The Herald of Wales. — 1890-12-06 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

TON. says : —A man, who for alleged inoeudierism was sentenced to penal servitude for life by the Assize Court of Gratz, has been proved innocent after serving two years of his terrn. he real culprit, who was one of the principal witnesses for the prosecution, made a confession on his death-bed a few days ago. A woman was wandering on the London and North-Western Railway near Buabey Station, when she was knocked down by a luggage train and both her feet were cut off. The drives brought the train to a standaill, and the pool woman, whose name is supposed to be Garter, was conveyed to the Watford HoepitaL Thomas Macdonald, who is committed for trial at the Liverpool Assizes on a charge of murdering Miss Holt, the Belmont schoolmistreat, was removed to liirkelale Gaol early on Friday morning. To avoid a demonstration ho was taken in a oab to the fug station outside Bolton. Prisoner appeared in good spirit, The Chroniehr Berlin correspondent snys :—A. sensational trial commenced on Thursday before the assizes at Letpaig, when Frantein Fanny Schram. the Burgomaster'e daughter, was arraigned on a oharge of haring poisoned both - ho-' "Not'  her purest,. pleaded - Eighty-tax witnesses have been Comm mid to give evidence, and thecae. will last lour or five days. Thomas Jeffrey, twentrsever, labourer, has plraled guilty, at the Central Criminal Court to a charge of bigamy. Prisoner married his first wife Luc years ago. but left her end her child destitute, and in February lest he want through the ceremony of marriage with a young woman named Wade. The p.-.saner, who holm a very bad character, was sent.mood by the Commea Sergeant to sit months hard labour. Jacob Mason (20), of 150, liodg,o.roarl; Birmingham, a carman in the employ of the Great Western latulway Company, W. 13 leading a bores attached to a wagon laden with iron girders in All Saint's-road, when he alirpad and fell. The wheels of the wagon passed over big abdomen and inflicted anal. serious iajuieo that he died at half-past six o'clock in the llouoral Hospital, where he was conveyed immeliatgiy after the accident. A sad fatality to a gamekeeper, named William Thomas, is reported from the Wm:antra district. A party of gentlemen from Wrexham were out shooting at Ffrith, and while one of them, Captain Lomax, was closing the breach of his gun the cartridge exploded, acd the contents lodged in the foot of the gamekeeper, earned William Thomas, who was standing in front of him. Be was taken home, bat died from shock and loss of blood.  Late on Thimiday eight • quarrel arose !between two men named Smith and Flanagan, Iresiding in one of the lowest parts of Derty, daring which the latter wee stabbed by Smith, io, e hen searched for by the polioe, was die* verid to have bang himaelf in his home. Flanagan, who received four serious wounds about the head and anak, was removed to the Inermary, but it ii reported that his condition is not dangerous. Nine persons narrowly escaped suffocation by !gas at Sheffield on Monday morning. The gas !leaked into two housaa from a broken main un ter the footpath, and seven persons in one ho 10.0 and two in another were found in bed Ine vile, the houses full of gas. The I police and a doctor were summoned, and effsrte !made to restore animation. Two of the !sufferers named Briddock are still in a critical 'condition. A oaring assault and robbery on the railway is announced from Pans. The wife of a doctor who was tmvelhng from Italy, was founff bound and gagged in the compartment reserved for laniee. On being released she stated that while the train waa going at full speed an individual entered the compartment, and throwing himself upon her, stunued her with • blow on the head. He then bcnad her hand, and feet,  11 tbere.!  gagged her, and robbed her of 6,000 francs. The snowstorm in Sheffield and diatrict is almost without parallel in recent years. With slight intermissions, ;it has continued 61111:6 Thursday afternoon and =ow is still