Beverley and East Riding Telegraph. — 1896-04-11 (Beverley, Humberside, England)

EPITOME OF NEWS.  At Stockland, near Axminster, a mason named Turner drank from a jar what he supposed to be cider. At the inquest a verdict was returned that deceased died through accidentally drinking weed killer.  -- Captain A. W. de Capell Brooke, J.P., of Loddington Hall, near Kettering, died somewhat suddenly on Sunday night at his residence. He was one of the oldest magistrates on the Kettering Bench.  The Renown, new first-class battleship, did her four hours' draught contractor's trial outside Plymouth on Monday. The Renown returned to Plymouth Sound last evening and reported the trial satisfactory. The total indicated horse-power attained was 1.49041, and the speed 18i knots.  At Clones, co. Monaghan, on Monday, Annie Davidson was committed for trial, charged with concealing the birth of her illegitimate child at Scotstown on 7 Nov., 1895. It was stated that the body was found buried in a field by a workman who was ploughing. As a boat was passing along the canal at West Bromwich the steerer was noticed lying across his fire bucket, all in flames. Some workmen procured a boathook and pulled the boat to the side, and then it was found the man had fallen on the fire in a fit. He died shortly after. A coroner's jury at Rochester has returned a verdict of (loath from natural causes in the case of a young man named John William Heafey, who fell down dead whilst witnessing a football match on Good Friday at Parsonage Farm, Rochester. The deceased was in the company of his father and other relatives.  Mr. William Kelly, stationmaster at Farnworth, Widnes, was crossing the line to book passengers for a train which was due, when in his hurry he failed to notice a goods train entering the station. He was struck on the head and knocked down, and the train passed over him, cutting off both legs at the knee. Death was instantaneous.  A serious accident was reported on Monday morning from the Gaiety Theatre, London. Fireman Dent was going his rounds at 2 o'clock, and when in the gallery overbalanced himself and fell over into the pit. He was removed to Charingcross Hospital, where it was discovered that both his legs were broken. An ancient ceremonial took place at the Town Hall, Winchelsea, on Monday, when a mayor for the ancient town and its liberties was elected for the ensuing year. The choice of the freemen once more fell upon Mr. Inderwiek, Q.C., who was largely instrumental in retaining the privilege of this, the only unreformed corporation in the kingdom.  Florence Evelyn Blaikie, the wife of a retired medical practioner, living at Camberley, near Aldershot, had suffered from insomnia, and was haunted with a fear that her mind might give way. Her body was found in Staff College Lake with the top of an oven tied to her breast underneath her clothes. A verdict of "Suicide during temporary insanity" was returned at the inquest. The body of a young man, apparently a mechanic, has been found on the Caledonian Railway near Greskine. His skull was smashed, and it is supposed that he fell from a train, as the door of a special returning across the border from Glasgow was found open. Deceased is believed to have attended the international football match on Saturday. At Wigan on Monday John Sherrington was remanded charged with causing the death of John Heaton. Both men are colliers, and had a scuffle on Saturday night over a pitch and toss match, Heaton being thrown to the ground, and receiving injuries to the neck which terminated fatally. In his dying depositions Heaton said he was to blame, as he started the quarrel, and he was sure Sherrington did not mean to hurt him.  A tragic affair took place at Liverpool on Monday morning. An old man named John Connor and his son Patrick occupied a room in a court. While the old man was in bed the son began to shout and behave as if suddenly bereft of sense. When his father told him to be quiet he seized a hammer and struck the old man several blows on the head, fracturing his skull. At Athens on Monday 40,000 persons witnessed the formal inauguration of the Olympic Festival in the presence of King George and the Royal family. The city was gaily decorated, and in the evening the principal streets were illuminated. The attitude of the Greek spectators to all the winners alike was markedly cordial. The marriage of Ex-President Harrison with Mrs. Diininick took place at New York on Monday afternoon. The bride was given away by her 1-rother-in-law, Lieutenant Parker, and Mr. Tracy, ex-Secretary of the Navy, acted as best man. The ceremony was of a simple character, only a small circle of friends and the members of Mr. Harrison's Cabinet being invited. At the Lincaster Quarter Sessions, on Monday, the Bench passed a resolution that it was desirable that the law relating to the muzzling of dogs should be so amended as to provide for a declared prescribed area; for the registration throughout the country of all dogs; and for such other regulations as would effectually ensure due protection from rabies.