The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-01-21 00:00:00

THIE AFGHAN WAR.

A telegram from the Viceroy stater that the Kohistanis
have attempted to create disturbances and plunder Cabal,
but have been induoed to withdraw by Tairoob Khan.
The °had chiefs are urging Yakoob Khan to teaks
Meads with the British. General Roberts has continued
his admits* towards the western extremity of Khasi, and
finds the people friendly. Deserters from the Aighan
army confirm the report of its disorganizatim
A telegram from Calcutta states that General Roberts
has reconnoitred the southern and western extremities of
the Khost Valley. The people were civil and
that thirtzmiouldßonobtergre the British say trouMmisein
the 15th returned to Magoon.

LATEST.

re. Glaagow Bank Directors' trial mannenoed In
Bdinburgh to-day, the Court being crowded. The
Lord Advocate opened the proc.sdtag. by seising the
Court to insect a technical amsLdicent in Mak*,
=ant

The report that Lord Henry Somereet intends
radioing hls seat for Monmouthshire in favour of
his brother. the Marquis of Woroester, is authorita-
tively centrarlicted.
Attorary.Gensral will move on Thursday in
Chancery to restrain the Birmingham Corporation
from paying, out of the Borough Funds, tiUer=
igial coats in the action for annuli at the town's
meeting.

The French Government has conferred the 0,,c0n of
Honour on liortin J. Sutton • managing er of
the firm of Sutton A Sono, Reading, os d aprcidt mpg.
nista' of the merits of the exhibits 01 that firm at the
Paris Exhibition. and of the serving.. thereby rendered to
horticulture and agricultum We should add that this is
the only but &we in which *unit distinction has been
coorsrrid asy English RaMbitor of Seeds atty
Frisch Universal Exhibition.
Au oxidant occurred M Wymondhans, on the (Jr
Heaters Railway, on Monday. A goods tram ran into a
parenser main atapp ng at the elation, crushing ithird.
clam carriage and blocking the Me, but Waring oo one.
The passenger tram proceeded, but before the line souk' be
'leered an more s dashed Into the debris, damaging several
corsagno and severely shaking the passengers, but no one
mai seriously s
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Warms's Ant endeavour to induce Sir Claudia
Whether's. the Lord Mayor of London, to call • insisting
in order to memorialise the Government to itsguyaw
inquiry into the causes of the depression of trade, with a
view of upsetting Fres Trade, has proved • failure. The
requisiti n. which had been hawked about London for
several weeks for signatures, was Presented • few days
ago, with the only result of eliciting from his lordship •
reply, to the effect that be did not believe any useful
purpose would be !nerved by Gm proposed meeting, and
referring the applicants to the Court of Common
Ili RAILWAY STITiII Or VIZ UNIT= LIPODPIL —1.6111
IrSUW&F ol Great Britain Is an Immense ambles.
We al sasehisuirl, directed and sided by human lag.,
but waver rests. To run the 110 millions of train miles
Out carried the traffic of 1877. • tads must start, on etch
on ...verses about every kaU-hour. These &amass,
of br. got squall, divided through the Isreaty-loor
loom the Moiritaa lines, for example, there or.
fig hems of met from be pawriger Walla which base to
be takes into mamma in seeeklull of intervals of eight and
of Ire minuses bolo he Maim" lines
the
peespsser trellis is chiral eoaducted by day, sod the goods
tr.byalg,t. 114 tam is by Do mesas elways the ewe
n• '4l" maul train. km always been OM iSVOWNIS of
ism Gym the whole great outwork of KOOS
mile. of Britt, h rail ray, a *Nowa, nalstorsolttiox, rnd
stream 01 Wale I ecothinally lihrb, a" day' Like
the blood la the hawse body, the volume of the low
difers seemrhlis in dill vest parts of the system. Unlike
the blood, the do. I. iatevalitent. mid has • b°l9/1••
w.O •• • Seed lasxbaum and rooloaasa Bat it sever
woe& Bar is it POUR& tO put a Usir us ear yen of
sad rad*in masa tae agreed lbw 40•
without caeskag osupkiptim ,401 dismi I
Mr. le mime !I imgessadia b

Monet Can't; Express.

