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Weekly News. — 1892-05-12 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SENSATIONAL ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A LADY.  Agnes Carlyle, a highly fashionably attired and good-1. oking girl, who gave her age as 16, was charged bef, re Mr. Hopkins, at W'andsworth Policecnurt on Saturday, with attempting to commit suicide in her mother's house, Hose-villa, Tooting (ravonev.—Mrs. Gertrude Quinv. a neighbour. who saal she knew the pi i oiler wry well, said tlicit Friday afternoon she found the prison r lying on the kitchen floor with her throat cut, a razor lying on the table. She summoned Dr. H. J. Tulling, of Trinityroad, Urn er Tooting, who told the magistrate that be found four in( i-ions on the throat. The wounds were not sever-, alai it was evident the prisoner had been drinking. The latter theory was confirmed by Hate Bland, priaoner's servant, who said her mistress had h. en drinki. g heavily. —Mr. Her hurt Young Crane, eh rk, said he was stiling at the prisoner's bouse,being thuged to be married to the prisoner's mother. The prisoner had had some trouble three weeks ago, and had been drinking heavily lately, —ln answr rto Mr. Hosk)ns, ho defended, the witness said he was willing to be boursd over for the prisoner's future good behaviour. —Mr. Hopkins (to prisoner): What have you to say 7—Prisoner: ,I am exceedingly sorry, sir, I didn't mean t commit suicide.—Mr. Hopkins: I don't think you di:l, but what a sad thing it is to see a _yeu,;l; lady in your position—and so young, too—takir gto drink. You see what it leads to. I will take Mr. Crane's surety in £lO for your future behaviour. But, let roe ask 3 ou, don't take to drink again.—Pribover was led away in an evi, death exhausted condition.  A serious diturblace occurred on baturoay night at C•rstle Eden Colliery, East Durham. As the 111,•ials woo are employed keeping the mine free fr on flooding, were leaving their work, they were attacked I.y a large crowd, who thiq. stcuies and other missile at them. The asaistandr of the Lidice was obtained, bet they were unable to quell the rkters, who partially ri.trord the engine-house, in wh,ch ensue of the officials had taken refuge, and seriously bill Seige .nt Scott. About midnight rfw police were reirf rced by a detarhmant from Wes; llartl,pool, under inspector Cruikshank, and on their atrival tho (Adak, who had beet, practically rrhoners, were liberated, and the rioters diaoersed  trate purcnavr to house furnishers assistant): "This st.'ve w,,n't horn!" Aszistaut: "Ay course not sorr. Iron u tat ly won't."  In tfi ulti —J.iison: "Got behind with your read, you say." TmipkinA: "Yes." Judson: "What is it owin...; to 'Chaplains: "My lanulord." •  When a in3n i 3 I Arm.; for a wife he wanta an angel, hut whmt e .Z,Mli • nit •tl4 keeping he sometime Siysu.lv thi• gs I e awe,lu d.nt't get a cock. Ina recent cult or Ire of promise a young 1a23- sant of h, rln aker tl.,t he had canned her tn eh, d Vats onough to turn .6 innajl-sio.d millcrhcel.
Weekly News. — 1892-09-15 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

ALLAN.  Dr. J. G. Douglas, a physician and surgeon, practising in Bournemouth, identified the body as that of Elizabeth Allan, the widow of George William Allan, a retired wholesale paper stainer, of Bow. Witness had been acquainted with deceased for about two years, and frequently so during her husband's illness last year. After his death, deceased was a good deal depressed and low. He attended her at the beginning of the present year for some internal trouble. Be had only seen her twice since the beginning of April, the last time being about three weeks ago. She called at his house and told him her two servants (man and wife) were leaving. It seemed to worry her as she hoped they would have stopped on till she went to London where she had taken a flat. He advised her to go to her friends in London at once, as it would be lonely for her in the house, but she said she could not do that. He saw her again on Wednesday morning after receiving an urgent message about half-past eleven o'clock to come and see her. When he got to the house two other doctors were in attendance. They were stopping hemorrhage from a very large wound in the throat, but deceased had evidently lost a great deal of blood before they got there. They took the usual methods to stop the bleeding, but deceased died in about twe hours from syneope consequent on the hemorrhage from the wounds in the neck. The wound was self-inflicted, and could have been done by the knife produced. He thought her melancholio temperament and her leading a lonely life would lead her to commit such an act, though he had no suspicions she would commit suicide. The Coroner said he thought the jury would have no difficulty in arriving at a verdict. After a moment's deliberation, the jury returned a verdict that deceased committed suicide whilst in an unsouad date of orizd.
