The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1876-01-29 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THE ERITII STRIKE.  The men have given a practical answer to the it vitation of the masters to return to their work by sending horses and carts and removing tkeir tool, from the workshops.  Not one of tile men at Messrs. Easton and Anderson's has accepted the offer of the firm to return on condition of accepting piecework. According to the notice they cannot now return on any terms whatever.  The importations of fresh meat from America seem to be increasing. During the last two dap the carcases of about 150 head of cattle and 25 pigs have been received in the London market from New York, via Liverpool. About 300 tea of meat, preserved by the cold dry air process, hoe been imported into this country from New York during the last six weeks. At the Chesterfield police court, on Monday. William Britt, landlord of the Horas Ina, and Thomas Bennett, waiter, were committed for trial charged with having murderously assaulted Jams Seagrave, a pointsman of the Midland Railway, whilst on duty, causing signals to be neglected, the mail and two goods trains passing unprotected The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company have just resolved to adopt a plan which will bee great convenience to travellers. In place of havirg all their carriages alike, they will be painted dif ferent colours, according to the several classesthus, first class will be yellow, second brown, ad third blue, and the tickets will correspond it colour, so that passengers, either at a terminus er when having stopped for refreshment, will have a good visible guide to their respective carriages. About eight o'clock on Monday morning shocking accident occurred at Chapel lime Colliery near Ormskirk. A collier, named M'Guire, and a drawer, after firing a shot, went to see if was right, when a quantity of roof and coal felupon them, weighing from three to four to M'Guire was instantaneously killed, and I?, dravar is injured beyond recovery. 111.Guirt leaves a wife and two children. The drawer wa removed to Ormskirk Workhouse.  Professor Fawcett, speaking ate public meenci, at Shoreditch on Monday night, on the subject s enclosures, said the time could not be far distal when the preservation of open spaces and tin enclosure of commons would have to be dealt Mil in a comprehensive manner by Parliament. Al' lading to Mr. Bright's speech at Birmingham .1,6 was induced to hope that the powerful advocael of Mr. Bright would be lent to prevent the spolir tion of public proprietary rights in common 'an& On Saturday night, a young man named Oesige Marshall, was killed on the road a shcrt way Midhurst. He left the town in company win Thomas Woodford, on his way to a village called Cooling, distant about three miles. Shortly aftel` wards a person named Tirble, returning along do road to Midhurst, stumbled over a man, and goe information to the police, who on going to the 814 fouad the body of Marshall, and about him try/ of a severe struggle. A good deal of blood so dirt was fcund upon Woodford, who was subsr quently apprehended. Screams were also heard near the spot where the body was found. On Saturday morning, as Dr. Brushfield, the medical superintendent of the Brookwood Lunen( Asylum,was medically attending to a male pail in one of the wards of the asylum, the latter or denly seized an earthen vessel, and with it doll the doctor a running fire of terrible blows oath. head. The doctor fell to the ground, but the hair tic, with savage fury, continued his attack, F 1: tunately, two of the attendants, alarmed bYW noise, entered the ward. They immediately sloarnedg upon the lunatic, and at once disarmed and seca him. The doctor has received several scalp wounds and at present lies in a condition of great suffer and danger. THE EASTWELL AND THE GAINSBORO, Tie of the Season, at DewranceS Shia, V' and Collar Warehouse, 4 and 5, Paxton-ter Duke-street, the Shop with the Clock and (W. lamp over the door.—Anyr. When a tradesman experiences a depro:l in business, he is the more anxious that all ul outstanding debts should be collected wlthou delay. This is done on reasonable tek Ina 11 Cunnold and Hartley, Accountants, drc,, Stroll" Chambers, Barrow.—Anyr.