The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-09-20 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.
At Mark-lane the supply of English wheat was light, yet
prices ruled 6d to Is lower in the limited sales effected.
Foreign wheats showed fully is reduction on tho week. and
to have made much progress, a larger concession weuld
have been required. Flour has receded 6d to Is per sack.
Grinding and common grades of malting barley showed 6d
decline, and like the preceding articles, met a very restricted
demand. The maize trade is equally dull, round corn being
fully 6d lower. There is no flat corn offering. Beans and
peas are not quotably altered in value, but the market is
flat. The arrival of oats have been very large, consisting
chiefly of Russian, and prices are 3d and Rd cheaper. The
floating cargo trade is exceedingly dull. Wheat offered on
lower terms without finding buyers. Barley sold at an
easier price for the buyer. Maize inactive.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The few.choice cattle on offer were taken off at quite late ,
rates, but the general trade was extremely low. The bulk
of the Engli h supplies were good useful to barely prime.
The assortment comprised 1580 head from Middlesex and
home counties; 150 Irish, including some very good Dublin
cattle; 300 Canadian, which ranged at 4s 8d to Ss and 6s 4d •
130 Danish. at 4s Sd to 5s 2d; and 30 Swedish, at 43 to 4s 4ci
per 81h. The sheep trade was firm, but not active. The
foreign comprised: 1040 Danish, at 48 8d to 5s 4d. and 5s 6d.
There were very few English calves, but they were almost
unsaleable. Bough Irish calves sold very low. Best Here-
forde and runts, 5s 8d to 5s 10c; best shorthorns, 55 6d
to 55 ed ; second quality, 63 to 6s 4d • inferior, 4s to 48 hi ;,' e.
best Downs and half•bneds, 6s 2d to 68 4(1; best Rents.
53 led to 6s; second qualities and ewes, 5s to 5s 6d;
calves, 38 4d tolcs
sohdeelpP;ie3s3,o4csaltvoes4s; 61do.pigsTo.tal agpplies-
-2490 beasts; 6050
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.
erred() very slow. Prices of town-killed meat about
1 unaltered. American-killed beef a very indifferent assortment..
B 4s ef, prime, Ed to Os; -middling, Is 10d to 4s 2d ; inferiote 4 '
3Ato 3s 4d. Mutton, prime, 5s to Ss 4d ; middling, 4s 4ci l •-•ii
4s 8d; inferior, 2s 8d to 3s Bd. Lamb, 5s 41 to 6s;
foreign, 5s to 58 Bd. Veal, prime, 4s 4d to 4s Sd ; middling.
Is 8d to 4s 2d • inferior, 3s to 3s 4d. Pork, prime, As 6d. .
tc;,. 4s Sd ; middling, 4s 2d to 48 4(1; inferior, as 8d to 43
pert 81b. . .44 J . ,
GAME AND porrintot. n . .. , c
'artridges, is to 2s 3d; grouse, 2s 6cl te 4s; Meg( game, ~, •
25.3 d to 3s 6d ; hares, Is Ed. to 4s; white Secitcli ditto, 2srt. .
2 641 ; rabbits, is ed to is 10(1; wild ditto, ed to Is; 7.
pi us, 6cl to led; ducklings, 2s to 38 ; goslings, Cs to !,- .
1. 6/1 ; large e-swls, 35 to 4s; small ditto, Is 6d to
,2; ;2?-1; ..
to
. FISH. : A
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C . Icens, ls to 2s each.
cod supply, and moderate'trade. Turbot, 2s 6d`to 15s ;
•brili, 25 6d to Is; cod, 28 Ed to ss; red mullet. Is; gin ~ 4..
*millet, 1/06d ; mackerel, 3d each; smelts, 6d per bartie:st..
-.lawn, Scotch and Irish, is ld to Is 3d; grilse, Is 3d4td...-;, ,
.4(1; trout, is 6d; soles, is 4(1; eels, 9.1 per lb ; flounders,' ..
2s 6d per quartern ; dory, lOs ; haddocks, Os' whiting, 9s;:
plaice, 25.5 ; Glasgow herrings, 25s per,box; lobstelia. 18 6d -
to 3s; crabs, is to 2s 6d each.
. POTATOES. • „ .
'There was a good supply of potatoes on sale, for whTch the '
demand was moderate, at the subjoined currencies: Kent
Regents, 70s to 90s; ditto kidneys, 70s to Otis; Essex'Sliatvit,
50s to 60s; magnum bonums. 6.0 s to 70a nor ton.

