The broad ax., 1907-02-23
NOTES FROM ENGLAND.

The death Of Josiah King, Of Dork-
ing an old Crimean veteran, Is an
nounced.
The Lord Mayor Of York, Alderman
william Bentley, died Jan. 80, at the
Mansion House in that city, at the
AS The death is announced of Sir
,ucbael Foster, the distinguished
nbvsiologist, formerly M. P. for Lon
don University.
collection-box in Peterborough
Carhedral was found 30 contain, when
oneped recently, gold coin-one-third
of a guinea-date 1902.
king Edward has been offered a
goId-bound album by the Spanish Ia
NOR Infantry Regiment, Of which he
;e the honorary colonel
Mr. Johnson, assistant engineer to
tbe Great Northern railway, England,
has been appointed Chief Commission
or If the New South Wales railways.
LADY Shrewsbury sued her husband
r. the Kings Bench Division for $3.50
her quarterly allowance, due on De-
cemher 91st. Judgment was given for
plaintiff.
Norwich has in use 1900 gas cook
ers and $4,000 slot meters, and this
total is not equalled by any other
CITY of the same population Gust over
100000.
Mrs. Mary Carnforth, an inmate of
Northallerton workhouse infrmary,
died Jan. %, at the age of 100. She
had SO grandchildren, ITO great-great-
Grandchildren.
ererayer of seals to her Majesty
Queen Victoria, has died at his resi-
dence. Parkhill-road, Hampstead, in
his cath year.
The proposal Of the Tunbridge Wells
CORPORATION to purchase the Families
springs from the lord of the manor
has been defeated on a ratepayers'
poll by $500 to 500.
A beautiful tesselated Roman pave
ment was discovered at Colchester
during the levelling of a new green
for the pavement was a thick STRAIT.
um of Roman cement.
While hearing a protracted case at
the Sheffield county court Jan. 80,
Judge Mansel Jones had an apoplectic
seizure, and was carried from the
Bench by the officials.
J.. E. Thomas, IS, butler to Sir E.
Nugent. at East Harling, Norfolk, just
before his death, caused by a fail
from his bicycle, complained that his
head felt like q swarm Of bees.
Robert George Stevens, accused OF
helping pubHcans to dilute beer by
selling them a sugary substance, was,
at Enfield, fined $40 on two summon
ses, % others being adjourned.
Fulham Borough Council have decid-
ed to permit the ceremony Of baptism
by immersion at their public baths,
charging Is. per hour for each bath,
with a minimum charge Of IS.
John Dickinson chill, Dickinson &
Co., solicitors), a leading authority on
marine and international law, expir'
ed suddenly as he was about to leave
his office in Liverpool on Jan. %.
Six silver-plated goblets belonging
to the Lea Bridge Alliance Rowing
Club were removed by burglars from
the HEADQUARTERS of the club, the
Prince Of Wales inn, Hackney, jan u
While walking through CRANKY
street, Leicester, on Monday, Mr..
Holmes, chief constable Of the county,
was savagely attacked by fox-terrier
which inflicted a serious wound In his
leg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smart, an aged couple
living in Lynton-avenue, West Ealing
London, were found dead in their bed
room, Jan. 2 suffocated by gas which
had escaped from a chandelier In the
room.
The death has taken place at
Chelmsford Of Thomas OTidge, 81
who was guard of the first goods train
which ran over the Eastern Counties
railway, now the G. E. R., to Chelms
ford.