The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-02-05 00:00:00

SWITZERLAND.

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IY'crtit'lTT of TIIE lii.lvn. There is at prevent in
this town (soya Ow ('ormier'''. herald) a blind man of
a .ery ingeinona turn of ninth. Some time ago be made
W, Isl. hal 1., hut not hemg tati.lied with Ida production
i.e aituin Villploy.l 1.111 active MIA, and haa completed
mie that all hear cemperition with many produced by
those who hare the adv•ntage of sight. He a likewisw
very lealleP., Walkiug about, the streets with scarcely
lily heaitatiom goes ahrimping on the sand-banks at this
1111 l nth of the harbour at all tours of the day and night,
and does all the household duties of his cottage without
any aid or lea.!er.liir.
Jogg or .1 Citric !NM AN.—A ridicnlous incideni
ortmin fl in the trot belonging to the Cree chief,
M.s.takmos. ill which I plAyeal • wore prominent part
then I .1100.1 Lave seleoted had any chotc, been offered
ii.e. I lirsrd of this incident again hundreds of miles
from the load u ere it occurred. as we jouroeyed borne-
wards from the Orand Forks. It happened during a visit
I paid to Slis.tiek-oos after • long unit tedious talk,
which lasted nearly seven hours, relating to the object
we lorl in view in visiting the country. Three of
Mix tots wives acre vioible, and with their children
formed altogether • party of 18 or 20. I mai from
buffalo robe where I was seated by the side of Mis-tickr
loos to examit, 1.01110 arrows which one of his tons was
I making. and when toy curiosity was satisfied, I sat
1, &on on *list I thought to be • bundle of buffalo
! elme to the
.e,miig html,. I .11111111 t a little eaten=
to f, el the lobes ilowly move and undulate beneath we,
and la fore I cool 1 and 1.4 into the cause. I found
! my-elf pi ojectrd into the middle of the tent anion Thar
I embers, by no RISS id wino violent spaaniodic action from
beneath the imppmed pilea of lathes. ilis.tickmor and.
his three wive. with the other inmates, shrieked with
laughter, vociferating I/0111e words in Urea. Meanwhile,.
the rots.. *ere I.lolSly ti 11,111,11 011 one site. and,.
to my ,stonisliment, wife revealed the huge proportions•
of the chief's fourth, youngest and best wife. She shook
• masa of hair from her head. •nil joined in the laughter
at my di.conititure. Other Italians bearing the noise
mine in, and klialickmoe, with t•are ii, Ma eyes, told his
Ifriends how "the a hite stranger had ant upon his best
wife, thinking she was • vile of rohes, stud how she
• I tossed him into the middle of the tent like a buffalo bull
I pitching a colt."— Ilia's Narrative of tise (-enaction
I Red River E.rploriny Expeditiow.

