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The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-04-03 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

SIP., should obtain the Parliamentary committee of inquiry for which he had asked, they hoped that this fund, which belonged to the colliers of this district, but from which they, as yet, received no benefit, would not fail to have its due share of notice—The report was adopted, and ordered to be published, and a vote of thanks to Sir L. T. Starner, for his services, was proposed by Mr. Tyndall (of Silverdale), who said the prosper°ua condition of the society was due to the untiring energy of the chairman, but for whom, he believed, it would long ago have been broken up. He expressed his sorrow that the society was not better supported by those it was intended to benefit, and said its advantages were so apparent that men really must be blind not to see them and make use of them. The Chairman, in acknowledging the vote, mentioned that £1,161 17s. Rid, had been paid as conspensatica by the society, and said it was gratifying to think that they had been so far instrumental in relieving distress which followed upon the dreadfid colliery accidents which so frequently occurred in this district. Sir Lovelace was again appointed president, and the --other-official-aiTangements were made. SUICIDE OF AN OLD Maw.—On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, before Mr. 1. Dewes, Coroner, touching the death of an old man named Charles Lockington.—lt appeared that the deceased, who was GB years of age, lodged at the house of a person named Statham. For three weeks prior to the 26th of February he had been drinking heavily. On the night of the 25th of that month he went to bed at about nine o'clock; he did not rise as usual, although he was heard to be about his bedroom. Accordingly, at three o'clock, Mrs. Statham rattled on the stairs and called to him, when he cried out, "Come and see what I have done; I have cut my throat." She called for a neighbour, and the two entered the deceased's bedroom and found him lying in a pool of blood in the hod, and a penknife besmeared on the pillow. A doctor was fetched, by whose advice the deceased was removed to the hospital, where he ultimately died on Sunday last from bronchitis, caused by cold entering through the wound into the throat, which extended to the windpipe.—The jury returned a verdict that deceased died from bronchitis, "consequent upon injuries received by cutting his throat, but there was no satisfactory evidence as to his btate of mind when he committed the act."
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-08-28 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

WHOLESALE ASSASSINATION.--PAriSiAN correspondents communicate the details of an extraordinary case of wholesale assassination at Toulouse, by a man named Francois Bergen. Leaving home early in the morning with a double-barrelled gun, he met two madmen, and, after exchanging a " Good morning" with them raised his gun nod shot them dead on the spot. Reloading the weapon' he proceeded calmly on his way till he came to the house eta tradesman, who was standing at the door, when he again raised his gun and blew out the tradesman's brains. His la,t victim was a barber, who was shaving himself in his shop. He looked in at the window, and levelling his weapon at him, lodged a bullet in his head. He subsequently attempted suicide, but was prevented from carrying out his intentions. Before the magistrate he explained as his motive for the crimes he had committed that one of the roalmen ; had sent 'supernatural spirits" to trouble him, and he ; had seen his other victims in conversation with the offender. He has been found guilty, and sentenced to I sleuth. CARDINAL MANNING AT LtrEapoot..—The fonndation stone of a new church, cl-dicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury, was on Tuesday laid and blessed by Cardinal Manning, at Waterloo, near Liverpool, in the presence of some hundreds of people. His eminence afterwards addressed the assembly from the altar steps of the present temporary chapel, his subject being "St. Thomas of Canterbury," upon whom he uttered an °lament panegyric. St. Thomas (he said) had been chosen as the patron saint of the church becanse, he might say without exaggeration, there was no other saint in the history of the Catholic Church in England greater than he, and no man who in his lifetime was so loved by the people of England. He was, as had been said by a non' Catholic, the "darling of the English people.; Cardinal Manning then proceeded to speak upon three points-. the love of veneration which accompanied St. Thomas while he was on earth, and for 300 years after his martyrdom • the reproach and dishonour which was then heaped' upon him; then the return to veneration and honour. He eulogised the manner in which St. and its superiority to Thomas defended the church, human authority; sod spoke of the Catholic Church as affording true liberty of conscience to its adherents.  0114 of pounds of unwholesome tea are sold yearly in this country, therefore the public will hear with satisfaction, that they can obtain an neiele reliable in quality, cheap and wholesome, by Horniman'• pure Tea is pack', '' • 34) years, has been supplied the coasumers (through a only from the choice sprint" essential juicA 3, strong full a further roarantes of its signed, Wit & FJ Horniman Importers of the pure Tea. S [ out the kingdom. For list of L tisement in this paper.  p!Lel,c,ets,  lipwaidA  direct  ageni.;i  _ . ; gathering flavoured  Local
The Potteries Examiner : — 1875-06-19 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

