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Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-01-09 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

BANK FRAUD IN HUNGARY. SUICIDE OF A CASHIER.  Herr Pfufsich. chief cashier of the Vaterlandische Sparkasse, the principal savings bank in Hungary, who committed suicide last week, appears, says the Standard correspondent in Vienna, to have embezzled Stock to the value of 1,000,000 florins, consisting of 1,000 Obligations of the Hungarian Paper Rente, and 68,925 florins in cash. The bank attained its jubilee a short time ago, and has a capital of 4,000,0e0 florins, and a reserve of 12,000,000 florins. So great is the confidence of the public in the Bank's stability that more money was. deposited on Saturday than was withdrawn. At the same time, it is asked how such a fraud could have been committed if the control was all that it should be. The sum missing in cash was taken by Piufsich shortly before his suicide to pay some small debts with, but the embezzlement of Stock must have been going on for a long time. The Bank held in its safes 16 packets of Hungarian Paper Rente, each worth 1,000,000 florins, and it was never noticed that one packet was missing, although a nominal control was, as usual, exercised by each safe having three keys, of which only one was in the hands of the cashier. Piufsich passed for a very rich man, with houses in Budapest, an estate at AN'aitzen, near Pesth, villas, stables, Sze. His income from all sources amounted, indeed, to about 70,000 florins, or over £6,000. But he engaged in extensive Bourse speculations in Vienna and Berlin, and lived like a Grand Seigneur, supporting several artists from the People's Theatre, of which he was part proprietor, giving sumptuous dinners, and fitting out his stables with marble and electric light, without arousing the suspicion of his superiors. The Bank will pay the usual dividend for 1891, as the loss can be covered from the reserve fund.
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-01-30 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

SAD STORY.  Peter Duncan, described as a commercial traveller, was charged before Sir John Bridge, at Bow-street Police-court, on Saturday, with attempted suicide. —Police-sergeant 31 E said that shortly after 2 o'clock he was on duty in Wellington-street when the defendant came up to him and asked to be locked up. Witness replied that he c:arld not lock him up, as he had not committed himself in any way. He remarked "1 Is-anted to drown myself. I will throw myself over Waterloo Bridge." He then ran off, and witness and another constable gave chase. They came up with him opposite the parapet of the central arch, and witness was about to ask what he was going to do when he rushed to the parapet and threw himself partly over. The sergeant succeeded in saving him by the coat tails, and 'preventing him from going over. At the station he said that h was in great poverty.— Prisoner, in reply to the magistrate, said that he had been greatly disappointed in the result of an application for a situation. He had had very good hopes of obtaining it, having been in correspondence respecting it. That morning he had kept an appointment at the Manchester hotel to conclude the business, but the gentleman whom he was to see did not attend then, but sent a note at which he was greatly disappointed. Taking into consideration the position in which he had been for the last 12 months he felt at the time very dispirited. He regretted he had been so foolish.—The prisoner's wife entered the witnessbox and described the state of distress to which they had gradually been reduced through no fault of her husband, who had been most earnest in his endeavours to obtain work. He was a good husband and suffered greatly on account of her and his family.—The prisoner said that all he wanted was employment.—Sir John Bridge trusted that things would be better for him. He thought under the circumstances that he could take the prisoner's word of honour that he would not be guilty of such as action again.—The prisoner pledged himself to this, and Sir John Bridge discharged him on his owtl- to come up if called upon.
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-10-01 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

