Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1882-06-24 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

BOWLING HANDICAP AT LONG:MONT.—A. bowl- ' ing handicap between the members of the Long. sight Liberal Club commenced on Saturday and Was nom:dude& on Monday evening. There were ' 46 players, and Mr. Howarth, who ph red from surstab, won the first prise, beatiog : r. George Green (one point start) by two. Mr. 3heethara (two), who was beaten by Mr. Green in,the fifth round, obtained the third prize, and Messis. Cochrane, Sunderland, and LoMwood the 4.h, sth, and 6th prizes, these players being hates in the fourth round by the turns first prize winners. Meagre. Sulliford and Craven, who obtained the highest number of points amongst those bee n in the previous round, were awarded the 7 and Bth prises. EXTRAORDINARY AFPAIB AT HOOaTON.—On Holiday evening to inquest was open at Hogh• ' tun. non Preston, on the body of a m unknown, whose death by his own hand seems have bees tio, preceded by an or ra,plinary and eratal assault ' upon him pe .—Toin Nor-e, par mak ,of Fetusscowlee, deposed that alertly before eight o'clook .on Sunday night last he and hi, brother were going along Hoghtrin 801t013.18 whey they saw the deceased leaning, as they thon4ht, atainst the bank on the roadside. Wituess though' he ..as drunk and shook him, and tticn saw that •-a„man ~,,Ii fast by the seek to a rail in the hedge' by 16 piece of string. The string was tight round his neck his feet were en the ground, and his knees were bent. He was quite dead, but was not nod. The ..trieg wale round his hand aa well 9 round his neck J.sseph Noblett, of Fleasiagton, i 'dosed : On Sunday night I saw deceased etruggging with another imm, who pulled him out of the,siiton and ran him enrolee the r irvl hushed illlrl against the fence, and aim k him in the face wiM his fit. That man' went. away four or five yards apd then returned to the deceaael, pulled him away Ur om the fence. anti threw him down on the road ead first. Deceased was getting up when I got opera Another man was standing there all the Out/that was going on. 1 said to tham," Yoh ought 14' have more mnee than to abuse a man in thii way." He laughed and raid, -Its all nothing.' The deceased amid, "I hadn't interfered with them when one of them came up and struck me on the heal with a stick and drew blood." The ti men went away in the direetion of Blackburn, a d tile deceased remained where he was, and sat di en on the bank, leaned hie head hank, and shut`ticapd eyas. I thought he was drunk. Tnere was , on his forehead. Before he wan thrown down Oa the road I saw blood on his forehead, when I was only ten or twelve yards off. I left the deceased about ten minutes past seven eclook.—Jeseph Whalley said he saw the de.ased about haft-past six o'clock on Sunday evening staggering in the road, and said to him - You have got sorry drunk" He said to wittie,s "Do you want thrriepeme?" and witness replied, "Yrs; if you have imind." Deceased pulled 20. out of his pocket, bet he put it back again and brought out a sovereign whioh witness saw in his hand. A. boy said to him, "I'll give you a shilling for that," and deceased Mid, "to, no," and went away.—Samuel Pearson said he marched the pockets of the deceased, after calling the attention of the people about, so that they might see what . he took from him. He found 21d. in deceased's ! , coat pooket, which was the only pocket he could • MM.—The inquest was then adjourned for the pro. : duction, if pomible, of the men Who abused the • deoemed.—The inquiry WWI re-opened on IMeeday, ; and at the termination a verdict of "Suicide whilat M a state of temporary ioasaite war.. turned.  IMPORTANT BUILDING SOCIErf