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the meeting will be attended with good results. The Enlli and Nant societies also have had very successful sociables, proving both profitable and enjoyable.

MR. JOHN C. JONES, Superintendent of Mines at Warrior Run, Pa., and bis son, Mr. David C. Jones, of the firm of D. W. Jones & Co.. Wilkes Barre, Pa., are spending their vacation in Wales, where they will visit the old home near Aberystwyth and many other noted and interesting places. May they have an enjoyable time and a safe return.

REV. T. CYNONFARDD EDWARDS has returned from Cardiff, Wales, to take charge of his old church at Edwardsdale, Pa. His old friends were glad to welcome him back to his old field of labor, where, we hope, he may enjoy a long life of usefulness in the Master's work.

WILLIAM J. EDWARDS, formerly of Sugar Notch and Wilkes Barre, Pa., has recently graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pa.

REV. OWEN JONES and wife, late of Powell. Dakota, having moved to take charge of the Welsh church at Denver, Colorado, was welcomed to his new field of labor by a grand reception at the church on May 10th. The Welsh friends crowded the church and were most cordial and hearty in their wishes for his prosperity and for the advancement of God's kingdom among them through his ministry.

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WE are glad to learn of the continual advancement of our young friend Mr. W. H. Williams, New York City, in his school studies and preparation for his life work. early spring he was appointed delegate to the 27th Annual Convention of the Y. M. C. A. of New York State, which was held at Saratoga Springs.

MR. WILLIAM D. JONES, New York, son of Mr. William Jones, (Llun Daiu,) having made a special study of electrical science and apparatus, and having had some years' experience in electrical work, has of late set up in business for himself in New York City. as Electrical Contractor. We would commend him to the favorable attention of those who need any kind of electrical work done,

IN the McKinney prize declamation contect at Hamilton College, on June 19th, in connection with commencement exercises, we are glad to learn that Mr. David Roberts Jr., Port Leyden, N. Y., of the junior class, was awarded the first prize. The Utica Herald said: "One Niche the Highest," was the subject of Mr. Roberts address. His address was an interesting one, and it was delivered in a plain and distinct manner, and was one of the best efforts of the evening.

REV. W. H. ROBERTS D. D., has resigned his position as Professor in Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio.

A BANQUET was given at the Westminster Hotel, Scranton, Pa., in honor of Hon. D. M. Jones, who has been Postmaster of the city for many years, and is highly esteemed by all, irrespective of political party.

HON. T. A. JONES, Jackson, O., is strongly endorsed by the Republicans of Jackson County, as a candidate for Common Pleas Judge, to succeed Hon. James M. Tripp. We hope he will occure a unanimous nomination, The Jackson Standard thus speaks of him: "Mr. Jones is one of the most brilliant members of the Jackson County bar. He is a graduate of the Ohio University and is a scholar of no mean attainments. He is recognized as belonging to the best element in our society and his personal character is in all things above reproach. These qualifications fit him in an eminent degree for a place on the Bence."

A SUCCESSFUL Eisteddfod was held in May, in Masonic Hall, New York City.. under the auspices of the Lodge ofTrueIvorites. Mr. George M. Rees, (Cilgwynog,) acted as couductor in the afternoon, Mr.T. SolomonGriffiths, Utica, in the evening. Hon. Ellis H. Roberts was president of the meeting. Mr. William Griffith, (Gwilym Galedffrwd.) Poultney, Vt., was musical adjudicator. The interest centered chiefly in the musical contest for the prize of $100. Rev. D. P. Griffiths, Remsen, was also among the successful bardic competitors.

WE are sorry to record the death, June 1, 1893, Remsen, N. Y., of Mr. William W. Thomas, on of the oldest residents of the village, at the age of 60 years. Mr. Thomas was an honored eld r in the Steuben Congregational Church, and a man highly respected in the community.

