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The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1876-12-22 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

CIIRISTMAS MEMORIES. (By Idela in The Poets' illagazine.) Once more athwart the frosty sir, The Christmas hells peal forth their chime. Once more, alone, I linger where We lingered that sweet Christmas time— Once more I feel her hand in mine, Once more I see those trusting eyes Look upward...4th that light divine. The light of love that ',ever dies; Once more I see that wealth of hair, Fair falling from the shapely head; Once morel see that beauty rare— Oh ! God—my love, my life is dead. Not dead to me—again I feel Her kb-es nestlir ,on my lips— Once more her hands confiding steal. I clasp those gentle huger-tips— Again I hear love's whisper low. Again it murmurs 'trust and wait." Once more we huger in the snow Beneath that ancient frosted gate. Again I press her to my heart, Again the bells ring out their chime— Dreams, dreams—yet love shall bear its part, And memory make my Christmas time. I see the scarlet berries gleam, I see the ivy on the wall, I see the ruddy firelight stream Across the portal of the hall. I see bright mm and laughing mein, And youth's fair beauty will enthral, And once agaM I see my Queen, . The fairest fair amongst them all. Once more the yule logs fiercely glow And show frost's pictures on the pane, Once more, across the driven snow, We listen to the bells again— Now pealing forth, now faint and slow, Telling of joy and passing pain, Tell ingthat throuipb the Saviour's woe, God's love 'on earth once more shall reign.  Again we gaily join the dance, And whir; the midnight hours away; Agaid I see that loving glance. And hear the gently-mormued "stay." Once morel— bo said it was a dream?—'tis true! God's pity gave me life anew. But fleeting.—Am I then alone? Is she, my Quays, my loved one, gone? Not gone—for still her form I me— i:kill here—love but the deeper grew Not gone, my angel bride with me Is traveling lite's long journey through. Ping out, clear bells, ring smlll and free, Peal sweetly o'er the steeping snow— My love is mine, and rill with me, As on that Christhose long ago.  - What murderous implements do ladies who wets: curls csrrc (parricide) combs. _  Would you rather an elenhent killed you, or a gorilla ?—Rather the elephant killed the gorilla. What was the name of PentMs Pilate's great grandmother's straw-bonnet mater Nob dy knows. What is that whleh you and every living person have seen, but can never see again 2—Yesterday. Why would Jenny Lind make good soup ?—Because she's neither 41boi (all bony) nor Cvrisi (greasy). When may a man he c)uvidered to be really over head and cars in debt ?—When he owes for his wig. Why are horses little needed in the Isle of Wight ? —Because vis.tors prefer Cowes to Ryde (cows to ride). , Why are there three objerglons to taking a glees of I brandy ?—Recausatitere are three scruples LO & dr am.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-05-08 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

BRUTAL MURDER IN BIRMINGHA.M. necessary to his heueehold affairs by correspond. whirl was overruled by the Bench. Pew unaltered Beans scarce. Fine sauedes wouliesl en ICI r, W 0 proseen , open e Mr. Layton, l *to a ted ed th ' rather higher price& time would be given for this to be clone.-11r. M. , examir ed. He said an Loom Mion adverse to _ A. most cruel and cowardly murder is stated to . ence. He said there was not any oral denial by tiensBl3ollonulf, Tresnee.-A Mete attendee., and ease by stating that the summons was laid under the Williams, as representing the defendants, agreed , their right to come to ndon was at twat have been committed on Monday in a low quarter of Mrs. Tilton of her undue affection for him. About ~,, a ooldling number i,f ...tildes im offer ; lac on the whole et of 18a, for the Prevention ef Cruelty to Animals, only a limited amount of business was trim., ed. White that it would be desirable that the case should ', given by Sir R. Bethell ;ba he subaequently Birmingham. Two men, named respectively the winter of 1870 71 Mr. Beecher received from Ind tha cocks were rotected b tha Act. On the wheat made from 4Se. to 58s. per qr. • red do., 475. to 525. pet stand over until next sessions ;in fact, from what ! gave an opinion, jointly with aft Wortley, Handley and Jennings, fought on Sunday • fifteen to twenty'five letters ada Judge Neili.on P • isle th ere races' at or. Barley scarce, malting sonata:eking-Oa. to l'e pr-, .4 he had hear& he thought that if a special sessions • that they could carry on leansiness° in. London and last and the former was beaten. He went • remarked that he had received asyniany anonymous Zli7tnriZgtheraelnsdtiotfPAapPeiei:aws notioedsoenwthe course, &sling, ',55. tr,,,t. Per ,i 5. Ctstet 5,5 re 515 n 5 rodiel: were appointed totry the case it would beas well.- ! within (SI miles of it. Th Bank a EtigMnd upon away uttering threats of vengeance, which ; letters on several days during the triaL It was ! atering near No.lo bootß He Waa Apparently in charge , tt.:4,4 made a little better prices. Black. 3(.. to 34. per qr.: 'The Recorder assented to the application, and the 1 this- withdrew their objection. Witness could not he put into execution on Monday. Seeing Jennings . Mr. Beecher's general habit to open his own letters, ' A the door of the booth, to which he admitted a 1111111- tat 3''''' t''' 39' i''''''' 58' h' "Pet sr• r r's as itvr& cape accordingly stands over until the next sessions understand what prevented the Scotch Banks in the street at ten o'clock at night, he took a•bu M B h d f h 1-1 f p sone These facts were noticed by the t re. eec er opene many o t em. e aer 0 et • CiaTTLIt. of this court. coming to London. small iron bar or " jemmy," and going behind him did not think he ever read a line in the record police, who, suspecting what was going on, attempted book of the church. H ld tt ded h e very se om a. en te, to effect an entrance. When they enmeeded in doing
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-11-13 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

