The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-09-12 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

Samoa Boya—To-day(Thurs-lay) a draft of 20 boys
from H.M.S. Roscswen proceed to Chatham by the
first morning train to join • sea-going vimiseL To-morrow
the boys helo..ging to the training ship return from
their summer bolidaya
LIORTIXO TEC RAILWAT STATIOIL—.t number of
very snotty lamps heve been eupplied to the Portland
Railway Station; the bottoms aro of glass, and no
suede falls on the ground from the lamps themselves,
amid the case with most.
WIBLIITAX DAT SOlitoOLlL—Tbe anneal sermons .on
behalf of the Wesleyan Day ,chools, Fortune's• Web,
which are always preached on the first Stibliatffi ,if the
Methodistical new year, beginning in September, ‘,..F8
preached accordantly by the circuit ministers. The
collections are usu dly good, and so they ought, for
nearly all the children belong to members of the ma-
gi legation.
Coirvici Faison Waaritay.—The Warders and
Aid-tent Warders ‘d Psutonville Pricin have. through
the Governor, f .rwar.led to the if me Secretary a
Petition. in which they ask f ir • reduction of hours on
duty, • Linger annual Isave, and increased super-
annuation allowance The petitioners suggest the
adoption of the eight hours sworn. Similar peti-
tions have been ad reseed to the lime 'Allies, from
all the officers of the C uvict Prison at Wormwood
serable, with one exception only ; and from the
Chatham And Woking Convict Prisons.
Tug DL2lO[llB OF RATA COLLLOTINO.—Lut week as
Mr. Maim, swept dit-overseer and rate-col OCIA,F, wag
c Ming for a rate at a h use in King-street, occupied
by ar. ccectric perm, who has given treble before,
having been PUILMOIIO,I for Attempting to whitewash a
woman—this man seised Mr. Stone. and, instead of
p iyi..g his demands. not only rated but sho ilt him
..everely, c ',tinning his *lseult with such vio encs
that the collector was unable to °cleat Mins If for a
considerable time, rtri has remained 11l for some days.
Mr. Stono has, we are glad be say, recovered, and
p,haps the atsailant may not have to pay his rate hut
cove, ultra... a grateful country provide him with lodg-

jugs nitrated.
Arri Mel TO GET A WAX TEI ROW AWEN. —At • emot-
ing of Its Southampton Town Council on Wednesday,
communications were reed from Mr. H. Lee, one of
the bor ugh tuombers, who is assisting in getting an
interview .1 a .!eputation with Lord Northbrook on
Vie art of the Ad iniratty on the subject of obtainii,g
a trvini 'hip for the Nevy again located in the
South.,mpton Witt r, saying he had caned his lend-
vhip's consent to the meeting. hut hiding out no hope
if a suceessful result, as it wat stated the d psrtment
were not in wai.t, of an additional ship of thi. char-
acter.—Mr. Falvey, however, pointed out that what
was wanted was not an additional ship, but oae
rem •ved from a less c inveuient p at to Southampton,
ee. hi; the reasons which led to the removal of the
llovc &wen from our waters no longer existed; and it
wan agreed to persevere with the dm utation.
How A D dIVICT Was TAW Et—The freaks of the
sharr-crazy convictn at the station remind one of a dry.
sp.ken warder and his charge. One convict pretendel
to be mad, and to lash his b.al against the milli. Down
esti a couple of (righted ea/Want-warders to our friend,
declaring So. ind-so is trying to beat his brains out on
the walls of his cell. "Oh." said Warder Cool, "I
must go and see that." When be got there, the
frenzied convict was haamerkg his bead will, and
Warder Cool saluted him with • roar of laughte:.
The convict, amazed, st ipped, when the warder
addressed him with—" Oh! go a! don't I. t me stop
you! You won't hurt the wall. a bit, and 1 came
down on purpose to see how you do It." The prisoner
was taken by surprise at being allowed to go in in his
"suicidal" pregrese, that he refuved to re-p ind to the
warder's encore, and became qobl. Not only s but
a little good management, atio he was afterwards one
of the beet behave! in the Establishment.
KNocKID DOWN BE A BICTCL6.—L sat Wednesday
evening hire. Royal, wife of the p stmaater, was with
five little gin, going fr. 4112 Weymouth Esplanade
across the road to Gloucevter-row, en route for the '
rsilway station. A cat passed on, and two
bicycles followed the cart so quickly that the eldest
girl was knocked down, receiving blows in two places.
She iv about 13, and was much shaken, and had to be
kept home from school for sonic days. It appears
that the bicycles had no !amps lighted, and no bells
were noticed, and it wa • th Right they were coming on
toe quickly after the cart t be able to s op. The
rider f the one which koo .ked down the little girl
v,y properly offered to like her at once to a doctor
clone ny ; but the offer was declined. There is often
insufficient room between wheeledconveyanoes as they
pass through the town, and bicyclists among others
vhould be careful to be far enough away front *soh
other to allow passengers to go between.