The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-04-16 00:00:00

WIXBORNB.

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Wousoanit Mittman Gas AND GOAL CONTANT (LIMITED).
—The annual muting of the shareholders of this Company
was held at Lalng's Hotel on Tuesday last. The Chairman
(Mr. George F. Strange) moved the adoption of the report,
front which it appeared that the available balance on the
operations of the company for the last six months .as
Li2s 19. 24 out of which • dividend was declared at the
rate of £2 La. for the past six months and a bonus of 5..
per share on the old &Wire.. Mr. Finley moved that the
Directors (Messrs. George F. Strange. George Wilson, W.
Simi:needs, Thomu Leine, R P. Hopkins. George Chislett
and Charles Frampton) be re-elected, and this steis carried
unanimously. A proposition that • gratuity of 35 guineas
be given to the Honorer./ Secretary (Mr. George Chislett)
was carried with acclamation: as was also • proposition
that 21 guineas be given to the Directors for their services.
Mum. A.. I. Sudden and T. bolder were re-elected as
Auditors for the ensuing year, and votes of thanks were
plumed to the Secretary and Directors.
COUNTY COUR; To•aday. —Before Judge Leroy.
Moms Lilley dairyman, Redlynch, Downton, v. Thomas
Blake Satins. aolton North Farm. —A claim of £24 Is., of
which £1316.. was paid into C tart and defendut brought
a counter claim for the balance—Mr. Trevanion, Poole,
was for plaintiff :Kr. Hodder, Salkhury, for defendant
Plaintiff has been in the employ of defendant, and his
claim, which was for • quarter's wages. Ex.. was not
di.puted.—The defendant'. case in support of the counter
clam was that it was part of the plaintiff's duties to look
after and attend the young stock, which he had neglected
and refused to do durlng the last three months of his
engagement, and the defendant had to employ another
per.on to do it, for which he claimed £1 3.. Defendant
also alleged that plaintiff negligently or umkilfully per-
formed his duty in making cheese, whereby, according to
his agreement, he was to receive 2.. less per cow per year
than he would otherwise have been entitled to, awl foe
this defendant claimed £32.., making • counter claim of
£lO5. The counter claim was disputed, but after bear-
' in, the witnesses, his Honour allowed the counter claim,
and cave • verdict for defendant.
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TAaame Game. cattle dealer. Warehniu, v. James Baker,
farmer, Code Mullen. —This wee • claim of £l2 144, and
defendant brought a counter claim of X:C. —Mr. Howard,
Weymouth, appeared for plaintiff ; Mr. Atkinson,
Illinilford, for defendant —The parties had hod teen,-
colon, to the extent id £l6l 145., of which defendant
had paid £ll9, awl the balance, which constituted the
chim, WM not disputed. Defendant alleged that IR ewes
he purchased of plaintiff were warranted sound, but they
turned out anmun& and he had conaequently sustained
damages to the amount of .433 1, 21. He al. bad •
narge f 413 12.. 61. against plaintiff for the keep of other
sheep, mating • total of .f. 26 13. St, of which £1 13, 84
ea. le.andoned to bring the counter claim down ta XIS.
Plaintiff swore he did not give a warrant with the ewes,
eel otherwise disputed the counter claim, bit the
defendant and bin *finesses satisfied the Judge that there
VMS a warranty, and hi. Honour ariemiel the damages at
the amount of the claim, and gave a verdict for defendant,
with costs.

