Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-09-17 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUDDEN DEATH OF A PEER.  Lord Lovat died suddenly the other day when out Shooting on the moors belonging to The Mackintosh of Mackintosh, at Moy Hall, Joverness. His lordship had gone to the hill for a day's sport, and had been only a short time there when he felt dead. Medical assistance was sent for to Inverness, but it was of no avail. The deceased, who was the fifteenth baron, was born on December 21, 1828, and married in 1866 & daughter of Mr. Thomas Weld-Blundell. He was Lord Lieutenant of Inverness, and Aide de Camp to her Majesty. El:s eldest son, the Hon. Simon Joseph Fraser, Master of Lovat, sato was born in 1871, succeeds M the title.  A later message from Inverness states that his lordship left May Hall, the residence of The Mackintosh of Mackintosh, in the morning, apparently in the beet of health. Mr. Cameron, of Lochiel, and The Mackintosh accompanied him, but on arriving at the hill they parted company and took up different beats. About half-past eleven Mr. Cameron and The Mackintosh were startled by the announcement that Lord Lovat had suddenly dropped dead. The keepers at once bore the remains of his lordshin to Moy Hall, where Lady Lovat and the Hon. Mrs. Fraser are also staying. A messenger was at once dispatched to Inverness for assistance, and Dr. MiNee at once left for the Dalt. Death is believed to have been due to heart disease.  AT a public meeting at Bolton it has been resolved to erect workshops and bathe at the Children's Home, Edgworth, at a cost of £2OOO, as a memorial of the late Mr. James Barlow.  AT Scarborough a joiner named William Thirkill has been killed in a saw-mill. The decea.sed caught hold of the connecting rod of the engine and WEu immediately whirled round the main shaft, death being instantaneous. Tim St Mark Dock, Venice, has been grandly Illuminated, and a serenade his been performed In honour of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the British Squadron at present staying there. . . . .  Fr is inten2ded to follow up the Zeeting. of the National Liberal Federation at Nottingham neat mi nth by meetings in Leeds and other large provincial towns. There gatherings will be addressed by prominent members of the Liberal party.. _  AN old lady named Williams, aged 70, has just died in the Folkestone Infirmary from the result of • fall from a cart, which overturned, and necessitated her leg being amputated. She was one of the nurses in the Crimea.  Tins new railway line between Bulgaria and Berrie is now completed to within a distance of 25 kilometres of Sofia, and it is expected that locomotives will be able to traverse the whole extent of the line by the end of November. Six men and three women, including the widow Honors Crimmins and her two daughters, have been charged at Bruff, 'eounty Limerick, with resisting and assaulting the Sub-Sheriff, his bailiffs, and several policemen, during the eviction at Kilballyowen, near Herbertstown. ?dm Crimmins was sentenced to one month's imprisonment without hard labour, Denis Molloy to three months, and the other men to one month with hard labour. The two daughters were discharged. DR. CHMITON, the Coroner for Cheshire, held an inquest the other day at Nantwich on the body of Elizabeth Wright, aged 14, who, at a flower show, rt on a hobby horse and was riding round, when she was seen to be looking very 111. The man refused to stop and the girl fell off. On being picked up she Was found to be dead. The jury returned a verdict of" Death from natural causes,', but added that the man ought tohave stopped the machine when requested to do so. A CONFERENCH of Lancashire and Cheshire farmers has been held at Warrington to form an association to gain for the farmer better prices for milk from milk dealers. It was urged that milk dealers were obtaining as much or more for selling as the farmers did for producing the milk. Delegates were appointed to the Central Association in Manchester. It was stated that the movement was being heartily supported in Derbyshire, Shropshire, Lancashire, and Cheshire,  , IN connection with the determination of the Government to increase the amount of monetary assistance to volunteers, the War Office has just called upon officers commanding corps throughout the kingdom for a return of the number of unirorm greatcoats in their possession, in order to apportion the new grant in respect of them items of equipment.  A mime-noose musician nsmedJosiah Boswell, 30 years of age, has committed suicide its Birmingham Workhouse under peculiar circumstances. He was taken to that institution, and in consequence of his strange behaviour was placed in the lunatic ward. He there became violent, and was placed in a padded room and closely watched. During the night he tore off the hem of his shirt, which was made of stout material, and ty in g it round his neck strangled himself. The night porter making a call at the padded room found him dead. Wm.