The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1894-02-17 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

ANOTHER RESULT OF DRINKING.  Mrs. Berry, the South Lambeth woman who is charged with murdering her son William by throwing a shovel at him, was again brought up on Monday. Elizabeth Howell, a general servant, said mother and son had some words over some pawntickets. Mrs. Berry took up a glass sugarbasin to throw at William, but witness persuaded her to put it down. Prisoner then picked up a light iron shovel and threw it at deceased. It struck him just over the right ear, and he fell over unconscious. Witness gave deceased water, and be recovered somewhat. They afterwards put him to bed. Witness went in to see him, and found him, as she thought, asleep. About eight o'clock on Sunday morning, deceased said his bead was I very bad. Later in the day witness went for a doctor, and on her return she found the deceased dead. Mrs. Berry was not sober when she threw the shovel.—Prisoner: It's quite right what she says, sir. I was not sober.—When asked whether she had anything to say, the prisoner burst into tears and exclaimed, '• I had a drop to drink, and he aggravated me."—Mr. Hopkins committed the prisoner on the charge of manslaughter.  St. Petersburg is getting clear of cholera. Mr. Robert W. Marsh, a leading tradesman, of Warrington, and former member of the Town Council, has committed suicide by hanging himself.  Professor Alexsnder Tyndall, the son of a Market Harborough doctor, has requested the Home Secretary to permit him to hypnotise Mrs. Maybrick, to "enable her, if possible, to establish her innocence."  A terrible panic occurred during the performance at the German National Theatre at Prague. An alarm of ilre was raised, and a large portion of the audience rushed tor the exits. Several persons fell, were trampled upon, and seriously injured,  Cardinal Vaughan's mission in London is to be mot by a counter-movement on the part of Lhe Protestant Alliance. That body is stirring up the clergy of the Established and Nonconformists Churches to instruct their congregations in the knowledge of the distinctive Bible doctrines of Protestantism. It proposes even to carry the campaign into the houses of the people. _  Major Cordew, in his report on th 3 electric ac6ident at Bout nemouth, by which a 4orse was killed last month, says the death was extraordinary, considering that the current reached the animal through several inches of roadway. The d_nith was Primarily due to electric shock but accelerated by enlargement of the heart. Major Cordew does not consider there is any appreciable danger te human life.  It is proposed to spend 00.000 on improving the London Fire Brigade. An additional river station will be provided, five stations in eifferent parts of London, twenty-eight sub-stations and street stations, fifty escape sts.tions, five steam engines, eight hose-carts, and fifteen hose-cart and escape stations. The total increased annual cost of the brigade will be equal to a sate of less than a farthing in the pound.  SAD DEATH OF A CHlLD.—William Henry Spink, the three-year-old son of George William Spink, butcher, 26, Thomas-street, Huddersfield, met with a fatal accident by falling into a bucket of hot water on Tuesday. It appears that the father had filled two buckets with hot water for the purpose of washing his shop out, and had placed' them near the door until the storm had abated. Whilst engaged at play the child fell into one of the buckets, Lut notwithstanding its speedy rescue by its father, the shock received proved fatal.