The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-06-29 00:00:00

DORCHMTE,R.

SCHOOL FXSTIV•L The annual "outing" of thil
children attending the Independent Sunday school took
place on Thunder last, when they were taken to
Frampton park, and spent • happy day, with &bun.
dance of coke and to., and various "maw

EAILT C 1.081140. —The principal tradesmen of Dor-
chester have agried to close their shops at movie
o'clock each evesinp, incept Saturdays and fair dart
all tie year round, from Thanday, lit July. It is •
very good thing to do, and we hope customers will
tale the hint, and make their purchases as early in the
day as possible.
Tao J•rAxesz.—On Wednesday evening the
Japanese troupe gave a performance at the Town•luilli.
There was a fair audience, but Dot nearly in large as
was deserved. The top spinning twits were simply
wonderful, while the ladies and the bsby are attractive
in many way.. The lecture on Jawses fashions and
Customs was very telling. They are quite ready with •
"reason why" for their ways—odd as they appear to us;
and English habits aud mode. Sr. to them beta ' foolish
business." altogether it is one of the best entertain-
went. we have experienced.
COIIIIITTID TO 7EII DOUR COONTT Pl/11011
Hard Labour : John Spencer, vagrancy at Coif*
Crude, 10 days; William Hearne, stealing potatoes
at Lyme Regis, 14 day.- William Jones and
Edward Simes, for misbehaviour at litlandford
union, 14 days ; Wilma Taylor and Lucy Taylor,
vagrancy at Hamoreeton, 21 days; William Raker,
vagrancy at Hanipreaton, 28 days • Henry Mansfield,
vagrancy at Dorchester, 2 month; ; Frederick Sharp
and Jobs Sherlen, ragmen, at Radipole, 7 days; George
Gale, stealing milk at Cattistock, 2 months; Henry
Crew, stealing hay at Abbot,bury, 7 daya.—/xopeirosi•
meal : Thomas Saunders, &mak he., at Wimhorne, 14
days; Henry Hand, drunk ko, at Piddletown, 7 day..
THU WI4THEIL —l%* following is our meteorological
-et for * --Let. Sunday last

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I I
Juno •
21 61
22 66
23 66
24 68
25 67
26 Oa
27 n

81.1. .1 Mather.
Fin*
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'EiE.ABW Gloomy
Fine
Fine
aoomy, line
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fitocitiro-itTrin 110011T0i. —On Friday last, a man
named Mcgovrield wee brought up before J. Bishop,
Esq., lot obtaining money by false peseta's". H. was
apprehended at Fordington with • beping petition,
totting forth a piteous story. According to it, be was
a hawker of pottery. and,. short tins, ago, he Wria at
Langton Herring, with his horse and cart, croekeey,
wife, and nine children, when the horse took fright
and ran against a timber carriage. The collision
resulted in the dest• of his horse, the fracturing of his
wlfe's thigh, and the smashing of all the crockery.
With this statement is went to Lieutenant Anderson,
at Fordi gton, saying he had been sent there by the
Mayor. Subsequently, he was offering needles for sale
at Came, Lod was snspected of conduct searesly so
legitimate.—He was senteeeed to two mouths' bard
labour as a rogue and • vagabond. [re' woman he has
been about with, was last week sent to gaol for being
drunk and disorderly in Dorchester.]

-
./DDFCLLOWSHIP. —Ma half-yearly meeting of the
loyal " Hand•in. Hand" Ledge of the Independent Order
of 04(110110es. MU., wart bold at the Dorchester Arm.,
Northequare, on Tuesday evening. There wee • fall
lodr, including many ot the °floors and brethren of the
of the other branch of Oddfellows in the town. After
the transaction of the ordinary basioess it was decided
to send two deleptes to represent the lodge at the
fortheorning diatruit meeting at Wimborne, and N.G.
Bro. T. Rogan and Seeretary Bro. Old were the ean-
&dates Misted. The nomination of °Others for the
ensuing year then took place. N.G. Bro. T. Rogers
wan nominnted for dm G.M. chair; V,G. Bro. Willa to