The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-08-26 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

FIERCE STRUGGLE WITH A BLACK BURGLAR.— At the Preston Polien-court, on eatardwy, a negro who gave the name of Han-v Johnson was arraigned on a charge of burglariously entering the house of , Mr. Evan Bretherton, of the Princess Alexandra I Inn, Fylde-road. At half-past two o'clock that morning Mrs. Bretherton was awakened by a noise at her 'bedroom window, and immediately afterwards saw the window shoot up, and a dark figure stealthily creep through. It passed noiselessly across the room to the head of the stairs; and Mr. Bretherton having been awakened by his wife, jumped out of bed, and followed. He caught the unwelcome visitor about half way down the stairs, and they rolled to the bottom together. A fierce struggle took place, the burglar declaring that if Mr. Bretherton would not let him go he would cut his throat. Bretherton notwithstanding kept his hold, and the men struggled about upon the floor for a considerable time in the dark. Mrs. Bretherton ran down stairs while the struggle was going on, and fell over the combatants, receiving a severe cut on the forehead, which bled profusely. At this moment two or three of the children appeared at the bottom of the stairs, and added to the confusion by screaming "It's a black man," "He's killing my father," "lie's murdered my mother," B.:c. These cries brought to the door two lamplighters and another person, who were admitted by Mrs. Bretherton, and with great difficulty the burglar was bound with a clothes line. The police were then fetched; but Johnson lay upon the floor stubbornly refusing to rise, and he was removed by force and conveyed upon a wheelbarrow to the police-station. The fight was literally "tooth and nail," for the negro is said to have bitten and scratched like a wild cat. Mr. Bretherton was deeply bitten in the left arra-pit, and in several places on his legs; and he also suffered much from large abrasions of the skin. The prisoner was remanded. He had been a short time employed as a labourer at the Railway Carriage and Ironworks,  Those Ladies who have not yet used the Glenfield Starch, are respectfully solicited to give it a trial, and carefully follow out the directions printed on every package, and if this is done, they will say, like the Queen's Laundress, that it is the finest Starch they ever used. When you ask for Glenfield Starch, see that you get it, as inferior kinds are I often substituted for the sake of extra profit. Millions of pounds of unwholesome tea are yearly sold in this country, therefore the public will hear with satisfaction, that they can obtain an article reliable in quality, cheap and wholesome, by purchasing Horniman's "pure" tea in packets, which, for upwards of 30 years, has been supplied direct by the Importers to the consumers (through Agents), and being selected only from the choice spring gathering abounding in rich essential juices, strong full flavoured tea is insured. MADAME BRENNER'S MUSICAL GYMNASIUM FOR LADIES, No. 35, Bruton Street, Berkeley Square, W.—Round shoulders and stooping habits cured in three mouths. The art of skating taught at 10s. 6d. per lesson. Madame Brenner's new work on Calisthenics for the use of schools, forwarded on the receipt of 10s. 6d. Governesses thoroughly initiated in the art of teaching in three lessons. NEW METAL POCKET VESTA Box