The Dewsbury Chronicle, and West Riding Advertiser. — 1895-06-26 (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England)

CHIPS OF NEWS.  AT HOME. . A niece of a millionaire has. just applied to be ari officer in the Salvation Army. The Crown Pripce and Princess of Greece will shortly come to England on a visit to Queen Victoria. George Jesse Ribble, SO, police pensioner, and recently acting as a coroner's officer, suddenly clroPPed dead in his house in Church-terrace, Willesden. Mentel Howard, an American engineer, ansvvered to the charge at the Old Bailey of committing forgeries on a large scale. He was found guilty. Ten years. The Georgic, the largest cargo steamer in the world, has just been launched at Belfast by Messrs. Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line. She will run between Liverpool and New York. •  , Mr. George Meredith, the novelist, who claims be of Welsh descent, has offered a prize for ‘ne best essay on Welsh literature, to be competed for at the forthcoming Welsh Eisteddfod at'Llanelly. The members of the Carr's-lane Chapel, Birl.onigham, at a meeting on Sunday unanimously l!lvited the Rev. J. H. Jowett, of Newcastle-onlYne, to fill the pastwal vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Dale. is ~,, stated among army officials that Lord y will probably be the new Commander/41'm)% and the Duke of Connaught Adjutantin place of Sir Redvers Buller, who vniii take over command at Aldershot. At Stonebench, a village on the banks of the rlver Severn, near Gloucester, some fishermen olecovered the body of a man, which had oPParently been in the water some time. The body was removed to a neighbouring mortuary. :view of a possible General Election readers ill probably note with interest the number of _lectors on the registers now in force. For ..cotland the figures are 636,097; for Ireland, 552; and for England and Wales, 4,959,805; '.°4l, 6,332,454. At Ffolywood, co. Down, where several Militia ...,Bitnents are under training, Major S. A. aaenzies, of the 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, ll'oe riding on his bicycle when he collided with b 8111Ing trap,and was thrown from his machine, 'leaking his neck. Bedford, William Shepherd and John ..VUgeS were committed for trial on the charge ot stealing two safety bicycles, value £37, the Property of Dr. Harding. Prisoners were appreended at King's Lynn with the machines, and •refused their addresses. On Saturday evening a man named James Slack was crossing Spring Gardens, Brixton, when he Las run over by a 'bus loaded with holidayThe wheels passed ogler his heart and itrnehed life out of him. Deceased was a married all with a large family. ajThe staff captain of Portsmouth dockyard, v though he is the Queen's harbour-master, has 'leer been allowed a steamboat, but has been tlmpelled to travel over the harbour in a rowing The Admiralty has now consented to grant • 18 °Meer a steam launch. ci 13rierley Hill, Simon Raybould, managing Zqt, was committed to Stafford Assizes for ;.'"volg falsely written out a documentpurporting :o be a certificate that a chain cable had been ired under provisions of the Act. The prosecun was instituted by the Board of Trade. Peter Waddell, of Leith, has left the -residue of his estate, which is expected to amount to £200,000, equally to four local chariZ,B--the Royal Infirmary, the Longmore Hos-4 for Incurables, the Leith Hospital, and the lod Asylum. There are no near relatives. be South Staffordshire Mines Draining Comv 7.."lssioners have set their seal to a mortgage deed nabling them to borrow £lOO,OOO to drain a field of coal, at present waterlogged. It is zLitnated that something like 60,000 acres will "°liberated in the district of South Staffordshire. wBevell Persons in all—five women and two men coere charged at Liverpool with attempting to sh.r.oinit suicide. The methods adopted included throat-cutting, and poisoning. All the 407,• 7u expressed repentance, and on promising t:LonfraToeuredlips:aeryt thofe attempts they were handed over An err, the 'dist- losion occurred on Sunday evening at burst ionede Messrs. David Watt and Co., siderabr and 1"17. a large "bock," containing worts, neighbourh carrying away side wall. Conthe dama..„ g was done and the houses in was injured. were flooded, but Only a child 51.—P'ripab.vuartla`, -wo Dh.as.4eartl ...5 of the Queen's Brigade, the Caledonian Shield at uaburgh Rifle meeting with a score of 148. -2:120 oeottishshield is regarded as the champion prize for marksmen. Dear won the Queen's Prise at Bisley in 1891, and he also won the Shield last year. p_Arelideacon Waugh and several Church of —"gland clergymen and ministers of all denominations were present at Fountains Abbey, Ripon, 81„11 Saturday, at the celebration of the Ripon .."es,_,lfyan Circuit Centenary. Archdeacon Waugh 71" u the reunion of Christendom was more than the.air, it was in the hearts of men. An inquest was held at Hasler Hospital, • tillneuth, on the body of Edward Dowell, 47, zustewain in the Royal Navy, who fell from a on to the deck of H.M.S. Swiftaure, a watance of 14ft He turned a complete isomer;atilt, and, pitching on his head on the deck, toeturecr the base of his skull. A verdict of keidental death was returned. I,69!arles Simpson and Fred Hanby, hawkers, of were charged at Bingley with the ralaughter of Charles Dickinson, cashier, of oreittlleY. The deceased, a prominent Member Keighley Cycling Club, was returning to Igeley from Bing's), on the 15th inst., when hZ, Was run down and 'killed almost immediately a, Prisoners, who were racing to Bradford. The wkisoners were committed for trial. At the .County of London Sessions, Daniel tallivan, 26, a labourer, pleaded guilty to stealtwo pigs of lead, value £2, and also to Wa*ulting a police constable in the execution of duty. Prisoner is a powerful built fellow, a police constable described him as "the ii4yst dangerous man and the worst man in the rs, t End of London." The watermen were -1_4'44 of him, and he followed foreign sailors Z?unt and threatened them if they did not give lel what he asked for. Three years and six eleotho, ~k 4 Young widow, who said she had been to get her living as a domestic servant, tsKed for a summons at the North London aLlice-court against her late employer for Mr. Taylor: What was the assault? alklicant: He kissed me. Mr. Taylor: Is that ft' ; Applicant: Yes. Mr. Taylor: When did IloPPen P Applicant: Last Saturday. Mr. „sYlor: How long did you remain in nis employ wttee that? Applicant: Till Thursday. I want terVensation for leaving. Mr. Taylor refused Pant a summons. af..„All interesting, ceremony was witnessed on the —"PS In front of Stowe House, Buckingham, on autbo -• -t•Aay. In the presence of a large comha the Rev. John Warren, the vicar, on beb.„ of the inhabitants of Stowe, presented the r :oicess Helene with a side saddle, bearing 81ve r plate with the inscription: "Presented ri.R.H. • Princess Helene of Orleans by the nehioners of Stowe, on her marriage.. The tilear also. read an address bidding farewell to Comtesse de Paris, and both the Comtesse .44C1 Princess Helene made suitable replies.