The Grahamstown Journal

Tuesday 2 August 1892

BIRTH at Grahamstown on the 29th July 1892, the wife of W.H. NUNN of a daughter.

DIED at Market-square, Grahamstown on Sunday July 31st 1892, Maria, the beloved wife of Edward TRIBE, aged 50 years. R.I.P.

DEATH OF MRS. EDWARD TRIBE
We regret to have to announce the death of Mrs. TRIBE, of Market-square, after a somewhat protracted illness, during which all the medical skill available was unable to save her to a large and sorrowing family. She was long known and respected in Grahamstown as a good mother and kind-hearted friend, and was the first pupil of the Convent Schools when they opened here over 40 years ago.

MR. AND MRS. BROOK ATTWELL
Yesterday our esteemed fellow citizen and Mrs. ATTWELL received the congratulations of their family and friends on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. We are sorry to learn that Mr. ATTWELL’s health is at present very feeble, but we are sure he has the congratulations and good wishes of the community. We trust he may yet gain strength again.

Thursday 4 August 1892

A SAD END
In the office of the R.M. Clerk are piled a massive travelling clothes chest, a handsome and substantial portmanteau, a tin hat box and some walking sticks. The name of J.R. EVANS is written on some of the above articles. A death notice came down to the Magistrate reporting that J.R. EVANS, aged 21 years, had died at the Hospital. That was all that was known about the unfortunate young man. Subsequently it transpired that he had come a few days before from Cradock, and had been almost at once admitted to the Hospital, where he died. An examination of papers in the baggage showed that the young man, who seems to be of good family, came to this country from Wales for the sake of his health and also that there was “another – not a sister” waiting for him in the Principality, and willing to wait 10 or 15 years for her lover if necessary. Deceased had also an unpresented letter of introduction to the Most Rev. Bishop JONES of Capetown, which has been forwarded.

FATAL ACCIDENT
A sad accident, which terminated fatally, occurred at Buffelskloof on the farm of Mr. Edwin EDMEADS on Saturday week. Mr. EDMEADS was driving a cart in which were Mr. A. YOUNG, Miss YOUNG and two children, when the vehicle caught on a stone, which capsized the vehicle, and Mr. YOUNG received such severe injuries that he died next day. Mr. YOUNG was one of the earliest residents at Oudtshoorn, where he settled in 1858, and was much respected. He was a member of the Town Council and a deacon in the D.R. Church at the time of his death.

FATAL ACCIDENT
The Advertiser records the sudden death of Dr. CALLENDER, senior house surgeon of the Kimberley Hospital, early on Sunday last, from injuries received the preceding day. The deceased, who was Surgeon Lieutenant to the Diamond Fields Horse, had been out to shell practice with the artillery at the Currey ranges. While returning, at a walk, his horse, a restive animal, gave two sharp bounds forward and bolted, and coming to a sudden stop in Dutoitspan Road, near the Railway House, threw the doctor heavily to the ground. He fell on his head, sustaining a fracture at the base of the skull, and was picked up unconscious. Blood was issuing freely from the ears, and the injured man was immediately conveyed to the Hospital, where he received every possible care and attention from the medical staff and the nurses. About midnight his condition appeared to be improving, but this did not last, and shortly before [6] o’clock he died, without having recovered consciousness.

Saturday 6 August 1892

OBITUARY
We have to record the sad news of the death of Mr. Geo. Archibald WRIGHT, eldest son of our esteemed fellow citizen Mr. Attorney G.G. WRIGHT. The deceased was only 32 years of age, and during his short and blameless life had made many friends, who will join the bereaved family and the young widow in mourning his departure. His health had for some time been unsatisfactory, but his death came as a great shock to the family. The funeral takes place this afternoon at 3:30, the Rev. M. NORTON, Incumbent of Christ Church, officiating.

Tuesday 9 August 1892

BIRTH at Oatlands on Sunday August 7, the wife of Inspector RAYNOR of a son.

Mr. C.J. LEPPAN, of Mimosa vale, died at Somerset on the 28th. Deceased was seventy-five years of age, and was accorded (says the Bedford paper) a Masonic funeral.

DEATH OF MR. W.H. SCHROEDER
Mr. William H. SCHROEDER, the popular artist to the Press newspaper and widely known throughout South Africa, had died at Pretoria from acute inflammation of the lungs, after about five days illness, surrounded by his most intimate friends. The deceased artist leaves a wife and five children in England.

SHOCKING MURDER AT THE RAND
The Johannesburg papers report another shocking murder, very similar to the ADAMSON case, on Wednesday night at the Heights township. Two brothers, Maurice and Charles FRIEDMAN, it appears, keep a Kafir store at the township in question. About seven o’clock Maurice came into Johannesburg, and on returning home from the theatre found his brother Charles lying in a pool of blood on the floor of the store. Suspicion rests on a Kafir who was thrashed by the murdered man for being found in his bedroom. It is surmised that FRIEDMAN was walking up and down in front of his door, when he was struck with terrible force from behind the ear with an axe, and afterwards dragged by the murderer into the store, when further wounds were inflicted. Death must have been instantaneous, as when FRIEDMAN’s body was found his hands were in his trousers pockets. The murderer then took the lamp from the wall and dashed it on the ground, hoping to set fire to the place, but was unsuccessful. The axe used is an ordinary kitchen one, and has a loose handle. It had been newly fixed, and the blade sharpened. It was evident that the murder was a premeditated one. The detectives have arrived at the conclusion that robbery was not the motive, as nothing had been taken save a bottle of brandy, which was afterwards found hidden nearby. Two Kafirs have been arrested this afternoon on suspicion, but the detectives have doubts as to their being the actual delinquents.

Thursday 11 August 1892

BIRTH at Grahamstown on Tuesday August 9th, the wife of Captain VAN RYNEVELD of a daughter.

FATAL ACCIDENT
A Border paper hears that Mrs. KELLY, wife of Mr. KELLY of lady Frere, has died from terrible injuries she received in a recent cart accident.

BLACKMAIL
It is reported that farmers in the Cathcart district have been approached by men holding the rank of chiefs amongst the natives, and told that their flocks and herds would not be safe against thieves unless they gave them a beast, and that in may cases this blackmail has been paid.

Saturday 13 August 1892

POISONED BY OLEANDER
The Barberton Herald records the death of a young girl named Mary BOURGONS, from blood-poisoning. It appears that on Sunday week last on the Berea, in the neighbourhood of the Catholic Church, she picked a bunch of the oleander flower, which is very milky, and placed some in her mouth. On the following day a small pimple appeared [at] the corner of her mouth, and later on her face began to swell. Dr. WOLFF was then called, and lanced the inside of the lip, but the swelling gradually made its way up the face and head, and notwithstanding the careful treatment received, death ensued. Parents should caution their children against picking the oleander, as the present case proves it to be very poisonous.

A LADY DOCTOR
Dr. Jane WATERSTON has been appointed a visitor of the Robben Island, Old Somerset Hospital and Valkenburg Lunatic Asylum, under the provisions of the Lunacy Act.

KILLED BY RAT POISON
At Adelaide on Monday, just before leaving for home (which is at Vielplaats in this division) Mr. POTGIETER spread some “Rough on Rats” on bread and butter, and left it in the pantry, which is infested with mice. Mrs. POTGIETER being unaware of this fact, went to the pantry for some bread and butter, and seeing it already out, took a slice and gave it to her youngest child, who at once became alarmingly ill. Both doctors were called in, but their efforts (the Enterprise says) were unavailing, and the little one died in less than an hour.

Tuesday 16 August 1892

DEATH OF MISS BIRKETT
The death is announced at Bedford of Miss Birdie BIRKETT, a young lady of great promise, who headed both the Elementary and School Higher, and in her 17th year was 29th in the Matriculations.

Thursday 18 August 1892

DIED August 16th 1892, at Taber’s Kraal, Albany, Robert GAME, aged 76 years and 7 months.

DIED at his residence, Chestnut Grove, District Bedford, on the 14th August 1892, John SHONE, aged 61 years 5 months and 24 days, youngest son of Thomas SHONE, British Settler of 1820.
The Doctor and kind friends who showed so much kindness and sympathy will please accept the sincere thanks of Mrs. SHONE and the children. The names of the friends are too numerous to mention.

DEATH OF MR. COTTERELL
The Free Press records the sudden death of Mr. COTTERELL, Town Clerk of Queenstown, at the age of 67. It is supposed that the bursting of an artery, followed by internal bleeding, was the immediate cause of death. Mr. COTTERELL was a member of the Roman Catholic Church, and was much respected in Queenstown.

THE FLOGGING CASE
On Thursday before the R.M. of East London the accused in this case, T.J.P. HART, P.O.J. SWART, R. MARTIN, T.J. BESTER, J.H. GRAVETT and J.O. PEACH appeared on remand.
The reports of the District Surgeon were put in, stating that he had examined the native Jack, and found sixteen cuts in his skin in different parts of his body, which appeared to have been inflicted with some blunt instrument. None of them were of a serious nature.
Hermanus had several wounds on buttocks, back of thighs and back.
Dubula had several wounds on face, head, back and buttocks, and large sloughing sores on back of both thighs.
Gosse had six wounds on back and legs, and both eyes swollen and bruised.
Jan had ten wounds on back and legs.
John had four wounds on buttocks and back, and both eyes swollen and bruised.
Dupu had two slight abrasions on right hip.
Tyokwana had two slight abrasions on buttocks.
Joseph had two abrasions on right hip and one on left arm.
Swaartboy had slight abrasions on left temple.
None of these were of a dangerous nature except the first two, Hermanus and Dubula, who were removed to the Frere Hospital. The latter has since died, and Hermanus has recovered from his injuries, but his mind is affected apparently by the death of Dubula.
The accused, duly cautioned, made no statement, but said that they reserved their defence. The magistrate then committed them for trial at the ensuing Circuit Court to be held on the 1st October next, with the exception of GRAVETT, who was discharged in this case.

DEATH OF MR. ALEXANDER
We are sorry to learn that intelligence was received in town this morning of the death of Mr. ALEXANDER, formerly a resident here, but more recently of Johannesburg, where he has died. Mr. ALEXANDER married a daughter of Rev. W. IMPEY, and several families in this city are thrown into mourning by his decease.

SALEM
(From a correspondent)
FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT
A week or two back a young Dutch lad was accidentally shot by a Mr. SCHEEPERS, who mistook him in the distance for a wild animal in the field. The services of Dr. DREW, who was himself only just recovering from a dangerous wound by a vicious boar, were at once obtained, but the injuries were too serious, and the young lad succumbed.
The influenza epidemic is very prevalent in a very severe form just now at Seven Fountains, and is treating some of the old folk very sorely.

Saturday 20 August 1892

ACCIDENT
At Capetown, Mr. WORSLEY, of the firm BARTON & WORSLEY, ironmongers, fell down stairs late on Thursday night, sustaining contusion of the brain. He is in the Hospital, and is not expected to recover.

DEATH OF MR. R.W. NELSON JUN.
We regret to hear of the death of Mr. R.W. NELSON Jun, last night, at his father’s residence. The deceased (who only reached the age of 27 years) was a clever, promising young man, and no one can help regretting that his career is thus untimely shortened. He had been lying ill for about ten months, in constant suffering, which he bore bravely. His malady followed a sever attack of fever contracted at the Rand. Dr. GREATHEAD did all that human skill could do to save him, but without avail. We offer to the parents and other relatives of the deceased our sincere sympathy in their bereavement.

DIED at Johannesburg on the 17th inst, at the residence of Mr. ACUTT, Alfred ALEXANDER, M.I.M.E., late of Cirencester, England, aged 43.

