The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-10 00:00:00

ACCIDENT TO A RAILWAY BRIDGE.

A serious accident took place at the Finsbury-park
Statii in of Ow Gri,t Northern liailway,between nine and
ten o'clock Saturday morning. An iron girder, sufficiently
long to span the Seven Si,ters'-roai, has been thrown
across the road without the use of scaffolding. From
40Irle cans* it fell over. The southern end came to the
ground with a fearful crash, killing a foot passenger,
whose body was removed when the workmen succeeded
in raising the heavy mass. A gentleman on a bicycle had
a very narrow escape of I ming his life; he was however,
very much injured, and was taken in a cab to the hospital.
The bicyele was under the girder, within a foot or two of
the dead man.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT CORSHAM.
The up express ran off the line at Corshatu on Saturday
morning. Both lines were blocked, and though no serious
injury was done, several passengers were shaken. The
correct farts of the accident are as follows :—Three engines
were being run from Bristol to Swindon that morning.
One ant of the line in the Chippenham yard, and necessi-
tated the working of the traffic on a single line. The up
express, leaving Bath just before nine o'clock, was the first
to attempt the crossing at Corsham. The carriages took
the points, but the engine failed to do so, and swerved
round, blocking both Imes. The train was going at a slow
pace at the time, and therefore only a slight shaking, with
limited damage to the penuament way and but little to
the rolling stock, resulted. The general traffic was how-
ever, for a time considerably delayed.

A PRECOCIOUS SMOKER.
A remarkable illustration of the effect of tobacco
smoking is afforded by a fact lately published by the
French Anti-Tobacco Association. Two twin children
(hoym) were growing quite satisfactorily, and were
about four years old, when one of them was taken ill
with some trifling ailment. A friend of the family,
happening to see the suffering infant, unfortunately
placed in its hands as a kind of plaything a lighted
pipe. The child immediately puffed away at the pipe,
and, stirange to say, appeared to enjoy it thoroughly.
The amusement soon became a habit, then a necessity,
until the child was continually worrying neighbours
and even strangers in Vie streets to give it tobacco.
The effect of incessant smoking on hi, c matitution was
disastrous. While his brother rapidly shot up into
manhood, the wemature smoker remained stationary
in his development He is at the present moment in
reality a young man, but in appearance a puny in-
fant, as stunted in intelligence as he is in stature.

A WILL CASE.
Some of the Scotch papers are giving details of a
very extraordinary will case which will shortly be
submitted for trial. The daughter of a country
practitioner in a little village in Scotland awoke one
morning to find herself a great heiress. The traditional
uncle, who had come from India with a fortune, bad
died, leaving a beautiful rotate and fully I:300.000 in
money and West Indian property to his neice, Misr;
Macpherson Grant. At that time she was bright,
clever, handsome, and about 21 years of age. She took
possession of her property and lived in great style,
keeping a large stud of horses, and driving tandem
herself all over the country. Her father and mother
she took under her wing, and was devoted to them to
the last day of their lives. She established them in an
independent and elegant home near Edinburgh, but
had them a great deal with herself at Aberlour-house
the S,cyside. Sine 15 years ago a young lady
came to pay her a visit. She was a stranger to Miss
Grant, and was brought by some friends. It ended in
this young lady, Mize Temple, leaving father and
mother, with their entire concurrence, and living with
Min Grant, for better or for worse, until death
shoal them part • in fact, they formed such a friend-
ship that they agreed and entered into an engagement
that neither should marry, and that they should pass
their lives together. Miss Grant then and there
refused a very good offer of marriage, and rejected all
other suitors. The conditions were that Miss Grant
wan to leave her estates and everything to Miss
Temple if Misa Temple on her part never left her and
never married. A will wan made by Miss Grant,
under which her property was to pass to the Temples.
Two years ago Miss Temple married. Last Christmas
Miss Grant died. The will was revoked. She never
Torgave the defection, she never made another will,
and the estate goes to an obscure conntry doctor in
Aberdeenshire, who hardly knew he was related to
Miss Grant, and never saw her. Four other relations,
war tradespeople in Banffshire, came in for a share.
Over this question of succession there will be a terrible
fight in the law-courts between the Temples and the
heirs-at-law. Mine Grant was very masculine in
appearance and manly in dress.

RAPID OMAN PAlllAo2s.—pronsA Lfeiwpo4 Ifteeuey.
2nd July. 1877.—The Allan Mail Steamer "
which left Quebec on the Ord Whom, arrived at London.
derry at 7.50 cm. )•esterday, MMus rode the passes*
seven and a ba/f days, the quickest ever made frost
Quebec. The mama Company's Steamer "Sarmatian,"
which left Liverpool on the Mat and Londonderry el
5. p.m. on the *hid ultimo for Quebec, sarivid out on the
211th. The °math= Wimbledon teem were Peeeshelok
by the "Eleedidan.•