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riJiNCES . jlip thu Mayor


liuU LadtAv, c f 1 wiih cbUruiirg iluo ol 3s., on


I \V. \V lutesidc, Eoluuii i cr-


soid lu; kept


■ Lajie, as a U>- Aurday evening •L, tUe prisoilLT


I'liursion Smidi, hSiii for soane die pipes, and ;uiie baek again Id sent luiu for


lux-iigth of that ii, si:r\ ed pns- also gave pns- laiie out against


liecutor saw Mr. Iw i i^ , and from l.i\e information as apprehended


|i the foiloising g tile i)ii>es and


l i have paid for l.d for a remand


la enable lum to


111 a merry mood lie ceUs began


lrshii> the Mayor, li;s. b. bpeak ar.d loiv. of no fixed -ua.l with obtain- iiices.


b given above.


Iijuor, Whidley le [iri-soiw r. who in: to Ills house


> i; ol lobacca Liiii: lo r lob.aoxi


pri.soiior being


In Uie Blackburn be said :


“ He III [xiy lum when I .A.VTERN I .E C TU K E .


Iberji intoxicated, |l U/ commit the


ii.id IVj dc-sire to Ik: thought it


J im and tu others. |m- to iirotecl die


•ad out a lotyg list ,u;air..st prisoner


lor i,!ui-e months


•yn f)N . r, .Salford, was


, wifi: an l family, relieving officer, III a|>jilicatian for


: .Miner. U,X licrsclf „■ groiir.d tlwt her ,,-j ten days pre-


U-.1 ail'! had been -•at time.


’fhe I.-,- .'.pril was =5® ->


AS amount of 34^ „ r laid previously


ln-r wii'-iJ I b- promised to


u i .d to do .so, aixl t,, lo<..k after the


the two inontl^


hr'i.-ing -A term ct Heli.-idba'll


, work nowasUiOT ■ •’


h’ , but tliought he tVea-k fM


skiek in the Oitb-


p.u-t few ,1,0.11 h-s in which tt


,1 in i.l.’i’ault t/pAf"


Rev. 1. I’hillips, I ’eiidleton, pre->idl:d o\er .t rather ixyor aitendaix’e. T lte meeting


Ml Ulc St- :Crj-'s Su:;d..>-


should leave commeix-tti at 7-30 but owu^ to the strong light which prevailed at deal time, mid a mislutp '' *“ t i i befel difc lantern


esting account of die work anicng the Jc-tvs •


h.ad iom ^ .v The Rev. S. Sclictr herd die muiual meet- present devote the whole c f his time to the work it would mean mi increase of s.ala.0, .— — ---- .


mid he w;us therefore of opnuoii that the jn regaxu UicrcU)


should remain for die present. Dr. Mus.scn


on a Vexed day of die week mid gei the at­ tendance c f each chUtl who w;es iriiigu..^, mid he ought also to be furnished with the


re.asons fcT noii-attendmice, to be prtesenled 1 to .tee that in-


^ i ^ l h e sUiVt was delayed dU t i ^ t —


.-uvi r>oiiVte.i out that moA; help w.as neo.l K, .-.urv on the work. He believed t. l,.,d alwais blessed mxl would conUnue to bless the work mnoiiy die Jews. If Utc) wen lb; jews they would win a maion di.a wmild win the world for Christ, so d'M ( ,


i„g the roming


leli .til their .. diere were so many £>e<?l)le


.


later to the Conimiilec, aiv corrigible u-umtts 'vem off as t


g o’cUx k. T h e lecturer gave a \u y ii i ltr incir i _ ........^......... ... . 1 1 .......•ICCf.lCCl


vent bad aUeiidmxie at school.


“ managers a n l he p,divted out that the


soon as


tlieir inability to pre- Une ol Dr.


Mu.sson's letters referred to ■■ .as understood by the i.eu .let, ineiuliers of the


Une oi the urin


Coimcil .apiwinted as managers lor the \ .tr - ous Sdiools did not come under the ixmien-


to further such gctx.1 frieivls alxmt tho work, because did iw2t


year they should all help cctx.1 work. 1 hey should


etvn knew dial there wim :i Jc-tvi.sh arv Societv. .Some pctqile. becati.se die) had re,id about a facetious Jew ixtinev bh>-


a!1 I'W s (,,r tliev h-ul mi-ssii.-nancs in „r ti,.- world prem-liing the


Ibc- dilifreiu laiKgteige-S.


