The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

SAMTARY. —lf houses certified by two medical
men to require whitewaahing are not so cleansed, the
Board of Health have decided to enforce the law in
that regard. The Inspector of Nuinnoes has dis-
tributed 5 cwt of disinfectants amongst the inhabit-
ants to purify their premises. Persona keeping pigs
in the town where they create a IatIiSIDOS are to be
warned to get rid of them, which is unfortunate for
the owners of porkers, as we learn from the market
reports "pig. are dulL"

Jr is a pleasing indication of the progressive state
of our town to find that plans for the following pre
mime were laid before the Local Board last -Tues-
day :—A plan for the erection of a new abed for
machinery by Messrs. Whetham and Sons, near
Priory Mill; another by Meier*. Abraham and
George Sandford, near South Mill-lane. for a dwell-
ing house; and a third by Mr. William Pry, adjoin.'
ing Mr. Richard Knell's house, on the west tide of
North Allington. The bye-laws having been com-
plied with, the works were sanctioned.

BOROUGH POLICY., Friday. Before the Mayor.—
Zebedee Darby was summoned for on the 17th of August
last allowing his wife and faintly to become chargeable
to the Bridport Union, upon the complaint of Mr. Ames,
who stated the nese, and said there was a house at
Burton he could get if he wanted one, and there
was plenty of work to be had.—The Mayor dismissed
the ease, and told the prisoner if b. did not take his
children out of the Union in a week he would be appro.
bonded again and sent to prison—his wife being near
her oonfinement would be allowed to stay in the Union
for a month.

TIIS MORTALITY STATISTICS for the last quarter
ending Juno the 30th are as follows :—Diseues of
the brain 7, obast, heart, and War 12, abdomen 1,
old age 3, marasmas and convulsions 11, scarlatina,
diarrlirse, fever, scrofula, and croup, 2 each, bron-
chitis 6,—total dea•lis 50; corresponding quarter
last year 54. Mr. Jefford, surgeon, who has de-
voted mach attention to this subject, says :—The
quarter though below the corresponding one of
last year is still high, being above the average of
the live previous yeses. Scarlatina, the only epi-
demic disease affecting children here lately, which
was fatal In the winter, has now almost subsided;
it is also eatisfactory to find that fever is on the
decrease.

COUNTY POLICY. Monday.—Before W. Homierll and
J. P. F. Gundry, Esqrs.—Heary Cook and Joseph
Hodges were charged with setting It. to an unoccupied
house at Charmouth, belonging to Mrs. Stewart, on
Thursday morning last. Mr. Hillman, of Lyme, for
prosecution. and Mr. Manley for defendants. Mr.
Manley applied for an adjournment of the ease as the
prisoners were only taken into custody at 10 o'clock on
Saturday night, nod they had not time to get
evidence. Mr. Hillman objected, but the magistrates
granted the remand, they however refused Mr. Manley'.
armlication for bail The time was then adjourned to
Fnday .1 12 o'alock.—Thonias Hansford was charged
with an ammult on Sarah Waits, at &limy Us, on
Thursday night between nine and ten o'clock—Mr.
Manley for proseoution. The prisoner wai taken into
custody on Saturday night, so applied for • remand till
Friday, whisk was granted, and bad accepted.

