The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-08 00:00:00

DOROHINITBIL

Tee depth of rain at Dorcheder in Jnne was
51 inches, and in the corresponding month last year
iii inches.
THICATRICAL PZIWORMANCIS. Mr. Henry Grant.
hanee Vaudeville Company played at the Town Hall
at the beginning .4 last week. The audience on the
find night was very email indeed, but the company'.
perionnance of " Pygmalion and Galatea" was
claccical and chaste. Although a comedy, the
conscientb on way in which the principal members
acted elexoted it the highest clam of drama. Mims
Blanche Herrick •21 Galatea was ecpecially NaioC.
Dustmen Piiis.—On Tuesday at the County Hall,
there was a meeting of InagiArla.C., there being present
Colonel Bingham, Mr. 1.!.. Pearce, and Captain klansel,
to make an onter for claughtering .4 eleven pigs, the
property .4 Mr. Trood, of Prome Vauchurch, which
are suffering from typhoid re% er.—Supt. Batty having
pros ed the case, the
magistrate.;
made the order, and
;minted Mr. Tn.'s! compencati.m, LIB .71”1., being half
the AillO of the pigs.
Dloax CURATIO4 WASTED. Two sermons were
preached in Holy Trinity Church, on Sunday,
on behalf of the Horne klissions of the Church of
l'Agland—a society for promoting the employment of
arkiitional curate.. The preacher warn the See. C. K.
D. Carter, organicing secretary. 'lite anthem in the
evening was Psalm lxxvi., I, 2,3. "In Jewry is God
known." The deputation selected ac his text St. Luke
xviil., 40, 41, 42—the account of the blind man receiv-
ing eight from .fecus. The offertories were devoted to
the society's fund,
A Tunine STORM passed over Dorchester on
Monday and Tuesday morning. The wind, which
blew from the ,soithdrest bent enough to mend
a chip ashore, hint che been caught in the West Bay,
made many a house tremble, and in one instance the
place vibratel co that ,o ,me cquare yard of plaster fell
from the ceiling, U. the alarm of the irunatec. Had we
been conscious .4 having run up a house slightly
we should have been afraid to sleep in it that night.
for the wind Isind along in "great-gun" gusts, as if
bent on levelling chimney *tacks. The little tree.
alongside the Beggars' knap had their little twigs
blown out diagonally like girl: dishevelled hair. The
grander ones nicked to and fni, groaning, and the
Walks were strewn with fallen ~ranches and twigs.
in the South Walk., near the entrance to Charles
Street, • tine one about half-a-yard through was
~napped off about 7ft. or rift. from the ground, and
the to), in falling dripped the limbs of a young tree
Tin storm wind was accompanied by floods
of rain, which laded till between ten and eleven.

Tont A eirrierNme.—The committee of the
Dorchester Total Abstinence Society, in presenting
their annual report to their friends and supporters,
am pleased to be able to state that during the past
year a greater interest has been manifested in all
departments of their work. Weekly meetings the
Band of Hope have been held, public meetings and
entertainments have been successfully carried out,
!several temperance lectures have been delivered, and
a number of pledges have been taken. An impetus
has been given to the work by Mrs. Bingham, the
president, hating taken in hand the raising of a sum of
money to establish a coffee tavern in the town. This
lwe been done, and the omunitter are pleased to state
that the coffee tavern is in a fair way of becoming
self -iropporting. We arc still affiliated with the
Dorset County Association, and with the Western
Temperance League. We thank all our friends for
their help in the pest, and hope to secure their
continued help for the future." The report beam the
tre of the Hon. Secretary (Mr. T. Richard.).
ratecieipts have been tai Ils lid, and the expenditure
138 L'is al, balance due to the Treasurer, £3 3,, lid.
ADDLX/k4.—Alill Hall was completely filled on
Tuesday evening,when the Rev. J. Fox, of Weymouth,
delivered an address in connection with the Young
Men's Obsidian Amodation, Mr. G. Curme (president
of the Y.ILC.A.), occupied the chair, the Rev. T. W.
Kahn and the Rev. T. Naive tieing also on the plat.
form. After singing a hymn the chairman made a few
prefatory remarks. and Sloe Rev. T. W. Knipe offered
prayer. Another hymn being suoiae Rev. J. Fox
gam his addrems, the subject " Christian
Liberty." The rev.
_gentleman advised all
those that were under the liberty that is obtained
through Jesus Christ, not only to keep from things
that were unlawful, which, of course, all Christians
mud do, but to be sure that they did not low) that
liberty by using even lawful things. Of roam the
use of alcoholic liquors was lawful, but if, when they
had sufficient, they could not refuse another glass,
they lost their liberty, and it was no use for such to
my they were free Englishmen, for they were slaves to
strong drink, and so with worldly pleasures and other
things. The address was listened to with great atten-
tion, and at its close • vote of thanks was proposed to
the Rev. J. Fox by the Rev. T. Heave and seconded
by Mr. M. Devenish, and the Rev. T. W. Knipe
proposed • vote of thanks to the chairman, both of
which were carried unanimously and aeknowledged.
The meeting closed after another hymn had been sung
and prayer offered by the Rev. J. Fox.