L :k . ill Sliake.siK-.ajes woik.S, looku qw a.s Slivlcck.s. I hey wmued b.lp ,


,,..,.niv 1 he Bi-'-h J S,.e;tkmg .at ExcKc-r Hall. '^»'l he


o.usidered the Jewish mrissiolts of ■ uiiK'raive- St. Paul went nrs. !<■ ' dte


i : ’:Y ;C ; i^ - n to the Gentile, ■ n te f f io t^ t ,v e a verv dtcscripUVe a c c u n t o the week d.me bv dm -S<x.-ieiy in Lmvlwi, where there are a great many Jews Whitechapel alone- 20.000 iK-ople of ^ whicli Jews, aiul 4-bf’^ h'lx by the aid of .Mr,


lish.


teni, some very show n on the screen,


In


arc about 16.000 are .AftenvaMs,


Leo King-Wilkin-son’s ban-


•aiilifiil pliotc/graphs wCiV T h e Uteturet cxplmn-


„,.g each <.ue as llicy apixtu-cl. toeraph of a cliurch m Jeru.s.aleni D- ng


e.spe. ially inlertoaiiig as this ^ '■ "'‘Yl.Ychcd o„lv church where the gt;Sl><J


[S .


H;..-hell S<aihSu«< Cliatbuo pimliw


l-kiixson. ■ ars. K, i! liixion,


1-ntli. :,ii liiiaii.


Sal/ofJ' 7I | ,„ ., . AV.iJker,


■ ■ vm, Crabta-c. 4\T^r 1. years.


Nfai,Chester. wa.s die ex.amiiK’r to an extol- Wludlcy St. John


Dr.


AM B CI .A .N-CE EN ■


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r, 1! Darwin, <jf West Dif -s^ . ■


• .............liiK- at


iiiati<m cf members of d ie _ . Aiiibulano; As.-ocitoion,


brigade .


blv R, oms on Afonday (••'''-''’Y ,0 hi Darwin also cxamiited


Dr. the


s,sca-en


sec,in I vear, arvl five 1..-— - , nnt-infr s,ni,“ l dmnitedvas for exomintoion, m.ak g


orders. ^'■ '■ ‘-Y^^^J-Y^ulhd.atc-s pre-


a total of 17- a s s i s t a n t OVERSEER-


Mr. Thilip aiow fbo


r loved nic.


iM o n v .


1 iJ.'i-ina to io, h « t r r .o ''T


JalmV'’ tVadiiu'l*:10S-.


l/ir I'eroV"'*^"* .f rOOo^,#gf


.


sistant overseer, caving fo Mr. Kenyon.


WE K E E P A SP I-EN D ID SELEC'nON O F


t o y s


A T T H E T IM E S O F F I C E , lauUCET PLACE, CLITBEROE.


Er- dieir


Hirer having to catch a was imfortiinately cut .short. ■ ry plc-osant evening was


The tr.t.ol iC d .


receipts amoi ------ -♦ ♦ ♦ -


WHALLEY 4' gether a verv pic-osant e .e . . .. ig "'^Y-r'Tss ^ 'Y . though alto­


l>e defern-’d uiV.il Dr. Mu-^ b the Ccmuii'^'-c in iierson.


suggesuens bcfcrc S-P. JAMES'S S CH O O L


A letter w-as iL n , Jamesb bchool


r,;3d from diaJbcv. Kobi .


,.5 „ f the St.


offerol lor hc.aung, o o IS. 6d. for wear aivl fe-ir, .uxi


i,^Us, etc.


CA TH O L IC SCHOOl-b. I c-iiliy, that a lueethig cf


' r r i i a “ ded to accept the


Y Yqoontn-, books, etc., i g f , s :


' S S t J S S S u « . jy C W KSLKV


.pHlt U E b L lA M'l WcslcyiiR Scho^ sunis ofiUred for books, apptoat


for year aivj tear. B R IT ISH SCH OOL.


A sinfibar leUto U^flQgtirS oi t l^ ^


accep;thig tite imni.


cleaning; tear.


^foor,


ivrs'ilinvr. 'LIKJ hrt weto and


un.-cil EA' SCHOOL.


aiwJ cle.omng, j . £^„.


AN .-YPPIAC.-VTION.


British S ch c l , Lew Mnor, applied for an increa.se of Sidttry.


.-Vl tills point Coun. Cowgtll laiserl die


nuesdor. of si.me of the leachns cojeclmg to sign die .agreement lest it should mterfeie with a prospective uxreo.se of salary, l ie thought die CommUtel; ought to de;u with


d ito q u c s t io . ito th a t juiimurte^^^ ....................


ari'es should come from the manap.-rs. dtought the applicttdon before the meeting


accept the should b - r-f<-Tr.’i l to the managers i.f the m J L i M„,.r S C c o l .


Robinson s.akl they oiiglit lo have a uniform” ’s^alb or they would get into


''^^Th'e Clerk thought it wonl.l be best to wait until the County Council published


a uniform icale for th i payment of salaries Er Moss diought for the present it woiilil


be as wdl to leave oWr the question cJ salaries. H e did net see where they would


but it might be adopte-d,bec.tose lia\e been faj'^mdre cciiveni-ent for him


lK.rt on Uic mce-fing than to hate it.


