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Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1895-12-07 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

INFATUATED TEETOTALLERS.  A young countryman in the North went to pay a visit to Ida uncle, aunt, and cousins, who were re. nowned strict teetotallers. During his first meal at his kinsman's house the young man cotunicoted on the absence of spirituous liquors. "We are tcrnperanee folk, ye ken," said the old moo, who. after dinner, went upstairs to have his usual nap, the girls going to Sunday school, and the boys to smoke in the stable. An scon as the aunt found they were alone she put up her initial finger to her lips to enjoin silt the on the part of her nephew. Then, going to the pantry. she brought out a little black bottle. and, tilling • g 13.88, held it to aim and said, ••11 ere, John, tak' a taste o' that. Our gold man's tic a strict teetotaller that I diena let him ken 1 keep a drop in the hoose—just as a medicine—sae dinna mention it." A few minutes later the old man called out, "Are you there, John'!" The nephew went upstairs, and the head of the house promptly produced a gallon jar of whisky from an old lex under the bed, and, pouring nut a glees, said, " Teetotallin' doesna ston me from keepiog a wee drop in care o' illness. Put that in your cheek, any lent; but note word to your auntie or the laddiea &boot it." Strolling init of doom soon after his second surprise, and entering the stable-yard, the cousins beckoned their relattie into the bani, when, after fumbling about in the straw for a few seconds, they banded him a black bottle, with the encouraging remark, "Try a soak o' that, waisiti, you'll tind is cued ; but not a word to the old folks, for twa mair infatuated teetotallers were never born !"  Neighbour's Pretty Daughter : "How much is this a yard?" Drapers's Son (desperate " i-poons on her) : Only ono "U it's so eneap I will tithe three yards, and grandma will pay you." A pairi3tie son of Erin Mi.:ideas:ming against England's injustice and Ireland'. sufferings. " While Ireland remains silent," he exclaimed. " England will be deaf to her heartrending cries"  Pompous A utl.r to veteran Editor) "What would you eaves', a man to do who,ji ideas are in advance of the times Veteran Editor promptly): "I would him to bit quietly down and wait for the tinnu to catch up." Friend of Author "I have brought you the manuscript if an intei.ting story by ivy friend Veraniee." Publisher " Who in he? Does anyhod:, know him r Friend "He in not very extensively known, but the btory in a good one, and Voraniee is a deserving young man. His eharibe•T is irreproachable." Publisher : Then I don't think we can do anything with it." Friend "Nothing with it? Why, you haven't looked at it yet. What do you mean?" Publisher "If your friend had been mixed up in •seandal or two, had murdered Ins grandmother, or robbed bin bniter's baby, his nook might take. Yonne how is is. We should like to aosommodate you, but, in the present state of the publio mind, 1 really don't sea how we mu."
Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1896-01-18 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

AND EXHILARATING CORSET YET PRODUCED. wawa I,ly be expected to enlarge our Society for Psychical Reeearch" can Only Westmineter Ahhey have stooped and wondered ----''':.- ' - This is an entirely new shape, made soft earl uliahle. without husks or steels to Meek, vi ion of " the beyond," to inspire reverence, muster about six. Before any confident as, at a Corl)Wl to in one of the aisles rePrceeutiag ''' Captain, . • 'l' ' and yet rives sufficient support, hanng umrip of wpejeuone tad, and front, and fastens to strengthen and elevate character, and at siimption of spiritual agency is jumped •ati , by buttons in place of steels, whieli grivrs ewe and comfort. herfection of shape, cone all a ..,.1 . to be of ee . , „ . • r Lined with elaaticity, which is conducive to health. 'se , • ; •." f' •, . The lead n, Pli3sicians of the day recommend thew Corsets, Leiria menc.actur on . .. AI 'perfect SelenllllC alul hygienic erm,pies. real use. One as the only sonstion we must know i ' . .. .' ~ eel ennui,. ha. think that if the inysterioue and that there are no failures. The likelihood 1 ' • a%%musfpftriag ailment were broken at all is that the nuniber of men who are impressed . they weedd be broken co reveal truths of the that they shall draw certain niiiitheni and fad hay tame hietway• Nay, Korizsma,ek ,ant lot Botetky auri told Ili* I mesa one holding the horses another securing the that he had a quarrel sem • a carriage apparently atticked I 1 i an English gentleman I footmen while the third min the act of firing, inte and had scot six men to murder hire on the Died, the carrier°. Tho inscrlption on the tomb states but a conlict hal eassuel-twa of Ktraigmark's that it was erected in memory of " Thcanaerhynne, wen were killed, ad the inteaded victim mill of Longleat, in the comity of Wilt& Esquire, who wounded, He meant, however, that ante h..r attack /tee that each Corset is stamped 'I Anv.eri" (Reg.), Weigh., elllirb•liftwi. If it be said that the pair is ve7 far greater than the number of those •es •, -,......