The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-03 00:00:00

THE 'SOLDIER ANT) Ht 3 BRIDE.
• SAD PARTING SCENIL

Her Majesty's troopship Orontes left Kingston on
Saturday for Queenstown, having on board a number
of troops destined for Cape Two. An exciting tool
pitiable scene ,seurred shortly before the departure I.f
the ship. A young prepossyssirig cofintry-looking girl,
presented herself at the gangway, anti asked permission
to see one of the noldien ~1 the 88th Regiment, 'rhe
officer in charge, not having the hardihood to refuse
such a request, permitted the girl on b Ara. On
coming across the person whom she ought, a most
affecting scene took p.soe. It then transpired that the
soldier, a young Connaught man, had male the woman
kin better-behalf at Castlebar some time since. Stern
duty obliged him to leave her, hut she made her way
up to the city, and arrived at Kingston, some short
time before the ship sailed She pathetically requested to
be enrolled aznong the volunteers of the regiment and
taken to the chip, but that was rallied. Finally her
husband was allowed to see her on chore, but he no
assener got there than he felt • longing desire to remain.
He aeconlingly proceeded to make away, and would
probably have given his pursuers • good run were it
not that he ,lid not wish to leave his Mary behind, fie
was brought back to the ship, but not until six men
had to separate him from the poor country girl, who
endeavoured with her arms to resist all law and
military discipline. The scene was most affecting, the
tor girl endeavouring with all her might to resist the
saeit who would gladly have allowed her husband
to escape. The girl then stood on the wharf, crying
bitterly. a long way from her home, and without the
means of getting there. Her deplorable condition no
money became known than a subs-tription was set n
foot, and was headed by Colonel Lambert, many of
the standees by c mtributing. Between five and six
pounds were raionl to send the girl back to her home,
And after the Orontes sailed she was brought to
and cent on to Cactlebar by the evening train,
there to await the return of her loving husband,

A horrible MieMug IMPPened at Sheffield Monday
teeming. A man, arlmse name his unknow,. was work-
ing at some lime Idle% and just before dinner hour he
placed his dinner neer Mr kiln to warm. In doing this
be overbalanced himadf and fell into the kiln. The
body could not be rammed until half an hour after, and
It was nothing hut a cinder.
A GIIIIIFTING testimonial is about to be presented to
CSIKAin Crogen, of the National Steamship Company's
g. " Hunt,- on the occasion of the completion of his
hundredth Nisiage across the Atlantic, in command of the
board the .The jziljosrp !oLyair,st. resolutions.thet , passed paamge
Mew York to Liverpool, glrd Jaune, tgo77:— Whereas,
this is the one hundredth passage across the Atlantic
made by Captain Crosier. as Commander of S.S. -Egypt,"
therefore resolved that we most heartily congratulate
Captain Crogan upon the brilliant and uninterrupted
moms of an olicial career, which has brought hint and
his good ship through 310,0011 miles of ocean travel without
minus accident cr mishap. That we, whose fortune it
is to be under his care upon this voyage, Lake this oppor-
tunity of e severing to kin. car high aperesie- ass of his
emstant vigilance in the navigation et his ship, his
eastissionly marten to all the eseeresen ester his
than% his miteihmt tisilmse to niter MU mere plea for '
the esemeties et the esistert oat enjoyment et one
ma beer; end et Ids samicel dMI whereby teerriam,
uses, the geed previdissee et OWL bees bseeeht se tar
Up= ger =Met Mr lie pemsymet Ws summons
..ratieguseseighis
stamerta.aimm.i hatiewasese theialLityphis
weniedie a sesaz
be Captain Creme by the aims of this melt-
ftbiltualfpud. That a copy
an, andoe ~ es.olasion that they be publish!:
in timissempapers of Liverpool and New Sort
F. islewerik Chairman, Pasta., Church of the .
IL T. • William IL Taylor. D.D., Pastor et the
Tabmisele, NY.; Samuel J. Niemila, ID, lad Treat
Claw& St. Louis ; Henry W. Williams, Pres. Jetta.
Dietrich Pa ; J. IL limning, DID., Old South Church,
Beebe ; C. N. Ord& Columbus, O.

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