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Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1876-06-23 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

MPS., 2, Market Place, hull.—" Your Wafers are invaluable for the Voice, Throat, and Chest. All sufferers from Bronchitis, !lacking Cough, and deprivation of rest should take them—hundreds would rind quick relief." Dr. Locock's Wafers rapidly cure asthma, consumption, coughs and all disorders of the breath, throat, and lungs. Sold by all druggists, at Is. per box. A ROMANTIC SUlClDE.—Charles Burch, a retired warrantofficer in the navy, committed suicide at Devonport, last week. As if the mode of suicide he adopted—blood-letting from the arm were not sufficiently noteworthy, espo7ially after the Sultan's recent example, an incident was elicted at the inquest which gives to the event a romantic phase. A few months ago the deceased's wife, to whom he was devotedly attached, died after childbirth. Whcn her life was ebbing away her hissisan4 offered, in the hope of reviving her, to submit to the operation of transfusing his blood to her. This was done, and continued until the husband was overtaken by syncope, and had it not been stopped he too would have died. On his revival he spoke of the absolute painlessness of the operation which had brought bins so close to death's door. His wife died, but he survived, but has been subject to fits of intense depression. He at length re-opened the same aria froni which the transfusion process formerly was performed,. and this time with fatal results.  p— - EPPER'S QUININE AND IRON TONIC animates the Spirits and Mental Faculties. PEPPER'S QUININE AND IRON TONIC ▪ in Scrofula, Wasting Diseases, Neuralgia, Sciatica Inddigestion. Flatulence, 'Weakness of the Respiratory Organs. Ague, Fevers of all kinds. PEPPER'S QUININE AND IRON TONIC for Delicate Females and Weakly Ailing Children. PEPPER'S QUININE AND IRON TONIC thoroughly Recruits and Re-establishes the General Bodily Health. Is sold by chemists everywhere, in capsuled bottles 4s. in bottles Ils., and in stone jars 225. each. Be sure -the name, address, and trade mark of John Pepper, ZI7, Tottenham Court-road, London is on the label. Any chemist will procure it to order. PEPPER'S WHITE COUGH MIXTURE ▪ lathe most reliable, speedy, and agreeable cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, and all Diseases of the Lungs, and Air Passages. It is soothing and comforting in its action, and quite different from ordinary cough remedies. Bottles Is. lid. and 28. 9d. Sold by all chemists. - - - - --- _
Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1876-09-15 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

POOLE.  PETTY SESMONS. Thursday.—Before the Mayor .(Alder man Styring), Alderman M. Keinp-Welch, and Messrs. IP D. Ellis, A. Balston, and J. B. Duren. Julia Edivaed Lewis. builder, l'arkstone, was-summoned to show cause why he should not support his wife, Sarah • Lewis, who is an inmate of the Workhouse.—Mr. Trevanion defended.—Mr. Slade, clerk to the Guardians, proved that Mrs. Lewis had been an inmate of the Union since the Ilsth of July.—Mr. Trevanion, in defence, said his client's wife, who had given way to intemperance and committed adultery, had never been deserted, but left home of her own accord some years since, and had been leading a kind of half vagabond life in Southampton and other places. Defendant was willing to maintain her if she came to his home and led a temperate life, but she never having been deserted he did not see how defendant i• could be made chargeable for her support in the Union. Defendant was sworn and said he was married at the Poole Registry Office about 17 years ago to Sarah Wheeler. ' -They lived on pretty good terms for some few years, but about la years ago he found she was running lam into debt by her intemperate habits, and he was obliged to go , away to work at Southampton. Frotne. and Ringwood. ' While they were living at the latter place she confessed to him that she had had criminal intercourse with a man named Seward, at Emile. lie said he should not own her as his wife any more, and his mother took away the children and provided a home for them. His wife remained about a week after, and then went of her own free will to an infirmary at 4outhamptou. where she only remained a short time, an-it' he had not seen her since. This was in IStiS. He heard that his wife attempted to commit suicide at Southampton. She did not apply to him to support her before she went into the Union.—ln cross-examined by Mr. Slade, defendant admitted that his housekeeper had' had two children by him.—Hannah Dimond, defendant's mother, corroborated her son's evidence.—Defendaut was ordered to pay :Is. Od, a week from the date of the summons, and the oosta, Leo:reared Lawrence, of Parkstone, was charged under a warrant with assaulting his wlfe on the previous evening. —Prosecutrix said her husband Caine home the worse for drink, and hit her two or three times in the face and also broke up the things in the house.*—Prisoner had nothing to say, and as he had blien very lately isonvicted of a like offence, he was now sent to 'gaol for a week, with hard labour.
Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1876-07-14 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

