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The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1868-04-21 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

LATE HURRICANE AT ST. Timm A& -On Wedaeadqr afternoon a meeting of captains and other officers in the steruice of the Royal Mail Steam Picket Company, sad several person•l friend. ef the late Captain F. Woolley, mu held at South•mpton, for the purpoen of eonsiderIng the desirability of erecting a memorial to him in his parish church at Hammersmith. It was, however, ultimately decided that It would be better to erect • monument of • more extensive character,,. the cemetery at Soittbsmpton, oommemornting n t 014 the loss of Captain Woolley and the ofßeers and engineers of the mail steamer. the Rhone and the Wye, but also such members of the crews aa were drowmd it. the Wes hurricane at St. Thomas, on the 29th of October  Two 80101Dla AT SOOTHAVIrTOII.—Two include have been held at Southampton on the bodies of two respectable inhabitenta of the town who committed suicide. Thomas Glover, chief engineer on board no. et the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers was found hanging in an attic of Ms house early on Monday morning. He had returned from his lest voyage greatly depressed in .pirita, owing (it was supposed) to a breakdown in the machinery. George Martin, a slender bricklayer, jumped into the lichen on Monday morning and was drowned. The deceased had been in an &biannual state of mind for soule time owing it was believed to physical causes. In each case • weriliet of temporu7 insanity was returned. CAPTORS OF • Moneta' ROYAL STuFtGION.-011 W.dpaeSey while a Rochester fieherman, named Honey Mellish, wee engaged fi.hing in the Medway, near Liolo. bows Reach, he eaumeedril in capturing a riiyal sturgeon of an unusual in., the fi.h being found to weigh no 141116 Oben 130Ibe. its length from the nose to the tail being seven feet six Inches. On being landed the sturgeon wu presented to the mayor (Mr. Vincent Hills), to whom, under the ancient charters of Rochester, all " royal" fish aught in the Medway belong, when it was at ones dispatched, in Om charge of the principal water bailiff, to Wiacisor Castle, as a present to her Majesty. The sturgeon is understood to be the largest over eaptated in this country.
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1868-04-21 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

STIALIZO • 1)001 MAT.— fiArsh Shepherd and Phoebe Hill, two young women, were brought up In custody by P.C. Delmont, charged on suspicion with stealing • doer mat, of the value of 35. 64. th• PittPri7 /Lt. Reakil,realdiag al No. ao,  St. Thomas-street. —Mary Ann Vincent mid she was the wife of Charles Vincent, a labourer, and was employed by Mr. Randall. —On the previous evening she plaited the door met on the steps of the door, and shortly after, from information she received, she missed the mat ant went in search of the prisoners, and they were shortly after apprehended by the police.—Alice Sprakling said she was • domestic servant in the employ of Mr. WandonL About half-past 11 o'clock on Moodily night she saw the mat lying on the door step of Mr. Sandell. Toe prisoners shortly after paned the doorway, and the prisoner Hill kicked the mat awey, and Shepherd picked it up and walked a with it. Want's* gave information of the robbery to the last witness.— P.O. Delansont said from information received be went Is search of the prisoners and found them at the Welcome Home publio-house, Nicholas-street. He charged Shepherd with stealing the mat, which she strongly denied. Rill said they both COMO from St. Thomas-street. At twelve o'clock Mrs. Moore, the landlady of the Welcome Home, whilst closing her house, found the door mat inside of the passage, where the prisoners had been standing. He did not see Mrs. Moors pick the mat up. The mat produced wee given up to 12i1:13 by Mrs. Moore, and he took the prisoners Into custody on suspicion of stealing the mat. —Diana Moore proved seeing the prisoners at her house. She picked the mat up inside the door where they had been standing and gave it to the policeman. The prisoners pleaded not guilty, but afterwards admitted talks the mat away to the pablic-house.—Supt. Lidbury said there had been several mats stolen during the past three mouthu—Committed for 14 days with hard labour.  - -FRlDAT.—Before the Mayor, E. Bsyly, B. Griffin, and R. Cotterell, &qrs. Mary Ann Simpson, who was brought up in the early ”.rt of the week for attempting suicide, was now placed before the magistrates on a charge of being drunk and incapable. She was found by P.C. Short on Thursday night in High.strest, so drunk that she was incapable of taking care of herself—Fined Si. A
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1868-09-08 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

