The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-11 00:00:00

GENERAL ITEMS.

Al Trowixidp the so-called election riot has aroused
a deep feeling of indignation in the borough- A
numerously-signed petition, asking for an inquiry into the
circtunstamons, is about to be presented to the Home
fiecre=sdNe=a4o cases of unprovoked sassult during
ths :iota, are charged against the police,
and • petition for enquiry talc be presented.
The Tows says the treaty of Berlin, frankly adopted by
the nee English Government, will be maintained ; the
Cabinet will enter into no Continental alliance, and the
relations with France will be continued. The Cabinet
will sapport the demands et Greece.
Ths St. Petersburg Gold says the attacks made by
German and Austrian press UPoo He Gladstone/ ci
Prove HIM the English election, have upset oombinattomi of
no peaceful diameter.
M. de Le.sspe has declared in Paris that the repOrts of
engineers enabled him to prognosticate complete sum=
for the Panama Canal project
The strike in the Northern iron trade is virtually at an
end. The Consett men resumed work on Monday at the
redaction, thosagh wader protest ; and at Middleeborough,
Stockton, and Sooderlaad work has been partially no
stoned.
Tbe Durham minors have utterly rejected the proposal
by Mr. Macdonald, M.P., to restrict the output of coal.
nily two-thirds of the men are oPteuled to leech • course.
THE Faxtxx in Kurdistan, Armenia. and Persia.—Mr.
Gladstone sends 1.50 for the proposed fund. "Thousands
are dying in several places. We have reports of the dying
feeding on the dead, of man killing all their children, of
hundreds of children abandoned and dying in the streets'
The necessary steps to open • fund were decided on at the
Mansion House.
Mr. Goschen will proceed to Constantinople as s
ambamador for • limited time, Sir Henry LayardZeti
granted leave of Armco Mr. Goad= states that he was
unable to refuse to nerve the country in a pod which the
leaders of his party thought it in the public interest for
him to occupy.
Sir William Harcourt compares Sir Robert Peel to the
Ord in the parable, who had dissipated a noble
ntance. Both parties in the State alike oontemned
opposition and his support —At Oxford, late at night.
a couple of promotions from the opposing camps came into
collision with each other, and • free fight succeeded. The
quice interfered. a constable was knocked down and badly
red. Several arrests were made.
ASBITI AND THS FOOD SUPPLY—We Cave the other
day a short paragraph, which has gone the round of the
papers, showing the enormous consumption of rabbits in
England, for which we are almost entirely dependent upon
foreign guppliea There are acres of land in our southern
and eastern counties utterly barren and fruitless. which
would make admirable rabbit warrens, and yield a hand-
some pereentarrtany one plucky enough to make the
experiment. we find that in the month of October
last nearly half • million rabbits were imported from
Ostend alone, and realised, at the wharf prices, an average
of nit each, or about £15.000, we feel an itching desire to
retain some of that money in our own count,y, and to see
It find its way into our own pockets instead of those of Is.
brews &fps I—Proes the "Li.. ,teek Jeureal."
Great satisfaction is felt in Liberal circles at the
attitude of the Cabinet in relation to Eastern affairs.
One of the first acts of Lord Granville as Foreign
Secretory was to address the other Powers on the non.
fulfilment by Turkey of her obligations!, under Use Berlin
Treaty, and urging collective motion. And adhesions to
this proposal have been received from all the Govern-
ment. thus addressed, Russia being meting in full accord
with the other Powers. Mr. Goschen will consequently
be able to exert a powerful infiuenee at the Porte.
Several of the elections rendered necessary by the
change of Government took place on Friday, the proceed-
ings at Oxford being format
Mr. Arnold Moray was on Friday elected without
opisocscitt.m fo;Othienteijoataz
oNottingham.nNau
OP o As the Duke
of Connaught was driving from his residence at Baphot
to Aldershot camp, his horse shied and combed the trap.
The Prince was thrown out, but fortunately not mach
hurt. The accident occurred neer the Tumble Down Dick
Inn.
WATZII TOIL CHICIUDta—I have a number of broods of
light brahmas, hatched early in March, and not any of
them have tasted • drop of water since the/ emerged from
the shalt I tried it as an experiment, and the rem t is that
I have not lost • single bird. All my chicks lie upon
ashes, and not upon either straw or hay, as I believe they
are not so liable to become infested with lice and other
vermin, which are simply destruction to them. They are
allowed out early in the morning the chicks go at once
• naesse down the field, and return in • short time with
keen appetites for their breakfast! which consists of
Indian meal and rice mod in equal quantities, well mixed
with warm water. This I make theirMahe. food, and
believe that the moisture they derive from their porridge
I, sufficient to keep them in perfect health, and above
keeps away such diseases 44 diarrhoea and
Indigestion,
which make such • havoc in young broods, ssin:
tram observation, I find that Asiatics go on faster, and
Badge more rapidly, than if they were allowed to d, ink
srl Minos. In concluding. I say to P Mdtry fanciers,
feed often, with fresh soft food, let the bros he well
honied, and keep water from them, beyond the
moisture they get from their mash and the gram,
and I feel certain that all will ao on tetter. The
above is from experience. ler= the "14.. Steels
Jeurotal."
