The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-09-18 00:00:00

TRAGEDY AT MA.

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A desperate murder warred on board the Aui h
steamer Ethiopia when three dale out limn New Y .t k
on her • •sfoile to Walt w. The chief meg-art!,
McGuintteee, according to the regttl tin.. dedreil a
paseenler named Robert Forster t.t go bel w at the
ugual hour, after will ouly th- crew Co II we Ito
remain on deck. F oat.r refused, an lan Mita C hti
emoted, during which Forster oluNge.l a knife into
Mcl oinn ee's gbdomen,and he died eh,doly titter ward..
Forster we brought h'ine in ho and on t.m
steam or'e creel at Glasgow yrsterday was banded
over to the auth-rities.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Ili I RAILWAY
CARRIAGE.
On the arrival of the ~1..11 mail at Briebtm on
Wednesday ni.tht • lady was Lund in • semi-
conscious state in & first clam carriage. It was
evident that she w.s under the influence of
chloroform or ether. Medical laid was obtains I. but
am hour end • half elapsed before oonacioueness we.
fully rest Ted. ?emu her anew-re to the nnestioas pot to
ber it we. ibferred that she had attempted to commit
anicide. She we. r m ire I ta th • lleottil, but
ref a•ed to vire hr name. Two bottlem were found in
the c mpartmest erl,h her.

SERIOUS BICYCLE ACCIDENT.
A ehocking bicycle accident took plane in Three I-
neecUe.street, London, about 11 on Tuesday morning.
Some half-dozen bioycli-ts were riding down the
thoroughfare by the slde of a van, when the horse
slip ut lon the saphaltu, sod in falling caught hi. leg
In the wheel of one of the bicycles, throwing the men
heavily on t the pavemat. Bs warn picked up two a-
scions and bleeding from the noes sod mouth. The
rider lull wing fared much worse. a., being unable
to stop his machine, he run on to the protrate animal,
*h.., in endeavouring to reguin its f .st, ki:ked the
unfortunate geotlernun, bre.king his right thigh and
right e.m helms be cold be extr:c teed. The injured
men were c,nveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

WILTON GREAT SHEEP PAIR.
At this annual fair, on Wednesday, the supply
exceeded 100,000 flantritire down sheep and lambs—
rather le. taut last year. There was a large
attendance of dealers from the western counties,
sepecoelly Bristol way and Runts. Prime were 4.. to
6.. per head bolos %hoes of Britfurd fair. Is rd
Pembroke offered two 6we guinea cups, the first beat"
for the best pen of ewes, snd won by Mr. Joseph
Dean, of ehitterne, with a eplendid pen and • brisk
competition ; they were .01. i at 76.. per bead. The
mooed cup Mee fr wither lambi, and the winner was
Mr. Swarton, of South Newton. Trade began
eluggiehly, but towards the clow of the fair woes of
the peas had been disposed of. The ewes of Mr.
Blake, of Chitteroe, and Mr. W. Dean, of Imber, were
highly commended. The lambs of Mr. Blake and Mr.
J. Brown, of Cholderton, were aim tkrily commended
Prices for lamb" ranged from 665. to its. ; ram lambs,
five to nine guinea'.

FRENCH AND MADAGASCAR.
The correspondence between Adadral Pierre and
Commander Johnstone, tier Mojesty's ship Dryad,
arising out of the French doings at Tentative, I. pun-
liahed. The Istteot are notiosahl4 for the bullying
tone which the French admiral thought fit to use
towards the commander of a British man-of-war, and
they *reply justify the serious view which Mr. Glad-
stone took of the twitter when the news first mobil
England. We have now at !Apt an official version of
the charges brought against the Rev. G. A. Shaw, and
which amount to no more than that • few French
soldiers who drank wine out of some bottks found in
Mr. Shaw's garden at Manatees "suddenly fell into
a state of lethargic intoxication," the pmurnption
being that the liquor wait drugged. Admiral Pierre's
professed desire to deal leniently with Mr. Shaw, and
his expressions of sympathy with the wife of the rev.
gentleman, ill scourt with the harsh treatment
experienced by Mr. Shaw while in the hands of the
Frew-h.

It is esostrary, dories hot weather. to avoid beverage*
likely to heat or stioulitte the system Coco., depriv ii
ed
of the aupsygnons oil. end guaranteed itlisolot•11 Pure.
• most seething. Ind ref reships bsverege. Be
emu that you get Oeibury's Cocoa Lamm when you elk
for it. as imitations sr* oboe pushed by shopkiispers for
the sake ef seise stoat. Makin by spidalaPPOSOl.Di
to tb• (Nem