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The Poole Telegram. — 1879-07-04 (Poole, Dorset, England)

DILIKING PARAFFIN.  Elizabeth Winder Gilbert 21. taking a quantity of a destructive liquid called paraffin, with intent to kill anti murder herself, at Dorchester, on the 28th of April, 1879.  She came up looking very scared, and not quite compoe mentie, and pleaded guilty, saying she took it; but did not mean to kill herself: she did not know what she was about. This was explained by the Governor, who doubted whether in pleading guilty, she understood what she was saying. She is a stoutly built young woman, but her face had rather fallen in, since we saw her in the magistrates' Court  --1-CWas decided to take the plea as not guilty, and to try the CLiff.  Mr. L dal prosecuted. and amid the case was very pair ful, as the woman scarcely knew what she was here for now.  —Prisoner indeed looked almost idiotic. Elizabeth Strong, of Durngateeitreet, lodged in the same house with prisoner on the evening of April 28th. She said she wanted to see Wheatley, and went out and called him, when he wished her good night. She offered to bet her Is. she would be dead by to-morrow morning. witness refused, and prisoner bet with her sister. She took a cup upstairs with some liquid in it. Witness asked what was there, and the prisoner said " Water." She also had sugar in the cup, and when witness was going, prisoner drank up the liquid, and said. Ah ! Ah ! now I've done it. She said she meant to do it before, and it was William's fault. Mrs. Page came in, and prisoner caught her by the throat. Prisoner said: "I did't catch her hold by the throat," By this time her idiotic stare had much relaxed. Mrs. Page corroborated, and said prisoner appeared to be out of her mind. Slth Wal always complaining of her head, and that before Wheatley lodged there. She said she had pains in her head, and a weight on her mind. Mr. A. Day spoke to finding prisoner in almost a comatose state, having taken some narcotic poison. There was a amen of wan, and witness administered an  emetic, and brought her round. Saw her before the magistrates, and considered her mind feeble. C mid not say if the C..tte was the natural result of paraffin; this was almost an unique case; he knew of no cases of drinking paraffin. All prisoner had to say WM that she "didn't know nothing about it." The prisoner's father wanted to say a few words, but the hon. Chairman declined the offer. The Chairman said the prisoner might form the intent, although the was of feeble mind. The Foreman considered the prisoner took the paraffin, but that she was not a 'countable for her actions. The matter being explained to them by the Chairman, the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The Chairman advised her not to give way to strong impulses, but to discipline her mind.
The Poole Telegram. — 1879-12-12 (Poole, Dorset, England)

GENERAL ITEMS.  Wolves are making in Russia greater ravages than they did last year. Horse-breeding is much encouraged by the Government of France, who last year gave £50,000 to races. A great tire at a Pantechnicon furniture store in Bristol, destroyed £5,000 worth of goods on Friday, and another fire £5OO or £6OO worth of oils and colours. The lad who threatened the Queen of Sweden has been forgiven by the King, who is going to charge himself with the Lai's education. A well-educated woman has been summoned for troubling the clergyman of St. John's, Hampstead, by singing in a high voice, before or behind the choir. She said her whole heart was in the services; but she was warned she might be tined £5. The summons was adjourned. Sir Arthur Guinness has reduced his rents 30 per cent. to tenants under £2O, and 20 per cent to those between £2O and £5O, and says he would have done it before but for the land agitation. Three Europeans and three Chinese from a trading vessel have been murdered by the natives of Cloudy Bay, New Guinea, and H.M. schooner Beagle has gone to punish the offenders. Thirteen canisters of nitro-glycerine were in the bag of a revolutionist arrested in Russia. The Chilian Government declare they are in possession of the deposits of guano and nitrate of soda, and will not recognise any contracts relating to those substances, made since the declaration of war. 964 sovereigns were found last week in a house in Dublin, by a locksmith. They were in a tin case, found in a safe-room. Italians are getting very angry about the protests raised in England against the "restoration' of St. Mark's. In Ireland the land agitation was on Thursday thought to have decreased. The Austrian army on a war footing has been fixed at 1,800,000 men till the end of 1879. About eightpence two parties were ready to dispute with witnesses at Walsall County Court; but on their agreeing to leave the matter to the Judge, his Honour paid plaintiff the Bd. out of his own pocket, and the parties did not seem to like it £5O was given at Leicester to the Sir Rowland Hill Memorial Fund. 100-ton Armstrong guns have attracted the attention of our War Department, which is said to have decided on having some. Scarlet fever has so spread at Bedminster that the medical officer proposed to exclude from the schools children from infected houses, or to close the schools. Wild fruits are unusually scarce; with the exception of holly berries and haws there are scarcely any on the bushes and trees. Mr. Forster at Westmoreland found that in the local dialect a Tory means a "worrier," and considered it an accurate meaning. : General Roberts has appointed Afghan governors of three districts; but one has been murdered, and the others threatened by the Afghans. Old railway iron, recently sold a the rise, has brought the London and North Western a profit of £25,000.