_, v.F.tabsruharbarouslv miirdered ou Sunday. tie 12th shotdd be made upon Classmate individual, and the FAWN • • • 6/6 BLACK • • • 7/6 po,a is simply to prove that there is another who eucceed. For if a hundred men say . , art:, 111,52.." The circumstances leading up i deed mat be done effectually. Ile also stated Of all Drapers, or on receipt of Postal Order and sire of waist to world-the eerily will be that even so this sub- beforehand that they will be sure to to and surrounding. the assa9ainstine of 74r that nest morn-n a vervant would tate Poosky 1:- I' CKHAPd STAY FACTORY, liele Net would not be less init.ressively madc get certain numbers, and if ninety-nine Thynno are on romantic that the trial of hill to a per,on who passed dy the name of the I 0 T II E It S,
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1894-06-01 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

AND VERDICT. The enquiry into the oironmstances attending the , death of Hannah Mary Smith, infant daughter of Thomas and Hannah Smith, of 11:Jter V ~role Farm, near Eirby, was held at the Albion Hall, in that place, on Friday morning, by the district coroner, Mr. T. P. Brown, assisted by Mr. E. Wood. It may be stated that the mother, who in in custody on a charge of murder, might have put an end to her own existence but for the vigilecce of the police. It appears that when apprehended she was wearing a bounet with a long pin in it. WOCat in I the Poli,te Station, Otiey Street, Skipton. this had covering was hung up in the room where she was allowed to sit. Sae, however, managed to secretly obtain the long pin fastened in her bonnet, vhich the concealed in her breast. Happily, it was diecovered in her possession by the person who was keeping • careful watch over her m)vements. It is thought that had tne instrument hot been fotuot upon her she would have attempted to kill herself with it. Higher Varnis Farm is eituated about two miles away from the Albion Hall where the inquest took place. In order to view the body ot the murdered child the jarymen had to j turney up the bill side to the farm. It took them an hour, and the it-quest which was fixed for eleven o'clock, did not commence until about twelve. Superintendent Lumb, of Skipton, and lospcotor 'fertility, of Barnoldswick, watched the enquiry. Mr. J,mea Brown, of E wby, was the for:runn of the ju...y The find witness sworn was Sarah Jane Whitonak, sister of the accused, who corrohn-Ated acme facts ' which appeared in last week's Pioneer She aloe stated that on Weemesday evening her sister out , the baby lu • trtaigh of water in the kitchen. • Witness found it there and at once took it out. The ACCUSED SAID "LET IT Dlg." _  On the Thurstay morning the accused promised not to drown the baby. See asked WirLIVES to ] fetch seme pote cut cf the kitchen, and she wene , cor them. After returnieg she went again into the , hitc,,en for a teaspoen. When ehe returned this time she found the child on its mother's knee with its throat cut. It was not dead, Lut it expired direocly. The atcueed hat taken the knife out of dish of ham prepared for her and she had it in her , hand. Sho exclaimed "Poor thing." At the time the accused offered to drown the child see said she would like to drown herself. She had also said she had not slept much eine° her ODanement. Witnese had not noticed anything unusual about her eister'e corninet previoue to the Wednesday night. Her sister had, however, visited some of her neighbours, a thing she was not in the habit of deing.—ln reply to the foreman, witneBe eatd she remained up with the accused all the Wedecsday eight. On Thursday morniag, about five o'cleek, the' went to a neighbour's farm, returning about eeveri o'clock. Witness was not in the kitchen more then a second when the deed was committed.—Supt. Lomb: Hive you hoard y, ur deter regret having done anythiag lately 7—Witness : Yea; she has said she
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1902-10-17 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. Beneath .the shadow of _the moo fortress of  the'-Povorils—the proud Co' stle of the Peak— woui,in is waiting, a good-looking woman, who ‘un.hair naught save weird Pounds from  tbv Devil's Cavern —dose by, till she is joined by a well set handsome young man. They iirmye been lovers, but ho has broken his troth, on.l she upbraids him with it. He accuses her sf having z,ven her affections to another suitor, which she indignantly denies, and curses him und his "new fancy," Lucy Penley. He is the soli of the muster of Outlands Farm, and  at her .:mger---Cuses come home to  loost," he nimind; her, and leaves her. As Grace Bradwell remains behind soliloqu.sing aloud she is joined by Mother Graveyaid. the witch of the district, who asques her that Gatlands Farm is not yet lost to her if she only waits awhile. She advises Grace to wed Tom Benmitt's father, and thus outwit him and obtain possession of the farindind tarn the son out. The father is old and feeble. and will soon make way for a "younger and betterfavoured lover.