The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-05-29 00:00:00

DoscraasTEß.

The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salisbury has
licensed the Rev. Stowell Webb Mackenzie Nash,
clerk, N.A., to the Curacy of Steeple, Dorset-
CONFIRMATIONS. —The Lord &shop of Salisbury
will hold Confirmations at the following places during
the ensuini,iit :—Dorchester—June 1, at 1.30 ;
Me'combo , St. John's—June 1, at 4,30, and
June 2, at 3 ; ton—June 2, at 1L
Sramoida WERE preached on Sunday last at St.
Peter's Church—in the morning, by the rector the Rey.
E. W. Pears, and in the eyentug, by the chaplain of
the county prison, the Rev. H. P. Raikes, in aid of the
London City MiaBlollll. The collections amounted to
£ll 7s.

ktr. JETFERT of the High-street, who was visited by
an illustrious stranger some days ago, and on the
strength of an introduction, lent him a gun, still awaits
its return. Gun and stranger have both "gone off."
Several tradesmen of Newbery, in Berks, would also
be glad of a line from him, or die return of their shot-
propellers.
VoNTERTAINXENT. —We would remind our readers,
that to-day (Monday) is the first night of the exhibition
ofi Messrs. Poole and Young's panorama. Apart
from the paintings, " a tour in the East" cannot fail,
under present circumstances to be of deep interest.
Paterfamilias should not lose the opportunity of giving
the little ones, a healthy and delightful treat. We
may add that this entertainment ham never been here
before.
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Louisa Ilelar d. was summoned by Elizabeth Pond, for
an awatilt. The parties are residents in the fashionable
suburb of Forilington. According to the affecting story of
Mrs. Pond, on the 19th, she was taking her husband his
breakfast, where ho was at work. She was passing
Louisa, and upon her telling her little boy no come along.
Louisa, whom she had not before seen, came up to her,
and with the remark "what diil you say to me,'
"humped' her in the hack, several times. A threat that
the police should be spoken to, drew from Louisa, a volley
of abuse, in which the married lady as "called but
everything." Not content with this, Louisa said she'd
give her something to go to the police about, threatened
to have her bonnet off, and smashed her umbrella. Dom-
pliduant said she was always insulting her, and it was
because she wouldn't "neighbourly" with her. Defend-
ant's version of the affair, was that Mrs. Pondlcommenced
hostilities—" she hit time, and I hit she."—Fined dd, and
costa So. 61. ; in default, seven days hard labour.

TNX VOLUNTURS. —Every volunteer enrolled since
the Ist of January, 1976, is to have his chest measure-
ment as his height entered opposite his name in the
musterroll of his corps. Volunteer bandsmen appear-
ing on parade in uniform must in future be enrolled
volunteers. They are permitted to attend the parade
of another corps with the sanction of their command-
ing officer, and while so engaged may wear the uniform
of the corps to which they are temporarily attached.
DORSI'? CoMITY Hoserrat.—The following in the
report for the week ending May 34th: In-patients
asitted, 4; discharged 3; out-patients admitted. 10;
dischartrltkesnergencies, 0; deaths.
th 0; in-patients
in the 43; out-patients on e books, 148;
phyricisa or the week, 1)r. Lush; surgeon for the
week, Mr. Emson ; house surgeon, Mr. Herbert J.
Capon. The following case of accident has been
received :—James Piddock, a stone mason's labourer,
was knocked down by the handle of a crane which he
was using to lower a block of stone, at the railway
station, on Saturday. His right leg was severely
bruised, and his heed cut. His knee joint was also
Injured so much as to keep him in bed. He is doing
very well under the cue of Mr. Good.
TILE WrATHIII. —The following is our meteorological
report :
Data

INom I
,Po,h4z. State of Weather.
58. 41 1 NNE I,Gioady
22 , 53 40 , Rohs
50 , 17 Wll Cloudy
la 54 U NE leleedy
II 43 44
41 141141.4tw1e flee
111 00
17 71 47 SW away, ems

