npedrazzini/19thc_murder_suicide_news huggingface dataset:
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-11-10 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

THE PONSONBY DIVORCE CASE.  In the Divorce Court on Wednesday, before Sir James Hannan, Mrs. Zlizalieth Jane Ponsonby asked for a divonte from her husband on the ground of his adultery, cruelty, end desertion. The husband enteied appearance in the suit. bat there am no defeuca to tho wifo's peti• tion. . _  -717 he parties were married at the parish church of Stoke, in Devonshire, in 1873. The respondent was at the time a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. and after the marriage they rtmded in fleece:rehire. Some time after the marrimm the respihtlent was ordered ehrotd on foreign servic., and return, din the spring of 1874. He did not, however. jein his a lie in D.:vonehite until June of that year, whn he went tu the place where s Iv was living and remained with her for clout ten days. lie then alt her, tdling tier on his doing so Oast he wee going to sea his mother's grave, whe had di.,d some t'me pravious. He never returned. and they had never s.nces oohabiled. In he wr. t) to his wife r. questing that she wrold 3',v him to c..me beck and live with her, and appo.u.roe a place where he wished her to meet bin). She declined both tequilas, end h.ard nothing more of him until DJcember of lest year. when Mile saw in the London daily papers ihe &monist of the inquest held upon a young woman, El se Cummings, who lied been barmaid at the Criterion Hotel, whoMhe had deserted, and in cone quence of which she committed suicide by poimondag herself. In consequence ot whet t umpired at the inquest it wag adjo iraed tor the attendance of this Lieut.nant Ponsoully. The pAitioner was called, and stated when she saw the account of the inquest on the girl Cumming, thinking that the Loutenaut Poneouhy implicated in it was her husband, he desired her solicitor to at end the adjourned inquest, which he did, and found that her suap:cions were correct. __  --Si;larnes flannel) : Wrwt was hin age when you married him I  Ponsenby Ile Sidi he sas 22: but I cannet tell ym liSc gest age. Iwe2s st the time. Lctwis Puddee itated that he kept a coffee•house in Euston•road. In November of last year a gentlemen and a lady took ap.atments in his house and slept there three ragtag. Thee gave the (name of Mr. on I Ms. Peley. After rendtining three nightd the gentlemen belt, end the sli lit, conioquence committed suicide. Witt:lumina-laded the Mutt it, out identitlei the respondent in this suit as the geuticiii..n who slept In his house for three night, with Lb e sal Cummings  A, ter hearing the evidence Sir JaWI H,neen pronounced adi cr..° 'nisi. with costa.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-11-10 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

SAD STORY.  Amomi the thoniands who on All Saints' Day , visited the gravel of ttie po w victim/ of the Ring , Theatre citastrophe, a lady In deep mourning was remarks 1, who f er honer kn-It beeide a grave wh.oh ' she had decked with wreath, of flowers. This poor , lady WAS found dead in her room in a hilt,' on the day foliowing, and papers found in her dwelt proved that elle had committed suicide, and explained the reason why she had done Po. About a year and a half ago the widowed mother pent her only eon, a lad of eighteen, to Vienna to study medicine. He wrote home so regularly that when the news of the Ring Theatre fire reached Gotha, the city where the mother lived, and no letter came to reassure her, she imme• &deb, travelled to Vienna, and .11 her w Tat tears were confirmed, for she found her h y among the dead whom ii was poesible to identify, Her companion during this melancholy journey was a ehughter of meveuaeen, her only chid after the death of her eon. the girl's affection for her brother was au strong that she fell into a decline after hie death, and two months ago the mother knelt at a fresh grave which mei closed over her disugbter. It is not probable that the bele:level mother o wire here wieh the intention of committing suicide, for she boa ht several articles imined.ate4y after her arrival whoh ehe would not have felt the want of had elie merlitat.d death. But on returning from the churchyard at night she gave the chambermaid five florins, and when the latter refused o accept them, said she should not want the money any inure, and pressed it up ,n the reluctant girl. An open letter to the Mayor 01 Vienna explained that she duct not think life worth living without her children and that the money found in her bag should be devAed to the expenses of her bum hal. ;she begged that she might be interred beside her a Jl3. The at.yor yesteiday gave orders that she sh-übt be buried in the same grave as her eon. The dare ired was not quite 50 ye•rs old, and was the widow ot meicnant named Neter. By order of the Mayor of Vieuna a gigantic wreath of palm.' renchee and rare flows; s V/.14 deposited on All &Ills Day upon the large common grave of the victims of the Ring theatre lire who could not be iilentified by rebut one or friends. A catafalque was erected upon the grave, surrounded by surub• and flower.., and by • hundred large wax-lights in chandeliers. The catafalque bore the inscription, "Bth December, 1881," which was read by thousands who surrounded tee grave on the let and 2ed of November. Io the evening of both those days it is the custom for vie Viennese to visit the theatres, which one and all give the same piece, " The Milder and Me Child," a tale of love, euperatition, and death, during which tears flow abundantly, and the an dance dec runes itself hitu the belief that by crying on this particular day it, honours its dcad.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-03-24 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