PRIESTS AND MARRIAGE.  If report be true, several priests belonging to the diocese of Paris have lately entered into the married state, and it is hinted that ere long their example will be followed by more of their clerical colleagues. The case is related of an ecclesiastic, working in a populous parish, who, a few weeks ago, was united in the bonds of wedlock to a young lady of very attractive appearance, while about the same time a vicaire labouring in another part of the city fell a victim to the charms of a fascinating widow, well endowed with this world's goods, and is now spending the honeymoon at her villa in the country. It is added that another priest attached to one of the principal parishes in Paris recently wrote to the Archbishop informing him of his determination to retire into private life, and that although he received a kind letter from the Cardinal inviting him to call and talk the matter over, he declined to discuss the question, intimating in a second epistle that his mind was fully made up. By way of explanation of the novel departure which various ecclesiastics have taken, or are on the point of taking, it is affirmed that considerable discontent prevails among many members of the Parisian clergy owing to the fact that the claims of hard-working priests are too often passed over, promotion being given to second-rate men. What truth there may be in this assertion has yet to ne demonstrated; but at any rate the cases mentioned are attracting attention, the more so as something of the same kind has already occurred in some of the rural districts.  The "pirate" bus' nuisance was again before Mr. Vaughan at Bow-street, on Saturday, when the learned magistrate fined the defendant in the case 205., with the alternative of 14 days in gaol. In this case it was stated that a gentleman and his family were cajoled into the 'bus outside the exhibition, at Earl's-court, on the representation that it was going to Gray's-inn-road, and that, after having been charged the excessive fare of sd. each, he was finally deposited at Charing-cross, and roundly abused for venturing to expostulate. Mr. Vaughan expressed his determination of protecting the public against these annoyances.  A case of murder and suicide is reported from IHeiden, in the Canton of Appenzell, Switzerland. As a joiner named Wirth was about to be arrested for creating a disturbance in a public-house, he bred with fatal effect at the policeman who was going to take him in charge and then blew out his Awn brains.
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-12-31 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

THE OCEAN. Little drops of water, Little grains of sand Make the mighty ocean, So we understand. Yet there's something lacking Is it quite a sin If we sk the question: "Where does the salt come in ?"  Mabel: "I suppose you heard of sister Lou's mariiageP She's taken a flat in Rensington." Miss Jam: "Yes, I heard she had a fiat, but I didn't hear where she had taken him." She: "Oh, yes; I quit.? believe there's a fool in every family. Don't you?" He: "Well— er—my opinion is rather biased. You see, I'm the only member of our family."  Jess: "I thought you hated Jack, and yet you have accepted him Bess: "I did Ii de him, but he proposed under an umbrella, and said if I refused him he would let the rain drop on my new hat."  "Yes," said the milliner, "the suicide of Mrs. Drestokil is a terrible affair. Why, she did it the very day I sent her bill in,and people will think the bill had something to do with it, and it will ruin me." Mr". Jones: "Who is that man walking away with Miss Parke ?" Mr. Brown: "That? Oh, that's Schimpenhagen—the famous conductor, you know." Mrs. Brown (absently) : "Which 'bus is he on "  A health officer racently received the following note from one of the residents of his district : "Dear Sir,—l beg to tell you that my child, aged eight months, is suffering of measles as required by Act of Parliament." "By the way, uncle," said the nephew whom Farmer Begosh was visiting, "I noticed that you ate your pie with your knife. Now—" "'Course I ate my pie with my knife. You act like you thort I wasn't used to pie." Missed the mark.—Connoisseur in wines (to in. nocent guest): "Try a glass of this Chateau Is Rose, my friend. It has been in my cellar for over 20 years." Innocent guest: "Has it, indeed) What must it have been when it was new ? " Quite another thing,—"Genevieve, I am getting only £3OO a year. Do you think your affection strong enough for you to become my wife on that income?" "I am afraid not, Mr. Snippy, but it ii quite enough to becorrie engaged on." Wounded his feelings.—Chappie (sadly): "I'm all broken up ovah Miss Golding refusing me." Cholly "Never mind, old fellah. What does a refusal amount to?" Chappie : "Nothing, deah boy, but she spanked me foah being impertinent." •
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-12-31 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

