The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1880-09-10 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

GENERAL ITEMS.  Weavers of Blackburn have been exhorted by circular to ask for an advance of wages. Mr. S. Fleetwood, a graduate of Jesus College, has been bound over for six months, for assaulting the landlord of the Blue Boar, Cambridge. He had a dagger stick and a knuckle-duster, and threatened the landlord's life. A quarryman near Liverpool quarrelled with his wife, and chased her in o a pool of water, where she was clowned. He was committed on a charge if "Wilful murder," by the Coroner. Various Liberal bodies have expressed their approval of Mr. Foster's warning to the House of Lords, and blame of the speeches of Earls Redesdale and Beaconsfield. The World says the cruise of the Premier, his family and friends, in the Grantully Castle, will cost a very large sum of money, the whole of which will be defrayed by Mr. Donald Currie and partner. H. .H. the Prince of Wales does not appear to have entered the Formosa for any of the yacht races on the West. The Saincena, the most successful racing cutter of the season, was built by Mr. Innan of Lymington. Sir Charles Dilke is still out of health with rheumatic gout, brought on by Parliamentary worry. Ayoub Khan, says the World, if caught, ought to be shot for the murder of Lieut. Maclaine. At a hotel at Dover, said five shillings are charged for two cups of tea and a slice of bread-andbutter in the room. Coaching from Brighton is over now, and the 80 horses are to be sold at Tattersall's. Ayoub Khan's losses are estimated to have been 1,000 men. Wills of living persons may be kept safely at Somerset House. Menesclou, the murderer of the little girl in the Rue de Sevres, was executed on Tuesday. Monster demonstrations are to be held throughout Ireland by the Land League, now the session is closed. Harvesting, besides his usual work, so tired a signalman at Barnstaple that he slept on the rails, and was killed. Germany and Austiia are said to have come to an agreement respecting the commercial relations of Roumania and Servia. A cabinet council was held on Monday at the Premier's official residence. Having finished his sea trip, Mr. Gladstone attended. Fire at Dowgate dock warehouses, Cannon-street, London, on Tuesday, destroyed property worth between £15,000 and .i 20,000. Her Majesty has been much distressed by the accounts of the recent railway accidents, and has been in communication with the Government about them. In Bedminster union the number of poor and the cost have increased, both outdoor and indoor, as compared with the corresponding week of last year. A great jewellery ro' liery has been committed at Ampthill house, Beds, the thieves stea,,ng hundreds of pounds' worth while the family were at prayers. South Yorkshire is now [disturbed by a labour-struggle in the coalfield; 700 men and boys have turned out, and about Ll,OOO a week i-i wages has been lost to the neighbourhood. The combined fleet of the Powers have nearly an arrived at Ita4usa ; but Turkey professes she will surrender Dulcigno ; the Albanians have made two attempts to burn the town General Scoheleff has been recalled from Central Asia, and it is supposed that if war breaks out between Russia and China, het will receive an important post. On the other hand it is stated the Russo-Chinese difficulty has been arranged. GREAT RISE Is num or