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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-10-17 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

WELCOME APPARITION.—One day last week a Birmingham paper, acting upon incorrect intelligence, informed its readers that Mr. Welby Pugin, the eminent Roman Catholic architect, was lying dangerously ill at Malvern, and shortly afterwards it was reported to the inmates of the convent at Stone, near Stafford, that Mr. I'ngin was no more. The convent bell was accordingly ordered to be tolled, and whilst this tribute to the memory of their late friend was being paid by the inmates a gentleman knocked at the convent gate, inquired for the Rev. Father ID—, and sent In Ilia card. The joy and astonishment  of • ~, tether ; , . • . ahe read the ins rpti.o." Mr. W it tne amazement of the latter on hem , ,ly to his question, "For whom is the bell p.l!, , , it was f, a. himself may aloe be realists! by tie, ‘lnlie, imagination. The repois of Mr. Plight's illness and death were equally without foundation. Snwtnns p entleman of elm en committ,l eoiebie a few- tlas eine,- in the Due des t'i1,C3,10,1, Paris. Ile had 1 efistemi badly, and his mother locked him up. On geiog to release him she found hint hanging front the bedpost. Medical aid urns called in, but proved ineffectual to restore Lim to Ufa—A widow named Mare, who, v ith two young children was in very straightened circumstances, hanged herself in her room in the Rue de la Grferie, in despair of not being able to pay her rent.—Another suicide is reported : A man of forty-two also hanged hineelf in bis cellar Last Fri lay. THE OBNOXIOUS FrAcs ! —An amusing affair has disturbed the tranquillity of St. Cabin, in the Department of the Sarthe. A public banquet AVM in preparation, to which the official notabilities had been invited. The hall where the feasting was to take place was decorated with all the small splendour that could be conjured up in St. Catais, and as tlegs weie scarce, it seems, in the town, ell the old banners of twenty Vesls ago were furbished up for the occasion. At the last moment, just as the official guests were about to make their appearance, it WOA diSC,,Vere,l that some of the old flags displayed the ones honoured anti now abhorred words—ieberte, FM( rnite. There was barely time to %slap up some of these inappropriate ornaments and to turo others to the wall before the officials took their places. How the managers of the ceremony must letee trembled lest eome inopportune gnst of wind slit ml,l Itch se the ugly secret !
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-02-22 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

PAINFUL SUICIDE.  An inquest has been held at the Vestry Hall, St. leorge•sinthe•east, London, relative to the suicide of Mrs. Howie, aged thirtyaeven years. James Howie said that the deceased was his wife, lie was a mariner, and the deck antal while he was away at sea had formed the acquaintance of certain parties, and he believed she was afraid ,of him ou that account. On Friday last he told her that he would go to Green's Home on business. It appeared there was a ship's Carpenter there who knew the man that she was in the habit of meeting him, and no doubt she was afraid that he would learn all about the affair. She had herself told him that there was something wrong, for he would do her the jwitire to say that she was a woman incapable of telling a lie. When he came back from Green's Sailors' Home he found her in great suffering and cramped up on the bed. There was a smell of some poisonous mineral in the room, and 'won going to the I.:rawd he noticed the same islour in her breath, lie sent for Dr. Morrison, and everything possible was done to save her life. 11” had no doubt that she poisoned herself for fear of his hearing all about her infidelity at the Sailors' Home. The winds ro.on was in great disorder, everything was overtorned. There was is glass and a bottle in the room, with the remains of the poison in them. . _  Alive Field said that the deceased called upon her at ten o'clock on Thursday night, in a state of great distress of mind, awl gave her three duplicates to keep. She walked I. ickwarils awl forwards, :uhl seemed to be almoht desperate about sonething that troubled her. The next morning witness wOB called in by the husband, and told that oleceased had poisoned herself. Mr. Morrison, surgeon, proved that deceased had taken a very large duantity of sulphuric acid, and had so poisoned herself. She must have taken the poison some three hours before she was found dying by her husband. The Jury returned a verdict of 'Suicide while in a state if unsound mind."
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-11-21 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