THE WIMBLEDON MEETJNO.  The 17th meeting of the National Bide Association. which commenced on Monday, has every promise of proving among the most successful of the 'many sucessfu/ meetings that have been held on Witubleton Common since the Queen herself tired the first shot at the first meeting on July, 2, 1569. There are, in all, 13 Volunteer Regituenta/ Camps, one less than last year, holding the following regiments :—The London Scottish, the Victories, the London Rifle Brigade, the Ist Surrey, the Queen's Westminster, the Civil Service, the 2d and 3d City of Loudon Itirius, the London Irish, the 28th, 29th (North)l9th and 2d, (South) Middlesex. The Canadians, too, are again to the fore in their old quarters, and it is probable that the Australian team, from Victoria, will be encamped with them. With regard to the latter, of course the prizes open to all Volunteers are open to them; but there iS also talk of arranging an "international" match. The matter is in the hands of Sir Henry Raiford. The Regulers also muster strong. In military charge of the camp, and for the performance of various other important duties, there are eight officers of the loyal Marines, and 211 other officers of various regiments will have the control of the different Snug-points; 183 sergeants, a* corporals, 4 buglers, 437 privates, with one boatswain's mate and three sailors to look after the many Hags which. dotter over the camp in all directions, make up the score. Altogether the entire force under canvaa during the Wimbledon Sleeting of 1576 will probably be upwards of 300 strong. The main interest of the programme hitherto has. centered in the shooting at the 2011 yards range for the Queen's Prize, which, as everyone now knows, is the prize of the meeting—the Blue Riband, in fact, of the rifleman's year. The shooting this year in this competition has, so far, been certainly above that of last year. In th e Ist staged 2110 yards; seven shots, Captain LloydJones, let A. B. Dorset, made 34 : and in the Dailm Telegraph prize be was a winner of  THE steamer St. Clair has been burned on Lake Superior. and twenty-seven persons perished. A farmer named Dunne, in King's County, Ireland, has committed suicide, lie had received a letter threatening hint with death. William Nelson Bower, manager of the Pontefract establishment of the Yorkshire Banking Company, has been committed for trial on a charge of embezzling money to the amount of over 1:10,000. At the Birmingham Quarter Sessions on Saturday, the Deputy Recorder, Mr. Mcßuzard, sentenced the three constables, Handley, Wright, and Beckett, who had been convicted on the previous day of robbing a stranger named Bate of 215., to penal servitude for five years. The Torquay Volunteer Rifle Corps have sent in their resignations almost unanimously. The cause of disaffection is the partial treatment they consider themselves to have received from the authorities at head-quarters in reference: to the review in Hyde Park.
Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1876-04-21 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

BOCSHAMPTON.  MYSTERIOI'S CASE OF -DROWNING.  An inquest %VW, held on Monday afternoon, before Mr. G. Symonds, coroner, on the body of David Strong, 45, a dairyman of this place, who has rented here for the last 10 years the dairy of Mr. Lock, of llockhatuptom who acted as foreman of the jury on the oevash  The evidence revealed the following circumstances. On Sunday the deceased went to bed in his usual health and spirits, and rose the next morning between five and six. About that time he was seen by a man he employed named Robert Cable, sitting in the kitchen smoking his pipe. He invited him to have a glass of porter, and having done so, the man left to look after the cove, leaving his master as usual to look after the interior care of the dairy. On his return. finding nothing had been done, he made ewptiries, and as neither Mrs. Strong could say where her husband was and no reply was made to his shouts, he proceeded to search the river. He there found the deceased lying on his face in about three feet of water. With rather peculiar ideas of the proper thing to do he did not attempt to pull him out, hut went back to inform his mistress. They in company went to the river and got out the body, which they found to be quite dead. Dr. Ellison, of Dorchester, was sent for, but the usual attempts to resuscitate were of no avail, and he was of opinion deceased had been in the water a couple of hours, which would tally with the supposition that he by some means got into the water as soon as the man had left, it being discovered about half-past seven. No reason whatever could be assigned why the deceased should commit suicide, and the jury returned an open verdict of " Found Drowned."
Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1876-09-08 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

