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Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-01-16 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

EARTHQUAKE IN DEVONSHIRE.  A severe shock of earthquake was felt in South Devonshire the other morning. It was felt generdly all along the route between Dartmouth and Kings- , bridge, as well as at other places lying more inland. , Just after leaving Dartmouth the driver of an omnibus, which runs daily to and from Kingsbridge, experienced an oscillation of the ground, which lasted some seconds, and on arriving at Stoke Fleming a number of persona stated that they felt the shock. Mrs. Fox, who keeps a shop atStokepenny, states that her house verily " rocked." In the Green Dragon public-house, kept by Mr. Martin the shock caused a quantity of plaster to fall down from the ceilings. At Strete the oscillation was similarly felt Mr. Wallace Pair, of that village, asserted that he had just come from Blackawton, and the shock was very conspicuously felt there several miles inland. The phenomenon appears, however, to have been most severe at Torcross. The occupants of the Fisherman's Arms, which house stands on the beach, were so frightened that they rushed out of the place, thinking, as they said, that the building was going to fall. Mr. T. R. Vickery, of the Torcross Hotel, gives several particulars of the severity of the shock. It appears to have been felt by almost every one in the village. At Stoneham, Chillington, and Frogmore the oscillation was also experience].  A rorxo man, who refused his name and address, has been remanded at Westminster Police-court, London, charged with stealing a contribution box containing nearly £4 from the Brompton Oratory. He was seen to walk out of the oratory with the box and hail s cab, when he was stopped by the chr4rch porter.  A Tics'er.os-msevit man,—name'd Folly; has committed suicide at Davenport by hanging himself by , his braces from the iron grating of a cell in which he had been confined on a charge of robbery. On being arrested the prisoner said," For God's sake don't any a word about it, or I shall get seven years." M. en Fasvcniter has undertaken the duty of forming a new French Administration. It is believed that half the members of his Cabinet will be selected from the last Government.  AT the Worcester Sessions a report was read from the Police Committee in reference to the refusal of the committee of Mr. Arthur Chamberlain, Liberal candidate for South Worcestershire, to pay the charges for the attendance of constables at a political meeting, on the ground that the police had not performed their duty. The Earl of Coventry, in moving the adoption of the report, which was carried, expressed a strong opinion in favour of the police. to is stated that the claims of the near relatives of officers and men of the Egyptian army killed in the Soudan are now receiving the favourable consideration of the Egyptian Government,
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-09-04 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

GLADSTONE'S HOLIDAY.  Mr. Gladstone, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Helen Gladstone, has gone on his holiday to Bavaria. As the train started there was a general lifting of hats and cheering by those who had assembled to witness his departure, which the right hon, gentleman acknowledged. On his arrival at Dover he was at once conducted to the mid-day boat Invicta, lying alongside the pier. The ex-Premier was cheered on his arrival, and also on the vessels departure.  A SHAM,IGHT has taken place at Rushmoor.hill, Aldershot, Colonel Helsham Jones, commanding the Royal Engineers at Aldershot, and Colonel Hope, of the King's Own Borderers, being in command of the respective forces. Sir Archibald Alison witnessed the operations. A .J OZRNEI MAN painter named liolcroft has been charged at Salford Police-court with attempting to murder his wife, and also with attempting to commit suicide. The prisoner attacked his wife whilst she lay in bed, and stabbed her in the face and head. She escsped, after a desperate struggle, and, returning with assistance, found the prisoner lying unconscious on the bed, with dangerous stab, in the throat and wrists. He was committed for trial.  THE Great Northern Railway Company's engineering works at Boston have been burned to the ground. , The loss, which is considerable, is covered by insurance. The men lost their entire stock of tools, and will be thrown out of work. The adjoining stables and goods sheds caught fire, but were only slightly burned, the horses being removed in good time. ALEXANDER Ross, a clerk, has been at the London Guildhall committed for trial, charged with forging a request to the London and Westminster Bank fern cheque.book, and with forging one of the cheques for £3OO and obtaining the money for it. Ton friends of Mr. J. G. Lowe, who was found dead in a railway carriage at Leicester, adhere to the belief that his death was the result of foul play, and after the funeral at Brooklands, near Manchester, the deceased's brother left for London to make further inquiries as to Mr. Lowe's movements before he began his journey home. A Manchester solicitor has been instructed by the family to investigate the mystery, but no material fresh evidence had been discovered. Tans forms of entry for the Cambridge local examinations, to be held in December, shoe, may now be obtained from the local secretaries. The latest day for returning forms of entry to the local secretaries is October 1.
