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The Blackpool Herald. — 1880-02-06 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY NOT  TAUGHT IN THE BIBLE." A lecture on the above subject was delivered at Banks-street Unitarian Free Church, last week, by the Rev. E. Ceredig Jones. There was a good attendance.  The LECTURER said that his objcct in introducing that subject was to show the inconsiaency of those Christians who believe in the authority and infallibility of the Bible, and at the same time hold to the doctrine of the Trinity; and also to show that Unitarianism is the only consistent form of belief even on Biblical grounds. The doctrine of the Trinity has been stated in various ways, but the view that meets with the approval of the majority of Trinitarirns is that given in the so-called Athenasiau Creed, which, by the way, was not written till a few centuries after the death of that famous controversialist whose name it bears. In that contradictory document we are told that the catholic faith is this : That we worship one God in trinity, and trinity in unity; neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Sou, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is one; the glory equal; the majesty co-eternal," &c. The words which the writers of the Old Testament used tojdenota the Supreme Being were " and "Jehovah," the former being of an older date and expressive of power. It is identical with what we mean by the word "Almighty." After quoting and explaining a large number of scriptural passages, bearing upon the subject of his discourse, the lecturer said, if we attach any importance to the words of Christ, these passages of themselves should be sufficient to convince us that the doctrine of the deity of Christ is unscriptural. The personality of the Holy Ghost has never been established from scripture. By some curious stretch of imagination it has always been taken for granted The term used for it in the original Greek is in the neuter gender, and cannot be said to imply a person at all. It literally means" holy breath," and is synonymous with what we understand by divine influence or holy enthusiasm. It would be an easy matter to trace the growth of the doctrine of the Trinity in the Christian Church, but that would be foreign to the subject under consideration. Suffice it to say that it has no foundation either in human reason, the Bible, or the laws of the universe. It is of no value either ass means of moral elevation or intellect adornment. In fact, we must commit intellectual suicide before we can accept it. With the pions !Dr. Henry More we may rest assured " thct God, who made our faculties, will never offer anything to us to believe that upon close debate does plainly contradict them."  "Dear tired Into you good. —_ , what _ tinued, laughingly, "a long George telegraphed to his t everything was highly satisiai,.. 4o act upon Edith's instruction. ( To be coof;
The Blackpool Herald. — 1880-04-09 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

STAINING.  S U ICI DIS. —On Monday afternoon an inquest touching the death of William Gratrix, of Staining, was held at the Police Station. Deceased was missing on the 30th ult., and on Friday last his body was found in a pond on Wart:it-ink Pal in, behind the Queen's Hvtel, New R,oail.—Joliu Oratrix said —I am a miller, and live at Hon Hill mill. near Blackpool. Dammed was my brother, and I indentify the body. He was 65 years of age. On Friday night, 2itl met., I found the body of deceased in a pond near Queenstown, which was about threequarters of a mile from where he had been staying. I last saw him alive on Sunday, 28th inst. He then seemed low and quite, aud scarcely spoke. his manner was much changed. He made no oomplaiut to me. I first heard he was missing on Tuesday. NI arch 30th, and every inquiry had been made about him sinue.—Titus Turner, ticket examieur, Talbot Road, deposed—Deceased lived with me for seven or eight days before he went amusing. He seemed a little weak in his mind, but nothing more than usual. He had been weak in his mind for about three weeks or a mouth. He complained to me of being unwell. On the day he went away (March 30th) we took breakfast together. I left him at breakfast at about inght o'clock in the morning, and did uot again see him alone, lie did not complain of being afraid of anyone. He elept with me at night. He was a little uneasy, but" nothing more than usual. He left the home directly after breakfast,saying he was going to take a walk,—James Wilkinson, signalman, Milburn Street, said—On Tuesday morning, 30th, about 8.30, I saw deceased going along New Road in the direction if Queens. town. I did not speak to him.