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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1870-08-23 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT BRIDPORT. A strange affair happened on Friday morning last to a man named Andrew Burnett, Isles mate of the brig Isabella, Montrose, now discharging at Britport Her. boar. It appears that Burnett had been drinking rather freely for some days previous, and on Friday morning he went to Mr. Sampson's shop, at Bridport, and bought a pistol, some powder, and shot. After. wards he went toe mil lie-house at Allington, and had a half-pint of rum put into a bottle. He then went to a field sear Verse farm, loaded the pistol, put the muzzle to his 'ember I, and drew the trigger. The skin of the forehead .1 top part of the head were completely blown awe). About nine o'clock he entered the cottage of a ni n named Shepherd, near the foundry, when he was frightful spectacle, his face, hands, breast, and clothes being revered with clotted blood. He was holding Lis hand to his head and saying "My God, I think I shall die." Shepherd thought the stranger was drunk, and asked " What's the matter governor?" He replied "I've blowed my brains out with a gun." "'IS here did you do it!" Shepherd asked, snd the answer was, "Just in front of the house." "What were you shooting at ?" Shepherd asked, and the reply was. "At a small bird, I think; but I don't know whether the gun bunted or whether it went off with its own accord." He was perfectly conscious. Search was made for the pistol, which Burnett said he left "in the field where it lisppeued." A small quantity of clotted blood was found en a portion of the Foundry wall, where Burnett evidently got out of the field into the main road. The pistol, however, could not be One of the crew of the Isabella. who says be hes known Burnett from his boyhood, states : "Andrew Burnett is thirty-one years of age. lie is married and bee a wife, and a family of three children at Moutrose. Ile has been drinking lately ; he states that he was driven to do so through his wife. She has neglected him; she has not written to him. Ile haa left the Isabella duriug the last day or two, and w.a going to join another ship at Weymouth." Supt. Meliale, who was passing at the time, bad the unfortimuste fellow conveyed to the Union, where his .10011,i4 were droned. On Saturday witneseus at' at the h-fore J. M. Montagu, Esq., who ooininitte, I iturnoit for trial °barged with attempting suicide. He cannot else re moved for some days.
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1870-09-06 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT THE ARTILLERY  BARRACKS.  On Weineaday morning the men of the E Battery II Brigade 1: rLA., 0i re, in accordance with fee. mental ord ra, undergoing an inspection of their kit by sub-divisions, in the different wings of the barracks, v,, the muster roll being called over, however, it was found one was abAnt—Gunner J. Hughes ; the word was passed, and • search at once instituted. Of course the room of the ab.entee was one of the first plao"s visited, and thither a party immediately repaired. cullar-maker Sergeant M'Dowell was one of the first in the room, and there found the rash soldier, razor in hand, with his throat gashed in • manner awful to see. while the ex ',cession of hi.faoe wee ghastly is the extreme. The s..rg"aut rushed on the man, and wrested the razor Iris hii hand, preventing any further attempt upon his life. A weasenger was dispatched for the doctor, and upon Dr. O'Brien'. arrival it was found that the wound inflated on the soldier's throat was more serious than those who found him imagined. lie was removed to more suitable quarters where the beat means were adopted to save his life, and he was placed under supervision. The consternation in the barracks when the deed became known was very great, and various reasons were advanced for his riot. None, however, seemed satisfactory,and the man himself refused or was incapable of explaining it. lie is • single man, of good character of late, although it seems he was .owe time since reduced to the ranks for breach of discipline. Frequent visits were paid to him by more than on" doctor, and it is feared that the neforturiate men will not raover. This is the first act of the kind that has happened amoort any battery of artillery that has been stationed at Dorchester.
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1865-05-16 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