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Ir is with sorrow also that we record the death of Rev John Seth Jones of Remsen, which occurred June 10, 1893, in his 57th year, his disease being consumption. Jones was a well-known Baptist minister, an able and eloquent preacher and highly respected in the community and in his denomination. He was a native of Llanberis, North Wales, studied at Haverfford West College for the ministry, came to this country in 1869 and settled first at Danville, Pa., and in 1874 came to Remsen as pastor of the Baptist Church.

WE are glad to have among us at Remsen, the Rev. Morien Mon Hughes Ph D., late of Arcade, N. Y. Mr. Hughes labors in the English ministry, and has been supplying several churches in the District.

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The above is a portrait of a young Welsh-American who has distinguished himself in astronomical photography. He is the son of Mr. B. F. Lewis, one of the editors of Y Drych. He was born in Utica, N, Y., Oct. 25, 1860, and after graduating in the public schools he moved from Utica to Ansonia. Conn., where he learned the art of amateur photography. Besides the use of the instruments at Yale Observatory, Mr. Lewis has a large telescope and camera at his own home, wherewith he was for

tunate enough, on Jan. 13th, to obtain an excellent photograph of the trail of a meteor, which is the first ever secured, and which has awakened so much interest in this branch of astronomical photography. Lantern views of the Holmes comet, the trail of themeteor and other heavenly bodies were exhibited by Mr. Lewis on Jan. 31, before the Yale Mathematical Club. and a large number of the professors. and students of the University, a full account of which appeared in The New Haven Register, and also in the

New York, Boston, Chicago and St. Louis papers. We gladly copy the following from The Photographic Times, of New York:

"The meteor photograph by Mr. John E. Lewis, of Ansonia, which we reproduced in our issue of Feb. 3d, has excited so much interest in the subject of astronomical photography in general, and in this particular branch of work especially, that we feel sure our readers will be glad to see the portrait of Mr. Lewis, who has done so much with the camera in this direction, and also to learn something about his personality.

Mr. Lewis is a skilful photographer, though he employs his camera almost entirely in the study of astronomy. His telescope is the largest in aperture in the State of Connecticut, with the exception of the one at Middletown, but not excepting those of Yale University, and was planned and mounted by himself.

Mr. Lewis works at the Yale Observatory twice a week, and has the use of most of the instruments there.

From his own observations of last

July on Swift's comet, he has computed the elements and ephemeris of the comet's outfit. He has now an

apparatus ready to attach to the Yale heliometer for carrying his camera, and expects to make some long exposures with much better results than he could do at Ansonia, as the Yale

heliometer has a clock-work attachment."

He obtained the first photograph of the comet recently discovered by Mr. Rordame of Salt Lake City. A curious fact in regard to this comet is that its tail is divided into three distinct parts. Two lines of demarkation appear in the tail. The three tails are shown very distintly in the photograph taken by Mr. Lewis.

THE WELSH SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDE

PENDENCE.

From "The Cymry" of '76, by Dr. Alexander Jones,

Following the list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence, of Welsh birth or descent, we must commence with New England; which from having received a large accession from the followers of Cromwell, after the Restoration, has always contained a large element of Welsh blood. Among many other men of Welsh origin or descent, known in her annals, may be mentioned Yale, the founder of Yale college, and Jonathan Edwards, one of her most learned Divines, and also Daniel Webster, who, it is said, was descended from the Welsh, on his mother's side.

Prior to the Revolu

tion, New England, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia received a large number of emigrants from Wales, many of whom and their descendants bore distinguished parts in the war of the American Revolution.

tion of Independence, of Welsh origin, Among the Signers of the Declara

we have two names, Samuel and John

Adams, whose brilliant services in the

cause of the Revolution are so well and so widely known. Samuel Adams, the stirring orator and bold patriot of his time, was born in Boston in 1722, and was educated for the ministry at Harvard College; but he threw aside orders for politics, and the British Government set a price upon his head. He served faithfully in the Continental Congress and afterwards assisted in framing the Constitution of his native State. He died on the 12th of October, 1803, aged 81 years. John Adams was born at Quincy, in Massachusetts, in 1735. He bore an active and brilliant part in the American Revolution, and signed the Declaration of Independence with the former.

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