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The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-04-21 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

NUE THINGS.—" It NVOIlla,.. commercial journal, with less elegance than per. rarity. 'be curious to follow one pound of China Italian silk throngh its various processes till it tiles a silk dress." No doubt : but would it not be II more curioiss to follow (at a perfectly safe distance) , feminine mind through ditto to ditto  )OWN ix thili.—Butcher " You ve not been 'twin' many j tuts this last week or two, ma'am." Lady 10 has been dabblin, n American beef. but does not V say so) " Er—no—el.—We've 111,::. ,le.l of me sent us lately by sonto friends. in the North. you ow" Butcher "'I ultra. ma'am Now, what sort game to they send you in the mouth e April. Vaal 2" "Stull  AULD Aega.klNTatik`li on FORinaT."— ing strange, and said he thought it was over Joe, the ..,nt and enthusiastic friend, Professor Blackie. , lodger, and added. 'Snob things often cause bothers." much annoyed at the bad taste of his countrymen in In an hour or so he came back and said, "There', a irourscing elassical concerts into which no Scotch ' nice thing at our house; my wife lies with her throat usie is admitted. It is reported that he has written cut. and her head nearly off.- She asked him to go IZichar3 Wagner. urging that great musical reformer home, but he. would not until he had lest his horses.— hl to his orchestra the bagpipe and the Scotch Sarah Ann Baldwin, domestic servant, said the prisoner Idle. had courted her for six months as a single man, and she CEIRIATIANITt ran AuvERTISEM at:T.—Punch can had left her situation with the view of being married to tita unh.rstand the comfort of getting really God- him. She met him every Sunday and Thursday night. seine servants, for they are likeliest to be true to —ln cross-examination she dent, it that there had been masters and their duty. But he doubts if the best anything improper between the prisoner and her—Deeto get them is to advertise this particular requiro. tective Inspector Clarkson gave evidence as to finding mt in large letters, as thus, in these two advertise- blood stains on the prisoner's clothing and person.—Dr. who—the one from the north of England, the other Sloane and Dr. George Cooper Franklin avid it was 'ton Scotch, paper:— their firm conviction that the deceased woman could not " Wonted, a eapiible general working woman, in a , hare committed suicide, but had been murdere3.—All call, quiet fancily in the country. A Christian at the witnes-es, without exception, who had known nuart, a teetotaller, and a singer would be valued.— key and his wife stated that they lived happily together, Idress. dre." and that they had never known them to quarrel.—The " Wanted, an housekeeper, a Christian female, arcs, jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against John med to poultwy.—Address, dr." H.nry Starkey.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-09-08 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

MUM—We hear that a meeting 1.1 workmen's detegates of various trades ira, held at the Seven Stara Hotel, Withy Grove, on Wmlnesday night, Mr. Armstrong in the chair. It was reported that the premises. of support from other trades for the joiners on strike in Manchester and Salford were increasing, and that expressions of sympathy were being received from all parts of the country. Some of the correspondenta had pledged themselves to double their levies rather than see the men of Manchester defeated. A carefully-prepared report of the various pickets was considered, from which it appeared that there were not 000 men at work in the district at Old. per hour, while many wore working at the advance, demanded by the men on strike. Use employer, it was stated, had gone so far sate offer 103. per hour to some of his men on condition that they would promise to continue working for him. The number of joiners who came into town to begin work last week did not amount to two scores. The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the meeting That after bearing the report of the committee, this ;meeting pledges itself to redouble its exertions, and not to rest satisfied until the joiners now !' on strike obtain their just and reasonable demands," . SUICIDE OF A FALLMEI,--On Wednesday, at Macclesfield, Mr. Dunstan held an inquest on the body of a farmer named James Wyche. The deceased had latterly been in a desponding state of mind, brought on by reverses in farming operations. The weather in the district has- for seine time been uncommonly wet, and crops have suffered severely. Wyche had a quantity of hay down, which in consequence of the contmons rains I had dwindled into nothing, and was little bettor than manure. This state of things appears to have so worked on his nerves that on Friday morning, on going 'out early and seeing the weather no better, he went to an outhmse and committed suicide by cutting his throat. —/1 verdict was returned 9i " Suielde while of unsound mind."
