The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-09-05 00:00:00

BRIDPORT,

A BRIDPORT SCHOONER is referred to in the sub-
jonied extract: The breaking of the Atlantic
cable, and the fact that the Great Eastern wits
endeatouring to recover it, was known in America,
& schooner, teamed the First Fruit, having arrived it
neart's Content with the information, which was
oonimsnicated to her by tb• war steamer TerTible..

TEM Wier* Moatiert.—On Wednesday, two
men named *eberd Abbott-and Thomas Kingsbury,
were brought up before 3. Giundry, Esq., and W.
Boutin'', Esq., at Bridport, eti suspicion of having
murdered an old moo, named Nathaniel Wills. It
seems that suspicion fell upon the prisoners from the
fact of their having been at the" Quiet Woman*
public-house, (where dammed was lam seen before
!gond in the state which resulted is death), with the
old man, Where Abbot threatened that "he (Wills)
should hate it yet,* for an alleged assault on Kingsbury,
the previttris night, The deceased left the house alone,
some quarter of an hour bolo. e the prisoners, and in
his deimaition on hie death bed be said "That when
near its4o,ridge he heard some one miming behind hint ;
he thenght it was his son, Mt* feared it might be
Abbot nod kingebury, he therefore turned out of the
pathway tinder the hedge, when mute ore smack him
into the brook; he became inseesible, and remained so
until the rain came on, when sonseiosauess returned,
and he tried to get up, but could not do so." He
momained in the brook till wonting; whoa be was
tirigu. H. Neale, farmer, who with aseiatimee go! th—
*Wire The services of Mr. J. J. Clapoott, surgeon,
; Imes ablatinee,, but the old man's initubm were niorini
Illaste wee us evidence addueed to connect the prisoners
With the mime, and the magistrates discharged them.
C ERNE ABB AS. •
Tgarinosiad..--flergeant Dotninv, of the Q.0.11,Y.C.
having largely contributed to the themes of the recent
foresters' fete held at Ceme, by gratuitously performing
his extraordinary swori feats on that occasion the
members of Court "Saint Austin* have presented him
with an Edo:lrma and a handsome silver butter knife, sea
slight memento of their gratitude and respect. '
Before

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' Weston, ..r Dmitri-ter. Milo bad been retairel by dor
tendint, Ina was onaldr t.• Mntl api.Le for ass
4 j..nreokut of the C 38.1% —3lr. Win, Anderson, the
,u olt kir Sunptimant, Objected to the 'ANSI *meet,
rnol 'maid 411 it letamtNnt WAS •Ire .dy Under
. !Aired i to be'iire the Wai eh to ho ough jutie s, to
t tirt e and In, of good beihavi-ior toward*
wffe.—The It co der inthl that the nt4gi,.
trotes squid adj .urn the hernia', but lin took occasion
li,i.lee..rvb that the toe of such I tignegr, as .hirgerl Its
the /millions. however digracetul it prov,d, notild only
tie/wide the moliject of a "civil -action," en the ni
ire, ea mitild not aline. ion mere i•unitu .ry rthentise me .1,
and it *would not fo in ground for binding.tlefendatte
afr.sh to heep the peat*, oomplainent now weild
Nwear that cite went in fear ..f life or bodily injury at
the Lauda of defendant. ; and that entreating the retie,-
pis:tn.:es. already entered into wouhl forst the subje.t
of a different procouding.--dr. Miter otrerved that,
Mr. And, non (if he whined ti haie the reeosnismons
etrreeted) must go to session., and there the point es to
def. tidant'a having forfeited them would be es.in raised
and des't al, b.—Cue adjourned tillethis day (Tuesday.)--
The et:ova it one el the eslitions of tne ease, "tied r.
Sunini• cc," tried at lint Dorset ataniz a, no well ktiown is
old town.
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BLANDFORD.

TMC CATIRA PIA-OM-I-Ai -a-- -Meeting of the own.
mitten eppointed at the last pahlio meeting, Lehi at the
Crown Hotel, on Saturday. September 2.4. pment :
Meanie. H. Fookes (clubman). John Ford, /*meta
Pinreese, John Ille.thews, John Keynes, G.-orge Keynee,
ifieorse eitiy, T. K. Burgess, K. Meikle, and Christopher
Strange. Mr. James Moloney was appointed secretary
to the committee. It was riPvived that DO Cattle In.
erfritnoe Association be at present formed, but that a
NMI be raised by aubscription, and the secretary inform
with gwartflan in the union t fired, and request him to
we* hie beeteikleavours with the land-owners and at
owners in his mil to pi ocure sub:eriptione. Tim
Committee to head'the lat with fl 1.. each. It wee
also resolved that the secretary reqwest the magistretes
to appoint Mr. S. J. Wills as inspector, The meethig
li
was then adjoined to Saturday nest, at o'eieck, p.m.
. LOCAL BOARD.--.An adjourned meeting of the LOO.l
13.44 d well held at the Townhall. on Wednesday, the
30th of Augmit. There were present: Mr. ',order
idhrtirnian), Mr. Hodge., Mr. Eyera, Mr. Gill, Mr..
Menwille, Mr: Grove., Mr. Doris, and Mr. Bull. Th.
report of the Mighways Committee, rtud by the ant.
reyor, regoritnigncled tbot a atone kerb be j.tit to the
footpaths, and that new paving be laid in the different
parts of the Amen where shown on the map, and that
the *Mier parts of the ravine. Ito., requiring repair
shoald be repaired or renewed with the beet of the alit
paving" Wien an, The committee further recommend
that a drain ife laid in
.orobardatreet. Them worhe
(exclusbe of repsiirst are animated by the surveyor at
the sum of-1728, making-with the OM spent un the
new aewerthe sum of £1,013 The cenunittee consider
that it would be to the interest of the ratepayers to
have these works properly done and to borrow the money
eat tiding the repayment over •.perind of twenty years,
they thefelm• rtmosinsend that .he sum of Pl,OOll be
borrowed f ram the..Clovernment.- Proposed by Mr,
Byers, .steonded by Mr, flieneilfe—" That the questioa
as to borrowing money be postponed for the present."-..
Carried unanimously. The surveyor repotted that Mr.
Jones had applied for leave to reet the new windows a
*it pound
his • in Salisbury-street on the of the foot-
path, riived—that Mr. Joned.applimition be speed
to, prow dad such windows do not projeta brysrad the
line of Mr, liaticock's windows.

813 MB BORNE.
Stagiest A reomititam —At a sleeting of the
,Board offAiatitiang held oti Tharaday, the 28th of
A WO, R. ft: Harrkies, Beg" of Mareinetown, we.
'appointed. medleal 9frioer to the Bodo*, ia The rhos
of the bite Mr: White.

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FIUDAY '8 Gazette .coat sins notiee that the followirg
place has been duly regkerei for the f oktnnization
of marfiages therein :-13elti6ere Chapel, Northam,
Southampton.

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