The Herald of Wales. — 1890-08-30 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. steamers to connect Naples, Palermo, and London for the export of Sicilian mid Neapolitan produce, John Wise, aged 41, en Inon.wcgkar end the import of English goods, manufactures. and Mesdcm-iane, Dee 140616, ln=6olVolTerh Davies, nnucZTe commodities generally, and also to carry passengers,' Rosh' Ira'Y an elderly we way /nn Drefields,and then shoi-bitnieill There are to be three departures monthly from fleer the be.A if dl . Naples with an interval of 10 days. The steamers wiaa, whp ed u precarious cc..3%=.7,4711: WI at Palermo the day following their departure taL is not expiated to recover. The reason, from Naples, and reach London 10 dari later. On their return journey they are to have liberty to can for mcnrrenm •••• that the "'Ma's BOIL • of age, single, ha Miner, 20 yeanj d eloped with at Spanish and North Italian ports. The present water supply of the historic city is a very primitive Wises wife, who haa been married seven ran, affair indeed, and stands as much in need of amend- and has three children. A warrant is out for ment Se anything possibly can do. The hale near tbe arrest of tho wife, es ehe took wittiber soros Monreale have • number of running etreams wbieh clothing, jewellery, and cash. are utilised, after a fashion, by the inhabitants, but which are found wholly inadequate to meet the public want. The nystem by which the distribution of the water Is achieved is eximedingly curious, and I is said to have come down from the days of the I Arabs. Visitors making excursions in the environs of Palermo have often been pustled by the appear. ! mice along the roads of strange structures, in the form of lofty truncated obelisks. These are called water-towers, and some of them are very ancient, built of .tone, and overgrown with ivy. There is tonally an iron staircase, reaching half-way down, by which the water-mamtera, who carry portable ladders to join thereto, can get to the summits. On the top if each tower is • email reservoir, into which the water doe from the pressure of the water descent!. tug from the mountain, and from the reservoir the water is dietributod in pipes to the neighbourhood. The explanation of the use of theme towers is not very clear, but ettginoers say they act oa a drag on the rush of water in the earthenware conduits and prevent them from bursting. The news of the formation of alt A milo•Palermitan Company for the supply of water from a copious source at &Mate hat been made the subject of much rejoicing in the oity, which will shortly have the benefit of a steam tramway connecting the district forming the POll wee of water supply with the city, in the making of which English enterprise and English capital will have had • very large Aare. Nearly .11 the carrying trade of the port is done in British bottoms, and we are doing • yearly increasing business with the town and the aountry. Out ships take practically the whole of , the exporte to the Unit.M. States, which, Great Britain excepted, is Italy's best foreign customer. The Italian vessels leaving the vat for the States number one or two • month only, the rest of the trade beiggalluirely Enalialthalds4  mt