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The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1884-05-30 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

LATE DEAN ON  BANGOR.  An inquest was held on Monday morning, at Rnabon Vicarage, before Mr. Bevis H. Shelwall, serener, to enquire into the circumstances compacted with the death of the Dean of Bangor.— The Rev. E. W. Edwards said he was a brother of deceased, and was vicar of Rnabon. His brother was forty-six years of age when he died. The first Intimation he had received of a derangement of the deceased's mind was on the 9th January, when he stated that he felt something giving way in his brain like the snapping of • watch spring. He said his mind was affected, and he must enter an asylum. Since a long and severe attack of typhoid and brain fever, the late dean had been subject to extreme depression of mind, and to paroxysms of mental grief and religious mania, when he would seek seclusion, and stamp upon his room floor in his agony. It was his custom to spend an hour alone upon his knees every morning in his private room, and of late he had frequently expressed how utterly unworthy he felt ot his calling, and said that for some time he had never entered the pulpit without spending three hours with Jeremy Taylor and the Bible, both of which books were found in his bed room after deaths On Friday he spent over two hours with the local chemist, and strenuously endeavoured to obtain poison, stating that he was in deep trouble, and would never get well. When refused one poison he asked for another, and was with difficulty prevented procuring any. During Friday he said he had been tempted to commit, suicide by hanging himself in his room, and that he could not live much longer. He was afterwards closely watched. On bidding good night. to his niece, the Dean turned his face aside as he gripped her hand, and would not meet her gaze. He rose early on Saturday morning, and between eight and nine o'clock was seen by one of the servants to leave his own room for an adjoining one, and to return haetily. She afterwards heard him treading the room heavily, and thought it was one of his old mental paroxysms, when he always liked to be alone, so she did not raise an alarm. Shortly afterwards the vicar entered the bed room, and found him standing in an upright position with one knee on the bed, and his head thrown back; a portmanteau strap was buckled round his neck, and was attached to the tester-rod at the head of the bed. The body was immediately taken down, and Dr. Dawlton Roberts, Ruabon, arrived shortly afterwards, but said life had been extinct a quarter of an hour. He had resolved on the previous day to go to London, and platee himself under medical care.—The medical witnesses attributed his death to temporary insanity.—The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical opinion. A vote of condolence was passed by the jury to the vicar.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1885-08-21 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY. and Mats H ohne who knows that I have such au and tenderly, contriving to leave on Janet's mind The Chairman said the Authority had done ail in their power to favourably meet Mr 13rogdon and be water should be sent to the Local Government Board, Oen a llew yn cwrdd yn nghyd ; UP.-Wase DtTs. I Sturnar article iu my posseesion. Awl I think I can trust the impression that her father had been 'ti ore polite and conciliatory towards him, and 'he (the as requested by them. The matter had been overllond ei galon hyd yr ymyl both of you to keep my secret." sinned against than sinning. looked. chairman) bad expected a somewhat more favourable, .. - - Oedd o garedigrwydd pur, 11,2,9. 11,2,3. 1,2,3.11.2,3. 1,23. 1,9,3. 1,23 Mr. Made in saw that it would bo impolitic to urge Finally, be altogether suppressed the fast ef and he might say, reasonable reply to their application mr v. Jones said people had no water there to keep themselves clean with, and they could not do without Ei sirioldeb oedd mor ddidwyll rime. i .m. I a.M.I p.m. p.m. pm,' a.m.. p.m Swansea 35 ... 111 20 8 0 566 8 01 8808 35 1 the olat any further at present ; so, after bidding Dude's suicide and left Janet to suppose, that than contained in the letter and statement of terms. • Ag yw gwen y wawrddydd glir. Lsndore it much longer. her ladyship a respectful farewell, he withdrew although her lather'. death had been a endden He did not know whether any member of the Nid bob pryd mate mwyn leferydd Llansamlet 47 ... 111 ST 3116 7 8 11, 8 428 63 without further remark. one, it had proceeded from manses that were Authority would consider it desirable to seeept the
