The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-01-01 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S XARKITS.

MARK LANIL—Tut DAY.
WIN* aimed quietly but decidedly Grime foe th,
beet eimeplee bothecceelose gftek4 sad for4PL Barley
steady, matter lly dearer. Oats Id Mews
tb.ws.k. Idabs. wane, pees and lour wen arm.

METROPOLITAN 0 ATTU. —Tani Dir.
About 2,500 barb. Including about no soak.,
trade firmer, 4i&l to Is. broarly 8,000 amp, trade
steady at fte Old to 7s 2d ; calves made 14 to le Id ; sad
Dim 2. 64 to 4. Id p be.—At Deptford were 170
.6idaa arid 5,000 sheep,

SATURDAY'S MARKITS.
COWL

CHISTERFTYLD.—The supply of wheat vas fair, sad
basiaess ass healthy, prams being fully as Idah as hereto-
fat.

--17ORCR103111R.—Limitod tupply of wheal/ tb•bset
aamphot manias 54, to titk. Balm sold slowly at We
mu., from to Ka
NORTHAIIPTON.—Wboat &alined la Tosobsarwri
and tbo soma alteration woo goo noted In lad
Boor.

NOTTINGHAIL —For wheat prices were la per qr.
over those of the previous week: ..rod. Mg to aL
new white, DX to Mk per X stone. Barley eve a small
show, and sold steadily at Its to per 31 stems. Oats
were moderately led. and found boyars at late
V 01..: new. 1145. to ; 01d315. to lila lot It gloom
Rums Arm and demur.
RZADINCL—The supply of wheat fell short of the
average. Finest quallUes commanded folly la. per quarter
more money, while secoodary and inferior sampies wore •
quiet trade at late figures.
WARMINSTER. —Wbeat met a better demand at 15.
per qt. edvante. Barley for matting to repaint. sod tglgol
were very 1n...
WINCHSBTER.—Ensbah wheat wee in small &Z.
Foreign held for la to to. per qr. more =Da.
OILS. and beans unaltered.
VAIL —A better trade for wbeat.

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DONCASTER. —Some fair lots of yridieff beasts were
on offer. but did not receive much atteetion.
DORCHINTSR.— A sinall .uppl of ttocti. and about
Last week's rade may be quoted. Tst beef, Lk ed. to lie
ter some: rows earl calving ffl6 10s. sorb ;
Mll to £l5 prr bead mattes, UM. per lb. ;
oreagerA to 15 sack 1
NORWICH—No dest &mood al bunkum was passing,
but firmer tapo prevailed, and in some of the
transaction. effected sliehtly higher rotas ware ompiapd,
NOITINGHAIL —The dhow et cattle was unalL Me
trade, however, raled stead/, and late prior were moan.
ta/ned.
ItETROPOLITAN *NAT. —A moderate supply of
mist od dad silioa6 the trade was vary heavy,
my. ...to maintained :—Beof. 3. to 5a ;
mottos, 3s. to 6.. rs, 3a 44. to as. 6d. ; and veal, 51. to
51 per Mb. byom
GAin Alif POULTRY. —Sorrel fowls, se. to AM 6d. ;
triin to is. ; partridges, la 6d, to ; turkeys,
o sank
BILLISIOBOIITL—Tresk salmon, Is. to la 64,. land
pub* 11/s. 6d. to Ma. ; small ditto, 10.. toll.. ; ood, 6.64
to lin :/.Ibetienkla 3d. to Is. ; and a•a la to 3a each.
WA • HAY AND STRAW.—A short
papply of hay and straw was on offer. The trade wee
doff. and Woes remained without clumps. Prime clover,
106. to £133. ; inferior ditto, Ms. to Mc ; prime meadow
hay, Ma to 1011 s. 64.; inferior, 70. to 31. ; draw, ala to
56. per load.
CORK BllTTKR.—Ordinary ; woods.
; thirds, Ma. Mild Cured :—Ylrets, ; seconds,
ilk ; thirds, Ma Firkins in market, MIL

THE SHEFFIELD IRON-WORKERS STRIKE.

TIN masters have informed the fibellleld iron-
workers the only oondition of engagement le 10 pee
oast. reduction.

THE SNOWSTORM OF FRIDAY.

The weather in London was very variable. The frost
of the preceding night continued until the dtemoos,
when • heavy snowfall commenoed about Ave o'clock. At
Oxford there was stealing and snow. At Windsor now
fell bossily in the afternoon. At Newbury and the sur-
rounding district • heavy fall of snow took p/aos. In
North Lanceshire and Westmoreland all tlie hills were
covered with mow, but the weather broke in the evening.
rain and Mom winds prevailing. The fall of snow has
been tbe heaviest known for sway yeses. The average
depth was over twelve incbmaztltie.taceed situations
the tops at the hedges were Many of the
inhabitants residing on Turton Noon. new Bolton. sad
In other elevated localities, had to dig their war out of
their homes.