DITTERMINICD SOICIDI.—On Thursday an inquest was held before N. M. Loggin, Esq.' coroner, on the body of John Mitchell, market gardener, landlord of the Gardener's Arms, Dottery, and who had been in the habit of attending Weymouth market. Deceased was ' 32 years of age last March: had been married three years last April, and had one child. He was a quiet peaceable man. It appeared that Mitchell had been suffering from inflammation of the lungs, and on its subsidence delirium supervened. His wife left him for a few minutes on Wednesday evening to drive a calf out of the garden. On returning she saw her husband on the floor, face downwards, a quantity of blood there, and a razor. She called for assistance. John Brake, of Allington, mason, ran in. He wind I found deceased on the floor, on his right side, with nothing but his shirt on. He was covered with blood as dm the floor. Deceased held a razor in his left hand; it was quite bloody. His right arm waa under him, and eoncealed by his shirt. I caught hold of his left arm, and put my right hand on his shoulder to keep him still, because he was not then dead. He did not speak a word, or groan at all. While IWM holding him, he dropped the razor out of his hand. I held him about five minutes, and thinking him then quite dead I let him go, to take up the razor, and put it on the window. As I wee returning to deceased, he turned round on his back He then put his left hand to his throat, and drew a razor he had in his right hand across his throat. Deceased sprang on his legs, took two steps, made a torn round, and then fell in the mine position on the floor as that in which I first found him. I suppose the first time he was lying "subtle." The blood then gushed from his throat, and he died immediately. The first time I did not think he cut himself very deep. There was another razor lying by his side that was picked up by his wife. He only made use of two. Mr. M. Denziloe, surgeon, said he had no doubt but that when deceased destroyed himself, he was suffering from delirium' and aberration of intellect, and waii not responsible for his actions. The jury returned a verdict to the effect Hat the deceased, not being of sound mind, committed suicide.
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1865-02-21 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

TIAT.BELIGOAN MERDER.—lfurrhy, the man wilt, was ecoused of witeletieg h's two si•tera at Belbriggeet, end whose Sr at ban he ng goiog on for eight days, we t acquitted on Thursday. Tee evicts re- was altogethee of a *teatime toted character, and the jury returned .} verdict of "Not Guilty." The proem dings in the ease of Grestedo Begot, seek his committal for trial for the Seffrorehie murder, har d t laste, as inight be expected, 1, • reap te for 1'01:taloa, The KM ruffs of Loeden end Middlesex have received tt coutimuniesteon from Sir George Grey resetting him the 22ed of March pelt. The inquest on the convict Visitor Townley, whet. committed said '43 in Peet rnehle Prison on Seeder mornung, wee hell on Thursday. The chaplain, the uloc,or, and several of the pelmet warders Well xamined, and the circurostanoes under which the suicide was committed were clearly narrated. 'The important queation for the jury to consider, was the mate 41 his mind at the time of the suicide. On thh point the clieplein Maid that he haul narrowly watched the eenduct of the convict since he had come under his care with, ut being able to detect any eympeoms Of ineanity except th-t he could never be brought to. , his maid r of fdiee Goodein as • crime. The doceet also, whe had made a postmortem examination, stated th.t the brain app..-red to be in • healthy state. T 4 jury. however, to, k a merciful view of the Mae, and returned a verdict of suicide while in a state of insanity. SeOweemden Rher ice Llvinteoote—Osi Friday after. noon a lot of roughs congregated near the Liverpool Exclueere sod rut I p &wisher en. wind Mg riot, in spite uit the peveoure of a arge bedy f police. Is women and boy were severely injured, and cenveyed to the Northern A Ruseien sailor was murdered at Swansea on There day night by some foreign melon. It appeare that several foreigners hod hem drinking to.mther In • public-home, and on coming out into the streets a quarrel took plaee, (proeoked inn great measure, it mien be mid, by the deoe.sel himself,) when he was stabbed with • stletto, and died shortly afterward., Two Italians are in custody on the charge of having coneialtted the crime, and the Oast In under inveatigatton. THE MULLER ItIWARD.—
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1865-01-10 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

