The Grahamstown Journal

Tuesday 3 April 1883

DIED at Yellow Wood Trees on the 22nd March, after a few hours’ illness, Agnes Josephine, aged 18 months and 11 days, the beloved child of Walter and Emma PAINTER.

Mr. J.T. MORRIS’s little boy, who met with serious injuries by falling from a tree on Easter Sunday, although not yet out of danger, is, we are glad to learn, slowly improving. We make this statement because a rumour had got about that the poor little sufferer succumbed to his injuries last evening.

Wednesday 4 April 1883

A Memorial to the Fallen
(Cape Mercury)
The memorial tablet in memory of the fallen during the recent Basuto war, and which has been fixed in the Kingwilliamstown Town Hall, is of classic design; constructed of Painswick stone, the pilasters being of deep red Devonshire marble enriched and incised, and filled in with gold leaf. The carved caps are of alabaster, and the moulded […..] of Carrara veined marble. The panel is formed of a memorial brass, which bears the inscription: “How can man died better than facing fearful odds” together with the names of those who fell, which we give below.
The tablet as a whole is rich and effective, though simple and unostentatious. It is from the design of Mr. Sydney STENT, of Grahamstown, the stone and marble portion being the work of Mr. Joseph CHAPMAN of Frome, Somerset, and the brass plate from the art metal works of Messrs. SINGER & Sons of the same town. The cost complete has been somewhat under £75.
A similar tablet, but of Gothic design, has been provided for Grahamstown. The funds of the memorial are, however, we understand, insufficient by some few pounds to secure the fixing of this, a fact which, when known to subscribers, will, we make no doubt, soon result in supplementary subscriptions to the required amount.
HOW CAN MAN DIE BETTER THAN FACING FEARFUL ODDS
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE FIRST CAPE YEOMANRY
IN MEMORY OF THEIR UNDERMENTIONED COMRADES
WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION
OR DIED IN HOSPITAL
DURING THE BASUTO WAR OF 1880-1881
Troop A: Troopers T.G.V. HEPTON and J. FIELDING
Troop B: Sergt-Major H. WATSON, Farrier-Sergt G.H. SOUTH, Corporal A. MACNAMARA, Troopers G. HOFFMEISTER, J. GLASS, R. JENNINGS, A. WELLINGS, W. WASSERFALL, Leon LABYE, John HOMES, Wm. MURRAY, T. POCOCK, J.W. PRAED, W. BEVAGE, J. MACNAMEE.
Troop C: Trooper W.A. RANDALL
Troop D: 2nd Lieut C.D.C. SMITH
Troop E: Troopers D. WESSON, J.H. GRAVETT, C. MACLEAN, G. LANGLEY, Corpl. R.P. NICHOLAS, Troopers H. BERG, C. VERNON, W. ROBERTS, W.J. INGRAM.
Troop F: Sergt J.R, BLAINE
Troop G: Troopers J. FOGGAN, T. THORSEN, Sergeants C.E. PETERSON, O. OEHLSSEN, Troopers H. LEWIS, E. JAMES, Jas. KERR, F. MARTIN, R. GRISSOLD, M. LENCHEN.
Troop I: Trooper R. BAUER
Troop F: Sergt. C. ROSS

Thursday 5 April 1883

BIRTH at Doren Berg on the 26th March, the wife of Mr. D.E. TROLLIP of a daughter.

DIED on the 30th March at [….] near Middelburg, Wilfred, only son of Mr. and Mrs. F.R. SOUTHEY

MARRIED in St.Bartholomew’s Church, Grahamstown, on Thursday the 5th instant, by the Rev. W. Turpin, Thomas Woodford GILBERT, Attorney-at-Law, of Kimberley, to Lydia Winnifred, second daughter of J.G. WOOD Esq M.L.A., of Grahamstown.

FASHIONABLE WEDDING
This morning at St.Bartholomew’s Church there was a large and fashionable assemblage to witness the marriage of Miss Winnie WOOD, second daughter of Joseph G. WOOD Esq, M.L.A., and T.C. GILBERT Esq, son of the late ? GILBERT Esq, and now of Kimberley, where he is known as a rising solicitor. The ceremony was conducted at 9 o’clock by the Rev. W. Turpin, and, as stated above, the church was crowded, guests arriving in carriages from all parts of the town. As the bridal procession advanced up the aisle between the spectators, it was admitted by the ladies, who are the best judges in these affairs, to be one of the most beautiful spectacles of the kind ever seen in Grahamstown. The bride wore a most superb dress of ivory poult de soie. The style was of the latest. A deep-pointed basque was thickly edged with pearls; a skirt composed of alternate flounces of the silk and ruchings of tulle and pearls, and a very long square train, extending from the waist, fully puffed from the centre, and edged with rows of boxed plaitings and ruchings of tulle, garnished with pearls. It was supported by Masters WOOD and CROZIER, the brother and cousin of the bride, who looked most effective as pages in their suits of black velvet and white satin. The bride also wore a veil, and a very handsome wreath of orange blossoms and myrtle. The bridesmaids were Miss WOOD and the Misses Lucy, Lilian and Beatrice WOOD, sisters of the bride, Miss DRAKE, Miss May COLE and the Misses SMITH. They wore charming dresses of Surah silk, two in salmon, two in eau de ville, two in ecru and two in ciel. The two Misses SMITH had very pretty Granny bonnets, and the remainder had cream lace Spanish turbans. We understand that the bride’s dress, and the salmon dresses worn by Miss WOOD and Miss Lucy WOOD, were made in the West End, London, by Messrs. MUIRHEAD & GOWIE’s dressmakers. The bride was given away by her father. The wedding march was played by Mr. WINNEY. As the number of guests invited was so large the customary wedding breakfast was waived in favour of a ball this evening to be given in the Assembly Rooms, which have been tastefully decorated by the fair bride herself, assisted by the bridegroom and many of his friends. A large number of guests notwithstanding adjourned to Mr. Joseph WOOD’s residence, where they wished every prosperity to the bride and bridegroom, who left by the noon train.

Monday 9 April 1883

DIED at Oatlands Park House, Grahamstown, on the evening of the 8th inst, Alexander GOWIE, formerly of New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, aged 66 years.
The Funeral of the late Alexander GOWIE will move from Oatlands park House tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon at 3 o’clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.
A. WILL, Undertaker

IN MEMORIAM
We are grieved to hear of the death of an old resident, Mr. Alexander GOWIE, who has lived in Grahamstown a quiet but useful life ever since the year 1860, when he came to the Colony from Aberdeenshire. A year ago he was seized with paralysis, which gradually in spite of every medical assistance has grown worse, until for the past six months he has been obliged to take to his bed, suffering all the time from acute pains in the head. He died yesterday evening at his son’s residence in Oatlands, having for four days previously not tasted a particle of food.

Tuesday 10 April 1883

DIED at Grahamstown on Monday 9th April 1883, John BLACKWELL, in the 64th year of his age.
The family of the deceased tender their heartfelt thanks to the Rev. Father FANNING, Drs. ATHERSTONE and PEMBERTON, and the many friends for their unremitting attention during their sad bereavement.
The Funeral of the late John BLACKWELL will move from his residence, Fort England Road, tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 8 o’clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.
A.WILL, Undertaker

Wednesday 11 April 1883

SUDDEN DEATH
The Mercury says: The town was startled this (Monday) morning by the report of the death of Mr. A.J. RANDELL, the coach builder, which took place suddenly last night at Blaney. Mr. RANDELL resided many years in this town, and was famous for his enterprise, and for the quality of his work. He was also known for a long time as an active politician, and exercised very considerable influence in Parliamentary and other elections. Failing health, however, compelled him to retire from all public effort, and for some time he has resided at Blaney, where at first he seemed to grow strong again: and indeed on Saturday afternoon, when returning from business, he appeared well enough to those who rode in the train with him. He was seized suddenly last night, we understand, and expired in a few moments. It is hardly necessary to say that widespread sympathy exists for the family who have thus been bereaved.

