The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-03 00:00:00

A MAN AND DOG FIGHT.

The Birmbsohant Post gives some &tails of the
extraordinary case which came before the stipendary
magistrate. Mr. IL (!. Greenwood. at llanley, on
Monday, when toe-, colliers. name4l F.llward
and John Williams, were charged with being on the
premises :of Mr. Joseph Barlow, Greenbank Hon-c,
near Burslem, for an milawful purp,se. Williams
has been lately devoting a good deal of time to
thinking, and on f; itunlay, while engaged in thin
amusement, be met with Wilding, and continued
it in his csmpany. About nine o'clock the pair,
well primed with beer, found their way to Breenbank
House, which was left in the charge of a mail-servant
an-1 a large Newfoundl-ind dog. Met in the yard by
the slog. which disputed their entrance. Williams
resolved upon giving battle t 'the animal. He stripped
to the waist and handed his clothes to, Wilding to,
hold. Then, arming hims--If with a clasp-knife, he
I rushed upon the dog, welch 41 not at first cora-
-1 prebend the intention ~f his assailant, but one or
two clumsy efforts of the man opened his eyes and he
began to return the blows with bites. For twenty
minutes the battle raged, and by that time With urn s
trine an-1 bands were literally adorned with bites,
fr un N -me of which blood timed freely. Mile he
with his naked flesh was an easy mark for the dog,
which Worried him, apparently, with great satisfaction,
the burnan brute found it very ilifro-ult to inflict a
blow on the quadruped. s tbat while Williams was
yery severely bitten the dog escaped unhurt. The
csaifiict was Interrupted by the wield of Mr. Barlow,
who found the coninstants in the tl % kennel.
Williams on his knees trying to "stick" the animal,
and the latter preventing this, and at the same time
punishing the enemv. Wilding was looking on with
notch interest. Asristance was procnred and the
intruders were ,ecurea. hati4l,l over to, the police.
nailing in answer to, the charge.
Willi IlliY pleaded that he "had had some bee," furl
showed his hands awl wrists, bowing marks of the
dog's teeth.—The Bench took no notice of this appeal
for leniency, andl sentencesiboth the defendants to 11
day's haysl labour.

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DATES 1 OF PRINCIPAL RAPES FOR T
' SEASON.
New,n.rsc.4 July Stake. (5 fur. IN y.). __Tuesday. July 3
m Cuber! n.I Plate (about I mile 6 fur.) Wed., July 1
Newmar et Illsesterliel.l Stakes (3 furlong.
212 ya 1.1 .111mrs., July 5
I.' very.% .1 Simmer I.:up (..”lit I in. 4 fur.)Thura, July 2
agml wood Stewards' Cup (6 fur.) ... Tue. , July 31
Ii• KA wOil i S•akeu (2 mile* I fur.) Wed., Angst 1
lieedwoorl Culg (9 mile. I fur.) ..... . .... Thur... Aug. 2
Cmalumo I I Ilegteril..l.l l'ogp (1 mile 2 fur.) Friday. Aug. 3
Brighton Stake: (1 mil.• 6 fur.) . 'nage) or, Aug. 7
t Rrighlon Com (ihell 2 mile.) .........
...., wvd.. Aug.g4
Igggam glf 11.11earIg mile-) tiag Agytu.t I
(kelt Fl' n• II in.le-ap. York a guile.) Wel., Aug. '
Great Y. k•Mire Stair... (1 mile 6 fur.) Thum, Aug.
D mr.ubir (51ampa.tne Stakes (5 f. 152 y.) Tues. Sept. n
n.,.,3qtei-st. t, .. r(I gm 61.1 r. 1:e y.) Wed., Sept. 1
f) ,fleueeir Cup (al mot 2 lune. 5 fur.) .... Fri.)ay, Sept. 4
Newmarket Great Weggern Railway
ihndirp (6 fur.) Tue.., Sept. 25
Ne runt -et 0.1.011Vr HAll.ii,lllP (I Wile
2 fur. .1 yard.) , Friday, Sept.
.F, Cegargai eh (2 Mib, :! hr.*, Oa) • - Tgleidar. Out. 91
Middlel rk Plate (6 fur.) Thum Oct. 11
Critetimi Stakes (6 fur.) Monday, 0.1. 22
Caudill.' hire (I mile 216 yard.) .. ... -I' liesday . Oct. SI
11.talturd Plate (7 fur.) Thurs. Ont. $5
Liverpoe. Autumn tap II rude 4 fur.) Thura. Nov. 4.)
Great Sh opihire IlandicaP (1 mile.) Wed.. Nogg li

