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Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1894-02-09 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

LANCASTER STANDARD AND COUNTY ADVERTISER, FEBRUARY 9, DM.  home, as he said he had lost the key. On the way he threatened to cut his throat, and in consequence of this. after breaking open the door, the young men went upstairs with him, saw him into bed, and took away two razors they found lying on a chair at the bedside. They afterwards informed the police of the circumstances. On Saturday he was seen several timm, complaining of being withont money. Mr. Lines, landlord of the Bull Hotel, gave biro a chilling, and with this he appeared to have called at the shop of Mr. Fell, chemist, and purchased about half an ounce of prussic acid, stating that he wished to poison a dog, and wanted a good dose so that it would soon end its misery, The transaction was entered in the poisons book in the usual way, and signed by decemed, whom all the witnesses described as perfectly sower. He was not 84.11 all day on Sunday. although the back door was wide open. Information was given to P.S. Patch, and that officer entered the house about nine o'clock the same night, and found deceased in bed partially dressed, but quite dead. tinder the bed he found the bottle deceased had purchased. which was quite empty--Dr. Clegg stated that all the symptoms pointed to death by prussic acid—The Coroner having summed up, the Jury, after about ten minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict That the deceased had committed suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind." Senors-rink Excussiox,s.- -On Tuesday, the Mid. land Company ran day excursions to Leeds and Bradford, which were largely patronised. 193 booking at Morecambe for Bradford, and 142 for Leeds. From Lancaster the numbers were : Leeds, 161 ; Bradford, 92. During the afternoon, a well-tilled half-day trip arrived from YOrkflhire. YOUNG Menu
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1894-07-20 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

LANCASTER BOARD OF GUARDIANS.  The fortnightly meeting of this Board was held in the Boardroom. in Daltou-squore, on Saturday afternoon, when the following gentlemen were present : —Mr. E. B. Dawson, (in the chair), Messrs. S. Satterthwaite, E. Storey, I. H. Storey, R. I. Hall, J. Kitchen. J. Albright, T. Bayley. T. Ball, J. Kellet, W. Dodd, W. Bateson, H. G. Smith, J. Clarke, A. Baxter, T. G. Thompson. T. Askew, A. Kilshaw, J. Porker and T. Thwaites.  The mioutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.  The Clerk read the report of the Finance Cornmittee, showing that the quarterly accounts amounted to £673 on the invoice account, and ASO on the common fund account; as against I £613 and £594 respectively for the correnponding quarter of last year. There was thus an increase of £6O on the invoice account which was accounted for more particularly to firewood purchased. There had been an extra stock bought to the &mond of £59 9s. Id., but it was a profitable undertaking. With regard to the common fund account there was an increase of £B6, which was owing to the maintenance of lunatics. He had to call attention nearly every quarter to the increase , in lunatic maintenance, and this quarter the ! amount was £54. There was an item in thin I quarter's accounts which did not appear in the corresponding quarter of last year, namely, rates and tate., but practically there was very little difference in the main items between this quarter and the corresponding quarter last year for common fund purposes. Mr. KITCHEN inquired if the increase in lunatic maintenance referred to the number or the amount.  The Clerk replied that the charge was the same, bat they had more patients. The miautes of the Finance Committee were  The Clerk reported that since the last !meting there had been a suicide t the Workhouse, and that an inquest was held on the 6th mat.--Also that Mr. Jenner-Fust had sent to him a number of tables showing the out-relict and in-maintersince and statistics as to pauperism in Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Cheshire. He had received a letter too from the Clerk of the Peace enclosing a copy of an order which the County Council proposed to issue to constitute the township of Carnforth ar:i.urbf.nnitary district.  The CLERK said he hail received a letter from the Local Government Board with respect to a matter he reported some time ago. They would reeelleet that the district auditor adjourned the audit in consequence of the excessive expenditure on the alteration at the Workhouse. They had spent £lOO more than the authorised amount, and the auditor thought the Local Government Board would be justified in surcharging it, and so lie adjourned the audit in order that he (the Clerk) , might lay the matter before then,. He had now received a letter from the Local Government Board, from which it appeared that a further order would be necessary to authorise the sum expended in excess of the amount of £l,
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1894-07-20 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

