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Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1888-08-25 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE LS A  MUSIC HALL.  A LEAP FROM TEES GALLERY.  bicyck  power  your  down  il-i.  gPli!  walk]  week  wilk.  efficric;  chami  well,.  ci,300  rode  miles)  qn1"1?0,  heamsti  An extraordinary incident occurred oi Tuesday night in Dan Lowrey'e Music Ilsld Dublin. Just at the commencement of the performance of the sisters Groyenor, who came on the stage at about half-past nine, a man named Kenny jumped from the upper gallery into the orchestra, a height of over Oft., falling an and severely hurting a carnet player named Eennedy. His fall WWI broken by reason of his coining into contact with the cornet player, and the noise occasioned was so slight that those of the audimce who did not actually . .  Se; the fall were in doubt as to wha't j had occurred. The sisters Grovenor started I back horror - stricken, and retired behiud I the wigs. The audience rose to their feet, and in • moment there was danger of • panic, but I Mr Lowrey appeared before the scenes and called upon the people to keep their places. The two men were removed from the orchestra, both badly cut about the head. Kenny was taken by the police to College street Police Station where ho was charged with having attempted to commit suicide, and was &oboegrtently conveyed to Mercer's Hospital. lel ennedy, the cornet player, who was fully as badly injured as the would he suicide, walked with assistance to the hospital, whcre the severe scalp wound which he had received was dr%ised. Kenny's wife was beside him when he took the leap. After awhile the performance was continued, but it was some time before the slners Urovenor sufficiently recore:ed solf-nosseasion to resume their parts.  TIILETIC  r Thomas el, rider, of 16. have found S. ear of good. I 6 • valuable embrou. consider it a ap .1 with while training It G. Smith (of liands '1), 18, Carlyle-road, lh ! says ;—" Not long ago ID in my aukle,which wholly ring. I used St. Jszobs Oil A kto the ankle, by which time pain had wholly disappeared, and lilt. I hava, therefore, no hosita,th. !mending your Oil to football players, a. 11 persons suffering from pain." hletes everywhere are vieing with each ia their testimony as to the wonderful of a new discovery. Edward Hanlan, pion oarsman of the world; G. E. B. 'Ernewho rode froai Sydney to Roobampi,on miles) on a bicycle; John Rolfe, champion list of Australia; and John C. Copland, who from Sydney to Melbourne and back ;1,200 i) on * tricycle, all say that the remedy in bon, St. Jacobs Oil. is invaluable in tritimn.l. will once strains of the muscles, stiffneas, and  MR
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1866-11-30 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MURDER THROUGH JEALOUSY, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER. On Friday morning, about half-past ten o'clock, a rumour was circulated that a shocking murder had been committed during the night in Finch-street, Birmingham, and the rumour unfortunately turned out to be true. The circumstances are as follow :—ln Park-place, Nursery-terrace, Handsworth, until Thursday there lived the murderer, John Hampton, aged 39, engraver, and his wife Catherine, aged 38, and four children, aged respectively 18, 12, h, and 2. During the past six or seven years domestic quarrels have been frequent, and on one or two occasions they have been carried to such an extent that the neighbours have been obliged to interfere. Hampton charged his wife with gross and systematic infidelity, but she repudiated the charge. She was a weak woman, and had been in ill-health since her confinement. Within the past few weeks Hampton became more suspicious than ever, and quarrels occurred almost daily. Being a member of a local Volunteer corps, he cultivated the habit of using firearms of all kinds, and he constantly kept a supply of Minie cartridges in his house He had also a small cannon, and this was kept just outside his bedroom. On Thursday night the children retired to bed as usual, leaving their father sitting up in the kitchen. Nothing further was heard until about half-past six o'clock next morning, when the eldest son heard a loud report and a scream from his father's bedroom. Ile at once ran in. and his mother lay dead in bed, strangled and cold. A cannon lay upon her body, and by the side of it was his father, from whose left breast the blood was streaming. The boy asked his father what he had done, and he pointed to a box containing two letters. Assistance was at once obtained, and from the statements of the murderer, and also those contained in the letters, it appeared that about one o'clock in the morning, the husband having extracted some confession from his wife, he seized her by the throat and strangled her instantly. Ile then lay by her side for some time, hut so horribly troubledwas he, that he got up, lighted a candle, and wrote a letter to his children, telling them what he had done, and breathing throughout a kindly feeling towards them, and expressing a wish to put life into the cold clay. Ile then seems to have taken the cannon, loaded it, placed it on his wife's body, and lying down by her side, put the muzz'e to his heart, and fired it. The ball passed completely through his body, and then passed through the window into the street.