The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-02-08 00:00:00

MIJN AGAINsT A

Probably one of the most marvelloiri caset which have
come in recent days before an Eno I I ..• .4W court wag di*.
posed of on Tuesday. A wife procure, a divorce from her
husband en the ground of his cruelty and adultery. The
decree is made abmlute, the divorce is completely effected,
and in the natural course of things all proceedings would
end. Not so, however, in Phillips r. Barnett. Not on.
tent with such SUCCe,iI as we have deserilissi, the lady then
proceeds to I gan action in her maiden name against
her former husband on account of the repeated cruelties
inflicted upon her during her married life, and claims the
modest Cu,,. of Clitlgni as damage.. And what ic still
more marvellous, not only is the action brought, but when
it comes to be argued before the Judges of the Queen's
Bench Division, they do not summarily scout the point as
preposterous, but hoar a grate argiuuent on both sides.
In the end, however, the ingenious lady's contention wee
OVOTlied. MIRA Phillips is the daughtet of one of the
Sheriffs of Loudon.

THE LATE 110STILITIES IN THE CONCt.i.
Satisfactory advices were received on Tues.lsy by the
wester. Morning Nee, concerning the results of the late
operations against the West African chiefs in the Congo
River by her Majesty's ships Active. Encounter, and
Spiteful. On December SOL her Majesty's ship Cygnet
returned to the mouth of the river Irons the expedition to
the towns of the interior to ascertain the position of
affairs. While oft Tonga, King Polobalo came on board,
and expressed deep regret at his late misoonduct,
acknowledgzil the justice of his severe punishment, and
said his people desired to make a treaty of peace. Two
other kings and several chiefs of villages subsequently
visited the Cygnet at various points, declaring friendliness
and promising future good conduct. None of the kings on
the north side of the river, however, have .how signs of
making peal.e'• , but they do not interfere with the trade,
which is improving, merchants being delighted with the
results of the late operations. A peace palaver was to be
held shortly. Her Majesty's ship Sirius on January Pi,
left Aseeiston for St. Paul de Lomita, to pick up Lieut.
Cameron's party of fifty men, who accompanied him
across Africa, and convey them to Cape Town, es rusk
for Zanzibar.
SIN DAY" -

SIN io. iS ON AN UNINHABITED ISLAND.
News has been received from the Hebrides of the wreck
of the barque Neva, of Newcastle, Joseph Clark master,
on one of the shiant Islands, MI the coast of Harris. The
Neva left Dublin about a fortnight ago with ballast for
Newcastle. She experienced very severe weather. and
was hove to in the vicinity of the Hebrides on the 2nd
ult. Next day, during a terrific gale from the South-
west. with • high sea and thick weather, she was found to
he chase un land. Finding it impossible to wtrk her
of th, shore, the master matte for an oilman.; in Mt
rocks. She was struck with such violence that her three
masts went by the board. On the falling of the tido the
captain and crew, fourteen in number, with the captain's
wife and child, managed at great risk to reach laud. le
landing the captain's child was swept from its father's
arms bye wave, but was afterwards recovered. When
landed, the shipwrecked crew found that they were ta
one of the uninhabited group of the Shiant Islands. The
weather continued very stormy, am! tie cot iiiii unicaricr.
tamld le had with the mainland. The crow t.;
best they could in abut made with materials iimualit (mid
the wreck, until Friday IRA, when the crew of • fishing
boat from Harris was hailed, and Captain Clark Vr AA taken
to Stornoway for asistanoe. It is relearkahle that the
spot at which the Neva was driven ashoro is the only one
on the Shiant 15411,15 which a ship could have the slight-
nit chanee of striking without being dashed to pieces

FOOT AND MbIFTILDISEASE IN WILTs. INASET

AND SO.3IEILSET.

