Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1889-10-26 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

WOMAN.—Wanted, humble country woman, about fifty, to do housework ; two in family ; must be sober and strictly honest; all found, and wages £4 a year.—Address 5034, Freeman Office. The Prince of Wales is better than he was, but it is an undeniable fact that his health is precarious, and that he will require to treat himself more or less as an invalid, and entirely to change his manner of life. The Prince having been thoroughly frightened, is a tolerably docile patient, although I hear that his doctors did not approve of the journey to Greece and Egypt, as the various functions at Athens will involve more fatigue than it is prudent for him to encounter.  Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, who attained his 15th birthday last week, is an exceedingly clever boy, buo his health is so delioate that his parents are in constant anxiety about him. On the demise of the Duke of Edinburgh, and failing Prince Alfred, the Duke of Connaught will succeed to the throne of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and to the reigning Duke's vast estates, which are in strict settlement. After the Duke of Connaught and his son, the Duke of Albany is next heir.  (From the Hawk.)  The Duke of Cambridge is a wonderful old man, and whether issuing multitudinous orders or posting round the world on a tour of inspection he exhibits an energy which is an effectual answer to those who say that a septuagenarian is not fit for work. He arrived at Portsmouth late the other Tuesday,and on that evening took part in an official dinner and afterwards a civic ball. On Wednesday, after a sham fight and a lunch with the officers, the Duke was a guest at a big dinner at Admiralty House; and on Thursday he was for several hours on horseback inspecting the land defences in the neighbourhood of Portsmouth, returning to London after all this work as fresh as paint. Now that Lord and Lady Salisbury have returned from the Continent there will be a succession of house parties at Hatfield House, where the Prime Minister and his wife will remain until the opening of Parliament. Next month the Duke of Portland will entertain Lord Salisbury at Welbeck Abbey, on the occasion of his speech at Nottingham. A young lady of high degree in Wexford bolted last week with the family gardener, who has been described to me by a lady who knows him as being dirty, old, and the father of six children. Only quite lately the daughter of a well-known colonel in the neighbouring county eloped with her father's groom. The latter couple have since been properly united in New York.  (From Vanity Fair.)  The reception of the English fleet at Kiel was Most hearty. The Emperor William, in the uniform of an English admiral, shewed great interest in the ships of the squadron, and it is a well-known fact that he looks upon the English fleet as the one and only school in which his officers can improve their knowledge in naval matters; which opinion has long been shared by the Imperial German navy. - -. '  Athens is one of the capitals of Europe of which we hear and know very little. Most people are apt to imagine it as still in the wrecked state that drew the tears of Byron sitting beneath the shadow of the Parthenon. But a couple of decades have worked marvels, and the city of the Greeks is now bright and lively, its people picturesque and clothed in , quaint costumes, its chmate one of the finest in Europe. And with all that is new it yet preserves that mysterious classic charm which fascinates the scholar and the traveller alike.  Al 3 urslem woman named Laycocic was charged St Derby on Friday with attempting to commit suicide. She was locked up for vagrancy, and whilst in the lockup tried twice to hang herself. The police prevented her, but she was found in a critical condition. She has been convicted 40 times, three times for attempted suicide, for which she has served nine 'moths' imprisonment. She was remanded.