Widnes Examiner. — 1887-01-08 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

CHAIRMAN. who was receivel with cheer after cheer, said that be was very glad to meet his friends at that interesting tea party. He efid not know exactly 'how many years it was since the school was opened, bat he thought that it must be at beet ten years. (A voice: Fourteen.) He thought from the report just read that the school was ' never so flonrishing as it was at the present' time.. They I Dad bad troubles in that school, as was the case with almost' all schools, but he believed that now peace and contentment , reigned. That school was the first one 'built on that-1 side of the London and.North-Western Railway, and they might . imagine, what was the condition of Bank Quay, Atherton's Quay; and Sankey Green, before it was opened. On a Sunday the children were left to ratriblu about where they choosed. They got no education, and. were left to grow up almost as though they were wild. Surely, during the last fourteen years that •Sunday school must have had considerable inflhance upon the children in that immediate neighbourhood. He did not think that there was any more beautiful sight to 'be found than that of a schoolroom fall of clean, welledrel•sed, healthy looking children, such ache saw there that night, and that they were clean and well dressed was in itee,lf an evidence of the benefits of education. Ak years pissed they would see Imre and more of the good effects that were produced;en that neighbourhood by the training that the children got in that Sunday school. The childrene and tile parents too, owed a deep debt of gratitude to the teachere, who were engaged in a noble and praiseworthy work. He hoped that the school Would Prosper. (Applause.) Mr. Crosfield then distributed to thefollowing tiersons prizes of books for their assiduity in tract distributing :—Messrs T Taylor, H James, H, Kay, 11-Edwards, W Hill, H Warden, John Middleton, and Misses C Ashley, S A. Hassell, C Dunn, F A Hough, It Pitchford, M Tilling, M Roughlev, P Cartwtight, P Jones, and Lee. The progranime subsequently given consisted of pianoforte duets by Master George' Crostleld and Miss Gertrude Crosfield e recitations by Mary Grace, Jane Birch, William Taylor, Harry Kay, Lizzie Tilling, John William Pemberton, Emma Smith, John .Middleton; awl Mr Furness; duet by Misses Tilling and Haseall ; song by Clara Williamson ; and songs and choruses by the choir, which was under the conductorship of Mr Frank Williams. Mr T Mills acted as accompanist.  KAY'S COMPOUND, for Coughs and Colds. ii•equally ser vlceable for Horses i.nd Cathie. 91d., 1, Ifd., anti 2s. 9c1.44vt.  Thursday was the seventy-fifth anniversary of Mn. Gladstone's birthday. Mrs, Gladstone has received several congratulatory messages and birthday gifts. "Mother, this book tells about the 'angry waves of the ocean.' Now, what makes the ocean get angry ?" "Because it has been crossed so often, my son." Nothing is without its special jewel, if only we look for it; and, if we were really wise, we slould find its profitable use in each circumstance and event of our lives. A lady painted a plaque in oil colours and forwarded it to a friend. Soon after a note of acknowledgment came, in which the lady stated that "It is altogether too nice to use every day, so I only use it for a bread plate when we have company.".  Dressmakers can tn.y hl better sewing cotton than Bagley and Wright's, which for strength is unequeille4.-4dvt. FEARFUL TRAGEDIES —JOSepil Williams, 50. of 558. King's-road,Fulham,London, on Sundor morning attempted to murder his wife, and then committed suicide, nearly severing his head from his body. The woman:nvho is aged 54, has terrible wounds ontAthe head, inflicted by a hatchet, and is not expected to livg: The Glasgow ~police reported on Saturday that a murder bad been committed in the east end of that city. Mrs Reilly, who •lives at 66, Sarraokstreet, was heard to scream and shout "Murder!" The police appeared on tbe scene, and found the woman lying dead in the house, her body being fearfully bruised, while her features were almost unrecognisable. The police, suspecting the deceased's husband, who was sitting in the house, apprehended him. At Guildford, on Saturday, George Fuller, a soldier, Alexander Cook and James Dench, lahovers, were charged with the wilful murder of William Roker, a gamekeeper, on December 26th. A man named Beaver having given corroborative evidence, Deputy Chief Constable Barker said it was believed a fourth man was implicated, and asked for a remand, which was granted. On Wednesday an inquest was held at Fulham, before Dr. Diplook, touching the death of Joseph Williams, a builder's foreman, who made a murderous attack upon his wife on Sunday last, and then cut his throat. The jury found that he committed suicide whilst of unsound mind.  Public Analysts have submitted C.I.DBUReB COCOA to close tests, and the result has always proved its great value as a sustaining and nourishing beverage. Beware of Imitations.— advt.