Whitehaven Gazette Thursday, June 3rd, 1897 Local & General News Items

Local & General News Items

Whitehaven Gazette - Thursday, June 3rd, 1897

Article Index Local & General News Items Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 1 of 10   LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.     ******   Mr. CATTLE, of Lancaster, was in town on Tuesday.     ******   Monday next will be Whit-Monday, a Bank holiday.     ******   John IVISON, the famous Cumberland wrestler, died at Carlisle on Sunday   morning.     ******   In 1765 the Whitehaven mines were estimated to be worth £15,000 per  annum.     ******   It is stated that the wheat crop in Manitoba will this year be double of   that in 1887.     ******   Workington Association Football Club have decided to seek admission into  the Northern League.     ******   The new postal rates for letters and parcels will come into operation on   Jubilee Day, June 22nd.     ******   The trees, shrubs, and grass, in front of the Whitehaven Castle, are most   refreshing to view at present.     ******   A portrait and short account of the life of Lord LONSDALE appear in    "Cassell's Magazine" for this month.     ******   Mr. FEWKES is still in London, where he has gone for medical advice, owing   to a recent cycling accident.     ******   At Preston on Friday, T. BIRCHALL  was sentenced to six months hard  labour for extensive jewel robberies  on the railway.     ******   Mr. J. JONES, manager of the Preston Street Goods Station, was last week   presented with a handsome marble clock and purse of gold subscribed for by his   Millom friends.     ******   The Ellan Vannin arrived at this port from Douglas on Monday bringing 27,   horses, 1 pony, 1 donkey, 46 cattle, and a general cargo.     ******   The local militia regiments assembled at Carlisle on Monday, and afterwards   left by special train for Brackenber Moor, the training ground.     ****** Prev - Next >>

 

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