Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1877-04-28 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUICIDE IN OLDFIA.M.  A most deliberate act of self-destruction was perpetrated on Tuesday night at the house of Mr John Lees, Victoria Temperance Hotel, Vii tuna-street, Mumps. A young man named Frederick Hargreaves, aged 21, of 31, Edge-lane Ras& Lower-moor, was in the habit of frequenting the hotel named for the purpose of witness lug ..ames of billiards, and about eight o'clock on Tuesday evening he was in the billiard room when the landlord, thinking, as lie expressed it. I that the deceased looked more "solid" than was his wont, asked him how be was,. to which he replied in the conventional reinarks, "All right." He afterwards ordered a cup of tea in the bit hard -room, mid having procured, according to his sulispqueut statontent to ids mother, two ounces of ox dic aciil from Mr Ssnittel Rhodes, ciiemist, Mumps, he mixed it with the tea and  lrauk the deadly conipouni. W :th reinarkable  self—possession, he then burnediy wended his way Monewaids, and on getting into the house he tiirtw himself on a sofa. In reply to em ill• quity of his mother, he informed her that he had taken the two ~1111011 of oxolic acid already recorded, giving the name of tue chemist;ti shop where it was obtained. It anoears that the unfortuume young man had u for a length• cued period suoject to fits of temporary insanity, which assumed %NU i. 011,1 tendencies; and his mether, think mg lie was labouring under one of his former delusions, doubted the veracity of , his statement He made several ineffectual  efforts to emit the poisonous drug from his stomach, and tan mother, realising the truth of his observations and his dangerous condition, immediately sought medical assistance; but life had fled bilore the arrival of a 'inCtOr.  A LIVING MAN PREPARING HIS ToMRSToNE.  At the usual furtnightly meeting of the Cemeteries Committee, held at Oldham, on Tuesday evening, Councillor Hilton in the chair, a grave neater came under discussion. It was introduced by the chairman, who said he had, among other gravestone inscriptions sent to the committee for approval, received "no which he, as chairman of the committee, had refused to air'. It was an inscription to perpetuate the memory of a man who was still living. The inscription was to contain the name of himself—Wm. Mills, Napier-street, Werneth—and two scriptural quotations, one being, "I know that my Redeemer liveth." The date of death was, of course, left out, Mr Mills, unfortunately for the insciiptiin, not being aware of the date when he should depart this life. He (the chairman) now asked if the coudnittee would pass an untinished inscription. Alderman Wainwright: That is shall we i pass an inscription for a man who s still living The Cnairmau remarked that MrMills wanted to see that the work he required, when he was dead, was completed, as far as could be, while he was living. But he could not state the date of his death, and therefore the inscript.ou was incomplete. Mr Mills was unable to say when his death would take place, and therefore he could not, while living, see the date put into the inscription. Councillor Partiugton suggested that the ap plicant might have some children not as good as they *would be. Ti,e Chairman was in accord with the suggestion of Councillor Partiurou, as he though • Ms Mills had not that confidence in his children to believe they would carry out his wishes. The Deputy Town Clerk said Mr Mills oughtto trust to his admiuistraaors and ,kecutors in such a matter. . .  Jowledlor Partingtou thou,ht the cuntnittee could not entertain the queatiou of au unfiniehed  iuscription• The committee coincided, and prooeeded to "next business."  A.HTON COUNTY_