MORE WIFE-BEATERS.  Entanuct March, a labourer, was charged, under a warrant with assaulting his wife, Matilda Marsh, on the previous Thursday, and at divers other times during the • previous month and with threatening to kill her. Prosecutrix wished her husband to be discharged, and did not want to give evidence against him, but the Bench acted upon her sworn information inel a few additional particulars given by her, and tined prismier 10s, and costs, or seven days, and hound him over in the sum of .f.:5 to keep the peace for three mouths. James (Alton, a mariner, was charged in custody with assaulting his wife, Annie I.ilton, on the previous Thursday, and at divers other times during the past three months.—The evidence and statements in this ,7ase showed that the parties had been leading a most wretched life for some tune past. Prosecutrix said her hushand had not supplied her with food since the previous Saturday, and he was continually assaulting and bearing her. On Thursday he had been drinking, and came home and struck her several times with his heavy Sou'Wester hat, and also knocked her down and jumped on her. —ln crossexamination by prisoner, the woman admitted that she had thrown a teapot full of hot water at him, and also that she had struck him with a lire shovel, but this was not till after lie hid assaulted her, Asked by prisoner whether she had not attempted to commit suicide on the West Shore one evening during the previous week. prosecutrix said she slipped off some timber into the water and was pulled out by a policeman. Prosecutrix said she had frequently found her husband's razor under the pillow at night, and she supposed he placed it there with the intention ef cutting her throat; but prisoner said hehid it there as he was afraid his wife would cut his throat. Ile could not live with her any longer, and was willing to allow her 86. a week. This the Bench strongly advised him to do, and indicted a tine of ss. Sndi costs, or seven days, and bound him over to keep the peace tor three months in the sum of £3.  PRINTING!! PRINTING !!  .9 u xrnEss "
Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1876-08-04 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SCAMP.—Mr. J. W. Payne, the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, opened an inquiry at the Essex Head Tavern, Essex-street, Strand, relative to the death of a young woman, who, it is alleged, committed suicide on Sunday by leaping into the River Thames from the Embankment, near the Temple. Mr. George Browning, of No. 13, Bruton-street, said the deceased, who was 2.4 years of age, had passed by the name of Grace Thomas, but her proper name was Mary Ann Hull. Ho had known the deceased for the past 14 years, and she formerly lived with him at his chambers. Ile ceased to live with her in Vs 73. Since that period he had been travelling on the Continent. After his return to England he wrote to the deceased for a bundle of letters, Which she returned to him. The witness, in reply to the foreman of the jury, said he had not written to the deceased during the past two months, but be wrote to her about three months ago. Mr. Herbert Thompson, the foreman, was sworn as a witness, and said he had known the deceased twelve months as a most respectably conducted girl. She was highly educated, and used to tell him with tears in her eyes that she had been betrayed while in the telegraph office. The Coroner told the jury he was not satisfied with the evidence, ani as none of the family of the deceased were present he should adjours the inquiry for further evidence. HOLLOWAY'S leusi.—Nothing preserves the health so well asan occassional alterative in changeable weather, or when the nerves are unstrung, These Pill act admirably on the stomach, liver, and kidneys, and so thoroughly purify the blood, that they are the most efficient remedy in warding off derangements of the stomach, fever, diarrhaea, dysentery, and other maladies, and giving tone and energy to debilitated constitutions. All who have the natural and laudable desire of maintaining their own and their family's health, cannot do better than trust to Holloway's Pills, which cool, regulate, and strengthen. These purifying Pills are suitable for all ages, seasons, climates, and censtiutions : when all other means fail they will prove the female's best friend.
Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1876-06-16 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

