Tuesday 7 July 1868

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on July [4th], the wife of F. ENSOR Esq, Surgeon, of a daughter

Friday 10 July 1868

EDUCATIONAL
Mr. G.A. ROSE, of King William's Town, has received the appointment of teacher to the Government Aided School at Adelaide, with a salary of £150 per annum.

SUDDEN DEATH
A man named John CARNEY died on Wednesday in an awfully sudden manner. He entered the house of a friend about twelve o'clock on the day in question, and, after talking for a few minutes, rose from his chair and immediately fell dead. The unfortunate man was victim to intemperance, and this may in some manner have accelerated his end.

APPOINTMENTS
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. Peter BERTRAM to be assistant field-cornet of the ward Groot Vlei, in the division of Queen's Town; Mr. Matthys Andreas DE VRIES to be field-cornet of the ward Zwartsberg, in the division of Prince Albert, in the room of Mr. Abraham Hermanus DE VRIES Jun., resigned; Mr. Alexander James KIDWELL to be deputy postmaster at Kilpspruit Neck, division of Aliwal North, on the line of road between Dordrecht and Aliwal North.

DIED on the 7th inst, Mary Tennant, the daughter of Charles Tennant JONES, aged two years.

Tuesday 14 July 1868

DIED on the 7th instant at his Residence, Zeekoe River, Mr. Stephanus FERREIRA Senior, aged 72 years 6 months and 21 days.
Widow S.E. FERREIRA
Born RAUTENBACH
Zeekoe River, Division of Humansdorp
July 9 1868

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 14th inst, the wife of John SPENCE of a daughter

ATTEMPTED STABBING
John MILLER, an elderly man, was brought before the Resident Magistrate yesterday morning, charged with having attempted to stab John BALLANTYNE, on Saturday night. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced by His Worship to be imprisoned for one month, with hard labour.

DEATH OF LADY BRAND
Lady BRAND, wife of Sir C.J. BRAND, Speaker of the House of Assembly, died on Monday week at the ripe age of 71 years, after a long period of delicate health. The deceased was a lady who enjoyed the general regard and esteem of all who were acquainted with her. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon, when a large number of carriages followed the corpse to its last resting place.

Friday 17 July 1868

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on Wednesday the 15th inst, Mr. Chas. ADCOCK of a son.

ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH
On Wednesday evening a white man named John LEWIS expired suddenly in a house in Grace-street. The cause of his death is conjectured to be hard drinking and exposure to the weather.

UITENHAGE
Mr. Gustav ELSTER died suddenly at Uitenhage on Friday last. The District Surgeons attribute his death to apoplexy. The deceased was a native of Hamburg, and once a merchant in a considerably large way of business in Port Elizabeth, but had lately become reduced in circumstances, and was very poor when he died. He belonged to the Masonic Brotherhood, many of whom followed his remains to the grave.
Mr. Spencer FLEISCHER, late field-cornet of Sunday's River, died on Sunday last. He leaves a widow and six children.

Tuesday 21 July 1868

FOUND DEAD
The body of a quarryman, named Frederick JOHNSON, was found in the Valley on Sunday last. Mr. HUGHES, the field-cornet, examined the corpse, but no marks of violence were visible, and death is conjectured to have resulted from natural causes.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS, GRAHAM'S TOWN
On Thursday the case of Johannes Cornelis ENGELBRECHT, for culpable homicide, was postponed. Hans AUGUST, also indicted for culpable homicide, was found guilty - sentence, six months' hard labour. William WILSON, charged with murder known as the Sidbury case, was acquitted, there not being even circumstantial evidence against him. In the caser of Valtyn MASANGA, also charged with murder, the plea of not guilty was withdrawn at the suggestion of his lordship and the jury, and a plea of guilty of culpable homicide tendered, which the Solicitor-General accepted. Sentence, two years….. The trial of HAYCRAFT commenced yesterday morning and is expected to occupy the Court some considerable time.

Friday 24 July 1868

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on Tuesday the 21st instant, the wife of Mr. J.R. HOLLAND of a daughter.

Tuesday 28 July 1868

Among the list of passengers just arrived from England per R.M.S. Saxon, we notice the name of Capt. SKEAD R.N., who will at once return to this port to resume his duties as Harbour-Master.

