The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-10-03 00:00:00

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HOLY TRINITY CROROII. —This church lc now being
thoroughly cleaned, and will be closed ou Sunday
neat, . .

DoRCIU.STER RIFLE CORP9.—We are reque.ted to
state that the annual prize tills ompotition of this
seeps, will take place at Maiden Castle, on Ftiday, the
fith October.
Reps.—Flow exoeiaively wet the past month has been
Ii shown by the fact that the depth of rain that fell
was 5.18 inches, while during September lead year It
was only 142
FoRESTLET.—'I, e anniversary supper of Gmrt
" Progress" of the Aneknt Orders of Foresters will take
plane at the Court Room, George Inn. ou Thursday,
October. 12. The worshipful the Mayor (I'. Bennett
Esq.,) has consented to preside, and Mr. Councillor
.J. bishop will fill the vice ohair. The attendance of
friend. is Invited.
Bins SOCILTY.—On Tuesday evening a meeting was
, held at St. Peter's school-room, on behalf of this
society. The attendees. was not large. The Rector
of the pariah presided. The Rev; G. J. Money, of
Reigate, wu the deputation, and delivered an interest.
leg speech on the way in which countries on the
continent of Europe had been opened to thefree circuit-
dims of the Bible, and how the society lied taken
advantage of it. The collection reelized 1:1
NLRB FROM YOUNG MIL lIAIWARD.-Our towns-
man, Mr. Hayward, who has been so deeply grieved by
the reported murder of Lis son Thomas, by Indians,
on Thursday morning received a leVer from him,
dated Chotopah, Kansas, Sept. 2, at sting that the
report about the waggon train is II fabrication from
lk.ginning to and, and it is raid that Mae Moore the
originator of it, has skedaddled from the town where
ci a the story, after having eictimizid many of
the t. Mr. Ilayw:.rd's son h.:e b.en )11 with
fever, *A so arose the intetrup.ion of Ilia letter.) to his
friends In this country.
Ter RIOISTRATION COURT.—Lost Thursday morning,
jest before nine o'clock, an elderly gentleman in
barrister's wig and gown, who didn't seem to like the
keen wind, attended by • fat clerk catrying a red bag,
and the pair precede 1 by an offici .1 ia lilsok, solemnly
TIIE ENGINEERS STRI li E. be Iring n w ,nd, in reheil slowly up Ili.;!i•street to the
The master engineers of Newcastle have sh,,,shan ; aft,r whidi for a short time there was
going ii end oat of men, mat ref them looking sue.
refused the compromise proposed by the men on
icudy rat. eolleet-rs. Later in tho day It
strike, viz., working hours to be 9 daily or 54 per Lioame known that E. Platt, EA., the rAilingbarrieter,
week, and the men giving up '2i hours wages, had been to Dorchester, but his court Moe by no means
on the ground that the wages are not an exciting affair, the chief business being allowing the
too high to obtain good workmen, who sver"cere etPrnset•
Ttrr WzaTittn.—The following is our ua.toorologieal
would be driven to other parts by the lower r
figures suggested by the manes compensation for port
shorter hours. The masters renew their offer
that the working hours shall be otij instead of , g
69, with an Increase in the wages of ti per cent., I I
and they suggest an Arbitration Congress of
delegates from employers and aorkmen through-
out the Kingdom.

DORCIIIIIISILJune, Saturday. —Corn Exclungo well
attended,and a moderate demand for new wheat at We. to ids.
per quarter. being a decline of is. and 2s. on lad week's rates,
'lifting barley lb. to 40e. ; Peas, 12*. to The cattle Markets
have been well suppiied. Bed bas declined to 12*. to lbs. per
score, and Mutton to 10.2 to lid per lb.. in consequence. it as
glad, of the abundance of both natural and artificial food.

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