[Issues for February 5 and 19 and March 9 are missing from the collection at the British Library]

Friday 1 January 1875

DIED at Port Elizabeth, of Diphtheria, on the 26th December 1874, Florence Hill, youngest child of Alfred and Maria GRIFFITHS, aged 3 years and 11 months.

DIED at Port Elizabeth on the 29th December 1874, aged 32 years, Sarah, beloved wife of James Mitchell DALLAMORE, late of Humansdorp.

MR. WYLDE
We are informed that Mr. WYLDE, Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate here, has applied to Government for eight months’ leave of absence, with a view to paying a visit to England on account of his impaired state of health. We have no doubt the leave will be granted, for if there be a man in the service who is entitled to some relaxation from the duties of office it is Mr. WYLDE. We believe it is well nigh twenty years since he was absent from his post for any length of time, and lately he has been much occupied, and at times overworked. Mr. WYLDE well deserves a holiday, and we hope he will not only get it, but enjoy it, and be greatly benefitted by it.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL
DR. STROUD
Surgeon Dentist
Has removed from 4 Russell Road to 29 Donkin-street, the late residence of Dr. HULL.

Tuesday 5 January 1875

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between Frederick ENSOR and George Askew HULL, Surgeons &c, is dissolved by mutual consent from the 31st December 1874.
Accounts to be settled with the first undersigned, or with Mr. W. RIGG.
ENSOR & HULL
Port Elizabeth, 31st December 1874.

NOTICE
Re Estate of Thos. GRIFFIN, of Hankey
The Undersigned having been appointed Executrix Testamentary to the above Estate, requests all claims to be at once sent in for settlement to Mr. T. O’BRIEN’s Office, Town Hall.
Ann S. GRIFFIN
Executrix Testamentary
Port Elizabeth, Dec 29 1874.

DIED on Saturday evening, 2nd Jan 1875, Mary jane, the beloved wife of Thos. CUNNINGHAM, aged 21 years, 11 months and 13 days. Deeply regretted by all who knew her.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS
BIRTHS
HENDERSON, Mrs. David, on the 17th ult, at Port Elizabeth, of a daughter.
INGGS, Mrs. W.S., on the 24th ult, at Port Elizabeth, of a son.
METELERKAMP, Mrs. R.W., on the 8th ult, at Zuurbron, of a son.
TAIT, Mrs. M.M., on the 20th ult, at Port Elizabeth, of a daughter.
VOS, Mrs. C., on the 17th ult, at Smithfield, O.F.S., of a son.
WILSON, Mrs. A.G.W., on the 16th ult, at Port Elizabeth, of a son.
DEATHS
BAYNE, George Cecil, son of Mr. H.L. BAYNE, on the 11th ult, at Port Elizabeth.
DALLAMORE, Mrs. Sarah, on the 29th ult, at Port Elizabeth, aged 32 years.
HEUGH, Mrs. E. Ann, on the 8th ult, at Kimberley.
GRIFFITHS, Florence Hill, daughter of Mr. A. GRIFFITHS, on the 26th ult, at Port Elizabeth, aged 4 years.
REID, James Grey, son of Mr. J. REID, on the 14th ult, at Port Elizabeth, aged 10 months.

MR. J.G.J. RAWSTORNE
There does not seem to have been any great effort made to apprehend the defaulting Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate of Alexandria. The alleged crime of embezzlement was committed on 5th December, and the warrant for his apprehension is dated the 14th of that month. He absconded just about the time of the “great rain”, and must have been detained somewhere, for a week after leaving Alexandria he was seen at Daggaboer’s Nek. At the Tarka he slept in a carrier’s wagon, giving out that he was a Dutchman from the Cape going after his wagons, which were ahead. At Daggaboer’s Nek, though well disguised, he was recognised by a gentleman from Uitenhage, and also by another person, who knew him well. He is probably by this time in the Transvaal Republic or at the Gold-fields.

