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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1866-11-10 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE.—A distressing ease of suicide hail taken place at St. Ann's Well-road, Nottingham. The victim of this rash act was a young man named Baker, a clerk in the office of a solicitor. Decefteed was twenty-five years old, and on Tuesday morning his wife sent one of the childgen ultefaire to ask if her husband would have a bloater for breakfast. The child returned with an answer in the affirmative, and shortly afterwards deceased's wife sent him up some warm water to shave. Mrs. Baker was alarmed a few seconds afterwards by the screams of her daughter. She rushed upsta& and saw tier husband leaning halfdressed upon the bed, covered with blood. A pistol was near him. Mrs. Baker immediately procured a neighbour's assistance, but he was quite dead. He had shot himself in the head, but strange to say, neither his wife nor children, nor the neighbours had heard the report of firearms. He was a young man of good character, and greatly respected, and no cause has been assigned for the conainittal of the rub act, BRIGANDAGE IN IxAmr.—Brigandage still exists in the Abruzzi and Calabria. There are hopes that the appointinent of General Pallavicini to the command of second of those provinces will improve the situation. A few days back M. Mancini, the celebrated advocate and deputy, with M. de /introit, agent of Prince Torlonia, narrowly escaped being captured, while returning from Lake Fticino, the propertyof the Prince, by the inhabitants, leagued with the Fuoco band. According to an official return embracinii the period betwen July 1 and October 24,35 brigands have been killed, 76 captured, and 146 have surrendered voluntarily; thus reducing the number of thsbajocial pests by a total of 257.  M. DICICZNB' " Doz."— The death of Mr. Augustus Dickens, the brother of the great novelist, occurred at Chicago on the 254 of Octiber. Mr. Dickens was the younger brother of Charles Dicker., the illustrious author--the " pet child," whom the latter more than once alludes to with a peculiar ten. dernew in his prefaces as the one from whom he derived the sobriquet of Boz," a name famous in literaturn., In his preface to the Sketches, Charles relates how he came to adopt the name of " Boz," which was a familiar nickname given in childhood to this younger brother; and again, in a recent edition of the Pickwick Papers, he recurs to the subject. " Bog,' my signature in the Morning Chronicle, appended to the monthly
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1866-11-24 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE IN A BATH, AND MURDER. -An ex-s int of it into Rosin's face, .or held it out as Bovine traordinary 'murder and muicide was committed Ise:te rushing towards him. The result, however, was Paris on Friday. A stranger, carrying a rathed the point of the umbrella cone with such force voluminous parcel, entered a bath establishment in the against the inner corner of 'his eye, ae to cause hie Roe Racine, at about half-pset eight in the evening, death. Ile fell at once senselete on the floor. Medical and having remained fer a considerable time in one of assistance was obtained as speedily as possible, and he the private cabinete. - the progrietor. fearing an acid was removed to hie own house ; but after lingering in dent, ordered the door to be opened, when the man a state of unconncionsnens until about eleven o'clock was found to have opened ft vein in his arm and to have on Friday morning. he expired. The men were near bled to death in the water.. The packet on being neighboure, and tile event has thrown a gloom over opened pro.. ei to contain the corpse of a male child the village in sinith they lived. shoot three months ill, which had been eufhicated. The roan was a German tailor, who hail been living with a A BISHOP'S OUTFIT ! Mr. GaTlly, " the young WOMIII, by whom he had the child in question, Robins of Ireland," to about to sell by smith u the farm hut for whieh he had always manifested a great aver- stock of the late Lord Plnnket. The Freeman's Joursign, in consequence of some doubto aß,to its paternity. nnl, under the head of "'The Ontfit of a Missionary He had murdered the infant at' home during the Bishop,'' pnbliehee what it sarcastically calls : absence of the mother, and then carried it to the bath A CharaCteriA4 Inventory of whet in evangeficsl circles whereihe committed suicide. will, no Mail* lasi-eke t upon as the complete episcopal Imtfit of the late Arch.hierarch of the Church Militant In Coo' 1 4. . AN trUT-