XAGDALZW. SAD CARR Or 6IIICIDL-4)n We needay last. an &giant was held at Mr. Sandford's, at Factory Farm, rdebead Magdalen, before Mr. Comyne Lanett, wanner, on the body of Ann Dowding, aged 74 yea-s. From the evtienoe it appetred that the demised had been housekeeper to Mr. Sandford for the last 20 years, but bad been under medical treatment for some little time past. She appeared to have hem somewhat in spirits at times, and on Monday morning trtse:tanter's boom about noon. She did not return, and on searoh being made tw her the following day, but dead holy was found in the river -4tonr. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased cornmaid suicide whilst in a dote of unsound mind.  11017RNEMOU 'H. Um= Tragriegnos Mistoon.—On Wednesday a ladies' meeting was held la the Town Hall, at which Lady Hope, Mrs. C. 8. Reset, Miss Le Govt. and Mies Wingfield delivered addresses. A children's meetaddrisesed by the Rev. G M. Murphy. was held in the evening in the Oongregational Char!, and *. meeting, over which General Mardian presid-d, in th.Town Hall. when the speakers were nearly the same se at the afternoon and children's meetings. Oa Thursday If tern° 4: a general conference was held in the Town Hall. no the subject of " Alo.hol in relation to Heeith." The chairmen was Dr. Richardson, F.R.S., F. 8.0 P., who delivered a lecture in the Whiter Garden the same evening. General Maclean, Admiral Sullivan, the Rev. P. H. Dyke, the Rev. 0. L. ilsoirit Dr. Oreepi, and others took part in the On Friday the programme comprised+ meeting In the Winter Garden In the afternoon, presided over brair tr. G. Curtis, .x Mayor of Poole, the epeakers L. Geyt, the Rev. H. Pelham Stokes, Dr. Sidon, and others. The mission was brought to a does on Saturday by an evening meting. The proasedinip at each meeting have been interspersed with songs and hymns by a t-mperanoe choir, and all of them have been fairly well attended
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-09-08 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

THE EGYPTIAN PUNISHMENT FOR MUTINY. —.l.llOAe who were afloat in Alexandria harbour at noon ott day witnessed the unusual sight of keel-hauling i'tree Arab sailors tot lt,mrd the Egyptian frigate Soada. They were tried by taturt-martial, found guilty of mutitiy, a underwent thia terrible punishment. The men were tir,t flogged, and then tied to a rope hauled up to the p yard-arm. They were then dropped into the sea, drat:, ti under the keel, and hauled up to the starboard site V ‘,.1arm. It is needless to say that death soon termic.Ved their sufferings.  ADVICES from Kingston, JSMIRCia, dated the Rat nit., state that Westgate, the Irishman who lately confes4-1 ta having had a share in the Plicenix Park miirdars, is Imprisoned at Spanish Town. He adheres to his far aa. confessions. Westgate is generally nervous and r xa.t! I. threatening frequently to commit suicide. When n.leap he raves wildly, and the doetor who is attending him says he is suffering acutely from intense ex,itement. THE sweets of office.holding in France are many. 'no Cabinet Minister lives in a palace where everythi—:.is provided for him down to late and table linen. Ila is addressed as "Excellency," and he has sentries a r his door who present arms to him. If he wants to send his family to the theatre, managers are required to 5n11.4 bini with stage boxes free of' cat; if he goes to the rises, the stewards of the course receive him hat in hand and conduct him to a box in a reserved stint. That nteipiag writer, Alphonse Karr, relates in an early number of his Guepes how he once called %sin a new•fledged Miaieter who was an old schoolfellow of his and whom Is had helped into office by his writings. But the great man frowned and ffilgetted ; Karr in coming to a mid ..inliance had omitt• d to put on dress clothes, and this was a breach etiquatte which to the new Excellency seemed very :rievous. A few weeks later the Exellency was out Of thee arid quite friendly again ; " but," soya Kerr, "he 30u1d not reconcile himself to his fall. During a brief season he had lived in an earthly paradise, &Tensing poets imiler Govevi.iiiant, decorations, tobacco offices, now he could ni r ti hear the cabman eddied, him simply as ' .' He piled to be in office againt and he grew l.s. and ham.' ; and day after day he climbed up my humble staircase to beg that I would write articles reminding the public of his ' iiiarite.'" These lines were written thirty years ago they sketch a state of things which hears some sfigl t renew Mance, at least, to what exist now, judginc iv all ,ecounts.— Times.  A sum of
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1877-05-18 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

