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The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1886-02-12 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

DISTRESS' NO DEATHS. An inquest was bald on Saturday as to the thmth of the wife of the Bev. W. H. :Backdate, an elderly lady . rogiling at Ferndale Villa, Paiguton, On ThunsdaY , night a 11,01,111 t on the I.ly t.,k bar some bread and butter. The mistress told the I servant that she could not sleep, and she *mid take • ahweing draught which was on Owl:hest id drawers. The servant tm.k a bottle whia she thought centained Ihe draping draught, Ad gnat, the lady doac. Sub. ! Fanuently a wmi dim:meted that the wevant had given mints«. a liniment markad 'Tolson," and emetics were administered, but without avail, and the lady died on Friday. The intdical man had.de Inn F.llOl, and stated that death was dna to Sella&nun iinnnnt. The Conan., In summing up. said that tha sanant should have been tilare careful in Agertaining what Ilvtlicine she war giving her raidtress. A verdict of "Death front Accidental Poisoning" was returned. r. C. C. Lewin rn Saturday held an inquest at Brientwad on the Jody ol Edward Furhank, an army pensioner, who had wan 21 years' .rvite, and who committed .icide by taking laudanum while staving at the Chequers Inn, Brentwood. Under his pillow lonnd s sevanehambered revolver loaded. Ile cosigatsl a punt in lanai., shortly lwfore Christmas, and broke up his home, arid fors... tine- besmeared to have leen distressed +tato of mild. Th. or I loin week. apt Ito attempted to deatroy himelf by taking poison, and by opening a v•On Ii In arm, but , he ress,arwl trader treattnent at St. Bartholomew'. iluopital. Oa tin' slay that be made this attempt It« wr.On the fall wing letter to his daughter, a girl el about twelve yearn, who is staying with An nut now Breutwoml :-." Dear Nfinnia,—l have always loved yuur mother and our children. I can boar this hfe no longar. Since I *ass you last I have made four Atalanta to pimai myself. I hope tomight to more autonefol. 11.1 blaas yon, dear children. A, you cannot to happy with a father, may you In happy wdholit Ti,,' daughter wan present at the 111,W.. and tar distr.fted condition and piteous cries of !011, my time father r created a panful avue. A verdict of "Suicide while angering horn tomporAy insanity was returned.  FATAI lIUNTING
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1886-02-12 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

PIW.Nri, who te have onion itul snicide in N matelot Cemetery. -Mr. GPM Rrinaley, auctioneer Alla lIIIIVOyOr, al 30 end 31, Neve likidge.etreet, KC., identified the body aa that 1,1 his omem, whir hurl renided with him at hi. addle.. at Norwood for ithoot twelve years. Deceased, ea • ode,wari of a cheerfel dopmition, cicarii.inally he nuffered form lite of depreseion. On Wedneerlay morning the deenneed wao seen by one el witnase's ....ate to leave the home, and he did return.—A man named .lAII Wright atated that he wee at work on Rome heail. atone, in the cemetery on Thur day morning, when he Gan the only of the deceased ly.og between two teeth Monte. He teemed guile dead.—Solicaeonstable Hanchett, ItS l', dimmed that he was called to the Ofilnetery, and on searching the body of the deceased be found • gold watch and chai, LI in gold, mid sew nil,' and bronze. There was aloe oorkeerew with a oak att./W.1,0.11.1" cert.! ieuid, 'kind sea.. which had contained • bottle of that poison. &me distance uff the bottle wow Imind iminy.—liergesnt Is Sur said he !minds hroken bottle which had on Wood the *cid mottle eighteen yard. from the body._ I Breekwell, of Park vide, uirl thet he Awl attended the deceased constantly, and knew his Maisel tim. He at time. suffered uverely from mental agouti..., and then wit.nu blot known hon hr thrums his life Witness had urn the .1. Ay, and had no Medd that Moth wits doe to is...wom iiY carhelic said. --After mime conauletion the piny returned • verdict nd " Suicide whilst mentally  1C0110111.1111,111 S. owns. aembof of Iluf 11w,a4r. 4,..rn the follorlypar.graph..... ier,clevuld of Mfr. ft to. Lent ral ftff spool* writs. have •1.01.• On lan low moo. trtrotottnity":477,Varver/Tottnart orlsol al the koroaffilo goo ammo. MIS intd 11V, ax:e 14m tozzlOnot Zor11:1=1141::::=14
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1886-04-02 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

