Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1887-01-22 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

HORRIBLE TREATMENT OF A BOY. At the Marylebone police-court on Monday, &other Buckingham, laundress, bring with a 'wood husband, was charged with cruelty to her son Henry Underwood. The boy was carried into court in a crouched form on a chair, and presented • shocking appearance. He had no boots nor nooks, and his foot and toes were in a fearful condition, the latter being dreadfully ulcerated. The lad himself gave his age as 16 but was so attenuated both in form and fate that he did sot appear to be more than 'even or eight.—lnapector Gillian said that acting on information, he netted the prisoner's house and can the boy. He had a black eye, a bruised Junk, and a number of scare about his .head, end his loft ear was fearfully swollen. His hand, were awollen, brained, and bleeding, and his elbows were through the, akin. The lad in his mother's presence, said it was she who had beaten him. Witness had the woman taken into onstody, while the boy, who was unable to walk, MIA carried to the station. A doctor was immediately called, and he ordered toast and milk for the boy, who ate it with great difficulty. In reply to the magistrate, the boy said his mother beat him with • *tick and a pbker because he did not do the work. She beat him lots of times—Hannah Shepherd, • lodger in the same house, said she had often seen her thump him and beat him, and then catch hold of bin coat and "sling" him down a flight of stairs.—Dr. Morgan said be had examined the boy and found his body in • fearfully emaciated condition There was not a particle of fat about him. His condition unqaestionably arose from want of proper food and nourishment, while the injuries from which he suffered were of such a nature that they would bays been dangerous to life if he had been kept much longer under the same conditions. 1 he ulcerations on his feet were the direct effect in wituesn's opinion, of extreme exposure in this very inclement and severe weather.—Mr. Do Hutson aaid he would not then take any more evidence, and he thonght tho sooner the poor boy was conveyed to the workhouse the better.—The case was then adjourned, and the boy : removed to the infirmary in • cab.  A Bio Onmermas Box.—The Grin of Baring Brothers, London have recently presented to all their clerks, as a Christmas-box, one year's galaxy. This was done in consequence of the firm', great auccese in floating the Uninness Stoat Company, over which it is currently reported to have cleared £1,000,000 eterling.  It is stated that an effort is being made to plum Wales upon an equality with other Inuit, of the United Kingdom, so far as the poseession of a Lord Mayor can confer each equality. The Queen is to be asked to make this ooneeseion as a jubilee gift t, the Principality, and a petition for a Royal Charter for Cardiff, raising the Mayoralty of that town to the dignity of a lordship, has hese sent to the Privy Council.  EXTRAORDINARY Cuattos or Munnau.—A young man named John Jessop, who is in custody charged with wilful murder under the most extraordinary circumstances, was too ill to be brought up before the magistrate. at Nottingham on Tuesday morning. Jessop and another man named Alcock made acornpact to commit suicide, and, having purchased small quantities of laudanum at various shops, drank large doses of the poison. Mooch died and Jessop now stands charged with the capital offence.  The body of a young man named William Wilson, of High Lodore, near Keewick, was found in Langetreth Valley,Borrowdale, on Tuesday morning. Ho went out on Monday to look after sense cheep. The day became stormy, and an he did not return when expected, hie brother got a search party together. They were out all night, and found the body about four o'clock at the foot of • precipiee, down which it is evident he had fallen, poegibly in the driving enowetorm. His head was badly out and hie left leg broken  The ,rid of the late Fred. Archer, the jockey, has been provoi, direct 14th Nov., 1884. The pereotialty I s morn larder £67,000. He leaves legacies, duty free, to his denguter Nellie Bose, £50,000; to the executor Mr. Robert Mille, £5,000; the other executor, Mr. Chore. Daweon, £500; Charles Arch ..r, Emily Colemao, sod Annie Dawson, each £2,000; klh.rt Aroher, uncle, £500; friend, Alexmoder Dawson Ho £500; Valet (Solomon), £l,OOO ; father and mother au annuity of £2OO for life; nephew, Frederick Prod, £2,000 ; meter, &lie. Pratt, and children, £5,000; all reserve to hie daughter Neils Rolm.  During the war in the beginning of the century, a sailor went to a watchmaker, and presenting & small French watch to him, asked how much the repair of it would come to. The watchmaker, after examining it, said "It will be more expense repairing than the original cent." "I don't mind that," said the tar. "I will even give you double the original cost." "What might you have given for it?" asked the watchmaker. "Why," replied the tar, " I gave a fellow a blow on the head for it, and if you repair it I can easily give you two."  A New York physician claims to have produced rabiee in dogs with yellow soap, matter from the spinal cord of a healthy omit, and other substances. He regards most CABOS of supposed hydrophobia as hysterics, or various forms of ingitis, or ether brain troubles. Those who toil and spin—Bicycle riders.  • • e ••• A \ ,