The Herald of Wales. — 1889-01-12 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

POOLE'S MYRTOR&MA.  No diorama, —or myriorama' or whatever other name people may give the beautiful offsets produced by the aid of canvas, point and gm, —has proved so suocesful in Swansea as that of Mr finny Poole, which is now exhibiting ía the Albert • hail. Good houses every night are still the role, and the artistes are as entertaining as ever.  Nearly all the Sunday schools at Cardiff, winch have teen oloaed owing to the outbreak oi measles, were re-opened on Sunday. A lad named George Langley, 19 years of age, has been killed by a fall of atone at Rena wein Pit, Blaina. Mr Llemelyn, of Raglan Hall, has made a gift of £6OO to the Pintheawl Rest Rndowment I Fund.  _ John Marsh (34) has been remanded by the Cardiff nmeietrates on a charge of having committed bigamy with a Selina Evans. Sir Jno. Fender had an enthusiastic reception on the Glasgow Exchange on Friday. He declared that he intended maintaining the o9untry'B commerce. A Madrid telegram on Saturday states that a petard was exploded about midnight on Friday as the people were leaving the opera. The greatest alarm was felt and considerable damage resulted. The international draughts match which has been proceding at Spennymoor, concluded on Tuesday, in the victory of Barker. The score was: Barker, (American) five wins Smith, (Englishman), one win. There were 22 draws.  _ hfr Jeaner of the Ship Hotel,Cardiff has been thrown out of a trap through being jolted over a mound, whilst driving from Penaxth. His collar bone and jaw were dislocated by the oonewssion.  At the inquest held on the bodies of the driver and fireman who were killed in the railway collision at Newport, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, finding there wee no culpable neglect on the part of the driver Greenway. A. cad accident has happened in a colliery , near Caerphilly to a ainker named David Evans, who wait at work on arceifold about 200 yards below the surface, where they were making a lodge—room for the water. It is supposed the " bowk " removed some of the scaffolding, causing the man to fall to the bottom a distance of about eight yards, into about three yards of water. Mr Green the contrdetor's manager, and James Howard got him out, but life was extinct. He was a sidgle man. A boy named Ernest Jennor Marriott, fifteen , years of age, the eon of Dr. Marriott, physician, Leieeater, was found hanging to the eurtaine In his bedroom at Kibworth House, on Monday night. He was home for hoddays from Cheltenham College, and, some disturbance having taken place' he left for the purpose of going to bed, but it Is supposed he committed suicide in a fit of peaden. On New Year's Day the Mayor of Nottingham gave a ball in the Erchange to 350 javdiles. In the case of the younger children the counterfoils of the tickets issued for the cloakroom were pinned to the pounders' dress with safety•pine' so that there could be no danger of tickets being lost and wraps being difficult to dud when the fun of the evening VirtlO over  During the past weeks an effort has been made to alleviate the distress felt by the poor iiting in the neighbourhood of Brunswick Wesleyan Chapel, Bwansea. A gentleman of the congregation offered to eve two truck loads of coal, m all about 20 tons, which have been diAributed in half tons. Groceries and meat, to the value of £lO, have also boon given by means of tickets on the local grocers and bntehers. On New Year's Day. about 175 children sat down to a good dinner of roast beef, potatoes, and plum padding, after which nuts, oranges, and apples, were distributed. The children appreciated the good things pro. vided for them, and at the close of the feast expressed their gratitude in hearty cheers for their kind benefactor,. A meeting of the Watch Oomnittee of the Swansea 000p0rati9n was held nn Tuesday, under the presidency of his woredip the lifdryor.l there was no business of importance except an inquiry into the conduct of a member of the police force who misbehaved himeeif during ,Le holidays. In ceder to mark their sense of the absolute necessity of maintaining street y in the force end as a warning ite otters, the officer wee fitted the sum of £6.