BIRTH on New Year’s Day, Mrs. Edwd. H. NORTON of a son.
Port Elizabeth, Jan 4th 1875

DIED at Richmond Villa this morning, Mary Eugenie Edith, aged six years, five months and five days, beloved child of Mr. and Mrs. M.M. TAIT.
Port Elizabeth, 5th January 1875.

Tuesday 8th January 1875 [sic – should be Friday]

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on Monday the 5th inst, [sic] Mrs. W.A. CHALMERS of a daughter.

FATAL ACCIDENT
A fatal accident occurred lately to Mr. Loedwyk SCHALKWYK, of Harrismith. He was incautiously greasing the cogs of his mill while still in motion. His sleeve appears to have caught in the machinery and drawn in the right arm. The arm was completely crushed out of all shape, and the bone broken into dozens of pieces from below the knuckle nearly to the elbow. Dr. MACDONALD was immediately sent for, but owing to the messenger stating that the accident was merely a broken arm, he did not take with him the instruments necessary for amputation. The operation had therefore to be deferred until the following morning, when it was skillfully performed, Dr. MACDONALD operating with only such assistance as he could procure at once; had he waited until one of his professional brethren could arrive, it seemed probable that the sufferer might succumb. We regret to add that, owing to his great age and enfeebled condition, Mr. SCHALKWYK died from nervous exhaustion a few days after the operation. Dr. MACDONALD stated from the first that he had little or no hope for the patient, whose age, we believe, was sixty-eight years. – Friend.

MATRIMONIAL
The nuptials of Mr. Henry ADLER, of the firm of Messrs. ADLER Brothers, of Winburg, to Miss Bertha BAUMANN, eldest daughter of Isaac BAUMANN Esq., senior partner of Messrs. BAUMANN Brothers & Co., of this town, and of Messrs. BAUMANN Brothers, of Port Elizabeth, were celebrated here on Tuesday last, 29th inst. The religious rite was performed by the Rev. Samuel RAPAPORT, Rabbi of Port Elizabeth, in the spacious apartments in the house of Mr. Thos. WHITE, there being at present no synagogue in this town. Some 80 persons were present at the ceremony. The dress of the lovely bride and her charming attendants (bridesmaids) it would be fruitless for us to attempt to describe; suffice it to say that they were very elegant and most becoming the occasion. The latter were the three sisters of the bride (the misses Sophy, Helen and Jeanette BAUMANN), Miss BRAND, Miss Jennie PAGE and Miss Frances BECK. The best man was Mr. James EGNER, of Pietermaritzburg, and the groomsmen were Messrs. Walter F. BARLOW, Joseph BAUMANN, O. FRAUENDORFER and Alfred BAUMANN. Immediately after the marriage ceremony the whole of the company proceeded at once to the dwelling of the parents of the bride, where the health of the bride and bridegroom, the parents of the bride, the absent brother of the bride (Mr. Alexander BAUMANN), the bridesmaids &c were drunk in bumpers of champagne. Shortly after two o’clock pm the newly married couple took their departure for the residence of Mr. CHATFIELD, Quaggafontein. In the evening the event was celebrated by a grand ball at the house of Mr. and Mrs. BAUMANN, at which nearly the whole of the leading members of our community were present. – Friend.

Tuesday 12 January 1875

DIED at Steynsburg on Monday morning, 4th January 1875, Sydney Charles George, beloved son of George Henry and Anne Susanna ROBERTS, aged 1 year, 3 months and 20 days.

Friday 15 January 1875

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore existing between Isaac HOLMES and George HOLMES at Port Elizabeth, as Timber Merchants, under the Style or Firm of Isaac HOLMES & Son, was on the 31st day of December 1874 dissolved by mutual consent. All Debts owing to the late Firm must be paid to George HOLMES, who will also pay all Liabilities of the late Firm up to the date of dissolution.
As witness our hands at Port Elizabeth, this 11th day of January 1875
Isaac HOLMES
George HOLMES

With reference to the above, George HOLMES hereby notifies that he will continue to carry on Business as usual on his own account, and will trade under the style of Isaac HOLMES & Sons.
George HOLMES
Port Elizabeth, 11th Jan 1875.