(Conn. Cowgill), '1 he .Mayor


chool aite-r.dam.e. office a


have a pr*--C!--J't” .LY'^V- ...i....,.-.l because it would


to have written out a re- ttenJed


out that Dr. .Mu-s-son


was awtty from ‘'Y 'Y 'h e su'cmsrion (hat the S With r'-f‘*r«’ ‘- Y i e r Should exaniine u ,u , ,.i.„


da lu re d “ fouixiatioii ni;uiagl.m. Councillor Rcbinsoni washed to know


where they were. H they were not fo " '^ ’^'


uon managers what were they to be ^ '^ Y f T h e C le rk : It is a convimienl wa> ol sptetihig of Uicmi but die A c t letys d > ^


•‘r ” I ' r a x fouivlttLion imuvagers. - — ’ V


mmvatJ -rs who act in ojr.juncuoii with the ’ Y t i t ’?,.. ..imvaiicm. 1 Ulink the lounda-


Mifrcn-.u parts don managers are those interes.e-d "^ o u n rC ow g i l l stipix;^tl_.hm et^


b e rM heCommiUrtewhocctild not be |>ir;s-


emt to dte meetings wouM be ,« Y m s h ^ w-rote out a reiiort


die agenda in the mmine-r llir- Y, 1 -mor - '


widi more effieieiidy in that way thaa by bringing it up at some futiirc time,


i t was a matter which warraiited its being u i- ^


.accomplished by a sub-commitU;e. Aid. Rcbe re s: Do you think we should


be .able to mscerutin die advaiytages Uiat would accrue to this town by paying the e.\-


T h e -Mayor remarked that the Rev. \1 . meet mid arrmige the holidays. Murray meant thaj. the UcmnittU e could


l' i 1 1 »


speak more freely if a sub-committee was anpoiiiled.


Colin. Cowgill said the reason w hy he had ,


moved the ameii.Jment wivs to enable the Coinnilttee to gel as much ir.fcrinalicn as ixiatible. He believed there wmi a very great dearth of caixltdales lor the teaching


lercd ,1x0 in deuul, mid that could only be >i‘ u ic r arrm „ arrmigeinent.


°on(i fell oil to iho locm.' below- Work A special meeting of the Lducation Com- l Y r i p c l l ’d for a time, but fortunately iiuttee w.os held i i i \ e Council Chamber c f . .o V th e workers received ary injunesy


!’■


none or two suffered a httie from fright.


soiiie'cf tUi looms and warps. SOCIAL A.ND DrVNCE.


The employees of the local Co-cperalive Socidy held 'a social and dance in tiie


Cemcert Hall, on Wednesday eveiung. M'OUt 120 persons were present, mid a v ery


convivial evemng was six.ait bongs werb


le'iideTe'd by AIiss Crook, Atiss L. Houlker, Mr K Maishall, and Mr. Pomfret. Mr. A.


l-.p! was the acccnip.ajust. CHOIR SERMONS.


'I'he choir .surmons were held in die Con-


th u-h several lead iiarrow escaytes, :uid a i e |Mayor, Councillor H.-u-d.acte, presidmg. 1 he


lovvn Hall, on We^ieitiay merm-g the miicinor iiaruaen:


f rUin-- sh-afWng also ttemixuralnly dis-abled


Rcberte, CcunciUcrs 1 Covvgm, C. 1 . Alit- ch e l , J. Sagar, J Crabtree J. Robinson, and


the Revs. I r . Aloss, -ind W. Murray. T H E M IN U I ES.


1 ho nunutes of the last monthly meeting


were read mxJ confirmed orj die motion of Councilicr CoiWgill, sccoiidcdiby die L e v . W. Murray.


CORRESPONDENCE. Letters were read from Dr. W. E. Alusson,


ui which It W.OS stalled that the mamigers cf die National bcliocd would accept die 1 s. 6d.


»lie yiastor, the Rev. Wilson Murray (jouks. mid teticlui.g .apparatus, dA money y)up,l teachers. iirvaclied two excellent sermens.


grcg.ttional Chtircli cn buud.ay last, wh#.n mxl te;ir, mid the ^£35 for stationery, Ih c re


service, • O be jovful in die Cord


the evening .. ...... J -------------------- -


as a. rule they had to p.ty a premium mid a 1 die c.xpenses 111 addition. H e moveil dial


c,ffen;d cn average tuaend.once for Hie present tliey should not enicaUin die.