DOMESTIC TRAGEDY IN PARIS. A Rattling stMund to murder, committal with which there are my:darting circumstances mil a suicide, werecommitted on Monday night, in the Rai de Bat, at the highly.reerctable and gni. hotel, La Croix do Geneve, which is kept by • Madame Aker. • mann. In the evening e lady and gentleman el goal apprerantie, who had idten previomly lodged in the home for skim perioda, arrixml there from Fontainebleau, as they mid, and asked for the “At of nem. they habitually occupied. They bad dimly. passed lor Mahood and wife. and the husband moist-Mid himself in the guests' look an a manufactum, travelling on hia own account. After they ware shown to their apartments, Madam Aker:limn herself weld t Me thom candles, ha as the was fastened Mile, Me left them on the lobby table, and called oirt to them to my that she had done so. Half an hour later she retained, and found the candles where she left them and at they went hi a krong draught awl wasting, the knockad to apprise her ledgers id this fact. An she wax knocking she heard four reports, which rapidly followed- mon other, She mshed downsmini crying " /durder," arid waiter ran 1,0 pi dic,. statim hard by. The sergonadmville armed with loaded pietols, and a locksmith went sent for. When they got in they traversed the sittinproom.without seeing my untoward eight, but in the bedroom the Misty of the man wan lying on the floor, nod hie wif, sighing and groaning, wan on a seat near the window. Ithe wee wounded in three plami. tier minlaan"'s was shot Omagh the right temple est the woman is wounded M the throat and chest she is unable to speak, end. too weak to wriM. She bee just been able to scrawl, "Ware my husband," and "Con I he Raved"' When inquiries were made she not found to be the &nighto,e of a /d. Cadet, an eadeputy, and now Mayor of the Eleventh Arrondisement. Ile is s man of considerable imam She n•iw married, it appeared, through the coyoteage match. making friend, as young French girls so Oft,,, are, to aN. Rimini, an art decorator and manufacturer a artistic wall japer, who l,tr a business house in the Faubourg St. Gorman. the lemon with whim she wan at La Criiiix de Gent,, ie a pharmaceutical chemist named 51useet. lferrelations with t 0,,,, were of .1,1 dm, litit nobody suspected them uMil about 1.,, days ago, when, after .ormy alterention, Itenotif turned his wife 001 of the home. But, as Me 1,01 two children, aim wont back to limit after them, AIM she has since dent every night in their room. 51. Mussed made her ammintance min after he WIN married, and or wile gave birth to a child eight months ago. Ti mim woman learnod of the tragedy from a reporter, who on hearing of it went to interview her.  An ingenious man in said to k the prohibition titates of Ainerier bgnflaftVcr'al!; eort of pimp. \Vnrlwdbyb,n, Leer comee .t • Inn should an offic ft e law take h"a pump, the only moduct in water. "
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1886-04-02 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

ROMANTIC ATTEMPT AT SUICII)E. At West i 11411.1, Ellen Elirmbeth Crunch, ill single wo.n, living at 21, Mayfield.ruad, Hrremfroad, Plaistow, was charged, en remand, with attempting to commit suicide by cutting her throat with art/r.—The evidence showed that the prisoner for gime URI@ pfillit had here keeping coin µmy with a young man named Walter Porter; and on Smalay evening, the 2lsl inst., *he called at the house uf Catherine MaGurarin, a friend. Mrlieerflhr, fancying she looked strange, invited her In have a rip A tem Met rm.. seal she could not take an • thing as she had fallen out with Welter, adding, " f bed.. not speak to tuir tonight I will &away with myself. He had the best ' of me throe mouths age, and ever since he Imo been playing the fool with m • Will you mune with me and wy and lied inwe! If he speak., to or. to-trilled I'll give him up the razor," MeGovarin and prisoner left the house together... , meeting Walter, MeGuvarin asked hhu ti speak to tin, prisoner, but he mud he would not. and when field that prisoner had • razor, and said she would " do sway" with herself if he did not weak to her, hm replied, " I can't help it. II she will he headstrong she can do so." lie then went into•publichouse, but afterwards he went to the prisoner and demanded the maw, saying if she did ret give it OP he would geme her. In charge, Teth,r prisoner replied, " Very do so," imid Porter went away. Primmer followed hire, and asked, ' What is it to he? drew. going to he friends, or not r and his answer mug " Rim"- s ae asked, " You will not, dem r Yon see Ode rams. S. and at the same time producing the mum. and draw. big it scrums her throat, she added, "Toe will repent the day."—Mr. Phillip, said li.' had hada letter from the chaplain, who said primmer was willing to go into : home.— I rinoner Y., sii, I will gr.—Mr. Very well. You aru newdischargol, and I hops you'll never he so fimlish • EVTOMBED QUARRYMEN TURNING
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-03-13 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