- says the old witch. And as she goes on to hint, it might not be difficult to make the old man "disappear.' if he showed no signs of dying. "Elden Hole is handy and bottomless." and as for a future husband for Gros,. the witch's nephew loves her and would unit until the old man's death. As Grace, frightened at the old woman's suggestions. flies , from the castle tower, the witch's nephew comes out from his hiding place. and his aunt, Mother Graveyard, explains to him what she proposes to du. Toni Bitmett meets his sweetheart, Lucy Penley. who predicts that Grace Bradwell is plotting to become the wife of old Bennett. Luey's prediction comes to pass, for Tom's who bus been absent for some days, returns to the farm with Grace Bradwell on his  no. The old man tells Tom what has hippene I. ;Ind a4ivises them to "kiss and be friends." Fir a time things go smoothly at the farm until Tom speaks to his father on the subject Of no,rri.age. He suggeets that the old man should give him the worst half of the farm along with a cottage that stands thereon. and 11:At Luv and he should live there. This the in:in flatly refuses to do on the plea that it would tr• unjust. for in ease he lost children thev should "shore and shate alike." In the end Tom declares his intention of emigrating is Australia. He lrts Rived up 245. and this . , .  . intends us.ng as the nucleus of his fortune. 3lother Graveyard hears the conversation from behind a hedge, and concocts a diabolical plan whereby the ohl farmer is to be murdered and ,usp.cion made to rest on Tom. who will be  ippos,d to have committed the crime in order i rob his father of the £45.
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1901-04-04 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

SZASPIP INO VIVI% %WOODS ON 91`011 M. said veiling. I heard him call for me, hut they beet him; he asked for water, and they beat him Al night I was locked up in a room full of °Mks, waiting to be buried. They would 'give ree no food, but I got a little cold water for baby. I asked for my husband, and they said he had run away, but I knew they had killed him. Next morning they gave us a little food, and an escort of Boxers took us away. At Ta-ning.heien, the magistrate made me kneel before him, and after some kind of trial ordered me to be locked up in a dark and filthy ciii. It was a city where three of our ladies had already been tied to trees and butchered. After two days I beard my husband's voice in the Yemen calling me. I could not believe he was still alive till the rioor opened and he was locked in the cell. He woo in a dreadful condition. His whole body wee eise mass of bruises; there was a wound on big hack Nevem' inches deep, and the scalp at the back of his bead was cut away, exposing the skull for nearly a hand•hreadth. He said that the Boxers had taken him to the riiereide to behead him, but trot cut 1; queue, as the Boxers do before beheading peoples taking the scalp with a. Ls the sword was raised to strike, someone said: "altar cow FOC% 000 DO FO% Joe And in a moment he felt so string that he sprang up, dashed through them, and jumped chum into the river. The current carried him &err, but. although his bands were still tied behind his back, he own:aged to reach the other side, and the Itexers could not find him again In the dark. Ile freed hi, hands by rubbing the ropes against • rock, and after learning where we were made his was to the Ta-ning-lisien Yemen. They tirould not give tae cloth to bind Ins wounds, PO I washed has only start and made bandages of that. We eould rant get food to not. 'rite magisUst, allowed a huielred cash 12bj. I a day for food for the throe of us„ but the gaoler kept most of it to himself. It seemed as if we were not to he murdered, but only starved to death. 'Then my Ix,OF huataatl list his reat,on: he nets quite mad and often violent. its wero two Months shut up in that dreadful cell, but how We lived thr,mgh it do not ask me, for I rvally gannet tell. At length orders came front Tai' rietolu In have us sent on to ring-yang•fa, at which 'dace my husband died, shortly tter we reached it. Mr. Ild•Kie and the two ladies were brought to l'ing-yang a week after no. and this was great mercy to me, WI I had another baby born in Ping•yang.  Two no, were sleeping near a f Italtr bAllk at ltetteri,g turnaces early on Friday morning when by son, means a heary truck overturned and (ell on them. One. named Parther, was killed, aad the other. mused Wallis, was seriously , Waved  A
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1900-06-29 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