Snoekiwo Case or MieKLACCHTSIL—AninqasI.
has Min held at the village ..f Pickworth, near Stamford,
by Mr. Hough, the coroner for Rutland. on the body
of John Young. labourer, aged 79, whom death took.
plam under tl.e fotlowint circumstances .—The deceased.
was employed in atone-breaking, on the Pickworths
road, and he and a fellow-labourer,nioned James Alexan-
der 73 sears of age, were at work together, when •
quarrel toed( place between them big h words led W
Wows, and it is alleged that tie eleceesed was Due
afgreseer, he having struck Alexander with his shovel..
Lion this tl a latter knocked his mutton' down, nod,
falling upon him with his knee' in the region of tb•
abdomen, such internal injuries were produced that
Young died two days aft. r the affray. A post etorfeet
examination of the body, shade by Mr. Jackson, surgeon.
of Stamford, showed Wet death resulted from infism•
ma ion of the bowels, apparently caused in the manner
described. After hearing a mass of evidencv, the jury
returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" awed Jamas
Alexander.
Seigekg OF MI ILI.ICIT STILL AT CHATHAII.—Ths
officers of Inland Revenue, assiated by these attache.d
to the Customhouse at Rochester, have succeeded rik
effecting the seizare of an illicit still at Chatham, which,
from eircumstancles recently brought to light, hesbsien
for collie time past used in the manufecture of spirits on
an extensive 'male, whereby the revenue has been
defrauded to a considerable extent.. In order to
diturati suspicion, the parties implicated in the
trensactions took a shop on tie Brook, imam, the
name of Silas Allays) being placed over the door.
The whole of the lower portion of the premises was
fi•ted up in the moat empeeemt style with furnaces,
bricked up, Mills, worms, and the other •plarattui
required in the manufacture of epiro t• to a Sege extent.
On the officers effecting an entrance, the only rare
found on the menders were • woman and e little
both of whom pretended to know nothing of the
operations which were being carried en-I• Thy cellars
were then searched, when the whole Of the pleat
mentioned was discovered, SA well as about 120 (Igloos
of wash in • tub, and • quentity of trestle an other
nen-entries required in distillation. A seen* was,
a.
made of the premises a sheet distance off, occuip;ed by
a Mae 'mined Auetin. when • quantity of the is,"l7
distilled spirits was found in a stone jar, the 0n..17
account which Auetin could lice for basing it in hie'
pessession being that he had putchased it of a man et
the door. On Weinesdey the two defendants, *Dewey
and Austin, were both charged before the wagietrates
at Rochester, at the instance of the Board of Inland
I Revenue, for Imi:is concerned in working the illicit still,
when, after a lengthened insestigation. Allaway was
I convicted iii peu+lties amounting to £lOO, and Austin
in the mitigated sum of 1:25. Both defendants will be
iturrisoned until the penalties are paid.
. Six FlllOll IN °NI NIGHT.—During the whole ot
Thursday night and Friday morning, the firemen of the
London Brigade were attending fires, not only in
the metropolis hut in the suburb.. One. nearly ettended
ith a lllDD`Dtehie half of life, hat paned at No. 3,
Brunswick•place, Lower Totteuliam. The premises
ledonged to Mr. J. It. ttington, shoemaker, who also
occu ied the next house. No. 2. an a leer-shop. The
flames quickly seized the irewises ..f Mr. W. Walker,
a general dealer (No. 1), Ni,. 4, belonging to Mr. J.
Lu..king. s clothier, and those of Mr. 11. Woodword,
a grocer (No. 5). The premises of Mr. Bettington, in
which the fire commenced, were destroyed ; and those
adjoiring severely &wage.' by fire and water. The
other three houses Are likewise greatly injured. The
'losers will fall nrion the Wesmineter,
MA Genera/ offices. Another fire in ',lmmix-
plaer. It.teliff.cross, destroyed the cabinet maker's
workshops belonging to Mr. C. Smith. Unfortunetely
he was not imitated A tire likewise happened in th•
premises of Mr. J Mason, • hatter, 134, Drury-lane.
The stock in tr.ol• wan nearly destroyed. Insured in
the Sun fire ..flices. Another fire took place in the
preinims of Mell#lo. rut mid Gould, manufacturing
cheiniets, Ni,. S. ChiekeAtol,treet, Brieklane, White-
el.; el. A tire likewise broke out in the eecond door of
the prceliaew belonging to Me-srs, It. ntley and Co., 48.
Getter-lane ; felt the d•inage (lone was not very
ars• drr•ble. The other fire happened in the premixes.
et Mr. Pittman, tohacconi t, Csnibridge.road,.
Bohnedgreen ; • portion of the et 3 k ass deetroyed.
\Vti,cg AND Lusa or Ft FT a• is I.lv -- poor&
mourr. Friday Morning. —The berque Victor ElDlDeellel
of London, with general cargo, +vent ashore at Cliff-end,
near Itlitekgang Chine, Chide Bay, Isle of Wight, at 8
p.m. on Weduesdey, and by daylight yesterday was •
total wreck, with a loss of 15 lives out of her crew of
19. Calitnin Box lost, after gaining the cliff. The boat-
'sato, Burns, and three men saved. Four bodies
recovered.
Tue LXTRAORDINARt reiCTles the Chinese have of
rovering with powdered Colour the tea intended for
English conaumption should In, discontinued. First,
