A feeling indignation was aroused throughout the district the Tickham Hunt, Kent, upon receipt the intelligence that two valuable hounds had been poisoned. The opening meet of the season took place on the previous day at the kennels, and while the hounds were running through a p

The Hall.—Mr. and Mrs. Turner Farley arrived at the Hall on Thursday evening for the hunting season. The servants and horses arrived earlier the week.

FARMERS. Sl'ON E GRIST MILLS for SALE, of various dimensions and capacity. from 3ft. lOiu. diameter.— Ki.»am. Millwright, Stamford. CARTRIDGE COCHIN COCKERELS, January Hat'-hed Large, Healthy Birds. Price from 10/6 eacii. -Mrs. Melton Mowbray. IIILLIARD TAHLK, Second-hand, fu li

A Sap* Abode. —A nest of young swallows may seen in the wash-house Mr. T. Barnet. The parent birds fly in and out of the door to feed their young, and apparently take little or no heed whatever of anyone. This is, we understand, the ninth year in succession that the birds have b

The Old English Game op Quoits still flourishes at Careby and Little Bytham, the members thereof having lost none of their skill in handling the iron shoe. On Friday week, the captain of the Bourn Club piloted over team of nine players, to essay their annual strength against the

Local Cricket. —At last the Bible Class have been victorious. This should stimulate them to greater exertions, but to all appearance they are resting on their laurels; better for Ihem to carry with them the wellknown adage, " Prtxjtice makes perfect." Seeing that to-day they hav

the world have-been horrific® t^ ibl " di"»«*er Pennsylvania, teia of tiiousandg people loet their lives. This «X v, !? rror bec » use it sodden and p«dlin«, but had the wune disastrous results life limb come Bifcntly, they would have been unnoticed./ not only by the publio of t

BETROTHAL OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE WALES. The Queen Thursday afternoon formally gave her consent to the betrothal of Princess Louise, the eldest daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales, to the Earl of Fife. The Princess was twenty-two years of age last February, and the Earl o

Before the Special Commission, Tuesday, Dr. Kenny, M.P., was cross-examined ac to his knowledge of the finances of the Land League, and of Patrick Egan's flight from Ireland. admitted that he carried the No-Rent Manifesto out of Ivilmainham, but denied all knowledge of Major Le

timber in the place, the whole of which was destroyed, some valuable machinery also being injured. The damage is estimated at over £'1,000. Viscount Mandeville was at the Clerkenwell Policecourt, on Saturday, further charged with obtaining money by false and fraudulent pretences