FATAL ACCIDENT
An accident took place this morning about eleven o’clock, in Bathurst-street, by which Mr. C. SHAMROCK, for many years soap-boiler to Mr. D. PENN, lost his life. The unfortunate deceased, whose wife died only a short time back, was removing from his late residence to a house, his own property, near Fort England. For this purpose he had hired Mr. HARPER’s wagon, which, loaded with furniture, was proceeding down Bathurst-street, deceased sitting on a sack in front of the wagon. At the bottom of the incline, near the Baptist Chapel, the driver went to the back of the wagon to loosen the break-screw, and while doing so stumbled over the body of the deceased, which was lying in the road. It appears that SHAMROCK had endeavoured to jump off, and in doing so slipped and fell, and the wheels passed over his head, killing him on the spot. He was lifted and carried into Mr. OLIVER’s store adjoining, but life was found to be extinct. The unfortunate affair is yet another case of disselboom-slipping, and is in no way attributable to carelessness or neglect on the part of the driver. – Penny Mail.

Friday 22 January 1875

MARRIED on 5th December last, at St.Giles, Bloomsbury, by the Rev. H.L. Maude M.A., Evan B.S. POWELL Esq., Lieut. R.N.R., third son of the late Venerable Archdeacon POWELL D.C.L., of Madras, to Julia Annie, eldest daughter of the late Henry BOWE Esq., M.D., of Namaqualand.

DIED December 7 1874, at Bournemouth, England, Mary Ann, beloved wife of Sidney HILL (firm of SAVAGE & HILL, London and Algoa Bay S.A.) aged 35 years.

DIED December 22 1874, at Korsten House, Ashley Road, Bristol, Walter BOBBETT, brother of the late Mrs. Sidney HILL, aged 26 years.

Tuesday 26 January 1875

DIED on the 24th January at 20 Jetty-street, Edith Maude, aged eleven months and 20 days, beloved child of Mr. and Mrs. W. BELDON.

BIRTH at Middelburg on January 12, the wife of J.G. HURFORD J.P., District Surgeon, of a daughter.

MARRIED at Cologne on the 9th December last, Mr. Emil HOFFA, of Burghersdorp, to Miss Fanny EMANUEL. No cards.

Friday 29 January 1875

MARRIED at Bloemfontein on 29th December 1874, by the Rev. Samuel Rappaport, Rabbi of the Jewish Community for the Eastern Province of the Cape Colony and Orange Free State, Henry ADLER, of ADLER Brothers, Winburg, Orange Free State, to Bertha, eldest daughter of Isaac BAUMANN Esq., of Bloemfontein.

MARRIED on the 27th inst, at St.Mary’s, Port Elizabeth, by the Rev. E. Pickering, Samuel Henry PAYNE, of Beaulieu, Southampton, to Mary Ann PLUMMER, of King’s Cross, London.

FATAL ACCIDENT
One day last week a mason named BOURKE, while in a drunken state, fell off one of Mr. KIDWELL’s wagons near Stormberg. The wheels passed over both his legs and one arm, the poor fellow dying almost immediately from his injuries.

Tuesday 2 February 1875

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 27th January 1875, the wife of R.J. WILLIAMS of a son.

DIED at Port Elizabeth on the 26th inst, Violet Alice, only daughter of J. and Catherine BREDELL, aged 1 year and 9 days.

DIED at Uitenhage on Thursday 28th January 1875, after a short illness, Julius C.G. MOSEL Esq., aged 45 years. Deeply regretted.

Tuesday 9 February 1875

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 7th inst, Mrs. James Grey REID of a son.