KING, OF THZ FORFAR LND KINCARDINESHIRE NIIMA ARTILLERY. —OR SAW rday morning John King, quartermaster of the Forfar and Kineardineehire Militia Artillery, committed suicide by shooting himsdf with a carbine. The annual muster of the staff had taken place at the barracks on Statinday morning, when King was present. Shortly after the muster a shot was heard in the armoury, anti on Qnwtermwter-Serjeant Fry going into the place he saw the body of his brother officer lying On the floor, with blood flowing from a wound in the left breast. Remade the body wee lying a newly discharged carbine; and fears the position of the body and the eaten of the wound, there could be no doubt that the deceased had committed suicide. The public have had no difficulty in assigning • reason for the committal of the rash act, as it appears that some time ago some person or Demons in town had forwarded a communication to the War (10,•••• - Quartermaster King for improperly hregimental stores; and several i been - s Colonel  oeratis War One* r tampering anonymous Laid, tn. • «as insti binining with the lettcre , ttited, which on Friday favour o. hisn fr ~st I  -d6O  _forwtirderl  It of which wal that an official , kit we have good reason for . intimatPd by the Colonel L_ • of the quartermaster, as it completely from all bbune. This inquiry and the I had, however, bad such an effect en for some ten days past hp had been 1' ' was somewhat in s was an Ife • t 10  _ and was most  !usalsdlig  ammisUon.  Deceased  1•141 I  wtdow  mid lazd. family to deplore itis mod untimely death.— Scotism*.  inquiry saying was'Qp'. to be entirely la ltely exonerated A the maestro in pu tenthe&eseeed. t,,al _ _eon little out of hie home, and .gat deo:rowed in sptrita. Quartermuter Ebso Englishman. if. jotned the Royal Artillery about --a,l yetis ago, and rose step by step to the' rank of nenceartinsior, till about.dee years ago. when he 'dined the Forfar and lncardlheebtre Milltia ArtleTT au goalie t. 'Two liwirs ago he wwi ti4ermlß secretary poi! Apq Keartuaitps Association M.ltio?ja tn. teit'citing
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1865-01-03 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

TROWBRIDGE. EXTRA.ORDINARY Dssm.— A short time since the miller, William Bachelor, in the employ of Messrs. Bowyer and Son, found the body of a reepectably-dressed female in the millpond. He raiseePan alarm, assistance was procured, and the body was taken out and conveyed to the polioe-station for identification. Soon afterwards it was identified by two women named Shepherd, residents in Trowbridge, ex being the body of their mother. They said that on the previous day they and their mother and father all went to Frome to spend a holiday with their relatives, that they enjoyed themselves, that the father was unable to return with them, and that they and their mother came back by the last train to Trowbridge, where they arrived at about eight p.m. On getting out of the train they did not see their mother, although she came back in the same compartment with them, and they went on home thinking their mother would go home also, her direction being opposite to that of the daughters. The old lady seems to have stumbled out of her way entirely, and went down an obscure lane quite in a different direction to that which she ought to have gone, walked in to the water, which is about eight feet deep, and was drowned. It is said that she and her husband had a violent quarrel in Frome, and that!she expressed her determination to commit suicide ; bat the most probable thing is that they all were something more than merry, that the daughters blundered on home, having children to take care of. and left the old lady to take care of herself. The husband returned drunk the tame morning his wife's body was being taken to the police-station. She bad Us. in her pocket, and • piece of plum pudding in her basket. The Coroner, at the inquest on the body, expressed his surprise that the daughters should have left the deceased without even looking for her or wishing her good night. The jury returned • verdict of "Found drowned."
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1865-01-03 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

SUICIDE OF A PRISONER IN READING GAOL.—CORsiderable consternation was created amongst the officers of the County House of Correction, at Reading, on Monday, in consequence of one of the prisoners in that establishment having terminated his own existence is the cell in which he was confined. The deceased was. young man named Joseph Mince, respectably connected; and on Thursday last, at the Beck, winter assizes, he pleaded guilty to haying violently assaulted Benjamin Wheeler, at Newbury, on the 24th ult., and stolen from his person 148. and several articles. Being previously convicted, he was sentenced by Mr. Justice Byles to five years' penal servitude. There is no doubt but that he felt acutely the nature of his position ; still there was nothing in his demeanour to lead the prison officials to the belief that it was necessary he should be constantly watched. On Monday morning the deceased arose at the usual hour, and he was visited at seven o'clock, hut shortly efterwards it was discovered that he was dead, and he had effected his object by fastening the h ,mmork strap around his neck. THE MILITARY VERSUS THE CIVIL POWEIL —On Saturday evening William Carlin, a private of the 74th Highlanders, at present stationed its Edinburgh Castle, was walking in Lavromarket towards the Castle, and being very disorderly and unruly, he was taken in charge by a comrade who happened to be passing at the time. Notwithstanding the entreaties of this comrade Carlin persisted in behaving in a riotous manner, and • large crowd in consequence assembled. The polio, fearing that a disturbance would ensue, interfered, and were about to take Carlin into custody, when the picket of the 74th appeared. Instead of endeavouring to help the police in the maintenance of peace the serjeant of the picket, William Adams, demanded that C.rlin should be delivered over to his custody, and, 1.13 the police iery properly resisted this deinand, Adams became infuriated, and made a rush neon the police, immediately after which the picket under his charge followed his example, and attacked the police. Sonia of the picket even went the length of drawing their bayonets and threatening to stab any one who should attempt to rescue Carlin. In consequence of the large number of people who assembled during the disturbance, the police were unable to identify and appn bend the whole of the transgressor,; but Serjeant A.iams and Private Carlin have been taken into custody.
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1865-10-10 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

