room, as has been on the usual previous occasions, was crowded. The programme
was equal to previous ones, and the chair was occupied by Mr. T. NICHOLSON,
who in opening the p...
COCKBAIN - At 25, Queen-street, Penrith, on the 31st ult., the wife of MR. JOHN COCKBAIN, Wine Merchant, of a son.
HARRISON - At Glassonby, on the 24th ult., the wife of MR. JOS. HARRISON, builder, of a daughter.
POLICEMAN AT WORKINGTON.
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At the Workington Police Court yesterday, Luke MURRAY, and James M’CULLOCH,
ironworkers, Agnes M’GOWAN, single woman, and Elizabeth FINLAY, married
woman, all residing in Senhouse-street, Worki...
From TOMMY TODDLE'S Comic Almenac.
HINTS ON ETTYCUT, WHEN YO' GOA TUL A PUBLIC DINNER.
Iv yo happen a have a goose ta carve, just mind and slip it off t'plate onta sumboddy's knee, an then beg their pardon, an saay yor varry glad they catch'd it soa...
FACTS and FACETIAE.
The oldest Westernn Settler .... The evening sun.
WANTED TO KNOW .... Is a baker's son not bred to the business ?
WHEN is the weather like the National Debt ? .... When it's unsettled.
QUERY .... May a girl be said to have a ringi
On Friday morning a fatal accident occurred on board the Golden Horn
(Captain IRVING) while on a passage from Mersey to Newcastle.
When nearing St. Bee’s Head, the main boom was seen knocking about, and the
mate, James IRVING, son of the Captain,
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The usual monthly meeting of this Board was held in the School-room on
Wednesday. There were present: -
Rev. H. LUMB, chairman
R. H. WILLIS
William MARK
William HOLLIDAY, the clerk
Mr. HARRISON, master of the Board School.
The...
that during the past year the total number of persons killed on the railways was
1038, and 8573 were injured, 500 of those killed and 1800 of those injured
being railway se...
Australia, with a cargo (1,270 tons) of rails and fish plates from the West Cumberland
Hematite Iron and Steel Company.
She was towed out to sea by the tug, Confidence, and then atta...
(Before J. JAMESON, Esq., and Dr. WICKHAM)
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ALLEDGED THEFT OF A WATCH.
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John HAUGH, farm servant, Matterdale, was charged with stealing a watch, the
property of Philip MATTINSON, from the Pack Horse Inn, Pe