DIED at Grahamstown on 20th August 1892, Richard William, second son of Richard William and Rachel NELSON, in the 27th year of his age.
FUNERAL NOTICE
The Funeral of the late R.W. NELSON Jun. will leave the residence of his parents, Hodges Street, at 3:30 tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. All friends are kindly invited to attend, there being no special invitations.
A. WILL
Undertaker

Tuesday 23 August 1892

DIED at Grahamstown on the 21st August, Mary Jane, aged 84 years, relict of William WALLACE Sen., late of this city.

BIRTH at Grahamstown on the 23rd August 1892, the wife of William WHITE-COOPER of a son.

PASSED AWAY on Monday morning, August 22nd, at six o’clock, Arthur George, second son of J. and M. DUFFIELD, in the 33rd year of his age.

THE LATE MR. A. ALEXANDER
Mr. Alfred ALEXANDER, whose death it was on Thursday our sad duty to chronicle, was one of the earliest arrivals upon these Goldfields. When he first came up here he took the management of the Zuurbelt G.M. Company and lately became manager of the Batjee G.M. Company, which position he held for several years until work ceased upon that property. He was a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, and for about fourteen years carried on an engineering business in the Cape Colony. He was, previous to that, a partner in the firm of ALEXANDER & Son, Corinium Iron Works, Cirencester, England, until failing health necessitated his coming to South Africa. His death took place at the residence of Mr. Courtney ACUTT, Auckland Park, where he had gone at the kind invitation of Mr. ACUTT to recruit his strength after a short but severe attack of inflammation of the lungs. He was apparently recovering satisfactorily, but a change for the worse suddenly took place on Wednesday, and it was thought necessary to telegraph to Mrs. ALEXANDER, who is on a visit to her father, Rev. W. IMPEY, at Grahamstown in the Cape Colony. He sank very rapidly, and died in the course of that day – Mr. and Mrs. ACUTT and Miss THOMPSON (who had been nursing him) were with him to the end. He will be mourned by a large circle of friends, and will be remembered as a man of the highest integrity of character. He was buried on Thursday afternoon at the Braamfontein cemetery, and was followed to the grave by Mr. and Mrs. ACUTT and friends, and a number of his professional colleagues, amongst the latter being Messrs. A.S. BOUCHER, A.M. BROWN (of Cirencester, England), S.H. FARRAR and H.J. HUMBY. – Star.

Thursday 25 August 1892

SUICIDE
A shocking case of suicide (says the Umtata paper) took place at Umzimkulu recently. A Mr. PEARCE, clerk to Mr. Guy WHYTE, cut his throat with a razor.

DEATH OF MR. ARTHUR DUFFIELD
It was with deep regret that his many friends learned of the untimely death of Mr. Arthur DUFFIELD, of the well-known firm of Duffield Brothers. The deceased had legions of sincere friends in this city, to whom his many excellent qualities endeared him. Universal sympathy is expressed for the bereaved young wife and children. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon, and afforded renewed proof of the esteem in which deceased was held. The procession was chiefly remarkable for the extraordinary number of young men following.

Saturday 27 August 1892

SERIOUS ACCIDENT
We regret very much to learn that a serious accident was sustained on Wednesday last by Mrs. Brook ATTWELL, who had a severe fall, causing a fracture of the thigh-bone. Every attention was at once rendered, but at this esteemed lady’s advanced age the accident necessarily causes her relatives and friends much anxiety. This trouble unfortunately comes at a time when Mr. ATTWELL is also very ill. On enquiry this morning we hear that both patients are in a depressed condition, but we trust to hear more favourable news shortly.

A SAD BEREAVEMENT
Universal sympathy will be felt with Mr. and Mrs. SHEFFIELD and family (says the Star) in the bereavement which they have this morning sustained in the loss of their only and idolised little son – a bright, comely and captivating little fellow nearly three years of age. On Tuesday last one finger was badly crushed in a mangle. Drs. EATON and NEALE, who were called in, deemed amputation necessary; after which operation no serious symptoms displayed themselves, the wound healing favourably. Yesterday, however, symptoms of lockjaw supervened. The only remedy known to medical science, choral, was applied during the whole of last night on the advice of Drs. DUIRE, MURRAY, EATON and MACLEAN; but without any result other than giving relief during the spasms. This morning all hope was abandoned, and at 12:30 the poor child passed to his rest. Mere words of sympathy are useless under such a bitter affliction.

SUDDEN DEATH
A terribly sudden death occurred at Newlands when Mrs. GOODMAN, wife of the stationmaster, expired at the dinner table. The family had just sat down to the midday meal when Mrs. GOODMAN fell back in her chair in a fainting condition, and died before she could be removed. The cause of death was heart disease.

CHOKED
A German named Frank HOMANN died suddenly on Friday morning (says the E.L. Dispatch) while at breakfast in our local prison. A post mortem examination showed that a piece of bread had stuck in his windpipe. HOMANN, who was about 60 years of age, was apprehended for being drunk. He had been well-to-do at one time.

DEATH OF MR. HENRY MITCHELL
We regret to learn that Mr. Henry MITCHELL, formerly a prominent broker in Kimberley, and before that well-known here as a man of business, died at Johannesburg on Tuesday.

KILLED HIM AT LAST
It is stated that Stoffel ANGELBRECHT, the first man wounded on the Boer side in the independence war at Potchefstroom, has died at Venterskroon. The wound was the indirect cause of death.

DEATH OF MR. BOTTOMLEY
The death of Mr. George BOTTOMLEY, aged 65, has taken away one of the earliest and most prominent figures in Diamond Fields life. He was at one time Mayor of Kimberley, and a large shareholder in the Central Company, of which he was Chairman, and an active member of the Mining Board in the palmiest days of the Fields. He was an eloquent advocate of temperance and a strong supporter of the Presbyterian Church.

FOUND DEAD
The District Surgeon has gone out to inspect the body of a man called W.J. VAN NIEKERK, who was found dead on the main road near Fort Brown on Thursday last. It is believed that the unfortunate man, who had a wife and five children, died of a fit of some kind.

Tuesday 30 August 1892

BIRTH at Queenstown on 27th August, the wife of G. FITZGERALD of a daughter.

SAUNDERS
On the 28th August at the Drostdy, Grahamstown, Mary Emily Louise, the beloved wife of Dr. F.A. SAUNDERS, of Denburn, Crail, Fife, Scotland, and daughter of the late Captain Edmund BARNES, H.M. late St.Helena Regt.

DEATH OF MRS. SAUNDERS
We regret to hear of the death of Mrs. SAUNDERS, wife of our esteemed townsman Dr. SAUNDERS. The deceased lady had long suffered from consumption. Her mother arrived by the Moor, just in time for the funeral. We tender our sincere sympathy with the bereaved ones.

PASSED AWAY last night at 9 o’clock, Mary Ann, relict of the late Arthur KNIGHT, Captain of the 7th Dragoon Guards, aged 91 years.
Aug 30 1892
The Funeral will leave Mrs. MEATS’ residence, New-street, at 3pm tomorrow. Friend are invited.
A. WILL, Undertaker.

DIED at Grahamstown August 29 1892, Thomas GRANT, aged 23 years and 8 months.
The Funeral of the above will leave the residence of his Mother, African-street (opposite Mr. LARKIN’s) tomorrow (Wednesday) morning at 8 o’clock. Friends respectfully invited to attend.
A. WILL, Undertaker.

DEATH OF MR. T. GRANT
The third victim of the recent gunpowder explosion has died from the results of the deplorable accident. Mr. Tom GRANT, after many sanguine hopes for his recovery, sank from the injuries received, and after suffering much agony, found relief in death in the Albany Hospital last evening, despite the unremitting care and surgical skill bestowed upon him since his admission. We learn that he was terribly burned on the chest, right arm and head, and that though the pain had been somewhat assuaged, he was for a time delirious, but closed his life free from pain at last. Deceased was 23 years and 8 months old. Our sincere sympathy is with the bereaved members of his family and friends.

DEATH OF MR. R.M. BOWKER
The death of this venerable gentleman, which occurred on Wednesday afternoon last at Glen Avon, will place many colonial families in mourning, and in him we lose one who throughout a long public career has maintained an irreproachable reputation for honesty of purpose and boldness of advocacy. Arrived at a grand old age, he had only within the last two or three years laid down his trust as representative of this Circle in the Upper House, whilst, till within the last few weeks before his death, our columns have born evidence of his zeal for the well-being of his brother-farmers and countrymen generally as a newspaper correspondent. He thus died, as one might say, in harness. The deceased gentleman, in accordance with his expressed wish, was buried at Craigie Burn by the side of his late wife. – Budget.

Thursday 1 September 1892

DIED at Grahamstown August 31 1892, James Joseph COGAN, aged 76 years.
The Funeral of the above will leave his late residence, Cape Corps Camp, tomorrow (Friday) morning at half past 8 o’clock. Friends respectfully invited to attend.
A.WILL, Undertaker.

SUDDEN DEATH
At Maritzburg the other day a terribly sudden death overtook Mr. J.W. FORD, of the Natal Government Railways. He was walking up Church Street when he broke a blood vessel and died in a few minutes.

DIED at St.Bartholomew’s Rectory, September 1, Victor James Morice, born August 4 1886, youngest son of the Rev. C.H.L. and A.C. PACKMAN.

MADDENED BEES - SAD DEATH OF A CITIZEN
A most tragic episode occurred yesterday afternoon about half past three, by which an old and respected fellow-citizen, Mr. J. COGAN Sen., lost his life. It appears that some natives must have been tinkering with Mr. COGAN’s huge bee-hive during his short absence from the house, but being disturbed had fled the scene. Mr. COGAN returning from his son’s house nearby, found the whole atmosphere full of maddened bees, and muffling his head with his waistcoat, rushed to loosen the watch-dog chained up near the hive. He had managed to half undo the buckle, apparently, when the infuriated insects attacked him on every side, and he lost his head. He tried to beat them off with his handkerchief, but to no avail; he called for help, and they poured into his mouth, piercing his tongue and throat with a hundred stings. He then lost consciousness, and when Mr. PANKHURST (his brother-in-law) came upon the scene it was only at great personal peril that he could drag him into the house. The poor old gentleman, who was 76 years of age, died in a few minutes from suffocation, dur to the stings on his tongue and in his mouth. His head was so thickly covered with the tiny darts that not a pin’s point could be anywhere inserted between them. When Dr. CHEW arrived, life was quite extinct. Mr. A. COGAN and his mother arrived from town in the phaeton, and had their first intimation of anything wrong when the bees forced them to make the horses bolt for life right up West Hill. The bees killed all the fowls about the place, as well as the watch-dog (which was swollen to the size of a small mule) and stung numbers of passers-by into the bargain. Mr. R.J. COGAN was telegraphed for from Cradock, and returned at once to town. We tender our sincere sympathy with the bereaved family in this terrible and unexpected affliction. Professor COGAN (the youngest son) is away on a trip.

SAD DEATH
We regret to learn of the death at an early hour this morning of young Victor PACKMAN, a most promising youth, son of the Rev. C.H.L. PACKMAN. We tender our sincere sympathies with the parents.

Saturday 3 September 1892

DEATH FROM MORPHIA
At Capetown, Captain ARMSTRONG, a well-known Mashonaland explorer, died suddenly last week from an overdose of morphia.

THE LATE MR. E. BIGGS
Mr. Ebenezer BIGGS, late of Wellfound, died recently at Oak House in Cradock Street, Graaff-Reinet. Some months ago he got an attack of paralysis from which he never rallied. He was in his 72nd year. Mr. BIGGS had a Frontier and Karoo farmer’s history.

THE LATE MR. W. SHEPSTONE
A cable has been received at Durban announcing the death, after an operation had been performed, of Mr. W.E. SHEPSTONE, son of Sir Theophilus SHEPSTONE, and long established as a lawyer there. The late Mr. SHEPSTONE formerly represented Durban County in the Natal House of Assembly, and was very highly esteemed.