GRIEVANCES.  To the EdUor.  Sir,—Will you allow ire, as a miner, to make a few remarks on the above subject ? In the first place, with your your permission, I will refer to the late trial in the County Court at Newport. It appears that some men and the master they worked for could not agree as to the amount of work they had to do, so they left work and took proceedings against their masters at the above-named Court. When the case comes on for hearing, the Judge tells the men and their advocate that they, the men, are an ingenious let; there is always a lot of trouble with them; and he most dismiss the ease. Now, sir that is a decision I believe to be unfair, and, from this and other cases I have seen and heard of, I believe we shall never get much good at county courts nor magistrates' meetings. I will, therefore suggest that when there is another grievance of this kind, where masters take advantage of their men, that they take their case officially to the district council, and that council give them orders income out and dons fliers work til the master is shifted straight away from the P; and then I believe that we should not want te trouble and put about his Honour at Newport any more. The colliery proprietors would soon settle the grievances and put a stop to the oppression that is put upon the miner by the chartermaster, for the colliery proprietors know that out of twenty men they can choose nineteen chartermasters. but out of 100 chartermasters they cannot choose five who ean get minerals enough to pay for the candles they burn. It is an easy thing for a man to go from a working man to be chartermaster, but it is almost murder to put a chartermaster to work for his living and get it by the sweat of his brow. I should like to see the amount of work they would do in a fortnight. I believe that the furnaces and the pit banks would not be filled with coal and stone like they are at present, but 1. fancy that the poor sexton's back would ache in loss tl.an a week, for nine out of every ten would sooner die than work for their own without they thought of the awful doom that awaits them, for the good old 'Book says " Cursed is he who oppresses the poor," and that is a nut for them to crack some day or other. In conclusion, let me say a word to the non.union men of our district—come boldly forward, and join our ranks, and not join the ranks of those that push you into the earth! Why do you stand aloof from the ranks of the new national union? It is by union that your hours were shortened and your wages raised; and if your wages have been lowered since it has been year non-union men that have been the cause of it to a great extent, for the masters would never have attempted te have reduced the wages of miners so much as they have if you had stuck to your union. So let me beg of you to come and join at once, and by your doing so you will oblige yourself and ONE WHO is A
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-10-16 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

