The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-10-26 00:00:00

WHAT THE WORLD SAYS.

On May the Slnl, 1441, twa youtm artists male their
&but at a concert in Paris. The one, aged 22, was Jacques
Offenbach; and the other, aged 12, Anton Ruhimtein.

Going to s hall in Ireland nonnulays is like trar•lling
across Hampstead Heath last century. The gentlemen go
armed to the teeth, and on arrival eve up their revolvers
with their grestcoate. This is is fact

An eye-witness tells me that the meeting between
Roberts and the generals at Cue.inhar wan rather a
melancholy afflair. Barrows felt tint he hnil not come
well out of the Maiwand dthough hie ner.onal
gallantry at that ill-starrNl fi4lit appearo to have town
deserving of the highest ',misc. A. for General Primm.e,
he looked very down on hi. lu-k, a. though he had not
heard the last of those alarming t.de:r tin. of hi., and of
hie precipitate withdrawal int , the citadel. I hear that
he is now on his way to Englan'l•

At the review at AltlerA.,t Thurs.lay the infantry
regiments averaged under Or ss hundred men each.
although every available man was pressed into the ranks.
Our toy army will have quite ennui' ti ,In at home this
winter without the prospect of being employed to extend
the borders of Greece.

A marriage is arranged between Miss Verschovle,
daughter of the late C,olnnel VeNehoyle, an I Mr.
Markham, eldest non of Colonel Markman, of Solent
Cottage, Cowes, and the HOUle. Melton Nfowb-ar.

am glad to hear that Colonel Napier Start iq pro-
nouncod hy his tue,lical a4viren, t bo out of danger. Ile
has had a very narrow escape for his life.

It is currently reported that the Duke of Westminster
intends selling off his find Puri of racehorses, and quitting
the turf altogether. The Duchess's health unfortunately
does not improve as could he wished All thoughts of
moving to the shores of the Mediterranean are given up
and the Duke hes hired High Cliff., near Bournemouth,
in hopes that the air there may he mild and sheltered,
and that the Duchene; will le elite to support the shorter
tvrney. This lovely place 'elem., to Louisa Lady
aterford, and is situate I, as its name denotes, on the
edge of a cliff overhanging the sea: it has • charmingly
south aspect, and is sheltered by pine-woods from the
north and east.

The rumours which have been lately afloat of Lord
Cowper being likely to resign the Lord-Lieutenancy of
Ireland are totally without foundation. Both he and
Lady Cowper intend to hold the Viceregal Court during
the coming season at the Phenix Lodge and Dublin
Caudle with as much pomp ss heretofore; and it is
expected the Dublin season will be • very gay one, as
many of the Irish nobility and gentry will flock te town
this winter in preference to remaining in disturbed rural
distaicts.

lATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE. 1(100 ICLE'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS.
. On Thursday, at Leeds, a tanyard labourer named
Hugh Riley, about 60 years of ago, attempted to
murder his wife and then himself. Riley has
frequently threatened his wife's life, on one occmion
going so far as to purchase a revolver for the purpose
carrying his threat into execution. On Thursday
forenoon, Mrs. Riley went into the house of her
daughter, where accused was rocking a cradle very
voilently. His wife remonstrated with him for so
doing, whereupon he seized her by the neck and
stabbed her in the lower part of the stomach with a
clasp-knife, saying, "I have often said I would do it,
and I will now." Evidently he was under the
impression that he had killed her, for immecliately
afterwards he stabbed himself in the abdomen,
inflicting a very serious wound. His wife's injury does
not turn out to be finite so serious as was at first
feared, but Riley himself was conveyed to the
Infirmary in • very dangerous state.

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