The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-09-01 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

SUICIDE OP' A WODIAIC—Mr. Coroner Graham held an inquiry at Lanchester, Durham, on Tuesday, touching the death of a woman named Hatchmson, whose body was found lathe river on Monday. Fifteen years ago the deceased's husband died, leaving her with two sons. Mrs. Hutchinson has had two illegitimate children since then, and she has been deserted by her two sons, and this seems to have affected her mina. On Friday morning last week she took her two illegitimate children away from the house of a relative where they had been staying, and proceeding lathe edge of a river, told them she would throw them into the water first and toss lurself in afterwards. The children, who are ten and seven years of age respectively, made their escape, and on looking round they now their mother jumpinto the water. The children walked to Shotloy Bridge, seven miles distant, the same night, and informed an uncle of what had happened. The ,jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity., TWO] brothers of deceased also committed suicide, one by hanging himself at Sedgeficld Asylum, and the ether by poisoning himself. THE FRENCH HA nvEsT.—The annual pamphlet published by Messrs. Barthideney-Estienne, of Marseilles, containing the reports of their correspondents in the departments concerning the prospects of the her.. vest, states that as regards corn, in 2 departments the prospect is very good; in 18, good; in 2, pretty gent; in 32, pose; and in 9, bad. This report is much the some as that of last year—that is, 47 in all are satisfactory, and 41 unsatisfactory. Of the satisfactory, the following departments also figured as snob last year .—Hante-Savoie, Rare, Finist4e, Haute-Barne, Seine-Inferieure, Aveyren, Cher, Cotesolu.Nord, Litreet-Loir, Indre-et-Loire, Jura, Loiret, Manche, Menu-the.. et-Moselle, Nord, Paade.Calais, and Vo.ges. The Rhone and Garonne Valleys are those furnishing the worst reports. The Loire Valley is not so fortunate this year as last, and the ?Seine Valley remains the most favoured. As regards oats, the harvest is reported to be very good in 4 departments, good in 27, pretty good in 28, poor in 21, and bad in 2. Rye is very good in 4, good in 10. pretty good in 15, and poor in ,32. departments. In 11 the crop has been very bad.  A PERILOUS lIIDE.-011 Saturday a sailor, riarckei James William Calor+, was charged before the Hertford comity magistrates, with riding on the Great Northern Railway without having previously paid his fare. As the nine o'clock p.m. Scotch express was leaving Ring's Cross Station a man was noticed lying upon the foot. board of one of the carriages. The train dos not usually stop until reaching Peterborough, and trt,vd, at the rate of fifty miles an hour. A telegram Woo ile• spatched to Hatfield to stop the train, and on its heir r, brought to a standstill the man wan soen to roll off the footboard, and was at once taken into custody. He stated that he had only arrived in London on Monday from Melbourne, and after being paid off, and getting very tipsy, he went to the station on Thursday to see three of his mates off to Glasgow. The last thing he remembered was drinking something out of a bottle through the carriage window, and then he knew nothing more until he found himseitsomewhere between London and Hatfield, riding fultlength upon the footboard, and when the train stopped he rolled off. He harl no intention to ride upon the train, and did not. wish to leave London. The magistrates dismissed the prisoner, thinks ing, probably, that he bad already been expoed to 9ota.k dent danger.