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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1887-02-12 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

BLLOM..GtiOVE  Scuoor, Boann ELECTI eiahteen underrnendoet d persons have been nomioated as caudidates or eieciion a. members o- tie School Boat d for the parish of Bromsgrove :—W:liatn Benjamin Blackharn, Catskill. no occal.ation ; Reuben Broomfield, Sant.ide, tool maker; James William Corn. bit, Stourbridge Wad Bakeist minister ; William tour, Strand, beot maker and grocer; Charles Ellingworth, Illgh Street, w atch make: ; Charles H. I.i, High Sir, et, draper; Jo -n Green, Whitford Hill. pot), r, SLe. ; Rober: Anthony 11.11, High Street, p twnkr_ ker ; Wiliam Hughe4, jun., Crescent, 4..11 btr, et, 6mill and •ne chinist ; John Robeson Horton, The Oakland, , Uptou Warren, so icitor ; Willi.im Jefferies, high Street, grocer ; James Kidd, Catehilt Vicarag,', Vicar ef Catshill ; Witham Job Leadbetter, High Street, fruiterer; Walter Parry, I h.. Crescent. New Road, nail manufacturer; R Saywel', New Road, had master College School; Albert Eden Seymour, the Vie:trage. &elk in holy orders ; Hart is 'eyino ir St tarb:itge Road, estate steward; Frederic.; William Turton, 69, High Street, lather merchant. The Board consists of peven members, and of the persons n ,n:ed above the R• vs. A B Seynno,:r, J. Kidd aLd S. Comfort. and M •ssrs. Green, Jefferies, and Parry are members of the present Board, whose last meeting will be held on the 14th inst. Mr. Leadbetter resigned his seat some mohths ago on account of ill-hea.Ph. Mr. John Hwuphreys is the returnin4 officer. On the occasion of the last trieenial election there were 16 noinination,..  Tga :DICIDE AT ASTON FIELDS —ll,. E. Dockun (Deputy Cornier) held i quest at the Drago 0 Inn, on .Alondy ingot, on ate body of Mary Aenn eating (53), wie of Wi Bain eating, m nage,- for Mr. J. B. Wilson, groo woo conunitled saicide en Frid,y by hating litre :If under tireurestanc,B already reporte.l in the Observer. The jury returned a verdict of 'Suicide whilst in a state of temporary in-anity,"
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1872-07-27 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.  A music dealer announces in his window a senti mental song, 'r Thou host loved me and left me for eight teenpence." A concluaive argument against suicidea iff, that it is the height of impoliteness to go anywhere till you are sent for. A man who was delivering a public lecture in Massachusetts, the other evening stepped over the edge of Ids platform, and striking on his feet, calmly continued, " fo come down to the level of my audience "My anakea and gracious ! " Artemus Ward once said, " thorc's nothing scarcely I would not dolor my beloved country. I would sacrifice all my wife's relations, and most my own, without a pang or a weep, if my country demanded  The boarders of a tavern in Georgia were annoyed by thee In their Latter. Judge Dooley took the tavernkeeper aside, and remarked I. aim, hi a private way, that some of his friends thought It would be beat for him to put the butter on one plate and the flies on another, and let the people mix them to suit themsewes. A pair were married at Plainview, Minn.. in an unusual way lately, The ceremony Was Perrnr.ed in • dh.et' g hall, the floor of which was filled for dancing, except MI6 set. Then the happy couple, followed by three newly married couples, stepped forward atel formed the lacking eel, the minister stepped into the centre of the circle and performed the ceremony, the music struck up, and the dance went forward as if nothing had happened. "Man want. but little here below, nor wants that little long," is a libel ; man wants everything he can see, or hear ov, and never is willing to let go if his grab. whenever yu find a man who is thoroughly satielled with what he has got, yu will find either an Moot, or one who haz tried hard to get some more and couldn't do It. The older a man grows the more wantful he bekum. as hi, hold on life slackens, his pinch one dollar grows grippy.--Josh nsilinga The papers are publishing as • cumuli item a statement to the effect that "a hone pulled the plug out of the bunghole of a water-barrel and elated hie thirst." As the hone could not have slaked his thist without pulling the plug out of the bunghole of the barrel, we do not see anything extraordinary in the occurrence. If the barrel had pulled the hone out of the bunghole and slaked its thirst, It might have been worth while to make • tuaa ov4r
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1872-04-06 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