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1885-11-20 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

WIT AND HUMOUR  GALLAN-r colonel somewhat addicted to moods of abstraction the ether day ordered his battalion to "fix bayonets." This otherwise simple process was rendered difficult on the occasion in question owing to the men having paraded with side-arms oily. The adjutant at last came to the rescue; and upon the matter being explained, the polite chief replied, "Oh, of course! Beg pardon. Unfir. bayonets ! A waooisir journalist who is often merry over his personal plainness tells this story of himself. " I wmt to a chemist the other day for a dose of morphine for a sick friend, The assistant objected to gee it to me without a prescription, evidently fearing that I intended to commit suicide." .‘• Pshaw !" said I. "Do I look a man who would, kill myself?" Gazing steadily at me for a moment, he replied, "I don't know. It seems to me, if I ho!ted like you, I should be greatly tempted to kill ni)self." Buoys, since be has speculated in a new 9-carat lever, has succeeded in becoming a common nuisance. He wants everyone he meets to guess its value, observe the fineness, of the gold, &c. Ho caught a military acquaintance the other night with hia perpetual "How many carat do you call that?" "Eighteen carat," responded the gallant major. "Right! " exclaimed Brown. "How did guess it though? •' "Well, you see," saidthe major. "I'm used to that kind of stuff; I've half a dozen candlesticks just like it." Is a first-class compartment of the five o'clock Brighton express a testy old gentleman was sitting next to a young fellow who seemed to be in high spirits over something, and who beguiled the time that by whistling, and then by humming softly to hiniscif. The old gentleman was evidently annoyed, and became very irritable. At last, when his neighbour burst out with "I would I were a bird," the old gentleman could bear it ne longer, and exclaimed excitedly—" I wish you were, young man, wouldn't I wfing your neck." Mn. How Ann PAUL has been travelling in Wales. He Chinii,t, as one of his experiences, that the Welsh waiter is an oddity. To one of these waiters he propounded the question, "Do you have a talilt (1' hufc here ? " The waiter's answer was, "Well,. no."— half apologetically—" at least, not unless von order it !"—which reminds Mr. Howard Paul that epee, -when he was sitting down to dinner at a emntry-hotel, he said to thewaiter, "Could I have a serviette?" 4, Yes, sir, certainly," was the prompt reply. "Would you like it boiled or fried?" -  [PUBLISHED BY LrEcur, AtRAN GESiHNT.]
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1885-07-17 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SUICIDE IN PRISON.  Dr. Danford Thomas held an inquest on Monday at her Majesty's Prison, Coldbath Fields, on the body of Albert Robert Trendale, aged 16.—Thomas John Trendale, father of the deceased, living at 189, Cambridge Road, Kilburn, stated that his son had only left school about 18 months. He was a very excitable boy, and had very delicate health. He was not able to do hard work, but had been employed casually at a'cheesemonger's. Witness understood that he had been locked up with some other boys.—Elizabeth Trendale, the mother of the deceased, who gave her evidence in an excited manner, said that her boy was happy and contented before he was locked up, and after he had been before the magistrate he wrung his hands and declared that he was innocent, and, before her Maker, she knew her boy had been murdered.—William Hayes, chief warder, stated that the deceased was committed from the Central Criminal Court on the 29th of June and sentenced to six months' hard labour for breaklog into a dwelling-house, and on the 7th inst. was admitted to that prison from the House of Detention. He Vtll4l seen on admission by the doctor, and was put to the wheel for five hours aud three-quarters daily, and to pick a pound of oakum. On Friday morning when his cell door was opened he was found suspended by a strap to a gas pipe in the cell and quite dead. The deceased was tattooed on his arms as follows: A sailor's art," a cross, "In love to you, Lizzie," an anchor on the wrist, and 27 dots above it.—The Coroner said no doubt the deceased was struck with sorrow and remorse at being in such a place, and at his age the nerves were highly strung. He had seen in the previous day's papers an account of a lad, aged 16, and a young girl, 15, tying themselves together, and throwing themselves into the water.—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind."