—Dr. Wet. David. son Walker, Kirkham, said he had attended de. ceased for the last three years. The last attendance was five or six weeks ago. He was suffering from softening of the brain sod complained of sleepless. nese and dreaming. He had premonitory symptoms of paralysis. He was unable to turn round rapidly without loss of vision. He was in a desponding state of mind, and in my opinion was likely to commit an sot of suicide, tie was not accountable for his actions. The last time I saw him was on the 24th of March, at Staiuing.—A. Juryman thought it rather singular that greater attentioa woo not pad to deceased who had made away with himself, and there was no doubt that he was unaccountable for his aotions.—The Jury found that demand consw.itted euleide while in au unsound state of mind.  modidiall - i'.„ ~,,. , ;.: e akilaplat""lallagi- _ _
The Blackpool Herald. — 1880-06-04 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

GARSTANG.  ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT SOORTON.—An attempt to commit suicide occurred at Scorton on Sunday evening. The unfortunate weuld-be destroyer of her owni life was a young woman, named Alice Day, employed in the capacity of housemaid by Mr. G. H. Dickson, late of Preston but now of Springfield, Scorton. During her residence in Preston she appears to have formed a very strong attachment to a person known to her as Johnson, a stoker On the railway; but who, it has since turned out, was using a fictitious name, his real one being Abraham Crossley, of Spring-street, turner and fitter. He professed to be a single man, and by this means led her to believe that his intentions were honourable; in fact she fully expected to become the man's wife within a few days, the arrangements being almost completed. After the removal of Mr. Dickson to S..or:;on it came to her hearing that the man was married, and was the father of five children. She persisted in disbelieving the statement until Sunday last, when one of Cressley's relatives visited her, and showed her the man's marriage certificate. On Sunday she went to Preston for the purpose of further convincing herself of the fact, and whilst here she visited Crossley's family, and after a conversation with his wife she departed, leaving a gift of money with them. She returned home by the train leaving Preston Station at 4-50 p.m., and timed to arrive at Scorton at 5-24. The matter had so far affected her that after alighting, whilst proceeding along the side of the river Wyre, she plunged into one of Its deepest parts. Fortunately, however, she had previously been noticed to have a distressed and peculiar look about her, by a young man named George Dickinson, of Scorton, and he was led to watch her movement. For some distance he walked behind her ; he then passed her, and having preceded her a short distance he looked back, when he found that she had divested herself of her hat and jacket and jumped into the water. He saw that, she was being carried away by the current, which runs with considerable forge at that point, and with great promptitude and courage he leaped into the water and rescued her. She was then in an unconscious state. She was removed home, and in the meantime a messenger was despatched for Mr. Dewhurst, surgeon and physician, Garstang, who was soon in attendance. On examination that gentleman found that she was labouring under a severe attack of temporary insanity. He did all he could to restore her, and his efforts proved availing, for the nest day she recovered consciousness, and is now in a fair way for recovery. When questioned as to her act on Sunday night she said she was unaware of what she had done, - .  1111
The Blackpool Herald. — 1875-05-14 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

POSITIVE BEFORE NEGATIVE.—" I didn't see him do it," said the blind mare, peering over the gate. "And I didn't see him," said Drover, standing in the yard. "And we didn't see him," said all the rooks in the old trees. "Nor we," c irped the sparrows on the barn thatch. "The he must be innocent, and they ought not to beat him," said Lion, looking out of his kennel. "Let us go in a body and give evidence for him." "Poor fellow ! " said Delag from her wicker cage, "it's a pity he's in for it, but in for it he is; though none of you saw him, the master did, and what are twenty that didn't to one that did ?"—Original Fables.  Gus: "How came this dead fly in my soup ? " Waiter: "In fact, sir, I have no positive idea how the poor thing came by his death. Perhaps it had not taken any food for a long time, dashed upon the soup, ate too much of it, and thus contracted an inflammation of the stomach that brought on death. The fly must have had a weak constitution, for when I served up the soup it was dancing merrily on the surface. Perhaps—and the idea presents itself only at this moment—it endeavoured to swallow too large a piece of vegetable; this remaining fast in the throat, and producing a choking in the windpipe, may have caused the death of that hapless insect."  