The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-09-17 00:00:00

WaIt:BORN E.

Younar Ifisstons.-•An open-Cr meeting and tea is
impaction with the Wimborne branch in aid of Foreign
lilaleas was held at tiol.bill on Thursday last. There
were some 700 friends est down to a tea, after which the
neva E. F. Trotniaa, Lorry, emoted', and other friends,
addressed the meeting. The meeting was a decided
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Coeluum —Oa- Monday an inclined was held at the
and Hones Inn, by Mr. Thomas Rtaltne, coroner,
on the body of a nude child, found In the river Stour.
Tram the widen*, it appeared that three lei,' were row-
ing • boat on the Stour on tiatunlay afternoon, when.
about 50 yards beyond the railway bridge, they noticed a
brown paper parcel. tied up with • string. On coming
sear it they noticed the tack of • child, the paper being
bream at that part they turned it over with the oar,
and Ikea maw a. face and anus information was at
one. Vela to the police, who found, on getting it out of
the wider, half • brick attached to some string, which
was fastened to the centre of the parcel, the brick weigh-
lag about tan—Drs. C. H. W. and S. O. Parkinson made
:very mieste post-mortem exatuniati.n of the body,
sd discovered that the obild bad bred about live or am
days before it met with it. death. A wound was found
over the left forehead, which MN inflicted before death,
and that the child met It. death either by • blow or
strangulation. The body must have ineli in the water
about • fortnight —The Coroner carefully summed up the
evidence, sad the Jury as once retunied • verdict of
wilful aardix spirit eons person or parsons unknows.

stand fort " Pavement r Perhape—leet for Instance the
eassensew should oat we what his on.told
P stiusds for Pavement." Yes, bat " P stands etlasitY
well for Purbeck." Is It one of the ancient lendokarks I
P also stands for "Premises" ead for • „,thit
In. of them wonld red " Penton, his Premises." But
what a funny place t fit the mark paler from the walla!
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Take a .alk up attest till you are plumbed between
two inionrmisit lamp-posts You'll not miaa them if you
are bliud, i.., if )ou are pretty corpulent- A ill tie beyond,
stuck in the well are two pretty h . ula stonea. eery pretty.
little 'Vanes, suad some llasrlash words on them. "P•—
mark it is P agaia. es. u.rlly two P.. are herv--" Private
Property. tit. tin. N. IWO." If that is not gears correct
pat tl.e fault on the dust which bides the WY PINT. sft,
lin. North—buropb—is it? Why not put a railing round
for even a row of poato without own:meting chain la
ilktral. Why cot p a railing routri the unpevsd way at
the "NAV if that P means "Private Property r Put ut.
t !be railing and gee if someone else will not order it down
again

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if all this is weird fancy will the Local Board, for the
convenience of the public and before dirty .emilw comes
again, prove it, by undertaking oertain patent alterations
In things as they are, Nen week we will point out exactly
What we mesa.

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Our old friends the Swim Singers will be with Ds Main
Fridat. giving their capital entertainment at the
Mowkm Institute, and part of the protts'at .111 be
devoted to that inetitution. On Sunday evening. the Mgt,
they will glee a service of Sacred song at the Cotutrega-
tional Church. to commence at f 1.15, Admissiou will be
free, but voluntary offerings will be received at the doors.
Lucia