Thursday 12 April 1883

MARRIED by Special Licence at the Congregational Church, Port Elizabeth, on 12th April 1883, by the Rev. J.C. Macintosh, George A. LEGGE M.A., M.D., C.M., of Somerset East, to Jeanie Mackay FERGUSON, of Aberdeen, Scotland, daughter of the late Rev. Fergus FERGUSON.

DROWNED
On Tuesday morning early the body of a man was found in the Braaken’s River, he having been drowned. The deceased, says the Herald, was Michael SULLIVAN, a mason, and the body was [obscured] in the river and brought to the [obscured] by ganger CALTON, in the employ of the Municipality. The deceased resided in the [obscured] and CALTON had the body removed to his lodgings, where during the [obscured] it was viewed by the Resident magistrate and DR. ENSOR. The deceased was last seen alive at half past eleven on Monday night when passing the Police Station, apparently suffering from the effects of strong drink. He was then carrying some liquor in a bottle.

Saturday 14 April 1883

MURDER AT VICTORIA WEST
A quarrel about some beer resulted in a dreadful murder on the railway line, near Victoria West, about a week ago. A man named WOLHUTER, lately living at Beaufort West, was receiving goods at the Triangle, about 25 miles from Victoria West, where the material train stops at present. He missed a case of beer, and went to the ganger, named WILSON, to ask about it. WILSON pushed him away from his tent and said he had nothing to do with it, upon which WOLHUTER said he would shoot him, and immediately did so, through the head. The District-Surgeon, Dr. BOGLE, examined the body and removed the bullet from the back of the head. An enquiry, held before the Magistrate, has resulted in the man being committed for trial at the next assizes. The exasperated railway men nearly lynched WOLHUTER on his way to gaol.

SUICIDE OF MR. SCHOLZ
We are indebted to the courtesy of the Editor of the Dutoitspan Herald for the following particulars. Mr. SCHOLZ had for some time been suffering from dyspepsia, and on Friday passed a very bad night through that distressing malady. The next morning he got up about breakfast time and went into his dressing-room a few minutes afterwards. His wife and her nurse heard the report of a pistol, and immediately rushed into the room, where a shocking and extremely painful sight met their view. Lying on a bed was the lifeless body of Mr. SCHOLZ, holding the revolver in his right hand, the left being pressed over it as if to steady it; the muzzle of the weapon was thrust far into his mouth, from which blood was issuing. A doctor was called in, who pronounced his opinion that death must have been instantaneous. The course taken by the shot retraced by him was through the hard palate and the base of the skull, passing out at the summit of the head. An inquest was held at about ten o’clock the same day by Mr. J.L. TRUTER, who returned a verdict of death during temporary insanity. The funeral on Sunday morning was very largely attended, the President of the High Court, Justice BUCHANAN, and Justice LAWRENCE being amongst those who paid their last respects to the deceased.

Tuesday 17 April 1883

BIRTH at Rose Cottage, Grahamstown, April 13th, the wife of Mr. C.J. STIRK of a daughter.

EXECUTION OF LEPPAN
The date fixed for the execution of LEPPAN has been definitely fixed for Tuesday next, the 24th. The Governor’s fiat is expected up in a few days, a warrant will be drawn out here, and then follows the just punishment of a dastardly and ferocious deed.

Wednesday 25 April 1883

MARRIED at Wesley in the Division of Peddie, by the father of the bridegroom, and assisted by the Rev. J.W. Thompson, Mr. James Wakinshaw SHAW to Miss Olivia ELLIOTT, daughter of John ELLIOTT, of Orange Grove.

EXECUTION OF WM. OLIVER LEPPAN
Communicated
Somerset East, April 24th 1883
Executions of murderers in this colony have surely not been proportionately greater than those of other colonies, although it might have been reasonably supposed that such would have been the case when it is remembered that we have both within and beyond the bounds of the colony, in the territories of heathendom adjacent to us, so vast a population of barbarous tribes, from among which it is more easy to conceive those may be found who are guilty of the most heinous sins. And it is from such, the heathen and barbarous, that the crime roll has been mainly made up, and especially the statistics of murderers; but rarely has it happened that a white man of some education, of good social standing, and of good connexion, has had to expiate for his crime on the gallows. Such a man, in the person of Wm. Oliver LEPPAN, has this day – April 24th 1883 – suffered the extreme penalty of the law at Somerset East for the murder of his wife less than two months ago. While the superior advantages and standing of the man, together with his nationality, were sufficient reasons why a thrill of horror should have passed through the minds of thousands when first it became known that he had committed murder, this feeling of horror combined with a feeling of intense anger grew to wondrous intensity when the details of the foul deed became known: and so few apparently (if any at all) have been the mitigating circumstances in connection with this awful tragedy, with the lapse of time there has hardly been an abatement of the original feeling, and hardly a faint desire with the most humane to memorialise His Excellency for a commutation of the sentence: the underlying feeling being that no substantial ground could be found on which to base a prayer for mercy, and coupled with a sense of the justice of the sentence. The culprit had from time to time been visited by members of his own family, and some others who had known, and associated with him in life, and during his career in this town. He had also been regularly visited by some of the ministers of the place, viz. the Revs. LEITH, OATES and LONGDEN, who strove to lead him to a true conception of the greatness of his guilt, and make a faithful statement of the details of the dreadful tragedy, and to trust in the infinite mercy of an All-loving Saviour. But whether the statements made respecting the details of that dark deed, and those previously leading up to it, be true, and his declaration of true repentance and trust in the Redeemer be as true, are things known fully to the Searcher of hearts. On the evening previous to the execution he was visited by the above-named ministers, and Mr. S.J. ANNEAR (who had also frequently visited him before) who conversed and prayed with the prisoner. The last morning dawned, and from 6:30 till a quarter to [8?], two of the ministers and the friend before mentioned were with the prisoner conversing and praying with him, the prisoner also praying very earnestly, and during the whole time up to the entrance of the Executioner and the officials he was remarkably calm and composed. On the entrance of the Sheriff he rose and calmly listened to the reading of the warrant. This over, the prisoner was pinioned, and before its completion he shook hands with all present. The Executioner then finished the pinioning and proceeded to lead the way to the scaffold, which he at once ascended followed by the prisoner and the Revs. LEITH and OATES, who both quoted a few appropriate passages of scripture, and then commended him to God’s mercy. They then immediately left. The culprit then said: “I only wish to say to those who are here that I am going to a better world, and I hope that all here will also prepare for eternity.” And now “Glory to God in the highest and on Earth peace and good will towards men.” The Executioner then adjusted the cap and rope, and a minute or two later the drop fell, and the spirit of Wm. Oliver LEPPAN had passed into eternity.

Friday 27 April 1883

THE LATE MAJOR BAILIE C.M.R.
(Cape Mercury)
The town was grieved yesterday (Tuesday) to hear that this gallant and well-known officer was dead, though the news had been expected, the medical reports for some time having been very unsatisfactory. Much sympathy is felt for those who have thus lost a beloved relative and an honoured friend.
Major BAILIE joined the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police, under Sir Walter CURRIE, in the year 1855, and was promoted sub-inspector in 1858, and inspector in 1871; doing good service in the Districts of Albany, Fort Beaufort, Queenstown, Peddie and various other parts of the colony. He commanded No. 6 troop for many years, and in testimony of their esteem for him, the non-commissioned officers and men of the troop presented him with a valuable silver service. In 1873 he marched through the Maluties to Basutoland, to assist in the interception and capture of the notorious rebel, Chief Langalabillele, and was fortunate enough to personally arrest him in Basutoland in presence of Colonel GRIFFITHS, then Governor’s agent in Basutoland. At the outbreak of the Gcaleka war in 1877 he was stationed in Tembuland and it is well known to everyone acquainted with the history of it, of what value his services were to the Government during that war. For months together he never knew what it was to have any covering but his blanket, which no doubt laid the foundations of the disease that has brought him to a premature death. (This we learn has been certified by three medical men by post mortem examination, which was held at the dying request of Major BAILIE). At this time his family was at Fort Beaufort and he never had a chance of getting out of the field to see them for sixteen months, during which time his younger children had quite forgotten him, and upon his arrival fled from him instead of running to him and embracing him, and we are told repeatedly asked when ‘that man’ was going away again. In July 1880 he marched at the head of the Right Wing of the C.M. R. under Colonel BAYLY to Basutoland, where he was again absent from his family for eighteen months, and during those trying times and exposures his health thoroughly broke down, and he consequently died after a painful illness on Tuesday morning last at the early age of 48. He leaves a widow and seven children, only one of which is yet capable of earning anything for himself or his mother and her little ones. A life like this has been sacrificed for the country. The same energy and devotion to business would have earned a fortune and it is the duty of the country to see that the family are comfortably provided for. What the colony owes cannot be estimated in money, and we trust the Government will next session follow well established precedents and provide such a pension as will allow Mrs. BAILIE to educate her family, some of whom may probably enter the civil or military service.

