The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1879-07-29 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE ON A WOMAN.—On Saturthri signals put up against the approaching train, day, at Chester Assizes, John Oldfield, a labourer, THE New Cesrse or THE IRISH UNIVERSITY Thee, which was not brought to a standstill before a Col- was indicted for attemptir gto murder Elizabeth —On Saturday morning the Chancellor of the lison occurred with the waggons, the engine buffers Greaves, at Rainow, near Macclesfield, on July 10. Exchequer handed to the Clerk at the table of the being smashed, and some of the occupants in the Prisoner met Mrs. Greaves at night on the highHouse of Commons the new clause of the Irish front carriages badly shaken. way, and seizing her threw her to the ground, University Bill, promised in Thursday night's Tun WIMBLEDON Mseento.—The Wimbledon placing his foot over her mouth to prevent her debate. It provides for fellowships, scholarships meeting was virtually brought to a close on Satur- crying out, and then stole from her pocket her ' exhibitions, and prizes, and embodies the result' day. The only competition left was for the new purse, containing £3 128. He then threw her system by establishing a pass examination distinct prize entlled the Cambridge Trophy, to be corn- with great violence over a wall into a field, where from matriculation, for which the students them- peted for on the same conditions as the Lloyd he out-aged her, using so much violence as to selves are to receive result fees. Lindsay, between men of the regular cavalry. The render her insensible. He then dragged her across By the new Registration Act, which came into sth Dragoons performed the filleted task in 8 min. another field, and threw her over a wall into a force on the let January last, persons who have not 27 seconds, making ail airgregate score of 107, thus brook, leaving her for dead. The fresh water paid their borougk rates are disqualified from Tot. winning the cup and £25, while the 11th Hussars revived her, and her screams brought he!p, and she rag on the municipal lists, which includes voting won the second prize, £l5. The great event of the was rescued. —Prisoner, who was undefended, for members of the Town Council and members of day was the presentation of the prizes by the neither cross-examined the witnesses nor made any the School Board. In Burnley the demand notes Duchess of Connaught, who, accompanied by the statement in defence; and the jet./ having found were only issued in May, though the rate WM laid duke, arrived shortly after five o'clock. The win- the prisoner guilty_, his lordship seid it was a most last N ovember. Besides that, trade is BE bed that ners of the chief prizes were warmly greeted, inhuman case, and the only consideration which people have not the money te pay with. The re- especially 'Taylor, of St. Helene (41st Lancashire), inclined him not to sentence the prisoner to penal snit is that the unpaid list numbers 5,450 persons, or winner of the Queen's prize. The Duke of Coles servitude for :He was that he did not believe the nearly half the whole number of ratepayers. naught, in the name of the duchess, expressed a prisoner intended to murder the woman. The