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"Now, my man," said Inspector Pounceby to
Alick, in sharp, curt tones, when they were left
alone, "there is a little matter of business to settle
between us, and then you may go. Here is the
money I promised you. I hope you'll make as good
use of it as you say you will. You'll find a boat at
the stairs, with a couple of my men in it. I've given
them orders to land you wherever you like, and if
you'll take my advice you'll make yourself scarce as
soon as may be, and lose no time in turning over the
new leaf you spoke about."
"I mean to," answered the youth, rather sullenly.
"As long as an honest living's to be got I don't
intend trying any other way.
" Ah, I hope you'll stick to that, my lad," said the
officer, but not very warmly, baying had too much
experience of the criminal classes to place much
faith in promises of amendment. "However, it's
your own look-out."
And with a brief nod of farewell he departed,
leaving the young man and his companion to find
their road as best :they could to the boat.

"I daresay he'll fail into my hands some day or
other, after all," soliloquised Mr. Pounceby, as he
groped his way along the narrow, slushy lane to the
waterside. "But that's no affair of mine. He's got
a chance to mend if he likes to use it."
Alick saw him leave with a feeling of relief, for
he had feared, lest in spite of the promises that had
induced him to play the traitor, he might also be
included in the capture. That dread was at an end
now, however. He was free, with money at his
command, which, if not exactly procured by the
most honourable means, was at least his own, and
in current coin of the realm instead of the spurious
commodity it had hitherto been his chief business to
put into circulation.
A stifled sob disturbed the feeling of satisfaction
with which this reflection filled him, and he turned
to Carrie, who sat crouchingly on a low stool, and
tried to comfort her with a few soothing words.
At first she refused to listen, motioning him
away.
"Don't touch me," she brokenly murmured;
"don't come near me. Oh, Alick ! how could you
—how could you? No good will ever come to us of

"No good can come of reproaches now, at all
events,' he answered, shortly; and then in a softer,
more persuasive tone, and kneeling beside her with
his arm encircling her waist—" You must not
blame me too much, darling," he continued. "I
have explained to you how utterly powerless I was
to prevent matters happening as they have. Come,
dry your tears, and help me to get Lennie ready.
We must leave here at once."
"Where for ?"

"Not to go far. I have got a lodging ready."
Such preparations as they had to make took very
little time, and in less than a quarter of an hour
Alick Wood, carrying the boy in his arms, with a
rug wrapped round him, and followed by Carrie,
stepped into the boat provided for them by the
inspector's forethought, and were soon afterwards
landed upon the opposite shore, close to the
,Houses
of Parliament.