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1871-01-21 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SUICIDE AT STOCKTON. —1)11 Tuesday evening, an inquest was held at the ricveland Inn, Cleveland-row, Stockton, before J. Settle, Esq., county coroner, on the body of Peter Gibson, ""Timer, who had been round suspended by the neck, in his own shop, that wonting. Evidenee was addneed by Nancy Gibson, wife of dere 'sell, Elizabeth Rowntree, his daughter, John Douglas, his son • in-law, an I Johu Gibson, his brother, from which it appeared that deceased is 63 years old. He was for. merly a weaver in the town. For some time past he has beett in ill-health, and for six or seven weeks been in a desponding state of mind, frequently im• sighting that he was in reduced circumstances and that he would come to want, although there was not any reason for such hallucinations. On Monday evening, his wife, after vainly endeavouring to permnade him to go to bed, lift him sitting in a chair by the kitchen fire, as she had frequently done before, the deceased having lately adopted a habit of sleeping in the day time and sitting up at night. Mrs Gibson went to bed about ten tr'eack. Nothing further was seen of deceased until next morning, when, about half-past six she was asked by Mrs Rowntree whether her father had been in bed drain: the night, and she replied that he had not. A little girl went down stairs to ascertain the reason of a light burning in the kitchen, and returned immediately to Mrs Rowntree, saying that the kitchen gas was burning but that her gr,n I. father was not. there. Mrs Gibson and Mrs 'towntree then went down stairs. Mrs , •ibsmn lighted t'or gas in the shop, and immediately noticed her husband hanging by a piece of clothes line from a hook fixed in the ceiling of the shop. His right foot rested upon a bag of potatoes, and his left foot touched the floor. Assistance was immediately procured, and when cut down deceased was found to be quite cold, evidently having been dead some time. Dr Dale had previously attended deceased, and a week previously had told Mrs Gibson that the only course to pursue was to administer strum'ante to deceased. He partook of beef-tea, but refused to take any wine. The jury returned a verdict " That deceased strangled himself while in a state of temporary insanity."
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-05-31 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

HUMOROUS SELECTIONS.  Suicide through Pain Jrunp:n,g through a window.  To thot.e expecaing a windfall—Watch when the baranoter goes op.  He: "May I not past oat my burning heart at your feet?" She : " lbst's a good idea. Aly toes are right chilly."  • tea with Snooks, First Editor: "Are you soqas,.:n ted with the poet ?" Second Editor: Acq him? Why, he is the best patron_my waste basket has got."  A : "Groak heavens, what a fierce look that Bengal tiger has." B: "Fierce look? Come around to my house and let me introduce you to ray mother-in-law. You have not seen her yet."  Bessie: "You're a funny bird, Mr Policeman." Policeman: "A bird, is t, ye take me far? Do Oi look! ike a burd, now ?" Bessie: "No, you don't look a bit like a bird, bat nurse said you were a sparrow policeman, and spurious are birds, you know."  "Parrot: "Pm thinking of starting a paper whose mission will be to fight all our modern corruptions and abuses and frauds—but I don't know what name to give it." Wiggins: " Call it the Earth." "Why ?" "Because it will be one everlastingbawl."  Doator: "You must give your husband one of these capsules every two hours." Mrs Johnsing : " Only one of 'ern ebery two hours? Huh, you don't ,ow dat nig.gah. If he don't get no more den dat ter out he is gwlnter email up eberydiug in de hous."  De Smythe: "Who is that affected specimen of humanity making towards us?" De Johnes: -"That's Dumley, and despite his harmless appearance he's a courageous man." "Well, his looks I belie him. But what makes you think he has ' courage?" ." He eats restaurant hash." Shopper: "I don'tlike the colour of this dress pattern. It is too loud." Clerk: " I assure you, madam, that of all our dress patterns that is the most I silent one we have. We have some that make I twice as much noise. We have nothing less vociferous than that you have in your hand."  A Sheepdog Trial Society has just been starlet It is not clear for what particular offences the sheepdogs are to be tried; but every member of the society must have a hangdog expression, and be able to recite Corns's owed to the passions. The motto will be, " Glve a dog a bstcl name and hang him."  San wept., the poor laundress, on returning five shirts where her patron had entrusted her with six, and confessed that she had burned a big hole in the sixth while ironing. "Never mind," said her customer, kindly. "flow much do I owe you ?" " Six shale at fourpence each." "Bak, I say, you burned one of 'em up." "Well, suppose I did? Hadn't I washed it before I burned it? Go along wid ye, trying to chats a poor lone widow I"
