The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-30 00:00:00

A REMARKABLE VOYAGE.

The City of Beth, the smallest craft that ever
crossed the Atlantic, arrived at Falmouth Wednesday.
She measures fourteen feet keel, eighteen feet over • ,
and five feet beam, and is cutter-rigged. Olsen, a
Norwegian, and Traynor, of Bristol 'U.S.), performed
the voyae alone, leaving the river Lannebac on July
7t12.

MARRIAGE OF MISS BRIGHT

The marriage of Min Margaret Sophia, youngest
daughter of Mr. Juba Bright, hi.P., and Mr.
The lore Cash, M.D. of London, was celebrated at
the:Frienda' Meeting-bouae, Torquay, Wednesday. A
large number of the relatives and friends of the partite
were present, including Mr. John Bright, M.P., Mr.
J. A. Bright, and Mr. Philip Bright.

A PREST OF BUSSIAN OFFICERS IN GALICIA.
The D.:icnal; PdJk& stlteds that two Russian staff
officer', Colond Prokopop and Lieutenant-Colonel
Pali,a, were arrested Wednesday evening at Przemysl.
They were in civilosne dress, and had been all day
examining the fortifications of the town. They were
found t be in possession of large sums of money, and
maps an,l plane, which showed that they had
proiu,ly studied the f ortific Won/ of Cracow, and the
str.ita4seal joints on the railway route.

A large party el Orange labourers have reached
Kimlty, King'. County, to rave the crope on a
ved farm. They are all armed. No dernonatra-
lion was made for thew arrival„

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A e:t .0,,s accident occurred Wedoseday on the new
line of railway which is being conattucted between
Die .t Junction and Newbury. One of the engines ran
off the in-tale at Upton and several men were much
injured, one ci seriously that but little hope of bin
recovery is entertained.
On Wednesday night a little girl of eight years,
nam. d Gertrude Edwards, of ltuabon was killed by
falling out of the wi low a railway carriage on the
line near Llanderfil, North Wales. Toe child was a
pupil of Lily Wynn's charity schools at Wynnstay,
and on Wednesday morning the children left Ruabon
station on their annual outing to the estate of Sir
Watkin Williams Wynn, M.P. On her return journey
the child w.O leaning out of the carriage window and
fell, death being instantaneldu.
On Wednesday a young man, George Treaney, of
Runcorn, employed at the Thands Copper Works, Wid-
nes, was drowned in the Mersey between Runcorn and
Widnes. About half-put one o'clock he left his wife
and family to return to work, and was crossing the
river in the ferry-boat, when a flat pared co nearly
that the passengers expected they would be thrown
Into the river. The deceased jumped off intending to
reach the flat, but fell into the water, and was carried
underneath the flat and drowned. Ilia brother witnessed
the accident.

A shocking accident occurred at Plymouth Wednes-
day. A bell, weighing between 351 b. and 401 b., fall
from the turret of the Free Schools in Coburg-street,
whilst ringing the boys in, and docended into the
street, from a height of 32 fee', amongst the boys
who were passing into the building. Two lade, named
Andrew Tribble, aged ten years, and Arthur Webster,
aged eleven years, were Amick on the head, and re-
ceived shocking injuries. On being removed to the
South Devon Hospital the sculls of both were found
to be extensively fractured, and the brains ,f no of
the lads was ;mum ibur, The b"yi still lingered
lag night; but their cam, was considered hopeless.
On Wednesday at Wol verham pton, before the stipend-
iary magistrate, 'Timothy Carters, provision dealer, of
Steelhouse-lane. Birmingham, was summoned for sell-
ing butterine as butter. On July 22nd a servant em-
ployed by the inspector under the Adulteration Act
went to the defendant's stall in Wednesbury market
and asked for a pound of butter. A boy served him
with the article. Upon analysis this proved to be
butterine, and it contained 90 per cent, of animal fat.
The defendant WWI fined £5 and costs, and the magis-
trate expressed regret that he could not impose a
heavier penalty.
At Oldbam,W ednesday, Margo A. Holt, a chop.
keeper, was charged with an extraordinary assault on
July 20. James Lees, the complainant, and several
othere were in St. Mary's Ward Liberal Club playing
at dominoes, when the defendant rushed into the toom
in which they were seated, and threw a handful of
cayenne pepper amongst them. • quantity going into
the eyes of Lees he was incapacitated from work for
several weeks. Mr. Brown, of Stockport, for the
defence, said Miss Holt had a brother-in-law named
Wililams,whocri she had assistssd in pecuniary difficulties,
and she was much annoyed because he was in the
habit of frequenting the club. The cayenne pepper
was intendel for him. The Bench said the offence was
most serious, and the defendant would be fined ES and
oasts.

--A—number of caws of sacrilege are rePorfcd from
North Staffordrhirc. Leek Parish Church was broken
Into on Tuesiay, entrance having been made by
breaking a window, but nothing WM stolen. The same
night Stoke-on-Trent Parirh Church WM entered in
the same manner and three offertory boxer were
broken open, the contents stolen, and the rector's
writing desk also plug lend, but the safe in the vestry
withstood all the attempts of the robbers; the curate
had left abag in the ve +try containing keys and • Bible,
the thieves took the Bible but left the bag and its
contents. Wednesday morning Bedford Chapel, Han-
ley, was also broken open, but nothing was stolen, the
valuableshaving been removed.
The result of the detectives' investigation with
regard to the discovery of gunpowder, cartridges, IC.,
conaigned from Birmlnrham to York on Monday
night, awl falsely describeby the senders, has been
completely cleared up. It was no Nihilist or Fenian
plot, but die Wows • remarkable deception which is
almost drily paractised at racecourses. The cartridges
were all found to be blank and intended for the persons
with shooting galleries who visit race meetings. A
shooting gallery proprietor at racecourse jerks up glees
bolls by means of a spring, and the bystanders are
allowed for a small fee to *hoot at them. It would not
be profitable to the proprietors if the shooters were
good shots, inasmuch as their breaking doe glass would
more than consume the price which they pay. The
confiding public, in the m•jority of caws, shoot with
blank cartridges, which giver them but a very POOT
idea of their skill as marksmen. Blank instead of
loaded cartridges are frequently sent in large quantities
from Birmingbam. and the detectives have no doubt
that the cartridges, gunpowder, !kw, were consigned
from Birmingham under a false description with the
sole view of evading the extra payment for the transit
of explosives.