The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-01-18 00:00:00

DOBORZSTZE.

WILTS AND DORSET BANK DIVIDEND. —The directors of
the Wilts and Dorset Ranking Company have declared the
us-rd Christmas dividend of 21a. per share, together with
• special bonus of 2s. per share.
H•MPSHIRE BANK DOODIVD.—The directors of the
Hamwshire Ranking 'ogupanv have declared a dividend
for the half-year ending 314 December last, at the rate of
18 per cent. per annum, and carry fore-Aral £4,10.1 12.. likl.
to the next half-year's account. By the recent lions of
5.000 new shares the capital now stands at £200,000, and
the reserve fund at £lOO,OOO.
TEE NEW ARMY CERIRS.—Wo understand 0 wernment
has purchased of the Prince of Wales the whole of the
piece of land in front of the Militia stems which they
recently acquired of the :aunty, for the purpose of build-
ing the depot centre of the 39th Brigade. We are also
informed the works will cost something like £30,000, and
' it is proposed to commence at once.
A NARROW liCAPS.—Goutiderable excitement we.
occasioned in the tuarket on Saturday by a horse, harnessed
to • spring trap, careering wildly down the High-street, a
little boy, who looked frightened out of his wits, sitting
In the cart. The stree: WM crowded, and with great
thoughtlessnews, Lw.ing made way for it, the people began
to yell after the horse, which, it need hardly be said, did
not induce it to stop. It cleared sivetything until it got
to the bottom of the street, and then the wheel a the cart
locked with those of • waggon standing entente • door,
and before the horse could recover iteelf Mr. Parker, of
Merriott, had seized it by the head and the danger was
past.
CAMMITTED TO THE DORSRT COUNTY PRISON. W LP' :
William Ramat and William Johnson, etealing flannel at
Shaftesbury.—Lfard Labour : William Daley and Thomas
Dowling, assaulting police at Portland, 4 calendar months
each; Job Stoodley and Thomas Gibbs, stealing rabbit
traps at Plush, 42 days each ; Toni Wilmingts,n, staling a
hymn-book at Cltardstocic, and Charles Day, drunkenness
at Carte Castle, 1 calendar month each ;William Stockier,
vagrancy at Maiden Newton, 21 lay,; William Lest,
vagrancy at Witahorne, and Michael Rogers, drunken-
ness at Bore Regis, 14 days each; Joseph Alfred Vallard,
embezzlement at Sherborne, 7 days. Imprisonment :
Henry Coombs, using • shed as a ciwelling-house unfit
, for human habitation at Three-Legged Cross, 1 calendar
I month.

TREAT TO TUR liRATgo OE TUE UNION 110tT+6..-011
Thursday last a lady, who desires to remain anonymous,
gave the inmates of this house a splendid treat Beef,
mutton, and ham and a bountiful supply of cake and tea
were provided. All did justice to the edibles put before
them, it need scarcely be will After tea tobacco, pipes,
and porter were given to the old men, snuff to the old
women, and ..ranges, biscuits, sweets, and nuts to the
children, who increased their enjoyment by singing.
playing bliniutn-buff, 4143 r n &. Before retiring each
old woman received half-a.pint of porter, and all left the
room saying they had never enjoyed themselves so well
before. Before dispersing "God Bare the Queen" was
sung and cheers were given for the kind donor and the
lcaster and matron and other officials who superintended
the artaugementa.
Tag WZATHEIL—The following is our meteorological
report :

Date. INotNalPolot at. WWI State ol Weather.
1 1 Night. .
—I
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II 49 NE 1
a , 21 N
19 30 N & SSW i
31 , 011 Not 1
33 30 NE
33 27 NE 1
32 31 NW k WSW,

Jan.
10
11
1:
13
14
Is
16

Clwyd),
Cloudy, no
Overcast, rain
Rain, cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Oc. roast, floe. cloudy

Ilnaoioil rows, Montlay.—Before jr J. F. IluJJes. au.d Mr
R . .

