Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1891-03-07 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

MONSTER IN HUMAN SHAPE.  On Wednesday midnight, Police-constablp Charles Spinney noticed a man place a woman afiainst a wall in Liverpool-street and deliberately khoek her down. She appeared insensible. The fellow ther picked her up, and again placed her against the wall, when the officer went up, called him a coward, and took him in custody. While the charge was being taken at Bishopsgate Station, the prisoner said to the woman, "If you go against me, you will be sorry for it afterwards.—On Thursday the culprit, William Donoghue, 24, a tall, powerfullybuilt man, was placed in the dock at the Guildhall before Mr. Alderman Renals, to answer the charge. —Spinney having given evidence, informed the magistrate that the woman—who was afraid on to appear—was all over bruises.—A little later an officer of the court said the prosecutrix was outside. —The Alderman: Bring her in.—Maino Leary, a poorly-clad little woman, then entered the box. She appeared in great fear, stating that she knew she should be killed for giving evidence. She then stated that she had lived with the prisoner four years, and had been subject to his brutality during the whole of that time. On Wednesday night, without any provocation whatever, lie knocked her down like a sheep.—The Alderman: What with?—Prosecutrix: His fist, sir. I am sore all over where he has beat me. Last Christmas I had to go to the London Hospital, and have three stitches in my eye, after one of his assaults. I am in fear. His brothers and sisters will murder me when they know I have spoken against him.—The Alderman: They had better not touch you.—The prisoner made a rambling statement to the effect that the woman got drunk, and called him all sorts of names.—The Alderman: You are a monster in human form. You struck the woman you should have protected. You will go to prison for three months with hard labour; and (to the woman) if any of this man's relations annoy you they will be brought here, and will be sent to prison.—The constable Said that a man had threatened the prosecutrix on her way to the court. The Alderman issued a warrant against him.  On Thursday morning a five-storey block of brick buildings in Minneapolis, bOonging to Sol Smith Russell, the actor, who is the owner besides of a four-storey block adjoining, was burned to the ground. The fire extended to the fifth floor of the Lumber Exchange, one of the finest buildings in the country. It stands 12 storeys high, and cost a million dollars to construct. The Exchange was at one time expected to prove a total loss, and the Edison buildings in immediate proximity were also in flames. The fire after a time spent its force, the firemen having previously succeeded in restritcting the area to the building which it was impossible to save. The Lumber Exchange was, however, partially burnt down. The loss is estimated at a million of  The Emperor William on Monday lunched with the officers of the Ist Regiment of Field Artillery of the Guard, and in reply to the toast of his health, proposed by Colonel Neubruenn, made a speech, in which he referred to the improvements made in guns and the results obtained from the use of artillery in the last war. Artillery, said the Emperor, must now be regarded as the very backbone and marrow of a battle. In conclusion, his Majesty drank to the prosperity of the regiment. Count von Waldersee was among those present.  Tit', waterworks at Gelsen-Kirchen, in Westphalia, have become impregnated with some poisonous substance,with the result that 50 persons are suffering from typhoid fever. The fever hospitals are filled to overflowing, and there is hardly a house in the town without a case of illness. The authorities have or4red all water used for domestic purposes to be boiled.  A Coleraine correspondent states that on Monday the Portrush lifeboat was launched to go to the assistance of a vessel flying flags of distress in Skerry Roads. One of the boat's crew lost his oar, and jumped out to recover it; two others jumped after to assist him, and all three were got into the boat in a very exhausted state, the lifeboat being unable to proceed to the distressed vessel.