The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-11-05 00:00:00

A NOTED PRTioNICR.

The Neu York I saw give. the following account of
• relic of Chitties Didteno's firot vieit to Ameriim
"When he was in Phila.l&phh the Aldermen teik him
, see, among other place., the &intern Penit ntiary,
commonly known on the Cherry Hill Priem. 'rho
silent ystem was then, as now, the great facture of
this prison, and Dickeus was mach wend( with what
he regarded am It.. cruelty. One Charles Lan:beimer
was serving • five year.' eintrnce, and Dickens
devoted several Page. of his ' Am-ric in Notes to a
description of the cell and. In partinilw, of the
'dejected. heart broken appearance of thie
whose life haft been cruelly tortured out of him by
the s litare confinement ayetetn.' L in.bomer bad
decorated his cell with coloured drawing. wide with
dye. extracted from the yarns he wee working
anti the cell in still show. to vidtos al one of the
curiosities of the place. H. i 28.1 111 Irk I 0 .wer-bxl in
his little yard, which Dicknee described as'biking
for all the world like a li•tle grave.' After serving
out bin te m, this • ileje ted, heart-broken criminal'
man tgel to violate a few more of the laws of the
C • maw veal th of Pennsylvania, sufficiently to be
sentenced to, and to Serve at 10• It 10 10 WS term. 10
the ume silent prition. He is now 75 years of sip.,
and, slur being released from tht lowitution about
a year ago, Ike went tort to Wichigto xi try farming
for a change upon hi. brother-in-I.w'. pl.ce. Hi. fare
was paid by a benevolent gentleman. About a mouth
ago the inspectors of the Peniten bay received • letter
saking If the In4ltutlon would receive him again, and
would send the wherewith to bring him on. No
answer warn returned and it warn tre it .1 IA • whim.
But the Philedelphio /sass states th 4 one morning
In October th M iyor's doorMell wan wrung vigorouitly,
and a smill-ds el old min, whoa. -.ire features
ware framed in close-cropped gray whi.kers and hair,
the loot insinuated by • blue cap, oto 4 '.,fore him
and announce' binself to be the noted priomer. lie
said he had been promiu 1 work, an 1 oridici the
Mayor to give him • finuici d lift, lie we. so persistent
that be we.. nt away to the Central .4 iton in custody.
He speak.. f the Penitint iary as • home.' "

VIE DREADFUL MU •D!.:R eIF A FAMILY
IN MONMOUTIISHIKE.

At the Gloucestershire &seizes, bel•re Lord Jti. ice
Bremwell. Jowly! Garcia, 21. • Sptuish tailor, was
charged with the murder id Thom oi Watkins, his
wife, and three chil ren, at LI in.:ibby. M inmou,h-
shire, on the 16th July I wt. Toe yase presented by
the prmecation, an I which rwte I on circumstantial
evidence. was a. foll -Wstgios wai a lab itarer,
who lived with his wife and th ve children in a small
cottage on the outskirts ••1 the village of Lamdb •v, and
on the main road from Tisk t Newport. Oil • he 16th
I J•dy Watkins had ben er okinf io c.onpany with a
Lui living near, and he an I hi. I iindy were even about
in the evening. Early next moruing the iii call 'I tee
Watkins to walk with lidn to their work but on Lt. t log
• inside the gate at tbe bottom of a carii,n in front of
1 the c dts,e he saw Watkins lying deaden the ground,
apoarently having diol from a in the th oat The
lad raised an alarm, and on the neighb .urs going to
the spot they found no: only the •lea I b .al,' of Watkins
I but farther up the garde.. they found that of his
wife. Near the body of the wife were signs of a
straggle, and cuts on her hands, neck. and Ism,
indicated that she had bad • stru.:cle with her
assailant On the cottage being • ntered it Wna, found
to be full of smoke. Th windier. were ore .e I, and
some tiles taken from the roof, and in an upper room
were found the deal bodies if Watkins' three
children. Two of the bodies were on the 6,1; the
other, that of the eller girl, was beneath the LA. It
was discovered that the cottage had teen set c, fire
in two or three place., and lire was still smouldering
in the bedro on, and the bodies, of the children were
oosoiderably charred. Several witnesses w. re c ille•I to
inn:die:4e the • ner. On the morning id the 18:11 he
wsa from the County Gad at Usk, and I.ft
, bed me the warier could give hint the an ney which
wottld have paid his fare to Newport. During the
Illlolllifig he we near • stile on the high road from
Usk to-Newport, and sismit • hundred yards on the
Newport side of Watkine's cottage. He was wen in
the same locality about four o'clock in the afternoon,
then lying 00 the ground, and'apparently asleep.
Between seven and eight o'clock In the evening he
called at the house oils Mrs. Watkita. and got • drink
• of water, and 'need hie way to Newport. Nothis
MOM was known of the illllloolll. until iljej , of
following day, when he we. seen 'Man i'Mred for and
Newftort. car yang two utton, awl bir.••!' , while waiting
was dirwte,i .a. ...sway B
Car ...an be was arrested On him were found •
number of article*, tuan_y if which were identified aa
having belonged to Watkins and his land 3r,
daughter, who was from home at the tim of the
mortar. being calm as • witless on this question.
The works ot an old.twhioned cl ck ha I been taken
away, and some clock works, which, however, were
not positively identified, were tuna in one of the
prisoner's bundles. In Hai same bundle was found •
pillow and 'some wear ng appar,l, which were identified
as having belonged to the mu-deeed fealty. Ha we,
etirryi pi a 10d, • miirk on which 00-r -opoodod with a
innek ill the du in which W.:nine. bread we. baked.
am. prisiner left the gad he was yawing a
hvainak• gummy, and a Lode amook, and
Wair4 per a bao Who ami(dblWa.wa.ds(