DEATH FROM DRINK
In the early hours of the morning (says the Star) a young white man, named SAMPSON, who had for some time been an inmate of Rev. Mr. KELLY’s Home, in Pritchard-street, engaged as cook, died outside that institution. It appears SAMPSON’s father, who is in Kimberley, heard of his son’s destitute condition and sent him £5to enable him to go to Kimberley. Instead of using it for the object intended, young SAMPSON went on the spree and lay down outside the Home last night in a deplorable state of intoxication, his death occurring shortly after.

BURNT TO DEATH
At Naauwpoort, Tarka, a Mr. Christian HATTINGH lost two little sons in a most painful manner last week. Mrs. HATTINGH being out, the father, having some work to do on the lands, first extinguished the kitchen fire, and placed the matches out of reach before leaving. Most unfortunately, however, he must have left a few live coals among the ashes, which the boys extracted, and in some unknown manner set fire to the kitchen, with the terrible result that one was burnt to a cinder, presenting an awful sight. The other, also frightfully burnt, was brought into town in an unconscious state, and despite all that was done, reports the Tarka Herald, died the following day.

DEATH OF MRS. C.M. CROFT
The D.F. Advertiser announces the death of Mrs. C.M. CROFT (a daughter-in-law of Mr. CROFT, the discoverer of the renowned South Africa “snake tincture” bearing his name) which sad event took place on Monday morning last. The deceased came to Kimberley on a visit to her son, Mr. J.H. CROFT, residing in Woodley-street, about three months ago, and some time afterwards was laid up with an affliction of the bone in one foot. Eventually this had to be amputated, and blood-poisoning set in, and after suffering for several days Mrs. CROFT, who was 64 years of age, succumbed. The deceased leaves two sons, one in Kimberley and one at Thaba ‘Nchu, and a daughter at Port Elizabeth.

SHOCKING MURDER
At Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Mrs. Jacoba SCHOONRAAD, a European, [48] years old, whose husband is in the service of the Tramway Company, was in her house the other morning, in company with Miss MILLER, one of her sisters, when a Kafir boy employed to do odd work called at the house. Mrs. SCHOONRAAD sent the boy for some water, and set him about other house-work, and then requested him to fill the tank. Miss MILLER showed the boy how to do this last work and then went out, leaving the Kafir and Mrs. SCHOONRAAD in the house. Just previously Mrs. SCHOONRAAD, who is spoken of as having always been kind-hearted to the boy, gave him some food. What happened while the murderer, whoever he may be, and his victim were alone, it is of course impossible to say, but Mrs. SCHOONRAAD was last seen alive a few minutes past ten o’clock. About an hour afterwards a neighbour’s child went into the house and was horrified to find the poor woman lying in a pool of blood on the floor. The little one ran screaming out, and Mrs. PETERSON, who is also a sister of Mrs. SCHOONRAAD and Miss MILLER, and Mr. SALMON and some others were brought. The murdered woman was found lying on the floor near the bed. Her throat was cut right across, and she had evidently been dead some time. The boy has since been arrested and is a powerful-looking Kafir, apparently about 30 years old. From the appearance of his clothing he is suspected of having committed the crime.

OBITUARY
We regret having to add to the already too long list of deaths this year the respected names of Robert WEBBER and Geo. EATON Sen, two of our oldest and best-known citizens, and whose children and grandchildren are all filling important positions in Grahamstown business establishments. We condole sincerely with the bereaved families.

DIED at Kimberley from Pneumonia, August 29th 1892, Mrs. C.M. CROFT (nee MORGAN). Deeply regretted.

IN MEMORIAM
Mr. George EATON, who died at Grahamstown on Friday morning, Sept. the 2nd 1892, aged 55 years.
Jesus, lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high.
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide;
O receive my soul at last.

Other refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me.
All my trust on thee is stayed,
All my help from thee I bring;
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of thy wing.

The family wish to convey their sincere thanks to Drs. ATHERSTONE and SAUNDERS, Revs. CROSS and COTTON, and Mrs. BLACKBEARD, for their kind and unremitting attendance; also to many kind friends for their sympathy.
FUNERAL NOTICE
The Funeral of the late Mr. EATON will leave his late residence, Queen-street, this afternoon at four o’clock. Friends are invited.
MASONIC
The Brothers of St.Andrew’s Lodge No. 654 will meet at the Temple, Hill-street, at 2:30 pm today (Saturday) to attend the Funeral of their late Brother, George EATON. Brethren from Sister Lodges are invited to attend.
B. SOUTH, Secretary.

Tuesday 6 September 1892

PASSED AWAY at Grahamstown on September 2nd 1892, Robert WEBBER, in the 76th year of his age.
I’ll praise my Maker with my breath,
And, when my voice is lost in death,
Praise shall employ my nobler powers;
My days of praise shall ne’er be past,
While life and thought and being last,
Or immortality endures.
The above were his favourite lines.

ENTERED INTO REST
At Grahamstown on Sunday September 4 1892, Sarah BOOTH, the beloved wife of Brooke ATTWELL.
Father in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

OBITUARY
Yesterday afternoon at about 4 o’clock the funeral took place of the late Mrs. Brooke ATTWELL, wife of our venerable and esteemed fellow-townsman, who is himself lying very ill at his residence, and mother of Mr. B.B. ATWELL, the well-known Grahamstown Agent of the Castle Packets Company. The painful circumstances under which the late Mrs. ATTWELL, while attending with loving care upon her husband, met with the sad accident to which she eventually succumbed, have roused the sympathy of all citizens, and a large number followed the hearse to the cemetery yesterday afternoon. The Revs. Theo. CHUBB and H. COTTON conducted the solemn service at the Church and by the graveside. The deceased lady was a Christian in every sense of the term, and during her long and blameless life was justly esteemed and loved as an exemplary wife and a model mother. Our sympathies and those of the entire city are with the bereaved family in their affliction.

Thursday 8 September 1892

DEATH OF MR. GEO. O. SMITH
The Herald records the death of Mr. Geo. Owen SMITH, of the firm of John Owen Smith & Co., Port Elizabeth. He was the third son of the founder of that well-known firm, and had married Miss GILBERT of this city. He died on Tuesday at the age of 55, of an illness resulting from a severe attack of influenza, and leaves a widow and a large family to lament his loss.

Saturday 10 September 1892

AN UNHAPPY FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. BRITZ, an elderly couple, who with their family left the district of Victoria to settle at Kimberley some years ago, have four sons, every one of whom is now a convict under a comparatively long sentence of hard labour for illicit diamond stealing.

CANCER IN THE THROAT
Mr. Hans WALDEK (says the G.R. Advertiser) was buried last Saturday. He died of cancer in the throat, from which he had long been suffering. Being an old inhabitant, though not an old man, and of a much respected family, his funeral was largely attended. Cancer appears to be greatly on the increase in these parts.

Tuesday 13 September 1892

DIED at Grahamstown Sept 10 1892, Ruth USHER (born POULTON) aged 74 years.

FATAL GUN ACCIDENT
Maria FERREIRA, a young woman 22 years of age, residing with her father, Stephanus FERREIRA, on Holl’s Farm, Tanga, Komgha district, died on Sunday from the effect of a charge of shot which penetrated her brain, entering below the right eye. A loaded gun was in the house, and a youth, Johannes HOLL, aged about 11, took it from its place, put a cap on it, and playfully snapped it, aiming at a sister of deceased. Martina FERREIRA, aged 23 years. He placed two fresh caps in the gun, but each snapped. He was cautioned that the gun was loaded, but seemingly paid no heed, and shortly after a shot was heard, and deceased was found lying under the table with the wound on her face above mentioned. The poor girl never spoke, and died in half an hour. Mr. Martin SNYMAN, Field-cornet, visited the scene of the occurrence and took deposition as to the circumstances, and had made his report (says the Dispatch) to the authorities at Komgha.

SUICIDE OF AN EDITOR
Mr. BORRIUS, the editor of the Potchefstroomer, has committed suicide. It is said that this is the effect of an adverse judgement lately given in the Court of Potchefstroom.

FATAL MINE ACCIDENT
At the May Consolidated Co’s mine on Wednesday, a miner named WILSOM entered his stope at blasting time and instructed a native to take back a bag of dynamite cartridges and carry them up to the ”face”. While doing so he let his candle fall, the flame coming in contact with the dynamite cartridges; they caught fire and, burning quickly, filled the stope with poisonous fumes. WILSON seeing what had occurred, at once ordered all natives out, and himself ran into the “face” and courageously pulled out some fuses. He emerged unharmed, and sent all his natives to the shaft, apparently little the worse for the accident. Immediately afterwards, however, some of them became suddenly ill, and altogether six died from the poisonous fumes. WILSON has suffered no ill effects.

Thursday 15 September 1892

FATAL PARACHUTE ACCIDENT
The Telegraph has a telegram from Jagersfontein stating that Harry GOODALL advertised a balloon ascent and parachute descent for Sunday afternoon, and a large crowd assembled to see him; but as the wind was very strong the attempt was postponed till late in the afternoon. The balloon, when released, rose a short distance, and was then driven by the wind against the side of a hill. GOODALL struck the side with great violence and was dragged over boulders and bushes for nearly a quarter of a mile. When picked up his head was found to be battered in, and his body badly lacerated, all his clothing having been torn off.

Saturday 17 September 1892

BIRTH at Grahamstown on September 16th 1892, the wife of J. WAHL of a son.

DIED at Collingham on Wednesday evening, September 15 [sic] 1892, after a long illness, James WALLACE, aged 68 years and 4 months.
[Transcriber’s Note: Death notice confirms date as 15th, which was a Thursday]

DIED at Korhaanfontein, Smithfield, Orange Free State, on September 1st 1892, Josiah Anderton SMITH, leaving a wife and large family to mourn his loss.

PASSED AWAY at Grahamstown on 16th September 1892, William BRITTEN, aged 26 years and 8 months.
The family desire to convey their sincere thanks to Dr. FITZGERALD for his kind and unremitting attention: also to the many kind friends for their sympathy.
FUNERAL NOTICE
The Funeral of William BRITTEN will leave the residence of his mother, in Francis Street, on Sunday afternoon at half past 3. Friends respectfully invited to attend.
A. WILL, Undertaker.

Tuesday 20 September 1892

MARRIED at Christ Church, Grahamstown on Tuesday September 20th 1892, by the Rev. M. Norton, Alfred Nevins, youngest son of John C. WHITE Esq, Johannesburg, to Mary (Pollie), only daughter of Thomas BARNSLEY Esq, of this city.

WEDDING BELLS
At Christ Church this morning the Rev. M. NORTON solemnised the wedding of Mr. Alfred Nevins WHITE, son of Mr. Jno. C. WHITE of Johannesburg, to Miss Mary BARNSLEY, daughter of our esteemed townsman Mr. T. BARNSLEY. Miss Carrie LEVINGS and Mr. B.D. WEBSTOCK were bridesmaid and best man respectively. The service was a very interesting one, and the musical part was well rendered, Mrs. E.T. SLATER presiding at the organ. The grand old Wedding March sent the whole party off to a sumptuous spread at the residence of the bride’s father, where a merry time was spent. The happy couple left by the morning train for the Zuurberg, whither a crowd of good wishes follow them.

Thursday 22 September 1892

DIPHTHERIA
Several cases of this distressing complaint (says a Kimberley paper) have made their appearance in the Barkly West district. Mr. Isaac HARRIS has two of his children down with it and there are other cases.

Tuesday 27 September 1892

DIED near Bloemfontein on the 17th Sept 1892, Elizabeth GREEN (sister of William and John WEBB of this city), aged 54 years, from inflammation of the lungs.