MURDER SENSATIONS IN FRANCE.  A Paris correspondent writes that a brace of shocking murders divides attention with the Turkish financial smash and M. Dumas pi last lucubration. One of these crimes at least may afford a new theme to this strange professor of morality, as the papers not inappropriately head their aceopnt of it, "Les Dramas du Mariage." Here is the story in brief. About a month ago an Italian named Rizzi arrived at an hotel in the Fatibourg St. Honors with a young wotnan whom he represented to be his wife. They led a quiet retired life, and did not make themselves in any way conspicuous. Last Thursday there arrived at the same hotel another Italian named Croeci who, as his luggage was being taken up to his room, mentioned that the hotel had been recommended to him by a countryman, one Rini, who had been in Paris some time ago. "Why, he is here still !" replied the hotel-keeper "his room is at No. 20, on the same floor as yours. He is staying with his wife." Crocci made no remark, but at twoo'clock next morning the hotel was roused by a tremendous scuffle, and cries of "Murder! " "Police! " in a foreign tongue. The noise proceeded from "No. 20," and on getting there the inmates of the house fpund Crocci, knife in hand and covered with blood, trying to kick the door open, while cries et' " Murder " and " Police " continued to be uttered from inside the room. Crocci threw the knife from him, and stated, to quote the papers, "in a tone of some excitement," that be had just killed his wife's lover. According to his account, the lady had eloped with Rini, taking with her some £4,000. The account given by the erring wife is I somewhat different. She deposed that, about two in the morning, there had been a knocking at the door, and her husband ordered Rini to open, saying he had the police with him. Rizzi complied. whereon Crocei rushed at him, and literally larded his chest with a knife about ten inches long. The unfortunate wife rushed forward to save her lover, receiving a few insignificant cuts about the arms, but was able to pull her husband off his victim, thrust him out, and whet ' the door. Crocci is In custody. Rizzi is at the hospital, and it is said likely to recover. The papers tell no that Madame Crocci on Monday paid her wounded lover a visit, and that the scene was most affecting. The other rannier is less sensational. It occurred at a lodging-house in the Vaubourg Montmorn, kept by a Mdlle. Mountcourt. A commercial traveller, named Ceisnc, persecuted with his attention a young actress of the Chatelet. On Friday, they had a quarrel, the lady peremptorily ordering her admirer from her presence. He drew a revolver, rushed at her, and disciditirel it. She escaped by Iducking her head, and the bullet struck the unfortunate hotel keeper, Mdlle. Mounteourt, inflicting a mortal wound, whergen Cei‘MlC immediately turned the weapon against 'himself, and blew out his own brains.  Two Sicilian brigande were Med on Sunday by TtH,nmrabineers In the neighbourhooi of
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-03-06 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

FATAL STABBING CASE AT WALSALL.  On Sunday, the town of Wahall was thrown into a considerable state of excitement by the. statement that a man had been barbarously murdered on the road leading from Staffordstreet to Bloxwich, on the previous night. From inquiries made, it was ascertained that a miner named John Corbett, alias" Hampton Jack," and living in lodgings at Vicarage-terrace. Bloxwichroad, had been killed under very mysterious circumstances. It would seem that shortly before eleven o'clock the deceased left the Horse and Jockey Inn. Bloxwich-road. where he had been drinking, to go to his lodgings close by. He ate Isis supper and again left the house. but returned in about five minutes, rushing into the house bleeding from a wound on the left side of the neck, crying out "Oh, landlady, oh, landlady, I am stabbed." Mrs. Davis, who had been confined only about a week, at once jumped out of bed, hurried on some of her clothes and ran down dears, by which time the deceased had gone to the door of the next house, and returned into his own. Mrs. Davis supplied him with a piece of rag, which he applied to the wound, and in answer to her repeated enquiries as to who had "done it," he murmured something about "by the Horse and Jockey." He also, with difficulty, said "Send for a doctor—l am dying ; " but before anything could be done to give effect to hie wish, he paves couple of gasps and expired, from lose of blood, which had been pouring from the wound in his neck all the time so copiously as to have coinpletely covered the floor of the room. The borough police were at once informed of the tragic occurrence, and Actingesergeent Salt and Detective-sergeant Drury immediately repaired to the spot, being soon afterwards followed by Chief-superintendent Cates. Nothing could be discovered, however, to indicate who gave the unfortunate deceased hie death wound, or under what circumstances it had been inflicted. Tutees of a scuffle were found close to the footpath on the side of the road farthest from the bye-road in which the Vicarage Terrace is situate, and a few yards farther up the road, towards Bloxwich ; but the residents on the other side of the road had heard no altercation or , unusual noise. That this was the spot where the deceased was stabbed is, however, pretty certain. for, in addition to the traces of a scuffle, there was much blood on the ground there. Marks of blood were also traceable from this spot along the road to Pratt's Bridge, some considerable distance farther on, towards Blorwich„ which would seem to show that Corbett's assailant must have received some severe injury. The deceased is believed to have been about thirty-seven years of age, and to have come from Tipton, and it is stated that, at the time of the occurence, he was sober. The spot where it is presumed he was stabbed, is just within the municipal borough; but the dwelling where the body now lies, is just within the perish of Bushell. Sergeant Arnold and Police-constable Williams, of the county police, joined the borough police in the search for the supposed assassin.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-09-18 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

