The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1876-09-29 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

PROVINCIAL MARKETS.  At Gloucester and Worcester markets on the 23rd„ wheat maintained its value. Barley unaltered, with little doing. Oats and beans quite as dear. Peas rather higher. Maize less in request. During the present week, little wheat has changed hands, for spring corn we have experienced a fair demand for consumption at previous rate. At Wolverhampton, on Wednesday, the wheat trade ruled dull, but no reduction was submitted to on fine qualities in good condition. At Birmingham market, yesterday, there was only a moderate supply of English wheat, which sold slowly at last week's currency. Foreign held for fully as much money. Barley the turn cheaper. Gate, beans, and peas rather higher. Maize slow.  The use to which the word " international " is now being put has thoroughly vulgarised a once rather grand term. The latest degradation of it is to apply it to a potato show now being held in the Alex andra Palace. " International Rrtato Show" suggests "In the name of the Prophet, figs." The Quhman (Georgia) Gent says : ' We wish it understood by any party desiring the Gem who has not the cash to pay for it, that we will take country produce, such as chickens, eggs, Ac., even early vegetables, as we have no garden this spring." The town clerk of Manchester has, says the Man. cheater Guardian, prepared for presentation to the Council an elaborate report upon the Act pasted last session for preventing further pollution of rivers. Sir Joseph Heron believes, with the Times, that this masterpiece of Conservative legislation has merely erected " a machinery likely to be both costly and troublesome for producing an effect which is not likely to be very important." A retired tradesman, named Sinnott, of Nayland, near Colchester, committed suicide on Tuesday. It is said that he was concerned in some shipping, and one of his vessels was lost, and another condemned under the recent Act. He went to Colchester in the morning and purchased a pistol, with which be shot himself on arriving home. Tbe Warwickshire miners, at a meeting on Tues. day, passed the following resolution :—" That in order to deal effectually with the seceders from unionism, this meeting strongly recommends the leaders of the various trade combinations throughout the country to endeavour to secure for unionists solely the advantages, pecuniary and otherwise, which will no doubt be obtainable during the coming winter, and that non-nnionists be discarded as being utterly unworthy of participating in the benefits which only unionism can obtain." A letter has been received from the Poor Law Board in London, stating that their inspector (Dr. Beard) found that nearly all the vaccination which he examined at Belper were done by an unqualified person, the assistant of the public vaccinator, although all the cases entered in ilie vaccination register were initialed as having been done by the public vaccinator himself. Dr Beard also reported that nearly all the cases vaccinated during the last fifteen months in the Alfreton district had been done by the partner of the public vaccinator. The Board in London did not consider this a proper arrangement. Last night, Mr. E. M. Richards addressed a crowded meetitr, in the Swansea Town-hall on excellent description, shlo: pon he subject of benefit and friendly societies. Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather the attendance at the Breconshire Agricultural Society's meeting ,yesterday was an exhibitors.anexcell Th ti and other kinds of stock were , nearly, if not equally as gm d. Mean souls, like mean pictures, are sometimes iotf cattle exclusivelywas coconfisnineddertl or found in good looking frames. At a burglary at Dallas, Texas, the other night, the only thing stolen was a n a:riage certificate. It is stated that 40,000 women and girls have learned to swim at the free New York baths this season. Dr. Hugh Rees was on Tuesday appointed (out of fifteen candidates) officer of health to the Carnarvonshire sanitary authorities, at a salary of £