A terrtble holler exiihriion has occurred at the Ray.
dale Ironwiii kg, Irdiiiizina to Meaarii. Robert Heath a d
STuOtell. Six men and two bora were killed on the
quit, an about 31 men sostained eri,u injaries. It
e,tiinatql that the damage done to the IpeTty amounts
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The detth is reported of the Rev. Thigh Jityar, who for
many years held the living of Sutton Bingham, nsar Yeovil.
C he deeenstsl retired to rest at the usual hour on Sunday,
when he *ma &maven* in goad health. Shortly after nOd•
nicht he nas found .b..a4 by his son. He was 05 years of
age
The Priest in Absolution,

by
..T9tich-nee.l.l

of , tap a I water to his dirt, will become '' the priest n emissn aes, will actually co/m:tintio'lntYheahint!itse LlCT:elorf,
ablution t" ducked in the most convenient horse pond, more especially in the country, where by *ulnae
liii
'the pri st in solution ;" and in relation to the Church he flattery he ingratiates himself with the servante, by *
ttoe, his *mat to bring into hatred and contempt, "the f'L.
tmed fmlicittide for their well-being he anticipates
priest in itissolution nf the Etitalilislunent."
their wants, and in this manner manages to obtain
The Itoily of a tell. named Nary Houghton, fourteen
orders even. when they would otherwiae have omitted
years of age, .ail found in a pit of water near her. on
them, pounng the while into the ears of Edwin 'e cook
house, Fleet Lone, Parr, Stalielens. About two month,
since the derea.ed was bitten by a mad log, which ems discourses as baneful as any the serpent ever whispered
drowned inuttedi itely afterwards. The wound from the to Eve. Edwin nays that when he thinks of the vast
bite healed op in curse of time. She has several times tin:unities of truffles, cockscombs, French plums,
spoken of, the deg, saying that she could hear it harkina [alien paste, sultana., chutney, mushrooms, nutmegs,
hut she seemed quite well and hearty. About ten o'cloc
reserved apricots, awl picklml ginger which are con-
t pit by a
on Monday night ,hew was
poke ,een go
h ing in d
sh the directi
hon .t )
Slllll°ll weekly by his family (according to the monthiy
he tinker.ho sto er, mie ten seemed
quite cheerful. Shortly after midnight, her pinafore, book,, though he eats but few of these condiment*
frock, and clogs were found near the pit by a number of himself, and 'seldom sees any of them on his table),
searchers, who at once dragged the water awl recovered his brain p.itively reds, and he wonders that they
-the holy at the time itiove Ittated The whole of the are ail alive ; and half of these might have been altered
ett,iiiii tances the: lemd to the supposition that the Poor bbn-, he ima4;inee, hut for the personal interference of
girl had mmtmitted suicide.
his 11t Ii grosser an the officious miggestitms he
SUNDAT AT 110,11i.-31.4mma—"Now Jack, there
ten commandments you have to keep. If, you took a thini makes to the servanth
that waitn't your,. you'd break a commandment r' Jae Edwin. grandmother here thought fit to lift up her
(retuenthering something alstiat some little niegere)— voice. She alluded to the days of her youth, when
And then there'd be Nae, 4" things were, she said, although different, and gloated
TA, Wilt, Mirror has authority for twin-aiming the with pride over the evident persimony of her liusband's
approaching marriage of the lion. Sidney Herbert (the establishment, winding up by remarking that she
newly-eleeted and esteemed member for the Wilton auppoised in those days housewives. "looked into things
borough, antlbrother of the 1,40 of Pembroke), and Lady
Beatrice Louisa I. imbton, eldest daughter ,if the Earl of more than they do now " (for she will never miss her
Durham, of Lattibton Castle, Durhate.and FenLni Wooler, sly fling at ptmr Angelina).
Noithuntherlandily took up the cudgels for Angelina, and
At the Bri-tol Council a report of the Watch Corn. spoke with some warmth of the growing luxury of the
inittee, having r, ferenee to a proposed city dre.hrigade ago. I pointed to the street, awl called her attention
and the machinery roves. ,ry to sileh an i-,ual,l:uhment, to the rolling thunder of the cab, and to 111 l ibum-s, and
w.., after a short dise.l in, adopted. The itmiiiatisil to the emsequent impetus which had Imen given to
ro.d id the plant is V2,lgil :ma thn annual outlaw is Ow
St CLOW. trade. I begged her to consider for a moment the
A thre ,year old little girl, at Roehester, New York, WAS revolution which had been effected by our railways and
t,,,iit to tionclude the evening prayer, during the electric telegraphs; the competition which existed now
temp trary alwence of her father, with "Please watch over between all dames ; the thirst after luxury and
my PAP." It sounded %VII ii‘ri.iei, hut the mother's field in ; the way in which inferior, aped the manners
tonitzemiint may he Imagined when sho added, " And awl coot 'MI of their bet-ten; and I pointed .sot to her
yFriol better keep an eye on
matinee,
to..
that this universal burning of the candle at both ends
i .fmlee Brady, in a reeent lecture, told a 'dory of an ambit- must neceitsarily entail the minstimption of more
tn. Yankee who aspired to the State Senate. Like
gnieeri I then in es. nilored her to contrast the Ire sent
certain man we've. read of, he 4avelOndollars for the Mau.a
ence of a friend. His hope., were high, and be most state td things with the frugal and eland° habits of
