The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-11 00:00:00

ANOTHER 10.423T1NG GIRL

The fOllO-I;inikiter frOtta--a-a-""—etaa—to-itis—lathee" has
appeared in the S'and.rd:
- Nation • ilaughtsr. agt,l Ii years, lying in • similar state to
that of the oelsh fasting girl, perhaps a few of the istrticul rs
would I. of inhered, to your readers. tin the 12th day of
November. let:. dm complained of lona 1.. her left side. tier
mother, thinking it ism through a told, trailed her &mord.
hut to no affect. After • very rind*.a night she AA,
ouch were.% and complained of acute la ins in the bead. and
refused food. Seeing that she was getting worse, we sent for
Our doctor, who after attendlits her tor wow time, ehl that it
was a m-sterisalts ease. Ile prancrilwal methane and ordered
Intik diet, which she refused to soke, sh, the,, ondwnii,
became weaker, and had tits, which continued until the begot-
Mg of February, PM, During the period named she refu.sl
1..4, and would tell) take a little fruit. ;sod that I .niy at
After retllalllinjl."tici. st de for s. tine time we stens .I%i-est to
obtain her admission into Gus 'a Hospital, and thr.ugh our
doctor'. interest we sot-ceded. There the es.. see • It. linger
in alenit the same state as at home. After remaining there
for • month we took her ..ut. Si,,, c.intinued iii this state for
{woke months. awl would only t tke food at tintsu after
abstaining for long inters al., and then very unwillitilyg.
July 150., she evialently scented to tot Wong!, Awl was for 10
days in a knit permanent tit tor stupor), and AA. 1.1111-'4
pulsate... tier lips wens uto.stened with ice, her mother
onistantiv watched, and on the hith .he revm,ed and
asked for food, spisarently suffering from extreme hunger. It
was !hen to her, and she ate seven' ly. After this she
at:seamed from fo 11 for long intervals, and had ft or stupors
trots one to 4e h cure in dUratioll. Through the kindness of a
friend we pm. A her admission int.. St. Thomaa's Hospital.
St. sm. rctcl, al their In stupor, and I am happy to say she
wee tr‘wwl I indib hr all the Ob.-lair eel that institution.
After remain' ng there.for a week she was die:harked in the
mc 'tat* • A balore. She continued in these fits till about
three tisont',s ago. she wen,leine at the present time of pains
In her be• t, but she um real, and his cheerful at times. But
It would atonish any stranger at the nutil quantity of food
mkt, • and I .tsuld here obserre that her food was not
Øvcn t', her and left on the lied she would not ask for it. and
II there was the slightest remark made as to her taking more
food Ain formerly she would retectit. Ido not wish for lour
flue' es from Guy's to *Rave her death; but if any of your
me lent mu Inforni cnn ehak tueans to adopt to restore her to
health I !Would feel truly thankful.

HOLLOWAY'S Pius. Tb• Oreotoot Wonder of
311nolern Time—They correct bile, prevent flatulency, cleanse
the liver, aml nitrify the sy.tem, I-en...vete the debilitated,
erengthen the etoinach, Increase the Annette, inehrtrate the
nen... promote hvalth, mid reinstate the weak, to an Anima
of feeling nes er beforvespected. The Imhof these Pill. throush•
otit the globe utonishee everybody, convincing the most
sceptical that there is no Medicine equal to littiloway's Pill. for
removi nit the complaints which are Incidental to the human
nos. They are indeed a blessing to the afflicted, end • inroti
to those sho suffer from omy disorder, internal or external.
Tient...ads of umlaut, base testified that by their um alone they
Me. been restored to health after other remedies had proves
or ammonia

