The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-09-14 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

MARKAVIA SUICIDE. PECULIAR MARRIA.GE CEREMONY. The body of a man, apparently about thief y-flva Oh the wedding day in Bomeo the bride and years of age, dressed in black coat and vest, tweed bride-groom are brought from opposite ends otthe trousers, and white hat, has been discovered in • 'village to the spot where the ceremony is to be dyke at Graveney, near Faversham, under very performed. They are made to sit on two bars of peculiar circumstances. Some days ago, deceased iron, that blessings as lasting and he,lth a, vigor- went to as inn in the vicinity, said asked for a piece oils may attend the pair. A (gar and betal leaf, of writing paper; this was discovered in his hat, prepared with the areca nut, are next put in t:.,. with the following singular message written upon hands of the bride and bridegroom. One of tt.e it:—" Crown Hotel, Cranbourn Passage, Leicester priests then waves two fowls over the heads of thL Equare.—As the devil turned use out of doors, so I ample, and, in a long address to the Supreme, calls said to Crisp I would rather go to hell; so I took a down the blessings upon the pair, and implores that return ticket. Kind love to my wife and others at peace and happiness may attend the union. Ater home." In one of the deceased's pockets was found the heads of the affianced have been knocked against a pawn ticket for a silver watch, pledged the same each other throe or four times, the bridegroom puts day at 32, Strand, for Ll. The name uon the the prepared aid leaf and cigar into the mouth of ticket is "James Rogers, 35, Castle Street." the bride while she does the same to him, whom she thus acknowledges as her husband.  DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH BLTRGLARS A serious encounter took place at the house of Mr. Alhed Braham, diamond merchant, of 325, City Road, London, on Sunday morning. Hearing a noise in the house, an elder son got out of bed and, arming himself with a broomstick, went down stairs to the ground floor. Here his candle was at once blown Out, and in an instant he found himself struggling with two muscular burglars. One of the fellows bad a knife or some other weapon in his hands, whilst the other had a " knuckleduster." Mr. Braham was very soon overpowered, but not until he 'lad opened the street door and called for assistance. The father and younger son upstairs, hearing the scuffling, rushed down stairs, but.only to find young Beaham in a pool of bood, and insensible. The passage and walls were also bespattered with`blood, and the place showed that a terrific struggle had been going on. Dr. Powell, of the City Road, was called in, and promptly attended to Mr. Braham, junior. One of the burglars made his escape by the front door, and the other got away by the back and got over a shed and several walls into the street. Stains of blood were traceable for a considerable distance in the direction taken by the fellows. On the morning of the occurrence, at eight o'clock, Detective Allingham went to St. Bartholomew Hospital and arrested a young man on suspicion of being concerned in the burglary. The prisoner was admitted into the hospital at 1.30 a.m., suffering from severe cuts about the head and face. He refused his name and address both at the hospital and at the police. station. Upon his person was found a "knuckle. duster," seveial pawn tickets, a song relating to the Welsh miners, a ticket referring to "a grand assault of arms," and other papers. When arrested at the hospital he tried to make his escape, but without avail. Mr. Braham, senior, has identified him as one of the burglars. The prisoner was brought up at the Clerkeawell Police Court, and remanded.