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Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1899-07-22 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SYNOPSIS OF OPENING CHAPTERS.   Yorlothire, and built of rough grey stone, was blessed with all the beauties which Dime Nature, can bestow. The site, being near the Derwent,! added to the charms of the "house on the hill aide." Neglect had, however, resulted in the hall' being in a somewhat dilapidated condition. The owner had been away from home for thirteen years, ever striving to forget the bitter memories of the past—a past which reminded him that he had loved as a man loves but once in a lifetime; that he had called a beautiful, blue-eyed girl " wife" for three short months; and that a darkness more dense than a starless night had fallen upon him, and almost destroyed ltfe, hope, and intellect He decides to return from France to Craiglands, to the dear old Yorkshire, and despatched a letter to his agent at Uonberton. Eleven years before the openin gof the story Arthur Methuen had turned his back on his home,  and a little girl was brouvlit and left to the (are ot Lucy and her husband. George, the housekeeper. The parentage of the child was not known. Arthur returns and is unceremoniously welcomed by Birdie, as the little stranger girl is tailed. They ba,,,me ~,I friends. He sees the photos graph of his n `l. and wonders if she is still alive. Iste conteuiphces suicide, and is stopped by Birdie. he endeavours to trace the parentage of the stranger without success Ile could (ally glean that a lady had driven up to the house, and upon the door being opened she walked straight bit° the house and gave the child into the charge of Lucy, and before the housekeeper could collcct Ler scattered wits the mysterious lady had dieappeared. Five years elapse, and Birdie was row quite a young lady, lovely as a poet's dream. She was concluding her education at York, and the day had arrived when she returned to Comberton. She receives a aelcome from all sides. Bird,e tourneys to Alossysides. a neighbouring hall, but Ands it inhabited. Interview with Mrs Leslie. Birdie's encounter on the road home; she receives • fright. The acquaintance with Roy St. John, who rescues her from a drunken man. Myra Teesdale, a young lady of prepossessing appear-, ewe, is engaged at Craiglands to be a companion to Birdie, and falls in love with Arthur Methuen, who does not return her affection. She has a secret hatred to Birdie. Myra informs Birdie of her true history, and Birdie runs away. Arthur'. informed of Myra Teesdale's false story to Birdie. The railway accident and supposed death of Birdie. 'The ,pile 1-,stw,,en Arthur rid Myra Teesdale Birdie reaches London and has numerous exciting experiences. The plotting of Myra Teesdale to capture Birdie, who is in a London shop.
Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1899-07-29 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SYNOPSIS OF OPENING CHAPTERS. I The atAffy opens with • vivid description of I L`raiglauds, a pirturesque old ball, the property of Arthur Methuen, who had left it to the cars! of his trusty servants whilst he was abroad. The! building, uniquely situated amongst the hills of Yorkshire, and built of rough grey stone, was blessed with all the beauties weich Dame Nature! can bestow. The site, being tear the Derwent. added tothe charms of the "house on the billaide." Neglect had, however, resulted in the hall being in a somewhat dilapidated condition. The owner had been away from home for thirteen years, ver striving to forget the bitter memories of the Past—a past which reminded him that he had loved as a man loves but once in a lifetime' • that he had called a beautiful, blue-eyed girl " wife " for three short months; and that a darkDM more dense than a starless night had fallen upon him, said almost destroyed Isle, hope, and! intellect he de, ide, to return Lions France to Craiglends, to the dear old Yorkshire, and de-1 spatched a letter to hit agent at Conberton. Elevett years before the openin gof the story Arthux_Matliuen had turned his back on his home, and • little girl WII4 brought and left to the care .)t Lucy and her husband. George, the housekeeper. The parentage of the child was not known. Arthur returns and is unceremoniously welcomed by Birdie, as the little stranger girl is called. They become good friends. lie sees the photo. graph of his wife, and wonders if she is still alive. He Contemplates suicide, and is stopped by Bird* Be endeavours to trace the parentage of the stranger without success He could only glean that a lady had driven up to the house, and epon the door being opened she walked straight tato the house and gave the child into the charge if Lucy, and before the housekeeper could collect leer scattered wits the mysterious lady had disappeared. Five years elapse, and Birdie was now quite a young lady, lovely as a poet's dream. She wu concluding her education at York, and the , nay hid arrived when she returned to CombertonShe revaives a welcome f r(,:n all sides. Bird7o journeio to Mossysides, a neighbouring hall, but finds it inhabited. Interview with Mrs Leslie.' Birdie's encounter on the road home; she receives I • fright. The acquaintance with Roy St. John, who rescues her from a drunken man. Myra I Tisdale, a young lady of prepossessing appearance, is engaged at eraiglandli to be a companion to Birdie, and falls in love with Arthur Methuen, who does nut return her affection. She has • secret hatred to Birdie. Myra informs Birdie of her true history, and Birdie runs away. Arthur is informed of Myra Teesdale's false story to Birdie. 'file railway accident and supposed death of Birdie. The seene between Arthur rnd fyra Teesdale Birdie reaches London and has numerous exciting experiences. The plotting of Myra Teesdale to capture Birdie. who is in a London shop. Myra finds Birdie. who is going under an assumed name. Arthur meets Myra in London. and she forces her love on him again.
Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1899-03-11 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE LIGHT AND SHADE OF LONDON LIFE.  The Rev. Tom C. Collings lectured the other night at the Caledonian-road Baths, London, on "East London of To-day." It was one of the National Sunday League's "Evening, for the People." There was a large audience. The lecture was accompanied by °ay-hydrogen lantern illustrations. These were for the most part photographs of slums and alum-dwellers. The first view was ot the 81-nl'4llle:us Parish churchyard— " Itchy Park," as it is eometimes called, for an obvious and repulsive reason,. On a seat were three "misters of Jack the Ripper's victim', covered with vermin.- Among the wretched outcasts there, he had found the daughter of a baronet, the daughter of a Cootiish Peer, and the daughter of a master of Gloucesteraldre buck!KAMA& "I'lley had fallen, been deserted, and desired to be forgotten. Sixty-five per tent, of the children there did not go to school. He once took an Artiiiery-row boy to the seaside, and urged him to paddle. The youngster leered at hon. "What! Think lot blooming mug enough to let the kippers bite off my toes '' An enthusiastic school-attendance officer called at  a house in Flower anti Dean-street, and asked why 'lUnanty did not g to soLool. The mother seized a broom and called her neighbours, who armed themselves with paila ..f water and pokers. That school-attendance officer lett the street bleeding, wet, and wiser. At Boundary-street the London Cohn sunoil had put a paradise in the midst of the slums. Dr. Barnado's homes were also cluing excellent work. At the back of the Cambridge 'Music Hall were the streets in which toe Dueness of York, before her marriage, went amougyt the people dou.g good. The memory of tier viaite wea citteriehed by the miserable outcasts to this day. A man who was once on the Prince of Wales's estate at Sandringham ha. sunk to the lowest position- Induced to attend Mr Collings' " Bible, 'Rama, and Baked Potato" functions, he distreseed the entire gathering, on one hot August clay, by his personal uncleanliness. Mr Collings pleaded with Lim to have a good wash at least once a year The man received the suggestion with thoughtful surprise; and at the next meeting he arrived clean. The choir insisted on celebrating the event by singing the Doxology. A man once turned up at the hall and asked for food. Mr Collings told him to wait until at the close of the service every one would be fed. As, however, the man said he could not wait so long, Mr Collings sent him round to the coffee-room with • ticket for a full meal. On arriving, he took a seat by the fire and fell asleep. Hours went by, and then the attendant tried in vain to arouse Lim. The doctor afterwards certified that he died of etarvation, Lia last spark of vitality going out whilst he slept. The lecturer gave details of the East-end "Bridge of Sighs." Several policemen are stationed there, the number being largest during toga But starving, homeless, and hope, less men and women are constantly trying to krneak poet the oonetablee arid commit suicide. I acme succeed.
Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1896-10-17 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

WWI. litre let him rest.  The verve waa written in memory of his brother. ..„ The quarterly acovrtainment of Northumberland coal prices by the accountants for the three months etuling on August nue has been made publics. The ancountauts certify that the net average meliing price of coal Weill 5i 1.32 d (live shillings and one penny decimal three two per ton). This shows an advance on the previous quarter of 1.15 d per ton, the price then having beta 5s 017 d.  At South Shields on Saturday Archibald Harvey messroorn steward on board the steamer Nil&garde. at present in the Tyne, was charged with causing the death of a young woman named Jan. Heywood by shooting her on board that reseal. He was remanded. At an ingue3t on the body of the girl a verdict of manslaugnter against the lad Harvey and Olaf Eide, the cook. was returned. and both were committed for trial on a coroner's warrant.  'lite multi:lgo of Miss Nellie Romney, eldess daughter of Mr P. J. Hum:ivy, or Ir'ivsion :ark, and Victoria Mansions. Brighton, with Mr Harry Dentin& Budd. of East Park, East Grinstead, Surrey, was celebrated at St, George's Church, Hanover-ammo. London.. on We&iesday, the 14th inst., in the presence of a large and fashion able assembly. The sorvice was performed by thq Hey. John Hunt, curate of Great Grinstead. and favor the ceremony a recepiton was held at Limmers Hotel. at which a large rumber of invited guests attended. The presents were very numerous and handsome, and the whole affair went off with great eclat.  Travers Edgar Moulton, aged 16 years, son of the Rev E. Moulton, superintendent of the Wesleyan circuit, Rotherham, has committed suicide. under very painful oircumatances. The demised went to his father in the study and said he was going to have a bath. He left the room, and took with him a chair. Nothing was hoard of hint for some time, and eventually he was found hanging by the neck from a pipe which supplied the ht water to the bath. The boy had just finished Us education, sad was on Friday morning in Sheffield in search of employment, accompanied by his father. The reverend gentlemen and his family have just removed to Rotharkiam from the Bolton Circuit, and the sad 00°u:ranee leis brought upon them Iciest sorrow.  The ino.t extraordinary angling sweepstakes that ever ,wik Wail, was fished in the waters ot
Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1896-12-19 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE GARDEN OF WHICH SIR WALTER RALEIGH  PLANTED TUE FILM` POTATO.  the Viceroy and party, and his Excellency was good enough to bestow his aristocratic apuroval on the Teat° and to say that it deserved tho P peci al recognition and protection of Parliament The Irish Gardeners' Association then presented an address to Earl Cadogan, and the proceeding.; ultimately seemed to degentr!ite into an eulogy 'if cattle shows. Boards of Agriculture, Lords-Lieutenant and Irish gardeners, in which the potato and potato eater were wholly forgotten.  There has ber-n a six days' bicycle ram in N..w York. It drew crowd; of people. Most of the racers wele lunatics before the end came. Tile  winner (A thio brutalising and degrading' affair WR$ Edwiu-d flak. a British 3 übject, who finished with tutal of 1,910 milt.  F.Yerehody was talking of the he Champion matrim tc.4l suit not long fro ago. It was a serara• lion case hrought Iry a lowa wife. and hurl parties were well known socially. 11 will, no &luta be reineml,ered that Mrs Le eh:illusion was so far successful that she ob. tamed a judicial separati,m from her husband, on th• ground of cruelty, while the question as to the custody of the child of this unhappy union was le.ft over for future settlement. In this meantime, the child was handed over to the tare of a third pinion, while right of aocess to it was granted to Loth the husband arid the wife. The pssition of the child preyed upon the mother's mind. The fear that she might lose it beset Icr so keenly that she oecame temporarily in. sane through grief, and in this state she committed suicide. The story is ;)C'.llliarly sad and tragic. Both  Tule LATE AIRs LK  intAi and and wit e are quite 'young. and lICSIII to have roamed without a t‘ill Renee of the re,ponsibilitie% of married life.  eiIAM
Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1896-04-18 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SPRING. "I ought to take oime Spring • • ,dicine; I must take something. I eel so miser. . Sc." Such a rctuark ad this is often heard at this time of tie year. Nearly everyone seems to feel the need of son e remedy, because the pausing from Winter to - prieg, with its resulting changes in clothing, foc d, and exercise, has a very trying effect ou the s: stow. After the severe strains ot Winter, the h ,ilth of most people is not so good as it ought to be. Th, appearance of warm Spring day finds them weak and debilitated, feelit:g the eed of tone and strength. The best physicians say that this weak condition is ca see. by the liver being out of order. . . There is too much liile in the system. This brings o dyspepsia and other miserable feelings which n mike life a uarden. _ Iti.h< n the liver is irregular in its action the oompl,exion becomes pale and sallow, there is a sens 4 of oppression after eating, bloating, and bil. °witless. Back-aehes, skte_whes, and headac ,es depress the spirits, making the sufferer / fe vel3edicsicisoourr,e4g:sloaf ntdhedesysisTennidetnitia. t Warner's awrnasert,os Safe Cure was especially designed. For the past fifteen years this remedy has been before the public and achieved a succ(ss never equalled in the hisof medicine, not only in Great Britain and  t , je 11, I. a bit, lome rote.