DREADFUL SUICIDE AT TUNSTALL. About nine o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning great excitement was manifested in High-street, the cause of which was the fact that a butcher named Geo. Latham, who has occupied a shop near the Albion Inn, had coinmilted suicide. From information received, it appears that be had lived in Highltreet a good numberof years, and had done a mspectable business' although addicted to drinking habits sometimes, and that recently. He arose yesterday morning apparently all right and sober,judging from his conduct and conversation with his family and a neighbour. A few minutes previous to his committing the rash act, about 8 20 a.m., his wife went upstairs in the children's sleeping room, and there beheld the dreadful sight of her husband with his throat cut. Affrighted exceedingly she ran in the street for assistance. A neighbour immediately hastened kindly upstairs to the scene of blood and death, and there beheld Mr. Latham standing by the bed, with a dreadful gash across his throat, bleeding therefrom tremendously. The neighbour said, " For God's sake what bare you done 1" lie replied, " I don't know.- But there lay the weapon with which he had committed the deed of death, namely, a butcher's knife, about ten inches loug, which be had used with such desperate effect as to sever the wind pipe right across. Medical aid was immediately sought, and in a few minutes Pr. Brady arrived whilst he was still alive, but medioal aid was of no avail. and he expired in a few minutes af bywords, aged about M.) years. louring a widow aml four children at home and two away from home. The case awaits a coroner's inquest. The following additional particulars hare been forwarded us :—Pecessed got up in Isis usual health about 7 20 am., remained in the kitchen torn time, then went iu back yard afterwards returned into the Louse, and went up-stairs about Sam., .when he was heard making a noise on the room floor. The deceased's wife, Sarah Whale. nest up-stairs about 8 '2O, and found he had cam:laded suicide by cutting bis throat, and he died about nine o'clock. Dr. Brady was present when be expired.  The body of a male child vrai‘ foetid ou Thursday moping in a firet-elime carriage at Loughtou Station. on the heat Eastern Railemy. Roned the neck woo • piece of twine, which had evidently canted strait.. gulatioo, and there were meths of violence on the  . '  THE SI7SPE(JTta)
The Potteries Examiner : — 1871-08-26 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