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1885-10-02 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE INQUEST.  On Friday, the 25th ult., an inquest was held at the police-station, Nantyfyllon, before Mr H. Cuthbertson, the district coroner, regarding the death of Isaac Weldon, who was drowned on the previous Wednesday. The particulars disclosed by the evidence were as follow : Daniel Weldon deposed that deceased was his brother and was 26 years of age. Did not see him on Wednesday until he was brought home dead. In reply to the Coroner's question if deceased had been in low spirits, witness said he was in that state. That about fifteen weeks ago he had been to work at Clydach Vale, on his return from there his conduct was very strange, he said he was followed by policemen and soldiers and seemed quite bewildered. After a sleep he was more composed. Dr Davies charged the family to watch him, and let him know if he got worse. He, however, got much better, and worked with witness at the colliery until last Wednesday when there was no work, and he parted with him that morning at the mouth of the pit, and did not see him alive after that. He never said anything about destroying himself.  Daniel Harris, collier, next examined, saw deceased about seven o'clock Wednesday evening sitting in his brother's house in High-street. Coroner: Was there anything the matter with Witness: He looked simple. He went out of the house, his mother followed, and brought him back. He then asked witness to come for a walk, but witness declined, sayingi t was too cold. He again went out; his mother called to witness to follow him; this he did, but could not get deceased to stop, nor overtake him, but kept him in sight until he got by a ,pond called the smith-pond, when he lost sight of him, and soon he heard a splash in the water, and was certain that be had got into the pond, although he could not see him, it being too dark and foggy. Witness then went for assistance, and the body was drawn out by Walter Wells; be had been in about half-an-hour. Dr Enoch Davies, examined, said he knew deceased, had seen him lately, when he complained of his head and stomach, and was rather depressed in spirits; when be saw him last, he was much better and rather cheerful. He bad had an attack of St Vitus' dance about six or seven years, and that affected his nervous system very much. The Coroner: You did not think him a fit subject for an asylum ? Witness: I do not think we should have been justified in certifying that. The Coroner: If you thought he was a fit subject to be confined you would have directed this to be done ? Witness: He bad shewn no acute symptons of insanity sufficient to justify us in certifying to have him confined. Death was of course by drowning. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state of unsound mind."
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1885-10-02 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

HUNTING NOTES.  • GLANORGANSHIRE HOUNDS.  These hounds met at Slade on Monday,'at eight o'clock. Amongst those out were Mr and Mrs Boles, Rev R. Boles, Mr Densby Boles, Miss Came and party, Mr Frank and Mr H. Homfray, Mr R. K. Prichard, Mr Vachell, Mr Birt St A. Jenner, ere., die. Drew the cliff walks blank, but directly Cross put the hounds into Cwmmawr, they had three or four foxes on foot. Alter some very pretty woodland hunting, a fox had to give up his brush; another cub committed suicide by jumping over the cliffs and was brought up by Harry. Having disposed of this last, a move was made to Cwmnash, and here again a brace of cubs were found at once, both of which, after some pretty hunting, took relief under ground. We then trotted off to the Gleepot, a cover belonging to that excellent fox preserver, Dr Came, which in dry weather is rarely or never drawn blank, and to-day was no exception to the rule, several foxes being at home, one of which attar two or three rings in cover, broke away in the direction of Wick, turning to the right to Llandow, over the big grass fields and well-known Cleinen.ton brook, past Stembridge and on to the hill above Kwenny, where hounds were whipped off, after a very pretty gallop of 35 minutes. The young hounds enter well and with such a show of foxes there is every prospect of a first rate season's sport. To-day the old rhyme One few on foot, more diversion will bring, Than twice 20,000 cock pheasants on wing, Was fully borne out. Scent so far has been very bad, but the pack has already accounted for two or three brace. All we want is good scenting weather— Horses stout and hounds healthy, Earths well stopped and foxes plenty. Haimixu.