COWS. £l5 15s. to £2l 7s. 6d. Prices per lb.:— Heifers. 6d. to 60. ; cows, 5.0. to 6d.; veal calves, 50. to 6d. ; lambs, 81. to 9d.; shearlings. 70. to Bd. ; horned wethere, 7d. to 74. d.: ewes, 59d. to 6d. CENTRAL Hone Mntsrox.—The usual service was held in this hall last Sunday. An open-air meeting took place in Ann-street, after which the company returned to the hall. Addresses were given by Mr. Ball at the open-air meeting, and by the Secretary (Mr. J. R. Brash) at the hall. A duet was sung by Mrs. Barley and Miss E. Brash. The lessons were read by Miss Blakey. New SPINNINO MILL FOR PRRsiON.--Considerable satisfaction is felt in Preston at the news that the Preston Cotton Spinning and Mannfacturing Company contemplate erecting a new spinning mill, oontaining 100,000 spindles. Mr. Tomlinson, the senior member for the borough, has promised to virtually give the .impany three acres of land, and two additional acreS can be secured on easy terms.  Solemn BATHER nun Pamox.—At Preston, on Tuesday, the body of John Hilton Green, loomer, 40, was found hanging in a common lodging-house suspended from a rape attached to a nail in the wall. For some time deceased hadbeen in trouble, and the fact that two warrants were out for his arrest had preyed upon his mind. He committed suicide by putting the rope over the nail and jumping from a chair. GAYE DEALERS' Lacemses.--Moodav was the day fixed for the renewal of game licenses for the borough of Lancaster. During the past year four persons have held licenses to deal in game, and there were no fresh applications. The borough magistrates renewed the following licenses :--Mr. Wm. Snape, Market-street; Mr. Charles W. Parker, Market-street; Mr. James Rowe, Railway-street ; and Mrs. Jane Murray, New Market Entrance.  HEAVY Frkk FOR Brnonxxo' Ben--On Saturday last, at the Preston County Police Court, John Hey., landlord of the Withy Trees Hotel, Fulwood, near Preston, was summoned for unlawfully mixing 15th. weight of sugar with 567 gallons of wort and beer to increase the gravity. The prosecution was at the instance of the Inland Revenue Commissioners. Mr. Blackhurst, who defended, admitted the offence, and said the sugar was added solely with the view of making the beer more palatable. A fine of £25 to cover costs was inflicted.  LORD NORTFIROCRN6 AND rue GLADSTONIAN —Lord Northbourne has declined to become president of the new Gateshead Liberal Club. In writing to the secretary he states that since Mr. Gladstone's retirement he desires to remain perfectly unfettered in respect of any future coarse be may wish to take. Lord Northbourne, then the Hon. Walter James, was returned for Gateshead in 1874, and continued to represent that borough in the Gladstonian interest until the early part of 1893, when, no the death of his father, he succeeded to the peerage.—Mr. J. H. Bottomley contested Gateshead against the Hon. Welter James in 1885, polling 1.500 more votes than were recorded for any Conservative candidate there before.
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1894-08-10 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

INTELLIGENCE. The fellerdeq remotionn eel Appeintraopte are are snooaneed in the beedeit Gazer,  Friday night and stayed until Sunday evening. lie was .her at the time and gave as his reason for not going home that he was not very well. He had his insole in the house and slept there on Friday and Saturday nights. He went out of the house between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday morning, corning back at nine in the evening, and on being a.sked where be had been, he replied, walking about lie did not know where. The dec.sed left Snatchenis about half-past nine on Sunday night, stating that ne was going home to his work. From the statement of Mr. Taylor it appears that Kirkham had left to go to Kellet haymaking. He was net exactly a steady workman, and about a month since went away from his work for some days.. that be did not think very much about deceased's absence. On Wednesday Mr. Taylor went into one of the barns and found Kirkham banging by the neck. His legs were nearly touching the ground, he being suspended from a beam round which he had pat his belt, buckled it, pet his handkerchief through and ' then tied it round his neck. There were some trus.e of hay on which he could have stepped to reach the beam. and the body was cold and stiff as though he had been dead for .me time. The police were sent for immediately, and a constable searched the clothes but found no money on him. After the coroner had summed up the jury retur.led a verdict that the deceased had corn. snitt,d suicide whilst temporarily insane.  Several drowning accidents were reported. I Four men were cepsisei from their punts at New Brighton, Cheshire, bet were ultimately all I emceed. Two men, however, who put off to their moistenne in a very small boat were oleo cap. sieed and were drowned. Two men were drowned while boating near Ennis, on Sunday, and a termer lost his life through his boat being upset on the River Eden, near Cart: le on Sunday.  LINE BATTALIe.. The Bing'm Own (Rood Lancaider) Regiment.— Lieutement Thomas Duncan Lech Whittington. from the 3rd Battalion, to be serneid.linutensnt in sneee,„ pion to Lientenant M. R. De B. James. seconded datnd Bth August, 1894. The Foot Lancashirc Regiment. —Quartermaster and Honorary Captain William 11. Harrison retires on retired pep: dated Bth August. 1294. SergeantMajor Maurice Barry to be quartermaster, with the honorsa, rank of lieutenant. eqrr Honorary Captain W. H. Harrison ; dated Bth August, 1894. Vouisrasits. 3rd RsltAlion the Prince of Wales's Volunteer (Routh I.Pimashire Regimentl.—Cantoin Arthur Geo. w,dker skirl.... retired pwv, late 2nd Battalion, to be exptain; dated let August, 1292. Bth Lancashire Artillery.—Cantain H. W. Draper resigns his commission dated Bth Angola, 1894.  3411 IND 4:1( POSITION! HATTTIORS, AT IT VoLOOTTER
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1894-08-10 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

