LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1198, 31 May 1872, Page 2

LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

•- A SLIP 'TWIXT OUP AND LIP. - .A- love-sick young widower, who resides iv the vicinity of the Breakwater, after a brief period of wooing, proposed to the belle of the viliage, and was acce~pte'dr r 'Matters " having^'sd" far "Tu'c^ ; ceeded, the s day was -named and the wed- ; ding celebration' and festivities arranged. On May 9, in the presence of f riends^atid^ "relatives, «he happy' "couple we'rejto be' unitedUiOri'the previous I*1 '* evening^ how-' ever, the young lady found, that some little extra adornments were wanting,' and to provide for these deficiencies,accompanied by her intended mother-in-law, she arrived in town yesterday morn--ing, her affianced having previously! arranged to meet them, at the -church; where^the rest of their friends wquid^Jje* assembled. On starting she" received an; order for L5-10s"o'tf ! &ie' 'firm with whom' the widower is employed, and half-a- , sovereign from the youth's .mother.' In due time both of them reached Geelorig, and the order wae speedily, changed into hard cash! The young lady then contrived to get her friends to select some flowers, &c, in one' of the millinery establishments, while she herself made a visit to a jeweller's in quest of a pair of earrings. They parted, and this , was the last glimpse that was seen of the intended bride by her would-be -relatives. When the important hour arrived, the brideyroom with his relatives, in blushing expectation,, awaited at the church door the advent of the fair one. Then the truth .that something serious was the matter began at length to dawn. They lingered -about the porch till long past the hour appointed, but -still no bride appeared. A search party was next instituted, and after many ,and, anxious enquiries it was at length elicited that a young maiden in; wedding robes had taken her departure by the midnight train for Ballarat. : The Geelong Advertiser of the 14th May states "that he is now on the eve of being married to an elderly, ; lady, who has officiated for. sonic time as his housekeeper, and whose matrimonial experiences are equal to his own. The fair absconder, since her flight to Ballarat, is .said to have been in communication.jwjth her dressmaker in Geelong, with whom, in- her haste, she had left some of her wedding apparel.tp.be finished, which she now desires to' ! be forwarded. The brightest feature in the affair is, that the dressmaker, to whom she is almost a strauger, is desired to forward a.^ood reference in the pocket of the dress."

;; - . ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. '' ?J? A desperate attempt 'at suicide %as made on the 9th of May, at Brougham street, Soldiers' Hill, but happily without a fatal result. It appears that the unfortunate woman, Mrs Jane Angwin, ■ has for the last six months been in a very weak state of bodily health, consequent on Her. confinement, and during the last few .days has been rather worse, Jthan usual, but on Thursday morning seemed a little better. Mr Arigwin, on rising inthe morning, prepared some tea and toast for his wife, and after wishing her good morning as usual went to his work, : -telling his son, who is about eight or ten years of agej that if the invalid required any assistance, he . was to call a next-door neighbor, Mrs Paine. At about eight o'clock Mrs Angwin got up and dressed herself, and went about ■ her household duties until nearly ten ■ o'clock, when, without any warning, she seized a razor that was lying on a table, rushed to her bedroom, and locked herself in. Her son, frightened at his mother's appearance [and conduct, tried to open the door, and failing'to do so, immediately called Mrs Paine, and told her what his mother had done. Mrs Paine then took the boy outride the. hou.ae and put him through the, window for the purpose of opening the' door, and this being done, Mrs Paine went in and found Mrs Angwin lying on the bed covered' : with bloM, ; her throat cut, and tbe razor still in her hand. Dr Nicholson ; was promptly in attendance, and up to five o'clock yesterday afternoon the patient was in a weak state from loss of blood.j; at that hour, however, it was thought that there, was no immediate danger. The. deed seems to be the result of a melancholy state of mind, consequent on a lpng illness.