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Brighouse Gazette and Local Railway Guide. — 1898-09-17 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On Saturday evening, the neighbourhood of LiHands was thrown into a state of excitement, when the news spread rapidly that Hannah Lawton. aged 60 years, a widow, who resided with her son and daughter at Stoney 11111. had made an attempt fake her life. The woman, who had been ill for six months has been attended by several medical men, and also bad been an outpatient at the Huddersfield Infirmary. She went to bed about 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, and half•an-hour later, her son, Charles Lawton, aged 24 years, called to her, but receiving no answer he went upstairs and found her laid on the bed with her throat cut, the wound having been inflicted with a table knife. Dr. Bond and his assistant were sent for, and they bandaged up the wound, the woman being afterwards removed to the derstield Infirmary in the Coporation Ambulance carriage. The woman lies in a very weak state and is not expected to recover. Is MAentaoe A FAILURE ?-00 Saturday last at the Halifax West•riding Court,•Jetnes Pearson, of Itestrick, cloth tenter, was summoned by his wife, I:achel Pearson, for assault. Complainant gave evidence that, on arriving home on tge 7th ult., defendant turned her out of doors. He was In liquor at the time. She was readmitted next morning, but in the evening was again turned our, and since then she had been living at her sister's. Crosi•examined by Mr. Storey, for the defence, she denied a charge of immorality brought against her, and made a counter-charge against defendant. For about twelve months her husband bad bought in the grooeries. That, however, was not because she was addicted to drink, nor had she spent the money provided her in that way. Mr. Storey, in his address to the Beech, asserted these charges against the wife, and said defendant hitu• was a most respectable man, who had been in one employ eighteen years. He was folly determine not to live with his wife again. The Bench held that the evidence was uncorroborated, and that, at the most, not of a serious character. They decided to dismiss it. The case, they had no doubt, would be beard of again, either on the question of maintenance or some o•her form. Matters which they could not I teal with that day would then be brought out.
Brighouse Gazette and Local Railway Guide. — 1894-10-20 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

MARTHA. Ems; widow of deceased, who said she resided at 60, Bonegate-road. Her husband had not worked for over a month, and seemed depressed, Before he took the ammonia he had had no sleep for a fortnight. He was attended by Dr Bindley, hut he seemed to get worse. About eight a,m. on fhursciay, the 11th October, she went out of the house, and left Win sitting at the bedside. About half-an-hour after her return she went to the bed. side and spoke to him. She noticed he looked very pale, and was ' sweating ' vary much. She asked him wriat was the matter, and he said, Ob, I have drunk some ammonia.' Sue asked him why he had done so, and be said he had a temptation to do so and could not resist it, She found the bottle in the same place where it was when sue left the house. She bad used ammonia for rubbing purposes. Dr. CECIL A LEXANDER BINDLEY, said he bad attended deceased. Hirst had come to his surgery a few times but showed no signs of depression; his nerves were low. Aboun 9 a.m. on the 11th inst. he visited Hirst, and his wife told him he bad taken some ammonia. He was conscious, but was suffering from the effects of haying swallowed strong liquid ammonia. He ordered him vinegar and water as antidotes for ammonia, and attended him up to his death. The cause of death in his opinion was starvation, through stricture of the esophigus, due to ammonia: He was perfectly conscious during the week: He thought Hirst intended to destroy his life, as he had said that he was Vied of living:  A verdiet of v•Suicide by drinking ammonia whilst temporarily insane' was returned:  A mass of valuable information for every home is to be found in the FAMILY DOCTOR for this week. Special articles by Physicians and Surgeons bearing on Health, Food and Hygiene of the greatest imp )rtance to every reader. It i& stored with useful ani practical hints for the preservation of Health Ask your Newsagent to supplY You weekly with the
