Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1873-08-09 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

POSTAL TIEOLD... m ^ffi • •, Th been issued from the General roe ce • s notice lately issued from this office, so far fa ralates to letters enclosing bank pates and postage stamps, is cancelled; and, as concerns jewellery and watches, IS postponed till the Ist ol September; from which date all packets containing jewellery or watches not presented for registration, and not so packed as to conceal their contents, will be subject to a double registration fee of eightpence. The public are reminded that it is not obhgatory to send through the pcst anything whatever except lettere. In strictness, watches having glass faces cannot be sent by post ; and if thus forwarded they must nrt only be so • packed as to be effectually concealed, but must also be secure against breakage Tay hard pressure. It is strongly eCommended when bank notes are sent by pos.t, that they be cut into halves, and the second halved not despatched until it has been learnt that the first have been received. Postage stamps forwarded by post should be encloled in st,ond coverg,” , MURDEROUS AtTACH In A tirsATIC.—A fearful outrage was perpetrated on Thursday near Queenstown. A abipwright, who Rad shown incipient attacks of insanity, left his 'bed about four o'clock in the morning, and soon afterwards was found in a neighbouring village in a semi-nude state, armed with an adze and a mallet. He attacked a house with these weapons, and bruke in the indoars. Becoming frightened, apparently, he made off, but attacked another house, occupied by an old woman named Cotter and her son. The later came out of the house to see what was the matter, and was at once encountered by the maniac, who dealt him a fearfnl blow with the adze, felling him to the earth. Another man who came to his assistance was similarly dealt with. Their a isailint Chin entered the house, and as the old woman *fis leaving het, bel, inflicted a fearful blow upon her head, renlerine her Lnseneible. . She is not expected to tecciver.l' His other two victims are also in a precarious state.- A large number of people assembled, and endesvoured in vain to secure the lunatic. At length two policemen captured him by approaching from behind, but only after a severe struggle, SINGULAR BETTING TRANSACTION,—At the Birmingham Police-court, on Monday, before Mr Kynnersley, 11. Hooke, agent, of Shepherd's Bush, London, and H. W. Walters, of Hammersmith, were charged with conspiring to obtain £lOO from John Glendinning, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. On the 16th ult., the complainant met the defendants at the Castle and Falcon Inn, Snowhill. The complainant having mentioned that he had won nothing to speak of on horse racing since Vauban won the Two Thousand Guineas and Hermit the Derby, a dispute arose. Walters offered to bet that these horses had not won the races named, and the complainant, on the advice of Hooke, closed with Walters a bet for £lOO. The complainant paid down a £lOO note, and Hooke gave some gold and what appeared to be a cheque for the balance. At the instigation of Walters, complainant wrote out a memorandum:—" I -eel that Hermit did not win the Two Thousand Guineas," and the bet was to be decided by a racing guide.—Mr Kynnersley said he was not a racing guide, and even if the complainant proved what be alleged there would be no conspiracy. The case was dismissed.