of paying die cost of edueauiig die A G R E E A fE N l 'S EO R brVLVlRlE S. r 1


y,^ p.^d quarteily. H e ncled die iqi- Coun. Mitchell seconded. 1 • i he returns of agreeiueiils lor die i^ an e s was a mcdcr.atc congreg.aUon at the menung jxilinlment of Councillcrs Robinscn .and Ccun. Cowgill said he w.os bound to move o£ tettcliers c i die various bUiools widi llie


u»i the choir remdlired d ie mithein yveeks as m.aragers of the National bchool jjj, .-une'ndment because that was one c f the oxceyitien of die Natie-iud belicoi and bt^ Hie music for w'ould duly inform iheaii of miy meetings niost vital yxjuiLs dicy liad to discuss. He jajnes s wvre subirntted, mid diese were


itteiideil. wa.s as follows; L rd" (Mcndelssclui), Mr:


service, wlucli was veTy' well <-£ „,aivtgers. A s dieir scliool year did net would w-ant to know if there was a saifii- ordered to be stmnped, the Clerk to wnle solo, “O rest in,


^,n^iy j ihy 31st he did ixjt dunk it was oieiit number c f pupil teachers being pre- p r . Alusson mid die Rev. Robe BAuton •V. Cotttes, THvisable to ireike miy ch.aiiges m regard to pared. He moved that the matter be ad- requesuiig them to send in their returns.


" ‘C^iSldrens DVeamH (Bighain) Miss i,cok-s, elc- until dial dale, and it might 11a ji,.uriied for a month and requr^stod the mem- 1 ■ lins. n and die luithem Bless the Lord O y^^. recessary to hold metUiigs of nimvageis my soul. '(Haryicr) choir.


1 he eollectioiis, m^til after lh.au dale. H e .assented te. die niemiume. ANNIVERS.-VRA.


was held in die- Meunit Zion I’rmutive Uuat die managers nughle.M>e"d lh.it. .imoiiiit yhey would have lime to think .ibou w ' i lu d i- t Church cn Sund.ay la.su I he- without coivsultiixg the Comiuiltee, but imi.t Hicught it was rather too imyioilmit .1 qut^ n -St • i- die Rev I Mmvcock pre.ached ir. the not go beyond the sum w ithout syxeial yier non to be p.assed ov er tli.ii d.iy


I he Chrisli.au EixJe.avour Anniversary paratais, ucoks, eic., ,,e as


Chrlsti.an EixJe.avour Aiinivers-ary \C- thodi‘'t Church cn Sund.ay ----- ---------- --------- „ to ine-tii mau „,aue r vv.as adjounud ........ “ „ , .


m-riiiiK: uvd the evening service was con- ,uis.sioie He lead had a eo.Aeis.tUen with goconded the mneiidiianl. 1 -1-cl bv the Rev W- Toppiii. A t this a school tnsyiector some time .ago who lead Ceuiv-Sagar coneuired.


,


service tlm choir gave the mithein " 1 he hiformed liiiii Unit dvi duty of the .sUtool .it- dinig diey would h.ive to treat . i L . d i ^ Imrd E mv SlirplieTd,"


1 n the aflemcon a tendance officer was to vi-SiL the school evcry „,^tter of efliciency he diouglit


lovued die Natiomd Scheol for leaelung ay>- p;u-.atus. books,


etc., he took it


lliiivK the mailer ov er seneu.sly in die .


exiTCixliture all at onee, .uxl if the wa -lujou....... until dto next nieetiivg


therelere he I f thty did ar.y '-“ "Yh !n e^ d to ^ i^ i i s Itold fur voting llcqi le , M^nd tj men,mg and make f, r lumseif m the best yilaee to whieh to “end the TH E EE E G loV N I .


in ai.l of the clroir, amoiiiited t o j ^ 4 5 S- oJ- re-gulations on beluoJt of iwn-prov ided Couii. RcbiiisMi diought di.at w.as re.u^^^^ liducaucn laid .already reniiUed ;^,267 6s. scliools, mxl widi regara to the ^^5 al- „yjye. y-y^ did not dunk they diould n s


T h e Clerk neponed that the Board ot account e-f fee grmits.


s t i l i UCl E OE PAYMENTS. The I 'reasurer submitted scliedule of pay­


ments for sal.aric-s during die mondi miiounL ing to ;ti2°4 iis- 9d., which were ayiprovted.


SCHOOL A IT EN D AN C E OEEICER. It wtis resolved on die motion cf Coun.


CowgUl, secoixled by Aid. Roberts, drat the IN T E R E S T IN G TO E A IO IL R S .


H E L L I F I E D A U C T IO N M A R I . Thursday.— 67 d.airy cows mvd heileis


I,resented for stile to-d.ay. Murray raised die heJidays toiners T h e C im k la id the Committee could not


wmic of umformily up to ;^24 heifers to j£ i8 15s- T l IITIEROE 2VUCTION


. ' • .-.■ m


fix the holidays, but dv;y could ask the man­ agers to consider it mxl try to get umformity.


