The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-08-03 00:00:00

wee all over him. He apparel as- II
his end a secret Gaye him enine wishg,..
payee station. abc"" throe ‘7. lock in the reul,°iiits
went hems. and saw him main at
meriting, when I fount he was dying, nna -"tit4
re waned with him until be died, wd,,,0,
yesterday (litodis)msruinit I li•ilTa.4lll.'
examination on the body. I round ad the in.lkif
hihithy; Is brain. lungs, liver, soI kidn
it islthy, but the heart Wag I tty and
the stomach was intensely inflamed, tit. d,,i,"!•!''
heing destroyed in several places. and
the stomech to Vas throat •141 ingen'a,net,.
vessels of the stomach were ailed with clottei
blood, the stomach and smaller intestine. Zt
a black duid, the large intestine root dried f
ever, the bode was well nouriabed. From
at the post morraresextrnination I ass under tb,.!"14
that he di Id from the effect.% of an irritsnt
I believe to b• oxidic acid. I lodge so from
appearances and from tests I have
burnt moot on the trousers ml necktie,
appearance oft burn by oxalic acid.
By the Coroner: Gusts have been known
have lived 10 or 12 days after takinr
from the appearance of Veste:Zl'
the deceased must have taken • large 'for,
of fluid as that found in the smaller "re
passed through the bady in the irdkary
poison often used for cleaning triad and n,..t0;
In answer to a juror, wanes+ Paid that,
turd for generating gas in making gigue!. ie:er
have tbe aim, °free.
Arthur Ward, eon of the deceasel. sail
i
man, and live n old to. If see not oeeti ray f
two years. They bsd "fallings
they were generally pretty coroforteld,
London swirl trial him for severs! rem,: 4,
exactly the cane.. litre Dot beard of
7
on his mud. Tho woman Barnett
ssewvaeyealr,yna. arai,:mtetiliat
oaf know veryml.i.ttleweL
je.to.tei4tr,sth::
aftrr father's death..

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—iir:VillianT-iiired Howell: I am a inie.sy
manufacturer, living at F•ols. A nt in 0401
wins oxalic acid for soy purpose in our trade."'
aulolitric acid. _
.

--h-e-drrcTliet: I ark that question because! I haeil
II SAW th%t OS aim acid Ia WWI 10 the tr Ar.

Julia B inset' (the servos] wife), who arils also
ins, ssid she lived at No. 2, S. Nlichattserosd,A,
of the deo-seed. I have been there since lest g
week. I have had four chit iren by him. It.
my visit we to we the children. as I h 4 n t esti'
for three years. Was on friendly terms ay:th
his wife. Found them at variance when I ar,ire.4
not thera when the assault was committed
my visit was the catio of variance between man ao4
Dli not beer any recriminations; but heard tier
variance before I entered the house. When I sm.
I found them in great poverty, the deceased MAN'
out of work for some time. Never heart him tir
destroy himself. Last saW him alive ors sturdily s,„
the sailse time that the wife raw him for tbe
He coma in and asked if she had gone to tea.
summons, and I said I believed she had, tivp 4
went out for the hue time. saying "Then I
do; I must seek wort ?nowhere. '

ItIMMOzi 1111 lee.
By the Cwroner: It grieved him very ro;ich toc
of work, and to see the children in want of food. bi
mew him take • bottle with him; there Wah nap
the honse that I am Aar, of..

•
ChArles Minns, propriotor of the Station Motel, h,
deposed : I have known the deceased for abyit
Bath liners we both lived, and since he hal
Bournemouth: last mow him on Friday;
house about nine o'clock in the moraine alai 44
until between one and two cock;o he drank
ab.mt a pint•andesehalf of ale, tilt refused to
anything eatable; he paid for the one else' of
cave him the pint; he was perfectly solo-r, but R..;
low spirits, and said he was out of work and did De%
what to do or where to go; be left without
morning, which I thought rather strange, ,4
acquaintence• Oa the day previously he intimatelt4,
that he was going "On the road."
P.C. John flora: About • quarter to three ea hen,
morning I was on reserve duty at the police...items s,
• carriage arrived bringing the dcctor and the die;
who was &misted into the change-room at the
I was ordered to make up • bed for bin., •h e,
helped him into bed, and sat within *boat tr.reeley
Lim until he died, going to hint etc mionilly. 1p pi
thous to him, but he did not answer until era;
minutes past seven, when be hod turned himself ric:i
the edge of the bed as if in greet pain. I raked hash',
his pain was, an-I he said it was all over hne.
for • drink of water, which I gave tint, on •I lAI i
much obliged. I gave him some branly, on I
doctor's directions, applied mustard over • t.irt
he died I searched bit clothes 1 loon I a
log sixpence-halfpenny. Thrre were at ir. Isy4
some keys and an old letter ad !revel to himself at
as well as other papers.
Polioe-lergeant Bridle *aid: From informat'oair,:rl
by the coastguardsman I went for 114,i—or sti
the case to my superintim lent laccomenic
Morgan, and assisted deceased into the vaulter; te,l
plaited of being thirsty, asking for water sal atrk.
bad • bottle in his pocket; it wag a sods.water
There was nothing in it, n or did !detail Any until,
This being the whole of the evidence, the jut
an open verdict that the deceas died trim tiev
an irritant poison, but how cud by whom ad
there was no evidence to show.