heCaDae it enat.ks the Chinese to obtain a high pries
for the inferior Autumn gathering, for both the pood
amid the &atm purposely coloured alike, to enable the
brown withered 1.-ae.s to he panned off with, or for, the
valuable Spring kinds. Secondly, became the employ-
snent of mineral powders on the leaf not only mieleaAa
the Consumer and gi•es tea a fictitious vales to benefit.
the producer, but this extrserdinery custom also inter-
feres with the wholesomeness of this favourite beverage.
Pere Black and Pure Green Teas, of delicious flavour ,
and without powdered Colour on Me leaf,—the Green
of • dull olive hue,—are obtainable of Horefrease
Agents. A LoCAL urr is adeertned in this paper.
THE ALBRIC N EAULII AND ITS WU:CA.—Capt.
Rich, • rough. honest, weather.beaten mariner, of frank
address, and the master of the American ship John A.
Parka, in the Victoria Docks, appeared to answer •
sum ..... ns taken out by a Alio carver, named Joseph
ll.elgson, who claimed • balance of £1 15s. for repairing
the defendant's figurehead—The complainant said h•
agreed with the defendant to repair his figurehead fter
£3, and completed the job and only received VS of the
money.--The defendant : Yea, for spoiling my figure-
head.-111r. Yardley : You appear to have a very good
figurehead (a laugh).—Capt. Rich : Yes, my figurehead
is all right and taut (laughter), but as to my ship's
figurehead no one can tell whether it is
a bird or turtle. Mr. Yerdley : What
i+ the matter with it?—Capt. Ricoh : He has spoiled th•
wings. —Mr. Yarlley : Wings ! What do von mean ?
Capt. Rich (loudly) : What do I mean? Why, wings
(spelling the word strongly).— Mr. Yardley : Thank
you, I am much obliged toyou, sir. What in your flow-
head ?—Capt. Rich : An American eagle, and the bird
lout one of its wing' on my voyage here.— Mr. Yardley :
Indeed. I hope that is not ominoes of what S going
on on the other side of the Atlantic ()swim—C*4.
Rich : 1 hope uut. Well, I engaged this man to carve
a new wing for me eagle, and it is four inches too &holte
and elatliett —Mr. Yardley : It won't fly at all.—Capt.
Rich : Fly! No. I eliould think not. If such an eagle
so th4t attempted to By it would drop to the ground.
Y.mdley : You mean to say it IS lop-
sided ?—Capt. Rich ; It is, and one wing is
shorter than the other. liars' not go into an Alegre:en
port with ouch an eagle as that. I like Ley wing wrest
properly.—The complainant insisted that the wing
was
vroperly carved, but in this he was contradicted by
Another al.ip's career, who said it WY tee short, and
thu-d, the new wing was thinner than the old one, and
not artistically finished. One wing might be said to
look free mad independent, like the Northern States
of America. and the other was typical—Mr
Yardley . we must home no politics here.
Which wing ari it? Capt. Rich : It was the port wing.
—Mr. Yardley : The port wing? We call that the
geiluitie bee's wing (great laughter).—After some further
discussion, it eat agreed that the defendant should give
up the new wing to the complainant, and the summons
was, on this iinderatanding, disinimed.
DrATSUCTIVII FIRS AT BRADFORD.-00 Thursday
night the win Weil.. and warehouse of Mr. John Henry
Crowther, cabiliet-market, Manchester-road, Bradford,
were totally deetroyed by fire, with the household
ferniture, working tools, and the rest of the property
they contained The fire was discovered about a
quarter before 10 o'clock, and, notwithstanding that
the Bradford coriorstion fire brigade and • body of
fireman retAined by the Leeds and Yorkahire Interline*
Company very promptly attended. and got their engines
and other appliances to work, the building, which was
three stories in height, was • masa of ruins in liPle
more than half an hour. The total damage will
prolh.bly amount to about 1:1,509. Mr. Crowther-'s
'dock is stated to be ineured ii. the Royal-office, for
£l.ouo ; the building, which belonged to Mr. William
Fison, of Burley, near Otley, was insured in thefts:nix-
office. The cans of the fire is unknown.
Mr. John Evan Griffithe, an Eases farmer, has
coolinited suicide, under very painful cirenistsness.
driving honserom London a few days ago he accidentally
knocked do*a drunken man, who died from th•
injuries he receive'). Mr. Griffiths never recovered
from t he shock ;and, falling into • state of melancholy,
hung himself.

Hol.lolllVell 01W111171.—Let tbe gel' take bed. —The
stomach is the commissatiat of U. physical system. It fur-
nishew the material su.tenance of 'lvry organ. If eleorderet.
the whole twdy laiigukbes ; but however severely elected lie
tone al d vigour ma, always be restored by a coune of them
in...1,414e Pins. Itilliousiiess, it.dlyestinn. liver complainta,
and other disorders 11 the stomach. can molly be cured by the
use of Hollows)). l'ills. Ito wands attest this assertion. and
no sufferer that has ever tried theta will deny their supreme
efficacy. In eiery Me of stomach dhesse, from the mildest
case . I di eyefuls to the horrifying cancer, from the Datum al
the free liver, to the vomiting accompanying ulcerated eta
meek the.. Pills ismossaUately cellos, mid esesniky aus.

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