The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-09-12 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

Rtsg IX PeriOi.gme.—ln consequence of petroleum
and bensoline oils having continuously risen in the
market* for the last three months, several of the principal
shopkeepers and retailers of Weymouth have decided to
raise the price to 2s. per gallon. It has been maid that,
not only has the demand greatly increased, but the
supply from the oil wells of America has decreased.
SHIPWRECIL IN H.thhotta.—On Tuesday afternoon scone
of the Royal Artillery had loaded • barge pretty deeply
and intended to cross to Portland Roads with her, when,
nearly opposite Mr. Vertue's house, Weymouth Quay, she
touched bottom, it is thought, through being so deep in
the water, and sank there-right. It was • pretty piece of
business to unload her so as to get her up again, and the
vexed artillerymen had plenty of lookers-on while they
were at the wet job.
TR' MR. VANCE—He is coming to the Royal Hotel to-
morrow week, Friday, 15th. It is hardly needful to say
• word more than that this is the real, the Great Vance,
of whom the Court Circular writes :—Vance can make you
roar with laughter, without causing a blush to the most
fastidious. Everybody in fashionable life knows that
now, and when we add that Mr. Vance Is accompanied by
another musical artist, and two ladies, we are sure that
he has selected just those who may add fresh sen.ition to
the enjoyment produced by his own inimitable roguish.
nose and fun.
ARlLF22.—lnformation was lately sent to Supt. Vickery
from Blaenavon. Monmouth, to look out for floury RixAop,
haulier, about M. charged with embez. sling money from
his master, Mr. Robert Itond, carrier to the Great Western
Railway Company, on July 12th. The man's wife had left
on the 243 th August for Weymouth, with the children, and
it was suppured she was coming to meet her husband.
Accordingly, Supt. Vickery, gave instructions, and on
Saturday night P.C. Bartlett at the Railway station
arrested a man, and on Monday he was brought up before
Dr. Drew, identified by P.C. Wilmott, of the Monmouth-
shire constabulary as the "wanted " Henry Bishop, and
remanded to Monmouth.
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CLASS TREAT. —On Monday afternoon the first
classes of boys and girls from Hope Chapel Sunday
School had their annual treat at trpwey, where they
went by the 12.20 South-Wertern train. The treat was
intended for July, but a happy event to a former teacher
of one of the classes delayed it till the rush of the
Weymouth season threw it into September. The first
part of the time on Monday was fine, and the boys and
girls had pleasant outdoor sports on Wineabatch hill, and
at its foot, near Mr. Symenda's dairy-house. When they
had adjourned for tea the rain came on, but Mr. Edmunds
made them comfortable, and after tea they had parlour
games and • 1/oCal cencert, Sankey 's hymns being most
ming. Through the wet they went to the railway elation;
but there more singing and games panted the time till
they were able to get home by the S p.m. train.
POISONING DT LABURNUM. —A rather serious ease of
poisoning occurred on Saturday, when four little
children, their ages ranging from three to seven years,
picked up and gathered on the Rodwell-road some labut-
num pods and brightened berries and ate them. It seems
the children, who are neighbours, ouu being the child of
Sergeant Apsey, and the others named Palmer, Chick,
and Nunn, had gone out to gather blackberries. When
they returned they were very sick and drowsy. litUe
Apaey was treated by his parents with castor oil, and the
other children.' friends sent for Dr. Nathan, who came
and attended the whole, and they recovered in the course
of Sunday—Apiey the earliest, as he was so promptly
dosed at home. On enquiry it was believed that the
quantity of red berries they took was not enough to hurt
them, and the mischief was set down to the laburnum, a
lot of the vetch-like pods of which they had found and
eaten the seeds.