MARRIED on the 27th ultimo, at Trinity Church, Port Elizabeth, by the Reverend W. Greenstock, William Webb BACKWELL to Matilda C. CHASE, youngest daughter of the Hon. J.C. CHASE Esq., M.L.C., of Cradock Place.
1st February 1875.

DIED at her residence at Port Elizabeth on the 3rd inst, Fanny, the beloved wife of the Rev. Samuel RAPAPORT, in her 38th year. May her soul rest in peace.

Friday 12 February 1875

AWFUL CALAMITY
We heard on Saturday of the death of the wife of Mr. MONTGOMERY, Trompetter’s Hotel, Fish River, which, it seems, was occasioned by her clothes catching fire, and no assistance being at hand. Other particulars of the dreadful occurrence we have yet to ascertain, but we fear there is no doubt as to the truth of the report. – Journal.

Tuesday 16 February 1875

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND DEBTORS
In the Assigned Estate of ECKLEY & Co., Agents, Steynsberg, and John Collins ECKLEY, and Edward EAGER junr., and A. ECKLEY & Co., Merchants, Buffel’s Vlei, District of Albert.
All Parties claiming to be Creditors in the above Estates are requested to file their Claims at the Office of the Provisional Assignee, in Steynsbreg, on or before the 2nd March next, for the purpose of confirming the Deed of Assignment; and those indebted to the Estates are requested to pay the amounts of their respective Debts at the same place, within the same period.
A. Grieve DORE
Provisional Assignee
Steynsberg, Division of Cradock
8th February 1875.

Tuesday 23 February 1875

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on Tuesday 16th February 1875, the wife of Mr. Julius VON MENGERSHAUSEN of twin sons.

BIRTH at “Sunny Side”, Korsten, on the 21st inst, the wife of Thomas TILBROOK Esq. of a daughter.

BIRTH at Mestjes Kraal, Graaff-Reinet, on the 16th inst, the wife of Wm. KELBRICK Esq. of a daughter.

MARRIED on the 17th inst, at Trinity Church, Cape Town, by the Rev. Charles Hole, Howson Henry Theodore, eldest son of H. RUTHERFORD Esq., of Port Elizabeth, to Anne Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Wm. BAWDEN Esq., of the same place.
Cape Town, 18th February 1875.

DIED at Uitenhage on the 16th inst, Robert Johnston STEWART, aged 21 years and 6 months, eldest son of A.C. STEWART Esq. of Liverpool.

DIED at Dundee, on the 7th January, Jane Bryden, wife of John PYE Esq. Friends will please accept of this (the only) intimation.

THE LATE MR. STRINGFELLOW
On Wednesday evening last Mr. Thomas STRINGFELLOW, formerly Resident Magistrate of Fort Beaufort, breathed his last, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. The deceased gentleman came to this colony with the British Settlers of 1820. He was then about thirty-one years of age. Shortly after his arrival he received an appointment in the Civil Service, and for years was clerk to the Civil Commissioner for Albany, from which place he was promoted to the Magistracy of Fort Beaufort. He held this office for about a dozen years, and in 1864, after a meritorious service of upwards of forty years, retired on pension, full of years and honour, to enjoy the well-earned ease he had won. – Advocate.

Friday 26 February 1875

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 24th inst, the wife of Mr. S. SOLOMON of a daughter.

DIED at Uitenhage on Friday the 19th instant, Mr. J.G. SCHLEMMER, aged 86 years. Deeply regretted.

Tuesday 2 March 1875

MARRIED at Aliwal North on the 16th February, by Rev. H. Buckenham, Charles Kennedy HUMPHREY, of Graaff-Reinet, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Wm. THORBURN, of King William’s Town.

A fatal accident occurred at Dohne on Saturday last. Several boys were bathing, when one of them, named Leopold SCHMIDT, jumped in beyond his depth, and before assistance could be procured was drowned.

Friday 12 March 1875

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 6th inst, Mrs. A. ALLENBERG of a son.