POST OFFICE SAVINGS' BANKS. —A return was issued on Saturday showing the number and amount of deposita in and withdrawals from the Post Office Savings' Banks from the commencement, on the 16th day of September, 1861, to the 16th (lay of September, 1871; together with the amount transferred from old savings' banks, and the balance due to depositors the amount paid to and received from the National Debt Commissioners, and the balance remaining to be paid to them on the above dale. The deposits in the period amounted tin £44,198,743 19s. 7(1., and the withdrawals to £28,044,539 15s. The amount transferred from old savings' banks was £2,604,688 ss. lid,; the balance due to depositors, £16,154,204 4s. DL; the amount paid to the National Debt Commissioner!, £35,972,280 19s. Bd. ; the amount received from the National Debt Commissioners, £30,050 Os. 11d.; and the balance remaining to be paid to the National Debt Commissioners, £211,975 ss. 101. NEWS FROM PARIS !—The Paris correspondent of the Daily News writes : Thanks to a well-informed correspondent which the Liberte keeps in London to explain to Frenchmen the manners and customs of the United Kingdom, I know something more of the great boat.race than even the Daily Netc4 has published. I have the satisfaction of learning from the LiberU that, pursuant to invariable custom, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishop of London were in a ferry boat looking at the race ; that " almost all" the members of both liousea of Parliament, "particularly the Lords," were among the spectators; that the conquerors and the conquered dined together in a friendly manner at the "Cock Pheasant " when "the fight was done," and all alike fraternised under the table in a state of drunkenness at the end of the bouquet; and, finally, that b, the course of Sunday fifty suicides among the backers of Oxford were committed in Loudon, but that these kind of things were too common ; to excite any attention. It is an ungrateful task to send coals to Newcastle, still, as the above items seem to have ' escaped the vigilance of your owu reporters, I hope you will take them f rom me.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1872-08-03 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

MURDER AND SUICIDE.  At Barrow-in Fnrrices, lent Saturday night, about 1030, a girl named Jane Helen ilrocktank was out walking with her engage I lover, a dressier, named Edward Ward, when the latter eurldenly took out a razor and savagely cut her thr at, inflicting a wound about five inches in length, partially dirdiug the air tube and some of the vessels of the neck. After doing this, Ward cut his own throat and then ran away. The cries of the wounded girl soon brought a number of port:one to the spot, and she was conveyed to the residence of her patents. Medical aszietance was promptly secured and the wound stitched up. At this time the girl was quite and appeared to cis ilobag well, hut secondary hemorrhage Oct in, and she died between seven and eight o'clock on Sunday morning. liefoie she died she was able to say "Ned Ward has dune it." ,  Son after one o'clock on Sunday worninz Ward was found lying in a pot oi hi od on a vacant piece of land, about 100 yards from the spot where he had ma le the attempt on his own and his sweetheart's life. A medical man was called to the place, and, the svotiwl in ids throat having been stitched up, he was conveyed to his lodgings. The wound was mu% deeper than the one he had inflicted on his victim, completely seVeriee the air passage and'reaching altnnst to the vertelum. Ward died at 20 minutes to five o'clock on Sunday evening.  Further particulars inform us that Ward was a native of Birkenhead, has lived in Barrow for about nine years, and has always been considered steady, inoffensive, and kind hearted. He was aged about 24, and has been employed as a "dresser" at the foundry .4 Mr. Briggs till within a few days. About 18 months since he became engaged to his victim, Miss Brockbank, then about 16, and very prepossessing. She wan engaged am a shopw..mau in the town' and had been in one place for four or five years. In the same ,hop with her was a young ma.., named Taylor, about 22, and between the two a mutual feelier of affaetion seems ti have sprung up. Ward, the murder...l-, and her engaged toyer, wondered this, and tar',! bliaa Brock bank with her faithlessneat. On several occasions Ire threatened his sweetheart with violence leinarkihg that if he could no, w Inl.cruobociy elar shon?.l. On Settin'ay evening he wat. her! the ahop whaie Mis Bras:khan': ryas employed, and thi.seetuatuhavecomr to her knowledge, for, with the view .4 rearing him, 'he left by aback door. Her lover, however caught mg, tot her laid f.. 1. lowed. Seeing this, she started to run, but was overtaken. They then walked together for some distance in the diructiou of her bolus. Attu a tune, probably comsequace of the violeitcm a him Logue and
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1872-07-20 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