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George .1 Orr, carter, of Fordingt sn, was summomull for
allowing a cart to ntlell inn Ilighstreet from eight in the
evening of the 13th to eight In the evening of the 14th tn tho
danger if the public Wei the ob4tructlon of the tin ~.iglifare -
P.B %tauten proved the Cane. It .ppeare 1 there is., some
disagreement between Ayles's inviter and the makers of the
cart, and neither wont I ° house" it, consequently it was left
out In the street. —The Bench thougt.t from this there was no
wilful negligenc•, and Supt. Coward, expressing himself willing
TOP withdraw the sun. tttttt s on payment of newt., stale c.ttrao ems
scceeded to. . .

Cocrr. Pumas, Saturday. —Before Mr Ilerbert William., Mr
W. K. Henke., fir 11. IL Mhhiletoli, Mr G. 0. Churchill, Mr U.
Warty awl Mr Kindersl.y.

RIVAL P KIS El RC
Two young men named .fit ‘ll.. C.riaes and Seleetee Dentine,
were charred with assaulting a young lad name I Jones
Mr flourut appe teed for the complainant ; and Mr Weston for
the dofenJant.—From Mr ilowatd's opening it appeare I the
complainant was the son of Mr John Hatt, a respectable
tradesman, a tailor of Milborne St. Andrew; and he was alm an
apprentice to Mr Thomas Goringe, of Dewlish. Between the
two parishes, tinhorns and Devilish, there seem, to exist •
party fuel, end numerous collisions occur between the youths
of the response t.a-ishes. On the 29th of December the ann.
plainant. in company watt. • lel, was going from his muter's
house at Dewlish to • stable about 140 yards distant. It being
dark he hail a lantern with him, and, meeting the defendants,
they asked him what he was looking for; to that the boy
"what was that to thorn' The two defendants, with
several others, then followed hint to the stable ant challenged
Katt to ht;fig this he refused to do, and they rushed in. lie
picked op a. lurk to defend himself; but this was taken away,
and thu two dclelij‘ttli then took hold of him and knocked
him about so that he Ladlinionte on hot face and head—ln
rely to the lineations of Mr Wroitiiii, the lad, who gave his
evideoce remarkably clear, denied that be bed ever been "in
trouble" or ever fined Lt for breaking in Church. 'This
assertion he resolutely adhe,ed to, and was supported by his
father, who declared there was not the least foundation for the
assertion, and that, on the contrary, his son wee a ren.arkably
good boy.—Mr Weston advised the itench that the cotuilainant
had been In (ho habit of sending challenges to the defendants,
and that on the occasion in question he insulted them and was
the aggressor. .le called Newberry Parsons, of liilbo.te. who
sail Batt told the lad with him to gall out "You are bound to
run away," and when they went to the stable he picked up •
fork, struck b otb defendants with it. and kicked Dennett
In ernes-examination, he adinitte.i nine or ten, all bigger than
the complainant, were engaged in the affair. -The Deitch
thought It was the result of an unfortunate state of 111-feeling
between the two parishes, which was much to be deplored.
There might have been a little chaff on the part of the pre*,
actor, but, whether et or not, no doubt nore violence hal
been used than ought to have been. The awe bore a very bail
complexion, and the defendant, would be bound over to keep
the peace themselves in LW, and ORO surety each of LS.
CI:EMIT AR.
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RIMPINU

William Brett, a young man of Broathisyne, was charged
with b lug been drunk and riotous at that place on
io
Year's Day. —Defendant was quarrelling In the street, and beim,
ordered to "nor. cm," he foil against the police-constable,
Pearce, Win took him home to his mother.—lle could not deny
thie, but pleaded that It was " Christmas and all."—The Bench
told him that was the very time when he ought Out to get
drunk, and he would be fined Ss and costs.