Weekly News. — 1892-06-30 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

NAPOLEON AT ESSLINO.  The Emperor, who has been accused of lacking physical courage, galloped off, in spite of the bullets which were whistling round us, reached the centre of the regiment, and asked where the colonel was. No one replied, till, Napoleon having repeated his question, several soldiers answered, "He has just been killed." "I did not ask if he was dead, but where he is." Then a timid voice announced that he had been left in the village. "What, soldiers!" said Napoleon. "You have left your Colonel's body in the hands of the enemy? Know that a brave regiment should always be able to shew its eagle and its Colonel, dead or living. You have left your Colonel in that village; go and find him." The major, catching Napolecn's thought, cried, "Yes, we are dishonoured if we don't bring back our Colonel"; and off he went at the double. The regiment followed, with a shout of "Long live the Emperor!" exterminated some hundred Austrians, remained master of the position, and got back the body of its Colonel, which a Grenadier company brought and laid down at the Emperor's feet. As you quite understand, the Emperor cared nothing about haying the poor officer's body, but he wished to attain the double object of retaking the village and impressing upon the troops that the colonel is a second flag, which a good regiment should never abandon.—" The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot, late Lieut.-General in the French Army." Translated by Arthur John Butler, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. (London: Longman' and Co.)  The Kentucky view of water.—"Watah is a good thing." remarked Colonel Budd, of Kentucky. "Wall, may be so," ,•eplied conservative Major Bowie. "It is truly, sal), continued the colonel. "Rain makes cawn, sah, an' cawn makes whisky." "Bill," said Bob, "why is that tree called a 'coping willow?" "'Cause," said the indignant and suffering schoolboy, "one of the dratted sneaking things grew near our school-house and supplied the msst2r with the sticks that did the boys' licking."  English as she is understood.—Doctor (10 a. m.): "The best thing for your dyspepsia is to drink hot water an hour before dinner." Patient (noon—rushing into doctor's): "Doctor, I've been drinking hot water ten minutes straight, and I can't swallow another drop." "Murder ? Your honour, it wasn't a murder, it was a suicide. You see he wanted to kill himself, and hadn't the courage to, so he asked me and I suicided him." "But why did you then lake his watch and pocket-book?" "Why? Because he had no further use for them—that's why?"  It is announced that Mrs. Osborne, the wife Of Captain Osborne, gave birth to a daughter on Tuesday morning. Tuesday was the hottest day of the season so far, the thermometer in London having eißen to 86deg. in the shade. A grocer named Berwick was fined £2O and costs at Tamwc.rth, Staffordshire, on Tuesday, for selling margarine as butter. On Tuesday afternoon, in the course of a terrific thunderstorm, a man named Walton was killed by a flash of ugh ning in a field at Shildon, near Bishop duck:and.  4