Through a series of narrow, dimly-lit streets,
closely resembling those they had so lately quitted,
Alick led the way past the Abbey's grey towers,
crossing the Broadway and diving under a low
archway into a quiet, secluded court of small but
respectable-looking houses before one of which he
halted and turned to the scared shivering girl,
betweeriwhom and himself no word had passed since
they left the warehouse.
"This is the place," he said. "Remember, you
must not drop a word of where we came from, for
you are a perfect stranger to London. I have told
the woman who lives there that we are orphans, so
mind you don't contradict me, and going to join
some relation in Australia. She is a kind, good-
hearted old body, is Mrs. Poulton, and will tako
good care of you till our arrangements are made."
Carrie answered never a word. She could not
trust herself to speak as yet, for, though she loved
this man, that which he had done was hateful to her,
and her conscience reproached her bitterly that she
cUcl not more fully resent his treachery.
Scoundrel, criminal as he was, her father had
shown affection towards her, of a rough kind per-
haps, but she could not all at once forget it, nor
divest herself of a feeling of repugnance towards,his
betrayer, who was also too conscious of the sorry
part he had played to be perfectly comfortable in her
presence as yet.
Mrs. Poulton was, as Alick had said, a kind,
motherly sort of person, and received her new
lodgers with a hearty welcome.
"I thought you were never coming to-night, after
all, it was getting so late," she said ushering them
into a comfortable little room, where a bright fire
was burning and a tempting meal set out upon the
table. "But never mind; better late than never.
And so this is your sister, eh ? Well, well! to be
sure now! She looks terrible tired and knocked up,
and no wonder, my dear, if you've been travelling
all day. And you've lost both your parents, too!
Dear, dear! Ah! it's a sad thing to be left orphans
so young, and have to go to the other side of the
world to find friends."

And so she chattered on, helping Mick the while
to dispose of his burden, and when the boy was
comfortably deposited on the sofa taking her place
at the tea-table and pressing them to partake of the
meal she had prepared; and afterwards, seeing that
Carrie was really tired and worn out, insisted upon
her going to bed at once, Alick's resting place for
the night being the hearth-rug in front of the fire,
where he contrived to sleep as soundly as though
he had been more sumptuously lodged, and un-
troubled in his mind as to the comfort of those late
companions who by his agency had been consigned
to the dreary solitude of the police cell.
The morning came, and Alick then took C arre
into his condfience as far as was necessary explain-
ing is plans for their future.
"You understand now what is our position," he
said in conclusion. "Are you content to accept it?
Come, don't be so cast down, my darling. It will
all come right in the end. I shall have to leave you
for the day, for I must go down to the Emigration
Office to settle about our passage, but you won't
find the time heavy on your hands, as there are a
lot of things you must get for yourself for the
voyage, and Mrs. Poulton here has promised to help
you in finding out the proper shops.lNHere is some
money; you must make it go as far as you can.
We must begin by being economical, you know.
Don't let Lennie talk too much when the old woman
is in the room mind, and be careful what questions
you answer."
And having concluded his instructions he left her
about the same time that saw Doctor Sampson and
his friend were returning from their fruitless errand
to the deserted abode of Joe Bradley.
They had soon made themselves acquainted with
what had occurred through the medium of the
constable whom they found in charge of the empty
building, but this functionary professed entire
ignorance of any boy having been upon the premises,
and not being aware that Inspector Pounceby had
made private arrangements of his own by which
some were suffered to escape, declared that every-
-1 ody, without exception, had been conveyed to the
police station.
A visit there ended as unsatisfactorily. Joe Brad-
ley, who alone could have furnished them with any
information likely to assist their search, remaining
sullenly silent, and they departed from the place no
wiser than they went.
Not altogether to the dissatisfaction of Mr. Sartoris,
who, inclined from the first to believe that the
doctor had discovered a mare's nest, felt now more
than ever convinced that he was right in ridiculing
the idea of his friend had taken into his head, and
dismissed the subject from his mind as an impudent
attempt, luckily foiled by the police raid, to play
upon Doctor Sampson's credulity.
Dr. Sampson himself, however, was still by no
means of this opinion, but nearly a week elapsed
without anything occurring to justify his obstinate
belief, and Mr. Sartoris had almost forgotten the
matter, when one morning the doctor burst in upon
him with a triumphant look and threw an open
letter on the table before him.

"What the deuce is the matter F" asked Mr.
Sartoris, staring at his friend's impetuosity. "Has
anybody died and left you a fortune that you're in
such high glee ?"
"Fortune be hanged!" exclaimed the doctor,
snapping his fingers. "I've found the boy."
"Oh ! Really! I wish you joy of your discovery.
How did it come about, pray id Vas he in Millbank
or Coldbath Fields ?"

"None of your confounded sarcasm," growled the
little man. "I have found him, I tell you. For
the how, read that letter."
It was not a long one, fairly written and spelt but
without signature, though the identity of the writer
may easily be guessed, and ran as follows:
"Commercial Docks, Monday Morning.
! "Sir,—By the time you receive this I shall be far
out at sea, having obtained a free passage to
Australia through the kindness of a friend, and shall
give the letter to be posted by the pilot when he
goes ashore after leaving us in the Downs. I do
this to make sure that I shall not be seen again and
asked questions that I have made up my mind not
to answer till what I consider the proper time for
my own interests; and depending upon the promise
you gave me I have left Lennie in good hands at
the enclosed address, where he will be well cared
for till you take him away. I was forced to tell
Mrs. Poulton a story that wasn't exactly true to
account for my leaving him behind, but you will
find her quite ready to give him up to you when it
suits your convenience to take charge of him, as you
gave me your word you would. I have no time to
say more I:low, even if it was necessary, except to
thank you for your kindess, and, remain,
Your respectful servant.
" P.S.—I do not sign my name, because as soon
as I have landed I mean to give it up altogether, and
be known by a new one."
It was Thursday morning before Doctor Sampson
received this letter, and enquiries at the Emigration
Depot proved that Alick Wood had left London in
the " Lainbow" on the preceding Monday, so that
he was then, as he had purposed, beyond the
possibility of pursuit.
But the doctor was not deterred by this from the
fulfilment of his promise, and the same day that
brought him the needful intelligence to put it into
force saw little Lennie comfortably installed beneath
his roof.
(To bo continuea.

THE HOXTON BURGLARIES.

In London, at the Central Criminal Court, on
Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Hawkins, James Wright,
38, and William Wheatley, 25, were indicted for
feloniously shooting at three constables named
Chamberlain, Garner, and Snell, with intent to
murder them.

Mr. Poland and Mr. Montagu Williams prosecuted
for the Public Prosecutor. The prisoners had no
counsel.

The prisoners were put upon their trial for shooting
at William Garner. As it was expected that the pri-
soners might be guilty of some act of violence, a
number of warders were placed in the dock to prevent
them from carrying this into effect.
Mr. Poland, in opening the case, said it was one of
considerable importance, because the offence imputed
to the prisoners was that they had attempted to
murder a police-constable while he was engaged in
the act of endeavouring to apprehend them after they
had committed a burglary. He then proceeded to
state the facts. On the night of the 18th of July, the
house of a gentleman, named Elsbach, at Holton,
was broken into, and a quantity of property stolen.
Garner saw the prisoners standing together with the
proceeds of the burglary in their possession, and when
he endeavoured to apprehend them the prisoner
Wright discharged a revolver at him, and wounded
him and injured him very seriously. The learned
counsel then narrated some of the other facts in the
case, and the following evidence was adduced.
Wright applied to the learned judge to order the
witnesses out of court, and this was done.
David Garner was then examined. He said that
about five o'clock on the morning of the 18th of July
he was on duty in Church-street, Hinton, and saw the
prisoners standing in a recess in Trinity Churchyard,
with some property lying at their feet, and he ob-
served that Wright had a revolver in his hand. Wit-
ness had hold of Wheatley, and he at the same time
said to Wright, "I know you." When he had hold of
Wheatley he noticed that he also had a revolver in
hand, and witness wrested it from him. Wright went
away, and fired at him through the railings of the
churchyard, but missed him. He was struggling with
Wheatley at this time, and Wright fired a second
shot, which went through his thigh. He pointed at
Wright the revolver he had taken from Wheatley, but
it did not go off. Impector Maynard and another
person came up, and Wheatley was secured. Witness
was in the hospital for twenty-seven days, and the
bullet passed completely through his thigh.
The prisoner Wright put several questions to the
witness, and among them was whether the constable
did not attempt to shoot him when he got possession
of Wheatley's revolver.
Garner said that he did attempt to fire at him
after the prisoner had discharged the revolver at
him.

