A MINE EXPLOSION IN WREXHAM.

A terrible mine explosion occurred March 13th at Pendwll, one of the Brynmally collieries, situated in Broughton, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, N. W., by which twenty men and boys have lost their lives. The catastrophe has cast a shadow of gloom and sorrow over the whole community.

Some 30 years ago, namely, in 1856, this colliery was the scene of an almost equally disastrous calamity. On that occasion there was a sudden in

rush of water, with the result that 14

lives were sacrificed.

PERSONAL NOTES.

HON. ELLIS H. ROBERTS, editor and proprietor of the Utica Morning Heral, has been appointed Assistant

Treasurer of the United States at New York. The salary of the office is $8,000 a year, and the immense business requires the services of eighty or more subordinates. Mr. Roberts by reason of his great ability, integrity, public service and devotion to the Republican party is well worthy of the honor and the responsible position.

He entered on the duties of the position on Monday, April 15th, inst.

erts, a faithful life member of the Welsh Benevolent Society, has been nominated by President Harrison and confirmed by the Senate, for the honorable and responsible position of Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York city.

Resolved, That we extend to him our hearty congratulation upon this recognition of his pre-eminent services to his country and to the Republican party; and that we wish him many years of usefulness as editor and proprietor of the Utica Morning Herald, as well as in the honorable position to which he has been elevated.

WILLIAM HUGHES, President.

T. SOLOMON GRIFFITHS, Vice Pres't.
W. CYNWAL JONES, Secretary.

REV. GEORGE LAMB, after laboring acceptably for five years as pastor of the C. M. Church at Remsen, N. Y., has accepted a call to take charge of the C. M. Church at Dodgeville, Wis., where he will hereafter make his home. THE CAMBRIAN joins with his friends at Remsen and Nant to wish him and his estimable wife and child every blessing and prosperity in his

new field of labor.

REV. E. J. MORRIS, the popular pastor of the Welsh Congregational Church of New York, has accepted a call to take charge of the Puritan Congregational Church at WilkesBarre, Pa. Mr. Morris will remove to his new charge in May. We believe the church has been very fortunate in the selection of Mr. Morris.

DR. J. HARRIS JONES and Mrs. Jones, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., have decided to return to Wales for permanent residence. Dr. Jones is a native of Rhandir Mwyn, Carmarthenshire, and during his abode in this country has been very successful, having by his skill and experience acquired a large and lucrative practice, while the per

sonal qualities of Dr. and Mrs. Jones have won for them hosts of warm friends who regret their departure and join in hearty good wishes for their success and prosperity in the land of our fathers.

HON. DANIEL EDWARDS and Mr. James D. Edwards, of Kingston, Pa., and Dr. Jones and wife and Mr. David H. Morgan and wife, of Plymouth, have left on a brief visit to Wales.

ALSO G. W. Griffith, Esq., New York, with his family intends to spend the summer abroad and will visit several places in Wales and England, as well as on the continent of Europe. Mr. Griffith has been invited by an influential committee of CambroAmericans in New York, consisting of William Miles, Esq., Rev. D. Parker Morgan, ex-Judge Noah Davies, Hon. Thomas L James, and others, to a complimentary dinner in his hon. or at the Westmin ter Hotel on April 22d, before his departure for Europe on the 24th.

THE following Cambro-Americans have been appointed postmasters in their respective localities: Hon. D. M. Jones, to be postmaster at Scranton, Pa.; Mr. Hugh G. Thomas, at Granville, N. Y.; Mr. Owen S. Evans, at Remsen, N. Y.; Mr. Robert Pritchard, at Trenton, N. Y., and Mr. Frank Owen, at Steuben Corners, N. Y

MR. G. T. MATHEWS, the famous tea merchant, finding the facilities of No. 2 Cedar St., New York, inadequate to meet the demands of his constantly increasing business, has lately secured larger and more commodious quarters at 93 WATER STREET, near WALL ST., where he intends to remove about the first of May, and where his friends and customers may hereafter be supplied with the choicest teas of every kind at the lowest prices. His Western customers may be supplied with the same teas and rates at his branch

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establishment at Youngstown, O. thus saving much in the cost of freight. Mr. Mathews desires to acknowledge his fellow Cambro-Americans for their generous support during the last 18 years, and hopes to deserve the same support and confidence in the future.

OUR talented and genial friend, Mr. Thomas Lloyd Roberts (Dwyfor), Mlwaukee, Wis., has arranged to engage in business for himself as agent for one of the largest silk firms in New York. His thorough knowledge and large experience should secure for him a very successful business.