TRADI6 OCCURRENCE.' NEALE STAFFORD, On Sunday night an extraordiaary athur happened at the hamlet of 13erkswieh, about two miles from Stafford, which resulted in the dee,th of a man who is up to the present time nut:nov/ but who is supposed to belong to Walsall. y 4r. Hare, a well.to-do farmer, who resides at the named, had, after returning from Divine servioe : at Stafford, retired to rest at about a quarters,, I ten, and shortly afterwards was aroused by the 1: smashing of windows. lie 'got up, and hasige dressed himself went down St sirs, where he as; j one of his own labourers in the kitchen, At the same time he heard a man outside calling to be let in. After some delay, during which the nua outside said that two men were following him and would shoot him, Mr. Hare went outside, and the man then repeated his story. Mr. Hare eel him man having searched round the rickyard. I turned into the house, and the stranger was asked I to go with them, it being Mr. Hares intentionto send for a police-officer. However, in about tea minutes after they had got into the kitchen man suddenly sprang Dom his seat, and took tp a knife which lay on the table, and with thiscog. menced a furious attack on the labourer, whole name is Solloin. The latter was very serious/ cut and stabbed in the course of the struggl,, but eventually the knife was wrested from tte hand of the infuriated assailant, and for a tine he appeared to be exhausted. This was, hoe, ever, only for a short time; in a few minutes he recommenced the conflict, and seemed bent on taking the lives of Mr. Hare and his servants, another of whom, named Marshall, had appeared on the scene, and in spite of their united exer. Dona, it appeared as if he would carry out his murderous intent on one or snore of them. Mr. Hare, at this point, fetched his gun, and, having loaded it with small shot, said he would shoot if the man did not desist. This was without effect, and as he still seemed bent on doing violence, Mr. Hare at last shot over his head, but even this Wan useless, and ultimately, after repeated warn. ings, Mr. Hare shot him in the legs, and directly afterwards went for a surgeon. In the meantime . a police-officer had arrived, and the wounded nian still struggling, was secured, but he sank very rapidly from exhaustion, and at twelve o'clock died, apparently from loss of blood, but it is of course Linpossible to say whether other injuries received' in the course of the fight may not have contributed to his death. On his person was found a pawn-ticket with the name " Linner (High. street ?) Walsall. There was nothing else to lead to identification.  It would appear that the unfortunate man a Sunday morning visited the Roman Catholic Church of St. Augustine, at Stafford, and there, at early service, grossly misconducted himself, having forced himself within the railing of" The Sacred Heart," on the altar of which he put three shillings. Subsequently he attempted to force his way to the high altar, and had to be ejected from the church. There can be no doubt that his mind was affected to some extent.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1874-07-04 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

ATTEMPT TO MURDER A CHILD AT BRISTOL.  00 Monday afternoon a most astonishim and bruta attempt at murder was made by a man earned John Shaughnessy, living in a court in Eugamstreet, St. James's, who deliberately hung one of Ms children, a boy about three years of age, up to a doorinst, and but for the timely discovery of some of the neighbours would have succeeded in taking the poor !idle fellow's , life, as when released from his perilous ms Mon he was quite black in the face, and when afterwards taken to the Police-station the marks of the rope with which the father had soug it to carry into effect the inhuman act were plainly visible upon his neck. It meared that the father, John Shaughnessy, who lived 'at No. 4, Fox and Crane-court, Eugene-street, St. James's, was drinking with his wife and some other persons at the Pox and Crane tavern. An altercation tort place, and Shaughnessy, who was evidently under the influence of liquor, became very excited. He suddenly left the public-house, and going home he saw his boy Michael, three years old, playing in the cont. He called him into the house and was heard by some of the neighbours to say that be intended hanging the child and himself, but as he was intoxicated his Bleat was believed to be an idle one. Soon after he had entered the house, however, a Mrs. Lewis, who lived opposite., observed him deliberately hanging the ehli to a doorpost, with a rope or line which he had fastened round his neck. She ran immediately into Shaughnessy's house, and, screaming for assistance, a man named Dempsey, who resides in the same house as Shaughnessy, and was fortunately at home, ran tp her aid, and he observed the child hanging from the door post by a clothes line, which had been fastened twice around his neck, and the inhuman father was puling his legs. Dempsey immediately cut the rope and released the child, who was then quite black in the fate and nearly insensible, but be soon recovered. P.C. 41 was called in. and he found Shaughnessy in a state of semi-nudity and in a vary wild and excited state. Being informed of the circumstances, he took him into custody, and conveyed him to the Central Police Station, where he was locked up on the charge of attempted murder. The child was also taken to the Police Station, and the marks of the rope upon his neck were plainly visible to the police authorities.  In London and twenty other large towns the average mortality recorded last week was 22 per 1,000. In the order of health the returns were as follow ;--Leicester., 14; Wolverhampton, 15; Norwich, 17; Sunderland, 187 London and Edinburgh, 19; Portsmouth, 21; Hull, Sheffield, and Nottingham, 21; Leeds, 23; Birmiigham and Dublin, 24 ; Bristol, Manchester, and Braford, 25 ; 'Glasgow and Salford, 26; Newcastle, 27; Livtrpool, 28; and Oldham, 32. In London 2,228 births and 1,216 deaths were registered, the former being five above and the latter 167 below the average of the last ten years.