in reply to Wheatley, Garner said that that pri-
soner did not attempt to discharge his revolver, or to
commit any act of violence towards him.
Henry Price corroborated the evidence of Garner,
and said that he saw the prisoner Wright deliberately
point the revolver at the constable. When the wit-
ness went towards Wright he pointed the revolver at
him.

Mr. Montagu Williams: And what did you do?
Witness: I drew back. (A laugh.)
The prisoner Wright put a number of questions to
this witness, but they appeared to be of an entirely
irrelevant character. _

Evidence was then given shortly to show that after
the prisoner Wheatley had been secured, the other
prisoner, Wright, got away, and made a desperate
attempt to escape by climbing over the roofs of some
houses in the neighbourhood. He was pursued by
several persons, but he intimidated them by pointing
the revolver, which he still had in his possession, at
them. He was, however, at length overpowered and
secured. The revolver taken from Wheatley turned
out to be loaded in some chambers with ball cart-
ridges.
Inspector Maynard stated, in reply to the prisoner
Wright, that he heard four reports of a pistol before
he went to the churchyard to see what was the
matter.
Wright said that the pistol would show that only
three shots had been fired, and the witness must
have been asleep and dreaming when he thought he
heard four shots. (A laugh.)
Some further evidence was adduced to show that
when Wright was searched an open knife was found
in his waistcoat pocket, and he was wearing a pair of
false whiskers. A belt was also placed round him,
in which there were places for a revolver and a
jemmy. A tool of this description was found on the
prisoner.
In reply to questions put by Wright, one of the
witnesses, a police-constable named Walsh, stated that
about a dozen constables pursued Wright over the
roofs of the houses, and among others who took part
in the pursuit was a volunteer with a rifle, and a cry
was raised of "Shoot him." While the pursuit was
going on the prisoner Wrialat repeatedly threatened
those who were following liim, and he pulled out two
cartridges and said, "You see I have got some left
yet." A good deal of violence was no doubt used to
the prisoner, but it was stated that this could not be
avoided in consequence of his violence and threats to
use the revolver th.st was in his possession.
Mr. Trotter, house surgeon at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, proved that he saw the constable Garner in
the hospital on the morning of July 18, and found
that he had received a severe wound on the fleshy part
of the thigh.
The statement made by Wright before the magis-
trate was put in. He admitted that he was guilty of
the burglary and shooting at the constables, and said
that he carried the revolver not to" frighten" but" to
fight them." He also stated that when Garner ap-
proached him in the churchyard and challenged him,
he threatened to shoot him if he approached and he
said that he fired at Garner at a point Where he
thought he could" drop him." The rest of the state-
ment of the prisoner merely related to the circum-
stances connected with his attempt to escape over the
roofs of the houses. In the course of this attempt
the prisoner said he was sorry to say that, as he was
jumping from one roof to another, his foot went
through the roof, and his revolver was broken.
The prisoner Wright, in his defence, said that he
could have shot a good many more of the policemen
if he had wished to do so, and all he had done was in
self-defence. The prisoner, in the course of his
speech, said: "I don't want you to run away with the
idea that I should not have used the revolver, because
I should have done so in my self-defence. I don't
mean to undergo the sentence that will be passed
upon me; because I know what I shall have to
undergo. A sentence of penal servitude sends a man
to what is worse than the life of a dog. I don't care
what sentence is passed upon me, because I don't
mean to do it. Your lordship passes a sentence of
penal servitude; but you do not know what it means,
and I will not undergo it."
The other prisoner Wheatley merely urged upon
the learned judge that he had not been guilty of any
violence. He declared that he was not responsible for
what was done by his companion.
Mr. Justice Hawkins having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner Wright guilty of
wounding the constable with intent to murder him.
They found Wheatley guilty of the same act with
intent to prevent his lawful apprehension. Both
prisoners were found to have been previously con-
victed.
The prisoner Wright, when called upon again, said
he did not intend to kill the constable, and all he
wished was to escape.
Mr. Justice Hawkins sentenced Wright td penal
servitude for life, and the other prisoner to twenty
years' penal servitude.

