Tuesday January 6, 1885

Queenstown Fire Insurance, Loan, Trust, and Agency Company, (Limited).
Notice to Creditors.
In the Insolvent Estate of Petrus Schalk VAN HEERDEN,
Farmer, District Queenstown.
All persons claiming to be Creditors under this Estate are required to take notice that the undersigned has been duly elected to and confirmed in the appointment of Sole Trustee in the above Estate, and that the Master has appointed the Third Meeting to be held before the Resident Magistrate of Queenstown on Tuesday, 27th January, 1885, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the proof of Debts, for receiving the Trustee's Report, and also for the purpose of giving directions to the said Trustee as to the management of the Estate. And all persons indebted to the said Estate are required to pay the same to the undersigned on or before the 27th January, 1885, or proceedings will be instituted against them.
J.B. SHEARAR, Sole Trustee,
Queenstown, 22nd Delember, 1884.

Queenstown Fire Insurance, Loan, Trust, and Agency Company, (Limited).
Notice to Creditors.
In the Insolvent Estate of George STIRTON, Junr., Auctioneer, Queenstown.
All persons claiming to be Creditors under this Estate are required to take notice that the undersigned has been duly elected to and confirmed in the appointment of Sole Trustee in the above Estate, and that the Master has appointed the Third Meeting to be held before the Resident Magistrate of Queenstown on Tuesday, 27th January, 1885, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the proof of Debts, for receiving the Trustee's Report, and also for the purpose of giving directions to the said Trustee as to the management of the Estate. And all persons indebted to the said Estate are required to pay the same to the undersigned on or before the 27th January, 1885, or proceedings will be instituted against them.
J.B. SHEARAR, Sole Trustee,
Queenstown, 22nd Delember, 1884.

Queenstown Fire Insurance, Loan, Trust, and Agency Company, (Limited).
Notice to Creditors.
In the Insolvent Estate of Jospeh BRADY, Auctioneer, Queenstown.
All persons claiming to be Creditors under this Estate are required to take notice that the undersigned has been duly elected to and confirmed in the appointment of Sole Trustee in the above Estate, and that the Master has appointed the Third Meeting to be held before the Resident Magistrate of Queenstown on Tuesday, 27th January, 1885, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the proof of Debts, for receiving the Trustee's Report, and also for the purpose of giving directions to the said Trustee as to the management of the Estate. And all persons indebted to the said Estate are required to pay the same to the undersigned on or before the 27th January, 1885, or proceedings will be instituted against them.
J.B. SHEARAR, Sole Trustee,
Queenstown, 22nd Delember, 1884.

Queenstown Fire Insurance, Loan, Trust, and Agency Company, (Limited).
Notice to Creditors.
In the Insolvent Estate of Joseph BRADY and George STIRTON, Junr., trading together as BRADY, STIRTON & Co., Auctioneers, Queenstown.
All persons claiming to be Creditors under this Estate are required to take notice that the undersigned has been duly elected to and confirmed in the appointment of Sole Trustee in the above Estate, and that the Master has appointed the Third Meeting to be held before the Resident Magistrate of Queenstown on Tuesday, 27th January, 1885, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the proof of Debts, for receiving the Trustee's Report, and also for the purpose of giving directions to the said Trustee as to the management of the Estate. And all persons indebted to the said Estate are required to pay the same to the undersigned on or before the 27th January, 1885, or proceedings will be instituted against them.
J.B. SHEARAR, Sole Trustee,
Queenstown, 22nd Delember, 1884.

