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The Cotton Factory Times. — 1899-10-20 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

PART 1.  SYNOPSIS OF CILAPTIIRS I TO V. In the summer of 187— the internal state of affairs at flighbury Hall was something in this wise: Philip Lauderdale, poet, in love with, and engaged to, his cousin Blanche, the only child of Squire Lauderdale, owner of Highbury Ball, and most of the laud armed Lowthorpe. George Baring, the recently-appointed Rector of Lowthorpe, also in love with Blanche Lauderdale. Blanche, mostly in love with her own adorable self, deep in the sweets of a stealthy flirtation with the rector, halfprowl, half-afraid of her conquest, and wholly determined to conceal it from the knowledge of her fiancee, whose literary calling kept him in London, except on rare occasions, when he made a flying visit to Lowthorpe to see his uncle and his betrothed. I mention this fact specially, becanie from this deception of Blanche Lauderdale's came all the mystery, the darkness, that afterwards shrouded the family. Jenny, the orphan niece and ward of the Squire, and Dr. Jack Landerdale, a young man of bachelor proclivities, in character entirely opposed to his brother the, poet, make up the complement of the dramatis personas with whom we have chiefly to do in the meantime. One night Blanche and her father eat talking longer than usual, and then a note was despatched to the rector. Next morning the Squire was found dead in his chair. The family doctor says that death is the result of heart disease, but Dr. Mary Carr proves that a murder has been committed, a finding which the family resent. Dr. Jack regards the lady doctor with great contempt, and is only convinced that violence has had anything to do with the Squire's death alter the post-mortem had confirmed Dr. Mary Carr's opinion. A detective arrives, and soon finds out that Dr. Mary Carr is the only one who appears to be able to give any clue to the mystery. In an interview with Dr. Jack the Rector announces that he is engaged to Blanche, though everyone supposed Blanche to be engaged to Philip, and even Philip himself was under the same impression. Jack washes his hands of the matter, and reflects, "The jade shall fight her own battles." Blanche on her part appears to be stricken down with grief at her father's death, but she wishes no steps taken to unravel the tragic circumstances of it. Philip arrives from London. He is met by Blanche with the statement that she is going to marry Baring in deference to her father's wish. When the squire's latest will is discovered everyone is surprised by the codicil, which states that unless Philip marries Jenny be forfeits the estates. Philip won't hear of the conditions, and says the estates may go. It was further found that the will had been tampered with ; a piece had been torn off, and it had evidently been thrust in the fire and drawn oat again—by whom? And, although the detective sets to work on this clue, all the family with the whole affair let alone.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1885-02-27 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.  THE ADVANCE OF THE BERBER  FORCES.  THE MURDERERS OF COLONEL  STEWART.  The following telegram from Lord Wolseloy hie been received by the Secretary for War : KORTI 25th February. 1235 5 p m . .  _ News has been received from General Brackenbnry up to 4 p.m. 21st instant from Hebbeh, opposite lianiet Island. The whole force, including 780 animals, gain, and equipment complete. had then crossed to the right bank, and was to advance on Abu Ahmed, forty mile distant, at daybreak on the 22d. General Brackenbury had visited the scene of Stewart's murder and found sonic of Stewart's visiting cards, some papers belonging to Harbin and rower, and a shirt sleeve stained with blood. vy wart'. steamer, which now lies 16ft. above the preseht level of the water, was gutted and filled with sand. The house, and all the property of the blind man Fakir Etrnan who was one of the principal instigators of tbe murder, have been completely destroyed.  All the wounded are doing well, and there have been no deaths since the 12th instant. The health and spirits of the troops are excellent. Exclusive of wounded, there are only eighteen sick on the total force. (Morning Post Telegram.)  KORTI, Wednesday Evening. General Brackenbury reports from Hebbeh. opposite the island of Newsier, that he concentrated his iorces there on the 23rd instant, and had afterwards enu. menced crossing the river. By 2 p.m. on the 21st the whole force, with its 780 animals sod all the gun,, ammunition, stores, and equipments, had completed the dossing of tho Nile. General lirackenbary found Colonel Stewart's steamer still on the rock where she had sank with the ill-fated party. She was 16ft. above the water at its present level, and had been completely gutted. Much of the timber had also been removed.  