The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-03-11 00:00:00

WI ratoirra.

ATM Ebtolllll.—l must give up !hot MiaMpi to
clecipbsr villas I suppose is an attack au ms, but witich
I, obscured as ll by boot-blacking ataisa—Wzrucioni
Bosons.

Row, Hoserw...—During the week ending March
the let there hen been admitted 19 fresh palmate ;
18' socidests, 2; death, 1; in-pedants
romalnlag in the hospital. LI. During the last two
months, ike tiros for which each ticket is available,
there have been admitted 906 fresh patient. belonging
to Weymouth, Portland, Wyks, Chickersil, Charles-
ton, Radipole, Broadway, Prestos, Button, Owning-
ton, Mal Newton, aad Newoutle-on-Tyne respec-
tively.
Tam an Dosser INDOIMILIAL Emarrroi.—The
anal meeting of the committee of this snoosauful
Exhibition warn held on Toes lay evening, the Mayor
(Mr. G. E. Eliot) in the chair when it was resolved
that the balsas should be divided bourses the Dorset
County Hospital, the Royal Weymouth Hospital, and
the Eye Infirmary. On the proposition of Mr. W.
M. Ildesdroa (secretary), esooaded by Mr. W. Page
(treasurer), • hearty vote of thanks was accorded to
the Mayor for his kind's.= ia prodding over so many
meetings of the Exhibition Ctochatittee.
Simnel; IN A RAILWAY MOM —At the borough
polio. on Monday, before Masers. Hopkins and
• poor-looking broken-down youth, who gave
his name in Barbifin, was brought up In oustody
charged with sleeping is a railway track on the quay,
and not having any visible mesas of embolisms.—
P.O. Riggs was cm the quay about half-past case
o'clock that morning and found prisoner asleep In •
truck opposite the Ship Inn on the quay. He could
not give any straightforward account of hisneelf, and
witness took him to the polies station. He was with-
out messy, and was • stranger in the emit—Pei-
sonar now said he wail a prefeesional; and west about
rlcaprbliobooses performing as an acrobat and
oquiet. He tad to leave home when he was
tea years of age and had got his ows living ever shwa.
He had as food or money yesterday, and feeling
sleepy and tired be lay down ia • railway truck —lt
appeared from a statennet made by Supt. Vickie,
that pawnor was apprehended at lan Dorchester fair
under the name of Beaumont for as result —The
Bench said prisoaer ought to know be was not allowed
to go and sleep is • railway truck, and oommitted him
for saves days' hard labour.
Gems ro —Kr. H. Wheeler has leaned
an "English Guide to Cherbourg.* well printed and
Vup. The author is, we understand, a resident in
oymonth, and be has comgisted • work which may
be termed small, but which will be most useful to
travellers by the new Frees* us, of stessnars, as well
as give otavetiscresse a pleasing and correct idea of
the great Preach port. The history of tAterbourg in
this guide tridli hew, CIO year, ago, an English expedi-
tion visited the plan, not as English vessels do now,
to land friends, but to destroy; the landing was
effected on shogun 6th, in spite of &woe oppositioa,
and the destruction effected in • few days. IPartaaate
It is that destruction did not imply nun ruin, for a
pleasant, and especially as impressive, place is Cher-
bourg to visit, with its Moe or breakwater. its naval
and commercial roadsteads, Its military establish-
ments, It. "beans, cut out of the rock, and receiving
ships of war' its market, and—very important to
dinner-eating John and Madame Bull—its hotels. All
theme sights and reevenianoss, with the churches,
hospital, societies, kc., are told of, and Preach mosey
and measures are made clam, while a modest but very
practical vocabulary ooncmuae, a handy book, that
commenced with map of the largest pact +AV
land and Ireland, all Trance, and most of the countries
around, to which map the traveller who has *couch
money will certainly refer if be has reed the guide. far
kbe "ma will surely haiku him to attempt the
Tongs.
Mower= Rams Ours.—The winter
1878-9 was brought to a close ou Maeda "ma
of
lalkOhamb"oornauPPl`piaidatthelfrohair. °°°ke,
shad iterleimuml. W. Mt7ThielbsitonA.
the vios-ohar. Twos eh( inwebara war. prima
and • =Pion of excttlest quality was pat on the
table la • manner worthy of the high capagaika
Mr. and Mrs. Cooke have asasel as casseen. is the
ODOM Oi the evening, Mbar
H. Gibbs proposed " Future Swan to tathanko,,lho.
cennfing with it the name of Mr. Thiesitoe, the
treasurer. Mr. Thisslice in reply said ha was \rimy
to my they bed six loaorary membore viz:
Haq2hti
Edwards, If. P., Ski. Johestanell ~ P., Mr. if.
N Mr. R. N. Howard, Mr.
E. Ones, and Mr.
. There were 40 ordinary memben. The
receipts had been 618 b. 11. d, and the
Bs. 84- leeriest a (wet of £3 2.."rdiriu
Bearetary (Kr. Herbed had promised to collect this
111111100 M. 1.6 health of Mr. and Mrs. Coolos was
drank with much sethunissen, It was stated that Mr.
and Mrs. Cooks had anteday ...haw in wawa*
kneolP7 Ote 01111, be disk urbanity of MAW
10 the WNW,. %The Whir trent Liquified Ike
the , sad eariennswaggellsry
(Mr. H. the eneig.seseral seep
were MOE le 0111214 anal • mos willyekke end
bewisgsm