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James Baker, farmer. Code Mullen, v. Siege...a Read,
gamekeeper, of the same place. —A. claim of .C 5 111*, of
which defendant p.ll £2lO. into Court —Mr. Atkin.**
was for plaintiff; Mr Howard for defendant —Plaintiff
said the defendant applied to him for a piece of lend on
which to rear pheasants, as the place he then had was not
healthy, and the birds died from the cramp. He *greed
to let defendant have a piece of land for 4:51 10*. He out
• strip for the coops, and left a strip of true for the
pheasants to run in. Defendant agreed to cut the
make it in o hay, and carry it to his loft at the etirrot
the rearing season, but he failed to do so, and the green
was trodden into the grouniL He valued the hay he lost
at J:11, ezd claimed that animint—Defendant said be had
been gamekeeper on the Coventry estate for 17 years.
He admitted that the rental was to be £2lO, , and had
paid that amount into Court, although plaintiff only
let him have three quarters of an acre of land instead of
an acre, a. agreed upon. He agreed to out the grain
where be placed the coops, and the plaintiff'. carters were
to fetch it away, but plaintiff cut • strip for the coops
himself. He did not agree to cut the remaining great or
to make it into bay. The plaintiff promlged to hurdle off
the land, but neglected to to so, and he had to keep his
boy there two months to keep plaintiff's lambs away from
the birds. He had paid the .C 2 10*. out of hia own pocket
He WWI paid la Si a head for rearing the pheasants.—
The Judge gave a verdict for defendant, with costa

POOL&
tru D.R.V.—Thla carps w all inspected at head-quarto.'
on Friday evening by Adjutant Harmer. The mugger
numbered about 40 men, and the oaken present mem
C4ptain Stone:lieutenant Budge, end Second-Lieutenant
Ilirrimu. _

CUCKIT Ctun.—The annual meeting of the members
of this Club was bald in the Town-hall on Saturday even-
ing last, the Rey. J. L. Williams in the chair. The
account' showed • balance in hand of £ll. The officers
were elected as follows:—Committee of Management:
Meows. F. H. S. Styria& F. Travers, IL Pearce, jun.,
W. Herbert, H. L. Corbett, H. D. Corbett J. Dunford,
A. It Porton, and B. Hill: bon. secretary and treasurer,
Mr. G. Harrison : bon. assistant secretary. Mr. T. Crate.
Wl:auras Hoot MisetoPs.—At the %Vesleyan C
on Sunday, sermons were preached by the Rev.& Wesley
in aid of them Mission. The annual meeting wan held
In the chapel on Tuesday evening, when Mr. G. Curtis
presided over a small attendance. A hymn was sung,
and the Rev. S. Wesley offered prauer, after which the
Chairman addressed the meeting. Me Rev, S. Wesley
read the report, which showed that the Poole circuit con-
tributed £3B Ids &1., to the Society last year. The Rev.
IL W. Starr, of Manchester, the deputation and the Rev.
S. Wesley, delivered addresses, and • collection INNS made
in aid of the Minions.
A Niat HVISAND.—At the police court on Mo•day.
before Marrs. J. B. Durell and G. FL Gutch, Henry
Dab.% • joiner, living in Leland-street, was charged
with threatening to kill his wife, Bessie Dibben, on Sun-
day mornlng.—The evidence showed that prisoner had
repeatedly ill-used his wife, end about three days before
her confinement he smashed two tumbler, about her
head, She had frequently had to seek refuge from his
violence in the house of • neighbour, Kra Allen. Late
on Saturday night, or rather early on Sunday morning,
the prisoner came home the worse for liquor and abused
his wife, threatening to kill her. He emashed a chair to
pieces and stooped to pick up one of the legs with which
to strike his wife, but she escaped from the house with
her infant in tier arms and gave prisoner in charge of
P.S. Beaken.—The Bench bound Prisoner over in the sum
of cip to keep the peace for six mouths, and ordered him
to find two suretiee In CIO each, which he did.
Toes COUNCIL —A meeting of the Town Council was
held in the Guildhall on Monday, Alderman F Styrian
in the chair. and there were present Alderman J. Buckley,
and Councillors G. Curtis, J. 8 Hudson, W. D. Medale,
C. J. Stone, W. N. Western, R. Aldridge, W. PenneT,
H. R. Dunmore, W. H. Ballard, and R. J. Conway.—Prior
to the commencement of the business Councillor Stone
said through illness he had not been slots to attend the
more recent meetiars of the Council, and he took that,
the earliest, opportunity of calling upon Mr. Curtis either
to subatantiate or withdraw the charge he made at the
last meeting of the Council, at which he was unable to be
prevent —vis.. that he had appropriated • portion of the
road near Leretes-lane. He thought, both as a councillor
and magistrate, that be ought to Insist upon this, and that
It would be • cause more ...moistest with the dignity of
the Council than that of i'ringing the question Ger,. a
Court of law.—Councillor Curtis admitted that on visiting
the spot at the awe of the meeting referred to, in com-
pany with Mr. Stone and Mr. Ballard, at the suggesUon
of the latter, he found that Ms. Stone had put UP a
boarding, within which he wee building • wall Tur,
was an encroachment on the public road, but it was only
to be • temporary one, till the work was finished. Ile
therefore withdrew the charge be had made. The
Council adopted a report of the Laud Committee, recom-
mending that Messrs. Meadus and Son's application to
rent • piece of land at Ham worthy. for 21 years, at £7
per annum. exclusive of rates, be accepted—The next
business was '"To consider • proposal to be made by
Mew. Dugdale and Curtis, with reference to the piece
of lend rer,ntly let to Mr. Carter, by lean dated Bth of
October, 1217, suggesting that the Piece of land reserved
in the lase ass road should be included in the grant, in
consideration of Mr. Carter yielding op • portion of the
land granted by the lease on the eastern Ike I
matter was referred back to the committee in order that I
the Surveyor might prepare • Plan- The Sanitary Coma
mitt*, reported that they had received fifteen appiJesotesse
for the aloe of Assistant Inspector of Nuisances, and the
wages asked for varied from ISt to Ho. • week. The
Committee recommended that Itr. John Hutchina be
appointed, at a Wary a lbs. per week, and this the
Council did. The Committee ales reported that fps
lowest tender sent in for the removal of night soil wee
that of Mr. Charles Whittle, who wee willing to do the
work for the next ten months for the sum of .2300. The
Council appointed Mr. Whittle the eontractor.—The
c‘antnipee appointed to consider. the_poestion of making !
the footway from the Independent U.apel at Perlman.. '
to Oak osBt4e, presented • report, which was ref erred I
back to the Committee. the Cainnoil emPoweeing them'
to carry out la the way recommended by them, so mock '
of the works, they were now in • position to do, and I
they were authorised to treat for the purchase of certain
land required to complete the work.