DIED at Market-square, Grahamstown, on Monday Sept 26th 1892, Clifford Mitchell, the beloved son of R.D. and M.I. DERSLEY, aged 3 years and 3 months.
Suffer little children to come unto Me,
For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.

KILLED BY A BEAN
Everybody will sympathise with Mr. and Mrs. DERSLEY in the trouble that has befallen them in the sad death of their little boy Clifford. He was being treated for croup, and succumbed notwithstanding all that medical care could suggest. It transpired afterwards that he had swallowed a bean, which had lodged in his windpipe and suffocated him.

TWO BROTHERS DROWNED
On Sunday the 10th inst (says an exchange) two brothers, Ignatius and Jacobus MOGGEE, aged 27 and 21 years, entered the Louterwater River at the new drift on horseback, with the intention of crossing towards Krakeel River to attend Nachtmaal service; and it appears their horses were swept down the stream simultaneously. Ignatius was a good swimmer, but unfortunately his brother could not swim. A crowd soon collected. The elder brother could have saved himself, but called out to the people outside that if his brother must perish he would go with him. It further appears that Ignatius kept his brother above water for nearly four hours, holding fast with one hand to a small bush. At this time his strength failed him, and Jacobus first went down and then Ignatius. Every effort was made to save the drowning parties; a line was swam across by a man on horseback, and was floated down successfully and fastened round the body of Jacobus by his brother, but unfortunately this broke, and Ignatius had once more to swim to the rescue of his brother. On a second occasion Mr. Charlie MOGGEE swam towards them with the rope, but could not reach them, and they sank.

WILL OF MR. ROBT. WEBBER
The will (dated the 15th September 1873) of Robert WEBBER of Grahamstown was filed on the 10th September 1892 by his son, Mr. John WEBBER, and Mr. James STANTON. The testator devised that all the property in the estate be divided equally between the children, John, Sarah, Martin and Naomi.

DEATH OF MR. JOSEPH G. WOOD
We regret that it is our mournful duty to announce that the painful illness from which our late esteemed townsman had been suffering so acutely, terminated fatally on Sunday afternoon. In recording Mr. Joseph WOOD’s death, we have to refer to one of the eventful lives of the Cape Colony. He was born in Grahamstown, educated at Salem, and after some years spent in his father’s important business here, commenced farming at Howieson’s Poort. He next removed to Bathurst, and was, during his stay in those parts, the great motive power of the district. The Bathurst Volunteer Force, with which he was so honourably connected, is remembered to this day by many still living in the district. He was then created Colonel of the powerful force raised, and never had this Commission taken from him. He proved himself during the Native War, not only a brave soldier but a wise Commander, ever thinking of the comfort and safety of his men and those in the Column more directly under his control. He certainly introduced into Lower Albany all the semi-tropical fruits now doing so well, and adding such a source of wealth to the district. As a Parliamentary Representative of the district he was ever ready to work, and to the best of his abilities rendered good service during the time of his representation. The power he possessed as a pioneer was exemplified by his marches into Mashonaland on two separate occasions. As one of this City’s Councillors he was ever prominent and zealous in safeguarding the interests of the ratepayers, and promoting work for the good of the town. During the whole period of his life he was known as a kind-hearted and most generous man, always ready to do anyone a service; and the Colony has lost in his death one of its noblemen, who will neither be easily replaced nor soon forgotten. He was the fourth son of the late Hon. Geo. WOOD M.L.C. and leaves a wife and six children to mourn for a very dear husband and father. We tender our sincere condolences with the bereaved family in their affliction.

Thursday 29 September 1892

THE LATE MR. J.G. WOOD’S FUNERAL was a most imposing ceremony, and the long line of mourners and mourning carriages formed a long-to-be-remembered scene. The Very Rev. the Dean conducted the solemn service in the Cathedral and at the graveside. There was a full choir for the service at the Cathedral, and the spacious building was nearly filled with the large congregation of mourners.

BIRTH on Sept 29th at Grahamstown, the wife of J.J. KE[R]LEY of a daughter.

BIRTH at Grahamstown on the 29th Sept 1892, the wife of Arthur C. BARRAUD of a son.

Saturday 1 October 1892

DEATH OF MRS. JNO. E. WOOD
It is with sincere regret that we have to announce the death of Mrs. John E. WOOD, wife of our Senior Member. The sad event occurred at about 8 o’clock this morning. The late Mrs. WOOD had for a long time been a victim of a very painful illness, and her many friends had for some time been extremely anxious about her: but her death will all the same come as a very severe shock to them. The deceased lady was loved and respected by all who knew her, and the grief at her loss will be genuine and unaffected. We have no space today to give a sketch of her life, but must reserve our further remarks till next issue.

MURDER IN SWAZILAND
John MARTYN, a well-known and historical figure in the Swaziland of the past, has been found murdered and buried twelve yards from his store on the Lebombo Flats, [Tomabashas]. The body is half eaten by wild animals. A man known as Dick TURPIN, MARTYN’s store assistant, is suspected, as he was seen in Delagoa after the crime, wearing some of MARTYN’s clothes. He shipped for Natal in the Melrose.

BIRTH at Grahamstown on the 29th Sept 1892, the wife of W.T. DRENNAN of a son.
Fair View
Grahamstown
Oct 1st.

DIED at Grahamstown on Sunday September 25th 1892, Joseph Garbett WOOD, fourth son of the late Hon. G. WOOD, aged 59 years and 7 months.

DIED at Fair View House on Saturday Oct 1st, Charlotte, beloved wife of John E. WOOD M.L.A., and daughter of the late William WRIGHT Esq.
The Funeral of the late Mrs. Jno. E. WOOD will leave Fair View House on Monday Oct 3rd at 3:30pm.
A. WILL, Undertaker.

Tuesday 4 October 1892

MATTERSON – FLEMING
August 30, at the Wesleyan Church, Fisher-street, Carlisle, England, by the Rev. Joshua Mason, assisted by the Rev. Joseph Burrows, Robert MATTERSON, Wesleyan Minister of Osborn, Mount Frere, East Griqualand, to Emma, daughter of the late Robert FLEMING of Carlisle.

REV. R. MATTERSON
The Carlisle papers announce the marriage of the Rev. R. MATTERSON, formerly of Grahamstown, to Miss Emma FLEMING, daughter of the late R. FLEMING Esq. of Carlisle. Mr. and Mrs. MATTERSON were leaving for the Colony by the Lismore Castle, which vessel sailed about September 15.

DIED at Grahamstown on the 4th October, Henry Master WHITE MA, Archdeacon of Grahamstown, aged71 years.
The Funeral will leave West Hill at 8:30 Thursday morning.

DIED at Grahamstown October 3rd 1892, Denis BYRNES, aged 61 years and 5 months.
The Funeral of the late Mr. BYRNES will leave his late residence, Chapel-street, on Thursday morning next, Oct 6th, at half past 9. Friends respectfully invited to attend.
A. WILL, Undertaker.

DEATH OF THE ARCHDEACON OF GRAHAMSTOWN
The solemn tolling of the Cathedral bell this morning announced that the Venerable H. Master WHITE, Archdeacon of Grahamstown, had passed away. The sad event, which occurred at eleven o’clock, had been imminent for some time past, as the Archdeacon’s health had for long been in a most precarious condition. His death will be a serious loss to Grahamstown, socially, educationally and ecclesiastically, which it will be hard to supply. We must reserve till another issue any further comments on the interesting and blameless life now terminated on earth, merely assuring the bereaved family of the most sincere sympathy the whole town will have with them in their time of sorrow.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MRS. WOOD
The funeral ceremony of the late Mrs. Jno. E. WOOD took place yesterday afternoon, in a drizzly rain, which though it must have diminished the number of those who would otherwise have been present, could not prevent a very imposing array of sincere mourners following the cortege. The hearse left Fair View House shortly after three, and proceeded to Commemoration Church, where a large and devout congregation assembled to take part in the beautiful service for the dead. The Rev. Messrs. COTTON, CRAGG and HOLDEN conducted the service in the Church, and the Rev. H. COTTON at the graveside. In addition to the long procession of mourners on foot, between twenty and thirty vehicles also followed behind. There was a profusion of beautiful and costly wreaths and floral devices placed upon the coffin. Mr. A. WILL conducted all the funeral arrangements with his usual good taste and order.

SAD COINCIDENCE
The Hon. Mr. BOTHA M.L.C. has received a telegram from his youngest brother in Matabeleland, stating that he (Mr. BOTHA’s brother) has lost a son by a gun accident. It is remarkable that this should have occurred almost at the same time as the fatality at Bloemhof.
[See notice for 15 September 1892]

Thursday 6 October 1892

FUNERAL OF THE LATE ARCHDEACON
The mortal remains of the late Ven. Archdeacon WHITE were interred in the Anglican Church Cemetery this morning. The procession which left his late residence at about 8:30 was an extremely long one, numbering probably between three and four hundred persons. In advance walked the students of St.Andrew’s College, followed closely by the young ladies of the Diocesan School for Girls, all clad in spotless white. Canon MULLINS’ native students formed the next part of the procession, after whom came the clergy, to the number of about twenty-five, and including the Bishop of Grahamstown and his chaplain, and the Bishop of St.John’s and his chaplain. The coffin, an extremely handsome one, was borne into the Mortuary Chapel of St.Clement, where a portion of the Burial Rite was performed, the clear voices of the schoolgirls making the hymns a pleasure to listen to. Canon MULLINS and Canon ESPIN conducted the service in the Chapel and at the graveside, and the Bishop of Grahamstown pronounced the final Benediction. The whole service was a most imposing ceremony and will be long remembered. The wreaths were many and handsome.
We extract the following from the Church Year Book for South Africa:
WHITE, Ven. Henry Master, ordained Deacon 1844, Priest 1846 by Bishop of Oxford: late Fell. and Tutor of New Coll. Oxford; 1st Class Lit. Hum. And 2nd Class Math., 1842; Johnson’s Math. Scholar and BA 1843; Pussy and Ellerton Hebrew Scholar and MA, 1849; Archdeacon of Grahamstown and Canon of St.George’s Cathedral 1871; formerly Tutor of New Coll.Oxford; Prin. of Diocesan Coll, Capetown 1849-1857; C. of Andover, Hants. 1857-61; C. of Masborough, Yorks. 1861-65; V. of Masborough1865-70.

Saturday 8 October 1892

GEDYE – GILFILLAN
The Cradock Register records that on Monday Mr. E.H. GILFILLAN, [sic, should be GEDYE] Attorney and Auctioneer of that town, was united in matrimony at St.Peter’s Church, by the Rev. W.C. WALLIS, to Miss Amy GILFILLAN, second daughter of Mr. John GILFILLAN, Land Surveyor of Glen Heath. Middelburg district. We offer the young couple our sincerest congratulations and wishes for their future happiness.

Tuesday 11 October 1892

DIED at his father’s residence on the 8th October, William Gregory, 5th son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. LEPPAN, of Tea Fountain, aged 25 years and 4 months.

DIED suddenly near Steynsburg, on the 4th Oct 1892, George Wedderburn DUFFIELD, aged 66 years and 1 month. Deceased leaves a large family to mourn their loss.
“Not lost but gone before”.

SHOCKING MURDER
On Sunday week a horrible murder was committed at Viskfontein, near Pietersburg, Transvaal. A white girl fifteen years of age, named Katrina JANSSON, was found in an enclosure of prickly pears with her throat cut from ear to ear. The Public Prosecutor proceeded to the spot, and after enquiries arrested her married sister named PYPER, against whom there is strong suspicion. The prisoner is now in gaol.