FROM HYDROPHOBIA. —Mr. Stevenson, s young officer in the 93rd Highlanders, has juist died at liirkenhead ender most remarkable circumstances. Two months ago, while on service with his regiment in he was bitten by a dog which he stopped to pats As it was afterwards found the dog was mad, Lieutenant Stevens. was sent off to Pasteur's Institute, Paris, iron, where he returned home to to Birkenhead a fortnight ago, apparently quite cured, and in robust tallith. On Monday he was taken ill again, and died three days later from • peculiar form of hydro', bobia, the throat alone being affected. THE Roansioe or s Pamessa's thieves who entered the house of Prin. Solly• koff, at Slough, and stole property valued at three thousand pounds were remarkably forbearing. They took away the key of the tate in the Fri., °ewes room, and as the safe was found to be locked it was naturally supposed that the thieves had helped themselves to the contents and carried off the key in order to delay the discovery of the robbery. Afterwards. however. workmen employed by the police drilled through the door of the safe and opened it, when a quantity of very valuable property was found 11114. Ct. The discovery does not render the burglary less mysterious that it appeared at first. DEAT/I BEFORE Toe Virousnousr.—A terrible story of poverty was told at an inquest in London last Friday touching the death of Charles Batten, a packer, and his wife Eliza, through oralio aoid ' poisoning. It appenrecl from a letter left by the husband that the couple bad poisoned themselrea, rather than go to Ike workhou.. They had no money, and they owed two week,' rent. 1"89111... ticket's found iu their room (which, one of thff police constablei stated. was beautifully clean showed that even the woman's wedding ring keeper had gone for food. The Coroner said t it was a very distressing story, and he coulO.n help thinking that horror of the workhouse nii in a great measure be done away with if system of claseitication now in vogue at She were adopted throughout the country. The c returned a verdict of suicide whilst of e" I mind, brought about by distress.  aend im. r mem:. It is cost about . during the one, who pm. , together with asiety to incenses ornmodation assosod they admit that .ar short of what is andered this onsvoideistone entertains some it may be possible to don declare that they will conseat in Ireland. This etste. swayed with a certain reserve, ,rty is given to loud-sounding The contemplated campaign is .11, it is said, may menace Colonel and Mr. Dunbar Barton, will be purely ,tgain, very little importance is at. the Unionist managers to the rumour . Devitt will attempt to evict Mr. T. W. .1 from South Tyrone. The constituency IS in which the priestly influence oounts for y little, and otherwise Mr. Davitt's qualifies. arts for slimess are few. The Irish Unionists adroit that the upshot of the nest general election is very uncertain, but they do not fear loss, and may gain some five or sin seats. so'n DV,. OF A
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1894-08-10 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

