The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-09-26 00:00:00

CORFE MULLET.

STEAL/NG SAND GRAYS!. —Joseph Coffin, seamier
between fflandford and Poole, was charged before
Major Portman. Anil T. Basket,lllsos., with stealing
at U ,
trfalltitallim, Led lifted gravel, value lc Bd.,
tha property or W. L. A dye, Fie.—Mt. J. 0;
Chialett sai•i that baring been informed that Elia
defendant, whir resided at Blandford, was a carrier
to P.etle, was in the habit of taking gravel at Mr.
Adys's pit on his return journeys and selling it, be,
tome four months eine*. cantioneri him against
taking any more without first obtaining an order
alrl paying for it at his office. The defendant at
that tints pleaded that be itas not ;ware the pit was
I not a public one, and pretniaed, if forgiven; nevelt to
offend again. He had lately had some gratel ring
and screened to lay on Mr. Adye's coach road.
Having heard, a few days glow that a man bad been
seen to take away a load of this screened gravel, he
Immediately inspected the defendant, and sent the
man who had seen the offense to Blandford. Be
immediately identified the defendant, and a summons
was, alloordingly taken out against him. The de.
feridant agalri pleaded faintilontre of it. being a private
pit, eald he thought any one thigh% bate the gravel
by paying for it, and that be took it it the attseutre of
anyone being at work in the pit with the intention
of paying for it the next time he came that way.
- Mr. Chislett had no doubt his mode of paying for it
wool& be by obtOning another load in the way be
had the last. Defendant said be would know better
for the future, and be would never go to the pit
again. The Bench imposed a penalty of 55., and
in. flit the value of the gravel, and costs, informing
the defendiffit that he rile Willie 10 a penalty of £5,
or two months' hard labour

h ion of
'lii4od on °tie ev
d eat h helfgestrZ
, fortunre cow to • pstrol, who mistook her for •
' Frenchman. We nit' pleasingly neorslise on the im-
proved knowledge of the present day, wilielt teaches no
that 'Frenchmen, instead of bdtrig natural eneinied, cal
bee me gaol cue o nem and also go.si friends,

RIFLE COMPETITION. —Oll Monday a match between
to-n of the Blandford eors, and • like number of the
Wimborne corps came off at Bradbury Rings. The
shooting a bobei par** was very
.good, and strange to
tam the contest was on even as o gore the Blandfordians
only One allead of their competiters. The flops were
200, 500, awl 650 yards, 7 ronadsesoh; Lanes-Corporal
Martin, by m,kiog $s himbosit awn, eras tire. 'simper of
a qdart tankard. The following is the scare :—Bland-
ford.—Sergeants Davi., 49; Green, 43; Maiden, 30.
Corporate Ridout, 49; Groves, 45; Farinage, 42; Lance.
Corporals Martin, 52; Guinea, 46 —Total, 356.
Wimborne.—Corporals E. T. Budden, 46; As Sudden,
60; Private 0. fleet, 431 Sergeant Hopkins, SS;
Piivates E. Hibb,, 50; A. Ford, 32; B. Kerridge, 48)
McKenzie, 39. —Tot 1, 355.

Local. Borten:— On Wednesday, Sept. 20tb;
ruheting,of the Local B ard was held at the Town-
hall. Present i Mr. Durant (chairman) Mr. Smith,
Mr, Evers, Mr. Groves; Mt. C. Henville, Mr. Ball,
Mr. Meaden, and Me. Pisherr The Inspector of
Nuisances read hU report. A coteplaint haying
been made that a certain building in 141a/idea-
street, in the occupation of James Sall, and others,
is in a ruinous and dangerous state, ordered that the
Surveyor at once inspect the building. and if
necessary give the requisite notice requiring the
owner to repair such building.
S.G.O. ON CATTLI AND CHRISTIAN& —This re-
doubtable Times contributor has addressed to that
Journal another quaint letter under the above quaint
title, in which he reduces Dr. Thediebom and his
"Memorandum" to tor condition of the orator who
concluded with the expression of a hope that he had
eithauatad his relliject, when wine one celled
Yes, end your eedienee toe,' SiG.O. himself,
however, goes off a?' mootilio in an extraordinary
fashion, catching up the idea front "kb ld carter,4
that it isn't the filth that causes infection, bat "a
bright moon, and stuff is always twits as bad then."
"1 took the hint," adds his lordship. "Again and
again when I have wished to trace bad- drainage, I
have chosen a bright moonlight night; it has never
failed me." We may remind the reader of a corro-
boration of this, apparently odd notion, which is to
be found in the pernicious effecta of the moon's rays
within the tropics as graphically depicted in " Tom
°tingle's Log." "5.G.0." concludes by contrasting
the condition of many of the poor and the neglect of
them, with the care exercised for cattle. He
enumerates the agencies engaged, and the activity
shown to our, the cattle, and asks "what is being
dcne for the crowded, ill-fed, and poisoned poor of
our towns and villages?' This Is his last tywitence
—" We tight in the dark with the cow disease, do
our bee', but scarce know what to do. We do know
what is beet to do as against typhus in man, to guard
against cholera; why don't we do it ?"
Ceiceet —On Wednesday, Sept. 20th, a match
Wag played in Mr. Look's meadow between the
Blandford club and Mr. W. Churchill's eleven,
which resulted in favour of the Blandford gentle-
men in one innings, with 29 runs to spare, The
bowling of H. Marriott, Esq., was much admired,
as was also the batting of Mr. W. TrailL An ex-
cellent cold collation was provided by Mr. Monckton,
Blandford Sr.. Mary. The following is the score :
W. 'realm., Esq's., Ebevse.—lst innings.—W.
Trail!, b Churchill, 44; W. &Agin, b Parke, 1; 8.
Trani, o Lord Eldon, 0; H. Mariott, 1 b w, 17; Sir
W. Marriott, St Raicl)ffe, 3 ; G. Groves. b Lord
Eldon, I; W. Percy, c Lord Eldon, 14; S. Davis,
b Churchill, 0; S. Hookey, c Chnrchil, 1) J. Quirk,
run out, 0; J. Moore, not out, 2; Byes 16, leg byes
2, Wideas; total, 106.— MR. CHURCHILL'S Faxen.
let innings. —C. Radoltffe, b Sir W. Marriott, 0;
Lord Eldon, b W. Traill, 2; Churchill, c Sir W.
Marriott, 16; Parke, not out, 2; Nicholls, b W.
Traill, 0; House, b Sir. W. Marriott, 0; Rogers,
b Sir W. Marriott, 2; Cox, not out, 5; Symonds,
b W. Trail?, 0; Lukine, o Percy, 4; R. H. Morgan,
o Sir W. Marriott, 0; byes 5, leg byes 2; total, 38.
-=slnd innings: C. Radclyffe, b H. Marriott, 0;
Lord Eldon, b W. 'Praill, 2; Churchill, b Hookey,
11; Parke, bH. Marriott, 1 ; Nicholls, noeont, 0;
House, bH. Marriott, 1; Betel% Hookey, 7;
Cox, not out, I; Symonds, b W. Trsill,l; Lukins,
b Hookey, 2; R. H. Morgan, e Davis, 4; byes 4,
leg byes, 4; total, 39; grand total, 77.

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