Mr D. R. JONES (Dafydd Rhisiart), of Chicago, has commenced business in that city as PURCHASING AGENT in the line of Dry Goods, Hardware, Farming Implements, &c. CambroAmerican business men will find it to their advantage to correspond with him at 254 W. Congress St., Chicago, Ill.

PERSONAL NOTES AND MISCELLANEOUS.

REV. W. M. TAYLOR, D.D., New York, referring to the various forms in which religious revivals have manifested themselves, has said that he believed that the next great revival would take the form of voluntary gifts to aid in the advancement of God's kingdom on earth. The following instances tend to show that the good time is coming:

Hon. Daniel Edwards, Kingston, Pa., has given $6,000 to the building fund of the new Congregational Church at Edwardsdale, Pa., and Mrs. Seisenger, Danville, $1,000, and others also have given liberally. The edifice will cost about $15,000, which will probably be all paid very shortly. In laying the foundation stone Mr. Edwards was presented by the pastor, Rev. T. C. Edwards, on behalf of

the church with a silver trowel as a memorial of the occasion.

Also, besides the $5,000 subscribed by Hon. M. B. Williams, Wilkes-Barre, to the building fund of the C. M. Church, we learn that Messrs. Richard S. Williams and David S. Williams, of the firm Williams Brothers, wholesale grocers and dealers, WilkesBarre, have each given $1,000 to the same fund. Also, Mr. Thomas Jones, contractor, has subscribed $1,000, and liberal sums have been subscribed by many others.

AN interesting concert was given Feb. 22 by the young people at The Nant, near Remsen.

WE congratulate Aneurin Jones, Esq., New York city, on his appointment by the Park Commissioners as Superintendent of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y.; salary, $3,000.

MR. HUGH G. THOMAS, a brother of the popular singer, Prof. D. Gordon Thomas, Philadelphia, and well known in connection with "True Ivorite Lodges," has been appointed postmaster at Granville, N. Y.

ON Sunday, March 17th, dedication services of the new C. M. Church at Pittsburgh, Pa., were held, in which the following ministers took part: Revs. T. C. Davies, pastor of the church; Hugh Davies, WilkesBarre; H. P. Howell, D.D., H. E. Thomas, D.D., E. R. Farrand, D. M. George, D. Rhoslyn Davies, and others. The edifice has cost about $12,500, of which they have already paid $7,000. They have done well. There was an excellent portrait of the church and the pastor in Y Wasg, our able Welsh weekly contemporary, for February 23, published at Pittsburgh, Pa.

THE Sunday school class of Mr. W. W. Cymwal Jones, Utica, have presented him with a gold-headed cane as a token of their appreciation of his

service.

REV. FRANCIS JONES, Abergele, N. W., intends paying a visit to America this spring and will arrive in New York about the beginning of May, where he is engaged to preach the first Sunday in May, and will remain in the country about three months. Mr. Jones is an excellent preacher and, no doubt, will receive a cordial welcome by our Welsh Presbyterian Churches.

A VERY sad accident occurred at Plymouth, Pa., on Feb. 25th, in the form of an explosion of a squib factory, by which ten young girls were horribly burned to death. Their names were: Hettie Jones, aged 16; Maggie Lynch, aged 21; Ruth Powell and Esther Powell, aged 19 and 21 years respectively; Kate Jones, aged 18; Mary A. Lake, Jane Ann Thomas, aged 14; Gwladys Rees, aged 15; Maggie Richards, aged 17, and Mary Walters, aged 17.

A GRAND Eisteddfod is to be held about June 20th at Powell City, Edmunds Co., Dakota. It is proposed to apply for excursion rates for the occasion by which parties may also at the same time view the country in its most favorable season. Parties wish

ing to avail themselves of the opportunity to visit Dakota should write to the popular Cambro-American, Mr. W. E. Powell (Gwilym Eryri), General Immigration Agent C., M. & St. Paul RR., Milwaukee, Wis., who will furnish them all necessary information.

ABOUT a year ago a Dorcas Society was formed by the ladies of the C. M. Church, Fair Haven, Vt., consisting of the following officers and Executive Committee: President, Mrs. John J. Parry; Vice President, Mrs. Owen O. Thomas; Secretary, Miss Jennie Humphrey; Treasurer, Mrs. John G. Williams; Assistant Treasurer, Miss Sarah Owen; Executive Committee, Mrs. Thomas Hughes, Mrs. Griffith Pugh, Mrs. Owen Pierce,

Mrs. Richard Griffiths, Mrs. Evan W. Jones, Mrs. Robert J. Evans, Mrs. John J. Owen, Mrs. Hugh T. Jones, Mrs. H. S. Humphrey, Mrs. Hugh H. Owen, Mrs. Humphrey Owen and Mrs. John R. Jones. In a public meeting held Feb. 20th, with Mrs. Hugh T. Jones as President, the annual report being read by the Secretary, the Society presented the sum of $348.50 to the church, In gratefully accepting the above as Treasurer of the church, Mr. Richard E. Lloyd proposed that the meeting there and then complete the amount to $400, which was readily done at once. dresses were delivered also by the pastor, Rev. Edward Thomas, Messrs. E. D. Humphrey, Pierce Roberts, Wm. M. Owen, and others.

