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Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1860-09-05 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

PETITIONS. the novel and interesting experiment. As early as 10 69 167 i 21 50121 45 5g berthed £l.OO towards the funds. ville, Mr. A. B. Starbuck, Mr. W. G. Starbuck, Mr. Fred o'clock in the morning vast crowds were congregated in GI • aIS The Hey. G. Martin, Chancellor of the Diocese Wehnert, and others. On Sunday week being the anni- The number of petitions presented during the present the vicinity of the Woodside Ferry to witness the first Pontardawe 2 49! 644 719 10 441 of Exeter, committed suicide at Harberton, near Totnee, versary of thebirthdav of the Prince Consort, the inhabi- session has reached the enormous amount of 24,264. trial of the new street railway. Nearly 300 persons Trains marked thus • leave on Saturdays only. 190 406! 2 36', 661 7 6 10 U 1 33 Is 6 on Monday, by cutting his throat. tants were startled from their propriety, in church and The principal subject which has excited public interest took part in a trial trip along the line as far as Birken- An up-train leaves Swansea on Sundays at 7.0 p.m " I, - - . 20 ~ arriving at ontardawe on 7 ; sods down-train on The ex-Queen of the French, before leaving elsewhere, by the firing the Royal Salute at 12 o'clock, has been Church-rates; 5,574 petitions with 197,684 head-park and back to the depat in Chatham-street. Sundays leaves Pentardawe at 740 p in., arriving at Swansea at 8.13. Tunbridge-wells, honoured Sir Walter and Lady Caroline which was a beautitul sight from shore, though the win- signatures attached having been presented against the There were four carrieges, each containing about seventy Third-class Market Tickets will be issued at Pontardawe and Maio dy the 9.21 a to. down train, and at VanStirhog with a visit at their seat at Burrswood. dews were inconsiderable danger. total abolition of such rates, and 5,538 petitions with passengers, each of which was drawn by two horses, with amulet by the 9.46 train, on Saturdays for Swansea, at a single fare for the double journey, available for A silly willow se of Verdun, forty and some odd • 610,877 signatures attached in favour of the total aboli- an ease apparent to everybody. The "cars" moved along the return journey by any traits on the day of issue. -years of age, has put an end to her lite because a young
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1860-10-10 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SUICIDZ BY HANOING.—An inquest was held at the Railway Inn, Treforest, on Friday, by Mr. L. R. Reece, on the body ofJohn Bridgewater, who committed suicide by banging himself by means of a handkerchief tied to the bed-post in his bedroom,_ to the above inn. Mrs. Bridgewater, wh keeps the Cambrian Inn, but is mons generally known by her first husband's name, Williams, deposed: I am the wife of deceased. He left me in France nineteen years ago, and I have not seen him from that time until three weeks ago. It is now 21 years since we were first married. He has since the 12th of September been at my house daily. I received a letter, three years after our separation, from one Evans, of Dowlais, which stated that my husband was killed by falling from the mail coach at Ithymney, and I heard nothing of him till I saw him at the time above stated. He wished to stop at my house. I refused to allow him, and the last time I saw him alive was on the night previous to his death —Mr. Richard Richards deposed: The deceased came, as customary, to sleep at my house the night previous to his death; he appeared as usual, and drank one pint of beer, and a glass of rum and water, warm. This was about half-past ten; he retired to bed about eleven. In the morning I went to my occupation, and on my return to dinner I was told he was not up. I went upstairs to call him, and found him suspended from the bed-post by means of an handkerchief. He had on his drawers and socks, and the bed appeared as if it had been slept an. He was quite dead, and must have been so for some hours. It transpired, from a document found in the pocket of the deceased, that he had been residing at Liensaint, near Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, and • letter was despatched to the postmaster of that place announcing the suicide. On the return of the funeral party on Friday night, a female and her friend arrived by train, and it was ascertained that he had married her eleven years ago, a id that they had resided in the above place that period. the poor woman being without means, a subscription wee raiA.d at the Railway Inn, by which she was enabled to return home next morning.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1893-08-17 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

