The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-16 00:00:00

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TM GRATE Uxusowm.--ona that will really "ya half
your coals."

Tat STUPID Pin.— " Your party mein to hers (Ile&
?tone on the brain; observed Kr. Toils to Mr. Win.
• And room" nue the retort, " seem to possess no brain
to have it on.

Her Majesty hag given the Victoria Cross to severs
heroes, including Major Leech, for gallantry in
AI hanietao. The Queen ha' also expreeeed her
to the Natal Voluatoren, for morrker io
Zululand,

Aberystwith Council have • scheme for supplying the
town with water from Plynlimmen, at • cost of £16,000.
Mr. T. FL Hill, MP., for Worcester. has remitted the
last half year's rent, in sympathy with his tenants on
account of the failure of their crops.
In Hungary men are working day and night to strengthen
the dykes; but it is feared the waters will break in and
drown some of the towns. Many of the inhabitants hare
left their furniture, and fled.
(lordon Pasha has arrived at Massowah, with King
John's offers of peace
In Melbourne • vote of the Legislative Assembly on the
Reform Bill has decided the Victorian Government to
abandon the meesure, and recommend a diseolutim ;this
Is to take place shortly before Christmas (that is, near
the middle of the Victorian summer).
Fire hose is being made of indiarubber, instead of
leather, in 10011. lengths, with,ut joint, the leather hose
being in lengths of ggt.
Milk *ellen in London have been fined for refuing to
sell milk to an inspector, under the plea that all they
had was " ordered." before

A ;;s7olve;carry---ing—iLlee wee sentenced to a fort-
night at Clerks:m.ll, for carrying his " shooting stick "
loaded and pointing it at a sailor.
Destitute Russian emigrant' from Brasil have been
landed at Southampton, the Russian Embus,' dull ass
any responsibility, and the authorities are seeking
Government int!srrention..

-hty yea— .Taie—.7as the average in the camel, a fr
people whose deaths were announced lad week in one
days Timm
Count Schouvalcd. Lite the Russian ainhareador to
Enaiand. jiving back, and has got as far es Berlin.
A grand skating fete at Berlin, in aid of the famine-
stricken
'l'ndeLyils'PPe"rwSereilasidaMtwroasysdatteatnWdedendebywOrth people.
ThPkurs-
day. They were machinery for tearing flock to pieces.
and were smashed up through a dmtructive fire bringing
down a factory's iron roofs.
. . . .

--ircsiia-die:irvillnia.weL Irish poplin, even to save the
poplin trade.

THE GERMANS AT STRAIBLIRO.—A number of Strai-
burn shopkeepers have been fined ten marks each for
placing French emblems on their goo&
WESTMINSTER Asset—Owing to the bursting through
frost of one of the hydrants which had been placed In
the triforium for the protection of the Abbey in case of
fire, the organ has been so far damaged as to prevent its
use tor pine short time.

A FALSR Dtccurea Dgativsi).—A girl is Worcester
became acquainted with a brother's friend, showed him
where her father's money was, and stood by while be stole
.C 2 They agreed to meet next evening, and run away;
but the young man got "on the spree," and eventually
gave himself up to the police.

STEALING CHURCH FINKEL. Lloyd, a lad of 10,
Pretuudod to be • IL•••••lsA. wee allowed to act ma moot, te,
and stole a lingo alb, trimmed with lace, value .C5O, a pre
worth £lO, and a trimmed silk veil, value
.C 2 from a
Romanist church at Westminster.
Two men at Bristol fought about a debt which one said
waa lOd, and the other Id, and one was knocked against
an iroa badstead, fractured his ribs and left lung, and died
in violent delirium.
. .

--Aili-inujag—Vain—, • farmer was charged with obtaining
£l3l Us. by • false shorthorn pedigree to his bull, which
turned out to be descended from scow without', pedMree. It
was stated that £750 had been obtained from defendant
for deterioration of stock caused by the bull; but at the
exhibition it obtained a first prise, and was sold for 115
guinea&
Lord Strathaden and Campbell at Ilarwich declared the
Government had not been energetic enough in defending
Turkey. The Afghan war would have a disastrous effect
on Indian finance, it resulted from breaking the treaty of
1/158, and Share Ali had been thrown by England into
Russia's hands.