It may be as well to give the beginner something of a notion of the use he may make of the most ordinary words for the purposes of quibbleism. For instance, in the way of observation :—The loss of a hat is always felt; if you don't like sugar you may lump it; a glazier is a panes-taking man; candles are barned because wicked things always come to light; a lady who takes you home from a party is kind in her carriage, and you say " Num est ridertdum" when you step into it; if it happens to be a chariot, sha is a charitable person; birds' nests and king killing are synonymous, because they are high trees on; the greatest fibber is the man most to relieon ; a dean expecting a bishopric looks for lawn; a suicide kills pigs, and not himself; a butcher is a gross man, but a fig seller is a grocer; your grandmother and your great-grandmother were your aunt's sisters.  1  General Announcements  ST.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1875-01-01 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF LOCAL EVENTS,  FOR, THR YEAR 1874  JANUARY.  Ist. —Blackpool Volunteer Fire Brigade's annual capper. Wesleyan tea meetings at Fleetwood and Moss Side, Marton. Temperance festival at Bispham. Christmas tree and fancy fair in aid of the clothing club, Poulton. 2nd.—Presentation of a black marble timepiece and an addret-s to Miss E. Wyatt, a teacher at Christ Church Sur, day School, Blackpool. 4th.—Capt. Mappett, of Lytham, died. sth.—Temperance society's annual tea meeting at Poulton. 6th.—Blackpool and Fylde District Licensed Victuallers' Association's annual ball. Opening of a new Church schooliat Little Marton, celebrated by a tea meeting. Parochial tea meeting at Thornton. 7th.—Railway employes' annual supper at Blackpool. Parochial tea meeting at Staining. Bth.—Tea meeting in connection with the "Gleam of Hope" lodge, 1.0 G.T., Blackpool. Good Templars' tea meeting at _Fleetwood. Teachers' annual ball at St. Cuthbert's Sunday School, Lytham. 9th.—Church Sunday School teachers' tea meeting at Fleetwood. Hannah Bellis drowned in the brook at Eccleston.  12th.—Orangemen's tea meeting at Stalmine. 13th.—A lad named Dewhirst had his elbow dislocated by accident at Mr. Gibson's shipbuilding yard at Fleetwood. Annual meeting of the Blackpool and Fylde District Permanent Benefit Building 18th.—Slight breach made in the sea fence near Manchester Hotel, Blackpool, during a gale. 19th.--James Whiteside, 70 years of age, committed suicide by hanging, at Hey Houses. 20th.—Siege piece, known as a Newark shilling, washed up at Blackpool. Body of a boy cast ashore at Blackpool. Orangemen's tea meeting at 81ack...1. Land in the vicinity of Manchester Hotel, Packpool, flooded, and the south end of the carriage drive much cut up by the high tide. Damage by the tide to land between Euston Barracks and Mount, Fleetwood. 21st —Primitive Methodist tea meeting at Blackeool. St. Cuthbert's Parish Church tea meEting at 'Lytham. Rev. C. S. Hope, M.A., licensed to the perpetual curzcy of Bispha.m. 23rd.—Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated at Fleetwood by fireworks, &c. Workweple's tea party and ball at Mr. Harrison's mill, Wesham. 26th.—Independent tea meeting at Fleetwood. Catholic tea party and entertainment at Fleetwood. Rev. T. Meadows, M.A., charged at the Poulton petty sessions with obstructing the highway, near Thornton church, by erecting two pillars. Case dismissed. 27th.—Annual meeting of the members of the Whitworth Institute, Fleetwood. Good Templars' tea meeting at Lytham. 29th. —Mechanics' tea party and entertainment at Blackpool. Wesleyan tea meeting at South shore. Druids' annual dinner at Blackpool. First concert by the Fleetwood Choral Union. 30th.—General meeting of the Blackpool and Fylde District Agricultural Society at Blackpool. Presentation at Pilling to the Rev. E. D. Banister.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1875-02-12 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

