The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-11-07 00:00:00

FOURTH DORSET RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.
THE ANNUAL PRIZE MEETING:

On Tnesdsy the annual prize eompetition was belch
The weather was very wet and stormy,
COMPETITION A. —FIT. shots at 200, 500, and GOO
yards. 23 oompetitora 111 prise, value £5, given by
the Kayor, Private Stone, 32; 2nd, the Sheriff's cup,
Corporal Hawkes, 29; 3rd, wall° £2 21., given by T.
Coz, Bp., Private Hurdle, 28; four next, El clash,
given by C. Warning. 5q.. Private It. Habzood, 24,
Sergeant Hayman, 23; Private Coworker, 21; and
Lanee-eorporal Kendall, 20.
CogPsrmos B.—Five shots at 200 and 400 yards.
14 competitors. lit, value El 25., given by Ker. J.
L. Williams, chaplain, Private J. Brown, 25 • 2nd,
El 11.. given by Kr. EL D. Ellis, surgeon, Private
' Imber, 2 3 ; 3rd, El, by Captain Vkant, Sergeant Green;
4th and sth, 10.. each, by C. Waxing, Esq., Private J.
Knight, 20, and Private Blank 19.
AGGILSOLTE PRIZES.—Ist, cup given by A. E. Guest,
Seq., 11. PL, Corporal Habgood, 60. Only those who
attended camp were eligible for the others. 2nd,
plated cornet, given by Captain Viant, Private Taylor,
49; the remaining prizes given by A. B. Guest, Seq.,
3rd, El 10s., Private Dibben, 41; 4h, El 5i.,
Private Hawks., 45; Sib, El, Private Howie:sin, 41 ;
6th, 155., Private Hickman, 38; 7th, 10a, Private G.
Wheeler, 37.

SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A TBANTSF,.
On Saturday evening an inquest was held at the
Portsnan's Arms Inn, Blandford, before W. H. Atkin-
son, Esq.. and • jury of which Mr. Welter Lance was
chosen foreman, to enquire into the sense of death of
Joseph Colds, treater, who died at his residence on
Friday morning. The particulars of the ease are these:
Con started for Blondford on Thursday morning with
a waggon drawn by two horses laden with Blur to con-
vey to Shaftesbury, and looded home with wheat. He
stopped on his way home it • public house at Footmen
I Magna, where he bad a pint of beer end left about 7
p.m. He coma on as fares a public house at C3ropton,
where It is stated be had more beer, and left shortly
atm lo somewhat the worse for drink. Between IS and
11 a woman going from lwerne Minder to Fontosell
, saw his waggon at Sutton Waldron oorner drawn slot*
to the bank; and, heoring • groaning and • ory for help,
sent for assistanoe. Meanwhile Coffin got out from
under his waggon and got on the shafts and drove on.
He was followed to Iwerne by • policemen and another
man, who oonsidering him uofit to go horns Llose got a
man to take charge of the waggon and horses
and he was Don veyed home. The witnesses
all spoke to seeing blood on his smookfrook.
The unfortunate man was got home about 3 o'clock on
Friday morning and on his wife trying to get him into
the house she sew he was 'lowered with blood and very
faint, but not in liquor. She remained with him in the
yard shoat an hour and aeon after she went into the
home he followed her and lay down in the front of the
fire. Some time after be raised himself on his knees
and got into • ohalr, when as she stated about • pint of
blood ran from him. Notwithstanding this she did not
cell for any assistanas, nor send for • doctor till about
7 o'clock when she thought he was dying, On the
arrival of Mr. Spooner, the surgeon, the man was
stretched out in his chair dead. On • subsequent
examination of the body by Mr. Spooner, be found on
the left thigh of the deceased at the book • wound
evidently iolloted with some sharp instrument, about
half an inch long and on probing it, it was found to he
seven inches in depth, in • downward direction and
passing through the arteries. Mr. Spooner's evidence
was to the effect that the deceased died through
exhaustion from loss of blood issuing for the wound, and
that the wound could nothave been indicted by tianself,
nor by his falling on any sharp instrument, as then it
would be in an upward direction. After hearing the
evident)e the inquiry was adjourned till the following
Saturday, to give time to the polio, to make further
inquiries and also for • post-mortem examination to be
made of the body.—Tbe deoomed was a strong-well
built man of ruddy ample:ion. 63 years old, of • rather
reserved disposition, and though generally of sober
habits and very industrious, would oesassion•lly take too
mush drink. A eonsiderable number of peoplo
surrounded the house where the inquest was held, all
anxious to know the result of the inquiry,

BRIDPORT.

OHIOLGO Fiu.-1125 135 61 has been sent by
member, of the Bridport Unitarian congregation to
fund for the relief of their di/truest brethren in
Chicago.