The Potteries Examiner : — 1871-09-09 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

COUNTY COURT CLERE.-011 weather is moot cloistering ; a blue sky with strong Wednesday morning information was conveyed to the sun; water very calm, and lots of birds astern. I I coroner of the death of Mr Johu Matthews, of South. amused myself this morning by trying to °snob them street, Greenwich, who committed suicide by cutting large biree by means of a line with fish-books baited , hie throat. The deceased was a clerk at the Greene with whales' blubber. One got hold of the hook and Mob County Court, and prior to retiring to rest on was drawn out of the water, but its strength of wings Monday night complained of being unwell. On the in flutterieg tore away the hook from its month. following morning his breakfast lege taken to him in There were nnoaerone sparrows hopping about the ship his room, and he then stated that he should remain very tamely yesterday. The body of this bird re- in bed sometime longer. Not appearing later in the eemblee the common sparrow of the British Idea in day, the landlady went to call him, and receiving no the colour and spotting of the feathers, but the head answer, the aid of • polioeman was obtained, when On reeembles that of the golddnah. They sing nicely, the door being forced open the unfortunate man wee At five pm., as we were steaming northward, the first found lying en his back on the floor, quite dead. It mate new a dead whale about three miles aimed, was then ascertained that he had out his throat in a which the Rarensoraig mast have lamed at ateint determined manner with • razor. Around the handle three o'elook. When we were getting close to the fish and part of the blade he had wrapped a oloth, ec as we observed hundreds of birds (meeleye) about it, and to have a firmer hold, and he had stood with his many sharks were taking tioneiderable bites out of throat bleeding over a Basin until he became ex. her sides. When we first spoke to the Havenectaig breasted and fell. The deoea-ed was about 70 years the captain mid he had lost one fish, and I remarked of age. No cause is assigned for the rect. that she might possibly come into our hands if A Mee DOG AT Lanes.—On Wednesday g,reat she happened to go north to die, for there was 4 moitemenh was created on the Thames Embenkment harpoon in her. The harpoon was marked • Arctic,' by the appearance of a dog, supposed to be rabid. baring once belonged to the ship of that name The eon of a publican haa been in the habit of that wee lost some three years ago, and had been emimming a white bull terrier in the river, and on bought by the owner of the Ravensoraig. It SPOMOd Wednesday it refueecl to take to the water, and as if the fish bed been given itc death-bloov, and bad evinced the utmoet terror at the eight of it. The been labelled for as, seeing that the ship that owner, becoming alarmed, rashed up the etope from eriliated thia blow paused the flair witeiti half a the water, followed by the animal, now hen furl.us mile without cooing it, leaving it to come Mee our and savage state. Several teem the dog flew at heads. him and attempted to maim him by the throat. He THE TACKS' OPINION OF CAPTAIN ADAM:). called aloud for help, and although a great orowd Jane-rib—We were abreast of a email inland Co the had oolleeted, no one seemed inclined to interfere. amthoset of Disco, when two caimee were peen Mr. Williams, a gentleman living in the Middle ooming towards us from a small settlement. Them Temple, by a well-directed kick, etenned the beast, were paddled by an old man and a young one. The but only for a few momenta, for it was soon ship was laid to, and the canoes with the" Ymike," again rushing up and down the embankment, exhausted from their 25-mile hard etruggle, were , snapping at every one within reach. The soon alongside. They brought [Mime., tebame. I animal hit a little boy, named Joseph Booth, living immense, mate, An., to barter. We took those 11100 lin New Wharf, Temple-street. To avoid the dog to Love Bay, Dime Island, where we arrived at many of the bystanders jumped on to the parapet of five p.m. The inamemor for the Danish I/cal.:lento on I the embankment, and into panning vehicle.. The the north-weet coast of Greenland came on Beard at dog leaping on te the parapet, savagely attacked • the entravce of the harbour, in a whale-bout which I gentleman named Turner, of 15, Weterleo-road, and once belonged to the ship Wildfire, that arias loot bit him in the leg. He also bit several other persons. there four yeare ago. This is the find year 'het The utmost confusion and alarm now prevailed, and the inspector (deputy), Mr. T. R. Johnson, a Der., people were seen running in all directions. Finally heat been at Disco. The governor, Mr. Laimou, the brute leaped the embankment, and alighted on went to a smaller settlement further south the morn, the tenses need as a coal wharf by the City Gas ing that we arrived The Inspector had heard all the Works, and we* eventually moored by one of the natives epeak most highly of Captain Ademe, of the workmen. The dog was taken away by the police. Arctic. They told him be was the only man who bad The occurrence KsTs rice to neTsTsi fights and die. become "—is., next to God. He laud the turbances, as a stone, intended for the dog, frightened schoolmaster bed worked hard and made a model a hone and injured the driver. luggege-hoat, after the Tack fashion, in order that it