The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-05-29 00:00:00

SWANAGE.

SWANAGE AND THE 71LLY WHIM.

A correspoodent of the Borough of Hackney Nspross hoe
supplied to tbat paper a seri.. of Attests', on the coast,
from which we extract the following remarks on Tilly
Whim au4 Sammie —" Just over the hthdlend we come
I. sight of Tilly Whim, the con,llll4ioll of whsee wisters we
have beard for some tune. This spot, once emit will
never be forgotten. At the (401, of a retinae ruanitat
between the hill. the rock. assume mo it fantastic 'Manna
The waves dash around their base, and cast so inatnenms
'swirls' of *prey whilst the Me runs flotO 1111110•11 rivers.
forcing oot the air with monds resembling the diach tree
of heavy artillery. We make our way along a plstforra
strewn with summone mese. of stone clasp reed if she'le,
overhung wiah rocks *both threaten to fell and crush the
passer-by. 11, miming we enter the mouth of the cave.
which &ppm/ to have been formed by • rare of giant
quarrymen ; but we shrink from investigating the
Interior of these chamber., from whose roof vast
flu stag of stifle seem reedy to break down an
bury the intruder. There is strange, weird,
supernatural ithoetice about the Place which is
not easily deecribeiiie. It is somewhat of a relief to lathe
across the gorge for the new lighthouse which stand. on
*aril Pointsurroun led by • strong wall of stone ambit Idol
In /anent. The lighthou.e.kmper is an intelligent arid
co.rteona servant pi the SJard of Trade, anh he explains
the nature of the apparatus which mad. a light wrote the
sea that has bees observed by pilots at a distance of 21
milm. The heist is constructed on the most approved
principle.. A series of Serge the plahed in the
midst of prisms a. arranged as to throw all the light on
the disc, ends, the splendid machinery' tradtalle revolves
the light dubs, over the wist lO emends. We coy
the light roust lw • great boon on this terrible roast.
' Yee,' otherved the keeper, 'we have some bossy weether
some times, and it is just 5 year ago to-slay the Alex en-
droves struck the rocks on the point and broke up before
our eyes. with 21 poor fellows aboard, for whom there was
nth tbe slightest ch•am lodged, the triad on the occ.
Mott we. ho rough that four men who tried t 3 leave this
lighthoutte to Mader, If pitiable, some help, bed to crawl
on Sheer hands &ad Mums 13 pmvetit tasethelvel being
blown over the calf to a dreedful fete on the rocks below.
But we may not linger tunonpt thee, wild and romantic
iyilum it is time to return, ant we are glad of the tore.
thought wis;fit ensured • well-spresd table. There is
hunger in the hills and laths sir; sad hunger, as we all
know. is a sharp thorn. However, before our return from
fthranage by the boat, we menage to net a look through the
tome, and admlra the splendid mansion built by Geo.
Bart with Mill lima, and resides in this remarkable ' Per.
Mick • he. souk with interest it' Wesley's Cottage,.
whorl the (lye/ rerangelist eleiit when he cam* to preset
to the quarrymen ; teke a welt round the church, whose
old tower menu to have been built foe • forarsgs ; and
finally I wit in at the ' Bowlem Institute.' e /onerously
provided for the advancement of the town. It is well for
Swans/. that Yowls= and Burt were not only natives,
but that they have delighted bawd siog
_all that
sod enrich
possible
bprerore .rttteal:bh:tdb."4,rtrolz.ilevol7°,l,w*andhseenreicribtered
upon the transition st sic he exclusively 'stone age'
must give way before the Ms of the steam horse, sad,
altlitheth the prethdicss and traditions of the pest are
likely to make • snort stand against the forces of peßgrets,
there ma be only one result The little poet aul long
sacred to the interests of the qn urytnen will pithently.
' assume a new plugs, and be isluedaged with 'my terns
; from Latham and tits treat centres of the west, either ea
lnbabltaithe of houses to be built on the new eststes, or its
visitors seeking health and Interest amlist the surround-
, into of this eaclent settlement."

pctots.
SgOCEING SUICIDE AT POICESDOWIL
An inquest tut hell on Fria iy at the White Horse Lou.
P its loan 41,efore ktr. 4. Drut.t) on the I, nip of George
Mandan. aged 41 lab Our •ri euie 4. 00 the
previous night by placing his head on t a dmia /Ina of the
railwoy which runs through Pokeedown, j before the last
down train (half-put nine) paned. The heed was Severed
From the body. r. Hoekiseon (anurinteudent far the
Southampton rtiatrict) sod Mr. J. C Holliday (superinten-
dent of the Dorchester dettria) a-tthled the inquest on
behalf of the L nodes and Suit -Western Railway Gum.
'Ore. Billows. labourer, of Rokegor...
.4. and half-
brother to the tiseee*ea. *Wad that d•••••• 4 wee •
•tirady and sober man. Wither saw decreed on ban-
der when he complained of blurt low lagnalted• Wane..
adalted him to leave wink for a time. but be said he
maid 'n it de that.. Dehmlow'', wife came to WHAMS'
early this (Friday) morgue' to know if he bad seen her
husband, am he bad not cern, home. Wham, went in
search of him, and discovered the holy on the railway.
Just nod r the hdlg.,. He went for the police, and help id
tot remove the body—fn reply to the jury, witnese said
dee -aged hat lived happily with his wife. end was in good
work. Ha fear. d. from what he heal hesrd him say, that
he might have done unto hum to hime•lf. Dummied had
never ex oreesed • dirrct determination It destroy himself.
—Colin Gray, blacktoolth, of Pokeslown, and brother-in-
law of the decoasei also gave evidence as to deceased
having been low-spirited. He last saw him alive on the ,
previous night about twenty minutes nett nine. Witham
met him at the corner of Cromwell-y*4 (near the spot
where the body woe found), awl wished him "Good-night."
Deceased replied" C tot ni .ht."—ln answer too jurymen,
witne-s sail it was vitt, true that about • year ago the
cieteued gave up • job of gardening because he wan " not
equal to d, and thok to common labour—P.C. Long
di peed that ha wry called to the body of the dammed
at about four o'cloek that. (Filthy) morning- He found
under the railway bed lg.. The feet were premed against
the wall of the bridge, sari ono of the bands
was clenched in the chair of the rails 4he heal
was lying inside the rail. The last train to Winn:-
mouth Wag t hoed to leue Corittchurch at V2O —The
ve.tness Gray (re-called) paid his rioter came to him,
shiut onee'clock in the morning ab iut her husband being
missed. Supper was provided for him on the preirtutaa
night, ban; he left home .t about nine o'clock and never
returned. Watnese lual heard him make a remark to the
effect that he shoula —net be hone another year" to see
the flowers which be had plantain prosper. li. had also
said to his wife that he should not pot any more Armen.
The Coroner summed up toe evident,. and pointpd out
that it wet, no doubt, a determined gees of suicide, si vle
shown by the evidence of tie pontion in which the body
was found. The question fit the Parr to decide was as to
metteStter deceased was in his right mind when he con,
cuittedlnu act.—One of the jurymen said he had worked
with deceased. win at time seemed quit, unable to
underettnd ;questinoisiwt.ich he wss miked.—The jury
then asteroid a verdict l 5 the toted that decamped com-
mitted suicide while of unsonneroind.—Deeeased leaves
p widow and arca children.

POL/CE.
TRUBSDAY.
Mayor (Mr. k.*Orkin), and Messrs. W. D.
Wasi'Air,,C. wth, W pewee, and W. N.
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