Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1884-02-16 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SONS. of London. This is the highest award for plantar.  IT was understood that the strike of the cotton weavers in East Lancashire had been settled foes time by the operatives consenting to return to work at a reduction of 5 per cent. till May nest, when the whole matter was to be considered; but a subsequent telegram from Blackburn states that the report that the representatives of the operatives had agreed to terminate the strike by accepting the reduction excited much diantisfaction among a large number of operatives, who assembled in crowds in the mum streets, and tore down the notices announcing the settlement. An outdoor meeting, hastily convened, was held on Blakey Moor, at which the speakers condemned and repudiated the agreement, and those present, by a show of hands, reused to accept it or to commence work. A mess meeting was then called. According tan Burnley correspondent the news of the settlement spread to rapidly that the employers who had been running short time continued their mills at work until the old hours. Since the chart time movement commenced they have not used gas, but the mills are now all lighted to the great gratification both of masters and operatives.  EXPIIIIMENTS with various kinds of projectiles took place recently at the proof butts, Woolwich Arsenal, for the information of a class of officers of the Royal Artillery who are passing throlgh an advanced course of instruction. One of the party, Lieutenant G. R. Parley, of the let Field Brigade, ignited the fare of a carease.shell, a rather antiquated missile filled with a com).osition which barns fiercely, but does not explode. The contents, however, had probably deteriorated and shrunk with age, and it is supposed that a, space yos formed iaride the case, which enabled the whole to Ignite at the cause instant, the consequence being the bursting of the shell, which scattered its fragments of metal and fire in all directions, and wounded the unfortunate °nicer in the face and head. Accompanied by Major G. W. Hawkins, BA., instructor at the Royal Laboratory, who had charge of the class, the injured officer was taken to the Royal Arsenal Infirmary, where hew.., attended to, and then removed to his quarters in the barracks at Woolwich. The latest reports as to his condition are satisfactory.  DR. DANFORD THOMAS has recently held an Inquest respecting the dmth of Anacleto laPlirath, aged 47, of Independent means, lately residing at 52, St. Mary's-terrace, Paddington, London. Frederick NPGrath, brother of the deceased, stated that for some time past his brother had been under peculiar delusion', fancying that he was being followed by persons who told him he was to shoot himself. Deceased had made Co appointment with witness, which was never kept ; and two days afterwards he heard that something had happened to hint. A policAconstable eared at seven o clock in the evening, when on duty at Maida-hill IVest, he beard a report, and, on going to the spot, found the gentleman lying in the road quite dead, with a bullet wound in hie head and his hand grasping a five-chambered revolver, one chamber of which had just been exploded. The jury returned • amtdiar tat "Suicide while of unsound mind."  Kss3OncYs.ra,forNenrabiria,Bece•ohe,fre.,ol4., le• Postage Id. Sold by all chemist,. Kay Bros., Scookoor-. CONSIBIBABLE sensation has been oluaed in the neighbourhood of Pontefract by the simultaneous disappearance of the chairman of the Suydale School Board and the mistress of the Board school. The former Ito married man, age about 40 years, with three children, and the latter is a young woman of about 23 years Of age. The man was in the employ of the Mayor of Pontefract, at the Prince of Wales Colliery. Be tint sold up hie home, and the couple aro reported to have been then seen together tot neighbouring station on the fo.lowing day. lon suspected that they are en route for Melbourne.