The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-17 00:00:00

GENERAL ITEMS.

Mr. B. S. Oiling was on Thu t witty elected member of
the L widen School Board, in the place of the late Sir
Charles Reed.
axis-nine workmen were killed and VS wounded,
must, a 141.110 in tam great tunnel on the St- Gotbard
Railway, last year.
At the Liverpool Assize on Thursday, Arthur Watson.
Manchester, was sent mord to death for toe murder of his
child by stabbing tier.
A wave of great beat for May is gassing over the United
States, the mercury rising in some places above WE On
Thu edey fr quest sunstrokes were repotted. Seven caws
occur's' in New York and Brooklyn.
The uroa4 C suds is to be abolished on another section of
toe Great West •rn nest week, on the forty miles of the
Damon and S unarm' branch. from Taunton to Bsrnstsple.
which has only been open sauce the autumn of 1873.
Joon Parkes, •rd ,a oakca.or in th, Isle of Widnt, has
been committed for trial by the matistrates, on a chards
of embezzling the money ot the Um psratiou of Newport.
Bsidence was given showing an estinzeted deficiency of
upwards of CLOW.
The populiston of Lincsehire, according to the census
returns Just completed, is close upon three and a half
millions, an incr./see since 1871 of newly 65000. In
Liverpool and Manchester there has been a decrease; but
in eve, y other town as increase is reported.
The lasting girl at Strattavon, having been threatened
with csulinewent in a lunette asylum. commenced on
Wednesday morning siting freely of porridge, and since
then has been suppliel with milk, broth, and beef. A
well-known Scotch tuedkal practitioner throws out doubts
as to the gentutea of this lasting ease.
A w ,man named Platt', wife of a collier, living nese
Cheateafield, went into a c +thous. where • man was
sod with a razor she cut his (heed in such •
manner that he is not expected to live. N , motive is
maligned for the act. Only a few days ago tots man saved
Mrs. Platte from • gross &await at the hands of a number
of natu.

--ITiriTithy Ma. JIM Sparrow has hese committed for trial,
at Lincoln,on to. charge of stabbing Jonathan Arnoldswith
whom she lived. Tory Mal some cords Lgtt,fur, an.
&Batiste teat he bad been in the compeny of another
women, and on bin denying it sad taming sway Abe
Webbed him with a clwp knife a 1 tree above the left ear,
inflicting • very dangery ti. wound.
The Qum accompanied by Primes/ Beatrice. aod
attended by holy Churchill, General Viscount Bridport.
Lieutenant-General the Bleat lion. Sir Henry Poueooby,
K.C.8., and Colonel Sir J. Catalans McNetll, K.C.M.G.,
drove on Friday mu tertioott to Turf-bill, near Beeshot, and
reviewed the troops of toe Alder.hot Divieten. under the
commend of Omitted Sir Daniel Lytton-, K.C.B.
Greet excitement seeded at Lower 11 ram on Vied ty,
in coneequence of its being iutnoured that Government
had authorised some black men to vaccinate the children.
Hundseis of mother* flocked to the schools and de-
manded their off.pring, sod some extraordinary scenes
took place. The autdoorities were unable to convince tbe
crowd., that the rumour was unfounded, sad, owing to
tm ant-one excitement prevailing. the whole of the
ech vie were Mused. Tint children were much frightene.L
The authorities of the Parts Mint prep.'se to substitute
for be present bronze pieces, now almost as Manlier in
Ragland at in France, anew coinage of • sineller end more
el,gant kind containing `...0 per cent, of nicest S,peclueen
Will. bays been struck of the respective value; of • MS-
tinenlie(s csni
ed iisuln").o' oreancyt;t anind twtortutgeannf,i
1793. Its device is an adegoeinel bud of the Republic
wearing • cap of it beery-
In reply to • mew:trial to the Post-office from the
Imiitute of 4esik4e, Mr. Fawcett states that be is pre-
pared to tuochly the vzj.ting arrangement la as to allow of
peywent of postal orders tresented through a bank being
wade on preeentatiou. It is, however, provided test
bankers shall undertake to trace, if necessary, emile ceder
banded in by them to the Post-erica Thie being liftmen-
able tenant, the nastier will no clnibt be nt,itsiatd.
The returns for the Wuitechapel distinct show the
iopulation to be 71 276. Tole Is d, decrees* of 5997. The
non,' ,ti„n of mie..eno cid Tolin is 195573, or en inreease
of 12.427. The toop,,letkiis of Luubeth now 253957, enteam,. ef Hatteras* nunthers 107,199. Tue total
po_pc,istion in LOG area under the jurisdiction of the
Wandsworth Board of Works (Butter's., Putney, Clap,
hare. Wandsworth, Streatham, ant Tooting) is now
214,313, as compared with 121099 in NIL The errwitatien
o` toe parish of Hackney is I63,6o9.showint.an itIC-;d41141 of
48,512- Tbe population of S.. Maryleben,. is now 155,001,
mowing a decrease since the last :return of 4,165.
Tuesday was the esvamitymitilith anniversary of the
birth of Mr. Christoph,e Rice Mensal Talbot, ILIA, end
Lord-Lieutenant ef Germorgenslitra, who was born on
May lado,llLol_6. Mr. Talbot ties reepreeented Glamorgan.
shire In the Reuse of Commons since MIX hams thus
had • seat in ?erliatuent foe tipwWe of half a century,
and is the only member of that b Ay who voted at use
passing of the Reform Bill In 18U A peeteue was
offered to this paternal% in 1999, but MI declined the
honour,
At an Inquest held an Timeder, ea Wedgmetetry, in
St,ffordshire, as to the death of Richard Rowley, aged 16,
who bed committed suicide by heating, it was stated that
during the past month the deceased had attended the
Salvation Army ineetiop, end the proceedings had so,
excited hint as to cause him not to be nevonsible fog his
actions. After attending • meeting he went heels and
hanged hunselL Verdict, "Suicide duginge tementary
Insanity."
A Royal Warrant jut famed yeyOgidas that if • soldier
on the married establishment, he ItGled in action, or die of
his wounds •ithin six 9.untho alter being wounded, and
leave a widow, ei ;reedits of one year's pay, excluding
Cool cor.duc; nay and additional pay, tithe rate of which
ho nigirn emeipt at the tam of his death or discharge.
I shill be issued ii her. A gratuity of one-third of a year's
pay shall be issued, under similar conditions, to eieole'
orphan child under le years of age whose mothen. in
hue who ass, when alive, on the married, eiMblitbuteute
Tame gratuities will be issued to the widows and orphan
children of all men who nave Leon'ltilled, or who have
die 1 ot their wounds roder the conditions above specified,
since the let ef IS*
Lord Rowtlt. been approached by more than one
ante:seising publisher. nisi 'us to bid for the manurcriple
, bete it his hands by Lord Beaconsfield. The negto*tore
are kaaturally inclined to attach to their offers a, madit on
that the e,py *Mill be forthcoming within a meleln time
but it is impossible for the late FAG literary executor to
pledge himself in Mei respect, st:..est he bat not Yet been
able ti do more than gismoanhie intereeting legacy. One
cannot but feel the uamost curiosity to learn the nature
, of Lord 8ec0...-,tapld's "Rennin,. ' Much, if not all of the
, ruenurVpt, todst belong to an curlier period than
" read, ion," whilst some, as I have said before. he '
, believed to c mar many years of the anther's life, end to
;eeriest • personal interest of an altogether tut:spite kind.—
..
Pan.
On the L rl Mayor, H.P., takice,:em r eat on the bench
In the justice room of the ter.e.stotiHouee on Tnuroday, he
said, addrra,ing chief-clerk, he bad a very planaut
duty to perfor;u. fet • Court of Common Council bald on
Thurelay, kiey sth, kt the Guildhall, the following mean,
Lion, which hat leviable reed, was agreed to :—" iteselead
and ordered :—That in the opinion of tuts Outlet the
conduct of those who were., news or lees, instriunewed
In the saving of pr Torte and eneaLW, liss, by prevent.
lag an exploei di et the 1111411M9 racualit 011 the night of
the Mph Atwell Melt is deserving Of eganial recognition.
and Gem etae sum of £99 be meld by the Ceaniberlein out
of the City's emli to Constable Lemuel Cowell. 573, Ciee
Police and 14,5 to. Mrs. Crier, housekeep,r it some neigh.
beueing premise.. His lordship thereupon heeded
containing the sums mentioned to Constable Orme=
Mr. Carr.
At Devon Anise, on Thuredse, Clive Marton, et
di„cherged solider, woe charged with wounding his edlte
iry, at Plymouth. The wales had been nitrified four
tre, ant had woo retie 1. setparated. , and hes reconciled.
18th scream; were listed, and on
Oen night of Januacy
ps femme proc sling to the bedroom Me prisoner w found sitting on tee bed heldin); lie wife, who wee
spec ilees, beviog bare melded in the breast with& boot.
kni:.. tier lite wad despaired bf fork low; time. and the
medi,ml real stale test the was tit.t ye g out danger.
'ins prio alter, when apprehended, mkt that .
Herself, end the defence was that the nontao‘Ouideoodtidatirt
lettetee the satin's durice • weal
fouled guilty of unlawfully .., , T a
prisoner was
Wt. and was mate:toed
to twelve tuouSe.
171,111111.11 under
, seek or two age,
bba V4°,l and Drug, Act wa
at the leconiel Petty,
uvulae, Belfast. 6g4inet • local instep foe selling"r,l
Of mustard allerled t, its,.bane adulterated Witha —Soar.
althennh 'Old as NAM vurr. The lemon of the local
evalist ra,cieni t astulteratien, but Magni J. dJ.
C inenufe,ctutere, demon., e, the ndwualunou
of the steely.ie and insisted on the purity of the article Tte bench atlicioroed the cute for the purpose of au' tang V.e original sealed monde, in tbe CUPtOII,
Co
of be
art, to &mem t-house for °aids'analysis, upon the
adj turned hearing this week, the Government &eel vet
report w" Pr°66Ced, kelifYl9l to the absolute • -.5
womb
dianusetrattrity rir
the sample, and the ease was, al