THE HERALD OFFICE. LOCAL & DISTRICT NEWS. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN ANIMALS. – The Local Authority for Cumberland have issued some new orders with respect to animals affected with contagious diseases. From the weekly return it appears that there has been a fresh outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia in Cumberland, and one animal has been slaughtered. It now exists on two farms. Foot and mouth disease exists on ten farms in Cumberland, and 73 cattle and 4 pigs are affected. In Westmorland, this disease exists on five farms, and 9 cattle are affected. DEATH OF DR. GIBSON. – The death of MR. ALEXANDER CRAIG GIBSON, M.R.C.S.E., which we record to-day, has removed from our midst one of the most accomplished writers of the Cumberland dialect, and one whose humorous short tales and ballads, illustrative of the manners, customs, modes of thought and expression of the Cumberland people, and particularly the general character-traits of the honest folk who dwell in the lake-land of Cumberland, Westmorland, and North-west Lancashire, made him a name which will live long after him. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A PENRITH MAN IN AUSTRALIA. – A sad accident occurred on Tuesday, the 7th of April, at Flemington, to an inhabitant of Notham, named WILLIAM MILBURN, son of the late JOHN MILBURN, Townhead, Penrith. He was in the employment of HENRY STEPHENSON, a cattle dealer, and was taking a bull to water from one of MR. STEPHENSON’s paddocks at Essendon, when the beast suddenly rushed at him, goring him in a frightful manner. He was taken to the hospital where the poor fellow expired in about two hours. CONCERT AT TEBAY. – A concert, consisting of vocal and instrumental music, was given in Stanley’s Assemble Rooms by eleven benighted cricketers from Kirkby Stephen, on Saturday, the 13th inst. The programme was very varied, and gave great satisfaction to a large and respectable audience. MESSRS. CARMON and GUNN gave “I know a Bank”, accompanied by MESSRS. DALSTON and SNAITH, in their usual style. MR. FLETCHER sung the three “Graces”, and MR. CLARKE did justice to a song extemporised for the occasion, called “Shap Granite is too hard for Me”. MR. JENNINGS sang his song, “Over the Border”, at the conclusion of which the company joined in the song and chorus, “There’s Danger on the Line”. The proceeds of the concert will be devoted to the fund for purchasing music to be used on similar occasions. BROUGH. – Profound sympathy is felt for MR. LYDE, the respected vicar of Brough, and his family, on the decease of his excellent wife. MRS. LYDE was thoroughly accomplished in all the highest branches of a lady’s education; and, in the attitude of a devout christian towards her God, had reached a degree of spiritual knowledge seldom attained by old and studious divines. This knowledge was, moreover, brought practically to bear on every thought, word and action in the lamented lady’s daily life and conversations. In a very unostentatious manner MRS. LYDE sowed seeds of good, which will blossom and bear fruit, and continue to preserve her memory in the district which enjoyed the privileges of her beneficent influence. A FALSE ALARM. – A somewhat curious incident occurred at Appleby on Thursday week. In the afternoon a butcher named WILLIAM PARKER, of Milburn, went to the police station in a state of intoxication and said he had lost or had been robbed of about £120 in notes and gold. A policeman was sent to MR. HEBSON’s public-house, where the man had been. On inquiry it turned out that MR. PALLISTER, publican, had also been in MR. HEBSON’s, and seeing PARKER drunk and in suspicious-looking company, he took his purse from his pocket while he was asleep, and handed it over to the landlady to take care of for him. It was at once given up to the policeman, who found it to contain £117 10s. in gold, notes, and a cheque. Two years since, PARKER, when intoxicated, lost his purse at Appleby Fair. On that occasion, it was found to contain £175 in notes, and was found by a boy from Garrigill. CATTLE PLAGUE REGULATIONS IN WESTMORLAND. – The Cattle Plague Committee of the Local Authority for Westmorland have drawn up and circulated a number of regulations respecting contagious diseases in animals, and the police have orders to see that the provisions of the Act are strictly enforced, in consequence of the Authority having been informed that foot and mouth disease prevails among the cattle of the neighbouring counties and to some extent in Westmorland. The regulations were drawn up at a meeting held in Kendal on Saturday. The first provides that no animal affected with foot and mouth disease, or that has been in any way in contact with a diseased animal, or in a place where the disease has been found to exist, shall be moved without the licence of the authority or officers empowered to give it. This regulation will be in force in respect to infected premises for eight days after they have been declared free from the disease. The officers empowered to give the necessary licenses and any other licence either under the Act of the orders of the Privy Council are the cattle inspectors, SUPT. BIRD, Kendal; SUPT. PARKS, Appleby; INSPECTOR STEVENSON, Shap; INSPECTOR SHIELDS, Kirkby-Lonsdale; SERGT. CHAPMAN, Bowness, Windermere; SERGT. HUTCHINSON, Kirkby Stephen; P. C. HUTCHINSON, Orton; and P.C. GREENBANK, Ambleside. The public are also cautioned with the heavy penalties attaching to the offence of taking diseased stock to sales, fairs, or markets. ___________________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.