.•Ud. Roberts thought die m-onagersshould ............................ _ I r.ide eom- raenceei siow and eO......,jod -O lliroug lOU te.Tcners — ---- ... yj, y, a rcu la r recfcived from the „£ Jiducation. P R E V IO U S E L E C T IO N S . low s :—


Previous elections have resulted as fol­ 1895.


R W. Hanbury (C-) .................. 8,928 W E M- lomliiison (C.) ........ 7,<52 2


J. T-attersall (L L P .) .................. 4,781 4,147


Alajonly ........................ 1900.


1C W. Hanbury (C.) . . .. .. W E AI. l onilnvioii (C-) ]- Kerr Hardie (I.L.P.) ...


Majonty ....................... 1900 Bye-elecdont


8,944 8.067 4,834


4 .n o R W- Hanbury (C.), unoiiposbd.


of them finds a onslomer, takos him into a door- •»-ay- or some other oufc-of-tho-way place, and turns liiui out a drink.


NO DIFFERENCE.


bnd sx>oat lialf-an-hour trying to drive into tnoir bends tho ditToronce between man and tho loiNor annuals, but apparently with litUo Buccees. ■' Tommy." ho said, coaxingly, to a little chap, *’do you know tho difTorenco between, say, me


A toacbor .iras instructing a class of boys, ana


and a pig. or any other bruto? ' ■


■ No," replied Tommy. Innooonlly, but ^nothor


teachor standing by laughed. A CLOSE C05.1PANI0N.


■woeks ago in charge of cattle going to an EngUah centre, becamo ill with sea sickness. Two years previously ho had been in America for a short


An Irishman, while crossing the Channel a fo^r time. A companion expressed astonishmenti iian, 1, - -If


Terence- Ol thought yez wud bo a g<Kxl sailor- znan. socing yo her crct*dcd tho broad Oi>hant iix


yor day. '


emftsin* tho Oshant. but, man alive, me Blomika Wid me still 1'


MULONY'S ORTECTION.


oiplino- found himself l>efore a courUmartial. *’ Mulony." said the President. I am sorry, but I shall have to inflict oorix>ral punwhinent


Private hfulony. for a m>nous breach of difl-


this time." •’ Shnre ver honour. ' replie<l tho prisoner;


** an' it's mvself objects to that ontoirely. Pro^iflent: " IVhat reason, then, havo you to


urge 111 defence? Mulony: ” Begorra, yer honour, an ow caff


die Side at less money thmv last week, cus- yo pivo ma • corporal’ punishment when it's not so plentiful, calved cows made mysoE that 3 only a proivate, bodad.


a u v - h o jo -VLAICT.


Monday—There was an cxcXcaiiiglygcof I p^therin^'himself up. Robert eNclaime<l: oi t i l cattle, sheep and


It the Committee passed a recommtwitUiort 5^^Ltend.ance was fair, mti tliougli trade w.is they wou.d probably comply wadi it.


somewhat plower ipi-on last week, prices buyers. Bo-ef showed a slignC


Coun. Cowgill diought d m a capital sug- £.£yj£.pi.,^ hoggs in wool, 8J^d. to pjqd., gestion, mid he trusted dmi: if a Joint meeting


advaivqe on l;ist week's prices. kluoUvaoius, cUpiied, 8d. to y d . ; cross-bred hog-


, , 1 of managers was held the question ol send- ing the ipuylpl teacliers to the ‘ centre should also be brought before them.


A resolution w.as then^carried instructing the Clerk to ^ 1 a joint meeting of m.oiiagers


ami embodying the suggestion of Couiv


.staff of schools. Er. -Moss: There are plenty. Coun. Uowgill said that woultl .alter his


posiiior.. but that was one ol the rea.son.s uh) ho had wmited to diseu.is tee thing .and not


pass it over qtiickly- Coun. Mitchell thought it was a tiiieslion


- - : • , , not


of defaii, an I which „»i., i«i.. ».,»,■ «


ie-cL He was quite prcp.arcd to say th.-it it deserved further coivsideralier., but like


paid, public money for th.atob- -----------


maiiv other things they were vet only in the experimental stage, ami they wore agree­


ing U> go on in an exiicriiuenUil manner iin- Ul November next. He ihcught the re-.solu-


tion lh.it had been proposed said that the nue-siioii should not be eiuertamed for he pre-seitl— (.Vld. Robert-s, ’• 'n ta t is so. )— but


•it did Alt prevent its being brought up agtiin .at si.me future lime, when they had more dmc and knowletlge to devote to lU He was pitepared to adhere to the rcsoliilion, not w ith the intmitioii c f shelving the matter


but sirnplv of iiosqxmlng it. T h e amendment was then put to the meet­


ing and carried. A SUB-COMMl'l'TEE. The Rev. W. Murray then moved that a


siib-ccmmiltee be appoindjtl to con.sader the question ;uid reix,rt to the ne.xt meeuiig


C O l l l l E S P O N D E N C E . L IG H T \VANTED.