To Ma. T. B. /licit()Loi.—On Friday
night some friends met at the National School-room,
Melcombe Begin, and the Rector. Rev. T. Greases,
on their behalf, presented Mr. T. B. Nicholas, who
is about to leave the town, with a handsome Bible
and timepiece in acknowledgment of his services in
connection with the Young Men's Christian Mewls-
tion, and other useful work in which he has been
engaged. The meeting was opened with prayer.
'The ihector in making the presentation, said he did
not like praising Christian men for the work in which
they habeen engaged; but one feature in Mr.
I Nicholas had been very encouraging to himself—that
I was that when Mr. Nicholas found the work amongst
young men failing, he was very ready to take up
some other work for his Master in just as earnest a
whit. Mr. Nicholas, who has long and honourably
I been engaged at Mr. Robertson's draper, goes to
Hertford, and we heartily wish him increased success.
THZ DROWNED LAIL—The body of the lad Stokes,
I who was drowned through the swamping of a boat in
Weymouth bay, was picked up on the beach near
Osmington, as briefly noticed in our last.
The inquest was held at the Plough Inn,
Osmington, by Mr. G. Symonds, coroner, and the
following jury :—Messrs. John Maks (foreman),
John Miller, Lazarus Swire, Richard Hardy, Thomas
Miller, Thomas Fooks, Thomas Thinning, Charles
Scriven, Isaac Demmett, William Bartlett, William
Paul, and Walter Gill.—William Orchard. the first
witness, said he lived at High-street, Weymouth.
The deceased, Henry Stokes, and witness went out of
Weymouth harbour at 6 p.m. on the 26th of August
in an open rowing boat for pleasure. They went
towards GreenhilL They sailed about (the boat
being a sailing or • rowing one) some time, and made
for Weymouth Pier, but did not reach it, and were
obliged to take down the sail, the wind blowing so
strong, and try to reach it by rowing. It was hard
work to pull the boat, and they broke a thole pin.
They hailed a yacht, but did not get any answer
from it. They were about three-quarters of a mile
from the pier, where the thole pin broke, and pulled
to try and get the boot in, but still got further away.
' It was not dark till after they honed the yacht.
They pulled for some time with one oar, but did not
get any nearer the land, and at last gave up to the
mercy of the waves. Witness should think they
drifted about two or three hours after they gave up
rowing, and then the boat was swamped. He did not
know where they were then, but they were between
White Nose and Oeinington Coastguard station.
Witness then swam ashore. He did not see Stokes
after he got into the water, but when he got ashore
he stood on the beach and called, but got no answer,
and supposed he was drowned. Witness went up a
little ways and laid down in his wet clothes till day-
light, and then started nver the cliffs towards Preston
Coastguard station. When he got there he told them
what had happened, and they gave him something to
eat and drink. He then made his way to Weymouth
police-station, and reported what had happened to
them. Stokes was 17 the 25th of this month. He
had not seen anything of him till he saw him there
that evening. Witness was a little older than
deceased. Neither of them knew very much about a
boat, but he believed Stokes knew a little about it by
going out with some other young man who was a
friend of his.—The Coroner said he hoped this would
be a warning to him. He should think he would
never want to put his foot into a boat again. He
advised him to stick at his tin work and let rowing
and soling boats alone in future.—George Phillips
said he was a coastguard living at Osmington Mille
station. He saw the boat at the Black Head as lie
was overhauling the coast with the glass. He went
to it, and found it full of water on the beach between
Osmington Mills station and Preston station; the
bottom of it was completely smashed in. He found
the gear strewed all along the beach. As he was
overhauling the boat and gear the Preston man came
on the shore and told him what had happened. The
sea was very rough on the night of the 26th ,• it would
be enough for two persons to manage a boat that
understood the work in such a night of weather.
They pulled the boat up on the beach, and reported
it to his superior. At 5.30 p.m. on the let of Septeni.
her he relieved the westward man, and soon afterwards
saw the body of the deceased pop up a little distance
from wbere he had picked up the boat. He called to
the other man and they got him out of the water,
and recognised him as the young man that was
drowned. He had one boot and stocking off. They
got him on the beach and reported it to their
superiors.--The Coroner, addressing the jury, said it
appeared that the deceesoexi Wit accidentally drowned
through the swamping of the boat, and he ithought
the would be able to give a verdict in accordance
vrith the evideace,—The Foreman remelted that he

thought it waa a pity that boys should be allowed to
im out of Weymouth Harbour with a boat In such
weather without some experienced man with them.—
The jury returned a verdict of "Accidentally
Drowned."
BOROUGH Prrry Ssasioxs, Tuesday.—Before Mr. James
Millodge, Mr. James Robertson, Mr. B. Hopkins, and Mr.
H. !Leggett.