Saturday 28 April 1883

DEATH OF MR. DONALD ROSS
It is with extreme regret that we (Argus) have to announce the fatal termination of the illness under which Mr. Donald ROSS (Inspector General of Colleges and Schools) had been lying prostrate for the past month. The sad even took place at Diep River, shortly after six yesterday evening. From the time when a [case] of extreme exhaustion set in a few days ago, little hope was entertained of Mr. ROSS’s recovery, and he gradually sank to his end. Mr. ROSS was not in robust health when he reached this country, close upon twelve months ago; but he had no [reason] to suppose that he had not many years of work before him. It was, however, part of his enthusiastic nature to know of no moderation when educational work had to be done. He would not have come to this country at all, but that he rightly believed that a special work lay to his hand; and it was not long before he threw himself into the task with an ardour which is testified by the marvellous view of our education system contained in his report, which was [recently] received with praise by almost the whole of the colonial Press. There can be no doubt that the concentrated labours of this [obscured] tour of inspection and investigation cost Mr. ROSS his very life; and if this be so the colony has paid very dearly for one of the most remarkable monuments of energy and insight which any man has ever left behind him. Mr. ROSS’s report was but a preliminary sketch; his more mature proposals must be buried with him, to the [misfortune] of the entire colony. Mr. ROSS was a comparatively young man. He was the first student of his year in his University of Edinburgh, where he received the degree of Master of Arts. He was also a [obscured] Edin, a distinction which is only [obscured] to men of the highest literary achievements. He as a competent French and German scholar, and had studied the educational system of Germany on the spot. Mr. ROSS was of a most companionable nature, and made a remarkable number of friends in this country, whose grief at his death will be great, and although he had [necessarily] to assume an attitude of criticism, it is [important], now he has been taken away from us, to know that there was not a shade of personal ill-will in any of his acts. It is [inexpressibly] sad to know that he leaves a wife and infant son in a strange land under the most terrible of all bereavements. It may be noted that His Excellency the Governor heard of Mr. ROSS’s illness with much concern, sending daily to enquire as to his condition.

Monday 30 April 1883

MARRIED on the 25th April at Wesley, in the District of Peddie, by the father of the bride, Mr. Samuel Charles SHAW to Miss Mildred Amelia ELLIOTT, daughter of Thomas ELLIOTT Esq, of Freshwater Poort.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MAJOR BAILIE C.M.R
(Cape Mercury)
The Funeral of this deceased, popular and able officer was one of the largest witnessed here, and showed how widely Major BAILIE was known, and how much he was respected. The procession moved from the barracks in the following order:
Firing party C.M.R. under Capt. WARING and Lieut. STEWART
Band of the Volunteer Artillery
Band of the Volunteer Rifles, playing alternate funeral dirges.
The Body on a gun carriage, driven by Volunteer Artillery
The supporters being Capt. LEATHERLAND C.M.R., Capt. GILES C.F.A., Capt. DALGETTY C.I., Capt. BOWERS C.M.R..
Chief Mourners:
The deceased’s sons, Mr. T.H. CUMMING, Mr. C. HUNTLY
Troops in Garrison under Col. FFOLIOTT
Volunteer Rifles under Capt. A.B. HAY
Volunteer Artillery under Capt. TROUNCER
Officers of the Garrison, Heads of Departments, a large number of Civilians, representing all classes of the Community.
The body was taken to Trinity Church, and thence to the Graveyard, the service being conducted by the Rev. John GORDON; after which the usual military honours were given. A number of beautiful wreaths were placed upon the coffin before it was lowered into the grave.

Tuesday 1 May 1883

DIED on April 21st at “Kop Leegte”, Bedford, Daisy, the youngest and beloved child of Alfred John and Annie McKENZIE, aged 8 months.

MR. ROSS’S FUNERAL
The Funeral of Mr. Donald ROSS M.A., late Inspector-General of schools, took place at Claremont on Friday afternoon. The hour fixed for the obsequies was four o’clock. And punctually at that time, says the Argus, the funeral cortège arrived the gates of the cemetery, where it was met by a number of people, many of whom arrived by the 3:15 train from town. The weather was rainy and dull. As the bells chimed the hour, the coffin was taken from the hearse and carried into the church in the cemetery, being preceded by the officiating clergymen, robed in their surplices, and followed by the mourners, and those who had come to pay respect to the memory of the deceased. The Rev E.G. HOLMES, Chaplain to the Metropolitan, officiated in the church and at the grave, being assisted by the Ven. Archdeacon BADNALL and the Rev. Mr. BROOKS. The funeral service was read, and the coffin was then taken to the graveyard, where it was interred with the customary solemnities. The coffin bore a silver plate, with the inscription “Donald ROSS, born 4th July 1841; died April 25th 1883” and had upon it many wreaths. The ceremony at the grave was a most affecting sight, many of the friends of the late gentleman being moved to tears, while the suffering widow bore up with a fortitude which, under the circumstances, was almost marvellous.

Thursday 3 May 1883

MARRIED on the 1st May 1883, in the Baptist Church, Grahamstown, by the Rev. J. Nuttall, assisted by the Rev. J.A. Chalmers, William, third son of Mr. A. FINDLAY, Ayrshire, Scotland, to Lydia, third daughter of Mr. J. SELLER of Craggie Burn.

The Funeral of the late Mrs. F. TAYLOR will take place tomorrow at 8am, to move from the residence in Scott’s Avenue. Friends are kindly requested to attend.
May 3rd 1883

Saturday 5 May 1883

MARRIED at the Residency, Emjanyana, on Thursday 26th April, by the Rev. W.M. Douglas, William Thomson BROWNLEE, R.M. of Qumbu, second son of the Hon. Charles BROWNLEE, to Annie, eldest daughter of Matthew Ben SHAW, and grand-daughter of the late Rev. Wm. SHAW.

DIED at Grahamstown, May 4th, Bessie, the beloved and only daughter of Donald and Elizabeth MACPHERSON, born September 28th 1852. Inverness papers please copy.
The Funeral of Miss MACPHERSON will move from the residence of her Father, Bathurst-street, tomorrow (Sunday) at 4 o’clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.
A. WILL, Undertaker

OBITUARY
We beg to express our deep sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. MACPHERSON at the death of their accomplished daughter. Miss MACPHERSON had been in failing health for some time, and she had for many weeks past been confined to the house, the insidious inroads of consumption having slowly undermined her strength. She passed away very suddenly yesterday afternoon, a few minutes after the arrival of her brother in town, who returned from the Fields after an absence of several years. The deceased lady was known among her wide circle of friends as an artist of no mean ability, while her fame as a most brilliant pianist has spread beyond the town. It was a great treat for musicians to listen to her wonderful performance on the piano, and she was ever ready, until her health failed, to play at any public entertainment for the benefit of charitable objects. We are requested to announce that the funeral will take place tomorrow at 4pm, and that friends generally are invited to attend, though no special invitations have been issued.

