The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-28 00:00:00

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' ITNIQULL YOKIMATCS.--11 clergyman la Montreal,
Cana. la, has been fined for uniting in wedloelr a widow
aged 49 years to • susceptible yinth et 16. The marriage
hal been annulled.
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A larartar.—A. mysterious trent has wastrel at
Pesth, and excited much 'Oldies in the political vvr'd
there. Cdonel Benitaky, Presidout of the Committee
of Houveds, drawn into an emboli by an anofivolous
litter, suddenly disappeared. Another communisation,
addreeed two days later to one of bit friends, intimated
that ho bad been assassinated. M other details or
explariati,us have been given.
STORY Or A Hiatt LATITUDE.—I° a debate in the
limns of Itepresestatives at Washingtonpn the lit inst.,
on the Bill appropriating 7,000,000 dinars for the
purehase of Alanka, Mr. Steve.. (of tennsylvania)
arguing that the acquisition would prove vay valuable.
maintained that the wealth of the waters vas alum.'
in:redible. He stated that a few years tines two
ehooners passing into Behring Straits frond the
herrings peaked one upon the other, front the bottom
of the ocean to the top, so firmly that not one A them
could move. One of the captains attempted to rat them
down, and ran his vessel upon them and broke its bock.
Some members laughed, but Mr. Stevens assurel the
House that last year he saw one of the captains, and
learnt that this was an actual fact.

A MURDEROUS RtlmaB.—An extraordinary *erica
of crimes have just been committed at Verona by • men
named Berutti, aged 81. He had been recently die.
rebind from some employment under the municipality,
and a prosecution was commenced again" him for
embezzlement of property belonging to the city. A few
days back, armed with a pitchfork, he entered a cafe in
which the mayor was masted, and attacked him on tho
Instant, inflicting several dangerous wounds: he then
went out, and meeting two persons named Mound and
Franceseainl, killed the former and grievously injured
the latter; he next entered another cafe, and wailing
the municipal assessor, M. Faesesti, mortally wounded
him, and indicted orisons injuries on two other pert .ns
named Tarliaferri ad Anti. lie was at length muted
and placed in confinement.
STORY Or A Beath—The Ludington (Mich.) Record of
tho 30th June contains the following :—" Mr. Henry
Flynn lives about forty tuiles east of this plum, at or
near the lodging camps of Mr. Ludington. Be started
one 111011iing to take a horse to pasture, about two miles
distant from the house, and as his little girl seemed very
anxious to go, he put her upon the horse's back, and
let her ride a short distance, perhaps forty rods from
the house, where he put her down and told her to run
home. lie noticed that the child was standing where
he left her, arid on looking bulk after going a little
further saw her playing in the sand. He soon passed
out of sight, and was gone about an hour. expecting, of
course, that the child would return to the home after
playing slew moments. On returning home he made
inquiry about the child of its mother, who said she had
riot seen the child, sod supposed he had taken her
along with him. On going to the spot where he left her
he law huge beat traclu in the sand, and at onee came
to the conclusion that the child had been carried off
by the bear. The family Immediately made search
through the forest, which was grown up to almost a
jungle, rendering their search very slow. All day there
anxious parents searched tot some true of their child,
nor did they stop when darkness came on, but remained
in the woods calling the child by laer name. Morning
came, and their search was fruitless. A couple of gentle.
men looking at land came to the house, and being
, Informed of the circumstance, immediately set out to
help to find the child. The gentlemen wendered about,
and as they were painting • swampy spot where the
undergrowth was thick, they either called the child, or
else were talking aloud, when one of them heard *a
child's voice. lie then called the child by name, and
told her to come out of the bushes. She replied that
the bear would not let her. The men then crept through
the brush, and when near the spot where the child and
bear were, they heard a splash in the water, which the
child sald was the bear. On going to her they found
her etanding upon a log extending about half way &CMGs
the river. The bear had undertaken to woes the river
on the log, and being closely pursued left the child and
swam away. She had received some scratches about
her face, arms, and le" and her clothes were almost
torn from her body, but the bear had not bitten her to
hurt her, only the marks of his teeth being found on
I her back. where, In taking hold of her clothes to carry
her, he bad taken the flesh also. The little one says the
bear would mot her down occasionally to rest, and would
pat his nose up to her face, when she would slap him,
and then the bear would hang his head by her side and
purr and rub against her like a cat. The men asked her
if she was cold in the night, and she told them the old
bear lay down beside her and put his "arms" around
her and kept her warm, though she did not like his
long hair. She was taken Lome to hoe parents.—New
York Tines, July 8.
TRIAL FOR MUIDIR IN FRANCL— Two women.
Marie Flentot, • domestic tervent, aged 24, and her
; mother, Marguerite Merlette, have jut been tried in
[ Para on • charge of murder. Time victim wan • lady
named Chantereau, aged 110, and unmarried, but who
, for more than 20 years had cohabited with a person
; named Forest, • builder, and passed as his wife. She
resided during the summer at • pleasant villa on the
I banks of the Marne, at La Varenne-St. -Hilaire, a short
' distance from Peri.; 11. Forest, being detained in town
by business, was always absent from his country seat
during the week, and only arrived on Saturday evening
I tostay over the Sunday At about half-pest one on the
I weeping of the 10th August last the house at La
' Verenne was discovered to be on fire. The flames were
I got under in about an hour, after which the body of
Mddle. Chanteresu was found on a bed which load only
been partially burnt • the head was completely car.
bonised, but, singularly enough, the body wins only
scorched, and the mattresses on which it lay were not
I destroyed. This feet struck the persons who came to
render assistance, and the first impression was that •
crime had been committed, suspicion falling on the
servatot Fleutot, who was alone with Mddle.
I Chantereau at the moment of the disaster; but es IL
Forest found his property in the house, to the amount
of over 300,000 f. in cash and securities. remaining
intact, and as the body bore no marks of violence, that
supposition fell to the ground, and the fire end the
death of Millie. Chantereau were concluded to have
been the result of an accident. In February last, how.
ever, from information which U. Forest had received,
• search was made in the apartment at Hem occupied
by the mother of the girl Fleutet, and • large quantity
of property was found, consisting of bedding, linen,
jewellery, articles of wearing apparel, lec., of the value
of from 4,000 C to 5,000 f., all of which had belonged to
the aleceabeti lady. A judicial inquiry was then
opened, and showed that the murder must have been
committed by the women Fleutot, whited by her
mother, who went frequently to visit her, and they
were in consequence both arrested. The investigation
proved that they had endeavoured to drown the
unfortunate lady while she wan taking • bath, and
the finger' of the younger prisoner still bore marks of a
bite which she had evidently received from Mddle.
Chantercau while the latter was struggling in the water.
The crime had apparently been effected by means of
blows on the head. The two women had then removed
a quantity of property to the railway station to carry it
off, and had finally set the house on fire to conceal the
murder and robbery. The medical evidence showed
that the head of Mddle. Chantereau most have been
burnt, probably to remove traces of the violence used,
before the body was placed on the bed where It was found.
The previous career of each of the two women showed
that they were of a dishonest and depraved character.
The daughter has already undergone a underline.
tion to six month's imprisonment for theft in
• previous situation, and when with another master
had set fire to the apartment to conceal some dishonest
act. She had borne an illegitimate child, and since
leaving the service of IL Forest had cohabited with a
man an the same rooter which her mother occupied.
She showed great assurance on the trial, parrying the
the questions put to her with some ability. The dr.
eumstantialevidence was, however, conclusive, and the
prisoners were each condemned to hard labour for life.
On hearing the sentence the girl Fleutot, who had
probably expected a capital punishrnent,could not restrain
a smile of satisfaction' which excited the Indignation of
the public present, and some cries of "Death! death!"
wore heard from the audience.