SOOT. The child was lying at the bottom of the stairs on her knees, with her head lying on the bottom stem and herthroat eat. Amy of murder was raised, end eludes Coker, • labourer, livieg in one of the adjoining eottegea, ran out to see what was tire matter. He saw the prisoner's child lying outside the door with her threat Cut; and the prisoner having said that he did it, Ise (Guker) went in search of a policeman, who took him into custody. It was elicited, in cross-examining the witnesses', that the prisoner several years ego received • severe wound in his head, and that on one occasion he attempted to commit suicide by bagging. The jury, after some deliberation, returned • veld kt of "Guilty." The learn ad Judge reseed sentence of death upon the primmer, who throughout the whole trial exhibited an air of  A sad occurrence has taken place in South Shields. On Wednesday afternoon the crew of an Amtrien vein Duck al lying in the Tyne Dl indulged in some "skylarking," in the shape of throwing snow•balls, and three of the men afterwards proceeded on 010f0, to the quay, where the sport was continued. A policeman named Watson, on duty at the spot, Jerald it 'memory to walla Us. sailor*, of the danger to which they were subjecting themselves, by coming in contact with the dock railway, where locomotives were frequently passing to and The fellows treated lightly too advice offered to them, and following the officer to a considerable distance beyond their ship, they roughly attacked him, while a fourth companion by whom they were joined abused him in a cruel and unjustifiable manner. Thue surrounded, and in the excitement of the moment, the policeman resorted to the use of his staff, with which be inflicted a revere blow on the head of one of biz ardente, • person named Bacearcieh. By his comrades, the unfortunate man was conveyed to the ship, whence he was subsequently taken to the policestation, but there be suddenly swooned and died. The inquest has been adjourned for the purpose of • postitiortent examination being made on the body of the deceased.
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-06-12 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

BOICIDIE OF • SOLDIER. —An extraordinary suicide wee perpetrated at the Raglan Barracks, on Tuesday morning. by Thomas Curry, • private soldier belonging to the 37th Regiment. The deemed, • native of Ireland, had served with much credit for several years ia India, and bad uniformly borne a good ohmmeter. Until recently his mother, to whom he was devotedly attached, lived in Belfast Whilst on foreign service he had accumulated a considerable sum of money, which, on his reterti be sent to his mother. Sines his arrivsl in England he continued his regular aid careful habits, and had again put together • sum of money to send to his mother. An went well until • few days.., when be received a letter from Ireland, which conveyed the pal intellivence that his mother had died seddeedy. The sews affected him very much. he bemuse sad, shy, and distant, and refused his food; Previously be bad been a sociable peison, and was idways reedy far • quiet joke, and was, by his ready wit • mese of amusement to others. After • day or ala this way be took out the money he had saved, sad spar it in drink, came to barracks drunk and neer and had re stripe removed in °surname. On Posrlay meeting at drill, tbe sergeant pointed out owes slight deka, whereon deceased muttered something thee was not intelligible. On returning to his Immesh be obtained his rifle, ostensibly to clean it, but as the event proved, for the fatal purpose of killing hinmeH. He went to the bunk of Sergeant Belton, who was absent, and made a noise, as a make-believe that he was eleanirig his rifle. but he was really loading it. Presently there was an explosion, and on going to the place • horrid spectacle was seen. Demised wee deeding in an upright position, the mucele of the rile is his mouth, and the toes of his right foot en the trigger. His bead was in a frightful state, the ball, eatering the roof of the month, had passed out theonigh this top of the bead, gone through the ceiling shove, through the room over, and into the next canine. He was found to be deal, and was removed to the Military Hospital. An inquest was bell by Mr. Ben% menet in the afternoon, when a verdict was I and to the ;feet that "Assessed shot himself whilst in • fit of temporary insanity." The sudden and sad death of Ibis poor soldier has spread an unusual gloom and saner over the 'merman, to which he belonged.  —lfencarrox, 00CURRINCE Nit.
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-02-27 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

