The Warwickshire Herald. — 1896-04-23 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

HARLOW POISONING MYSTERY. An ext,gagrelinary siffllditton has been caused at Harlow brwhat is suspected to be the wholesale poisonagtof horses at the steeplechases held recently. As has been the rule fOll some years, a Mr. Mead hired a field from the proprietor of the Cross Keys Inn, with the object of attending to horses which arrived in the vicin.ty, bringing parties to see the races. This field was sublet by Mr. Mead to his brother mad a Mr. Fenton, and a tub, plent fully supplied with water, was placed in it. The nimals appeared all right on the day, and managed to reach London in safety, but no sooner had they bsen stabled when illness broke out to an alarming extent It is reported that upwards of 30 animals are thus affected. One Arm, with headquarters at Stratford, have suffered considerably over the affair, no less than 13 horses now lying dead in their yard. The water in the tub was supplied from a eld. and is supposed to tel the cause. A local inquiry will be instituted at mace, but ht present the whole affair is shrouded in mystery.  THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS, it is belbved that it lmet another week must elapse before ibianistr will be in • condition to be removed from the London Hospital. He has not yet been permitted to leave his bed, owing to internal complications, brought about either by the jump or fall. Seaman, it is stated, is now in a depressed state, and has expressed a wish to one of the officers, In whose charge be has been, that it was possible for the "police-court proceedings, trial, and other thing to be begun and ended in one day."  Mr. E. A. Gibson, chairman of the East Barnet Urban Council, while sitting on the Bench at the Barnet Folios-court last Monday, was seized with • hinting fit, and on Saturday morning he expired at his home, the came -of death being gastric hemorrhage.. Mr. Gibson was an active member of the Baptist body. Another body, that of sit old man, named Weermouth, was reeedered Tram the Brancepeth Fit. on Saturday morning, making 14 in all. Them remains six yet lakdo found. Babe oxleacedbasmotaidaties as to suicide among the engine-room stall of the Mercantile Marine are made by the Registrar-Gmeral in • memorandum reprinted in the Boari of Trade Journal. As the result of special lambdas he h found that cos dm* in am& font among iiirionen and trimmers is due to suicide. Of these one in *very four is nommitred while the man is drunk. No suggestion is made as to why this should be the ease In the Mercantile Marine, whereas in the Nivy suicide among the stokers is very ran. As the RegistrarGeneral suggests, it is a wittier calling for special inquiry, Johnny came in with ens rye in mourning, • handful of hair gom his face smeared with dirt and tetra, and his olotbes oiled and tans heyeed "Yoe've Pother 400tball gems, my son, said Mr. Tooker. "No, I haven't, pa," indignantly answered Johnny. "I've only been afighcin.' • new peril.—" Yes,* said little Jim to his juvenile friend, "I'm goin'ter run away from home." "And light Indians?" "I don't know about that. But I'm gum' to get away fro.n whut's cousin'. I've had pa's trousers cut down to at me, an' I never foun' fault. But since ma got • wheel and is wearia' bloomers. I'm takin' no more chances."