Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1870-01-07 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

HORRID STORY FROM GERMANY.  The Cologne Gazette relates a horrid story as enacted at Schein:um in the Government of Posen. A country girl, living not far from that place, had received her inheritanco of 300 thalere from the authorities there. On her return home she spent the night in a village. Having no acquaintance there, she took refuge with a judge, to whom, in virtue of his position, she gave her whole confidence, and informed him of the object of her journey. Ile was ready to take her in, and advised her to go to bed with his wife. When all lay in a deep sleep, the covetous lio,t got up, went into the garden, and deg a hole there. Ile then took a sharp knife, went up to the bed where the two were asleep, raid with a steady haud cut the throat of the person lying furthest from the wall, took up his victim, and buried her in the garden. When he c.itne back he found the bed empty. He had murdered his own wife ins earl of the stranger. The wife lay close to the wall during the evening, but had afterwards moved to the outer side of the bed. The girl had got out of bed after the tnurder, and hastened away with her money.  On Tuesday morning Elizabeth Barry was indicted, at the Quarter Sessions at Reading, for having, on the Bth October last, unlawfully carried away a liltle girl, seventeen months old, daughter of Colonel Hickie, and taken her to Liverlu,..l. The pri,>oner pleaded not guilty, and declared she meant to give up the child. She was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment, with hard labour.  In addition to the numerous outrages committed in Ireland in the latter part of lamt week, two more are reported. Both occurred in the county of Mayo on Saturday. In one case Mr Crotty, a tarmer, was shot at from behind a hedge near Ballincove. and narrowly escaped injury ; and in the oilier a man is reported to have been shot near Crossmolina, but no further particulars are given.  The two men, Doherty and Tighe, who made a brutal attack on another man named Murgatroyd, in a public-house in Leeds on the 27th ult., and who were charged with having murdered lOW, were further examined before the magistrates on Tuesday, and were committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. The inquest was also brought to a termination on Tuesday, and it resulted in a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the prisoners.  The election of Captain Greville-Nugent for Longford County did not pass (If without disturb• ance. A collisiou between rival mobs at Longford was prevented by the military, hut at Granard there was a serious riot, in which houses were wrecked, and a general fight took place. The soldiers, it is raid, fired 011 the rioters, but no one was injured. The election for Queen's County took place on Tuesday, and resulted in the return of Mr Deese. There was no opposition, and therefore no disturbance.  Of the 240 petitions for privatebillsdeposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of,Commons, 94 are for railways; but they are generally tor further powers, abaudonment, amalgamation. capital &c. No new line of importance will be brought forward during the session. The bills most contested will be the tramway bills. Of these there are 24. There are 59 gas and water bills, and 65 miscellaneous bills. With respect to these some strong local fights are anticipated; but, as a whole, the private bill business of the session is likely to be unusually short.