Tuesday, April 1, 1884 FASHIONABLE WEDDING. The popular daughter of a much respected resident among us has been carried of from the locality (where she has grown in the love and good opinion of all around her) to be located, we are happy to say, within our reach, where she will doubtless be as well appreciated among her husband’s surroundings as she has been by her own. Yesterday morning in the Episcopal Church Dr. HARRISON, a man well-known in this district, was united in matrimony to Miss Murray FLETCHER, second daughter of Mr. P. FLETCHER, the Government Surveyor. The interest felt in the bride and her family caused the little Church to be crowded. The Revs. NEWTON and VYVYAN performed the ceremony and Mr. TREGAR – then presided efficiently at the organ... Friday, April 4, 1884 A painful accident occurred near Kimberley last week. Mr SNAPMAN (a store-keeper) with his wife and daughter were returning to Kimberley in a trap, which was upset by a boulder. All the occupants of the vehicle were thrown out, and most unfortunately a wagon which was passing where Mrs SNAPMAN was pitched went over her stomach, causing instantaneous death. Tuesday, April 8, 1884 BIRTH,- At Queenstown, on the 3rd inst., Mrs. HEATON, of a Son. MARRIED,- On the 31st March, 1884, at the Episcopal Church, Queenstown, by the Rev. NEWTON, assisted by the Rev. C.S. VYVYAN, Murray, second daughter of Patrick FLETCHER, to Edmund Meredith, second son of the Rev. C.S. HARRISON, Oxfordshire, England. Tuesday, April 15, 1884 DIED,- At Queenstown, on the 9th April, the infant son of J. And A. PENTLAND. BIRTH,- At Queenstown, on the 9th April, the wife of Mr. G.A. FINCHAM of a son. Friday, April 18, 1884 BIRTH,- At Queesntown on the 15th inst., Mrs. J.B. SHEARAR of a Son. MARRIED,- By Special License, at Dordrecht, on the 3rd inst., George DARGIE, second son of the late Mr. G. DARGIE, of Fort Hill, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland, to Fanny Alice Susan, eldest daughter of Mr. J.A. ULYATE, of Lostrop, Tembuland. Dundee Advertiser please copy. SHOCKING AND DELIBERATE SUICIDE.- The town was very much startled this (Thursday) morning owing to a report being current that Mr Thomas BROWN, conveyance and accountant of this place, had shot himself. The particulars, so far as we can gather them, are these. A few days ago it appears that Mr BROWN started his wife and children off to King William’s Town, and yesterday afternoon he must have written a letter to a friend in that town informing him that he intended to make away with himself. The next thing that we learn is that the office boy went up to the house, as usual, for the key of the office, which Mr BROWN gave him, telling him that he would not be down to-day. He really had been down at the office before breakfast, when he wrote three letters. Instructions were left by him that these letters were not to be delivered before ten o’clock. One of these was addressed to Mr WILLETTS, the auctioneer, asking him to meet his wife and children who, the note said, were expected back by the afternoon train. He then went home, undressed himself, got into bed, and having tied a shoestring to the trigger of a snider rifle, he leaned the weapon on his knee, and pulled the trigger, the ball entering the left breast, causing, it is supposed, instant death. Meantime Mr HOWARD, jun. (in whose father’s employ Mr BROWN had previously been) received a telegram from King Williamstown asking that Mr BROWN might be looked after at once. Enquiries were immediately made, but too late; on reaching the house the poor man was a corpse. Mr BROWN being so well known, having been in business here on his own account for over twelve months, and the deliberate manner in which the deed had been done, the sad affair has created the most intense excitement all over the town. We fear there is no doubt that pecuniary difficulties have been the cause of this said case of self destruction. The Magistrate at once proceeded to Wolseley-street, the residence of the deceased, to take charge of the body and make the necessary investigation. Just before his death the deceased entered in the family bible under the date of his birth and marriage, “Died, 10th April, 1884.” – E.L. Advertiser. Tuesday, April 22, 1884 BIRTH,- At Carel’s Rust, District of Queenstown, the wife of William B. HEAD of a Son. Friday, April 25, 1884 George Albert STANLEY, an engine driver at Kimberley has been found guilty of and sentenced to death for the wilful murder of his wife. Jealousy was the alleged cause.
