The Northern Guardian. — 1892-09-09 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.  Warcints thomughly cleaned, ls 6(1; new mainspring, Is 6d ; brooch pins, 2d. All work guaranteed 12 months.—J. M. Csommt,• 76, Lynn Street, West Hartlepool. A cid A number of persons were fined tis and costs at West Hartlepool to-day for neglecting to 'send their children to school. The famous ship Foudroyant, which, with the exception of the Victory, is the only remaining relic I of Lord Nelson, has been sold by the Admiralty.  Of the emigrants alio left the shores of Great Britain in the first eight, months of the present year the United States received by far the greatest number-183,654. The Board of Trade have given n silver medal to Gustave Denis, a gendarme, at Blaye. near Bor. deaux, for assisting a London crew on board a burning steamship. At West Hartlepool Police Court to-day, Mr Landsverk was granted an occasional license for refreshments for Hartlepools Races to-morrow, from one till five o'clock. Mr Ccipel made the application.  There were 115 courts martial held up,m stamen of the Royal Navy in 1891. The number of men tried was 121. Of these three were aequitted, and the remaining 118 found guilty ard sentenced to various punishments. A distressing suicide occurred at Lea.mingson yesterday morning. A young lady named Kent, who had been sent to Leamington from near Liverpool under the impression that she was suffering from hysteria, was pronounced by a medical man to be insane, and arrangements were made for her removal. She, however, eluded the vigilam eci her.watchers, and yesterday morning jumped Irons . her bedroom window and died almost. immediately. An impressive sight has been witneesed at Corby„_ Bridgend, in connection with the burial of Evan an* Phillip David, father and son, who were killed at the Tondn explosion. The wife of Phillip was only just confined, and insisted on the child being baptised over the dead father's corpse. Tho minister, in deference to her wishes, placed himself between the coffins of the dead father and son, and baptismal water having been deposited in a basin on the son's coffin, the child was there and then baptised. The Theatre Royal management promise a great treat next week by the special engagement of Mr Willie Edouin's No. 1 Comedy Company in the mirth-provoking farcical comedy entitled " Niobe" (all smiles). This piece has enjoyed a continuous run of over 200 nights at the Strand Theatre, London, where it is still being played. The company engaged for its interpretation on tour is a very strong one, including such well-known names as Sydney Harcourt, Percy Marshall, Oordon Harvey, Lillie Belmore, May Protheroe, and others. At the Mansion House Police Court yesterday, Frederick Evans, described as an author, was charged with obtaining a cheque-book from the Anglo-Austrian Bank, London, by false pretences. It was stated that he handed to the bank manager bills upon the Austrian Treasury of the value of £1,500, in return for which he received a chequebook. The Secretary of the Austrian Consulate  subsequently deelareil the bills worthless. Visiting cards found on the accused bore the words, "Frederick Evans, Duke of Teck." He was remantled.  One of the most stupid beta on record was lost on Wednesday by a young cabinetmaker named Paul Parmentier, who, while drinking in a wine-shop in the Rae Keller, Paris, offered to lay a wager of rd. that he would jump out of a fourth-floor window without hurting himself. Treating the offer as a joke, his comrades accepted the bet, but were horrified when Parmentier rushed into the road, and, climbing up four flights to his own room, threw himself into the street. He was picked up with his left leg broken and seriously injured it. terually. Details of a shocking domestic tragedy have just been received horn the City of Stamford, in Cotnecticut, where a man named Charles Brooks shot his wife and baby, and then turned his revolver against himself. All three are in a critical condition, and little hope is held out of recovery for any of the unfortunate people. Mrs Brooks and her husband had lived in the vicinity of Ludgate Hill, London, the actual district, being given as St. Martin's. The lady, however, formed an intimacy with a man named Charles Kent, and about twelve months ago the pair eloped and succeeded in reaching the United States. From an old Germsn medicst work, ff'o:.ie, has unearthed a strong recommendation of toads as a cure for cholera. The accepted Flemish way of preparing them was to catch them in June, at the time of the full moon, kill them, dry them in the open air, roast them, and thon grind them to powder. A case is cited of a German peasant who was very ill with cholera, and wan entirely cured by the administration of a toad boiled in milk, and swallowed whole. Another peasant boiled his toad in vinegar instead of milk, drank it down, and WAS also restored to health The remedy seems, according to our century-end ideas, a little drastie; and it is probable that these two patients had cot. stitutions impossible to injure.