The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-05 00:00:00

Disstritt &too.
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DOILOXIMITIS.

Os Tuesday afternoon an accident occurred to Mr.
Bimmoeds, marine store dealer, of Fordingtom jt
seems he was in the act of getting on his cart in the
higher part of the town, when he stumbled, and •
timber waggon parr at the time went over his leg,
which was broken. The Guffaw, an red men, was
Immediately taken to the Dorset County Hospital,
where the limb was set, and he is DOW progressing as
well as could be expected.
TSB two young fellows, Gibson and We who
sant to I for seven days by the Borough
for a strerbrigtgorder to oompelTro
to ghe ive tm • nigh th
t's .„
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destitute, will, we Th;,;;;;0
offioss, of MIS. Aldridge, on their release, have their
fare paid back to London, and received a few shillings
to give them • start. It is to be hoped this will not
be regarded as a t, but e kindly disposed,
who believed In traZd.aiora, " cg the
begins at hors,"
may very well forward some of their imperabundant
°lee to the ll,latior, in order that such care might be
met by relief given, from what in London police aura
is known as poor-box.
Dioceses CHUDCH BUILDING Socisrv.—A meeting
of the members of this arociation was held on Tuesday
in the Close. Salisbury—Earl Nelson, in the absence of
the Bishop t-l'eseidiott• There were present—the Arch-
deacons
uorest, Sarum, and Wilts, Sub-der Eyre,
Canons Hutchings, Payne, and Olivier, and the Revs.
Palle, T. Cozy, Attain Gourley, J. F. Massager,
and Mr. T. B Mock. The Secretary read an elaborate
report lataillng the action of the society during the
past yrr, and which showed tar it had given a very
great deal of valuable assistance to Church building
and restoration during the past
twelve months, and it
was stated that there was an increase of the surcrip-
lira It wr announced that owing to • preferment
In another tart of the conntry. Mr. Austen-Gourley
bad redirwthe secretaryship for Dorset- A cordlid
vote of was accorded to him for his savior
and the Rev, Sir Talbot Baker Bart., was appointed
In his place, and the Rev. Les-Warren in the place of
the Rev. C. Lawford. A resolution was passed con-
the Earl of Radnor upon his appointment
as grallultiAardti tenant of the County, and requesting
him to become patron of the society in accordance
with one of the rules of the society. There wee no
further business of importance.
Tim Daily ?sierra of Haterd_e, teleasetellr
announced to the world that Mr. Chick had re-
electal inspector of nuisances for the borough; also
the still more overwhelming fact that the weather was
line.
Ti, temperance cause is gaining ground in this
plea, and its promoters must be congratulated upon
the absence of fanaticism with which theLitear on
their crusade. They had another Thom
day. when averal Mende from m=w 'poke,
among them being a gentleman who, we un
carries his principles to such an extant that he refuses
to allow his horse to eat grains. We w .nder what
Mr. Livesey, the founder of the movement, would say
to this.
Ar • meeting of the Urban Sanitary Authority on
Friday the muddied condition of Cornwall-road,
leading to the Great Western Railway Station, was
brought under the notice of the authorities. The
laying down of Maggie. Bull and Son's tramway,
supplemented with the putting in of fresh gas pipes,
Was alleged as the noon of its present state. It was
resolved to repair it, and towards that result it was
tho.tit. the Messrs. Bull ..ught to contribute.
when this is finished the road to the
South-
western Station will receive some attention.]
3th D.R.V.—Captain Hodges had the Osamu» on
Wednesday of presenting for the inspection of Major
and Adjutant Harmer about 50 well-drilled and well-
disciplined volunteers, and they met with the approval
of the Major. There was also a number of recruits
print, who promise to be an acceptable addition to
the ranks. This body now wants but two or three to
complete its complement of 100.
Teen were three candidates for the office of in.
rector of nuisances who sent in applications to the
Sanitary Authority. The two outsiders, of comas,
stood no chance against Mr. W. Chick, who discharges
his duties not only thoroughly sad conscientiously but
to do so without giving off a
icriimartask n -a-days.
MITNIOITAL.—MeeWL Arthur William Grove, and
Joseph Robinson, have been elected auditors without
opposition, the latter on the nomination of Mr. G. H.
Davie who has retired, having efficiently performed
the drag for many successive years. As for the vacant
aressorehips the office has gone a-begging.
LORD Attsovor's liberal offer of a site for •
Working Men's Institute—which we announced some
weeks ago—has been gratefully accepted by the
members of the Dorchester Club.

fiiii-GO-ii-e-A-o'CUTsiir-gai;Pei;d to George Bartlett,
a post-boy, in the employ of Mrs. Dunn, of the
Junction Hotel, on Saturday. It seems he was
returning from Came House, with a couple of borne,
with which he had previously taken over a carriage.
He had dismounted to open the lodge-gate, and was
about to re-mount, when they became restive and
Bartlett was thrown, receiving a severe kick in the
fain from one of them. He is, however, ro
favourably. The hones found their way back
c progressing
Dorcheeter—and after some little running about—also
to their own stable, nothing the wone for the affair.
Tin Rev. J. H. Flodgee has been appointed chaplain
to the High Sheriff for the county of Dorset.
Tin collections at St. Peter's Church on Sunday on
behalf of the lighting and heating fund amounted to
RIO 10s. Ild.

Wednesday.—Before Colonel Bingham.
Aishard Rowdies, allas Gimp MR was charged with
making • fare statement —From the evidence of P
Pewee it seemed the priooner applied on Tuesday evasion
to a ticket for the Union, giving his name as Richard
&Lydon, It .no granted bim, but on reference being
made to the vagrant list, it vim found that he bad slept
at the Wareham Uni n on the previous evecing„ whoa be
PT* the nAM. of Bvorge Hill. He had nothing to my for
himself, except that be could net no work and wanted to
Wdo V. The magistrate obliged him with seven days'