Otin Stant Runtoe.—Jassm Deed" • WY abn"
id rum al age, w—'—i for =lawfully=
toftbigimaa IV square of glass in
din 9 window. in Alben'orow, co Satan* emer
ing Cooper saki on Saturday make 181'1
about • quarter-past tight o'clock, he was ea AZ:.
St. Alisamprow cad saw this boy, with
athemprdag to pug pormat.T.
teasels* came up aJw Drea6•601116.244171".'
"4 of thnin tin against the window which broke it.
—Jane Roper. servant ia the employ' of Hz. Lowman,
stated that defendant mime op Vent: 4 ber "Mai
amme, pushed her up against the and has loft
arm went through —Defendant was se'vertlY
alkoded by lb. Laud* and bed les. 6d. and mete,
aussuntlag in all to

A BAD INSI. —On- --Saturday mein lasts, about 10
o'doa, P.O. Pryer was on duty is the Barna Yield
when his attendoe was calisi by Mr. IhimadY, 114.
raids. at 2, Southfield-villas. informing him that cia•
of hi, domestic aimed Barth Irkaith, was
m from his house. vigilant allow at once
W= 'earth of the Bassin meenat maid, and at
about 11 o'clock found the asfortaniate creature knee
deep in mud in the new timber mainel, behind ariale-
bernice. After emeligesMedaiellp sis was extrioated
from bat poriloremllioi4aadeonooyod to her master's
redden's. • she was removed
.t.thOL•681111616•In. sad fly. was at coos seat
Pownlidneed her a onsinsed beadle ; she was
carefully wellekeil right. bit she was so violent
that sin had te he kthl deem An order having bean
proauxed the egg mewed le the union workhones
on Sem* nefeeting. whom 'he was detained. The
poor ereater• managed in but sewn to climb over two
high walls. It is them& eke is saffeing from religious
male, and It may also be added that she was
diotrredlt rssp.otsd by the family. Great praise is
due to P.C. Pryer for him promptitude and moose' in
the matter, and to the superinteudent and force, for
the kiad attention she received at the hands of Mr.
Vickery and his craters in charge.
On Tag weract Taace.—At the Borough Petty
&edam on Tuesday, before Mr. J. Landis. Mr. J.
Milledge, and Mr. Ibbott.—Rese Drank age 111, was
brought up in custody charged with obtainit=
under Wee pretences front Mr. Tigwell. cod
sad Mr. Hobawood, grocer, also with stealing
sovereign from the premises of M. Shen en. book-
seller, ot 81. Marrearest. Mr. Howard appeared for
the prosecution and in hie operate( remarks, said
that Mr. Shines was the stamp distributor of the
district and a bookseller in Bt. Mary-street, that
the prisonsr was in Mr. Sberren's service as nurse-
where she had a good home, aad both Mr. sad
Mrs. Sterrett were veVand to her On the let of
Feb 7. Mr. Rowe, el Hotd;ralled upon him
and him t 27 w he on • table
is dining-room battled the shop. Having
Si be called away the sooty was left, titers
till his relent. Meanwhile the cloth had to be spread
fir dieser, and the prisoner on that works did that,
Mr. Sherrie afterward" counted the mossy aid found
10a short. Hs taxed the prisoaer with seeding it, and
she admitted it, but Mr. Sherries Idadly forvie her
is &amount of Sir age, sad discharged her from his
service. It was afterwards found that primmer had
goes to Mr. Denotes draper', shop, sad purchased
goods (produoed) almost to that unmet. Alter km
on the let February, she went to the shop el
Mr. 'nevelt, on the Dia, and obtained a pound oak.,
"sew It was far Mx& Sherrea, and oa the 201 h the
west to Mr. Holmwoods, grocers shop, sad obtained
some mixed biecuita. He was awry to say that the
10a. stolen did net at all represent the amount lost
by Mr. 811111RIBIL-14, Sheren, bookseller, gave
evident*, et length supporting Mr. Howard's statement.