Monday 7 May 1883

Yesterday afternoon great numbers of the townspeople testified their respect and esteem for the memory of the late Miss MACPHERSON by attending the funeral. The procession started from Bathurst-street, and was the largest witnessed since the funeral of the late Bishop MERRIMAN. The ministers preceding the hearse were the Rev. E. LONES, the Rev. J.A. CHALMERS, the Rev. J. EDWARDS, the Rev. R.W. LEWIS and the Rev. T. WAINMAN. The pall-bearers were Messrs. B. ATTWELL, S. CAWOOD, J.E. WOOD and C.J. STIRK. Then followed the chief mourners, Mr. MACPHERSON and his son, and a long procession of friends, many of them carrying garlands. At Commemoration Church the procession halted while the coffin was borne in, and Mr. LONES as he went up the aisle read the 90th Psalm and the 1st Corinthians, 16th chap., beginning at the 20th verse. Mr. CHALMERS then gave out the 842nd hymn, one which was a favourite of the deceased lady, beginning:
Father, I know that all my life
Is portioned out for me,
And the changes that are sure to come
I do not fear to see:
But I ask then for a present mind,
Intent on pleasing Thee.
After prayer the procession reformed and passed on slowly to the cemetery, where the Rev. Mr. LONES read the first part of the burial service, the Rev. Mr. CHALMERS concluding. The coffin was covered by wreaths of most beautiful flowers from the hands of those who admired the genius and respected the memory of the deceased lady.

NOTICE
Mr. C.J. LEPPAN Sen, of Somerset East, tenders his sincere thanks to the many Friends, both far and near, for their tender sympathy to a broken-hearted Parent, shown him during his recent great trouble.
“Mimosa vale”
Somerset East

DIED this morning, May 7 1883, in Donkin-street, Grahamstown, after a very short illness, Maria, the faithful and beloved wife of Charles H. CAWOOD, in the 41st year of her age. “With Christ, which is far better.”

Tuesday 8 May 1883

SHOCKING SUICIDE
The inhabitants of Port Elizabeth, says the Herald, were much grieved to hear, on Thursday last, that Mr. Andries [LUTAGAN], of Wynand’s River, had taken his own life. It seems that the old gentleman, who is over seventy years of age, had been much troubled in mind about some business matters, relative to the sale of a farm by his son, and this preyed upon his mind. On Thursday morning nothing unusual was observed in his behaviour, but he was shortly after breakfast missed, and found with his throat cut near a [obscured] the farm. He committed the rash act with a razor.

Thursday 10 May 2018

BIRTH at Alicedale on the 4th inst, the wife of Skene GORDON M.B. and C.M., Railway medical Officer, of a daughter.

Wednesday 16 May 1883

THE SUPPOSED MURDER
A man named GRAHAM was this morning brought before the Magistrate (Mr. C.H. HUNTLY) to answer to the charge of having attempted to murder Mr. William GRAY, who was found on Monday morning on the line this side of Alicedale, insensible. The engine-driver saw him lying on the track, stopped the engine and picked him up. It was then found that he had two wounds on the skull, which had been severely fractured. GRAHAM, who is a young man, was last seen with Mr. GRAY. The injured man, who is the brother of Mr. GRAY of Sly Kraal, died this morning at the Hospital from the wounds inflicted. Mr. HUNTLY has received information from Mr. WILMOT, field-cornet, that he had secured additional evidence against the man GRAHAM, who has of course been remanded. Mr. BAKER, the assistant Magistrate, and Dr. DILLON left this morning for the scene of the murder.

Friday 18 May 1883

BIRTH at Grahamstown on Thursday 17th May 1883, the wife of Mr. S.D. CAWOOD of a daughter.

DEATH OF MRS. TUCK
We, Somerset Advertiser, regret to record the death of Mrs. TUCK of this town, which took place on Monday evening last (May 7th). About three months ago Mrs. TUCK was seriously ill, and through medical skill and careful nursing she recovered so far as to be able to move about. However, about a fortnight ago, she was again thrown on a bed of sickness, and notwithstanding the best medical skill [presumable] and the kindest attention and care of her husband and friends, she breathed her last at 9 o’clock on Monday evening. The deceased lady was well known and respected in Somerset, where she had resided for the last twenty years, and deep sympathy is felt for the bereaved husband and family.

MARRIAGE
The Wesleyan Church at the foot of Russell-road on Tuesday morning last, says the P.E. Telegraph, was the scene of a very interesting ceremony which was witnessed by a very numerous and fashionable concourse of ladies and gentlemen. The occasion was the marriage of Mr. George MACKEURTAN, Manager of the Bank of Africa at Durban, Natal, to Nellie, only daughter of our respected fellow townsman Mr. George BIRT, senior partner in the well-known firm of Messrs. BIRT and Nephew. The bridal party made a very effective group, the bride being very elegantly attired in an ivory satin dress – trimmed with lace and pearls – while the bridesmaids, six in number, were dressed in cream moire with old-gold coloured chrysanthemums. We may mention that the bridesmaids were Miss JONES, Miss Amy FORDRED, Miss Edith JONES, Miss Ethel CLOSE, Miss Nancy CLOSE and Miss May NASH; the groomsmen were Mr. Ernest BIRT, Mr. Alfred G. BIRT and Masters Frank WALTERS and Percy BIRT. The impressive ceremony was conducted by the Rev. Mr. PRICE, and at its close the bridal party, and the numerous guests, who were almost exclusively members of the family, drove to Malvern House, the residence of the bride’s father, and sat down to a wedding breakfast at which the usual congratulations and good wishes were most feelingly expressed. The newly wedded pair left shortly after noon for Cadle’s, where they will spend a few days before proceeding on to Natal. We most heartily wish the young couple health, long life and every happiness in their future career.

Saturday 19 May 1883

MARRIED May 15th 1883, by Special Licence, at Russell Baptist Church, Port Elizabeth, by the Rev. W.H. Price, Mr. George MACKEURTAN, Manager of the Bank of Africa, Durban, Natal, to Nellie, only daughter of Mr. George BIRT, Port Elizabeth.

MARRIED at Peddie on the 15th inst, by the Rev. T.W GREEN, brother-in-law of the bride, assisted by the Rev. R.W. [obscured], Henry Francis, youngest son of the late Richard TEMPLE of the Nash, near Worcester, England to Priscilla Louisa, third daughter of the late Sydney SMITH, of Peddie.

Tuesday 22 May 1883

DIED at Grahamstown, May 19th, W.T. MOORE, in his 35th year.

Wednesday 23 May 1883

COLONEL BOWKER
A Natal paper says that an unfortunate accident occurred to Colonel BOWKER, who is staying at Northdene, at the end of last week. He was out netting butterflies, when a black mamba dropped from a tree on to his hat. He drew back hastily and was in the act of raising the handle of the butterfly net to strike the reptile, when he overbalanced himself and fell to the ground, his foot being twisted under him and his ankle sprained. The mamba retreated to the bush. It is to be hoped that the gallant gentleman will soon be able to get about again.

Friday 25 May 1883

DIED at Grahamstown on Friday 25th May 1883, John SWAN of Port Alfred, aged 59 years and 6 days.
Norfolk papers please copy.
The Funeral of the late Mr. John SWAN will move from his residence, upper Hill street, at 3pm tomorrow (Saturday). All Friends are invited to attend.
A.WILL, Undertaker
Grahamstown, 25th May 1883

We regret to hear of the decease of Mr. John SWAN of Port Alfred, who died in town this morning at the age of 59 years. Mr. SWAN had of late suffered very severely from rheumatism and other diseases. The deceased, who came to this country about [40?] years ago, and has resided at the Kowie about 26 years, was an active man of business and a useful townsman of Port Alfred, and will be regretted by many. He was an old member of the Albany Brethren Society. The funeral will take place tomorrow at four o’clock.

Saturday 26 May 1883

BIRTH on Thursday (Queen’s Birthday), the wife of Mr. [John] HARTWELL, watchmaker, of a son.

MARRIED at Grahamstown, May 24th 1883, by the Rev. John Walton MA, President of the South African Conference, Mr. Andrew JOHNSTON, of Queenstown, to Harriet Stinton, only daughter of the late Mr. Georgius NEWTON-MASON of Walsall, England.

Monday 28 May 1883

MR. JOHN PHILIP
The death was announced on Wednesday (says the Argus) of Mr. John PHILIP, late senior partner of Messrs. PHILIP Brothers, and one of our best-known and most influential citizens. Mr. PHILIP, who was a nephew of the famous missionary, Dr. PHILIP, was born in 1820, and came to this colony in 1841. He was for upwards of thirty years actively engaged in mercantile pursuits in Capetown, [largely] in the soft goods trade, but some years ago the firm struck out a new line of business and has lately confined itself almost exclusively to the importation of American manufactures.