To the Editor of the ‘‘Clitheroe 1 imes. Would you alloav me through the lue-diuiii


Ccwgiil. T h e educ.ation authority then went into


comnuuec on tlie question c f saUmy and ap- poinunent of school aueiidance officer, anti Mr. Geo. Bcodi w;ts selected for die post


at a. salary of ..£80 per annum. g black-laced eweS,


yH d . ; lambs, 9Hd. to io > id . ; sHtl- R>


7 ‘f id . ; half-bred ewes, 6d. 10 heil'ers',


; bullocks, 6)4 d. to b j’a d . ; 1 tows, 3d. to


Tuesday.— A veiy gtKxl sltow of uu.th cattle, upwm-os of 100 Head passing duotiglt


the ruig. l-U.’re was a large alteiidmice of customers, mid a good clettrance was affect­ ed, -aiougli prices were iast week.


Calved cows, calved heUers,


slightly lower than xos. to


coivs :^'i7 to A 2 3 ; tinc-alvcu heifers, j£,ib to i ; i 7 1511--


10s. ^ lymg-oit eatile


siiowie T h e judges were Ale^rs^ G. Uoc - shutt, Tunoii, mtd ifmii^


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Newtoit; I1.C. b. G4mu, ubUtetoc, heifer: i, G. Sixmcc-r, Iwisteu; h.c. J. Hii-


chon, Skiidbum. A special sale of gUd :u>J lyii^-t41 caulc


held oil Wcdiicsd.ay, when lUcrc was a 1 he at-


,,^He on offer,


of your valuable papt-j, to mr a grie\.uice, K;uice of customers w.ts small, howet er, which not only affects one but the whole eff


tlie inltabiuanu of our vVneient Borough.— i^^-big


I t is tills. darkite-bs? Not a single lamp hi


streets lighted, let alone the bye streets, can the wise mtai who should reiircsent our


interests hi the Council Cliamber tell nief


Judging from die ixiwspaper reports after a council meeting, we are not-short of ga.s, . but perhaps. Sir, diis is r e t c f the Lllumhi-


Coun. Ccwgiil secondc-d, the resc-lution canied,^and die sub-comimltee apixiim-


^^'rhe^ Mayor, Alderimui Roberts, • Coun-


Ci Murray, Mrs.


illcr Rubiuton, die Revs. Er. Moss and W. Coates luid -Mrs. I’ lelding.


j However, as cne who has dve j Hiis sort


thing is a gross shame, and ixit die way


to bring £iec-ple to live aiucngst us, tuxl as for our tcwi* beccniuig a business town diat is cut of the question. Should anyoi e bring forth a commercial or iixluslri.ol


Beatrice Oxburgh, assis'.ant leadler to the scheme Ite- is opposed and looked upon as ,1, .


only lit to iiiliabit a portion of die proixised Bidace at Whalley. A great deal. Sir, has been said about Ciilheroe becoming a resi­ dential resert, why forsoclh, who will leave


remark imide in the House of ConunoTiS sometime ago by Sir Win. Harcdirt, with


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Why is our town at luglit ui total £ 2 1 10s .; do. heifers, • the nvoin geld cows,


10s. tO ;£ l2 5s- 4 ^s. to ; t , io a - j


^ ^^^de was earned on at the- loi- i%s.;


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skin thorf'." '* r i l tell yo gin yo gi’o mo a penny,' ncwslioy who vrae near at band. .


A big Tligblnnd policem.an, when going bis round in Gla^k'ow, ?et kis foot on an oranRo peel, , aiui camo down heavily on tho pavement. Oa


^ eomothin' to ken wba put that


the law, ns ho handwl over tho copper. “ It "Was nao other body but tho poolor, said


** Htv? ye are, ma niannie,” said tho limD or ALMOST TRANSPARENT.


lleeh ..nd blood; but tho dealer was trying hard to sell it.


It lookfHl mon- like ni clothes-horse than ono of , .


markiNl. “ I sometimes have to tie a knot in. his tail to prevent him from slipping through his collar; but tliat’s no matter. Occa.‘«ional1y, too, I havo to hang a sack over him to keep Uio hav inside of him from K^^viug sunburnt. He’s a gooil horse, but thin. 3fy wife and her mother took him for a drive the other day, and they foolishlr let him trot:. When ho trotte<l tho r». ding of his bones so stariUxl him that ho bolted pitched inv wife and inothor-in-law out, and killcfi 'em. Oh. he's a good horse but thin."-


" llo's very goofi horse, but thin, ho ro* t-


Silk is obtained from tho shellfish known aa tho pinna, which is found in the ^^tNlitcr^anean.