ATTLIIPTILD SUICIDE BY • GlRL—Last Tuesday
morning, a girl of 15, named Sabina Walbridge, was
brought up before the Mayor and B. Tucker, Eisq.,
charged with endeavouring to commit suicide.
Mary Treven, • little girl, 11 years old, living at
Mr. B. J. Cor's, the surveyor, in Barrack-street,
NM the prisoner on Tuesday afternoon, about five
o'clock, with a rope put round her neck two or three
times and tied very tight. The prisoner was lying ,
on • bed in Mr. Col 's house, trying to strangle her- I
self. She appeared to be choking, and her facie was
nearly black. Witurre gave alarm to Joseph
Travers, who went to the prisoner and cut the rope.
Before this happened, prisoner asked warm, to take
a letter which she had in her pocket to her brother.
In the letter prisoner had written that it was misery
here, and she was going to kill hersilf. She refused
to carry the letter, whereupon prisoner tore it up.
—George Travers, groom at Mr. Col's, spoke to
clotting the rope from prisoner's neck, and sairl she
was than nearly choked. The rope wpm so light
that be thought if not cut it would have caused
death in clew minutes.—The fragmenti,of the letter
were produced in court, but could not be connected
as parts of it were lost, and it was torn into very
small puroes—Prisocier said she had nothing to say;
she was sorry for what she had done. She cried a
great deal throughout the trial, especially when her
brother came into court The brother prontieed to
take care of his aster as far as be could, and take her
to his lodgings at onoe if the magistrates discharged
her. —The Mayor asked the prisoner if she would
promise not to try and kill herself again if they die.
charged her, and the said she would !promise it. The
Mayor told her how wicked a thing ii was for her to
do, and then dissbarged

Tug pg,oposED RE-PAVING OF THE TOWN
STREET&
A quarterly meeting of the Local Board took
place laid Tuesday. Prineet : the Mayor, in the
chair, kleesrs. J. Jerrold, W. S vain, H. M. Stan-
bridge, H. N. Cox, J. Temple:Dan, J. C. Inrcombe,
and J. Houmall (South Mill). The principal busi-
ness eras to reoeive the Surveyor's estimate for the
new works for the streets, as proposed by the Paving
Committee. Mr. Patten submitted the following
'etiolate :

C s.
FAst•etreet
Ihttolnorth side to corner of Iterraoktecreet) 149 10 11
Barreek.street (both . ....... _ . 141 DI 9
Env street (from 0
corner of Barrack-
street to lbtonentreet)
South,treet (east-ride, from the Tows
hail to the south corner of Folly Mill
lane ........ ... ....... ... . _ ... 148 4 1
Ditto (from soMb corner of Folly Ilill:lane
to the T.itiaker's Burying Ground)
Ditto (west side from John Powell's to
Messrs. 14,t0d, awl Co's.)
Ditto (cult side from Osborne's to Stem-
bridge's corner)
Woutstreet(f row Stembridge's to the *astern
corner of bt. Bichsel...lane) 2lO 10 11
Ditto (from the western end of Long's pm
miles to the elUtetil end of the Royal
Oak Inn . 134 16 3

Total 2134 1 9
I have ascertained the prices of the undermentioned
paving stone, viz.—
Tooled York, on shipboard at Bridport Harbour, ex-
clusive of harbour dues, 21iinch, Ss. 10d., and 3-inch,
tie. 6d. per superficial yariL
Caithness Bap, (Castle on Rook Hill), with natural
face, and lawn edges ; on Nhipboard at Bridport Har-
bour. ercluaive of harbour dues, class 1, 2} to 2f inches,
fis. :id. per superficial yard.
Pennant stone (Bristol) laid, about 6s. fat per super-
ficial yard."
Hr. Cog said it was sash a small meeting that he
thought the subject should ue deferred to a future one,
he therefore propoied that it, consideration be adjoined,
whials It,. Jefford seconded.

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Mr. Cog said he should like an early meeting called
to know what was ring to be don.; it would take 28
year+ to re-psve the town at £llO per year.
Mr. STutemws 'Laid the £2,000 wan not required
merely to make the pawing of the town good but to
make it of amoiform width.
The MATOB mggested the matter should be left for
further consideration and that they abould now spend
the Cl4O votea.

Mr. TIMPLII3I4II thought if the plan was at all likely
to be carried out they had better not expend any of the
money voted untill they had decided upon this scheme.
Mr. Jzirroao was prepared to vote against the pre-
position when brought forward, but be wished that it
should have more consideration. He thought it oat too
late now to go petits( the town generally. as they could
not do that in the winter. He suggested therefore,
that any pavement out of repair should be made good at
once out of the money voted, and the remainder ho left
till the matter had been decided.

It Ins remarked by a member that if the scheme was
&creed to be carried out, the work need not be commenced
until the spring.
After some further discussion, Mr. Coal motion was
asrried.