Thursday 1 August 1889

BIRTH on the 30th July at Maraisburg, the wife of Lawrie S. WRIGHT of a daughter.

DIED at Grahamstown on August 1st 1889, David KETTLES, aged 79 years.
The Funeral of the above will leave the residence of Mr. R. TRUMBLE, Macdonald-street, tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at half past 3 o’clock. Friends invited to attend.

OBITUARY
An old resident has passed away this morning in the person of Mr. David KETTLES, at the age of 79 years. His blameless life had gained for him the respect of a large circle of friends. The funeral will take place at half past three tomorrow afternoon, and will move from the residence of Mr. R. TRUMBLE.

ANOTHER APOLOGY
The following is from the Bloemfontein Express: “I, Johanna Petronella Katrina Magdalena Susanna Maria JANSEN VAN RENSBURG, wife of Johannes JANSEN VAN RENSBURG of the farm Kalkfontein, district Boshof, acknowledge hereby that I cannot verify my words as to what I said concerning C.J. BADENHORST and N.J. SASIMAN, and of Mrs. C.J. SASIMAN and Miss H.A. OOSTHUZEN, and I declare before witnesses that I am a liar, and that I know nothing respecting those people, but that they are respectable, and that I am a liar.”

A SERIOUS SHOOTING AFFAIR
Under this head the E.P. Herald records the opening of a charge in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Port Elizabeth, against Mr. Robert THOMPSON, a member of the Town Council and the Divisional Council, for shooting one named Robert SCHULTZ on Monday evening, a further element of interest being added to the affair by it having leaked out that at the bottom of the regrettable business a woman, as usual, was concerned.
SCHULTZ, who was not expected to live, in his deposition states that “Robert THOMPSON took my wife away four days ago. I wandered about day and night to find out where he was staying. I found them at Mr. KROMM’s house near the North End Park. I did not see her, I heard her voice. A little after six I went there. It was rather dark. I got into the garden and then through the window, which was open; the door of the room was locked. I heard footsteps on the path. THOMPSON came to the window with a lantern. He said nothing. He fired and said “There you are” and walked away. I got through the window and went to the shed of the tramway and lay down. Then I went to the shop at SHORN’s place. The police were sent for and brought me on a stretcher to the Hospital.”
THOMPSON’s defence appears to be that he thought SCHULTZ was someone trying to break into the house.
The Magistrate thought that as he fired this shot at the man who was breaking into his house, he did not intend to shoot anyone in particular, and more especially SCHULTZ. He did not know whether he fired at a white man or a black man. His Worship ultimately decided to allow the accused to bail on two sureties of £250 each, remarking that the accused was very indiscreet in firing upon the man entering his house; he should have tried to catch him. That was the proper way for him to proceed under such circumstances, and then, if he resisted, fire. The case was remanded until Friday morning next.
SCHULTZ has since somewhat rallied, and the case is thought not absolutely hopeless. The bullet had entered his body a little to the left of the pit of the stomach, and the ball made its exit in the left loin just above the region of the kidney.

Tuesday 6 August 1889

BIRTH at Grahamstown on August 4th 1889, the wife of Albert E. BROOKE, Kimberley, of a daughter.

BIRTH at Grahamstown on Saturday August 3rd 1889, the wife of E.J. AMM, of Johannesburg, of a son.

MARRIED at Grahamstown on August 4th, by Special Licence, Allen Dealtry CAMERON, youngest son of the late Major Donald Mint CAMERON, and grandson of the late Robert GRIMSHAW JP and D.L. of Longwood and Glasselridon, Belfast, Ireland, to Hannah MERRY, eldest daughter of the late John MERRY, late of Grahamstown.

MARRIED at St.Patrick’s Cathedral, Grahamstown, on Tuesday 6th inst by the Rev. Father Troy, Mary Anne, second daughter of the late Henry MAHER of [...]town, County Dublin, Ireland, to William Arnold JONES, third son of the late Major General N. JONES of H.M. Indian Army.

