The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-06-03 00:00:00

IBRIIITON 00E01

A If vergev. The worthy inhabitants of this
Isolated little village have just had a terrible ware.
About noon on Thursday, some women employed
In weeding grain in a field, the property of Mr. J. B.
Gale, had their attention dratted to a strange figure
on the summit of Shipton Beacon. adjoining the flelA
A man clad in grotesque attire and gesticulating
wildly, called to them in an unknown tongue. His
demeanour at length became so inexplicable and his
voice so foreign and extraordinary that the women Red
to their homes in great alarm. The news rapidly
spread, and the man who had been the came of the
consternation was subsequently seen to escape in
the direction of the Dorchester road. All attempts to
discover him or his whereabouts have proved futile, it
being generally believed he was an escaped lunatic.

FACTS AND FANCIES.
From Pomo&

A Wou or SSW; --urreixo.—Old Woman (f.d ths
endow faith, dyer:meg on ism Imes.): "Oh, Y., Ii resaa,
ire me a Merin I —lLltualletio Curate: "I ogb--in, /vs
WOlnaa. you mistake. I'm—eh—not of year Olu'eb
OW Women : " Meats, thin badlock t' ye for • &maser! r
Shoals off in great wrath.
All Calmanlaaff Ifararroww. Courraciscr.
Angelina format): " Did you ever see *a/0,4u so wonder-
/ se the likening between old Yr. and Kra Bellamy,
Wawl* I 0" would think 1101 ware brother and ulster,
Instead of husband and wife I"—Elerla Wilatiog and
coommaidaos): "Married Paw*
ineMilalow Ilk. auk
Mama
dire In darling. Itk awry mod ba.taggi
to behold) tool Maio "Door me.
gab it oolonso, Woo CO% *shyer

Vatmancrt.—At the Borough Police Court, Saturday,
before Mr. Haggett and Mr. Robeas, Sarah Wilins, a
womao of bad character, was brought up in custody,
chartird with being in a house for an unlawful
purpose----ergt. Apaey and Sergt Harvey proved the
offeacte.—iupt. Vickery wished to have the case
adjourned for a fortnight, an I the Bmich cautioned
the defendant that if she went to the house again vlie
would be severely dealt with, but if she stayed away,
probably she would bear nothing more about it. •