Brighouse Gazette and Local Railway Guide. — 1895-01-12 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

SLERP.—There Aro thonsan,ts of busy ratople who die every year for want, of sleep. Sleeplessness becomes a disease, and is the pre curse' of insanity. IVe speak of sleep as the imago of death, Alai our waking ideas as the image of life. Sleep is out like death ; for it is the period in which the wittse of the system ceases, or is reduced to its miunnum. Stasi) repairs the waste which irsking hours have made. It, relmills the system. night is the repair shop of the body. Every part of the system is silently overhauled, and all the organs, tissues, and substances are repleuished. Vak big consumes and exhan,ts ; sleep replaces and repairs. A man who would be a good worker must be a good sleeper. A man has as much force in him as he has provided for in sleep. The quality of mental activity depends upn the quality of sleep. Men need on oh i average eight hours of sleep in a day. A lymphatic temperament may require nine ; a nervous temperament, six or seven. A lymphatic man is sluggish, moves and sleeps slowly. But a oervous num seta quickly in every. thing. He does more in an hour than a sluggish man iu two hours ; and so in his sleep. Every man must sleep according to his temperament ; hub eight hours is the average. Whoever by work, plewni re, sorrow, or by any other cause, is regu• laxly dimiuishing his sleep, is destroying his life. A man may hold out for a long time, but the crash will come, and lie will die. The is a greab deal of intemperence besides drab of tobacco, op!nm, or broody. Men are dissipated who overtax their systems all day, and undersleep every Dight. - A man who dies of delirium treme is is no more a drunkard and a suicide than the u Mister, the lawyer, the merchant, the editor, or the winter, that works excessively ell day, tad cheeps bAti age ill ulghe.
The Halifax Comet. — 1893-02-21 (Halifax, West Yorkshire, England)

MISSED PART OF IT. Has. H. (a brilliant amateur): "Chancy. waat do you think of the style in which I opened the second act last night? " Ma. H. (who hates the whole business): "I missed the opening of the second act." Has. H.: "How unfortunate! you got there too late ? " Ma. H.: "No, went away too soon."  apparently as if in prayer for a moment, and then plunged headlong into the river. While all stood paralysed at this rash attempt, a young man came up, and with great simplicity inquired what was the matter. The individual who was floundering in the turbid current of the Seine, and who had just risen to the surface, was pointed out to him, when, at once stripping off his blouse and ejaculating that he would save the unfortunate or perish in the attempt, he plunged in after him. The bystanders watched with breathless anxiety as the heroic youth dived, came to the surface, and again went under, in his  "Comet" Brooches gm, 411 the fashion new, !FA  endeavours to sive the wretch who had attempted his own destruction; and, finally, when nearly all hope was lost, the crowd were rejoiced to see the suicide brought to shore with life still in him. Close by was a house or station where half-drowned persons are restored, and where those who rescue them receive the municipal reward of twentyfive francs. Thither the rescued and the rescuer were borne by the crowd, the latter overwhelmed with the admiration and praise which his gallantry called forth on all sides ; but, unfortunately, just as the reward was about to be given him, and while a subscription for an additional sum was being raised, a policeman Istepped up who knew them both. They were brothers, were two of the best  swimmers in Paris, and made it a business to go about saving each other's live. for a living.  HE