HEALTH OP LORD PALYERISTON.—We ORA state, On the eat authority, that the gout, which hin.iered LTA Palmer-ton rein aprearing at the Bristol Pesily4 disappeared more than a week ago, and that his lordslip's general health is now so good that he has not, for a lone tim appeared so vigorous either in mind or body.— Record.  Goonwoo", 1866.—There are already forty-four sub scribers to the Goodwood Stakes ne,t y car, to,cl tho Cop nomin4ione number fourteen, iacluding one esott from the PAM* of Orange Does of Beaufort, Lord De.bv, Lord Glasgow, Lord Granville, Lord Ra.tilgton, Lord Stamford, and though last not le,at, Count F. de Lagrange, who will moat likely bring out the redoubtable Gladiateur.  DIRICT intelligence from New Zealand confirm, the report that General Cameron it a resigned the command of the troops in that oolony. William Thompson, whose anrren 'or was reporkd a mail or two ago, has petitioned the Queen to dead out a oommiasion of inquiry.  THE diSCUARIOn as to the part which young Count Enlenburg tmk in the attack on poor Ott had been reviv.-d at Mane'meter in the form of a letter to tho 9- =miner , Times, from a gentlemen who witnessed the Jay. He defends the Count, and ins sts that it was impossible to tell by whom the fatal blow was struck.  A Birrr,mt Truprza BY THR omm—A few days since at Whitney-conrt, Herefordshire, the seat of Mr. Tomkins Dew, the butler, a respectable man, named Driscoll, 40 years of age, while cleaning his master's plate in the pantry, attempted to commit suicide. Upon being questoned, Drisooll gave this account of the transaction :—" I was cleaning the plate, and a carting-knife was lying beforo me. The devil came up and tapped me. on the shoulder, and, after some conver,ation, he told we I intuit put the knife into my stomach, and then I should become immortal. I therefore put the shaft of the knife up against the wan, and thrust myself against the point. lam sorry now I took his advice, and I shan't try it on again." The hallucination seems to have departed after the bloodletting, but on Fiday the tempter returned again, ani it ho been thought necessary to put the man under restraint.
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1882-07-04 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

ADVANTAGES. ,as sad by his behaviour to our ,he unguent draws to theme-foe flemilles the tender intestines Are. eesely free from SMELL acted maim Hampden, Hey. A. Hartley, defendant then had Gallop by the throat. It took living unlade ws could haves laugh once now and tben, large towns, and left it untouched by the scenes, at whole home Id _. will move mosso wiping to 'oaks the boy hew, I from MI acrid matter., and Prevents Inflammation Ams not POIEIONOIJfiI was the worse d t only with a m moo poro'( nammerernith), Mr. Longman place about half.past 10. Defendant an iis y modest desire to leaven " the grim once appalling, at ones cheering, which met his true rh with all my host If my rem should by any dyseetery, ond piles. for which blistering wet lie old- A.re manufactured without PH PH US forgive nu .11), Mr Honeywell (Surhiton). Mn. Ley Cox for drink. realities" of this every-day plodding world with such Here are the orphan, the homeless, and the artizan, shoo Conte 10 know the manner of my cloth maks him fashioned, tiotegli successful treatment, now. from its kre perfectly harmless to this 0 ottio me Ito,dall (Wei Bridge). Mr.'f °muse, Chutes Wheeler depneed to taking hi." the defend- trifles that I venture to eddrese those who do 1110 the each egmb his, or her, own cheameree history am 1 sow believe that ineureme disease Prompted TM to 00 *shames fallen Into disuse. the disarm" 04 this mint. Eet Tull Damp Proof Ingro dell. t, Mr. Plummer, Mr. Bescombe, etc,, etc. =o:end " laying him on the floor like a man ought to," honour of scanning nay humble pow:dogs ao familiarly slant companion for • disease which is wrecking • suicide. It would be hard urn the child thei he thole easel Melee peonlelened • remedy peogeouig egoteey Aro not liable to 13 tanous enter the cloth had been removed. It. biad hiss until the constable came. as at times I do, human frame. Bet I baseily tun from the bitter be lathed to Imes his fathom *risottos* pertectly osigaga noun. Light only on the e. A P
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1877-06-12 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

