... Condemned to death at Durban, Nat'l, • native The letter was clesning • revolver in the en woman struggled frantically on the scaffold. Two when the wespan wee accidentally do , torged, and ilia warden had hold het while the executiouer con bubet lodged in' ...

... Sometimes he bled them over night, and sometimes he did not. That mode of killing was adopted for the purpose of pleasing the eye. Tic knew it was a very cruel practice, but if he did not kill that way he should not be able to sell his veal—William Ashenden, ...

... Isou beciKe engaged, iffio Judge the crime as a most creel one.Pnsoser had allowed his pass fer Htxl'on t » overcome him, aud killed his wife order that b« nnelit marry her. He deserved no mercy. William lingtoo, son of tb* well known hangman was the ex*cutiOer ...

... or four times formeplain. To get to his he had to drive his homes Mr. Berry's meadow. There was no gate between the only • scaffold pole,blet de domed that this was frequently down. Mr. Berry's feed was Out better than Ms, Mr. Berry put manure I .11 his ...

... ng its position comes the tragic news that Michael ollins, head of the Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, was killed Irregulars in an ambush in County Cork, receiving a wound in the head after the attacking party had been practically driven ...

... coal tell, burying about fourteeu of the men beneath the coal. The scaffold poles and supports, however, saved the men’s lives; one mao was rather severely injured, but none were killed. It was several hours betorc they could got out, iu the meantime great ...

... manage kill both rate, but not before one has riven a final bite, and we see the poor ferret breathe its last Two mere of the ferrets were badly bitten here, as Ihe game ia plentiful. However, the hog this time to 40 rats, 22 of which are killed the dog ...

... small cost, for out a total (trengJi of only 320 men.witu which the regiment went into tue fray, tnoy lost fewer than forty killed aad wounded. Several horses w. re quickly hamstrung, and their riders were being cut pieces by the (eroaous foe. With one ...

... police-court, Mr. Partridge staled that had received considerable sum of money for the relief the family of John Pilkmgton, scaffolder, who had been charged with stealing bread. He made suggestion as to its appropriation in way likely to prevent poverty being ...

... French gunboats forced passage of the Meuam River, Siam. The native forts fired upon them, and killed three Frenchmen aud wounded two ; the French fire killed twcutv Siamese aud wounded twelve. This hostile action of the French warships said tohav® occurred ...

... twslve yards. On Monday last a glazier employed on the Great Exhibition building London, named Robson, whilst at work on scaffold fotty feet from tbt ground, missed foo- ng, and fell. Hia death was almost instanta** A accident occurred on Saturday night ...

... blood issued from his mouth, lo his excitement, he had burst a vessel. was dead. The wont that would have sent Edward to the scaffold was never said. had committed the forgery on Mr. Cullen. It were needless to dwell longer on the incidents which which occurred ...