The Halifax Comet. — 1893-07-08 (Halifax, West Yorkshire, England)

COM.  WHO was the greatest financier the world ever saw ?—Noah, because he floated a limited company when all the world was in liquidation.—W. H. J. Cooft, Himley Lodge, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton.  WHY are suicides the most succeasful people in the world P—Beeause they always accomplish their own ends.—M. E. STRATTON, :tanground, Peterborough.  Wiry cannot the proprietor of a forest fell his own timber P—Because no one is allowed to cut his own deal.—M. E. STRATTON, Stanground, Peterborough.  How can you shoot 120 bares (hairs) in one shot ?Fire at a wig.—C. Dzxws, 2, Millen's Cottages, Middle Deal, Deal.  WHY was Lori Nelson like a militiaman? —Because the last thing he did was to dio for his country, and that's about the last thing a militiaman would do.—Jonn tawimrs, 2, Brighton Buildings, Rosalie Street, Birmingham.  WHY should we expect soldier to Ist wort tired on April 1 than on any other day in the year P—Because they have just coin• pleted a maroh of thirty-one days.—G. Nrcnot.sow, 38, Henry Street, Newport, Mon.  WHAT robbery did the sonlptor of the Greek slave commit Y—llo chiselled her ont of her olothes.—M. STROUD, Penn Fields. Wolverhampton.  Wmcn is the bardeet riddle in the word P—Life. Because we all have to give it up.—W. HAYNES, 29, Gilroy Road, Liverpool.  WHAT is the (I i fference between the Prince of Wales, an mphan, a bald-headed man, and a gorilla F.—The first is an heir-appa_rent, the second has ne'er a parent, the third has no hair apparent, and the fourth has a hairy parent.—Wit. C. SpooNER, 112, Gladstone Street., Norwich.  WRY should we naturally suppose that a most popular English statesman is a sadly henpecked man P—Because his life is a continual struggle to obtain Home Rule.—W. H. HARKER, 1 Regent Terrace, Regont Street, Smethwick.  NAME the instrument by which every tooth in your head may be drawn without pain or perception, provide4l you keep your eyes shut and your mouth open.— A ImA pencil.—ALlCS BLUCHER? `St. Paul's Plain, Norwich.  think? and—
The Halifax Comet. — 1894-02-03 (Halifax, West Yorkshire, England)

THE COMET. bl SIR,--Well, doubtless the raged, rae h wenld Mendicant and the pomp pus rich the. look upon the above vestionn_ tire6d. ir own standpoint, and give e stvelliffere t replies. The latter, living in 4 cc', surrounded by splendour, srelij 'Wish easily supplied, with a ld with haocf 'toile assuredly say, it is ,8 gleefully together ~ Yes ; decidedly, as wheourubbedhis .Lyhereas, the poor and half-starved, um „'"" tleYer sure of a roof to cover them t crust to eat, are bitter against the 4-1 -lii ef Flear 1 the world, and we .have but to katle;jhe newspapers to discover thattot "4.et"-hed creatures believing life is fin..... a rid tLe ivbag, _ suicide's W°4ll 1. • d ' tha,Licinselves of grave to the misery and oppression Xi Ali-'l.- rilskes the down. This is a saad_ %de:1" ef life. It seems the fashion n ow. 37s for solas f 37911., ng sprigs of nobility and the " geei i/lcio. merchants to hanker aftert gel "Le." They believe it their duty o blest: -race. Rgwit . Anything of a brutal nature Gl hts, or o - h their approval and support 41, ve , better still, fights with the biliat.Z. 'lts,' are beheld with great excit.ahfast' .14;arraece - course knows them; I are 0 )4 4. club rtfhe3t7 absent when the races —asea,m4. -1 e o em is everything. 'with f-' 4nd the card-table are endowed bl he 114tii ascillation, and they play and Pka_37 ear t small hours of the morning, tint they Zed. h drink and want of rest, coke -7,,gger laeme and sleep until night Vila res cii,,d again., to recommence their fie,aYie2.---'gAlat orgies. They believe in thei ~ 1,‘‘.:1- short life and a merry one. 