FRAN('E.—TIis completion of tho free trade policy still proeetda in Fl4llOO. 011 Thursday the Aldasiteur published a decree eihnitting, free of duty,into Freon:, rough end purilied o at iron, old iron, bar iron, hoop iron, sheet iron, steel in bars and sheets rolled by heat. Mid rolled copper in a puro state or alloyed with other instate, when coming from abroad, and destined for re• exportation after haying been converted in French workehops into ships, unichinen, apparatus, or any work in metal. It is stated that public feeling in Francs is strongly (Tooted to the apace' of endowing newly created nobles out of the national purse. Tho 50,000 trances given to General Montauban on being created Count do Palikao, fur his sersiees in China, were e vett grudged.  ormtemporary says it isle a position to stare that at an early Oat e the Kingdom of Italy will be &fatally recognised hyik'rusaia. Tins sup is stated to have been produced hy Uie attduJe of the Littoral party in the Representative Chamber at Berlin, and by the position which Austria tel a-stitned towards Prussia with reference to Fedeial ri.t.rin. From the seine authority we !ran that the commercial treaty between France and Yrnaia is int the point of being own Hungary. matters do not wear a very different cousplexiiu. There IS only this distinction, that the hatred of the people is evinced in • calm, studied, systematic manner. One incident will scree to show the temper of the country. The Government has hail the greatest trouble imaginable in finding • Chief on the Comitat of Houth. At length the 5011 of the gaol governor declared his willingness to sixteens the Ala., but lie immediately found I self abandoned, isolated, and shunned by his friends and mainaintances. At length bee fortitude gave way to this exhibition of oppubritun and contempt. Twice be begged to be allowed to resign, but was related. He threatened to commit suicide; still lie was refused. The sight of his wife and children restrained hid hand for a time, but even this influence gave way to the overwhelming sense of the scorn mud ahanie be had incurred, and after three futile applications to be released from his responsibilities, he terminated his sufferings by blowing >at Ida brains. Surely, this is a terrible and aignilicant lesson.
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-10-23 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

CREW' :Z. —Vim,. Migabps--A vmmy meeting was • • rd the parish elrow_itt cis Pride ,to take into - , ' 'session' what jst4 be taken to pre • Um valuation ' Vidor Assessment Act. A committee was smutted to act with the churchwardens and oversidle. in ' paring the new Valuation Act of the perish. '.. present mode of announcing park* mediae being SO imperfect that only a few parishioners, room' on very special occasions, weru aware of a meeting, it was resolved to advertise them in future. —Commitnireled.  80,4 oft'  Twi with  sad old I that  On Sunday two sermons ware preached in aid of the distremed operatives in the North at the Weeleyan Chapel, by the Bay. Mr. Williams. The rev. gentleman's discourses were vary implosive, and he made an earnest appeal for the distreeeed operatives, and collestioneweew made amounting to £2 lIL 40. We understand that en !ormolu were preached in aid of the Isms object in every chapel in conference, and no doubt a cobsulerable sum was collected for so noble and good &muse. - •  I'lWe*, Tneoriay.—Bsfore T. Hoskins, Esq.—Six runi mbh, hawed Edmund *airfoil, George Toni, ''ht 14bi Edward Prince. sod Thomas and fth Pi", wort sOnisionid, qbod LA of ialt. *holitok784111511)4 appiated fa Ai:l44r kivrytt 111, 011  Solidity, and 611e4 their pockets with apples; but Mr. Joßifle contended that the defendants had only been for a "stroll in the country," and probably some one had given Awn the fruit. The Bomb, however, could not fall in with Mr. Jollifle's view of the case, as the defendants were clearly traced to have been in the orchard, and they wore each tined 7*. 64. and meta—The tines were paid. Stransit. --On Tuesday a labouring man, named Charles Geer, of blast Coker, oonunitted suicide by hanging hiniself to the stair door of his own hones, whilst his wife was gone to Mr. Taylor's factory with some work which she had done. She was absent only about half-an-hour, but on her rotten found her husband suspended by a small cord to the staircase, and quite dead. Doctor Parsons was quickly in attendance, but the vital spark had fled. The deceased was about 60 ) ears of age, and had been rather depressed in spirits for some time past, and there can be no doubt be destroyed himself whilst in &state of temporary intranity.
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-08-14 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