DEATH OF A PRESS VETERAN.- The Times, in announcing the death, which occurred on Saturday, 6th instant., of Mr. Charles ROSS, who for the best part of this century has been a familiar figure in the Reporters' Gallery, says:- "Although Mr ROSS attained the great age of 84 two months ago, it was only at the end of last year that he retired from the active discharge of the duties of the chief of the Times parliamentary staff, a position which he had occupied for close upon 30 years. As he was wont to relate himself, and as he recorded in the Times a few months ago a propos of a Sunday sitting, he entered the gallery on the very day of the death of George III, in 1820, when a Sunday edition of the Times was published. His active career as a journalist extended, therefore, to the extraordinary length of sixty-three years, all, with a short interval, passed in the Reporters' Gallery, and the greater part in the service of this journal, on which his father had been employed before him. The keen interest which he always took in politics, and a memory usually retentive, enabled him to recall even to the last some of the most stirring passages in is parliamentary life. He had an experience and recollection of statesmen and prominent members of both Houses which were
probably unique...

Tuesday, January 20, 1885

A very sad case of drowning in the Orange River occurred lasts Saturday afternoon. Two masons named respectively Peter WATSON and MILLER, went down to bathe about four o'clock. Neither of them could swim. WATSON jumped in at a place where the water was deep, and the current strong. He at once sank and called out for assistance, which MILLER was powerless to render. A youngster named WRIGHT was also close by, but he, also, could do nothing. In a short time a crowd collected and Messrs. LLOYD, HALLIMOND, J.V. WILSON, and NORRIS-NEWMAN made gallant and repeated efforts to recover the body, but the current swept the body along with great rapidity. Mr. LLOYD, however, managed at last to catch hold of the unfortunate man and with the aid of his companions conveyed the body to shore, Efforts were made to restore animation, but on Dr. IMPEY's arrival he pronounced life to be extinct. Deceased was a fine strapping young man and a great favourite with his companions. He was only 29 years and 8 months of age, and was a native of Lochee, near Dundee, where his father, who is a large quarry proprietor, resides. It is worthy of notice that, although the deceased had been resident in Aliwal for some years, he could never be induced to enter the Orange River, until the fatal afternoon, his reply invariably being. "No! If I go in there, I shall be drowned." His mortal remains were interred on Sunday afternoon by the Rev. W. HAY, M.A., a large concourse of people attending the ceremony. – Border News.

Friday, January 23, 1885

BIRTH,- At Queenstown. On the 16th of January, 1885, the Wife of J.W. WISE of a Son.

MARRIED,- AtTylden, on the 15th January. 1885, by the Rev. J.P. RITCHIE, Robert Lawrence, second son of the Hon. Thos. BROWN, of Guildford, to Catherine Annie, second daughter of George FILMER, Esq., of Cloete Vale. – No cards.

SUDDEN DEATH.- A report was made at the Magistrate's Office on Tuesday evening, that a German named Ernest August MATTHIES, a tailor by trade, had died suddenly at this house in Zeiler Street. The Assistant Magistrate attended by the Chief Constable went to the house, and found that the body had already been laid out. The corpse was removed to the gaol where a post mortem examination was held by Dr. BERRY, the District Surgeon, and and an inquest has been ordered to take place in due course. The deceased who was an elderly man, we are given to understand was contemplating leaving Queenstown for Germany the very evening of his death.

PRETORIA.
Cart Accident.
FOUR PERSONS REPORTED TO BE DROWNED.
15th January.
The driver of the Kimberley mail coach arrived this morning on horseback. He reports last night thatwhilst trying to cross the Crocodile River, at Edgson's Drift, river rushed down, carrying off the coach and horses. DEVOGEL and son, Miss WEBB, teacher of the Wesleyan School here, and a coloured man are supposed to be drowned. A number of people are gone to the scene of the disaster to recover the bodies.

16th, January.
The mails were recovered and brought in to-day. The bodies of DEVOGEL's son and the colouredman have been recovered. It is rumoured that the bodies of DEVOGEL and Miss WEBB were found eighteen miles below the drift, but there is no confirmation of the report yet.

Tuesday, January 27, 1885

THE SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR BURGHERSDORP.- The Post mortem examination on the body of Mr. PITCHERS, who was found near Brandspruit, and who was stated to have been murdered has resulted in a verdict f death from apoplexy. It is supposed that he was robbed by natives whilst unconscious, but there is no evidence of foulplay.

Friday, January 30, 1885

BIRTH,- At Queenstown, on 27th inst., the wife of T. EAGAR of a daughter.

