The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-01-31 00:00:00

POOLE.

Witscw OF • Blllo.—On Tuesday night, during •
strong wind from the Sill., the brig Louisa, of end
from Cardiff, laden with coals hum Southampton, wen t
ashore on the Old Harry Ledge. Tbe crew escaped
in a boat. and went ashore at Studland.
FINN ON Conertirrnow-fliu..--On Tuesday night •
fire broke out I. the dwellinrhouse of Thomas Berke,
who keeps • small general shop adjoining the road on
Oonslitution-hill. The children had to be taken from
their beds in their night-dresses, and pbveed under an
adjoining hedge, so sudden was the conflagration and
so rapid the program of the damsel The whole of the
goods in the shop were ()mourned, and also • luxe
Portion of the household goods- The cause of the out-
break appears to be • mystery.
I BOA? •OCIDSIT.—Three men of the Bellamy, whilst,
promeding in • boat from Pools (,nay to brelakses
on Tuesday evening, were taught in • ivied of wind
arid eapsised. Happily woe Pools fishermen were
near at Wind. and the men were qainkly reoovered.
Tentudowial.. The congregation if 114"nworiby
cherish have presen ,j Furnival, B.A. •
silver salvor, as • mark of their esteem before his
departure for his new living. The rev- Irfrothann
Preriched his farewell sermon oa &May afternoon.
Narisow Eacars ?sox Dirowirpro.-Ifirs. BAN, of
Brankses,on Saturday night, fall into the harbour near
the Custom Hosea. Thomas Unooln, • Custom Boum
aim, was ad heed and he snoseeded in getting her out
of the water. He took her to the New inn, and a doctor
wed met for, hoe for unseal Uwe Ilke woman appeared
very 111.

Pottrr Jaruiry
(I 'Harker, Eng., M.—Before the Meyer
.
John Itithnst charied with steeling corn, and also
quantlty of. a
horeehair from a stable at the Angel inn.
1% rho
ostler, Goulte, about ten o'clock on Thursday mortung
saw the prneiner in the stable taking corn and putting it int°
his pocket, and ordered hot out of the yard. About two
o'clock be sawplrckrn bslr from the
hoomeuthair.ssient for, ad found In hi. P nket
he tsisted the hair mini a short stick, and then Pull
itatt ed
and cofll,.l'rlnqier Woo fur,ber chanted with
big a curb-bit and chain, WIIC rot. from the stable-yard of the
Crown Inn, the property of Yr:Thomas llayntoWilliam n.---Thoniss
Kellaway, the isstbr on Friday morning Put the let
Into the iiiir tub, and on Sin:lay it was missing. Prisoner was
frequeutly in the yard. ',he bit was precisely tla same as.
that prodoced.—P.C. .'airstt found the lot m pnwriier
Hunt ctsr'sl prisoner, who., he caul he
lied the e ni and horselhir from Kingston, alit he kuesr no. -
thing alscut the bit —JoluCake, of Kingston. mid tho Prisee!'r.
'daed at his house. At the latter [art of last week Ur till
of this week belays the 'at in the Prisoner'. baud.
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itemanded till ThuradeV•

WaßEff N.
WAR ViCTIAIW FOND —Sir Ivor S. Guest, Hart„ of
Canford. one of the paeans of the concert given here
on the sth instant for the relief el the French, has sent
• donation of £lO to the fund.
LIRRR %LITT. —Mr. J. 5. W. S. Ede DMZ., M.P., has
within the last few week.' sent into Wareham several
oart.loade of same sod roosion for distribution amongst
the tradeemen and • large number of poor persons. Lest
week about 14 old widows, whose ages averaged 76
years each, were liberally supplied with gamt

BRI DPORT.
BRIDPORT 0111.8' AND 1111•111111' OVIIIII•L SCHOOL—
Miss 8, Randall, of the Girls and Miss M. Hodder of
the Infant's school, have both succeeded in obtaining a
gpeotesitio;:
examination.gobolahipof the grit class at the recent mom.
EVAPORATIOB OP • Casa or MINZOLIKIL —At
Bridport County Court, Mr. Lee, ironmonger, sued Mr
William Viekery, a tradesman In the same line, for
£3 84., price of • barrel of homilies, containing about
38 gallons. It seemed that last August plaintiff
bought a barrel of Mundial, from Hr. Haul, of Dor.
chevron Finding he could not keep it under the
regulations of the Act, he sold it to Mr. Vickery, and
after the cask had been on his premises 10 days it was
removed to Mr. Vickery'e. The lurrel was then very
heavy, and perfectly sound. —Mr, Haul, of Dorches-
ter, said he dealt very largely in bensoline. When
the barrel in question was despatched, he bad no
hesitation in stating that it oontained 38 gallons. The
barrel was then perfectly sound; he never saw abetter
0118.—By the Judge : To put the cask in the sun on •
day In August, was not very judicious. Cross-
examined: There would not be much waste in transit
if proper care was taben—not more than • pound or
two.—Mr, Manley here remarked that if the cask was
put in the open air, it was eovered with felt so that
the sun could not get at 11.—James Foster said that he
was In the employ of Mr. ;Hasid. He weighed the
ea-k in question before it was despatched. It weighed
2ewt. lqr 201 M., that represented rather over 38
gallons. —Cross-ssamined : He had known these bar-
rels loose weight a little. He never said "I do not
whether I weighed it or no."—Mr. Robert Ash, far-
mer, deposed to bringing the task from Dorchester to
Bridport. He brought it very carefully. The cask
was very heavy, and it appeared to be (mite sound.—
Mr. Manley, on behalf of defendant, said, the bensoline
was delivered on Saturday the 27th of August. A
short time after this, some bemoans was wanted, but
II was dimmest-ea that the cask contained oily two
gallons. He kept it in the open sir covered with felt.
In unswer to a question from his Honour, Mr. Hazel
said it wan not the custom of the trade to allow any-
thing for waste.—The defendant, in cross-examination,
said the yard in which the benviliae was kept was open
to him and to his men. It was supposed lobe kept
locked. It might not sheep; be locked.—Mr. Gundr, :
But don't you know that there is such • thing as Mop-
ing the barrel at both ends—(laughter).—Elesekish
Wilkins, • porter in the employ of the defendant, took
the barrel from the plaintiff's men. The barrel was
not full. He did not discover any leakage • He took
proper care of the cask. Wes in the habit of handling
barrels.—The Judge: If you found this barrel was
not full, why did you not complain of it to your
master '—The witness: I didn't know how much the
cask ought to riontaio.—The Judge: Did you ever
receive • cask that was nearly empty before !—Witness:
No, bemuse we lad 'em front the "head man" (Mr.
Hasel).—The Judge said it was perfecly clear that •
man like the witness Wilkins, who was in the habit of
taking in maks, would not have taken in • barrel con-
taining only two gallons when it ought to have con-
tained thirty-eight. He thought the evidence eon-
elusively showed the cask was delivered reasonably full,
and in a sound condition. Therefore his judgment
must be for plaintiff, for the whole unount.