The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1880-10-22 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

TIMELY WARNING.—At the Bristol Police-court, on Friday, Supt. Thatcher summoned Jemima Christy, s fireworks vendor, of 250, llotwell-road, for selling fireworks to two boys apparently under the ago of 13 years. Defendant was tined ss. and costs, or seven days imprisonment with hard labour.  At Sheffield, on Thursday, Henry Burton, baker, was charged with bigamy. The prisoner, who has a wife and two children, made love to Annie Elizabeth Butler, and, after teffing her that his first wle was dead, she eloped with him to Leicester, and they were married there last week. At the time Burton was persuading Miss Butler to elope, he was in correspondence with his wife, and writing to her to the effect that he waa a changed man, and went to chapel twice a day. The case was remanded. •  The health of Prince Bisinark is causing the greatest anxiety in Berlin. The German Chancellor is much thinner and weaker than he was a few months ago, and ses seriously is the matter regarded that it is even whispered about who his probable successor will be. Though the doctors who are conetantly attending upon the Prince may patch him up, yet the fact remains that his life is fast on the ebb, and a few months may, and to most minds undoubtedly will, see great and important changes in Germany. He himself has for many years held the opinion that he would die in 1881. A few days ago, an axed man went down to the Qua' D'Orsay, PAH+, took off his clothes, and threw them into the Seine. He then cautiously entered the river, with toe intention of committing suicide, lint when he got up to his middle he found the water too cold, and be cause out again to wait for a rise in the temperature. But he found himself in no awkward position, for he Witi naked, and had thrown his clothes away. The police took charge of him, after ho had borrowed some clothes at a neighbouring tavern. - - -  So bad has the reign of terror in the Sister Isle become that landlords have ordered suits of mail to wear under their clothing. Birmingham has received the commission to produce these aricles, and a good trade is row being dons by the metallic tailors. It is unfortunate, however, that a gentleman who has made an experiment has discovered that the snits of mail as ordered are not bullet proof, and that a projectile from a rifle will not only go through the armour, but through an inch plank as well. It is clear that landlords will not be able to carry an inch plank casing in addition to their mail suit, and it will therefore become necessary for them to go about clad in boiler-plate from head to foot. Her Majesty's troopship Assistance left Portsmouth on Monday afternoon with 200 officers and men of various regiments to be transferred at Gibraltar for the West Indies. The Assistance took 21 Nordenfoldt guns and 140 tons of ammunition fur the Mediterranean Fleet.  The Leeds Musical Festival was brought to a close on Saturday evening, when a people's concert Willi given, at which Mr. Arthur Sullivan conducted. The chorus and most of the principals took part. The festival has proved a great success, more than 15,000 persons having attended the performances. The profits are likely to exceed £2,000, which will he distributed amongst the different medical charities in the town.  After the close of the St. Lawrence Navigation next month, the Allan Mail Steamers are to run to Boston, calling at Halifax to land the Canadian Mails. The first sailing under the new arrangement will be the Polynesian on the 11th November, and a steamer will be despatched every Thursday thereafter. The Company's new steamer Parisian (a steel vessel of 5,500 tons l is to be launched 4th November, and will be ready to take her station on the line by Ist February. The Allan Lino fortnightly sailings to Baltimore are to be continued as heretofore.  THE WEATHER SrA