DORCHESTER AGRICITTLTRAL SOCIETY.
SHELP-BHEABIN6 UTCL

The annual sheep-shearing match, in connection
with this Society, took place in the repository-ground,
kindly placed at the disposal of the Committee, by
Mr. T. Ensor. The judges were Mr. W. S. Hun.
Druce . • Mr. F. Pope. Chilfrome ; and Mr. G.
Symonds, Monckton. Mr. H. Mayo, found the cheep;
and the conditions were three sheep. to each man.
For the men's prizes there were 7 competitors, and
the work may be put down as about the average. The
results were c Elias Neale (servant to Mr. John Chick,
Compton), Brat, £2; Robert Mason (Mr. T. C.
Saunders, Watercombe), second. Li; John Lane (Mr.
H. Mayo, Frome), third, 10s. ; R. S. Gifford (Mr. H.
J. J. Cockeram, Friar Mayne),Thighly commended;
George Shave (Mr. Richard White, Burton), com-
mended.
For the prizes for lads there was only one com-
petitor, Henry Spracklin (Mr. J. A. Smith, Bradford),
who was awarded the second prize, Lie.
We are glad to be able to add that the respected
secretary of the club is regaining his health and
strength.

Lowe*
Point st Wind.
MeV.

Otis BOROUGH police have juat being furnished with them quickly led,then the rest all of a cluster ;but on win-
some new heaeapieces in the shape of verT elegant and ins round the course the second time, they had tailed off,
spiked helmets. They area decided improvement and several yards eeparated each.
Tiinge-Lio•go &sae 100 YDS.—First, 7s. up 61. Kell and
on the old City-police.patternel
Pipette.— C onee
Sweeney : second. 2s. 61., 0 iadringharn and Wellsman.
CoMMDTED TO TEE I/Deere OUNTY Three couples startel ; bat Kell awl Sweeney ran very 1
Artists : William Palmer, beastiality at Whitechurch easily, and won anyleee ; the sec ~m 1 roo;4e were also a I
Can micorum ; Hard Lat.osr: Louisa Churchill, steal- long way in -Ovate.° of the I .a.ors. 1
hag stockings &c., at Weymouth, G calendar months ; Boys Rsca, 10 'yds.. for boys under 16 years
Gen ge Willis, assault at Sherborne, Ephraim Torenty-twe entries. First, 10e. Rolterts ; second, se. .
Swinerton, vagrancy at Blandford, James Harvey cockin : third, 21. 61., Cennell. S. mane ran that it etre
esehee to try to give their names ; they leoltni like a
stealing 's watch at Bridetde and d'ain Wilsim and
school, numerous were they They were han.licappel
Mary Wilson, vag.rancy at Weymwith, 14 days each ; accorli•ngso to a_ie and sig., and Roberta, who is a little
Thomas Hayward, vagrancy at Shaftesbury, 7 .Lays. fellow, ran serf pluckily, and though much pressed
IMPUDENT HIGHWAY ROBBERY. —At the Borough towards the end of the routes., he menage I to Vetch the
Police Court on Monday, Jane Dore, a prostitute, of tape fire, although he meld scarcely be 'elevated from
Fordington, was charged before the Mayor (Mr. ' the enrol: sheet 3 es. It tween Cockle and Connell.
Alderman bock), and Dr. Aidridge, with stealing a ALL.COKERS RACE, 2,5) vole—First, 20e, (Beeson,
purse containing 25., the property of George Hawker i (31st) • se-ond. Pa, Reeves 11l isrAWen). A sharp eontest,
tetween first.rate runners wen h about two yards.
a labourer, of Whitcombe. The prisoner a eppear
HUNDRED YARDS R ;ACE. —First,y lsa, Gleeson ; second,
attired in a black eve and a costume of the flaming- 10,.. Keebie. Hough, Gleeson, Sweeney, Mac Hale, and
fashion affected by Fordington damsels. On Saturday, Kell started. It was won 14 about a yard; two yards
the 26th of May, the complainant came into Dor. 1 between second and third.
cheater and while going home met the prisoner in Star- ! Tufa OF WAlL—Right half of the battalion against th
lane, about 11 at night. She went up to him and , left half. Twelve a side Right won, and had 1,11. A
although he told her he did not want her, she put beg I lot o e s they co . f the stoutest fellows th uhl muster pulled at the
hand in his trousers pocket and took out his purse n TOPe : but, unfortunately, the people were not kept far
• ' eriough away from the ropes for all to see the contest.—
which had in it 2s. He asked her to give it back. but
' The right half first won, then the left half, after a good
she would not, and said she had not got it. While I strong strain, and the deriding poll was obstinately con-
they were talking Sergeant Mitchell appeared on the tested, all hanging on the rope, and planting their feet in
