The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-04-04 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

SUDDEN DEATH. —MN. JogeDl.l Carter. of Kiezditre,da
died eery suddenly about lublaight of Sin.lay.
rather u mrly of late, nhe Irv' been to Weymouth ,at
Friday. All.l her ,le.ith *v.v. unite unexpeeted.
THE LOCAL DOLED L emlaequenee of Ca°
counsel on both *idea heinz on circuit the appeal pm-
eeedings in the ease Regin4 v. o.ltins, luwe bent po•t-
poned by mutual consent: hut it Li said that litiitin
will be re:mined on the return of conic' front Assize
business.

Coanicy LAHOUR AGAIN. —llkre is another subject for
the lion. Captain Dighy, H. I'., to question the hovers.
Went on. Is it true that Annie of the work which ought
to be done by naval artitieera has been s.oit from the
Warrior to the convict workshops at the Prison? Also, if
it is the intention ;if her Majesty's Oovornment gradually
to discourage all free workmen, and Abend a; maclitit the
public money es rausible ;or the support awl instrietion
of con% icted felons? Hero is a tine opening fm: some
new and genuine " protectitmist- of free English work.
hives Haas CHUNKED. —A few l'a ago, Itioliard Cul-
verwell. of Luton. who %Va., engaged at the saw mill, was
standing on a stack of stone, nearly as high as the road
pert under a "trreeller." Thinking the chain was going
to blip ati Come stone, he put one hand on the stone, and
the other rested on the road. The weather being bitterly
cold that 1111 l rning, he did not observe that Instead of
putting his hand on the ti mho: which carries the rail, he
had put it on the rail itself; but called out to the men
working the traveller to heave to the outward. They did
so, and "hive the traveller on his hand, crushing It
badly. lie was attended by Dr. Parsons and Dr. Sullivan:
but one finger had to he amputated.
SNUtiouxo.—Awkward stork* are afloat respecting
smuggling said to he carried on by servants of Her Majesty,
who are well paid, and ought to be foremost to protect her
revenue. Spirits and tobacco are allowed on ship without
paying that heavy duty which so enhances the price on
shore ; but it is smuggling to land them without pay-
ing the duty, however, it is said that a genCeman
was not long ago caught by the coastguard with Bee
bottles of spirits, covered up in a basket. Another case
was that of a man paid to teach others better, and who
was found unlawfully in posseuion of sonic of the
" noxious weed," obtainable for about Is. a priand on
hoard ship, but which the duty quadruples the price of on
shore. As civilians are always punished so severely, it is
to he hoped that others who have so many opportunities,
will be made public examples.
ItOCP6LL AND THE DVING cfixvier.—An inquest we/
held on Friday. at the Conviet E.tahlishinent, betore
Mr. R. N. Howard, coroner for the Island, on the body of
Thomas Jervis, a convict, who had been committed for
10 years' penal servitude. He was a quiet, contented
man, his conduct in the prison was exemplary, and he
had not been once punished. From the time of his first
admission, it was known that he suffered from heart
disease, and his state was considered very dangerous, and
that he might drop off at any time. On the 11th inst he
complained of diarrhcoa, ant; Dr. Askham saw him among
the complaining sick, and perceived that there was some-
thing more serious the matter. Deceased thought it
was only ordinary purging, and that he was not ill
enough to go into the Infirmary : but the doctor sent him
in, and be remained until the 22mi. He was attended by
William Roupell, and had everything he wished: be was
quiet and good-tempered, quite labelled with his treat-
ment, and it was a pleasure to wait upon hint Houpell
urged him to obtain leave to write to his wife, he did so,
and leave was immediately granted, but the poor fellow
did not know the end was so near. Seeing that he
delayed, Roupell asked if he shoiild write, and did so at
the convict's request On the 22nd Roupell went very
softly to attend to another sick prisoner, and Jervis then
laid his head quietly on the pillow, and died in a few
minutes. Verdict: " Died from heart disease.'
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Tug LOCAL BOARD CONTEST.—it is said that about two
dozen have been nominated for the six seats at the Local
Board: but it is thought advisable not to let the Dante,
transpire u yet- From certain information we have
reason to believe that the contest will be principally
between the two half-dozens following, viz —For fbei
Mouth Side —Mr. It. Lano, Mr. C. Mitchell, Mr. W. White,
Mr It. Pearce, Mr. If. Smith. and Mr. C. White:—
A,' th.,, rigagnse party—Mr. B. Seriven (trustee), Mr R.
B. Seriven, Mr. 11. 0. Malley, Mr. T. ()molten, Mr. W.
Coomb, and Mr. A. W. Otter. Hosea Biglow says :
" Iton't yyer imphe.y unit,. you snow ;^
Rot we may perhaps 'spot" Mr. R. Lano and Mr. C,
Mitchell of the Church rarty, and Mr. B. Scriven (trustee)
as very likely to en : our local artist, always kindly and
obliging, Mr. C. White. deserves a place: Mr. A. W.
Otter generally relieves the tedium of dull debates with
some humnumus suggestion marked by common YAW",
and—why therr's only one more seat to fill ! We must
not speculate too far, nr we shall draw on our heads the
wrath of Portland at kimber fin presumption. Mr. H. 0.
Messy Is *yell known sit a strong backer of Mr. Fowler at
the lato election, and if we turned on the "red light " we
might discover the name of Mr. Coomb: Mr. R. Pearce
we have noted as a very fierce opponent of Weymouth,
and very jealous of its influence ; hut he and all the rest
are good sound Portlauders, and whoever wins, we hope
the contest will Ito as goodotatared as the great struggle
for "trustee ;" but may it hive more important results.

BROAD WET.
BROADWEY Lamm No. 2.145. —On Thimilay,
March 23r11, the alsive lolge held • social tirn and enter-
tainment in their !mire-room, when shout 10 tit down.
lifter the tea the ripit of the evening Wa4 spent in
lug, reciting, reciting, and short speeches, lire. Thorns., Winzar,
jun., in the chair, and Miss Stevens, of Nottington,
presiding at the harniouhun.

A sPIIttING IIZE was held in the parish ,whoolroom on
Tuesday evening last, the whole of the prizes being given
by the members of i7ourt "Star of Bm.adwey." No UN,
Ancient Order of Foresters, with the exception of a book,
kindly given by Mr. E. Thurman. of Weymouth. The
Rev. R. Ileadhind acted as interrogater, and the Revs.
Maughan and Molten officiated as umpires. It was a
Feat SII,COM. Mr. It. Wheeler very kindly consented to
insert the names of the winners in the books in grill
letters free of cost.