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  2. The New Judge, Sir George Innes.

    IN this issue of the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL appears a portrait of Sir Joseph George Long Innes, who was on Monday last sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court, in the room of Judge ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 447 words
  3. The Rev. James Cosh, M.A.

    THE newly elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. James Cosh, is a native of Wigtownshire, Scotland; but passed the greater part of his youth in the parish of Buchanan, near Loch ...

    Article : 360 words
  4. A CURIOUS EGG.

    Thomas H., a friend of mine, living at Ramornie Meat Works, Clarence River, while on a visit the other day told me that a hen of his layed a curious egg a short time ago. It was between' the size of a ...

    Article : 102 words
  5. The New Minister for Justice.

    THB Hon. William John Foster, whose portrait appears in this issue, has just accepted the portfolio of Minister for Justice, and has been returned unopposed for Newtown. He is a native of county ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 636 words
  6. LORD LIEUTENANT OR VICEROY?

    The State of affairs in Ireland induces much attention to the Government of that portion of Her Majesty's dominions. There is the Lord Lieutenant at the head, for instance—next to the Queen. Does ...

    Article : 86 words
  7. Notes and Queries.

    I SEND you a few curiosities copied from stones in St. Thomas's Graveyard, Pnnchbowl-road, Enfield. This " god's-acre " must have been in existence since the latter end of the last century, and the ...

    Article : 572 words
  8. THE VICTORIA CROSS.

    A description of the above decoration may prove interesting to your readers, and form another setting in your admirable chain of valuable gems, " Notes and Queries." The Viotoria Cross is in the form of ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. A QUEER SUPERSTITION.

    On July 15,1881, says a correspondent of " Notes and Queries," I observed a broad silver ring on the middle finger of the left hand of a man formerly of Chudleigh, now of Torquay, a painter by trade, who ...

    Article : 492 words
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