Tuesday, April 1, 1884 FASHIONABLE WEDDING. The popular daughter of a much respected resident among us has been carried of from the locality (where she has grown in the love and good opinion of all around her) to be located, we are happy to say, within our reach, where she will doubtless be as well appreciated among her husband’s surroundings as she has been by her own. Yesterday morning in the Episcopal Church Dr. HARRISON, a man well-known in this district, was united in matrimony to Miss Murray FLETCHER, second daughter of Mr. P. FLETCHER, the Government Surveyor. The interest felt in the bride and her family caused the little Church to be crowded. The Revs. NEWTON and VYVYAN performed the ceremony and Mr. TREGAR – then presided efficiently at the organ... Friday, April 4, 1884 A painful accident occurred near Kimberley last week. Mr SNAPMAN (a store-keeper) with his wife and daughter were returning to Kimberley in a trap, which was upset by a boulder. All the occupants of the vehicle were thrown out, and most unfortunately a wagon which was passing where Mrs SNAPMAN was pitched went over her stomach, causing instantaneous death. Tuesday, April 8, 1884 BIRTH,- At Queenstown, on the 3rd inst., Mrs. HEATON, of a Son. MARRIED,- On the 31st March, 1884, at the Episcopal Church, Queenstown, by the Rev. NEWTON, assisted by the Rev. C.S. VYVYAN, Murray, second daughter of Patrick FLETCHER, to Edmund Meredith, second son of the Rev. C.S. HARRISON, Oxfordshire, England. Tuesday, April 15, 1884 DIED,- At Queenstown, on the 9th April, the infant son of J. And A. PENTLAND. BIRTH,- At Queenstown, on the 9th April, the wife of Mr. G.A. FINCHAM of a son. Friday, April 18, 1884 BIRTH,- At Queesntown on the 15th inst., Mrs. J.B. SHEARAR of a Son. MARRIED,- By Special License, at Dordrecht, on the 3rd inst., George DARGIE, second son of the late Mr. G. DARGIE, of Fort Hill, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland, to Fanny Alice Susan, eldest daughter of Mr. J.A. ULYATE, of Lostrop, Tembuland. Dundee Advertiser please copy. SHOCKING AND DELIBERATE SUICIDE.- The town was very much startled this (Thursday) morning owing to a report being current that Mr Thomas BROWN, conveyance and accountant of this place, had shot himself. The particulars, so far as we can gather them, are these. A few days ago it appears that Mr BROWN started his wife and children off to King William’s Town, and yesterday afternoon he must have written a letter to a friend in that town informing him that he intended to make away with himself. The next thing that we learn is that the office boy went up to the house, as usual, for the key of the office, which Mr BROWN gave him, telling him that he would not be down to-day. He really had been down at the office before breakfast, when he wrote three letters. Instructions were left by him that these letters were not to be delivered before ten o’clock. One of these was addressed to Mr WILLETTS, the auctioneer, asking him to meet his wife and children who, the note said, were expected back by the afternoon train. He then went home, undressed himself, got into bed, and having tied a shoestring to the trigger of a snider rifle, he leaned the weapon on his knee, and pulled the trigger, the ball entering the left breast, causing, it is supposed, instant death. Meantime Mr HOWARD, jun. (in whose father’s employ Mr BROWN had previously been) received a telegram from King Williamstown asking that Mr BROWN might be looked after at once. Enquiries were immediately made, but too late; on reaching the house the poor man was a corpse. Mr BROWN being so well known, having been in business here on his own account for over twelve months, and the deliberate manner in which the deed had been done, the sad affair has created the most intense excitement all over the town. We fear there is no doubt that pecuniary difficulties have been the cause of this said case of self destruction. The Magistrate at once proceeded to Wolseley-street, the residence of the deceased, to take charge of the body and make the necessary investigation. Just before his death the deceased entered in the family bible under the date of his birth and marriage, “Died, 10th April, 1884.” – E.L. Advertiser. Tuesday, April 22, 1884 BIRTH,- At Carel’s Rust, District of Queenstown, the wife of William B. HEAD of a Son. Friday, April 25, 1884 George Albert STANLEY, an engine driver at Kimberley has been found guilty of and sentenced to death for the wilful murder of his wife. Jealousy was the alleged cause.