The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1876-01-08 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

SIRIOI7B CHARON AGAINST A SOLICITOR AT OHNSTZR. —Patrick Huxley, solicitor, was brought up at the Chester City Police Court last week, charged with mieappropricting moneys, he being trustee undet • will. The case was not gone into, as Mr. solicitor for the prosecution, applied for a remand, the prisoner consented to an adjournment.—The magistrates admitted the prisoner to bail, himself in £lOOO and two sureties in £5OO each. A Gaturr Riceces.—The rescue of his wife and children by Mr. Wood, the landlord of the Priam al Wales Tavern, Windsor, from his burning home on the morning of Christmas Eve, is worthy et mord It seems that Mr. Wood slept in a beck room upon the bet floor, while his wife and children occupied the second floor front bedroom. Mr. Wood was roused from his first sleep by the barking of his dog, and upon opening his door a rush of flame made him aware of the calamity. 'limping out of the window he took an axe and climbed to the roof bet's* OW two houses. His own had a high pealed roof, as his wife was sleeping in the second floor, Mr. Wood hewed away the quartering at its base, and thus extricated his wife and five children from the burning house, the rooms of which were all on be. The further escape of Mr. Wood and his family over the lofty I.luncl roof of the next house and thence to the George the Fourth Inn was also a work of eomiderable di& oulty and danger, executed as it was amidst the flames, smoke, and burning embers by which they were pursued during their retreat to a place of safety. BINNPICIAL Errsc-rs GT PRIX LIRRARIRS IN NorTINGHAN.—The Nottingham Free Fuhlia- lehrarice and Museum Committee report the extended assiatness of these popular institutions. The libraries so 20,579 volumes. Of this number 1001 volumes . added during the past year, put', by Peraame partly by gift. It has been found necessary to replace 211 volumes, which by fair wear and tear had become unfit for circulation. Many of these volumes had been in constant circulation from the opening of the library. A number of volumes of mo farther flee for circulation have been forward 'hi the Board of Guardians for the use of the inmates of the Union. 692 volumes havebemi bound, 346 whom have been regitehed gad remised. The commktes have lent 156 duplicate volumes of magasinas fos the use of the young women attending the reading mese of the Nottingham Social Guild. During the gear 15 volumes were replaced by borrowers and gearentors. The libraries were available to the puUle 269 days during the year, during which period 143,096 volumes were issued for home reading and referent's- in•Maio libraries, being an average daily issue of 495 volume, This is an increase on the Moms of last year of MIS volumes, and is the highest annual issue that lambast reported. New cards of membership of the lending library were issued to 2093 persons during the year.  STRANGE Summit or FlAlltli.—On the 30th nit at Wistow, near Selby, an inquest was held before Ma, Taylor, coroner ,of Wakefield, on the body of Join farmer, of that place, who has emitted suicide by cutting his throat. Thia aneusseig was widely and favourably known as s fatally sad breeder, and was invited to take the chair at the two dinners recently held in connection with the Selby Coursing Meeting, performing the duties on *ask occasion to the satisfaction of all aonea. On the 28th ult he was in his hottest_ ftrie being with him his brother, Mr. Thom. Appleyard, Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Watson—aii friends of his. His sister, Mrs. Shillsto, wbf lived with him, was in another room. Turning . Dixon he said, "Will any one blame me?" Mr. Dixon said, "What for?" Deceased said, "Will any one blame me, think you ? " Mr. Dixon replied, "Nonsense; what are you talking about ? " The deceased immediately left the room, went into that where his mister was, and while she had her bsait turned to him, cut his throat. Seeing what he had done, she screamed loudly. Mr. Dixon and Mr. T. Appleyard ran in and found the deceased standing upright, the blood streaming from the wound he had I made. They laid him on the floor, and he died at I once.—The jury, alter questioning the witnesses closely. returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state of unsound mind.*  ___ deceased 1