The Herald of Wales. — 1890-05-31 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MONMOUTHSHIRE. A number of boy burglars have turned up at Lydney. It is propoeed to ereot &memorial in (mimeo tion with the colliery disaster at Llenerch. Mr. Warrington, M.P., bas been addressing • series of Monmonthslire meetings. He is strong in favour of disestablishinent. The old man Winn, wlo was so murderously attacked at ,Littledeau on Monday evening, is still alive, but his condition is so serious that the Fravest fears are entertained that the terrible injuries received will prove fatal. The medical attendant regards the case m the most serious light. Winn continues conscious and is somewhat restless, but is go weak that he only at distant intervals is able to converse with his Mends. He persists that the man Damp, who with his wife is in custody, was his assailant, and states that there was a slight quarrel during the day. He further states that the man came into the cottage twice, on which occasions, although he was dozing, he was aroused. At the third attempt he awoke to find himself hacked over ids head with his own axe. He offered but alight resistance, being so fe3ble. The cash it as taken from a drawer in a chest upstairs, and the puree containing it was outside on the floor. The spectacle in the room is sickening, blood being everywhere.  Mr. W. D. Thomas, grocer, of Rhymney, went for a drive to Cwmtaff with his wife and two friends, and when near the Cefn Cemetery the horse stumbled and fell, throwing them all oat of the trap. Mrs. Thomas had a very narrow escape, having her arm brfken, b%itles receiving other injuries. She was taken home in a cab, and is getting on an well as can be expected. The other occupants escaped unhurt. Henry Teidman, with a daring characteristic of his following—a showman, approached& bear belonging to Fosaett's circus, which is now appearing before the goal old folks of Monmouth, for the purpose of getting the animal back to its cage from which it had mysteriously escaped. The bear, enjoying its freedom, objected to any interference, and when Teidman attempted to place his hands on the animal, it snapped at him, and inflicted a somewhat severe wound on his arm. The bear was eventually captured, and Tiedman was conveyed to the infirmary, Mr. Edmund Davies, Church Farm, presided over the annual meetings of the Monmouthshire Baptist Association held at Blaine on Tuesday. The principal business of the conference was to consider the proposed amalgamation of colleges, and the discussion upon this question occupied a considerable time—The Secretary read a com-1 municationfrom the secretary of the Welsh Baptist Union, in which it was stated that 700 circulars had been sent out to the ch arches on the subject and I only 30 °hurdles badreplied. Foramalgamation there were 194; and against, 95; neutral, 17. For Cardiff as a place for the united college 67 voted ; for Swansea, 65 ; for Pontypool, 23. The present conference was entitled to appoint a committee of three to take part in dealing with the matter.—Principal Edwards said the very best men were wanted in the oonnexional colleges. If they went anywhere, he thought they should go to Cardiff. —The liev. Thomas Lewis, of Newport, asked what they would do with Pontypool College, a building worth £lO,