i willingly parted with the money. But a hen the return* her youth, and asked her to recall the descript. of '
CAMS in he foetid he hail hot three votes. Ile at once tile in Fielding, Srnollett, and the Vicar of Wakrfiell
rushed to his friend. "See here; I've but three votes, When, however, I came to thea / names, the old lady
--If are yll.ll, was the reply. "Let Inc see. You voted for began visibly to bridle, declaring that she hoped I did , y.),,,.H. and I voted for you ; bat who, in thunder was .
, the other ;J r Mit Plll/114103 that when a girl she had ever been
. flenry a tobusetinist runt barber, of Bradford allowed to reasl anything oweroe, as young people were
wi‘e waa On Monday r.li^,l grill for smuggling, paid the then brought up upon a totally different system from
money at once. although the magistrates promised to jot* what they are now ; awl that as to the descriptions in
i in a memorial for reducing the penalty. the Vicar of Woks-field, that book was written consider- '
i I The lam ()leen of %Wills vainly trying to dissuade her ably before her time. tts. ; and she began to smirk and
. son from Mil contemplated marriage with Dona Mercedes, giggle behind her table napkin,
daughter of the Due de Mtintpensier. The authenticity i'elwin seemed, however, to be thoroughly incited
of this proposed union has been several timeu eon trad Wed;
but it is once more said that King Alfonso is dwill take place ecide
the dly against Angelina by her remarks, and took up the ory
smitten, and that the cereinony against mo lern housewives (as it Angelina e fragile
I
e In
middle of October. little white hand could have arrested alone the
The judges of the Court of Appeal have decided a vast system of fraud and impoeition which ha. gone
matter of importance to hotel keepers. They ruled that ' rolling on like an enormous snowball from time
the gentleman who left his watch and rings upm a dress. immemorial ii, and affairs were getting somewhat
ing table in his room at the Old Ship, Brighton, front animated when there WAS a ring at the front-door
which they were stolen during the night„ was not entitled bell, awl Colonel D'Arcy sauntered into the dining-
to recover their value from the proprietor, heeauie the
dru,:i.miig
wiwthhich.
room arrayed in all the glories of new spring attire,
attest did not lock his bed.rooni, nor take any. other pre-
cautions for the safety of his property. The Jury at the
nit wed to allow a seeond trial.
trial found a verdict tor the hotel keeper, and the judges EaTitewrien".smarrtaanitlantii7etthienr sthheulli7lvoetritgattifi"tnh'e
A USING VOA PENAL SKSVITtinS.—At the Midollesel swrrt.
~,agnikv blig,wt t,I:
illenr;:iliaca
fey mai
ntehnetratuaewl y t,cihtteire.olonel,
8,..i.,114 on Wednesday, Thorn. Murray, a labouring man, " Ask her to warm up the image of chicken, awl the
24, was convicted of having stolen a Ism containing vale. hashed jamb. for Colonel D'Arcy,' said Angelina
aide article. from Israel Nurenal ter When the Judge was timidly to the footman who had shovrn him in, looking
al, tut to peas sentence, the prisoner said he earnestly - •
hoped the learned gentleman would "seway up
."
"(five me penal servitude," he prayedndhima, five years diAt enhdetmhowan zeitwh
per,talargetowsaprhaleisnrgd eyE,ea.i
win
whisper
and it will do me good. When I have only a titue ot i an I move,' towards the door; for I felt a sudden
imprisonment my companions wait for me outside the I desire td a cigar.
primu. and lead me into wrong again. If you'll give me 1 " You see, dear, that they will not be wasted," said
five years, my lord, I think I shall be able to get away '
from my old mates, and do some good tor myself.-- The 1 Angelina, who WAS now wreathed in smiled, pressing
Edwin's hand affectionally am he left the rum.
Judge said he could not pass a sentence of five years, but , .s we adjourned to yether in the scooking-mmin, I i
he would accede to the prisoner's desire by sending him ' ^
into penal servitude for a period which the law did . heard the creaking swing of the area-gate, finishing up
prmtrrihe, and that was seven years. Prisoner (earnestly) . with a bang. Edwin walked towards the window and
"Thank you, toy lc,rd." , I looked out. A light spring-can was at the door, into
The Inland Revenue authorities at Bradford wen ; which a non vaulted jauntily, carrying in hits hand a
dt.etvered that a paper merchant in thst town, nil slip of bluishpaper scored over with memoranda. Need Hartley, ...I in the bahit of gruuggling large quantities
tobacco from Hamburg, concealed in resins of PaPer 1 Iwmexctlhaiernfaedm,ilythgrnrteitrig? to please '
They recently made a seizure, and on Tuesday proceed 1 haki fist h '
Edwin, ant * ng my st at the grocer as soon as d
inn were taken before the magistrates against Hart
and his clerk, • young man nettled Ilardacre. Her bad turned his back. " Would that I could nail you
was ordered to pay penalties atnounting altogether sip on this door by the ear;'
£1,34d 2a 31. rod his clerks Gus reassinted But my lively sally was not needed, am, since he had
..I a:a,yt.hth,atiathrisramelan„
LI 111 ss. M. In default of pnymens. Ow wan Mined his cold potatoes upon D'Arcy, Edwin was
ads;
to be imprisoned during her majesty". plimmom.

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again, and our oonvenation soon flowed into
livelier and more amusing channels. V.—ln TA,
Worl 1.