The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-07-30 00:00:00

EAST °RALSON.

Tea restoratim of the swish church is
mtlafactory, ender the supsvintoodeaos of
foreman of ths weeks, for Mtwara Bees, the eantrectne;
end Kr. Crickmay. architect and surveyor. On Monday
Isat the corner stone of the new chancel wee laid by Kiss
C. BBL The Rev. B. Rill officiated at the usual ceremony.
A bottle containing mentoranda. fic„ was placed in •
cavity provided for it in the stone The interesting
spectacle was whammed by many of the villagers and those
commend with the works. after which the Meagre Beer
invited their workmen to the top of one of the high hills
adjoining the village, wham refreshments wore provided;
the weir was fine end • plesaant afternoon was spent

RLANDPOR.D.
Twerzawics Fern—By the kind permion of Mr. K
nay Her-fleymer (the owner) and Mr. Coate (the tenant)
the annual outing of the Blandford Temperance Society
was held in Hanford Park on Thursday. The children of
the Band of Hope mwdered in the Market place and were
conveyed to Hanford in vehicles kindly lent by Mr. Eyers,
Mr. Hammond, and others. On arriving in the Park the
party was met I.y the Sturminster Newton Bra m Band,
and a procession was formed, which marched to the front
of the mansion. Here, under the leadership of Mr. A.
Hobbs, the choir sang the pieces selected for the occasion,
principally from the Crystal Palace programmes of the
previous Tuesday. The children afterwards took tea in
picnic 'gybe under the shade of • large beech tree, and
refreshments were sold to the visitors under the friendly
almde of another of these tine trees. Amusements were
provided for the youngsters, who seemed to enjoy them-
selves thoroughly. A platform meeting was held in front
of the maa&n, under the presidency of the Rector of
Biandford (the Rev. C. H. Tynes-Clinton) and addressee
were delivered by the Rev. Leach, of Blandford; Mr
T. W. Glover, of Southampton. an agent of the United
Kingdom Alliance; and the 1t,,. W. Mottnun, an agent
of the Central Association for Mopping the sale of intoxi-
cating liquors on Sundays. At the dose of the meeting
various vote of thanks were passed.

DREADFUL CHILD MURDER AT ALMICIL
The District Comm (Mr. W. H. Atkins) lieldaninquest
at Use Red Lion Inn. Alms; Oh Saturday a:tumour', on
the br."— of • female child wt was found down a closet
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:ritntslrioMe—c7ithe—ttrie;io-Ts day. /MN; -H;(011MY
was chinos foreman of jury. end the bodyhavinghems
viewed the following evidenos wee taker. :-
Illizabeth Spenom said she had been living with Kr. Y.
0. Yarquhareon at Hewieb.house as cook for the last few
weeks Emma Litman was also living there as house-
maid. From what she observed she samerted she WS/
~Mime, and oho Joked her stout it, but never &eked bar
directly, and she did sot say whither she was or not. All
day on Thursday she said she was not well. Oa !May
morning she observed a &filling' In bar sPneannion
She spoke to her mistress about it. and she sent her of to
her mother's at Illandford. She want with her but did not
tell bar mother what happened as she wished
Mr not to do so. She thought:from seeing her go several
times to the closet that morning, that something was the
matter, and she went with Henrietta Cook ti the closet
and threw down a piece of lighted paper and saw what
she believed to be a dead child.
Henrietta Cook said site was the wife of Samuel Cook,
and she had been working for lira. Farquhiuson lately.
She was there yesterday morning, and about half peat lit.
In company with the last witness, Me went to the closet
and saw what Me balmed to he a child's bead. When
hat about nine o'clock, she pointed
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Ude NSW of the proceeding the engirt woe
mk
Wormed ledusat wag held at the mina place on
Teenier evening, and the first irritator called wee
P.C. Andrew. ho dated that On the previous Friday he
accompanied Supt. Underwood to tiewish.house, the
residence of Mr. X 11. larquhareon. By the direction
of the Superintendent he tore up the woodwork of the
privy
there *Ad tot down into the vault and found the
y of • female child wrapped up in some brown paper
lying on the night soil. He took it up and brought it
to the Superintendent He prodoced a candlestick which
he received from the witnem Spencer, it appeared to be
recently cleaned, but on examining it closely be detected
mar•• apparently of blood and near the handle and
socket .

S-u-pi. Underwood stated that in consequence of infor-
mation he received from Mr. Edward George Farquharson
be went to the housed a nun named Litman, in Blandford,
on Friday night He saw the daughter, Emma Litman in
the yard standing at the door. He went and told her she
mad consider haraelf In custody for the murder of her
child. She at down in a chair and burst out crying but
did not my anything. He told her mother to take her to
bed and sent at once for Mr. Danielle the doctor, and
also for • num. Be left a policeman in charge of her.
He afterwards went to Boyish house, in the parish of
Wintertiorne Yetatone, where 11r. Farquharson lives. He
was paar. show.. privy by lbw Henrietta Cook. By
putting
a candle down through the mat he could see the
d • child on the soil in the vault By his direction
P.C. Andrews took off the top of the mad and ant down
the vault and found • female child wrapped up in some
paper. He observed that the head had been beaten in and
was nearly off. They took the body and put It into a box
and canned It to the Red Lion Inn and locked It up in a
corn bin. The next morning In the presence of the
Coroner, he went Main to Hewn& House and examined
the bedroom formerly occupied by Emma Litman.
Adelakle Black:more, head nurse at He wlsh.bouse, said
Zama Litman was the housemaid. Pram her appearance
she and the rest of the servants suspected her condition
and inked her about It, hut they never asked her dis-
tinctly. She never admitted or Assiag bac maga.
Llt-
man war sent home on Friday lest Before she left she
asked her where she was castanet, and she mid is was
upstairs in her bedroom.
This was the whole of the evidence, and the jury
returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Emma
Litman, who was committed by the coroner to talc* her
trial at the nest assizes at Winchester.