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-09-29 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

MELANCIIO-I:Y—T-RA-0-2-DY NEAR 15i7iinr.—A dreadful tragedy occurred at Spoudon, a village about four miles from Derby, on Wednesday afternoon. A young married woman, named Emma Barlow, who resided with her husband and three children in Erasmus.strect, Derby, was driven when in a state of desperation to drown two of her children, one a year old and the other three years of age, and afterwards to commit suicide. , She awl bar husband had lived tog. Hier most unison' pity for a long time, on account of the man's intern. perste habits, and it is said that he frequently ill. ' treated her shamefully, although she was a respectable and industrious woman. On Wednesday morning the Comity Court bailiffs entered her house and took possession of the furniture for the rent, and it sreins the additional trouble canned her to resolve to take away the life.of herself and her children, for immed:sikly after the entry of the bailiffs she left the house. She was seen walking on the towing.path of the canal war her children, one of whom gathered blackberrins, and she RSA heard talking by a railway peintsman. An hour afterwards the bodies of the three wsre found drowu:d in the canal by a man who was fishing. COLLIERY AMIDENT AT RADCLIFFE:OR lik,l. nesday night, an accident occurred at the new sinking belonging to the Stand Lane Colliery Company, Pitkington, by which three men lost their lives, arid ores dangerously injured. The pit in que..tion of sinking, its present depth being 330 yard been commenced about 18 mouths ago. It at the time of the accident, which Lapp minutes to five, there were four mum wall:.: . ' bottom. The "cibble" had just got to the 0,,,,, , ~1 while the banksmen were pushing the star, ~.. ' t for the purpose of receiving its load of inet..l th. suddenly broke, precipitating the" cibble" and its . 11. tents to the bottom of the shaft. A party wan NI ',Ally let dawn for the purpose of bringing the men to the surface, when it was found that two men were 1...1.1:1 and the other two were living, but fearfully injsred. One of them, named John Johns, only survived his release about a quarter of an hour. both his legs being broken and his chest crashed. Two of the men were mangled almost beyond recognition. The rope which broke was • comparatively new one, there having been two previously used and replaced during the Finking of , this shaft, and was about an inch in diameter, it had ' been examined only a few hours before the ace:dent • occurred. The names of the men are as follows :1 Mr. Goodwin, married, no children, :Edward-street; I John Jones, married, four children, Allen-square; ErI nest Watkinson, Henryatreet, killed, and a man whom e surname could not be ascertained, who bad both his legs broken.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-06-30 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

IRON AND COAL. ,I Macclesfield, arriving about noon. The party partook I of au egeellent dincer at the Bull's Head Hotel, and Here again we are getting roar share.. Anxiett St afterwards devoted the afternoon to visiting the Park, the same time, cannot help misting a longing look after Cemetery, Free Library, and other objects of local in. the former days of remunerative rates anl. a ready terest. A large number of 'minim:tints were in the sale. Short time, we fear, must be pat up with for a tow., ho mode the dey., in conjunction with " Bar. little time longer. A old friend was wont to say nab, Fair,. Ass us. when disposed to murmur at the quiet aspect ef exceedingly lively. The party, having partaken of tea, which was delightfully refreshing after affairs—" Be content the next thing to PresPefiti ,4 I the amnion ramble, visited other scenes of interest, peace.- We have deep cause for thankfulness that sad left for homeward about nine o'clock.  Next, sanitation is callad for in Silverdale, physically, AA well as morally, in various ways and in several forms. We want watercarts to lay the dust and cool the heated streets. A wayfarer feels, on leaving the station, as if he had suddenly entered upon a corner ef the great Sahara Desert, and that the heated and dust-blinding blast of the Sirocco, or Sirnoom was sweeping across his path. The spirit of improvement will awalcua here some day, and stir the pulses of the pubic to rectify what is wrong, straighten what is crooked, ennoble what is base, dignify what is mean, purify what is filthy, cleanse what is foul. and Silverdale shall arise like a dove whosepurple pinions are tipped with yellow grid— "A thing of beauty, and a joy for ever."  