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1866-12-08 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

COM. STEALING.—AI the Petty Sessions, on Mantisn last, before J. lioleroft and U. St. John Matthews, Emirs., Martha, Sarah Ann Martha, and Sophia Fanwood wore chasged with stealing a q flintily of coal, the property of the Earl of Dudley. The case was clearly proved, and the defendants fined 104 each. and costs—lsaiah Wright and Louisa Fellows were charged with stealing coal on the 18th of October last, the property of the Earl of Dudley, and ordered to pay a fine of `24 61 each and coats; in default? days.—Flizt Green, Susannah Wil. hams, and Margaret Distill were chary;ed with stealing cal on the 28th nit, at Kingswinford, the property of the Earl of Dudley. The ease Won clearly proved against all three defendants. Green WAS tined is and coats; the other two, lOs each.  MAI:I•Th1:11L —At the Potty Sessions, on Monday las', William Male WIVI charged by W. Collins uith Assaulting him on the 21th ult, and fined 'di ti*and costs.  CItABGN AOAINAT A rUNLICAN.—On Monday last, at the Public °thee, Latauti Payton, landlord of the Swan Inn, Brettell Lane, was charged by Superinten.lait Mills with allowing disorderly conduct in his house, on the 31th ult. Police-constable Freeman said that about halfpast 11 o'eloek at :sight he visited the defendant's hone and found fifteen men in the house drunk. Two of the men were stripped and fighting, the landlord looking on at the time. Witness told the landlord that that con,blet would not do. Witness then left and returned again in abont a quarter of an hour, and found some of the men still tlmre, drank, and making a great noise. Defendant called a witness for the defence, but his evidence only sacred to corroborate the teatiniony of the officer, and the Bench fined the defendant is Sd and costs.  DILITRESSING Sulcinc—On Tuesday morning last, Susannah Clarke, wife of Edward Clarke, photographic artist, residing at Kingswinford, committed suicide by taking • quantity of chemicals. From what we learn, it appears that deceased had some words with her husband on the night previous, and on the following morning committed suicide. After she had drank the poison sic kissed two of her children, and told them to be good children, and immediately died. An inquest was hell at the Cross Inn, before W. 11. Philips, Earl., Depoty-coroner, on Wednesday last, and adjourned till Monday nest.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1871-10-28 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

CHARGING FOR MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS.- I demand for sharpness and acutenese, humorously Mr. Grant, in The Newspaper Press, tell:3 a very good remarks the .11lete York Journal of Commerce. We notice story of the origin of the custem of charging for the in- 86" "'Ane call for TrVielry and liscality. Selii4neas ilt serteun ,uf marriage announcements. At first these ' steady. Prudence.-The stock small, but the demand wets' published freely, as they still are by many pro- inconsiderable. Peculation and embezzlement lenkiMt vincial papers. But in the early daysef Tic Tiniog it up. Gross flattery active, with a rising tendency. was the custom in announcing a marriage to state the Adroit lying at a premium. Not much denten,' for amount id the bride's dowry -E20,000 or 1:30,000, what- truth, except in small quantities • holders firm. ever It mie,lit happen to lie; and in husking through : Candour unchanged. Uprightuese hats a downward the belies column one morning at breakfast Mr. ' tendency. Zeal for the teed dull and ,euiet. Modesty Walter threw out the suggestion that if a man married bas declined. Light 1101131111 for justice ; not much all that money he might certainly pay a trifling per offered. Cunning more active than usual. A good eentage upon it to the printer far ant:tainting the ! Isrdness done in pocket-picking ; wouhl Ix better hut world with the fivit. " These marriage fees would ferns 1 for the police. Something done in suicide. House. a nice little pocket money for me my dear," added breaking rather active just now. Pepularity. Mrs. Walter. and as a joke her huland agreed to try I Many and lively bhls at first and second eel]. Lose of the experiment. The charges at first wile but a trifle, ; gmelnees and 11 good men rather quiet. Charity of the and the annual aimiunt probably not much ; but 'Mrs. first quality, little offered; lower grades me in good Walter, at her I katli, pa".ed tide prescriptive right of , demand, especially if they promise quiek returns, hers to her daughter, and when a few years ago the I Silicerity rather scarce and demand moderate, right was re-purchased by the present proprietor it 1 If ypocrwy. --Some stir; we may say active. A little vies assessed at £4,000 or £5,000 a year. doing in stabbing. Drunktruiess.- Mudi offered and