General Brackenbury went to visit the scene where the murder had been enacted, which is about 4GO yards from the wreck. The only traces of this foul deed that remained discoverable were a few of Colonel Stewart's visiting cards, a shirt sleeve, which was stained with blood, and some papers which had belonged to B. Harbin, the French consul, and to Frank Power, General Brackenbury took Abe 13ekr, the node of Suleiman, to the place, and was told by him that when the steamer struck on the rock Fain i Etrna at once sent word to Suleiman at Salarnat. General Bracken. bury purposed advancing with the whole force under his command on the 22nd instant, his intention being to cross the river and proceed along the right bank. Tbe wounded are all doing very well. The spirits of the meu are excellent, and they are extremely-hopeful that they may meet the enemy either before or after reaching Abu Ahmed, which is about 40 miles distant front the point from which the last advices from Gen. Brackenbury were despatched. General Brackenbury has destroyed the houses of Fakri Etma and his other property.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1885-04-17 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

TEE TELEPHONE GIRL GETS A DOSE OF HER OWN MEDICINE.  The girl sat meditating upon the instability of beaux and the couquetry of belles, while half a, dozen couples were spooning over the lines, and again and again stamped upon the floor and ground her teeth as she thought of the inconsistency of James, whom she once regarded as her dry goods clerk, and hers alone. She knew he had " gone back " on her. She had seen him running after a false goddess, and had heard that at the roller-skating rink he glided here and there and everywhere over the smooth tloor with a pretty shop girl on his arm. She sprang up, and paced back and forth across the floor with frantic haste. "Revenge I r-r-r-revenge !" she muttered between her teeth, as she hurried to and fro, cleaving the thin air with her clenched fists. Just at that moment a thought came into her head, and she stopped in her frenzied race about the room, and snorted, " I have it. I know what I will do. I'll make his heart ache, and bring down his head in sorrow to the grave. I'll make him wish lie had died before the telephone was invented, or my name is not Sallie MeAtterty." Then she rushed to the key hoard, set a ping in 262, and pressed the call-button vigorously. " Hello !" cried the response. " Hello! is this Pat Gallagher?" That's what's the matter." This is Sallie McAfferty, the telephone girl. Now, Pat, I want you to do me a favour. You will, now, won't you ?" Av coorse I will Sallie. Pwhat do yez want 2" "When I call you up I want you to tell the man that talks to you all about that scrape Mollie McGuire got into last week. Don't mention her name, please. Just say her. You'll do it, now, won't you ?" "Never fear, Sallie, but I'll do it all right2"fhen the telephone girl felt good. She knew that the shop girl's father always called up the rink at nine o'clock, and, asking fir Jim, told him to bring his daughter home at once, as she must not be out any later. Before nine o'clock, however, Major Joe Pmgrey called for Pat Gallagher, and the telephone girl switched him on, forgetting all about the agreement. " Hello, Pat !" said Joe. "Hello, Joe!" "What ails the telephone girl to night? She is more prompt than usual." Pat's memory of his agreement with Sallie was very vivid, and he replied: "Why, she was down to the skatin' rink, when she caught her dress on the corner av ther base-fiddle an' tore the whole thing cunt her. The by's put their overcoats around her, though, an' took her down stairs. Terry's, and she got us as dhrunk as a lord, an' now none o' ther crowd won't associate wid ther bold thing any mere, an' she av got to rrinnin' wid Jim, an' that settles it." The telephone girl discovered the error, but too late, and now she wants to murder Pat.—Throat/1i
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1885-05-01 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

