The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-03-28 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

SAILOR SOTIL—A draft of 20 boys from the 800.
cawea want to Portsmouth, on lhuretay, to join
3er4pie, for oonveyauce to tialdax, Nova
denfia, anti otuer North American otilitiOusk
CUMUIMIGATIUMAL J OBILZA. - -A ineet in amniotic.°
with the jubilee of the (.1 mgregativael woe wee held
on Friday at the Chesil Cup I, wine ihe meeting was
addressed by the Rev. W. Lewis, of Weymouth, Bev.
E. Xmas, of Poole, ito. . .

S.MDLY :4:Moot Teecuusu. —On Wednesday the
annual °Admen°e of z,uday :+chool teachers took
plan, at the Congregational Sch .Arootn, when the
Ker. R. Lickes, Weileyau, pre -ids I, and pairare were
reel by Mftera John Row aud John atone.
Fon filaLL MAIO& —Last Saturday there WM a foot-
ball match on the Naval Ground, bet wean • team
selected by Mr. Bill., of Southwell, and sald to
contain come Weymouth men, and a Main chows° by
Mr. Reynolds, of Fortune's-well. Mr. Reynolds's Mem
proved the victors, by five goals to one.
COASTGULID.—Ort MultJay another divisicut of the
Coara4ura which bad bawl up f their forinighc'e
annual drill, returned to their homes. Thum) from
I the immediate neurob ,urtio4d of Portland were con-
veyed in the revenue cutler.; but about 80, who
belonged to Devon and Cornwall, proceeded by rail.
ashoutge on Monday went out into the
Channel fer bar quarterly firing with shot and shed,
and in the evening ra.urned to Portland Harbour. As
soon as it was dusk wars was a practice with toe
electric light, greatly to the surprise of people even at
Weymoibt, woo were etartivd by the ea ldeu &shift
about of " jacks-&-lanterns " on the emulous parte of
the coma. .
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TlintaaanOl Minsion.—Under the auspices of the
Dorset County Temperance Aseociation, a committee
have arranged for meeungs at the Wesleyan School,
Fortuue's-well, on M ; at at. Pet....r's, wall the
Govern .r in the chair, on tueeday ; at Sc. George'. on
WednePlef St John's on Touren', ; and the
Wesleyas School, Rag or, on Friday. In ase of the
usual crowd. aasemoliog, there wilt be ore flow meet-
ings. Besides hes-, there are to be gathering, for
children, and for the .rmy and navy. Ausoug the
apeakers are to be—Lady Elope Miss Wingfield
Digby, C4ISOn Stephenson, ilea. Pelham !Robe, K•..
0. u Mantel, Bev. J. s. Butcher, Rev. "fart D,lce,
Rev. Appleford, Dr. McLean, and Rev. F.
Vaughan.
M sIUiIAGIS OF THI KIM 141W19.-01 Tuesday
lso-, the It-v. J. Leek returned missionary from
We tern Africa, and a Ipeluteuilant minister f he
Wroderauo, *ll.l Marne I At the Weymouth St.
Cap-I, by the Rev. W. Andrews, to
Musa W u Gr. rldv.t lang ,t-r of the It. Captain
Winter, of Belle Vne, New-road, Portland. Mr.
da.tghter war hri.le.ma.d, wad Captain Onsens
wa. e.t watt. Th, b ii, win shred an ateel blue
ail dr a., with Nlalt /60 no., and wore a white ratio
I net with feather. I state ti.staly after the cereinoor
, th • b id groin imprinted a hearty hies MI the face ttf
the I.r d., an I .fter be "'Lining, in the vestry, he
pa ty dr vu off in a carriage, p °aided by Ur. smith,
of the Tensions H-tel. :••ome young people, who
came out fr..m P rt and, were jut in time to throw
the uriu.l rx(.ree. no of g ol wi•hes—a shower of rice.
STKING.TI4I:.INti THE 1). 'ma fttoimeir.—On Wed-
ne-.l.ty 203 recruits for the Dorsenhire Regiment
errived at Portland by the 2-30 train, having been
brought in from the Brigs le Usipdt at Dorcheder.
They wer • "(alien "no front of the Railwsy station
an t marched to the Barracks, at the Verne, but with-
out the hand, the in-truments having been sent away
fr.on has iviartere fr repair.,

i111.048' 110Xt ENTERIAINNENT.—Thers WWI • little
change in the fr,ends wh fan .ured the company OD
the la 4 occaeion, and wmcome as are the cit and
faithful noes, fresh lace, make a pleasant variety.
After a n rug by Mr. Kent, the following programme
was rendered :—Recitation, "Mother's Fir Away,"
Miss Mitchell; song, "Moms, Sweet Home,' Ili.*
Dowling ; song, "I will be True to Thee," Mr.
Lawton ; reading, " Com K-y, Sir," Mr. May; song,
"Women's Rights," Miss Tnompson ; song, "Lust
Breeches," Mr. Rolls • song, "Janet's Moire," net
Jessie Bannerman ; reading, "late of Young Chubb,"
Mr. May; song, " Happy be Thy Dreams," Miss
Thompson ; song, "Vmmt Cbsir," Mi.. 01.1; wag,
Mr: I.stetoo ; dust," Father's Promise," Him Dowling
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iif:riventiwes at hut-
gate ;" eoug, "Alice Grey," Mr. Kent; reading,
" Handy Andy's Mistake," Mr. E. C. Hood, B.A.
The ent,rtemsnent conciu led with a song by the
audience, and all passed off well.