Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1881-08-20 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A LADY MEDICAL STUDENT.— While a farm labourer was going through a field of growing corn on Mr. Sanderson's farm, near Corstorphine, early on Sunday morning, he came upon the dead body of a woman The body was much decomposed. From tbe clothing and other articles found upon it, it has been identified as that of a young lady who disappeared from Bdinburgh about the middle of last month. Although she was frequently advertim d ! for, and a reward of £.20 offered for the discovery , of her whereabouts, no trace could be got of her. The deceased who was about 25 years of age, was at one time engaged in the study of medicine in Edinburgh, and, it is said, acted as assistant to Dr. Sophia Jon Blake. She is said to have been eccen• trio in her habits, but a person of considerable ability in her profession. In a hand-bag beside her body was foand a phial which had evidently contained prussic acid, and from that circumstance it is supposed else had committed suicide.  The neighbourhood at the present time seems to be thoroughly pestered with those peripatetic performers on the hurdy gurdy." The patron. jeers of this down trodden instrument seem to be " making hay while the sun shines," and they draw the hard earned money out of the peoples pockets to the tunes of "Over the garden wall," "La•di.da," and such like. It is a strange fact, but this class only appear here once a year. It must be the special advantages of the wakes that draws them.  As an outcome of the "oarowrioge " of this memorable week, we have to record in another column, the particulars of a fight, between two of the '' brute class " which might have terminated fatally but for the gallant and successful exertions of the "man in blue." We should very much like to see these "drunken carousing," much less frequent than they are, but we can console ourselves on this occasion by acknowledging that "it might have been worse."  There is one thing we have to regret, as an out. come of the wakes, and that is the increase of "juvenile smokers." This has largely arisen from the increased facilities of "getting a cigar" offered by the proprietors of the game styled "Whoa Emma." This game consists in the performers exerting themselves to knock dolls off a " perch " reward of a cigar being given to the one who knocks a doll down. It will readily be seen that the facili ties afforded for the youngsters to have a penny smoke" is largely appreciated by them and the proprietors, have done a "roaring trade" in this particularly line of business. This increase of smokers especially on the part of children (tor they are nothing else) we regret greatly, and we should be glad if something could be done to remedy this great and increasing evil.  Our Tory friends at Ashton seem to be having it all their own Way at present. They have had a large and enthusiastic" conference this week and some of their " big guns" have come down heavy on the policy of the present Government. Naturally there are two sides to the question, and our friends seem only to have reoeived one side. They have been playing on the old fiddle again, and bringing out the much abused Candatiar and Russia. This seems to be all their cry, and it is a pity but they had sum 'thing else to cry bout Tneir secretary's report seams to have lightened the nark side and cheered them up to brighter spirits. I should advise them to stick to the old, but well merited motto nil desperaninn.  Among the letters of apology from some of the "big guns" read at the meeting was one from our old friend, Major General Fielden, M.P. for North Lancashire. We should no doubt have much liked hove heardhim deliver a speech similar to the oh.. he delivered at Blackpool at the general election, he might then have told no how much "he loved Ashton," and he would no doubt have told no that "the time was not for distant when he wou!cl come , and tare a house in Ashton, so that he could live in the place be loved.' That time has not arrived yet, but we shall await the owning with breathiest Wawa  A CRUEL DECEPrION.—A young Irish peasant girl, named Catherine Hodge, was charged at the Liverpool Police Court on Monday with travelling from New York to Liverpool in the Inman steamer, "City of Berlin" without having paid her fare. In reply to the charge, the accused said she made the acquaintance of a young man while she was living in New York, and on learning that etc was desiroue of returning to her parents in Ireland he promised to accompany her and marry hertinther arrival in the old country. Newest with her cm board the steamer, but when tee hour ee departure arrived she could not find him and than without money or friends, she was obliged to go with the steamer. She further informed th, magi,trates that she had no intention of going by the ship if she had not beim misled by the young tnan.—Mr. Mansfield, the dsputy atipendiar magistrate, [mid he believed the girl's story au, he ordered her to be discharged and to,r passage to her home in County Mayo to be defrayed.