Comm Fern Suitor, Feld iy.—Before Mr. H. C.
Goodie's. Ceritso Preior. and Colonel Serfield.
Sa""rer Ssrisro. of Soullidewn, was summoned for
assitultiog Bessie Farwell. —Mr. Arden appeared in
it of thin, ro
ii .onti,„..rein,d.4)l,r4 Ho • arrlo festd.ilcidn. —nt
alreseo—Comelainent, a little girl, but • very sharp child,
sOld on the 115th of April lest the went to Littlemoor
with other chaldna She asked some one there to gine
her a dower, which elle did, ant she then put it in her
basket. Eibe and the other children then returned by
way of defendant's hoer to Weymouth. There wire
four other girls with her. When against defendant's
house they saw some cows in the road, end seeing •
little girl inside de:cadres gra they asked her if they
' °rid da, me inside to get out of the Way of the cows, and
she t 0,." them they might. One of the cows coming into
the ditch whore they were, they jumped ovn the fence Into
defendant's ground and went wo for as the Oen tree, litti
them were no dowers there. Saes after Dr. Scriven
erne running towerds them, and she ran away, but he
relight her by the ear, pulled her along, swore at nor, and
polled her over the free. He then took away her
beret, and mete,' the flowers end sticks which were in
IL There were no other flowers In the buret but what
the woman at Li ttlemuor had given her. Some men who
were paring took her away from defendant, and
culled him a nasty brute, upon heartier which he ren
away. She then went home to Weymouth. Delowidaut
hurt her very much, and she felt very bad afterwards.
Sr warn very ill and and sick. having Pains in hey
heed, tthe was in for two or three days alrewerds,
and was ul.ligsd to be ktht brae. When the men
coiled defendant a root brute he hd told of bar
by one of her era and ntele it bleed. —4jrou-ersamo',i
Oa the morning in question she and to r other girl.
tell Weymouth, going i, Littlemoor and then ou to
Preston. It woo. very I..ng limo since the/ had b'e° l'r
that road. Mrs. Stormer gave them ails bunch of pithi-
ness •uil some other Rueter'. They did not en shy
coming from LOLL:moor to Preston, SS I.llSy WlWri the
fields. They ware just about to pass Dr. &riven s gate
when they saw the cows which wen coming towaratethetu.
They gut into a ditch to he out of their way :mil after-
words over the fires. Then Sae • gate near, hut lir Of
the other girls could not open it. She saw (towers groe -
lug similar to What she had in bee basket. Defeo:ideat did
not sek her why she had come over the gap instead of by
the fore, and she .lid uot tell him the would got over the
gap. He dragged her from the gap to the fence by or of
her, rare. Ho did nothing else bet swear at her. Ile did
not tell her she bed been picking his Rowers, and e ben
he turned them out of her basket said nothing. The other
girla were on the road at the time, but she old not know
how they got out. They gathered no Sowers on their way
kora. She was too bed to take her tea when elle got
home —Stephen Dennis ?Orwell, the father of the child,
rid on the lieth of April his ,hildrito went to Litfiensoor,
and came home before he left work. He then saw hie
daughter Bessie laid down, and she was unable to nit up
then and for several day. afterwards. She was sneering
In the head, and from general prostration. She load not
been able to go to school since, and had not yet recovered.
She was &sickly cluld.—ln cross-examination wiener said
she went to St John's &heel, but could not say if the had
SWIG to school the day or even the week before she
wee essaulted. —Martha Farwell, the chide mother,
said Beers cause home about halOpept five. She
was in a most frightened state, appeanng as if she
had had a fit or fun-ed. She had been ill of and on
ever since. She complained of • great pain in her ear.
She nursed her for souse time, and then put her to
bed. There wee the mark of a finger or thumb on the ear,
and afterwards there wits • knob on it. She was kept in
until Sanday.—Crow-examined Sbe had not gone to
school in the earlier pert of the week—sees supposing the
earn took place on Wednesday—as she was not well.
Os Sunday she took her child for a walk to the Cemetery
in order to see if the air would do her good. —Emily
Webber said she waa near defendant', on the day in
question, and saw two men travelling on the road,
dairyman, and renal ceildren. Bente Ferwell being
amongst them. She saw Dr. Scriven catch hold of the
little girl by the ear and shake her, he being at the time
inside his coach-road. When he let her go she (witnro)
ermined the girl** ear and found it bleeding and bearing
a thumb mark. The child was screeching a great der.
The two men USI the road said they would give defendant
a punching, and she said she would help. He went away
as fast as he could towards his house. The child waa very
much frightened.—ln cross-examination witness said she
was Just behind some cows as they passed Dr. Scriven'e
gate. The little girl opened the gate to came out after
defendant had let her go. She did not hear him say any-
thing • out flower,. Aunts Farwell, complainant's
SISSCr, said last mouth she end her sister Bran, with some
other children, went to Lit' lemoor and returned by the
Piaton-roacL Wtaeu near Dr. receives's hour they saw
WADS COWS. SSW in order to get out of their way got
