Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-07-02 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

EANCIFF ECHOOL, WEST GORTON.—Postposed by reaeon of the aneuttable nature of the weather from Whit Friday, the first annual athletic spotlit, in connection with the above, were held on Saturday on the field at Reddish, whither the scholars marched in procession, accompanied by the St. Francis Reed Band. The prises were won as under :-60 yards' race for boys under ten years of age. Ist, A. Bennett, lad, Francis Hesham ; 100 yards' race for boys bete. een 10 and 14, let, Joseph Brady, 2nd, J. Byrne ,• 130 pude' race for members of the Young Men's Society, let, P. Walsh, 2nd, F. Brady, 3rd, It. Lennon; 100 yards' three-legged race, let, P. and 1). Donoghue, 2nd, E. Hughes and J. Patton; GO pads' race for men over 50 years of age, let, J. Brady, sear., 2nd, D. Donoglme ; 130 yards' race, open to the parish, let, N. Mulryao, 2nd, R. Lennon; 100 yards' egg and spoon ram, all in one heat, let, P. Lynch, 2nd, G. Foley. MAINTENANCE AREEAss.—At the Gorton Petty Session. on Wednesday, William Allsopp, was charged with having neglected to pay the amount of a maintenance order made upon him, at the instance of his wife, Jane Allsopp, the arrears of which amounted to .£l2 the original order being se. per week.—Defendant said he had been working for the lest 9 weeks, and had not done anything else since the order wee made except that he had been in prison—(laughter.) He got 30s. per week.—Mr. Leresche said, he thought the mai could pay the order and ss. per week arrears.—Defendant I shall do nothing of the kind.-31r. Leresche : Very well, you will go to prison. It looks as if you are obstinate. A man who gets 30s. per week could spare ten shillings—that leaves a sovereign for himself, If you will not pay you will go to prison.— Defendant Well, that can be done I reckon.—Mr. Leresehe Just stand down. We will make out an order to send you to Strangewayst—The man's wife then re-entered the witness box, and said she did not wish the bench lobe hard upon her husband— she would be contented with 6s. per week and Is. eid stream—An order was made for this amount with coats._  A BODY FOUND ATGowroir.—On Tuesday morning at about 5-20, the body of a labouring man was found close to the canal bridge, Hyde Road, Car. ton, by a boatman named Samuel Griffiths. The police n-ere at once communicated with, and the body wee removed to the Waggon and Horses, Inn. It proved to he that of a man of about 40 years of age, clothed in a Moe pilot cloth coat, and cord waistcoat and tiousers. In the pockets of the clothes were several pawntiekets, but they were so defaced by the water that they could not be deciphered, and he alto had a hook relating to his work. —The inquest was held on Wednesday forenoon at the Waggon and Homes Inn, before Mr. F. Price when the witnesses were Samuel Griffiths and Geo. On win, boatmen, and a woman named Jane Atwater of 4, Derby-street, Denton, at whose house the deceased had been lodging for the past three weeks, during which time he has been employed on the railway extensions now being made between Reddish and lUenton. The last named witnesw identi • fled him at Samuel Bull, of 115, Cemetery-road, Barnworth, Bolton, and it appeared that he had been drittkiug very heavily during the past week The deceased had evidently desired to make it impossible not to achieve his object of self .destruction as had fitmly tied his I.ga together.—Foul play was not sospestid.—The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanitary.  - r .