The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-06-30 00:00:00

jr NEWS.

MARICLANE. —Tem DAY.
FID. 'Web& wheat was scarce and dear inferior
drooping. Foreign. n languid Rale. American rather
lower. All descriptions of spring corn remained without
material change.

METROPOLITAN CATTLET-Tins DAY.

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About 3,5n0 beasts, including I,otlo foreign. Trade
quiet. Inferior, ls. ral. to ss. ; prime, 5. 00. to 5. 100.
Abut S.l/00 sheep. Market opened steadily, and 5.6.1.
vu occasionally given, but the general top figure vu
E.. Ed. lambs, ns. to lis. 10d. Pigs, 43. to 5a4

MONEY MARKET.—THIS DAY.
Discount demand moderate. Three months' bills
charged 21. Consols unaltered.

TRAFFIC RETURNS.—Tins DAL
Erie, £3,5254 decrease; Brighton, £1,4 decrease: South
Fgatern, .C 770 decrease; Great Western of Canada,
£3,321 decrease.

GALWAY ELECTION.
The Polling opened thi, nowninz, awl proceeded quictlr.
Large bodies of police and cavalry were brought into the
town.

THEFT BY A POSTMAN.
At Tcw.bm-y a yeettman, named Start, is in mettody
charged with 'dealing WI letters. with several cheques
and Post-office orders, all of which were found in his

EXECUTION AT NEWIIATE.
Frances Stuart wag excreted within Newgate Prkus this
(Monday) morning for the murder of her grandchild. The
executioner wee Marwood, of Lincoln, Caleraft haying

pensioned.

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DEATH OF GENERAL CONCIIA.
The nnes Madrid correspondent telegraphs that
General Concha was killed Yest,rdaY in the ...artist
entrenchments at Mitre. The Republican army, never-
theless, returned to their former positions without die.
order. Ceneral !Abide is appointed tobcbshl successor.

I.AUNCESToN ELECTION.
Mr. Drink% ater hns issued his address to the electors.
lie protest. n;,-Anist Colonel Doskin forcing a nominee.

FRIGHTFUL CRlllig AT MULHAI'SEN.
'The Cologo.. Gouts, of June 16th contains an account
of a meat frightful case of double ler committed at
Mulhausen. In Alsace, on the 12th inst A fellow called
Joseph Moot, between Ltil and 30 years of age, hail lived for
about a year, but not on the best terms, with his mother
(a widow), two sistent of 20 and 11 years old respectively,
and • brother of 17, and hail repeatedly, and especially in
the few last weeks, denounced the eldest sister before the
police as the poisoner of his father, whilst there was not
to all appearances the slightest grounds for suspecting
her. Six weeks ago be left his ther's house and took
one for himself. Friday evening week, towards eleven
o'clock, he maidenly appeared, armed with a newly-
purchased dagger-knike, at the residence of his mother,
got gently over the yard gate, put the dogs into their
house, and then puma through the kitchen, first of all
Into the sleeping room of his brother, whom he killed
almoot in a moment by a deep plunge of the dagger into
histhroat The murdererthen tned to getinto his mother's
room. which we provided with a glass door, and in which
were also the sisters, all of whom had been awoke by the
Mile. Thew, with the exception of the younger sister,
who nod through the window into the street screaming
for help, held the glara-door with an their might. The
murderer struck in the panes of glass, and thrusting the
dagger through the opening inflicted several blows upon
the mother, till she succeded in making her escape through
the window. The elder sister, who had already received
several wounds, could not bold the door any longer, and
wee at once fatally wounded by the inhuman brother. lie
then struck • light, and asked the sister, "Are you dead I"
(Big do tali I) AA she opened her eyes he struck in cold
blood once more the dagger into her breast, say ing, 'There.
I will give you one more that you may have enough r
Hereupon he beta& himself to his own house, and changed
his clothes, and wont out. lint about half-put twelve
that night he was apprehended in the street, when be
quietly allowed himself to be conducted away. On the
tuturday he had, on being heard by the police
conuuismoner, already confused all that is related above.

THE THUNDERSTORM.
A heavy storm visited London on Wednesday. At
Hounslow five bullocks were killed, and at Richmond
several houses were much damaged by the lightning. The
vire of Christ Salfonl, was ao much damaged by
lightning that it must be taken down. Part of the falling
stones struck a cabman, but did not injure him seriously.
At Miles Platting, part of the brick work of stall chimney
was thrown down and a valuable horse killed thereby.
There was an extraonlinary fall of snow and hail at Shields,
doing damage to fruit trees and other vegetation. A
terrific peal of thunder, accompanied by vivid flashes of
lightning, burst over I hestertield. The old parish church,
whose crooked el,irei one of the curioaiticsi of Derbyshire,
being MI out of the perpendicular, was struck just above
the illuminated dial of the clock, which has only been
lately put up. A large piece of masonry was torn away
and oonsitierable damage done. The Free Church, at
Ardoch, near Perth, was destroyed by lightning, and a
man was killed in Cupar Angus., Fife-.hire, from the same
eause.