The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-12-11 00:00:00

Mbonshire.

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lloNstrox. -A ii,sirted Suicao -On Wednesday
evening, between five awl six o'clock, Frost. who
carries the post from Moulton to Broadliemburei
Wit, l/Il his return to this town, when, on arriving
near Stony Bridge, he heard cries of iii,tre.•s a
short distance down the river. On proceeding to
the spot, he found a young woman up to her neck
in water, with her bonnet lying on the bank. He
rescued her trout her perilous position and took her
to her home at I..se's Building... She is called
Elizabeth Ford and is about 2:1 years of age. It is
reported that she attempted to commit suicide in
consequence of its having been discovered that she
hail appropriated wine at a house where she was
working, and had given to a porter at the railway
station, with WII, .111 she was keeping company, and
who had recently left. She will be brought up
before the Nlayor at the monthly meeting this
day, on the charge of attempting to distroy
li erself. 1
Ex r. ren.- roe Samna FiAleries of Dcron.-The
Commis- Ts appointed to inquire into the .salision
fisheries of I:ll,4l,ititl and Wales-Sir W. Jardine, ,
Mr. Ffetinel, and Mr. Rickard-hell any inquiry
into those of the rivers Exe, Axe, Otter, and Sid,
Oil Feld .y week at the Exeter I : Whlliall. From the
evidence of Sir .1. Duckworth, Mr. J. Gidley
(town clerk of Exeter), Mr. Willesford (who
appeared MI behalf of the Axe Fishing A wsociation),
and other gentlemen, it appeared that the salmon ,
fishery in the Exe was once very vabiable, and that i
a century ago a salmon, weigllln4 :11111is., had been
itircle• cal in the Exeter market for :In pence ; that
one fishery was let by the corporation for krin a .
: vear in Mill which was now valueless, and that a
clause was insmed in apprentices' indentures to the
effect that they 14hull ID 4 be required ti eat sal
MM., than three t :nes a neck. The present con- .
SA Ttsity Ity.-- rop, mi..ion dr Litnn:ico Inquiren,b). lit ii, of the fisheries was, however, totally Ilan- '
rent. Very few sal bail been caught in the I•'..xe .
___.,v conimi•sio,i was opened an Thursday, at the
durin the last few years, and scarcely any was over
risli.•rtoil Wu-, Asyl ,to inquire into the state
ex mwegil for sale in the market. The canes of this ,
..f mind of Williain Jettery, Isle. hail been detained
declay were: the use uf illegal nets sit the estuary 1
ii. t I.:, asylum. as a criminal lunatic, since the year
..f the river, by which large quantities of young ,
1•.17. The conimissi. 41 was presided over by Samuel
fish were dodroyea ; the constrnction of weirs,
Warren, Esti., Q.I '., Commissioner in Lunacy. It
which prevented the fish going up to spawn-not.
appeared that the lunatic was tried at Winchester
which
that there were -111 miles ..f the finest i
for shooting at and w ling a man whom he sus-
p
spawning beds every seen-in the tipper partof the I
ect,.l of icing on intimate terms with his wife,
river ; and to the fact that mills and gassworks int 1
and that lie was then declared of unsoundd tnin,
the river let out deleterious matter into the water
and ordered to lie detained during her Nlaje.ity s
which poisoned the fish. The remedies suggested I
pleasure. Since his detention his Wife has cohabited
were that die coastguanlionen should have the power 1
with a nein named Low, by whom she has hail a
to go on Imanl fishing vessels and inspect the nets at !
child. In the 83111 C Olt t..T.40 there reside the young '
the estuary iii the Exe. awl that the county policemen '
family of Jeffery, one of wh0,,,, is a girl aged 19 years.
11:1Ve a hilllilaT power with regard to the upper part ,
To rescue these children, and particularly the girl
of the river ; that the milieu should also have power •
in question-b. whom the man Low has recently
inaa le an mier of marriage -- fr ilii influence and to enter the mills at any time where illegal fishing I
control, this inquiry was instigated by Mr. Coxwell, . was su.spected ; that the letting out of poisonous
matter into the river sl Id be made a penal offence,
..ilie:tor, of Southampton, Wll4l appeared on the
and that the fishnet 5e324./11. instead of lasting from ,
occasion as tho professional adviser of the family. ;
Evidence was given showing that .letlery is labouring February to September, should c 1111111 l ence on the Ist .
.d May. and terminate on the 12th of Septeinher.
under chronic mania, and the Commissioner accord-
i
, W ith regard b. the Axe anal the Otter - the former
ugly directed ins (the lunatic's) brother to tase .
of which WWI once a splendid sal stream-similar !
charge ..f the family and property.
, reasons for the almost total. 'Whit f hall which
Ih.Nit Ex i. Si. NI A eV. --SUebk/1 ./kilth. -A lit ,
named Alfred Fisher, aged 17 year., went, to . bail taken place during the last few years in these
rivers were given by Mr. l'ulwan and the Rev. J.
, Shaftesbury on Tues lay', with two persons named 4,
Nliellins and Woodford, with went: sheep cribs, and I
I al meare.l quite well both in going and returning,. ,
until they had arrived within 1511 yards of
hi use, when lie relinquished 1113 hold of the trucks
and his two C0111016..114 went in. After Mullin, TpiNAL EXIIIBITION
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hail gone in ihmrs. Wiselfood went back bi look for ' OF iSli2.