• pair of Watkins', boots. and also • pair of Ws*huh
trousers over his own pale. law lowly Wog wet lath.
lower parte ; his shir . hod blood stains up n
although wain* he I.ft the itsol it wax Perfec,ll clean.
The Jo Ijie briefir .unime I up the eri fence. awl the
jury, without retiring (row tbPir box, at once returner!
• rer .ict of guilty. leo.' J m Brsmeell then
piesol s.pienat of death in ths osu il form. adding
list be should folhos h.o ennonin of m•kiug no coin.
MIA OPM it The prininer preserve I • stolid
dein* inone, sad wh gi the sentence WM comtuunicatsd
to him, shrugged big shoulders and walked quietly
from the dock.

Teienty4, es cleat'. (ram yellow fever occurred at New
Orleans in &sank, sad tour at Memphis
The ear meri i iquiry Into the cause of death of the
twelve pars ins Med in the Ponsypridil collirien
bmaght tea el.e on 11 .n 4 iy, an .I the jury few d that
the aeisideer was duo ti t e neglect of the signalman.
1 !Where wit, oat eclerci into moody. It ifore the
• booking up of tke met the forret in of the hue said:
"Out of coedit its islon of the I'M en.l faithful services
rendered the Taff Vile C mirky by Willi on Roberts, we
trait be may ten he coutinaed to their our.' ,y."
Toe rekgrepe sins s—Vibils the situation &Mors
changed on the ittrf ace,,one Simla correspondent telegraphs
his belief that stern decisions are on the Punt of beteg
arrived at. He sills that an Intense and gratifying
iintburiasui prevaila among the native troops, who are
sager to' employment. Many of the native rulers and
great nob.enien are of 'ring their tress. and Personal
service, along with gifts of transport cattle, carts,
e sphaate and stores.
Er .m he news which has reached the Austrian MAUI
from Conatantlnisple,our Vienna eorreirp-indens anticipates
that serttus event • easy he exisectai within a short period.
The C ingress at Berlin, he ••yx has interrupted, but has
ni eittlesl, the 0.• genial dill •alt fee The TUT koh Govern-
ment will not, it is wetted. any longer consent to be •
silent tritniiii of toe tatromes which are being damsel,
Aso • rime tt• hen I fII -It i vi•ilsle
With the removal of the Ad Battalion 60th Rifles from
Aldershot to Colchester Spring-heel Jack, whose vagaries
at the former place excited considerable attention, seems
also to have changed his quarters, and the garrison at Col-
chester is now in • state of excitement over his eacapades
The principal scene of his operations Is the Abbey geld,
where be has visited several lonely sentries, all of whom
be has frightened, and two so seriously that they are now
under treatment in the garrison hospital, it being feared
that the mind tone is completely unhinged. It Ls stated
that the sentries are to be doubled.
A buratrry occorreil eat r on Wesinesikv night or
Tooriday m•wning, on the preuais..A of Kr. Veal., watch-
maker and Jeweller, of flsiall-itreet, Bath, • he-louse that
he hat within the last yew entered upon. The harakiri
git into the hews of a neighbour, which bail been simply
an.l pruesol• 1 upstairs, soul setting thronA •
tra,mlior they mounted to the ro f, and crawling along
the got e and round' the sorb."( Yorkoarest they made
their way to the roof of Mr. Vele'. promisee through
which they force.' an entry, on I then deeeending the
at Ma, founl their way t • the shop with ot difflcii'tl.
Her t ssy &preprint el most of the articles in the shoe
window nod Came, leaving, however. the elessir.s-pl ited
go-Is and. one trays of gold rings behind. The loss is
estiitosed at L4OO.
" FACTs ARE STVBIIORN Tniaol4"—Despite the moat
violent prejudices and pers:s•ent pesgrearional opposition,
Professor Holloway's pills and ointment have stood the
test of thirty years and have secureil a world-wile renown;
I awl their triumph over both is the best proof of their
universal appreciation. There is scarcely • spot on the
hatiitahle globe, to which rinurnerce find* its way, where
these (ammo medicines Are not healed as most inestimable
blurring, by sufferer* from disease. In the farthest north
and farthest out they are the only remedies in which
countless thousands place implicit faith, la distant
clinics where the names of the great sovereigns, warriors,
statesmen, awl phil.ophers of the world are unknown,
the name of Holloway is venerated L. that of the great
healer of the woes of man, who has been especially
deputed by the compassionate Deity to administer to
human suffering. Bigotry awl prejudice have vanished
