The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-03 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

IlAitwtY Tins T.tni.R.4.—There will be eiweral
alwrations in the tine, of the Oahu, for the month of
Jule. Intewling ini•eirtigers ehouhl refer to the new
table..

Ag IL:AWN-TS THR I.ol' IIoARI).—Mr. James
'rrsslc, the I ioVerlOnelit :tmlitor, ex tinined the ae....nts
of the Iretan 141.' itary Authority, for the year ending
Man+ :nth, 1577, on Tuesday last, awl everything
was Cain.' satisfaetmy.
rovarr Itteidt SIONMNO. --The lialeare.
Dorset were 5ne....41.1 at their invasion of the ...nay
bt.t week. At the ...mt.-4 under the ..1.1 Ilritish
fortrdss, the Pdrtlawler. won 217 fult t-'29
Lieut. Nlfsel.ean win ii itt g the first pria. £7.
Tuft NW Wvervaa liay - t is sari—
factory that this new tempt. of leaniing has advanced
beyond the mere ideas of " what iihly be, au I es-en of
paper plat., and that b.-I.IIY this mem 'rd.' stone. are
Isis! with ...id.? side ...NI, and .1.-vdut service to he
followed by a lertoire from an 01.1 friend.

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KILLED IX WARM -On Friday Fuiiwr
I' heti 104 a horse in the quarries. They were
hauling Stone, when the e trt got into a hole, and the
horses could not pull it out On this the rear of the
cart was attached to the crane, in order to ease the
Iliat the ',tone shifted. twisted .me .of the horses,
and broke its haek, wi that it had to be quickly

Tim stme traffic through Fortune's Well dunazes the
strect-road au much, esperially during this dry westher,
that visitCrs, as well as those acquainted with the island,
era I'lit Why is not a drum and incline made above
•.4 there is above Castlet.ven r If it were not for
the stmet-watering the place isould be unendurable from
du.t, and WC cannot but think that • stone radway on
the 4 'he'll side wool.l par well.
'or.mer MovanaNT4. onr readers remember
the great jewel rdiliery? Last Tuesday 'rorpey Was
gent to London, to be discharged ou the last day of
this month, by assistanee of the Prisoners Aid
Society. Torpey, who is a handivitnc looking man,
with black curly hair and whiskers, was in a light
tn. si, and seemed very happy to turn his back on
Portland Prison. —One of the fellows who shamefully
annoyed a gentleman at the Establishment by insolent
shouts, and who got the acquaintance of Purl
therefor, has also been lately diseharged.
Ovsagirg Fisgmc.—The only instance observed
here if dead fish floating after the dynamite shots,
wan on -Tuesday morning, when a fish-vendor named
Flew spied a fish floating in the Bay, /UM sent his non
who swam off and got it. The bosly was that if a
whiting of not many Rounds weight, and, as the
whiting is a light fish, it in said by some that the killed
bass and others, large and small, have sunk to the
: bottom, and been lost to man. The destruction is
thonght likely to have been enormous, and such as
cannot be repaired for years, and the fish are struck
with Finch terror that they do not congregate in shoale
atn,,n.• the rocks as before.

('iii :KET.—ATliitery T. Fortin/II C. C. At the last
match there was only time for one innings. The
Artillery at first seemed as if they were going to lose,
for before half the nine were made, seven wicket.
were down; but the Portlanders fielded so wildly that
they mimed no less than seven catches, one fielder dis-
tinguishing himself by losing three, though they were
no easy that he might almost have shut his eyes and
caught the ball. The Artillery steadily mended their
score, and only retired when they ha I marked 110
runs. The first few of the Portland played well, and
only three wickets were down for 70 ; but they then
became will, awl the rest were run out, caught, &v.,
and disposed of for 16 runs more, total 86, so that the
Artillery, contrary to first appearance., won. 'rho
Portlanslers must practise fielding, if they intend to
win the next match.
MOHR FRIGHTFUL (' tTARTROYHF.I FOR inc Foi;FC
Ni 'es -Two carriage accidents happened on Monday
afternoon, and an informant says—Almost as much
,Istnage was done as .Inrin,g the County Election. 'Plus
first shows the danger of trusting horses to young
driven,. A boy had a party of two ladies and a
gentleman, when, " pulling the wrong rein," or some.
hew, he ran into and knocked down a couple of
excursionists ; fortunately neither was hurt. The
second &violent was to a trap belonging to Mr. Jeety.
which WM being driven down the Castle-road with a
party of excureionists. The small pony carriage
separated in the middle, and the pony and front pair
of wheels went—where! The startled party of viltors
were safely dropped in a heap on the road, conveniently
near to a watercourse, where they might wash their
faces, and on the fevered heat of their bhiod
" Sprinkle cool patience."
Cnit.integn,' TRY IF. -- The Primitive Methodist
Son.lay School had their annual treat on Weslnes-
day afternoon. Everybody longed for fine
weather, and their wishes were granted, for the sky
was blue with only a few sun-white clouds. Tbe
children perambulated the Underhill district singing,
and by the kind permiseion of Lieut. Moore, R.N.,
had their tea and spate in the beautiful grounds of
Portland Castle, without fear of torpedoes, for which
this castle is to be a store, when there is need. ()lily
the torpedo-men are yet arrived, awl may it be long
ere Portland is assailed by the ironclad. of the Allied
I.;;liireot from fear f
pesnFalleett,oir,,oawnnytshhirg will keeof the naviesponrch
children
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hostile Europe. Meanwhile our Sunday echolars
enjoyed themselves an if there were no monitors or
torpedoes in the world.—By the way the Revs. S.
Dobson awl .1. Hawkey are about to leave this circuit
of the Primitive Methodists, they preach their fare-
well sermons next Sunday at Fortune's Well The
Rev. Guppy, from that chair-making town, Higher
Wyoomise, takes the chair of the district.
finer mg,. Boys' iiOI.IDAY.—A correspondent write.:—
The 20th day of June. the anniversary of lier Majesty the
Queen's Accession, was celebrated in the usual manner by
the boys of H.M.S. floscawen, the ship being 'poly
dressed with flags at eight am. The forenoon was passed
with the usual routine of instruction, consisting of the
different branches of gunnery, rifle, seamanship, swim-
ming, school, kc. A salute of 21 guns MU tired and the
yards manned at noon. the former creating rather an
unusual amount of surprise amongst the boys, many of
whom have never heard the report of large gums before.
In the afternoon something rather unusual occurred for
the first time this season; the battalion. orandsting of 100