A terrible suicide was committed in Ed!cl,:rgh
noon on Monday. A poor woman, climbing .poi the
parapet of Dean-bridge, frantically waved her :Cril3s for
some moments, and then jumped into the Water of
Leith, which flows below. This is the third suicide
which has occurred at this spot within the past few
months.
Excitement has been ocrasioned ha the village of
Dorington-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, by the mysterious dis-
appearance of gravestones from the churchyard. On
Monday a memorial cross, erected by the vicar over the
grave of his son, was missed from the churchyard. Later
on it was discovered in the bed of the river Bain, tied
to a gravestone, belonging to a man named Ilersewood,
which disappeared in a similar manner about a fort-
night ago.
At a meeting of the Liverpool Local Marine Board on
Monday a gold chronometer watch was presented. on
behalf of the United States Government, to Captain
Ai:111ot, of the steamer Wentrnore, for having saved the
crew of the United States schooner Jacob Keinzle,
during a hurricane off Cape Henry in February last.—
A binocular glass was presented, on behalf of the
Board of Trade, to Captain M‘Nutt, of the barque
Zema, of Picton, Nova Scotia, he having saved the crew
of the Durham, of London, off Cape Horn, in January.
While assisting in shunting three waggons laden
with grain at Ardvrick, near Manchester, on Saturday,
a goods guard, named Reuben Lewis, of London, in the
joint employ of the Great Northern and Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies, was
knocked down and killed on the spot.
The long-pending question of the defences of,the
Attock Railway-bridge, Ir.dia, is at last decided. They
will consist of double-storeyed block houses, through
the upper stories of which the trains will pass. The
work will be commenced shortly.
A Renter's telegram from Prague dated Sunday
says: In the Neustadter Theatre yesterday evening,
while the final scene of the "Dame aux Camelias " was
being played, a false alarm of fire was raised, causing a
great panic among the audience, many of whom were
slightly injured.
Mr. Henry Fronde, of the Oxford University Press
Warehouse, will publish in October, "The Church of
England Sunday Service Book for 1885." Its object, as
the title implies, is to arrange in continuous order the
service for each Sunday in the year, putting the psalms,
the Lessons, the Collect, Gospel, and Epistle in their
proper sequence, so as to avoid all difficulty in" finding
the places." Except as regards order, no other change
whatever is made. It is intended to repeat the publica-
tion year by year.
A fatal accident occurred on Monday morning at the
Bersham Colliery, near Wrexham. It seems that
Robert Williams, a workman, employed at the colliery,
was engaged repairing the signalling apparatus in the
shaft, when.the cage came up, it is stated, without warn-
ing. Williams was caught by the cage and killed
instantly, his body being fearfully mangled.
Sir Edward Mallet, K.C.8., the English Minister at
Brussels, will succeed the late Lord Ampthill as British
Ambassador at Berlin.
The next expedition to Angra Pequena is to sail on
October 7 from Bremerhaven, carrying coals and boring
machinery, want of fresi water being the chief difficulty
with which the colony has to contend. A German en-
gineer of experience in such matters, with a carpenter
and a smith, will go, and will conduct the boring
operations, with the help of Christian Hottentots, who
work at the easy rate of is. a day and their keep. The
weapons in the factory are mostly converted needle
guns, of which this expedition is to take a fresh supply.
A map of the German possessions in West Africa has
been published by Justus Perthes, of Gotha.
Sub-Lieutenant Prince George of Wales sailed in the
Canacii from Portsmouth on Saturday night for Hali-
fax, to rejoin the squadron under the command of Sir
John Commerell.