The Poole Telegram. — 1883-12-28 (Poole, Dorset, England)

THE STATE OF IRELAND.  THE MURDER NEAR GALWAY.  Further details concerning the ehocking murder of the unfortunate farmer Moylan are to hand. One who has visited the scene and collected the facts writes :—The victim is a man of 48, named Thomas Moylan, and it appears that r.bout three years ago he left Ireland for America, leaving his wife behind him to manage his small farm, and leaving also in her charge five children. He from time to time sent money to his wife and children to help ti support them, and it is underetood that on his return, aboot six weeks ago, be brought with him a considerable sum of money. His wife had c mantled to occupy the farm during his absence. Mos lan's residence is within a few yards of a police hut, which was establiehed at Cionboo, a small vilia4e about seven miles from G ilway, on the road to Headrort. On Wednesday night Moyl in and his wife were returning from visiting his brother-in-law, about nine o'clock. and on their way, while passing along a boreen, a sent was fired, and then, his wife sap, a second shot. Bot a appear to have taken effect in the forehead just above he left eye. He fell back into the arms of his wife, who was just behind him, and fell helpless on the ground. She proceeded to turn roond to speak to him and then found her hands were covered with blood. The Alan who had fired the shots. and who before firing had called out twice, " Is this Tom Brown?" jumped over the ditch, an I, awning the woman, pulled her back from her husband, and taking a piece of paper from his pocket placed it on the breast of the ying man. This paper, on examination, bore the words 'Ton Brown,' and there was also writing inside, the subat moo of which the police think it advisable not to disclose for the pre.ent. The rent or Moylan'e holding was about .£lO, and he had recently got it reduced in the Land Court to .£7 10s He had been in po.session of the farm all his life, having come into possession of it on the death of his fathm. His wife is about 35 years of age. There are many nations given for the murd.-r, though no one can t absolute y the cause of it. One rumour is that Moylan has been known to be connected with the extreme Netionalis before he left and a so while in America, and that be WIII4 suspect id of having given some information bout their doings. Another statement is that he took land that had been lying idle, and from which people were evicted. An inquest was held on Friday at Clonboo on the body of John Moylan. The Jury found a verdict ef Wilful Murder against some person en persons unknown. The following are the cont. nta of the letter said to have been placed on .he body :—" Mot ce to Thos. Brown.—l hrard about your work at Cre duff, so don't put me t. any trouble any more. I don't Ike to disgrace your friends. Don't put me to any more trouble, for you ought to give up before I give you the double-barrel gun."