BRIERLEY HILL.  DUDLEY.  ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —At the Pe Sessions, on Wed•estl,ty lest, before S. Price, n. itudge, and U. Bagott, Etqrv., Joseph Payne, labourer, aged 60, was charged witu having. on the previous day, attempted to cemmit suieide by hanging himself. The evidence of • neighbour named Rebecca Barnett, who saw the man hanging  A Stccessert. Ex PE artreeT. —The Cici! &price 04:etle has the folio-wing:" There are very few simple articles of food which can boast so many valusble and important dietary properties as cocoa. While acting on the nerves as t gentle stimulant, it provides the body with some of the purest elements of nutrition, and at the same time corrects and invigonitts the action of the digestive organs. These beneficial effects depend in a great mea,nre mom the manner of its preparation, but of late years such close attention has been given to the growth and treatment of cocoa that there is no difficulty in securing it with every ustful quality fully developed. The singular filled,S4 which Mr. Epps attained by his honeeopathie preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by any experimentalist. Far and wide the reputation of Epps Cocoa has spread by the simple force of its own extraordinary merits. Medical men of all shades of opinion have agreed in recommending it as the safest and most beneficial article of diet for persons of weak coustitaMous. This superiority of a particular mole of preparation over all others is a remarkable proof of the great results to be obtained from causes. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws whirl, govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and be a careful application of the fine propertlea of well-- el .cted cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save as many heavy to tors bills. It is by the judicious us- of ascii articles f diet that a coustitntion may be gradually built up uotil strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Ilandreds of subtle maladies are floating around as ready to attack whereever there is awe ik point. We mu iy es. cape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fir titled with pure bloo.l and a properly nourished frame.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-09-12 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE'S LETTER.  Edward Doke Carr, who cmumitted suicide at Cork a few days ago, in consequence of domestic disagree. nients, left behind him the following letter, addressed to his mother:— _  My Dearest and Fond Mother,—Ere you receive this I am no more. I am now about taking leave from all that is dearest to tee on this earth—mother, sisters, brothers, anti all kind friend. Faro well all past and pleasant reel illect iiins, farewell all thoughts of happy future here. Farewell my dearest and fond mother, for ever farewell. I cannot live any longer after this ilay's proceedings. Oh good and merciful I mti, clist I think I could be so unfortunate 1 llow did I offend Thee that Thou shouldst semi to me such a wife as she to whom I am married I pray Thee to look meld. fully on her turn her heart from its evil ways, that she may try to be a penitent, and make her, before it pleases Thee to take her to Thy beloved bosoms of everlasting glory and joy, a good Christian, which now she is not. Mother, clearest, conside yourself under the affliction ; hear with it as you have borne all your sad trials which you have had before. I know how you will be on this matter, but I adjure you is, bear up against it. Your in,od counsel andadYko to me m] this my past and present state are not forgotten—all were given as a neither, and a mother .nly like you could give. But I :annot live any longer. What charm has life for me now, when one of the most seared of God's Use is broken. It is  -hard to leave this earth, this ,asth, Whore man was made to enjoy, but to me it is a release. All joys, all pleasures, are now gone from me on this earth, God. I know ,will take me to His seat of evetlasting glory, where us wife 11811 swear (Wisely against a husband, where a Court is presided over by the Great Judge of all mankind, surrounded by an audience of worshipping angels singing sweetly to His name not in a court where I have been persecuted on this earth. Oh, how glad I'll las whets joining in those praises to Him who alone we are to look to for such glory. Tell my darling sisters Polly and Fanny not to tret about me. It is hard to leave such sisters, fond, kind, and good. Oh, what would I give. were Ito live again, that my wife were like either of them teed, it would be a Paradise on oath. not the InisBry It woo condemo,d to be. TO my darling hilly, Fanny, Anne, :old Jac., he as you have ever been, and may God in 1118 tullnite mercy comfort you. 1111.8 you, mother Ness you, I, .y darling voters awl brother. Your affectionate lorother, Ed a -art, Good-bye for ever On this earth, :sod look forward to the bright and glorious day of happy meeting in heaven. Good-bye Rebecca and John Lawrenson, Will, Fred, Lissy, and ,arah Phipps and mother,"
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-10-31 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE THROUGH THE LOSS OF A SWEETHEART.  On Saturday morning a singular suicide was committed, in -Bethnal Green, London, by a young man, whose sweetheart, a pretty young girl, was about to leave England for Australasia: The deceased was Charles WNWlan, a bootmaker, in comfortable business circumstances. He was twenty-nine years of age, and for the last two years he had been keeping slimlanky with a young woman named Alice Chapman. lie was very fond ot her, hut a short time ago she told him, that she was going to pay her passage to Australasia. He implored ether not to leave him alone in Bethnal Green She refused to stop in England, and he became very sad. Ile hail several meetings with her during the last few days, but his entreaties were of no avail, as she declared that she would leave the country. He then made confidants of some of his friends, and he told them that he would not live without his sweetheart. On Friday evening he said to his landlord, Mr. Jan es Roberts oI urn going away, and you will never see me again I owe you something' and I wish to settle with you before Igo. I have ten pairs of la tots made. Take them and sell them. You will also find two more at a beer-shop. That will make twelve. 111 the hack yard I have a goat. Next Saturday week raffle Min, and what the goat and boots will fetch will pay you all. GO.I bye." Ile then went upstairs to his room, and he was never seen alive after. During the night he waa heard walking about his room, but no notice was taken of tlie fact. At half-past eight o'clock next 1110rIling his brother-in-law went up to see him, and upon opening his room door found the poor young man hanging by a cord to a nail which he had fastened hit° the cupboard door. The brother-in-law when i.e saw the deceased hanging became frightened, and instead of cutting the man down ran out of the house and called the police. Upon the arrival of a constable he cut the nwan down. A doctor was at once called in, and he pronounced the man to be dead.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-10-31 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