A F AAAAA ox EDUCATION. -An "EM &eat
Farmer' write, to state that any attempt to levy an education.
rate will meet with powerful oppuetuon, espe tally in country
districta, an put. the came of the opponents (hue Coln-
pulstry education will withdraw thouriancla of boy. from the
labour-market, and thereby Mee the wages of available
labourers; nest, when the boys grow to manhood their educa-
tion will give them a wider range of employment, and sti'l
higher moors will he reluired to mcure their services for the
soff To all this the' East Ewes Partner" does not object in
Itself ; but be thine. it umbed that farmer, should be obliged
In the Ant instance to pay for • system the inevitable effect of
which will be to make them pay more and snore hereafter.
rIIIAGSDT.—A tale of dreadful ghastliness
I, reported in • German newspaper from a diettrict of Prussian
Foam& A girl, who had received airy. sum of money, wee
entertained on her journey home Wye village rnaglstraM, who
put her to deep with hie wife. ::I;ait the night the notion of
the money he had men with hl• en fomented the mind
of the him that at lint he reedyl to poems himself of the gold
by murder. Ile laid hia plan carefully, he noted the position
of the sleeping girl who lay in 1.1 beside laterite. Ile then
bet -A hiniself to the garden, where he dug • grave, retuntol
It. the house with • sharp knife, and cut the thnmt of the
e.man who lay furthest from the wall. He carried out the
umwe and buried it. but on his return be found that the other
wimper had fled. • His wile and It, guest had changed place* in
the night ; be bad murdered the former, mod the latter had
taken opportunity to crape while be was burying the body.
Tilt noel' or A DIANOSD.- A erystsl was lately
discovered in New South Wales. That there were diamonds In
New Mouth Wales was undeniable. A diamond company had
been started. That, too, was beyond dispute. Aumrdingly
Ws newly-discovered atone must be • diamond. If it motel it
ought to be. It wrtitxt +even 'MOM ; emit a diamond never
was men. The manager of a hank advanced £7O . untie it with-
out lutokini: at it ; the dealuship eimpany claimed an eighth tag'
rent, freight op m it. wtthoJt 1,4E1.4 at IL The owner retuawl
to sell it ; he aloe had looked at It. What remained hut to
gm.' a company to buy it without looking at it also? No
aald thao dom. In. tteinand pounds to he given for
the diamond ia. any caw. money down, and four thousand
more lit proved to be • thatnomi ; a hundred share. at CPY a
sham liable to calls, kg. Within • few hours the shams were
up to L9n. to ACTS-were n't to lie had for hoe or money.
Then the diemond was sent to an ittpurt, •rnl pit-vol to he an
excellent .ipecimen of rock-er) dal "-Pell Mall I ;turtle.
A ,TItANOS INCIDEWT.-A German paper gives an
account of a strange incident which ...on.' lately on the
occasion of • etiarriage before the tit atitic.rities in Algeria.
The official required the coieent of the moiler. and ached If she
were present. A loud 1n,., Voice an.wen.al " Yes." Th.
looked in. and naar a tall aol,lier before Min. °That is wall..
he mil; "it the mothercome here-her aoavent .igoature
an nt,vaary." T.. the axbalkhnient dot all present. the
appricielnA the Mayor with long strides, mluted in military
fashion, and said- '• Von ask for the mother of the hrile. she
Wanda before you." Ver., well, oar," replied the Mayor, "then 1,
stand Imck. I csui take ti. prose ; I Inut see the mother - the
mother. I tell you' "And I repeat," rejoined the soldier,
° that she etand• beforeyou. My name is Maria I,—, I have
been thirty-el: year' li, thee:nice ; I hate been though several ,
coutanno, and obtained the rank f sergemtit ; here are toy
layer*, the peroximlon to sear undone, and .ny nOnalnallun
serassitmajor. The Mayor earefutly examined the doetunente,
asel found them perk-1 y corn., and e-tuipleted the marriage
.1 the bridal lair, the mother blessing them su fervently with
her deep Ise volka that all lorastait were more startled than i
to.bed
I
MUTTONS' AllSTettent GUIDO.- Ileum, Mutton nod
,4 the Royal Neu kshire noel Eetablieliteent, Reading,
have Inat imbed, In a very attractive form. their A malt-nes
1.1 d -Sprin9 Calalopir for 1,7... It ...Wee eon*
*Jimmie.: cultural directions for the flower awl kitchen
WU.. and is rendered all the wore tabli ilde by the "Ma.'
Inien tts pages of all varietie. id scads which Ile-rs. Sutton
beer not thorowttly 4.4.1 in their own trial AT undo. mid
Famed ispid,le ..f rep.) Ins the tn,oble mot expeine of gr. ming.
Bevanl laq...wzant add toms have been made, particularly to
the last 01 Potato.. which is now very ostiplete- There are
Illustration. ot mew few +on. auierlor merit, itteltalmg
Nutted* Ited-lildmical Floor tta4r a nett ts..L.L., of e
and emedlent totality. It will, the groain, think t
, surioacis
aswry .4lier variety alien it beeontry wore aide,
known. An ininin 'm "The Formation and hula., consul.
of „lam,. Lawns" sleek' not ettuepe notice. To show the
mem., in which )I‘...sra tiutt.ti o.lnlllCa their Inning:. WO
tannUt do letter than lutes own , .
given 1.1,,re the Coutenale. of the
Mit the practice of Adulte-atior keels, I. .ugtelei.o) 4.47 u,
to ~h„a,,,,,,fidenee in needless.. &newly. Ifot,ter
ouch practiom may he, we have the sabstaction of being alga
aseert most emphatically ti t we Mist. vie,' been irttllty
adulteration in anyforra, nor bay, we en., permitt.al
tilled' needs to be brought 'it t" "tir.permises nde
. led
ha , we
ve mod all out influemeto expose tho euxtont. wet as far
has* no liell we wrote an article In that vase. issue ,
' Ameteuestluide.' calling attention to the aubject. w,
gave •copy As letter In which a machine, tor k mine
..ffund no. Perhape we cannot do better than mode the
statement with which we closed that article We give thi,
information, not from any desire to nhake the confide., of the
polglc In Niel- academes, generally, but merely Co caution
them against pun:hating Seeds which are offered at unreaso,,.
ably lue prime • and **take opportunity of amietine dla-
linctly that we never do nut tel sisals with god , that ec
timer have conformed to tbis premiss during the many COO,.
• bate 1., en in Moen.., or do we intend to do at, whatever
outpaitloa 111 prior. ista,t occur.