I Sin CASS OF Suit:Ariz.—On Wednesday night a sad case of suicide occurred in Hanley. About Rine p.m., James Chetwynd 1401. potter, living at St. Por.seltstreet, woo found suspended by a cord passed round his neck and attashed to a nail in the wall in the back room. The holy woo inuncliately cut down. It is reported that deceased, who had been living, in the house alone, has been in a desponding way for some time. He was an oat-patient of the North Staffordshire Infirmary. It seems deceased had not been seen since Monday, and the neighbours' suspicions becoming aroused, two of them, name! Dickenson and Wild:, climbed to the roof of,thc washhouseaud looked : through thc bedroom window, when they saw di-erased hanging. The police we: eat once communicated with. and Sergeant Bailey went to the house, but Chetwynd was dead before he was cut down.  tan
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-08-25 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT WALSALL. On ThnrAny. a very painful sensation was occasioned in Walsall by the suicide of Mr. James Fisher. aged twenty.eight years, plaint clerk at the County Court. At abont mbbtlay his assistant. Mr. Partridge, went oat, leaving him alone in his office, and a very short One after Mr. Asko, a,sistant registrar, who was in the general office, heard a land noise in the deeeasecrs room. and at first atteilmted it to the falling down of a fl.ip of the counter. He opened the deer, however, anti stepped into the room, and was horrified to find Mr. Fisher lying Oil his back on the floor, with an extensive wound in his right tempo, from which Hood was flowing freely. The unfnrtunato man's lips were then moving spasmodically, hut there wan no response to an ejaculation of surprise on the part of Mr. Aske, and death bad, no doubt, already taken place. A revolver lay across the feet of the deeeased, who had apparently been sitting befote the fireplare when he fired the fatal shot. Some of the other officials, who had meanwhile become aware of the tragedy whieh had orenrre.l in their midst, at one, deepetehrd messengers for sureiral aid, and Dr. Moore and Pr. Ntaclachlan promptly attended. Chiefsuperintendent Cater quickly followed, and directed the removal of the body to rho Stork Hotel, where it lies awaiting an intim-4. The decom.ed had been connected with the Court from boyhood, and win prompt and exact in the discharge of Ids duties, and regular and fnuml in his habits. Consequently there is not the slightest reason to snopose that his and end is in any way to he ttaced to irrovulariti.,. pectin/ary or otherwise. On the contrary, the motive can•e of his laving violent hands upon himself is believed to have been what is known as a disappointment in lore. Be that as it may, he bail been remarkably &messed and restless for some time. and his friends hml in vain endeavoured to bring him iota a more healthy mood.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-08-25 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

SUILIDE.—On Monday morning an inquest was held before Mr. Coroner Booth, at the Portland Hotel, touching the death of Mr. Richard Ebel. Leak, waddler, Cl:nisch-street, Langton, who the previous Friday committed mkt& by cutting his throat with a saddler's knife—Mrs. Jane Leak, widow (who gave her evideoee is much distress), stated that the deceased was her son, and was 31 years old. She lived at his house and shop in Church-street. She remembeied Saturday morning laid, on which day she came downstairs about half.past seven o'clock. The deed was then done. Her non lay on the floor, and there was a lot of bleed about, but she did not see any knife. A dog was in the room watching her son. She gave an alarm, and a doctor was sent tor. In reply to qimstiom by the coroner, witneas soil that deceased came out of Stafford Asylum a month on Saturday. He had bei-n in since Let December. They were toll at the myluin that ha was tit to come. out. Since he had come home he Lad been caret idly watched ; but they had no idea at the house that he was likely to commit an act of this kiwi—Harriet Leak, wife of deceased, stated that on Atturday morning hi r hmband got up as usual. He brought their two children to her. She had no suspieioa of what he waa about to do, and was asleep when he got up the second time and wont downstairs. She was roused by his mother calling out. Sinre bee husband came out of the asylum he appeared to be sane. A time or two he had threatened to destroy himself, but she did not think he would do so.