PERMANENT LIQUIDATOR APPOINTED.  In the City of London Court, on Thursday, before Mr. Commissioner Kerr, an application was made by Mr. R. M. Welsford to appoint a permanent liquidator of the Liberator Society. Mr. Welsford stated that the Court had already appointed the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy (Mr.C. J. Stewart), as provisional liquidator, and the Official Receiver had called meetings of contributories and creditors. The meeting of creditors was attended personally or by proxy by 3,895 persons, representing £848,000. Both creditors and contributones were in favour of Mr. Stewart being appointed as the permanent liquidator, with a committee of inspection.—Mr. Commissioner Kerr said he was glad to hear that the committee of inspection had been rendering useful service to the official Receiver. He would appoint Mr. Stewart as the permanent liquidator, but not in his capacity of Official Receiver. The parties were apparently well satisfied with the Official Receiver, but he (Mr. Commissioner Kerr) thought it very important that the permanent liquidator should be a personal officer of the court, subject to the control of the court, and if occasion required removable by the court. Of course, he did not anticipate for a moment that such an application would be made, but such authority could not be exercised if Mr. Stewart was not appointed in his private capacity. He would, therefore, appoint Mr. Charles John Stewart as permanent liquidator with the comniltee of inspection approved by the parties.  II Early on Friday morning Mr. William Redmayne, ;.P., wine and spirit merchant, Wade House, Clitheroe, committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor in his bathroom. Deceased, who was 71 years of age, had been somewhat depressed in consequence of an attack of influenza a year ago. He was found by his wife with his head resting in the wash-basin, and died an hour afterwards. Mr. F. Thomson, homeepathic chemist, of Glasgow, has been tined £7O for selling patent in idieines without having them stamped, as rt. a •ired hv the Inland Revenue.
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-03-26 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

GAS EXPLOSION AT FULHAM.  On Tuesday morning the foolish habit of searching for a leak of gas with a lighted match caused .a very serious explosion at North-end, Fulham, at a large boot shop. An assistant named Charles Chatty, who resided on the premises, came downstairs about half-past 8, and on entering the shop parlour he detected a strong smell of gas, which had evidently been leaking all night. He struck a match to find the leak. An explosion immediately took place, he being hurled to the ground and the whole front of the shop being blown into the street. The back doors and windows were also blown bodily out. The contents of the shop caught fire, and but for prompt action the premises would have been destroyed, As it was, the fire was extinguished before the arrival of the engines on the scene. Mr. Chatty was found to be seriously injured and burned. The wreck of the premises was complete, and a large quantity of stock has been totally destroyed.  An inquest has been held at Longton, Staffordshire, respecting the death of Thomas Hazeldine, a collier, who was killed through jumping into a disused pit shaft at Meirhaye Colliery. A verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. The deceased was found 100 ft. below the surface in a pool of water, in which was a collection of dead cats and dogs. Oft Monday night a scene occurred lii New 'fork among some of the English pugilists who are visiting the States. Mitchell and Slavin were at the Hoffmalin souse, and a quarrel arose betweer them. Subsequently, it is stated, they both went to the theatre, where Corbett, the Californian pugilist, was engaged in some exhibition sparring. Mitchell abused Corbett in no measured terms. The latter challenged Mitchell to an immediate fight. Seeing the temper the two men were in the bystanders prudently took a revolver from Mitchell's packet, leaving him with nothing but his "natural weapons." When, however, Corbett rushed at Mitchell the latter ran into the street, and, boarding a passing tramcar, escaped. Slavin, it is said, was a quiet observer of the scene.
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-04-16 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

HARD ON THE CHILDREN.  Numbers of boys and girls in the Maidstone elementary schools are said to be daily absent' owing to the want of clothes, and especially of boots, and so unmanageable has the evil become that the local School Board have petitioned Parliament to come to their assistance. It is said to have been conclusively proved that in many cases the want of clothes is owing to parents pledging their children's wearing apparel, and especially their boots and shoes, and we are further told that it is a common practice amongst the poorer classes to pawn the clothes of their children on Mondays, not redeeming them till the end of the week The petitioners add that they are strongly of opinion that it would be a great public benefit, and would aid most materially the carrying out of the education Acts, if it were made illegal for a person to pawn or for a pawlibroker to receive in pawn the clothes of a child or children.  A halt-caste Indian, named. Johnstone, a convict out on licence, was charged at Marylebone Policecourt, on Friday, with getting his living by dishonest means. The fellow having made the ao^ quaintance of a lady, tried to borrow money from her, and, on being refused, made disgraceful accusations against her character. He consequently had his licence revoked, and will have to finish his term of imprisonment.  The body of a young priest is now lying at the Morgue, Paris, which was picked up by some fishermen close to the Argenteuil bridge. In the pockets of the cassock were found a breviary, a knife, and an empty purse. The face looks dhcqloured and bruised, but the length of time the remains have been in the water makes it difficult to decide whether death was due to accident, suicide, or murder. An official sent by the Archbishop of Paris has visited the Morgue.
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-07-30 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