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Captain J. Neville, of the Royal Engineers, com-
mitted suicide last week at Dundalk by throwing him-
self from a window into the street. The deceased had
sunstroke in India, and was invalided in 1878. He re-
turned to India after spendtag some time at home on
leave' but in July last came home again ill. He suf-
fered severely from ague, and when in the paroxysms of
pain used to become delirious.
The topaz has frequently been met with in New South
Wales, a portion of a large bluish-green-coloured crystal
found at Mndgee, and now in a Colonial Museum, weigh-
ing several pounds; and others weighing several ounces
are by no means rare; they are sometimes 2 to 3 inches
long, and broad in proportion, especially those from
Uralla. One found at Gundagai, of a pale blue-green
tint, measured 3 by IA inches, with a weight llozs.
idwts. Another of similar colour from Gulgong
weighed 18ozs. avoirdupois; unfortunately it had been
broken into two pieces. The pale bluish green tint is
the most common colour ; sometimes they are slightly
yellow.
A telegram from Vienna states that the Countess
Sidonie Lazanasky, while :accompanying a shooting
party near Manetin, Bohemia, on Saturday, was acci-
dentally shot, and died on Monday from the wound.
The village of Rauttenberg, in Lower Austria, has
been destroyed by fire.
A Reuter's telegram from Paris states that during a
ball at the theatre at Cahors on Sunday night the floor
of the foyer set apart for the actors and actresses gave
way, and 25 persons were injured.
The death is reported of Mr. Robert Hoe, of New
York, the well-known printing machine maker. He
made a considerable fortune out of his printing .
machines, which were hailed as a great improvement on
their predecessors, though their rate of 10,000 an hour
has since been superseded. They were first sent over
to the United Kingdom in 1858.
Three children, named Whitton were at play at a farm
homestead at Westbury, near Bockingham, on Monday
afternoon, when one of them pulled out the pin of an
elevator, causing the chain to run out and the machine
to fall upon them. They were extricated and medical
attendance called, but no hope of their recovery is en-
tertained.
Mr. Hugh Kerr, a cab proprietor, of Edinburgh, and
who is well known in different parts of the country, has
just met with a terrible death at Elie. He was in the
act of yoking a horse to a vehicle when the animal ran
away. Mr. Kerr, becoming entangled in the reins' was
dragged along the road a ereat distance, his brainsulti-
mately being dashed out by the kerbstone.
Dr. Danford Thomas, coroner for Central Middlesex,
held an inquest on Monday, at the University College
Hospital, London, on the body of Mary Ann Grantham,
aged 29, wife of a coal porter living at Woolwich, who
died in the University Hospital on Tuesday last from
hydrophobia, which was attributed to the bite of a bull-
terrier received twelve months ago. The jury returned
a verdict of "Death from hydrophobia"
On Saturday morning the dead body of a middle-
aged, respectably-dressed man, believed to be a cab
proprietor from papers found in his possession, together
with a badge, No. 4010, was discovered in one of the
large ponds on Hampstead Heath. How he came
there is not known. Money and other property were
found.
A case of drowning occurred at Hawkesbury the
other night. A little boy about four years of age, •
named Farmer, son of a labourer employed on the •
Oxford Canal, was missed from his home, and on the
canal being dragged by his father the latter pulled out
the body of the child. Life was extinct, and it is
supposed he had been in the water several hours.
Seven men, forming the crew of the ketch William
and Lydia, of Grimsby, landed on Saturday evening in
their boat at Sinclair's Bay, near Wick, their vessel
having been lost. While they were on a passage to
Westnay, Orkney, with a cargo of salt fish, the vessel
struck a floating wreck twenty miles east of Moss
Head, and, becoming irreparably leaky, had to be
abandoned.
A fire broke out on Saturday in the forehatch of a
large German ship, the Margaretta, which was being