DEATH OF MRS.KILDUFF
Mrs. J.P. KILDUFF, the eldest daughter of the Hon. Colonel SCHERMBRUCKER, died on Friday evening. The sad event has cast a great gloom over the town, she being greatly respected, and having been married such a short while.

MR. M.T. BUCHANAN
Intelligence has been received in town of the death of Mr. M.T. BUCHANAN at his home in Scotland. Mr. BUCHANAN, who was formerly chemistry and science master of the Public School here, gained during his stay in Grahamstown the esteem and liking of all with whom he came in contact, and there are many citizens who will regret his death.

Saturday 10 August 1889

DIED at Beestekraal District of Hanover, July 29 1889, Susanna, the beloved wife of Richard J. MASKELL, aged 60 years.

BIRTH at Grahamstown on the 9th inst, the wife of J.B. EDKINS of a daughter.

DEATH OF SCHULTZ
Yesterday’s E.P. Herald reports that at noon on Thursday Robert SCHULTZ, the man who was shot by Robert THOMPSON, died at the hospital. He commenced to sink, we are informed, on Wednesday, and as inflammation had set in it was known that the case was hopeless. A post mortem examination is to be held and, we presume, an inquest in due course. The charge against THOMPSON, which was remanded last Friday for a week, was to come on again for further hearing on Friday morning in the Resident Magistrate’s Court.

FATAL ACCIDENT
On Tuesday last (says the Colseberg Advertiser) a young fellow named LIDDLE was working at the junction as shunter. He was not used to the work and the day was such a one as might have made an experienced hand make a mistake. A gale was blowing and the whole country was enveloped in clouds of thick dust and flying sands. In the afternoon in shunting the trucks the poor fellow slipped and fell forwards just as the trucks were meeting, and received such an injury that he died that night at nine o’clock.

DEATH OF W.D. TUCKER
The Independent announces the death of Mr. W.D. TUCKER, son of Mr. Henry TUCKER, which took place at Johannesburg. Deceased came to the Diamond Fields in the early days with his father, and when the Griqualand West war broke out he volunteered for service, and rose to the post of captain. He subsequently occupied the position of Head of the Detective Department in the Barkly West Division, and afterwards in consequence of the reductions in that Department he went to the Rand to seek his fortune. The deceased, who was about 30 years of age, died from the effects of injuries he sustained in being thrown out of a cart.

Tuesday 13 August 1889

BIRTH – Mrs. A.W. PRESTON on August 9th, at Port Alfred, of a daughter.

E.D.COURT
The case of HARRIS v BOWKER came on for hearing this morning. Mr. HARRIS, who is proprietor of a boarding house near the Railway Station, sues Mr. Duncan BOWKER for £100 damages, alleged to have been sustained through the latter bringing a child to his house suffering from diphtheria. The case proceeds.

DEATH OF MR. W. HURT
We (Friend) regret to chronicle the death at Johannesburg of Mr. W. HURT, eldest son of the Rev. W. HURT, formerly Wesleyan Minister at Bloemfontein. The cause of death was inflammation of the lungs. The deceased, who was quite a young man, lived a good many years in this town before his departure for the Gold Fields, and was much liked.

Saturday 17 August 1889

MARRIED at Trinity Church, Grahamstown, on the 13th August 1889 by the Rev. William Torr, Charles, youngest son of Mr. Joseph G. HARRIS of Grahamstown to Ivy Langford, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Joseph GREEN.

FAMILY AFFLICTION
We deeply regret to learn from a contemporary that our old friend Mr. A.F. TANCRED, of Kimberley, has recently suffered severely from almost unprecedented family affliction. Last Sunday he lost his youngest daughter, a fine girl of ten years old, from diphtheria, after three days’ illness. Two sons, lads about twelve to fourteen years of age, are lying in a critical condition from the same fell disease, and to crown all his son, Claude, who was so long under treatment in the Provincial Hospital here, after rallying a little, on his arrival at Kimberley, has suffered a relapse. Mr. TACRED’s many friends in this city will deeply sympathise with him in his great calamity.