SAD CASE OF SUICIDE.—A sad case of suicide has just been brought before thepublic. Mr. Edward ie3l4toelius Moore, formerly a.brewer in Manchester, lit Who had lately been residing at Lytham, has POt an end to his existence by poisoning. HC- has isr Some time past shown signs of mental aberration, "14 nothing particular occurred to excite suspicion Until the other morning when he jumped up in bed a'lld said there was somebody downstairs. He then 'vent downstairs, and after he had been down a short t\i-l'ae he went up to his bedroom again, and said 7'4 he had poisoned himself. it was only too true, &or • vio about an hour afterwards he died. socP,TEETAINNIENT AT HEY HoITSES.—The fourth 1,7 entertainment for the present season, took afe at the Hey Houses School on MondaSrsevening tr'• The weather was rather more favourable an OD previous occasions, and there: was Sa attendance, the Rev. H. B. Hawkins occupying the °lair. The programme, which was well selected, ?)oaprised the following :—Songs—" There was a jolly miller," by Mr. Fred. Walmsley ; "Take back the heart," by Miss Cross; Good bye sweetheart, good bye," by Mr. J. Knowles; Once I loved a maiden fair," by Mr. J. Cross; "Many Changes I have seen," by Mr. Fred. Walmsley ; ancl "Paddy's wish," by Mr. Townsend. Duetts— :All's well," by Mr. R. Warbrick and Mr. J. ; and "Love and pride," by Miss Cross and 'lr• J. Knowles. Solo and Chorus—" D'ye ken John peel," by the Misses Cross, Mr. J. Knowles, Mr. Cross, and Mr. Warbrick. Readings—" The three Fishers ;" "The Queen of the May" and b." The Charge of the Light Brigade," by the Rev. Icir • B. Elawkin ; "Swallowing a sixpence," by Mr. "• Whiteside; and "Nomination day," by Mr. E. Wright. The entertainment, which concluded with the National Anthem, passed off in the most suceke-aqui manner. Great commendation is dne to 'lr• E. Wright, the master at the Hey Houses School for his exertions in getting up this series of entertainments They have proved most acceptable during the winter evenings, and have afforded ranch gratification to all who have been present on each occasion. ST.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1891-05-22 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

SUICIDE THEDUGH DRINK AT BLACKPOOL. On Friday last a man named James Irvin, a • labourer, living at 48, Ibbison-street, Revoe, took his own life in a most determined manner. From the particulars of the case as adduced at the inquest held on Monday, it appears the deceased has been drinking very heavily for the last three months, and last Friday morning he complained of not feeling very well, and said be would remain in bed ell day. His wife took him a cup of tea, and about ten o'clock she left the house and went to the house of her sisterin-law, at 10, Wellington-street, Blackpool. to assist her to " clean." Upon returning about nine o'clock the same night, she found the house in darkness, and just OA she had left it. She shouted upstairs several times to her husband, but receiving no answer, she called in a neighbour named Mrs. Teague, and the two went upstairs, and got a light. The deceased was lying in bed, and with a quantity of blood about his mouth. They immediately sent for the police. P.S. Squires on arriving found deceased had out his throat with a table knife, the wound being about three inches long and completely severing the windpipe. About three yards from the deceased was a bucket containing • quantity of blood, showing that he had evidently out his throat first, and allowed it to bleed into the bucket, afterwards getting into bed again. The inquest was held before Dr. Gilbertson, district ooroner, and a yerdicit that the deceased had committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity was returned.  klisonocd.. Pythiad and Published at tbe floreldi mos. 13. Nora! Beech. Blackpool 4Ohnessiedt, racia.matdalalde-eduet. Coetwood. by Trio "MO of 11, lbw weso's-terrsoe, eetwond. the *musty of Imaeaster.  raiDAT. an Um mu.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1891-10-09 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

HOD6SON STA7.II,ISo nETATVE with the blood-stained weapon in his hand. His poor mother was then quite dead, the bone of the skull being broken into fragments, some of which had penetrated the brain. The murderer after the completion of the shocking deed offered no further resistance but lay down again upon the bed until apprehended two hours later by P.C. Yates. The defence at the trial was that  THE PRISONEB ITIS INSANE  when he committed the murder, but as before stated the utmost sentence of the law was passed upon him. Whilst in prison he corresponded with Mr. Peter Donderdale, at Nateby. On August 25th of this year he was liberated from Parkhurst Convict Prison on ticket of leave and escorted to the house of Mrs. Dunderdale, widow of the above Peter Donderdale, but has since resided with an aunt of his Mrs. Margaret Porter, of Stalmine. lie has not enjoyed good health, being very subject to palpitation of the heart and shortness of breath. He has been working at his trade with Mr. J. Wilkinson, at some houses at Knott End, up to last week, but intended commencing with Mr. James Eewtas in his native village—Hambleton—on Monday last. With the übiect of getting new tools for this job he left his aunt's at Stslmine before eight o'clock on Saturday morning for Fleetwod. He purchased two trowels and other articles, and was observed in the town. It is said that he has  latitTED HAMRLETON PIN( E RET:UN, and the house were the crime was committed, and from conversations acquaintances have had with him the affair seems to have preyed upon his mind, as the old scenes and friends have brought up to him most vividly the past. This and his enfeebled health have led most people to believe that the strain was too great for him to bear and that be yielded to the force of circumstances and committed suicide, though there is not any proof that such was the case.