The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-03-19 00:00:00

THE RRLL ARTHUR ORTON.

The foil 'wing is an outline of the gamer of Arthur
Orton, from his boyhood days down to the year MIL.
Arthur Orton was the youngs.t son of George Orton,
who nearly all his lifs osrrlsd on a lasnalve business
of ahloplog botahra and dealer in Shothad wales at
69, High-street, Wapping. He had severel ebildres,
01 whom Arthur eat born at 69, Highetreet. WliP9lllll,
in Jour. 1834, and christened at the Parish °bomb.
•bout WWI years olds large lire took place nearly
opposite tho boom of Mr. Orton, during the night, and
the greatest ainaternatila was gamed. After this
occurreuce the listy became afflicted with the tit. Vitae.
.1..,.re. For • ohnogo of air he went to the house of
keeper of an inn at Notts Cross,
11•Ttler4etrire. There hi derived tome little benefit.
After guireral months, ho returned to his parents at
Wiapplag. Being anxious to eomplete a remedy which
had partially developed Itself, his mother took him by
ma upon two or three meactoes, In • sailing vessel, to
Bridoort, In Donatehirs. The vessel belonged to
Oaptsha Angel, • Irked of the Orbit foully. Findiag
that these voyages had • benedelal eliset, on April Ilk
1848, Arthur was apprentleed to Ospleda a•Orie
Brooks, of Landon, sad be sailed in the 0011•• from
Gravesend on the 301 h of Me same month. The
venal was bowed for Valparaiso, and reeeMd that
port on November 3 'following, what &Abu,
haying quarrelled with the eapeabi, deserted Ids
ship, and made his way be the village of Mel
fay miles Woad from Valparaiso. Here he arir
ed
In • elate of dentitaties, sad beim efereigner, entirely
withal% the lamas el seheleteeme, and nimbi* fie mesh
a word of Swahit, be butane ma oblate of sysapeeby,
sad • berme awned Thomas de Omsk% • male and
provision dealer, reading In Mt Mlle" Wing Ma •
strong, powerful youth, took hiss late his emplemmat.
His duties wen to drive cattle, hones, fate:d2t2
m • good rob rider—having been previouslyes
to ride Shetland ponies, in which, •• already staled,
hie father wet • dealer—llo Castro totted Ida • very
useful lad. Arthur moss berme • greet favourite with
the (hare family mid other reisidonte in the vi
Indeed, so &duetted did he besets° to the ,s., the
be used to address them as "father"aid "whether."
Daring his stay, which hided upwards elf two years,
he became quite proasiont le Ibrowlap the Immo, sad
also sovored in that doe • toimaide knowledge of Me
Spanish longings. After a stay of about two yeses. In
a:premed • wish to return to Boglend. sad • nab
eoription was rand to enable him to do ea. Rettere-
log en routs for home, ho *pia rerteheill Valparaiso, the
port from which he had quitted tie Osesa, be 4
on board the Jessie on Fobroory 18, 186 ,
which vessel arrived at the port of Loucks on Jane 13
of the nate year. He was then jut 18 'lmre of age,
and weighed thirteen and a had sloes. He went, on
landing, to the house of hie genets. at Wapping,
where be lived about two pars. Dudes this latervat
Arthur masted his father la hi. bedew NI belabor,
but it appears they did not altogether agree. Soon
after hia arrival home he beams serwainted with •
young person named Mary Anne Lodge, the &amebar
of very respoetabie puma, residing la the neighbour.
hood. They wore bib. habit of walking set together
on which ociemioni Arthur was very fond of airing
his Spanish. As lane progressed the friendly relations
between Arthur and his father did not Improve, and
the former resolved in consequence to go again to sea,
declaring that he would never return to Ragland
during his father's life. In his nineemetb year, on
November 30, he again mulled frogs the port of leaden
on board the Ilietsx, Oaptain OterM baud for
Hobart Town, m ship's butcher. He lett the ship on
IL arrival at Hobart Town, and, having restless there
ho Sooa bound employment as • joiLrneylll•ll heather,
bat afterwards opened • small hotelier's shop on his
own account it the Now Market "In that town. This
venture, however, not mesoodiag, Arthur left that
plow in 1816 for Melbourne, where he mimed himself
as "atookumin " to • Mr. Foster, of Gipping Lead, Is
whom employment he remained for some soalderable
time. Upon leaving Yr. Foglia' he conshaned to earn
his livelihood as butcher, "stakeout," mita driver,
do., in difforeut pate of Australia,wail the year 1881,
when Is. was hoist at Oastiesnalne, from whisk Maas
all trace has bees lost of lam.

DREADFUL MURDER OF A WIFE.
A. most shocking wits amulet ham takes plume al Itromagrove, wear lErwiagliam. JUDOS Hoboes wed hle
wife had quarrelled, whisk, It sesene. libey were la Me
habit of dom.& and on Thursday night sloe weal to her
mother'a house. On Friday night he weal there sad
asked her to return bat ilts refuted. Uri held tits
baby in her arms &ad it prattled to his over the
mother'. shoulder. ii,gulps it a may, anti al the
Immo time, putting old arm round his wdes week, drew
• raarr across her throat It severe! ail the peat
artorioe. and the poor women died in s few minutes.
If Ames abeoondcd, but was apprehended at his brother's
house. wino distanon off. Lie hal attempted suicide
by cutting his throat, but the wound was nos dangerous.

FAS fING UNTO DEATif.
.I,un Cope, sg•cl forty•five 7.", menal with Mr.
L. lieunarsy, Bazaarld, Exeter, hag paid the penalty
of a too doss ob•lrrauce of Leut She Is stated to dare
been • histily religious soma.), and during I.lllttalm
erosions of fasting oho abstained from °sting but the
merest mend.. With the advent of the present
Lenten moon she gave ap her usual meals, arid the
consequence was that rattler more than • week silica
she had to seek medical advise for poi n various pasts
of her boil. Kr. Roper impressed upon her the no-
meaty of taking nourishing food, end he Preeenhod
some reqilicine for her. Sae felt hotter on Tharsday
1,•",lf, nut the stio.nlating effects of the dodoes pre.
sc..eio..Wert, lAA j te.llputary. and on anode/ ehe Wei
ft e. to T.e.k IN ought on, a I Mr. Roper had no
doubt, by exnanition, causal by • WM" of proper food.
At no helmet held ea the body,____.
_es ifeigteZll4ne Mr. &mimeses holm, the j cry ea'
seedires /44 Beffela •plaisa.

AOCIDEIIT-TO • BOLT OP Zi ALMIJIBI'Y'S
bfll Axle us II
Lt. ev.ts LIVES.
A telegram from Ctibreitm repo& • Meteor/lag
semdent whoL happ:ned m a boat f at 111*j-sty's ship
teelhe at Les, by wbloil two young oboe" Sub-
Linz:um:at \\'. A. Juba aul J.Tebot, aid nine
eanore wore lore.

DEATH OF MURPHY MS LBCTUISER.
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