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-11-06 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

KEATING'S C 01701.1 LOZEthligfi. ask throughout the Weed, ill any country that can be named, you sill find them lamely sold. There is abwilutely no remedy that 11 so speedy M giving relief, no certain to care, and yet the most delicate can take them. One Li•senge gives ease. Bold in ISld. tiOS. AN inquest has been held at Carmarthen on the body of James Smith, captain of the Teviotdale, which was wrecked in Carmarthen Bay. A verdict of found drowned was returned. No other bodies have yet come whore. AT a meeting of the Brighton Town Council, a letter has been read from Mr. Sane, Secretary and General Manager of the Brighton Railway, stating that the directors had decided that, on and after the Ist of January next, the express fares would cease to be charged throughout the company's system' and, further, that at all stations within ten miles of London, including Croydon. the time for which return tickets shall be available will be the same as from London—that is, between Brighton and Croydon and all stations northward. Return tickets will be available for the return journey within eight days from the date of issue. Os the arrival of a Great Eastern train at Enfield the other evening, a porter on examining a carriage found in a first-class compartment the body of a gentleman who had committed suicide. A sixchambered revolver was found under him, one chamber of which had been recently discharged. The bullet completely passed through the man's head and came out at the back of the skull. On the deceased were found a number of letters, one of which was addressod to his wife, asking her to forgive him for the act he had committed. He is supposed to be a man named Russell, who lived at Grove-place, Tottenham. AT the meeting of the York Diocesan Conference the Rev. Canon l'aget has stated that a gentleman, who did not wish his name made public, had promised him a donation of £BOOO ass thank-offering for mercies received, the money to be used in the erection and endowment of a church near North Cave, Yorkshire, Sin T. F. Gutsy's, the member for South Wilts, has let out in allotinents to the labouring men of Winterslow (a village a few miles from Salisbury), a field of 31 acres, in lots varying from 20 rods to five acres each, at a rental of .E 2 per acre, or 3d. per rod, free of all other charges. Ar Cardiff, Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P., has performed the ceremony of opening the Llanishen Waterworks, which have a capacity of 317,000,000 gallons, for the , use of the town. A CAPE Town telegram announ:•es the invasion of Nesibeland by the rondos, who have burnt several , kraals. Ten thousand Pondos are now oaths border. A force is being raised to net against them, , A
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-08-07 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

TRUPTIE 'MU RDER AND SUICIDE.' ' A series el...shocking murders took place at Penzance abact haif-past one o'clock the other afternoon. Josses Hawke shot his Mater, her husband, and the wife of a neighbour, and then shot hanself. The murderer was she son of the late Mr. James Hawke, , shoemaker, and at the time of his death was 52 years of age. He served his apprenticeship as a tinman with Mr. T. Stewart, Causeway Head, Permian. About 25 fears ago he want to Australia, where he became fairly successful in the wool trade. He came to England -about eight years ago, remained three or four months,aand returned to Australia. He again came home about the lattrr part of last sear, and stayed .irt Penronce for a few weeks, and then went to Bristol or its neighbourhood, retuning to the town about live or six weeks ago. He up. peered to be a quietly.disposed man, and very sociable, beingespecially proud of showing his writings in a journal to winch he was a frequentcontributor of , chamon, cud so forth, under the coos de plume, of , .