Widnes Examiner. — 1888-12-01 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

TRAMCAR ACCIVENT.—At Dudley. en Saturdent night, a South Stafforthiiire tramcar ran off the metabl, and, after knocking over a lamp-post, fell on ha stele. injuring 15 passengers. They were removed to the Guest Hospital, but only two were detained, they being very seriously injured. Their names were Thomas Mils awe George Smith. A furnaceman. named Thomas Walker, is fa sat/Andy at Sheffield, charged with the manStanghter of his child. Alice, aged two years. Walker went home on Paturdac night worse for drink, quarrelled with his wife, alai hurled a large poker at her. It missed her, but strucit the chltd, who was In her arms, causing its death tws hours afterwards.  _ President Oleveiand has annornoed that he will eel Iris country Once neer Washington. It cost him 1E10,006, and he new hopes to receive g 30,000 for it. He will b• able to sell the piece at enongh profit to well repay hitt for the investment. He will probably return to Buffalo end to the practice of the law after his retirement from office. Me may visit Burope next summer.  AtAiamnio PIOUS ON A &matfett—A scorious tire breke aut an Saterday on board the North-Westera Railway Company's steamer Anglesea (Captain Liddicoat) during its passage from Dublin to Holyhead. The pumps were immediately brought into operation, but the flames were not got under until much of the cargo had beeF destroyed by the fire and water. The damage is estimated at £2,000.  DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—About no en Monday, destruetive fire was discovered by the watchtnan Oetram's mill, Greetland, near Halifax. A two-storyed buildlng ured for drying and pressing pieces WES completely gutted. Owing to the dry state of the material,' the flames spread very rapidly. Two hundred men are thrown out of employment. The damage will probably reach £5,000. The two men whe have confessed to the Edlingbare burglary, for which two innocent persons were in 1879 sent to penal servitude for life, were brought before Baron Pollock on Saturday, at Newcastle Assizes. Petition', bearing 3,000 names, craving mitigation of punistnnent. were presented. Sentences of five years' penal servitude were passed. The innocent men, whose cane has been mentioned in Parliament, are now cut on license. Replyine to a large deputation of employes of the London and North-Western Railway Co.. on Monday. the Horne Secretary said he was satisfied that if employers behaved as this company had done, the result would be more beneficial to the men than any system et enforced liability, and it was in order not to destroy such arrangements that he introduced an insurance, Meuse into the Employers' Liability Bill. So far as he had any influence, he would stand by that clause. An inquest was held at Manchester, on Monday, on the body of William Morris Pugh, landed proprietor, et Liverpool. who committed suicide in the Spread Eagle Hotel, on Saturday. He was supplied with brandy an soda that morning, but was not asetin seen alive. His door being forced ripen he was found dead, shot through the right terniale. Letters found stated that suicide wa, the result of lieigation with his brother. A verdiet e Suicide whilst insane" was returned.