At the Lawrence Police Court on Monday Bridget Pelatchie was charged with ai'son. On Friday last her house in Colonaay street caught fire and was put out, but an hour later the llames again burst forth. She told the police that there was no dauger of a fire breaking out at night-time, but in the daytime it would be caused by the sun's heat. It had been ascertained that she had put her children out of the house before the place took fire. Accused was remanded for medical examination. Queen Victoria has approved the second marriage of the Duchess of Albany, Prince Leopold's widow, to the wealthy Russian Prince Favir, who was a suitor for her hand before she married her late hiißband.
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Evening Star, Issue 7180, 6 April 1887, Page 3
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