Tuesday, July 4, 1882   BIRTH,- At East London, on 28th June, 1882, the Wife of Mr. Chas. VOGLER, of a Daughter.   THE Dispatch reports”- On Wednesday afternoon (21st June) a young man, Mr Henry RICHARDS, employed of late in the stores Department of the Border Railway was found dead on the premises in Oxfordstreet where he boarded.  Deceased, who did good service at the front during the recent wards, was of very agreeable manners, and his sudden end will be heard of with deep regret by many friends. [Mr RICHARDS was well known in Queenstown, having a few years ago resided here a short time.]   Thursday, July 6, 1882   A WIFE MURDER.- A most cruel murder was perpetrated at Somerset on Friday evening.  A Hottentot named Jacob SCHOEMAN, during an altercation with his wife, chopped her several times on the head and neck with a large axe, almost serving the head from the body.  The man, we believe, has not yet been caught.   FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE.- On Wednesday the 28th instant, in the afternoon, at the Dutch Reformed Church, Wynberg, the marriage of Miss VAN DER BYL, eldest daughter of the late Mr John VAN DER BYL, and Mrs VAN DER BYL, the “Grange,” Rondebosch, with Mr W. HOPLEY, barriter-at-law of Grahamstown, was solomnized by the Rev. FAURE...   BIRTH,- On 17th June, at Queen’s Town, Mrs. James WOOD, of a daughter.   DIED,- On 2nd instant, at Queen’s Town, Mrs. James WOOD, aged 38 years.   Tuesday, July 11, 1882   BIRTH,- On July 7th, 1882, at Queenstown, the Wife of J.M. PARSONSON, of a Son. BIRTH,- On 3rd July, 1882, at Queenstown, the Wife of J.J. EDWARDS, of a Son.   DIED,- At Queenstown, on Thursday, 6th July, 1882, after a short illness, Jessie BAXTER (born SHEPPERSON), the beloved wife of J.J. EDWARDS, of this town, aged 32 years. The bereaved husband desires to express his sincere thankfulness to those friends who so kindly rendered willing assistance during his time of trouble.   Thursday, July 13, 1882   BIRTH,- At Cathcart, on the 9th July, 1882, the Wife of Mr. R.P. HOAR, of a Son.   Tuesday, July 18, 1882   BIRTH,- At Aliwal North on 11th July, 1882, the wife of James HAYWARD of a Daughter.   DIED,- At Queenstown, on Monday, the 17th July, 1882, in great peace, Charlotte Helen, the beloved wife of J.M. PARSONSON and daughter of the Revd. R. LAMPLOUGH, aged 19 years and 11 months.   The friends of the Resident Magistrate at Gatberg will learn with sorrow that Mrs COLE died on Thursday last.  The remains will be taken to Cape Town to be interred. The sympathies of the town and district will be with Mr WAUGH and the lady’s family in their loss, Mrs WAUGH having died yesterday afternoon.   Thursday, July 20, 1882   BIRTH,- At Queenstown, on the 11th July, the Wife of C.S. BROWN, of a Son. BIRTH.- On the 13th July 1882, the Wife of H.S. WAUGH, of a Daughter.   DIED,- At Queenstown, on 17th July, Ellen Maria, the beloved Wife of Harry Stanley WAUGH, and Daughter of John Thornhill FISHER. DIED,- At Queenstown, on the 18th July, 1882, Emma Louise BROWN (born GLOVER), Wife of C.S. BROWN.   Mrs. C.G. BROWN, who was here on a visit, passed quietly away to a better land on Tuesday last.  For a few days previously there was little hope of recovery, and Mr. BROWN was telegraphed for from Willow Park, arriving just before the spirit passed away.  The sympathy of all is with the family in their sad bereavement and affliction.  The long cortege of mourners which followed the coffin to its last resting place, shows how sorrow and sympathy were blended in respect for the departed one and the bereaved family.   Tuesday, July 25, 1882   A SUSPICIOUS case of poisoning occurred on Sunday on the farm of M.H W HUDSON, of the Aloes, Coega.  It appears that two Hottentots, named Peter BUCKLEY and Klass STOFFELS, were found in their hut on Sunday morning in a very stupid and drowsy condition;  they were told to go and attend to the ostriches, but their not putting in an appearance, Mr HUDSON went himself to ascertain the cause.  He then found that BUCKLEY was curled up in his bed quite dead, with blood and froth issuing from his mouth, whilst Klass was sitting down quite insensible.  Remedies were at once applied with a successful result, but Klass is in a very weak condition;  he states that an American Indian employed on the farm named John SCOTT, gave them some bread to eat and coffee to drink the night before, and almost immediately they both of them went off into a deep sleep, and when he awoke he was suffering from severe pains in the head.  When SCOTT heard BUCKLEY was dead he immediately said that the drink was the cause of it, but inquiries prove that neither of the Hottentots had been drinking.  The District Surgeon has held post mortem examination, but the result has not been made known.  Grave suspicions rest on the man SCOTT (who has been arrested), he having been frequently heard to threaten Klass, but it is doubtful whether sufficient evidence will be forth coming. – Uitenhage Times.   Thursday, July 27, 1882   BIRTH,- On 17th June, at Queen’s Town, Mrs. James WOOD, of a daughter.   DIED,- On 2nd instant, at Queen’s Town, Mrs. James WOOD, aged 38 years.   THE death of six ladies within ten days from puerperal fever in a place of Queenstown’s limited population is an unusual as it is distressing.  So far as our observation goes – and it has not been carelessly exercised nor confined to a few localities – the case is unparalleled.  Queenstown has generally been famous for really able and attentive medical men.  It is not likely that insufficient nurses would be tolerated in a place of Queenstown’s intelligence and enterprise.  It has been a prevalent impression that accouchements are less dangerous, less disabling and less to be dreaded in this country than similar events in Great Britain.  If the impression was a pleasant illusion the terrible facts wired from Queenstown and published in our last will be likely to rudely dispel the dream.  There must have been an unusual cause for such an unusual event.  Let us hope that the cause is both discoverable and removable.  We tender our deep sympathies to the bereaved families. – Penny Mail.