over • gap in the bele°. Soon afterwards Dr.
tizriven saw them and ran after them, and ceueht her
sister Bessie, polling htr by the ear. She err very
much frightened, was unconscious at times, and ithe
(wither) carried her part of the way home—ln cross.
examination witness felled to corroborate some of the
evidence given by time previous witnes•es —Mr. Howard,
In deleace said on the day in question Dr. Scriven saw
tb.complalnantnitoeomefiowere be her basket uhkh
he thought belonged to blot, and, seeing she wee running
fir a gap in the hedge, he prevented her, insisting she
should go out by the gala, which, at she refused to de, he
dragged her, but he (Mr. Howard) maintained used n
more force than was neorsary.—About this time de-
lenient came into court, and, before aljudicating on the
new, the magistrates decided to hear a cruse-summons, an
action for reaper end steeling dowers. Dr. Scriven said
the gate leading into hie hour wee on a swivel and cull',
opeosd. On Its
his cottage, and, ht.lgra In question he r:: ef:1" of
in the dn. he waled down. He than saw five or six
children inside the gate end war his flowers, lie saw
them stooping, apparently picking somethine. AA soon
a/ they saw him they an skeddadled " over the bank.
elth the exception of the girl in question. She did not
see him at the game time as the others, but when she did
she tried to make her escape by getting over the bank, but
he cut her of, tie then caught hold of her by the poll
arid insisted upon her leaving by the gate, which she
ref used SO do. He threatened SO live her in dirge of •
policeman, but upon his word of honour as •
gentleman end an ofiloar of Her Majesty's service.
Its declared he committed no kind of assault in
any shape or way upon her. lle simply led
her to the gate to go out, and then, seeing she had a
haiku, insisted upon seeing its contents. The child
refused to allow bins, and he took it from heard emptied
its contents on the ground, finding flowers which cones-
pooded with those growing in his drive, but he could not
say if any had been stolen from biro. He opened the gam
and let her out, when she ran towards the keep as hard
as she could go. bollixing "murder, murder. Soon after
he saw two seabby men come towards him, one ot whom
asked him what he had been doing to the girl, upon which
he told him to mind his own business. and the man used
try filthy language towards him. He had thought it
moceeteu7 to take out this counter summons for Vesper,
and apologieel to the Beach for not being premier before,
saying he eat been misinformed as to the day for hearing
lisle car. —The Carrier said the Bench considered the
result proved, and it would therefore he improper to peas
i: over without inflictiag some *oft of floe. Very likely
Do. &liven might Iseve been very angry at the time, and
had taken hold of the girl in • rough way. They should
inflict a flue of its, and costs. £2 It,. altogether.—Tnere
Was 'otos applaUse in Court which was speedily checked.
DRUNKlVlSalll—Aeralistia Peered, of Portland, wee
cheeped with being drunk on the highway on the 25th
of April het Mr. Hower.' appeared for the defence.
P.C. Abram was the first wittier. On the day In queth
he was on duty at Fortiori& between eight and nine in
the evening, Ile suet the defendant in the street very '
drunk. He said he was going under the hill after •
policeman, an he (witness) was more harm than good up
OD di, hilt He told him to go away, but defendant
followed him up and down the singe and he could not
get away from him. He said something to him about
some boys, bat he could not remember whet it wee—
/regret Faith= &prod that on the day in question he
was on duty at Porter's Well, Portland. The
defendant came to him and said he had got a report
to melee against the policeman on the hill —Witness told
him that if he would go to the police-station he would
beer what he had to say. He according ly went to the polka
elation, and witness followed him down the street. Be was
very drunk at the time, for when he stopped at the
station door he thought be was going to fall into the
street, and he caught bold of him to save him falling.
Witmer then told him he was not in • fit state to make
any report that night, and that if he would go to him on
the Monday morning he would bear what complaint he
had to mote. Witness advised him to go home, end after
some time he did so.—Croararamined by Mr. Howard :
Ile did note.! anything about boys throwing stones, and
breaking his windowa—Mr. Howard for the defence,
pointed out that the senor of the defendant were not
those of • drunken man: or thing in perticular—the
fact of his walking down to Portland hill • distance of •
mileanda-balf, to make &complaint to the sergeant. That
be stumbled when he got to the policeretation was • very
reread:4e matter. He himself stumbled very often; but
there wee not the slightest proof that the man was drank.
—The Bench, however, truth Into consideration that he
had been convicted on three previous occasions for the
same offence, liii cted • penalty of 10a. and costs.
Ranee Wentool Rgies —Porn Rod Was summoned
for driving a rerun and two hones wiehout reins, at
Nottieston, on May 22od.—Mr. Cambridge proved the
offence, and he was Ur! Is, sad meta

