The Poole Telegram. — 1884-05-02 (Poole, Dorset, England)

SAXE-WEIMAR has been pre,euted with a magnifieent centrepiece by the Royal Porternoutli Corinthian Yacht Club, upon his quitting the ooniu,sod of the Southern District. ON Wedneiulay evening, by permission of the Commie sinners of Folic*, Inspector Liaoning and the el •ommons police (36 or number) were entertained at dinner by Sir Edward Watkin and the directors of the south Eastern Railway at the Charing.cross Hotel. SIR WILLIAM lie neon ar, Home Secretary. was sued at Oxford county court on Thursday by a los.al Ihriet for 44 1.53, for buttonhole flowers, ladies' en,sexays. and boxes cut flowers. supplied to hint during the Otioid city -lection in March, BM. The defendant tailed to apisisr rend judgmeet was green fer the claim against Lim, payment to be made within fourteen days, Ott Thursday a commissionaire delivered at the municipal cdtices at Vienna a packet address-el to the Burgomaster: Inside were 100.000(1. of Gold Renter: SIMI a letter stating that the money was destined for Atilild charitable foundatioo ii the town of Vienna to be ii riu'i by the Burgomaster. Another sealed letter wasenct,s.o. as 'o which the ilounr expressed a wish i that it sit nut only be opened in POO, unless the sender (who iras gi%i a no na and requests that no inquiries should lie Iliad*/ fter him) shout I give other directions in the meantime. Tux first conviction ender the new Bankruptcy A 9 ok place at North Wales sisicas on NVeinesiley • who John farmer, who hail been ordered to ho piosecute.l for fraud by Mr. Evans.of Chester, the otheral receiver. pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Mr..luetiee North to three mouths' imprisonment with hard labour. The nrose,iis inn alleged that the prisoner before his bank• imptcy illegally appropriated to himself about £240. I"CANCIB COLVILLE Fent), Baronet' Master of the Brighton Harriers, a bankrupt, presented himself at. the Brighton County liana on Thursday to Isadore.o hia public examination. In answer to the Official Receiver, he said he had been a -master si hotinde at Cheltenham. and was now Master of the Brighton pack. From that he received 800 a year. Mr. Nye, who appear i for the debtor said a compneiti in of 12a. 4d. in the pound had been accepted. and be did not see that any examination was necessary at all. Sir Francis. in reply to questions, said the only pro perty he possessed was his housebord furniture, arid an annual income arising from a sum of MOM in trust in the Funds. He returned that at £4oa year The heel, rupt was allowed to pass. THE actuary of • Landon ingerance company hat completed an exhaustive inveatizatien of tne accounts fur ten years, and has brought to light one extraordinary fleet During the period of the examination the " o.,nscisnre fund" of the company amounted to over 1:5,015). This fund is made up of sums sent anonymously by peophi who have in previous years received money un account o: and whose conscience subsequently prompted them I. Make restitution. Wftriaa HOWARD, of Heywood ascended, on Teesday, while intoxioated. to the top of St. Luke's' Church reel,' by ladders affixed to the masonry, the steeple being und• remain The spire is sixty-three yards high. Hooter(' was charged on Wednesday morning with drunketine-s. brit ,vas discharged. He said he could mount ten times re high. ,A EXTRAORDINARY Discovery hair been made at Perry Barr, Birmingham. Booth's Farm was erigiaally orampied by William Booth. the forger of Beek of England teites, who was executed at Stafford in 1812. In digging over his orchard, the owner has discovered two eoppei.piate engravings of one and two pound notes. They bear fiats 1812. and are in perfect preservation. 'lle iliecovery is causing attention. The plates are fine specimens of the engraver's art, and muat have been instruments, in deceiving the public to a large extent. It is stated that when Booth's house was searched over COM in genuine Bank of England notes were found. His capture vies made with difficulty. His trial excited attention, imp., t. ant Bank of England officials giving evidence. His execution MIN an eventful episode, and was more largely attended than that of any other criminal at Stafford. THE epidemic of measles in Canterbury continues with unabated severity. Trig London Gaytie notifiem that Tier Majority's birth day will be kept on Saturday. May 24th, Tee failure of a builder named Gthbs was announce la the London Bankruptcy Court Friday. The babilite3.. mostly secured, are set down at £106,808 ; and the &Nieto at £35. A YonNo man named Donohoo has been &eroded near Athlone on ii charge of parricide. H. attacked hie N. her while working in the garden. and h• 1.1 tbl, en t•-•-• 0 I while he cut his throat with .table knife. Donohoo, who recently returned IMOD America. in belleVed to 1,.. ape. An awkward difficulty has arisen in Sheffield. It has been discovered that a clerical imposter named Lindsey, now in Kirkdale gaol, married a good many couples whilst aotine as curate in one of the city parishes: and some doubt exists among those for wham the accused tied the naptial knot as to whether they are legally married Lind. Bey, whet. his present sentence has expired, will be charged with solemnising marriages under false pretences. Tint American Oak and Leather Company's tannery no Cincinnati. the largest of its kind in the country, wes burnt down on Thursday, the loss amounting to 400,000 dollars Four hundred workpeople are thus rendered idle.  THE nett vintage of France is seriously imperilled by the frosts in the south and the heavy snowfall in the (testi Tug Havt,nywh Press gives horrible details of the massacres which have emtinuerl without intermission sines the suppreeeicn of the rebellion in Hayti. All who hail taken pert in the insurrection are being ehot in the 1110 Pt cruel noaccer. Tied to trees they form targete for the soldiert who begin by bring at the lower parte of the lega, gradually reining the aim to the body and breast, and, if the %intim still exist, until the bead has been reerhecl aid gierced  A CAmmtin.la undergrarluate. named A. F.Webb,wtv, COMEIR from Newatead Abbey. Nottingham. committed suicide at hi g lodgings at noon on Sunday by sheotit g himPolf roug sh, bow. 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