The Herald of Wales. — 1887-02-12 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

OOO. The premium realised thereon was £24,301. The number of tons of coal carbouned during the year 1885 were 20,328, for which 194,000,00 S cubio feet of gas were made. Of this, private consumers, &c., were supplied with 168,6.47,000 cubic feet, and public lamps (exclusive of amount used at works) with 20,310,000, making a total quantity supplied of 179,000,000 cable feet The length of the mains ia 67 miles, and the number of conaumers on the list of December, 1886, was 3,500. During the year, 1,096 public lamps were supplied.  On Friday idea an awful entdden death took place at Church-street, Llanelly. Mrs Brans, a widow, was proseeding down Church-skeet, when abe was suddenly taken ill and expired in a few moments.  A very remarkable marriage by proxy is re • ported from America. A morbid young woman, of an excellent family, cffered to marry SOes, the Anarchist, who lies ander sentence of death in Chicago Gaol for the murderous attack last year upon the police. As the authorities would not permit such a e,remony to take place in the prison, Spies prepared a written document, which deputed his brother to act as Ms proxy at the wedding. The marriags was celebrated in this manner, the quasi (mom giving the responses in the namo of he imprisoned brsaher.  Mr. W. H. hieredyth, ;hose name is itiniliar to our Swansea readers as that of a youthful champion of the Conservative cause, writing to a morning contemporary an the 'Welsh Union of Conservative Associations" says that as secretary of the Union he has not been idle. He has addressed some fifty to sixty meetings in almost every part of Wales during the list three months, and be flatters himAelf that he has strengthened the Conservative organisation and increased their numbers to a very considerable •'tent.  On Saturday last a new lodge of thin flourieh- 1 tug order,whteh makes such r yid strides in our 1 1 midst, was instituted at Libeling Schoolroom, 1 Cwinbwrla, this being the first Welsh lodge in 1 the Swansea diatriot. Bro. Griffith Davies, 1 D.C.E.' and Bro. W. B. Blewert, D.B, rapre. ' fleeted the district, and were assieted in the opening ceremony by the officers of Unity Tent, and , members of Clem Tent. The following were elected officers of the new lodge :—Brosi. W. 1 Lewis. CR., Thos. Williams, DR., J. Evans, IT. Jer:kin Evans, and B. Phi/lipe, stewards ; Y. D. Gwyn°, invite; and John Jones, guar. diaa. The young men of Cwiabwrla cannot now say but that they have full oportunity of enjoying ths advantages of abstinence by joinsag this ex *Mint order. 1 It in our painful duty to record an accident of a terrible nature which smeared to a young man named Samuel Bevan, a joiner, residing at William's street, Swansea, on Wednesday morning. It appear., that Bevan, who was employed by Mr. Lewis, builder, of Sketty, was hunting up some tools in • tool-ehest,preparatory to goiog to do nome work at' Walter road Among the other things contained in the cheat was clouded revolver, and this the yonng man, who was kneeling by the cheat, was handing to his employer, when, accidentally preening the trigger, it went off, the bullet entering his face, and completely shattering the lower part of hie jaw. He was conveyed to the hospital, where, deopite the care and attention shown to him, he is in et very critical o ,ndition. It gees without saying that the greatest sympathy is felt for Mr. Bevan who is exceedingly well known in Swansea, ;ad in a young man of whom everyone who knows him has a good wool to say. A grand concert was held in Tabernacle Chapel Lander, on Saturday last, when the choir rendered "The Coming of Immanuel," and other mimeo& neon* music, assisted by Mies Polly Jenkins, M C.W., Mr. Tom Daniel,