Amoiican —Romanist, are getting up controversy
about the New York Schoola, ob ecting to the
part the children are expected to part in the
devotions which consist of reciting the Lord's
Prayer, singing • hymn, and reeding texts selected so
as to avoid the appearance of sectarianism. In
Louisiana the Romanists got the School Board under
their control, and got into arrear• so that it is proposed
to let the teachers coUect fees
A farmer has been brutally maimed at Rushton, near
ueir_ Ha was returning home late on Tuesday night,
when he was attacked by three men. Two of them held
him down while the third got the victim's knife from his
pocket and proceeded to hack and maim him in a most
brutal manner, finally leaving him in a most exhausted
state. He is now in • very dangerous condition, owing to
the wound and to the intense cold. That malice was the
sole cause of the outrage, which was of a most fiendish and
disgusting character, was evident from the fact that the
man had a very large sum on him in gold which was not
taken.

FRENCH OCCUPATION OF • MADAOMACAR PORT. A
correspondent writes to us: The following is a translation
of a letter written by • native officer, dated Antananarivo,
October (I, 1879 : "me Chief of St Augustine, Bay has
destroyed the property of a French trader whom he has
also driven out of his country. Then came to Si, Angus.
tine's Bay the French man-of-war Padre, of the Exit
African squadron; and when that ship came there the
chief and his officers were given Mak* (spirituous liquors)
to drink: and when evening came many of the marines
I went on shore and carried o 8 to the ship the chief and his
I officers who were drunk, and they were taken to Reunion
I and when carried there they were compelled to maks an
I agreement to give to the French Government certain lands
:at Si, August Ma's Bay. That is • breaking of the treaty
I between France and Madagascar, because in that treaty It
is clearly stated that at no place where there is are men.
Satin of the Queen of Madagascar shall land be disposed
of to French subjects.'
A Ditusrvt Tartutwo.—The magistratts of the Black-
heath division of Kent have this week had under consider-
ation • new description of beer tankard, which is said to
have been largely introduced at luncheon bars and taverns
of late, and the question has arisen whether the vessel
could be stamped as • legal measure. It wee well-made
and silver plated, and resembled in Mee a pint tankard,
but by means of • false lining of bright metal it was made
to hold half-a-pint only, and it was believed to be used as
• rule Wm*/ for 'erring • customer requiring half-a-pint
of Naar. The justices, however, seat the pot to the clerk
of the peace for the county, and asked his opinion upon
and he replied that if they thought the new gang lAMBi
fraud, they bad discretionary power to condemn It. The
Bench thereupon called for the inspectors of widghte and
measures, and 'eked for their views oath, subject, which
were that • half-pint pot which lookwl like a nt was
• very undesirable measure to place In the of the
publicans and beershop keeper., The magistrates conse-
quently directed that the new tankard should not be
stamped. and, OA the use of unstamped measures Is an
offence punishable by a penalty, the decision is practically
equivalent to • prohibition.

AOCIDIRT. --The Euphrates arrived Monday, bring.
Mg with her various detachment*, invalids, and thus.
expired men. One of the corporals of the 13th
Hussars, we are sorry to say, met with a fatal
accident on the voyage. It appears that when the
vessel WWI in the Bay of Biscay she met with a severe
gale, which lasted for upward. of 48 hours, and during
a portion of that time the deceased (Corporal Hooper,
from Leicester) was one of the party attending the
wheel. The gale waa of immense severity, and at a
sudden lurch of the vessel the wheel turned with such
velocity as to catch up the poor man and dash him to
the deck on the other side. Death was nearly instan-
taneous, and the body wad committed to the deep the
following day. The deceased had been many years on
the American station, and was returning home with
hie wife, whom he leaves, together with four children,
to mourn their lose. A subscription on board the ship
Is in progress for their benefit.