SUICIDE OF A MUSIC-HALL ARTISTE.  The other day, Mr. G. P. Wyatt (coroner) held an inquest at Newington on the body of Edith Donnahey (21), professionaPy known as Ada Vaughan, burlesque actress and dancer. Edward Harris, a commercial traveller,said that he had known the deceased about eighteen months, but had only lived with her eleven days. He knew she had been on the stage. Recently he gave her a sovereign with which to pay the rent, &c., and advised her to return home, which she promised to do. Ile left her at Ludgate Hill Statkiu, and promised to see her again, but he did not keep the appointmmt. Witness did not again see her alive. Robert Polley, of 21,St, Paul's Ron., Walworth,stated that the last witness and the deceased came to lodge with him as man and wife. Harris engaged the rooms. Witness was always under the impression that they were married until a letter arrived addressed to Miss Ada Vaughan. His suspicions were then aroused. She left the house to meet Mr. Harris. 'W itness heard the deceased return and go to her room shortly before ten, and some five minutes afterwards he heArd her calling to his wife. He went upstairs and, iecciving no answer when he tapped at the door, entered the room. He found deceased seated on a basket apparently in great agony. He enquired what was the matter, and she replied, "I've taken poison," Ist the same time pointing to a wineglass. Witness immediately sent for a medical man. —Dr. A. D. Jollye, of 18, Lorrimore Square, stated that upon his arrival deceased was unconscious. Antidotes were administered, but without effect, for she expired about an hour afterwards. He had subsequently made a post-mortem examination of the body, arid found that the cause of death was carbolic acid poisoning.—l'he jury returnedlia verdict of "Suicide wailst mentally deranged."
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1893-09-28 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

ODDITIES.—The first nickle-in-the-slot machines were made by Egyptian prieets and they turned on an urn of holy water. The ulster overcoat originated in Ireland. "Boodle" is derived from Dutch and German words, meaning pocket or 'purse. The drums of Servian regiments are placed on little two-wheeled carts, drawn by big dogs,the drummer following. Certain cocoanut trees in India, almost entirely lifeless, have been revived and made to bear abundantly by placing salt at their roots. The name "pound" as a place for keeping stray animals arose from the English law that the owner had to pay one pound sterling before he could recover his stock. In olden times suicides were buried at crosNroade with a stake driven through the body. • The stake was of willow, which grew rapidly and would, therefore, more surely mark the spot. Charles V. asked to see his own funeral celebrated in the Cathedral. It was done with the most minute detail, and made such a frightful impression upon him that he actually died two days later. During the reign of Henry V. the English parliament passed a law requiring all the geese in England to be counted. The sheriff of every county was required to furnish six arrow feathers from each goose. The old master, Murillo was once decorating a monastery when one of the monks asked him to paint a picture for him. Having no canvas, Murillo painted "The Madonna of the Napkin," which is still preserved. The coloured globes seen in the drug store wludows originated in the retorts and jars of various drugs, remedies and mix t arcs, with which the old apothecaries and alchemists surrounded themselves.  Our knowledge doth but show 118 our ignorance. Our most studious scrutiny is but a discovery of what we cannot kuow. The wise prove and the foolish confess by their conduct that the life of employment is the only life worth leading. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Temperance, courage, love, are made up of the same jewels. Find a diatimwested friend and you have found a lewel.  ne V , atch Committee of the Manchester City Council have granted all the applications made for licenses for the performances of stage plays. The manager of the Palace Theatre of Varieties, who received a theatrical license in December last on condition that no intoxicants were sold in the theatre building, now asked for permission to sell beer and wine, but not spiriti. The permission was refused.