The Northern Guardian. — 1897-12-30 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

ITEMS OF INTEREST. The plague in India i extending. A gale raged in the Channel yesterday andl last night. H. Larnb, Jeweller, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street. Telephone. 4.1431.—Advt. The murder of Thomas a Becket took place on December 29, 1170.  Yesterday was the birthday a the Queen of Roumania. She is 54.  Every man must tell his mate, that Humphries' Hata are np-to-date. Addreirowell known-92, Lynn Street, --Advt.  Yesterday was the third anniversary of the death of Christine Roesetti. Important changre "AV be made in the Brazil Customs tariff on January Ist. The Enzlish cricketers yesterday defeated eighteen of Bendigo by ten wickets.  J. Harrison, watchmaker and jeweller, watches. clocks, jewellery, and electro plate. Repairs in all branches of the trade.—Advt.  Mr Edward Blake, M.P., sailed from New York for England yesterday, .rn board the Majestic. Yesterday, at Cardiff, Franz Ludwig Bulstrora was committed for trial on the charge of murdering his wife by shooting her. B. Lamb Jeweller, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street. Telephone, 4,l6l.—Advt.  Sir Howard Vincent, M.P., left Madrid yesterday for Gibraltar after having been received in audience by the Queen Regent. Eight hundred housee have been destroyed by fire at Porteau-Pritue, and three thousand persons have been rendered homeless.  Dr Salt, Dentist, has now made arrangements for daily attendance, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., atie the usual address, 4, Scarborough Street, Weak Ilartlepool.—Advt.  Captain Alleyne, who left England three weeks' ago in command of a Klendyke exploring and • surveying party, has died at Edmonton, Canada.  Bishop Wordsworth leaves Salisbury this week. on his way to Cairo and Jerusalem, and he Will bl absent from the dioe4se until the middle of March.  H. Lamb's Aqua-Crystal Spectacles are the beet.; Try them, 3e 6d per pair. The Illuminated Clock.'• Lynn Street. National Telephone, No. 4,l6L—Advt. A Washingtonitelef.fra,m says Sir Julian Pauncefcte, the British Ambassador, is now sufficiently recovered from his rheumatism to be able to visit tha State department.  The "Polish Gazette" has been suspended for ins months, by order of the Governor-General of Warsaw, for having published an article severely reflecting on Russi in rule in Poland. 'J. Hill, Surgeon Dentist, and Chemist, 2, Burn Road (two minutes' walk from Strantou Church). Artificial Teeth in Gold, Platinum or Vulcanite at. lowest charges, consistent with good workmanship.L— Advt.  Intense heat has been experienced at Melbourne. During the cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales several players, including Iredale, Kelly, and Gregory were prostrated.  A serious explosion a gaB occurred yesterday mcrning at Wallsend, in a block of new business Froperty in High Street. A great deal of damage was done, or.d some workmen had narrow escapes, • from being injured.  Half-e•Dzeri best Nickel Tea Spoons given to the purchase'. of a Wedding Ring at H. Lamb's. Ilse Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street. National Telephone. No. 4,l6l.—Advt.  Coroner Graham yesterday opened an inquest at Gateshead touching the death of Mary Ann Smith, whose body wan found on Tuesday morning under circumstances already reported. •This inquiry was adjourned for a week. alplul and Steel Pills for Females, a French fot all irregularities and obstructions, abitter apple, pil coeliac, petmyroyal, etc. 6d, post free. Obtainable only from Martin, Southampton.—Advt.  Peter Doggett, who i reported to ha) pushed into a bread vat in New York in last and chopped to pieces, iielonged to castle, County Month. The New York police  &Wand. Yiurd are making investigations. Buy your spectacles at the practical r Is per pAir, and suited to the sight by Best Brajlian Pebblas at 7s 6d per Lambs, Tho Illuminated Clock, Lynn West Hartlepool National Telephone, No. Advt. ,wns  Optician's, the  Hestia and ller her, twq important to) Ilr.riba Country, have boen occupied by Houasas. The Paris "Depeehe nouncesi that a French post has been es. Gdienne. It is believed that a forward Samory is imminent. ppkpi  ColOniale  OTTEY'S STRONG FEMALE and certainly remove all OPSTRIP arising from any cause whatever. where Pennyroyal fails. Invaluable for married • free, under cover, for 14 and 33 THOMAS OTTEY, Chemist, Burt,— mention "Northern Guardian."  Burton-on-Trent.