61-0-IIWAT. HaWI, Hodder wee
charged with unlawfully obstructing the highway at
wykg Baps, on April 29th, byallovnng • waggon, loaded
with timber, to stand for an unreasonable length of time,
eight hours.—The defendant did not deny the charge, but
explained that there bad been an accident, and it would
have been unsafe to have moved the waggon, and that
he theught his man had perfect right le putting it where
he did, rather than it shoisid go on and break clown on the
main mad.—The Beech accepted the explanatioe, and
diamiseed S. c... .

ASSAULT.— W 5144•44 Swear, who did not appear, was
charged with amuultion Allred Source, at Portlend, os
Mu Sod, by cutting his bead open wtth a storm —The
cue was adjourned to allow Scource to summon a boy am
witness, who was present at the assault, there being no
witnesses on either side._

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NON-ArraNDANCS AT &nom- —There were upwards of
30 ewe lee non-attendanon and in each nee the Ben eh
asivictod, sod imposed a pessaity.
WINDOWS&

HIGHWAY BOAID.—At a meeting held on the 30th
inst., at which a very large number were present, Mr.
R. S. Seymour was elected surveyor in the plate of
Mr. R. Poiden, resigned.
6th D.R.V.—A full-dress parade of this corps took
place as Thursday evening last. There were present:
—Captain Lloyd Jones, Quartermaater-Sergeant
Boddie, Bugle-Major Mackenzie, 4 aergeants, 1
bugler, and 28 rank and file, total 46. The company
was marched to the cricket field, where they were
put through the skirmishing drill which was done very,
accuratel . After an hour's stiff drill they were
AT the Police Court, on Friday, before Mr. C.
J. Parka, Rev. Carr J. Glyn and Captain W. A.
I Biddle, Hew y Rigler, a bey aged lf years, of Kinson,
was brought up in custody charged with stealing 3a.,
the limpet, of Us grandfather, John Rigler, on the
28th of May. The prisoner pleaded guilty. —The
grandmother stated that the pnsoner lived with her
and that he was a very bad boy' he would sometimes
beat her out of doors, she could do nothing with him,
she bad missed money three times within the lest
week.—Prisoner wee sentenced to three months' hard
labour. _

Simon. ThorsdaY.—B.kr• th" Macw (Mr.
Wesiorn). sad Morn. Baotou, Dugdale. Dux Gut*
and Males._

Lii7MVe—Timmirlinsuru.—Tbe license of the Hand and
Heart bourbons., on to. Quay, wee temPorssilY transferred
from Ur. Thomas Hurst to Hy William Medley.
ADJOURN= satooL ATTINDANCA GLUM—Jamas Parse,
o wariest, Wm summoned for not sending Ms culla
Annie to school regularly.—This cam was adjourned from
lest week to enable the mother to prove that the child had
been regularly ettendisuj another school, but this she
felled to do, and defendant was fined Si. 6d.--4j
Brume. a sawyer, wa• summoned for not sending hi. s
Haviland to school remslarly. —This case was before the
magistrates at the previous court, wbon It IMP stated ,
that the moths ll kept the child at home to annoy the
father.—The cage was adjourned for the attendance of '
us. "roma. who wee reptimandOd by tke llinjor, and
dateadass was that la

DaiLIGON MOWING Ouse Whiredes. of NM, I
town. am I Mary Mania oe were sumnioned for
d oreagin.: s into mooing VIM. a. Pr WIT(' of Dr H ott
Slur M. to the extent of 1,, early on Sunday morning.— !
P.C. J. Horn proved that shortly after midnight on
S ....unity he found too defendants temptation in Dr.
Slllvth's field in fireen-I inn, the gram in which wee laid
up or I:ny. —De. Satre. 4.4 the boys in ti.. a olmsroond
of hi. 2 id end Whoa' two,* made it a theroogliferv, and
be ha i been nimble to proven; tble.—The Boob ordered
fnndsota to par the damage •11,1 6.. 61. co, each.
E./ liCt/M.lt —Yr. Traver. apple! on inthalf of George
T....0r. of Parkstons for an ord •r of ejectioent from a
it ooto of I sod. asiOnst Hoary Teneee, of the rune plane.
Tue lend is leased from the Canford estat for 99 year. by
George Teague. and one of the oanditions is that no
busioese shall be corned on on it. The land was let as a
! Lard in by George Tomos to his brother, Henry Testae, who
eub-let off port ion at the land to a painter. whose workshops
aro on the ground, thus end seerell24l Oho 101".• °l.gge
Teague also required the land far building purposes, and
the WV in, of Me eeseeeary notices haeing beea proved.
the magistrates ordered henry Teague to give up posies
'ion liy the 214 of July.
• Alt Own:rare WOMAN. /Primo Bate, was summoned
for using defamatory and abusive language towards
Samuel Simmands on the 23rd of May—The parties live
In Bromby's Alley, out thelcharge wee conelusivell Proved
—in fact the defendiont ii thin herself by her adinimions
and conduct in Court.--Troo Bench ordered defendant to
be b iund in the sum of 1.5 to keep the piece for three
month., end to pay the ,noots, which amounted to 14.. 61.
After the woman was bland the wto sure te, break
the peace, at she had dime notaiug, and the magistrates
then ord• red that she be detained in custody until a
suxety was forthcoming.