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1871-10-28 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

THE STRANGE SUICIDE AT CARLISLE.  The unfortunate man Howard, who the other day committed trickle off the Eden-bridge, at Carlisle, under such singular circumstances, seems to have meditated self-destruction more than three weeks ago. The first entry in the diary sent to the police-office was an follows :  "Sunday, the 24th of September.—Life, as It Is, tuft word Without meaning, and not worth experiencing in its hest form. Why? It i 3 only waiting to be diss.dred, live as we like. I consider a man capable of being tAtinet when he is dissatisfied with ever) thing—in fact, (1.11111.: his oWII neatly. A man of a strong awl determined mind is capable of executing any Ileed, as far as regards Oen'. SO all SthrideS are nit cowards. A coward would rather kill another than himself. Cowardice always dies a natural death."  Then followed another entry, which bad apparently been written while he was looking at the river on Thursday morning:-- ll ill g  Huh. I am not adapted at all intellectually and would like to live an honest life, and have pretty well, so far ; but see everything looks wit worth thing for. lOh how I should like to be a sociable being, but it cannot be, properly speaking, now. Lot ling down ton these smooth waters, oh' I fancy they are adapted for the easiest way to have this world of woe—a continual warfare to try to exist. Put what folly We will have to go at last. Now, IMI swim, and when I plunge 1,10111 want to get out alive again. Anybody is welcome to take me out if they please, hut I hope not alive. Oh • what folly to become al and decrepit—useless, ill everybody's way. Oh ! corrupt world ! It is a disease of the human family. I write rather bra but never niind ; it will soon be all over with this Individual. Now my end is approaching it ilon't seem hard to MO. It will only
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1871-07-22 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

CHILD ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE.  At the liow-street police-court in London, Augusta Barrett, aged 13, servant, who had been brought 111,1111 a previous occasion, and remanded to the Howie of Detention on the charge of attemptingtocominit suicide off Westminster Bridge, was again brought up before the nini„istmte. Tile prisoner's mother stepped into the witness-box, and in tears informed his worship that she had made inphies of the sari, its respectable girls with whom the prisoner alleged she hail been out, aml in many instances she found that the persons referred to hail seen us thing at all of her daughter. Witness was obliged to beat her to try and make her stay at home.  • The Magistrate (to the prirs- iner) : What have you got to say about that?  .• Prisoner : I am very Roily for having attempted to commit such a crime. My mother said she would beat me.  The Magistrate : And did quite right in heating you. The Mother: I do not know what to do with her, sir. I have to work hard with my needle to support myself, and I cannot look after her more than I do.  The Magistrate : Have you ever sent her to school? The Mother : I have sent her to scinsil, but she mailol hut 1.0111, knd so to keep her out of mischief I Wilt her to a place. She has had every. encourage Inca, but made had use of the vence qicen to her. She stays out till one o'clock at night with bad Is pp; 1111.1 girk, and one boy bigger than herself asked her when she Wiwi g..ing to I 'remorne again.  - The Magistrate (to the prisoher) : I shall remand you again to the Douse of Detention, awl see what can be done for you. The account I have received of you from the chaidain is very unsatisfiwtory.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1871-06-24 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