At the Mansion House, proceedings have been taken
spinet the agent of • foreign drawing for selling
the tickets in this country. Al=y Of Mead Lb costs
was imposed.
"REVEWIL"—At the Guildhall Police-court, the Rev.
Edward Zechariah Lyttel, vicar of Woodville, Burton-on-
Trent, has surrendered on • charge of stealing an umbrella
from the premises of the Civil Service Supply Aasocation,
Queen Victoria-street Sir Robert Carden, having heard
the evidence for the defence, dealt with the act as one of
kliamtaimtulia, and dismissed the case.
The strike in the northern iron trade continues, but it is
not expected to be of long duration.
In liirmr. Earl lust before quitting the
woolseck, tchforked • number of Tories on to the
magisterial eh of that borough the Town Council have
adopted • resolution condemning this barefaced stretch of
authority : and the names of twelve Liberals are suggested
for submission to the new Lord Chancellor.
The writs for the elections =dared necessary by the
formation of the new Government were received on
Tuesday, and In the majority of GUM th- nominations
take place on Friday. The only Inds. oe of opposition is
at Oxford, to Sir W. Haroourt. Mr. Hall is the Conserva-
tive candidate
Lord editorial, at a council meeting of the Control
Chamber of Agriculture, held on Tuesday, moved a
resolution expressing • general approval of the measures
introduced by the late Government, and • hope that the
present Administration will give early attention to the
question of the reform of the land laws. Carried
unanimously.
The Wear of England Bank ease was resumed on Wed-
meta, niornirdri ThealaordLillef4Ju.ticeashaving summed
retired .1
riNirvellosider their verdict. andr slier iqTarterafaa-
hour's coaddearatlos, found all the de/sod:eta ad guilty.
The Kenna treaty has been entirely loaded be
Chasse Government, which claims from Rama un-
conditional retrocession of 111, and has intimated it will
Invade and occupy that district in the event of non-
compliance with the demand. War materials are being
sent to the north by the Chines Government It is
reported that in the event of ear Japan will help China
want Russia. Prince Li bag autborised the engagement
of foreigners for service in Um Chinese army and navy.
A child of a od old Whig house aloe asked his
mother whether "Tories were born wicked." "They
are born bad, and they make themselves worse," was
ADVICI TO Mantas I—Are you broken In your rest by
• sick child coffering with the paid of cutting teethtGo at the answer.
000, to „0,,e0t and get a bottle of mog WiffiLow'o In consequence of the threatening state of affairs in
Romani* Stour. It will relieve the poor auffirrer inotiedi- Chino, the Admiralty has resolved to reinforce the
duly. Iris perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it fleet now on the China station,
produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from Sir Garnet Woleeley asserts that at least five
battalions of infantry will be required to provide the
Pain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright es • button." '
&oda officially
yareintitomraetai
It soothes the child. ',often, the grins, allays all Pain, Fermanent garrison of the South African coonies, and
relieves wind, =ulnas the bowels, and is the hat known
has.sBu4the6rarnsbt7e
nthaatt the
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remedy for dysentery and diarrbraa, whether &tieing from
teething or other causes. Mrs. Wind° e's aothing.
Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers evervarlars at Is. 111 CIMe.
Per bottle. an in New York, and at in It is said Mr. Morgan Lloyd, M.P. intends
Oxford-West, Loodoe. introducing a bill into the House of Commons to
Hou.owar's Gamin AND PI too. —Alecemes, ery- prohibit canvassing either by candidates or their
piles—Unvarying success attends all who treat agents.
them diseases according to the simple minted directions. The Board of Trade returns for the past month,
=lround sorb pot and box. They are invaluable Issued on Friday, show an extraordinary improve-
osing and timid, whose bashfulness sometimes ment in the export trade of the country. The declared
endangers lif• • little attention. moderate Lemeverews• value of the experts of April last year w £l4 ,642,000.