" Cans."
A reporter, for arompaper, in chronicling socidenta,
arm " A dad man named Bond, arm run down and
Wild by • train yeatmday.Tb,.unfortnnata
man woo Injured in a similar way about • year ago.

Wathird, dined ono day with the Bishop of Rouen,
who was a very bad preacher. Dinner wee scarcely
over before the poet fell saleep, but was awakened by
the prelate, and asked to go with him to church, where
he was to preach. Tbe pest begged to be excused,
&eying, "hi could sleep very well where he waa."
. .
A burglar, after working for five hours to break into
• house, secured a boot-sock and a box of paper collars
for his troubla The hoot-jack be threw at a cat that
was sitting on the back yard fence, calling him names,
and the paper collars were three sizes too small for
him. He says there is but little enoouragernenr for
genius in this world, now-a-days.
. .
It is the custom at the London Hospitals for every
patient before entering to take • warm bath. The
other day a woman was admitted to have a very pain-
ful operation performed, and was ushered into the
pleas appointed for the customary ablations- She
looked appalled at the preparations, and declared she
would not comply, afEruting most podia% sly that " she
did not tided the operation, but • warm bath she had
sever had in her life, and never would," leaving the
hospital in great indignation.

. .
NOIAL MASI= roa JANOLIT. —This is indeed a
monthofni'othsl This is the month in which we all of
us get that "chance" there hem been so much talk
about. Yea, verily I For what can be nicer than to
become omsoious that the beginning of the new year
Is tie time for us to make that fair start In life we have
been talking about, and have been talked to about for,
say, the last quarter of a century? Several other
pleasant "events" and "moral oertanties" " come off"
during this month. For instance, you may safely look
forward to all your unpaid bills for last year present-
ing themselves; whilst on the 9th inst. your Fire
Insurance money must be paid up. At the very
beginning of title month, when you are feeling more
particularly miserable than usual at your prospects of
getting through the twelvemonth, it w customary for
people to you " A happy new year." This is very
thoughtful of people.—Jedy.
. .
Are there any hotels, writes Reoseley, in England
where one is not put into chimp tante? We have
recently been making a tour, and staying at what are
called " first-rate hotels." We mot with nothing but
damp sheets, or cold and dreary bed', and hardly any
blankets. The Hotel Keepers seemed to think that
this (winter) was fine summer weather; and we never
had covering enough. In vain we loaded the bed with
coats, trousers, waistcoat,, tweeds, railway wrappers,
and even hearth rugs. We kept the gas lighted all
night, and smoked hugely. We could not gel warm,
and we could not get the bony chamber-maids to bring
es blankets. The rule seemed to be two thin, half-
starved, threadbare, frigid, froasu things called
blankets for each bed. After having been at five or
sir " first-retr" hotels, and charged in a "first-rut."
style, for fifteenth rate amommtion, we were driven
to sleep in our clothes. Even this did not do. We
*woke every morning cold, comfortless, shivering.
Remonstrance was useless ; tsars and entreaties failed;
even "Ups," were ineffectual So we were compelled,
ia order to ears our lives, to bay an enormous Ulster,
(price £10), three or four Paisley shawls, that oast £6,
and two gigantic railway wrappers, that oust £3. We
then ordered in our bed-room • fire (prim 3s. 6c1.), and
ea retiring we dragged off the thee* drew on four
pairs of woollen socks and docking*, put a railway
wrapper underneath, • railway wrapper shove; and
then clothed in a heavy Ulster, lay between them,
carefully watift the coverlid over us, and supplement-
all with an crier-down quilt which cost us LI, and
which we carry about with us in • YAM Indian port-
manteau; taking care likewise to have a fire y-hot foot.
bottle at the end of the bed, and fiery-hot pint of
brandy and water within reach. After one or two
trials of this kind we found that weV ; we ware
without
enabled to rise thout half paral limbs, and
oohing bones, and gladly dispensed with the hot bath
(price 3a. 6d each) which we were compelled to hare,
and pay for, every morning, before breakfast, under
the old regime. We can aware our gentle readers that
all this is fact, without naggeration. And is it not
too bad, that such should be in England, the land of
(supposed) comfort and Is "first-class" houses, the
(fanciful) abode* of all that is agreeable? On our
neat tour we shall try the second or third class
hostebiss

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