DEATH OF MR. G.W. DUFFIELD
We are sorry to learn of the somewhat sudden death of Mr. G.W. DUFFIELD, which occurred on the farm of Mrs. BOTHA, Strydpoort, about 16 miles from Steynsburg, on Tuesday last. The deceased came to Cradock about 35 years ago, and for many years made this his headquarters, journeying from there to the northern parts with medicines &c. He had acquired a great reputation among the farmers for the treatment of various ailments, while his sterling honesty of purpose secured him the respect and esteem of all. Mr. DUFFIELD was one of the” Cradock [Bricak]” who made the memorable march to Whittlesea, and gallantly relieved the inhabitants of that village at the time they were besieged by rebel Hottentots.

IN MEMORIAM
THE LATE MRS. JOHN E. WOOD
By the death of this lady, who was the third daughter of the late William WRIGHT Esq., so long resident in Grahamstown, this city has lost one of its most esteemed residents, and it now becomes our sad duty to pay our tribute of respect to her memory, a memory fragrant to large numbers in our community. The late Mrs. John WOOD was of a retiring disposition, shrinking from anything like publicity, but notwithstanding we feel that a few words must be written in remembrance of the life gone from us, a life characterised by so much unselfish thought for others. Perhaps the two chief characteristics of the late Mrs. WOOD’s life were a lowly estimate of herself, and a great deal of thought for those with whom she was brought into contact. The former was no doubt sometimes carried to an extreme; the latter was a marked feature of her life up to the end. During great physical pain the day before her death she even then thought of numerous absent relatives and friends, sending them loving messages, to the surprise of those who knew how distressing her sufferings were at the time. Even those who had but slight knowledge of Mrs. WOOD could not fail to be struck by her sympathetic spirit. She was ever ready, not only with words, but with acts of kindness. One who saw her constantly said: “I have known Mrs. WOOD for twenty-seven years, and I never saw a frown on her face.” Living among flowers, and passionately fond of them, she often made them messengers to others of her affection or regard. Children easily won their way to her heart, and she was always ready to give them pleasure. Towards young and old there was always kindly consideration. Mrs. WOOD could not make an enemy.
The end when it came, came very peacefully, and the tired sufferer was at rest. Death in this case was in no sense the King of Terrors.
All through her life Mrs. WOOD was connected with the Wesleyan Church, and whether here or in Capetown, or in England, was a loyal member of it. Her sympathies, however, were not restricted to it, and her memory will be treasured by numbers of friends wherever she was known. In any charitable work, bazaar in aid of Church funds, or scheme of Christian benevolence, Mrs. WOOD was always ready to render assistance with her hands, advice and means.

Thursday 13 October 1892

SUICIDE
At Kimberley on Friday Mr. J. EDWARDS, manager of Graham & Co, Stationers, and representative in connection with the Exhibition matters of Messrs. Richards and Sons, Capetown, Printers, and late caterer of the Diamond Fields Club, shot himself fatally through the right lung. Mr. EDWARDS, who was formerly well known as a Capetown resident, was a Lieutenant in the Kimberley Scots, Secretary to the D.F. Scottish Association and also Secretary to the Exhibition Agricultural Show.

KILLED BY LIGHTNING
The Farm Kadabest, about half an hour’s walk from Upington, was on Sunday last (says the Cape Times) the scene of a very sad lightning fatality. It appears that while Mrs. VAN DER COLFF was sitting at breakfast with her husband and children a flash of lightning struck the corner of the house, penetrating through the wall, instantaneously killing her, and severely injuring her husband. The lightning struck the lady at the back of her head, and passed down her body, scorching the poor woman frightfully, and tearing the shoes which she had on her feet as though they were cut with a knife. The flash also struck Mr. VAN DER COLFF across the legs, severely burning them, and rendering him unconscious. When the husband had sufficiently recovered from the shock to get up, he found his wife lying near him dead, and his children on the opposite side of the room happily uninjured. The children’s escape was most miraculous. Mrs. VAN DER COLFF was a woman of about twenty-nine years of age, a zealous Christian, and a woman who was respected by everyone with whom she came in contact.

DEATH OF TWO MINISTERS
The many friends in Grahamstown of the Rev. R. Walton LEWIS, Wesleyan Minister, will hear with deep regret of his decease, which occurred on Tuesday last after a long and painful illness. We are sorry to learn also that the Rev. G. NOBLE died last week at Ookiep, Namaqualand, whither he had been sent with the hope that the dry air would do him good. He however had an attack of influenza some months ago, with the after effects of which his constitution was too enfeebled to cope. Both the deceased were young ministers of great earnestness and promise. To the bereaved widows and families we can but offer sincerest condolences.

Saturday 15 October 1892

NOBLE
At O’okiep, Namaqualand, on Oct 10th 1892, Rev. George NOBLE, Wesleyan Minister, aged 27 years and 8 months.
“He rests from his labours, and his works do follow him.”

DIED October 11th at Kamastone, Robert Walton LEWIS, Wesleyan Minister, after a lingering illness, borne with Christian fortitude, in the 33rd year of his age.

DIED at Grahamstown October 14th 1892, Bryan CONNOR, aged 66 years and 17 days. R.I.P.
The Funeral of the above will leave his late residence, Market-square, tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at 3 o’clock. Friends invited to attend.
A. WILL, Undertaker

KILLED BY A BULL
The Argus says: An accident of a dreadful character, which terminated fatally, occurred in the district at the top of Dorp-street yesterday. Mr. Hendrik PENTZ, dairyman, has had in his keeping a young half-bred Dutch bull, usually of a quiet character, and with which he had become so familiar that the relations between them might almost be described as affectionate. Yesterday, at noon, Mr. PENTZ went as usual into the stable to feed the animal, and presumably he was in his Sunday garments and the bull did not recognise him, or else he had become irritated by hunger. The real cause of the outbreak will never now be known, Mr. PENTZ being quite alone at the time; but at all events his wife and his brother, who were in the adjoining house, heard piercing screams proceeding from the stable and, rushing thither, found the bull kneeling upon the man and goring him with his horns. With great difficulty and risk they dragged Mr. PENTZ away, got him into the house and sent for Dr. PETERSEN, who on arrival examined the poor fellow. He was injured in a terrible manner. Two or three ribs were broken, and the lower part of the body mutilated in a dreadful manner. Dr. PETERSEN at once obtained the assistance of his brother, and used every effort to alleviate the sufferings of the man, but recovery was hopeless from the first, and after lingering in great agony for twelve hours, Mr. PENTZ died at midnight. We regret to add that deceased leaves a widow and six children, and that they are totally unprovided for. The bull has not been killed and it is not intended to do so. A correspondent informs us that the bull is very insecurely stabled, and in fact has broken loose this morning. It can only be repeated that the destruction of the animal is an important public duty, and the subject is a matter for the immediate attention of the police.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS
CRADOCK – UNUSUAL STORM
Friday
The heaviest hailstorm known for the past ten years, accompanied by chain lightning, commenced at 1pm, and there is every appearance of its keeping on for another two hours. Great damage has been done to property and fruit trees. The lightning is simply blinding. Hailstones are ranging in size from pigeon’s eggs to small marbles.
MR. JOHN TROLLIP DROWNED
Saturday
The storm is over. A farmer named TROLLIP in trying to cross a sluit last night was washed away and drowned. The whole of the Cape Police will go out this morning to search for the body, for which a good reward is offered.

We greatly regret to learn that the Mr. TROLLIP who was drowned at Cradock yesterday during the storm was Mr. John TROLLIP of Daggaboer. This sad news was communicated in a private telegram, which reached town this morning. The death under such painful circumstances of one of our best known and most respected farmers in that district will be universally deplored.

Tuesday 18 October 1892

BIRTH at Grahamstown Oct 17th 1892, the wife of T.F. HUTCHINSON of a son.

DIED at Grahamstown Oct 17, William MEADEN, Rector of Bathurst, Colonial Chaplain, aged 67 years.

PASSED AWAY at Grahamstown, 18th Oct 1892, Elizabeth, the dearly beloved wife of Donald MACPHERSON.
The Funeral of the above will leave the residence of her husband, Mr. D. MACPHERSON, Bathurst Street, tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at half past 3 o’clock. No special invitations. Friends kindly invited to attend.
A. WILL, Undertaker.

OBITUARY

We have to record with sincere regret the wife of Mrs. D. MACPHERSON, the wife of our esteemed fellow-citizen, and for many years a prominent member of the Wesleyan Church here. She was best known for her zealous efforts on behalf of the Ladies’ Benevolent Society, whose charitable endeavours are so well known all over the city, especially where penury exists. We have no space today to do more than publish the sad tidings of her death in brief, and to assure the widower and the bereaved family of our sincere sympathy.

The Rev. W. MEADEN, late rector of Bathurst, and one of the few surviving Government Chaplains, has also joined the great majority, having passed away yesterday. It is now many months since he was thrown from his horse at Bathurst, and ever since he has lain at the Hospital absolutely helpless, but suffering at times excruciating agony. More than once he observed that were it not his duty to submit patiently and without murmur to the Divine Will, he could wish that the fall from his horse had killed him on the spot. There are many (not only amongst his former parishioners, but also here and in other places) who will sorrow at his death under such exceptionally sad circumstances, how sad only those who know the family intimately can judge.

Thursday 20 October 1892

BIRTH at Oatlands, Grahamstown, on Oct 17th 1892, the wife of C.J. ROBERTS of a daughter.

MARRIED at Salem on Oct 19 1892, by the Rev. T. Spargo, Joseph Gurney GUSH, of Woodbury, to Margaret Eliza MATTHEWS.

MARRIED at St.Bartholomew’s, Alice, on October 19th 1892, by the Rev. Robert Martin, George, eldest son of the late Stephen JOHNSON M.L.A., to Amy, second daughter of the late James WOOD.

HOWSE – GOWIE
Married at Trinity Church, Grahamstown, on Tuesday afternoon, 18th October1892, by the Rev. G.W. Cross, assisted by the Rev. Hedley V. Taylor MA, of Capetown, Walter Henry HOWSE, of Port Elizabeth, to Jessie GOWIE, of Oatlands Park, Grahamstown.

MARRIAGE OF MISS JESSIE GOWIE
Trinity Church was crowded on Tuesday afternoon by a large congregation of the friends and well-wishers of one of our most esteemed “daughters of the City”, Miss Jessie GOWIE, who was united in marriage to Mr. Walter H. HOWSE, a former resident here, and organist of Trinity Church, but now fulfilling a similar function at Port Elizabeth. The service, which was particularly bright and cheerful, was conducted by the Rev. G.W. CROSS, assisted by Rev. Hedley V. TAYLOR MA, of Capetown, the choral portions being rendered with pleasing effect by the choir of the Church, of which Miss GOWIE was a member for some years. The bride, who looked charming, was attired in a rich costume designed by her clever brother, Mr. Robert GOWIE, who may fitly be termed the colonial WORTH, such is his acknowledged skill and taste in this branch of art. We have been carful to obtain a technical description of this “dream of fashion” and it is described as a gown of grey crepon trimmed with ivory guipure and ribbons. The bodice was made in the new seamless style, with three rows of ribbons round the back; finishing with rosettes in front, a deep bertha of lace on shoulders. The skirt was cut in the new style, fitting over bodice below the waist. The fair bride also wore a hat of grey chip, trimmed with osprey feathers; and carried a beautiful specimen of the new “shower” bouquet of choice flowers. She was attended by her two sisters, Miss Barbara GOWIE and Miss Carrie GOWIE, as bridesmaids. There was no groomsman, nor was one necessary, the groom himself being fully competent for the occasion. She was “given away” by her eldest brother, Mr. William GOWIE of Oatlands Park. The costumes worn by the bridesmaids were also conspicuous for their beauty and finish. Miss B. GOWIE wore a gown of soft black French material with narrow cords of blue silk running through it. The bodice had a yoke and deep cuffs of blue faille, covered with black guipure, and deep pointed corslet of the new reversible satin ribbon in black and blue, a thick ruche of the same running round the edge of the skirt. She also wore a very becoming black chip hat, trimmed with blue velvet and black ostrich plumes, with large paste buckle, and carried a bouquet of yellow roses and blue forget-me-nots tied up with black and blue ribbons. Her sister, Miss Carrie GOWIE, was attired in a gown of shot silk, covered with very fine black fancy grenadine, a deep round corslet of black guipure with frills of lace over the shoulders, and round the neck. She wore a hat of black guipure, trimmed with flowers, and had a bouquet of two shades of roses to blend with the shot silk. After the ceremony the wedding party drove to Oatlands Park, where there was a large reception of friends, and in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Walter HOWSE left for Port Elizabeth, carrying with them the hearty good wishes of all who knew them for their future prosperity and happiness.

