The Northern Guardian. — 1898-03-15 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

ITEMS OF INTEREST.  The funeral of Mr George Muller, at Bristol, yeAterday, wa3 of a public character. "  A 171‘111 named Hann, a Gcrman cavalry officer, is reported to have been arrested in the suburbs of Paris, charged with espionage. A scheme has been initiated for the erection of a large Wesleyan mission hall in one of the principal business thorougl.faras of Newcastle. Dr Salt, Dentist, has now made arrangements for daily attendance, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the usual address, 4, Scarborough Street, Wert Hartlepool.—Advt.  A telegram has reached Madrid from Havana, stating that several Cuban chiefs and their followers were on their way to offer submission. A Constantinople telegram says the Mahsousseh Company has deoided to buy in London tour veseels, two of which are to be used as transports. H. Lamb. Jeweller, The Illuminated Clock, hyne Street. Telephone, 4,l6l.—Advt. Sixteen thousand persons have signed a petition at Aberdeen for th reprieve of Charles ::4:inith the man condemned to death for the murder of his wife at Gateshead.  Bombay is fairly ouiet now, but the military precautions have not been relaxed. All the plague search parties are now escorted by troops. 'f he strikes are extending.  Half-? -Dozen best Nickel Tea Spoons given to the purchaser of a Wedding Ring at H. Lamb's. The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street. National Telephone, No. 4,l6l.—Advt. A powerful English syndicate has, it is stated, obtained from the Venezuelan Goevrnment a concession embracing the vast tract of land known as the Venezuelan Amazon Territory. '  A cobferenm promoted by the Sunderland United Temperance Society was held yesterday afternoon at Sunderland, when the subject of Local Veto was cUscussed. In the evening a public meeting was held. 'J. Hill, Surgeon Dentist, and Chemist, 2, Burn Read (two minutes' walk from Stranton Church). Artificial Teeth in Gold, Platinum or Vulcanite at lowest charges, consistent with good workmanship.— Advt.  According to the Board of Trade returns. a marked improvement has taken place in the state of employment. At the end of February the percentage of unemployed in 116 trades unions was 4.1. compared with 4.95 at the end of January. and with 3 per cent. in 115 unions in February. 1897.  H. Lamb's Aqua-Crystal Spectacles are the best. Try them, 3s 6d per pair. The Illuminated Clock Lynn Street. National Telephone, No. 4,l6l.—Adirt. The Brunswick Nurse and Deaconses Society celebrated its eighth anniversary 7esterday. A meeting of ladies was held in the n esleyan Han, Jesmond, presided over by Mrs W. D. Stephens, and a public meeting ,followtd at night in Brunswick Pia,* Chapel, Mr J. T. Lunn in. the chair.  H. Lamb, Jeweller, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street. Telephone. 4.l6l.—Advt. A special Board has been sent to New York to open an cffice, at which owners and agents of ships are invited to make proposals for turning over to the navy ressda valuable for conversion for war purposes. Forty ships Lave already been placed on the list. Special efforts are being made to *rime the St. Paul and St. Louis. Aplol and Steel Pills for Females, a French remedy foi all irregularities and obstructions, supersedinj bitter apple, pil cochiac, pennyroyal, etc. Price 4e 6d, post free. Obtainable only from Martin, Foreign Chemist, Southarapten.—idvt. A great deal of distress is reported to be prevailing in Middlesbrough in consequence of the small-pox epidemic, many widows and children haring been left destitute, and many families being in great need owing to the breadwinners being unable to ~,ert work inrough having the disease in their family or through their being attacked themselves.  Epps's Cocoa.—Grateful and Comforting.—"By • thore•igh knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided for our breakfast and supper a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us any heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious us- of such articles of diet that a constitution may be ,zradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. We may escape many a fat al shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame. -"Civil Service Gazette—Made simply with boiling water or bnilk.—Sold only in packets and pound tins, 1, by Grocers, labelled--"James Epps and Co., Ltd., ilionateopathic Chemists, London."—Also makers of i Epps's Cocoaine or Cocoa-Nib Extract: A thin beverage of full flavour, DOW with many beneficially taking the place of tea. Its active principle being a gentle nerve stimulant, supplies the needed energy without unduly exciting the system. To ran