The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1881-08-19 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

STATIONMASTER KILLED.—Mr. Mills, stationmaster at Evesham, on the Great Western line, wan on Friday crossing the line to attend an up-train, and, having an open umbrella in his hand, did not see a goods train approaching on the down line. He was struck in the body and carried a few yards, when he fell into spit used for oiling the engines. The front of the engine struck his head, killing him instantaneously. The deceased leaves a widow and four children. BETWEEN 5 and 6on Saturday rimming a Ludlow labourer, on going to work, found the dead body of M. tTohn Manbvz a farmer at yicklerton, South Shropshire, lying in the highway about a quarter of a mile from his own residence. The back of his head was terribly injured, and there was a large pool of blood in the road. The deceased had left Little Stretton at 11 on Friday night with his horse and trap. The vehicle was found overt turned in the road, not far from the body, Jaws EPWattms, a greengrocer, residing at Sale, near Manchester, murdered his wife on Saturday afternoon. It appears he was jealous of her, and on Saturday, when on the way to his house, purchased a sharp pointed clasp knife. With this be stabbed, her seven times, and she died in less then halt an hour. When apprehended and charged with the crime, the murderer said, "I have done it." The murdered woman was about 40 years of age, and bad two grown-up sons. THE Archbishop of York, on Friday, consecrated 6 church at Carlton, near Barnsley, erected from designs by eMr, G .E. Street, R.A., at the sole cost of 7..0rd Wharncliffe, as a memorial to his father. On the tame day the Duke of Westminster laid the foundation stone of a new church at Pulford, Cheshire, which he is ring to build at his own expense. A FEW nights ago a policeman dimenvered a yoing woman, named Agnes Jacques, insensible in a bulldog close to the high road between Tootisg anti 13a1hrtm. ile went for a medical man, who, on eceiesc the girl 'R condition, advised her removal to the Workhouse Infirmary. She then stated that several young men had met her on the road and criminally nssaulted her. Five yotme mes have been taken to her bedside in the ward, hut she could only positively identify one of them. The doctor attending her thinks her recovery is extremely doubtful. Nos' within the knowledge of the oldest inhabitant has salmon ever been so plentiful as it is now. It is in veil abundance in England that it is selling in Wales at nine pence the pound; and in Deesitle, and in Lauceshire and Staffordshire, it is a drug in the market. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, in common with other institutions, has suffered, and is likely to suffer, from the general depression. The exhibitions have hitherto been of the value of £OO each per annum for five years, but, on account of the depressed state of landed propertY. in which these funds are invested, it has been necessarY reduce the amount, payable to each of the Grecians DP W leaving the schools for the Universities, to £BO a year, I,i is, ,noreuver, feared that with a continuttece tural depression the reduction may become usiniwell" unless additional support be mewed from  tliLB ar so, undo f oat contir the bailie ober of a teurrence e oto. T 1 low cow ai.Bl—'l3` atinot fine: averal if tirat ,der6. 0,1 ,4 tot  greJti von at: La insi ,pcd e' leva!  . , to the Ur per qr. barley I'. SHIM  ! to 48;• ! vAami eupvir weather and whei  other gra  11: 6i. it;S- lop etA'  -qUI hall-bre !