The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-06-19 00:00:00

BIRTHS.

June 1, at 6, Richmondlarrace, Weymouth, the wife of
Mr. It. C. Harris, of twins—son and daughter.
June 3, at 107, St. Mary-street, Weymouth, Mrs. Alfred
Miner, of a daughter.
June 9, at Wimborne Minster, the wife of Walter J.
Pletcher, of a daughter.
June 9, at No. 7, New.atreet, Weymouth, the wife of
Isaac Burt, of a daughter.
June 9, at the Police Station, Plineknoule, the wife of
P.C. W. long, of a are.
June 12, at lonxlleet, Poole, Dorset, the wife Mr.
Lionel Budge, tif a daughter.
June 13, at Dorchester, the wifo of Mr. 11. 11. Hopkins
(oulth); of • ..on.
MARRIAGE.
June 0, at Christ Church, Brixton, by the Rev.
McConnell Hussey, Mr. G. .1. Wightman, youngest son
of the late Mr. W. C. Wightnian, of Cattistock, to
glerence youngest daughter of the late Mr.
Kenedy, of Lo on.
June 14 at St. Mary's Church, Derby, by the It.. A. J.
ilibeon, Mr. Henry Curtis, proprietor of the Antelope
Hotel, Poole, to Ellen youngest daughter of the late Mr.
lloskinm, of Derby.

• DEATHS.
lune 1, at, Dorchester, Susan Bewley, relict of the late
Mr. Thomas Groves. of Cern° Abbas, aged 72 years.
lime 5, at Ltiewardine Herefordshire, Mr. Charles
of Winferbonio Aides, Dorset, in his 76th year.
June 0, at Abbotsbury, Miss Matilda Green, aged 48.
tier end wag peace.
June 9, at Bournemouth, accidentally iliowned while
bathing. James William Kerley, nephew of the late Robert
Kerley, of the Priory, Bournemouth.
June 10, in Bath Hospital, from the effecte of the
accident at Wideorete Bridge, Mr. John Milburn*,
woollen draper, Yeovil, aged 02.
June 10, at Dorchester, Mary, the beloved wife of Mr.
W. Slade, after a very severe illness, borne with Christian
patience end resignation to the I tivine Will.
June 12, at High Weetetreet, Dorcheeter, Kern, daughter
of the late Mr. Thomas Tulk, of Sturminater, in her 73rd
year.
Mr. Samuel Orchard Heston, the well.known publisher,
died on Wednesday at Sudbrook Park, near Richmond, at
the age of 46.
Mr. Henry Wilson, the oculist, principal surgeon in
St. Mark's Ophthalmic Hospital. Dublin, died on Wednes-
day night.
The death is announced from Limiters* Breeonahire, of
Old William Powell, the "village blacksmith." He passed
away from life on Thursday last, In the 109 rd year of his
age and leaves behind him lone sons and three daught
besides a long list of grandchildren. The old man stood
behind the anvil for • period of 80 years.
A man has just died in the Bristol Workhouse who had
a special appetite for the blankets and rugs supplied him
ea bed covering. He coneumed upon the average a large
woollen rug every three weeks, and In consequence of this
the guardians had directed that a supply should
be always kept alongside him, so that he might Indulge
his propensity for eating in a legimate way, but In the
Intervale between meal times he rejected the bread and
persisted in eating blankets.
We have to record the death of Miss Mary Carpenter.
The distinguished lady whole name, owing to her con-
nexion with great social movements, can hardly be tm-
known in any pert of the civilised world, was a daughter
of the Rev. Dr. Lent Carpenter, formerly of Lewin's-,
mead Unitarian chapel, Arista he •as in the net year
of her age, having been born at Exeter in April, 1897. ma
sad event, which will be so widely mourned, occurred
during the night of Thursday at her residence, Red
Lodge-house, Lower Park-row. Mies Carpenter, whore
conatitution had probably suffered from the different
visita which she made to India in the mum of ado
and in an endeavour to improve the social oonditti°ns
the women of that vast empire, has been in somewhat
feeble health for some time past. On her adopted
daughter, Mies Powell, going to bar bedroom to get some
keys she was greatly shocked to tind her dead and roll Us
her bed. Medical aid was summoned, but it was of no
avail—the vital spark had fled. The deceased lady bad
been known to have suffered froth& weak Mart, and there
is no doubt, from her tranquil expression, that she eiired
whibt in her sleep from syncope. It may, we think, be
claimed for /Abe Carpenter that she we, the author the
Reformatory and Industrial School system.