Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1872-01-25 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

WIFE SAWN TO PIECES BY HER HUSBAND.— IL man, named Casimir Vignal, has just been tried at the Loire Assizes on a charge of murdering his wife, whose corpse he disposed of by sawing it in pieces, and throwing them into the river near SaintChamond. The murderer was formerly a member if a religious fraternity, which he quitted because he could not agree with some of the regulations. He afterwards married a young woman named Claudine Piret, of whom he entertained feelings of jealouy. She disappeared in September, 1870, at wi-ich time it is supposed the crime was committed. To the enquiries made concerning her, the murderer (who has confessed his crime) told two different stories ; one being that she had gone into service at Lyons, and the other that she had followed the Mobiles who left that part of the country. The discovery of the murder was made as far back as January last. Some workmen, employed at a woollen factory, found the trunk of a woman in the weir connected with the works. The head, arms, and legs were gone, having evidently been cut off with a saw. A search was made for the other portions of the body, and the river being dragged, the head and other portions were all found, and the corpse identified as that of Vignal's wife. In his defence, he pleaded that his vietitit was a liar, a glutton; and a thief, and unfaithful towards him. The tribunal found the prisoner guilty without premeditation, and he WU sentenced to hard labour for life.  Siztonumnrito ON THE Trzut.—At present there are no less than thirty-two iron steamers building on the Tyne, with a tonnage considerably exceeding 1,000 tons each. Six are over 2,000 tons each. The general business arrangements in iron shipbuilding on the Tyne are being made for building steamers of a high tonnage. But besides the alterations that have been and are being made in that direction by the shipbuilding trade, manufacturers of marine engines are also arranging establishments for building boilers and putting engines on board vessels of large tonnage. The well-known dockyard of Messrs T. and W. Smith, at St. Peter's, where some of the finest wooden merchant ships ever afloat were built, is being transformed into an enormous boiler-making establishment for Messrs R. and W. Hawthorn and Co., who will shift that branch of their factory to St. Peter's entirely. It is being also fitted up with the most approved machinery for boiler-making, and shears are being erected to lift 40 tons on board new steamers, which will have their engines placed on board there instead of along&de the building yards, or by the large crane at Newcastle Quay. Messrs R. and W. Hawthorn and Co. are also re-fitting an engine establishment in the Close, where it is anticipated they will do most of their screw-shafting and other heavy work. When the boiler building establishment is entirely removed to St. Peter's, the firm will extend the locomotive branch of their extensive works on the Forth Banks.—" ELFIN" in Newcastle Chrosicle.  VALUABLE DISCOVERY YOB THE HAIR !!-A very nicely perfumed hair dressing called "The Mexican Hair Renewer," now being sold by most Chemists and Per flutters at 3s 6d per bottle, is fast superseding all "Hair Restorers"— for it will positively restore in very case Grey or White hair to its original colour, by a few applications; without dyeing it, or leaving the disagreeable smell of most "Restorers.' It makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the growth on bald spots, where the hair glands are not decayed. Certificate from Dr Versmann on every bottle, with full particulars. Ask for "THE MEXICAN HAIR RENEWER," prepared by H. C. HALLITP, 493, Oxford-street, London.  Bnovrtes BRONCHIAL Twain, for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, or any irritation or soreness of the throat are now imported and sold in this country at Is lid per box, put up in the form 0 a "lozenge." It is the most convenient, pleasant, safe and sure remedy for elearing and strengthening the voice known in the world The Rev Henry Ward Beecher says: I have often rhcommend..d them to my friends whe were public speakers, and in many oases they have proved extremely serviceable." The genuine have the words "Brown's Bronchial Troches' on the Government stamp around each box. Sold by all medicine vendors.—London Depot, 493, Oxford-street.  _