SUICIDE AT YELLOWWOODS
The following is from the Fort Beaufort Advocate: Information was received on Tuesday of a very distressing case of suicide at Yellowwoods that morning. On Monday morning Mr. TAYLOR from Victoria East district passed through here on his way to Mr. BENNETT’s at the Mancazana, to which place he was taking his mother on a visit. The wagon containing Mr. TAYLOR and his mother was outspanned at Yellowwoods yesterday morning, and shortly after breakfast Mr. TAYLOR started off to inspect some fencing in the neighbourhood. Shortly before starting his mother asked him for a reim, and fearing that it was for no good purpose as the old lady had on previous occasions behaved very strangely, he refused to allow her to have one, at the same time ordering the wagon driver to gather up all the reims and place them in a place of safety. Mr. TAYLOR then gave the driver instructions to watch the old lady during his absence for half an hour. The driver sat down to eat his breakfast, and while so engaged he noticed that Mrs. TAYLOR was round by the back of the wagon. Not thinking of any likelihood of danger, the driver went on quietly with his meal. Having finished it he looked for Mrs. TAYLOR, but failed to find her. Scared, he made in every direction, with the ultimate result that the unhappy woman was found suspended to a tree near the Yellowwoods river. In order to accomplish the deed a piece of ordinary twine was used. It was reported that the deceased lady has for a long time been in a weak state of mind, aggravated recently by the death of her eldest son. Deceased was the wife of Mr. Joseph TAYLOR of Grahamstown.

Thursday 31 May 1883

MARRIED at Penderry on the 9th May 1883 by the Rev. E. Solomon, Edward Clement, youngest son of Mr. Henry ROBERTS of Penderry, District of Bedford, to Fanny, youngest daughter of W. MACKENZIE Esq, of Tottenham, England.

STAPLEFORD
The farm Stapleford, on the Sunday’s River, has just changed owner, Mr. Thomas FOXCROFT having sold it with the stock and everything else upon it to Mr. John Overton GARDNER for £10,000 sterling. Chief among the stock are 200 ostriches (20 breeders) and 1,600 Angora goats. The farm formerly belonged to Mr. Samuel ROBINSON. Mr. GARDNER has also purchased the adjoining farm Retreat, with stock of Mr. Charles ROBINSON jun.

Friday 1 June 1883

FATAL ACCIDENT AT TULBAGH
Last Tuesday (writes a correspondent of the Argus) a feeling of gloom was spread over this neighbourhood by the report of a fatal wagon accident which had happened that morning. Mr. Thomas Jacobus THERON, one of the most respected farmers in this district, had, it appears, gone to Tulbagh Road Station that morning on some business. He had six frisky horses harnessed to a small and light wagon, one of the regular old Cape style, with the side ladders. Unfortunately the wagon was, while still staunch and strong, quite out of proportion to the team. Everything went along smoothly from the farm “Winterhoek”, about twelve miles from the station, to Tulbagh Road, and the return journey was nearly completed when, at about two miles distant from the farm, a level bit of vlei ground is reached. Here the wheelers pressed rather sharply upon the centre horses, and these, in turn, sprang upon the leaders, the result being that the team bolted. After they had run a short distance, the bolt which connects the long-wagon and the after-tongue gave way or slipped out, the consequence being that the hind wheels and axels were detached from the rest of the wagon, and the support of the side ladders being gone, they too fell to the ground, and with them went the seat of the driver. THERON had a young coloured lad with him, and this boy states that when the side ladders fell he was thrown off the wagon and stunned, but his master was still on the bottom board, which was attached to the front wheels, and that he was holding the reins. Be that as it may, his master could have had no more control over the horses, and from the marks and traces there seems to be no doubt that THERON was thrown between the horses, and that he was kicked to death. From the spot where he fell to where the cap of the skull and the brains were found was not more than ten yards, and he was dragged after that for a distance of about 30 or 40 yards more. Death must have been instantaneous. The whole of the cranium was smashed, rendering the features almost unrecognizable. When deceased’s brother and friends reached the scene of the accident they found life extinct. Great sympathy is felt for his widow and three young children. THERON was a hard-working and persevering man, honest to a degree, and his death is to be deplored. The usual inquest has been held, and report made of the accident to the Magistrate. On the Queen’s Birthday the mortal remains were interred in the graveyard on the farm of the deceased, and (though the present is a very busy season) it is computed that no less than 300 persons followed the coffin to the grave.

Monday 4 June 1883

BIRTH at Grahamstown on Friday June 1st 1883, the wife of Jos. LAWRANCE Esq of a son.

DIED at Yarrow, near Grahamstown, on the 1st inst, Elizabeth BOYD, the wife of William CROSBIE, aged 65 years.

Tuesday 5 June 1883

DEATH OF LADY LANYON
The following is from the South African just to hand:- Our readers, and especially our colonial readers, will deeply regret to hear that Colonel Sir William Owen LANYON’s wedded life has been brought to a sudden and melancholy termination. It will be remembered that Sir Owen married, just before he left for the Egyptian campaign, Miss Florence LEVY, daughter of Mr.J.M. LEVY. The daily papers of Monday last announced that Lady LANYON had died in childbirth on the preceding Sunday, and that the child was still-born. We are confident that we give expression to the feelings of our readers when we tender to Sir William Owen LANYON their deepest and heartfelt sympathy in his sad bereavement. Sir William held several distinguished offices in South Africa. He was for several years the Administrator of the Government of Griqualand West, and afterwards held the same office in the Transvaal during the time that State was annexed to the British Empire.

Thursday 7 June 1883

IN MEMORIAM
We (G.R. Advertiser) regret to have to record the death of Mr. W. BAILIE, cashier of the Cape of Good Hope Bank, Murraysburg, which took place yesterday morning. Mr. BAILIE had been long suffering from consumption: and although he withstood the fell disease with courage of a strong hope, he had to succumb at last. Mr. BAILIE came here first as manager of the Telegraph office, where his civility and efficiency in the discharge of his duty gave much satisfaction to all who had business there. He afterwards entered the Cape of Good Hope Bank here, and after some time was transferred to Murraysburg as manager of the Branch there. Much sympathy is felt for his young widow.

SUPPOSED HORRID MURDER AT TYGERHOEK
A correspondent writes to the G.R. Advertiser from Murraysburg as follows:- A trader by name Jacob Van Rensburg VAN NIEKERK, on his way from Paarl to the Free State, arrived late on the night of Tuesday at the above farm, asked and obtained leave to outspan, purchasing and paying for a joint of mutton with which he appears to have returned to his cart, and subsequently to have gone to sleep on the cushions of the cart placed upon the ground, and it is presumed his boy lay down within 6 or 7 feet on a sack, and from there drove a rifle bullet through his master’s head, as he slept, then decamped with rifle, ammunition and contents of his master’s pockets &c, the body being found in the morning apparently not having moved. As the servant had not been seen by any person owing to the late hour of arrival, it was not possible to give a description of him. Immediate information was sent to the R.M. at Murraysburg, who left the following morning with the District Surgeon and Chief Constable (a six hour journey). As soon as depositions were taken, which lasted until too late to travel, and a post mortem examination was made, it was decided that the Chief Constable should go to the last outspanning place, Waaitfontein, when he ascertained the servant was a youth about 16 or 17 years of age, and subsequent telegrams state he was engaged at Beaufort West. They had only parted from some fellow-travellers at Waaifontein. There the lad can be recognised, as also the rifle, by the people. The trader’s satchel was not taken, and was found to contain promissory notes &c to a good amount, it further appearing he had undertaken the collection of moneys for other parties. We await the inquest, and until such time it will be as well to be content herewith.

