The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1882-06-10 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

OOO. On Monday morning a fire broke out in a shed, recently erected by Messrs. William Wild and Company, cotton spinners, Bamford-road, Heywood, for the storage of their raw materials. The shed, which was crammed with cotton and cotton waste, was completely gutted. A sad accident has occurred In atorcambe Bay. Three young gentlemen were cruising In a yacht when it capsized, through striking on a bank, and two of them named Young and Elliott were drowned. A third named Chandler reached the shore in an exhausted condition.  - Rain has ,fallen in the Midland counties in torrents, and has cauEed serious floods. In the low-lying districts all along the Trent valley, the Churnet valley, and the valley of the Dove, much land is under water, whilst the rivers Sawe and Tame have overflowed their embankments.  The Dean of Peterborough has announced his intention of holding out-door public services in the Merket Place on Sunday evenings, commencing on Sunday next. It is said the Dean is influenced in his decision by the suocess of the out-door demonstrations of the &OvaSionista. Captain Thomas pryoe appeared on remand before the Southampton magistrates on Saturday, on a charge of scuttling and abandoning his ship, the Falls of Afton. The benchiconsidered there was not sufficient evidence to justify a committal, but a Board of Trade enquiry will be held. The Bishop of Bath and Wells commenced his annual -visitation at Bridgwater on Tuesday. and alluding to the work of the Salvation Army remarked that It was an agency which should be dealt fairly and kindly with, and If its followers were met In that spirit by the Church of England, they might be led to co-operate and ally themselves with it. The Cleveland Ironmasters' monthly return shows that 119 furnaces In operation in the district have produced daring the mouth 231,452 tons, an Increase of 9,000 over those produced in April. Shipments have reached 71,000, makers' stocks and stores have increased 39,000, making a total of 200,000. Public stores have been reduced 13,000, A meeting of the South Wales Sliding Seale Committee for regulating the colliers' wages took place at Cardiff en Saturday, but after several hours discussion upon the proposed new scale the meeting was adjourned, without any agreement being arrived at. The six months' notice to terminate the existing contracts expires in August. On Tuesday morning the Nottingham magistrates remanded a woman named Eliza Belton, upon whom considerable suspiolen has recently fallen In connection with neglecting her family. Five of seven of her children have died, and on Monday night one of the remaining two, in infant four mouths old, was found In a dreadfully emaciated condition. At Skipton on Saturday, Matthew Jackson Hunter was charged with the murder of his wife and child. On April 25th the prisoner, with his wife and child, went for a walk and trensacted some business on the way. Afterwards he was foend lying in a field with his throat cut, the two victims lying dead beside him. He was committed for trial. A lamteoleaner claims to have made an accidental discovery, viz, that petroleum is a remedy for baldness. He had been in the habit of wiping his greasy fingers on his eemewhat scanty locks, with the result that his hair became tljek and glossy. We cannot guarantee the success of the experiment in all cases, but those who are bold enough in tee, At might profitably record their experincee.