—Charles Twigg, porter at Longton Railway Station, said that on Saturday morning he stool on the incline at the station, when be heard cries proceeding from Mr. Leak's house, lie ran down and saw young Mr. Heigh, who said, " Ho in, he (the deceased) has cut hie throat." lie went in the house, awl saw Leak lying on the loon He lifted him up, and Leak at onee put his hand to his throat where the wound was, and made a tear at it with his hand. He pulled his h in,' away. Deceased leaned against witness's knees until a doctor arrived. A saddler's toile covered with blood, lay about six joshes trom the right hoot ol L Ink as belay on the floor. He knew that Leak had been in the asylum twice. His insanity was not canoed by drink; he had known deceased for seven years, and never PAW him the worse for Irish. A doctor came and sewed up the wound, but be said it wit all over, nothing more could be done for the Man.—Tho jury at once decided upon a ver.Ect of "Suicide while in a state of temporary insanity."—The Coroner remarked that he had never never inquired into a clearer case of suicide through temporary insanity.—The Foreman, in reply to the Coroner, said he had known deceas.sl for some time, and he was a very steady man.—The Coroner I am very glad to hear it, for p ople lire so fiat of saying that all these sort of cases are caused through drink.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1877-05-05 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

SILVERDALE.  SUDDEN DEATH—On Monday. morning FDlDeie Thompson (tn) a man of weak intellect, living with friends in Chnrch.street, died soddenly. Dr. Goodall was called in, and pronounced life to he extinct. Deceased had three week, EL2O a slight attack of paralysia, and the surgeon is of opinion that the cense of death was another attack of the same. _  THE GOVERNMENT BURIALS Bru...—A largely. attended public meeting of the Nonconformist rate. payers of Silverdale WM held in the EarLstreet School. room on Friday evening last week, to take into con. sideration the Government Burials Bill. Mr. J. Viggars ably officiated as chairman, and the following resolutions were onanimonsly carried :—lst (moved by the Rev. J. W. Hopper, and seconded by the Rev. R. Bell), "'Fleet inasmuch .1 the common law secures to every parishioner the right to interment in the parochial graveyards, this meeting claims for all her Majesty's subjects the religious liberty which will en dole them to bury their dean with such services as are consistent with their convictions." This 0004 ably supported by Mr. J. Lawton, of Chesterton.-2nd (moved by the Rev. J. Tristram, and seconded by Mr. Thomas Bowen, "Toot this meeting ind;gnantly protests against the proposal of Government to assimilate the interments of Nonconformists to that prescribed for excommunicated persons and suicides, as a wanton insult to a large body of her Majest/a loyal subjects, and which for the first time has been attempted in the legislation of this country, and respectfully rolls upon thLir representatives in Parliament to offer to this measure every opposition which the forms of the Hones of Commons will allow." It was also decided on the motion of Mr. T. Cork, seconded by Mr. W. Lawton, that a petition be signed by the chairman and forwarded to the two Liberal leaders, Earl Granville and Lord Hartington, praying their attention and support of the same—A very interesting meeting terminated with the usual complimentary votes.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1872-09-21 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

