The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-08-13 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

HOREHOUND LINCTUI. Its soothing effect is quickly fclt. One dose in most cases prtduces a delightful sense of relief. It sestains no opiate, and may, therefore, be taken with perfect confidence, and without any fear of experiencing (as an after effect) nausea or headache. Price Is. lid. per bottle. A bottle sent poet free upon receipt of stamps- Prepared only by F. J. Houpcaorr, A.P.S., Family and Dispensing Chemist, Park Pharmacy, 56,Frederf road, Aston, Birmingham  7.7ie visit of the Itrepress or ttermany nu rectum the fact that Felixstowe was long ago a place of Royal residence. Edward 111. had a house there, apropos of which the municipal records of Harwich contain a quaint and curious note of expenditure: "For repairing ye Queen's Crown, which ye King threw into ye are, item 3s. fld." For Edward's spouse, Philippa of Hainault, this part of the Suffolk coast was a convenient place of embarkation when ahe wished to visit the old home in Flanders.  A shocking accident occurred at the Leopards. town Wel-crossing on the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway on Monday night. The gates being open a milkcart was Crossing, in which were seated the owner, named Cullen, and a woman and child. A special engine came dashing along from Bray and crashed into the milkcart, killing Cullen and causing the woman and child to be seriously injured. The crossing-keeper was also slightly injured.  A sad accident occurred on Monday evening on lb* lake of Neuchatel. A collision occurred between ths steam launch Lutin and the excursion steamei Cygne. The impact was so violent that the mallet vessel was completely overturned, and sank inv. mediately. Every effort Wag at once made by the people on board the Cygne to save the passengers on the Lain, who were struggling in the water, and eventually seven persons were saved; but three ladies who were in the Lutin, and were unable to swim, were drowned.  Ellen Harman was charged at the Marylebons Police-court, on Monday, with cruelty to a foxterrier. She was seen by a witness beating the dog on ths head with a piece of flagstone. He Interfered, but she continued to beat it with a stone, and with difficulty he got the animal away from her. The defendant gave u an explanation of her conduct that the dog followed her to church, and she had, therefore, intended to kill it. Mr. Cooke imposed a fine of 205.; or in default, seven days' imprisonment.  An inquiry was held at Marylebone. on Monday, into the death of Elizabeth Newan, a barmaid, who had died from the effects of poison. Deceased had entertained an unrequited affection for a young man, and on the previous Thursday she stated that she had taken rat poison. On Friday she died from the effects of an irritant poison, according to the medical testimony probably phosphorus—'The jury found that she had committed suicide while in a state of temporary insanity due to mental distress caused by disappointment in love. The annual report of the Church Miieionary Society gives an interesting statistical table of the society's operations. It occupies 327 stations—viz., 44 in West Africa, 1.3 in Eastern Equatorial Africa, one in Egypt and Arabia, 11 in Palestine, two in Persia, 109 in India, 17 in Ceylon, eight in Mauritius, 23 in China, 11 in Japan, 34 in New Zealand, 43 in North-West America, and nine in the North Pacific. It employs 4,358 missionaries, pastors, teachers, at., of whom 655 are Europeans, 10 kc.. •••,1 57A natives.  A Sumas° Facr.—Thourands die annually through preventable diseases arising irom the in halsUon ot sewer gases. To avoid illness have the unitary condition of )aur residence thorough a raw4ned and reported upon, and any defect found remedied under the personal supervision of Woodcock and Riley (authorisa laughers to the Birmingham Crporation Water ent). 16, Staalhouse Lane, Birmingham. U. Woodcock, Assoc. Ben Ludt.  . • • •i#s . • 2 • 1 ' ---• 0114E1% 4qTt et. sV . ,