The Northern Guardian. — 1897-08-26 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

ITEMS OF INTEREST.  "Kl(nuiike- gold is the favourite colour for nien's ties this scaion.  The Speaker has derived considerable benefit from the waters of Homburg.  H. Lamb, Jeweller, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street, Telephone, 4,l6l.—Advt.  A doctor tells "Truth" that the Czar stoic:B from a languid action of the heart.  H. Lamb, Jeweller, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street, Telephone, 4,l6l.—Advt.  With a view to improve fhe countenance, a "School of Beauty" hz,.-8 been started in America.  Letters superscribed in caricature will no longer bc delivered. So the Post Office authorities announce.  A rich vein of lead Gre has been struck this week in the Weardale Lead Company's mines at Rookhope.  Sir Frederick Milner, M.P., who has not beeu well of late, is about to leave for Savoy, where he has taken a chalet  Lord Herschell excels as a performer on the violoncello, while Lord Justice Chitty is a perfect master of the  Cylinder, Lever, Duplex, and Verge Watches, Clccks, and Jewellery Repaired and Cleaued, at barham's, Park Road.—Advt.  The Duchess of York apparently newer wears the same costume twice during her stay in Ireland. So a correspondent has noted.  The death is announced of Count Matsu, who was the Japanese Minister for Foreign ARairs during the Chino-Japanese war.  H. Lamb's Aqua-Crystal Spectacles are the beet. Try them, 3s 6d per pair. The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Street. National Telephone, No. 4,lol.—Advt.  Smart tartan coats are being worn in Parit,, the shape being of the sac order. Some of them have white cloth hoods, and aro Hued with white satin. Beware of inferior watch repairers, whose repairs are dear to you at any price. Try Telfer, 94, Northgate, Hartlepcol, for sound, good work in all repairs.— Advt.  The death is announced of the Rev. Joh* Larnph, senior curate at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Newcastle, at the early age of 30 years.  Sir W. V. Whiteway, tue Newfoundland Premier, arrived at St. John's on Tuesday night. There was a great popular demonstration in his hcnour  Yesterday the General Purposes Committee of the Middlesbrough Corporation recommended that Victoria Square be laid out and enclosed at a cost of £1,300.  The Yarm Pwrish Councillor have gratuitously placed two lifebuoys on the bank of the river at Farm at places most frequented by bathers and juveniles.  Half-a-Dozen best Nickel Tea Spoons given to the purchaser of a Wedding Ring at H. Lamb's. The Illuminated Clock, Lynn street. National Tele, phone, No. 4,l6l.—Advt.  Mr Arthur Pease, 'M.P., who was thrown from his carriage at Marsk2, near Saltburn, wired yesterday to the Press Associati,in:—"lslot much; hurt; sightly bruised and cut."  Mr Sydney Coussens, inspector o! works on the Scuth-Eastern Railway, fell from a staging at Hastings, yesterday, and was killed almost immediately. He was 35 years old.  An ex-officer in the British Army named Bolton has committed suicide at Los Aiigvloe, and Ottilie Kiraly, the divorced wife of an Aug&Nu officer, has shot herself at Brooklyn. .1. Hill, Surgeon Dentist, and Chemist, 2, Burn Road (two minutes' walk from Stranton Church). Artificial Teeth in Gold, Platinum or Vulcanite at lowest charges, consistent with good workmanship.— Advt.  The compulsory retirement from the India Office under the limit of age rules of Sir George Eirdvvood is, by ordar of the Secretary of State, to be deferred for twelve months from December Ist next.  The German Emperor and Empress were pre. sent yesterday at Magdeburg at the unveiling o: a statue to the late Emper ir William I. After tie ceremony their Majesties were entertained at the Municipal Hall.  I he Princess of Wales arrived at Gentofte yesterday morning, and was received by the King and Queen of Denmark, and other members of the Royal family. The Royal party drove immediately to Bernstorff Castle.  The directors of the Scottish Accident Life and Fidelity Insurance Company, Ltd., have declared an interim dividend at the rate of 5 per mnt., free of Income-Tax, for the half year ending 30th Ji ne, 1897, payable on 27th inst.  Buy your spectacles at the practical Optician's, from Is per pair, and suited to the sight by the Optometer. Best Brazilian Pebbles at 7s 6d per pair, at H. Lamb's, The Illuminated Clock, Lynn Strett, West Hartlepool. National Telephone, No. 4,161. Advt.  The 600th anniversary of the Battle of Stirling Bridge is to be commemorated at Stirling on Monday, September 13. In the afternoon a public banquet will be held, and Lord Rosebery will prorcse The Immortal Memory f Sir William Wallace."  Mr H. M. Stanley is understood to be engaged upon ins reminiscences. He is staying, with his wife, at Dieppe. He sits all day at the window of his lodgment engaged in writing, and when he appears in public seems pre-occupied, and takes no visible interest in anything  Yesterday Lord Londonderry was suffering from a slight attack of gout, and had to be wheeled about at the Durham North-East Agricultural Horse Society's show in a bath chair. The attack, however, was not severe, and his Lordship anticipates being in Newcastle to-day.  Lord Salisbury went to London yesterday Iron* Hatfield in the afternoon. He prpceeded from his Arlington Street residence to the Foreign Office. where he gave interviews to the German and Spanish Ambassad,ms, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, and the Austrian Charge d'Affaires.  Sir Henry Irving has been entertaining the natives at Cromer, where he is spending the holidays. The other night he and Mr Laurence Irving put in an appearance at a smoking eon; ert at the hotel on the trolf links, and contributed a couple of recitations to the evening's programme, greatly to the delight of the audience.  A Cowes correspondent states that the Queen last evening drove down to the shore of Osborne Bay, accompanied by Princees Henry of Batten berg, and watched some interesting experimenter with a life saving raft invented by Mr G. F. Parratt. A number of men from the royal yacht Victoria and Albert took part in the demonstration.  Major A. C. Bailward, who for some time has beer: in command of the 53th Field Battery Rc3al Artillery in Bombay, has been transferred to the 14th F.B.R.A. at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Major Bailward, who has seen a good ile4 of foreign service, joined the army in 1871, and was promoted in 1883 and 1891. He served al the Afghan war 1878-79.