The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-09-18 00:00:00

DOW RIOTER,

LOSDON MISSIO:LLIT SOCIVIT. —The annual ovin_
on behalf of this society were preached in the Conga.
gatiensl Chapel on Sunday Isar. In the mornine the
well-known Rev. D. Kennedy preached an able
sermon, ant in the evening the Rev. J. Wood
(Weymouth). 'rho annual meeting is to be held
to-morrow (Tuesday), when, among others, Dr.
Kennedy will deliver an address.
A Ptocer Wm.& Aciaterer TIMM—A Varner, well-
known in Dorchester Market, laid a w .ger that he
would on Friday last, walk from Piddletrenthide
to the King'. Arms II dal, Dorchester, • dietetics
of five miles, within an hour. He came to the end
of the wares with • c pieiderable loss of thief'. throe
minutes after time.
FOILIUTION Or • Samna' Untos.—An important
meeting of brewery, inola ling representative, of the
peincipal firms in the county, wee held at the Antelope
Hotel on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Alfred Pope
(Kldridge, Pope, and Co., Dorchester) presided. It
was unanimously decided to form • Brewers' Union in
connection with the County Brewers Society, Mr.
Alfred Pope being appointed president, and Mr.
Meroor (liessere. Devenish and Co., Weym oath) vice-
president. Messrs. Blatch and Barlow (ionthamptoo)
attended, and speeches were made by several gentle-
men. showing the need of some en di union for their
mutual protection and interest —Constunicated.
Fouverga's Fotegnat. —On Tourtday afternoon loot
the rernalas of Mr. James Bigler, of Alington-terrece,
and • Forester, were interred at the Comet-ry.
Deceased, who wee held in high esteem, was followed
to the grave by a large number of person., including
members of the All Sointrichoir, of which the deceesed
was a member, and brethren of Court " Progress,"
A.O.F. The Warm were oomposed of members of
the choir. The Rev. Mr. Drury (chaplain of the
Dorset County Hospital) condooted the funeral ser-
vice (in the &hoopoe of the Rev. H. F. Jones), and
the choir sang in the church and at the graveside the
hymns, "Brief life is here our portion " and "Josue
live., no longer now." The customary Foresters'
oristion wee road by P.C.H. Stiergold. Dammed, who
succumbed to coesumption, WU only 24 years of age.
WILICL DLIIIAL —At the Shlrehall on Saturday,
before Colonel Bingham, Captain Maned, and George
Werry, Esq., John PhWipe was charged with being
drank and committing wilful damage at • hones
occupied by Mary Russell, at Chad!, Portland—P.O.
William Grove., stationed at Portland, said on Friday
abont midnight he win on duty at Chesil. '
He saw the defendant in company with three more
Civilians. He was drunk an I very disorderly, and the
ilviliane were trying to get him to go home. He broke
away from the other men and went to Mrs. Ravioli's
and asked to be let in. She said AO had no room. He
threatened to , break the door in, and as Mrs. Russell
would not let him in he broke down the shutter ant
put it through the window. Delon lint was than given
into his custody. Before witness could oppre'iend him
defendant ran away, and tried to throw him down.
Be called another man to his aci.tance, and eventually
he got him to the station. lii the struggle he broke
his trousers. Ho was very drunk awl use I very ha I
lasgusg..—Mary Russell said the defendant MOW t
bee house about half-peel 12 at night and deinande I
lodgings. She refused to let him in. fie shreatenol
to break In the house if she did not take him in. lie
pulled down the shutter and da hal it through the
window. She wee obliged to call for help, and the
policeman came, to whom she gave the defendant in
charge. There wore 13 panes of glase broken, and the
frame was quite smashed. The damage was estimated
at 15i. 61—Defendant, who said he had been sir
mai in the service, said he was drunk and did not
know what he did—Fated a facto ling costa and
damage ; in default one month.