THE TEESDALE MERCUBY—WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1877. ROBERT SIMPSON, MAEEIAOB OP JOHN BOWES, ESQ., THE WEATHER IN TEESDALE CRICKET. fLftters to tfje Unitor. (LAW ROWXTRXS), OF STREATLAM CASTLE. GUNSMITH, THE BANK, BARNARD CASTLE, Yesterday morning a violent thunderstorm raged in this neighbourhood, the peals of thunder being loud A Song, set to Music by the Composer, GEORGE Onr columns are open for the sxpnsskm of opinion, bat we do ROS to inform tbe public that he has taken Uie On Saturday forenoon a small congregation met at not asmsitiily adopt the views of oar correep " and protracted, and the lightning extremely vivid. JACKAMAS, Staindrop. above business, formerly oarrjed on by Mr. St James's Church, Piccadilly, on tbe occasion of B A little after seven o'clock one of the outhouses of Mr ROWKTB.EE, which be intends to continue in all its the marriage of John Bowes, Esq., of Streatlam Castle, t THS PLARET OF WAR. A LETT EE PROM MAES TO Lowrey, fanner, Langleydale, was struck by lightning. One day a friend of mine said " George, branches. county of Durham, and Madame Alphonsine Marie MEBCUBT. The house was full of hay. A beam caught fire, and " Tis April I declare ; de Sarnt Amand, Comtesse de Courten, of the Yalais. DEAE SIE,—Will you kindly allow me to correct a FISHING TACKLS of every description always in the destruction of valuable property seemed imminent. " The fields are looking green again, in Switzerland, and 44, Rue de Clichy, Paris. Mr mistake of the printer in your last issue. If any of stock. A messenger was promptly despatched to Barnard " The birds sing everywhere; Bowes came, accompanied by Mr H. Morgan Vane, your readers wish to see me in the brilliant condition Castle, and tbe volunteer fire brigade, with the engine, " The shepherd witbJhis dog and crook at half-past eleven o'clock, and was soon followed by you flatteringly announce, tbey must look out in the MB. HUGHES, were immediately on the road, The fire, however, " Is heard at early morn; the Comtesse de Courten leaning on the arm of her latter part of this month and the beginning of Septem­ DENTIST, STOCKTON-ON-TEES. had been got under before tbe engine arrived at " The lambs all jump and skip about— stepfather, Mr Hippolyte Lucas, Curator of the ber. I cannot possibly remain with you until the end Branch, 8, Grainger Street, Newcastle; Do. Opposite Langleydale. For some days past the entire district " Sad melancholy scorn; Library of Arsenal in Paris, Knight of the Order of of September—the time stated in your paper—previous Queen Hotel, Middleebro'. has been deluged with rain, tbe Tees and the tribu­ " The huntsman lays his whip and horn tbe Legion of Honour, and Madame Lucas, her engagements of a pressing description admit of no PPOINTMENT AT BARNARD CASTLE taries Balder, Lune, Greta, and Deepdale all being " Upon the shelf once more; mother, conducted by the Earl of Strath more. The delay, or be assured that I would have bean delighted, A FOR SIX YEARS: unusually swollen. Large quantities of timber have " Sly Reynard rests within his earth, marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lionel Ac., Ac.—I am, yours truly, MARS. EVIBY FIRST ASD THIRD FRIDAY in each month, been removed, and miscellaneous wreckage was borne " For hunting now is o'er; Davidson, curate of St. James's, the Countesse being At Mr. BYRNE'S, Tailor and Draper. down by the torrent. Some cattle are reported to " Another sport now takes the lead, given away by her stepfather. Afterwards M. and Artificial Teeth on very reasonable terms, supplied have been drowned. Considerable damage has been " For summer months we pick it, Madame Hippolyte Lucas received the wedding party without pain, can be well recommended. done to the crops. A good deal ef land is under " I mean that good old English sport, SIR,—The paragraph appearing in the Teesdale to meet Mr and Mrs Bowes at Breakfast at the Alex­ water. The sky is still clouded, foreboding a con fin­ " The manly game called Cricket/' Mercury last Wednesday, stating that a stack of mine andra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner, when among the ance of rain. had been burnt by spontaneous combustion, being ROBERT BEADLE, guests were—The Earl of Strathmore, General Hutt, Chorus: For bat and ball, then let us call, incorrect, you will oblige by inserting this in your MlDDLETON I.X-TEESDALE, C.B.. and Mrs Hutt, Colonel George Ferguson, Mr C. Leg pads, gloves, and bails, next issue. The stack in question, containing about EGS to announce that he has succeeded to the