THE DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS AT LUDLOW.  The inquiry into the history of the human remains found near Ludlow on the sth of October, under circumstances which our readers will doubtless remember, advanced a further stage at the adjourned inquest held before Mr. Moore, coroner for the district :-Caroline l'ayto, the wife of a groom living at Overton, deposed to her being at Ludlow railway station on the I,th of August. tier attention was drawn to a girl, of twenty, who had just arrived by traits from Shrewsbury. Her dress was wet through, and the witness making a remark to her, she explained she had got wet when walking from her master's home to the railway station at Shrewsbury. Mrs. Payto prevailed on lie to change her dress, awl the witness identified the portions of dress fount near the remains as pieces of that which the gill stir spoke of took out of her box and put on in the waiting room at Ludlow station. In the course of a conversation which the witness hail with her she stated that she hail left her situation, and was going home to Wigmore. She scented greatly afraid to meet her mother, who, she said, is mild murder her, ail assertion she repeated several times, adding that jilt had not been for her mother she " would not lie in that state." Mrs. Payto, believing sho was not able to undertake so long a jeurney, tried to dissuade her from walking to Wigmore, but she was resolute in her purpose, and after leaving her boxes in charge of the stationmaster she went away. John Chandler, a labourer, living at Wiginore, identifled the clothes found near the remains as the property of liii daughter Elisabeth. she was nineteen years of age last February, and for seven months previous to the 30th of June had been living in service at Shrewsbury. On that date she paid a visit to wigmore, and had remained at home till the 15th of July, When she left to return to her master and mistress, who were going to America, and wished her to go with them. Mrs. Chandler aaid her daughter was in delicate health when she left home. She did not know of any reason why she should commit suicide. In reply to the coroner, Chandler aaid he had not seen the remains of his daughter, nor the place where they hail been found. He had been asked if he would take them and bury them, but he hail declined. They were, he believed, buried by the parish authorities ; but ha had not attended the the funeral. Mrs. Chandler. having similar questions put to her, gave similar replies, and the coroner commented its strong terms upon their conduct. A youth named Mernman having deposed that some time in the second week in September he saw a woman, apparently asleep, lying in the wood where the remains were found, the inquest was adjourned for a fortnight.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-08-08 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

INF I.I7ENCE OF A BAD EXAMPLE.-- -TWO strange cases of suicide have just occurred at Milan. A woman named Antonia Cozzi, thirty years of age, the wife of a coffee-house keeper, precipitated herself from the front of the cathredral, anti watt killed instantly. A young moan of eighteen, a lithographer, who happened to be naming at the moment, immediately entered the building, saying he wished to see the spot from which she hail thrown herself, and exclaiming " There is a woman who has freed herself from all annoyance!" he ascended the tower. Having written a few lines to his brothers in the stone parapet with a pencil, he jumped off, and, ot course, met a sudden death. In falling he knocked down and seriously injured a Prussian major, Count Henckel, who was pass ine at tlie time, and who was obliged to be taken to the hospital w ith several eevere bruises and a rib broken. Hopes are entertained that his life is not endangered. PA NIC ON TIIF, BRIGHTON WEST Pi ER.—Last Sunday night there was a fortunate escape at Brighton from a calamity' similar to that at Manchester. The West Pier was crowded is ith about 5,000 people, and a large proportion of them were on the outer "heal," listening to the band. A squall of wind canned the bead to sway and vibrate a little, when a knot of women took the alarm, and raised a my that the pier WaS falling. The great body of the promenaders at once rushed for the shore cud, the stamping and running catmints the structure to sway in a really alanning way. FortUnately the pier niaster at the tint indication of alarm, threw all the gates pen, anti thus the crowd escaped with little or no damage except to wearing apparel While it lasted the scene was one of great excitement. The Seeretary to the Pier Company states that the direebus have, since the panic, caused a careful survey of the pier to be made; that not the slightest strain lir displacement has been found ;and that they confidently believe that the structure is in every way perfectly secure. The directors have been informed by their engineer that the construction of the pier is not ujon the principle of absolute rigidity, but provides for deflection, as essential to the security of such a structure.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-10-03 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SHOCKING CASE OF SUICIDE NEAR LIVERPOOL. —George Matthews, a "buyer" in the employ I,f Messrs. Jeffrey and Co. of Compton House, Liverje,ol, has committed suicide by cutting his throat from ear to ear, and completely serving the jugular vein. The accused had been drinking heavily for about a fortnight, • and on Sunday was very much 41epressed. He and Ms : wife retired to bed :Lbout twelve o'clock, but soon after • he got up and went down stairs, and returned to his room with two razors. His wife, however, managed to take them from him, and then went out for assistance. On returning, however, accompanied by two policemen, Matthews was found stretched on the floor in a pool of blood with his throat cut in a fearful manner. Death must have been instantaneous.  • POOR FELLOW !—A shocking accident occurred on the South Western Railway on Saturday afternoon to a guard named John Purkiss. Whilst between Holmsley and Ringwood stations the poor fellow was in the act of fastening up a goat which was being conveyed in the rear van of the train when on going round a sharp curve the van 'lurched,' and Purkiss was thrown violently against the double doors. These gave way beneath his weight, and he fell backwards on to the metals, sustaining most frightful scalp wounds and other injuries. After lying for sonie time in a state of insensibility on the metal, he at list recovered himself, and as best he could crawled to the side of the cutting. It appears that on the arrival of the train at Rini,wood Station, although the guard was missed from the train, no messenger was sent back abing the line t') look after him, and the unfortunate man was left to crawl as best he could for four miles, during which journey, according to his own statement, he fainted several times. He managed, however, to reach Ringsvd,al at bunt, where Ili, wounds were bandaged, and he was forwarded to Dorchester in an almost lifeless state. He has since received every attention, but his life is despaired of. MR.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-06-27 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