Tuesday 4 August 1868

DIED at Weltevreden, Alexandria, on the 22nd July 1868, of Consumption, Mr. Jacobus Mauritz HOLTSHAUSEN, aged 28 years and 6 months. Friends at a distance will please accept this notice.
M.C.J. HEGERS
Quagga's Flat, July 24 1868

Friday 7 August 1868

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 7th instant, the wife of Thomas TILBROOK Esq. of a daughter.

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on August 7th, the wife of August BARSDORF Esq. of a son.

BIRTH at Richmond on Friday last, the 31st July, the wife of Mr. M.M. TAIT of a daughter.
Richmond, 4th August 1828

DROWNED
From Cape Town we learn that Mr. CAMPBELL, who was recently taken to Robben Island, insane, has been found drowned on one of the inlets of that island. Whether in a fit of insanity he jumped in, or whether he accidentally fell off the rocks, does not appear; but, as his madness was not of a melancholy type, it was probably an accident.

Tuesday 11 August 1868

SUICIDE
Mr. J. :PROBART, field-cornet of Agter Sneeuwberg, has just reported to the Resident Magistrate that one Lewis BLOM, a farmer, who was about to be apprehended on a very serious charge, had committed suicide. It seems that while searching for him, for the purpose of taking him prisoner, they found his body, cold and stiff, suspended by the neck to a tall [.rie] bush. His feet were tied together with a riem, which he had evidently done himself, and fastening another round his neck and to the bush, then leaped off.

Friday 14 August 1868

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth August 13th 1868, Mrs. George BIRT of a son.

DIED at Healdtown on Sunday 9th August, Harriet Langford, daughter of Rev. William IMPEY, general-Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions. Aged 13 years.

A GOLDEN WEDDING
Although we do not ordinarily notice entertainments that are not public, we trust that we shall not be guilty of any breach of decorum by referring to the very interesting festivity which took place on the 6th inst. On that day Mr. and Mrs. Ewan CHRISTIAN, who are amongst the oldest and most respected of our fellow citizens, kept their "Golden Wedding", the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage day. The event is the more interesting because Mr. CHRISTIAN did not enter into the marriage state till he had reached his thirty-fifth year, so that he is now nearly eighty-five. A very large party of friends, including His Excellency the Governor, was invited to celebrate this happy occasion, and the host's mansion in St.George-street was crowded with guests, not only to join in the festivities, but also to personally congratulate their entertainers upon [reaching] this fiftieth anniversary of the greatest dramatic event of their lives, while still in the enjoyment of perfect bodily health and full possession of all their mental faculties. Dancing was kept up in the large hall till far into the small hours of the morning, interrupted only by a sumptuous supper at which the health of the "happy couple" was gracefully and feelingly proposed by Sir Philip WATERHOUSE, and […ingly] responded to by the host himself, who looked twenty years younger than his actual age. A more pleasant and merry party has never been seen in Cape Town, and it had the peculiarity that the centre of attraction was not a […] fair young "belle of the ball", but the venerable hostess, whose smiling countenance showed how heartily she entered into the enjoyments of her younger guests. - Standard.

Tuesday 18 August 1868

DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM HODGES
The town was started yesterday by the sad intelligence, received by telegram from Cape Town, that the Chief Justice, Sir William HODGES, was no more. His Lordship had been ailing for some days, but, so far as we know, there was nothing to cause any serious apprehension on the part of his relatives and friends. The malady under which he suffered must have rapidly increased, and Sir William HODGES breathed his last yesterday morning. His death will be a severe loss to the Supreme Court, and to the colony. As an honest, independent and upright judge he was much respected and esteemed; and, as President of the Legislative Council, he was always at his post, and took a deep interest in the business of legislation. He did not discharge his duties merely as an ex officio member, but interested himself greatly in the subjects under consideration, and spared no time or trouble in doing what he could to elucidate any question which arose in the course of debate. The Eastern Province will have special cause to mourn his death, for, both in the discharge of his public duties and in private life, he was a warm supporter of Eastern Province interests, stoutly advocating its rights, and did not allow himself to be bound hand and foot by the influence of a centralizing Government. His memory will long be cherished in the hearts of Eastern Province men. This unexpected bereavement will cause various changes in the bench of the Supreme Court. What these will eventually be remains to be seen. Our telegram from Cape Town has it that Mr. Justice DWYER will remain in Cape Town for two months, and that Mr. A.W. COLE will proceed to Graham's Town as Acting Judge; Mr. Justice DENYSSEN, we presume, taking his seat at once in the Supreme Court. It is useless to speculate on the effect of these changes until we know more precisely what they are. These frequent changes on the bench are calculated to have an injurious effect, and are to be regretted for their own sake, but still more for the cause which necessitated them. We are quite sure we but express public feeling when we say that we deeply sympathise with the relatives and friends of the departed Chief Justice on their irreparable loss.