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1893-09-21 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—At the Courts, Carlisle, on Saturday, Sarah Edgar, a well-known character, was charged with attempting suicide in the Eden, at Wetheral, on September 12th.—Alexander Carruthers, water bailiff, said his attention was directed to prisoner by the Stationmaster. He went down to the waterside, and found her lying in about six inches of water, lie got help, snd had her pulled out. She was very drunk.—The Bench dismissed her, but she was immediately re-arrested on a charge of housebreaking.  WHERE THE Morrar. Goza.—At the Town Hall, on Monday, Mr M;lbtrm, school attendance officer, applied to have a boy named John Joseph Martin, 12 years of age, sent to an industrial %Moo!, on the ground that he was not under proper guardianship. He said the boy had only made four attendances at school the last seven weeks, and was frequently on the streets late at niimt. The boy's mother was a widow, whose husband was killed some week's ago at Messrs Carr's. Since that time she had received money, most of which she drank,—The uncle M. the boy said he had given Mrs Martin, who was his sister, £l3. during the last 11 weeks. She was often drunk, and he did not consider her a fit person to have charge of the boy.—lnspector Cooper said he had visited Martin's house on ,everal occasions, and sometimes found Mrs Martin in a state of intoxication, and the home in a dirty and wretched condition. With regard to the boy, he was often out late at night, and she had admitted that he was beyond her control.—Mrs Martin freguently interrupted the witnesses, and remarked that an earthquake would not part her and her boy.—The Bench made an order for the boy's committal to an industrial school till he was 16 years of age. A
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1893-09-07 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER. Mr. G. D. Thomas held an enquiry concerning the death of James John Turner, aged 29, an IDX•• sergeant in the 7th Royal Fusiliers, lately living at Holloway, who was found dead at his lodgings with a shot wound in his chest.—Mrs. Beer, sister of deceased, said her brother only left the army in July last. He had been in the army since he was a boy of 14. When he left the service he drew £l7 deferred pay, and he had been defrauded of in connection with a fish business at Deptford. Thim troubled him greatly, as he had intended to get married.—Charlotte Scott, • housekeeper, stated that the deceased, to whom she was engaged to be married, had lost most of his money. He answered an advertisement on the expectation of getting 255., a house and gas, for looking after a fish business at Deptford. He deposited £35 and found that this WAS needed to begin the business with. The business had really no existence. He had removed from the wit-11P58.11 house furniture to the place at Deptford, and this ho had to bring back to her later on. 'Phis grieved him a great deal. Their marriage was deferred. He had, too, been disappointed in not securing a situation in the Post Office. In his room was found the following letter in the deceascd'a handwriting :—" To all—This night, by his own hand, dies James John Turner. I regret the misery I have caused to Charlotte Scott and my beloved sisters, Sarah and Ann. Myself I have loved throughout, and in myself I have always believed, but pride has its downfall. I hope that tho woman who has given her love to me will find a better man. To my brother George Turner, 211tli I tutelars—Don't be taken back by this deed. it in best on both sides, and if I have done wrong, I meet my future fate. God bless the woman who loves me, This closes a soldier's life. Forgive my weakness.—JAKEs Jort:e
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1893-08-24 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

