The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-13 00:00:00

BWIDFORD.

Rirta COIPB.—A small muster of H Company
Dorset Rifie Volunteers wee held to thu ,rn asobange
on Tuesday tivasniug, and a capital drill g,n• through
no ter the tiergeaot-lnatrnetor.
Timm .mitle 80..lart.—A public meeting, In connec-
tion with the BLandford ta..peranoe Society, was
hell in the Town Hail on Tuesday evening. Previous
to this meeting the Band of Hope met, and were
suitably ad tressed. The evening meeting was well
attended, and • capital programme of music and sing-
ing by the Temperance Choir gone through. An
edirres was given by Alr. Grabble, mumionmy of the
Dore t C .unty fe ..p ran. Aesociation, who, In the
atmence ot toe chin man alibi opeumg of the mestitsg,
commenord to pr Leedings by calling on the wioir to
ems the first piece on toe prig ammo.
PITH SinsluML—Before Air. J. J. Farquharsm,
ant Sir W. S. dial riot ~ Bart.—Charles Pitman, of
Atickland, repro...tuts by his wife, wee charged with
allowing a c .w to s;ray on toe highway at atickland.
Defeudesut's wife pleaded guiity to thew, being there,
but she had only left it for a quarter-of-an-hour to
'peas to emu- friends who had arrived. Tin. policeman,
however, was positive be saw the °ow there somewhat
looser than this period, which appar.ntiy roused Mrs.
Pitman's ire, and she reminded the potioenyao of
several duties forgotton by that worthy, till reminded
by We Chairman she was not to blame the policeman,
who bad oily done Oil duty, and Pitmsn was fined 55.,
including opts—Joan Bellow., a young mun of
Btaudfoid, for whom h.. za..ther appeared, was charged
by P.C. LaMar with being drunk and creating a dl..
turbacce in Illyeaston-sirest ou ,uuday evening, the
214 May. Mrs. Betio*. pleaded guilty to the charge,
And th- usual tine of 1.., Mt:W.llll4 0 at, was
—r.dwar.i Pa) ow, of Blanuf .rd. wm summoned I.r
allowiig thtee cows I' stray on the highwey in
.-hafiseburria,.o on th • 9.h of May. Fined 5.., cm.
thug cet..—CMales i borne, of Hil on, was chtrsed
by P.C. Ellis w.tb Delog d. and incs,ml4- on May
• lo the pmfilt of Al lton hbes. abe defendant's
wife appeared at, in mower to the chap,. admit • I
her "bettor bad" had " too much drink Fined tes.,
including costa.— Widiaso 0 ward and Harry Bridle,
two young men of BAD aloof, were cbarged with beiog
unk on the 2ud of May. P.C. Churcui.l proved the '
ca.., and Coward, Naomi whom no previous convin ,
Ii n we. recorded, was tined 5.., including ccote, and '
B was hn,.l 74. 61., iuctuding cost.. or 14 days.
—William Coward, another !Landlord worthy,
pleaded guilty to beiug druak at Whitecburch on the
village club day, in the Bell Inn in that
•illase, and using abusive language to P.C. ,
E.fo d. That c .uatab • step med to the foil
language used ly defendan , and as this was hot the
first time' William" hid appeared before the gentle-
weir, be was tel 10.. inclu•ling costs.--Albert ,
Gibhe, tad .or, of illendford, Was summoned fry Supt.
Nloore, school attendance offi..er for the Ban If ird
district, for neglecting to mud his daughter, Al cm
Gibbe, to soh.. I, in accordance with the r- quitemenui
of the t-ducation Act. Fr•oo the evidence of the
Ade, it appearel that the chill bad attended Names
out of 174 possible attendances, a he had contioually
warn-,1 the parents./ their neglect. Th • defence was
Slat sickness in the house, viz, scarlet fever, prevented
the chili from attending, al although admitted this
child heti n 4 suffei•i from the complaint, yet she was
compelled ta be kept at home for the purpose of
attending to the other children who were ill. The
chairman advised Mrs. Gibus to send her children to
s hod regularly, for their own benetit as well as hers,
and adjourned the summons till the nest Petty
Serino. to enable her to get Dr. Ingrain to snake out
▪ oertificate how long the fever exie4td in the h .use,
sod whether it Woo CoOtaolOUS Of ant, 111.161C10111. to
warrant the chilt's non-attendance at school.
lirober, Grms, an old offender, who did mit aPPenr, was
ch .rgiui with tempering In pursuit game on lauds
belonging to Mr. H. K. Farquharson, of Westbu.y.
Cherie. Hopkins, gamekeeper, proved the ca-e, stating
that on the 30th of May be saw defeudant in No
Park set sit wieee, and on sea'chiug him found six
rabbits. Road 40.. including costs, or one month's
impris mensal. --Tom Harvey, a diminutive boy of
eight years, belonging to Durweston, wes , barge 1 witb
.1
cling • watch, the pr .per y or Alfred Lane, • young
man atopl 'pod in the flour mills in the tritium ; and
the child'. m dher wee alao ch.rged Wits receiving the
..ms. l'be madetrates were evidest y unwiltitur ta
c owlet the dttie (-How of fel .ny, aa the only alterna-
tive in each a cam iueaot the prison and rtformetory,
O th-y eusgmtel t the Weals the erlsi-shaty of
ben :lag the by to an lnlo trial School for fire years.
Trie mother of the ch. 1.1 evideotly felt his keen'y, and
after room little th , prte-cutor wi hd.ew
the ch,rse or, vie Lithey promido.: to-thastiss be boy
and welt I iok af er him in the f doire. 8, the dreaded
petting of parent sod c did w se averted, Um chairman
fellilo.ling the p.reuto, howei,r, that the change
would . e only bell over, soil unless the boy was
pi...party trained in future, he may be once tome
bought up to be dealt with by them.