and trading expense will enable the mto roost diffident con-
mica any caw to a barn tam ariakaat aogag" ,omet In the month Ind closed the total- was m£19,6211,, 000—
infirmities to any ens. The ointment arrests the Wee& an Momoe of 35 Per o°l2t- There was aleo
lag inflammation, restrains the excited vessel, code the Increase in the imports, which were valued
overheated skin, alleviates throbbing and martin P•inss £33,730,000 in April, 1873, and are now returned at
and gives great sees The manse direction, almelealle Point £40,612,000. The improvement in exports seems to
out When and how Holloway's Pills are to he taken. Mist be pretty fairly distributed over the several articles of
. their mulles, and regulating power may =lst by adjust manufactures, woollen and worsted manufactures,
ins and strengthening the com••°•ire• however, while showing an increase d
Frre.---lintsrm FITS on FALLING 13DMINSSIL—A the ant four months of tide year as compared
certain method of cure has been discovered fOr this with the eame period last year Indicated decrease of
anseildeint bY • PhluiSen, 'dodo" ; about £lOO,OOO as compared with the first four months
,eall mamma slasl benefit from this providential;!! Th In 1878. e exports for last month, however, show
overy; it is never !mown to fall, and will cure the an own.," m m copered with the returns for the same
most Iseises ease after all other means hay been month in the two previous years. A steady increase
; tried. Pull particulars will be sent by post to on 7 is shown in silk numufacturm, in machinery and mill-
=iirem al- charge. —Address WILLIAMS, lU, work, and rather more markedly in the exports of
d-terrace, Hyde Park, London. linen manufactures. The exports of iron and steel
GAB V. Rmurratcrry. —The old fabler of the tortoise have doubled during the first four months of this year,
and the hare has been exemplified recently by the and the returns for April show that they have more
; boastful confidence of &idiom and other ambitious than doubled. Cotton manufactures give n increase
wisokiatans. Slowly but steadily and rely our in exports of over four million, as compared with the
leading gag engineers have kept on the path of no- first four months of last year, and of two millions se
oravoomat, and the result is that they have completely compared with the same period of 1878.
triumphed over the electric lighting oompeniss. With TIM Medical Peofeed°° order Cadbury's C°•°°
his simple London Asposd Burners, (r, William Ramos, because it contains more nutritious and flash-
Bugg, the wellknown , he virtually forming elements than any other beverage, and is
driven electritity out 01 the fiJd ps, the preferable to the thick starchy 0000• ordinarily sold.
eltfof of the Pom.offi admitted tha In his When you ask for Cadbury's 0110011 raelaell be sum
Lots= at the tiosistir Of Ads when he exhibited to that you get it, as shopkeepers dug posh wawa..
his andleseo email ot the teams " doge boners. for the mite of extra Preat•

The Giewanamia Nagesimi. Chatto and Wlndus,
Piccadilly, London, W. It
necaarel mmtiis more than •
reminder that this excellent no connues "Queen
Cophetna." and that Gideon Skull, of all others, le in love
with Helen Reid to excite the readers to send for the new
number, especially when they learn Helen has changed
for the worse. We miss the close questioning of nature
by scientists, which used to be ltlusstsd almost in •
Tuft way; but politicians will judge that tisk bee is more
than made up for by " Pam out of the Ranks," a very
readable, sad frequently emere sketch of some of the most
notable ILP 's who were caught by the Liberal high tide
and drowned.

igs—Chat* and Wind. The "Confidential
Agenitr"illi us
not found yet, and we are getting deep into the
many of the quest, in the course of which complications
threaten the relations between Amy and her lover. Two
other lengthy tales are our old acquaintance "The Leaden
Casket,' wherein Olive Is betrothed to Sir John, but
broths it off because she cannot by. him, and unusual
sorrows follow ; the other is begun and is named
" Yildhurma Oak, with a strong flavour of the @riper-
natural principally malign. Shorter please arm less
eagroaring, but just es pleasant reading.
Danes AND Pawling IN Pau/A.—From Myre's
Journal, 39, Bedford-street, Covent Garden. Civiliza-
tion is said to travel westward but La Mode, it would
appear, wanders eastward in search of novelties, and
being almost tired of Turkish, Persian, and Indian
designs is seeking fresh inspiration in China and
Japan. There is so far no reason to complain
of this distant research which has brought
us some picturesque and quaint patterns, and
charming material.; these fashions are not
confined to the modest Javanese spots, but include
fine batistes on which are painted curious flowers and
bird.; even parasols are many of them, p.gods rasped,
while ladies in the country and in the watering planes
in the south have adopted the Chinese parasols el shark
skin, or Japanese paper umbrellas. In every house
there are at least one Japanese lantern and one Japanese
folding screen, so universal lathe taste for the clever
and bright productions of these (wagons people.
Oriental modes and designs are now chiefly seen in
gauzes and laces, perfect marvels of delicate texture
and harmonious colouring, and in brocades, warm in
tone, soft and supple, and generally known as oriental
mosaic; this is used for ornamenting dresses. No
colour can at present vie with heliotrope in the favour
of our 616gantes ; it is seen in all shades, in dark violet,
Parma violet and in pansy, the rich purple shade of
this flower being found extremely becoming. There
I are sonic superb new brocatelles in two shades of
heliotrope; mauve satin with little scattered bouqueta
of violets, and cashmeres made in the same way as the
handkerchiefs which were so popular last year, that is
woven in squares with a wide border, but in a continu-
ous length ; some of these are spotted, others are plain,
but all help to form very pretty toilettes.