— t,ory or only or other would be sure to interfere any pull 3.163 Inland, but in Germany, France, and Australia. off—in fact, prevent me doing what ratloer It permanently cures all Liver, Kidney, and Nernot do; arid then I should get lots of paregra‘phs you., dkordem It builds up the system and in the paper about a poor young ftilow, gives new life. dently of good parentage, trying to oohimit Now is the time to put the system in sound suicide through despair, because -he could.' not inend]ti„. This is the season to lay in a stock obtain any employment. That wculd be a mart of li.alth to carry you through the year. Nature nifloent and gratuitous edvertheineut, whic demands the use of an effective and timely rewould, I hoped, be followed by flonationa, which medy. were to be equally shaved bet•vcen sn climbed on to the bridge parapet, then oil to the ledge on the other side, and chrectly I+dlrew up my Urns the policeman w) , gave evidence yesterday, assisted by a red-ta4.ed coont.yman, who haedoubtless read in ~enny 14„dfnie of the terrible suicides committed froUA 'London Bridge, dragged me from the ledge on to the pathway; but I little thought it would end in my hang committed to this dreary, told place. What I've told you is really the truth, and what do you, think vrill be the tmd c,f it all My private opininq was that Harry would most cortalul3r never die by drowiazirr I did not impart that opLi.on to my youin hopeful, howevet. "Weil, Harry, WI I can say is *Lt if these facts acme oat, .'u are perfectly cesitrin to get three months' ~risotunent as a re,gue and a vagabond; and .1.41 c ought, to be, great comfort to your poor mother: aftnonitn ; 1. 'very much afraid she's too soft.: 0) 64. 0 t in that light. Fancy you being ...IL cf mio(li for three
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1893-06-30 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

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Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1903-05-08 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

SAD, DROWNING CASE AT COLNE.  A WEAVER'S SUICIDE.  On Thursday morning at. the Swan Hate! Colne, coroner H. J. Robinson held an inquest concerning the death of George Wilkinson, a weaver, of Langroyd-road, who was found drowned in Brown hifl reservoir on Wednesday morning. Martha An nWilkinson, the wife of the, deceased, said he was a weaver by trade. Ha wits 55 years of age last birthday, and lived at 58 Langroyd-road, Colne. He had not been able to work far about four montho and had been under the doctor for nervous debility. He did not seem to recover and got vcry low ~pirited about. himself. About half-past four on Wednesday morning ho go tup and said he was going into the back yard, and a short time after, as he did not return, witness went to look for him. Ho was nowhere about the house; she did not. think that he had been out in the back yard, he had gone out at the front door. She missed hi, coat and cap. Deceased'o SOD went in search of the deceased. Thomas Wilkinson, the son of the deceased, said his mother called him up om Wednesday morning to look for the deceased, who had gone out. Witness went to Foulridge reservoir and saw nothing of him; they then went round the fields at the back of the recreation ground and then went home. Then they decided to go to the Brownhill reservoir and saw the deceased in the reservoir. It appeared as if his coat had caught something and he was in a kneeling position, but he was not kneeling or the bottom. This was somewhere about five o'clock. Deceased had left his top coat on the nailing,. They thought he had done away with himself because lie had said he "could like to be out of the road- a bit for a, whde back.  The Coroner said it was apparent that the man had not been in his right mind fur , some time.  The Foreman said the fact that the am went right to the reservoir pointed to there being some talk before about it. A verdirt of suicide during temporary eaAmity Wah returned.
Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1898-10-07 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

GIRLS HALLUCINATIINS REPEATED CONFESSIONS OF MURDER.  A pecither case is jag DOR engaging the atMalice of the police authorities. Last week • girl presented herself at the Queen's Road police stalks. Peckham and stated that she was " wanted" for the murder of Mr*. Leicester, at CoMye Green, South Weald. She added that bee name was Florence Leicester, and that the murdered woman leas her mother. The girl farther declared that she was the wife of a prison weeder, and that she killed bee mother by placing rat poison in her milk. The Essex Constabulary were communicated with, and replied : "No such death. The girl is Alice Wool. bags, not Leicester." Further inquiries showed that the girl's mother was alive and well. Not many days ago the mother received word that her daughter was detained at Notting Hill on her own confession, the details then being preeisely the same, only that she gave her right name. As the case was clearly an invention she was released, and the follow, ing day wrote her mother that the had married the warder who bad her in custody. Oa the mother making inquiry the found 'this all imagination, but her daughter had disappeared, only to surrender herself at Peckham. It now transpires that during the past two vears the girl has been in custody *early two dozen times, either for self-confession of her mother's murder or else for threatening to commit suicide. She has been found on various London bridges threatening to jump over. but never attempting to do so. It has been decided that she mien from periodical attacks of mental weakness whittle assert themselves without wanting, and only Mat about six hours, during which thos she planes herself in the hands of the police. Sir Ms no knowledge of what she has done afterwards. She is quite sane by the next morning. sad erten,* be legally detained. She works as a clonk•-ii,- •ert.lnt with the highest of characters from pic.t mihtneocs.