CILICIOLT. —Kingston Park yr. Dorset Couniy &knot.
Played at Kingston Park on the 2Sth
Scores :

KIXGrtON I'LIL.

lit loninp. 2nd Innings.
A. Martin, b 2 e Woolinbigam, b
IL William,, b Wiz 7 e Wis. b Dairy ... 23
IW. 11. Freeman, c
combe, b Kelly . . 1 e Wiz. b Davy ... 0
T. Yarrows, run out . . 1 e Kelly. b Davy . . 7
Capt. Mensal, b Win . 1 itKslly,bDuvy ... 24
Hon. Lambton, b Wit ... 6 not out ... .. 20
Rey. H. Doddington, b Kelly 2 cWiz,bK.Uy ... 17
G. W. Williams, c Woo/mingtona
H. Furling, not out .....0 b WIZ . . 3
C. Gillet. 1, Kelly . . b Wiz . . . 0
IL nersolda.c Burden. b Kelly 0 b . . 0

DORSET COUNTY SCHOOL.
let Innings. Stud lanlogn
W. C. Davy. b Dodlngton ... 14 b Yarrow ... 1
E. 0. Coo, b Dodington . b Yarrow 99
1t... RualaU-Wright. hw b Mar.
Iruooot .3
F. Arbon, b Martin b Martin ... 3
B. Kelly. c Lazabton. b Doding-
Rae. J. A. Wix, b Dodlngton c William,, b Yarrow 41
Biddleoornbe. c Martin,
H. Mime, b Martin
Weeltnlngton. b Dodlngton not bat
C. Burden. b Dadinzton
J. N. Grant, not out . . I not out ... 6

Onprettowsine.—The half-yearly meeting of the
Pole District .4 the Independent Order of Oddfellowi
(ILuscliester Unity Friersfly Society) was held on Tues-
day at Alington Hall. There were present—Bro. Bag.
shot., Prov. G.M. ; Bro. Sticklers!. D. Prov. (1.31. ;
Itro. W. N. Western, ; al., several P.
Prov. G. AL's., and 37 delegate,. fn.ni the several lodges
in the distrct. The lectures commenced at 12.30, and
the ordinary tinsine.... at one o'clock. The minutes of
the last district meeting were confirmed, and the
district balance %MY pawed with but few comments on
It. A district levy .4 2.1. per member was then made.
The propositions for district officers were Bro. Stick.
laud, I). Prow. G. 111., for Prov. G. M. ; eleven for D.
Pmv.G.Al.,—vit., Bros. Roger., Baker, Stone, Gn,ves,
Grist, Smyth, Sharp, Fanner, Speed, Cowley, and
Habgood. Bros. Vosper Thomas and Martin, were
propoeed for auditors in place of the late P. Prov. G.M.
Wilkins, deceased, and Bro. V....per Thomas we.
elected. For the number of deputies to be sent to the
next A.M.C. there were three propssitions—vir.,
that two, three, and live be mat. It WWI decided
three should be the number, and the following were ,
nominated :—Bnou. Pike, Old, Stone, Chivers, Cave,
Fanner, llolmes, Jackson, Western, Smyth, llounaeU,
Baker, Ilagshot, Stickland. %Posner Tboma., and
White; these elections will take place at the next
half yearly meeting. No funeral levy was made,
there being over £l,OOO in the hands ..f the district. A
Ion,; discuseion then took place relative to the form .4
preventing a testimonal to the CS., Bro. W. N.
Western; it WM ultimately decided to leave it in the
hands of the district officers and the delegate., re-
presenting the IN.le lodges. This concluded the
business at four, when the brethren part.s.k of an
excellent cold spread in the c. lioniittee-n ided
by rm. Remiall, ..f the New Inn, whom catering
elicited the warmest encomium, from three present.
The toast of "lice Majesty the Queeen" was then
drunk; also "The health of the District Officer.,, "each
of whom responded, and as. Western gave an interest-
ing account of the A.ALC. held at Edinburgh in
Whitirun week. As met of the brethren had to leave
by early trains, the party broke up and parted, with
best expression. of feeling to each other, till the next
mooting on tho first Tuesday in January.