From the annual report of the Veterinary Department
of the Privy Council for the year 1811 we stake the follows
extract of details relating to the foetsand-inouth anew.
as then existing, in the three counties named .—" In the
spring of 1874 foot-awl-mouth disease was reported to have
caused the death of many animals in Dorset Mr. Cope
was instructed to make an inquiry, the results of which
are included in the following report. An outbreak of foot-
and-mouth disease occurred in the t'ourity of Dorset
during the latter end of the month of May ; seven'
animals died, it was stated from the 41150104. Nikki] was iia
virulent kind. The district in which the outbreak took
place was on the borders of Sower-el,Wilts, and Dorset
where the :arrr...: Ert chiehy pustere, and when • tares
numbers of cows are kept Mr dairy purposes. The disease
was intnslueed into this district IT animals purchased is
Shisfteslsory market. After purchase they were driven to
a piece of pasture Bout edistauce from the owner's house,
and there isolated from the rest of his stock : the .inies
men, however, who snaked the home stock, were sent he
milk thcse which had but recently arrived, comeptentll
the disease which first appeared among the newly.
purchased animals, soon spread to the whole of the slaity.
Of ten heifers purchased in Shaftesbury market two
died. The disease very quickly spread to nearly the
whole of the animals in the dairy, upwards of illsJ ia
number, at • season when grass had bezosue unusually
scarce, in consequence of extreme drought. The animals
necessarily required a great amount of attention ; mous
especially was this the case in respect of this herd, for,
prior to their being attacked with the disease they nso
been kept in very low condition ; the animals after be-
coming affected received very little attention, those
which were unable to walk were supplied with a bundle
of hay as they lay in the fields, and the farmer lottilontl
declined to cut his tares for those a tub were affected 51
their mouths. Under such treatment the annuals boos
began to sink fur want of nourishment. A few day niter
becon;ing affected, several cf them lay down, ansi rs.ni
unable to rise, and remained exposed in the nun"'
during the course of the disease. Eventually eight of the
animals in the dairy died, from the combined effects of
the disease and the iruproper treatment to s.hish they
had been subjected. 'rota this centre the affectioa
spread, and several farms in the neighbourhood seeed4
became infected; notably, one next to the farm in eues:
tion, upon which upwards of 50 dairy cows an-I set etio
calves were kept; the whole of these annuals took the
disease, some were attacked with it in its worst tone.,
several of the cows were to be seen in the fields offs
their tongues hanging from their mouths, and quite un-
able to collect food for themselves. The owner, howeeet
dovoted a great deal of his time to their treatment, and
carefully attended to their comfort in every oaf
provided them with bran mashes, vetches, &Rd cut ereasa
and In all the worst cases he fed the animal. with rms!
pieces of linseed cake. After the more serious symptoumu.
had passed away the cows recovered ineidly.
the owner referred to reaped the benefit of his atteuttSe
by saving the whole of his herd. Another farmer, ons
pure has four heifers from the infected bent on the
same day at Shaftesbury market, found a fen dais ,s'1:1
the animals arrived house that he had thereby intr's,w
the disease upon his premises. The affection attacks'l
whole of his dairy cows, 14 in number, by degr"',.!;: died
his loss was limited to one calf a few days old, ob.°
soon rafter the mother had becont. rffected.
instance, also, great attention was Paid to the gnat'
diet and lb the cleansing of the premises in which Ibcl
were kept; and although about six of them became ref
1111:120 fa the mutt if the disease assisming a serer° feri4
in their feet, they lost very little flesh, and or Ws
found to be yielding their average quantity of "I"'s
disease extended through the valley in the direc_tion
the oounty of Somerset, and attacked the &Dime"
several farms between Shaftesbury and Sherborne.
also was found to exist on several farms in
ins counties of Wilts and Somerset ; but in DO iss°
was the mortality so great in proportion to the number
animals kept as upon the farm In which the disease es'
first introduced in the district of Shaftesbury.
EPPS'S COCOA.—GILATICPUL SSD liOIIFORTING.--"
thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern,
operations of digestion and nutrition, and by • careful"
&cation of the fine properies of well-seleoted cocoa.
EPP* has provided our breakfast tables with a debater,
flavoured beverage which may save us manY bel
doctors* bile. It is by the judicious WO of such articlesta
diet that a constitution may be gradually built
I strong enough to resist every teadency to
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us reed'
to attack wherever there is as weak t
many • fatal shaft by keeping VIS well
uzgzuLblood sd a properly nourished fraans."—Cifil Sevi°