before the magical virtues which his remedies possess. In
countries where, previous to their introduction, cures of
troublesome diseases elevated the physician to the rank of
a saint, close I him Is lie all but worshipped, and pieced
hi ri so-v ices tar beyond the reach of the poor, Holloway's
simple reins:ilia% are deemed the most bene..cent loon to
oilti.inable as they are, from their cheapness, by all,
even the very poorest. But a other conclusive proof d
their 'coral healing powers lies in the fact that they are
benetleial to the lower animals as well. Is India where
a ilimare among hones, known a. bursotti, is vier), Pre-
valeta, Holloway's ointment is the only remedy know.
Until its intnebiction there, the disease war incurable.
Itinerant horse dealer.% from Afghanistan and Yorkund,
who annually visit the Punjab and other provinces in our
cistern poasessions, carry beck large Aupplier of the
ointment and de !hire they have rarely known it to fail of
cure. The fainous Delhi sore surunitzehe, which has, for
several i„.enerations, Isallltal the whole medical profession,
Orient d and Ruropean, succumhs to a few applications of
It. an I nom' mrs of phy-isiaar have fleeces-wily learnt to
put entire faith in its eneacy, knowing from experience
that it infallibly rem isms the direful esmplainto of the
human system, L. also those of the horse No theory
can he MOM simple, or more easy of test, than that which
Professor 11.illoway Avower. He rontenla, consiatent
with a higher ruling, that blood is the life of Man, and
maintains that on its purity depends health and existenee,
awl that to the premrv.ition it herith and existence
hinurn skill shout' be direetel. When his opponents
minify us thist his position it untenable, that nostrums
are the life of life, and that the human system doe, not
preserve it, vitality by 1.1. 4, we shall transfer to theta
the faith which reasin awl experience have led to to
pl we in Puifissir Holloway's skill and remedies, more
particularly in the cure of that class of complaints effect-
ing the ilizerti e organ., liver, 0,11,13ich, and bowels The
flint Rent ii Univ t• illy adnitt sil ti be inAdlilde when
applied to old sore.. weimils, awl uleers.—The Tribune.
SlttEur. Aali IhsorEß aIstIVENT or a WIPE Br.ateit.
—At the Chester ass zes Jame, Stanton, ff.. labourer ,4
Birkenhead. was indicted for wounding hts wife with
Intent ti murder bar. Mrs. Stanton left her huiland in
cousemence his cruelty toward.; her. and went to reside
with her father, the prisoner usually visiting her on Satur-
day night. on Saturday night. the 13th of October, the
prisoner came ne timely. At one o'clock, when the
primscutris'a father told the •nroner it was tone to leave,
he rushel midairs took his chili! out of its cot, and ieizing
it liy the log.. hung its heal downward., and then
swung it violently hack over his haul as if to dash its
brains out on the It-sir. Mrs Stanton. horrified, rushed to
save her child, when the primmer hit her • blow and ran
Into the street with the child lire Stanton followed,
awl when ihe reached the prisoner he hit her a heavy
blow on the back with • poker, which he had taken up in
passing though the k:tchen. She fell, awl the prisoner
dragged her hy the hair for some distance, after which he
strien her another blow on the head with the poker and
kieked her violently on the ear as she lay helpless on the
ground. Ile then jumped on her, placing one foot on leer
fare and the iithe' on her breast Iler screams attracted
attention, and she was reamed and carried away
senseless to the lorough hospital, where her wounds were
dreased. She still appeared very weak, and had to be
aceommolated with a chair. The jury found the prison-
er guilty of wounding only, and his lordship (Judge
Thesiger) told him they had taken a very merciful view of
the ewe, for hail they convicted him of "wounding with
Intent" he would have sentenced him to penal servitude
for life It was a terribly brutal attack, and he hoped the
prisoner, and all those who heard him, would fully ander-
*hind that such outrages would be repressed by th s
ineiction of the heavivet penaltiei prescribed by law.
Ile could not help thinking that too much lenien •y had
leen extended to crimes of violence as compared with
crimes against property; I.ut as long as be had the
honour of a seat on the Bench he would endeavour to
represa these dreadful outrages.
.He passed upon the
prisoner a sentence of twenty years p nal servitude.

