Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1884-05-02 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

CLOW. This fund is made up of sums sent anonymously by people who have in previous years received money on account of tires. and whose conscience subsequently prompted then, t. make restitution,  WILLIAM HOWARD, of Haywood aseendad, on Tisesday. while intoxioated, to the top of St. Luke's Church e;el,, by ladders affixed to the masonry, the steeple being un,;. repair. The spire is sixty-three yard. high. Weevil wry.; charged on Wednesday morning with drunkeime.a. was discharged. i..He said he could mount ten time.. as tifgh. o E ITR &ORDINARY Discovery has been made at Perry Barr, Birmingham. Booth's Farm was originally occupied by William Booth, the forger of Bank of Eastland holes. who was executed at Stafford in 1812 In digging cyst his orchard, the owner here discovered two corn*, -plate engravings of one and two pound notes. They boar date 1812, and are in perfect preservation. The iliaeovery is causing attention. The plates are fine specimens of the engraver's art, and must have been inatranientel iu deceiving the public to a large extent. T is "toted teat when Booth's house was searehol over £3,000 Is genuine Bank of England notes were found. His capture ass made with difficulty. His trial excited attention. t. ant Bank of England officials giving evidence. His execution wee an eventful epieoffe, and was more largely attended than that of any other criminal at Stafford THE epidemic of measles in Canterbury continues with unabated severity.  Tim boneloia Gaetle notifies that Wir Majasty's birth. day will be kept on Saturday. May 24th,  - THE failure of a builder named Gibbs was announco.. Is the London Bankruptcy Court Friday. The ILabilitios. mostly secured, are set down at £106,808 ; and the &MOAN at £35.  - - A Wm; man named Thmoboo has been arreatad near Athlone on a charge of rowricide fle attacked Me fa, her while working in the goirrlrm an. 11.1,-1 him on tho Vr • while he cut his throat with •table knife, Donohoe. who recently returned Iron] At:Llama.. haltnve,tt,. t,,, RIM  AN awkward difficulty has arisen in Sheffield. It been disenvered that a elerical imposter named Lindsey. now in Kirkdale gaol, married • good many couplea whilst noting an curate in one of the city parishes: and come doubt exiete among those for whom the accused tied the nuptial knot ita to whether they are legally married Lind. Hey, whey his present sentence bee expired, will he charged with soleninising marriages under false pretences,  THZ American Oak and Leather Company's tannery lb Cincinnati. the largest of it kind In the country, was burnt down on Thursday, the loss amounting to 400,000 dollars Four hundred workpeopie are thus rendered Idle. - • • • ••• • •  THE next vintage of Francs is seriously imperilled by the frosts in the south and the heavy snowfall in the motif govosnoli Press gives horrible details of the massacres which have cwitinued without intermission since the suppreoown of the rebellion in Hayti. All who had taken port in the insurrection are being shot in the most cruel nianocr. Tied to trees they form targets for the soldierl, who hcgin by tiring at the lower parts of the legs, gradually raising the aim to the body and breast, and, if the %iota', still exist, until the heed has been re3ched aid pierced.  A (7.ttitanince undergraduate. named A. F.Webliovo, Comae from Newatead Abbey, Nottingham, committed suicide at his lodgings at noon on Sunday by sheotit.g itimaelf :,rouge hua. Be had appeared deapoodeut for tarmo time.