Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1889-01-02 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

CATCHING A GLIMPSE OF A SEA-SERPENT. I did not lose all the sights and tropical wonders by coming this way, for on Sunday, January 22,! saw from the Midge, as I sat up there as usual for an hour or so before sundown, a large luminous serpentine form, which rose slowly out of the water in two large curves (like two arches of a low bridge), letting nie see distinctly the large diaper pattern marked on the flattened silvery skies of a huge snake. I had my note book in my hand, and rapidly sketci ed off its markings and its outline, as much as I could see of it on and under the watcr. The great cite and luminousness of the creature were its chief characteristics, besides the flattened sides ; I could not see either extremity, nor do I remember distinguishing any fins, but the curves I saw were, as I judged, together about half as long again as our deckhouse, and I saw it at about two hundred yards off. No one was on the bridge at the time; I often had it to myself at that hour; I called to Mr. Butters, but by the time he came the creature hnd disappeared, which was unlucky for me. The captain told me large sea-set pests were not uncommon in this part of the Indian Ocean. My own conviction is that this was the sea-serpent, winch I bad hitherto looked upon an fabulous; the best authenticated case I had hitherto known was the seaserpent seen at liaulbowline, which turned nut to be ' • long lawyer from Cork taking a swim. Since.then I have been told of what I believe to be genuine rames,the most convincing being one seen in Scott:ad!, off Dunronin Cael le, where the Duke of Sutherlitial's secretary and the minister of the parish and his family all saw what they affirm to be the great seaserpent. My sea-serpent is true, "trifle as taxes is, si nothings truer than thetn."—To Siam, and Malaya in Mc Doke of Sutherland's Yacht. By .3.fra Florence Caddy.  on Thureday morning, between seven and oight c;nlJek. a man named Rioharda, of Dalai—ea-street, discover-At rite dad body of a man lyLg on the gridiron of Harris' Dry Dick. I wee removed to the mortu my, where it haa not yet beau identified.  Thinza me getting warm in North Wales. On Chursday Mr C. C. Juues, tithe imllector, of Rivhin. called on a farmer named Hill, ne .r Ll.iely n.ic in the Dw.bicta district, for his tithe. Litl replied by ling a gnu au pre s Will?, it at Joe,a, who retreated hastily. Toe n I.ea were iutertneti,aud Hill was arrested o F-iday.  We regret to redord the dea h of Mr Robert *lamest, of Carlton termite, at the early ago of 3a years. He was well known and resprcted en .wansea by a large number of friends, and leaves a widow and one child torn urn his loss. rfis remains will be interred to the ilwansea ethetery on Thursday af teruoon, the proees ion leaving the decossi-d's reeidenoe at 2 ,).ni. A strange disnovery has been made at &beycame, where a heap of clothes, eousisting of a wliolo suit, was fond in a secluded spot on the Dank of the tinworks feeder, at a point near whore the roue cross s the feeder. In tb. v.:tactic Cl the coat was f) and a pipe, wedoe, Ind a stone need for oharpening edge tool, , leaving the etippo-ii ion that the owner hat ' committed suicide. The feeder, however, has tocen dragged, but no discovery has been made, and the incident remains a mystery. The anniversary services of the Salem Baptist )llispel, L.tudore, were held on Sunday last, when eloquent sermons were preached by the ) Rev. C. Joshua, pastor, in the morning, after) : noon and evening. At the af teruoon service a j Welsh sermon was also ,no-t imp-essively de) livered by the Rev. E. E ituunds of Bethesda, 1 Swansea. The congregations were goat at alt he services, aspect illy in the evening, when the chapel was well filled.