Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1889-10-19 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

LIGHTHOUSE-KEEPERS, who require to possess a good stock of patience and endurance, are not unfrequently placed in perilous situations when violent and destructive gales, such as have been recently experienced, lash the sea into fury around our coast. The keepers of the lighthouse at Holyhead breakwater, which suffered much damage, were placed in great peril owing to the terrible force of the waves and the height to Which tons of water were thrown. They describe tho vibrations of the lighthouse as having been worse than they ever felt before, and said that articles of furniture were constantly shifting their places, as if shaken by an earthquake's I tread or moved by some mysterious influence. Stout hearts were needed to bear up in trying circumstances of the kind, when a fatal disaster might have occurred at any moment.  THE meeting which was held in the Great Assembly Hall, Mile-end-road, under the auspices of the Women's Trade Association, for promoting Women's Trades Unions in East London, was addressed by members of both sexes who take an interest in the working classes, and is certain to produce good fruits in the desired direction. The presence of Mr. John Burns, who made a speech on the occasion, showed that the movement met the complete approval of the man who had done more than any other in bringing the London dock labourers' strike to a successful issue. The general pay of women workers in the East-end is one penny or twopence per hour, and they have long hours of labour, it is only by combination in the manner adopted by workers of the other sex that they can hope to materially improve their condition.  Worm, a newly-married couple named Brumfield were returning home from a visit to the wife's mother In Lincoln County, West Virginia, they were fired upon by some ruffian from a clump of bushes on the roadside. Mrs. Brumfield was shot in the head, and fell senseless. Her husband was shot through the right lung, but crawled to a neighbour's for assistance. His wife died in a few hours, and he died the next day. Was the murderer a disappointed suitor? ACCORDING to a Yokohama journal, the native Japanese mess is well represented by correspondents In I.ondon. The character of the letters published from abroad has also greatly improved in recent years. The leading journal is represented by a law graduate of the Imperial University of Japan, who is at present studying law in the Temple ; another has for a temporary correspondent its editor, who is a well-known historical student, and whose letters take the shape of elaborate disquisitions on current events in Europe ; a third is served by one of its ex-editors, who has a roving commission, and who writes mainly on administrative questions ; the correspondent of another journal is described as a lively and interesting young man of advanced Radical views, which have already got him into trouble in Japan, and for which he was exiled from Tokio for three years. Ile is • warm admirer of the Irish party in the House of Commons ; but the chief interest of his correspondenceis said to lie in the domain of pure literature. The correspondent of another journal devotes his letters mainly to commercial and industrial topics. MR. M. Cocos,, secretary of the Dogs' Home at Battersea, has made • return for:the past month, from which it appears that no fewer than 2619 dogs were received, led, and sheltered at the home during that month, and that nearly 400 homes were found for the more fortunate ones. The growing popularity of the home is seen by the large number of visitors (3108) who inspected the establishment during the month. It is worthy of special motif eby intending visitors that the gates of the home are punctually closed during the winter months, commencing on the let of the present month, at four o'clock.