The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-06-30 00:00:00

fort ig n intelligence,

Batiron's Moszcu, in New York, ka• Ptak boon sold
at • public auction fur 432,000 dole.
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A New I• ion, the New York paper, nay, ban
been tried on the Jeffersonville railroad. It consists of •
reflector for a locomotive, by means of wbieh the
engineer is able tore. the rear of his train, the eondacter,
and all who are either getting on or off, without moving
from his seat It con be arranged for any length of
train by simply changing the angle of reflection.
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LADIES. TRIES/ILL—A robbery of • novel kind was
oornmitted in P•ris OD Tuesday. &vend person. were
occupied in looking at • toy-shop in the Passage
Jontfroy, •nd amongst them • gentleman arid lady with
their daughter. &zed ten years. To their surprise end
horror, as they moved to go away, it was found that
an expert thief had cat and made olf with the
magnificent crop of golden hair worn by the young miss.
11w.. half a metre long.
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Tlit ll•ILING SQOABBLX. —Additional correspondent
respecting the grant proposed to be made to Lady
hag by by the Government of Victoria was published on
Thursday morning. It appears from this correspondence
that Sir Charles Darling has asked and obtained per.
minion to withdrew his relinquishment of all expecta-
tions connected with ths government marries, and that
sating upon the suggestion of the Coloniatoffloe he has
written to the Governor of Victoria declining to sunlit,
either for himself or Lady Darling, the proposed grant
of i 120,000. _ _

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I'OIBO2,INC AT • Love FRAST.—The Chicago Tribune
has a special despatch from Napierville, 111., giviug an
account of the poisoning of • whole church oongrecation
at that place on Sunday, June 7. The church was cele-
brating • love-least. The meat bad been prepared in a
copper kettle, and allowed to remain in it all day, till
the liquid became oxydia.d. All who partook of it
were poisoned, ant all suffered Use met excruciating
MULL Medical assistance was at ones summoned, but
it was • long time before the ectire number (about 130)
could be attended to. About 20 of the number were
regarded ss In a dangerous condition, but none have yet
died, and it is hoped that all will recover.
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A PARISIAN DomBSTIO TRAGIDT.—Ths bodies of two
penens tied together with • rope have been dragged out
of the seine, It ei,pears that two families of workmen,
lived in a house of the St. Antoine quarter, sad an
improper Intimacy sprang up between the father of one
family and the mother of the other. It wee disoover4
and the guilty pair disappeared. It MOM they resolved
to enjoy themselves as long as their money laded, and
then to die together. From pencil POWS in the males
pocket-book It appears they wandered about for several
days, sleeping at hotels and going to theatres till their
money was entirely expanded. Then came the end. On
the events gof the seventh day they gained the bank of the
river near Boulogne, where they took off part of their
sloth«, fastened themselves together, and then plunged
into the water. The man was about 36 years old, and
the woman ten younger.
• NIAPOLITLX Piugwr.—Fbe Arise Court of Naples
has Put tioacluJed • singular triaL A young widow, 29
years of age, named Maddalena Molossi. entered the
service of the Bev. Benedetto Conte- The conneatiou
resulted In the birth of two children. A rival having
appeared in the field. Maddalena asked the priest to
adhere to his promise by marrying her. Conte refused.
She then left his house, taking with her 13() ducats.
Coate amused her of theft, but he probably would have
abandoned the prosecution if she had not sternly refused
to place her mooed child, • daughter, in the Foundling
Hospital. During the trial Rome letters were read which
show • singular mixture. Ox January 13, 18613. Siltber
Conte wrote to Luigi, tits mastered the prison in Gaeta,
where Maddalena was eonaned:—" lii. not suitable
either for her or forms, who azn • pried, that she
should keep the Add as she proposes. In aeoordance
with my asetiments of religion and honour, and of
tranquillity both for her and me, she most obey my
will ; hers is coutraly to the laws of the church. She
exposes us to the contempt of the dregs of the people."
On the lit of Marsh Conte WTOLO to his former mistral,
that be would not continue to live with her. "Every-
one," he writes, "looks out for himself, my good
ester. Sines my bed lack would have it so, let the
will of Him, who arranges everything for our good, be
done. Pray to the Lord forms, sal, on my side, pray
for you." After the reading of these letters the jury
brought fn • verdict of sequittal for Maddalena.
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Isso-BoSoegsw TILMOILLPH. —W. understand that
five cargoes of stores, consisting of Siemens' iron poste
and insulator, and of wire, hes left England for Persia.
Thesis stores will be trans-shipped tat St. Petersburg
into smaller steamers which will take them through
the Neva and the Volga to Astrachan. where they will
again be trans-shipped for the port. of liescht, Leneoran,
and Astir& on the north coast of Persia. From thee.
porta they will be eonveyed to the interior on moles.
It is expected that these stores will arrive at their
destination (about 5,(00 mile. distant) in the month
of October, when the erection of the line will at
once be proceeded with, • staff of superintending engi-
neers having already left England for that purpose.
Tke three scientific advisers of the oompany, namely,
General Von Loden, the director general of Russian
telegraphs, Colonel Von Chauvin, director general of
North Gorman telegraphs, and Mr. W. H. Barlow, CE.,
met lately at Berlin in order to decide upon the mode of
construction of this international work, the execution of
which beabeen undertaken by Messrs. Siemens Brothers,
and is to be finished before the end of next year. The
cable in the Black Sea is to have three Insulated eon'
doctors, which are to be enclosed by • tapper 'heath to
protest it against oxidation and against the attack. of
marine inset* which abound in those regions. The
Indian Government haring decided to add another con'
ductor to their existing lines between Teheran and
Kurselme, in anticipation of the increased traffic to be
expected from this new line, we may look forward to
very perfect oonstouniestion between this country and
its Eastern peentesions, which is much needed. The
Russian and Prussian Governments have formally
declared that In cue of war the transmission of com-
mercial messages over the new line will not be inter-
rupted.