The Herald of Wales. — 1889-04-20 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ELOPEMENT.  MURDER OF A FAMILY. Latest American despatches received af Queenstown contain intelligatoe of the murder of an Englishman, named J. R. King, his wife, and six children in their farm house at Titus  Country, Texas, and the arrest of King's cousin and sun-in-law for the crime. It appears that the latter had eloped with King's eldest daughter, forged a marriage license and married her' and it iFI stated that fear of being prosecuted for the forgery had caused him to commit the meatier. He admitted having killed Kb.= his wife, and alleged that a man named &else murdered the children with an axe, and  then set fire to the house.  At Dublin, on Saturday, Todd and Hem,Mtzgan, the two bank clerks who are charged with u-nbozzlieg RUMS amounting to more than £20,000 from the Provincial Bank,were sent for trial to the Commisaioner without bail. Ortelli, the Italian, who shot Jeoeph Wallace in Hatton Garden, and afterwards shot himself, died in the hospital on Monday. The coroner's jury had found him guilty of wilful murder. Now that the subject of cremation is brought before the public by fjie obsequies, of the Marquis of Ely, it may not be without interest to note the fact that Sir Henry Thompeon is at work as hard as ever on his pet theme, and that he has just received from Sir James Nacomyth the munificent gem of of szoo as a contribution to the somas of the society which socks, on grounds of public utility, to promote this reform of our method of burial. A large and appreciative audience assembled in Cwmbwrla Schoolroom ea Thursday night, when an enjoyable programme was provid. The chair was occupied by the Bev. D. Jones, pastor. The order of procedure was as follows: —pianoforte solo, Mr. J. Clement : recitation, Mr. B. Dames; songs by Misses W. J. Walters and M. J.Williams; song, Mr. J. Waiters, glee, the party, under the conductorship of Mr. 3:41. Davies ; duet, Mims Lydia Williams and friend; song, Mr. T. W. Williams; address,Mr. J. R. Davies; dialogue, H. Williams and party; quartette, DDSS Williams and party; and songs by Miss J. Williams and others. A vote of thanks to the chairman brought the meeting to a close. Kilsby Jones, the famous preacher, whose death Welshmen mourn, once perceived some of his Rhaiatler congregation doing homage to Morpheus. Thus he roused them: "I remember very well," said he, raising his voice, " when I Wat 3 living with my father in Carmarthenshire, one year we had a fine litter of pigs, each of which had a pair of horns, exactly like those of the Castlemartin cattle." All eyes and ears were instantly wide open. " Kilsby " now bent forward. " How well you listen now —to a lie ! When I was preaching the truth of God to you half of you were fast asleep !" Ile then, after this sarcastic comment, proceeded with his discourse. It is announced that the Government have just eompleted an arrangement with Messrs. be La Rue, under which, on the basis of newel of their contracts for a limited period, the contractors not only surrender a sum of £lOO,OOO of profit, but also so reduce their prices as to lead to a saving to the Imperial exchequers of as much as £60,000 a year in respect of the manufacture of postal stationery and Indian judioal stamps. As a corollary to the new arnmzement. it is understood that Mr. Bailees  a re