THE LATE SUICIDE AT OSNIINGTON. 7;fi Me Editor.  Sir,—l feel sure that you will kindly give me room in your paper to correct some mistatements that were made by Anna Emma Morley, at the coroner's inquest, held at ossnington, upon the Isely of her unfortunate ho-band, the ac tint of which inquest, appeared in your last week's issue. She charges me with deceiving her husl.nd, in getting him front Swansea, with being only a wheelwright, with not providing them with a cottage, and with not paying her for work done. I engaged George Morley by letter, agreeing to give him 21s. per week and his house and garden, and these were his wages during the whole of the time that he was in my employ, exclusive of overtime; he sometimes making as much as Os. per week overtime. I also rented a nice cottage and garden of Mr. Thomas Lowman, which they occupied during the time they remained with toe. I have always had more carriage painting to do all the time that he was with me than he could accomplish, so that I have had to urge him on to greater quickness, and indeed to get some work done in other ways in order to satisfy my customers, who have complained, with reB6oll, at toy keeping their carriages no long on band, their detention being entirely due to the slowness of the painter. A, to my not paying her for work done, I can only state that I paid weekly for any work she did for me. Both the late George Morley and Anna Emma Morley have expressed (before witness.) their satisfaction at their change in coining here, that his health had been greatly benetitted by the change; his fellow-workmen can testify that he was happy and contented in his work, and was unwilling to leave it, but was compellisl 1..0 do soon, ing to the ungovernable temper'of his wife, and I don't hesitate to say that unhappiness was entirely due to her temper and profane tongue. Many are thankful that she is gone from the village, considering her extunple in the way of temper and speech, as being calculated to corrupt the minds of any who might listen I remain, Sir. Your obedient servant, CHARLES Tot Loft.  to her.  West. Chickerell, 6th Jane.
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1877-11-06 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

HAT AND STRAW. —NV HITECHAPEL —The supply was ra.her small, and with a go.sl trade prices were firm. Hay made rather more money. Quotations : Prime clover, 1619.. to 1345.; inferior ditto, 85s. to 955. ; cood new clover, 10*.. to 130, ; prime meadow hay. SO& to 107..; inferior ditto, 75.. to 85s. ; and straw, 44% to Its. per load.  A cure for hydrophobia is suggested by Mr. Brookes in the use of vapour baths, which he successfully tried on himself, having cut his hand after dissecting a subject who had died of hydrophobia. Mr. Brookes having all the symptoms of the disease, had decided that suffocation in a vapour bath was preferable to death from hydrophobia, but the intended suicide proved an unexpected cure. A writer in the I Echo asserts that in South Carolina hydrophobia is unknown among dogs feeding on J Indian-corn meal. Mr. Laporte writes that a coolie servant in China showed symptoms of hydrophobia sixty days after being bitten by a rabid dog. A handful of the leaves of the J/Jit,iof ..JfJoJaoaiiiiii (thorn-apple) was " boiled in a pint of water till the mass was reduced to one-half." The fluid, after straining, was forced down the patient's throat, who showed the greatest aversion to water. The drug operated before long, and a violent paroxysm ensued, j accompanied by copious perspiration. The j patient fell into a profound sleep of eight hours' duration, and when he awoke the symptoms of , rabies had left him."  It is stated that orders have been given by the Admiralty for the construction of eleven swift torpedo vessels, at a cost of about sixty thousand pounds. The Home Secretary has consented to be put in nomination for the Lord Rectorship of Edinburgh Uoiversity, in opposition to the 3larquil of Hartington.  Encouraging reports are current as to the prospect of raising the vanguard. Captain C'offin, it is stated, has already t.,,0t one chain under her, and i still sanguine of ultimate success.