'eYste - 'lie as this must underminq the til haoi In. It e ..;,., ,erainds one of George Pord t Pae!, aiVel,' r&eY's dying words, "It is the After a man: has sown hills afottetr:oyBe—aa;ltaiarratied and settled down, it is i growsam .reveirhye. feels the terrible effects. ry s Jolly (?) e nights spent in debauchAnd as time goes on he egiste Pessinnatie f , and holds bitter views of Ilethefile:;, and looks upon the world as Vorth 1..'.' Plfallay and vice. Is a life like this deeide.lng ? I leave it to my readers to kat'ilittfe is worth living if spent in a proper h s,' the er' ,I do not hold puritanical views of igelllen and declare that young men staunch abstainers, non-smokers, a-n ai_r church-goers ; but this Ido say, aPPY medium in everything, and is to seMs little thought of nowadays. Life laake: ei,,ettatn. extent what man or woman -L'neY grasp the shadow instead 41\va - "llustance, and, instead of looking hod ,37," at the bright side, they grow weary lot. VPirited and rail against their hard -°f tt everybody is dealt out a modicum tile ti ibs ' and I do detest to see people at vile, rst I);eath of distress sink down overI'lit tt:..cl with dismay, and make no effort to h trot he o ,e;u: shoulder to the wheel and get free tey ,c slough of despond. Why don't the fB.‘tive to overcome their cares? Half 'ke 1241serY ef 0 the world would be removed if 114°?,°111d only strug le sturdily on. An od-fearing man, although not free " issltudes, enjoys his existence, sur
The Halifax Comet. — 1894-08-04 (Halifax, West Yorkshire, England)

LIGHTOWLER & CO.,  13, CHEAPSIDE.  ,04 ibu 4 August, _  - ----hefore One of those " horsey " cases Was ' -e 1, of couPoi the Court the other day. opinion should expect to find a wide differelleceab_pr.mion between cab-proprietors Oda op able think that drivers, between consulting Vets fl veil' .Inspector of the Society for the rreiii I aCtrmueelntynetoedAnnor baels, but s,to be experts e to tell that certain of reflects deal in horse-flesil ft iS m no credit upon 11alifas.,_ cop ma.trvellous to me that our Wateuhicies, a i and are so particular about the -ated nd so careless as to the au.t',(l-thef are of skin and bone by wbflei:bould ragged along our streets. -11;:cair sue ggest that the Labour partY stud dse hospital to their free list, ailer 0 book that would tell us wbet 10ti' cab-horse our ti,ho We orse was ten years of age otaiao should then get the hapPY filcie the between the consulting vet ai3 ipioli that Humanitarians. I am stronglY °f f;Poog ig when the law of old-age-Peu'i rge passed to pension off at sistY, a 131 be after claiming it. . proportion of our local eab-horses Wil:1013 them there would be some eous em as they have a lot to staud. If horses could h co; for  Referring again to suic P ides, Be for certain suicides nothing b dut ill % riglit" deepest sympathy can be felt m bY D' DAC° inded men, some poor creatures almost enough to make thew "Sick of life's history, glad of desths rad° Swift to be hurled Anywhere, anywhere, out of the vOrici:' oil to An But a large proportion of thevi Seba' ttle splay a want of grit and fibro ;t,cli I 0,1/ dial with the world, and for verY tr:,' it' 011'4 unimportant causes shuffle off th'_%-,11 thei coil with the same carel show ess ey"-of oill .. in throwing away a Pairaftlif°,s slippers. This epidemic of '-f thls suicides shows a large proportiov.°lo the class, and for this class of suiciTeuillt. word has nothing to offer but cell P:;og doe! If civilisation and wealth nothing stronger than a inauct"', swi" m ent that unfits the mind to he'tttlr ell' the world, it is but skin It -deeP aoeloye, seems as if a very little defect life peoPleo' t I, J not worth living to many" _ f I advise at all on the subine de should ould say don't read the stupid f1i,,,c,-°0 °,l o these things. Nerve up, be a e' j-l'ocP; woman and face the world 58 Thousands -live(' with harder lots ba've noble lives. BUZZAI3°II‘ --- * *  r 5 A few Brussels and Tapestry Squtee Slightly Soiled. Various Sizes. Windows.