Friday 28 August 1868

MARRIAGE: HORWOOD - EBDEN
On Thursday 27th August 1868 at St.Mary's Church, Port Elizabeth, by the Rev. E. Pickering, Rector, Arthur Owen, third son of Matthew HORWOOD Esq. of London, to Alice Marian, eldest daughter of Alfred EBDEN Esq. of Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. No cards.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
BIRTHS
BARNSDORF, Mrs. A., at Port Elizabeth, on the 7th inst, of a son.
BIRT, Mrs. George, at Port Elizabeth, on the 13th inst, of a son.
CALKIN, Mrs. E. [Van], at Port Elizabeth, on the 19th inst, of a son.
LAMB, Mrs. James, at Fraserburg, on the 28th ult, of a daughter.
TAIT, Mrs. M.M., at Richmond, on the 31st ult, of a daughter.
TILBROOK, Mrs. T., at Port Elizabeth, on the 7th inst, of a daughter.
MARRIAGE
HORWOOD, Mr. A.O., to Miss A.M. EBDEN, at Port Elizabeth, on the 27th inst.
DEATHS
HOLTZHAUSEN, Mrs. J.M., at Weltevreden, Alexandria, on the 22nd ult, aged 28 years.
IMPEY, Harriet Langford, daughter of the Rev. W. IMPEY, at Heald Town, on the 9th inst, aged 13 years.

Tuesday 1 September 1868

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 31st Aug, the wife of Ernest Russell MOSES of a son.

Friday 4 September 1868

A prisoner named Charles WILLIAMS, who was on Monday last sentenced to three months' imprisonment and twenty-five lashes for the crime of theft, absconded from the road-party on Wednesday night and has not since been apprehended.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT KATBERG SPRUIT - TWO LIVES LOST
Graham's Town, 3rd September 1868
Mr. BERTRAM has received the subjoined telegram this morning. Two lives have been lost at the Katberg Spruit through the flooding of that stream. The Queen's Town down passenger cart, in attempting to cross the spruit, was washed away, and Mrs. ORSMOND (wife of Mr. Chas. ORSMOND) of this City, and Mr. Alfred EDWARDS, of Port Elizabeth, were drowned. "On my way down per post cart, incessant rain. When crossing Katberg Spruit near Hex's Hotel, cart capsized and washed down the river. Two passengers - Mrs. ORSMOND, and Mr. Alfred EDWARDS, of Port Elizabeth - were drowned. Mine and driver's life saved by swimming. Bodies not yet found. Mail bags recovered."

Tuesday 8 September 1868

MARRIED on the 4th September at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, by the Rev. J.C. MacIntosh, assisted by Rev. P. Davidson, Adelaide, Reverend James Gall ROBERTSON, Lovedale, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. John BLACK, [……], Fifeshire, Scotland.

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 6th inst, the wife of Mr. James DAY of a daughter.

Friday 11 September 1868

DIED at Richmond on the 1st September, Bertha, sixth daughter of J.S.O. BRINK.

ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR QUEEN'S TOWN
On Wednesday week another fatal accident occurred near Queen's Town. Mr. BEGLEY, a Kafir trader, was on his way in from Kafirland, to take his wife back with him. He was accompanied by a member of the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police. On arriving at the Imvani drift, which, though running strong, was not considered dangerous or impassable, the two travellers entered. Mr. BEGLEY dismounted in the stream to adjust the saddle, and his companion, looking round, saw him on his back going down the stream. The policeman was unable to swim, and called to the drowning man to try and keep up until he got assistance, making for the house close to the river. The […..] at once turned out, several farmers gathered, and every effort was made to find BEGLEY, without avail. On the following day search was again made. Mr. THOMAS emptied his dam below the drift, but up to the leaving of the post the body had not been found.