SILKWORM OF THE SEA.


for tlio puriKhio ot attachinp itsolf to the rocks. It is ablo to puide the delicate filamonta to tho proi>er ijIuco, and there glue them fast,


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tho youngster; and ho disappeared round the corner.


TOLD n i ir . Teronco (iwiinfully): ” Oh. ye may talk about -- i. t I X 3 0 A L N E W S .


WHAT bH Cm i H A VE BEEN. Vt the rVlbion Mall ,yestexday aftemcon,


while work was m progress, a quantity cf shafting in the weaving shed suddenly col-


THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.


SPEC'HVL MEETING. -------


TH E QUESTION OF. ■


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SALARIES- land themselves if thqr dealt with appEcaf- ■


ticns one at a tlime. Thile apphcations sliould


T h e Clerk read a letter from Air. A . 1). 1 ainvcatlter, conespoedmg secretary uf Uie


y an Day bcliooE, saying they had coil- " 'Y ' mm


through themanagera and they could Great mtereat has centred m the fight ^ standard c f salaries later.


the Preston vacancy, durmg the week, -xhe Clerk said they would not b e b o u ^


agreement on the im d^ Coun. Cowgill moved, aiM tlie Rev W about ten o’clock last night, to a crowd c f Murray seconded, a resduhan _Uial,^all


ihere were a ^ present Airs Coates, Alti ^Icnted to the prbseiic rate S saJarles^^ath- 1 lelding, R C Vssheten, Lsq , Udernur ^ prespecUve ircrease.


hy would take it for granted tliat d ■iey liad 1 he letter also


‘= ■ ■ ■ “ c en tre" at Blackburn at die e.xpense of


the school managers. Mrs. Coates diought die method of send­


ing die pupil teacliers to die Blackburn


“ centre ” was a good cne. rVld. Robertls poihtlid out tiia t if they had to send the pupil teachers to Blackburn,


be* made dirough die managers. Plus was carried.


CORRESPONDING SECREdAP-Y. I t was resolved on the motion of Coiun.


CowgUl, seconded'by Aid. Roberts dia l Air. Jolin Isasdiam be die carresponding stcre tary between the Cctnuiiuttee and the Lduca


Cioii Board. lows:


K E lU i '(C) .... HODGE (Lab.)


8.<J39 6,490


Conservative Alayonty 2,149 'PHE- NEW MEMBEK.


'Ih e new member is a. partner ini the finn T H E P H E S T O N E L E C T IO N . :


F A C T S AN D FAN C IE S . _____


in t e k f -STINQ FACTS- 70 ooo tons of oorka oro needed for tho


sideied the qucsucji of additional salaries accept the recommendatiani of tlie man- tigably to achieve victory for the man of annuallj in Great Britain for head-leaclicrs, but had advised them to


25,000 peoplei congregated m froii^ _ Excepting^ giaiio jviim the ol la vvnlL t iL 1 he voting was as fob


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.both paitties thave laboured indefa,- bottled beer und lusrutod waters consumed t l ^ dhcace T h e result was made knoiwn


h ‘“ having taught Imu bettor. oldest alcohol 10


bevcriigo known to mini is saki, a rioo wine. I t has boon iisod by tlio Japauoso for over 2,000


^^'l” o fog-boU of the Bishop Book Ligbthouso,


off the Scillys- is l« f t . above liigh-wator mark, and woiglis 3cwfc. Yofc it hiib Iwico beon oamoci


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awny by -wavos. Italy givod to tho world outside nor borders


c f Messrs. Dick, Kerr, a it i C a , enginleers !^YnTau"glfJ« oT’^ dU "


2,500,000,000 oranges; Spain, 14,000.000,000; Por­ tugal. 80.000.000: Paraguay, 60.000.000; Honda, nearly as many as Paraguay. T.’ho iimpross Dowagor of China intends o»tab- linhing a girls school in tho Palaco at Pekin.


l« d .o


ar.d contractors. Preston, mid some 2,000 female toucher will instruct thorn in English, hands are lemployed at the Works in, die Tlio reason is that t!,o Bmiircsa ncc<I» inter- construct,on ot electric trams mvd equip- preters wlion onlcrtnining Iho wivos of foreign


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they are cut away it Ciin ruprotluco them. Tho inatoiiftl when gathered (which i3 done at low tide) is washwl in so;\p and water, dri<^. fltmightenod, and cardc<i, one pound of tho coureo filament yielding about throo ounces of fine thread, which, when spun, is a lovely.


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buriiishe<l golden brown colour. ME “ BLEW OUT THE GAS.”


U8C<1 08 an illuininant, but tho majority of country people know how to extinguish its ligh t Quito recoutly, however, a farmer named


In rural localities gas cannot, of cour«>, bo ■ i A CONF'ESSION.


