The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-07-14 00:00:00

DESPERATE ATTIMIFT TO MURDER AT
STOURPAINE.

One of the moot determined attempts to take away
life was committed in this village on Saturday lad. The
victim is a respectable tradesman, and is orell•known
for his gentleness of disposition sod quiet retired habits.
His name is John Seeger. Redding with him and in his
employ wesayoung man named Willie.. Riggs, & native
of Mandford. It appean theta.. the night in question
Rigp returned front the lower part of the 'insp.
Sod as woe as be entered Semer's boom began to quarrel
with Ids employer. Angry wade mimed no both side,
and at last Riggs took out of ha pocket a alasp-kaik
one he has borrowed of one of the villagers, sad.
tnremetel to stab Seeger. Is self -defame the
unfunuoate man took up a rolliee-pin to keep
his aeradatit at bay. While doing so he streak. his
amsailant, and that nivhed out of the house to his
brother Joe.ph's boiler, cm...de, where he was
overtaken by Rim., who stabbed him in Oen
please—in the throat, the ride, and Iles ann. The
first wooed was about two inches deep, but fortu-
nately sabred the wind-o•ins and the priodiel
arteries—it was about the width of the knife:the 11101111 a
in the ide was wider as though the knife had been
drawn along. The unfortunate man staggered to his
own door, where be fell down from szleanstice through
km of blood. Here he lay for a maddienable these. until
medical assistance could be obtained, mad am the arrivel
of Dr. Spooner from Blandford, be was removed into
his house. His aseallent, Riggs, after committing the
deed, threw the knife over a well Ito a piden near the
blacksmith's shop, (where it was found the folk=
morning covered with blood,) and immediately
into the White Sone Inn, in the bar of which the land.
lord was standing, to whom be maid, scootberit.g isis fees
rids blood "S.. what your brother has done to me.*
—Tbe poliosmaa, however, we. dose behind him sed
emplaned to the landlord (brother of the
wounded man) the true state of the sem, and secured
Rims, who was couveyed to the lash-up at Maderal.
It was at first feared that the unfortusate man meld
sot live out the mixt day, bet we an glad to state that
tholes lean were usfoanded, a... Inquiring oe See.
(ley evening we found that r. Seep: was better.
though sufferisey from exlianditia.

ON A CERTAIN LITTLE AFFAIR WHICH
TOOK PLACE AT SEILLINOSTONE.

Oh! have you heard tib. Wont out'
They say UN .Bair is stied about,
Of a eartuis few, (us tan beat,
Who to madame fott ma invite mot.

This tree all well, bat aaa yos batiev•
How woefully teamUSS were deceiver
Aa all arrayed in drawee tab,
They oely found tlmt married there.

u What I se pee, Roe with wham to doe"
Meat we, forsooth, with oil tees passes?
This is, Wised, the delleol wiest,
Awl we to ear looses will soon reirest."

Thus spoke Mies liesies, Rath, sad Eide.
Th, ir k iodise lows now toned to We,
And said, as NIA olio took her way,
" We'll 11.4 lor ti.os hwea'rl sweedwr day."

The death at ten Down's. Ind 7 Kilingo* took poos
on Monday, at bac holm in Chasinc apart Tin tilt
Alm Indy Marina was tint fottrik dalidder 01 w",.
Rl.bt Hon rir Henri Csvisdials, . /Ur"'
Harmon Wa sopa* and ww, born at the nod Yank.
1774, so Utat abs was in ItattOth ism

hinted and published for tbe Proprietor. by 0..43.44
Wm=Niko Vv..... a W.V. Prima, at ibm
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