Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1881-07-16 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

NOBTHENDEN.  On Saturday afternoon a brass baud contest took place on the grounds adjoining the Tattoo Arms Hotel, Northamlen. There was e good at-tendence. Twelve bands entered for competition which was open to all w'to had never taken a prize above £lO, but only nine pot in an appearance, namely Id al lin wood United, Glossop Borough Heywood Borough, Chorlton - cum - Hardy, 4th.0.R.V., Glossop, Moseley, Droyleden Village. Greenacres , and Pemberton Amateur. There were four prizes, the first, being I:12, the second £7, third £4 fourth 2 The judges were M. Gloms Batley, Lancashire Hussars, and Mr. Oliver Gag,o, Manchester The Moseley Bond under Mr. A Owen, were successful in carr3ing away the lirst prize, while the second honours were allotted to the Glossop Borough Band, Mr. S. Broadbent conductor. In deciding the third sod fourths prizes the juct,es remarked that there were three bands—Cbrorlton-com-liardy 4tnalt V (Glossop), sad Droyladen Village—of equal merit but after due consideration they had thought it best to divide the two Prizes between the Oliorhou.cum-ltarty Band and the Attie RN (Glossop). The contest lasted for 3i hours, being two hours late owing to the members of the Pemberton Bind, wise should have played first having missed their train.  MURDER OF CHILD3EN BY A DOMESTIC,  The coroner for East Comb 'Hand held an adjourned inquiry on Monday into the death of the child of Mr. Vallister, farmer, Sprunston, near Carlisle. It will be remembred that ou Saturday week Mr. and Mrs. Palliator attended Carlisle market, and as they had lost a Ichild a few da3s previously by being drowned in a well, they i tuft strict njunctions with their servant, Margaret Messenger, not to do any work but to take care of the children, a baby, six months, and a girl of four years. During the forenoon Messenger stid 'us lad who was working in a field that a man had stolen the baby while he was asleep on a log of wood in the field next the house. The lad made a slight search, but was unsuccessful, and, believing he was hoaxed, went back to his work Half an hour later he saw Messenger bringing the baby across the field dead, in her arms, and he ran off for a neighbouring farmer's wife. Messenger said she had found the baby in a bog at the end of the orchard in a lravine, lying with ita face downwards and with a large atone on tie head. No credence being attached to her story about a man stealing the child she was taken into custody, and at once coufeased that she had pat the child in the bog. The place where the infant was suffocated is only a few feet below the well where the child was found drowned five days before. At the inquest on Monday the police superintendent produced the stone that had been put on the baby's head. It was a :piece of freestone nearly as large as a man's hand. The first statement made by the girl to him woo that she fell asleep while nursing the baby ou the log and on awaking up missed the baby, and did not know who had taken it. She added that she searched the wood and a lane, and afterwards ou going to the well for water saw the baby lying in the bog below. At a later period she told one person that a tall man without whiskers and wearing a cap had stolen the child and to Mr. Story she said he wore a straw hat : To the latter she also said that the man came up to her while she was nursing aud asked for the child, that she refused to give it up, on which the man threatened to take them both, and then forcibly took the baby from her and walked along the garden wall to the ravine. The doctor who examined the body of the child said that the cause of death was suffocation.—The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Messenger who was committed for trial at the next assizes.  THie