The Herald of Wales. — 1890-08-09 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

OOO. That the Dean of Llandaff.:who has been to the East Coast, has returned very much improved in health. That a;very successful eisteddfod was held at leadoxten-Barry on Monday, and also athletic eperts. There Raß a large influx of visitor(,to the place. That it has been resolved that the wages payable to the werkmen at the As.sociatpd Cother.es ehall be 50 per cent. above the staudard et December, 1579, being an advance cf :if per cent- on mad from the let of August, 1030. , That Captain Edelen, ina.ster af the ate-am- , ship Warrior, now lying at the Reath Dock, Cardiff, was taken suddenly uuwell, and died in a few minute,. heart disease is euppeted to be attributable to death.  That an excursionist from tho Rhondda ' Valley, named Thomas WU'bons, has but, admitted to the Cardiff Hospital in an unconscious state. He fell over the cliffs at Lavernoek, and now lies in a precarions eonilitien. :That John Dronell, of Mary Ann-street, Cardiff, has been fined Li and costs for assaulting the landlord of the Trodogar Arens, in !hat town. Driseor,without ivy po nation, struck ter Kansa with the bend th a bottle th prosecutor o oMeubroko and cid his head.  That Carbon hat been the scene of a great I destruction of bar. Two largo l'eles shout 90 tons in weight were (bantered t , be on urn on ' the farm of Mr. JA1111411% of Pereraig Fowr, but notwithstanding the strenuous efforts. Ott two riAs mentioned, together with a third, were completely destroyed. I Toni Mita Sherbet), daughter of Corneille,Racket], has brott married t atr. Arthur Lloaper, of the tree of Ilsepur ant Sour, I Cardiff 3na Neweasee. The ceternony took place at St. Margore.'s i Ito t , n tho , presence of a lart;e ecneourso u: friends. Teen, was a very lengy list of esstly and magnill' talk prestnt.s. That Edward Ilr.nt (2G) was charged with stealing samples of tobacco and cigars, the pro' perty of a traveller at Cardiff. The ease wen heard by the Cardiff magiatrates on Friday, when they discharged the jr.soner upon bis men rteotroizance to come up for judgement when eared upon. , That Elizabeth Mille was remanded by the Cardiff nutgistratee on Friday on a charge of having attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the East Janetion Lock on the 3let inst. The prisoner stated that she did not attempt to commit euicido. She got out of her husband's ' cart, fell on her knees, and the neat instartt Ebe was in the water. She got out of the water immediately.  1 ::_ ii-m-iTheyPostmaster-General, the Right lion. I Cecil Itaikes, in a speech Las called the We4-ento Zed "an infamous print." Mr. T. H.! Maclean, M,P , a pert•proprietor, ha. retaliated, j awl says that the Wester)* Mill has Irobntly 1 dime as much on behalf of the 0-innervation ! cause in the country and for the linblic interest ! as seer the Pentmanter-General Lao done in the long cotrrso of his political career. That Noah Jones, engaged nailer the Cardiff Corporation xt the Cwmtaff waterworks, ban I been committed to the quarter sessions by the 1 Merttyr magistrates for assaulting his RIM 1 Charles. A quarrel took place about some 'money matters, and Noah became violent sod ! struck his son repeatedly about the head ant 1 arms with a stick. The injuries Le received ! were two sealpwetuada, each about two inches in ! length and extending to the bone. That Mr. A. F. Hill presided over the annual meeting of the Cardiff Club, held at the Angel Hotel on Thursday night, when there was a very large attendance. Mr. W. E. 0. Williams wan unanimously elected captain of the lot XV., and Mr. IL W. Evans vice-captain. Mr. D. I E. Jones was re-elected captain of the Rid ' XV., and Mr. Selwyn Biggs was nominated I vice-captain. Mr. J. P. Jones was re-olectel 1 treasurer, and Mr. W. H. Treatt mereteny I with Mr. A. F. Bland as his assiotant. The 1 I seerotary intimated that the 31arquis of Bute I {Lad permitted the club tie we of the Cardiff ' Arnie Park during the coming seasen upon two oenditions : (I) the issue of 2s. tid. yearly sub; scriptien tickets to working men, and k.l) the luso of the ground during the week to the Enivernity College team. That our seeder, will Le glad to learn that Ithe arrangements are announced for the meetings of the Bapttst union of Great Britain and Ireland at Caiditi on the 7th, Bth, an.i bile of October. On Monday there will be an introductory service, deputatiens will be received, and an address will be preeented by the Nonconformist ministers of Cardiff. Tuesday will, as usual, be devoted to the meetings of the Baptist Missionary Society, andon 'Wednesday conferencts in Pi eleh and English will be held on "The Organisation of Gan Local iteacterr." The first eession will to cloned in the Park-ball with the address of the president, and during the meetings paper, will be reed on "The Culture of the Devout Life,' On "The Influence of Speech in Life," on "*The Evils of Gambling," and other subiects. That Alexander McPherson, a county court Waif", had a very end army to tell the Cnrdiff, magistrates on hriclay. Ho had gone to terve a judgment summons upon Charles Hunt, of Edward-street, Canton, when the latter tore 1 up the commons, struck his, on the head, pushed Lim, knocked him down, kicked him on the leg, in fact gave him • very rough time of it. Now Hunt does not corroborate this story, on the contrary, lie rays the boot WOS on the other leg. It was he was assaulted by the bailiff first. Tile bench could not very well reconcile their statements, and adjourned the case for a few days. 1