TRAGIC AFFAIR IN THE CITADEL STATION.  On. Monday night a startling occurrence took place in the Citadel Station. About twenty-five minutes past nine, a loud report was heard, just as the engine of the -parcels train had been unloosed, and was passing under the far overhead bridge near the Maryport dock. By those who heard it, it was supposed to be a fog signal or something about the train. and it excited no remark. About ten minutes later a lamp man, named William Hastings, was going over the bridge between the Maryport and North-Eastern platforms, when he stumbled against the body of a man lying about midway. Supposin:t it to be some one in an intoxicated condition, he made an effort to rouse him, but without avail. Ile then informed Inspect ir Irving, who sent a porter named Wood. The latter on striking a match wilts horrified to observe that the man was dead, with a bloodstained revolver lying beside him. An alarm was given at once, and examination revealed the holy of a man apparently about 50 years of age, of small stature, but good frame, and with dark hair, moustache and whiskers inclining to grey. lie WAS well dressed in a dark snit. an I wore a gold hunter and chain ; round his neck was a long gold chain, to which was attached a pair of gold-rimmed eyeglasses. The body was recognised by Wood as that of a man whom he had aroused from sleep iu one of the waiting rooms early in the morning, when he made many inquiries respecting the fares to various towns in Scotland. Later on he left a small black bag in the left luggage office. He was seen shortly after 6 p.m., and apparently had waited about the station until the time of his sad end. The engairies he made seemed to suggest that he expected to meet with some one.  The body was removed to the mortuary at the Police Office. Further search revealed the fact that the man had only 2341 in his pocket. and a business card, bearing the words " Banque et Change, Credit Lyonnais, Agence de Vichy, 170 Rue de Nimes." The police also obtained possession of the black bag, which was found to cont in a box of cartridges, some tobacco, cigarettes, handkerchiefs, and a bottle, apparantly of medicine. There was also a torn envelope, bearing the Paris postmark of July 2.5t1i, and the address, Grand Hotel, Vichy, France," but no name, or any further clue to the suicide's identity.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1893-08-24 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

SUICIDE OF A MUSIC HALL ARTISTE. Mrs. Isabel Tyrrell, a music hall artiste, profs*. Aionally known as Miss lay Holt, committed suicide in her apartments, at 67, Hillingdon Street, Walworth, London, the other night. In the course of the evening Mn,. Tyrell, who was appearing nightly at the Paragon Music Hall, sent a telegram to the stage manager, stating that she would be unable to appear that night, but the message, owing to the lateness of the hour when it was handed in, was not despatched. She then sent her servant to a chemist's for some oxalic acid, telling the girl she wanted it for cleaning furniture. On the maid returning with the poison, Mrs. Tyrell, who was in the kitchen, mixed it with some water, swallowed it, and then walked into her bed-room. The maid, who was naturally frightened, rushed out of the house to call her mother, who lived a short distance away, but not finding her in she returned and infnrmed the landlady of what her mistress had done. .1 he landlady went to the bedroom, where she found Mrs. Tyrell lying down, and apparently in great pain. Dr. White, of Camberwell Road, was sent for, but on his arrival he found the unfortunate woman quite dead. Mrs. Tyrell, who was twenty-six years of age,is said to have been somewhat strange in her manner lately, the death of her mother a few months since, having preytd upon her mind, but she had never threatened to put an end to her life. Her husband, who is a commercial, was away at the time,and did not return home till early Saturday morning. Mr. Wyatt, the district coroner, has been communicated with, and an inquest will be held in due course.  Mr. Santley is expected to return to England from South Africa, next month. incessLonise is the best horsewoman of any lady member of the Royal Family. The Dean ot St. l'aul's, with his son, who has juat come home from Madagascar, is spending his holidoy in Yorkshire. iring a terrific thunderstorm the ancient Cathedral ot R itzburg, 12 miles from Lubeck, which was erected in 1173,was struck by lightning and partially do-troycd. Viscount Portman and Lord Wimborne have each given £l,OOO to the Winchester Diocesan Fund. It is stated that another large pork packing establishment is to be erected in Ottawa at au early • ins death is announced of Mr. E. D. Griffiths, formerly acting-manager for Mr. HoliingsheaAl the Gaiety and at the Prince's Theatre, Manchester.  " Enoch Arden "i ai,l to have been adapted fee the libretto of an op ri to be produced wintet at \Veim.tr. 11. rr v-ietor Hausmann is the coin. post r.  S:intley is expected to return to Euirland,from South Africa. next mouth.