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SPEAKISII OF CHAP'(AN',ENIIR WHEAT
FLOUR, A writer in the Christian Wer.st gars :--" Maar
of cbe first ph) &irises of the dar are PweorillAnS no other
tuedieme for their liAle natients, and it is est inishine
soturt:lues bow children who have pined on • du' of floe
hponl, will thrive wheu fed on we,., Noked
porridge made of this ' Entire Whew So.a
Chemists in 6,1. and le packets, aud 3. tins.

BRCEITT'S PARIS BLUR—The marked superiority of
this Laundry Blue over all others, and the quick ap-
preciation of its merits by the public, has been
attended by the usual reeulte—vis.. a Rood of bailee
tin.: the merit of the latter mainly consists in the
ingenuity exerted, not simply in imitating the square
shape, but making the general appearance of the
wrapper. resemble that of the gentune wticae. The
Nlanufactivers beg therefore to caution all buyers to
se.' Reckitt's Paris Blue" on soca racket.

ADTICIS TO Meriting !—Aye you broken in your rest by
• skit chill suffering with the pain of cutting teeth?
at once to • chemist and get • bottle of Yu Wistthow*
Swains° STRIP. It will relieve the poor sufferer
innuedistely. It is perfectly harmless sad pleasant to
taste, it produces nattirsE quiet sleep, by relieving the
child from pain, end the little cherub awakes as bright
U • button." It soothes the child, it anttens the gums,
allsy• all pain, relieves wind.. regulates the bowels, and II
the beet known rune* for dy•entery sad dierrtnes
whether arising from teething Or othOr muse.. lirw
Winsluw's ff..othing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers
everywhere at Is. lid per bottle Ksaufactareet In Noe
Yo,k, aaa at 453, Onfordstreet. London

FLorthiri I —Poi TUN iNNTH AND BIZATIL—A fee
dr.'', id the liquid "Floriline !sprinkled on • wet tooth
herb produces a plearet lather, which thorougbit
cram.' the teeth from all oarrites or iinpuritiaikkenleau
thu Anus. prevents tartar, stop. dec-iy. siege to the teeth
a peculiar pearly-whitener and a delightful fewness.t
to the breath. It wrorives all unpleasant odour arising
fr us &rayed teeth or tohacco smoke. "The Fragrant
roriline," heir: composed in Pnrt of howei and BNNN.
hlrhe is delicious to the tsar, and the sniatest toilet dr
c wry of the age. Price 6d., of all Chemists and
perfumers, Prepared be lithry 0 GALLUP. 493 Oxford-
street London _

