The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-11-19 00:00:00

POOL..

Sin Iron GCIINT AND-0;11-/—L—irre ZLZCTIONS.—" If Sir
Ivor (.uest, in default of his selection as one of the Cow
sanative candidates for Bristol, has any thought of falling
lack upon Poole, the result of the recent municipal
elections will, I expect, compel him to think more than
once, for all his friends in the borough have lost their meats
in the Town Council, awl five seats out of six have been
won by the Liberals. This means the return of Mr. Waring
for Poole at the next election, and his return probably
without a contest "—Meefeir.
BAD CAS& op.BvcclDr 1111100011 RtLIOIOOII MARIA-
On Thursday an inquest was held at the Gas Tavern,
before Mr. G. Aldridge. Barou‘b Coroner, and a jary of
whom Mr. R. Smith was chosen foreman, on the body of
Mies Hannah Stickland, • resstable young woman, who
committed suicide through re ous mania at the housed
her mother in Baiter that morn Stickimul,
widow of the late Mr. Henry Stickland, • shipwright,
said the deceased was her daughter. Deceased slept with
her last night, and got up ab eut half-past six o'clock that
morning to light the Eire, a• moist She Co/DO downstairs
about • quarter to seven and went into the sitting-room
and saw deceased hanging by • window card to the door.
She cut her down and found that she was dead but warm.
She called Mra. McCarthy, and sent for the doctor directly.
About IS months age deceased had an attwk of typhus
fever. and since then she had been very excitable at times
and for the list few weeks she had been very low. She
had heard her threaten ti take her life. Deceased
was a Sunday school teacher and also • member of the
Congregational Cleureb.—Mrs. Jane McCarthy, wife of
Mr. John McCarthy. • master mariner, gave evidence mite
her /wing called by the last witness that morning, and
I said she het known decaseed all her life, and she wee •
' quiet, study, religions girl. She observed several times
after she had the fever that she was queer in her head.
She found that the kettle win put on the fire, and the I
grate partly cleaned—Kiss McCarthy said deceased was a
great friend of hers and they were often together. She
had not seen her MDCNI Sunday, when she appeared Yen
dull and low, and not like herself. She bad freetwentle
remarked Vast she was in • very low state. She had never
heard her say that she was tired of her life. She wee
always • quiet girl. Lately she had been for long walks
with deceased, hut she would scarcely speak and seemed
very low. The jury were unanimous in retordng • venligt
of " Suicide whilst in • stets of Temporary Insanity.
Prrry SninIONS, Thuralay.—Before Meows. W. Pearce,
W. I). Duiplale, and J. IL Duren.
Itarda—The Bench signed a rate of 3• in the for the
ensuing halLyear, for the parish of Parkstone, and one for
la Itt. in the .0 for the same period, for the parish of
Ilamworthy, the better being • reduction of AL
. .

Ta.ol.raiii —The magistrates tmn;fer-ried- the license of
the New Inn, Westatreet, from Mr. Henry Norris to Mr.
Samuel Real ; and that o( the Lion and Lamb Inn, from
the late Mr. William Stevens to the widow, Mrs Sarah
SMeens. _ _ _

SIKSIONVy Friday.—llefore Maur% W. D.
Dupla. and J, D. Durrell.

i-ait-ZlOO. I 111herMAII, WILB summoned
for awaulting David Barnes, a master mariner, and there
was • ernes summona —The evidence showed that the men
were equally to blame, and the Bench &aniseed the
summonaes, each man to pay lils own costa.