METHOD IN MADNESS.  If murder has its as undoubtedly belonging to the fine arts, surely the inventor of the following ingenious swindle is entitled to a dishonourable niche in the temple of artistic malefactors. A lady of distinguished presence, admirable manners, and irreproachable toilette, lately presented herself before a doctor in Paris, who had made monomania his especial study, to ask his advice about her son, who had for some time past laboured under deplorable illusions. In his case the monomania declared itself by a demand for diamonds, and 30,000 f. on every occasion. "Where can I see this young man. madam said the worthy medico. "Here, in a few minutes," replied the lady, and departed. Thence she repaired to a famous jeweller, where she ordered diamonds to the amount of :AWOL, and asked that one of the shopmen might be allowed to accompany her home, when her husband would pay the bill. The name and address of a celebrated doctor lulled, of course, all suspicion of a meditated fraud. On re-entering the doctor's house the lady took the case of diamonds from the shopman, under the pretence of showing them to her husband, left the former in the ante-room, and entered the doctor's sanctum. " Ilere is my son, doctor, can he conic in 1' The doctor, happy in the prospect of an interesting case and a fat fee, opens the door, and, with his most amiable air, invites inside the dupe, whom lie is enchanted to see. and begs to be seated. The lady closes the door, from sentiments of delicacy, on the interesting consultation, and Gallic, "saves herself," A tiglic,; "bolts" with her precious spoil. Meanwhile the doctor is engaged with the usual business with his patient. "Sit down and talk," he say," how old are you ?" "Sir," replies the young man, "you are exceedingly kind, I am just 21; but, as 1 do not see what that has to do with the matter immediately before us, and I am in rather a hurry, would you be good enough to give me a cheek for :10,loof, and let me go ?" "Ha, ha !' thought the sagacious doctor, "he is soon coming to the point. Well, my young friend, no doubt the lady was very beautiful, but at the same. time very extravagant, and, in short, turned your head." Sir" said the indignant shopman, "1 do not understand the drift of your questions, which have nothing to do with my mission here. lam not ill. Be good enough to explain yourself." The explanation ensued and the tablear,.  MR. FRANK WOOD, of Regent-street, Kennington, committed suicide by throwing himself before a railway train at Dartford, Kent. Losses on the Derby are suppose to have been the cause of the rash act.  'acuities.  PEPPER'S QUININE AND IRON TONIC animates the Spirits and Mental I - - _ _ 'PEPPER'S QUININE AND IRON TONIC 1 in Scrofula, Wasting Diseases, Neuralgia, Sciatica Inddigestion. Flatulence, Weakness of the Respiratory .Organs, Ague, Fevers of all kinds. • P EPPER'S QUININE AND IRON TONIC 1 for Delicate Females and Weakly Ailing Children.
Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1876-01-07 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

AUSTEN.  ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT DEAMINSTER.  Edo.; it Sweattartic, lahourer, wait indicted for unlawfully wounding himself with a razor, with intent to commit suicide at Beaminster.  Prisoner said he was a sniffier just come home from India, and he did the act when in an unsound state of mind.  --Mr. Templer prosecuted. Prisoner had served in the army 21 years and 6 months. lie had slept on the 6th ult, at the house of Percy Rollins, solicitor's clerk, and at 11 o'clock, knocked at Mr. Ilollins's door, in a state of drunkennesss, saying he heard noises and saw ghosts. Mr. Rollins gave him a lamp, which he kept burning all night. N3xt morning at six, he made a noise, and asked for water. There was a lot of blood by his side, and when asked said he had done it, but had not done it properly. Re told a gardener, named John Richard Stone, that he had done it through trouble, and told P.C. Poster tte same. _ _ _ _  Mr. Daniel, surguon, found a very serious wound in the prisoner's neck, near the jugular vein, and about two inches long, and the bleeding was so profuse that the wound could not be sewed up, or the prisoner would have been choked with the blood. Mr. Daniel attended him that day, and till the middle of the next. lie was in a state of great nenious prostration, and Mr. Daniel considered that when he did it, he was not master of his intellect.  Prisoner said he suffered from sickness in India, and when he catue home, he went drinking brandy some days following, and lost command over himself. The Jury found him guilty, but recommended him to mercy, on account of the length of his service in the army. Ilisclrarged, but ordered to come up for judgment when milled on.
Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1879-05-16 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