ATROCITIES OF • FRISCH HUSBAND. —A cruel case of who poisoning kru been tried at the Court of Anise of the Seine. The accused, named ltingard, a telegraphic clerk at Boulonge, neAr Paris, was married in 113.54 to his cousin, Marie Jaunet, who hu Ai= borne him seven children. Ile, however, very soon csmtnenoed • course of neglect and ill-treatment, and as early as 1856 pursued with his auiduities his sister.in.law, at the same time expressing to her the satisfaction he should feel at tiro death of his wife. The prisoner had the reputation of being • bad husband and • bad father; five of his children have died, and the deceased of tl.o last of these is attributed to want of proper treatment. The wife bore for a long time with patience tbo ill•ussge and infidelity of her husband, but in ltlfro; she was forced to fly for refuge to her parents, and was about to take steps to procure • judicial separation when her husband induced her to return to her home. Ilia conduct, did not, however, prove ; he formed a connexion with • niece, • young woman of light character. lie frequently threatened to poison his wife, and once before endeavoured to carry oat his threat. The wife was in such constant fear that she had secretly written a letter in pencil to her sister, to ask the latter to take charge of her children should she die unfairly. On the 23rd of May last Madame 'Bogard and her son, aged five, were suddenly • seised with violent pains In the stomach. accompanied by every symptom of poisoning. The child was shortly relieved by vomiting, and ultimately recovered, but the mother gradually becalm worse, and expired the same afternoon. The husband manifested the utmost indifference, and did not even go bs see her when told that she was dying. A postmortem analysis of the conic tits of the stomach &owe i the presence of • oonsiderable quantity of cyanide of potas.ium, a toxical substance used in photography, which art Ringard practiced in his leisure hours. Ths LAME poison was also found in some liquorice water which the mother was accustomed to drink, and of which also had partaken, with the child, that morning. Oa ono occasion Itingard had said to his own son, "We will pubon mother and put her in a hole, and then send for for another mamma who will be better than elm'. The evidence, however, showed that she MU a woman of kind and gvotle disposition, and by her needlework aided considerably in supporting Ms° expenses of the household. The defence made was the woman. being unhappy with her husband. hed eommitted suicide, but thia hypothesis was not admitted by the jury, who gave a verdict of guilty, but with extenuating circumstances. The prisoner was sentenced to hard labour for life.—Oceigictni. BREAKFAST :_A
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1868-11-17 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

SINGULAR SCHOOL—A strange little story was told at an inquest which Dr. Leakester bald In Clerbesswell len Thursday night. The inquiry was reepeetliag this !death of • youth named Jobs Janis Itirows. He wee Itt yews of age, was a jsweller and gilder, and lived at his! mother's Forme lie Baynes's-my. For shoat tee yeers he has been "keeping company" with • young ghl, and has visits d her enntimmally at her father's bowie at Kentiah Tows. Now sad then he bad queer fits of jealousy, and at snob times he exhibited to the girl a • bottle which be bled contained poison, and with whieb be meant one day to put an eel to his life. He meant he said, to take the poison in brandy. On Sunday last be vent to see hi. lady•love, a..., his went, and stirred the fire in' • way she did not like. She tedri Eke so, and he was offeeded, and, turning his back toward her, Wm rather ungallantly took to reading a parr. Mhertly afterwar,g he lett her to 'oboes.. On arriving Si teems he told his mother he should go to bed, and Si once went up.tair.. Coming down again, he said he weotad a drop of brandy, and went oft to purchase it for himself. Be obtained souse hot water from his mother and went stain upetemin In the bed reale to which he went two brothers Were already lyieg asleep. The shut monies( his mother went into tbe room and fiend hirr lying desd on the I;• c. She sent at ones tots doctor, hut of course the doctor's silent:lanes was of no ••sil. A pot mortem •xamineti to showed that he had taksn • strong do., of cyanide of poortassiame in the brandy which be hsd ptychssed over-night. The verd;ct returned was to tim effect that be had committed suicide whilst in • state of temporary insanity. Ts DISCOVIIT Or FICIEAE Reitalne
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1868-01-28 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