DEATH OF MR.WILCOX C.E.
A Bay paper reports the death of Mr. W. WILCOX, so well known throughout the Colony in connection with the surveys made from time to time on our Railway System. It appears that he was taken ill at Harrismith, while surveying for the new lines in the Free State, and that Mrs. WILCOX on hearing of it, started from Port Elizabeth for Natal in order to nurse her husband in his illness. He has however died before she could reach Harrismith. Mr. WILCOX has rendered important services to the Colony, and will be much regretted.

DEATH OF C.H. HUNTLY ESQ, C.M.G.
The announcement of the death of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr. HUNTLY, was made by Sir Charles MILLS, Agent for the Colony in London, to the Premier, and reached Grahamstown this morning, where it occasioned universal regret. Mr. HUNTLY left town a few months ago upon a trip to England, whither he proceeded after spending some weeks in Capetown. Only by the last mail we heard from him, when he was in good health and spirits, and spoke of his approaching return, and of the endeavours which, quite characteristically, he was making to spread in England the fame of Grahamstown as a health resort. He had been Resident magistrate and Civil Commissioner of Albany for nearly twenty years, retiring in 1885, and was deeply attached to the town in which he had so long dwelt, and discharged these important functions. His long and honourable career in the service of the Colonial Government commenced more than 60 years ago, and he had served under many Governors and through several native wars. He was a diligent tree-planter, and to him the city owes much of the charm of its leafy surroundings. He was very highly respected by all classes of this community, and will be long remembered with regret. During his stay in England he has still been active in endeavouring to further the interests of this Colony, and at a recent banquet at the Mansion House, London, had urged with much force the necessity of restricting the sale of liquor to the natives of South Africa. Mr. HUNTLY was somewhat over 70 years of age, but he seemed likely to live for many years to come, and his mother, Mrs. HUNTLY Sen., still survives to mourn his loss. In the sorrow which this bereavement will cause to the family of our late beloved fellow-citizen, a very large number of friends will most sincerely sympathise.

DIED on the 13th August at Pretoria, S.A.R., Mrs. M.S. GERING, formerly of Grahamstown, in her 81st year.

Tuesday 20 August 1889

BIRTH at Grahamstown on August 13th, the wife of Mr. Walter WEEKS of twins, son and daughter.

DIED at the residence of his father, Collingham, on the 19th August 1889, James, the eldest son of James WALLACE Sen, aged 44 years and 19 days.
His languishing head is at rest,
Its thinking and aching are o’er,
His quiet, immovable breast
Is heav’d by affliction no more,
His heart is no longer the seat
Of trouble and torturing pain,
It ceases to flutter and beat,
It never shall flutter again.
The lids he so seldom could close
By sorrow forbidden to sleep,
Sealed up in their mortal repose,
Have strangely forgotten to weep.
The fountains can yield no supplies
These hollows from water are free,
The tears are all wiped from his eyes,
And evil they never shall see.

OBITUARY
We regret to hear of the death of Mr. James WALLACE Jun, son of Mr. James WEALLACE of Collingham, which sad event occurred yesterday at the residence of his father, at the comparatively early age of 43 years. The cause of death appears to be heart disease, brought on by [rheumatic] fever which the late Mr. WALLACE contracted at [M....] Mountain. He leaves a widow and large family very poorly provided for. We tender our respectful sympathy to the bereaved ones in their loss.

DIED at Riet Vley, near Middelburg, on the 15th inst, George Morley COLLETT, son of William and Anna M. COLLETT, aged 7½ years.
Around the throne of God in Heaven
Thousands of children stand,
Children whose sins are all forgiven,
A holy, happy band,
Saying glory, glory, glory.

Saturday 24 August 1889

DIED at Johannesburg on the 20th August, from inflammation of the lungs, James BROWNLEE, late of King Williamstown, aged 36.

DIED at the Residency, Kamastone, on the morning of the 21st August, Edmund Linsley GREEN, infant son of David and Sarah Ann GREEN, aged 14 months. His illness was short but severe.
He is not here, for his Father, God, has taken him home.

