The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1873-12-26 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

STRANGE CRIME.  The Veio of St. Petersburg announces the murder of M. Tchikatehef, a provincial magistrate, under most extraordinary circumstances. In lenG M. Tohikatehef, who had been married, but was separated from his wife, paid a visit to a landed proprietor in the district where his duties lay, at Noverjef. There he formed a too intimate acquaintance with Mademoiselle D—, the sister of his host, which was interrupted by the arrival of Madame Tchikatchef, who sought and obtained a reoonciliation with her husband. They returned to St. Petersburg, and six months later Mademoiselle D— was engaged to he married to a gentleman, M. N--. She requested M. Tellikatchef to act as pere d'honneur "at her wedding, and, despite his repugnance, obtained his consent by the cynical suggestion that by doing so he would remove all suspicions of their former intimacy. For nearly seven years silence was observed between them as to their former relations, but in July last, M. Tehikatchef, being at Noverjef, met M. N— who invite I him to visit his wife, to which he consented. Upon making the visit be found the husband and wife together, and after &brief conversat ion M. N— locked the door, while his wife, addressing M. Tchikatehef, said she was about, in his presence , and that of her husband, to narrate the circumstances of their former acquaintance, which she ' proceeded to do in a manner which placed M. Tchikatchef in the light of a seducer. Madame N— then offered him a pistol and a dagger, insisting that he should justify her by committing suicide. He requested time for reflection, and by the opportune arrival of a friend he escaped for a time. Conceiving that he was released from secrecy by the violence practised towards him, he informed his friend of all the facts, and was se,on afterwards challengcd to a duel by the husbaxd of his former mistress. By the advice of his friends he refused, and went abroad for a time, but as soon as he returned to St. Petersburg, he was again challenged by M. N—. His relatives. whom he consulted, recomm nded him to have a full explailalien with his tormenters in the presence of a friend, to which he agreed. At the time appointed he met 11. N— and his wife, but his friend had not arrived. Upon repeating hia refusal to a duel, the husband rushed upon him with a dagger, and M. Tehikatchef's friend, entering the room, found him engaged in a deadly struggle, from which he ieleastd him, whereupon Madame N— took from her pocket a- small revolver and fired twice, but without effect. The wounds inflicted by the husband's dagger, however, proved to be mortal, and N. Tehikate hef diel shortly afterwards. The husband and wife are now in custody, awaiting trial.  MR. BRIGHT AND THE BIRMINGHAM Scnoot, Bomin.—The following letter has been received in Birmingham from Mr. John Bright, in answer to an invitation to attend a ward dinner of the Birmingham Liberal Association on Monday next, in celebration of the Liberal victory at the late School Board election : " Rochdale, December 18th, 1873. Dear Sir,--I thank you for the invitation to the dinner on the 22nd inst., but at the same time insist ask you to excuse me if I am unable to be preeent at it. The public will watch with much interest the course of your new School Board. I anticipate from it greater gain to the cause of education in Birmingham than could have been hoped for under the policy adopted by its predecessor. I congratulate you heartily on your success in the recent election, and am very truly yours, JOHN Baioirr.—Mr. Geo. Tiverton, Birmingham •  SHOeXINO