GROWLING.-What is the use of always growling and finding fault? Everybody will say "Give it up, of course." Nobody ever WV any good come out of such habits. Yet the weather is always too hot or too cold for sonic people; the meat is too well done or too raw; they sever want to do any. thing just when they are wanted to; they always want things different from what they are. What a pity such folks could not have the philosophy or good sense of the Irishman, who said it was "such a blessin' that night never conies on till late in the day, when a man is tired and can't work at all, at all."  "Do you keep overcoats here?" he asked, as he stopped in front of a clothing store. "Of course. Vhalk right in. I hat der best assortment in der hull State." "I want to ask you a plain question, and I want a square answer." "Certainly." "Have you an overcoat for $4 ?" " Vhell, you see —you— " "Never mind, now. I want a square answer to that question. Have you an overcoat for $4 ?" " Vhell—" •' Stop ; answer me yes or no." 'My frendt, I can't answer dot vhay. 1 hat some overcoats for $6, and if I can't sell you one for $B, den maybe I come down to $4. Come in uud we shplits der difference and calls it seven." THE Mouse EscAreo !—A lady, while engaged in the pursuit of her domestic duties, encountered a mouse in the flour barrel. Most ladies would have uttered a few shrieks, and sought safety in the garret; but this one summoned the man-servant and told him to get the gun, call the dog, and station himself at a convenient distance. Then she clambered upstairs, and commenced to punch the flour barrel with a pole. Presently the mouse started across the floor. The dog started in pursuit. The man tired, and the dog dropped dead. The lady fainted, fell down the stairs, and the man, thinking she was killed, and fearing that he would be arrested for murder, disappeared, and has not been seen since. The mouse escaped.  A young woman who got married, and finally getting the upper hand of her husband, thought it would be best for her to stop at home and have him to keep her. She at last left her work, and the first fortnight she never got up before ten o'clock; and her husband working not far distant med to come to his breakfast, having to get his own breakfast ready, besides kindling the fire. At the end of the fortnight he made up his mind to stand it no longer, and finding it the same, he rushed into the street and cried out as loud as he could, " Fire, fire." His wife hearing him, she put her head out of the window and exclaimed, "Where, where?" "Where, why, in every heause i't' row ony cams." It cured I.er.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1885-02-06 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

BOUGHT HER EY WEIGFIT.—A haricisome young gentleman having married an extremely ugly lady who was very rich, was asked by his friends how he could think of marrying so ordinary a woman. "Look ye," said he, "I bought her by weight, and paid nothing for fashion." Irish Attorney: "My dear madam, I find that your estate is heavily encumbered. You will have enough left to live on, but you must husband your resources." Widow: "Well, my daughter Sal is my only resource now." Attorney: " Ersctly, Husband her as soon as possible." Some strolling Thespians were once playing " Macbeth " in a country town. Their properties were not kept in a very systematic order, for when the hero of Sakespere's drama exclaimed, " Is that a dagger that I see before me?" A. shrill voice responded from the "flies," "No, sir; its the putty-knife. The dagger's lost." A miserly Church member, being excited by a sudden burst of eloquence from the minister, clapped his hands and shouted out, "Thank God for a free gospel. Twenty-five years have I been a Church member, and it has not cost me as many coppers!" " And may the Lord forgive yoor stingy soul !" exclaimed the preacher.  A domestic, newly engaged, presented to his master one morning a pair of boots the leg of one of which was much longer than the other. How comes it, Patrick, that these boots are not of the same length ?" "I really don't know, sor ; but what bothers me the most is that the pair downstairs are in the same fix. The frightful scream of a woman was heard in a house. Several men, who were passing along. rushed pell-mell into the house, thinking the woman was being murdered. "What's the matter ?" asked the man who entered first. "Oh, oh," sighed the woman, "Where is he? Where did he go ?" asked another, as she rushed here and there." "Oh in—oh ! —that hole in the corner, I think. It was a mouse."  "Don't you know it is very wrong to smoke, my boy," said an old lady to a youngster who persisted in puffing a cheap cigar. " Oh, I smoke for my health," answered the boy saucily. "But you never heard of a cure by smoking," she continued presently. "Oh, yes, I did," persisted the boy, blowing a big cloud "that's the way they cure pigs." "Smoke on then," quickly replied the old lady, "there's some hope for you yet."  An Irish barrister having lost his cause, which had been tried by three judges, one of whom was esteemed a very able lawyer, though the other two were but indifferent, some of the other barristers were merry on the occasion. "Well, now," said he, "who could help it when there was a hundred judges on the bench ?" "A hundred judges," said a sturdy stander-by, "there were but three." "By Saint Patrick," replied he, "there was one and two cyphers."  Emmy