—The mother of the girl now came into Court,
and appeared to be quite overpowered with grief.
Mary Elias Loan sitheaat in Mr. Tigwell's shop,
and Charles Howird, assistant at Mr. Holmwood's,
proved the obtaining of the goads in Mr. Bherren's
name.—P.C. Bartlett apprehended the primer, who
admitted the charges; also haying the sate, marvel,
tness.,iiro., with the lialfeeversign takes from Mr.
'..—Priponer had Beaky to my in answer to
he charge, and Mr. Luella with much feeling said
It was a pity so me one so yew in years so old in
Iniquity. Primmer would los seat to Dorchester
Quarter Sessions ia the hope that she would be sent
So a Reformatory.
Ramona Teem 80awrr, Iteardra.—The =anal
wilag of the Weymouth Auxilia_ry of the Religious
Traot Society was held in the St. Mary's Schoolroom.
on Monday evening, Mr. R. if. Eliot In the shalt.
There were alio pressat—Rev. T. Falkner, Rev. J.
Mullins, Rey. W. Smith, Bev. W. Lewis, Ray- E-
Bolton, Rev. H. Phillips, ho. The Bay. Cyril
attended as a detestation from duo passeS
soceety.—The proceedings having been opsn.d with
singing aid irayer, the local searetary—Mr. 0.
Andrews—read
the annual report, which was highly
.atlsiaotcoy, there bag, notwithstaadiag the &pees-
thlSl in a greeter sum in hand than lase year by
210.—Tbe Chairmai said he was pleased sad he was
sure they all were, with the report, which ought to
stimulate them all to kelp and sympathies with this
Freed and noble society. He was happy to congratu-
late them upon the preemie of the deputation, for
without hint the misting would hays been like a
padding without plums. The past year had been a
most exceptional one with the society. There had
been the war ia the Zest, sad the Paris Exhibition is
the West, and very rare and national openings bad
pressated tlwroselvee, which, under God's gulden...,
the society had =bread for the spread of Gospel
truth. On the other hand there had been great
In trade aid oonusseroe, which had greatly
Zrurdks the funds; but they must remember that a
time of paled depression always told upon the funds
of societies such es that they were met together about
that make. He tetglet they should all etrive to
show their patitud. to 00d—for His great mercies to
them—by helplng moire than they had hitherto done
In this greed and noble work. He was glad to see by
the report that there was an increase in flair subscrip-
tions and donation. of £lO. He felt sure they could
not do better than support an old society like that—
an old friend of 80 years' standing, the object of which
was to spread a knowledge of Christ throughout the
whole world. It was very gratifying to note that the
publications of thk nocisty had bees translated into
about 120 different lasfroagoo, and last year there had
been over 63 millions of tract. and other publications
sent forth by it, from the entalleet leaflet to the largest
book, each of witiob contained a dear statement of
Christiaaity ; therefore they would me what an
Important society ibis was, and if they could fathom
and see the amount of good that had been wrought,
what bright pktures would present themselves I The
Chairman then pre two very interesting accounts of
how two times had been the means of conversion of
two gentlemen who had afterwards become eatinaut
workere in the cease of Christ The publieatices of
this "misty were suitable to all reeks and dames, and
were to be found on the tables of the rich and
poor alika. (Obens.) lllw Rey. B. Bolton, Rey. W.
and the Deputation also addressed the meeting,
which was closed with prayer sad a collection.