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

PORTLAND.

SUNDAY Scoot Inrsacessiov.—On Sunday after-
noon • special service for children was held in the
Fortune's Well and at Easton Wesleyan Chapel as •
special intercession for Sunday -chools.
NIISAIONAZT SOCIETY—On Sunday last at the
Primitive Methodist Chapel. Fortune's Well, seTlllOl2ll
were preached in aid of the Primitive Methodist
Mietionary Society. On Tuesday evening a meeting
In ail of the same society was held in the chapel when
afflremes were delivered.
Mordants or H.M. fistra.—The following was
obtained from the Admiralty on October 15th, 1379 :
Sheerness—idermaid, 13th inst., undocked ; Juno
will be ready to pay off Thursday, 23rd Mat —Ports-
mouth—Valorous arrived 13th instant, ailed for
Plymouth 14th.—Ireland—Chenne1 Squadron in sight,
eight miles 3.5. of Roche's Point, 14th inst., 11 mm.
—Devouport—Valorous arrived 14th instant.
latirgears ATTINTT AT DRISIRTION.—A night or
two ago a band boy bel ngiug to the Boscawen mad*
a daring attempt to desert horn his ship. It appears
he took off his every-day clothes and hid it away on
board, and taking his best suit he stowed it away in a
bucket. He then lowered himself and his
impromptu " portmanteau " with a rope, and
pushing the bucket before him, he swam
ashore. His liberty, however, was of very
short duration, for he was apprehended by the police
soon aft-rwarda, and taken on board. He states as
hia reason for Os attempted desertion, that he was
bullied very much by some of his messmates, and on
the captain remarking to him that be might have been
drowned, he said he did not care for he could not stand
the bullying which he was receiving from some of his
compani mt. The boy who had been prominent in
the " bullying," thus driving the poor lad to such a
pitch of desperation, has been brought before the
captain to answer for his misconduct.
A. STRANG' 00CUILINCL—At an early hour on
Monday morning as the ganger of the plate-layers on
, the Weymouth and Portland Railway was walking
I over his length he found near the plasma bridge •
large quantity of blood close to the railway metal on
the Weymouth side. There was also • quantity of
human hair lying on the top of the metal. Retraced
the blood to the tenor, where he found another large
pool, but beyond that he could find nothing. He made
a careful search on the rocks and under the bridge. hut
could find no trsce of any person. The mopped
sequel of the sa.ry is this. A man named James
Moore, residing at Chesil, is at the present thne
laid up, suffering from severs lacerated wounds in the
head. The wounds were flo severs that they
necessitated their being sewn up by Dr. Rae. He says
be lost the last train from Rodwell on Sunday night,
,nd being in • hurry to get home be "padded the
hoof." On the road he fll down somewb. "—he
did not know where—and lay where he fell for some
boom On coming round he felt very weak from loss
of blood, but managed to reach his home. There can
only be the terrible supposition that the man laid
down en clam to the metals that the engine pamed
by so close as to cut off his hair and lacers e his heel.
We believe he is now progressing favourably.