BIGAMY PROSECUTIONS.  In the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday,before Sir Charles Hall, the Recorder, Eli Burden, aged 33, tailor, pleaded guilty to marrying Fanny Fuller, his wife being then alive.—Mr. Muir, who prosecuted, said that according to a statement made to the police the prisoner belonged to the Royal Engineers, and he went through the ceremony of marriage with the woman Fuller ia January, 1890, at a registry office at firentford, representing himself to be a single man. He lived wit% Fuller until July 4th, when she accidentally met the prisoner's first wife, which led to the matter being placed in the hands of the police.—Sentence was postponed. William Baker, aged 40, labourer, pleaded guilty at the sane Court to bigamy.—Prisoner married his first wife in the year 1882; the second this year. Baker represented that he was not a single men, but the second wife, a young woman named Brett, who appeared to have great affection for him, refused to believe him.—The Judge: How has the prisoner treated you (to the second wife) P—He has treated me very well.—Did you know that he was a married man ?—Yes; I heard so.—ls it right that you threatened to commit suicide if prisoner did not marry you ?—I might have said so, but I never had any intention of &prig it.—The second wife added that after the marriage she did not live with the prisoner, but went back to her situation, intending ultimately to go away with birn.—The police officer in the case said that Baker treated his first wife very badly. lie was an idle, drunken scamp.—Baker, in mitigation, handed in a written statement, in which he said that the second wife made "striking love "to him. Before the second marriage he had separated from his lawful wife by mutual consent,she telling him that she was only too glad to get rid of hiin.—He was sentenced to six months' hard labour.
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-04-09 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

FIRE AT SEA.  S lim, port iculars have been received of the burning of the Liverpool iron steamer Main, with exciting scenes caused by the efforts to save the live cattle. The vessel was ownel by Messrs. Himmel and Co., of Liverpool, and was bound from New Orleans to the Mersey with a valuable cargo, consisting of 4,100 bales of cotton, many bags of cottor seed, 12,000 bushels of grain, some tallow, &c. She had 250 head of live cattle on board. It seeing that during the voyage a fire broke out, and, as it could not be extinguished, the captain made fot Fayal, one of the Azores. Here it was thought that the best course to take was to beach the steamer. This was accordingly done. She was run ashore ot a sandy bottom. By this time the !lamps had got a terribly firm hold on the vessel, but, with othes  assistance, every effort was made to put out tht fire. This was found to be impossible, and then the efforts of the crew were turned to swing the livestock and the other cargo. The crew made a desperate fight with the fire, and succeeded is getting 240 cattle ashore alive out of the 250; bul then they were driven off the ship, as the flames had spread with such rapidity as to completely envelop the vessel. Of the cotton 112 bales were got out, as well as 700 bales of cotton seed. At this time the vessel was burning from stein to stern and had to be abandoned. All of the crew were saved, and it was only by the bravery of the men that so many of the cattle were got out of the ship alive. The telegram states that the animals would have to be sold by auction, as there was no food on the island of Fayal for them to subsist on. The vessel was expected to be completely destroyed, and the crew were awaiting an opportunity to leave the island for their homes.  it nits neen aecatea, accoraing to riorwegian newspapers, that Dr. Nansen's North Pole expedition shall start on January 15t,1893. He has selected as members of the expedition a young officer iv the Royal Norwegian navy, Herr Sigurd Scott. Hansen, who will make the astronomical obser• vations, an experienced Arctic navigator. Captain J. Ingebrigtsen. from Tromso, and Herr Sverdrup, by whom Dr. Nansen was accompanied in his journey across Greenland.  A Russian Jew, whose name is unknown, cornmated suicide in the Jewish Synagogue at Bristol on Saturday. The deceased arrived in that town from London on Thursday, and though poor he was disinclined to beg, but said he would rather work than apply to the president of the Hebrew congregation. He attended the Synagogue on Saturday, but left about the middle of the service. Shortly after the report of firearms was heard, and the body of the deceased was subsequently found in one of the outbuildings.
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-04-09 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