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-11-15 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

NEWS IN BRIEF.  A great tobacco fa.“..ory at Msdrid has been burnt down. Ten thousand women are thrown oat of work. The Government powder mills at Taiping Fu, Shanghai, have blown up, three bunired persons being killed by the explooioo. Lord Roseberv's ,ister, Lady Loconfield, who has been nursirg Lady Rambery all thriugh her illness, telegraphs that there is some alight Improvement in her sister-in-law's cooditioa. The schooner Swida, from the Baltic, arrived on Tuesday roporting tempestuous wiuttlier at sea. Two of the crew were injured and others grcatly exhunted in eoneiscrenee of 'ming constantly on deck. , Lome-Sergeant Wm. James, of the Inniskifion I Regiment, cominited suicide at the Nymtoris BarraCkS, Southsea, last Ssturdsy by firing Ins ride into his month. Progress is being male towards the round million of members which it is hoped the Primrose Tangos will be able to announce next Primrose Day. At the last retrain the number was 955,908, enrolled in 2,120 habitations. The students at the North Wales Normal School for the training of Board School mutters, at Bangor, about seventy in number, were on Tuesday morning summarily expelled for leaving college on Monday night as a protest agsinet the food mantled. At a meeting held on Tuesday Mr Wilson-Todd, of Ilalnaby Hall, wa; unanimou .!y selected as Censor. waive esedidate fur the Howdenshire Division. Some time c Mr Arthur Doneombe, M.P., inti ined hi A intention a not seeking re-election. A San Francisco telegram says the bed of the Feather rirer has been bored, and rich 'gold depnerita been ditmverei. The =mazer ss.ys that from ten to fifteen millions of gold is in sight. The steamship Lough Fisher, of Barrow,_ on _ _  _ arriving at Swansea last Saturday reported that during the recent hurricane, while off Milford Island, she ran down an unknown steamer, with all hands. A telegram from Bruges says—J. M. Smith and Frank Slavin, pugilists, were sentenced in their abfler.C• to one mon'th's imprisonment last Saturday in connection with the recent prize right. The death occurred on Wedneedly of Mr Wm. Rogers, es-Mayor of Wigan, president of she Association Managers, - National of Colliery ~ and a well-known mining engineer. Owing to the frequent burglaries in tho neighbourhood of Epping Forest, the police in the Epping. Harlow, anl Ongar sub-divisions have been armed with revolven. On 'Pueaday the men practised at the North Weald Butts. A fire occurred on Monday afternoon at a cotton mill at Bolton. Tim Ere was confined to the room ht whicrh it originated, but the roof had fallen in and the room was burnt out. The damage ia estimated at .1:15,000. A shocking tragedy hea cr,currad at the village of eirnesauden, near Hamburg. A ' oaly eight '-- the
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-12-20 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SERIOUS COLLISION AND LOSS OF  LLVE.  Early on Thursday morning a collision occurred off Eddystone involving the losa of the Plymouth trawler Coquette and four men. The Coquette was anchored twelve miies north of Eddystone, when the 100k-out man, Fronde, informed those below that a steamer was bearing down upon them a quarter of a mile away. Vhen about three hundred yards distant the saptain of the steamer, the Fairway, of London, suddenly changed his course, and notwithstanding Chown shouting "Go hard sport," the steamer came right on the Coquette, crashing into it and cutting her half through on the port side. The captain, seising his hiebuoy, got into the rigging, and then clambered into the Fairway's guard irons, two of the crew hanging upon his legs, when something fell upon them, dashing them into the sea. After struggling the captain again reached the steamer, a lad still clinging round his neck, but was a second time knxiievl into the water, this time, unfortunately, mifsinj his child. Fronde, Simpson, and Giles, his men, Tel also disappeared, snil the captain alone managed to rivaiu the steamer. After some time one of the steamer's crew joined him, asking, "Where are your lights?" Chown had barely pointdd them oat when his vessel unfoltainately sank. The skipper was landed at Plymouth, and the steamer, which lost a boat in endeavouring to save the missing men, proceeded to London.  SUICIDS FROM NEWCANTLR SWING PallXln. —On Thursday afternoon a MEM committed suicide by jumping from toe jetty of the Swing Bridge, New. castle. Assistance WILI rendered hint at the time when he was stin.igling in the water, but in consequeneo either of his not seeing the ropes, or of his wilfully ignoring them, he sank and was drowned. The body wee subsequently recovered, and conveyed to the Dead House, Duseburn. At the Memorial lia.ll, Loudon, on Sunday afternoon a tastimonial of £7OO, with an ilimnj. n&ed whines, was presented to Mr Charles Miall on his retirement front the editorship of the Nonoonforntiat and Independent.