' scene, turned on his light, and picked up the purse the ground as if their lives depended on their not giving
from the ground, open, but empty. Pnisoner, who way. At length the right pulled the others over, thoneh
' was the worse for liquor, was taken to the lock-up, we are not quite sure that the ground did not favour them
and I .11 being searched sixpence only was found on her. • trille,
n followed, and was moM
Her defence was a very impudent one, that the old A doukey amusing.. Trace
he nioblcharactere steeds were ridden by officers,
man made improper overtures to her—" which calls dressed in national continues. Mr. Morant as a Knight
yerself a married men, you ought to be ashamed to be Templar; Mr. Frodsham, a policeman; Mr. Deverell,
seen talking to the likes of us—and as scon an he Italian brigand; Mr. Newington. Austrian hussar; Mr.
heard the policeman threw the puree himself under Martin, in hunting continue ; Mr. Biller all the Grant
the wall and trumped up the charge against her. She Turk; while Mr. Phillips represented RIIOIII4 in the
hoped the Bench would not be hard upon her. As to character of a Cossack of the Don. Some of ihe "nigger"
helpel to drive the
ba•l denkeys and the Russian and
Sergeant !Mitchell she expresned e
her opinion that h
Grand Turk canna iii first, the ju,
dge giving it in favour of
would swear such oaths against people that he the Turk.
would take away their lives if he could! She was SACK Race, SO yarde round a post. About half-a-dozen
sentenced to a month's hard labour. entered : but several fell—First, 7s. 61., Kell ; second,
THE BATH AND WEST or ENGLAND SHOW—The 21. 6,1.. King.
arrangements for all the departments of thin show are BLINDFOLD RACE. 100 yards. Drummers up. This was
progressing no satisfactory that it promises to be by rather 'draggling, the partiew running in menu" the people,
far the largest exhibition ever held by the society, amid great fun ;hut nobody fell—First, Is. od., Steen:do;
cond, 9.5. fkl. flough.
The show yard is 40 acres in extent, unit is situated se
Bova' RACE,, 100 yards, for lads of the navy only, under
within the borough, but a mile from the centre of the 16. Heats. First, 10s. ; second, ss. ; third, 2s. 0.1. Twelve
city of Bath. The cattle classes, notwithstanding the started, and ran well together till about 20 yards from the
strongly adverse influence of the cattle plague in SOMB winning post, when Langton came out, and won by about
districts, are remarkably well filled, the entries a yard, Rtelhourne 2nd, Macleod 3rd. Secend heat:
1 numbering 325, a. against 280 at Hereford last year. Arnet Ist, till End, Comnber 3rd. Deciding heat: Arnet
There are =1 entries of sheep, 16-1 horses, 106 pigs, took the kah and maintained it to the end; Old ied,
Langston led.
and 127 cheese and butter. The implement depart. La
Mite liscg.—First, 20i., Fisher ; second, 105., Haggett.
ment has griiwn so much that there are 106 special sheds Poole also rata. Theft rm man lel throughout, winning by
for machinery in motion. The Veal length of about 30yde, and doing the distance in 5 minutes, 47
shedding is upwards of three miles. Much diaappoint- seconds,
ment has been occasioned in Bath by the arrival of EGG AND Seocr4 RACE, 10erD5.—First, 55., Littlechild ;
the intelligence, in reply to invitations from the second. 2a. 61., Matthew. Twenty-one entered. but about
Mayor and corporation of the city and the council of 12 started. They had to elm carrying an egg on a spoon,
the society, that the Prince of Wales cannot, without touching the egg with finger or thnnib. Drummer
consistently with his other engagements, visit this the Sweeney got in first, but as he put his thumb on the egg,
he was disqualifisel, and the prizes were given te second
centenary meeting of the ',how.
The A
third arrivals at the goal.
BOKOCOH POLICE, Monday (yestenlaye—Present : ene A prize of 245. for a hag of war between 111 each of the
Mayor (Mr. Alderman Lock) and Dr. Aldridge. Arrnv and Navy did not fill
1 William Nears, a labourer, of Fryer Mayne,
_pleaded
, YETEDANIY RACE, 150 yards, for men of Li year.* service,
guilty to the charge brought against hen by P.C. Dunn of open vs Army, Navy, or Prison Warders. Six ran, ineluils
having been drunk and incapable in the High-street on ing one prison warder. The prime were won thus—First,