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Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1895-10-04 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER AT PADIRAM.  PRECARIOUS oxmlornow OF THE VMII2L Oa Sunday Padiham was thrown into a state of excitement try the report of an attempted wife murder. Toe police at once proceeded to the house 24. Seakespeare-street, and found • e omen named Mary Ann Mandan, lying in • dangerous sufferlog from a wound on the head, alleged to have been oGused by her husband, William Marsden, a factory operative, about 50 years of age. He was at once arrested, and offered no resistance. Tn. V13:h11 was immediately attended to by Dr. Grant. She was so badly injured that it was deemed advisable to take her depositioee before Mr. George Sutcliffe. She was in • very ieeiiie oondition, and in her deposi hoi a she stated that sae had resided with the prisoner for the list 12 months. Previous to that she had r*•• lived with him for 10 years She contku • : separated on account of a die. sgreee . He had previously been attended for dope ,if the mind. I melded with my mother at P and then I returned to my husband. been have :en married 18 years. 1 itin 41 year. Of age. Since I returned aa my husband we have lived fairly oomforiably together, but during the last four week, he haa been Ul, and not able to foro his e.oploymeat as a weaver. He has been in a MELASCHOLY STATE ON sirup, and frequently complained of pains in his head. On Saturday evening my husband went out with Ole marketing, and we were on friendly terms. There had been no quarrei. We retired to bed abcnt 100 o'clock. My hosnaud was very restless during the night which kept me awake. I tried several times to get out of bed, but each time he prevented me and persuaded me not to do ea. I began to be afraki and THOUGHT soinnlusia WAS WRONG with him. He eaid nothing to me. I was wakened at tea mlantoe to six in the morning. I again fen asleep, sal awoke about half•past six by. receiving a severe blow on the face. I then saw ray husband in • kneeling position co tt.e bed, with his left hand on my °hest, and nrie hatchet Trotinced in his right hand, raised above his need. I felt blood streaming down my face, and Unclaimed, 03, any God!' and with  condition  DESPEKATI STRUGGLI rolled nut of lnd oa A2e other aide on to the room d.or. He owns over end at:zed ma ey the hand, and held me &as, and atzuit me or. the back dd.. of the heed scverat times with the hatohet. managed to 'wiz.) the ea'ichet end wrenoh it from him, and tried to throw it en of tne bodrcom dem, but it struck the door add fell back on to the fl )...or. He then got up again and seized hold of me, and stood for a moment with me Pgathet the wall. I managed to get up, but fell down again. exhausted, at his feet.
The Nuneaton Times. — 1875-05-15 (Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England)

ATHERSTONE.  • ritril• •T• 1 when mourning", objooted  ant) took hold of Yr. Perm by the wrists to pit him out. As soon as he did so complainant rushed at the folding-doors, kicked, &hooted, screeched and yelled," Murder ?" " Fire!'' "Folios !"—(laughl ter)—which caused not only a panic in the hall, but the performance was completely stopped for some time. Persons Weide the hall rushed out affrighted, many of them thinking the building was on fire. He managed to get the complainant as far as the door at the top of the steps, and ornoludg ymd, pobi utwurtnsehhartevhidb,n: edgflotsertheeaennth(detsl dhe coo ruemte cai nut e dmegh.. caught him round the waist to " lift" him down. stairs. t Hraethewr out of vindictive feeling or to commit an assault, as to prevent a panic in the hall. Complainant, wHheendidej"nottedt'oureush hMedr. a disturbance, and what be (defendant) did was solely in self-defence. —Mr. Edwin Holmes, the manager of the Maisie Hall, gave evidenee for the defence). Mr.! Purser came to him holding some paper in hie hand and said, in a very excited manner, that money was owing him, and that he meant to have it. He (witness) answered that he had nothing to do with paying away money. Thereupon complainant said something about eontracting debts and not dis• charging them, and directly anyone same to pay for admission into the hall he began to shout in a very excited manner and declare that he would have his money. He was repeatedly requested to leave, bat would not do no, saying that he meant to go into the Hall and expose them. Witness desired Mr. Becker to have him ejected, as the annoyance' could not be borne there. Directly Mr: Becker advanced towards him he shouted oat " Murder ' as loudly as he possibly could, and when laid hold of kicked at the doors. The result was the people in the ball hemline alarmed at the noise and rushed out to ascertain the cause. He did not consider that more force than was necessary was used to eject the complainant. Mr. Gabbins remarked that an assault might probably have been committed; but there were perhaps eircum stances which, though they did not justify, would very Mich diminish the value of the assault in the. opinion of the Bench.—The Magistrates ordered the room to be cleared, and, after a few minutes, consultation, on the door being opened Mr. Gubbins said they had given the case their most careful consideration. There was no doubt that an assault had been committed by Mr. Becker, and the non-receipt of the sum of money seemed to have excited Mr. Purser very much. Mr. Purser's conduct was most provoking and most aggravig,jausintifiaend in ei at e atmik ismt illtNh eo tdhei nf ege dceoeutl d was ju s fety got haveHeslhuegugelddh have usinsgomfoerceonase to assist defendant did. complainant down. Complainant had no right to cause the disturbance he did. Under all eirounnitancee they should only order the defendant to pay its, expenses and the money due to Mr. Purser.