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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 30, 21 August 1888, Page 3

According to news from the west coast of Africa, there have been some human sacrifices in consequence of the death of a sen of the Kiny of Grand Jack. Selected victims were obliged to drink " sass water," a poisonous liquor, and were then pitched into the surf on the seashore. When the rollers dashed them ashore , men, women, and children cut at them with knives until they were dead. The. chief of the tribe flies the British flag, ' and the captain of a trading vessel re* mon s t rated with him in vain. The public will be pleased to learn that S. J. Thompson, of the Bed House, has just opened up 20 cases of winter drapery (latest fashions), comprising dress materials, trimmings, hosiery, laces, gloves, men's clothing, Crimean and woollen •■ shirtings, etc. For cash the prices are j lowest in town. — Advt. A good deal of the trouble with children might be saved if the little ones were j kept warmly clad in the cold, damp weather. This can now be done at a very small expense as OobHe and Darragh are selling (we might almost say giving away) i little girls ulsters from 1/6 each, and little boys warm overcoats from 4/6.