The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-02 00:00:00

POOLS.

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SUNDAY CLOSING.—At the Police.oourt, on Monday,
before the Mayor, Mr. W. D. Uncials, and Mr. G.
Curtis, Richard Hawkins pleaded guilty to having
been drunk and disorderly in Flab-street. on Sund.y
morning.—Defendant was fined s..and cost& --Sergeant
Beaks& who proved the oat& in reply to Mr. eurust
said this was j 4st after eleven.—Mr. Curtis remarked
the haws were supposed to open at half-past
twelve, but it was evident some must have
been open before that Urns, [This hardly
follows; pieribly the defendant had adopted the
recommendation of the advocates of Sunday Closing,
and taken home a supply over night. It I. not
unlikely that, in the event of the measure passing, the
spectacle of drunken men on Sunday morning may
not be quit* so rare se at present.]
A :-ogoonna SUNK or, Bonagsmotrnt.--On Mon-
day afternoon the schooner Aolus (Shiops, muster
and owner), bound from London to Truths* with
c-ment, went down some few miles off Bournemouth
Bay. It seems that during the heavy weather of
Sunday tight the visaed strained sod got • lot of
water In her. When about four mils' eastward ef
Old Harry, it was found that she was perfectly un-
manageable, and as she had by that time taken in
• great quantity of water, the captain deemed it
prudent that he and his crew should take to their
boat. After they left the vowel she drifted away to
the northward, and it is believed foundered shortly
afterward& The 'Bolus wee 78 tons register, and
hailed from Padstow. Her crew consisted of the
captain and three men. The captain lost everything,
but the men managed to save some of their effects.
On landing, near the Pier, the poor fellows, who
apparently had hada very rough time of it during the
previous night, were taken to the o.estguard
I station on the West Cliff, when they dried their

clothing
SAD inn or • Dosm.—Tho only came which was
at all disputed to come before His Honour at the
County Court, oa Monday, WIWI that of Charles
Bantam v. William Amey. The parties live at
Newtown, and the claim WU 255. for a donkey sold
to the defendant. The sale wee not disputed, but the
defendant said when he went to look at the donkey
at Mr. Whittle's stable—having bought the animal
" like • pig in a sack "—he found it very weak and
bad. He, however, to lit away, but when it got as
far as Lingft,et Church it seemed to take • sang
minions turn of mind, and refused to go any further.
Ultimately, he did g.t it home, and having kept it
about • month. in November last took it to the
blacksmith's at Kinson to be shod. The operation was
eurces.fully performed, and •• Noddy " was apparently
returning home in a tolerably happy state, when,
just as It had nearly reached Pa destination, it fell
down, turned up its heels, and died; so that the public
had an opportunity, of not o ,ly seeing • dead donkey,
but, what was more extraordinary, one that had
departed suddenly.—Plaintiff said he had offered the
defendant to take half, and he was still willing to do
so.—His Honour said this was very kind of him, as
the defendant was liable for tin whole amount. He
gave judgment for 12s. &1., with costs.