THE MELBOURNE AND RAINHILL MURDERS.  ARRIVAL OF DEEM ING AT MELBOURNE.  INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE.  Deeming was safely landed at Melbourne on Fri. day morning by the P. and 0. steamer Ballaarat. After the vessel started from Adelaide on Wednesday he recovered his composure, having been irritated by the number of sightseers who had swarmed the ship. During the voyage he complained of the annoyance to which he had been sub. jected by the crowd of visitors, and sent an ;nvitation to Mr. Hirschfeldt, who identified him at Perth, to come and sit with him. When that gentleman entered the cabin the prisoner proposed they should have a game of "nap," and after they had played for some time he appeared more cone tented and cheerful than he had done during any previous period of the voyage. He continued to play cards with Mr. Hirschfeldt till a late hour, and on retiring to rest slept soundly, having apparently shaken off the nervousness from which he suffered so much during the earlier stages of the voyage. On waking on Thursday morning Deeming ate a hearty breakfast, but again exhibited some apprehension as to his reception at Melbourne. He expressed a hope that it would be dark when he landed, and on being informed that, on the contrary, it would be broad daylight, he could not conceal his disappointment. At meal-time his food was taken to his cabin by the steward, who cut up the meat beforehand, as it was not considered prudent to trust the prisoner with a knife in hia hand& Care was also taken to guard against the possibility of his snatching a knife from any of his watcher& Deeming, however, has shewn no desire to commit suicide. He ate a hearty supper and again played cards with Mr. Hirschfeldt, smoking continuously, At half-past 11 Deeming retired. Though the weather was still heavy will the ship rolled a good deal, the prisoner slept sontylly. Two watchers remained in bis cabin, and the electric light was kept burning all night.
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-01-23 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

TRYST.  Come into the garden, Maud; I am waiting here alone, And my heart grows warm for your presence, love, Though my feet are cold as stone For the dews are ch.ll to-night, And the breezes sharp and bleak; Oh, conic, with the clasp of your warm soft hand And the touch of your glowing cheek! She is coming! My heart beats high As I hasten my love to greet. She is coming! My pulses start and thrill At the sound ot her fairy feet. She has stepped on the gravelled walk, And I hear the gate ajar; Fly, fly to your lover's arms, my own! Jerusalem, 'tie her pa  An old bachelor said: "There's more jewellery worn nowadays than when I was young; but there's one piece that I always admired which I seldom see now." What is that?" asked a young lady. "A silver thimble," was the reply. He was regarded With contempt and scorn by every lady in the room for the rest of the evening.  "John," said a io-vlng wife, "I wish you would sing two or three lines of a song for me." "What on earth do you want me to do that for?" "There is something I want you to bring home,and I've forlnldr e mcnernmpolei complied, di,f andyou sigOntgte.p igtoiossnbatuut the charming wife said: "I remember WW WI O a file I want. rledthilniuksbla' First officer: "That was a very mysterious case of suicide last night, wasn't it? He was young, well dressed, and apparently well-to-do. Not a bit like the ordinary suicide." Second officer: "I don't see that there was anything very mysterious about it. It struck me that it was a very ordinary case." "But there was nothing found on him to indicate any cause for the (Iced." "Oh, yes, there was.'' "What was it?" "Ms. marriage certificate."  A party of commercial travellers on the road were boasting about the magnitude of the houses they represented, when one, who was the last to speak, said: "Gentlemen, I wouldn't like to tell you anything about the size of our premises, or the stock we carry, ot the number of people we employ, because you might think I was exaggerating. But when we took stock of our employes last week we found that six cashiers and three bookkeepers had absconded three months befere, NA bad never been missed!"  A