BIRTH at Port Elizabeth on the 6th inst, the wife of Mr. John MURRAY of a daughter.

MASONIC
An interesting Masonic ceremony took place at Simon’s Town on Tuesday evening last. Bro Past Master F. HUGO was presented by the members of the Royal Alfred Lodge, in lodge assembled, with a splendid Past Master’s Jewel, tastefully worked in gold, as a token of respect and brotherly recognition of the efficient way in which he conducted the duties of his office during his Masonic year. – Standard.

MARRIED at Graaff-Reinet on the 10th instant, before H. Hudson Esq., C.C. and R.M., Amandus FITTIG, of Port Elizabeth, to Catherine Anne SINCLAIR, of Graaff-Reinet.
Port Elizabeth, March 11th 1875.

MARRIED by Special Licence at Aberdeen, on the 9th March, by the Rev. Canon Steabler, Rector of St.James’, Graaff-Reinet, Peter J. HEUGH to Susan Maria BIGG.

Tuesday 16 March 1875

LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT FROM FIRE
Yesterday evening a little girl of eight years, the youngest daughter of Mr. Alex GOWIE, of this city, was seriously injured through her clothes catching fire. The immediate cause of the accident is shrouded in uncertainty, but it is known the child was playing with fire at the kitchen stove, and it is supposed must have been lighting paper, holding the blaze, as children will, until it began to make itself felt at the fingers, and then dropped it on her print frock. The first intimation given to the family was the screaming of the child, who ran into a passage, and was picked up by her mother, who had her hands severely burnt in frantic attempts to beat out the flames, and it was not until Charles GOWIE rushed down stairs and threw his jacket round the child that the flames were subdued. The injuries to legs and back are very great, and caused some hours of extreme agony, although Dr. THORNE was immediately called in and applied the usual remedies. She now lies in a critical state, and bears the pain with much patience for one so young. Mrs. GOWIE’s hands will, no doubt, heal in time, but must always present a seared appearance. The rings had to be cut from her fingers. – Journal.