Tuesday 15 September 1868

BIRTH on the 13th instant, the wife of Mr. Henry Coles BAKER of a daughter.

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 13th inst, the wife of Mr. Robert STEWART of a son.

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 14th instant, Mrs. C E. BROWN of a daughter.
15th September 1868

Friday 18 September 1868

MARRIED in London on the 5th August 1868 by the Rev. Dr. Adler, assisted by the Revs. M. Asher and S. Kisor, George SOLOMON Esq. of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, second son of Isaac SOLOMON Esq. of Colet Place, Commercial Road, London, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Michael SAMUELS Esq. of London.

DROWNED
We regret to hear, by last mail from England, of the death, by drowning, of Mr. Robert CALDECOTT, son of C.H. CALDECOTT Esq. of Graham's Town. Mr. CALDECOTT had just completed his studies as a medical man and had gone down to the neighbourhood of Bristol for a holiday, with one or two companions. Whilst there he was bathing, and got out of his depth. Seeing the danger in which he was placed, a companion, named GRIFFIN, swam to his assistance, but it soon became evident that both would sink, and Mr. CALDECOTT released his friend, and almost immediately afterwards sank. His body was subsequently recovered, and was interred at Wick, St.Lawrence. We tender our sympathy with his bereaved parents and friends.

Friday 25 September 1868

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 19th September 1868, Mrs. A. BAUMANN of a son.

DEATH OF MR. CHARLES WEBB OF GRAHAM'S TOWN
We regret to say that Mr. Charles WEBB, well known to almost everyone in this town, died on Tuesday morning, after a comparatively brief attack of illness. Mr. WEBB was a man who had a character of his own. He was intelligent, enquiring, possessed of no small stock of humour, and had a lively style of talk and writing. He possessed a fund of anecdotes illustrative of a Settler's life since 1820, and his stories of men and things were often graphically told. He was thinking of putting together his recollections of the Settlement in the form of a little memorial for the Jubilee year, but death has prevented that. Mr. WEBB will be long remembered as a quaint, friendly old man, who made no fortune, but whom everybody liked. - Journal.
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THE LATE MR. BEGLEY
The body of this unfortunate man, who was drowned while crossing the Imvani River, on the same day as the post cart accident, was found yesterday week by Mr. THOMAS, about four hundred and fifty yards below the drift where he entered the river. The body was in a deep hole, embedded in mud, and was evidently loosened by Mr. THOMAS turning the water from his furrow into the hole. Information was conveyed to Mr. Field-cornet George FINCHAM, who at once proceeded to the spot, and made an examination. The clothes were all on the body, not torn in the least. There was a severe wound at the back of the head, but no other perceptible injury. The body was in such a decomposed state as to necessitate its being burned at once.

Tuesday 29 September 1868

BIRTH at Salem on Wednesday the 23rd September, the wife of Mr. [Da…] MATTHEWS of a daughter.

MR. CHARLES WEBB
We regret exceedingly that we should, through relying upon a statement confidently made, but which we are happy to find is erroneous, have announced the death of Mr. Charles WEBB. We learn, although Mr. WEBB is seriously ill, he is still alive. We only hope that he will live for many a long year. - Journal.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
BIRTHS
BAUMANN, Mrs. A., on the 19th inst, at Port Elizabeth, of a son.
BAKER, Mrs. H.C., on the 13th inst, at Port Elizabeth, of a daughter.
BROWN, Mrs. C.E., on the 14th inst, at Port Elizabeth, of a daughter.
DAY, Mrs. J., on the 6th inst, at Port Elizabeth, of a daughter.
FORSYTH, Mrs. J., on the 11th inst, at Port Elizabeth, of a son.
MOSES, Mrs. E.R., on the 31st ult, at Port Elizabeth, of a son
MATTHEWS, Mrs. D., on the 23rd inst, at Salem, of a daughter.
STEWART, Mrs. R., on the 13th inst, at Port Elizabeth, of a son.
MARRIAGE
ROBERTSON, Rev. J.G., on the 4th inst, at Port Elizabeth, to Miss E. BLACK, eldest daughter of Mr. J. BLACK of Fifeshire, Scotland.
DEATH
BRINK, Miss Bertha, sixth daughter of Mr. J.S.O. BRINK, on the 1st inst, at Richmond.