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-02-22 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FEBRUARY 22, 1690.  Monday next ban been Arad for the nomination for West Wider/rel. saa Um palling lot the follow, tug Geozge Sontheriok, shoemaker, of Leeds, mks Lad been unforkinste in business, cat ins throat on If many, IliEta then reeled out of his shop and tea dead at hie wits's feet.  A rich vent of ailver has hew discovered in the Rooky Mountains, nest the Glacier Hoe" lifiners from the United States are said to be going into the Kootenay district in considerable nsusbers, attracted by recent mineral discoveries a valsable nature in that part of the province. A terrible affray has occurred at Penrith. New South Wales, between the •police and an Indies tramp, whom they were endeavouring to arrest. The tramp stabbed and killed Sergeant lieetrand • man named John Sendnlisten. He was pursued and stoned by the mob who witnessed the emus. rence, and was finally shot dead by a poliiwitan. A handsome nun of pin moniry appear to have been given to Halle. Hatairri, who was married the other day to the Spanish grandee, Louis V &mom, the husband haying presented to his charming wife the annual inoorne from Ins (amens tobacco plaints. Cons in Havana, supplying the cigars smoked by severed European Sovereigns, valued at .E12):030 • year. A terrible gime is reported from New York. ' JeWsh pedMr named Jacob, who had boas beggared by law suits brought against him at the instance of a trnckman named llogeainski. de' coyed the Liter into a stable, and the abet hos deed. He dangmowily injured the vide of ilia victim, and then committed suicide.  At Bristol on Tuesday a rnan, givirrg the nem. of Goodwin, surrendered to the police tieyivig be had killed his arwee'heart, Jane Ryder. D. was &mad that the young woman had been conveyed to hi Infirmary suffering from severe wounds about 6las face and neck, evidently inflicted with a. razor. LI is hoped, however, that s-he will recover. Pkr Bowden, the late senior usher 'of Ore bate, Divorce, and Admiralty Court. 1, is sanl Is have left the unespettediy lame anm of
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-09-27 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

ORDER.  Sitting on Wednesday as Vacation Judge—it;i-he Chancery Division of the High Coed of Justice, Mr Justice Vaughan Williains had before him a petition by Mr C. A. Head and another, who were stated to be creditors for a large sum, and who asked for the usual winding-up order in connection with the Bowed%ld Iron Company, Limited.—Mx Martin Q.C. who appeared for the petition, staled tlas.t on the 22nd of the present mouth a meeting of shareholders was held at which resolutions were passed for winding-up voluntarily and appointing as liquidator Mr W. B. Peak who by an order of the 16th, had already been appointed provisional liquidator. Under these circumstances be proposed to take an order to continue the voluntary winding-up under the supervision of the Court, which would have the effect of continuing the appointment of Mr Peat. In accordance, however, with a resolution passed at the meeting, he was to give security of a bond of the Guarantee Society for £2,000, and it was proposed, therefore, that he should act as provisional liquidator. That security had been given. Counsel for the company assenting, his lordship made the order on the terms mentioned.  Major Prince Albert Victor is wetted honorary colonel of the 4th Bombay Cavalry (Poona Horse). A man and woman, who had resolved to die together, and had oommitted suicide, were cremated on Long Island, New York, on Monday. There was an immense crowd of morbid sightseers, principally Germans, who fought among themselves in their endeavours to obtain a good view of the spectacle. The cremation was concluded without the least solemnity, religions or otherwise. One of the earliest uses of this Ignase occurred on the opening of the Irish Parliament in 1777, when Hussey Burgh moved the Address to the King, in which was the following sentence :—" It is not by temporary expedients, but by an extension of trade, that Ireland can be ameliorated." Flood said audibly, "Why not a free trade?" The amendment electrified the House, the words were adopted, and the motion was carried unanimously.  _ .