Weekly News. — 1892-08-25 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SUICIDE OF A MADMAN.  At the City of London Coroner's Court, oiaThursday, Mr. Langham held an inquest concerning the death of a man, at present unknown, who committed suicide by drowning himself off Baynard Castle Wharf, Blackfriars, under very singular circumstances.—Constable Wilton deposed that on Sunday evening he was called by some bargemen to the Baynard Castle Wharf, where, on some barges moored alongsidethe shore, he observed the deceased in a nude condition. He was running about shouting and raving incoherently. Witness heard him exclaim, "Yes, I know you are coming after me. He is going into the water. There he goes, I shall have him." Witl that he jumped into the river. A few seconds afterwards he was seen floating down the tide. The deceased must have reached the barge by means of a "sailor man - boat " which was found alongside. He had every appearance of being a madman.—lnspector J. Churcher deposed to finding the body on the foreshore off St. Paul's Wharf. There was a slight abrasion on the chin and two scratches under the eye. One finger of the right hand was broken and was bleeding. Witness thought those injuries were caused by his jumping into the water. The following description had been circulated: "Aged about 30 years, height 51t, 6 in., complexion fresh, hair cut short, grey eyes, and dark brown moustache." On the barge Maud the witness found a shirt marked IL Fleming."—Charles Paddock, mate of the barge Spring, stated that he saw the deceased in a nude condition being carried down river in a small boat. Ho saw him climb on the barge Maud ard rush about, shouting at the top of his voice. WittIOAS procured a pair of trousers for him, but he ran away and refused them. When he jumped into the river witness rowed after him, but could not rescue him.—A verdict of suicide whilst of unsound mind was returned.
Weekly News. — 1892-04-07 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

THE MELBOURNE AND RAINHILL MURDERS.  ARRIVAL OF DEEM ING AT MELBOURNE.  INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE.  Deeming was safely landed at Me!hotline on Fri-1 day morning by the P. and 0. steamer Ballaarat. After the vessel started trout Adelaide on Wednesday he recovered his composure, having been irritated by the number of sightseers who had swarmed the ship. During the voyage he corn-1 plained of the annoyance to which he had been sub-1 jectel by the crowd of visitors, and sent an invitation to Mr. Hirschfeldt, who identified him at Perth, to come and sit with him. When that gentleman entered the cabin the prisoner proposed they should have a game of "nap," and after they had played for some time he apprared more contented and cheerful than he had done during any previous period of the voyage. He continued to play cards with Mr. Hirsclifeldt till a late hour, and on retiring to rest slept soundly, having apparently shaken off the nervousness from which he suffered so much during the earlier stages of the voyage. On waking on Thursday morning Deeming ate a hearty breakfast, but again exhibited some apprehension as to his reception at Melbourne. He expressed a hope that it would be dark when he landed, and on being informed that, on the contrary, it would be broad daylight, he could not conceal his disappointment. At meal-time his food was 11 taken to his cabin by the steward, who cut up the I meat beforehand, as it was not considered prudent to trust the prisoner with a knife in his hands. Care was also taken to guard against the possibilityl of his snatching a knife from any of his watchers. I Deeming, however, has shewn no desire to commit suicide. He ate a hearty supper and again played cards with Mr. Hirschleldt, smoking continuously, At half-past 11 Deeming retired. Though the weather was still heavy and the ship rolled a good deal, the prisoner slept soundly. Two watchers remained in his cabin, and the electric light was kept burning all night.
