Widnes Examiner. — 1888-05-12 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

GENERAL NEWS.  Mr. John Aird, M.P., has bought Mr. Alma Tadema's "Feast of Helio,gabalus" for £6,000, Mr. Tadoma throwing a small picture in. During the voyage of the steamer Massilia, from Bombay to Plymouth, Mrs. Jacobs, a passenger, jumped from tim cabin and was drowned.  It is officially announced that the Duke of Cambridge willvisit Crewe on the 9th of June to open a public park and review a newly-formed battalion of Volunteers. Efforts are being made in Dublin society to bring about a visit of the Queen to Ireland this year. It is pointed out that her Majesty has now reigned some 18,700 days, and out of that extended period the total time she has resided in Ireland has been only 18 days. At an adjourned meeting of the Hull and Barnsley Railway Co., at Hull, on Monday, Col. Smith announced the result of the recent voting on his motion to proceed with a bill incorporating the working agreement with the Midland Company. The motion was declared lost by 3,991 votes. The other night a fire broke out on a farm at Milsted, near Sittingbouree, resulting in the destruction of two stacks and farm materials. Since then, however, human remains have been found among the ruins, though who the unfortunate victim may have been it is impossible to ascertain, the fragments being charred almost to cinders.  --On Monday, an inquest was held by Mr. T. Taylor, coroner, at the Railway Hotel, Huddersfield, on the body of Robert Farringdon, mill-hand, aged 18, who le ommitted suicide on Saturday by throwing himself in front of the 453 train from Clayton West 'when it wasiapproaehing Shepley station. A verdict was returned in accordance with the facts. ' An inquest was held at Holborn Town Hall. on Monday, on the body of Louisa Mary Blake, wife of Charles Carter Blake, D.Sce, New North-street, Theobald's-road, who died while under the influence of chloroform. Dr. Gould said the deceased was the greatest chloroform taker in the world, and took as much as a pint a day. A verdict of "Death from misadventure" was returned. A CHILD flux= nv A Fraurr.--Edwin Wild, aged five months, died at Sheffield Hospital, on Monday, from injuries inflicted by a tame ferret. The animal was kept for worrying rats. The child was left in its cradle, and in the absence of its mother the ferret got in and bit its forehead over the left eye., The child's7cries attracted the mother, who, however, was too late in rescuing her infant. A young servant named James visited her home at Hereford. When alone she had a fit, and tumbled into the kitchen fire. On recovering her senses she was in flames, and in excrutiating agony. She dashed to the front door. Xt was locked. The flames from her dress set the kitchen things on fire. At last the poor girl went screaming into the yard, and a neighbour there found her "dying with all liet clothes burnt to cinders. The salt boring operations which have been proceeding for sometime at Seaton Carew have led to the discovery of a suiphur spring which may have an important influence on the future of this popular watering place. Salt brine was found months ago, and the operations , which have led to the present discovery were pursued in the hope of tracing coal. The boring will be continued. The depth already reached is about 1,300 feet.  A WOMAN linarr TO Devrir..—A shocking occurrence took place, on Saturday night, at Marlin-street, Bristol. A woman, named Hunt, was preparing some clothing for her children to wear on Sunday, when she unfortunately overturned the petroleum lamp on the table, and it fell on the floor between her infant child, which was lying in cradle, and herself. The woman, fearing the flames would reach the child, removed it from the cradle, but in doing so caught her own clothes on fire. She rushed outside and placed the child in safety, but becoming overcome by flames, she fell down, and was burnt to death before assistance arrived.