POOLE
QUAY MUM= -Th• manual meeting of the treater
of Me quay. was bald on Tuesday kit it 'h. cmanalogi
of the Council meeting. Tim amounts for the year vrere
passed, end they showed a balance in hand of Lfil Da 10d.
A edf-ecting dipping bucket is.. ordered for the dredger,
tim oort not to exceed _

—CONCIUOIT-10-.41L Sl3l-117aY Baloom-1U ennivetverl
services in connection with these flourishing schools were
held in the chapel in Sldnnerstreat on Sunday. The
number of @choler, and teachers on the books Is 644, and
the expenditure of the past year, including the annual
treat, amounted to only CM odd. The preacher at both
services was the Rev. A. Morton Brown, D. D., of Choi tail-
back a former porter of the church, and he attracted
large congregstiona The rev. geotlentan preached in the
morning on Sunday school work and witicatioo, and in
the evening on the inspiraUon of the eariptares from God,
and both &manes were most able math The scholars
sang special hmns at the ewricee in a very creditable
manner, and et £3O wee collected in aid of the school
and. _ .

▪ Town Cotrecn..—A meeting of the Town Ocitineil was
held at the Guildhall on Tuesday lark the Mayor
(CouncillorA Batitoo) in the chair, and there were
gr_si.smt_ Aldermen G. it. Penny, H. Knop-Weloh. J.
and Cl. Green, Councillors J. IL Hodson, O. J.
Ei.to=e ,I*. N. Western, W. D. Dugdals, T. Buckley, C.
Hilt K P. Phi_ ota. K J. Conway, R. Aldridge, 3.
Andrews, and W. Penny.—The only business on the
agenda paper was—" To determine whether advertise.
runts shall be nand inviting applications forth. appoint-
ments of eurveyor to the Corporation and to the Urban
Sanitary Authority, also inspector of nuisances for the
lirbea and Port Sanitary Authorities, and to consider the
salaries and arrange the terms of such oppointmenta or to
make ouch appointments at the meeting, and to pail all
necessary resolutions thereon."—U the prors:it. of
Councillor Hodson. seconded by It
was resolved to consider the question in committee, and
the repeesentedlvee of the Prue were requested to retina
We believe it was ultimately decided to advertise for
wiagrtinuirts,..who ars to state the amount of salary they
uses's Clll7lOl SUNDAY Salons. —The scholars
attending then schools had their annual treat on Wednes-
day afternoon. Soon after one o'clock the scholar, and
their teachers assembled at the schoolroom in Church.
street and formed In procession. The Bournemouth
Promenade Band led the way, and the splendid banner of
the schools was borne next. Then followed the Rev. J. A.
Lavnon (rector of St. James's), the Rev. P. P. Eliot (vicar
of Holy Trinity, Bournemouth), the Rev. R. Markbe (of
Bath), Mona J. Cement and fi V. Hopkins (church-
wardens), Messrs W. Turner, J. Houliston, R. Hayward,
J. Short, W. Hindus, G. Burt, C. Edmond', and J.
Smith (organist), The choir came next, than the female
Bible clines and girls; and the male Bible clause and
bus were headed by the Poole rife and Drum Band. The
Infant. In five wantons and a brake brought up the rear.
The young women and girls all carried beaketa of Bowen
or bouquets, and nearly every clan had a new banneret.
BO that the sight was a moat imposing one. The proces-
sion paned slug Market-street. Kingetreet, Weet-etreet.
Thames-street, and Highstreet to a fteld near Slane
Huse, kindly lent by Kr. W. D Dugdale. Here tea was
provided and various amusements were indulged in.

wurnozia.
Pouca 00V1IT. Saturday. —More the Rev. G. V.
Garland. . " -

—i;ms• King and his son,M Loagham, were brought up
in custody chanted with Manlius a large quanlitY of
bricks, the property M Richer I Freud, of I..mghaux—
prisoners were remanded to the Ind of August; ben In
£lO, and one surety in £lO, being accepted.
Tem Pry, of Wimbortse, who was apprehended on a
warnnt, wait charged with threatening his wife Caroline
Fry, on the 19th instant. —Prisoner we, bound over in £lO
to keep the peace for six calendar months

Ma. C. breoz's How Lim Cwuez RIPOSITOILY.—
The second horse and airriav repository sale was held at the
Royal Bautinotne Mew; Bourouth, on Tuesday last,
when Mr. O. Nam, of Dorskester. offered for sale about
100 berease number of carriage', and several sets of
harms. Me attendance was not so erg..,l at the
previous sale, and the bone trade being bed the animals
sold realised but low prices. Many lots resnined onsokL