The Warrington Examiner. — 1876-01-08 (Warrington, Cheshire, England)

THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A LYMM POLICEMAN. SENTENCES OF THE PRISONERS. At the Cheshire Sessions, held at Knutsford, on Thursday, before Mr. Horatio Lloyd and other magistrates, James Waldron, sun., James Waldron, sen., Luke and Michael Conroy, labourers, and Jas. Healey, shoemaker, were charged with maliciously wounding P.C. Wibberley, with intent to inflict upon him some grievous bodily harm. P.C. James Wibberley, whose head was covered with bandages, and who was accommodated with a chair whilst giving his evidence, stated that he had been in the police force for ten years. He was now stationed atWarburton, near Lymm. Shortly before ten o'clock on the night of Sunday, the 31st of October, he was on duty at Heatley, where he had gone to see that the publichonses were closed at the proper time. Opposite the beerhouse kept by a man named Egan the prosecutor saw a group of men, about a dozen in number, all of whom were making a noise. He went up to them and asked what was the matter, and not receiving an answer, he told them to go home. The younger Waldron stepped to the front and began to use abusive language, whereupon the officer laid hold of him by the arm, and afterwards by the collar. The prisoner Waldron then kicked Wibberley on the shins, and this was followed by a blow from behind, which felled the officer. While the officer was lying on the ground one of the prisoners—whom he believed to be the elder Waldron —kicked him on the front part of the top of his head. Wibberley then became insensible, and left on the road, it is presumed, for dead. He was found by Mr. Taylor, a farmer, and removed to a public-house, when he was attended by Dr. Brabazou, of Lymm, who found that he was in a very critical condition. He had a cold "surface," was covered with blood, had a weak pulse, and there were several weunds on the side and top of his head: On cutting off the prosecutor's beam a the doctor found a wound underneath his chin about two inches in extent. The flesh was completely separated from the bone, and there was a passage into the mouth, through which orifice the saliva flowed. Since the assault Wibberley has lost five of his teeth, and he is now in an enfeebled condition, and for some months he will be unable to attend to his duties. Mr. Marshall and Mr. Higgin prosecuted, and Mr. Sweteuham defended, The Chairman in passing sentence on the prisoners, who were all found guilty, said the prisoners had committed as gross an outrage upon the policeman as was ever investigated in that or any other court. The officer was doing no more than his duty, and doing it in a proper and mild way, and the court would protect him from such ruffians as the prisoners. The two Waldrons and Healey would be committed for twelve months with hard labour, and the Conroys, who didanot appear to have taken any active part in the assault, would be each imprisoned for six months with hard labour.
The Warrington Examiner. — 1876-09-30 (Warrington, Cheshire, England)

WARRINGTON PRUE WINNER AT THE) PHILADELPHIA. EXHIBITION. From the awards at the Philadelphia exhibition which have just been published it appears that out townsman, Mr. Alderman Houghton, of the Friars Green Wire Mill, Warrington, has been awarded a medal and diploma for steel wire and wire work. The specialities of the exhibition of Mr. Houghton are those of steel wire for pianoforte purposes, wire for colliery ropes, for watch and clock purposes, and for sewing machines. Mr. Houghton has in course of crec. tion, at Sankey Bridges, extensive works, which will be fitted up with the newest machinery and appliances fa the manufacture of wire, and when completed there ii no donbt that the new works will form a valuable ad• dition to the manufactories of the town.  In connection with the above about 60 of the employedi of the firm, were treated last night with a supper at Zglrs Ogden's, of the Blue Bell Inn, Hone. market-street, whose catering gave the greatest satis. faction. Some capital speeches were made, and some first class songs were sung. The company separated shortly before eleven, highly gratided with WAX evening's entertainment.  