loaded with coal at Cardiff. The vessel had been carry-
ing paraffin, and it is supposed that one of the coal
trimmers' candles was the means of communicating the
flame. The fire was extinguished in four hours. The
vessel will have to discharge in consequence of the
damage.
Afire broke out on Saturday morning in the property.
room of Matthew's theatrical company, who had been
performing on the previous night at the Longford Mili-
tary Riding School. The fire was soon discovered, but
was not extinguished before the entire theatrical ward-
robe of the company had been destroyed. This is the
second fire at the barracks during the last twelve
months.
William Travis' a young man out of work, was com-
mitted at Salford on Saturday for trial for having com-
mitted a brutal assault on his father. On August 6th
the prisoner went home drunk and beat his father, w-lao
was in bed, in an unmerciful manner with his fists.
Several ribs were broken. For some days the man's life
was in danger, and his dying depositions was taken.
The father has now recovc red.
An inquest was held in Liverpool on Saturday on the
body of Sarah Jane Jordan, wife of a cooper. She and
her husband quarrelled on Thursday, when the latter
kicked her savagely in the back. The woman was taken
to the workhouse hospital, where she died from injuries
to the spinal cord, the result of her hus'band's violence.
A verdict of "Wilful murder" was returned against
him. He is at present in the Isle of Man.
On Saturday, at the Oswestry Police-court, Mary
Alice Lewis, aged 16, farm servant to Mr. John Lewis,
farmer' Cricklv•ath-hall, was charged with seting fire to
a stack of barley and a stack of wheat, which were
both consumed, the damage being over £l5O. She was
under notice to leave her service. She was commikted
to take her trial at the Stafford Assizes. •
Between one and two o'clock on Sunday, morning a
fire attended with a fatal result and a great destruction
of agricultural stock, broke out on the farm of Mr.
Reeves at Catmole, eight miles from Newbury. A lad
sleeping over the stables was burnt to death, and
several horses and other live stock also perished. Six
valuable corn ricks were destroyed. The fire brigades
from Newbury and Wantage attended, and the dwel-
ling-house was saved. One of the labourers was seriously
injured and is not expected to live.
A Dover correspondent telegraphs the following
A singular incident was observed here on Sun-
day a fox being pursued by a large number of birds,
chiefly rooks and starlings. Reynard had evidently
given his winged pursuers some cause for anger, as they
chased him across the open country near St. Margaret's,
within a few feet of him, and frequently pecking at
him as he ran. Eventually he escaped by entering
cover near the Dover and Deal Railway.
On Saturday afternoon the Mayor of Bradford, in the
presence of the Corporation, opened the Bradford-
moor Recreation Grounds, which have been dedicated
to the use of the public by the Town Council. An
estate consisting of 48 acres of moorland having been
purchased at the cost of £lO,OOO by the Corporation an
excellent site, comprising one-third of the whole,
been laid out as pleasure grounds, £BOOO being spent in
the ornamentation of the land, the formation of lawns
for tennis, football, cricket, and other outdoor games.
The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens,
Regent's-park, London, during last week included two
ring-tailed lemurs, from Madagascar, presented by Mr.
Charles Stewart; a common marniost, from Brazil, pre-
sented by Mr. J. Henderson; two Peba armadillos,
from South America, presented by Mr. Frank Parish,
F.Z.S ; a wood owl (British) presented by Mr. J.
Baldwin; two smooth snakes, from Hampshire, pre.
sented by Mr. 1%?. H. B. Pain; seven common crowned
pigeons, from New Guinea; a Victoria crowned pigeon,
from the Island of Jobie ; two Brazilian hangnests,
from Brazil, deposited; a grey-cheeked monkey, from
West Africa, purchased; a prairie wolf, from Kansas
U.S.A., received on approval; a vulpine phalanges', bora
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