STOKE.  PSNIEHTILL AND ITS WATS/I Sunny—The habitants of this place have been greatly inconvenienced by having no insuMeient supply of water. It will be remembered that a summons was issued against the Water Works Company some five or sin months since, when the Company promised that the supply should he at the rate of two hours a day during five days a week. The supply is altogether so inadequate to the inhabitants requirements that the committee who were appointed to watch the matter have on variousoccasions onnimmicated with the Cempany on the scantiness of the supply. but little noticeseems to betaken by them, it swill. A meeting was held on Tuesday evening when it was unanimously resolved to take legal proceedings ksainst the Company for the nonfullihnent of the contract made before the Magistrates at Stoke.  1 the. it was ut. mainst the trot made be. We are informed , body in Fenton intend . If a suitable locality ce much in want of a place of . DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A aimed Jones, by trade a collier, Ode on S durday night bud, under circumstances. The unfortunate a... about 30 years of age, and had recently . teeing from delirium Orme.. Hie state, t was such that he had to be watched by brother, in whose charge he had been placed 1.. a week or so lately. On the night in question he managed to get away from his home, and directed a his steps too disused coalpit at Fenton, belonging via, to F. Stanier-Broade, Esq., a colliery proprietor. w 5.8 li. Several persons who knew the deceased's habits 2501.. u.., immediately followed and endeavoured to arrest hasty aura., his progress, but without success. The deceased in dislainn 1 • threw himself down the pit, which caused nista., off the let prize taneous death. A large quantity of water had Esq., exhibited a .1k . accumulated in the bottom of the pit, and the b:silica. for which body. which is supposed to have become entangled 'legated foliage plants. in some supports left at the bottom, woo dragged were successful. The zo, for, but was not recovered for a length of time and Mr. Rock took lot ano after the sad occurrence.—On Tuesday evening and prize. In greenhouse plea en inquest was held at the Royal Oak Inn, at Esq., was first in order of merit, Fenton, before Mr. Coroner Booth, and the jury Jae. Cooper, Man.. and Mr. ineka°eo returned a verdict of "temporary illsB/Ijly.' ively first and second. The fruit woe,. This is only another of the melancholy deaths and attracted no small share of attenta. that might have been prevented, had the neer.- gnsPes of both kinds, black and white, any precaution of securely covering disused coal- equally fine, and one would fancy the judges m ?its been adopted.] have had a rather ditficiat task in deciding bc tneen the competitors. Mr. Turner was awarded LONGTON, the let prize for "Backhand sweetwater," single ‘t'h,.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1871-09-09 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

FENTON.  -The monthly  meeting of this body was held on Tuesday, at the Court House,J. F. Wilem an, Esq. (Chief Bailiff), presiding. There were also present Messrs. R. Malkin, J. Edwards, T. Toft, H. Goodwin, H. Adams, C Challinor, R. T. Sherratt, and J. Warren. The medical officer reported that during the past month 49 births and 22 deaths had been registhred. The births were 26 females and 23 males. The deaths were equally divided between males and females. Six deaths had resulted from symotic diseases. There had been one suicide, and ordinary diseases made up the remainder. There had been 11 deaths in infants under 1 year, one out of the number having been caused by smallpox, probably from neglect of primary vaccination. In one death the person was over 60 years of age. The deathrate for the past month averaged 25.1 per 1,000 of the population, and taking the average for the past six months, it amounted to 24 per 1,000 for the half-year. Smallpox had only caused two deaths during the month, and there was every prospect of a speedy termination to the ravages in this terrible epidemic. There were several cases of diarrhea, scarlet fever, and whooping cough, in the district, but at present it was not of a fatal character. Dr. Weaver closed his report by stating that 17 dwellings had been reported as requiring his inspection. This matter he should attend to and report the result to the Chief Bailiff. Mr. Burton, sanitary smoke inspector, reported that there had been emissions of black smoke from several factories lately. The cesspools required to be repaired. It was agreed that the several parties named in the report should receive notices to abate the nuisances. The Chairman read a note from Inspector Harrison saying that he should not be present at the commissioners' meeting, as he had fourteen days' leave of absence. A letter was read, signed by several persons at Fenton Park, complaining of the short supply of water th the inhabitants of the houses there, and asking what: was to be done. The smallpox prevailed amongst, some of the neighbours, and they must get a good supply of water. The Chairman suggested that the clerk should write to the Water Company a stringent letter, calling their attention to the matter. Some complaints had been mode at Longton on the same subject, and the company's reply had ' been that they would be in a position soon to issue a fuller supply of water. A motion FM then ' made that the clerk should write to the company. Mr. Adams thought it would be better for them to ' recommend the people who had complained about the supply to take notice of the time that the • water was let on and off, and to take action against the company. The Chairman's suggestion was adopted. Some other business of minor importance was transacted, and the Board separated.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1874-07-04 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

