The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-11-09 00:00:00

POOLE.

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Tug BOROUGH POLICE. The cost of the police force
and office for the year ending 31st August last, mu
nearly il.O.
LICIIIRE.—The license of the Lord Nelson Inn, was
on Thursday. on the appliestion of Mr. Bellyse. solicitor,
of Slandford. temporarily granted to James Garbled in
the room of Mr. George L Allen, who has been adjudi-
cated a bankrupt.
PRESENTATION OF • TEETIMONIAL.—On the sth of
November, Mr. Stephen Lewis, eldest son of Mr.
Stephen Lewis, timber merehant, of Poole, was pre.
sented with a handsome writing desk, on the "Cession
of his 21st birthday, by the workmen employed in the
timber yards. The testimonial mu suitably acknowledged
by Mr. S. Lewis'.
CLERK TO TRI BURIAL BOARD. —On Saturday. the
fith,s clerk was elected to this board in the room of Mr.
H. 11. Aldridge, resigned. There ware only two
candidates, viz., Mr. F. Travers. sehoolmaster, and Mr.
Joseph Harker, solicitor. There were nine members of
the board present. Mr. C. Stone being in the chair.
There Were five gentemen in favour of Mr. Harker, and
only three for Mr. Travers, therefore Mr. Harker bee
the appointment.
Tug COST or DISORDERLT VAGRANTEL—BeTeraI
panned' have been summoned before the magistrates
during the past month for destroying their clothes, and
have been committed to the borough and the
county gaols for one month's imprisonment with hard
labour ; hut as the cost of maintaining thetas vagrants is
very oonsiderable, the magistrates on Thursday took
the matter under consideration to we what could be
done, for the expense is • very serious matter to the
heavily taxed ratepayer'. Mr. Arby, J.P., sogge,ted
that all vagrants destroying their clothes should have
one week's solitary confinement with low diet, Mr. E.
lAoey, J•P., thought the " e•t" would be found
deterrent in these cases. Mr. Stone asitl he thought
that one half of the costs should be paid by the not-
parishes, or that the chargr II should be wade upon the
IConsolidated Fund. Nothing definite was
.decided
upon.

HILTON.
SUSPECTED lirrAirriciDT.,—Two inquests were held in
this village last week, before W. H. Atkinson, Eris,
the first on Monday on the body of Emma Sophia
Drake, and by adjournment concluded on Friday, and
the mooed on Friday on the body of Kitty Louisa
Drake, both illigitinnte children of Harriet Drake, •
single woman residing with her mother. Strong sus-
picions were aroused that the oh ildnin had been poisons.'
but the evidence given by Mr. C. Ingram, surgeon
Blandford, entirely negatived thin, and th• jury in
both cases returned • verdiet of "Death from natural
nausea."
BOURNEMOUTH. .

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ItOwinir.—The firat rowing Dudish between ten mem.
berm of the newly formed rowing olnb, took plane last
week for the following prizes given by gentlemen of the
town :—A gentleman's knife, malskin cigar ow. silver
pencil ease, Turkiah pipe, and • cigar otanil, kr. The
crows.were--

C. Rebbeak.
C. W. Rabb**. A. C. Mootham.
J. Duke. Jews Cutler.
Samuel Cutler, stroke Joseph Culler, stroke.
W. Bell, coxswain. J. McWilliams, coxswain.
Two heats were rowed which resulted in favour of Mr.
McWilliams's crew by fi'2. secs., to whom the prizes
were distributed immedistely after the ram by C. C.
Creek, Rm.. M the Bells Vue Hotel. About 300 persons
witnessed the contest from the Fief sad the sands.