchman was killed by lightning. Another ironclad—the Ajax, this time—has broken from her moorings through the defective construction of her chain cable. Ihe Firth of Forth, fortunately, was not crowded with shipping as IVI6 the Tagus when the Monarch broke mivewrhmyisgtotulhdavjallayseeddhaaeviocut away, :rni them. occur?  OnTuesday aft,rnoon a missionary designation and valedictory eerviee was held, at which six miseionaries, who are proceeding to India, China, and Trinidad, were publicly commended to their fields of labour. The Rev. Dr. Da Ringer, governor of Weslcy College, presided, and delivered an eloquent address. The missionaries, having spoken, a valedictory address was given by the Rev. W. C. Upton, of Beverly, after which the Rev. John Aides offered a dedicatory pra3er. The melancholy story of the murderel vicar was in a manner anticipatld a few years ago by a writer in tne Cornihill Magazine, whe, in • short tale caaed the "Vicar of Churnside," describe] a crime almost exactly similar. The criminal in the story had, it transpired, subManilla reason for his crime ; and it is likely that in the present case, a reasonable ground :or the terrible action will be discovered. Murder is seldom eauselese.  A telegram from New York, on Wedneaday night, says: "Mooney, who throw the explosive on board the steamer Queen, was brought up for trial to-day. Three medical experts testified that thay had examined him, and believed him to be suffering from chronic insanity with mania- The jury, without leaving their seats, pronounced him , insane, and the judge sent him to a lunatic asylum."  What will the Commissioners say to Polieconstable 30 F ("a very young officer") for his ludicrous mistake at the Afarylebone polies court. The young man took his Bible oath that be had found a certain female who was in the doek drunk and incapable in the Harrow-road The famiCe was furious Is it surprising A second constable appear,d in court, and swore the female in the dock was the prosAcutrix in a case of which he had charge. So much for the value of police evidence.