The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-20 00:00:00

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tElf• Fon rim Wpm& kinds of Gents Winter
Boots, strong, substantial, and thorouatly Water-
proqf at • Dick's."
BOGOAWllll.—linmiting It going co eon-
tinually and rather 'milady for the Uniting ship, thefts
of boys am= from sll puts, to be drilled into good
sailors on

...-117113—WillD4/01111:1 STILMIII DAY AGM 11 TEI
810111. —The steamship lochuivs, of Liverpool. from
Kurrachee (India) to Antwerp, was towed into Port.
land Road, last week, by the tel Rathlin. with
disabled machinery, but no one had been hurt on

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WALLS BLOWN Down.—ln the gide of Saturday the
Common well, on the Castle-row% was thrown down
for about 30 yards in length, either by the force of
wind or water, or both c =bine I. and on Sunday
morning there was further damage ; • broad gap was
left near the County Polio* Statioo, on the right hand,
and on the other side, nut the Omit* two or three
breaches were made.

Dalma--Tire mooed division of Coast-
guardsman, who arrived last week for drill on board
the Hercules, number 17& The Weymouth men go
horns nightly, and the division will return about
Saturday to their various amtione. Owing to the con-
tinuance at heavy rains and At weather. the time on
b .ard has been anything but agreeable for the men.
though perhaps not so awkward as waning the cliff-
paths in them thine of landslips.
LANDSLIP ON MS BIZAKWATIIN LLIII.—Just after
five on Saturday evening, a ma.. of earth, about 30 or
40 tons, slip dawn from the Bast Weir on the
Breakwater :tension Line, whkh had just been
cleared by the convicts. As this line is not run over,
Oh. obstruction remains until the omelets have fin,
, weather to clear it away, for Mem pdeoriens are luck ow
I than freemen, in that they have not to work in the
I "4". _

Warn Sortie or Comm. The quality of the
spring of water found near the Gas Works has proved
so good that B. N. Howard, &q., hae eneoted • tank,
with an engine to lift the water leto it, so as to gain
the requitite height and promote, and he is now Itsviog
pipes leid diagonally in front of the Railway Station
and Mr. Hodadon's Victoria Hotel to the row of houms
In Chesil most distant from the old tank of the L real
Board. By thus lifting the water into the new tank,
Lb. imam part of Chesil can be euwlied with water,
and tho wants of the inhabitants will thus be relieved
from both ends of the piece.
But,. OflatelTlLlt ANSIVIZSAIT.—Loot Sunday
special sermons wets roosoltod in celebration of the
16th anniversary of Ministate/all Chapel, by Mr. D.
Belleau. the temperance orator so popular in Portland.
Next day a public tea and meeting woes held, and
there was • capital &Mindanao, the people coming in
I greater numbers, no doub to hear Mr. Ballam. He
(lid not armee ; but Mt. Thresher, carrier, a very old
and consistent teetotal leader, took the chair, and the
Rev. W. it. Waugh, Mr. Coombs, of Wakeham, Mr.
Bannerman, and others addressed the meeting, which
was • good one.
ENTErfanlYZirr AT THII GROVI SCHOOL. —An
exeellent entertainment was given Isla week. Some
of the music is by the best °lmposers, and we cannot
speak too highly of each performer, every pert of the
C:nrme being admirably executed. The room was
trfully decorated with bunting, under the super-
vision of Captain dash. &N. The following was the
e ;—Part "Aux Flambeaux,"
rlegrrlfilosn' Band)
_sons. "Th. hicaregoe's
Gathering' Mr. CemPloni song,
. " 'three on the
Rhine," Mts. Bees .r ; "March of the
Priests" (Ataalls), Dr. f=e g song, " 0' Bid your
F•ittif Ariel Fly," Mr.. Seidl g clarlonet dust, Di
Pematore " (Looresia
.Porglia), Messrs. Whit* end
Steven.; moan 'A Bird le Henri," Mrs, Monitor.
Part " Song of the Wood," Prison Officers'
Band; song, " Wake ia all Thy Beauty," Or. Lilley ;
gong, "The Unfinished Song," Mn,. Maclean; duet,
My Fairy Queen." Um Smell and Dr. W.,' Piano
solo "Minuet in E b," Mr. Ingram • s "On the
Threshold," Mrs. finial dust, " I:ove and Pride,"
Mr. and Mn. flogger; National Anthem- The com-
mittee are preparing for • grand concert at Easter.