CULLING RARTILRY  BIGLIKY. CENTIK CILININAL 001111—T11111 DAY. (Before the litsootazz.) S• it Woos Collie( Yardley, Berk, 31, was Indicted • feirtsimuly intermarrying with Vary Elisabeth Allen, at the district °handl of Et. George's, Han. ever-egnere, his wife, Emily nommen Magee, to whom be bad bees previously married at New York. in the United Bisbee el Ainegien. being alms. The dnfenee was that, at the Uwe he coetraeted the vetoed 'marriage, be believed the first was not a valid ow. Tim Jury reterned • verdiet of Guilty. The Recorder eeateneed defendant to 18 months bard labour.  Its Beekh Ironfoundsze have resolved as and after the Ord prosioio to dispense with the services Si union loon until all Ute shops in the trade are opss free od all restrictions.  Le Ostober last a boa was lett at Elliressabory tallway station to be Galled for. It was opened on Thursday nisht by the oncan of the eompany, and found to contain tha body of • child, whioh had apparently hem murdered.  blisfircit Or AottleuttUltA The Lincolnshire Chamber of Agriculture ham adopted a memorial to the Govanement for the estebliehment of a special depart. moot for cul tur e under the Heard of Trade. This is by the advice of Mr. J. Banks Stanhope, M.P. who beliesed • proposal to appoint a Minister of Stele for Agrioultaire would never be 'listened to. A Her fiditclon.—A boy named George Barrett, fourteen years of age,• gromeespprenties at Hounslow, committed suicide a day or two linos by throwing him. sea on the reale of the South Western line. His mother, who is a widow, said be was welloonducted but passionate, and it. 00000 saw any tendency in him to insanity. The jury, however, considelvd that he was of unsound mind. There eras, unfortunately, no room for ths belief that his death was accidental, as he bad written a letter which 1•11. found in one of his sockets, is which be said, " I have done this, and I know it is not a right thing to do. But I hope God will forgive ins."
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1868-09-01 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

ISUICIDS AT UPIIILL.-00 Monday morning n mu, named Silas Godhy, living at Uphill, near Weston-supermare, committed suicide by hanging himself. The deceased, who was • married man and the (milord fear children, acted in the capacity of postman for the district, which appointment he had held fore period of nearly 40 yearc. Some few days since it appmrs that a sum of £lO was misted by the Post-office authorities, and the:money having to pass through deceased's hands, beyond which it could not be traced, suspicion naturally , , • ,n Friday last .onday morning • r new his hone, . him, when, to Ate suspended to • ,  . • MUTILATION Or THE Wednesday, at Taunton polio, court, Lydia Reed, • young woman, 18 years of age, kitchen maid in the service of Mr. Anderson. of Henlade-house, Taunton, was charged with concealing the birth of her illegitimate child. On Sunday morning • labourer, whilst passing through Mr. Anderson's grounds, saw • bundle in a pond, and on beginning to ripen it be saw • baby's hand. Ile flung it beck again, and went for a policeman. Shortly efterwards Mr. Anderson's gamekeeper saw the bundle and sent in a dog after It. On opening it he saw the body of a child, and Hung it In again. When again taken out, the head was falling off, and the arms were unlacing. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner, and she confessed as follows : The child came before its time; I did not expect it soon; it was born dead. I was KO Very ill that I did not know what I was doing. I tionfessed becanms I would cot for all the world lot any suspicion rest upon any other female. My mistress had baby linen in the house." She was committed for trial at the Musts assize, 1869, but was released on bail. A MILANCHOLT Occuituzzee took clue at Vevey. lake Gencia,on Saturday. The Rev. T. N. Irwin,rector of Chas-lynch, Somerset, weet out, accompanied by his who and children on • boating excursion t Byron 'a Island, the day being fine and the lake calm. On their return the find suddenly gut tip and the waves became high. Tho boat, springing • leak, soon filled and capsizod. I Mr. Irwin kept his wife afloat till be became exhanetisd and insensible, when ,he dropped from hie grasp and was drowned. Two little boys, aged ten and eleven, save] themselves by swimming and laying bold of the oars, while the eldest son' Mr. De Vera Irwin, who is a good swimmer, got hold of both his sisters; but the lel teat, her dress being caught in the wreck, was drawn under Cm boat, and be, in diving to extricate her, was obliged to relinquish his hold of the younger child, aged five when sheaank. The survivors, coil and perishing in the darkness, had quite given up hope of escape, when they saw a light in a bout bearing down on them. They were rescued, and received into the house of • I resident, where they were treated with the utmost CAM rand tenderness.  FATAL ACCIDYNT ix
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1878-06-11 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