HORRIBLE DISCOVERY AT A WORKLIOUSE.  O Sunday morning a strange dimuvery Was made at the Oldham Workhonee. It appears that on the 28th of May, a man named Itichardron, a painter by tend, itipol lid years was adn itted In the male imbscile ward. He hal heel drinking excessively for some time, and WWI sent to the workhouse when puff-ring from del-plum tremens, It being apprehended that he was not fit to lent large, as he had threatened to kill he wife and to take his own life. As usual In cases of tile kind, the man, with another similarly affected, wan placid nadir the care of a party whose duty it want. watch his mover:elite. Ile was suddenly miiesed on the bet of Jule, and though every effort was mule to trace hie whereabouts, no clue could be found to them. AR ercapee from the house are not mammal, it was con. primer(' Cult be had lot away from tbe place, and in. quiries were made of hie friends, but neither his wile cur any of them had seen or heard anything about  On S durday evening the nurse at the male imbscile ward reported to Mr. Mike, the governor of to wo.kte.Y.l.. 0 tlot the water had a horribly ell. miss Wench, and that it was making loth himself (she nunie) and several other inmate. ill. Mr. Milne gave inetructions that the water wee to be run MT, the ball tap which eupplien the ciets,rn tiol np, and the cietern iteelf examined and cleaned. Or Sunday morning a party wWa evict to examine the cistern, mid the tiret eiiht !het presented itself was the lege of a man etick• tug out of it. Ascidence having been procured, the c upee WM removed, a, d s siekeming appeeram e it presented (rim ad canned deemnpoleiiiiin. The body ident fled ae that of the miseing 'reinter, It chordarm. There can b. no doubt that the man committed aahile, an be twiner tly stated an the drunken delirium began to wear off that he con'd not f ace hie friends aft.; the cnnduct he bad been guilty of. The cistein wee on the same 11 vi an the apartment ha whial he WA. 'Kept.  I tie jure ea t tlrneal • verdict that the deces•ed had conanlttel Suicide while in an unsound state of mind, brought on by drinking.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1871-10-07 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

EIII.OPSIIIICOStIIIIIC dtll.lllg this last few years.  ,t-k melancholy act. ident occurred at Jarrow, near South shields, on Saturday eVellill4. Oil the steamer Mourn I, Iron Newcastle for Shields, arriving at Jarrow Sta;nw, a man went oil tward, but finding at the last moment that the steamer was for Shields, and not for Newcastle, where he wished to co, its rushed ott the ship, and, eomah,,g against the mate of the steamer, both fell overboard, and, notwithstanding the edorts made tnt save them, both men were drowned. The purellin,e BriAliato Yksting ,1 :10 artAsen for lds wives leads the _Ye lr York Pox' to thus no naila upon poly..mmy Think of an ordinary business man Ikaying silk dresses, cashmere shawls, pont lace, and jewellery to match for say half a it atm wives, to say nothing of a score Cr two of daughters. The very thought of the thing a enow.h to scam until° polygamy out of a crary111:111.11 brains. t the faShiollS ion., work their way into Utah, and dry -,to bills will do for Ito peculiar institution what Congres. :• nal bills have thus far tailed to aetonnplish." I' to informatioi tlo intere,ted in corn rents  Mr. Molitagiiii Marriott, of i, iatit la liar wilt:ire, iiiforitm •ai !Id tlrit Cie r.t.. of l,itjol corn for the . .  , • :,•pteniber-:toN are—Al heat, 558. 1 ii; barley, :A per imperial nuoiter. As frictions of a • ,I inch:led in tint Board t.l Trade returns the • , are each about a half-penny higher than the . .  v to u hat !night have been eripeeted, the 1,••• rails 1111Jatie aSyllllllB just 'Staled Merle a the 11110,1111 i if IsinullisS, and suicides have, if Paris, heroine unusually rare, II? the suppi in that piolitival excitement • neolou lean i coiling over their personal :• •11. s her hand silt it idiot le stun, pre‘ailis lii. (up?, ssjlcclohlyiltllilllg a nnien, inning, It mieeessive shucks given during anti utter co• 11l !lOUS system.  '• • \ Weary 'Wayfarer " writes in The Tinte.l respect• pr, Fiench passport system, ahich, be says, is purposes hientineation. Ile suggests that wo 1.1 have rceipr.mity in this matter, and tax every Frenchto,, at Conics t.• Ile adds We submitted to tne grievous passpoit annoyance so long as France was eilli..ted with foreign and civil war. Even in war time the pas.port lias long been acknowledged a nuisance to honest flnd 110 hindrance whatever to eviloloers. lint now that perfect erder Is restow ii why should Franey go heel tm an, ,Xlnjoategl yattill of which even the most beau and States Lave liven long heartily ashamed Is it not full time tliat some fri, mlly diplomatic muralist ranee should be attempted On the subject t '
