The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-07-11 00:00:00

ROVIHAXPTON.

FATAL ACCIDErr.ou Thursday an accident, by which
a poor fellow lost his life, occurred hare. It I.etre.
that deceased, who has only been two weeks discharged'
from the army, was engaged working in • sandipit vii:
by some means a quantity of sand, estimated to weigh
between two and three tons, fell in on him. This
occurred about noon, deceased being beneath the sand
until seven o'clock in the evenirg, when he was dis-
covered by his brother-in-law, who bad gone out to see
for him The pit belonged to Mr. Hardy, of this village.
On Friday an inquest was held and • verdict in accord-
ance with the evidence returned. On Sunday the
remains et deceased were interred in the graveyard at
StinsforcL

In these long summer days, midnight in London
means seven &c lock in the eveaing in New York, so
that while solitude and darkness reign in the one
capital, the sun is yet two hours high in the other and
the whole place is full of life and gaiety. Ostenia.
tious Amencans would tell us that this is merely
typical of the positions of the tws lands so far as their
ultimate destiny is concerned, and that when
England's sun has set, that of Columbia will still be
shining bright 4. There is no necessity, however,
to take such a view, nor is there anything to warrant LONGDZEDy.
the assumption that we are a declining people. bet
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be some stamina in a country like ours, which fuss score of 7S. two of their number waking 16 and 21 reipec.
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held its own through so many centunes. The world
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United States in their respective hemispheres. There /be first inning'. with 21 runs to spare. This lithe fourth
is nothing in the progress of the child to beget a feel. time this season the " Excelsion have come off with
lall of jealousy on the part of the parent. Their flYtuß colours out of SA many matches played.
interests do not clash, for the United States have but BROADWZY. •
little concern in European complications, and DEATH OF THE RECTOR.
Eaglaitd has nothing whatever to do with any iisputes We have this (Monday) no received intelligence
which might arise between the States and any of the ci the lamented death of the Rev. IE, Headland. ILL. on
South American republic. There is no nerssiou Sunday at Bath. We learn from the D«ryt sad Sonser.et
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