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1893-09-14 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

STREETS OF OLD VENICE.—It is not hard to believe that the streets of the old City of Venice wore often thick in mud, in spite of the great sewers which dated back from the tenth century. Even now,with but sixty or seventy thousand inhabitants, the thoroughfares between the Piazza and the Waite are sometimes sufficiently bad. We are writing of the time when the populatien was nearly five times what it now is, sad when Veuetian trade was at its zenith. Well to combat this mud, the ladies took to high-heeled armee. As the mud grew worse the heels became taller and taller, until at length they were half a yard high, and as difficult to control as a pair of stilts without handles. The consequence was that a lady in full dress, obliged to walk but a few yards, had to be supported on both sides. This was a task for the black pages, or for the lovers, who had now become a very conventional part of Venetian society. CHINESE hioxOns.—Honours are dearly bought in china. There, a title is a species of office. Once gained it qualifies the holder to draw a salary from the treasury in return for the performance of certain da.:e.e. A title can only be gained by success in war. No amount of quibbling at the bar,no brewinge, however excellent, of draught stout will make a man a peer. The most persuasive of special plead° -A, this backward people would, in the figurative language of the third emperor of the dynasty, describe as "a bare stick," and, if they followed literally his late majesty's advice soundly drub. Even the makers of ramshoo,the national—end nasty —drink, are held in no great repute. You must, if you would be enobled, either take a town from the rebels or, what is equally efficacious,commit suicide when the rebels are taking it from you. The Chinese of all nations, perhaps have the most vivid realization ef a future existence—for as a rule, it is the heroic glass- who gets the title, his eon succeeding him after three years or so as second peer. I,os
The North Cumberland Reformer. — 1893-09-14 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF A VOLUNTEER.  Mr. C. Luxmoors Drew held an inqtrst at Fulham with reference to tho death of Percival &hoefield aged seventeen, a leather-bag maker, a private in the 2nd Middlesex Riflo Volunteers, who cummilted suicide at 39, Basuto Road, Fulham. Charles Sehoefield, a saddler, identified the body as that of his son. He was of a some what morose disposition, and the merest trifles upset him. The other evening he arrived home from his work, intending to go to drill. As his tea was not ready he flew into a rage and quarrelled with his mother. Ile wont out and never returned all night. Since his death witness had heard that he had gone to St. George's Barracks and enlisted in the Garrison Artillery. Answering the coroner,the witness said that his son tried to break his indentures as an apprentice, as "he was mad on the army." Witness could only think that he repented of enlisting and so took his life. He enlisted under a falso age, and had learned he might be punished for it. Arthur Schoefiekl, aged thirteen, a brother, deposed that deceased came home shortly after three p.m., " laughing and singins." lie immediately went upstairs, and said to the witness, " If you hear a noise, you need not come up." In a few minutes witness heard the roport of a gun. Ho ran upstairs and found his brother lying bleeding on the floor. Police-constable Hatch said he was called, and went to the bedroom, and found deceased lying flat on the floor with a Martini-Henry rifle across his body.—The jury returned a verdict of " Suicide whilst temporarily insane," adding a rider to the effect that the attention of the authorities should be called to the retention of ball cartridges by Volunteers, and considered that they should be returned to the store.  Mr. W. H. Chadwick, the Lust of the Manchester Chartists, imprisoned in 1811, is lying seriously ill at his residence Church Lane, Gorton, Manchester.  The edition de luxe of the 'Cambridge Shakespeare," which illesers.Macmillan have in preparation, will be in forty volumes. Only 500 copies of the edition will be printed, and already a considerable number of those have been ordered for America. " WE hear a great deal about the seven ages of man, but no one ever alludes to the seven ages of women—what is the reason" "Gallantry, my boy, gallantry." ,  Bloobvmpor : "'lOll went Milling with Miss Kee. lick, yo.terday, didnt you ?" Sprats : " Yes." Bloobum • "Catch anything ?" Spat tm : " Well, we come bock engaged, but 1 don't knew whether aught hero: she caught me."