TITZSDAY, JANUARY 111. WI

DOZONIIIIIII.

LON) ALLINITO;S-Aaerar--- . —We ars pissed to state
Mr. Thomas Coombe, solicitor, was an Monday
appointed Lord Allactoa's agent at Dorchester, in the
room ol the late Mr. T. NuFlallal.

Ma. G. Ilatool's Wiraraway's 111rAtm.-4111vat
100 calves, which sold at from leo to IA ; about 100
lestw, Intim" selling from OW to 104. own bolo 94
to prr lb. Bost from 11. 64 to 14. Id per moor%
SvorTtking sold

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MI. EMI'S RRPOSITORT SA —On Saturday
last about 170 bead of cow stock were offered ; heifers
sod oases mad* from £l5 to £25; barrows from
£22 to 07 10s. par pair. Beef mad* from as. 6d. to
14s. 6d. par soot.. About 800 slump palmist sad
mottos made 93. par lb for awes, sad about Sid. for
mothers. Trade was rather dull; but a oloararboa was
affsotad.

eAcrno. filgargigos.—Tbogo who triah to claim
the exemption of et* dog cox mast apply to the
Supervisor of Excise of the district wherein thq
reside, to whom they will make • declaration. Thu
most be dome during the month of January, or they
will be liable to the liosnos of To. dd. Under the new
act shepherd dogs are exempt, upon complying with
the above regulation.

Blues Paocrsa —After giving details, at the
meeting of the Farmers' Club of Hales process of
dealing with sewage at Tatintoss, it should have been
stated that a saving has lately been effected at the rate
of nearly 000 per annum, by using sodium instead of
magnesium, the plan advised by the Borough Surveyor
Mr. Smith, CAL
Dania.—On Saturday last, before Mr. H. B.
Middleton, Mr. Arthur Mama, sad Colas*, Steward,
a carver, named Jesus Hill did not mower to a
summons for having, on December 31st., between
13roadma_yne and Warmwell, being drunk at 10 at
night. P.C. Tom Custard proved the service of the
summons, and the case. Defendant was simply
aot stand, :a:ilanitdtrx
bTecwine, ;,sznept that he
ome. MIII :gulf,
Cofore the case was over proved to be • gilder, 'Also
has more than woe appeared at Weymouth, and was
lined I. and coels,total L.—He sated the
to take a part.--Supt Batty said drink lirs=
defeedant to this state; he was at one time a carver
and gilder sad a respectable mas.—Allowed to pay
half now, and the red in • week.—Afterwards Mr.
Symonds said that on Hill being about to pay Is., the
half of his line, be took a half 'sovereign out of his
pocket, and wanted the police to change it. It was
submitted that Hill had deceived the magistrates, is
he said he could not pay months& fa—The Chairman
remarked the man might want some money to live,
and ultimately the Bench did not alter their decisioa
to allow time for paying the second lea

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0/JI L• 1001111211 as GITHH Ur WITH THH FARM
—At the County Petty Seisiona on Saturday, Ware
Mr. H. B. Mddletan, Mr. Arthur Maned, and
Colossi Steward, Adam Day, an elderly will. stun.
Monett Mr. seams! Eon Tem farmer, but who haa
lately given tip his farm, for wagea—Mr. B. N.
Howard,of Weymouth, appeared for complain
and said it was a ease whioh the megistratee would
support to their utmost—Mr. Vino agreed with °am-
plainest for a year, from April, 1878, to 1879, at
• week wages, a ton of wale, and faggots in propor-
tion' with • house. Complainant mewed into samba,
had his house, and some portion of his coals ; but in
the midst of winter the man was thrown out of his
situation because Mr. Vine thaw to give up hi farm
As the Bench fully knew, to be thrown out of work
in December, when it I. 110 i plentiful, simply meant
starvation, and because kr. Via• ohose to give up his
farm was no reams why • poor man mull be thrown
out of work. —Mr. Vine did not appear ; but own-
*lama, Adam Day, 627..,. of age, said hammed
to go into Mr. Vine's eervico from 24th of April, las,
to 6th April, 1879. His wages were to be 13L a week
In money, • house, land and garden, a ton of coals,
and a portion of faggots—lt was not said how many.
Continued In his sereloe till 30th December, when Mr.
had to leave the farm, and paid him to 30th
December. On January 10th 13e. was due to com-
plathaat for wages, 5 cwt, of coal, as he had only had
15 cwt. Instead of the ton, and he also ch 10a
asdos for half-a4nualred of faggots. Half-a- hundred
he had had; but be would have bete entitlad to have
a hundred, awarding to custom, and 2a were due for
his coming to Dorchester to see defendant. Vine's
brother had advertised, to try and get him another
place. Did not claim for damages, and if he could get
• place, or Mr. Vine could get him one, he would
reve Mr. Vios from his L —Mr. Howard
applied for the wages iiptotha dam sued for. sad in
answer to Mr. Symonds, stated there might b• other
summons's for wages which might further warms,
unless Mr. Vine got him • placa—Mr. Howard re-
marksd that the man was to haw the mual quantity
of faggots, and mandarins what sort of a winter this
had been, he thought he would have required all be
had had.—The magiMratee made an order for th• full
amount and ordinary costs, fla—The agreement was
not • written ow.

