Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1864-08-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MURDER AT MANCHE-:TER —On &third:o' evening, about a quarter pat six o'clock, a brutal and wanton outrage was committed upon a shopkeeper named John King. in Manchester, which caused his death. Three carters had been drinking at a beer. house in Liverpool-road, where a disagreement occurred between them and some sawyers who were drinking in the same house. The landlord attempted to restore order, tait he and the waiters were violently assaulted. Ultimately the carters turned out into the street in a half-drunken, roystering state, apparently ready to quarrel or fight with any one They went in the direction of Deanvgate. and on their way had several scuffl a; and fights amengst themselves and with passers by. King, who kept a provision shop in the neighbourhood, had unfortunately left his shop at the time, and was on his way to a newsvenderat to buy a newspaper. He was passing the carters quietly, being a gentle, inoffensive elderly man, when one of them attacked him in the most wanton and unprovoked manner. and knocked him down. He and the others then jumped upon his body, and kicked him as he lay upon the pavement with their heavy shoes. The poor man died from the effects of the treatment he received amm afterwards. There is a police station near the spot, and the a siatanee of a body of constables was obtained. and they succeeded in capturing the murderers almost immediately. Their names are James Mitchell, aged 23, living at 4, Galloway-street, and John Scora, 22, of 4, Granby-row. They are Irishmen, and Mitchell stands 5 ft. 0 in. high, amid Score 5 ft. 10 in. They are strong and powerful men. King lived at 17, Liverpool-road. A THOUSAND MILES IN A THOUSAND CONsEcrrivs hums —A somewhat sineular feat is now in course of performance at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-sceiare. A Mrs Doughta. a native of Doncaster, Yorkshire, has undertaken the extraordinary task of walking a thousand miles in a thomand consecutive hours. Mrs Douglas. it appears, performed the same feat in Australia in i18:11, walking the 999th mile io 16 minutes, and the 10011th mile in 13 minutes 4'3 seconds. At the conclusion of her task she showed lint little symptom of fatigue, and expressed herself convinced that she could then walk an additional 500 miles. She is to all appearnce about 50 bears of age, of rather diminutive stature, and is the mother of seven children. A wooden platform contiguous with the stage is erected round the entire area of the ball, around which the pedestrian walks nineteen times to the mile. The timekeeper, Mr Martin, presides at the corductor's seat at the orchestra, and each time the ViCllllllll makes the circuit he proclaims the fact, at the same time turning up the identical number. At every nineteent round he calls out "flume," when the woman retireand rests upon a sofa for a few minutes ; she then per forms a second mile, and afterwards rests for about a. hour and a quarter. She takes a short, quick step and averages sixteen minutes to the mile. She corn menced her task on Tuesday morning last, and up t Friday night appeared none the worse for her journey lug, although she admitted that the intense heat Friday somewhat eff-cted her. She will have to wa' day and night for nearly five weeks longer before sh• accomplishes her feat, for which, should she mime', she will receive ..£5OO. Much interest is manifested i the feat, and large numbers of people visit the 1 both day and night.