succnoN OF GUARDIAN&
The result of the voting for tba roctiow of unids of
re for the purrs of St J
NOITSVer. WU &diced tw•wolortan arming r follows: -

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gamy Juan:
G. Golf
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P. X L. Hafts
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aLa Baker dee MI *OO 190 19. MB

We understand Vint Mr. Baker, the undiaccellefal en.,
didste, tee given notice that bonitos& appealing vomit
the return. on the ground tbitt several votes roc 'niecl are
given in the names of room absent from the town,
AIuWWI :
K J. Oonwsv 219
G. liiies... • .
LrrMurrr
C K. Grumpier .•.
The nes of Guardians iv composed at folio..
St. Jainte—Mreers G. Ceirtbi, J. IFlsynien, 0. G•if
P. E L Budge ,• Longliert —Kr. J. W. Buckle. • 1... k.
cuss—Mr. EJ. C,n..v : W. Wealu. •
Letchett Ketrawer.—lir. C NI. Crumpler;
M. B Elliott and 11. S:lerp; and c mu:
rs, "
—Mew& J. Rawlins end C. Peterson.
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SWILNAGE.
TcrisMi%MILLS had a lap and appreciative audience
at the Mowlem Imititute on wednesony April 3rd.
Rzw ,ftp I. ming ofioned to
.An.Y.Prlyhtc Penom
who may find any of the bodies wreevea in the Ellryd,c,
on their Inking the same to the Geist Guard Suttee,
da aa•ay-
lug result of the election for the Local Biard way
Published on Friday last the rsth Mat :
Mr. William Meikle ••• •••
" George Weak' ••• 314
" 11. W. Burt ••• ••. ... 114

" George Burt ••• •••
Nitw Bytelaws respecting bathing are now lying on the
Local Board table for inspection and criticism, hew.
confirmation. Any ratepeker is at liberty to take tilt.
opportunity. and his opinions will receive the attention a
the Board, who are honestly desirous to frame such
regulations as ehall receive, not merely the coneent
the Lica' Government Board, but also of I". 0, whose
behalf these new lass are sus:testa&