SCICIDL—Siasen Cridland. • mason of Bradford Abbas, near Sherburne, was brought up for attempting to commit suicide on Sunday. About eve minutes past one on Sunday afternoon, Supt. Vickery saw something come down from one of the tiers of the bridge, end drop int. . the harbour : be thought it wee a dog; but it turned out to be the prisoner, who was in the water, ekes to Use pier of the bridge, and his Jacket waistcoat, and hat, were on the pier whence he had jomeoff Two men named Junes Hamm* of the Seulower. and Shadrach Spranklin put off in • boat. sad landed bins on the other site of the water, at sons. depth The boat had rescued him just in time, for lath :ash he fluted a good deal, his legs dropped just as the bait reached him. He was brought to the police station, and when asked why he did it. he said he had been drinking and was tired of Ins life: he always felt so when he bad been drinking, and he had thought about it all night. The prisoner cause frotu Bradford Alibaa, rime to !Unborn', be had been a 'oldie-, and bad more than once been in the County Lunatic Aayluni ; lot had moped from teem once. Last Monday prisoner came out of Hospite, where he bad been •-weeled. having fallen down In • tit. Mr. Vickery suggested • remand until Wednesday or Thursday, that euquiries might meanwhile be rued, about his hist WY, lie bad said he could lorign, so it wen no use for him to try again to drown himulf ; but he should pit hi• head under the train.—A young men named Samuel John Kea I uso on the suay ab sit aye Mirages poet one, and saw prisoner standing a the round part of one of the buttreeas of the bridge, where the boys fish, anl undressing emelt Witness thought he was rotor to bathe, and newt be saw bun tbr sw his hat down, and heard him fall into the weter.—(Piisoner. who had been mired with • lit of trembling, bad to be conducted to • seat.)—Witnese continued that prisoner had turned over, and his head was just going under. whin the boat peeked him up, and landed him, when prisoner used strong rouse 'throe, at the men who had rescued him --Superintendent Vickery propmed to go up to the Dorche,ter prison. and lush Pri"mor's historY. and Crid.and was remanded till Weelnesday morning—On Weitnesday Stein Crolland WWI brought up tin remand before Mr. B. Hopkins and Mr. T. Atdott, charged "WI attempting to commit oncide.—Superinteiiiient Vickery repeated his evidence, and made • font er statement from which it appmarU that Criallso d use re,tomPiel to the Dorset County Priun on Deoembr 3,
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1878-03-19 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

WOALAL—An Inquest was held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday afternoon, before Mr. G. 11. Aldridge, coroner, and • jury of which Mr. T. Winter was chosen foremen, on the body of Martha Ann Weeks, • widow, who kept • small shop in Market...tree; and who committed suicide that morning. The first witness was deceased's daughter, Martha Ann Weeks, who said her mother was 66 years of age. She was in the habit of sleeping with her mother, and they went to bed about quarter-post 10 o'clock last night Deceased got up about emu 0 clock that morning and went into the garret in her night-dress, She got up about eight o'clock, and went downstairs, where Rho remained about live minutes. Oa returning upstairs she found her mother bad not come down from the garret She dressed heron( and went to the garret, where she sew a night drem hanging in the corner. Feeling alarmed she called Mrs Grant, a neighbour. Her mother seemed very depressed yeeterdny, but she had sever heard her speak of committing suicide. —Liza Grant said she was called by the last witness about 90 minutes past eight that morning, and found the deceased hanging from • bar in her garret She saw her taken down and sent for a doctor, who pronoenced her dead. Lately deceased had been low and desponding. She sew her yesterday afternoon, and on her enquirihnc an after her health she said she Moo very low d very dul sod remarked how wicked she was Deceased had . two paralytic 'Murex—Edwin Henry Menden, a saddler, nephew of the last witness, spoke to accompanying his aunt to the garret and assisting in cuttim down the deceased He heard deceased complain a few days ego how very bad business was, and that she ,ould not get her money in. She seemed very low at times—P.O. Reeks, who accompanied the last two witnesses to the garret, gave corroborative evidence.—The 'ury returned • verdict of "Suicide by hanging whilst on • state of temporary insanity."  Two other customs are prevalent, but are not we believe charter tWa One belonp to the young try, and coisusa of throng pitchers and other sherds at doors and into pasenthe eacouthenied by a few stones which haves tendency of coming through windoire, and horrid shouts which mad hart their tender windpipes to produce. The other custom is for the ' freemen' and others to get go fearfully weary, ' knitting the ball' that when they arrive at the top of the street at Swansea they fell about in the mud, three at a time, and ono on another, to the fright of the ladies, and the dancer of bodily harm to thamselves. We hope they are not very on A.th Wednesday I We must add that all ' the freemen' do not arrive in this Meta Lucia  Ceche! Club, Adolph' Terrace, London, W.C.
The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1878-08-20 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