Ho kisswl lior on Uio b.aloony— I t wns n (Iroatlfnl Bin;


Tho roaM tried thoir shaino to hide, Foldinc their hlushca ini


Ho kissel her on tlio hnlcony— The very moonheuno quivered:


He kissoel licr on tho hnloony— I thought to SCO her faint.


AVhilo Mars turned red. Orion fled. And 'Yenus fully shivered I


This modest maid with look so staid. That I had thought a saint 1


l ie kissed her on tlio balcony— Ah. can I tell—alack!


The direful truth of woman s ruth I_ 3aw—her—^kiss—him—back 1


venting his wrath on tho pretty young l.-idy who on my desk.” ho


Tho chief wns crotis that morning, and was SUB DID DO. .


a place of light to come into darknr.«. T he distufhtKrdio^^^^^^^^ ,


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rite Clerk said he 'Y 'Y 'h ^ i I a s jH ta T - tefererce to lliat f e u d .^ w n in (he ixtoh, llvat die recoimiteiid:iU<m for i i^ u * . e


1 think is ccrrecl. 'I'hl; only thing left to cruwm tlte edifice is to place on wInto is kiv.wn, ;u> •


“ Iktiiley's Co-rix-r,” alias Wliiie


Elephaiit, '• I ’hc Curfew Bell.” POOR OLD CLITHEOE.


[We quite agree with our correspondent in liis reference to the lighting of the streets during die last month or so. T o have the streets in tciud darkness at a reasonable hour of tlte night is a fXJvi- tive disgrace to the tonvr.: (Ed. "C .T . '’)


‘^^VmYiliiist'teto'Y^u doiVt, want anything ,YC11, i ...-a - ------ —- ■ ■


,rnnt this shoot of postage stamps . TTinrelv as she took thorn up. "Don’t ask so many questions, he snapited. - ,


"P u t thorn anywhere out of my sight. " Very well, sir." she cooe<l ns dove. And, licking thoin fore »u<l “ h


A wag. seeing tho Black Marin draw; up outs.do , NO CHANGE. .


the poHco court, thinking ho would have a joke with the driver of the van. said: "Wh at’s the fareP”


"Bread nnd water; same as yon had EHorei Johnnie. ' M I


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l ie d^ver replied, much to the amusement of tee onlr^ke^! and tho vexation of th . poor


Alexander wns removed to Aberdeen Royal In­ firmary suffering from a.Hphyxia, ^ v in g beea di'ii.'overcd in an unconscious condition in ono of the bedrooms of an Aberdeen hotel, where Lho gas was escaping. He had evidently blovvn out tho light instead of turning off tho goe in the


u>ual way.


dent. of a more amusing nature. A riutio being . oRko<i Whv he dul not put out tho light over nivht rellli^i, " But oot tho llcht! Hoo cud I put it oot: 1 1..UW ,->n’ blew, i'“ ‘. blow, hut tho hlcs.u'd thing wis msido n botUol


This incident recalls to mind another inci­ . , .. . . LXVING w itn e s s of W'ATEKLOO. Mndnmo Givron. n coutenarian living m


naiuuult, hius rccouUy given a viyid doscriptiou of the hatlloliold of Walorloo. On tho day of the great l>atUo »lio ran away from her I'urouU through Uio woods, being nnxious lo see whiit was "jing ou. She was close to Hoiigomont ■» hilo


iV'was R’ing |‘ tluck<si..nnd_ren,a,,,|<L..^Yrur"J


di,.iinish.-.l. hut H«1 back horror-stricken at tho si-ht of iho ground, covon-d with hodiiv,. and


tor hours, not daring t<> in«'c iKMror to tlio farm when die camiona o


W1 in - like red mud, so dreucheti was it vyilh 1X0.1 ° She ran to tlio woods, and fell .asleep there. Ldor ou llio sound of hoofs woke her, and slio saw a troop of cavalry rido by. headed by


. a short man on a grey horso, a man who lodo if in a droiim. That man was Napoleon


M ^ “ X ^ " " sh ,d lIp « lth om ? '’ sh'oinq«irc<ldo-B°^^^^^ ■ •


pretty tongue, slio stuck die sheet oil '" f ' hoaA^ nnd wnlkctl out to seek a now situation.


UI A W’OBKMAN AND m S IVAGES.


offico floor U) reminfl tho workmen that they uiusi oxainino their wnges before leaving, as mis­ takes could not aflerw'arfls bo rt'ctifiefl. Uno iMjMlay a workman was soon to turn back having got bis wages. Uo glepiH'il into tho olhcc, and said, “ Sir, you havo given nio Iho wrong wages." Tho mnstor said in a loud yoico, to iin- pres.-i his wor<ls ou tho others staudiug around, ** You must stand to your lo©6. ” But," said tho man "No buU abou*


At a certain viiiarry a notice was stuck ou tho i ;


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