... AT MAIDSTONE. William Hook, a costermonger, who was convicted the last Kent Assizes for the murder of hiß young wife, whom ha killed with a poker, afterwards crushing in her skull with the heel of his boot, was hanged within the walls of Maidstone Gaol ...

... Tilbury, West Kent (esclus‘ve of the Woolwich district west of the Irregular line of Egypt Bay in the Thames, High Haistowe, Trottescliffe, Aylesford, Deptlin Mardis, and GoodhureV, and including Gravesend, the defences of the Thames, and Maidstone ; a Sheerness ...

... new industry just introdu.t.l into Kent for the curing of hope by a special prow with a vies to their admixture with tea, has during the past week attracted • very great moan! .1 attention, and the wake at Maidstone have bcs visited by large numbers ...

... previous years. Harvest has been comp'et,d in th•-se counties, and with a continuance of the present tine weather the pheasant @booting at aeon will open on Wednesday under favourable ci rcu mstances. TUOM ten named Barry were court Wed for trial, •t the Ennis ...

... the lady who afterwards became his wife, Mr and Mrs Lewis had taken him under their patronage. The former was member for Maidstone, aud his ii fluence secured Mr Disraeli the second seat in that town Mrs Lewis had taken a special liking the young man. ...

... suffocated in bed. Another fire attended with loss of life occurred at a private lunatic asylum kept by Dr. Harmer at Hawkhurst, Kent. The building was completely destroyed, and a young lady patient was burnt to death. PENRITH ABOUT FIFTY YEARS AGO. An occasional ...

... nave neaoart • mov emont, greater wealth of the people, Mit even more tO the foreign countries Lave largely extend t etre. How Kent, there is ono end of it w hi c h we . f or many yeare out of the question now. So uiuch the worse for the • way that took the ...

... country, has resigned the mastership of the Mid Kent Staghounds, which position be took over in 1888. On the 19th inst. a meeting of those interested in the pack was held at the Royal Star Hotel, Maidstone, when, after some deliberation, Mr. G. P. Russell ...

... country, has resigned the mastership of the Mid Kent Staghounds, which position he took over in 1569. On the 19th inst. • 'emoting of those interested in the pack was held at the Royal Star Hotel, Maidstone, when, after some deliberation, Mr. G. P. Russell ...

... wad hev a bit brcck wid her. Sea when be com till t’ duir be wont in backwards, bout dabble, wid t' cwoat tails waltopan •boot hb leg*. it bajipen'd Jane was sittiu’ t* fire darnin’ pair o’ stockins be t* lect canntl, an’ tbinkin’ nea ’at the t’ be tubb’d ...

... often woke up in the night in a sort of nightmare fright lest his good fortune should be after all only a mockery, and not the golden reality it was. Yes, Henry Sampson was a most excellent man; and he was enjoying his prosperity in a very wholesome fashion ...

... southern and western counties have perceptibly changed their shade, and there has stolen across the waving ears the first golden tinge which is the forerunner of ripeness. Despite. however, the fair external appearance, it is to be feared that the ears ...