EPITOME OF NEWS,  BRITISH AND FOREIGN.  A student at Syraorsee, New York, has a tiouble role-, aod tjoqs two parts of a sung at the same M.o. the effect of in sii.giog La zaid t 6 he won,:orfuL  A forged chorine for £7OO has been presentc I at a bank in I bind ee, and the money paid on it. !No trace o the forger Ina been obtained.  Mr. Jefferson of "Rip Van Wiakle " fame, is gradually recoverthg his sight, which It was feared, a short time ago, he had permanently lost. The Cricket Match between the Eton and Harrow Oneir rehonle be lven won by tbe reyrarntatives of tht former, with six wickets to go down. In consequence of having a di:mg-moment with the oft,er of the meet Colour Serjoant Clumin, of the 3rd Buffs, ontnrnitteri suicide by blowing out his hralus, on Saturday morning at Fort Burgoyne, Dover.  A paintia:y hue just baeu Bold ut the public auction room, of the Rue Drcuot that MU executed by the Ducheaa de berry, mother of tte Comte de Chambord (the lagithottet), ax.,d that signal 1,1, her. its autdehticity had not beau disputed, and it only letcted 50. f.  By order of Marshal liTacirahon all the men of the army of earls are to be asexinated or revaecivated. The moor. were to attend by companies at the Academy of Medicine, Rue des Saints-Pros, far the purpose. A California paper reports that au hotel chambermaid laid Aside !ler broi,na a taw days ago, and, on calling for a settlement, told bar employer she ha o baen dabbling in docks for a year or more, 444 Lag .zig,,itiircmcvl,l,2 2,4,1 AN duilisfa as a zsoult.  negroes have commenced building a new town near Birmingham, which ill known as Baconaides. Little Japanese paramoLa, apparently made of atraw, are [ha latest novelty nawked about Broadway, New York.  Pa-thment will probally be prorogued .on the Biath of next month. _ '"  The first number of a new monthly magazine, called the Bieetera is to appear on the Ist of August next. It is is believed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will IiVEI all increase of income of seven Oliiiiolll to show. next year. . .  The Paris Jeered informs the world that the House a
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1872-12-21 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

CONVICTION FOR MURDER.  At the Liverpool Metres, before Mr. Justice Mellor. 1 Richard Spencer, be, a fishmonger, was indicted for the murder of Elizabeth Wharton. at Liverpool, on the ibth of AUgll4 : Mr. Hawthonae, for the prosecution, stated that the prisoner, who was married and a fishmonger, had left his wife and lived with deceased for 15 years. The pri. soner had recently become unfortunate in business, and went to reside in a smaller house in Gregson street. On the 15th of Angara theprisoner sod the deceased retired to bed, both being sober, and on the following morning the woman was awakened by what she described as a severe blow upon the side of the head. She asked the prisoner what he was doing, and he replied, "I wish that we should both die together." She got sap and went to a neighbour's house, her head bleeding. The neighbour then went to the prisoner's house, and found him bleeding from two wounds in the head. A 'evolver was found with three barrels discharged, two of the shots having been fire I by the prisoner at himself, and the other at the deceased. The prismsr afterwards kiesed the deceased and asked her forgiveness They were both taken to the Royal Infirmary, where the woman died two days afterwards, and the prisoner himself recovered. The deceased stated in her depositions that they were both addicted to drink. It was contended for the defence that the prisoner, having suffered from losses had become dejected, and, whilst actually intending to commit suicide, had fired at his own forehead, but the bullet, glancing off, had entered the head of the woman. The learned Judge having enmmed up carefully, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. His lordship passed sentence of death.  On Tuesday morning, the marriage of :knee M. Maughton, second daughter of the Right Rev. Ite. I homes Leigh Claughton, Lord Bishop of Rochester, with Captain Williams, tirenadler Gnarls, wra eolemniaed st St t:ltorce'e Church, Hanover-square, Louden. The edifice was tpeedily tilled with ladles to witness the ceremony. The Nervice was performed by the father of the bride. At the conclusion of the ceremony the newly married couple repaired to the vestry, where the marriage wsa nitrated In the presence of the earl and Countess of Dudley, tad and C unttes of Cawdor, the Han. lieu Campbell, the lion. Dudley Compbetl, the lion. H. Q. Campbell, dec. rhe bridal party then pro. ceeded to the own riddance of the Earl of Dudley, where a grand &jeers.. was given. The happy couple left town for the ConUmmt.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1872-12-21 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