'rho Maisel Joer;at says that Mr. Frauds W.
Mtm....11, one of the sitting members for Lttuerik,
seriously ill.

The Comte do Puri,. nrrirol at Dublin on Monday,
from 'll.omal.town en,,tlo, Tlpporary, tho seat of the
Comte de Jaruac.

The Church Prres Company (Limited) is to be
Imund up voluntarily, and Mr. Alfro I A. Brow', of
Walbrook Bull logy, has bosu appointed liquidator.

•
The value of American cotton mannfectares ex-
ported in the &cal ycar ending the 30th of June,
P 69, is 5,+411,000 in curroucy—ouly one-fourth the
export of leth.t.

The Clyde powder mil's at Dunoon, which hall*
etopre.l for several months past, aro novr abort% to
re.tune works, under the management of the biomass.
Hervey and Curtis.

THE kfeliY9o9oUoll ELECTION.—The election for
the borough of Mary borough took place on Tuesday,
when Mr. Drage was returned unopposed. The town
was exceedingly quiet.
Since the formation of the National Hospital for
Diereses of the Heart, London, more than 33,900 pa.
ti nts have been under treatment, SO per omit. of
whom were either cured or greatly relieved.
The Church of Delany, lately renovated and al-
tered, at • considerable cost, caught fire on Sunday
night, and has been greatly damaged. The Are was
occasioned by the over heating of hot-air tines.
On Sunday morning, • hare was driven by one of
the Loudon, Chatham, and Dover engines along the
line in the direction of the city, and poor puss was
killed within 800 yards of the Wa!worth station.
At the Liverpool Police Court, on Tuesday, a woman
named Bridget M'Oevern, about 65 years of age, Wall
brought up for the 129th time, charged with being
drunk and incapable in the streets. She was fined
the customary Ss. and costs.

The foot and month disease, which had for the last
few months abated, has again broken out, and is on
the increase in the districts around Brixton, &c., and
several herds of milking cows are for the second time
affected with the complaint.
'tug tithtlWll.—it le rumoured tnat no general
officer will be appuinted as successor to Major-Gess.
tel Hamilton in the command if the Brigade of
Gusrds, but that the command of the Brigade will be
iuourperated with the other ditties of • general offi-
cer, who will to appointed to command all troops
stationed within • new military district, which is to
be termed the Metropolitan -District. Army old
Nary Gazette,

An eailesiestical come of some importance will be
heard at the Court of queen's Bench in the forthcom-
ing term. Some weeks since • canonry, resiilen-
tiary, in Hereford Cathedral, became vacant at the
dea'.ll of Dr. Evans, and the Bishop claims the no-
m;.nation to it. Dr. Jobb, however, who is known as
well-read " black letter" man in Convocation, re-
lies upon an old statute of the Cathedral, and claims
the canonry in his capacity of proleotor.
The mouicipal finances of Bristol are in such •
flourishing condition that no borough rate is nee led
fur the first half of the present year, notwithstanding
the large espenditure incurred in street improve-
ments and sanitary measures. In the eight months
ending December 51, there has been an Increase of
£5,600 in the receipts from dock dues, and, in eon.
.eiluence of the enlarged trade, additional dock
pilots have been appointed.
Mous Arming]) MURDER., ni LBILLND.—Mr.
Crotty, • farmer, was shot on Saturday night near
13allincove, county Mayo, while returning on a car
from the fair at Westport, and near his own home.
Some of his Lair was shot off the crown of his head,
and the crown of his hat was blown away. The
assassin, who was inside • hedge, walked 000lly away.
Another mauls reported to have been shot near Ores-
in the same county.