— Ballarat Star, lOlh .May....;., . _...,..'.;___. A DOUBLE MISFORTUNE. On Thursday night, 2nd May,, the branch store belonging to : : Messrs^ G. Haynes and Co., situated on the Three-, chain-road; about five miles from Belfast, was burnt down. The fire is believed to have been the work of an incendiary. There i 3 little doubt that the store wa3 robbed prior to being burnt, and that the arson was committed s in order to conceal the "burglary. The loss is -estimated at Ll5O, and, owing to the business being merely temporary, the stock was not insured. No person slept upon the. premises, nor was there any sign of 'fire when the place was seen at nine o'clock.It was not until after midnight that the flames were perceived, and, as there were -a couple of kegs of gunpowder, known to be in the store, nothing could be done to save it. __ Messrs, Haynes and Co hayejmstained another ; loss— this time ,in connection with their branch store at Yarnbuk. On the , sth inst. Mr Yockins secured the store as usual at nice o'clock, aud on gettiug up next morning he found 'that a burglarious entrance had been effected through a window, and that the cashbox, containining L 37 in notes, silver, and cheques, had been stolen. The window in question lhad been nailed down for about twelve yeara, and the nails must have been drawn some days previously, in anticipation of the burglary. That the act was that of a' person thoroughly conversaxit with the place is' shown by the fact that, although a rather savage Newfoundland dog was left in the shop, no noise was heard in the night, j The cash-. b,ox, too, was secured underneath the counter, in a peculiar manner, supposed by Mr Yoclfins to have been, known only to himself. — Belfast Gazette, May 10. , . HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. j < A ; frightful accident occurred on Satur : day afternoon last, at Wargani Station' (Mr Wm. Lang's), on the Old Man Plain, to a young, man named Crews, aged twenty-two, who, with bis father and* stepmother, are employed on the station. Crews had been sent to the Pine Ridge with a dray to bring to'Wargara sohve articles. He had returned safely jto within cooey of Wargam, when a pig, which Crews was bringiug iv a cart, got loose and was escapiug, to prevent which

Crews seized the animal with one hand, while holding the reins with the other. The dray wheel came against a stump, the dray turned over and fell on poor Crews, tlie iron -bands of the upper part of the dray falling across hia loins, which produced immediate paralysis. There lay the unfortunate man for some time in this p'sittetf^cru^^ still on him, while^the horse was struggling to free himself. "In' these struggles the iron wasworking across Crews's.spine, liOTt^rTnJhW r fxigmfimyT^H'e7 i pTStated, was totally unable ito jextricato himself, so there he lay. His arms were now of some slight use to him, aa^he got a book from his pocket, and on a leaf thereof a finarTadi|u^»ihiß" father, expecting and hopingfor^eiafiiv* At length Mrs Lang fancied she heard shrieks, of .agony proceeding from; where Crews lay, and/on some of the station, people seeking for the cause of, the groans, and /shrieks,,, they found Crews as stated. There is little or no hope, we regret to say,- 'of his recovery. —Pastoral Times, I,lth May. , DEATH FROM STRYCHNINE. 1 ?■-, ■.■:.;■; On the 29fch uli, thedead.b'odyoi.Mr J. A. Luttrell, manager of the station >of Mr Hazell, Carlton, : , was f pund ,. in the Carltbn River, under circumstances which led to the belief that' Lufcfcreti inethis death from causes other than drowning or a fall from his horse. At the inquest, held on the Ist inst., Mary Ann Jones, a servant residing at Mr Hazell's, deposed ; I recollect Sun day, $he 28th : April. The deceased came in to the. k^itclien. ,on/ the morning of that day, about nine o'clock ; he liad had' his breakfast, /bnt- asked if there was any coffee. , T said I r thought there was a little. /He h'eljjeji/ hiiiiself vfco some, and put' in "a ' powder— a' white powder; it was in two papers. There was writing on one of the papers, the outside one. T could ; not, tell what was written on it. He then stirred it up in a cup, and drank it,' and then said, •♦ Oh j scissors, it is bitter !" He asked if' there was an apple to be had, .