The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-10 00:00:00

POOL.

Ti.. portrait of Lord Wimborne—for which the Con'
nevaiives subecribed in acknowledgment of his smokes
in twice contesting the representation of Bribrol as Sir
Lvor ilueet--wili be promoted to his lordship on
February 3rd, in the Cobden-11AL ktristoL
Liorruar.—Mr. hi. K Farwell delivered a highly
interesting lecture at the Wseleyao Schoolroom on
Tuoiday, the subject being" linglaad in the days of
queen Elizabeth." There IVY a good attendance. and
a hearty cute of thanks was ponied the lecturer at the
clom.

BRITISH SCHOOL.—Mr. Roguish, of Abergavenny,
the new headmaster, who his succeeded to the late
Mr. flicks' commenced his duties here on Monday.
Prior to leaving Abergavenny, Idr. &apish wee
presented with a highly compiimentary address by
the Diitrict Teachers Airociation, and several more
tangible marks of esteem.
Orr rug Laix. —uu Friday evening, about half
-
pa.' tire, the engine employed at the goods station
tor the purpose of &headier the waggons, ou passing
the points ran off the rade, the hunt wheels of the
tender only keeping to the mettle. Thai blocked the
traffic hr wale Woe, awl the up.t.rain bad to return,
'askew the down pamengers, and rice Weil- A.
number of powerful jacks were employed, and under
their permissive inilueuoe the wayward sopa) wits
hrougut beck to 'b., way in which it shown go. As
it w.s proceeding but vary slowly at the time, how it
got off is one of these tamp wham the officials cases
uader.tanl.

Tax Go rive HAT Saiti ROUND.—From •
eiromar, heariag the mans of M. Aiderman Yord,
which hell jliet hoot addressed to ttie Conservidaves of
thii oitx, it appear. tam the subscription towards
Lord WilebOrtle e (Sir leer 111.1581.) 15.liiuu.sA to.
Wei Vrate iusdequat, support, aod toat "about MO
is stab needed 1 c.rer tme COes of the portrait." The
circular accordingly appeals tor both., donetwo, unue. •
bud in that thugs who aubicribe • guinea and upwards
shall "toes the privilege ot securuag a ticket ut
=melon to the platform, and able Olt• to tee ladies'
gallery," wnso the presentation takes place next
mouth. As the noble deacendaat ot a Bristol grand-
mother is said to bare •• cousclidated aod smenguieusd
ths party, mid infiteed fresh vigour into its ranks," is
*emus 'tirade Muit there should be such a lack of grata-
tudu oil the pars of those ccucerned. Whecher thui Miami
appeal will meet with all adequate response rOl3lBlllll
bi 'OWL —Bnatol Post.
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IHZ INULPSNUINT Omni Or ODDIELLOWIL —Oll
Tme.lay the half-yearly meeting of the Poole District
of tue independent Order of oddleilows was held at
the boardroom, fowl% Hall Buildings, Bournemouth,
and was attended by upwards of 50 delegates, repre-
eenting the various lodges in the district. item the
With.e sheet of the district, it appears that funeral
donatims have been paid during the half-year for
Td members and 17 members' mess, leaving • balance
ot £3OO hi. 114 I. in the treasurer's hands. There
being only one candidate for the othoe of P.G.hl
William dharp, of Pools—he was elected. There
were 10 candidates nominated for the Aloe of 1).0.
but tire retired, and eventually Bro. Nesbitt, Bland-
ford, was elected. P.C.& Western was unanimously
re•elected, with a similar Wary to last year. Altar-
wards the brethien dined together at the Pembroke
Hotel.

—fcr r tlll UNlON.—Tbanks to the consideration
of t is chairman of the Board of Guardians, Mr. W.
1). Duedale, the inmates of the Union had a little treat
on Monday, in honour of the New Year, which no
doubt wilt for some time to come be pleasingly
remembered. Mr. Dugiale kindly "stood " for them
a capital and plentiful repast of tea and cake, and
afterwar is there were oranges for all, snuff for the old
ladies, and " baocy " for the ancients. The ten warn
held in the large ball, the Christmas decorations which
still remained. it appeared to be thoroughly enjoyed,
and probably most wished that moment might be the
worst of their lives. After the table had been cleared
the it.. Mr. Williams with members of his Loneliest
choir added to the enjoyment with an entertainment
of singing, readin •s, and recitations. The worthy
rector much interested his auditors with the reading of
an apprvriate fairy tale; and Mears. Rowlands and
Butt brought down the Molise with the duet "The
L irboar.i Watch." During the evening there were
Present Mr. Dugdale, Rev. Mr. Williams and family,
air. and Mrs. James Slade and family, and Mrs.
Turner • and of course the worthy master and matron,
Mr. &willies Clarke. At the conclusion of the entertain-
ment Mr. Williams pr 'posed a vote of thanks to Mr.
Dogd tie for hi. kindness, and this having been suit-
ably ackn iwledged, the proceedings came to an end
jut after nine.