WELSH QUARRYMAN'S SUPERSTITION. By the thousands of Quarrymen working in the Bethesda Slate Quarries, Ascension Day is always strictly observed as • holiday; not, however, out of any respect to the religious character of the day, but owing to an old superstition which lingers in the distzict, that an accident— fortunately a rare occurrence at the quarries—is certain to happen if thb men continue working. Some years back an attemptiwas made tot break down this superstitious observance of the day, sand for two years the managers succeeded in inducing the men to work as usuaL Straw to relate, there was each year a fatal accident This tended to increase the dislike to work on Ascension Day, and consequently both quarries and shipping port at Bangor were closed.  LOVE AND JEALOUSY • MURDER AND SUlCalle A shocking occurrence took on Thursday night in Highbury B New Park, near our-road. About a quarter to nine o'clock the reports of two pistol-shots were heard, and immediately afterwards two young men were found lying in the raid each allot through the head. One was dead, and the other died while he was being taken to the German Hospital. The body of the former has been identified as that of Mr. W. Clemente, of 33, Aberdeen Parkroad, Ilighbp. am of Mr. Clemente, stationer, Woodstreet, Chez de, and the latter was found to be Mr. Horace A. Bullock, of 37, Soutleddll Bark, Hampstead. A revolver case was found in his pocket. The police are said to have ascertained that Clements was engaged to be married to a young women to whom Bullock was formerly eligsged, and it is nunosed that Bullock shot Clemente and then committed suicide. No one saw the shots fired, but one person is stated to have heard the voices of two persons who appeared to be quarreling.
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1877-01-05 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

AND 81 A BOT. An ettraorainary case of ailsomptoil suicide °warred at Sheffield on lksulay. A widow named Dooth left ler son, Fredede and his aliner, nine months old, In the bowie whlisr she went old in work. During her absence the bey attempted ö Wag himself, but the rope broke and let him lown.Es then seized the oarriog knife, and was about to out Mil sister's throat when the neigabodre interfered. On Christina. Day the boy stobbedthe child with a oroolletr meals behind theear, endbut for timeltr assistance tin °had would have bled to &Mb. .  Puzu Tu gl4ti  IN.a. The friends of dwel Aperient are invited he inspect a variety dfMO ' T, CARDS, embeuetk cameo, or plain, at the office of this paper, 8, Mgr West-street, Dorchester ; or at 7, Bond-streetoWtit. mouth. Or specimens will be sent byfor 26 Embossed Cards, with name. Wok and a verse of poetry, or text of Scripture, supplied for  Fregaint—and—didi—cious. Plian""LTesta ..:e&-,4l4ltVit ROBBASTON & Outtain can now be obtained in air-tight pcket, quantities ranging from 2 os. to lib., of most respectable Bikers, Oonfactioners, Stationers sad and the others, at the following prices per lb.. 2a. pod 2a &t; Mixed, Si.: Gress Si. ; Assam, 31,4 =ein Tins, 2, 4 and 8 Iga All qualities maineted st Imparted. The BTh. Tin sant carriage ramp Bellew Station in Ise United Kingdom on Post mm Order. The public are respectful"). rel to ask for Poland, Robastm and Co.'s Pure Teas, as fuse all others, as large quantities of worthless trash, eon. alining of warehouse oesophagi, Tea damaged by sag water and decomposition, are, by a process of steaming and dyeing, made to resemble genuine Pure Teas. Is, particulars of agency Oa* as above. Rscumr's -Penis Burs.—The marked superiority of this Laundry Blue over all bailers, and the quick apses& ation of its merits by the public has been attended by the usual moults, via, a flood of imitations: the merit of the latter mandrautroonsists in the ingenuity exerted, .not simply in imi the square shape but ma king ens general appeannee the wrappers reessiMe thtill:igthe 'Mahe article. The Manufacturers big them. fore *cannon all buyers to use "Reckitts Paris Bine' an sick pooket Since the arrival of the Snit cargo of the New Sesames Teas, by the " Glenartney Steamship. Meows. Joessoit. Jonsson & Co., have been supplying through their agents the finest Teas selected from Os first or Soft& Crop. For purity and richness of Savour these Taw cannot be surpassed : and those who are not using than are races,mended tote, them and Judge for themselves.—For local advertisement. Agent,, ass eissod, always 11•64"—TEM DRAPNWP Pon TPA COMPANY, now asteNished MI6 years, tO supply throughout the Country the beet Pure Tea, !Perverted Uneekatereted, at a low price. for &eh PeY.Frhent• Om* quality only, at 2s. 10d. par lb.,jn lib., *lb.. and sealed packets. For Agency, apply as above to Mai London Offices, 8, Bed Lion Court, Cannon-sibs* B.C. Agent in STantictuarss Norms, T. ammo ; in
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1877-07-13 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