The Poole Telegram. — 1883-05-04 (Poole, Dorset, England)

THE REMARKABLE MURDER AT WINFORD. At the Somerset Aa-sizes at Taunton, on Monday, Joseph Weillaka, a young man of 30, described as a farmer. was tried before M. Bari n Hurl Heston for the wilfill unur ler of Mark Cox at Winford, in the coal districte sif Somerset. Cox is ouly 17 years uf age, and was a miner in th • servic es of the Ironworks Company. He had been in the hauit of going to his work very late on Sanday night in order to begin the first thing on M inday moining. For some time past he has gone to his work lissltatitigy, expressing his fears that some calamity would befall him. On the night of Sunilay. January 7.h, he went to work about midnight, having orevi .naly expressed increaneil reluctance at going Tho next morning rib int five o'clock his badv was found on the road, with his skull spit across. There were two sets of terriole injuries, either one of which would have caused it is belie d instant death. Th re having boon some ill blood Letween him and a man inamed Thomas Wedlake, the brother of the prisoner, the form :r was taken, and some Wood was found on his clothes. He was detained till January 2 ith, when he made a 'statement, inculpating his brother, the pris iner. The prisoner at first endeavoured to cast the blame upon another Wediake, named Job, but after he had been a little time in confinement he m ado a remarkable admission that he had kille i the man with an axe in mistoke for another named Thatcher, of whom he was jealous. In the house of his uncle, with whom Joseph Wedlake, on the farm, served as assistant, there lived a Miss Pearc3, fr whom he had formed a violent attachment quite unknown to her. She was keeping company ostensibly with the young man Thatcher. Oa one occasion Joe Wedlake hell a lantern in Thatcher's faoe saying " Let's see whether you are good looking or no ! " Prisoner told the police superintendent he was jealous of Thatcher, and should not have done what he did but he ha I bad a drop of driuk He o .minitt the deed with the axe which his uncle used to kill the pigs with. He had had it on his mind ever since, and should not have been able to keep it any longer, for he fancie I all the time he saw the poor young man he had killed. Although prisoner was defended, there was no eXCII36 for him, and the fact that he had taken one life when he hid intended to take another of c aurae makes no difference in the eve of the E owlish law. This the judge plainly told him when the jury returned a verdict of guilty. He was sentenced to be hung.  _ 'Mr. Johnsini-,Tin his Chemistry of Cimmon Life polul out that Cocas had long reached the consumer with too much of its own fat, or leaded with a variety of farinacesus mob/deuces, producing • soap rather than • beverage. The 00004 bean affords admirable nutritive fle,h-formiag qualities, and staying power. Is O.A how,. Co'oa E menu. them) are retained and oetwestruited, providing an .xSilnre'ing infusion. not • starchy soup.— to Howieholdere,  '
The Poole Telegram. — 1883-06-01 (Poole, Dorset, England)

LATEST.  IRELAND.  Patrick Delaney, ventenc,d to death for pa,ticipa, lion in the Phoenix Park murders, but whose sentence has been commuted to p-nal servitude for life ; Daniel Delaney, sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for conspiracy to murder; and •lames Mullett, sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for the same tames, were on Tuesday removed from Kilmainham Gaol tMountjoy convict prison. The only Invincible no Kilmainham is Peter Doyle, who was too ill t, ;7_l ta his trial at the late Commission, and whos, -rTilh'svals thereto! e postponed. Tue approvers at' all still detained in Kilmainham. James Cse Peter are C v Michael Kavatagh, Joe Smit' ,' Robert Farrell, and Joe Han) on. I % some, James Carey it. is mno secret, desires t reain.* all likely that his wish •• but it is n'ot at t.ng ne granted. The difficulty and danger of prbt..o.i him in Dublin would be enormous. The 'swo men, Sylvester Kingstuen and Joe Poole. Thomas Gibn_ay, charged with conspiring to murder i . , Amgen n prison for a similar offence, are also "". in Rilmainham Prison. he next Commission, the '.,pening of which is fixed for the 7;1 of June, is be presided over by Mr. Justice Andrews. It is believed that no conspiracy casts will be tried at that Commission, and that the trial of Poole and the trials of Kingstown and Gibney will be further postponed. Inde id, it is very doubtful whether Kingstown and Gibney will be placed on trial at a 1 on the charge on which they have been committed. No special jury panel has been summoned for the appronching Commissiou. The Executive are probably well satisfied with the result of the recent Commission, and they will probably not run the risk of marring their success by proceeding to trial in any doubtful case. While on this subject, it may be as well to add that it cannot be too distinctly borne in mind the credit of the success of the rec set pr, aecutions belongs largely to Mr. Mallon, the Superintendent of the Dublin Detective Force. It is not necessaa ily any disparagemeut of the services of others to say that the rebult showed that Mr. Mallon knew thoroughly the leaders, and, indeed, the whole body of the Invinciblee, and that it was this knowledge that enabled him to sweep into the net every man actually concerned in the Phoenix Park aisassinations, as well as others who, althou4h engage I in the conspiracy, were not actually present in the park. Tnis is a matter which when the question of the recognition of valuable services to the administration of the la* comes to be culaidered ought nt t be forgotten. A man nanid Daunt was seetniced to one month's impr6onment on Tuescley, at the Killarney Petty Sessions, held under the Crimes Act, for having used threatening language to a workman of Mrs. Leahy, the widow of Dauiel Leahy, who was brutally murdered In his own house during the recent agitation.