SUICIDE FROM LOVE
A tragically romantic incident occurred at the New Somerset Hospital, Capetown, (says the Argus) on the afternoon of the 31st inst, when a man named Henry BRUGGEBRUCK, the assistant cook in the establishment, committed suicide by hanging himself. It appears that at about half past two in the afternoon in question, the deceased went up to his room. The cook, about two hours later, went up to call him. He knocked at the door, but heard no sound in reply. He then peeped through the keyhole and saw the deceased, as it appeared to him, sitting on a box in front of the window. Not requiring the deceased’s services just then, he again went below, but discovering at about half past five that BRUGGEBRUCK had not made his appearance, he again went up to his room and, on looking through the keyhole once more, saw the deceased in the same attitude he had been in an hour before. He now became alarmed, and reported the circumstances to the House Surgeon, Dr. PARSONS, who immediately ordered the door to be burst open. On the room being entered, it was found that the deceased was dead, and that he was hanging suspended from the top of the window by a piece of sash band. On farther investigation it was seen that the case must have been one of determined suicide. The man got a box beneath the window, upon which it seems he must have sat while fixing the noose around his neck, and then, having accomplished that preliminary, he had wriggled off the box, and thus destroyed his life. The height of the framework to which he had affixed the sash band was only six feet two inches, and the man himself was five foot nine inches, so that when the box was put underneath the window there must have been very little room for swinging. It is said that the cause of the deed was disappointed love, the object of the deceased cook’s affections being a nurse in the hospital.

Friday 8 June 1883

MURDER IN THE TRANSVAAL
In the House of Commons recently Mr. HUBBARD asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he had yet received any details of the barbarous murder of Mr. James Scott McGILLVRAY and another Englishman by the Boers in the Transvaal last September, as recorded in the colonial papers brought to the knowledge of the Colonial Office last January. Mr. ASHLEY – Our despatch to the High Commissioner instructing him to make enquiries relative to the death of Mr. McGILLVRAY and another Englishman on the borders of the Transvaal crossed despatches from Sir H. ROBINSON in which he informed the Secretary of State that the matter had been brought to his notice by the Cape Government and that he had instructed Mr. HUDSON to make representation on the subject to the Government of the Transvaal state. We have not yet heard anything further in the matter.

BRUTAL OUTRAGE ON A FARMER’S WIFE
P.A. Budget June 7 says: A most daring and villainous outrage was committed in the neighbourhood of Shaw Park on Friday the 26th ultimo, by a Kafir man, which has caused quite a stir among the farmers of that part; and it is said that had the full extent of the injury done been known at that time, the probability is he would not have reached the gaol alive, public indignation being so great. It appears that Mrs. POULTON, wife of Mr. C.G. POULTON and daughter of Mr. Edward TIMM sen. of Clumber, was visited by a lady friend, who spent the day. On leaving in the evening Mrs. POULTON, with her four children, accompanied her a short distance from the house. On returning home, she had to pass through a small bush, at which spot a Kafir rushed out, threw a blanket over Mrs. POULTON’s head, and forced her to the ground. The children bravely rushed to the assistance of their mother, upon which the Kafir left Mrs. POULTON, and in a most savage manner knocked one of the children, a girl of eleven years old, down. He immediately after doing so turned round again and attacked Mrs. POULTON for the third time, throwing her heavily to the ground, knelt on her and tried to choke her with his blanket. Failing to accomplish his evident intention, he with is [sic] hand injured her in a most brutal and inhuman manner, particulars of which are unfit for publication. Probably fearing Mrs. POULTON’s screams would bring assistance, he made off into the bush, but fortunately not before he was recognised. Mrs. POULTON, with great difficulty, reached home, barricaded the doors, and sat up in a state of terror all night. As soon as day dawned, Mr. POULTON, who was away from home on business, was sent for. On his return he, with the assistance of Mr. PURDON, followed up and, we are glad to state, succeeded in apprehending the Kafir, who was at once handed over to the authorities. The preliminary examination was to have taken place on Monday, the 28th ultimo, but Mrs. POULTON was not in a fit state to leave her house. It was accordingly postponed until Friday last, when the evidence of Mrs. POULTON, Dr. PRESTON and others was taken by the Resident Magistrate (G.C. BAYNE Esq) when he remanded the prisoner till Tuesday, on which occasion he was committed for trial.

Saturday 9 June 1883

WEDDING AT THE WESLEYAN CHURCH
There was quite a flutter of interested curiosity and excitement at the Wesleyan Church, Russell Road, on Thursday morning shortly before eleven o’clock, consequent (says the Herald) upon the marriage ceremony that was about to be solemnized between Walter STANFORD Esq, Magistrate of [Eng…bo], Tembuland, and Miss Alice WALKER, second daughter of our respected townsman and old colonist, Joseph WALKER Esq, M.L.A. The morning was a bright one, and the scene in church was very pretty. The bridesmaids, who were most tastefully attired, were Miss Maude WALKER, Miss May WALKER and two happy looking juveniles (Miss SKEAD and Miss GODLONTON). Mr. CUMMINGS, of Kingwilliamstown, (assisted by Mr. B. WALKER and Master Holford WALKER) was the “best man”. The nuptial knot was tied by the Rev. W.H. PRICE, and after the ceremony the party repaired to Hamilton House, Pearson-street, the residence of the bride’s father. The healths of the bride and bridegroom were proposed by the Rev. Mr. PRICE; Mr. A.R. ORPEN proposed the “parents of the bride”; Mr. TUDHOPE the “mother of the bridegroom”; and the Mayor, (who in happy terms referred to matters mythological) proposed “the bridesmaids”. In the afternoon the happy pair left for the country. Mr. STANFORD, we may state, was a very active member of the recent Commission on Native Laws and Customs. In the hostilities against Umhleshlo he was second-in-command under Commandant FROST C.M.G. With the exception of Mr. BROWNLEE, Mr. STANFORD is the oldest servant in the extra Colonial Government service.

SAD BOATING FATALITY
Durban Advertiser, June 4
On Saturday afternoon one of those locating misfortunes which can scarcely be called “accidents” happened in the bay, and by it one man lost his life, while four other people had a narrow escape from drowning. Early in the afternoon three men named J.D. JACOBSEN, Point Road, J. OGILVIE and Charles CHAPMAN, Palmer Street, Black Beach, and two children named Louis and Isabella WARREN, also living with their parents on the Black Beach, started in a little boat to sail to Congella, for the purpose of getting some shells. The boat was a rather old one, and it leaked somewhat the whole distance, while it was heavily weighted with three large bags of sand besides the people mentioned. At first there was little wind, and that came from the east, but suddenly the wind shifted and came from the south-west. The boat proceeded all right until it nearly reached Cato’s Creek, although it listed considerably and shipped several seas, but at the place indicated she veered over, the water poured in, and she sank slowly down. The occupants tried to seize the top of the mast, but that disappeared and they were all floating on the water, some distance from land, and with a strong ebb tide flowing. A yacht was sailing by some hundred yards off, and JACOBSEN made straight for that, his efforts being successful, for he was fortunately picked up. Either he or the people in the yacht are said to have then picked up the oars and rowlocks of the sunken boat and to have gone right away from the Creek, where JACOBSEN was landed. In the meantime OGILVIE swam towards a boat which was being impelled by two Kafirs, and in his wake little Louis WARREN followed, but though the girl could not swim her clothes held her up to a great extent while she had presence of mind enough, although only 9 years of age, to put her hand to her mouth in order to keep out some of the water. CHAPMAN poor fellow could not swim at all, and was carried away by the current. The Kafirs rowed towards OGILVIE and picked him up, and then rowed towards little WARREN, whom they also managed to get into the boat, a result also successful in the case of the little girl, although at that time she was almost gone. By now CHAPMAN had got some distance off, and the Kaffirs at first stubbornly refused to go after him, but OGILVIE, who was himself very much exhausted, promised them money, and they consented to row down what proved to be the dead body of CHAPMAN. When they got alongside it, OGILVIE had to drag it into the boat, for the Kafirs would not touch it, and then, struck with horror at the thought of having a dead body in the boat, they rowed hard to a sand bank, where the boat was grounded, and cleared. There was yet some distance between them and the shore, and all the rescued party were very exhausted, the little girl being nearly dead, and the darkness coming on, but luck had it that another boat, belonging to Mr. Arthur CHAPMAN, sailed by, there being on board besides the owner Mr. BROWNLEE and Mr. J. TILBURY. They heard OGILVIE’s cries for help and immediately went to his assistance, both the dead body and the living persons being taken by them to the bathing jetty. The two children were at once carried to Mr. TILBURY’s house, and every care and attention were paid to them, but it was a long time before they were restored to consciousness. Mr. C. CHAPMAN’s body was carried to Mrs. GOODWIN, Beach Grove, and there everything that could be done to restore life was tried, though without effect, Dr. COLLENSO, who was sent for immediately, assisting in and directing these efforts. Mr. Superintendent ALEXANDER was sent for and he, with the assistance of Sergeant HAMLIN, had every attention paid to the body, which was then conveyed on a stretcher to his late residence on the Black Beach. He was only 31 years of age and leaves a young wife, to whom he has only been married four months, to mourn for him, and great commiseration with her is felt. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon, many of the deceased’s old comrades on the railway, in the fitting shop of which he worked, joining in the procession, in order to show their respect for the deceased and sorrow for the catastrophe. It was a most fortunate thing that the sailing boat of Mr. A. CHAPMAN passed the place when it did, for it was then almost dark, and had assistance not come very quickly the two children would probably have died also. Too much praise cannot be given to Mr. J. OGILVIE for his conduct, which was truly manly and humane.

