Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1884-10-24 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

THOS. A. PEARCE, Manager Agents: Weymouth ... Mr. R. Damon §outhamptun... Mr. Thomas Shettle, Adelaide Villa Belmont-road, Portswood. astboroe Samuel leaf.  I.3rdiCampb.ll.ellans in his Lives of ths Chancellors lois, hoe i E.a.k.oe .tieeil au eleotriod efftot by u tubing ..0 cath had., excitement, of a splech in the ii u.e of un no 14. T i. u .iivelled oratar tlo the aims rhetoric al .!evica su.a quautly Li the Rowe a Lod. But it is as dangerous to attempt the repetition of" flue flimsies" as that of pleasures, and the oath fel flat. Really, with great reaped to our statesmen of both parties, wanhd It net be as well f,r them to reotathise taint' blasunemy ?—well, if not blasphemy. their free invocation of the Duty as ti;ure of speech, Lord Randolph Caureuill now habitually closer' his evil speakii gi by a few words of prayer fur this country. Sir Mali red has turned almost equally pious in his perulattone, tlOnleuinii.ll with but little lees incongruity. Great tidings of great joy, evon though we have Lord Salisbury a authority for the phrase, seems too lofty language to use for any political departure, however important. We do not uthor in the rumour, then, ot a Conference at Berlin on the subject et toe opening up of the interior of Africa from the Congo as gla i tidings. Still, it is an importaut eveut, aud Prince Bismarck will deserve all the credit which will came to him from it. Stanley has returned from the Congo to say that if Lord thanville's compromise with the Portugese, which was no compromise, but a base surren,er, was sustained, he would abandon the settlement. There are hopes, now that Germauy has put her foot down on it, that this will be given up for free trade from the raceme iutu.the tar interior. Tha ariangemente in general, and the unpunctuality in particular ut the Smith-Western Railway, have formed the keynote of several letters which have been written by eel ious aggrieved travellers to toe Times, and there can be little donut the recent scathing repat of Colonel Kiel to ths B Ard of Trade II 41i given an impetus to those who on various giounus„ real and fancied, dislike the a unpacy. Ute c•irreependent says : "The whole nuana.ement of the line is based on an antiquated and inadequate systeua, which the time tables Show, and the suunner eery me ut trains, especially is a culotte mixture of dupiicatiou sand awe ward gape. In districts where the Sou raWe,tern is witnout a competitor the Mani serviee is utterly inadequate, sad the carriages miserable. In the Went We owe fIoMO gi latitude LO the b.ut Western Company for being the indirect mean'. of Improving through communication WiLa Loudon. But for some time past gigue of halt heariedueni aud etaguaticn have been apparent, and hare given colour to the rumour that such joint arrangetneuts have been made with the Great Western as alino,t amount to a oonspiracy. the So itti- We.tern Coin. pany never toilutv up their efforte thurouguly and effectively. Tuey give gaaligut in some of their through trains, but this great boon is counterbelaueed by the inferiority ot their carriagea. Tuey run quick and a invenient third class trains, but the condition of portions of the permanent way, or 130 Ind other cause, results in so much swaying and jolting am to teal many persons to dislike the hue."  MURDER BY A GIRL OF EIGHT YEARS' A girl, aged eight years, has, according to the Revel Gazette, murdered her oompAniin only five yeara old by staboing her with a knife, wait:l2 penetrated the heart. The circumstances seemed to point to crameditation. The day before the elder girl wanted to obtain a piece of gay-coloured cloth whion the other refused to give up. The elder threatened to kill her unless she surrendered it next day. Next day accordingly she repeated her demand, and upon being again eluded she instantly stabbed the girl.