Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1884-04-04 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

NTI.BY sold last week by auction, at the Crown Hotel, Worcester, about 1,000 oak timber-trees, growing on the Hill-wood Estate, near Tenbury. The trees were divided into eleren lots, and were Bold at from about Is. 6d. to 2s. per foot.  _ AT about six o'clock on Saturday evening a charwoman WM about to clean up offices at No. 2, Arthur street west, London Bridge, when she saw bloodstains on the stairs, sad, in alarm, called in Mr. White, a railway receiving officer, who traced the marks of blood down to the cellars, where was found the body of a man about 30 years of age, with shocking injuries about the head. The deceased was Mr. Barkett's clerk, but nothing is known as to the circumstances of his death.  THE Marquis of Queensberry's estate' of Tinwald and Tortherwald, in Dumfriesshire, will come under the hammer in May next. The two properties occupy as area of 7,000 acres, the free rental being £7,850. A FIRM of a most serious character broke out on Friday night at the Manchester City Prison. The flames spread with terrible rapiditY, causing the wildest alarm both in and out of the prison, and in a quarter of an hour, and before the Manchester Fire Brigade had got to work, the block had been burned out The prisoners had gone to bed about an hour before the alarm was given, and they. numbering something like a thousand. clamoured to be released on hearing the roaring of the flames. The flames were eventually got under, and, assisted by a large body of Manchester police, the prison authorities kept the prisoners under full control.  A Nffi'll Eh trial by court-martial for robbery aud corrupain in the preparation of army biscuit during the last Turlish campaign has begun at Kharkoff. The ascused are Lieutenant-General Bushen, ex-Colonel Taho, and Titular Councillor Vasilieff.  FIVE bandits, who committed murdera at Tombstone, Arizona, were hanged together on Friday. Large crowd attended. A gallery was built over-looking the gaol. yard to which an admission foe was charged. The crowd resented this and deetroyed the gallery. Sevbn persons were injured in the indee. Metal excitement bits been winged in Liverpool, by the reported disappearance of Mr. John Anderson, governor of Liverpcol Workhouse. THE Birmingham police are searching fore ca lowan wbu committed a dastardly outrauc on a lady living at Edgbaston. he had engaged him to drive her to a friend's house, snd be took her by a circuitous route into a lonely quarter, and stopping the vehicle, treated her in a moat shameful manner, and than threw her into the r I and drove off.  COLONEL HENRY LEACH, master of the tiooth Peinbrokebliiie hounds, whilst hunting nosr Tenho, on Friday. was thrown from his horse, and the animal WI heavily upon him. it hoped, however, Lie Mimi... will runt prove to be serious.  A cOIIWITTAL order against a trustee was made by Mr. Daniel, Q.C., at the County Court. In Felii miry his Honor made an order directing Arthur O'Kell, chartered accountant, Glasgow, one of the trustees of the estate of John Pialdwin, hardware merchant, Burnley (Lancashire) and Nova Scotia, to pay into the Manchester and County Bank moneys received by him in respect of the estate. As Mr. ()'Kell had not complied with the order, and had aggravated his offence by Sling an affidavit excuse, hie hooor committed him to Lancaster Castle and ordered kini to pay the costs of the motion. THE epidemic of smallpox continues to rage with great violence at Madras. For some time past Abe weekly mortality returns of that city have shown a ileath•rate from smallpox anti other causes of about 85 per 1,000 per annum. There is a widespread superstition among Bin. (loos that smallpox is &goddess whose visits should not be interfered with in any way. This mortality is mainly among unvaccinated children. IN the Sheriff Court at Aberdeen. James Graham, • young man, was charged with assaulting his illegitimate child, four months old, by striking it several blows on the head, breaking its arms in two places, and otherwise shamefully treating the child at various periods during the absence of its mother, with whom the accined lived. The case caused considerable sensation, owing to the gross cruelty that bad been used; and a mob threatened to lynch the socssed when he was apprehended. Be pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment..