The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1882-03-31 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

GORDON HOUSES, L.R.C.P.E., Senior Phvacian to the hltualoi4pal Threat and Bet Luthmary."  goatee of gtwo.  A LYONS paper Bays s—" The Jesuita of the province of Lyons who took refuge in England are about to bee* evangelizing the rural populations of Wales."  Tnn tug Pratt, lying at a wharf at Philadelphia, at daylight on Thursday morning exploded her boiler, killing five men who were on board. THE confinement of the Princess Wilhelm, wife of the eldest son of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, is expected to take place in May, and prayers in the churches have been ordered accordingly. The saccesaion to tha Imperial Throne in the third generation is thus apparent IT assured, and Queen Victoria will become a great grandmother.  iONE SAVAGE, of Birmingham, 33 years of age, sentenced at Leamington Quarter Sessions bat October td 12 months' imprisonment for obtaining a watch and chain from a pawnbroker, named Bedworth, with intent to defraud, committed suicide in Warwick Gaol on Sat,ir day.  Or all the odd whims that .Itimboism has given rise surely the most strange and most objectionable is that of christening children Jumbo. Two cases are recorded.  A FATAL accident occurred on Wednesday on the estate of Mr. Joseph Gillott, the well•known pen maker, at Solihull, near Birmingham. Some large trees on the estate having been blown down by the recent gales, it waa decided to remove the stumps by blasting. Several stumps had been destroyed in this way, Mr. Gillott, with Mr. Sidney Mitchell, a Birmingham solicitor, and his son, assisting at the operation. A splinter from one of the largest trees struck Mr. Mitchell on the head, dashing out his brains.  AT the elerkenwell police-court on Sattirday Thomas Williams, aged twenty-seven, and described as a elerk, of Stoke Newington, was charged with gross misconduct in Finsbury Park, and with annoying women. Witnesses were called who gave the defendant a high character for morality up to the present time. It was stated that he was married and had two children. Mr. Barstow said if such practices as the defendant had been guilty of were allowed the park, instead of being a recreation ground, would become a perfect nuisance. lie saw no reason in this case to mitigate the punishment he had the power to inflict. He then sentenced the prisoner as a rogue cud vagabond to three calendar month's imprisonment with hard labour..  THE petition from Cornwall in favour of Sunday du log lea quarter of a mile in length, and contains 122,600 signatures of persons all above 16 years of age.  INQUEB7 literature the other day revealed the fact that a woman had sent a little girl out in one day for twenty. nine separate half.quarterne of gin, and had drunk the lot. The result was an undertaker's bill for the lady's husband. Query—Where does the Bale of Poisons Act come in after this case 7—Referee. THE Thames Embankment is going to be thoroughly reformed. The Home Secretary lase requested the Board of Works to employ a gang of men to pick up the quantity of cigars and dead bodiee and orange peel which the roughs leave about in all direction,—Referee,  A MAN died in one of the London hospitals on Friday from injuries received from a fall in the streets. caused by slipping on orange peel. It would be well if instrucs tione were given to the police to remove this dangerous substance from all thoroughfares. THE French Colmcil of Hygiene has appointed a Corn. mission to inquire into and report upon a new wine which is said to be made from common beetroot. The inventor of the process of fermentation by which it is obtained claims that the wine is of an agreeable quality, while he points out the prolific nature of the beetroot, which can be cultivated in any soil and in any climate. THE Queen will pay a visit to Epping Forest in May next and deolare the forest free and open to the toe of the public for ever. A special committee is appointed to make arrangements for the fitting reception of Her Majesty.  A FATAL &cadent occurred at tbe Charing-cross railway etation of the South Eastern Railway last week. Mr. and Mrs. Sibley, of Deptford, were about to enter a carriage, when Min. Sibley slipped from the carriage step, and falling between it and the platform wee frightfully crushed. be diva In CO hours from the time of the accident.  AN Inquest hag been held In Dahlia ob the body of a gymnast named John Lilly, known is "Artois," who was killed by a fall during Ma perforntance on the trapeze, in the Star Music-hall, The apparatus was his own arrange, /pent, and the accident seemed to have been due to E light hesitation on the part of the deceased, whereby be fA about 12 feet and fractured hie alma A verdict of accidental death wll5 returned.  A cOMNFACIAL traveller named Jk Carver, livtag at Glasgow, was run over and instantaneously killed on Wednesday night at the Elgin Highland Railway Station by a train of goods waggons. ONE of the most munificent of modern bequests to hospit is has fallen to that admirable institution the Royal n.. onal Hospital for Consumption, Yentnor, Isle of Wight. This hospital, founded by a distinguished member of the medical profession, Dr. Arthur Hill Hassell, on the cottage system, will receive a sum of nearly i:200,000 under the will of the late MP. John Jones, of Piccadilly.  THE Duke of Gunbridge, K.G., completed his 63rd year on Sunday, haviag been born at Hanover on March 26th, 1819. He has I,- Commanderia-Chief of the army since July, 1856.  _ A SHEARER named Joseph Carr()llan, employed at Messrs. Muntz's metal works, Birmingham, committed suicide on Thursday by jumping into mine machinery ill rapid motion,  M.