ii PAgretto Educatito, &monthly journal published
at Naples, gives the foliowing deplorable statistios
shout the state of education in the province of Reggio
(Calabria.) Of the population above four years of
age 91 of every hundred inhabitanta are unable to
read or write (alialfab 10—S6 per cent of the men
and 97 per cent of the women. The ignorance is, as
one would expect, greater in the oouutry than in the
towns and larger villages. In the country 98 per
swot of the women woes aaolfaida,
A supplement to the Loadon Gazetfr, publishe 1 on
iturlay, contains a series of orders by tb, Lord
Chancellor, excluding certain county courts from
bankruptcy jurisdiction, showing the courts to which
such jurisdiction is transferred, and prescribiog the
scale of fees to be charged for any business done by
any court or officer under the new act.

Tl.e Shah of Persia has ordered • moma to be
taken, so thatat last We shell get some information,
though still loose. It adds to the interest that it wid
taken at the time of a general census of the word,
in 1`,70 and ltql. It livery desirible to indtlei the
tome,' government to make further ciforts for
cen.ns, and this will unite the Indian census area to
Europe.

Her Orace the oneness ot Argyll, wno is now con-
valescent, on Now Year's Day morning received by
telegraph a most grorloas congratulatory message
from Her Ilajesty the Queen.

The G.,../.,;; lir;:.-tir give. the corn averages for the
seven years ending, Coriatmaa, from which it appears
that for the year le7o eaeli £lOO of tithe rent charge
will amount to £lO4 18.00.

TILE EARTHQUAKE AIST. MAURA.—The follow-
ing telegram has been received at the Admiralty
" Tile Bellerophon arrived on Sunday at Santa lura
with provisions for the inhabitants, much required
In consequeura of the total destruction of the town
by an earthquake.
The libel case of Dickson c. South, in which the
damages asked for were £l,OOO, was continued in the
Court of Session on 'Tuesday. Mr. Fraser addressed
the jury for pursuers and the Lord Advocate for the
defender, after which Lord Ormi Isle summed up.
The joy retired at two o'clock, and shortly before
four returned with • unanimous verdict for the pur-
suers—damages, one farthing to each.
The death is announced of Admiral Sir Thomas
Hastings, R.C.8., at the age of eighty. Ile was First
Lieutenant of the Undaunted, which ship conveyed
Buonaparte to Elba in 1814. Ile was appointed a
Rear-Admiral in 1857, • Vice-Admiral in 1862, and
Admiral of the Red in 1866. He was made a C.B. in
11442 and 1C.C.8. in 1859. Ile was married in 1867
to Louisa Elizabeth, a daughter of Mr. Thomas 11.
Lowe, of Bruntsgrove, Worcestershire.
TILE COLONIAL QUISTION.—Another of the Oolo-
nial conferences was held on Wednesday, at the
Catinon-street [total, London • Mr. Toni presiding.
Among the resolutions adopted was the following:
"That, as there is reason to fear that the policy of
the Government is unfavourable to the maintenanoe
and consoddation o. the colonies as integral parts of
the British empire, it,. desirable that mantic °Mama
and action be evoke I upon this momentous subject
by holding public meetings, and otherwise as chteasion
may 'serve."
• - • - _

The Duke of Coburg-Gotha, says the bulcpcedatice
Edge, "hi. just made • little coup er dal. for •
long time past he had been meditating • unifmation
of the two duchies, which, although having together
only *population of 1110,000 inhabitants, neverthe-
less possessed each of them • legislative Assembly
and a special Cabinet. Up to this time, however,
the attempts at union had broken down in conse-
quence of the opposition of one of the two Chamber*.
At present the Duke has suppressed, by his own ini-
tiative, the Special Ministers of Cobarg. This is a
fy slistep towards German unity, of which Duke
Ernest is, as all know, one of the most zealous advo-
cates."