; AFHWORX lOW BgOltaxiiwolui.—Watian's celebrated
'Siexilic' has elected hundr de of permanent cures of
t onus diatressing maladies, where every other remedy has
f died. It does not muolee continuing, a male bottle
being sufficient to cure. Its action Is mild, but thorough
nod the nowt defieds need not fear taking it. Price
2, V 1., or Ca • I,y poet, 30 stauma. %%stash I "Specific
Pouder." for Threw, worm we .n ,f. ual remedy for the
tormentors. N. 1 (adultsi'l, NA I(children .), uric, Is If 1.,
er by pon 15 etsimpu A blreasf,j, H. Wet..., Caetuist,
S'ipl.y. York., or any chattel.' will get them for 'ou.
Oreolors put free. London Agents. Bsrclay and Bone.
; THROAT AFFICTIORS san ROARWIRin —All rodent,'
from irritation of the thole, and nous-tiest will be agree
ably mrPrisel at the almost immediate reii..f affwrdwi
the use of '' Brown's Beseschiai Troches.- These fuse..
"loaen:es" aro now aold by roost respertsble cheml•te i•
this romirr x' La Il mt. lair People tranidel wit•
" tuick oiti.:h." a" slight cold," or twouphial affection,
cannot try them too viols, as simsilar 'molarn, if allowed
to HiYidrinin Mink in neriong Polmanlig, sod A.thinati,
sifections. See the. the wed. • Brown's Bronchi.
Tr Amy" are on the (iovernment Sump around eaoh hog
—Manufactured lir done I. Bums awl Soy, Boston.
United State., Depot. 430, Oxford-street. Loodoo.
VALUARLi DIACOVIRT FOR THe HAIR—If sour hair le
torning grey or whit., or falling off, use Time Merino')
Hair Renewer.- for it wi/1 proitfeely rester, ix miry noes
(Jeey or White Ask to ito original colour, without leaving
the dw,gre.shle smell of most "Restorers.' It makes
the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the
orrowth of the hair on bald mots, where the idea& are not
decayed. A.k your Chemist for "Tam HIRXIC•11 HAM
HVIRWRIL.• prepared by HIlli•T a Gauge. 110 Oxford.
street, London. and gold by Chemlat,and Perfumers every.
where at no., per bottle.
A Swart WORTH KNOWING IS DR4f4ll* innnll
CATTLR, AIM SHER? Dnie•avt-7.1,211rand Sheep by
would be the low of yqtgen of Cold, Sleet., and
1)60180
_at the .IrVui under ahelter and " Day, Boa,
,ruun• it.wer "Red Drench` awl " Gewmue
Mmtnlstered, aa the kind 01 ailment may require. The
merlon. loss to the Farmer, duriug bad lambing. may
be prevented by dosing with the "Ned Drench," all
highly fed Ewes one week before they lamb. And ia
cyse of Debility, pianism} p Exhaustion in young
st..k, Shoe?, Lambs, awl (elves, • doers or two of the
Gaseous HMI" is of all remotion., tbe most safe and
the mot effective.-22. Dorset-wrest. Baker-street,
.n. W.

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Cukor tourLaiirra —Thousands din mammal. thimigh
n•gh ring • aiinple rough or cold. HILL'S MEDICATED
BAL44M rivet immediate relief um ainsolettly cures
roughs. cold*, inn Ile GU. stllltahh .obeluntoh I, naltamblet
to team, and can he liken hy the newt delimit, adults
and etoldren. Teatin limb bare keen received from all
parte of •ha world. S .14 ,11 hottle. 1. 14.1. I 91., 4.. 11.1.,
and ll'. ty the maker, 11 aard Hill, Wollioriya, Somer-
set. L ,odon sgenta : Barclay aod S.t,, Terri/radon.
street, and V. Sanger and Sone, ISO Dafeml«,rgagaiwima
most ether chemists throughout gee
and reoggessad it to your frMada Lead iamb t am&
sad Ow, ; A, J. liteas, Darehoglar. .

'T'HE practical ose of the Seeing Machine is
no longer to be considered an experhand ; its
Immense value is known, and it is looked upon as an
indispensable requisite in Families, and an abeolute
necessity in tlai
_factory, to eupersede Hand-Sewing.

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Ira Haw, like that of the Stesen has
been marked by rapid progression is improvements,
so that We quit* moving musical little Instrumest of
the present ilay is rit unlike be clout oemplicated
mass of Spring* and Wkieeis of ton or twelve years ago;
still, many Machines that have bees betroiluoed
within tha last kw years are far from t tultless—inthar
the extreme heaviness of some, or the oomplicatioa of
others, and their limited raage of work, have militated
much against their success.

Tun roar uteorrawr quaurms to be desired in a
M chine me, simplicity of construction, rapidity and
ease of motion. groat variety and range of work, and
durability of stitch; times qualities combined make a
perfect Sewing Machine.

Che 721 VAILIOOII &mane made by Sewing Maohinee,
those beet adapted to the ordinary purposes of Bowleg
known m the " Look-Stitah," and the " Loop-

ROBZILT H. WAIR, LL.D..