The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-30 00:00:00

GENERAL ITEMS.

Tarns is nothing more nourishing and warming in
cold weather than a cup of really good corms, but the
difficulty has been to obtain it pure. This may be
secured id a ocet of one halfpenny for • large break-
fast cup by wing Cadbury's cocoa emend, which goes
three times as Jar as the adulterated and starchy
compounds ordinarily sold, the smallest packet making
fourteen breakfast cope of strong cocoa.
An agreement has been established between IL Wadd-
ington and M. de Proycinet with respect I. • political
me, and the latter has undertaken to form • new
programme,
.
The Deity News correspondent confirms the intelligence
of an understanding between the three Empires.
Then is also the prospect sic settlement of the difficulties
In Ade in which Rased sad Ragland are concerned. At
the same time the mod energetic measures are be to
adopted regard to the Take Turcomans. It Is
that dune favourable administrative messeres
:Tenettiluff the Prase may be looked for before the end of
the Russian year.
The Sultan is reported to have sanctioned • further
reduction of the army. The pay of the soldiers is as
grdtly in linear that the retrenchment is probably due
to the exigencies of the situation.
Since the acquisition of Strasburg by German the
unfortunate citisens have been governed by martial law,
in 000/1112011000 of their avowed sympathy for Preece.
The Shah of Pend intend, to make • pilgrimage to
Meshed in the spring, " accompanied by ,10 000
troops.
Meshed is within • abort distance of Bagdad, and
by Persian devotees with • veneration little
ffs,rt;ria to that shown for Mecca, it being the supposed
burial place of the caliph AIL
TVs preyed:it opinion in Buenos Ayres is that the war
In South America is practically at an end. The allies are
said to bed • state of complete dissolution, and revolu.
lions are expected In both countries The port of Iquique
has been opened to commerce.
Intelligence from Cuba states that the number of
Losuits there has derided, and that the Governor
has piked for more reinforcements The news of the fall
of Marshal Campos hes been received with much concern
in the Spanish West Indies.
A director of Edison's Electric Light Company denies
that any time has been Axed for • public display of the
light, or that all the apparatus is yet contrived. An
exhibition on a small scale baa, however, taken place, and
is said to have given a satisfactory proof of divisibility
and quality, but affording no data for cost.
Mr. Barclay, MP., who has recently made an
extensive tour in the United Staten has just
expremed his opinion that we have by no means seen
the lasi of American competition with English farmers.
In his opinion, no diminution of the keen competition
I. likely to be felt for some years.
A Lasigraug Takozor occurred at Brokenboroush,
der Itainiesbury, on Christmas Day. A farmer named
Lloyd, with his wife and daughter, had sat down to a
siesonable dinner of roast beef, when symptontsLt
poison-
lag preprinted themselves, sad though medical
=sown on the spot, Era Lloyd rapidly succumbed and
teed. Her husband end daughter were for some time
in an condition. A root of monkshood, •
virulent poison, bean dug rip in the garden, and each
of the rufferers had partaken of it in mistake for lwans
radii&
M. de Preycinet has at length definitely undertaken the
' task of forming a new Prima Ministry, President Chevy
having left him complete freedom of action in the choice
of his
In eacrAllarremoustranoss, the Turkish Government
continues to nee the carrying out of the provisions of
1 the Berlin Treaty la reference to Grew" and Wetmore.
The conforeoces With the Greek commissiaaars have
boss PontPoned
1. MOWN the to settle the Montenegrin
, quokka, but the apathetic Tualciala °finials maks no
pretence
gal.rayulfilleef al= the relmes of the
lacinesis plied Mindy seideisoad to death for having
asoloWal ia tie translation of the Bible Leto 'Arida, sad
it is sadesteed test tlyi Gomm funtemsdor will Bayport
his Ingle&
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which Badtlphrown alwers.litey the opinion of their
neighbours Bosenot seem weft ha digest. • day or two
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