FALL oit • WAltittoUali IN LIVERPOOL AND LOW
I.lllL—On Wednesday morning, shortly be-
fore eleven o'clock, the north end of • warehonae
in Harrington-street, Liverpool, gave way, and fell
on a two-storey offioe used by Mown. Bolton, dry-
salters, and on one or two cottages occupied by •
Mr. lass. A Mr. Butler, • warehouseman, who was
the an ly person in M. sirs. Bolton's office at the time,
was buried under the dekris, bet was dug out, after
two hours' hard work, much injured, but • lye. ifs
was removed to the Northern llopital, where he Wllll
pro.rce.inn, Tnost favunrably. Ono of Mr. Moss's work
men named Mi ler, was killed.

TILE ELLTATION LEAGUIS AND BIBLS TEACHING.
—The presi lent (Mr. G.-0. Dixon M.l'4 ffi , and the o-
cers of the National E location League met many re-
presentatives of the Birmingham Trades Unionists on
Wednesday night, to confer on the League bill. Re-
solutions were mowed approving the league scheme,
and phi Iging the support of the working men present.
Mr. Rafferty Dewey and Mr. Smith advocated thee:-
elusion of Bible reading from rate school, and com-
pletely secular education. Another speaker advocated
Bible readinf, and to this diaieut was expressed, one
delegate calling it the "tender point." Mr. DiTon
refused to ay, in reply to Mr. M'Clelland, whether he
would support a clause excluding the Bible from rate
echo° s. Mr. M'Cielland said he had experienced the
difficulty of Bible reading in Irish Schools. Ma J.
Chamberlain, chairman of the Execrative, spoke of
the vexed question of Bib.° reading," and said that
the League did not make the Bible • b•xt book. The
resolutions were carried, and the stiEueriptioue now
reach 1:59,000, with 9,00 e members.

VEM Ii AT WALD]

On Tuesday lest • man, named Worthy Rich, was
charged before tin Molksham magistrates with at-
tempting to mar ler Ralph !littler, an old man, his
Inether-iii•law, and stealing £2O, belonging to Wm.
Butler. The evidence showed that on Sunday even.
iug, December 5, the injured man went to ;lie farm
of IYilliam Butler, at Molkshain, to look afier the
premise. whilst William and his wife went to -lapel.
In their ahismce a man, who was to lin the
priimiter, called and accepted the invitation of Ralph
to take acme bread and cheese and ale. Ralph went
Into the kitchen to get theme provisions, when the
prisoner followed him, and taking from a shelf an ,
old blunderbuss, belaboured him violently with it
about the head. Be then ransack° I the house, for-
cing open doors and drawers, and having secured rso
in money, decamped. On the return of WilLiam ad
his wife, they saw Ralph lying on the ground we tar-
ing in his blood, and apparently dead. On obtaining
assistance search was ma le, and it was thou found
that a portion of the furniture, including a feather
boil, lied been set on fire, and the honse throughout
was in • state of confusion. The next morning a
rortion of the injured man's jawbone with flesh ad-
hering to it, was picked up in the ye:rek For some
time his life was oonsidered in danger, and he now
appeared before the bench in • pitiable plight. Bus.
pioion at once rested upon the prisoner, who VMS pur-
sued and captured. On being taken into custody he
said to the officer, "You are right," aid seemed to
be very anxious to know how he would "get on."
The bench having hoard the evidence, committal the
prisoner for trial at the assizes. The town during
this whole of the day was in a state of excitement,
and caution had to be exercised to protect the priso-
ner from the violence of tie mob.

ALLEGED CRUELTY ON :TILE -limit SZAL—At
the Hampshire Quarter Sessions, held at Wito•liestcr
on Tuesday, David Richard Cook, an American cap:
Min, was indicted for an assault upon the high
on William Ryan', a seaman on. board the Annie
Boylston. Some other MIDI/ varied the indictment.
The facts of the case will be remembered. The pd..
loner and him mate, John Linnell, were tried at the
last widens, when the latter was convicted of
series of the most brutal assaults upon Ryan, and
sentenced to five years penal servitude; but in the
cue of the captain, the jury could not agree to a
vel dirt, and his trial was postponed to these sessions.
The court was occupied nearly the whole of the
morning in trying the question of jurisdiction, evi-
dence having been brought from America to prove
that the Annie Boylston was an American vessel.
The Court, who, at the last session, ruled they had
juri.diction, now, ousidered the question of American
nationality proved, and ruled they had so power ill
try the prisoner, who was ordered to be discharged ;
and Mr. Healey, who had been retained for the de-
fence, then asked that representations should be
ma.le to the Secretary of State in reference to the
facts just waved, as they affected the cams of the
mate,iind the Court replied that what MVA right in
the matter should be done. An order for a further
meow or judging:Qat in the cam of Lilted' we then
ands.

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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETIT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1870