Monday 11 June 1883

DEATH OF THE REV. W.J. DAVIS
We regret to record the decease of this veteran missionary, which occurred yesterday evening at his residence. He had been suffering from an internal ailment which, though exceedingly painful, was not specially dangerous, and was making good progress towards recovery when he unfortunately took a severe chill, and this led to an attack of diffused peritonitis under which he sank, dying in peaceful hope. Mr. DAVIS was an old and highly-esteemed missionary of the Wesleyan church, having entered the ministry in 1831, though he had retired from active work for some years past. He was an excellent Kafir scholar, and was the author of two standard works on that language – a grammar and a dictionary. He had recently bought a residence in Grahamstown and had removed to this City, where he had laboured with acceptance in former years. From his general health and vigour we should have supposed that he would have had before him still a good period of life. Mr. DAVIS leaves a large family. One of his sons – Rev. W.S. DAVIS – is a missionary in the Transkei, and several of his daughters - including Mrs. LONES, wife of the Rev. E. LONES – are resident in this City. The condolence and sympathy of a very large circle of friends will be with those who have thus been somewhat suddenly bereaved. The funeral of the late Mr. DAVIS will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock.

Tuesday 12 June 1883

A SAD STORY
The following is from the Harrismith Chronicle: It has seldom come under our notice to narrate such a sad event as transpired in our district a few days back. Such things are often pictured in fiction, and the height of colouring lends to them a dramatic effect. But this case in point is colourless, and the pure facts will speak for themselves. On Saturday May 19 all that remained of an Englishman was brought into the town and handed over to the Landdrost or authorities. From information we have gleaned, George HARRIS left his home, in the south of Cornwall, in July 1881. After being newly married to a young wife, he was compelled, through failing health, to break up his happy home and sail to more genial climes. He chose South Africa; and on arrival at the Cape he was recommended to try the Free State, where he eventually reached. We learn that he last sojourned at Heilbron, and from letters he received from his wife (who had since given birth to a daughter) he was desirous to return home again. The wife was naturally anxious for his return, and looked forward to a happy meeting, when she could show him their child, about which she said that the word “Dada” was constantly on its lips. Fate, however, ordained otherwise. Only a few miles from town the unfortunate man grew worse, and eventually became victim to that most insidious of diseases – consumption: and, amongst strange yet feeling Dutchmen – whose language he understood not – yet whose kindness he appreciated, he breathed his last many miles from his native home and all those who were near and dear to him. Our authorities deserve credit for the manner in which the last respects to the unfortunate Englishman were carried out. On the deceased were found several letters, and about £24, watch and chain, which, along with a portmanteau, the Landdrost with the kind assistance of the Union Company will see they are forwarded to the proper quarter.

Wednesday 13 June 1883

THE LATE REV. W.J. DAVIS
Yesterday afternoon a large number of friends followed the funeral to the Wesleyan cemetery. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Jno. WOOD, Henry WOOD, B. ATTWELL, E.B. DRIVER, J. AYLIFF and J. WEBB. At Commemoration Chapel the Rev. Mr. WALTON alluded to the valuable services rendered to mission work in South Africa by the Rev. W.J. DAVIS, whose researches in the Kafir language, and compilation of a Kafir grammar, had afforded great help to missionaries. Mr. WALTON said he would not then dwell at length upon the work which the deceased minister had done during a long period of 50 years, but would take a further opportunity of referring to the subject. At the grave the service was conducted by the Rev. J. WALTON, assisted by the Rev. J EDWARDS. The Chapel was draped in mourning out of respect for the memory of the deceased pastor, who had so often ministered within its walls.

Wednesday 20 June 1883

DIED at Somerset East on the 7th June 1883, Levenia Jane HALLIDAY (born McAULIFF), aged 20 years 9 months and 29 days, after an illness of 26 days, leaving a sorrowing husband and two children to mourn their irreparable loss.
Safe in the arms of Jesus
The bereaved Husband sincerely thanks those kind Friends who assisted during the illness.

Thursday 21 June 1883

MARRIAGE
This morning at Christ-church a fashionable assembly gathered to witness the marriage of Mr. Advocate BLAINE and Miss Matilda F. COLE, niece to Mr. W. GILBERT. The Rev. Canon ESPIN officiated. The bride looked beautiful in a cream broche skirt, and plain satin bodice with wreath. She was attended by Miss HESS, Miss CHRISTIAN, Miss HAYTON and Miss HUNTLY, who were charmingly robed in cream nun’s cloth skirts, plush bodices, and cream plush muffs with flowers to correspond with the cream plush Langtry hats with wide satin strings, and terra cotta leaves and flowers. Mr. A. HUTTON was groomsman. The fair bride was given away by Mr. Ewan CHRISTIAN, and the bridal party after the ceremony drove to the station, when the newly married couple left for New Brighton.

Friday 22 June 1883

IN MEMORIAM
D.S. ROBERTSON – With deep regret we (Cape Times) record the death, after two days’ illness, of Captain D.S. ROBERSTON, Acting Staff Officer of Colonial Forces for the Western District, and of late commanding a company in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifle Volunteer Regiment. Captain ROBERTSON was one of the militia officers who volunteered for active service during the Zulu war, and on his arrival was attached to the Royal Scots Fusiliers, with whom he shared the campaign ending in the victory of Ulundi.

Saturday 23 June 1883

MURDER OF MISSIONARIES IN ZULULAND
From a gentleman who has just come down from the border, says a Natal paper, we received late on Friday night confirmatory news of the death of the Rev. Mr. SCHROEDER on the 6th inst. The deceased gentleman was not, it seems, any relation to the late Bishop. He had been in the country only twelve months, and was stationed in the extreme north of Ohamsland. Living entirely alone, he was unable to speak the native language, and had given no offence to any party or section of the people. He had built a substantial dwelling and furnished it, and expected shortly to be married to a lady who it is thought probable is even now on her way from England to South Africa. Our informant states that the murdered missionary was about 28 years of age, and much esteemed for his good qualities and kindness of heart. His dead body, pierced with many wounds, was found lying amongst the wreck of his chattels, for the murderers had broken up and destroyed every article that they could not conveniently carry away.
In regard to the Rev. HOERMAN, who it is feared has shared the same fate, he was thirty-two years of age, and had been for four years in the country. He was a married man, and nothing has been heard of him or seen of him or his wife since the beginning of March last. There is therefore, we fear, but small hope of the report proving groundless that he has lost his life at the hands of assassins. The courage of the Rev. F. WEBER in going into the country to the scene of the death of the Rev Mr. SCHROEDER, in order to perform the last rites of the Church over the unfortunate gentleman, and to bury the body, cannot be too highly commended. The risk he ran in performing this service is spoken of as great, seeing the state of that part of the country, Oham being in hiding, and the place at the mercy of his foes. The murder of the Rev. Mr. SCHROEDER was committed, there can be little doubt, in pursuance of the order of Cetywayo that all men, women and children found by his impi were to be slain. These Mission Stations in Ohamsland are part of the number to which the German Missionary Society were granted titles by Panda; and it is not at all improbable that, when the facts are communicated to the Berlin Government, reparation will be asked for the outrages committed upon German subjects. The matter has been reported to the Government here.