The Poole Telegram. — 1880-07-23 (Poole, Dorset, England)

SALISBURY SHEEP FAIR.  The annual sheep fair waR held on Thursday in the Butts, and was largely attended by farmers and dealers. The number of sheep penned was about the average, but a. great many of them were in very poor condition. High prices were a.,ked in the morning. which greatly checked businesß. There was a good trade for lambs, which were is. to'2s. above late fairs. Ewes and wether lambs were about the same. Stock ewes made from 355. to 608. ; working wether lambs, 255. to 425. ; wether sheep, 355. to 60s. Prime lambs for the butchers made high prices. There were a few horned cattle in the fair, but the trade was very dull. The Mayor distributed the prizes as follows : Plate, value £5, given by Viscount Folkestone, M.P., for the best Hampshire Down ram, of any age—Mr. Moore, of Littlecot. Plate, value £5, given by the Members for the City, for the best pen of Improved Hampshire Down ram lambs, in the proportion of two to every 100 ewes—Mr. James Read, Homington. Plate, value £3, given by Messrs. Waters, Son, and Rawlence ; second—Mr. llibben, Bishopstone. Plate, value £5, given by Lord Henry 'l'hynne, M.P., for the best pen of 80 wether lambs, bred by exhibitor, from any flock not exceeding 400 breeding ewes, or of 100 lambs from any flock not exceeding that number—Sir Edward Hulse.  The reason why so many are unable to take Cocoa is, that the varieties commonly sold are mixed with starch, under the plea of rendering them soluble, while really making them thick, heavy, and in,digestible. This way be easily detected, for if (7 coa thickens in the cup it probes the addition of Ntarch. Cadbury's Cocoa Essonce is genuine; . 1 is therefore three times the strength of these Cocoas, and a refreshing beverage like Tea or Coffee.  The sentence of death passed upon John Key, who was convicted at the recent session of the Central Criminal Court for the murder of his wife, has been respited. The Montenegrins attacked the Albanians of Arm*, on the 12th, and were defeated after a fight of two holm. with a loss of one officer and twelve men. The Albanian loss was two killed and three wounded. It is stated that the opinion Gf Sir John biker and Mr. Wheeler has been taken by Messrs. Brewer and Blanton, the owners of Robert the Devil, with a view of claiming the Derby Stakes. As that opinion is favourable, an objection has been lodged and proceedings instituted to establish the right of Messrs. Brewer and Blanton to the stakes. _ .  Canon Miller died at his residence at Greenwich on Sunday night. He was a leading member of the Evangelical party, and vicar and rural dean of Greenwich.  The Chthan fleet has arrived off Callao, and unless Peru accepts the Chilian terms of peace, Lima will be invested. Preparations are being made for the evacuation of Cabul, and all the forts around Sherpur have been mined, and could be blown up at a day's notice.
