The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1876-05-11 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

PAPERHANGINGS—The Cheapest House in Town —Wansbrough —9O, Duke-street. Show-room— First floor. Satin papers, Is. Gold papers, Is. ed. —Aiwa%  The Lincoln Workhouse was found to be on fire on Saturday, but the flames were subdued before much damage was done. Considerable consternation prevailed amongst the inmates. Mr. Gladstone has de..lined to accept the presidency of the Working Men's Club and Institute Union, vacant by the death of Lord Lyttelton. He considers that in his d7th year he ought not to undertake any voluntary duties. On Saturday, information was forwarded to a metropolitan coroner of the death of Elizabeth Briea. aged 61 years. For a considerable time past, deceased has only been in receipt of ls. per week. She was removed to the workhouse, but died son after admission.  Mr. Larkin, who was wounded by an "infernal machine" in Clerkenwell the other day, is considered by his medical attendant to be now out of danger. The Government have offered a reward of £lOO for infumation which will lead ta the conviction of the sender of the explosive box. The Right Hon. B Disraeli arrived at Windsor shortly betore six o'clock on Sunday night, and proceeded to the castle on a visit to her Majesty the Queen. 'Fhe Premier dined with the Queen and the Empress Augusta, and slept at the castle. He left for London next morning. The Tourist's Church Guide gives a list of nearly 1,600 churches in which there is at least a weekly celebntion of the Holy Communion. It states that in 251 churches ves menui are worn, in 715 candles are placed an the altar, and that in 370 instances these ale lighted at the celebration. 'William Hughes, secretary of the Bury and Radcliffe Spinning Company, was remanded at the Manchester police court, on Saturday, charged with stealing a pocket-book containing cheques and notes to the value of £1,300 from a clerk in the lavatory of the Manchester Royal Exchange. A shocking accident has occurred at a house at Summer-lane, Lower Gornal. A paraffin lamp exploded and set the house on fire. The flames ignited the nightdress of Emma Middleton, five years of age, and injured her to such an extent that she expired in great agony. Two other children were slightly injured. The trial of the Lennie mutineers and murderers was concluded on Thursday, the jury returning a verdict of guilty against four of the prisoners, who were sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Brett. The execution is to take place on the 23rd inst. His Lordship awarded £5O to the steward for his heroic conduct in bringing the murderers to justice. Mr. Thomas Wadsworth, builder, of Bradford, met his death on Monday in a dreadful manner. He was tightening the bolt of a shaft belonging to a mortar mill, when his coat was caught by the pin of a revolving drum, and he was drawn underneath the shaft, which runs nine inches from the ground, and terribly mutilated, dying shortly afterwards from the injuries. . . . . .  A verdict of "'Accidental death" was returned at an inquest held in Birmingham, on Saturday, respecting the death of Margaret Murray, aged four years. The child swallowed a halfpenny, which stuck crossways in the pipe so as to admit of respiration, but giving rise to inflammation and the formation of an abscess Death resulted from shock to the system and collapse. At West Bromwich, on Saturday, Mr. J. Stones, iron manufacturer, of Smethwick, was charged with the manslaughter of three men, who were killed by the explosion of a boiler at his works on the 29th March. The evidence of the engincer, Joseph Rhodes, showed that he was instructed te work the boiler at a pressure of 25ibs., but that he had worked at a pressure of 401bs. The prisoner was discharged. _  There is 'cruelty of many kinds. Take, for instance, the man who beaks his wife without mercy: how the craveli-hearted wretch howl* when the lash falls on his own heavy shoulders! There can be no greater kindness than to give the loafing, hulking, drunken vagabonds of society a taste of this treatment pretty often, seeing that it is a deterrent to these inhuman brutes, who make their wives' lives one long-protracted misery.