The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-15 00:00:00

Murat Conti' Exprpos.
TIMMY, OCTOBER 15, WI

DOZOBICSTII.

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Twe Dorset Quarter Sodom will cammence to-
morrow (Tuesday).
A rims!. memos of music was rendered on
Cornhill on Saturday evening by our Town Band,
under the leadership of Mr. ,J. Steven&
TER Rev. Ma. Arcnre was the preacher at the
Wesleyan Chapel on Sunday, when collections were
made on behalf of the Dorset County Hospital, the
sum of £2 Sa Id. being realised.
Poog-thw C10NY.1113101.-1124 fifth annual con.
femme of Poor-law Guardians for the South-Western
District, oornreising the omintion of Cornwall, Devoe,
Dorset, &merest, and Wilts, will take place at Exeter
early next month.

Flu—Some alarm was caused oat Friday aftersoon
by the rumour that • house had caught fire in
Cornwall-road. It trampired that it was an outhouse
mod for the shelter of building materials and we.
caused by some boys letting of • squib. The damage
is estimated at EV.

TIM RSV. W. ALLEN gave a lecture loth. Wealsym
Sunday Schoolroom oat Thursday evening in aid of its
funds, entitled—" An Evening on the Gold Coedit of
Western Africa." The lecture was both amusing and
Instructive, and the attendance very good. 15i.
was added to the funds of the schooL
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THE Rgv. T. W. KIM% ui., "read himself in"
at St. Peter's Church, on Sunday lest, by reading the
39 Articles of the Church of England; and in the
evening preached to a crowded congregation from
St. Luke ix., ts: "And Jesus said unto him, foxes
have hole*, and the birds of the sir have nests ; but
the Son of Man bath not where to lay His heed."
The Sunday afternoon services will be commenced
next Sunday, and on the same day the annual
collections in behalf of the Detest County Hospital
will be made. The rev. gentleman is seed in his
duties by the Rev. Walker.

Piongirrlac. Aim:mum COItPLIT.-411 connection
with the recent colliery accident in Booth Wales, we
learn that a large proportion of the victims were
insured in this company. Out of 900 men killed. 100
had insured their live* for sums ranging from SS to
FAO. The local agent paid away in one day over ,C9OO
to the representatives of policy-holders, including
many cases which had no legal claim in oseesquence of
the policies having elapsed. The company has
now disbursed over £7,000 in liquidation of claims
which have been made as the result of the accident.
A large number of the victims of the "Pvinoe Alice "
accident were also insured in the Prudential, and the
claims have been met with ths most commendable
promptitude.

SAD Accmstrr.—A sad accident, attended with
fatal ocasequenoss, occurred on Frklsy to o woman
named Churchill, wits of Mr. G. Churchill, a guard
on the London and South-Western Railway, who fell
from the top of a Right of rtairs to the bottom .and
received Injuries from which she expired on Saturday
evening. The inquest was held this (Monday) morn-
ing, before Mr. G. S3rmonda, coroner, and a Jury of
whom Mr. Hunt wadi the foreman. It appeared she
went into Mra Snooks, the next door neighbour, and
said she felt very queer. She sat down for shout half.
an-hour, and Mr. and Mrs. Snooks and she had a
quart of beer between them. She left, and Mrs.
13nooks 'eked her if she should light her down—this
was about six in the evening—she said no, but directly
after .f&11 was heard, and she was found lyinr at the
bottom of the stairs insensible. Mr. Weld, sesietant
to Dr. Emson, attended, and she was removed to her
own home, but she never recovered oonsciousners, and
died about 24 hours of ter. A post-mortem had been
made, and the state of the brain was found to be highly
diseased, and it was quite possible that caused her to
fall ; her age was 39. A verdict of "accidental death"
wee returned.

THE CORPORATION AT CHURCH.
The Corporation attended Divine Genic* at All
Sainte' yesterday (Sunday), the following mambas
being preamit—the Mayor, Aldermen Galpin, Lock,
and Dana, and Councillon Gregory, Pope, Frost, and
Emma, accompanied by the macs-bearer. (Mai.
Coward and Curtis) and the Borough Police.