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loll: y
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Fililey, and found him lying on his back by the The Kell 11l Mary dieiceities in regard to the Inter.
road Sole. quite dead. It appeared that althongh national Exhihiti.ei ..f Isii:!. ii.ac at length be said to
Ihe 1,31 not coo,' ,i,ii mot if aloes., his health lia,l be overcome. Ti,, g,.. :trait:steed, 1 ii:::l,.. ei•.tch•ics.ti Iisi,!;.11.411:11:191“;
I always been I lelicite. An inquest was held before
"dr
iti.rl'at"ireri:l.l.f..au""i'lit' i.,f the ..s...iitl:Pli. ii.;leitieli ;Moe
1 Mr. Wilson, on Wednesday, when tins jury returned
l'.ll,:t'eld in the I 'onlill:i•Sienel , for the ex hibiti.di .if ISII
I a venliet it " Died by the visitation of 1t...1.“
, ss the sit, of the buildings e. 1111 l cacti tauth the exhibi.
MuNKTON DTVEI:II.I..-Op-ninft of a New SAgo,• ti„,, of ping.
---A new school-room, built at the expense of the u .luring the mat ten years we receive midi it spur
Bee. W. D. Nlorrice, the vicar, was opened in this to the progress of agriculture a, lias been given durnig
parish on 'fries .lay. The school-room, whiela is the it by the exhibition .4 (1.. t us ,is•cify oidy ) the
close to the church. having been opened with singing I respieg neteltin, in Ow Cry•ital Palo-, of Isr•l, the
and a form of prayer pn.vi.le.l by the Bishop Of gathering id 1572. (for which provi,iiiii ill the. legdo‘ti.
Dui Diocese, was thrown open for tea, to which :ill atoms of the tis_wirty,ittf .
"t
' lu"ro'titrl'll.3i. be-
rf. ct - anlif
children and their mothers were invited. A mis- will "..e us t.rwar on our 1 l" • " than
whid, economical cultiv:dion by an even ouget stn.,. mu
tannery meeting was held in the evening,
has 1.e.0i acolil 1.1 klie.l iliac,. the first grcd International
mane of the principal inhabitants attemlial.
Srshow. The particular i•tit in the agricultural depart- ,
edri t: AshTS V.% - K.tril Dial rid Floral n/I d I
IllelltS-tir the eaii,ition. tlimigli probably originating in ,
//0,-4e.t'•it ea! 5.07;,19.--Tlie first general meeting ..f. ! thi....ntq, w;,, eontributed by American exhibitors : ,
the committee and members of this smiety was held and it is to colonial and fiimign e•lidiitors that we
at the Lin g's Anita 11111, on Wednesday. The au- , most again Molt for the special lessons which, witl t
counts wet e audited. and the officers and commatee 1 knowing what they Tony turn out to I.e. we confidently
elected for the ensuing year, and there was an ex- , vi.cct- 'l he annual pictures of agrictultitrtlix,r.t.tgrieassoi;
cellent slo•w of roots. 'Hie Judges (Messrs. ltawson
awl Sherring), after motile difficulty. mule the follow. ;:?rricli"ll:tael"us.l.l:iriviesgiji'll'bte isli:*.fagrls'arrit .t.hat..it Yin be
hut une vear's 'dog!, ss that is shown by any exhibition
ing awards : suangold wurzets, 12 (the long red), let , , ,
prize, Mr. H. Hunt, Steeple Ashton • thul, NI r. : i : i
O. 110111 V agricultural pr....lnce ttr maeltinery ; but the
: et, if d 1.4.• COlitribllt ion i Whirls We may expetd will
W. Illanelianl, Stride Ashton ; marigold wurzels, : r,.nn.a,:nt
12 (the Yell''w 141" be), 11't prize. Mr. J• li. Wheeler. ' incteased AM and knowledge which have been attaintid
Steeple Ashton ; tutl, Mr. Alfred Bourne, Steeple during the 11 years whisk will hare then elapaeil since
Ashton ; Swedes 12 (of any kin.l), Ist price, Mr. J. Ital.
Steeds, Steeple Ashton ; 2nil prize, Mr. Blanchard. It is. of course. in the agrhultuml relations of such
The members dined together in the evening. I collections that we are specially interested, and the
Ihaltr..-To• Sr. M.% I:T. -Mr. Wilson held an in. exhibition of ISel showed ill several
_intances that it is.
important we Aionl.l know net only the agricultural
quest 1.11 the laxly of Frank Miller. four years of age.
Prislucts wilich Ste obtainable elsewhere, lost also the
It appeared that the deceased child and a baby haul
means by which those product, are there obtained. The
been left in the care of a little girl, ten years inschiliery and ofia-isse. of c ,I,dii di agriculture teight to
t.f age, name d \h try Nliller , on Tocsiay morn- be illustrated, and ollf OWII inciitafacturera and farmers
, ing at ei,glit o'clock. About 10.30, the elder girl would thus derive many a tist-ful hint. 31ani.res, seeds,
went out of dcms fid almitt two minutes, wl:en she I awl machines, are ai 1111 l ig the ine,ns of agriculture ; and
heard deceased crying. and returning immediately there ought, in him' exhiltittou ..tf 1462. for the inform•
found hini with his clothes on lire. With the aass,s I Ohm of our English agtdeulturis, 1,, Is, ,!,17:Ci!,1,....1..Pc1ief
twee or a persen who was pas lug. the daisies were ill the ti.i5.it,::.r,:.161:•::;1n...e.gm...f.tab.:.iw....11,1.,-„sfa.irtli.,' IA
i.1.1.,1,
, extinguished. but Cie deceased wast so seriously iii- „ ,
"lsrlot-tl. pi-ounce tld•tio. and 1 rl/11C•ti.111 if all the agri, ril-
-1 jured that he ilied.in Wednesday morning.-Verdi .t . I
rum machieer a y ny bow connected with their produc-
I " Accidental death." tion.
.I Au English at trieulturali a, open ti, . other hand, with
all who provide the mime. of Engltsh agt it ulture -th.•
manure usaitufartlart r, the ,e. d . tie. a, met tidt machine