TRAGEDY AT ()Rosily, A crime of a painful nature wao committed at Great Crosby, near Liverpool, on Tuesday morning. AUM Morris, widow of a gentleman who for many years held a post in one of the Li ---verpool banks, had been despondent 01000 her hUsband'e death, and, having aPoPn a, she dtiYea groundless fear of approaching destitud t termined to put an end to the lives of her. a elf and her Children. She shot her two elder girls dead ; wounded—it is feared mortally—a third child attempted, but failed, to shoot another, and finallY discharged a revolver into her own head. It is not el 4 pected that Mrs. Morris will survive long. It is now stated that the injuries which Mrs. Morris milizted on herself are not so serious as was at first suPposed, and the surgeons are of opinion that she will recover. The unhappy woman regained her consciousness on Wednesday morning, and expressed her intense regret and horror at what she had done. She say s she was oppressed by a feeling which seemed to haunt her day and night, that she and her family would come tO poverty, and at last she became possessed with a frenzied determination to shoot all her children and then herself. It would appehr that this fear of povert, was an illusion' as it is stated she had eau annual in. come of £4OO. The injured boy Henry, lies in a very critical condition. At the Coroner's inquest, on Thursday, the jury roe turned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against MU( Morris, adding that she was in an unsound state of mind at the time.  Azannicuat rowan Cotio.—On Tueaday, Hardy Grantham was ohorged with being drunk whilst itt charge of o horse and. cart the previous night, and with assaulting P.O. Roscoe. Eie was remanded. Wm. Berry for being drunk and riotous at Dunhaw, and assemiting P.Q.'s Roscoe and Nixon, was brought boo foro Jonsour Zig., and remanded. APITY ,AIS, Jennaon, 0; 40$4014tarl fae out; whi gat% ftw WA TVA
The Warrington Examiner. — 1876-04-22 (Warrington, Cheshire, England)

FISH'S CONFESSION. Pollee Office, Town Hall, Blackburn, 17th April, 1870. 4.40 p.m.  The following statement was made by the prisoner, who was brought before the magistrates on Thursday on the charge of the wilful murder of Emily Holland, on the 28th March, 1876:—I told Constable Win. Parkinson that I had burned part of the clothes, and put the other part under the coals in my shop, and I now wish to say that I am guilty of the murder. I further wish to say that I do not want the innocent to suffer. At a few minutes after five o'clock in the even" tag I was standing at my shop door in Moss-street when the deceased child came past. She was going up Moss-street. I asked her to bring me one half ounce of tobacco from Cox's shop. She went and brought it to me. I asked her to go into my shop. She did. I asked her to go upstairs, and she did. I went with her. I tried to abuse her, and she was nearly dead. I then cut her throat with a razor. This was in the front room near the fire. I then carried the body downstairs into the shop, cut off her head, arms, and legs, wrarpad up the body in newspapers on the floor, wrapped up the legs also in newspapers, and put those parcels into a box in the back kitchen. The arms and head I put in the fire. On the Wednesday afternoon I took the parcel containing the legs to Lower Cunliffe, and at nine o'clock that night I took the parcel containing the body to a field at Bastwell, and threw it over the wall. On Friday afternoon I burnt part of the clothing. On the Wednesday morning I took a Part of the head which was unburnt and put it up the chimney in the front bedroom. I further wish to say that I did all myself. No other person had anything to do with it. The foregoing statement has been read ever to me and is correct. It is nty voluntary statement, and before I made it I was told that it would be taken down in writing, and given in evidence against me. (Signed) WruLtat Ma.  Witnesses Robert Eastwood, Superintendent. William Read, Superintendent. Joseph Potts, Chief Constable. After further evidence, The prisoner, in answer to the Deputy-coroner, said he had nothing whatever to say. The Coroner then proceeded to sum up, and After a brief consultation, the Foreman said : Mr. Coroner, the jury have come to a unanimous verdict of "Wilful murder" against William Fish. The Coroner (addressing Fab, who was requested to stand up) said: You have beard the verdict of the jury ; DOW it will be necessary for me to commit you to Kirkdale Gaol, probably to take your trial at the Liverpool Astizes for the wilful murder of Emily Holland. Do you understand? The prisoner, in reply, slightly bowed his head. The Coroner: You are committed to take your trial at the next Liverpool ABBiZE4 The proceedings then terminated.