CANAL.--The Right Hon. Jacob Bright, M.P., presided on Tuesday night at a meeting of Ship Canal shareholders preliminary to the forthcoming conference intended to advance the commercial interests of the Canal. lie proposed a resolntion expressing unabated confidence in the commercial ',aloe and economical importance of the greet waterway and 1 hearty aproval of the important programme of practical work arranged for the conference to undertake in furtherance of the interests of the Canal, and therefore of the city of Manchester. This was wooded by Mr. J. R. Beard, and passed. A resolution was also adopted for the formation of • guarantee fund for defraying the expenses of the conference. It in expected that the gathering will take place early in October. - -  - - o Bonn or Team; Sarcasm—The Board of Trade returns for July show that the imports for the month amounted to £31,845,553, against £33,293,191 in the corresponding month of last year, being a decrease of £1.447,638, and the exports for the month totalled £18.398,536. compered with £19.651,374 in July last year, or adocrease of £1,252,838. For the seven months ending July the imports amounted to £242.843,520, as compared with £230,930,451 in the corresponding period of last year, being an in. crease of £11.913.069, and the exports for the seven months amounted to £125,282,011, against £127,429,314 in the same period of 1893, or a decrease of £2.147,303. Bscixo Lorresras AT Livraeout.—Edward Butterworth was charged, on remand, at the City Police Court, last Friday, with knowingly suffering to be kept open a lottery at his printing works in Mill-street and Cotter-street, and with aiding and aseisting Henry Sharpe to keeps lottery in Brownlow-hill. Sharpe woe charged with keeping a lottery in Mill-street, Cotter-street, Browulowhill, and Scotland-road, and Daniel Sedwards was charged with assisting him. After hearing the case against Sharpe, Mr. Stewart said he would convict him an a rogue and vagabond, and defer judgment pending the result of a communication with the Attorney-General. Prisoner was remanded. as were also Butterworth and Bedwards.  Semmes sso Arrstnerso Sricioss. —On Thursday night a married woman earned Ellen Melling, of Wigan, attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat with a table knife. A medical man was soon on the spot, and dressed the wound which she had inflicted. The woman has been in ill-health for • considerable time. About three mouths ago her sister committed suicide by swallowing a quantity of carbolic acid.—Edith Welch, the young lady who tried to drown herself at Worthing. on Thursday. was charged on remand last Friday with attempting to commit suicide, and being certified by Dr. Hindu, police surgeon. : ae insane, she was ordered to be sent to the : county lunatic asylum. She is the daughter of Mr. Welch, who was mnrderePnt Colcl,wtersome time since, and has been placed nnder restraint before, but recovered and returned to her friends.  13USSMEN'S
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1902-11-28 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

PIMP MD- ' Pelee U. led. &ad li. IM. field everywhere by ; stamped envelope. "Celia," it, lesdeal.Stneeek yloyed. He weighed 1701 b., and ia thought to 1 chemists and seadidee eszniere. Bright:ea. Seem. IMO i  04-:>4.4  0 0 4 A> <,  It is not what you would call a light and cheerful topic. but did you ever think of the curious ways in which different people regard death? The Chinese, for instance. are rather proud than otherwise to die. If you insult a man and he wants to do you a bad turn he will come and commit suicide on your doorstep. Everybody who is anybody has his coffin in his house ready for his interment. lam not sure whether Li Hung Chang did not carry his coffin with him all over Europe on his famous visit ! here in the nineties. Certainly Admiral Ting. who was beaten by the Japanese at Yalu. had his coffin in lii. cabin. It would come in useful, for who!' he saw that he I was beaten he promptly committed suicide. . I remember a trit, story of a Chinese woman who went into a great rage because her son, in time of famine, sold her coffin !to save the family from starvation. At , the time she was dying, and this act of Iv r son's made her worse. She only came se ! and went on with her dying quietly whm , her son bought new wood and 'he heard I the sound of him hammering a fresh coffin ,1 beneath her bedroom window. Then she I was happy. for she saw that hcr son still loved her.  The list. in "T. P.'s Weekly" however, very scrappy and it only touches the fring, of this question. I remember the King, when Prince of Wales, writing through Sir Francis Knollys saying that "Robinson Crusoe" was the "favourite hook" of his childhood. Philosophers, poets, statesmen—all sorts of men have revelled in this wonderful book. Coleridge, Johr. Stuart Mill, John Burns. Rossetti, Lord Wolseley. Profe'ssor Huxley. Sir Henry Thompson. Mr. Santley, Sir Walter Besant. Professor Lecky these are but a few names which I remember as belonging to men who have stated publicly that the charms of literature were first unfolded to them by a perusal of "Ro1). inson Crusoe."
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1902-10-17 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

