The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

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Yenvit.—roitaty Police Court, Friday.—(Before
G. Harbin, Esq., (.. Bullock, Esq., and H. B.
Batten, Esq.)L-Edward 11111 war charged with
stealing a pair of boots, the property of his
master, Mr. John Wilmington at East Coker.
The prosecutor is a butcher; and on Thursday,
the 2nd, he missed a pair of boots, which
had been left in his shop. The following day he
found theca secreted under sonic bean-haulm in a
nson adjoining the killing house. He marked them,
and then replaced them. On Saturday they were
again missing; and on Sunday, the 12th, he found
them on the feet of a son of the prisoner. Sentenced
to 2 months' imprisonment.

it A RTUCK. - The eldest son of John Wood, Esq.,
has come into a handsome fortune by the death of his
uncle Mr. Pendarres, of Pendarves, Cornwall, and
has obtained the royal license to use the surname of
l'en.lavres in lieu of Wood.

WierANrog.--Mr. Clarke, the respected clerk of
this Union, haring entered the twenty•tifth year of
ins services, was on Wednesday last presented by
his brother officers with • chaste and beautiful
silver inkstand and appendages, of the value of
twelve guineas, with the following inscription neatly
engraved thereon :- -" Presented to hlr. Itobert
Clarke, clerk of the Wincanton poor•law union, by the
other officers of the union, as • token of gratitude
for his uniform kindness and attention dunng the
!oil period of tweuty-four years and upwards, dur-
-ing which period the majority of them have served
together.'

Biturox. —An accident occured at the railway sta-
tion here, on Nriday week, by which Mr. R.. Kittle
nearly lost his life. It appears that just as he VIM
in the act of stepping from the carriage, the train
moved backwards., and be fell between the carriages
and platform, and in this position was dragged second
Yards; fortunately the large wooden step of the car-
riage kept him from falling beneath the wheels. He
injuries in the back anti
he is now in a fair way
Railway. --The bill fee
Sheptin Mallet to Pylls,
the Somerset Central
4too bury to Bruton (now
by the Directors of that
offering • reward of
such information as shall
offender or offenders,"

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PIOLON SHOOTING. —A shooting twitch took place
at the Horse Shoe Inn, liowlish, Shepton Mallet, on
Tuesday, Feb. I),lst, when a silver La service was
shot fur and won by Mr. E. Hodges. A dinner was
provided at the above inn by Mr. Hodges. There sae
a large couipany present, who spent the evening
very pleasantly.

BA LTUNBOICOUGH. —We are happy to hear that the
Rifle Corps at lialtoushorough is progressing favour,
ably. Nearly 30 volunteers have enrolled themselves,
and suilscriptions to the amount of (.30 'meo dOOO
pro 'wised. We bear from good authority that a
meeting will shortly be held for enrolling the men
and choosing officers, &c., when Edwin Taylor, EN.,
will be proposed as Lieutenant, Albert Bayly, Esq.,
as Eugign, Nlr. Charles Lucas as the Honorary
Surgeon, and Mr. Joseph Lamport as the Honorary
Chaplain, in the proposed corps. We understand
Mr. If..bert Patten is selected to fill a responsible
position when the corps is established. It is gratifying
to see such a patriotic spirit existing guiongst the
men of Baltonsbarough, and we heartily wish them

W ELLS. Leclore.—A lectme on the " Eye and
Vision," as announced in our last, was delivered at
St. Thomas' School on Friday week, by Thomas
Purnell, Es' q., M.D., of Wells. The chair was
taken by the Rev. George Bliaset, incumbent of St.
Thomas'. The room was crowded to an unpleasant
degree, upwards of SOU persons being present, who
exhibited their appreciation of the lecturer's abilities
by their marked attention throughout and obeerving
the most profound silence, which at times was such
as to have admitted of one's hearing a pin drop. It
appealed to have been the aim of the lectiner to
divest his discourse of as many technicalities as pos.
sible, so as to render it the more intelligible to his
audience, composed as it was of a great :lumber of
the labouring daises resident in the locality and the
children belonging to the school. In addition to
these a great number of the leading tradesmen and
residents in and round the city were also present.
The chairman briefly returned thanks, and said
although it was Mr. Purnell's first attempt as a
lecturer it was a decided success, and concluded by
hoping that another winter lie would treat them to
another such an intellectual treat.

GaAs-roamer. —thalami Act of am EkeiAli
Labour er. —A correspondent writs. :—" On Mon-
day evening week, a gentleman was hurrying to the
Shapwick station. near Olastonbury, Somerset, to
meet the up. train to bristol. The train having ar-
rived at the station, he opened a gate, and then gut
over a stile, evidently supposing he would have
landed near the platform ; but instead of doing so
he was precipitated into the canal below, which is
about 20 feet in depth. His head and shoulders were
embedded in the umd, and there is no doubt but in
another minute he would have been in the spirit
world, when Isaac Jones, a labouring man, of Meare,
near Olastonbury, with great presence uf mind, and
coolness of courage rarely surpassed, dashed into
the water, and succeeded in bringing Lim out safely.
The courage of Jones was highly praiseworthy,
especially as the night was dark and piercing cold.
This poor fellow should be rewarded for his
bravery."

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