Destructive Thunderstorm.—On Thursday evening week, a thunderstorm, unparalleled here for many years for its severity and duration, passed over this neighbourhood. On the subsidence of the storm, it was ascertained that the electric fluid had struck, though only slightly, the st

Grantham Amateurs v. Bottesford.—The Amateurs visited Bottesford last Saturday, and inflicted a defeat ou that sturdy Club, they obtaining a majority of 15 runs. The cricket all round was decidedly good, the bowling each side being excellent, and the runs obtained consequently m

BAVBS MILK—-PRE VEKT34SCOUR, REARS FINE CALCES, all Corn, Seed, and Drug Merchants. SIMPSON ft' Co., L®., 64, Chihwbll St.,>LONDON. The Bafeat. and Bast—no Button. B tickle, or Pin-Vrioe 1/- Chemists, Laitta*' Oin*U«rs. Ac. - obtain it, •<•1*1 l/l ana vniM to Ibsacirw. Zona 100.

with rave; complete, and two sets of sideboards—one set 9in. deep and one set alsa TRAYS, at Twelve o'clock. NOR Tfl R A . GRAB >1. HENRY ESCRITT HAS recei*.»d directions from Mr. B. Staines, who is leaving Grantham, SELL by AUCTION, on Friday next, 10th July, a quantity of Usef

TBS OP LINCOLN ON SOCIAL LIFE. Amongst the many beautiful edifices whioh dot the central plateau o! England, there is not one more full of interest, and historio antiquity, than that of the Chureh of t. Andrew, at Biltingborough. • Half hidden amidst tall and stately beech and e

here is one which seems "to take the cake." was sent to lawyer:— s. I). Anosfor&da 7 6 6 A 1 10 0 It not, at first sight, quite easy to make out that the half-sovereign-is charged for " horse for a day," " a fetching of him home again," and the " hay" the horse ate. Yet so it is

wound on the mouth, and caused bleeding from the ear. At the Ghiildrord Highway Board Tuesday, Mr. J. Christmas, vice-chairman, proposed that memorial be sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, calling attention to the wear and tear caused to highways the traffic of bicycles an

Obituary.—We regret to record the death of -Mrs* Mary Rolleston, wife of the Vioar of this parish. The • sad event occurred in the forenoon of Monday last, at: Scraptoft, where the Rev. W. L. Rolleston resides, and •which living holds conjunction with thatof Great Dalby. The dec

the ordinary method ol making Ginger Beer. A Fourpenny Packet, with one pound of lump sugar, used according to the directions on each packet, is sufficient to make Two Gallons of First-rate Ginger Beer, affording a saving of time, trouble, and expense. Wholesale and Retail the M

STATIONER, AND MARKET-PLACE, MELTON MOWBRAY. A selection of the newest designs,in ' PRAYER-BOOKS, SERVICES, and HYMN-BOOKS. THE MELTON REGISTRY OFFICE. FOR 15, HIGH STREET, MELTON MOWBRAY. WANTED, good Cook, for a family in Melton Kitchenmaid kept. Also Cooks, Housemaids, Nursem