• I; gave, him one. He went into the parlor for his hat. He went outj . got on his ;horse^ jand-roe!?^ away, Eliza Hazell called,; and sworujf I am the wife of the coroner. „^e have some powdered strychnine, and/ some in crystal. The deceased had /the bpttlejof powdered strychnine in his 'possession some three months ago, to poison- a. sheep. The jury gave an open verdict, ami their recognisances to;feappe^r ; when called on after the analysjSi~^^ncesio?i.]Jra!amMier, 7th May. eraS&iitil.fsiSa : ■■ ' -^- ANOTHER CHIIJ) MUBDEE. ! i ; •" | "'• On Sunday afternoon the dead body of an infant was discovered |fl6ating on the surface of the water ',in .'a. shallow dam opposite the Dan O'Connejl ; Hotel, High street. It was first seen at about one o'clock by some children who were, playing about that locality. They won't and told a man. named Cherry, and he procured assistance, and the body was dragged to the bank, but with some difficulty,' as there was a heavy weight [attached to it, so as to keep ifc down. -This, however, had noihad the effect desired by the' person or persons who committed the atrocious deed, The body w^s that of a newly-born female child, and at was evident, that it had been in the water for several days at least, judging from its decomposed state. It was wrapped in a woman's jacket,'connected with which was a stone : weighing about seven pounds. There were' appearances of violence, the skull being.fractured and smashed in several, parts. Constable Dobson caused the body to be removed to ; the Daniel O'Connell .Hotel, v w,here it awaits the coroner's inquest, which is to commence this morning at nine o'clock. This is the second ; case/of child murder which has occurredifcgfliis district during the past week. 1 On^Sunday : week;a;fbody was found at the White Hills, anil yesterday; another was f ou.nd in , the. , -High street d^^nga^Seridigo^dveiivsm', 13th ''May. '■ ;' i ../. 1 /■'■ ■ ;; l : v ' :iiv '- ;! - ; ' ; ' / EXECUTION .OF PEENET. The last penalty of the law was inflicted upon. Ed ward Feeney on Tuesday imorning at the Melbourne Gaol, in the presence of a'boii'fc twenty spectators, consisting of members of the medical profession and of 1 the press. .-The remarkable circumstances of the case for which Feeney has now paid the .penalty; will.be ;fresh inthe recollection of all; more especially as no sufficient motive could be adduced if or the murder of his friend and companion Marks. The medical evidence .gjyen at the trial certainly led to many surmises of animproper intimacy haying between the two men,bui;t6thelastmoment,andwithhisdy- . ing breath, Feeney deniedjthat any. grounds existed for such a suspicion y arid while" 'his ■ ihdighanbn at : 'such ! aijfp j port haying obtained publicity, without his having an opportunity of disproving it, he requeated Mr Castieau, the governor of the gaol, to give' publicity to' his 'emphatic denial of such a charge. Since his imprisonment" he ; has' frequently spoken disparagingly of Marks, who had often been troublesome to Mm owing to his expressions of fondness and endearment. Feeney further^ stated that Marks had continually boasted of an intimacy with Park and- of London notoriety, Since his condemnation, Feeney maintained a resigned and cheerful demeanor, paying great attention to the ministrations of the Bey. Mr Lordan, his religious . , adviser, who was with him from an early hour on Tuesday morhing until the last moment. Shortly before ten a.m. the sheriff, in the usual' formal manner, demanded* the condemned man from the governor of the gaol, the pinioning was performed by Bamford the hangman, while -Mr Lordan recited' the " prayers for' 'the dea.d, and in a few minutes, he was-.u^here^ into' eterriiity. Owing to the' noose having been; improperly. adjusted, death was not instantaneous, the convulsive movements of the muscles lasting several 1 minutes. Feeney was born in Ireland in 1834, and came out to this colony as a private in the/ 18th Begiment : (Royal Irish), in the ship Elizabeth Ann Bright,^ in 1863. "He subsequently obtained his discharge fromi the' regiment, aixd foy some time was wardsmau at the Melbourne Hospital, which p'ositionj he resigned shortly before the tragical 'affair for which he has now paid the penalty.