The Poole Telegram. — 1881-04-08 (Poole, Dorset, England)

RAISING AN THONCLAW—The French ironclad Richelieu, which ou the iffith of December took fire and was scuttled its Toulon harbour, was re-floated on Thursday, after three rantohs' efforts. The preliminary stages consisted of the lightening of the vessel by removing the iron plating of the turret, the hermetic closing of all openings, the pumping out of water, and the pumping-in of air by immense tubes. On Wednesday 'ssgen the refloating proper. Three pumps were placed capable of pumping out 800,000 litres per hour. Three hundred and sixty barrels, each containing 1,000 litres of air, kept the vessel in trim, and on the pumps being set to work the vessel gradually rose. Hosts Rum.—lt is stated that Mr. Parnell will be married shortly after Easter to a young American lady of , great beauty and wealth. There will now not 1e a single reason for Mr. Parnell to continue hie inflammatory speeches, and it is to be hoped, for that gentleman's good and that of his country ale., that the lady in question will turn out to be an out-and-nit Home Ruler. What rejoicings there will be in sonic quarters when it is an accomplished fact that Mr. Parnell is really "settled I "-Fun.  On Sauday evening some alarm woo caused on the Suspension.bridge by a man being seen to climb up the Clif ton railinga He was promptly seized by a gentleman who was passing close by ; he struggled bard to be released. and asked why he woe meddled with. The more he struggled the more firmly he was held by the bystanders. At length, after some blows had been freely exchanged, be was eecured and laid on the ground. It was explained he was not making a desperate attempt to commit suicide, but was simply the lamp-lighter, and had climbed up the railings as usual to light tha lamps A strike of telegraphists throughout the country is an event which few persons would like to contemplate: but such a crisis is by no means outside the range of posibilities. The telegraph clerks in the provinces have long been dissatisfied with their position. Again and again they have appealed to the Postmaster-General for redress. For a time matters looked hopeful for them, but their recent interview with Mr. Fawcett has dashed all their hopes to the ground, and a strike is freely spoken of. It is scarcely possible to realiso whet would happen if, oven only for a few days, the whole country was cut off from electric intercommunication. The aspect of the London daily papers, moreover, would be simply pitiable, for it would be safe to say that more than half of what appears in a morning paper passes over the telegraph wires.  EXTRAORDINARY DISUSE ANONO DERR —An unknown dimmer, resulting already in the death of over a hundred valuable animals, has broken out amongat the deer herds in the Duke of Portland's pork at Welbeck, Nottinghamshire. More deer are dying daily, and at present no means have been found to stop the spreal of the affection. A past•mortem ex3minstion of one ef the bodies has been made by Mr. Henry Moore, veterinary surgeon, of Worksop, and he slates that he found a email thread-like worm infesting the bronchial tubes of the lungs and small intestines, the irritation of which caused congestion and inflammation of lacth organ., the sympton.s being ag grarated by the late prolonged wet and severe west her. The parasites are white, no thicker than a hair, and :en Inch long. It is reported that similar disease has bro ken out in other Euglish deer pork&