Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express, etc. — 1908-05-16 (Penistone, South Yorkshire, England)

ROUND ABOUT PENISTONE.  To vacancy the West Riding Livers' Board by the death of Mr. Francis Glc.oiall. ME. J. 6. H. Fuller-ton (Penh:Zone, waa elected. Th, mystery attached to the identity of the.' man who was found decapitated on the (*rest e,ntral ltailway, near to the Penistone Passenger Station. on Tuesday evening last. haa been cleared UD. . . .  It appears a paragraph we, inserted in a Manchester contemporary, asking for ins fornmtion a_ to the whereabouts of a man' named WillMni Hyde, 30 years of age, of 2. Nauchestcr street, Gorton, an engine driver in the employ of the Great Central Railway Company, and giving a description of his dress. Mr. .1. Lees. the Penistone Stations nmster, connected the description wirn that of the man killed at Penistone and at once Conlinunicated to the address given. Mrs. Hyde (who is a widow) and a son came over on Monday. and recognised the clothing as that of the missing sou.  It appears the poor man had been off work for about 35 weeks. suffering from a. bad leg. and about three weeks ago he began to be aomewhat depressed. He left home on Tuesday. the sth inst. at 10-30 a.m.. SaVing he .was going tor a walk, and did not return.  It will be remembered that the coroner's 'jury, at the inciuest, returned a verdict of suicide, but without sufficient evidence to prove the state of his mind. The deceased man Was interred on Flirter last, and the only floral tribute was a rude cross, niadc by the ostler at the hotel where the body had lain. Sunday evening, as a man named 1 Stringer, employed at the Barnsley Gas NVorks. was cycling through lugbirchworth, he became giddy when turning a corner, and ran into the wall, with the result that he 15.,16 very severely cut and bruised about the face and hands, and his machine was doubted up. Ile was conveyed to the surgery of Br. A. C. J. Wilson. at Pcuistone, where he was attended to, and was afterwards talv.r. home. Our latest information is that the man so pragreseing very favourably. . . .  The Penietone Parliament sat on Monday evening, and were engaged for some time with necessary preliminaries connected with the ;provision of a market. It is to be regretted that the Board oi Agriculture are nut inclined to remove the 3906 Swine Fever Order from this district. notwithstanding the tact that there have been no oases of swine fever reported for sionse months. True, the pig market here is not a very considerable one, but it Ls essential that it should be encouraged, and not dies °enraged. The 120th anniversary of the Netherfield Congregational Church was held on Sunday last, when the preacher was the Rev. Joe Turner. of Barnsley. The services were well attended, especially that held in the evening. Th choir rendered the anthems, "0 Worship the King" (Alf Bolling), "(treat and Marvellous ‘K4. Turner), and "Abide with Me" (Nichols). Miss Smith, of Bullace Grange, presided at the organ. l'he collections at the two services amounted to .t 7 17s. fld. Mr. T. Douglas Brown, Holuifirth, preached the anniversary services at the Ingbirchworth Wesleyan Chapel on Sunday, and the services both afternoon and evening were well attended. Special anthems were sung by the choir. _Anniversary servi.es were also held at the  Bethel Chapel, Hoylundswai;e: on dunda last. The ainging wa* led by a string band. A bazaar thatropeanj is. announced to be I held in a marquee adjoining the United liethodist Church, Peoistorie, on Wednesday, I Thursday and tiaturday alext. • Some excellent attractions are being provided. The marquee will be lighted by electricity. The bazaar will well repay a visit. We regret to hear that owing to continued ill-health, Mr. H. Jordan, who has been head teacher at the Penistone St. John Baptist School about 30 years. has found it necessary to resign his position. We feel sure that this regret will be the sentiment of many of our seaders near and far.