The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-26 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

A Vt PIDLAII. —At the liolougb Poli.e•court,
oo M before the Mayor, Samuel Dawe, pedlar,
stated to oaf e once oefen a respectable tradesman of
Iltnins.er, wee cared with ue.i 4; drunk, llawe
declared be wee iimocent of the et.m,Ne. —P.C. Fricker
dep,fed to prsoner beteg druuk in outh-street, on
Saturday niht, at 8.45. fie utcceJ • paseage owned
by Mr. ft. W. Philip,, end there committed •
nuieart,o. Woen pri-orier was loceed up
he become very abu-iVf. PAwilet cow owe I he b.l
never be,l2 hi co...tidy ber•fre, and he would at once
leave the tows, if dieceemged. The Moo Lad be would
ellschwrge Lim pro. I led a dii so, atm iuto the barbant
offer au &polo-, to Mt. J'hiSips for bimcJultmet. This
prisoner promised to du.

mitow hec•re or • FAItY FiaL—Nk,rth
Adineein Farm, occupied by Mr. AA, nsrrowly
escaped total destruction on the night of tieturday.
Between eight and nine a straw rick, on the premises,
was discovered to be in flames, and a mesunger was
despatched to the town for uis fire brigade. As the
burning rick was only about five yards distance from
smother, an alarming conflagration was every moment
ezpeeted. Y.S. I:Lazard, assisted by his men Forder,
Chslfy, and ~there, directed their attentions to the
adj. mar rick, which was saved owing to a favourable
wind. The fire brigade was about to start for the
scene, wuen the men, under Assistant-Superintendent
T. Paten, were informed that all danger was over.
Till eerkeaut and his ataff ,if men guarded the premises
urtil ou Sunday morning. Had the attendance
of the mutablea not been prompt, a large tire would
have been ti a result. We are informed that the con-
awned rick wu not imuired.

BLOAT AT LTlllt RAGIA.—At the County Pollee-
c oat on Toadsy, before W. Hounsell and S. W.
Whetuson, Ewe., John (judge, carter in the employ
of Mr. M. rf. Chertton of Hole Farm, Lyme, was
charg-d in custody with .t lug DI,. of onions, value
de. 84., belonging to Mr. Jena h —Pranucttior,
who described biooself as tamer, collector of taxes,
and a re.dreti Lite .er, said his unmet were safe in Lin
garden ou toe pre *•. is day. In the evening be mimed
the u and tout.o 'r dad with the police. The onions
(oroduced) were biro—Sergeant Haina, of Lyme, said
hew it to the pri .uso's house, wane.' he saw his wife
drees.us three onion. for Wexler. lir presence of
pris 'nee ire asked rrer where *be hat bad them from,
and she sail erre had emit her Loy to a certain shop for
them. He found that no onions had been sold to the
boy from that shop. In prlsoner'e garden he (nun
the usi,o. C 11,1441 I I.eu.ab a heap .rf weeds, and in
preexut cs a eu W+re found the stalks (produces')
fitting thooe —P.C. Legge gave similar evidence
as to idaxifying the onions and .talk... He yaw
prisoner at the dairy, and making a search found an
out rti in the corn bin. Prisoner denial stealing the
rrnine, but could not give AA account of the appearance
of !he onions in hi garde ..—There being no previous
charge acoinst him, the Bench lined prisoner 104. and
8. 61. c with :to. Bd. value of the onions, the latter
had to is returned tu prosecutor.--Allowed It days,
or in der suit one month,
TH. 1.0:41,0M BoIIe4IONOST Socterr.—At the Coll-
et.. Rational Chapel, on Sum' ry, were preached the
annual serurons on I, 'half rd this "Id-established and
worthy Ise iety. Ihe resident Minister (Rev. W.
Ban), preached in the miming, but the sermon In the
morning, a very prscticol one was. delivered by the
Bev. tr. A. Wareham, recently a Missionary in India,
and who ..0 ave an hit-moon aldreee in the 4cheolo
ruin, when MiNxion hymn,. were rung. Collectrous
were ma is in onl of the Parent Society, The public
meeting .as held in the the ech ,olroom on M raday
evorninc, when ?he Row. E. A. Wareham, deputati in
fr,m the Persot S .ciety, and other gentlemen
rivered a I ureorres. After singing and prayer,
Idlowed by 4.11re...es from the It-v. E. Francis
RePtio9. And .t. Niewton (Wesl.yan). The
deeutation gave a mast earnest altireu illtdreated by
a arloured map of Africa, explaining the various
missions In that vast c ,ntinent. The total income of
the society last year was £116,000, which proved •
trifle more sotisfact 'my than for some time pest. The
society believes' iri the aputolic truth. "Owe no man
anything." S.) it determined not V, be in debt. During
the put ten Fiero very littlo prurese bed been made,
althonch the work ha 4 fluctuated a little, one way or
the other. If they were to evangelise the world it
must he y c ortirrn .1 erruth. Year by year the society
receives' E.ZI 000 from toe mingion it alone shrew I, awl
the feet disproved ill- starodnent that the converts did
little or n•-thing for the wk,They had at present
three tniesion write., and these were supported by their
young friends. (Appl sus.) Th. re were over 5,000
missionaries c sonect-d with the socisry or other
Christian Churches, ant their p .licy to-day was lavt
as broad and catholic as at first. In South Africa
there were now eight or nine societies., and it wow •
pleasing fact thrt in li.sffraria the work was alLunee
finials I, a. nearly all the churches there were self
auplorting. Mn. NVorehatu continued to dwell up ri
the miseion 'ore in a wit able and interesting
style. A collection was made at the clue in aid of
the moiety. The Rev. W. J. Bain (resident pastor)
presided.