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1885-01-23 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN 18S4.  Retiirus 11;ve -been issued of aecidente and ofigualtiOB On !he_Tqllw"Ys of the United Kingdom, rep of Trade, during the nine orted to the 1t0n74 mouths ending the 30th o: September, 1884.. It . ll appears that the total number, persons ki was 859, and tho number injured 58.32. th ed "! number. 31 passengers were killed and 556 injurea by accidents to trains, rolling-stook, or permanent way, and 77 were killed and 467 injured by accidents from other causes. Of companies' servants, 21 were killed and 83 injured by accidents to trains, rolling-stock, ; and 374 were killed and 1660 injured by accidents from other causes; 44 persons were killed and 23 injured at level crossings; 254 trespassers (including suicides) were killed and 136 injured. During the nine mouths there were reported 21 collisions between passenger trains or parts of passenger trains, by which 211 passengers and 7 servants were injured ; 40 collisions between passenger trains and goods or mineral trains, &0., by which 107 passengers and 8 servants were injured ; 16 collisions between goods trains or pnrts of goods trains, by which 6 servants were killed and 16 injured ; 46 cases of paws nger trains or pare of passenger trains leaving the rails, by which 5 passengers and 4 servants were killed and 62 passengers and 7 servants Injured; 13 cases of goods trains or parts of goods trains leaving the rails, by which 2 servants were killed and 6 injured ; 8 cases of trains travelling in the wrong direction through points, by which 4 passengers and 10 servants were injured; 17 cases of trains running into stations or sidings at too high a speed, by which 86 passengers and 11 servants were injured; 94 Cases of trains running over cattle or other obstructions on the line, involving injury to 4 passenger.; 41 oases of trains running through gates at level-crossings, causing the death of one person and injury to another, who wr. parsing along the public road at the time; 4 cases of the bunting of boilers of engines, by which 1 passenger was killed and 2 passengers and 3 servante were injured; 291 allures of axles, by which 24 passengers were killed and 69 passengers and 4 servants injured; one failure of a brake apparatwi, by whirl, 3 passengers were injured; 8 failurei of couplings, involving injury to 6 pa.sengers and 2 servants ; 2 failures of bridges, by "loch 7 servants were killed end 8 injured; 10 floudings of portions of the permanent way. involving injury to one Permit ; 6 slips in cut tinge of embankments, causing the death of 1 p s'etiger and 3 sirvatite, and injury to 2 passengers and 2 servants.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1885-11-27 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

MERTINQ OF GUARDIANS. —The usual weekly meeting was held on Saturday. Mr. W. Jenkins presided, and there were also present Messrs J. C. Nicholl, sz.officio, H Bevan, J. Barrow, J. Thomas, T. L. Roberts. E. Lewis, T. Morgan, G. Powell. L. Yorath, R. Williams, R. Thomas, T. Rees, D. Jones and W. Jones.—Mr Bevan said there had been strong reflection made against the Board with regard to the man who had been drowned at Tondu. Remarks had been made in the tawn with respect to the arbitrary manner in which their powers were applied to paupers, in making them go out when they were not fit to do so. It was said the man went out when ordered, although not in a proper state to leave, and then went and drowned himself. He did not know that the man had been ordered out but it was said he had been, and it was known that two or three days afterwards the man committed suicide —The Master said that on the Monday two men were going out who were quite competent to got their own living, and their leaving induced the old man to go. He said the works were going on aud he was determined to go.—Mr Bevan said he wished to cast no reflection on the Board at all—he knew they (lid right so far as they could—but he thought if a man was an invalid the medical officer should be consulted previous to the pauper being ordered away. Ile had heard the opinion of several parties on the matter to the effect that they compelled the man to go out when be was not in a fit state to do so.—Mr Edmund Lewis said if there was an erroneous impression abroad, for which there was no foundation, they should take no notice of it.—The matter then dropped.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-05-17 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SCENE IN TI! E DEAD-HOUSE.  