` Ross,°' or Wale." His sister Mary was many -years his junior,..and her husband, Charles Wren, shoemaker, a very well known, quiet, and respectable man, was a son of Mr. John Wren, printer. They all lived ' together in Marine.plece. The other victim is Mrs. Gerrard, the wife of Mr. Gerrard, a watchmaker, of Daniel-Wan. Just before committiog the murders Hawke was engaged in a sealable chat at the bottom of Queemetreet with several of the young men of the neighbourhood. On returning tohia house a young man followed him, : having occasion to go to the same court. Hawke ' appears to have entered the house, and, within a few momenta, to have deliberately shot the sister, then the ! husband, and to have come out to the door, chased, and shot Mrs. Gerrard. All three died almost immediately. The young man referred to spoke to him. He put up his hand, and said,,-Stand back," after which he put the muade of the revolver under his ear and fired, falling dead in the doorway. The house is situate in a tolerably specieus court-yard, turning off the eastern entrance to the lane which forms the back of Marine-terrace, and directly behind Mount's Bay House and the rear premises of the Queen's Hotel. Outside, in this yard. the woman Gerrard was followed by Hawke avid shot in the beak. On going inside the -yard the full reality of this shocking crime began to -be realised. Stretched on the floor side by side lay the murderer and his victims. Wren, the first killed, was on the left, shot in the left breast, from which blood was still slowly oozing. Next to Wren was the murdererra short, thick-set man, dressed entirely in blue serge. Mrs. Wren had been struck by a bullet near the mouth. On the right lay Genard. The murderer had been moving about as usual during the morning, had chatted with friends, and was certainly not under the influence of liquor. Mr. and Mrs. Wren leave Bevan children, and Mrs. Gerrard leaves six children.
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-08-07 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

TIIE ABERDEEN TRAGEDY.  A discovery of • shocking nature has been made at Old Aberdeen, when a man named William Mutely residing at 47, High.streetovas found lying in a chest with his throat cut. Deceased lived alone in the , room, and had not been seen for a fortnight. It is ' belived that Alutch committed suicide, but an air of mystery surrounds the case, owing to the fact that the chest in which the body was discovered, and which locked with a spring, wis securely fastened. The neighbours had become alarmed at Match's dia. appearance, and entered the house. Their attention was almost immediately attracted by the closed trunk, from which it was evident that & considerable quantity of blood had been oozing. Their horror was subsequently increased by the stench from the decomposing corpse, which forewarned them of the ghastly scene which they beheld when the wooden box was opened. The position in which the body was found at first naturally created an impression among the neighbours that Mulch had been murdered, but the fact that the door of the room had been locked from the inside seemed to preclude this theory. Beside.; this, there was also the fact that deceased was a man in poor circumstances, which made it impossible to conceive any motive for such a crime. It would appear that the unfortunate man had deliberately, after locking the door of the room, entered the chest, closed the lid, and then cut his throat. Deceased, who was well known in the locality, and was generally employed as a day labourer, was about 40 years of age. Previous to his disappearance, a fortnight ago, nothing was noticed in his demeanour by the neighbours to suggest that his mind was affected in any way. There can be little doubt, however, from the peculiar nature of the occurrence, that deceask must have been suffering Irons temporary insanity.
