Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1886-09-11 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

PARTRIDGE SHOOTING.  "The First" v-ias- inaugurated in South Yorkshire by but few sportsmen, and many of the largest estates were not broken into beyond shooting of a few brace of partridges for the table. Sport cannot fail to be restricted, for on the one hand theharvest has scarcely been commenced, and on the other the birds are very Into. The breeding and rearing season for partridges has been a most unfavourable one, and the wet weather which prevailed while the broods were setting, followed by a perfect deluge of rain on July 25, played sad havoc with the young birds, a large number of which were drowned. Fortunately the season for the rearing of pheasants has been a more favourable one, and the weather while the birds were being reared much better, consequently many of the birds became strong and able to battle successfully with the rains. Hood-reared pheasants are reported to have made considerable progress, and where this class of birds are preserved some fair sport is looked for. Hares and rabbits are by no means numerous. Should the present favourable weather continue, the ingathering of the harvest will be pushed on, and sportsmen will then be able to form a pretty accurate estimate of the situation, which at the present time is the reveres of cheering. The prospects of sport among the partridges in North Warwickshire though not so bright as in some previous years are, on the whole, such as will no doubt yield fair average results. In some parts of the district the wet and chilly spring proved destructive to a considerable number of young birds, but nevertheless some good coveys have been seen. The harvest, however, is somewhat late, and although birds are reported to be in excellent condition, it is probable that shooting will not become general for some days. In South Dorset, the corn being pretty well in all over the district, sportsmen had almost a free course. The coveys are not so numerous this year as in some seasons, but the disease among p eridges reported from other counties had made few ravages here, and such birds as there are, are in good condition and strong on the wing,  The. Red Dragon, of Cardiff, which claims to be the only English magazine published in Wales, announces the discovery by Mr. Ivor James of a hitherto us. known work by Rees Prichard, the famous vicar of Landovery. Ix is now believed that in all 200 persons perished in the recent earthquake in Greece. It is estimated that property to the amount of several million drachmas has been destroyed. PORTIONS of a large group of figures have been discovered some 301 t. below the ancient ground of the Parthenon at Athens. A fine head of a bull, a lion's head, and other sculptures are among them. . s  THE bodies of two girls, about 16 years of age, have been found in Witton Brook, near Birmingham. They were tied together round the waist. One of the girls had a letter on her breast, on which was written, "Good-bye for ever." The note was addressed to her mother. There is no doubt that it is a case of suicide.  Tin Liverpool Journal of Com &N., says: "Notwithstanding the great precautions that are taken by the Canadian Government to prevent the introduction of cattle disease into the Dominion, we regret to hear that pneumonia has broken out among a shipment of cattle from the Clyde in the quarantine station at Quebec, and that the valuable animals have been slaughtered. In order to cope with the emergency the Canadian Government are adopting energetic DIMMER, and they have resolved to prohibit the entry or importation into the Dominion of horned stock from infected areas." ABOUT 200 members of the British Pharmaccutica Conference, whose annual meeting has taken place at Birmingham this year, have visited Stratford.onAvon on a Shakespearean pilgrimage. The party visited the parish church, where they viewed the poet's grave and monument, and the entries in the parish register of his baptism and burial. They afterwards visited Shakespeare's birthplace and the memorial buildings and other objects of interest. A LABOURER named Hitch, who is suspected of having murdered a man named Plumridge, has been brought before Captain Higgins at Slough, and remanded. The letters "B. C." kbad character) hive been found branded upon his body, under the left arm, and it is said that he is a discharged soldier and a ticket-of-leave man, having undergone seven years' penal servitude for a murderous assault upon an officer in India. . .  -Mono SPASOO MEDLIN, a domestic servant, has been charged at the Kingston-on-Thardes Petty Sessions, with the murder of her female child at East Molesey. The evidence showed that the child was born during the night, and the prisoner immediately went downstairs with it into the scullery, and with an ordinary table-knife, which she had specially sharpened for the purpose, severed the head from the body. She then returned to her room, and wrapped the head and trunk, in an old skirt. Prix mer had been very ill ever since the murder, and the is still in a very delicate state of health. She said she could not recollect anything about the occurrence. The magistrates committed her for trial on the capital charge. AT the last meeting of the Liverpool City Council, it was resolved that in view of the increased population of the city and the increase of area requiring police supervision, the strength of the police force should be increased by the addition of two chief inspectors, one inspector, four sergeants. and 65 constables. The present strength of the force is 08/ men, or 169 police to every 100,000 of the population, a percentage considerably below that of London. Tan word of a gentleman is as good as his bond— sometimes better.—Dickeas.