k.Xce.t.ettni DRAMATIC CUM—This body of dramatic
anastvurs have boda doing good business here during
the past four ni.date, with MT. JefferY's (WeTui"oth)
adaptation ass burlesque of Defuse romance, Robinson
Crewe. New and capital scenery has been pedaled for
the occasion by Mr. Humphrey Davey, formerly scenic
artist at the Grecian, London, The Poole Brass Band,
under the direction of Mr. Shave, have attended, arid
rendered popular selections, and the Antelope Assembly
Room hat each evening contained • numerous and
appreciative audtnce. The chief points in Defoe
narrative have been embraced in the pier', and the
dialogue is about the usual standard of comic writings,
two scenes bringing down the house, the one the war
dance of the cannibals, the other tie fight with the
mutineers. The cut is as follows —Robinson Crumb,
Mr. J. I ;ounsell ; Friday, Mr. gyres; Captain Bailey,
Mr. Milo Ige; Leader of the Mutineers, Mr. Hunks ;
King of Cauotbale, Mr. Hutchings; His Queen, Mr.
Hutchings ; Hie Cook, M. Everett; The Mysterious
Stranger (Friday's papa), Mr. Frank Charlton. There
were abio n unierous sups rnumerares, at the clo.ing scene
the st .ge being filled with savages, sailors, pirates, and
the chief performer. The drafts were admirable,
and their brilliant colouring was most effective.
Undoubtedly the best character is the piece was that of
Crept. Bailey (Mr. lililledge). Tele was a thorough bit
of genuine burlesque acting, in fact if would have done
credit to& more pretentious occasion. It evoked roars
of laufhter, and this without the least descent to
vulgarity. Mies Roe made • sprightly Bella, and Mr.
Hunken a ferocious buccaneer. Mr. Eyres, as Friday,
was • Good-Friday, and Mr. Charlton as his dada, to
invert the order 01 things, took after his soapily. Mr.
and Mrs. Hutchings, as King and Queen of the
Cannibal Islands, made up wondrrf ally well, and snag
and danced with spirit; and Mr. Counsel!, as Orusu,
had, as usual, carefully mastered his part. The other
characters played up well ; • pantomimic mirth-
provoking sketch, in which clown and paxtalo n go
through their timehnnoured mischief, conclude I the
performances each evening.
DIAN AND WITR—A w.mkly-looking young fellow,
named Tom Crew, aged ab out :0, nfl a blacks.vith by
Linde, of Longfieet, Was brought up in custody, on
Wednesday last, before Mr. F. Milks and Mr. N.
Western, charge I with an assault upon his wife, Sarah
Crew.—The complainant, a young woman apparently
of about the same age aa the prisoner, and who carried
an infant in her sums, suited that on the previous
Monday he knocked her about and kicked her, and ill-
treated her dear little child In a very bad manner. He
kicked her four or five Mutes in the lower part of the
body, and struck her in the face with his fist; and he
hit the baby, which WAS about 14 or 15 months old,
across the face and arms with a child's whip. They
bad been married about 14 months; the child was his.
II she did was to endeavour to protect the child. He
was not drunk at the time. Sometimes they lived
happy and , oinfortable, and at another be was so
spiteful she did not know how to live with him. He
twitted her with all sorts of things. She had been
obliged to leave other lodging. in cionsevence. She was
near her confinement. On account of his conduct she
was oblige I to sleep that night with her landlady, Mrs.
Tilley. as she we. afraid he would kill her.—ln reply
to the Bench, the witness said his reason for (Banking
the baby was because he said it was not his —Prisoner:
Not that one, the other.—Witness continued: She
bad had another before she was married, but that was
now living with her father, and he knew all about it
before they were married. He had threatened to
poison her, and she wished to be separated from him,
as he had raid when the next one came it would be
wore/ for her than now.—Prisoner: It's not my child.
—Witness: It ia, as true as I an' a living soul—Mrs.
Mary Tilley said the oom:olainant and defendant
lodged at her house in Longfieet. They had been
there about two months. Since they had been there
the defendant had treated his wife in the most shame-
ful and brutal mann-r. For about four days in the
week he was very well, but he generally commenced
on &turd 'ye and Sundays, when, she thought, his
money was most gone. He used the most filthy and
diaguting hinging° t 'wards the child. He
would often kick the poor child over
when he came in, and she had heard its
head go againat the fl or. On this occasion
he had a child's whip, and kept blowing the whistle of
it in his wife's ear for about two hours, and kept lash-
ing the child about the head and arms with it. She
had been oblige I to go to the policeman about him
before. He was constantly ill-treating his wife, and
complaining there was another woman at Iwerne he
ought to have had. He struck his wife once because
to much bread bad been eaten. Witnet. continued
to give the complainants good character—she always
hod his food ready for him, and kept herself and child
clean.—Called upon for his defame 7 prisoner said
pa 'pie were always telling him it wean this child, and
he proceeded to quote what some of his relations had
told him about his wife; but the Beech said that
would do him no good, there were always mtechief-
makers about, but he should not listen to them. He
also complained that his wife was in the habit of beat-
ing him, and that be had the marks on his arms Mare
she hadfpinced him.—Mrs. Tilley, in answer to the
Bench, -denied she het ever seen the wife assault the
defendant.--fdr. Milne sail it was • very bad case,
and he had acted very unmanly towards that pou
woman. He would be fined 10. and cats, and be
bound over in his own recognisance* of 00, to keep
the peace for six months,— 'dr. Western also warned
him if ever become before him again be should have
six months' hard labour.