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1871-10-07 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A CONVICT.—A refract,ry convict under punishment for insubordination ha attempted suicide at Portland, in a manner very similar to that adopted by the convict King wow: niontlie ag. Having been conveyed to the cell he knocked out the glawi of the window, put 111,4 sheet through the bars, and but that the warder had watched him through the inspection bole would have hanged Being a very short man, he would not have been hindered by his feet resting upon the ground. lie appears to be a man of very violent temper, and is con. stantly lwing punished for insubordination_ lie was immediately marched off to the separate cells.  A LAKE DRYING UP !-A remarkable geographical phenomenon has lately been presented in the district of Telchef, in Lithuania. :'s'ear the little town of Wromin, on the road from Telchet to Koyno, was a lake eight versts in length and five in breadth, noted for its abundance of fish, the fishery of which was worth 1,500 roubles a year. A few weeks since, during a perfect calm, the waters of this lake rose and were agitated 118 if by a violent tempest, while a strong sulphurous smell rising from them pervaded the locality. After two or three days this ebullition ceased, and the surface of the lake was covered with dead fish, ionic of which were tio large as to weigh 200 lbs. each. Fearing their decomposition would breed pestilence, the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages were called upon to collect them, and they were buried with a goodly covering of lime. Since then the Like began to sink, while tbe sulphurous odour increased daily, and the lake at the latest accounts had become nearly dry. It is supposed that the limestone and chalk bottom of the lake had given way, and the waters hare sunk into a subterranean canal.  --- - INCIDENT uF TIIE AUTUMN t.:
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1871-10-21 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

FOREIGN JACK SHEPPARD.  The Pfn'zee The of the 10th inst. states that on Friday morning last, at half-past two o'clock, a fire broke out in the middle of the building forming the House 14 Correction, at Bruchsal, by which the octagonal tower, the church, the school. apd the adjoining bureaux were completely burnt down. Schwable, a dangerous convict, who had been dis. missed from this institution two years ago, had been again apprehended a few days before the fire ii cursed. This miscreant had broken open the lock of the cell, and, finding the gaoler's room adjoining was open, he put on the official coat and sword, and took possession of the keys of the church, which were hanging up there, On being pus.  the daring culprit ran through the church ,absi climbed tp to the roof, and with immense strength puled out bi-:7e square stones from the wall, which he threw down, so that no one could approach without endangeting their lives. Intrenched in his hiding. place, he set fire to the roof, which, being almost all of wovsl, was quickly in flames, and the tire brigade, who hastened to the spot, were only able to save the adjoining wing of the building and the prisoners cells. The sentry fired on the culprit, who disappeared, but it was not known whether he had fallen with the burntoff roof or had escaped in the confusion. All the cells nearest to the part on lire were vacated, and the prisoners placed in the collars. In the meantime, " Where was Schwable? had he &sea pod, or WAS lie dead?" Escape was, however. scarcely j•ossible, as he, the originator of the tire. had himself cut Idi every means of flight. That 11, nit • add have thrown himself into the flames WAS nut likely, as although he Wits 0 ery desist-meek:um:ter, he was nit considered a man at all likely to commit suicide. At last it was do n& possible that he might be hiding under the flour in the gallery, and true enough Scl;wal4e was there. When he found that i.e was discovered, he stood up sword in hand, like a raging demon, and a fierce and bloody fight ensued. Covered with wounds, he was thrown down from the tower, six storeys high, into the prison yard below ; but still Schwalvle was car, II from death, for he fell into a cart full of rubbish. lie Wad placed under medical care, but he has paid fur this; exploit with his life, as he has since died of his wo outs,