VOIIMITTID TO H. IL NINON, DOPORIBTRI.— Asaluv : Emma ljtman, child murder at Winterbonis Zelstooe ; Sessions: Frederick Brown, attempting suicide at Loders ; Hard Lamer: John O'Niel, stealing a hoe at Lockers and a knife a Symnudsbury, 12 weeks; Sarah Guppy, drunk, at Bridport, two calendar month,; Sarah Porter, drunkenness at Sturminster Newton, Hannah Andrews, drunkenness at Dorchester, Samuel Nancarrow and George Clayburn, deserting ship at Poole, an I Mary Ann Sanger, vagrancy at Sberborne, one calendar month each; Francis Coombe and Marla; Coombe, stealing two shawls at Hatopreston, George Lee, vagrancy at Bridport2 and Andrew Allen, drunk at Bridport, 14 days% each,  Tata Dar (Monday) there was celebrated at Trinity church by the Rev. H Everett, rector, the marriage .4 Mr. Walter John Ital., of Beverley, Yorks. to hi ie. Kate allot. second daughter .4 4,tir respected tnstuan, Mr. .1. It. Taylor of Princrsstreet. Th,. event was kept coml aratively quiet, and the only attendants at the ceremony were the happy pair fas an old gossip remark., as fine a looking couple as is to be wen in a loin; day's march); Mr. J. S. Littlewood, of Ann. thorns, near Doncastet, the bridegmom's "beet man"; Mr. J. R. Taylor, who gave away him daughter; the bridegroom's mother, and Miss Alice Taylor, the youngest daughter of Mr. Taylor. The bride was attired in a rich cream-ooloured Caahmere robe trimmed with satin. At the conclusion of the eccleriadical portion of the proceedings the bridal party, with a few intimate friend., sat down to an elegant champagne luncheon at the house of the bride'. father. The Rev. H. Everett, in a few happily ren.lred .entences, gave "The health of the Bride and Bridegroom with Many wishes for their future byplay's., which were heartily re-echoed. Mr. and Mrs Dsle, in the afternoon, left for "the great city," eti rook for ticarlxsough, "a place in which to spend a happy honeymoon " amidst the natal showers of rice, intermingled with the warmest expression, of affectionate regard. The bridal present. were numerous and chaate.  ratratr.— Rove Her.. Artsllery v. Dorchester " sces.,or" C.C.—The return maich between ttante two clubs was played at lb* Barracks, on Friday afternoon, in rather showery weather, and main resulted in favour of lb. " Excelsiors." Score :  :ad Innlop. Kerry, h Spiwr ran out Kennedy. run out b Wescott Hunt. h Spicer h Wescott h Weecott h Wescott [Arta. Phipot.vb Spicer b Bp.cer I " h eleatt ... W,escott Brrit..e nt ,r run out ner. it"Wsei:ott BrOVIII, b Wescott not out Stubbs, not out.. ... run out Woodier. b Wesoott run nut  "11.1csu1oas." lit Innings. Ind Itutingn Nan. b Reynolds ... I Gallop, b Gillett ... 12 b Gillett ... 0 Pude., K Iliyo ohi. ... 7 not out ... 0 Mlle% e Gillett. K Reynolds,. 7 St land, c Kennedy, 1, Phippe . . . . 16 b Guilt . 6 Spicer. e Keynolda, b Phities.•• Stevens. b Reynolds 4 Payee, e Kerry, b Phipps ... 3 not oat ... 0 Hanel. c Gill. tt, b Reynolds... 3 Rinks., not out ... ... 0 b Reyna& 0 Reynolds 2