The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-08-26 00:00:00

KNIGHTON.

Cum. —lt is always end to part with aa aid friend,
but when that friend !imply falls Weep in Jima we
hope to meet main. Such • parting took pleas in this
Tilleg• on the lOth Instant, when Mn. A. Samson
died at the ripe age of 88 years, many of which she had
hew coneletent member of theWee‘yan Chapel She
had been 11l jest a year, and bore her pew with
Mild= Mre. A shad time before her death
thspreeenhed emah of the awn at the chapel with
g Bible mad kymn-hook end dime hyntn 58 (Weelei'd
51/471. cotaintokent " Give glory to Jamie our
to be muig at the grave, which was does, many
hien& and neighbours beMg prom& to MT their
feePente to the old friend.

POZTLAXD.
Tes Munn. fitwonaos. —We understood that
Resr-Admirsa George 0. Will,, C. 8., is to emceed to
the command of the Channel Squadron fa November
next.
THID Bible Qiristian cause at Maiden Well havt&'
become very weak, • second minister. has heM'
appointed to the circuit, and we Impel that this will Is
the means of giving fresh life to the good cease
Tax Baroness Burdett Goutta, who • week or two
ago stopped at Portland on her way to the Maine,
mama,- left Gibraltar on Wednesday in her stem
yacht the Walrus. It is expected she will reach the
Adriatic about the list inst.
Snooetna Coirrarr.—A Volunteer shooting comae
has been arranged and will shortly take place bites*, 12 men from the 4th D V. Artillery and 12 of the Wiry.
mouth Volunteers. To maks the match equal Ilk..
been screed that six of the Portland men Mall as rifles and six of the Weymouth men carbines, the rui of the men firing with their own arms.
IT is rumoured that the 32nd Regiment will hare
Portland for Aldershot in September, whoa UM Di*
Regiment from that station will taks their plies* the Verne. The remon of their short stay Ma
stated to be their numerical weakness, and the
being DO lair, this makes the duties very heap, hir
the men. They will have to provide • draft ei men for their link battalion to proceed to the Malarkey in October.
Ti LATI AIRISTANT WaanuCAW.
remains of the lota assistant warder Green, who aim
on the previous Thursday in the prison infirmary, ma
,nt,„,ea at Wyk, Choral' on Seturday shames Ire Some 50 of the prison afloat.. attended the fused is
their uniform, and paid their last mark of roma te
the dammed, who was highly esteemed by all smi,
whom he waa connected. Mr. R. J. Andrews was
the undertaker. The deceased, who was formerly is
the employ of Mr. Hallett, of Weymouth,
widow and four young children.
THE SEM of nix hundred ram& las just been spl
Lionel by the Acosudant4 veneral. under instroclaou
from the Board, to the various Sailor,, Horne, at hat;
and abroad which are made use of by the Boys
rac
Portsmouth, very naturally, takes the brims
awarded, the grant being £l7O. Then contr, lievortf,ort
with its In* and Cork with just had Ms
clorem,towa, Weymouth, Gibraltar, and Hon.:
each receive £.4.1, and south... Pion t.ts. males £lO f non the Admiralty funds.
Tea °Primula and men of the ships conatitutin: the
Channel Squadron have been granted a fortnight'. leave. There will comequently, he no fayi.4 off,
artl
a fresh cruise will be undertaken previous to Adma;
lord John lioy hauling down his to; on board the W tour. It Is onaidered highly probable that the
forthcoming cruim will be made nsuni the Briti‘h
Isles and will partake •4 a holiday smack,.
little remain, to be done to the flagship at p„tom,,;4
to fit her for sea; but the vessels spevonport
wil
require more_ main, As the SaLune underwent an overhaul at Malta, she is ready for further service Only the most urgent defect.; will be made good in any
a thy ships; but,, on the whole, it I. thought that
week, may elapse before the Squadron can be re.
assembled.
SUDO= Dram—On Tuesday morning lasts Mir
R. Allen, with some friends, had just arrived at ths
Shaftesbury Park, Temperance Hall, Clapham Los.
angAtiitittiwbf oramathi tilt.LB'ehstt".ctoutiii".t.ppingin Pvarkansost lootecraitt:f 17
in front of the Hall when she fell forward mad, the
certified cause of death being ryncepc. Miss All. had
endeared herself to many London friends by her hial
amiable disposition, and her death caws grist gni
&d NOTIVID, many being unable to accompany the
dna. Her remains were interred on Satin*
afternoon lent, at St. George'. churchyard, Raforar.
The Primitive Methodist choir, of which the late Min
Allen was formerly leader.ommist, with the lt.. lb.
Dunham, went in procession to the Church, after
singing adiymn at the house of deceased; audit ths
grave, by the kind permission of the UAW, seg
h —" Shall we meet beyond the River," the Its,.
J. A. Bemor announcing it. Miss Allen Wag es mil
known at Portland, there was a large cemeteries at
th church, her death being widely and deeply basset
ed 7 and her age only 28.

Now I doe went to blame the poeteseetee, Woman
It woe sot his fault, sad, parr mos, to has =Doe
tried, I know, sorely. end he is Ihe wet and
obliging postmaster-I ever knew ; but I do biomes the
poet-office enthorite for allowing him to have the
time which regulated the ba.inges at the post-olloel kept
In an out.of.the•way corner of the °aloe, where no one
can see it ~utaide, sal I mean to write to the Poet.
maater-Geoeral about it some day, when I hare
time.

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