The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1890-03-29 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

MRS. ELIZABETH SANDS, of Baltimore, celebrated her chase those oysters in the next season at a minimum 101st birthday a few days ago. Mrs. Sands has been price of 50s. 1000. After he had taken a large a widow for sixty years, was married twice, has a quantity of the oysters the Company obtained an number of great grandchildren, and nine great-greatorder from Lord Justice Fry directng him to render grand children. an account, and that order has been affirmed by THE results of the Middle School Examination ol Lords Justices Cotton, Lindley, and Lopes, except so Anglo-Vernacular candidates in the Punjaub for the far that the defendant is to be allowed to deduct year ~ ar 1 show that the successful candidates numsee. the amount of the marriage paid from Gelvcay to bered 1873, of whom 1203 were Hindus, 450 London. Mahomedans, 200 Sikhs, and 20 Christians. Tee Duke of Portland presided at the annual M. PEJO HELOT, an eminent French chemist and meeting of the society which maintains the Home member of the Academy of Sciences, declares that he for Lost and starving Dogs in Battersea. It was has discovered a new method of roasting coffee, by stated that, owing to the muzzling order, the institu- which the waste will be reduced 15 per cent., and by tion had been nearly overwhelmed by the influx of which the deleterious elements of the berry will be dogs, and that among the 24,123 dogs admitted to eliminated. the Home during the year, only 13 had been found PRIVATE O'HARA, whose conviction on a charge of to be suffering from rabies. The duke expressed murdering a native was recently quashed on a point satisfaction that the society enjoyed the patronage of the Queen, whose deep interest in everything con- of law by a full bench of the Calnitta high Court, has been discharged from the army. Some native nected with animals, and especially dogs, was well journals openly assert that O'Hara owes his escape tc known. Be denied a rumour that dogs had been the fact of his being a European. sold from the Home for the purpose of vivisection. ARE artisans in favour of the opening of museums The report WEE adopted, and art galleries on Sundays P The National Sunday A MEETING has been held at the London Mansion League have taken the opinion of the journeymen House, over woich the Lord Mayor presided, in matters of London by circulars issued to all the men support of the Metropolitan Hospital, which Sir (3. hers. The result of the voting is: For Sunday open. Hunter, .M.P., said was doing immense good to the jog. 532 ; against, 52. thousands of poor persons who lived in the crowded THE influenza epidemic appears likely to spread districts of Hoxton and Kingsland. Sir E. Currie through India as widely and rapidly as thr-ugb expressed his gratification at Lord Cranbrook's Europe. Some native traders from Bombay have promise to move for a Select Committee to inquire carried it to Cal -utta. Over 100 cages are non into matters concerning hospitals. A resolution was : adopted, recording approval of the provident system . reported there, and the malady has also appeared it a number of other cities in various parts of the adopted at the Metropolitan Hospital, and pledging country. It LS said, however, to be dying out .i the meeting to promote the success of the Institution Bombay. , in every way. : PRIVATE GRANGE, of the Cheshire Regiment, hai LoRD ROSEHERY, as Chairman of the London County Council, has opened a new fire station in East-street, had a remarkable experience. Tried nearly two years ago and sentenced to death for murdering two Bur. Mary lebone. Having pointed out that, in the past mese women, the Government made an application thiee years, the number of serious fires had declined . from 25 to six per cent. of the total outbreaks, he for a re-trial of the case, in consequence of the nigh Court of Calcutta having pronounced the originsl said the Fire Brigade was really London's salvation trial irregular. But the Rangoon Recorder has decided Army in physical and material matters, and he was • that he has no power to grant the request. Thus the certain that there was no body of men more justly only course seems to be to discharge the man. appreciated by the inhabitants than the firemen. In MR. DEPUTY Vi