ILA., who is now at GribrOtar. Mr. T. Rawlins, the coroner for the district, held an inquest on the body at the Three Lions Inn, on Monday evening. The jury, which was an unusually respectable one, chose Mr. T. Laing as their foreman. The po:asin:icipal witness was Mr. Whitling, who said dehad lived at his house, except hi intervals, or the limit three years. She appeared to be perfecibr right in her mind, and be could not in anyway account for her committing suicide. Deceased was generally very cheerful, and she had been in the habit of going about alone a great deal, visiting poor people, dm. She was of a strong religious mind, and very fond of the services at the Wimborne Minster, where she occasionally attended. He saw deceased pass his window about half-past seven o'olook psi Sunday morning, as he was dressing, and on his nodding to her she nodded in return. Deceased war about earlier than either his wife or himself that morning. Be did not feel alarmed when deceased did not return to breakfast, and he drove to Winiborne and attended the morning service at the Minster.. He was alarmed to find when he got home that deceased had not returned. There was not the slightest, foundation for the rumour that deceased attempted to drown herself about three week:sego at Curie. .Mr. S, J. Parkinson, surgeon, of Winiberrie, said there were no external marks of violence on the body, which had avow 'appearance of death from drowning —The Coroner having summed up the lury consulted together for some time, and returned an oPan verdict of "Pound drowned."  The suspension is unwonted of Ms. Jobil Oldrdyff. of Fixby Park, Huddersfield, and Britannia Mills, Dewsbury, earnet ntausfeetarer, with liabilities emeentleg to from £270,000 to 100,00 t Mr. De Tourvrile, the (naturatised) English barrister withthemurder of his wife. in the Tyrdlender charged circumstances, pushing her over • precipios, has been feund guilty of the crime, by =melt? naret at Peters*, and bat been sentenced toesesel against the conviction, however, ktur istiteln a fresh trial will take place. intesurtott ro Some Ansenatza.—The "libefar_sW 1488 tons, Oaptsin Brown, chartered by Sir Miter , EX./LG., the Agent-Genersl for South ,Aristrallt left Plymouth yesterday for Port Ad~e, with 401 Emigrants under the charge of Dr. P. E. ()whet Singleton, surgeon, among whom were 19 single female domestic servants, under the care of Mra linnSoetcher, Matron. TOURISTS AND TRAVILLIMS, Ladies rhtldng, visiting the leatide, or otherwise exposed to the ecarthing rays of the sun and heated phrticint of duet, will find Roil/Latin's Lu.nxnt most cooling and refreshing for the fare, hands and arms; it eradiciteg sunburn.. _,Jaii!..l freckles, &c., alleys the pain and irritation OIL" mosquito and gnat bites, and produaproduces• beintiful and delicate oomplerion. Price 4* 6d and 8s 6d per bottle. ROWLAND'S MAC *R OIL prevents the hair falling off during hot weather. Howiatm's ODONTO whitens the teeth. Sold by chemistamere, and I hairdressers. Buy only ROWLAND'S a=  •••.'
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1877-02-16 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