SWANAGE.  SAD SUICIDE FROM A PLEASURE STEAMER. An inquest was held at the Belle Vue As:et-ably-room, Bournemouth, on Tuesday, before Mr, J. Druitt, jun., coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr. H. Joy was foreman. touching the ueath of James Buckell, who committed suicide from the Royal S.LXOII ste.unheat, near Old Harry Rocks, on Saturday. Mr. James Backell, store-keeper at the Victoria Docks, Gravesend, said he was the eldest son of the deceased, who was 64 years of age. His( ather was agent to the Victoria Dock Company, at Gravesend. Dr. Nesbitt, of Gravesend, had attended him for twelve months for bronchitis and weakness of the heart, and by his advice be came to Bournemouth seven weeks ago for change of air. He was a great sufferer, and at times be did not seem conscious of what he did. The dezeased had his wife with him at Bournemouth. _ 1?le was in comfortable circumstances.  Miss Emily Hixn, of Swanage, said he came from Swanage to Raarnemouth on board the Royal Saxon, on Saturday. She saw deceased sitting on the steps of the paddle box, and when the vessel was near Old Harry Rocks he stood up, placed his hat on the rail, and jumped into the water. She screamed, and the steamer was stopped immediately, a boat lowered, and the deceased picked up and brought on board. Mr. Williams, master of the Royal Saxon, said that steamboat mode a trip to Swanage, on Saturday. The I deceased came on board at Bournemouth, and did not go ashore at Swanage, where the vessel only remained about a quarter of an hour. The steamer left Swanage at quarter-past twelve, and when near Old Harry he heard a cry of "Man overboard." He stopped the vessel at once, lowered a boat, and picked up the deceased and Irought him on board. He was floating on his face, and did not move after he reached him. He tried to restore animation, but there was no sign of life. On the way to Swanage deceased told him he was very bad, and he seemed more reserved than usual. He had previously told him that be had been in the navy. He should think eight minutes elapsed from the time he heard the cry "Man overboard" till he reached the deceased. He brought the body to Bournemouth, and gave it in charge of the police. P.C. Luck produced a quantity of stones, weighing Sibs. 7ozs„ which were found in the deceased's coat pocket. P.C. Brown proved that he saw deceased picking up similar stones in Madevia-road on Saturday morning about ten o'clock. _  Mrs. Matilda Brown, of Oxford•road, said deceased and his wife had occupied her apartments for the last seven weeks. Deceased went out about ten o'clock on Saturday morning, and ordered his dinner before doing so. The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst in an unsound state of mind."
Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1879-04-25 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

BITCHLAND NEWTON. A WOMAN HANGING HERSELF.  Mrs. Sarah Hopkins, aged about 47, the wife of Hilary Hopkins, a carpenter of Buckland Newton, committed suicide on Monday aftsrnoon dist, when she was found hanging in a workshop, by her brother-in-law. Mr. Hilo Symonds, the county coroner, held an inquest on Tuesday at the New Inn. Horatio Hsnkins, whose brather was deceased's husband, said that yesterday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, he went round the back premises ta a workshop adjoining, where he sometimes worked with his brother, who is a wheelwright. On enterin he found the deceased suspended from a beam by the neck, went to her, lifted her up, and loosen-d the rope about her neck, and immediately he did so her head fell on one side. She was perfectly dead, and he called for assistance, but no one came, and, as he found life was extinct, he ran into the house, where his bro'her was by the fire, an I told him, and he took a knife and severed the rope. At that time she was cold and stiff.  In examination the witne' sq said they had some victuals about 12 o'clock: decesved was then washing, and seemed cheerful. About a week ago she complained of her sight, and of a pain in the corner of her eye. She had no children of her own, but one which she was bringing up. Witness knew of no cause for unhappiness on the part of any of her family or relations. Sie had about half-a-pint of beer, but was not intoxicated, nor was she in the habit of being so. Sarah Warren, who resided with the deceased for some time, and helped her in the washing, spoke to deceased having said in the rn ording that her head was so bad she was afraid she should not b 3 able to finish her washing that day. Horatio Hopkins was recalled, and exnlained that when he Caine back became from the Royal Oak Inn, and went in the back way into the garden. Her husband stated that the halter with which deceased conitnitted the deed was her own, she had had it before he married her, and it had lain about the premises, but bad never been used for any purpose before this. The jury returned a verdict of Insanity.