TWO SUICIDES
At Johannesburg, Mr. James ERSKINE, draper, poisoned himself on Thursday night whilst under mental depression, caused by financial trouble. Mooi Jan, the Kafir murderer, committed suicide in gaol by swallowing some kafir root which he managed to secrete. The poison used is well known amongst the natives and causes death by degrees. For days the man suffered terrible agony from the effects of it.

FUNERAL OF MRS. MACPHERSON
The remains of this esteemed lady were interred yesterday afternoon in the Wesleyan Cemetery in the presence of a large number of sorrowing friends. A short but impressive service was held at the Commemoration Church, conducted by the Rev. Theo. CHUBB BA and the Rev.H. COTTON, the final service at the grave being read by the same ministers and the Rev. A.W. CRAGG. Mr. T.E. SPEED presided at the organ and played the Dead March as the mourners left the Church. The pall-bearers were the Hon. Wm. AYLIFF and Messrs. Hy. WOOD, T.H. PARKER and C.J. STIRK. The principal mourners were the bereaved husband and son, who have the sincere sympathy of the community. The wreaths deposited by friends were both numerous and beautiful, and the whole scene solemn and impressive.

FUNERAL OF THE REV. W. MEADEN
The funeral of the late Rector of Bathurst, and one of the last remaining Colonial Chaplains under the old regime, was conducted on Tuesday afternoon. The body was brought down from the Albany Hospital to the Cathedral, where it was met by the clergy of the city. The solemn service in the Cathedral was read by the Very Revd. the Dean of Grahamstown, the portions appointed for the grave being impressively read by the Rev. M. NORTON of Christ Church and the Rev. Canon ESPIN. The pall-bearers were the Rev. Canon Wharton SMITH, the Rev. Precentor CARTER and the Revs. PARKHURST and WHITE. There was not so large an attendance of followers as there would have been had it been possible for communication to have reached Bathurst, from whence, no doubt, a large number of parishioners and officials of the Church would have come to pay their last respects to the memory of their late Rector. As it was, the attendance of the clergy was numerous, several ladies and a few personal friends also followed, and many wreaths testified to the respect in which the memory of the deceased clergyman was held. He died at the age of 67, after a faithful ministry of over thirty years duration. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. A. WILL with attention and becoming decorum.

REV. R. MATTERSON
We gladly give a welcome to the Rev. Robert MATTERSON, who was for so long one of the Wesleyan Ministers of the Grahamstown Circuit, and who left many friends here when he removed to the Transkei. He is a passenger, with his recently wedded wife, per intermediate steamer Lismore Castle, and is the guest of Mr. D. KNIGHT, Oatlands. He is leaving tonight to catch the steamer for Natal, for Osborn on the borders of Pondoland, his present station.

DEATH BY DROWNING OF MR. JOHN TROLLIP JP
Last Saturday morning, before breakfast, James COLLETT, a lad of about fourteen, reached Cradock in company with a native herd of Mr. HEATHCOTE’s, and told the sad news that his uncle, Mr. John TROLLIP of Daggaboer, had been washed down Holts Sluit during the severe thunderstorm on Friday afternoon. He says they left Daggaboer about noon on Friday in the buggy, intending sleeping in Cradock and returning on Saturday afternoon. They were soon caught in light rains, and later on in heavy storms. At the sluit below the cutting they out-spanned about half an hour to allow the water to lower. When they got to Holts Sluit, about four miles below Cradock, they found it running strong. Mr. TROLLIP got out, and walked down to see if it was passable. It is said that on his last journey to town he remarked that this sluit was bad enough to go through dry, let alone when it was full. Possibly it was made worse by this rush of water, but Mr. TROLLIP thought he could get through, and probably wanted to push on in case Kafir’s Leegte might be getting impassable. Mr. TROLLIP was driving, and both had their overcoats on. The events of the next few seconds cannot be clearly described, but from the accounts furnished by the survivor and eye witness, Mr. HEATHCOTE’s herd, Jan OCTOBER, and from an inspection of the scene, it seems that the buggy turned down the stream directly it got in the drift, capsized directly after, and both occupants found themselves in the water. COLLETT managed to get out, he knows not how, on the Cradock side of the sluit, and saw the buggy lodge against some obstruction. Then he saw his uncle, still holding the reins, climb up on the wheel, but one of the horses was plunging and he thinks must have kicked him off, and he saw him apparently swimming down the stream. COLLETT ran along the bank, but soon lost sight of him. Jan OCTOBER, knowing a narrow point in the sluit that he frequently jumped across, ran thither hoping to catch anybody that might come through. Nothing, however, passed on the surface, and it seems pretty certain that the body must have been carried down under water, and speedily found its way to the Great Fish River, a distance of about 200 yards. As Kafir’s Leegte was also impassable the survivor had to spend the night with Mr. HEATHCOTE’s herd.
Early Saturday morning these two made a thorough search along the sluit, which had run down during the night, but no trace of the body could be found. The two men then rode into Cradock with the sad tidings. Search parties were at once organised, and through the kindness of the C.C., F.P. PETT Esq., some of the Cape Police were sent off at once. Two parties of natives followed along either side of the river, the telegraph was set to work, and the assistance of farmers along the river was invoked.
An organised search for the body was vigorously prosecuted Saturday, Sunday, Monday. The river was worked in sections from Cradock to Middleton, a distance of 400 miles, and the railway and telegraph lines rendered valuable assistance. Saturday evening a pair of trousers were brought to town; these were at once forwarded to the farm and proved to be a spare pair that had washed out of the portmanteau. Sunday, a party started early to dig out the buggy a some indulged the hope that the body might have been arrested by it, and got covered with sand. The hope was slight but worth following up. After this was abandoned, the party started digging at the junction of the sluit and the river, in the hope of finding that the body had lodged there, and been buried in the sand deposited there by the eddying waters.
On Sunday a portion of shirt was found just above Witmoss, and the [cart cushion] below there. Monday morning about ten o’clock the body was discovered near Klipfontein siding on a farm adjoining deceased’s property. The coffin that had been prepared in readiness was sent down the line, and the body removed that evening.
The scene of the accident was visited by large numbers of townspeople on Sunday. The buggy after resting as narrated above got carried down into a narrow gorge, where the herd was watching for the bodies. Here it could not pass. The horses were drowned, and though the tent was gone and the body of the buggy destroyed, the pole remained intact. Had the harness been less substantial, the strong horses would probably have saved themselves.
The funeral took place at Daggaboer on Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock.
The Midland News adds the following obituary:
The late Mr. John TROLLIP was born at Grahamstown, 8th May 1828. His parents, William and Patience TROLLIP, moved up to Daggaboer in 1838, and the deceased had thus lived on the same farm for more than half a century. During the troublous times in the forties and fifties, Daggaboer was practically on the border of the Colony, and farming was attended with daily risk to life.
It was a terrible night at the homestead when two of the deceased’s brothers did not come home from their search for stock. Shots had been heard just at dusk, but it was useless risking a search by night for the bodies that all feared must be lying in the veld wounded or dead. The early morning revealed two corpses within a few hundred yards of the house, killed by the rebel Hottentots. A tombstone in the little graveyard bears the legend: “They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided”. During these times the deceased was constantly risking his life in guarding or recovering stock. Many were the hair-breadth escapes he had. On one occasion he found 9 Kafirs going off with 70 head of cattle, and though quite alone he succeeded in regaining them; he shot one man, when the rest abandoned their plunder and seemed afraid to try to prevent him taking the lot home.
He was married in 1851 to Martha, daughter of the late James COLLETT M.L.A., and for forty years they lived most happily together. Just a year ago his devoted wife died. He asked us particularly to mention when writing of her that “though she had no children of her own, she brought up a good many”. In this generous work they were happily united, and many there are who today mourn their loss, and for ever will feel grateful for the substantial help afforded them in the battle of life. The hospitality of Daggaboer was well known, and Mr. TROLLIP, who was a keen sportsman and good shot, enjoyed having visitors from near and far to a hunt, but he would never allow the game to be exterminated.
Mr. Jno. TROLLIP was a man of ideas and also a man of action. He thought a good deal, had his own opinions and vigorously expressed them. But his ideas generally took a very practical shape. A few years ago “dry lands” were the hobby, and many a crop has been harvested from land that previously no one had expected to see the plough in. Only the other day he gave the Baviaan’s River farmers his experience of locust destruction. He had no patience with battling with them with flags &c, to save a crop, but directed his energies to destroying the voetgangers before sunrise instead of trying to turn them after. Various circumstances favoured him in accumulating wealth, and he made a wiser use of his opportunities than most men do. Moreover, being in easy or affluent circumstances never lessened his energies in pursuing his farming operations. Work was a part of his religion.

Tuesday 25 October 1892

IN MEMORIAM
REV. ROBERT WALTON LEWIS
A correspondent writes:
On Tuesday morning October 11 the Rev. Robert Walton LEWIS passed peacefully away at the Wesleyan Mission House, Kamastone, after a severe and prolonged illness of more than two years. Mr. LEWIS visited England last year, and seemed better while under the care of the English physicians, yet he was in a very weak state on his return and for some time was exceedingly ill, but he rallied, and the Conference of 1892 reappointed him to Kamastone; for some months his friends hoped that at the end of the year he would be able to take up again with his old vigour the work in which his heart rejoiced, but about a month before his death he caught the influenza. His strength then rapidly failed, and he was visibly nearing the end. His patience under his great suffering was marvellous, he never complained though everyone knew what confinement meant to him, as his whole soul was in his work, and he loved always to be up and doing. His stay at Kamastone will long be remembered both by Europeans and Natives, he was truly loved and highly respected, in trouble or sickness he was ever willing to lend a helping hand, and ever unmindful of himself when duty called.
The funeral took place on Thursday and was attended by nearly five hundred Natives and English, many of the English friends coming from the Zwaart Kei, where Mr. LEWIS was in the habit of holding a monthly English service, and several ministers were present from neighbouring circuits. The coffin was borne by English friends to the Church, from thence to the grave by the Natives, the service being partly in English and partly in Kafir. The latter being conducted by the Rev. J.R. CURNICK, Mr. LEWIS’s assistant, and the English by the Rev. R. LAMPLOUGH. The Rev. George WEAVER offered a most beautiful prayer, and touchingly expressed the sympathy those present felt for the widow in her heavy trial, his words helping all to trust in the goodness of the Eternal Father, his own sympathy being shown in the very tones of his voice. The church was draped with black, and the coffin was almost covered by wreaths and crosses of white flowers, sent by loving and sorrowful friends.
By his own request Mr. LEWIS was buried by the side of James MATSHOBA, a native local preacher who died three or four years ago and who had won the thorough respect of all who knew him.
[Transcriber’s Note: Three further lengthy paragraphs describe the funeral in further detail, but no personal details are given.]