OBITUARY
We regret to hear of the death at Johannesburg of Mr. James BROWNLEE, son of the Hon. Chas. BROWNLEE, of inflammation of the lungs. The deceased was 36 years old and much respected at King Williamstown.

BUST OF MR. GODLONTON
The Watchman hears that Mr. Robert WHITE of London is getting a life-size bust of his uncle, the late Hon. Robert GODLONTON, M.L.C., sculptured by the Queen’s Sculptor, with the intention of placing it in the Legislative Council Chamber, Capetown.

DEATH OF THE REV. W.M.SHAW
The following is from the Record (London 7th June):
The death is announced of the Rev. William Maw SHAW MA, for the last 32 years Vicar of St.John’s, Yealand Conyers, Carnforth. Mr. SHAW, who was a native of Lancashire, after graduating in 1838, at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, proceeded to Canada, where he was ordained by the Bishop of Toronto in 1841. From that year until 1845 he acted as a missionary in Canada in connection with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. On returning to England he was appointed senior curate to the Rev. T.H. CAUSTON at St.Michael’s parish Church, Highgate, London. During the twelve years he was at Highgate Mr. SHAW was one of the popular preachers on that side of London, several of his sermons being published and obtaining a wide circulation. In 1857 he was presented to the vicarage of Yealand Conyers. Owing mainly to his exertions, his pretty little church was twice enlarged, viz. in 1861 and 1882. Some years ago Mr. SHAW took a deep interest in the proposed union between the Wesleyans and the Church, and published (in 1856) a small work on the question. He was the author of sundry publications, his principal work being The Scriptural Harmony between Private Judgement and Church Authority as chiefly apparent in the Four Gospels, published in 1874.
Mr. SHAW was a son of the Rev. William SHAW, whose memory is so justly revered in the Eastern Province, and a brother of M.B. SHAW Esq, C.C. and R.M. of Maclean, and of Mrs. W. IMPEY of this city, and Mrs. Henry BLAINE.

Tuesday 27 August 1889

DEATH OF SISTER MARY LUCY
After six years of suffering borne with Christian resignation, Sister Mary Lucy departed this life on Thursday evening last at the Convent of the Holy Family, Kimberley. The deceased lady was a daughter of Mr. Wm. MANLEY of Kimberley, one of the descendants of the 1820 settlers. She joined the Order of Our Lady of Good Hope, Grahamstown, twenty years since. During her lifetime (says the Independent) she exhibited the most profound sympathy with the poor and distressed, and her final illness was brought about by her attention to the sick during an epidemic at King Williamstown in 1888. A Requiem Mass was celebrated at the Catholic Cathedral yesterday morning, and the remains of the deceased lady will be removed to Grahamstown for interment, in accordance with her last wishes.

Thursday 29 August 1889

DIED at Grahamstown on Thursday 29th August 1889, aged 80 years and 6 months, Elizabeth Mary, relict of the late William CHADWICK. Deceased was one of the British Settlers of 1820.
The Funeral of the above will leave her late residence, African-street (near the Railway Crossing) on Saturday 31st at 4o’clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend. No Special Invitations.

OBITUARY
The tolling of St.George’s bell announced this morning the death of Mrs. CHADWICK, one of the oldest inhabitants of the city, who came to this Colony with the original party of 1820 Settlers, being at the time a young girl. The late Mrs. CHADWICK was the mother of Mrs. E.B. JAMES, and grandmother on the mother’s side of our neighbour, Mr. W. BROOKS. She has also other daughters living. The deceased had reached the mature age of 81 years. Her funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon next.
[Transcriber’s Note: her maiden name was Elizabeth Mary SAUNDERS]

Saturday 31 August 1889

MURDER AND SUICIDE
On Saturday morning at Capetown a porter named PEEK, in the service of the Railway Department, attempted to murder Susan PEDLY, a widow, and then committed suicide by cutting his throat. The woman was removed to Somerset Hospital and is expected to recover.