LOVE AND SUICIDE.  An inquest tins bold at the Tbrre Crowns Ina, Hill Top, in the " Black Country." on the body of Joseph Norman, miner, aged 26, who lived in lodgings with Mrs. Craddock, at Holloway /lank. and who committed sukide und, cinetnistatoym of an unusually painful Outlive, on Thursday last. The ammased, it transpired, fell in love with Lucy Evan., who lived next do, to Ci addeek. He was ardently attached to the girl, and made hor many handsome presents, and made arrangement-, for th,ir marriage in November next. The love, no I,am+iunatm on his side, was by no means so warmly rocq.rocated by the girl--in fact, of late she had been cold in her behaviour to him ; so 1110111 so, imbed, that he vowed more than Mice that if she did not b00n..0 hi. wif., he would hang himself. Mrs. Crwldnek, who moon ,to have been too confidential friend of the de' ramped, warned the young man 7 t to waste his affections upon a girl who was cleytly treating theca with indifference, and who eared more for the presents he made her than for the giver of thorn. This advice was not taken by Norman, who still kept firm in his attachment to her; hut on Wednesday night his faith in the girl retietvel a deorcesing blow, when he saw her walking hotue from Wed,'sbury "Wake" with a moan with whom she had been dancing. Norman wished her good night. bnt Evans made no reply until she had proor ci, 1 some distance, when eh. turned round and erie I out, "Joe, are yon I going to hang yourself ?" Decomed went home ! the same night with his brother, but was very ' depressed in spirits. On the fr.:lowing morning he was very dejected and miserable, in spite of all the kmdly emsolation of hie lastbord. Craddock and hm family at about hulf.past eh:ion the Ramo morn. lug left the honao to make some purchases at a buteher's [shop in the seig!,banrhood. Upon his retorn Craddock found the door locked, and had to Igain achniesion by means of the larlroom window. I On going down the bedroom sti.irs he saw that the deceased had hung hiniseLf on the staircase, hie legs I being within six inches of the sups. The rope worn cut, and the body, still warm, placed on a bed. Medical aid was sent for, but was of no avail, am the poor fellow ceased to exist soon after he was extricated from the position in which he was found by Cnuidock. At the inqaest, Lucy Evans was examined. She betrayed no emotion under the circtimatanoes, and gave her evidence in a Very unsatisfactory manner. She woo severely minsured by the coroner and the jury, the former telling her Coat she was a disgraoe to her aex, aul had acted in a moat heartlee., and abominable inonner. A verdict was returned that deceased oommitted suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity.
The Potteries Examiner : — 1872-01-20 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

SUICIDE. —The. young woman—Lawinia Blughes, who, it will be riceilected, wan that week charged with attempting to commit stheide, ham, we learn, been given in charge of Air friends, The attempt was, it in stated, inducea ia conseerence of desertion by her sweetheart, the,-father of her illegitimate ohilL  Tke. &moot Boanw,have resolved to open Zion Chapel school in thacapacity of a. Board school. The trustees of the school wilt receive a payment of sae a year as rent skc. 11.tthe meeting at this Examiners of the Pharmaceutical Society c 6 Great Britain, held in London, on Wednesday, thw Eith inst., Mr. Jostpla Walker, son and pipit of Mr. Thos. D. Walker, pharmacoutOsal ckstinist, Dresden, was suesessful in parsing., the minor examination, being placed fourtlida order of merit, in a list of 65, candidates.  NATIONAL EDUCACIONiLF.I6IIB.—On Wednesday evenirK a numereuslysttemlecl meeting of the Locitism branch of the National Education League was held in the anseeroonn,.at the Town Hall, Mr. George Sibary isi tla chaiw. A discussion took 'plexte CM the' New church-rate.' A general feeling was manifestant° strenuously oppose the remission of fees to .denoutMetional schools. A reeolution was pe•wel- "'That,. considering the obnoxious character of the 25th section of the , Rl:cation Act,. 18lOe midi of the 6th bye-law of the Long,ton Schocd oaod as favouring the payment of, school fees for denominational educatien,. whereby more than 70 par cent. of the:rates-goes to support the Church of England aral: Roman. Catholic Schools. This meeting strongly urges all Nonconformists to resist the rat a. to the atnacet extent of the law and to agitate for the repeal of the said 25511 section, and tdo Cisl.,hyo4hsr? Mr. HarveylAdame, was then appointed a depuXation of the Longton branch to tba.conferenceto beheld in Manchester , next week. It wasalso proposed to hold a public meeting at an early dat's in the Town Hall, which will be attended.by representatives of the Eatontire of the 'league.