SALEM
(From a correspondent)
This peaceful little village was on Wednesday last the scene of no small stir and excitement, the cause of which might be found in the fact that on that morning Mr. J. Gurney GUSH of Woodbury was about to be united in the happy bonds of wedlock to Miss Daisy MATTHEWS, the second daughter of our esteemed special J.P. Long before the time specified the bells were ringing merrily, and eager spectators were wending their way to the church. Punctually at the hour the bride arrived, supported by her father, and the happy couple took their place at the altar, while the choir sang “The voice that breathed o’er Eden”. Miss Amy MATTHEWS ably filled the position of bridesmaid, and the bridegroom was well supported by Mr. Chas. SLATER of Carnarvondale. I will not go into a description of the bridal costume, or some fair one pleading for women’s rights will be able to point to my blundering description as a proof of the incompetence of that inferior animal, man. I may however state that I heard a lady say that the bride wore a white cashmere dress with wreath and veil, and carried a beautiful bouquet of flowers which had come from the Botanical Gardens, and that Miss Amy MATTHEWS wore a white crepecloth dress &c. and – we need nobody to tell us this – that they both looked charming. After the ceremony the parties passed out to the strains of the Wedding March rendered by Miss Harriet FLETCHER, who for the occasion had kindly supplied the place of the Organist, Miss Mildred MATTHEWS. Numerus vehicles soon conveyed the friends to the home of the bride, where we had an opportunity of seeing the splendid array of wedding presents, all of them useful and many costly. We were next confronted with a goodly array of tempting viands, and after doing full justice to these came the time-honoured toasts. The health of the bride and bridegroom was proposed in a few suitable words by the Rev. T. SPARGO, and was responded to in a neat little speech by the bridegroom. Mr. David MASSON then proposed the health of the bridesmaid, which was suitably responded to by Mr. Chas. SLATER. Mr. Geo. R. GUSH proposed the parents, which drew responses from both Mr. MATTHEWS and Mr. GUSH. Mr. Joseph GUSH then proposed the Clergy, to which the Rev. T. SPARGO responded. At 3 o’clock the bride and bridegroom started for Kimberley, amid the hearty good wishes of all.

Thursday 27 October 1892

SAUL SOLOMON
Mr. Saul SOLOMON, who was born at St.Helena in May 1817, was a son of Mr. Joseph SOLOMON of that island, brother to Mr. Saul SOLOMON, founder of the firm Solomon, Moss & Co., who for nearly a century have been leading merchants at St.Helena. In 1822, or when he was barely five years old, young Saul was sent to England to be educated, and spent six years in the Old Country, returning to St.Helena in 1828. The three succeeding years were spent at the Hon. East India Company’s High School, St.Helena, under Mr. John R. FIRMIN, and a career of marked ability there was only broken when the whole family of which he was a member removed to the Cape in 1831. Arrived at Capetown, Saul’s parents sent the lad to the South African College, where his schooling was completed, to be followed by a career of business and political activity, which have left their indelible mark upon the cape and South Africa. Entering into partnership with Mr. George GREIG, Saul SOLOMON began life as an engraver, having establishments both in Grave-street and Darling-street; but in 1847 or 1848 the partners established a printing office in St.George’s Street, on the premises now occupied by Messrs. J.G. Steytler & Co. Thence the firm removed to Longmarket-street, taking the premises still in use as works by the Argus Company, and afterwards they took the premises in St.George’s-street now also occupied by the Company. The firm was then carried on under the style of Saul Solomon & Co. They were the Government printing contracts for many years, and had practically a monopoly of all big printing and lithographic work in the Colony. Mr. SOLOMON realised a handsome fortune, outside a liberal scale of personal expenditure throughout the late portion of his career. The firm took over from Messrs. DARNELL & MURRAY the Cape Argus a very few years after its dashing start by those enterprising gentlemen. For nearly a quarter of a century the paper reflected the views of Mr. SOLOMON, and was necessarily recognised as his “organ”. In 1881, when Mr. SOLOMON’s health had already begun to give way, he parted with the paper, which was purchased by F.J. DORMER, by whom again in 1887 it was transferred to the Argus Company. The Cape Mercantile Advertiser, which had been run for many years in conjunction with the Argus, remained in the hands of Saul Solomon & Co., coming back to the Argus (with which it is now incorporated) upon the Argus Company acquiring the business of Saul Solomon & Co in 1886. Mr. Saul SOLOMON had no personal connection with the business then for three of four years.
Mr. SOLOMON entered the Cape parliament in 1851 as member for Capetown, which seat he retained, with an interval of one year (1869) until 1883 when, his health breaking down, he retired both from business and politics.
Mr. Saul SOLOMON married Miss Georgina THOMPSON, Principal of the Good Hope Seminary, and has had five children. One was drowned, under sad circumstances, in the reservoir at Sea Point, into which she accidentally fell, the Governess, who attempted a rescue, being drowned at the same time. Another child has since died in England, but three are still living, two sons and a daughter, the eldest of the two sons having just passed the preliminary Examination for one of the Universities. For the past few years the family have resided in England, though Mr. SOLOMON has twice revisited the Cape.

[Transcriber’s Note: UK Probate Index
SOLOMON, Saul, of Clarensville, Sea Point, Cape of Good Hope, gentleman, died 16 October 1892 at Windsor, Kilcreggan, Dunbartonshire, North Britain. Probate London 25 May 1895 to Georgina Margaret SOLOMON, widow. Effects £866 5s.]

Saturday 29 October 1892

BIRTH at Alexandria on Oct 17th 1892, the wife of Corpl. J. NICHOLAS of a son.

WILL OF THE LATE MRS. J.E. WOOD
The will (dated the 29th July 1892) of Charlotte WOOD (born WRIGHT) of Grahamstown, was filed on the 12th October 1892 by the surviving spouse John Edwin WOOD. The testatrix devised that after the payment of all necessary expenses her property should be divided as follows: to her four sisters, Julia GREATHEAD, Eliza Jane SPACKMAN, Emily GADD and Rose Isabella BATE, £200 each: to her nephews, John Edwin Wood GADD and the Rev. Wm. Shaw CALDECOTT, £100 each: to her nieces, Rose Jane SPACKMAN and Fanny BARRETT, £50 each: to her nephews, Harold Emery GADD and Selby Montagu GADD, £25 each: to her nieces, Rosa GREATHEAD, Emily SMITH, Ellen Jane Graves FRANKLIN, Ada Margaret de MORGAN, Beatrice Madeline BALDERSTONE and Charlotte CROZIER, £25 each: to the Rev. Robert LAMPLOUGH and wife, £25: the Rev. Sendick ABRAHAM and wife, £25: to Letitia [L..E], Walter LAMPLOUGH, Charlotte McMASTER and the Albany General Hospital, £25 each. The residue of the estate, both real and personal, to go to the surviving spouse, John Edwin WOOD.

Saturday 5 November 1892

DIED at Grahamstown on Sunday 30th Oct 1892, Elizabeth, the beloved wife of James MANDY, aged 42 years.
Requiescat in Pace
The bereaved family tender their sincere thanks to the many kind friends who assisted them in their affliction.

DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM
On Thursday afternoon it was noticed that Drs. SAUNDERS, GREATHEAD, CHEW, FITZGERALD and E. ATHERSTONE were called into Mr. J.R. BELL’s, and the fact created no little comment. It did not transpire until a little later in the afternoon that a young lady (Miss Mary Jane DICKSON) had succumbed in the surgery while under the influence of chloroform. It appears that the unfortunate young lady went to have her teeth attended to, and it was found necessary to place her under the influence of the drug. Dr. SAUNDERS was present to superintend the administration of the chloroform, which the patient took in the usual manner, and Mr. CORMACK L.D.S. (in Mr. J.R. BELL’s absence from town) proceeded to extract four teeth. Mr. CORMACK then suggested that another tooth, about which he had not been consulted, ought also to come out, and was turning to fetch the necessary instrument when the Doctor exclaimed “Stop! She has ceased breathing!” It was only too true. Every effort was at once made to induce respiration, but unhappily without avail. All the medical gentlemen mentioned above were called in, but Miss DICKSON was beyond the reach of medical aid, and after about an hour and a half all were forced to admit that life was extinct. It is supposed that the patient had an epileptic fit while under chloroform, and that this was the cause of death.
The deceased, who was only 24 years and 9 months old, was the youngest daughter of Major General DICKSON of Castletown, Isle of Man, and sister of J. Quayle DICKSON Esq, a prominent farmer in the Fort Beaufort district. The sad event has created a very melancholy impression throughout the city, and many are the expressions of regret for the young life so sadly and unexpectedly terminated, and of sympathy for the bereaved family. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from the residence of Mr. Harold B. GUEST, whither the body had been removed.
Since writing the above we learn that as the result of a post mortem examination by the District Surgeon, death is found to have resulted from failure of the heart’s action, and not from epilepsy. It is said that the deceased had been examined on three previous occasions in the Old Country, and the doctors told her that her heart was in good order.
Mr. HEMMING opened an inquest this morning, shortly before we went to press, and Messrs. CORMACK and H.B. GUEST gave evidence, bearing out in main the statements published above. Mr. A.S. HUTTON watched the proceedings on behalf of Dr. SAUNDERS.

THE LATE MR. HARRY BOYES
The funeral of the late Mr. BOYES took place at Kimberley on the afternoon of Oct 28th, and was very largely attended. The coffin was covered with many beautiful wreaths, which testified to the excellent opinion all had of him. Among the wreaths placed on the grave was a beautiful one from the Old Andrean Club, bearing the words “Token of Sympathy from Andreans”. His place will be hard to fill, as he was very popular.

Tuesday 8 November 1892

DEATH BY DROWNING
On Sunday morning between 9 and 10 Messrs. Geo. EATON, E. EATON, H. SAUNDERSON, Alf. SMITH, W. BARTLE and another went for a walk in Gowie’s Park, and having arrived at one of the dames (the one nearest the cowsheds), the four first named decided to have a bathe, and were soon in the water. The dam is shallow for a few yards, when there is a high bank concealed by the water, which then becomes rapidly deeper, until in the deepest part there are about 25 feet of water. Ted EATON and Alf. SMITH were unable to swim, and they were standing unconsciously on the very edge of this dangerous bank, watching SAUNDERSON, who was showing them the depth of the water at another spot. All of a sudden the two non-swimmers stepped over into the deep water, and lost their heads at finding no ground beneath their feet, and struggled desperately with one another. Their shouts at once brought Geo. EATON and SAUNDERSON to the rescue, and no sooner were the latter at the spot than the drowning men clutched them round their throats, and at one moment it looked as if all four would go down together. Presently SAUNDERSON managed to get free and to tug Ted EATON to land, leaving Geo. EATON to struggle with Alf. SMITH. The two in the water were quite exhausted, and so were those on land; but the latter recovered sufficiently to hold a stick to Geo. EATON, who was almost done for, and he managed to extricate himself and get ashore, only just in time. The three then turned their attention again to SMITH, but he was just sinking, and the hand of his extended arm went below for the last time before anything could be done. This was about a quarter past eleven. The other bathers at once made every effort to recover the body, but could find no trace of it, and ultimately went for assistance. From then till nightfall, and all night long, efforts were made to recover the body. All the afternoon a crowd of men stood round the dam watching the proceedings. Mr. W. YOUNG, Mr. D. McLEOD, Mr. A. SHACKLETON, two European constables, two convicts and others made repeated dives into the water and groped about in the slimy mud, but found nothing. Then dynamite was tried, and charge after charge exploded without more effect than to kill a few frogs. Then the convicts were sent over the hill to the Cradock Road Dam, where a small pleasure-boat belonging to a private individual is kept. With this they returned, and P.C. YOUNGMAN and two young men manning it, propelled it around the dam by means of palings or pieces of plank in the absence of oars. In the bows YOUNGMAN stood and worked extemporised grapplers, dragging the dam in all directions unsuccessfully. At dusk the majority of those present went home, but the EATONs, P.C YOUNGMAN and several of their friends remained all night, and continued the search by the dim moonlight. The work seemed hopeless, until shortly before 5, YOUNGMAN procured a very long bamboo and fished with it. Then the body was found near a reedy bank, and not far from where it had disappeared. It was soon landed and laid out on the bank, awaiting conveyance to town. Those who hold that drowning is a pleasant way of dying would have found their views strengthened on looking at the dead man’s placid expression, as he lay with folded arms on the turf. He appeared to be simply sleeping. Mr. GOUGH’s wagonette was soon on the spot, and the body was borne to it on a litter extemporised from oars and sticks, and conveyed to town.
The death of the deceased leaves a wife and children in anything but easy circumstances, and it is mentioned as an additional misfortune that he had omitted to pay up the last premium on his insurance policy in the Colonial Mutual. Great sympathy is felt for the bereaved family in their affliction.
The deceased was a member of the 1st City Volunteers, and also of the Sons of England, and his remains were this afternoon escorted to their last resting place by his former comrades in the Corps and his brethren of St.Alban’s Lodge. The Worthy Chaplain of the Lodge (Rev. W.H. PARKHURST) conducted the solemn service at the graveside, to which the sad circumstances of the case lent additional impressiveness. Deceased was a steady, industrious man, who had many friends and no enemies.
[Transcriber’s Note: There follows some details of the inquest, which basically corroborated the information above]