The Halifax Comet. — 1894-09-01 (Halifax, West Yorkshire, England)

INVESTOR.-Write to the oe—• stet, S.W., for information 31, Great George Street, Westraill _ a His Eight-Day Clock. k, There was a man who had a el°c. _ His name was MattbeW gearts, He wound it regular every oigh For more than twenty years.vroVea At last that precious tiraep A n eight-day clock to be, „foars; And a madder man than gr. You'd never wish to see. „,- - d An old story has recently been. v -'.BviceaNbiout one Judge Porter, an Ins-005e o, in sentencing a prison troubleshad something to do witi'ooilj adjured him to spend his incarcera-yout cursing whiskey. "So I wi"' honour," 46 Oa _ our," replied the prisoner, Port er too! " Local items continued on last---Si 12::,- -----4 g  ICertni), rOO wise man may admit that he is a fool never will. ..Btran aZge's—Naturally enough, truth is stranger because it is not so common. Why Al 5--Why is a wrinkled face like a well°llghea fi eld ? Because it is furrowed with twe, tr3t be Improved Upon.—" There are /lever bings in the world upon which there has as 44 ee'l any improvement—the wheelbarrow wr• appr might.---Ho (philosophical) : "Do you going to the theatre ? " (Practical) "Oh, thank you . Any gtit you like." b • ; odgi „ 411 24A It isn't the trouble a man hs. 100 k e‘lng his bills that gives him a careworn ha, saYa a philosopher. "It's the trouble ho 41 dodging them." 8 Ad , Young Crcesus : "May I marry "aughter, sir ? " hillier father (with emotion): "Young man, a're Saved me from bankruptcy i" Itoin " ance and Reality.—Seedy nye lnvento— rgot an idea that's worth a million, sir . What do you want for it?" Seedy Ittventor—" Five shillings, sir !" A ihg .9parent Motive.—A reporter describ-1 ia suicide, said: "it is quite certain that he. apDiallrtiarried, and there is absolutely no ent motive for the self destruction.  -4-' " MARIE " .zl.- Ali I F---,i 144' ' 1- ;
The Haslingden Gazette. — 1905-08-19 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

MADE.  The Hasliegilen holiday, were commenced amid what seemed a crisis in tine notion trade. They end "hen the crisis has passed and replo. sentatives of masters mid men have come to terms by which a strike will be averted. Of roma, dueMg the didputo which oinie none or ten years ago culminated in the Brooklands agreement the ,hoddy trade of Haelingden--whieh composes nearly half the cotton trade of the toom—vito scarcely touched. ' but those employed in the fine trade suffered veve-ely. If the re, cot dispute had not been amicably artsit.ged Haslingden WOLIIII 110 doubt have come off better Cum most cotton towns, but it would have been touched acutely, and in canine of time the ihorkly trade must have suffered. • • •  Ties will of filo late Dr. W. :I. Stott. Marling-Iwoor rwtate voltwid wt £1,632.  At Preston County Court. on Monday, Richani Wilkirwon, of Haslingden, was fiord Is. and ec.sts ! for riding Iris Ineyelo on tho footpath at Fulwood.  Amy Hadam and Frances Daisy Spanm. i‘ucceisfully paleed the examination in pianokrw play. its at Btackhum in connection with Trinity (Alegi,. London, prepared by Mr. A. Bentley, or • gui.t,.f Church, Helmshor.i.  The death took place at rho Haslingden 1511i014 Workbouso at Pikelaw, on Tuesday morning, of Mrs. Elizala,th Ashworth, widow (66). who attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat with a razor at the house of her ron-in-law, Mr. George Pickup. with whom she resided. at No. 1. try Grove, off Iturnley-roxl. Rawtenatall.  In connection with the funeral of Jack Ciher, reported in another column, on entering Whalley the cortege was met by Mr. Torn Nicholson IClitheroc). Me. P. Airey, :Mr. W. J. Whittaker, Mr. Day, Mr. Fritter, Mr. Sonthworth. Mr. Fred Taylor, Mr. Hook, Mr. Newman (Whalley C.C.), Mr. Baron (eecretary, Whalley C.C.), and Mr. Joe Fielding (Enfield C.C.)  At Haslingden, on Tuesday, hefts,. Mr. T. Whitaker, Wm. Johnson Newall, reed maker, Higherlane, was fined 10.. and coats for being drunk 1... d disorderly. The porno. evening, at feSO, P.C. Bailey saw defendant ejected from the New Hare .raid Hounds, end saerwarda disorderly in Town Gate.—Bartclay 11 hate, painter, of no fixed residence, for being drunk anal disordcrly in Manche. tersrsarl, was fined 2n. 6EI. and cwt.. P.C. Hickeon saw pciw.ner leaning againet a wall and asked ' him what he wanted them. whereupon pr:E-oner beI tame ahusive.—Thor. (-litters:, grinder, of no fixed 1 residence, for being dnr.nk and dimrderly in Lowerlane, was fined 2.5. 6d. and mete. P.C. Shufflebottom proved the nwe.—Jolin Cook, painter, for being in arrenrs to the amount of nearly £4 ant an order under which he should contribute to the maintenance of his wife, was committed for a month 1 with liberty to nettle. Prisoner helonge to Clougle fold. but vas apprehended at Rochdale by P.C. Gough.
