Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1879-12-20 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

COD- unsafe. But, from my personal knowledge, fidence and estimation in which this old-estab- lam convinoed that if a heavy horse and Hatted journal has long been held by all vehicle were to get accidentally upon the bridge classes of the community, footpaths the result would be a collapse of During the year the hand of Death has re- the stones, with the probablefall of the horse moved many from amongst us. The first and vehicle into the stream. to be taken was the Rev. Joseph Richardson • • • Dodds, the beloved son of the respected Tux objection raised by Councillor Settle on Member for Stockton. In the following the subject of the Luatrum Beck scheme is month—February--Mr Ccuncillor Adams and one with which I have considerable symMr McKinlay (a member of the South Stock- Path 9. It was quire true, as he said, that ton Local Board) were taken somewhat the Borough Surveyor originally estimated unexpectedly; whilst in March it was our the cost of the scheme at £3,407. It painful duty to record the death of Alder- therefore certainly did seem strange that man Wren under exceedingly melancholy without any proper explanation, the Council circumstances. A few months later came should suddenly agree to the expenditure of the news of the death of the Rev. George £10,229. The whole affair wanted thoroughly Roberts, Vicar of Thornaby, who was closely explaining, and if the Chairman of the followed to his last resting-place by Dr. Lnstrum Beck Committee had simply done Laidler and Mr Councillor Robinson. Many, this, all this misunderstanding would have tw, will remember the year 1879 as that in been avoided. I hope Mr Sanders will be a which the fiery pen of a local Junius was for little more communicative on future ocever laid aside: we refer to the decease of elusions. Ur W. W. C. Seymour, the well-known • • author of "The Gridiron," "The Evil I THINK the mode of settling the question of Genius," and" Who's Who ?" repairing " No-man's-land" as suggested by  " Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest."  Tan attention of the North Riding Bridgemaster has been drawn to the present condition of the Stockton Bridge. There 580[1:11 bat little prospect, however, of anything being done to make the bridge more secure. Perhaps the disappearanoe of an alderman through the flags and into the river would open the eyes of the "powers that be" to the existing danger.  A very uotabl9—albeit a very melancholy Mr Joseph Dodds is about the most expedi- characteristic of the year was the great lions, and by far the most economical, mode number of suicides. Perhaps ia no previous that can be devised. Anyone with "half an twelve months has Stockton shown such a eye" can see that ligtiation is looming in the painful long list of deaths from this par- distance; and litigation, says Mr Dodds, is a ticular cause. The first case was that of thing to be avoided. Queer words these for Ald. Wren; then came that of the Postmaster an eminent lawyer; but that they are of South Stockton; followed almost imme- words of wisdom is beyond all diately by that of the cashier of the Tees doubt. Let the interested parties adopt the Bottle Works. Scarcely had the spring of suggestion of submitting a " 048430 "to 001111:  46 A. kiti 1 WM dP) aviti-to