M. Palmer, M.P., and Mrs Palmer, Mr and Mrs H. Away, away to tbe close mown fields, six tons ef clover and seed hay, was in perfect con­ B business so long carried on by bis mother (Mrs. Morgan Yane and Miss Yane, Mr A. W. Kmglake The Imperial Union Accident Insurance O'er hills and through the vales; dition when I left home to go to market at half-past Beadle, Postmistress) of LETTING-OUT CABS (the historian), Mr and Mrs Macilwain, Mr and Mrs Company, with whom be was insured, have paid Mr Now hit and run, mind! watch the ball, nine. About ten my little girl, six years old, went and AND HORSES, and that be has purchased NEW G. A. Western, Madame Vital-Roux, Mr Wollaston, J. Howson, of Barnard Castle, £50 in discbarge of his Be careful of your wicket, told the servant left in charge that the stack was on CONVEYANCES, HARNESS, Ac. Mr Walker Skirrow, the Rev. L. Davidson, Mr John­ claim arising out of the late accident which he sus­ There's nothing on this earth so grand fire, and she at once went with water and tried to Pleasure Parties, Wedding Parties, Ac, liberally son, Mr Henry de Yere Yane, Mr Gilbert Holies tained. As a a manly game of Cricket! extinguish tbe flames which were outside and near the Yane, Mr Lionel Yane, Mr Holland Burne, Ac. The dealt with. The Melancholy Suicide in Bishop Auck­ What other sport can boast so much ground, leading to tbe supposition that the fire was Earl of Ravensworth, tbe Countess of Strathmore, Trains met at the Railway Station, as usual, and land.—On Monday, Mr. Thomas Dean, coroner, held As this old English game ? the result of actual firing by carelessness or otherwise. Lord Glamis, Lord Eslington, the Right Hon. Sir passengers conveyed to the High Force and back at an inquest at Hie house of Mr. Thompson, Newton By duke and peasant it is played, Kind neighbours in considerable numbers harried to William and Lady Hutt, Mr and Mrs R. C. D. Shafto, the fare of Is. 6d. each Cap Hotel, Bishop Auckland, on the body of William To rich and poor the same, lend help, and on my return home the fire was nearly Mr John Hutt, Mr T. Tower, and several other rela­ July, 1877. Armitage, aged 50 years, who was found in the river 'Midst peace and plenty, war and strife, extinguished. There was about two tons of hay burnt tives and friends were unavoidably prevented from Wear with his throat cut, on Friday afternoon last.— Before and after battle— and the remainder damaged. For tbe help so prompt­ attending the wedding by their absence from London. HIGH FORCE, TEESDALE. Mary Ann Armitage, wife of deceased, said the latter Our officers and soldiers bold ly rendered by many willing friends I beg to tender Before tbe company separated tbe Earl of Strathmore bad been a coal miner. He began to be affected in his Oft make tbe willow rattle; my best thanks, for if the fire bad progressed my loss) proposed in a few appropriate sentences the health of JOHN COLTMAN, mind about five weeks ago. He was very low, and On village greens and schoolyards bare would have been great, as there was a much larger Mr and* Mrs. Bowes, which was most cordially res­ OMNIBUS PROPRIETOR, MIDDLKTON-IN-TEESDALE, was unable to eat, talk, or sleep. A fortnight ago he, By youth its ofttimes played; stack only a few yards off.—I am, you rs truly, ponded to by the guests assembled. Later in the day (Successor to Mrs Beadle), attempted to take his life with the iron of a jack plane' In parks and grounds where wealth abounds Mr and Mrs Bowes departed for Paris. Mr Bowes JAMES TAYLOR. AYING purchased tbe whole of Mrs Beadle's His throat was then stitched by Dr. Hutchinson, but came into possession of bis large estates in the north 'Midst pomp and show arrayed ; Park House, near Broomielaw, Barnard Castle, Horses and Traps is now prepared to let out deceased had not been much better since, and at times H under the will of John, 10th Earl of Strathmore. He In fact no matter where you go, August 18th, 1877. Gigs, Dogcarts, Waggonettes, Ac, on the shortest had been a long way worse. In answer to a question represented for some time the Southern Division of With ready cash or ticket, notice.—Large Brakes for pleasure parties.—Omnibus from the coroner, as to whether it had never occurred Durham in Parliament. His success on the Turf has To north or south, to east or west, meets each train at the station, and runs forward to to her to have ber husband removed to a place of safe­ SIR,—Replying to a paragraph in your paper of been remarkable, having won the Derby no less than Yon see the game of Cricket! the Higb Force when required.