The Northern Guardian. — 1892-12-12 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.  WHOLES/U.K.—Footballs' Christmas Toys, Fancy Goods, &c., cheapest at LAVERICK'S, Whitby Street, West Hartlepool.—Advt. WAKE UP, JIMMY! Don't lose a quarter! Buy one of Crosier's Alarm Clocks, 3s 6d. The best and cheapest shop in the Hartlepools for Watch, Clock, and Jewellery repairs, 76, Lynn Street.—Advt.  . _ Martin Burke, one of the men convicted of the murder of Dr. Cronin, at Chicago, has died in prison at Joliet, Illinois.  A fine specimen of the now rare British bird, the bittern, was shot on Thursday evening at Burton Bradstock by Mr F. J. Unica, of that village. Whilst in 1880 there were only 1,807 schools and 61,688 scholars in India, there are now 3,503 schools and 135,565 scholars, an increase of 1,696 schools and 73,877 scholars. The Princess of Wales telegraphed to the British Embassy at Rome to lay a wreath on the coffin of the late Professor Corrodi, the artist, whose funeral took place on Saturday. The premises of Mr Bourdelof, jeweller and clockmaker, Kennington Road, London, were entered by burglars early on Saturday morning, and the contents of the shop removed. At West Hartlepool, to-day, a woman named Mary Ann Burke was fined 10s and 78 costs for using obscene language in Thorn Street on the 3rd inst. P.C. Iveson proved the case. At Warwick Assizes, on Saturday afternoon, the Grand Jury threw out the bill against the soldiers King and Welch, charged with the wilful murder of a civilian named Russell, at Warwick, on November 19th.  A day or two ago a corncrake was caught in the neighbourhood of Pentrefelin, Llangollen. As it is a bird of passage, and seen in Great Britain during the summer months only, the capture is considered a remarkable one.  The fine recently imposed in connection with the Trade Marks Act upon Mr Lipton, the well-known tea and provision merchant, by the Belfast magistrates, has been fully refunded by command of the Lord Lieutenant. We notice our local artist, Mr F. W. Marston, who recently so successfully restored the picture of West Hartlepool, by Carmichael, has removed to a more suitable studio, above Mr Young & Co.'s, tobacconists, new shop in Lynn Street. The infant mortality of Tokio is high, owing to the too early exposure of new-horn children. It is not unusual to see a week-old baby strapped on the back of a child about eight and sent out to be jumbled about as its infant nurse plays and romps with other children in the street. It would be interesting, though perhaps unpleasant, to know bow many cemeteries are drained into rivers from which a water supply is drawn. Oxford is stated to have four burial grounds which drain into the Thames, and that city is probably only one among many which can boast of an equally sanitary arrangement. On Saturday morning, while the 7.48 fast London and North-Western train from Watford to Euston was running through Sudbury Station, the side rod of the engine broke and pierced the water tank. The train was at once stopped, and although some of the passengers complained of being shaken, they were able to proceed by another train. Much sympathy is being locally evinced for the family of the Rev. James Candelet, of Southport, and his wife, both of whom died within three or four days of each other, and were buried together. After the death of her husband, Mrs Candelet ordered a wreath for his coffin, with the incription, "From his sorrowing wife." She died suddenly afterwards.