The Haslingden Gazette. — 1905-10-28 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

WIDOWER'S SUICIDE.  Accrington Man's Determination.  A tragic caw of to iblib was brou,g,lit to light at Aectingent on Saturday morning. About ten minotes to eight P.S. Bale *MI P.C. Dobie went to the house, No. 30. Watemstrect, occupied by lfosee Odds, a joiner. 52 years of age, who lived by himself, and had not been seen for two or flare days. The door was locked, but a key was procured and !entrance having been effected the sergeant proneeded into the back kitchen, when, be found the I body of Oddie banging by the neck from a rope attached to a hook in the.' toiling. From the tip. rwarance of the body the man must have been dead a wallah-, of days. Tint deceased loot his wife 12 months ago. and si2ll2l` then had been despondent at times, and bad threatened to do away with himself. tat his !bother Roger. who lives in Whalley-road, did not think he would do any such thing. On the Tuesday pri,virma deceased told Ibis brother that he did not feel so well, and that. he would Si, away for a short time, and las arranged to send a 110t0 F. that his brother could look after the house and the effecta. He never saw Lim alive again. It appears Oatt the deceased had exprewcd his intention of marrying again, and liW Froth., thought he Wan going assay for that purpose. An inquiry into the circumstances was held at the Town Hall on Monday. by Coroner Robinson. Boger Oddie. 143. Whalleproad. stated that the bleteased had WA been himseif sime the death of his wife, and he had had a deal of trouNe with hint Pi keep Ida heart up. He IBA 44, his brother alive on Tuesday, oi-totter 17th, when he told him that he was going away, gave him in key, and told witness what he bad to do. Witness told him not to go without sending him a note. In reply to the Corom-r, witness said he did not understand that the deceased trait going to Ameriea, but that his wsits going to be nurried. The ble. canoed had many timos raid .he would do away with himself. mul said that he had got a nips with which to do it. Wittiest; said to t "1 will take the rope and fpg you with it for talking like that.' He never raw deceased after Tuesday. His bother was a temperate man. _ _  P.C. Dobie gave evner as to going to deotaorrs house on Saturday natoting and finding the body auspentled in the manner already deseribril, air] said that the man had evidently been dead from 40 to 48 hours. Tie &mitred had gone throe i tops up a ladder to suspend himself.  The jury returned a verdict of .micido whilst in a rtato of unround mind.  On Saturday tin'lkrapitated body of Mr. T3owman Smith. a prominent Reading townsman, was found en the Great Western Railway at Stunting. It in nll .rtaviug fact that the Situnuray, opened tbe other day hi' His Majetty, with brilliant eel, many. is clocattl! "Na thoroughfaae—London County Countil" it the tign forbidding entry c-t the thoroughfare.  Next door to Mr. and Mr, T. Turner, of (tellomp. ten, raw nt, who have just eelehrxtes tiuir gelden wedding resAt• Mr. anti Mr: J. S. 114zott. who have iiiroady had their diainontl wedding. The eon, Fined upon of tilt, two happy toupitw repreeent 351 years.