GENERAL NEWS.  Mr. Howard Staunton, the chess player, and editor of' Shakspere," died suddenly on Monday last.  _ Twenty-five stripes with a cat.o'-nine.tails were on Friday administered to Joseph Tuttell, in Newgate, he having been convicted of robbery with violence, and sentenced to a flogging and seven years' penal Berri. tude. He roared " Murder" at the first Leah, and continued to cry out a great deal till the prescribed number of lushes had been given him.  The Parisians, who Would die of ennui if they had not some new sensation at least every forty-eight hours, are gossiping about two rather romantic suicides. A retired judge shot himself at St. Germain OR Wednesday morning; and on the previous night, as he left a Paris club in which he had lost at cards more than he could ever pay, the aide-de-camp of a general high in office blew his brains out. Travelling in the neighbourhood of Carndonagh, county Donegal, has been rendered very dangerous of late in consequence of the escape of a lunatic, who roams about, it is said, armed with dangerous weapons. He is a terror to the neighbourhood, inasmuch that profmsional people will not go abroad without protection, and to those who have to visit poor and sick it is very annoying. He broke into a house a few nights ago, and the owner had to decamp. PROPOSED UNION OF CLEints..---" Another Wednesbury Clerk" writes to the Morning News as follows . .  The need exists fora combination (for mutual protection/, and one cause of such need may be found in the altered relations between employer and employed. owing to the extension of the limited company system, which hoe destroyed the hitherto existing bond of sympathy between us, and rendered no as it wore nobody's children. True, there are other, and perhaps, more weighty reasons, to which lam not insensible, and which it should he ours, iu a manner becoming us as intelligeut men, to seek a remedy for. And here I mould observe in passing, that any steps which may be taken must not be upon the model of the Birmingham Association, whiela,whilet possessing some good points, is very far from reachiug the most vit. one.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1874-12-05 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

FORTUNATE" IN BRISTOL.  On Monday afternoon, the city coroner, Mr. R. S. Wasbrough, held an inquest at the Royal Infirmat y touching the death of a girl, 22 years of age, named Margaret Miles, who lived in a house of ill-fame in Church-lane, St. Michael's, and died on Saturday morning, at the above institution, from the effects laudanum, which she administered to herself on the previous evening. The jury having been sworn and the body viewed, the first witness called was _  --WiiiiLiiii;;Tathe7 of the deceased, who stated that the deceased was his daughter, and had left home about two years. Belinda Denton, of 6, Upper Church-lane, deposed that the deceased lived in the same house. She had resided there about ten mouths. On Friday night last, between twelve and one o'clock, she heard some one in witness's room overhead. She went upstairs, and found the deceased there in a very excited state. Deceased told her that she had taken some stuff. Witness called Miss Betty up. They went into the deceased's room, and asked her whet she had taken. In reply to their question,:ileceased said she had taken some laudanum. Witness asked her how much, and she said a bottleful. Witness asked her where the bottle was, and she said in the fire-grate, and they found it there. They dined at quarter-pest five o'clock together, and witness observed nothing particular in deceased's manner at that time. Witness sent for two medical men, but both were out. and deceased was then sent to the Infirmary. Deceased gave no reason whatever for taking the laudanum.  The Coroner having summed up the evidence, the jury returned a verdict "That the deceased committed suicide by taking laudanum whiLst is a state of temporary insanity."  The price of Ruabon coal was advanced Is. per ton on Tuesday morning last.  _ " We pledge ourselves to drink whiskey mcderattly, is the cardinal precept of an Ohio temperance society. The Prime Minister's health has been very indiffer. out during the recess, and begins to cause some anxiety to his friends. At a meeting of 2,000 nailers a Bromsgrove, on Monday morning, it was resolved to insist on an advance of 10 per cent, on the present rate of wages. The members of the Leeds police force will hews forth be allowed to wear moustaches if they are so dis• =Cthe order prohibiting their coltivation baring ancelled by the Watch Committee. At Worship Street Police Court. London. on Monday, William Cherry. engineer, St. Lake's, was remanded on a charge of attempting to poison his wife by railing corrosive sublimate with some sugar which she abed.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-04-28 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

