On Thursday, February 6, 2014 11:02 AM, Sunelia Heath <[email protected]> wrote: Friday March 7, 1884   BIRTH,- At Whittlesea on the 27th instant, the Wife of Mr. C.W. LEACH of a Daughter.   MARRIED,- At Queenstown on the 4th March, 1884, Leslie Horne Drummond LOCKHART, eldest son of Leslie LOCKHART, Esq., Collector H.M., Customs, Dartmouth, England, to Elizabeth Charlotte Hughes DREYER, widow of the late Christiaan DREYER, Esq., J.P. of Fort Beaufort.   Friday, March 14, 1884   MARCH 13th, - at Queenstown, the wife of the Rev. James THOMPSON, B.A., of a Son.   DIED,- At Buccleugh, on the 11th March, 1884, Mr. Alexander SCOTT, formerly of Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, aged 73 years.  Deeply regretted by the sorrowing family and a large circle of relatives and friends.  Friends at a distance will please accept this notice.   OBITUARY.-  We regret to record the death of Mr Charles Edward ROYLE formerly on the staff of the Uitenhage Times.  From a personal knowledge we may say that in him the Colony has sustained the loss of a clever journalist, and an upright gentleman.  He was buried at Uitenhage on the 3rd inst.   DEATH OF MR. PIERS.- The news of the death of Mr. PIERS, Civil Commissioner of the Cape and Resident Magistrate of Wynberg, will be received with regret, and by those who where unaware how completely the deceased gentleman’s health had recently broken down, with surprise.  A few months ago his friends would have said that he had many years to live, as he was of comely and handsome presence, and in apparently the most robust health.  Mr. PIERS was an old and trusted Civil Servant, having filled during the past thirty years the posts of Superintendent-General of Convicts (1856), Postmaster-General (1867), and his late important office – one of the prizes of the Services – upon which he entered in succession to Mr. J.C. DAVIDSON in 1873.  The funeral took place at the Rondebosch Cemetery on March 5th.   Mr. Alexander SCOTT, one of the original grantees in this district, passed from the midst of his family to a better land on Tuesday last.  Mr. SCOTT went through many privations with the Scotch party in the Baviaan’s River, and was a prominent figure in the PRINGLE centre in days gone bye.  He was a varied and constant contributor to the press in the troublous times of past Kafir wars, and many of his suggestions were acted upon, and found beneficial to the welfare of the colony.  Mr. SCOTT had been a considerable sufferer for some months past, which he bore with Christian fortitude and patience.  The Rev. H.H DUGMORE, who was a very old friend and visitor during his illness, conducted the funeral service at the farm yesterday.  We tender our sympathy to the family in their bereavement.   Tuesday, March 18, 1884   MARRIED,- At Lily Vale Chapel on the 12th of March 1884, by the Rev. S. CLARK, Wesleyan Minister, Aeexander William SPALDING, of Spitzkop, Barkly West, to Louisa Ellen JACKSON, youngest daughter of Samuel JACKSON, Esq., of Essex.   DIED,- At Buccleugh, on the 11th March, 1884, Mr. Alexander SCOTT, formerly of Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, aged 73 years.  Deeply regretted by the sorrowing family and a large circle of relatives and friends.  Friends at a distance will please accept this notice.   MURDER AND SUICIDE. Intelligence was brought into Cradock on Wednesday morning of a terrible case of murder, followed by the suicide of the murderer, at the hotel at Kwaade River, the previous night.  It appears that two masons, named James CROKER and Johh FRUBUS were employed boring for water on the farm by Mr. Jan VAN HEERDEN.  On the evening in question (Tuesday) these men left their tent in the veld, and proceeding to the hotel, commenced drinking.  They then quarrelled and CROKER, drawing a revolver, shot FRUBUS through the body.  He then commenced firing indiscriminately.  A Kafir was wounded in the back, through not mortally, and a Hottentot had a ball from the revolver just gazed the top of his head.  CROKER then went off to his tent, where he found a Hottentot, named Jan HUMAN, to whom he imparted the intelligence that he had shot old FRUBUS and as he knew he would be hanged for it he intended to shoot himself.  CROKER then told HUMAN to get him some paper, &c., out of a box, as he wanted to write a letter, and to make him some coffee.  He scribbled a line or two and drank a mouthful of the coffee, and then told HUMAN he wasn’t to stand and look at him while he shot himself but to go outside the tent and after the shot he was to come in and cover him up.  HUMAN went out as he was ordered, and standing some distance off, but so that he could see through the tent door, saw CROKER put the pistol to his forehead with both hands and fire.  HUMAN then went in and covered up the body. An inquiry was held by the Residens Magitrate, Mr. AYLIFF, the following morning at the hotel, but owing to the seedy state of the hotelkeeper (BOYD) his evidence could not be obtained.- Register.   Tuesday, March 25, 1884   DIED,- At Queenstown, on the 25th February last, Ellen RIDGWAY (born BYRNE), relict of the late W.S. RIDGWAY, of Queenstown, aged 58 years, 3 months, and 29 days.  Friends at a distance please accept this notice.   Friday, March 28, 1884   DIED,- On the 23rd inst., at her residence, Turvey’s Post, District of Queenstown, Christina Gertruyda, relict of the late Edward WAINWRIGHT, aged 76 years, two months and eight days. ------------------------------- All messages to the list must be sent in plain text.  ------------------------------- When you reply to a message, please MAKE SURE that you DELETE the quoted text, signature, and end material that is not pertinent to your reply. ------------------------------- When you reply to a message, please make sure that you Change the Subject of the message as needed.  If you are replying to a Digest, this is a MUST DO. ------------------------------- For searching the list archives and other list information, please go to http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Immigration/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH.html ------------------------------- To contact the TMG List Administrator, send a message to  [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message