USW. On arriving on the steps of the house, it is said, be turned suddenly round and struck his companion • blow in the face with his fat, which sent him rolling into the street. He then rushed into the house, fastened the door on the inside, and directly afterwards the report of • pistol was besrd. This alarmed the neighboare and passersby, and a rush was made by several persons towards the door and the windows of the dwelling, which resisted their efforts to force for a few moments. Happily they soon gave was, and the house was entered. The wife was discovered with her face covered with blood, and Teesdale with his head lying heek on the sofa, in the act of drawing a rotor across his own throat. He was immediately seised, ' and prevented from carrying out his suicidal design. The police were quickly on the spot, and as the prisoner , had only inflicted a slight gash on the throat he was at once conveyed to the Town Hall in a cab. The unfortunate women's face man smile disfigured, especially on the right side, but the pistol could only have oontained powder, or she must have been killed , instantaneously. Abe was removed to the Sheffield Infirmary, where she now lieu with every bore of ultimate recovery. It is said the prisoner stated that only on Monday morning he had gone down en his knees to his wife and begged her to give up her present course of life, and leave the neighboatheod in which she was living, and that she replied that all she wanted was to be away from him. This be assigns lathe cause of the act with which he now stands charged. He also said that he had been obliged to give up four theatrical engagements lately through her conduct, and that she was training up his two girls to be as bad as herself.
The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1862-07-10 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

SIMGCLAII DISCOVERT.—Pcme excitement win caused on Wedneelay morning in the neighbourhood of Gordoo.wittart, St. Pancras, by the circulation of a rumour the' the head of • limn, nee ly severed from the beefy, had been discovered in the piece of enclosed wrote growl ottaelied to the (Ntholie Apostolic Church, Gordorieqsare. It appears that • labourer warned Gates was peering by the chetah at about 10 o'clock, when him attention was aitractet to • ghastly object, which bad the appearance of being the head of a human being, lying in the enclosure. He communicated hie impremlou 10 several passengers, and, a crowd moon saseinhling, • messenger wee despatched for • police-constable, who, on his arrival at the spot, obtained pumeesios of the relic of humanity, for such ii proyid to be; but by whom and for what purpose it was deposited where it was found remains a subject of oonleeture. The bead, which stemmed to be scientifically vernretoil from the truck, we conveyed to the London th.irersity Hospital, where ,t will remain while the police are making an iuvestgation into the circum• stances.  LOVE AND SUICIDE TN • Womtvmuitit.—An inquiry ws hell on Monday morning in the beard-room of the West London Union. Smithfield, by Mr. Coroner Pique, oa the body of William Bailey, aired e 3, an inmate of the union, who committed smoide by hanging himself to • beam by means of two leather straps, which were found securely twisted and tastened rousd bin nook. Mr. Ball, interim master of the union-hous,. mid that it VAS known in the house that decealed, who fillel the poet 4 warditian, had formed a deep sttachineut for • nurse in the infirmary, who was the wife of • 'idler who had been on foreign service for some years. TI eMet opportunities of meeting were in the storeroom, to wh ch they had each to go for store& end it appeared that three days before his suicide they lead some quarrel  of a trifling nature. and she refused to speak to him. This produced eztraordinary depression of spirits, rind on Thursday, it being hie birthday, he procured sone+ drink, and made himself intoxicated. Deetmaed Wes +++itch respected, and the etraps with which be banged binieeif were used by him to enforce order among the refractory boys. The nurse alluded to by the previoue witness was also exanibsed. hum admitted that she and thcea.ed had been very mini ii to emelt other. She denied that there wits a quarrel between them, ate' attributed deceased's despondency to the death of a friend. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while lot a state of tempotary insanity."  A WoSan