BIRTH,- At the Cross Roads, Queenstown, on the 10th January, 1885, the wife of J. EDKINS of a daughter.

We regret to learn that Mr. GRADWELL, a well-known farmer near the Bankies, has been killed by a threshing machine. Further particulars are not yet to hand.

Tuesday, February 3, 1885

DEATH OF AN 1820 SETTLER.- On 26th ult there passed away quietly at the ripe old age of 83 years and six months a lady who has seen and passed through the stirring events which have taken place in the country during the last sixty-five years. Mrs. SYDSERFF, Senr., who died at her son's residence at Imvani was a Miss RENNIE and lived for many years in the Baavian's River District, moving with her husband and son to the Queenstown district, about the year of 1853. Mrs. SYDSERFF came out to this country as a girl of 18, with her mother, and was attached to the party of which Mr. PRINGLE was the head. Mr. SYDSERFF Senr. Is still alive and is living at Imvani. We in common with the whole district tender our sympathy to the family in their bereavement.

Friday, February 6, 1885

In the Estate of the late David Petrus BOTHA, of "Forest Range," Gwatyu, District of Queenstown.
All Persons having claims against the above estate are hereby called upon to lodge same with Mr. Attorney A.D. WEBB, at his Office, Queenstown, within six weeks from this date. And those indebted thereto are required to pay the amounts due by them at the same place, and within the same period.
Catherine BOTHA,
Executrix Testamentary.
"Forest Range," District Queenstown.
January 30th, 1885

FELL ASLEEP.- On the 3rd February, at Queenstown, William, infant son of Mr. And Mrs. Allan KERR, aged four months.

DEATH OF MR. GRADWELL.
The following particulars of this melancholy accident are taken from the Frontier Guardian:- It appears that about 4.30 p.m. on the 27th instant Mr GRADWELL, together with his brother-in-law Mr WESTON, and some others, were busily engaged in directing the operations of a steam threshing machine, the property of Mr H.W. KRUGER, which had been employed in thrashing out a large crop of oats, wheat, &c., recently harvested. For the sake of convenience the threshing machine was drawn up close to the stack of oats, and Mr GRADWELL was on the top of the machine giving orders to those on the stack. In turning round he put his foot on a plank near the facing board, and by some unfortunate means the plank gave way and his right leg was caught in the machine, and was completely smashed from the foot to a couple of inches above the knee. The machine was at once stopped, and ere many second elapsed Mr GRADWELL was released, and was conveyed to the homestead, close by, in a fainting condition. A messenger was at once despatched to Dr. DUMINY at Willowpark, a couple of miles distant, and before half an hour had elapsed that gentleman was on the spot. Seeing the very serious nature of the accident, he deemed it advisable to call in the services of Dr. ROWLAND, District Surgeon of Wodehouse, who reached the spot about 9 p,m. A consultation was held, with the view of amputation the shattered limb; but the patient's condition was found to be too low and weak to allow of this being done, and it was thought necessary to wait for a few hours in the hope that he might rally. Towards midnight, however, it was apparent that, in spite of all that medical skill could do, the shock to the system was so severe that no hopes could be entertained of his recovery, and about 1 o'clock a.m. on the 28th instant, after asking for a drink of mild, he quietly breather his last, having retained his faculties and power of speech to the very last moment, conversing at intervals to those in attendance on him. When the sad news reached Dordrecht, deep and heartfelt expressions of regret were uttered on all sides, Mr GRADWELL having been regarded, and very justly so too, as one of our most enterprising and energetic agriculturists, the large crops which he raised on Lemoenkloof having gained him a reputation far and wide. The funeral took place on the farm Mulle(?)lsfontein, in the Stormberg, the residence of Mr James THOMAS, father-in-law of the deceased, and was one of the largest gatherings seen in these parts for many years, thus testifying to the esteem in which the late Mr. GRADWELL was held.

Tuesday, February 10, 1885

BIRTH,- At Queenstown, on February 7th, 1885, the wife of James McCABE of a son.