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1891-04-17 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE  AT LAYTON.  A DISTRESSING CASE.  On Tuesday evening the inhabitants of the usually quiet little village of Great Layton, near Blackpool, were startled by the rumour that a well-known neighbour, named John Curwen, had committed suicide. Subsequent enquiries, however, elicited the fact that it was not so bad as at first stated, for he had not succeeded in taking his life. From what we can gather it seems that Curwen, who was a bricksetter by trade, had for several weeks past been in failitg health, in addition to being out of work, and he was, at the time he committed the act, under the medical treatment of Dr. Mclntosh for his head and stomach. He was consequently in low spirits, and on Tuesday evening when he asked his wife to go for the doctor she was not greatly surprised. She desired to fetch a neighbour to keep him company while she was away, but this he refused, a decision which showed apparently that the rash act was premeditated. Suspecting nothing serious, however, Mrs. Curwen hastened away, but upon returning she discovered that the front door was locked. She at once went to the back, but found that also barred against her. She enquired of the neighbours if they had seen her husband go out, but she could gain no satisfactory answer. At last she got a little boy to stand on the windowsill, to see if he could perceive anything of Mr. Curwen. Taking a look round he said that he could see Curwen lying on the floor of the kitchen with his throat cut. Several neighbours,attracted by the screams of the distressed wife, called to Curwen to open the door, which he at length succeeded in doing. Medical aid was soon in attendance, and the injured man was at once put to bed. It was found that he had inflicted a terrible gash in his throat four inches in length with a table knife. He had lost a considerable quantity of blood, and despite the assiduous attentions of the doctor lay in a critical condition till Wednesday when it was seen that all hope was over. He lingered till four o'clock, at which hour he expired a victim to his own despondency. The deceased was much respected in the neighbourhood, and is described as being a steady, hardworking man. Great sympathy is felt for Mrs. Curwen, who not unnaturally is prostrate with grief.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1891-07-17 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

POISON OR MEDICINE? ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  On Tuesday a women named Margaret Hamer. wife of Samuel Hamer, cabdriver, of 2, Wilkinson's Yard, Boany-street, attempted to commit suicide by swallowing a quantity of chlorodyne• About twenty minutes to four in the afternoon a visitor named Thomas Livesey was informed that the woman had attempted her life by taking Ipoison. He at once gave her a salt emetic, and then sent for a policeman. P.C. Wilson gave her ! another emetic, and she vomited a Mild which smelt strongly of chlcrodyne. He then conveyed her to the police station, where in answer to the charge of attempting to commit suicide she said I that she had drunk half the oontents of the bottle intending to kill herself, and that she would put an end to herself after she got oat, as ; she could not live with her husband.—At the Blackpool Police Court on Wednesday she was brought before the magistrates, when her husband declared that the bottle from which she had drunk was a mixture of twopennyworth of chlorodyne, and twopenny, worth of glycerine. lled up with water, which he I got for the influenza. He had heard his wife say she would put an end to herself, but he did not know there was anything wrong, and did not think she ever meant it. lie did not believe she ' had taken it intending to poison herself : in fact. he doubted whether it would have killed her had she drunk the whole. He explained that she had been drinking during the week-end, which might have had something to do with the case. His wile had • good home, and he would take good care of her if the magistrates let her off.—The Bench discharged the woman upon promising to go home and let drink alone.