POISONED WITH [STENKELAAR]
A case of poisoning occurred at Bushneck, Adelaide (says the Enterprise) on Tuesday. A little daughter of Mr. Robert LONG fell suddenly from her chair whilst at tea, and on examination into the cause it was ascertained that the child, who was suffering intense pain, had eaten a quantity of stramonium seed. Medical ais was promptly summoned and now there is every hope of her recovery.

Saturday 12 November 1892

TIMM
On the 9th November at Mount Pleasant, Clumber, Reuben TIMM, aged 60.
“Jesus is calling us one by one”.
The bereaved family desire specially to thank Dr. ATHERSTONE, of Port Alfred, for his thoughtful kindness in their sad sorrow.

DEATH OF AN ACTRESS
Miss Christine PREACHEY, the leading lady of the new Dramatic Company, just brought out by Albert MARSH for the Standard Theatre Syndicate, died at Johannesburg, after a few days’ most acute suffering from dysentery. The community is much shocked by the untoward event, as Miss PREACHEY had established herself a favourite on her first appearance. Mr. Windham GUISE, one of the Globe Burlesque Company, is down with fever again, and Miss Gladys VANE, another member of the same Company, who was seriously ill at the Hospital, is only just convalescent.

DEATH OF MR. G.P. PERKS
The death of Mr. Geo. P. PERKS, of Kingwilliamstown, is announced. He had been ailing for some time, and an acute attack of bronchitis led to a fatal termination on Saturday last. Mr. PERKS was an old and highly respected resident of Kingwilliamstown, where he had carried on a large business as a jeweller for many years. He was a man of considerable intelligence, and as a Freemason of high standing was widely known and highly esteemed by the craft throughout South Africa. For some years and at the time of his death he held the position of Deputy District Grand Master under the English Constitution.

DEATH UNDER CHLOROFORM
Mr. HEMMING, C.C. and R.M., has returned a verdict of “accidental death” as a result of the enquiry into the death of the late Miss Mary DICKSON.

Thursday 17 November 1892

BIRTH at Port Alfred on Nov 15th, the wife of the Rev. F.W. FLACK of a son.

DASHED TO DEATH
A farmer of Isopo, Durban, named James ASHWORTH, while looking after a vulture he had shot, slipped and fell over a precipice a distance of 140 feet, and was killed.

Saturday 19 November 1892

DIED at Stoneridge, Cathcart, the residence of her son, R.W. CALDERWOOD, on the 15th November 1892, Mary Elizabeth, relict of the late Rev. H. CALDERWOOD, aged 80 years.

Tuesday 22 November 1892

BIRTH at Grahamstown on November 21st 1892, the wife of W.G. CINNAMON of a daughter.

GOWIE – NICOLL
Oct 24 at St.Stephen’s Church, Westbourne Park, by the Rev. C.A.S. NICOLL, cousin of the bride, assisted by the Rev. T. Harvey Brooks, vicar, the Rev. Arthur D.M.GOWIE, curate of St.Andrew’s, Hertford, seventh son of Charlie Ross GOWIE, of Grahamstown , Cape Colony, South Africa, to Margaret Henrietta, third daughter of [Colonel] Henry NICOLL B.S.C.

NEARLY BURNT
Between nine and ten o’clock last night (says a Kimberley paper) a fire broke out at the resident [sic] of Mrs. WEARE, Gladstone, under peculiar circumstances. Mr. SMITH, son of Mrs. WEARE, had only left the house, in which his mother and four brothers and sisters were asleep, a couple of minutes when the alarm was raised, and rushing back he saw the building in flames. His first care was to rescue the inmates, and this proved to be a work of some danger, two of the younger ones being sick, and he had to lift them through the window. Mrs. WEARE and the invalids were severely burnt ere being removed to a place of safety. There was no time to save more than a box of clothing, and the structure of iron and calico lined, with the contents, was destroyed, the place not being insured.

SAD DROWNING CASE
On Wednesday afternoon (says the Cape Times) a girl names Anne NICHOLL, daughter of Mr. J. NICHOLL, of Woodstock, was accidentally drowned in a vley on Wynberg Flats. The deceased was on a visit to Mr. ESTERMAN’s farm, and went out to gather flowers, with her host’s little daughter. They got to the vley, and it is supposed that Annie NICHOLL, in trying to catch some of the minnows which were swimming in the water, overbalanced herself and fell in. The little one gave the alarm, and the poor girl was got out, but life was extinct. A number of relatives and friends followed the hearse, as also did the children and teachers of the Trinity Church School, of which the deceased was a scholar. After the grave had been filled in it was found impossible to place the whole of the wreaths upon the mound, and the grave of Mrs. NICHOLL, the girl’s mother, was covered with them.

DIED at Grahamstown, Nov 21st 1892, David HOOD, aged 41 years.
The Funeral of the above will leave the residence of Mr. James McLAREN, corner of Beaufort and Bathurst-streets, tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at half past 4 o’clock. Friends invited to attend.
A. WILL, Undertaker.

Thursday 24 November 1892

PASSED AWAY on the 17th November 1892, at Allendale, Cala, Jemima WAKEFORD, beloved wife of Thomas WAKEFORD, aged 79 years and 10 months.
Oh! Death, where is thy Sting?
Oh! Grave, where is thy Victory?

DEATH OF MR. JAMES FICHAT
The death is announced of Mr. James FICHAT of Queenstown on Wednesday last. The deceased gentleman had a long and honourable public service, dating back to [1888], when he commenced public life as a junior clerk to the C.C. and R.M. of Grahamstown. From then up to a few months ago his public career was unbroken. He was much esteemed and highly respected throughout the Colony, and especially in Queenstown, where he was at one time C.C. and R.M. On retiring from the service he took up his residence there.
[Transcriber’s Note: the date given appears quite clearly to be 1888 but the text suggests this is a misprint]

FROM COFFIN TO WEDDING
A little time ago, in Melbourne, a young girl died suddenly – at least was supposed to be dead – two days prior to her wedding day. The body was placed in the coffin and the lid screwed down a few hours before the time affixed for the burial. Her grief-stricken lover was permitted to remain for a while alone with the dead. Presently he was heard to cry for help, and the girl’s father and brother entering the room, found the lover prising open the coffin with a poker. In a few minutes a very much alive and hysterical corpse was clasped in the lover’s arms, and the clergyman, invited to read the burial service, performed the marriage ceremony instead.

Saturday 26 November 1892

KILLED BY LIGHTNING
The Star hears from Roodspoort that a young farmer, Mr. G. SOUTHEY, aged about 26 years, and a connection of Sir Richard SOUTHEY K.C.M.G., of Capetown, was struck by lightning whilst ploughing on Thursday and killed. The brother of the deceased gentleman, who was working alongside of him, was likewise struck, but he recovered from the effects of the lightning, only to discover, however, that his brother was lying dead beside him.

Tuesday 29 November 1892

BIRTH on Saturday Nov 26th at Grahamstown, the wife of Charles E. PERKINS of a son.

MARRIED on the 14th Nov 1892, at St.Bartholomew’s Church, Grahamstown, by the Rev. C.H.L. Packman MA, George WILL, formerly of Grahamstown, to Nellie CARTER of Port Elizabeth.

MARRIED at West Hill Wesleyan Church on Monday Nov 28th, by the Rev. Theo. Chubb BA, Mary Frances, eldest daughter of J. SLATER Esq. to Charles Rawstorne CHALMERS, A.R.M. of Vryburg, only son of W.B. CHALMERS Esq, of East London.

DIED SUDDENLY at Grahamstown, Saturday night, November 26th 1892, Duncan Campbell NAPIER, late Assistant Commissary-General, aged 70 years, 4 months, 4 days.

MARRIAGE BELLS
At nine o’clock yesterday morning an unusually large congregation assembled in West Hill Wesleyan Church to witness the wedding ceremony which united Miss Mary Frances SLATER (eldest daughter of J. SLATER Esq of Grahamstown) to Mr. Charles R. CHALMERS, son of W.B. CHALMERS Esq, of East London, but formerly C.C. and R.M. of Kingwilliamstown. Mr. C.R. CHALMERS was formerly in the Civil Commissioner’s office here, where he has many friends, who have, since his transfer to the Imperial Service, watched with interest his rapid progress upwards in the Bechuanaland protectorate. He is now A.R.M. of Vryburg. The bride was given away by her father, Mr. J. SLATER, and the marriage ceremony was conducted by the Rev. Theo CHUBB BA. The proceeding was designedly of the quietest description, but a large number of relatives and friends sat down after the ceremony to a collation at the residence of the bride’s father in Oatlands. Mr. and Mrs. CHALMERS left by the 11am train for Port Elizabeth, on a somewhat extended honeymoon tour, throughout the course of which, as well as in their new home, the good wishes of very many friends will follow them. We wish them long life and happiness.

DEATH OF MAJOR NAPIER
An old citizen has suddenly died in the person of Major NAPIER, formerly Assistant Commissary-General at Kingwilliamstown. The old gentleman lived entirely alone in Lawrance St, and the servant left him sitting at the table on Saturday evening, after first asking if he would require anything more. He replied in the negative. He never required anything more in this world, for he never apparently rose from the table. In the morning the servant’s knock was unanswered, and looking through the window, the old gentleman’s figure was seen still sitting as on the previous evening, before the table. The front door was not locked, and the servant on entering found her master had passed away. The deceased has, we understand, a sister in Natal, but no other kin in this country.
The funeral took place yesterday afternoon and was well attended. Councillor WICKS and Mr. ANDREWS were chief mourners and the pall-bearers were Councillors H. WOOD, Major NESBITT, Jno. WOOD, D. SAMPSON, W.A. SMITH and Hon. W. AYLIFF.

SUICIDE AT EAST LONDON
On Monday morning about eleven o’clock a man named COLLINS, for many years in the employ of Messrs. J.J. Irvine & Co’s business here, went down to the beach in company with his brother. The unfortunate man was evidently suffering from temporary insanity (says a contemporary) for he is said to have believed that he was able to walk on the waves and had special power from Heaven, and he at once made an attempt, and went into the breakers. His brother and a cabman rushed in after him, but were unable to stop the poor fellow, who was soon lost sight of, and up to the time of writing his body has not been recovered.