It appears from statements made by the friends of the young man Fletcher, who committed suicide after shooting his wife with a horse pistol, that he was always a man easily excited into a passion, and that he often acted upon impulse. He was always of a very roving disposition, and that fact often induced himi to go to sea when he could get an opportunity of doing so. He was very anxious to travel about and spend his time in foreign lands. His marriage with the deceased was always regarded by his friends as an I unfortunate occurrence, and the reason for his infatuation, as it was called, could never be ascertained. She was not pretty, and she had received no education. All his coenections were respectable. She was the daughter of a labourer, who died a short time ago. Although lie was never heard to threaten his wife, yet there is reason to believe the murder was preineditated,and it is supposed that the large horse pistols used in carrying out his criminal object belonged to a. ship in the docks, and it is believed that he secreted the pistols, which are very large ones, about him belore he came on shore. Inquiries have been niade in every direction for the purpose of ascertaining where lie obtained the iron slugs that he. used in killing himself and his victim ; but although they are of a peculiar construction, no person is able to tell where they , were procured. They look as if they had been cut oil the end of an iron rod nearly half an inch in diameter. They are deadly missiles, and the one that the murderer fired into his own body passed completely through it in a straight line front the chest to the back. The scene of the shocking tragedy has been visited by numbers of persons, and one time the n °Away in front of the house was so densely packed with people that it was impossible to pass. The family of the deceased woman have given way to intense grief at the untimely loss of their relative. On Monday a strange scene occurred at the Horton dead-house, where the bodies of the murderer and his victim lie side by side. The molter of Ellen Fletcher and another female relative went to see her. When the mother saw her dead daughter liilo burst out crying, and then, turning round, raised her arise and rushed at the corpse of the dead man with the intention of striking him on the heath. Her relative said, "Let the brute alone.. Do not mind him." And a gentleman present rushed furwanl aud caught hold of her by the sleeve of her dress, and pulled her back. He then said, "HOW do you hope for for. ? The woman immediately became quieted, and her arms sank down by her side.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1867-05-17 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

MURDER AND SUICIDE AT HOXTON.  A. double crime was committed at Murton on Saturday-night It appears that on Thursday last the landlady of the Bridge-house Tavern, Whitmore-road, engaged a woman about 23 years of age as servant. She said her name was Mary Jane Fletcher; that she was married, but that her husband had deserted her, and left her to maintain their two children as she might be able. These children stayed with her mother, and would do no whilst she (the servant) was in service. Early on Saturday evening Mrs. Fletcher asked permission to go to her mother's, to prevent information being given of her whereabouts to her husband if he should call and inquire for her. After having obtained permission she determined that she would not go, because, having nothing to be ashamed of, she did not need to fear his calling. So she continued in the house, doing her work, until about eleven o'clock. At that tune a man, who looked liked a sailor, entered the house, and going up to the bar, asked if Mary Jane ' Fletcher was in. The landlady replied that she was in the kitchen, and showed the stranger the way there. She bad scarcely time to return to the bar before she heard time reports of two pistol shots, one succeeding the other rapidly. She and the other inmates of the house hastened to the kitchen. They saw the man lying on the ' floor, with a stream of blood issuing from a great wound in his breast. In one hand he held a pistol, and had evidently thrown away another, which was seen on the floor at a little distance from him. Not far front him his wife lay, also on the floor, and her clothes were saturatcsl with blood. She was exclaiming, "Oh! llarry, Ilarry, how could you be so cruel " Medical aid was at once obtained, but the man appears to have died instantaneously, and the woman only lived for about hall an hour. It seems quite certain that the man's only object in seeking his wife was to murder her. • His clothes were searched, and in his pockets were found several large bullets, which fitted the horse-pistols which lie bad tired, a tinsanister containing percussion caps, a quantity of gunpowder, his marriage certiiidtte, and money to the ',mount of 255.