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-01-09 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUICIDE OF A BRIDEGROOM. At the City of London Coroner's Court, Mr. Langham has held an inquest regarding the death of Robert 1,1. Sprigge, 45 years of age, a clerk, employed at 6, Russia-court, Milk-street, City, who committed suicide by hanging himself the dog following his wedding. Mary Ann Sprigge, a young woman residing in Cambridge-road, Mde-end, deposed that she was married to the deceased on Christtnas Day, and they celebrated the wedding at her mother's house. About eight o'clock on the morning of Boxing Day deceased left to go and pay the men, and she heard nothing of him until she heard that he had been found dead in his employer's office. Ile was expected home on Boxing Day, and as he did not return she sent her father on Sunday to make inquiries about him, and then it was ascertained that he had committed suicide. In answer to the coroner, the witness said she knew of nothing to lead the deceased to destroy himself. They had not quarrelled, and, in fact, during the whole of the time they had been keeping company together no words had passed between them. He had the entire management of the establishment of his employer, Mr. Johnson, master carman, of Russia. Coors, and the only thing that she could think of was that he had too much work to do, and this had upset him. In fact, he had aomplained of the pressure of work and late hours. She knew that insanity ran in the deceased's family. His mother poisoned herself, and nine months ago his sister committed suicide by drowning. He had, however, at no time threatened to destroy himself. Police-constable Goodson, 563 City, deposed that in company with deceased's fatherin-law, he went to the office in Russia-court. The door was secured, but on forcing it open he found the dears ed hanging by the neck by means of a rope which be had attaohed to a large nail in the wall. His feet touched the ground, but he was quite dead. Evidence was given to show that the deceased went to the office, and was not observed to take his departure. Or. Thorp, police surgeon, said he examined the body. It was quite stiff and cold, and death, which was due to strangulation, must have taken place quite 12 hours before the body was discovered. , No doubt deceased hung himself on Boxing Night. The jury returned a verdict to the effect "That deeeavd committed suicide while suffering from temporary insanity."  Ar a meeting of unemployed men at Sunderland the other day, threats were made that unless the ~uthorities provided work, the tradeemen's shops would be forcibly entered, as the people were desperate.
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-03-06 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

MIGRATION, OF THE ARTAMING:3..  From time to time, from name unexplained cause, the lemmings start in vast swarms from their mountain fastnesses, and make their way in a straight line in some definite direction. Nothing seems to turn them from their course; they go straight on, over hill and dale, and, although said at other times to have an aversion to water, they now swim across any lakes or rivers that come in their way. In this operation many of them lose their lives, for they require smooth water for their navigation, and the least breeze ruffling the surface suffices to send hundreds of them to the bottom. In this way they make their way down to the cultivated regions where they do so much damage to vegetation, that in olden times a special form of prayer and exorcism was in use against them. Their march is accompanied by great numbers of carnivorous beasts and birds of all sorts. Wolves, foxes, and wild eats and the smaller quadrupeds of the family Mustehdie, eagles, hawks, and owls, all prey upon them with avidity— even the reindeer is said to stamp them to death; and the story of his eating them, long discredited, hag lately been confirmed on good authority, while man, with his dogs and cats, is not behindliand in the work of destruction. Nevertheless, a great multitude survives all these dangers. atyl, strange to say, the termination of this painful migration ie always the sea, into which the survivors of the march plunge, and, epparently, voluntarily commit suicide. Mr. Crotch, who has published two or three papers on the ; lemming and its migrations, ways that in Norway 6 theme animals always proceed from the central backbone of the country in an east or west direction, and that in either case the survivors of the march drown 6 themselves, those that go westward in the Atlantic, i those that go eastward in the Gulf of Bothnia. His notion is that the migration is in obedience to an in' herited instinct acquired at a time when there was land where the sea now rolls; but there are many difficulties in the way of such a hypothesis.  A
