The Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Telegram. — 1877-01-05 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

MURDER OF A WITCH.  In the colony of Algeria an Arab, named All Ben Athar, has just been sentenced to death as the result of his way Id disposing of a lady to whom he was engaged. This was his aunt, Fathima, who was somewhat eldeny, and seems not to have been specially attractive. All broke off his relations with her, and made court to a young girl of the Milne tribe. Thereupon Fathima solemnly cursed him; and, as she was reputed to be possessed of certain powers of witchcraft, the curse was regarded as a serious matter. All, the narrative nays, begged her to be merciful and take off the curse-, but she refused, saying, "To dispel the curse I have pronounoed on you, I must sacrifice three of my front teeth, and a lock of my hair, which must Ns burnt in a vase to release you from your fate ; but this sacrifice she declined to make unless All married her. To this the faithless lover objected; but being still desirous to get free from the curse, he resolved to effect this end in his own way. This is how he did it—" He made a rendezvous with Fathima in the garden at night, and on her again refusing to release him from the spell he drew a long knife out of his pocket and plunged it into Fathima's neck. The woman fell to the ground senseless, and aa she lay there he smashed in her skull with a large stone, and then knocked out some of her front teeth and cut off a lock of her hair. Having carefully put these charms into his pocket, he covered up the body with earth and dead leaves, and went home, where be told his mother what he had done, and gave her the teeth and hair to keep for him till the next day, when he burnt them, as prescribed by the woman. He then returned to the garden, and, tying up the body of his victim in a sacic threw it into a neighbouring pond," For this assassination the jury founc guilty, without extenuating circumstances, and he was sentenced to death. He does not, however, seem to think that the proceeding at all deserved such severe condemnation, for when asked if he had anything to say in arrest of judgment, he replied—" The woman had cost a spell on me; I was obliged tokill her to obtain the necessary charms; and I think everybody in my position would have done the same."  A frightful accident was giatrowlv averted Tuesday night at the Woking station. The Pieter express, on nearing Woking, came in front of train from Aldershot. The driver shut off the steam. but was unable to stop his train. It ran until it nearly bumped the Aldershot train. A singalman seeing the danger shunted the latter, and thus prevented a collision. The Excur carriages contained 420 passengers.  . Stomach.—The wisest cannot enumerate one-quarter of the distressing symptoms arising from enfeebled digeetion, all of which might be readily dispelled by thane admirable Pills. They remove all unpleasant taste from the month, flatulency. and constipation. Holloway's Pills rouse the stomach, liver, and every other orran, thereby helping digestion to that heakthy tone which fully enables it to convert all we eat and drink to the nourishment of our bodies. Moos these Pills are the surest strengtheners and the safest restoratives in nervousness, wasting and chronic debility. Hollowell are infallible remedies for impaired appetite, eructations, and a multitude of other disagreeable symptoms which render miserable the lives oi thousands. These Pills are approved by all claws.  - • 7LOIIIXLIIIM I—FOR Tilll -