WIDOW ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. theTr the sentenceairmanl the is legal or not ourt is mums . • Mary Jane Day, 37, charwoman, living at he Ch: am sure C* obliged to you. hut I sin afraid the proceedings Barrow, pleaded guilty to attempting suicide. we have adopted are irreversible. 1 From the evidence it seems that prisoner Mr. Kavanagh: Not irreversible in this sense threw herself in the Cavendish Dock on hit —that you can reserve a case on behalf of any September. She was seen by a workman and prisoner and submit it to the King's Bench. : dragged out. When taken, into custody she The Chairman There are other members of said to the sergeant that she didn't care if the bar present who have been in the habit she got 20 years for it; her mother had turned of attending these Sessions regularly, and this . her out. She had seven children and her saris the first occasion attention has been called roundings had not been the best. Her father to the point. and mother drank and since prisoner had been Mr. Sharpe said he thought his friend Mr. I a widow she had taken to drinking. Kavanagh waS strictly CorreCt, i*lt it had not Prisoner stated that she could go to a friend been the practice of that Court to formally at Barrow if liberated, but the Bench on hearadopt that course. A statement in defence of Mg where it was, stated that they were not a prisoner had been handed up. arid it was felt satisfied she would be removed from her bad that the same result was obtained. surroundings. The sentence would be a nomMr. Kavanagh subsequently read the law on inal one, a nionth's imprisbnment, and on her the question. discharge the officer of ffie Prisoners' Aid SoPrisoners were afterwards formally asked if • ciety would be asked to give special attention they had anything to say before being sen- to her ease. fenced.
Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1902-12-24 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

SIT 111.—Prituroae Letiglie meeting at Burtan Ranter sends .22 2a.: total ree . Westmorland in 'airport of the Bditrat Bill. , of 1111,1141/  lioniiiey opens Chuich Rom, nt Las. which wa iurmerly residenc* of espres,ed desire in I that house hoiih,t be made use or to hie used connection with er Electric Tramways, is delivered oration by Lancaster Wagon Works  line. M.P. goes on tear throigh the suer snit lidilret.se first meeting at  at Laneaster on child named Horne IS &mined in a dolly tub in its absence.  rime, M.l'.. give, garden party in iel.l Park.  .arolv.ll at Corporation baths. iii, IoloPtillg Oi iAlle.1•101 Billiatd ft Italanre in hand.  ling of Bildgelane Wesleyan MifiN•r being relocated. of members of I.sora,er Conantl choreii it is decided to invite In Itaridenn. it Notts Congreeetiouage. to beeome assistant to Rev. H.  r Jackrui aeeepts invitation to Lare,ister for ensuing year.  I Mllor, rovsting borri.ooe, hokls onort rd Too-11 Hall.  Mis  4eagu,  estry, "K  Mayor,  :nscient  prop ire  - Mayor. rleton.  aid.rm...  pnblishes details or suggeeted Ht.—Mayoress (Mrs. Jackson) opens sale of new Church in Dalestreet in at Assembly Rooms in aid of Lac resew mission building. Choral Society. P.lie.' C.." keel volunteers 19.—Diake of Lancaster Lodge of Frt, shooting at passing balloon. make presentation to the Mayor (Mr. t Halton of Miss Kati.. Charlotte daughter of Mr. Samuel Harris, d li Jackson) in recognition of his long Mai record anls elevation to Mayqrajty. Alton Park, and the Rev. J. H. (O.—Foundation stone laid of Con, ggal it it,, eldest son of late Rector . Mission room at Hest Bank. 21:—"Lancaster Standard" publishes a ... i stones laid of new Liberal article dealing with the inadequacy Ohm. water supply in Silverdale. Article pe 4mirtr, S.sions: Mr. Fell an- out that villagers are dependent upon s tirement on score of old age. and rain water, and in time of dro igistrate of SO years, chairman there is no storage to fall back upon. -lonians 17 years. Best wishes 21.—Rer. F. H. Brack, 8.A., curate to his i and Aar on his retirement, father at Skerton, accept,, a curacy ,portant. ' Newcastle.  -------".1 bold .attrli,t at Morecambe 21.. -Report published of the Lancaster i ition from Strirecanihe for ad- District Tramways Company. Hem repreeentalion on Lancaster ..012 less than previous year. Profit luardians. year £1,058. affair at Skerton, unknown man 21.-I,ocal Government Board inquiry at .bridge into river in flood tide. minim ,nto sewerage scheme. .012,300 on October 314 and iden- ready borrowed, and 212,400 sore recoil 'in. .1. Frost. slate dealer, rd =.—Twelfth antral meeting of Lancaster.T, Evidence given that he had Imainees, verdict of "Suicide way Company at Lancaster. No diedeclared.  With l'ammitt poin 22.—Marriage of Mr. R. W. Dlletson. of Ur. cee apt gate