The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-09-15 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

IITNIN(L-The Rev. J. R. Davison, 3J.A., vicar of Moseley, near Birmingham, died under painful circumstances at the vicarage on Sunday night.. A short time ago Mr. Davison ass struck by lightning, and rendered temporarily insensible. With the aid of restoratives he apparently recovered, but shortly after had a relapse, and has baen gradually sinking ever since. The deceased was &ppointed to the incumbency in 12.452.  LIVINGSTONE'S Doc.—Our readsrs will he sorry to hear that the dog Mabel, 'the African dog" which faithfully accompanied the body of Dr. Livingstone from the interior to the coast, and • was brought to Bombay in November last by Lieutenant Murphy, has died at Belgaum from inflammation of the lungs. Poor Mahe never quite recovered from the effects of that long and dispiriting march through the interminable wilds by the body of her old master.— Times of India.  The allowance to officiating clergymen selected to perform spiritual duties in garrison places is to be altered. When there are less than ten officers and men at the station no payment will be made, but when, there are ten and upwards allowance will be made at tho rate of 10s. yearly for each officer ard man up to 100, at. 33. each for the second 100, and at 2.5. each for any number in excess of 300. An average is to be taken upon the number in garrison on each Sunday al thing, and it,formottion on the PUY,. will 1"...` for..i,.heci tot vi erg) tn., of Oac delioll‘ll.l/.11.41 v.anutauding officer.  Margaret M'Faddon ho was convicted at the Bucks assizes of. a libel on a clergyman, has been re.  leaaed from gaol, by order of the Home Moe, the girl having served eix month..  A Greenwich Hospital Pension cf .£OO a year for deputy-inspector generals of hospitals and fleets has been given to Robert PorCormick ; and a Naval Pension for lieutenants of a year to Commander Asthur Kennedy.  A telegram from Bangor states that Mr. Whittaker, a London artist, who had for some months been residing at Bettye-y-coed, was on Saturday morni,,g found drowned in a stream a little way out of the  village. Hugh Jameson, for many years cashier in the ell, ployment of Messrs. Coates, Laan and Princess 1.), Foundries, Belfast, was last week committed tor  trial on a charge of! embezzling the sum of 1.7654J0,, the property of his employers.  SCBSCILIPTION MR A BIZAVE MAN', meeting held on Monday at Bristol, i: was decided to raise a subscription for the. viidow and children of  John Chiddy, who was killed during the summer by the Flying Dutchman whi:e rolling an obstruction otf  the metal;.  SUICIDE THROUGH DVAITOINTED Lovr..—On Monday a young lady, of Hereford, named Miss Nicholls, of independent means, 24 years of age, and extremely good looking, committed suicide by nearly severing her head from her body. The cause of this act is believed to he her mother's objecting to her associating with a young man to whom she was engaged.  Mr. W. B. Pi liner, landlord of the Cricketers' Arms Inn, Ipswich, district secretary of the Ipswich and Suffolk Licensed Victuallers' Protection Association,  threw himself in front of the down train on Monday. between Ipswich and Westerfield, and was so horribly maimed as to cause almost instant death. Deceast d, who was much resp,cted, was about 50 years of age, s.ed leaves a widow and family. A MARRIED WOMAN'n