The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1879-10-25 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

MERV BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY. PRSIIAWIIII, October 2) (1.45 p.m.) The Governor of Jellalabad reports that the Russiau forces have occupied Merv, after a severe engagement. Telejraple ( Npecial Edition).  Up to yesterday this report had received no confirmation.  John Molesworth, farase,, was eh,r,ted at the Isle of Ely Petty Sessions, at Wishenteh on Sitar(ley, with cruelly ill-trestiug twenty-four geese by plucking feathers from them, at Upwell. Toe Royal Society fir the Precaution of Craelty to Animals instituted the prosecution. Professor eritchard, of Lond,n, gave evidence as to the effeet ef plucking the gesl wail° alive, and the ease having been proved, defendant was ordered to pay fine and costs ansouuting to .e:,t; 4s. The money wan pe,d.  Prince Leopold opened Firth Clllege, Sheffield, orl Monday, and in his address epoke of the great advantages that would be derived by Sheffield irons being tali iated to the Universities, residence at which, be considered, wag an education that no other institution could equal. After Fraying a tribute to Mr. Firth's generosity, his Royal High. nee pi-esented, on behalf of the subscribers, a portrait bust and purse of .:e1,500 to Mr. Mark Firth, in reciognition_of his munificence to the town. _  Hardwicite held an inquest on Monday at Paddington on the body of Thehard Twitchin, aged 42, who died in St. Mary's Hospital. Deceased, a hairdresser in business neer Queen's. crescent, Haverstoek-hill, some years ago showed signs of insanity sum was placed in the Middlesex County Asylum. After some time he was discharged, and then found that his wife had gone away witla his little boy twa years old. He repeatedly attempted suicide, and last Thursday was found badly injured on the London and North Western Railway, near Queen's-park statian. A v •rdiet of •• Suicide while inn state of unsound mind" was returned.  George Reid, otherwise Smith, an elderly man, was charged on Saturday, at the Worship Street Police Court, London, with numerous frauds. The special ease gone into was an accusation against the prisoner of obt.iuin; goods by false pretences from a Liverpool manufacturer. The Treasury prosecuted, and it was sta,ed that there wore over one hundred eases against the prisoner, who was remanded.  A terrible story of drink an misery was toli at Hanley Stipendiary Court, on Monday. The wife of a collier living at Longton was found in the las:. stage of illness, in a house almost destitute of furniture, horribly filthy, and lull of fearful stench. She was herself very dirty, and her only covering, as she crouched on a fiittiy "squab " was a few dirty rags. Three children —two stark naked, and one with a rag round her waist—were in the same room. All three were encrusted in dirt, and ore wee covered with vermin. The woman was re. mived,to the Workhouse, and died the next 'ay. Her husband, a sober but irresolute mac, had been unable to work for a year through illness, but his wife was in employment until lately, and she spent all the money she could lay hands on in drink. Ia her drunken habits, and her disgraceful lied int of herself, her home, and her children, lay vit. georat of the wretched state of things revealed on Monday in the Police Court.  KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES cure Cou.rhe Asthma, Brom:illus.—Medical testimony states tta4t no other medicine is so effectual in the cure of these dangerous maladies. One Lozenge alone gives ease, one or twoat bed time ensures rest. For relieving difficulty% of breathing they are invaluable. They contain no opium nor any violent drug. Sold by all chemists, in Tins, Is. 1 d. and 2s. 9d. each. As a safe, permanent and warranted cure for Pimples, Scrofula, Scurvy, Bad ',cgs, Skin and Blood Diseases and Sores of all kinds, we can with confidence recommend Clauses WoRLD-LUDLO BLOOD Mix rtiaz. gold by Chemists everywhere. aDVIOD TO