The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-10-02 00:00:00

THE PENGE Ntrjuw,R:

STATTMENT BE ONE or THE SRISONSIL4.
Loni. and Patrick Staunton have had two interviews
with their mother, to whom they asserted that they
never entertained any design against the life of the
deceased. Patrick has written to his wife. urging her
to bear up and speaking of their " mutual innocence."
Both the male prisoners attend the Roman Catholic
services in the gaol. Mrs. P. Staunton has been seen
by the chaplain, to whom she declared that she never
had any evil design against her sister.in-law, who was
not wilfully kept witl t food, and was allowed the
free range the house. As to their not sending for
a medical man in their neighbourhood to attend Mrs.
Louis, she explains that they did not wish it tobecome
known to others that lentils was not married to Alice
Rhodes, with whom he WM living at a farm.
The execittion of the unfortunate prisoners is fixed
for Tuesday, the 16th ult.

SIR H. D. WOLFF, M.P., ON Tilt EASTERN
QUESTION.
Speaking at the Bournenionth Artillery dinner on
Friday night. Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, ALP., strotnedy
urged mediation between Russia and Turkey. Two months
ago he was informed by a person in the confidence of the
Torkidi Government what was their real view of their
position before Europe, and he thought events had since
considerably verified that view. They said they did not
fear Russia, but European combination, which would
result in the destruction and partition .if their empire.
Their idea Rai that Germany was looking upon France
with great apprehension and jealously of her power,
which she wished to further reduce. For that purocwe
Germany intended to assist Rllaiia to obtain her will in •
Eastern Europe. They thought Germany was offering to
Austria the dominion over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
parts of Christian Provinces as far as Salonica to Italy and
Savoy, and to England Egypt and Candi. That was not
his view, but the view of the Torts as he heard it. Ile
did not think Bowie wished to possess Gonstantinoule,
but to lush AtiAtrist ea.twartl, satisfy England, and then
he left alone to ,Itral with Turkey in such a manner as she
thought proper. Humanity called upon us for iinmediate
mediation.

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
THE CoMINO WINTER.
There are inilicatii ins in almost every portion of
Europe that the coining white,: is likely to 110 P one of
unuanal severity. The trot front regiatered in the
neighbourhisal of Ininibin ern:, an early as the 14th of
August, aml the temperature of the last few weeks
has been below the average of similar per;odi in former
years. On the Merea in Someraetshire wild duck
have already been seen, while the SM3II4,WA are gone
and the starlings are preparing to follow them. The
last-named birds are in particularly gnoil condition
this year, owing to the quantity of grille and other
inaecta found in the gram, anil a few members of the
tribe may ntill be seen in the London parka, and
notably in the Botanical Gardens, where they seem to
lie picking up everything they can accumulate before
their inigratiim to "skies name clondle., moons of
purer ray." The berries al the thorns are also lie-
coming full and red before their accustomed time, and
the leaves in the covers are falling fast.
SAD LALAMITT TO A BARRER.
An inquiry WAN hehl in the village achoolroom,
1 Allingt in, near Sheri s,nie, on Saturday of te rum in lamt,
int., the sire tansva attending the death of a much-
respected resident of the pariah, Mr. Isaac Conway,
who has occupied a farm at Lillington for the pant 25
yea., and who wan killed the previous evaviing, by
falling off his horse and being dragged a iliatance of
120 yards along the road, with one of his legs in the
stirrup. —Mr. W. If. Highmore, medical practitioner,
of Sberborne, was the first witness. He itaid I was
called about a quarter to nine last evening, to go to
Mr. Canway'a house at Lillington, a report having
reached me, that that gentleman had been killed by a
fall from his horse. On going there I fund Mr.
Conway hail just been brought home. and was lying on
bin bark on the ..fa. He was quite dead. Upon
examining bin, I found that his face was much
bruised, anil Ilia hands and head cut about. There
was a protuberance id the upper part of the spinal
bone, which appeared to have been the effect of a
fracture of the bone, or a rupture of the ligament
that holds the bone. 1 thought this wag quite sufficient
to account for death, and did not think it necessary
to examine him further. I have known the lift-Paned
for 25 yearn; he in BB yearn of age—Mr. Robert
Holloway, a farmer, of Reerhacket, paid : Last even-
ing, about a platter to five o'clock, I and my carter
came out of a field into the reel, which leads from our
parish to Lillington. I aaw a borne in the road some
30 yards distant. standing still. with a bridle and
saddle on, and telling my carter that I thouzht it was
Mr. Conway's horse, I went and took it hold, and
milked Tee own home. I enquired of a
man in my rickyard, if he had seen anybody pass, and
be answered that he had gem a man ride by about
half-inn-hour before. In reply to further queationa,
Mr. Holloway's man thought the rider wan not tall
enough to be Mr. Conway. Mr. Holloway then went
about 150 yarib further than where he first saw the
bone, and found Mr. Conway lying dead in the road,
on his side. His clothes was over his head, and his
body was naked. The horse snorted, and would not
pass the art where Mr. Conway lay. Witness pro-
cured assistance, and afterwanb, deceased's son and
the Rev. It. Riathwayt, if Lillington, arrived and
took Mr. Conway home. Upon making an examin.
ation on the road he found ileceaaed's hat. and marks
on the ground indicated that he had been dragged
along with .ote of his legs in the stirrup, for the ills.
stance ,d 120 yards. Other evidence was t ,ken, soil
after a shirt consultation the jury returned a verdict
of " Accidental Death." The witnesses and jury's
fees were handed to the Coroner (Mr. Horace Nutt) to
be given to the Yeatuian Hospital.
GARDEN OPIRATF,KB VIM OCTOBER.
Weeds or falling leaves are the plagues of the
season. It may seem that they do no harm, but I
assuredly they are directly injurious to every crop
upon the ground, for they encourage damp and dirt,
and prevent a free circulation of air amongst the crops,
and prevent the access of sunshine to the land Keep
all clean and tidy, even to the removal of the lower
leaves if all the Cabbage wort* where they lie half
decayed upon the ground. If in want of work, ply
the hoe amongst all k-inds of crops, taking care not to
break or bruise healthy leaves, or loosen the roots of
anything. Dig vacant plots, and lay the land up in
ridges in the roughest manner possible. Heavy land
may be manurial now with advantage, but it is well
not to put manure on light land until spring.—
Cabhaor to be planted out as advised last month.
Cardoens to be tied round and earthed up. -Carrots
to be taken up and stored in sand. Late-sown crops
to be thinned and weeded.—CauMouvrs to be planted
out as we before advised. —Cc/cry to be earthed up,
and protecting material got ready to assure its safety
daring frost.—Endice to be blanched for use as it
=ilierssa its full size, but not before, as the blanching
an end of growth.—Gastit and Potato Onions
may be planted on dry warm soils but on cold, damp
egh, to plant now is to throw roots and labour away.
—Leftetcs.—Contitate to plant as before advised.—
Potatoes to be taken up and stored with all possible
veed. In time,, when work is slack, the seed
Potatoes for next season's planting may be got ready,
and put in baskets and boxes, preparatory to being
§7oat in the daylight in lofts and sheds when the
,:I Year has turned.—Setton's dbtakur's Guids.

CAVILL'S Sww ILOROSS THI CHAN/CIL—It is not
generally known this% Professor Carlll found that the
most sustaining beverage he partook of fi,r this
wonderful effort was—Cadbury's Cocoa Essence. This
article contains more concentrated nourishment than
any other beverage. Ten years ago The Mika
Medical Jarm& predicted that "it teoidd prove one
of the noel leverieiore, Agestibly ond reatoralm of
irirths."