Saturdey.—PFined se. and
the costs.
nion Arms, Porrlington, I , Quarterter-Sergeant Keeble; second 10s., Sergeant
Caroline ieJkld, of U 20e
nstructormas Grace.
defended by Mr. Weston, was summoned for keeping her QUARTELKILE Racg.—About half-a•dozen ran. First,
house open for the sale of liquor during prohibited hours. les., Gleeson ; second, les., Hough ; third, Ed., Fisher.
—On Sunday morning, the 10th inst., Sergeant Mitchell, Cossotaviox RACF..—About 30 or 40 entered, and it was
In company of P.C. Gould, visited the defendant's house a errembling affair, plenty of hustling, Jostling, and
about eight in the morning. The officers obtained eneral fun. First, Sampson ; second, Hall; third
edmittance by a Side-door leading into the yard from Harcork.
j whence access could he had to the bar. The several doors a,
Isla:Gees' RACE (by special reqiiest). Sterne WWI first ;
I were open, and they went through the kitchen into the and Dinohoe and Hardin ran a dead heat for second '
bar where was the landlady. Gould, subsequently, stopned
e- pl e They ran again, and (perhaps by special request)
a woman named Ann Jones, who was leaving with a jug " ' d
manage to run another dead heat ; but they wouel not
of porter concealed uuder her shawl.. Mrs. Pitfield said it •
was a drop she had given herhowever at; shefailed had been senotice anyrubleigns 'Hung givletnother rare dividing the stake".
up Theffi al ye n concluded the set sp re orts ; but the was plenty
. oci e, , to s - . ,
of the scrubbing, and the official opinion was iniparted to of merriment among tne men.
the defendant to that effect. Mrs. Pitfield then slightly The passengers by the 7.10 train were very numerous;
altered herletatement, and said Jones had been upstairs and the scene lively. Everything was most successful -
making the beds and looking after a sick daughter for her, the day being fine throughout.
—ls reply to Mr. Weston, the Sergeant said there was a
cottage situate in the yard, which the defendant let, and
he should presume the yard door was left onen for the
convenience of the occupants. Mr. Weston :Omitted the
I facts, and for the defence inaintained that Mrs. Pitfiellre
j statement was the real truth of the matter, and that for
the time the woman Jones was actually a servant for her,
and that she had in, perfect right to lie there; the act not
applying to lodgers, servants, Dinettes, or travellers.
, Patterson's law law Led it down that the giving and not
' the milling of liquor to any person having lawful business
at a hou-E or who was a private friend did not constitute
an offence, hut, it Wl.B for the justines to discriminete
. between sham and bonit-ftle frientishipe—Mrs. Pittield
was called, and stated that when Jones finished her work
she offered her something to driuk : lett she said she was
very poorly and would rather take it home and shrink it
another time. She accordingly gave her some in a jug. It ,
was a complete gift, and no money was paie for it.
The Bench then took the ease of AIM JOllet, widow, ,
charged with being on the pretnees on the day in question.
The evidence was similar to that given above. In addition
the sergeant said he went to the woinen's house, when she
said she and her brother had had a drop of drink the
1 previous night, and she did not feel well in the morning:
she went to Mrs. Pittlelde house, and she let her have the
peeler. She did not say whether she had paid for it.—
Defendant now maintained that it was a gift—The Bench
thought there score some teispicioue .circumstances, but,
with a strong caution, dismissed both sunimenees.
William Open, a labourer of Stratton, was summoned
for being drunk in the petites streets, at 11, on Saturday
night. When aekeel if he pleaded guilty ; he said he
rouldn't tell whether he was drunk or not. P.C. Stone,
however, stated that he wasen such a state of beeryshelps
lessness, that he had to be catrie,l to the station. Fined
it., to include costs which amounted to Is, 6d. more than
they would hive been, had he not required the constable
ti be sworn.
Charles Wellspring, labourer, of Fordituttnn, pleaded
guilty te having been drunk, at the "Old HOLM at
llonee" and refusing to tinit, when desired. P.C. Gould,
was the witneee. Fined ss. and Sc. 61. costs.