The Telegram. — 1896-09-08 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

AFFILIATION. —Frederick Parsons, employed at the Dreyhound Hotel, IViticanton, was summoned by Ellen Wright to show cause, Am.—An order was ma 4 for is per week.  It is stated that the steam trials of the new battleship Victorious have been most satisfactory. A labourer employed by the London County Council has died through being pricked on the liana by barbed wire fencing. Twenty-four weinen with their families are now in the Clapton and Wandsworth Union, having been deserted by their husbands. The nembers of the Institute of Journalists spent Thursday in visiting some leading busiueas establishments in Belfast.  Li Hung Chang had hie right hand jarubed oe Monday by the door of a carriage being hurriedly closed. One finger was badly injured. Thursday being the jubil.e anniversary of the Queen's first visit to Jersey, St. Helier's wain+ fek, A nies.tage of loyalty wan forwarded to ase Majesty.  At Manor Park, Essex, on Thursday the liquid was held on a stonemason named Merrigan, irks cut Ma throat au o atterwardagommitted suicide by hanwing hinzaeli  The new-eael battleship Creme ems floated out of dock at Portsmouth on Wednesday, the chnstening being performed by Lady Salmon, wife of aka Commander-in-Chief of the port.  At a private conference at Glasgow on Thursday of Scotch roinen' delegates, it was agreed to time all Scotch mining diltricts to ask for an immediate advance of sixpence per day.  The Glasgow Town Council on Thursday passed a molution to petition the Queen, praying than combined liuropean action should be taken to raw der a renewal of the Turkish atrocities impiesibia - • • . _ _  Joseph Barker, a tailor of Hail's died ea Monday from sYncope. Unaware of Ike at Jar his wife ret.irited home from • holiday, awl., unable to find her husband, communicated with the police. They led her to the mortuary. . . . _  At South Sbiels, on Thursday, ex-Town Connell. lor John Lisle Wee Charged with falsifying the books of the local branch of the Amalgamated Society al Tailors. Ditiiiir!st.t. who saki he was taut afraid le meel the charge, was remanded on lea  Frank John-st:Jne, general dealer, Walton, was remanded at Liverpool on Thurriday charged with the attempted murder of his wife by firing a gun al her. The police had a drfliculty in arresting the prisoner, who barricated himself in the house.  The Manchester City Council debated at there meeting on Wednesday the question of instructing the Watch Committee to take proceedings againss borbere•vho shave on Sun lay, and decided ny tkis canting vote of the Lord Mayor not to give way  William Bagahaw, undertaker, Manchester, was charged at Sale, with Willaiu Coombes, laboureaa with cruelty. They drove a horse 75 males, and n died from exhauatitio. The Bench, after hesitating about sending Bagshaw to prison,fined him £l4 Ta including coats. Coombe,' was fined £l. At Margate, on Wednesday, Captain Fishendem of the Palsee atesiner Royal Sovereign, was charged math carrying 2311 passengers an excess of the re. giatered number on August 15. The Bench in posed a fine of £lO, and is per head for each exceas passenger, making the penalty, over £2O.  _ - ---• The use oi motor cars n connection with street scavenging was under discussion by the Doim Town Council oc Tuesday, and the arguments m favour of homeliest vehicles were no strong that the council decideci to delay, pending further information, the erection of extensive Aabling aCCommud. tion on laud they have purnhased for a scavenging depai.  A few days ago railway workman was walkiee along Manchester Blicher, Crewe, when he pick 4 up a small purse, whict us being opened wall found to contain notes. cargoes, and securitieeof the value of £60,000 Inquiries showec that WM parcel belonged to Sir BalCwin Leighton, and 164 it bad been lost is trsusi, betweee Ludlow and Kuutsford.  There liar just died at the Portaea Union Work). house a single woman named Rosa Bella Blade. more, 85 years Of age. She had for 17 year" received parish relief After her death search wal made in her room, and money found amounting is .£l2O 14, 10La. She is believed to have beenj descendant bt a baronet, and her miserly habit attributed to her having hut moue:: it. a Port bank which tadun nearly 40 years ago.