The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-02-28 00:00:00

Somtusetsbirt.

Tog foot•andmouth disease has re.appeared in the
neighbourhood of Bridgwater, among,t cows and pigs.
1.04 T. —A pawl named Bishop, glover, Whitehall,
Taunton, has been missing several days, and it .s feared
that he has committed suicide. Ills hat has 13,en found
near tile river, and although it has been dragged the
body Gannet be found.
BRIDGWATER is being severely punish,d for its
electoral sins. Besides being deprived of both its
members, it has now been ordered to pay the costs of
the commiuion which brought to light its many
offence'. amounting to 1:300. This sum is to be paid
within twelve mouths, anal it is believed that a rate of
21.6 d. in the pound will have to be imposed to dtfr ly it.
A BUGS PIILL-00 Wednesday Mr. IL. 1). Frost a
short time after dropping a line into the mill pond, at
Keynshain, secured the "attentions" of a ivoracious
pike, about three feet in length. Directly he found the
book of the hue in his mouth he in ele for a hallow
tr..: an the het of the stream, the •re.,.1,:r " tor-Nil) t"
vigorously, R tad the pike's career, and lie in id,: lot
the shore. lime an attendant succeeded in gaffing him
with the hook, and bringing him ta land. During the
struggle on the margin of the stream the hook slipped
from its hold, and it was not till the attendant had had
his thumb severely bitten that the fish was fairly
secured, his captor being obliged to literally "hug"
him while he scrambled up the bank, where the pike,
after a few more struggles, was "settled." The fish
weighs and is thirty.fonr inches long.
&WITCHED. —A sad case of superstition has been
revealed in the neighbouring hamlet of S:dbury. James
Carslake, a shoeuialcer' was found hanging to a tree in
an orchard, life being almost eatinet It appears thtt
a daughter of Caralake ;has for • long time past been
suffering from some kind of throat disease, which
ocnlsione.l • hint of hicouping noise resembling tho
c ucking of a lien, and is said to have arisen from the
girl's having been "overlooked' or bewitched. What
seems the most deplorable and absurd part of the sad
story is that the ruo:her of the girl is supposed to have
the 'evil eye" towards her. This Renters to have
preyed on the man's mind, and for several days he bad
been obliged to keep his bed; but a morning or two
since he got up and dressed, anal committed the rash
act, which, but for its timely disoovery would in •
moment more have cost his life. MODGUISI are being
taken to send him to a lunatic asylum.
JUVZSILIR BURGLARS AT YEOVIL.—At the borough
police.court, on Friday. two In Is, named Frederick
Fear, 41, and George Bone;, 16, were charged with
breaking into a countinghouse belonging to Mr. IL
Phelps, glove manutaaturert, and stealing therefrom
the sum of 1:16. Prisoners pleaded guilty. Fear was
senteneed to four month's imprisonment, and Bez.iy to
two mouths. The first named gave an account of the
transaction, which Was to the effect that he and Bossy
watched a man named Brooks look the factory up at
about ten o'clock at night. Thereupon he (Fear) went
to the back part of the building and forced open one of
the windows. Lie then went upstairs sod forced open
the lozk of the counting house door with a chisel.
Having wrenched open the desk he took the cash, but
left • considetable sum behind. tie then quitted the
premises, and handed half of the money to Boxy, who
had kept watch while he was on the premises, about
an hour. ;After sleeping a few hours in an outhouse
they walked to Marston, whence they took trade to
Castle Cary, ;where they had soma food and bought
some clothes. They then visited Bristol. Gloucester,
anal Worcester. After remaining only akw hours in
Worcester they returned to Gloucester. There Bony
lost his purse, and communicated with the polies. The
inquiries ma.le by the coastal:de led to the apprehension
of both lads, on a charge of committing the robbery at
Yeovil. They were then taken back to Yeovil. During
the inquiries made by the Yeovil police, it was ascer-
tained that while they were at Castle Cary the lads
employed • young man to accompany them about the
town. In addition to paying him very liberally, they
gave hint food and drink. Before they left the station
they made him so drunk that he went out and lay down
by the roadside. While there in a helpless state they
took away the money they had given him during the
coast
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day (shoot lie-) and Is. in addition.
sseseio---

Lady Agatha Russell, who was to have been one of
the Prince's 1,,111.13'11 bridesmaids, is ill with scarlet
fever at Pembroke-lodge.
Mr. Samuel Harrison, proprietor of the
Times, died on Tuesday, after • short illness. Deceased
was the inventor of stereotype collates for newspapers.
The Rev. J. C. Mattel...by. vicar of Tollesbury, Essex,
was on Thursday lined ES by the local magistrates, for
assaulting Mr. Saunders, a farmer residing in the
district.
SINGULAR DEATIL—WhiIe a man named Mangin was
engaged at Liverpool in loading a flat with casks of
carbolic acid, some of the fluid was accidentally spilt
over him, and lie died in about 20 minutes from in.
haling the gas thrown off by the acid.
DIURDER TIT A LUNATle.—Frederiiek Crawley, anion
who has boon employed at one of the public institutions
of Liverpool, took • 'Mild out of boil, carried it into a
room downstairs, diliberatoly cut its throat with a razor,
and immediately after called dean the child's mother,
to whom he presented the bleeding body. The prisoner
who is said to be labouring under religious monom nis,
acknowledge the deed when apprehended.
LoanSiisrrcansiir'S lIARROW.—The Homein Golden.
lano does wonders with the money plaoed at its d i•pos .1,
and many of its dealings are as quaint as they are us fal
One of its most popular feitures is a " barrow club...
It is impossible for a eostermonger to do without a bar-
row, and not a man in twenty possesses one of his own.
There are regular " barrow fanners," who chary. •
shilling • week for the loan of tho humble vehicle— more
if it is not a" constant hiring;" and in the latter case
the hirer is supcsed to do his own patching and painting,
calling on the owner only when new wheels are required.
There are men who have had the same barrows fire, six,
and seven years; and, as a new barrow does not cost
more than fifty shillings, it will be at 013C0 aeon that
barrow fanning on • largo sealo is by no means a
profitless speculation. The monopoly, however. sulf,red
a severe cheek when the " ebb " in question was
started. The barrowless costermonger pays in a chilling
a week, and, to encourage him, • bonus on his savings
of four shillings in the pound is paid him. Or, if he
shows himself an honest man, and cannot spare the
shilling in addition to the one he is already paying for
hire, a friend may "stand security" for him, and in •
few months the saved hiring•shillings maks the barrow
his own. It is • highly respectable club, and no rooster
monger need be nehmen to belong to it, In fact, it is
• "swell" cub. Lord Shafesbnry is a member, and,
having paid his shilling, he has his barrow. His lord
ship speaks of it as" my barrow ;" but I am not sure
that is blazoned with the proper heraldic device for so
distinguishing it, This I do know, however, that it is
, kept in the shed with plebeian barrows, to meet cases
of emergence • and that it is very common for spoor
; fellow in diffieialtiss to snake humble application for the
loan of the ' Earl." by which he vends his fresh
herrings, or whatever use he may have to sell.—
Telegraph.