Weekly News. — 1892-01-28 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SAD STORY.  Peter Duncan,described as a commercial traveller, was charged before Sir John Bridge, at Bow-street Police-court, on Saturday, with attempted suicide. —Police-sergeant 31 E said that shortly after 2 o'clock he was on duty in Wellington-street when the defendant came up to him and asked to he locked up. Witness replied that he could not lock him up, as he had not committed himself in any way. He remarked "I wanted to drown myself. I will throw myself over Waterloo Bridge." He then rum if, and witness and another constable gay. chase. They came up with him opposite the parapet of the central arch, and witness was about to ask what he was going to do when he rushed to the t:arapet and threw himself partly over. The sergeant succeeded in saving him by the coat tails, and preventing him from going over. At the ration he said that he was in great poverty.— PI isoner, in reply to the magistrate, said that he had been greatly disappointed in the result of an application for a situation. He had had very good hopes of obtaining it, having been in correspondence respecting it. That morning he had kept an appointment at the Manchester Hotel to conclude the business, but this gentleman whom he was to see did not attend then, hut sent a note at which tie was greatly disappointed. Taking into consideration the position in which his haul been for the last 12 months he felt at the time very dispirited. He regretted he had been so foolish.—The prisoner's wife entered the witnessbox and described the state of distress to which they had gradually been reduced through no fault of her husband, who had been most earnest in his elideavouns to obtain work. He was a good husband and suffered greatly on account of her and his family.—The prisoner said that all he wanted was employment—Sir John Bridge trusted that things would be better for him. He thought under the circumstances that he could take the prisoner's word of honour that he would not be guilty of such an action again.—The prisoner pledged himself tchthis. and Sir John Bridge diseharg,ed him on his own recognisances to conic up if called upon.
Weekly News. — 1892-01-07 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

BANK FRAUD IN HUNGARY.  SUICIDE OF A CASHIER.  Herr Piufsich, chief cashier of the Vaterlandische Sparkasse, the principal savings bank in Hungary, who committed suicide last week, appears, says the Standard correspondent in Vienna, to have embezzled Stock to the value of 1,000,000 florins, consisting of 1,000 Obligations of the Hungarian Paper Bente, and 63,925 florins in cash. The bank attained its jubilee a short time ago, and has a capital of 4,000,000 florins, and a reserve of 12,000,000 florins. So great is the confidence of the public in the Bank's stability that 11le re money was deposited on Saturday than was withdrawn. At the same time, it is asked how such a fraud could have been committed if the control was all that it should be. The sum missing in cash was taken by Piufsich shortly before his suicide to pay acme small debts with, but the embezzlement of Stock must have been going on for a long time. The Bank held in its sates 16 packets of Hungarian Paper Rente, each worth 1,000,000 florins, and it was never noticed that one packet was missing, although a nominal control was, as usual, exercised by each safe having three keys, of which only one was in the hands of the cashier. Pitifsich passed for a very rich man, with houses in Budapest, an estate at Waitzen, near Pesth, villas, stables. &c. His income from all sources amounted, indeed, to about 70,000 florins, or over £6,000. But he engaged in extensive ll..urse speculations in Vienna and Berlin, and lived like a Grand Sei9nenr, supporting several artists from the People's Theatre, ot which he was part proprietfm, giving sumptuous dinners, and fitting out his stables with marble and electric light, without arousing the suspicion of his superiors. The Bank mill pay the usual dividend for 1691, as the loss can te covered from the reserve fund.
Weekly News. — 1892-09-22 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE AT RINGWOOD.  An inquest was held at the Lamb Inn on Thursday, on the body of George Webb, who had cut his throat on the preceding Tuesday. Mr. P. A. Johns, coroner, presided.—Jane Milford, of New Street, said she was called into Mrs. Rabbits in Christchurch Road at seven o'clock on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Rabbits said she was afraid there was something wrong, as there was blood on the hearth, and she showed me a razor covered with blood. Witness went into another room, and saw deceased lying on a bed and covered with blood. Witness said to him, "You naughty man, what have sou been doing ? " Ile replied, "I cut my throat about two o'clock this morning." A doctor was immediately sent for.—Sarah Rabbits, wife of W. Rabbits, said deceased was her step-father, and was 69 years of age. He was a widower, and had been living with her since July. His wife had died last January, and he had been in fairly good health. He died on Wednesday at 9 p.m.—James Chapman, M.D., said he was acting as locum tenens to Dr. Kent, and was sent for on Tuesday morning, and saw deceased in bed with his throat deeply cut, but the windpipe was uninjured. Witness sewed up the wound. In reply as to why he did it, deceased said he wanted to go to heaven and see his wife. Witness carefully attended deceased, but in spite of all that could be done, he died on Wednesday at nine o'clock. He had seemed rational when spoken to, but witness thought he must have been under a delusion when he committed the act.—The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state of unsound mind." Deceased was formerly of Whiteparish, in Wiltshire. It is a singular coincidence, but a former occupant of the house also committed suicide therein a few years ago.