DEATHS.  February 3. at 49, High Weetetrad, Ada, the youngest daughter of Mr. William Tuttell, aged six years and three months. February 4, at Osmington. near Weymouth. PrelloBll Eleanor, wife of Mr. John Bailey, in the 61st year of her Ids February 7, at 1811lborne St. Andrew, Sarah Jane,only daughter of Thomas and Francis Bishop, much February 9, at Grove-bnildiugs. Dorchester, after ashort illness, Mr. R. Dews, aged 46. February 9, at Kensington. Loudon, Josiah %shred, the eldest and beloved eon of Joseph and Sarah Ann Loveless, of Upwey, aged 27 years, highly respected by all who knew him. February 9, at Wareham, Dorset, Henry John Panton, In his 32nd year. February 10, at the Yeatinan Hospital, Sharberne, Mr. Joseph Btickland, late of Went Camel, Somerset, In his natli=ry 12, at Bournemouth, Mr. Joseph Softlavr, aged February 12, at Abbotetany, at the residence of his sonIn-law. Mr. G. Payne, dairyman, aged February 13, at Mud's-hill, Abbotsbary„ Miss Inrib• BC aged 24. death is announced of the Rev. Sir H. W. Baker, Bart. of Monklands, near Leominster, the principal editor and sue of the original proprietors of "Hymns Ancient and Modern." Her Majesty has received with deep regret fibs sad intelligemoe of the death from typhoid fever of fantain Hush Campbell, who had only appointed on the lit of January as succemor to in the emnmend of Her Majesty's yacht the ctortarl'and Albert Sir W. Ferguivion, Bart., the eminent surgeon, died Saturday evening at his residence in Hanoverog_nare, in his sporting Me, H. N. Sian, a man and owner of ram horses, has committed suicide by drowning himself in • pond at Mostly. He was the first jocks], who won Ms witch.  To Consismournerm —Zech announcement under them headings mud be authenticatedby the neve and address o the sender.  4  1111 Ni
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1877-06-08 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

SELF-MUTILATION BY A Cotiviar. A convict, named Balfour, a Scotchman, ran a serious risk of killing himself a night or two ago. Be mutilated himself in silvery extraordinary way, (from supposed moral motives,) and lost a great' deal of blood, in fact had he not been promptly attended to by Dr. Askham and Dr. Walker, he would have bled to death. As it is, though much weakened, he is now progressing. The singular self-damage was not at all with theobjeot of mutilating himself so as to get into Hospital. still less to commit suicide ,• but entirely from a desire to escape temptation, and In ignorance of the danger he ran by the illjudgedaot, which if successfully performed would not have removed what he wished to avoid. _  Fusu Acoourris have been published. The amount received in 1876 was £271 98. 3d.; tha.t presented being £241 18s., so that the balance due has been reduced from £224 Os. 10d. to £194 9s. 7d. The distribution of the Fund seems to have been about in the same manner as in former years, the largest items are two of £5O each to the parish churchyard, and one £5O to the 4th D.V.A. Drill Hall, the pariah school have £4O, the Royal Dispensary ha a £3O in two payments, St. George's church £l9, St. George's coal club for 1875. £l6 17a., for 1876 £ll ss. 61 and £1573. M.; Mrs. Hindmarsh,for dinneraAwo £lO sums, and the smaller items are B. White, £7 6d. ss. • Eye Infirmary and County Hospital, £4 4s. t• Cher: book, 2s. 6d. uarry Accident Fund, 21. ; . Milledge, preparing acoounta, £2 2a.,.• the ,Weele,yau Schools, £5; James Lane, In great 'dlitrese, 'ln Gibbs, 1:2; Ben Petters. £l.• (*swell, Russell, and Jane Roberta, £1 each; B. White, 19e. 4d.; B. Byatt, Rit; Parish Gook, winding2and main, 115 Mr. Wallis, printing, three years, £6 Sr. ; J. Funard; £1; Widow May, £'2 ; Hoskins for J. Stone, £2; total £335 12s. 6d.  FIAT,' or Tat U9uag Airrittaar.—Mr. Thresher's horse does not seem to have got quiet in harness by serving in the Royal Artillery. Last week we reoon/ed his jumping the cemetery wall, and on Monday he broke his harness near the railway station, and charged up the hill to Fortune's Well; but they would not let him jump into St. Tobn's ohbrellyard. If the driver Read should enlist in the 1H A. perhape Mr. Thresher will find him a horse. The Fortune'e Well people don't ask for these extra fade.