THE EFFECTS OF OVERWORK. An into the eircumstmees attending the death of \Vin..llll Frederick Marsden. of Earldom iiirmin4litim, CU.Llllktt 'I suicide, was lield 4111 Friday, when Thomas t, slop, M D, Eat., M. RA!. P , Lt,mlofl, WA he had intimately acquainted with the deceased for the last , or nine yearn Had seen him very frequently Miring time. having been the medical adviser of Ms family. mit Mrs. Marsden not quite a month ago in Biukstreet. • -aid her husliaml watt in a very depressod state of mind, . ;:iat he thought he was goihg to die of consumption. ▪ wished witness to come anti site her husLand, and ,•, • Able WA chest, lie called on Dr. Marsden nest day. ' nhe celled, or. Marsden hail a sad expression of face. "ambled him, and assured Mtn that his chest was • • ,+ea-e. Dr. Marsden had repro-sell his opinion that • • ming from consumption. Witness endeavoured to tlLat his cheat was sound. lie did not know whether I n.• tt tint, ;utilised hint or not. At the time deceased made no remark. Witness had been struck with his apparent warm., Ile it. He was aware that there hail been m soething mind of the tl,eased some months before lie knew this from a conversation with Mrs. 1 Linden. Attar the interview to which witness referred he nevi r saw the deceased alive again. Had noticed deceased was an extrowely nervous man, and had warned hint not to work so hard, hecirtse kin health for a long time had been very aa,ansfaetary. Ittpl requested him over and ever again, during the last twelve modes, in the most urgent instiller, to obtain a vehicle, and to limit hie nelkinn and his gen,ral ,nr. Mr. Marsden kept 110 horse. Over ext,relseon of he ners-ons temuerament Would naturally harba,n un lull eriC. In such a slats his mind would be
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-06-27 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

DEFADFI.II, CASE OF SUICIDE.—A case of the most horrible and determined suicide has come under the notice of the Liverpool police authorities. On Friday evening, a roan named Kelly. a painter, residing in the north end of the town, entered the shop of Mrs. Griffiths, a butcher, and, seizing a knife lying on the block, wildly exclaimed, "I will do it! I will do it !" He plunged the weapon into his left breast. He quickly withdrew the knife, threw it down, and ran into the street Two men who had witnessed the fearful act followed him, and it required their joint force to place him in a cab. His clothes were literally saturated with his twit blood. He was at once taken to a neighbouring police-station, when a surgeon was sent for, who &weed his wounds in the best way opportunity afforded him. He was then placed in the cab, and driven to the Northern Hospital, but on arrival there it was found he was dead. 'Celly was a respectable man in his station of life, and he was, no doubt, 'shouting under ddirium inmens, brought on by a long continuance of drinking.  In committee on the Regulation of Railways Bill, Mr Leeman will more that companies shall ma, except hi case if special insurance with them, be liable to pay more than £4OO for a first-class passenger, £3OO for a second, and torn third; any sum so payable is to be in addition to the claim made under an assurance. The insurance clause which lir. Leeman proposes to insert provides that any passmger may demand to be insured by the company at whose office he Is booked, the maximum amount of insurance being £3,000 for a lirst-claas passenger, £2,000 for a second, and £l,OOO for a third, the premiums for the same being la., Dd. and Bd. respectively. The compensation for injuries is to be proportionate to the injury sustained.  In the discussion on the Education grant, which lately took place in the Rouse of