Jaws Perry was summoned for being drunk and
obstructing the constable in the execution of his duty, on
Om let inst., about 10 o'clock.—P.C. Hansford was called
Into the Theatre, where there was a disturbance, and Mr.
Ferry came out as he went in. Some boys were smoking
there, and there was a noise, and Vri trittba rushed after
them, when defendant called him a thief and rogue, and
cursed and swore very much, when defendant's eon came
up and pulled him into the house. The others patted him
up and cheered him because he bullied the constable.
Ferry was the worse for drink. About a fortnight ago
Ferry did the same.—Defendant: All! said was "Three
or four policemen down at a Theatre, and nor a man look'
ing after our property. All he did was to tell them their
duty was to be somewhere else.—Mr. Milledge reminded
Ferry that the police knew their duty.—Ferry : Then I
don't think they attend to it.—Distniased on payment of
costs.

Joshua Wnylit a boy, was summoned for plying for hire
without having been liceneed.—P.C. Horne, between
eight and nine on Saturday night, saw defendant and five
or six more boys among the passengers on the arrival
platform, and took away the porters work.—The Chairman
asked if the boy WAS Willing On lnEe out a license.f—Mr.
Vickery said they would not grant licenses to boys; they
had had experience of them that when licensed as porters
they would do nothing else, but grow up in idleness.
Dismissed on payment of costs, with a caution.
iffizabetk Norris was charged with assaulting Fanny
Trent, in St Thomas-street—Complainant lives at the
Three Tuns, and was, about 10 o'clock, going on an errand
for her mistress, when defendant smacked her fats, also
knocked off the cover of her milk-pan, and spilt some milk.
Had had no quarrel with lefendant, and did not know
what she committed the assault for, lied never abused
or assaulted her, hut defendant had pulled her hair.—
Defendant said complainant laughed and jeered at her
because she was with a chap, when she threatened to give
her a slap in the face,—Fined is. and the costa, BE.
BOROUGH PLITT SESSIONS, Wednesday—Before Dr. J.
Drew, Mr. G. Reynolds and Mr. B. Hopkins.
Harriett Stokes was charged with vagrancy In atcePiug
on a door-mat at Rodwell. -P.C. Bartlett found her, pre-
vious convictions were proved, and she was sent to prison
for ii days' hard labour.

HOPE CHAPEL BAZAAR.
The Congregational chapel on the other side of the
water is situated in a neighbourhood around which
much pssl work is required to be done; hut the
friends are neither very wealthy or very numerous.
Acomlingly many little extras have to be paid for by
extra effort, and one of these was made this week, to
pay for the lighting, warming, and some other
expenses, by means of a bazar,. oe friends had
sewn and othorv:',- worked very industriously, and
Mr. R. N. 110‘.ard very kindly lent his Market.
street Assembly Room, Melcombe Regis, for the
Bazaar. This was decorated with flags and flowers,
and the ladies displayed their collections and work on
three stalls. Miss Carter and Miss Webb had a dressel
model, for boys' clothing, and their stock was varied
with some good photographs, and some cards reminded
us of the value of small portions of time with other
prettiness. Mrs. Lewis wee assisted by Mrs. &riven
and Mrs. Read; these ladies varied their useful stock
with epergnes of flowers, dressed dolls, sofa cushions,
photographs, vases; ancl Mrs. E. Mace had • truly
serviceable stock of children's clothing. Bushier was
not very brisk on the first day; but on Wednesday a
tea and concert attracted many more visitors and
friends.