The Poole Telegram. — 1880-05-28 (Poole, Dorset, England)

LONDON CITY MISSION.—More backs to the seats were wanted at Alington Hall last Tuesday night, when a goodly number of philanthropic psople gathered to hear the statements respecting the above excellent mission, and as asual they followed "Heaven's first law"—order, and those who came late had to occupy forms of the obsolete kind. Silvertongued Nestor—the rector of St. Peter's—presided, and told us how the mission carries on the guerilla warfare of the Church of Christ, and imitates the Master in finding "accidental" opportunities for doing good.—Mr. W. Baker, whose district is from London Bridge to St. George's Church, in the blind alleys, where you can almost shake hands across the lane, told of a work of all others to teach a man his utter nothingness. Women there are often drunk, and children on shelves one above another in cupboards. 850 families he had, 39 in three large houses, and when he took a friend to see a very bad case, where an old woman lived in stench, he was shocked, and on being offered to be shown a worse case, his friend replied "Not to-day, Baker !" She and a woman 30 years of age, who drank 13 half-quarterns of gin in one day, were two of the angels in Angel-court. Other inhabitants were Mr. and Mrs. Harding, who bought a sheep's head, and set it cooking, then went out to spend their last 2d. While they were away the lodger down below came, carried the sheep's head downstairs, dished it up, and his children had a feast, while he filled up the saucepan with boot lasts and ashes. Harding and his wife returned three sheets in the wind, and were so enraged at the loss of the sheep's jimmy that he went down with a carving-knife and was going to commit murder, but struck it through tha panel of the door. That man afterwards became a sincere Christian, with his wife, and a happy and comfortable home they got. After reciting various examples of the work and good done thereby, he asked for prayers, and the Rev. E. Collinson for donations for the society, which is very much crippled this year. THE LAST FOR THE SEASON of the Alington Hall temperance entertainments was given on Monday evening last to a moderately numerous audience, the hall being more than three-quarters filled. Among the company we were very glad to see about 50 of the Band of Hope, the boys ranged on one side and the girls on the other of the hall. In the front seats were Colonel and Mre. Bingham and other ladies and gentlemen. The Rev. G. H. Chambers presided. Miss Mary Harman agreeably played a selection from Mozart's favourite waltzes. The choir followed with "All may be well," to a well-known tune, rendered with charming harmony. Miss A. Harman, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Bingham, sang " Somebody," a girlish trifle, lightly rendered. Very expressive and melodious was Miss Edwards in "Wed better bide a wee," and she was deservedly applauded. "Learn to say ' No' " was brightly and gaily sung by
The Poole Telegram. — 1880-04-16 (Poole, Dorset, England)

WEYMOUTH.  A DANGEROUS PLAYTHING.  Borough Poi; ee-eonrt, Saturday.—Before the Mayor (G. E El,ot, Esq.), Dr. Drew, J. E. Robens, Esq., H. Riggett, &1., and J. Lundie, Esq.  G. Morant, an officer, was charged with being drunk on the Ist of April, and having in his possession a loaded firearm, to wit a revolver. Mr. R. N. Howard appeared for Mr. Morant. On behalf of his client he regretted exceedingly what had occurred in the excitement of the election. Mr. Morant was extremely sorry in every sense of the word, and begged to leave the cafe entirely in the hands of the Bench. He could not justify himself in any way. No one in court was more sorry than he was, and he would take care that it should not hapoeu again. As he admitted the offence he sug,<ested to the Bench that it was not necwisary to call evidence.  _ His Worship : We must hear the evidence; it is a serious matter.  —William Swindle was called, and deposed that on the day of the election he was sworn in as a special constablo, anl was put on duty in St. Mary-street. He heard there was a man in Upper Bond-street presenting a pistol at several people. He went there, according to his duty, and found a crowd of people gathered there. He saw Mr. Mutant there. He asked what was the matter, and a man said—" That's the man there." On his going near him he said—" If you don't stand back I will shoot you." He pulled one of the triggers. Witness said—" That will never daunt me, the pistol J mean to have." He pushed through the crowd to get closer to him, and the defendant then pulled another trigger. Witness seized him by the right hand, and whilst he was trying to take it away from him a man named Pitman also seized hold of his hand, and while defendant was grabbing for the revolver a man named Honeybun jumped in and wrenched it from him. The weapon was handed to the Bench. It was a murderous-lo)king six-chambered implement, and was at the time loaded in two chambers. . _  Mr. floward : My client admits the drunkenness and also having the firearm in his possession, and he regrets extremely the whole affair. To axplain his possession of the revolver, I may say Mr. Morant has been to the Zulu war, and is just now about to leave England again for the Cape. The Mayor: We are extremely sorry to find a person of the defendant's position and experience brought here before us. It is an action which certainly surpasses the limits of folly or a joke. It is a very serious offence for a man to be about the streets on a crowded and excited day like the election day with a loaded pistol in his possession, and still more serious is the offence for a man to have a loaded pistol in his possession when drunk. We cannot pass this over as a light matter, nor can we accept as an excuse that it was election day. From the fact that you were in a state, I presume, of having had too much to drink, and having pointed a revolver with two chambers I,)aded, at a man's breast in a crowd—it is a matter we cannot overlook, or in which we can exercise any leniency. Fined 40s. and costs.  The money was at once paid. AN