The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-26 00:00:00

SUICIDE OF AS EX-NIAVO.I2.

An unfortunate career was tannin/veil in au
in •nner at Bristol on Thins lay. Mr. William Dix m
for many years "couple" a leading poeition at S .uths
angst .n, and served the town as al arm in an I mayor.
Getting into ditli•rulties, lie. hr .ugh the itilbien.re of
the Duke of Ilea .nl. got the otket of dispenser in the
Molt rtl From there-he went to Bristol as
dispen-er in the infirmary. Dere again he went wrong
and becoming los...broil in debt, the ImAr I last week
PIDIDCII,I,II bi,n Thtins.lay morning he took a largo
dose of pruisic acid. De.,11 soon resulie I.

"81111KES."
Strikes at. q it pr yer ; only quite rilht.
to some porpoii • ; but not for
strikel ir t our inutile...l. for honour. kn If .me,
tr ke ri ht and lel, till you in ait.o I name.
Sink • for your fr.eilom from all that vile,
cmp ~, i,, who often kezu;:e.
StnL wi•li the hewn. r, the Ale.lge, an•l the axe,
if 1.1 h:lhii, alit, tinnleivillth: tux.
ti!ril:•• ...it n-i oth-r.
S•rik.. a ill •ht I tour ti .li-hoe,s smother,
Wilke if the f ot a,, I ,
S the vrlion best. lett let wielom deci•le,
stri‘ea Wadi While the iron is h .t.
Strike, keep striking. till you hit the right spot.

FLOG. iINI: IN NEWG.tTE.
Five row; men, who were imitative-I at the last
awed os of the Central 'owl, to Ire a
for a ti, of rohbery .idence, underwent the
penalty in Newita•e -.I on Iliur..l.y morning. at
ba fpa t nine I ..f thin, hig is mere
1.. y 16 tho birch instead f
OW cL. Ili* n in.. w.i. Ti.. •1,, I "oleo an, MA his
.41, nr.• wee being conc. it t
aged 1. iii n.bhinz a woo! ~., whom they brutally
k..-k.-. 1. These you h• s. cc first to take their
pueidnitent, which was ifikt it. ill. ruin ap eduted
ior such c ection, and fitted nit the usual apparattts
fir whil'ltittg. There were i-recent Alderuian Sir
Row, as visi log inai,. etc; Able. Man and
Sherd the governor of the prison (Mr.
Sidney Smith). .he surgeon (Mr. Garen). with
whom WAS Dr. Rey ll.tr-lev, and • few mfr., it itives
of the newspaper pie.... The convict* were hiou:ht in
one at • tone, the n one of each, and the number of
bushel he WV, to re" i.e. being e die I war by the
govern or Foot Caine US, 10 iy 1)0...dm who sub-
toitte.i LO the Mr...*111 01 10 • 11 ; ',ripped an.l
Ix-toned t. the whipping-dmet. Tw warier.. admin.
ietered sack 10 strut., of the Ideel,, soil the jed
oce-sined and crawl 1 .u.ily for mere, while receiving
casti &lion, which wa. vigoron•ly laid on, mid left
heavy marks of its severity. lii, e'der companion,
f'allaglian, began to howl most dismally, even before
his c .at was removed, .and showed Limself, from first
to last, an arrant on x ini lii,. 20 strokes were laid on
by the two warder., each deliverin4 10. .•11.1i a new
cat, the nine' tails" .4 which we e if stiff whipcord,
with the pees- ribed number of kn. Th 's. e back a
this convict bore evideoc a of the rigour with which
the warders, two tall and powerful men. discharged
their duty. A. a matter of course, the prisoner, who
had shown craven fear by his con In t on lasing led
jot., the room, ioubled and treble.' hi. yels when the
hlows began to rain across his back and shoultiera
The next bitch, who were t suffer for a more
violent morage, had been sentenced to receive each 25
lx-heis with the cat. They were: Henry West. aged
jp, • licensed pedlar . • Thom*. lienneesey, 17, and
William Sawyer, 20, la.th desc ihed a. lalsareni. All
three belonged to Wandsworth, in whit neighbour-
hotwl, last November, their crime wae committed. In
c mjunction with a fourth man, name I Jo. ph Webb,
who ham been sentenced to /WWI year.' 'sena' servitude,
without a a egging. they attacked an elderly gentleman,
Mr. David trnott, of Drove Rom*. Aliftwthinr-lalts,
as be was returning home at nine o'clock in the eveo-
ing, from a temper ince meetin4 in Motithstreet. The
fir„tcanisinu ordhojoeey of the runt inn 11/.441 to take
miner their victim'. umbrella, thug depriving him of a
handy weapon of defence. Thee then to) to
throw him down, and to rob him .4 a 10% in gold,
his keys, parse, and penknife, with a few p etagee
statute •' and, as he persisted in uillint fm- help, they
kicked him about the bead, coining eight wounds.
For this savage robbery they were Al sentenced by
Sir Thomas Chambers, QC., M. l'., the new Recorder,
to penal servitude; and, am the three prisoner., West,
Hennessey. and "lawyer, had been previously convicted,
the additional judgment of a flo i ea. pn.nounced
on them. West was first brought into the room, and
hi. defi int look and insoknt demeanour plainly
bespoke a iletennination to go through the ordeal with
aa much stoli•lity as he could assume It was not till
the thinl Leh .leeroule.l that he cried out, and there-
of er his yells were In 1 a,l I piereimr. a, eofileiratjan
for five minutes' respite being itillioringly uttered by
him when the first war-her had finished giving the 13
an-I the sec .n.I was sup .i..: forward to deliver
the other 12. The nprwal wa• unheeded, and West
continued to howl and r 'or for merry till the end of
his punishment ; bat, immediately oa being released
from the cmfinenient .4 the whipoirirstocks, he
danced the " d wide-shoal b" an in fulfilmeot of his
miecrable pr ..irtentne of brava li. It is noticeable
thattlii. convict ha I evidently trio I his utmost to hear
the lash with stnbb.rn silence. and that his yells of
pain were wr from bin.' Deno...see, the
next man, cried at the fi et cut, called for the d .ctor
at the sixth. and then, simulating f %intim., dropped
his head on I.** sidle ; but looke I up briskly when the
second warder came towards bin to deliver the 19
atrokes. When the full meittore of
Hrimeesey's punishm-mt had b wiminieterwl, be
give gip or sigh of relief, on.l vr.s. led out moaning.
The la-t man was ••lawver, who repeat@ ily shouted
out that he was being killed, and who.* flog:ing left
him in a state of more decided lielp'esoseas and
depression than either of the 0tb..1, ctrayed. In
all my., the diroolouration of the skin was very great,
aol blond ("Howe I the curse of the Issh. A period of
not in we than 'ff/ minutes was occupied in flogging all
five prienners.

A ionno London constable. tlernea Mounmiint,
&gni 22 has been oentenceil to 15 years' penal !
servitude for arson. tie used to set tire to places on
his Hammenoilith beat, in order to give the alarm and
get the rewards.
ZEIGRaTIOR TO Naw but-ann.—The followinz goods
d_rsit hi Sir dohs Vogel. the Azent-aeneral for New
& -tbso•l, wit', K niarantr. for the' tt••lony, ere r torte ito
ban., arrlrea at their tea' Va.:— The " onitsiroitzlh"
whio sinned ...a th a N urisiob•r 3rl or N,lson
sari Wellington : the " Wellington, which sailed from the
av ou November Ord for °tau: the "Wanganui,
which sidled from Ptywouth on November ffith for
Gant rhory.
st•ysnyure yob :Attn.—The Editor of the Medical
irrur has called the notice of the medical proibeeion
to Cailbury'• Cocoa Essence, which banana, Cadbory's
Coneentrated Vegetable Milk, and remarks: "The
excises of fatty matter has been carreolly eliminated
and thus • compound remains which conveys In &
minimum bulk • maximum amount of nutriment. We
strongly recommend it as a diet for children."
VaLUWILIN DIDCOVIRT FOR TVS HAM your htlr Is
turniuz jr.-y shit.., or falling off, use "The Mexican
Hair Rene • e 1.." for i• pew:lively ratan is every caw,
Grey or iram. Stir to 1,1, Lonal colour, without to Leine
the a 11.00. ehlo ~1 out " lt,esiorers " It makes
the hair charmingly to, aF as prouto'in: the
growth of the hair on •pote, where tile alsnils are not
dwared. Ask your Chemist for MILIICAII Hall
RiVitwho? pripared C. GALLIA.. al Oxford-
London. and soli by Chemiskand Perfumers every.
eh, • at 3+ 61. per lottle
?LOWLIFE! —FOR Till TM= MD BREAMS —A few
drops of the liquid 'Fiorillo.," *mottled oil a wet tooth•
loundi pioduces a phis-ant lather, which thorouahl,
cleanses the teeth front all penal,, or inuoirities.hardens
the gunsa, prevents tartar, .tops decay, gives to the teeth
a peculiar pearly•wbitieneas, and a diliehtful fro/ranee
to the Iceeth. It remuyes all unplessant odour arising
trout docared teeth or Solemn smoke. "Th. Frogrant
Ploriline,- being ootopooed In part of honey and sweet
herbs is delki WIG to the taste, and the greatest toilet dle
emery of the age. Price In IC of all Cbseisse and
atissiort=la.rneend by Hawf Ilasy.yr, 4111 Wird.