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-12-18 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THREATENED SUICIDE OF LADY COLIN. Lady Colin on entering the witness-box on the 12th day of the hearing, was accommodated with a seat. Her examination in chief by Mr. Inderwick was soon concluded. Witness admitted that she wore an emerald ring, as Duffy stated, but absolutely denied that she hid it (by turning the stones round) when in her husband's presence. Had there been anything to hide, she added, she should not have worn it at all. The ring was not given her by a gentleman, but was lent her by Lady Miles. In May, 1883, whams had an interview with Lord Colin in reference to her taking back what ho called "the cruel message" she had sent him. She said sbe would take it back, but entreated him, for God's sake, to let her alone. At Sion House on July 14th Lord Colin desired witness to resume cohabitation. but she refused. Next day her husband said, " Why did you not come with me last niglit, She answered, "Because of the message I sent you in February, and I could not do so." Ile said, "1 shall not allow yenta keep to that message," Witness replied, "I shall keep to it." He said, "Yea have no right to send me such messages as that" Witness rejoined,. It is not a determination 1 have come to in five minutes; it is the result of intense suffering both physically and mentally to ine, and I shall keep to it until the last day of my life, Ii you were to force me to sleep with you, you would find me dead beside you on the pillow in the morning." Lord Colts, witness continued, said he would separate from her if she did not give way. Her reply was that she was entirely in his hands. She was willing to take care of him in every way that she mild; but that if there was to be a separation between them it most be an open public one, and everyone most know the cause. Mr. Inder wick Had you any reasen for the senoraties being an open one 7—Because I would not allow his family to go about giving what version they I pleased. I told him, however, that I was willing to keep the whole matter secret, as I had done up to that time, except from the doctors. He said I had better rand consult my mother. Next day, witness continued, she went to town and consulted her mother, and then came the family council in Thurloe-square, at which, for the first time, on July 20, any suggestions were made in reference to her. It was absolutely untrue that the Duke of Marlborough put her into the hands of Mr. Lewis; lie had nothing whatever to do with it. Iler sister took her to Mr. Lewis. After the interview at Thurioe-square her petition was filed on Aug. 1, and she went to live with her mother on the and. Mr. Inderwick : Were any charges stall brought against you until these proceedings in November 1884 7—Witness : None whatever. cROSS.
Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-01-02 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

TERRIBLE LEAP.  A man, name unknown, dressed in black clothes, committed suicide by jumping from the middle of the Clifton Suspension-bridge the other morning. There was a considerable depth of water in the river where he fell, 260 ft. from the bridge, and his body was carried away by the fast-ebbing tide. His walkingstick, with the initials " T.D." on a silver band, and a , cigar, which he was smoking when he paid the fare to the tonkeeper, were found on the balustrade, close to the spot where he made the fatal leap. His hat, which fell off in his descent, was picked up on the Somerset side of the river, but it only contained the name of the maker, a local tradesman. This makes the 19th suicide from the Suspension-bridge since its opening in 1863.  Croaks/mow—The belt Cement for Broken Articles, 11., Is; postage, 2d. Kay Bros., Stockport. Sold everywhere, A RESTLESS mind, like a rolling stone, gathers nothing but dirt and mire. Little or no good will cleave to it, and it is sure to leave peace and quietness behind it.— Balquy. Loan R. GROSVENOR has denied that his recent visit to Ireland had any connection with politics. , A cusions electioneering question has just been decided by the Local Government Board. At the last election of Guardians for the Bedminster parish of Bristol, the returning officer declared Mr. T. Bolt, Liberal, to be elected by a majority of one. Mr. W. E. Gardner, Conservative, appealed to the Local Government Board for a scrutiny, and they declared him the legally elected guardian by a majority of three. Mr. Bolt demurred to the decision, and the papers were again submitted to the Local Government Board, the result being this time the ratification of the election of Mr. Bolt by a majority of fifteen. 'Me Board has declined further correspondence on the subject. [(SYR GOISPO,ND for Colds and Coughs Old., Is lid. ; postage, 3d. Roy Bras.. S ockport. and all Chemists. Pori sending threatening letters to an advertising agent, Kenneth Sccon, clerk to s "juvenile stockbroker;' has been, at the London Guildhall, sent to prison for a month, in the absence of sureties to keep the peace. Tas cable steamer Mirror, which is intended for the service of the Eastern Telegraph Company, has been successfully launched from Messrs. Napier's shipbuilding yard at Glasgow. In a speech on the occasion, Sir James Anderson said the company had sect messages to America in four minutes, to Australia in 10 minutes, and had once got a reply from India in five minutes. .  AT Garston a dock labourer named Daftly has been committed for trial on the charge of wilfully murdering another man, named Wainwright. On the night of the local election, it is alleged, the prisoner, who had threatened deceased, came with a gang of men and kicked him savagely.  "