OOO. This, however, does not include what was effected through the French and Belgian Commission' or privately by artists. The total amount of sales is estimated as amennting to over ..30,000. On Saturday morning, a young man, named Joseph Craven, a joiner, who was about to be warned in a few hours to • young woman. named Pearce. committed suicide .1,115 In bed, by cutting his throat with a penknife, and died. An abscess in his head had deprived him of sleep for several nights. The very remarkable American actor. Mr. Emmett, who sprang at once into the full tide of popularity in London, bears what may be called a representative name. It is understood that his grandfather was • brother of Robert Emmett, who is historically connected with the Rebellion of 1003 in Ireland, and whose fate excited then, and causes I now when it is read or spoken of, a melancholy Interest, especially in his own country. A newspaper correspondent at Berlin, states that since his return to that city Prince Blamarck has had several long consultations with the Emperor and Count von Boon. According to the Sew Prtwaiaa Gazette, Prince Bismarck'. duties in the Cabinet will be lightened, but there will be no change in the relations of the Kingdom to the Empire. The Ministerial complications please the Liberals, but cause the gefletiOrtillel much anxiety. A large seal of the Jardiu d'Acclimatation' at Paris, died recently, !apparently from jealousy. The keeper for some days part had given it for companion the sole tune& of the six animals of that speciea iu the aquarium. But ale first occupant, annoyed at not being left alone to receive the caresses of the visitors, avoided its consort, made up its bed apart, and at last refused all nourishment. After a malady of a week, it at last succumbed in the seventh you "
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-01-04 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

INCNEASING TASYN FOR FANCY POCLTRY.—If the sane sensational prices are not now given for fanny Poultry that were pecasionally • 'obtained a few year,; shire, there is at any rate no falling off in the taste. for breeding them. The published ststisties' of the itingley- Hall Poultry Show at Birmingham Agar • that 1111./re pens were exhibited this year than ware ever exhibitysl before, tleingli ins compared .with laat year there was a slight falling off in the ntunher of HA sold- by •rtaction--.-4"gi jiellS baying been 1.14•1 in ISfid for £1.408 1n.., ngninst :113 lions sold this year fOr 1:1,103 1.4 s Sid. No less than •.1.676 I% Avis were exhibited this year. at Bingley iL.II, tne larg•st 'sandier aver exhibited before having 1. ii2t.ii.l9, iii IS6O. Cochin Chinas nombered 1; I dal; im, 32 ' • game,. no 2 ; •23,1; •, BratirillPootras, 192.; Spanish, hi ;i 4 rri•veen ; .11, 471 'falays, 141; and other distinct breeds; 111, B, tidos theft, them were 107 &who, 43 gt*,:e, 4ii turkeys, mid 565 pigeons. The higlie,t 811111 kiVell Wisll t1:1, 11/r 18 SILIIIi/111 cock. rel, the property of Moe 131;,:g r, which won the silver Cu',. _ _  'Tr NErEit TOLD 'nrs t.wr.—The attempted murder or two persons, 'followed by suicide, has just token place at Poitiers, Femme. A baker's man, named Dulsiis, had become secretly attached to his toaster's daughter, named Daman!, without, however, ever haviog made known his passion to the young woman or lier father. She lately became engaged to marry, and Was Standing with her intended in a room it home, when Dubois fired 'at them through the window with a gun loaded to the muzzle with project lies ; fortunately the couple were only each slightly wounded-- the young MAIL in the wrist and the young woman iu the shoulder. Dubois, thinking he had succeeded in his project, then went into a cellar and blew out his own brains.  A (10011
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-09-26 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

