Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1889-07-24 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

LOCAL AND DISTRICT.  Four thousand volunteers are encamped near Bridgend.  Justice Manisty sentenced William Davies, an insurance agent, to five years' penal servitude for having forged a telegram for the payment of money. On hearing his sentence, the poor fellow, whose first offence it was, faintest in the dock and had to be carried below.  We regret to record the death of Mr. Mann, which occurred at his residence, Castle-square, on Sunday. Mr. Mann was the son-in-law of the late Mr. Scantlebury, and in connection with Mr. Scantlebury, jun., worked the ironmongery business in Castle-square from the time of the late Mr. Scantlebury's death until his own. Mr. Mr. Mann was Oil years of age, and was a native of Cornwall. .  On Thursday a floral entertainment was held in the Ragged School, Swansea, by the Singleton Congregational Chapel Choir (conductor, Mr. T. J. Jones). The platform was tastefully decorated with fushias, eemniums, ferns, and various other exotic plants kindly lent for the occasion by Mrs. Pickard and Mr. Craig. Mr. I). J. Nicholson occupied the chair. A varied musical programme was afterwards gone through.  On Saturday the men employed at Messrs.l' Cory Yeo and Co's Patent Fuel Works had theirl annual outing. About 300 travelled to the I Mumbles by train and then walked toLangland, where two capital meals were served by the Swansea Coffee Public House Company. Athletic contexts were being brought off, and dancing was also indulged in music being provided by the Swansea Town Band who accompaixied the excursionists. The Rev. I). M. Rees. Llantrissant, has accepted a (all from the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapels of Penne] and Oldwalls, and will undertake the pastorate in October next. The Rev, gentleman a few months ago officiated at the anniversary at Penuel: the chapel, on the Sunday and Monday, was crammed, large numbers failing to get in. The collection at the close amounted to the handsome sum of ! £5O. The church is in a most flourishing condition, and it would be well if the sister church I would follow the example of Penuel„ On Thursday, at 10 El at Neath, the western division of the Glamorganshire police had their annual inspection before Captain Elgee, the inspecting officer. There were in parade, Supenutenclant Howlett, Inspector Giddings, three sergeants and 32 men. The men wore taken through their drill by Superintendent Lindsay (Merthyr), son of colonel Lindsay, Chief Constable of the county, and did their work most satisfactorily. The inspecting officer was greatly pleased with their smart appearance and their fine physique, and especially complimented Sergeant Davies(Notth) upon the manner in which the books were kept.  Charles Marshall (41), a clerk, who has spent the greater portion of his life in prison, created a scene at the Breconshire Assizes on Friday He pleaded guilty to housebreaking, and, in an appeal for mercy, said tint he had been cruelly treated at Worcester and Chatham Prisons, and that if he was again sent back to gaol he would commit suicide. Justice Manisty would not allow him to 'read a long manuscript which he had in his ;hand, and he became enraged, and, on hearing sentence of penal servitude passed, strenuously resisted the warden' endeavours to lead him below. Sub,equently on being taken to the cells, he slammed the door and smashedawarder's hands° hadlythathisand finger had to be amputated. An inquest has been held at Cardiff on the body of a boy named Smith, who met his death under singular circumstances. It appeared from the evidence that the boy had been in the employ of an &erected water manufacturing company since November last as a bottle filler, and he was following that avocation when one of the syphons burst in his hands. The glass, which is a quarter of an inch thick, flew in all directions, like the bursting of a shell. One place slashed the poor lad's throat, completely severing the carotid artery and the jugular vein. Mr. Watson, the manager, tried to lead him to a chemist's, but he soon sank down from enlist'stion. He was carried bank to the works, where he was laid down in a stable and Dr. Tveliarne was sent for. That gentleman arrived about ten minutes later, but the boy was dying. The ' jury returned a verdict of 'Accidental death." , The school children of Barry were entertained to a tea on Friday in celebration Qf the opening of the dock.