The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-10-28 00:00:00

WINOANTON.

FUNERAL (W THE LATE MR. HILYRT MERREEIIL—Tbs
Funeral of Mr. H. Masker. late treasurer for the
county of Somerset, took place on Thursday afternoon,
the body being interred in the family burying place,
situate at the .east and of the parish churchyard.
Several of the magistrates of the Wincanton division
followed the coffin, and the procession also comprised,
In addition to members of the deceased's family and
household, representatives of various public bodies and
philanthropic institutions with which the late Mr.
Memitrr hod been aeociaterl : members of the Yeo-
manry cavalry, and about 90 .4 the tradesmen and
leading inhabitat,ts and yeomen of the town and neigh-
bourhood.

ACTIN AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.
.tt the l'ourt on Yriday, Rebore awes, &general
dealer, of Castle Carey. seal the Greet Western Railway
l'oisi.ny to recover the sum of £7 Iga, for
allegv I to have Ilees su.tained In consequence of
romp-onv delaying the delivery of a number of empty
pgato.biskot.. —lt appear.' that plaintiff was In the
habit of sending potatoes to London to Maxim Parker. On
the rgh f July last he received a post-card from the drm
saying that the previous day 40 empty pads had been put
on the line, directed to him for 411 cat, of potatoes.
Plaintiff expected th- basket to amiss that day in the
ordinary course of buslneP. Plumed asoist.we and dug
up his best potatoes. But instead of coming that day, the
baskets were not delivered before the 2dth, five days after
they had been put on the line, and the pot does, owing to
lying on the ground nearly the whole of that time, were
conssderably deteriorated is value. If the baskets had
been delivered on the sGth, as they should have been, the
potatoes would have been soot away thesame day, and been
in time for the ',ado,' niarket on Saturday. The prices on
the pith of July were tla aped, but in consequence of the
potatoes lying on the ground, they materially deteriorated
in value, and when they were put in the market, they
realised only be &I a basket. plaintiff thereby losintatt
per pad by the delay—Mr. Cruttwell admitted the
but said that Messrs. Parker should have given special
instructions as to what the baskets were required for
when he handed them to the agent in Loodon.—His Honor
thought the disease !crust have been in the potsboill Waft
theyl4t the and gave • verdict for the diked.
ants, without coats.

L &NG CON.

Ors .1 the farmers Was w....mush to employ 50
tam and 19 Ike's,* to car, 1.1..1.1 red harvest.
BELTABLIHN E.
wo Itors. J. • I:ll.wty litel W. lox (II).
were I.f.re thee fire :i•ele ..e. M Isr sin aal
of rt. 1..0 is oar— f... et w e.i.i 411 the (Air. Eh.).
plwvi. -Ix li.. •. # wis
smut t.. r 10 tap.. e••• 1 1.1 . • 41,, sehu Is.s
chars," r, w.. N rat..r:ss..t el for live years.
Firm or NV. 11# •re ie to he agreed pro-
cession on the s:s. Isere untie i strolls committee sit
" lamfire buy." (.1.1 ret•w .1 H. St S.
Pinafore. In a flat U. t. Zulu., fsb.s.s, Turk ,
etteweyo, •wl hi. wired, the eri....eir of ;he
Waterloo Cup, are all to ti •I. the proceloi•da XL....:,
curksity is evinced to know how dos latter charact,r
Is te be represented.

Mn. Hattie AuuTAL—Tb• lysrugh member
arrived hare on Tuesday evening by the 620 trim. A
carriage was in waiting for him at the station. lie
was driven to his clusters, Bull Hotel, the belle of the
parish church ringing some merry peals meanwhile
and during the evening.
GRATIVTIIO TgeTIMOXI F. W. Hall At, of
Bridport, who has held the post of or_7atil4 of Netter.
bury Church during the past niue years, waa on Mon-
daiisruented with • splood.d silver-mounted album.
As the vicar also le -TIPS for a new sphere of labour
the members of the choir were treated t an outing at
the liariartr. whe:e special arrangements were made
for their enj_pyment. On the return journey they
stopired at Wuoth Grange. where they were kindly
entertained by Mr. Thomas.
ANXI:AL MALTING or Vila CM/11471.LN AiiiiOCIATION.
—The annual public meeting of the Young Men's
Christian Association took place in the Town Hall en
Thursday evening. At 6 p.m. a tea was. laid, when
upwards of
artook. The public meeting, held at
7.30, was presided over by the Rev. W. C. Templer,
2.1. A., of Burton Bradetock. Ere the primenlinirs nun-
menced the rout was fairly crowded. The Chairman
gave an interesting and profitable address on "John
Bunyan." The Rev. John Ryan also spoke on "John
Wesley," and the Rev. J. T. Eames on "C. IL
80uriteoll."
riunDIJI DIATH Or TWO TRADZIDICS. —A glOnin was
cast over the town on Friday when the painfully
sudden deaths of two well-known awl reepected towns-
men were reported. Mr. H. Ackerman, South•street,
twine merchant, expired at midday from an obstruc-
tion of the burets after an illness oft few ho s. Mr.
Ackerman. who was 52 year. ,4 are, wee attending
his duties in the warehouse on the previous evening.
On Friday morning, in spite of edic.sl assistatice, he
*erred in rheum. of his twin brother. He INITOS a
W and several children to mourn Llib lose of a loving
(au.. and hashand.—on the same morning Mr. G.
Richards, fel, confectioner. East-street, was danevslud
dead la bed. Deceased had been complasing for some
little time, but no danger wu apprehended. The
cause is attributed to heart disease. An inquest in
both instances was deemed unnecessary.