DIED,- At Queenstown, on Saturday, 7th February, 1885, at his residence in Grey-Street, William MARCH, of Braunston, Northamptonshire, England, aged 42 years and 7 months.
[W.K. MAGER desires to express his thanks to all friends who showed so much kindness and attention during Mr, MARCH's illness].

We regret to have to record the death of Mr. MARCH of this town which sad event took place on Saturday afternoon. Mr. MARCH came out to this country from England some four years ago on account of his health and returned to England for a while. He returned here and joined Mr. MAGER under the firm of MAGER and MARCH. Lately renewed attacks of hemorrhage have manifested themselves and have resulted fatally. Mr. MARCH we believe was a widower but leaves three children well provided for in England. Of a kind and unassuming disposition, Mr. MARCH will be much regretted by the town, and the loss will be peculiarly felt by the Scotch Church of which he was a member. The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon. A very large gathering assembled at the house and followed the hearse to the Scotch Church, which was filled to the doors, where the impressive service was read by Rev. A. RITCHIE who made some striking allusions to the career of Mr. MARCH...

Tuesday, February 17, 1885

DEATH of ERNEST AUGUST MATTHIES.- There will be no further enquiry made in this matter, sufficient evidence having been given to warrant a verdict of "Died from natural causes."

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
A distressing accident occurred at Queenstown Railway Station on Saturday night. It appears that a shunter named J.R. CARLESS was engaged in marshalling the trucks for the 7-10 train for East London which necessitated his going between the trucks for the purpose of coupling them up. The deceased gave the engine driver orders to back, which he did, with the front of the engine towards the trucks, but on noticing one of the trucks mount, apparently some obstruction being in the way, he immediately stopped the engine and upon getting down he found the deceased lying upon his back on the four foot way, with the back of his head shattered and portion of the brains scattered on the track, one hand having the fingers cut off and one foot mutilated. From the injuries on the back of the head and the position in which the body was found, it is supposed the deceased was stooping in the act of connecting the coupling chains and his head must have been crushed between the buffers. From the marks on the ground he may have caught the check rail which might have prevented his extricating himself in time. The deceased who was a single man about 28 years of age, had been at Queenstown station about 12 months where he was much liked for his civility. During the cricket match which had been played in the day time between two railway teams from East London and Queenstown deceased had been scoring. The deceased being a volunteer the corps, under the command of Captain SMITH, attended the Funeral which took place on Sunday afternoon...

Friday, February 20, 1885

BIRTH,- On the 10th instant, at Lady Frere, the Wife of J.J. KELLY of a Son.

Tuesday March 3, 1885

BIRTH,- At Queenstown on 25th February. 1885, the Wife of J.W. BELL, of a Daughter.

Friday, March 6, 1885

DIED,- At Queenstown, South Africa, 3rd March, 1885, Elizabeth Jolly, [born GEACH), the dearly beloved wife of F.W. CROSBIE, Stationmaster, Tylden, age 24 years and 5 months. Deeply regretted. Mr. CROSBIE tenders his sincere thanks to those friends who so kindly assisted during her illness.

Friday, March 27, 1885

DEATH OF MR STEWART.- Intelligence of the death of Mr R STEWART late Chief Manager of the Standard Bank of South Africa has been received by cable from London. Mr STEWART arrived in the Colony twenty years ago and found the Bank's affairs at a very low ebb. By his energy and tact the Bank was soon extricated from its difficulties, and under his General Managership assumed the position it now occupies. On the death of Mr SEARLE, in London, Mr STEWART was recalled by the directors. And for the last ten years he has been resident in London as the Chief Manager of the Institution.

Tuesday March 31, 1885

DIED,- On the 18th March, 1885, at the farm Balasholish, Xalanga, Tembuland, Mr. Edwards Wood MUNDELL, Sen., aged 64 years, 7 months and 21 days, after a lingering and severe illness, leaving a widow and large family to mourn his loss. Friends at a distance please accept this notice.- R.I.P.