... DETrERMINED SUICIDE AT DUFFIELD. I . . A death of a most painful and tragic nature ocltirrred at Duffield on Wednesday evening, vhen a man ?? John Clifford, aged about (i0 years, framework-knitter, of Milford, was cut to pieces by au e.;press goods train on the Midland Railway. The case is sonposed to be one of determiued suicide, as the decease(d was observed to get on to the railway. near ...

... 111MICRY-A MODERN -RIME. I -. U E Where imitation or wriicry goes no farther t tn fairplay, there is somothng to be sa'd in its.de.eace. It argues a certain humrlity of mind that a person should acknowledge hinicelf incapable of originalitv and it is better to follow hu.?bly a beaten trawk than to do nothing. In sos- other ways,, bowevecq imita. tion is an unpatdonab1b crime. Where -same great ...

... i ) I TUESDAY. [Before His Honour Judge KoNi;rm DIGen.1 THE PRlIDE 01 DERB3Y ANGLING SOCIETY. ACTION AGAINST A FORMfln SECRETARY. This was an action brought by Mr. C. F. Knight, the secretary of the fishing association known as the Pride of Derby Angling Society, against Mr. J. Hughes, the former secretary of the same society, to recover ?? ls. 7d., which was made up mainly of subscriptions ...

... DERBYSHIRE SPRING ASSIZES, I TUESDAY. These assizes were commenced at the Shire Hall, Derby, on Tuesday morning, before Mr. Justice Hawkins. His lordship arrived in Derby on Monday afternoon from London, but dispensed with the ous- tomary procession. There were present on the Bench Mr. Benjamin Scott Currey (Under Sheriff ) and the Rev. E. E. Morris (Chaplain), but the High Sheriff, Mr. W. H. ...

... DERBY COUNTY POLICE COURT.-FRIDAY. I [Before the Hon. W. M. Jervis, H. Boden, E. S. Milnes, Vernon Mellor, B. Waite, H. Swingler, and W. Malla- lieu, Esqrs.] LOITERING AT DRAYCOTT.-Robert Dunn (15), Her- bert Garton (16), Elijah Kent (14), Eli Disney (14), and Edwin Ellis (16), of Draycott, were summoned for obstructing the footpath at Draycott on Jan. 27th.- Police-constable Ellse proved the ...

... DERBY COUNTY POLICE COURT.-FRIDAY I n [Before the Hon. W. M. Jervis, and 1HL. Boden, A. , Woodiwiss, Vernon Mellor, J. H. Smith, R. Waite, in W. Mallalieu, and H. Swingler, Esqrs.] ea MINOn OFFXEsNcEs.-Frank Field, a tramp, was e, charged with begging at Osmaston on Thursday. He is was sent to prison for 14 ?? Smith denied a. being drunk and disorderly at Draycote on the 7th h iost. Police ...

... I TSHE HIDANOR BETTING CASE. I At the Heanor Petty Sessions, on Monday, the case of Thomas William Briggs, farmer, residing at Nook End Farm, Heanor, and his wife, Charlotte Briggs, came up for hearing, it having been adjourned from last sessions.-Mr. Briggs was again charged with being the ocupier of a certain house at Nook End, Heanor, and unlawfully using the said house for the purposes of ...

... A CODNOR PARK BREACH OF PROMISE I CASE. At Nottingham Assizes on Thursday, before Mr. Justice Charles, a case was heard in which Ada Mary Taylor Barber, a dressmaker, of Codnor Park, Derby- shire, sued Thomas Knowles, clerk, of High Bentham, Yorkshire, for breach of promise of marriage.-Mr. Snow Fordham appeared for the plaintiff, and defen- dant was represented by Mr. Stanger.-Mr. Fordham, in ...

... I THE >ATAL TRAP ACOIDENT IN KING STUEET. At the Town Hall on Wednesday morning the Borough Coroner held an inquesttouching the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Mason, aged 63-the wife of Mr. Lot Mason, farmer, of Shuttle-who died at the Infirmary on Monday from the effects of an accident sustained on October 9th,-Mr. F. D. Cooke watched the case on behalf of Mr. Mason.-Mr. Mason stated that on the day ...

... celebration the day In Derby will be a dull one, merely of an ordinary Whitsuntide Bank holiday character. The meeting of the Mayor's Committee held on Friday decided that there were sufficient funds in hand to justify a decision to fete the children under 14, and give the old folk over 65 a packet of groceries. Now tbs British puolic loves a spectaole, and we venture to say that the spectacle ...

... By a Specialist. It is dawning on the public to try and prevent, or at least to arrest, disease. It is in prevention tbat Kola plays an important part, acting solely as a first-class nourishing food — it strengthens the system to resist, oppose, and overcome the attacks ol disease. You'll hear someone say, So-iwnd-so has a strong constitu- tion ; follow that up, and you'll find that So-and ...

... A bill giving boards of guardians extended powers of control over neglected children has been brought for- ward by Mr. Ernest Fowler, M.P., at the instigation of the State Children's Aid Association, 61, Old Broad Street, of which Lord Peel is the chairman. The bill treats with (1) the cbildien of paupers of the permanent class, whose character or mental deficiency may render them nnht to have ...