The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1876-04-29 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

PAPERDANOINOS—The Cheapest House in Town —Wansbrough —9O, Duke-street. . Show-room— First floor. Satin papers, Is. Gold papers, Is. 6d. —A tryr. William Henry Jones and James Dowling were each fined £5 and costs at the Liverpool police court, on Saturday, for wantonly discharging firearms within the borough. The Liverpool borough magistrates on Saturday committed the woman Ellen Carson for trial, charged with the manslaughter of one of her children, whom she had cruelly neglected. At the Marylebone Police-court on Friday two tradesmen were summoned for having sold a quantity of adulterated butter, and in each case the magistrate imposed a penalty ofd. A pal lie breakfast in connection with the West Lancashire auxiliary to the London Missionary Society was held in Liverpool on Wednesday. The Rev. Dr. Moffat, the venerable missionary, was present. and delivered an interesting address. At the Sheffield police court, on Saturday, William Thompson, fish hawker, nephew "if Bendigo, the expugilist, was committed for trial for manslaughter. He had kicked his wife so severely on the 17th instant that she died a few days after. John IPCartney, who was struck on the head with an axe, sotne days ago, by a woman named Mary Ann Stirling, with whom he had cohabited, died in the Dundee Infirmary on Saturday, from the effects of the injuries. The woman is in custody. An accident on the Thames on Sunday caused the death of one of three young men, who had hired a boat for a row on the river. Two of the men were rowing, leaving the third to steer. The boat capsized, and the young man sank and was not seen again. Three lives were lost by the overturning of a fishing boat in a squall on the south coast of Cornwall on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased being missed when the other boats returned, search was mad-, and their boat was found stranded, bottom up, on Kemmick Beach. At noon on Wednesday, the ship J. R. Brown, inward bound from San Francisco, whilst going into the Birkenhead docks came into collision with the schooner Queen Mistly, which was at anchor. The schooner was damaged about the bows. Both vesssls were docked in the afternoon. A ,eatuan, named Challons, at Hull, murdered his wife by cutting her throat with a sheath knife, and then cut his own throat and ripped up his abdomen. He is not expected to recover. Ihe wife's intemperance is rumoured to be the origin of the quarrel which preceded the crime. An inquest was held at Liverpool on Friday, respecting the death of John Henry Blundill, a miller. The deceased had been stabbed seven times by a companion, named Richard Thompson, the cause, it was alleged, being jealousy. The jury returned a verdict of" Wilful murder" against Thompson. Lord Lyttelton was buried at Haglei, on Saturday afternoon. A large concourse of people were present, and the institutions in the neighbourhood in which his lordship took an interest sent delegates. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone were among the mourners. The Bishop of Oxford and the Rev. E. S. Talbot conducted the service. About one o'clock, on Wednesday morning, a fire broke out at the Dove Bank Mill, Mellor, near Stockport, occupied by Mr. Thomas Waller and Co., told others, and in a short time the structure was destroyed. The mill was fully covered by insurance. The east portion of the mill was destroyed three years ago, and had not been rebuilt. The inquest on Martha Challons, on Monday, resulted in a verdict of wilful murder against the husband, who is not expected to recover from the wound he inflicted on himself. It was shown that the woman was of most immoral and intemperate habits; and the jury, if they had had the power would have recommended the prisoner to mercy. On Saturday, at Kendal, George Haslatn. a mere youth, was committed for trial for stealing three gold tins, two timepieces, and several other articles, the property of Miss Johnson, of Preston ltichard, near Kendal. The house of the prosecntrix, who had been staying at Manchester since December last, had been broken into and ran. sacked. TH. Lk•Cr C: