The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-02-01 00:00:00

GENERAL ITEMS.

Two men and an old WOllllll have been frosen to death
near Her4ord.
At Northampton, a man was found dead in bed at the
Workhouse . . . . .

The younger of the two women Injured by a kitchen
boiler explosion in London. on Saturday, died on
Sunday.
Os Saturday a serious boiler explosion occurred at the
residence of Mr. J. B. Page, at Kibworth. The servants
happily escaped, having just before entered the back
kitchen.
On Saturday the dead body of a man named George
Temple, a carpenter, was found embodied in the snow at
Fartlstinghoe, near Banbury. This is the fifth death
through the storm in the neighbourhood of Banbury. It
Is expected that other bodies will be found when the
thaw Nets in. A woman and child are said to be missing
at Farnborough.
On the fires being lighted for the purpose of heating
St. Mary's Church, Adliscombe, Croydon. for Sunday's
services, two boilers in connection with the apparatus
exploded with terrific force. Fortunately, the oecurrence
being prior to the time of womhip, there was little damage
done. One of the attendants was injured.
L mew* the Paris vitriol thr • Ner, a bad character,
against whom ten previous convictions for various offences
were put in, was found guilty on Wednesday, without
extenuating circumstances, and sentenced to 15 years'
hard labour. _ _ _

An old man named Thomu Young died in the villarre
Tibberton • few days ago at the age of 101 year& The
deceased was born at Birley, but hal for many yearn
lived at Tibberton, where he kept a small shop. Ho
was thoroughly intelligent up to the time of he death.
At Hastings, on Wednesday. s taial gun accident
occurred to • man named George Reed. • gr,eogrore.. On
returning from shooting, and whilst taking the horse
from the trap in which he bad been driving, the gee,
which was lying on some sacks in the re-I, went off, and
the whole charge entered he left breast, killing him
almost instantaneously.
The Greek Government have just contrutel with
Meurs. Yarrow and Co.. of Poplar. i.r th umatruction of
six of their improved first-class t irmelo Lost,. They will
be of the well-known formidable Bstouns else., and
similar in every respect to the vess it of that name which
the firm built last year for the Russian Government.
Messrs, Yarrow have also similar tirporlo emit in bond
for the Italian. Austrian, Dutch, and Brazilian Govern-
ment..

At Salisbury, on Tuesday, 'even able-b died peunere,
all young men, were charged at the petty scut in with
having broken between 000 and 700 panes of claw, and
committed other damage to the •utOUnt Of nearly Elf*,
at the Alderbury Union Workhouse. It was proved that
the prisoners broke out of the house and went to • t
a short distance off, where they were treated and get
drunk. On their Minn they smashed the windows and
threw beds, bedsteads, and bedding int,t the paid.
Andrew Russell Forsyth, of Trinity College, son of the
late John Forsyth, is the senior wrangler for the year.
Orders have been received at handsets that no civilians
are t, enter the regimental lines after sunset.
Lady Brabason has given a cheque for C3OO to provide a
daily metal for the most destitute children attending the
Board Schools of Londan.
At Leicester •child two years old has died in great agony
from drinking hot water from the s
log on the hob, pout of • kettle slant-
Official naval returns recently prepared and Issued show
that eight vessels of various tonnage and power were
launched within the past half-year, and that at the prevent
time there are twenty•two others under construction at
the various Government dookyarda or by private ship-
builders. _

• Green and Co. have now ascertained that the
Jewels stolen front their ntativo in a Glasgow betel
were of the value of £6OOO, and and not /MOW as at lit"
stated. On the night of the robbery another traveller had
In his bedroom at the same hotel • box containing
diamonds worth 4330,000.
It is stated that Mr. Gladstone has hen greatly touched
by the "Informal letter," signed by forty seven members
of Parliament, urging him, out of regard for his It•alth, to
limit the hours of his attendance in the Houma. Mr. Glad-
stone has returned, through Lord Fticnard Grosvenor, a
cordial answer, assuring the gentlemen tithe signed the
letter that its kindly injunction will be observed.
A sad accident occurred in Cherbourg Harbour on
Tuesday. It appears that for some months past • diving
bell has been in use in the harbour works, In charge of two
gangs of workmen—one for the day time and one for night
work. As the crew of 18 men, composing the batter, were
returning borne in • boat, one of their number, frightened
at ease air bubbles coming from the direction of the
diving bell, jumped into the water. Ilia comrades instinc-
' rarely rushed to the same side of the boat, which wu
overturned. Unfortunately, the life saving apparatus used
In the harbour was out of order, re that six of the men
were drowned before assistance could be procured.

"Mr. Johnson in his Chemistry of Common Life
pointed out that Cocoa had long reached the consumer
with too much of its own fat, or loaded with a variety
of farinaceous substances, producing a soup rather than
a beverage. The Cocoa bean affords admirable
nutritive flesh formieg qualities, and staying power.
In Cadbury's Cocoa Essence these are retained and
concentrated, providing an exhilarating infusion, not a
starchy sotto. " Warnings to Romaekoiders.
FITS. —BPI LEPST OH FALLING SICKNESS. --SIENSATIOND
GIDDINESS, FAINT& —A certain method of cure haa
been discovered for these distressing complaints, by a
Physician who is desirous that all sufferers may
benefit from this providential discovery. It will cure
the most hopeless cue after all ether means have been
tried. Full particulars will be sent by post, free of
charge. Addrees.—Mg. Wiudtute, 10, Oxford Terrace,
Hyde Park. London.
ADVICE TO Morning I—Are you /woken in your red by
• sick child suffering with the pain of cutting twithf Oa at
once to • chemist and get a bottle of Man WINSLOW'S
SOOTIIIIIO STRUT. It will relieve the poor immedi-
ately. It is perfectly harmless and tto the taste, it
produces natural quiet sleep,by re eying the child from
pain, and the little cherub awakes "as Wight es • button."
It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allnlfa all Pala*
relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and laths best known
remedy for dysentery and diarrhosa, whether arising from
teething or other mama Mrs. Winslow's Soothing.
Syrup Is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is. lid
per bottle.
Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—Cgagrrhe, Coughs. and
Quinsent —Diseases of the throat and chest are the bens
of our lives in this treacherous and variable climate ;
neglected or injudiciously treated at their onset, serious
consequences often ensue. Now nothing relieves them so
quickly, or so certainly cares them as these most potent
remedies- Whatever the condition of the Patient.
Holloway's remedies will restore, if recovery be possible;
they will retard the alarming symptoms till the blood is
purified and nature consummates the cure, graduall,
restoring strength and vital nervous power. By persevering
uts use of Holloway's prspsrattons, tone is conferred on
the stomach and frame general/. Thousands of Pomona
have testified that by the use of these remedies alone they
have been restored to health after every ether mesas had
failsdL