LOGAN." —The Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the barque Loy(”1, Captain Gibson, terminated on Monday. The Lily, sailed from Liverpool to Shanghai on the 10th of August last, and in consequence of the vessel sprinifflig a leak she was abandoned on the 18th, the captain being unable to reach the part of the vessel where the leak was supposed to exist. In consequence of the vessel being seen afloat some hours after she had been abandoned, the Board of Trade Iberried an inquiry necessary. Mr. Raffles, stipendiary, delivered judgment. He said that the court had given every consideration to the evidence adduced, and had conic to the conclusion that the vessel was making water when she left port, but rod to such an extent as to cause any alarm to the captain. As to the leak which caused the abandonment of the ship, the court was in ignorance as to the exact part of the ship where the timbers laol given way. It was to be regretted, how. ever, that the owner should have permitted his vessel to have gone to tea, without a supply of spare spars but in all other respects the ship was properly found in stores, and the court believed that, with the repairs done to the .c,.oilan, ghe was capable of going on so long . . . .  a voyage. The court returned Capin "Gibson certificate. A DASTARDLY ATTKiIPT To MIIRDeR.—A working shoemaker, named Trolliet, of &Tardier (Rhone), has just been tried at Lyons for attempting to murder Fleurine Guichard, a young woman to whom he had paid his addresses. An engagement to marry had been made, but it was recently broken off by the parents of the female ; among other reasons because TroMet was lame. He then obtained an interview with her and discharged a pistol at her, but she pushed aside his hand and escaped unhurt. The man was at once arrested, and in his pocket was found a letter purporting to be a declaration that they had both agreed to commit suicide because their union had been I revented. Flenrine had, however, never hail any such intention, and her signature had been forged by the accused. He was now condemned to five years' hard labour.
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1868-05-16 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

SUICIDE OF THE GOVERNOR OF  AYR GAOL.  The Governor of the Ayr prison committed suicide on Sunday last in a beershop, in Duke-street. London, under the following most extraordinary cireunistances, be having come up from Scotland apprently for the express purpose ; It appears that the deceased, Mr. Robert Sutherland, on Saturday, took leave if his wife and family, who lived with him in the Ayr gaol. lie merely told them that he was going to Edinburgh, and they had no suspicion that he meditated doing anything unusual. Instead of going to Edinburgh, however, Inc Cottle straight up to London Ile was amply provided with (utak for he had in his pocket some Lie. On Sunday evening, he entered the liand-in-lland • beershop in Duke-street. near London-bridge, and ordered a hen!. lie reticent to rest at (dice, although it was still early. The next morning the people in the loin-c, finding that he did tont make his appearance, knocked repentedlynt his bed-011 dr.Or. but received noanswer. At mid-day the police were called inn, and an entrance forced. Ile was found lying dead on the floor with a fearful w ound in his throat. The place was deluged in Mood. It was evident from the appearance of the room that. Inc had placed a basin and a pillow on the floor, and then cut his thrmit with a razor while leaning over the basin. The loss of blood caused him to faint, and he fell backwards nit the pillow, upsetting the basin of blood over the lb., On the table were found letters, in which Mr. Sutherland stated that lie had been living a life of wickedness, and that inc waf miserable in consequence. This statement, In.wever, nvas foll,,wed by me in which he said that he , felt that Ids brain vs as affected, lie left a memorandum to tell his friends that the atm-rant nit money in his pockets at the time of his death was .07 Ms., and that it was to be given over to a gentleman in Edinburgh, whom he named. The police at once telegraphed to the superintenden of the Ayrshire police, and that functionary proceeded to London to make inquiries about the case. It is not supposed that anything relative to the management of the prison of which Mr. Sutherland wan the governor, led tin his committing suicide. The unfortunate gentleman was much respected in Ayrshire. His age was only forty.