STRATUM Houma --On Saturday, Priscilla Penfoid
was surnsuosed for allowing two bones to dray, but
did not appear.—P.C. Alfred WeMord, on January
3, about II at night, wee in Froome-laaa Oharminstar,
and found a horse belonging to defeadaat„ with no ad
near. Had cautioned defendant on the Monday pre-
vious. Afterwards she turned the bone into another
farmer's field. She had hem W1M111011144 in • previews
case, and wan now fluid sa. for each hoed and cods.
Deura AT Sruarros. —Charles Haneford, for being
drunk in the Yeoman, at Stratton, on January 1, wee
surnoloned.—P.O. Walk, about half-past three p.m.,
heard • loud conversation in the Yeoman, Tidied the
tap-room, and found defendant drank. A home and
waggon were outeideizbeit when witness told Mn.
Farley, the person who the houes,that she ought not
to let him have beer, stated be hadn't had any
Had afterward* heard defendant fell under the wheal;
of his waggon at Trant.ptaa, and came home 'slued—
Defendant pleaded— I hope you'll !oaks it as light
;you cm stk ; I have five .thee.' He worked for
tr. SW Malden Newton Milk.—Pined 5, and
coda, total , and no time allowed.
Dania in Cleanse or Hone.—On Saturday was
summoned to lb. County Petty Sessions, Henry Dem,
drunk at Isamptoa, in charge of two bones and •
winoa, on Monday, January 8, about half-past two
In the afternnou.—P.C. Willie proved the case, having
followed him some distance to as. him safe ; but after-
ward* saw two persons who reported that he neea
fell under the wheels. On this the aturnedable
back, and with difficulty kept him away from the
wheel,—Defendant: "I wasn't drunk, sir; I drove
home my harems as I ought to ; I done my work."—
Mr. Batty believed the man had • good charade, ;hl.
raastse was the,,.—Mr. Alfred Whitman, eideadant's
employer. saw ddendant when he mad beck, .ad he
did his dudes satisfactorily; he was • quiet, Addy
fellow, and he had been with witness sir mama
Thought he had been drinking after he had
done his work. —ma Chairman maid there
was so much danger to the public from drunken
ProPho in &ergo of harms, that they mud put a
heavier fine than for dwells drunkenama—Pined 1.
and oats, 18.—Mr. Whistles& : He has a little
family, sir t I hope you will make It.. light se poesibLa
—Mr. Arthur Maned remarked that U elefeat had
not sped his mousey In drink, there would be amowli
for the wife and family to lire oomfortable.—Mr.
Wightmaa : I @appose he took a Ildla for the sold,
dr.

PONT STR4TI:IG AT PORTIIMAIL —ZOOM illichlsed
VU summooed for allowing a horse to stray on
January Ist, at Portashaim—Atimitting the
defeodant said the hone was not turned out with
halation to Amy, he was a little pony, which got
away from the boy who had to taks him to water.—
Fined Us. including meta