Moaqurross.—Although the report that mosquitoes
have appeared in England has been questioned, there is
no room to doubt the fact. A week or two "Woe they
were at Woolwich, and now we hem of them at
Chatham A medical correspondent, who has had ex.
perience of mosquito bites in tropical climates, states
that at Woolwich two artillerymen have been tem-
porally blinded from swollen eyelids, whilst indamed
hands and faces are common. The invaders ere this
week very troublesome in the Harbert Hospital at
Woolwich.

SHOCKING OOTIAGI AT SWANISIA.—A very shocking
oetrase was pearetwat•A on Weds.Klay might/ at
Hwanz••, • hatter named Jestoe having been assaulted
by • member of the orchestra at the theatre named
Clews, and stabbed in the abdomen with an iron bar in
such • way aa to wound the bladder. The poor fellow
was removed to the infirmary in • hopeless condition.
It would seem that the wounded man had been an
under-tenant of his assailant, and that hi. effects had been
brought to sale fur rent. An ill-feeling had arisen
between them in consequence, and Jestoe having, when
passing the house, aggravated his former landlord, the
latter attacked him, and inflicted the injuries in question.
Clews was arrested.
COUNTY RITJIIII.—The Select Committee appointed
to inquire into the present mode of conducting the
financial arrangements of the counties in England and
Wales have agreed to the following report: —l. That it
appears by the evidence given before the committee by
persons residing In various counties of Eagland—Lit.
That the administration of the financial huskies of
counties has been hitherto conducted by the magistrates
with a general regard to soonomy.-2ed. That, never.
tholes., a- desire prevails on the part of county rate.
pay, rs to place the county finance more directly under
their own control, by means of elected representative.
to be associated with the magistrates in the expenditure
of the rate.-3rd. That this desire appears to arise
generally from considerations of public police, but also,
Income instance, from • want of sufficiently detailed
Information as to county espenditure.-2. That this
committee, judging from the general tenor of the
evidence, believes that a system of financial control, of
which the following shall form the prineipal provision.,
would be satisfactory to the ratepayers :--let. That the
boards of guardians in counties should elect representa.
tives, who should be admitted to take part in and vote
at all meetings of magistrates held In each counties for
the consideration of questions of county expenditure.-
2nd. That in cases where • 'Poor-law Union is situated
In more than one county, • representative may be elected
In each county where there are at least six parishes or
townships; and that where there is • less number, the
parishes or townships should be added to the adjoining
union for the purposes of election.-3pl. That com-
mittees appointed for the purpose of managing the
finances of separate departments should 3onsi4 of an
equal number of magistrates and representatives, each
body electing its own members of such committees.-
3. That this committee is of opinion that the mode of
keeping the public accounts should be uniform in all
counties ; that a detailed statement of them should be
, published in some newspaper of the county at least once
In each year, and be forwarded to each board of
guardians; and that some allow should be appointed
for the mat of public aosounta-4. That the clerk of
the peace of every county shall be *lasted by the court
of quarter samion.