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1881-04-16 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

TRADE.  A long letter on Free Trade from Mr Bright is publishes, in which he says:—" We all regret that France, the •United States of Americz, and other countries continuo to maintain their high tariffs. It is, as we believe, a misfortune to them and injurious to us, but we can only legislate for our own country, and not for them. If you think that, not being able to sell freely we should mend ourselves by giving up the power to buy freely, I mast leave yen to that opinion, only expressing, my wonder at it." Then he refers to France, and says—" The French Senate is in favour of more Protection ; the Chamber of Deputies disposed to Free Trade and to a more hueral policy. The Free Trade party in France is more powerful than in past times, and it is not certain that the proposed treaty will to less favourable to trade between the two countries. As to werica, how will you compel its Governmel t to reduce their tariff? By placing duties on American exports ta England ? If so, on what exports? On cotton for the midis of Lancashire, or on corn for the food of all our people? Trio American protective tariff makes it C.lfficalt or impossible for Americans to become great exporters of manufactures. If you tight them at the custom-houses, you can only assail them by duties on cotton and on corn, and this, surely, will not benefit Lancaster or the West Riding. When the debt of the United States is much reduced, when their revenue is in excess of their wants, then their tariff will be reformed, and their impoe , I duties will be reduced." it I  A SOMME AND Isfirayon.—A few days sy,o a young man named Gill, son of a publican in Coventry, committed suicide by banging himself in a hayl ft in the rear of his father's house. This so preyed upon the mind of his cousin, Charles Walker, another innkeeper's eon, that ho also hung himself in a hayloft under exactly similar circumstances. AN ALAriefiNe. Disc ABE ArEucriNes A NUIfE• GuMILIST
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1882-01-21 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

NEW GAS.  A great in3proveinent in the manufacture of gas has just been introduced at Watford by rtl6Brilb Rogers Bros., whose workshops and premises are now lighted with the new gas, which gives a pure white and brilliant light Of about five times the illuminating power of ordinary coal gas. By the new process no smoke or smell is emitted, and no "scrubbing" or lime purifying is requisite. There is no danger in the manufacture, as only nonexplosive oils are used. Tu.) new apparatus can be adapted to any existing coal gas works, and all ordinary pipes, gas holders, dm, can be utilized. A sufficient quantity of gas of great luminosity and purity can be manufactured in v. few hours to k- en a large mansion supplied for a week at Is till per thousand cubic feet, which is about one-third the price of the Watford town has. A burner pass;ng one cubic foot per hour of this Lew gas, according to the puutumetrio test, gi‘ies as much light as a burner passing five cubic feet of the ordinary coal gas; and, as it contains no sulphuretted hydrogen or carbonic acid, plants, pictures, books, and gilding do Lot in any way suffer from its contact.  The Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne has puldicly presented the medallion of the Royal Humane Society to a lad named Edward Wilcock, who, after two 1116 U had refused assistance, saved from drowning w•man who had attempted suicide. Fitt- Erasmus Wilson, President of the RIBA College of Surgeons, England, intimated his intention of giving £10,C09 to found and endow a Chair of Pathological Auatomy in the University of At:erdeeu:. _  ri HE SkTN.—The Glory of Woman, the Pride of Mu.—ln contains the delicate lines of beauty, and coo it tutes all that we term "Loveliness." yet how Cuy thonsands have their skies blew tithed by the ew of the irritant soaps, Ustrbol c, Coal Tar, and the coarse coloured sous, caustic with ▪ and made of putrid fat& The Mole deliaate 11 ku,, the quicker its ruin. THL ALI3ION 1 1:'.17 AND SULPHUR SOAP is the purest, the ✓ and most purifying of all soaps, by its par !.., it action taking away and preventing all pimlol,t,cises, and roughness. It is recommended by Lc entire medical profession :is the most elegant iver,Lratioa for the skin that is known. A htion to sensitive skins. By all chemists, in tablets. Gi and lk—The Albion Sanatory boap Co, 633 Oxford.street. London. . .