Friday 19 March 1875

FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY AT HELL POORT
MURDER, AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER
The town was, yesterday afternoon, greatly excited by the report that a murder had been committed in the direction of Hell Poort. Mr. HUNTLEY, with characteristic energy, proceeded to the spot at once, when he found the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. TIVEY, and took the depositions, which will be found below. Mrs. TIVEY was formerly the Widow THORNTON, and had only been married to TIVEY since the 9th February last.
The following is Field-cornet LEPPAN’s account of this tragical affair:- Deceased, Henry Lawrence TIVEY, had been drinking during the week, and on the Friday previous he had been drinking and had a quarrel with his wife, whom he called all sorts of ill names. On the following day (Saturday) at four pm he was also quarreling, and she called to a man named HOPKINS in the shop for help. In the meantime she ran out from the kitchen door and called out “Oh God, BELL, help me!” William BELL, the person called, stood up to meet her, when she put her hands on his shoulders, and Mr. TIVEY ran out with a gun and shot her in the back with a charge of shot. She then sat down on the door-step for a minute, and fell down, exclaiming “Oh God, help me!” HOPKINS then turned her uppermost, and called out to BELL to come and help to pick her up, when TIVEY said “Pick her up, and I’ll pick you too up directly, and pay you for it afterwards.” BELL and HOPKINS then left the place, and when they were some distance away they turned round and had a look, and saw TIVEY looking for them round the outhouses with a gun in his hand. He went round the hill as if in search, and then returned to the hotel, and shot himself in the left side with a bullet, which ascended upwards to the left shoulder, passing through the heart. He was buried on the place, and his victim brought to town.
The following is the evidence taken by the Magistrate on the spot, at Hell Poort, in the district of Albany, on Sunday the 14th March 1875:-
Appeared Thomas William BELL, who being duly sworn, states:- I am a groom in the employ of Mr. GRAY, Post Contractor, and have charge of the post horses at the place. About four o’clock yesterday afternoon I was sitting in front of the forage house, at the back of the kitchen, when Mrs. TIVEY, wife of the innkeeper, Henry TIVEY, both now deceased, ran out of the kitchen towards me. I immediately got up, when she caught hold of me and exclaimed “Oh God help me!” Just then she was in front of me, with both her arms on my shoulders, and whilst in this posture her husband, who followed her out of the kitchen, fired from the kitchen door and shot his wife. I was stupefied at the minute, and felt helpless. A man named HOPKINS was also standing a few yards from the place where Mrs. TIVEY fell, and when she called out “Oh God help me!” her husband said “Yes help her, and I will pay you”, or words to that effect, he also said “I will serve you the same way.” He had the double-barrelled gun now produced in his hands, and fearing that he would carry his threat into execution, HOPKINS and I at once retreated, leaving Mrs. TIVEY lying where she fell. HOPKINS and I then hastened to Mr. SMITH at the adjoining farm for assistance, and upon my return shortly afterwards I found TIVEY also dead. When TIVEY shot his wife, HOPKINS, myself, a deaf and dumb girl, and a little boy named WISE, were the only persons about the premises. TIVEY had been drinking for some weeks past, but yesterday he appeared to know what he was about. He and his wife had angry words together on the previous day. I have just seen the dead bodies of TIVEY and his wife in the adjoining bedroom. TIVEY was about seven yards off when he shot his wife; they were only married last month.
Benjamin HOPKINS states:- I am a labourer in the service of Mr. Edward SMITH, at the adjoining farm. About four o’clock yesterday afternoon I came to TIVEY’s shop to purchase some articles, and after I had been served by a lad named WISE, and whilst waiting for change I heard the report of a gun, and at once went outside to see what the matter was. I then saw TIVEY, now deceased, standing at the kitchen door with a gun in his hand, and his wife in a sitting posture in front of the forage house, and the last witness BELL a couple of yards from Mrs. TIVEY. I just heard her call out “Oh God, HOPKINS, help me!” and she immediately fell to the ground. I went up and asked BELL to help me to lift her, when TIVEY said “Yes, help her, and I will help you and pay you for it,” and as he said this he turned round to go into the kitchen door, and as I thought he was going to reload the second barrel, I became alarmed, and both BELL and I at once left hurriedly for Mr. SMITH’s farm to get assistance. After we had proceeded a short distance I looked round from the adjoining hill and saw TIVEY outside with the gun, and it appeared to me as if in search of BELL and myself. I did not return to the place, consequently do not know what happened afterwards. [This witness, HOPKINS, has only one arm.]
[Transcriber’s note: There follows depositions from the 14 year old, Thomas WISE, and a neighbouring farmer, Thomas VENABLES, basically repeating the information above. The final paragraph in this report from the Journal laments recent bloodshed in Epag’s Drift and Hell Poort.]

Tuesday 23 March 1875

BIRTH on the 21st inst, the wife of William SHEE of a son.

BIRTH at “The Retreat”, Walmer, March 22 1875, Mrs. George BIRT of a son.

DEPARTED THIS LIFE on Wednesday evening, March 17 1875, after a very brief illness, Amelie Frances, the dearly beloved wife of James FORBES, of this town, aged 26 years and 3 months; deeply lamented by all who knew her.

Friday 26 March 1875

BIRTH at Uitenhage on the 20th inst, Mrs. T.W. GUBB of a son.

Tuesday 30 March 1875

SUDDEN DEATH
A well known and very respectable Hottentot, named John ROMAN, died very suddenly near Salem last week. He was in search of an ox, and, on arriving at the farm of Mr. John GARDNER, was describing the missing bullock to Mr. GARDNER when he fell down dead! Deceased was a well-behaved, steady man, and his sudden death gave a shock to the inhabitants of the village.