LOCAL AND DISTRICT JoTTING:k

"Let Poole Flourish" is the motto .4 all Whi
an interest in the welfare of this
town—and who anion,.,• the favoured re•id,st 1,
And judging (ruin the business-like a-peet
streets just now, despite the occasional creki:.
of "slack times,- one would think that the to:
a certain extent at least, is being realbed, tj
operations—the erection of villa residence, and
houses at moderate rents—have been i.ping n
upper, or I..ongfleet, part of the town an.l it,
fir some time past, while in the bit,ine.“
borough rapid strides towards universal imiu.oc.
in shop architecture have been made. We ha,.:
to instance the now splendid shop front, with
plate-glass windows and black and gold ornainesnt•
of Mr. Woodford, bookseller and stati.mer.
within the last few weeks; the entire renovatie..:
improvement of two other shops a little lower it
the street, and the conversion by that coterie
tradesman, Mr. Ballard, of two old bu.irtes•
into new ones, nearer the railway station.
ninny other lstakeable signs of promo. k
harbour there are at present, among other., the'-
discharging timber from the Northern pos. .a*
which, by-the-bye, the Heldus, has hal a min.
of 30 days from Archangel, and many in re ti:)!
laden vessels are daily expected; ii that.
easterly winds, quite a fleet •4 -titr
men,- i.e. timber-laden vessels, may be daily ex. •
in the harbour—" a consummation desoutlf
wished."

A more meaningless, or stupid, and yet, at wet
time, a more reckless, audacious, and ex
night's work was perhaps never perpetratei that
series of burglaries and robberies coalmine
Blandford in the course of a few hours by ths
of worthies, Guy, Upshall, an i I.yne—the two!
now in durance awaiting their trial, the larte.s
to be the smasher-inschief, •• wanted —iz,
the night succeeding that of the (Ste of the Atuabela
Societies a fortnight ago. The depredatioss were F
confined to large shops where there were ivorr.;"
shutters, or even blinds, to cover or roma
expensive goods from the too greety eyes vi
who, like the trio above-named, are to, easEf •
into temptation. The moral is plain. Tr.si.er-=
who wish to keep their property safe in met; r
possession should take the precaution to put up •
shutters.

" Fast bind, fast find;
A proverb safe in thrifty mind." .
The Honourable Member, who on Thursday •
the attention of the Secretary of State for the H
Department to a sentence of flogging. recently
by the Chairman of the Surrey :4essi.ans
prisoner, under an Act passed in 17:4. was
not aware of the existence of a brute in Mow
by name Noah Penny, living at Handley, is P
If he had been, we opine that his sympattiei w:
have taken somewhat of an opposite directi°s.
have wished in his heart that the Act, o lone Mal
as obsolete, was more extensively apOiel. h=
case referred to in the House by 'Mr. P. A. Tr
M.P., it was that of arogue and vagaboo
strongly-expressed opinion is that " only ds:e
horses work." Noah Penny, who was sunin
failed to "put in an appearance" before the ca'S
magistrates, at Blandford, last Saturday,
those who do not believe in the Society
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, but has
fashion of his own, in making his donkey
smart strokes of an ordinary stick were wt wog'
for Noah; oh no. He must "break the doter.
and for that purpose • hoe is used in belabsgia -
unfortunate object of his wrath, the Nliaria araue_d!,l
the implement being driven acros, the upper F",,
its back and neck, inflicting deep gashes
skin, while the long wooden handle 4,f the iw
is broken by the sheer force of his blows.
all, for the inhuman two-legged animal
follows up the torture by taking up a piece of
some five feet long, and striking the suffering
all his might" about and over the very ivoundi
just inflicted, bespattering Ls.th board and can,
its blood. Two months' hard labour is not 3ln
punishment for such, brutal cruelty. We are P 4
of corporal punishment; but if e‘er it could
inflicted under the Act, it would certainly be
came of Noah Penny, of Handley.
Of course, we should not be in Poole unli"'
talked politics; but on this subject
undoubtedly hear a vast deal of what may be
either good, bad, or indifferent at the great lca.
gathering at Sterte next Nlsntlay. •
Aprnpoe of the Government programme.
and their friends have been somewhat relieaei
by the better progress which has been male io
silent. The Irish Relief Bill has gone up 10 i,herop
the Compensation Bill only waits its ser.o4 J.)
the Inland Revenue Bill is already set good 3e
there is now a prospect of making a g.sial W'ht
the remaining items in the lists. There will h,
or ISIS trouble with the Hares and Rabbits ntuhe
the Employers' Liability Bill. One or 0ther,,....,
may have to be dropped, though the C "
extremely loth to do so. It will be lilt
farmer', to drop the first, hard on the Nonr°°"_,,,,a
to drop the second, and hard on the woekinti
drop the third. Much depends on how the Opt'.
,_,strengthening the han
behaves itself.
Another thing has pleased the .11in6terield`
that is the strong expression of opini in the
against Obstruction. The constituencies, b
out, are greatly y W 7/
stone and his colleagues. They need an"wal.,,,nOr
both on account of one or two unavoidable ans hes
and because their opponents have been hitting
the belt.
• crrifs'
ds a
ANOTHIM "

PAILESTONE. • •0
ST. Pima's Clarracx. —The contribabocol,A.
work. .to., on behalf of the fund for the cow?"'
this edition now amount to over 0,500.
CoaralsomoiAL tikaoot...—Theasogrww". sior
ID connection with this school were presenw°
and evening Sunday, by the Rev. D. '
on which occasion the children sung a "'—
hymns stilted to the 00CIPi011.

BLAU/MB ORD. of
CAJI P MeTritto.—The Primitive Niethodil,
town and neighbourhood held a osmp 47P'
Sunday, in $ field belonging to Charles
adjoining Afilldown which was largelYetet, st!,
BICTOLII MIRT.IOn Wednesday eveell har,
o'clock, there was to have been • Yeee.jost;
gathering at the King's Arms Hotel.
more bicyclists being expected to Of:
oompetition. Unfortunately the well."'
unpropitious. and consequently there
more than 22 bicyclists, who towPIY,
rainfall, took a smart s round the to
ostr
meting dumb adjognawits Wrhooda/