Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1899-09-08 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

MIMI.).  borne ::v,is,Ptt signatures ot banking men hays now been appended to a petition in favour of an autumn Sank holiday, and it ia proposed to hold a monster demonstration, probably at the Crystal Palace, on the second Monday in October next— the day suggested for the new national holiday. The widow of Colonel Klobb, who was murdered at Zinger, has declined to receive tile 40,010 trance raised for her hy public subscription. The money will be used by the Govern ment towards paying the national pension which is to be asked for from Parliament. A colli,ion hat occurred in the Thames between• a sailing barge and the passenger steamer Queen Elizabeth. The barge was seriously damaged, and the steamer fell athwart the Cannon Street Bridge, thereby doing serious damsge to her bows. The Queen Elizabeth was unable to take her passengers on board, and was dry docked at Itotherbithe.  Au inquest has been held at If ightown, Liversedge, on a foreman raiser named David Taylor (forty-seven). After doing a usual day's work the deceased returned home in the evening, hurrying in consequence of the rain. He went into a closet. where his wife shortly afterwards found his dead body. The verdict was "Died front natural causes."  Sir Albert Rolla., M.P., has promised to inaugurate the new commercial classes about to he opened at the Malniesbury Board School, Bow. These classes form an entirely new departure. and are to lie open to both male and female students. Their aim is to provide higher education in those subjects a knowledge of which is absolutely necessary to success in commercial life.  At Lancaster James Wilson, a respeotabie elderly mail, who had worked for one firm thirty-five years, has been charged with attempting suicide. Prisoner has a grown-up family, but in consequence of his wife's conduct he tried to hang himself to a strap suspended from the ceiling. When he kicked a chair away his son rushed in and cut him down.— Prisoner, a teetotaller, was given to the ewe of his 800.  The recent fire at Chat Moan has done wpwards of a thoumitid pounds damage, destroying an enormous quantity of peat, a compressing meant)°, and shed, besides damaging an engine. The fire, which extended three-quarters of • mile, was caused by sparks from an engine on the Manchester Liverpool line. The Bridgwater trustees intend claiming damages from the railway company.  Leah Williams (4g), • widow, befogging to Gilder...nue, committed suicide by jumping into & data belonging to the Leeds Forge Company, New Fernley. 'lgu months ago she made an attempt on her life by taking poison, and when brought before the West Riding magistrates was discharged on her sister promising to take care of her. The sisters lived together until three weeks ago, whets they separated. Since then deceased lived alone.  The first electric tire engine of the firemen of Paris is now running on the street, semi has already began its work of saying life awl property. It ci, handsome vehicle, with a seat inn front for several firemen, and a horizontal steering wheel. Behind this is a hack-to-back err angernent which will permit of seating several firemen. Between these seats is a box tor hose. The batteries are carried underneath, and scaling ladders are carried at the side.  Albert Femme. labourer, has been aiseharged at Nottingham after being remanded for a week, on a charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a man named Greendale. Grecinlale died from the effects of burns cruised through the upsetting of a psraffin lamp in a scuffle with Fearne.—Tho evidence at the inquest showed that deceased TV MI the one at fault, sad that ho was attacking Feerne with the lamp, which was broken through the latter defending himself.  A paralysed and speechless man, who was picked up in the streets of Washington after attempting suicide, lay in the Georgetown Hospital for some weeks, without it being possible to discover who lie was. But a doctor, who combines medical skill with ingenuity, hit upon an extraordinary plan, which he made known to the patient, to find his name and auhlress. Repeating the alphabet, he requested him to wink as he ciune to the letters which formed his name. It was a tedious experiinetit, but it proved successful, and the man, so to speak, winked himself into the bosom of his far.ily again.  At one of the London theatres an tt,tor, who WOO playing the part uf the villain inn seinvational tuelov draitia,reeeti tly received the following letter:—"Take warning by thiv. For a long time I have bore your actsl with pullouts, awl so has many others. You're a sneak and it sumndrel. I don't see how the folks wot rune the theatre puts up with your actshuns. The way you pereekuto that poor young lady every night is outragous, and I want you to stop. If you don't I will lay for you when you come out of the theater sum nite and eoke you."