LOVE AND SUICIDE.—A remarkable suicide has just been committed at Knitbury, Berks. A young woman named Emma Fisher, being disappointed in love, poisoned herself with salts of lemon, and was discovered laid out on her bed, having on a clean night dres,, and her chin tied with a handkerchief. Her hands were also crossed over her breast. TUE GREAT TURF Fa/arm—The five prisoners, Harry Benson, Frederick Kerr, William Kerr, Charles Bale, and Edwin Murray, were again placed in the dock on Monday, before Baron Huddleston, at the Central Criminal Court, London, on charges of uttering and forging a cheque for 210,000, with intent to defraud Madame de Goncourt. This was the twelfth day of the trial. On the judge taking his seat the prisoner Murray asked him to read a few words he bad written to explain the action be had taken in the matter. Baron Huddle. stop, having taken a glance over the document, said be would take care that its purport was laid before the jury. The prisoner Benson also adireased his lordship shortly with reference to a letter affecting him put in last Thursday by the prosecution, and hoped his lordship, whose impartiality in trying the case Benson commented upon, would carefully eonsider the evidence given as to the handwriting of that document. Baron Huddleston then summed up at considerable length, and the jury, after retiring for twenty-five minutes returned into court with the following verdict Balloon, W. Kerr, Bale, and Frederick Kerr guilty of forgery; and Murray guilty of being an accessory after the fact. The Countess de Goncourt pleaded for a merciful sentence. His Lordship then passed the following sentences Benson, after a previous conviction, to fifteen years' penal servitude; W. Kerr, Bale, and Frederick Kerr, to ten years' penal servitude; and Murray to eighteen months' hard labour.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-03-24 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

LOCAL AND GENERAL NOTES.  OUR LIBERAL COUNCIL  An old and valued correspondent sends us a very able and discriminating letter this week on a circular which has been sent round by some one Cr some 3nes to various friends. The more we think Of :le; ,;:tful 4.4.5 e the ,Ireater je our amusement. It somehow aeons fe us to have a sinister significance as well as a questionable soviet. Ato Byron we would Boy— le vain, in vain, strike other chords Old Birds are rot to be caught with chaff.  Provided the admonitory hints of "An Elector " are taken to hoed by our o'erhasty and impetuous janizaries they will save themselves from the odium and ridicule to which they will inevitably Expose themselves. Self-conceit may be found useful in keeping many persons from committing suicide, but it cannot help them on to honour nor lead them up to seats of command and positions of dignity amongst the elders of the people. Not having seen the irregular document referred to we are not able to expatiate largely on its pragmatical character. It might have been thought by those who acquired the signatures appended to the confidential notes thus published, that they were doing a great stroke of business. They were going to brandish those great names—thelr own being so little—in terrorein above our heads, so that when they fixed their choice every tongue should be mute and every voice should be hushed. They believed themselves to be the men, and tbat wisdom would die with them. "There were greet men before Agamemnon." Time was when o 0 ancestors practised weird conjurations with words and names, such as "Jupiter Hammon, Sam Cole, and Joe Barnet." A new Abracadabra school of politicians is springing up amongst 'me. We are to be driven like sheep to the shambles by hallowing the big names of sundry statesmen and senators in our ears. It won't take, gentlemen. The trick is too transparent, Not to be gulled by Garner& We have minds of our own, and can fix our choice without the aid of crutches. Like Cromwell would we beg leave to say, "Clear your minds of cant, gentlemen." When the time comes we shall meet at Philippi, and in all reasonable probability Shoulder oar crutch, and show bow fields are won. The Council will know how to deal with immature projects, and in its wise judgment curb any unruliness of spirit and misguided impulsiveness which may savour of dictation, or have the semblance of a presumptuous and an impertinent impetuosity.