Weekly News. — 1892-09-22 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

GEORGE ELIOT AT HOME.  "The Priory" was a quiet, simple, unpretending, yet elegant villa, where one seemed to breathe an atmosphere of literature. The meat classic drawing-room, half library, had a pleasant lookout into the garden, and was so entirely the recognised habitat of its occupants that one knew intuitively, before being shewn in, that as soon as the door was opened the pair would be "discovered," George Lewes in his easy chair on the right-hand side of the fireplace, as you faced it, and George Eliot on the left; you were equally sure of a cordial reception from this gifted couple, whose Sunday "at homes," though certainly not always lively, were necessarily interesting. They brought together literary and artistic celebrities and their Xisecenases —mostly men, of course. Still, as it was always a chance gathering, there was much uncertainty as to tier. materials of which it would consist. These rivnions, therefore, varied considerably in brilliancy and attractiveness. George Eliot was by no means sparkling in conversation; indeed, her social attribielis were rather of the heavier,almost Johnsonian, order, and her remarks were often sententious, though apparently not designedly so, for there was obviously no intentional arrogation of superiority, though perhaps an almost imperceptible evidence of self-consciousness. The impression she left was that of seriousness and solid sense, unternpered by any ray of humour, scarcely of cheerfulness; she spoke in a measured, thouehtful tone, which imparted a certain importance to her words, but her speech was marked rather by reticence than volubility; now and then she would give out an epigrammatic phrase which seemed almost offered as a theme for discussion, or as a trait of originality to be perhaps recorded by her chroniclers. I remember, among many remarks of this kind, her once saying in a reflective tone, "Nlany suicides have greatly surprised me; I find life so very interesting." Lewes, on the other hand, was really witty, interspersing his conversation with natural flashes of humour, quite spontaneous in characti r, which would continually light up his talk. Even when he said bitter things he had a way of putting them amusingly.—" Gossip of the Century." By the Authors of "Flemish Interiors." (London: Ward and Downey.)
Weekly News. — 1892-09-22 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

BITS FROM BOOKS.  MOW ALEXANDER T. DIED.  It appears that the Emp(Tor Alexander had been secretly informed of a conspiracy being formed azainst him, and that a plot had been made to seize him on his return from Moscow to St. Petersburg. very much of the same description as had led to the assassination of his father, the Emperor Paul. It may have been hallucination, for the Emperor Alexander was eccentric in many respects. However, whether real or imaginary, the Emperor acted under its influence, and instead of returning to St. Petersburg by the route which had been decided on, he directed his way southward to Taganrog. He was there laid up with a bilious fever. Nothing would induce him to follow the advice and course recommended by his physician, Wyllie, and supported by the entreaties of the Empress. It seemed as if he courted death, and would take no means to avert it. He ordered a priest to be sent for. The Empress and Wyllie both impressed on the Emperor the duty of following his medical adviser's prescription, and at the earnest solicitation of the Empress he finally agreed to do so. The priest severely admonished the Emperor on the, sin of seeking death, stigmatising it as suicide, and refused to administer the rites of the Church until lie had compliel with the Empress's and doctor's advice. The Empress on visiting him kissed his hand, and expresed her thanks for his adopting the remedy ordered by Wyllie. He then called Wyllie. and asked the Empress and Wyllie whether they were satisfied. On their expressing their satisfaction. he suddtn:y tore off the leeches, and prevented their action, which was the only means of saving his life. The disease thus left to run its course, the Emperor shortly after expired."—"The Diplomatic Rerninis• cences of Lord Augustus Loftus, P.C., G.C.13., 1837-1862." (London: Cassell and Co.)