Monday 25 June 1883

THE SUICIDE AT WORCESTER
Mr. GRASSMAN, who is reported to have committed suicide on Thursday morning, was (says the Argus) the leading man amongst the Germans at Worcester. He lately exhibited a statement of his affairs, showing a surplus of £7,000, but the greater portion of his assets were locked up. It was in order to get out of the embarrassments thus caused that the foolish man committed the crime which had such fatal results.

FATAL ACCIDENT
We (E.L. Advertiser) are sorry to have to record a sad and fatal accident which occurred on the sandy beach on Thursday morning, by which a young girl, only 16 years of age, was drowned. It appears that the deceased, Charlotte ADENDORP, who was a boarder at the convent at Kingwilliamstown, and down here on a visit, had permission of the Lady Prioress of the convent here, where she was staying, to make some visits with three other girls younger than herself. The Mother Prioress cautioned them about going down to the beach, considering the weather too cold. The girls, however, went down and bathed near the rocks which crop up in the water just beyond Blind River. It would then appear that one of the younger children got out of its depth, and was becoming exhausted and carried further out by the receding waters, when Charlotte ADENDORP pluckily went in to the rescue and brought the child safely to the shore. She was herself safe on one of the rocks then, and stepped off into what she must have thought to be shallow water, but which through the wash of the tide round the rocks, has been cleared of sand to a considerable depth. It is presumed that she was somewhat exhausted, and the strong drawback proved too much for her, and the unfortunate girl was swept out and drowned. The body, however, was soon afterwards recovered. Dr. [DATLEY]—HARTLEY was summoned, too late however to be of service, as life was extinct. Deceased’s parents, we believe, reside near Fort Peddie, and the news will be a sad blow to them. We beg to tender our sympathy with them in their affliction.

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Friday 14 September 1883

BIRTH at Grahamstown, Sept. 13, the wife of Frederick HIGGINS of a son (still born)

DIED at African-street, Grahamstown, on the 12th instant, Jane, the beloved wife of Henry WEBSTER, aged 52 years and 9 months.

Saturday 15 September 1883

FUNERAL NOTICE
The Funeral of the late Mrs. J.B. HENNING will leave her late residence, near Lancing House, Hill-street, tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 4 o’clock. All Friends are respectfully invited.
A. WILL, Undertaker.

Tuesday 18 September 1883

DIED on the 14th inst at the residence of her sister (Mrs. WOOLLEY), Somerset East, Caroline, daughter of Hugh CARMICHAEL Esq, Dublin, and great granddaughter of the last Earl of HYNDFORD and CARMICHAEL, of Carmichael Castle, Perthshire, Scotland, aged 33 years.
Scottish and Irish papers please copy.

THE CAPTAIN OF THE SWIFTSURE DROWNED
The British 3-masted schooner Swiftsure, from Calcutta to Port Elizabeth, which arrived here on Saturday, says the E.P. Herald, reports the drowning of Capt. T. KINNAIRD. The following is the official report of the circumstances: August 25th.. [report continues at top of next column, which is obscured]

Wednesday 19 September 1883

DIED at Grahamstown on Wednesday September 19th 1883, the beloved wife of Thomas EMMS, Oatlands, aged 61 years.
The Funeral of the late Mrs. EMMS will move from her late residence, Oatlands, tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at 3 o’clock. Friends are respectfully requested to attend.
A. WILL, Undertaker.

Union Fire and Marine Insurance and Trust Company
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Insolvent Estate of Simon Mortimer LAKE
All Persons claiming to be Creditors under this Estate are required to take notice that the undersigned has been duly elected to and confirmed in the appointment of Sole Trustee of the said Estate, and that the Master has appointed the Third Meeting to be held before the Resident Magistrate of Grahamstown on Wednesday 10th October next at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the Proof of Debts, for receiving the Trustee’s Report, and also for the purpose of giving directions to the said Trustee as to the management of the said Estate. And all Persons indebted to the said Estate are required to pay the same to the Undersigned, on or before the 5th day of October next, or proceedings will be instituted against them.
Joseph GADD
Secretary, Sole Trustee
Grahamstown, 31st Aug 1883

Thursday 20 September 1883

DIED at Bedford on the 17th inst, Arthur Solomon, aged 7 years and 11 months, second son of Charles Walter WEBBER.

SUDDEN DEATH
WE (Argus) have to announce the sudden death, on Saturday evening last, of Mr. C.C. CORY, one of the Sub Distributors in the Stamp Office. Mr. CORY came out from England some two years ago, having held a situation in a London bank which he was forced to relinquish through ill-health. He was of a very active, sociable disposition, and took part in many kinds of amusement in which persons in ill-health do not generally engage. On Saturday afternoon he went out to Wynberg with the Bicycle Club, of which he is a member, and at ten o’clock the same evening was discovered dead at his lodgings in Caledon-street. It is supposed that a rupture of one of the cardiac arteries had taken place, and that the deceased gentleman expired from sheer exhaustion. The body was conveyed to the New Somerset Hospital, where it now lies awaiting interment.

BIRTH at Grahamstown September 20 1883, the wife of Mr. Alfred E. HOWSE of a daughter.

Monday 24 September 1883

BIRTH on the 24th inst at Grahamstown, the wife of Fred. Douglas COOPER of a daughter.

We regret very much to learn of the serious illness of Mr. W. HAW. That gentleman yesterday morning, as is his usual custom, went to his bath-room, and while in the bath was, it appears, seized with paralysis. It was thought by members of the family that he had gone for a walk, and it was not until he had been absent for about an hour that a search was made, and he was discovered in the bath in an insensible condition. Medical aid was immediately summoned, and Dr. E. ATHERSTONE soon attended to the patient. Mr. HAW, we are grieved to hear, is but slowly recovering, but under skilful medical treatment we sincerely hope that he will speedily mend.

MR. GODLONTON
Today is the anniversary of Mr. GODLONTON’s birthday. That venerable and grand old colonist today reaches his 89th birthday, and can look back upon a long, honourable and blameless lifetime spent in labours which have been for the good of his adopted country. His intellect is clear yet, though he is physically feeble, and many today who think on the past life over which his green memory yet has a grasp, will be strengthened by the prospect of so much vigour and perseverance. Grahamstown in Mr. Robert GODLONTON and Mr. George WOOD has two public men whose lives if written would give a history of the colony.

Thursday 27 September 1883

DIED on the [19]th September 1883 at Whittlesea, James BARNES, aged 76 years and 5 months. His end was peace.

FATAL ACCIDENT
The death is reported of an old Kaffrarian, Mr. W. TENNANT, who for some time has been farming in New England. It appears that he was riding one horse, and leading another; was pulled to the edge of a krantz by one horse and thrown over the krantz by the other, being killed by the fall.

Friday 28 September 1883

Mr. HAW never recovered consciousness after he received the paralytic stroke while in his bath on Sunday morning, and passed away yesterday afternoon at three o’clock. The deceased gentleman was 61 years of age, and was born in the colony two years after the landing of the settlers in 1820, among whom were his parents. He has seen the colony grow like many another of that vigorous band, he has taken part also in the development of Grahamstown, and by his own efforts has built up a solid commercial house. Although he never took a prominent part in public affairs, he was respected by all who came in contact with him during his long stay in Grahamstown, and held the important office of Director to different Companies. His elder brother, Mr. Edward HAW, one of the best travelled of men, has retired from business, and his late brother, Mr. Charles HAW, occupied the position of magistrate for some time. To the widow and family we tender our sincere sympathies.

DIED at his residence, Hawton Hall, Beaufort-street, on Thursday 27th inst, Mr. William HAW, aged 61 years.
The Funeral of the late Mr. William HAW will move from his late residence, Beaufort-street, on Saturday afternoon at 3pm. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.