MARRIED.

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WHITMORE-HUGHES-February 13, 1889, by Rev. Lewis Lewis Williams, Port Leyden, N. Y., Mr. Frank Whitmore and Miss Jennie Hughes, both of Collinsville, N. Y.

ROBERTS-JONES-February 26th, 1889, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Rowlands in Kansas City, Mo., by Rev. T. H. Jones, Mr. John L. Roberts, foreman in Columbia office, Emporia, Kansas, and Miss Grace L. Jones, Utica, N. Y.

ROBERTS-JONES-February 27th, 1889, in New York city, by Rev. E. J. Morris, at his own residence, Mr. Robert O. Roberts, Poultney, Vt., and Miss Kate Jones, New York.

HUGHES-JONES-March 7th, 1889, at the State Public School, Sparta, Wis., by Rev. R. T. Roberts, Mr. Hugh H. Hughes and Miss Hannah Jones

OWEN-HUGHES-March 19th, 1889, by Rev. Edward Roberts, Granville, N. Y., at his own residence, Mr. William Owen and Miss Maggie Hughes, both of West Pawlet, Vt.

POWELL-PARRY-March 27th, 1889, at Moriah Church Waterville, Wis., in the presence of a large congregation, by Rev. D. M. Jones, Mr. Walter Powell and Miss Mary Parry, both of Waterville, Wis.

HADCOCK-HUGHES-March 27th, 1889, at the residence of the bride's mother, Remsen, N. Y. by Rev. E. G. Williams, Mr. William A. Hadcock, Middleville, Herkimer Co., N.

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Y. and Miss Siddie A. Hughes, of Remsen, N. Y.

GRIFFITH-BARNETT April 3d, 1889, by Rev. J. H. Jones, Rome N. Y., at his own residence, Mr. Robert W. Griffith and Miss

Elizabeth Barnett, both of Rome, N. Y. The bridegroom is a son of the late Rev. Robert Griffith, Bryncrug Towyn, North Wales.

ROBERTS-HUMPHREYS-April 18th, 1889, at the residence of the bride's father, Evan D. Humphreys, Esq., Fair Haven, Vt., Mr. E. G. Roberts, M. D., and Miss Jennie

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Frances Humphreys both of Fair Haven,
Vt., by the Rev. Edward D. Thomas.
large company of friends were present, and
many valuable and useful presents receiv-
ed. May their wedded life be long and
happy.

Tachau ei hun wnaeth doctor doeth
Trwy uno gyda gwyryf goeth:
Eu hoes fo'n berffaith, hirfaith haf,
Nes ant l'r wlad lle nad oes claf..

DIED.

WILLIAMS-April 13th, 1889, at Remsen, N. Y., Mrs. Catherine E. Williams, in her 79th year.

Mrs. Williams was born at Llanuwchlyn, Merionethshire, N. W., September 10th, 1810. She was married to Mr. Edward E Williams June 1st, 1838, at Llanuwchlyn. April 23, 1851, they left with their family for America. They settled first at Holland Patent, N. Y. In 1854 they removed to Floyd, where they remained until 1859, when they moved to Fair Haven, Rutland Co., Vt. In 1861 they moved to Remsen, N. Y., where on October 29th, 1876, Mr. Williams died, and where Mrs. Williams remained at the old homestead until her death at the above date. A son and daughter survive to mourn her loss, Mr. Willian E. Williams, wholesale marble dealer, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Mrs. James J. Williams, of Blissville Rutland Co., Vt.

Mrs. Williams was a lady of more than ordinary intelligence and force of character. She enjoyed reading very much, especially reading her Bible, and her Christian life and experience was adorned by many virtues and graces, and although the call was sudden-her sickness being very brief

we have reason to believe that she was fully prepared for the change. The funeral took place on Tuesday, April 16th, at the C. M. Church, Remsen, Revs. E. C. Evans, E. G. Williams, J. Seth Jones, Henry Thomas, Edward Davies, J. F. Humphreys and T. T. Davies taking part in the services. The remains were interred in Penycaerau Cemetery.