The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-31 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

Fagg TTTTT Tuestay evening the teachers
of St. George's Church. Iteforne, ere,.ented a Bible to
their late colleague, Mr. fichry Stumm, who is leasing
Enghohd for India.
101 1-;000 TIII C 0111,14.-005 of the most pleasant
him of n. •s we base had the lot to record lately comes
from Portland. It lo said that the firm .4 Masora.
s maim and Co., on Fliday week plaaed their men es
fall tins... We hone that the ,lemand for stone will
Increase. and that the other emnpanws and owners will
do the same.

Aumnutur.—A *miens accident mmuged to a fore-
man porter at the Railway Motion. on the day of the
Foresters' Fete. The man, who-e name is Atkius, waa
eagagsd about six o'clock in unloading some slates from
a truck. when it appeared that part of the toad started.
The slates were too heavy for hue, and be °mild not got
out of the way in time, eo that gee of the large slates
fell upon his leg and broke both of the bones just above
the smile. He was taken home, hut attended by Mr.
A. Emson, of Dorchester. Who happened to be in Port-
ima. ye, Enti.on found him suffering from niluPin
fractures ; and when the dot-tor bit he was doing well.
A man newel Frampton undertook to show bow it
happened, when more siates fell, and he too got
I braised-
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TH. PORTLAND MUIDRI.—A anbacription is being
rti•vd for the widow awl orphan. of Jew.ph Truett,
the warder who was murdered by the HOt Geth
lc:C -
A few days ago, another child wth as added to e
(riers family. A writer to the Tines asks May
there not be some mistake in the app.34l being made, aa
It Nem* scaraely r, complable with eoepeen humanity
that the widow and orphans of. Government officrial,
barbarously murdered in the exrcetien of his duty.
should have to look to the public for that
whieli it would seem to be the duty of the Government
to afford. I. and I doubt not • great many more, would
gladly be undueived on this point." The poor women,
we believe, only gets a pension of 1:20 per romans.
Since her husband, death she hae bee quite ince
paeliated for Isamu.
MUTUAL MORAL MID MENTAL IMPROVIDENT IN-
aTITUTIoN, Eawrov.—The second anniversary of this
institution was held on Wedgies lay ev.n.ng last, in the
room at 4seton, whieh area nicely Arg,„ging,,,L A tet
was served in the afternoon, and we. well attended- In
the evening there was • meeting, when the roe. was
cr*mmrl. Mr. B. Beriven, jun.. ie. in the chair.
The sre-etary real the report, which stated that the
inatitution has 48 members. They had r volved
£7O lie. 2td. this year. less balance wee 56. 34.
£l9 64. 2{4. had been expended. leaving 4.. 244. The
Rev. Joseph Byrnes, of Montrose, iteotland, the founder,
the Rev. Charles Byinem. and Mr. Belmont detia„ed
speeches, and Mr. Henry John Comben and Mr. Turner
g.iihpene
p.doh Arntiva4:".aroided"Hwoiratth itusb."
gebyvborriterd imta.tiotE.;ll.
aotology and prayer.
ANOTHISR CORPS'S FOUND AT SEA.—A party of Wyk.
fishermen White, and Blue', were in the boat " Redi
out in the West Bay on Monday evening between five
wed sit o'clock. When about half•aquile from the
shore they peroeived something floating, which at first
eight they thought was a sow; but they rowed towerda

it, and found it to be a human corpse. Patting • rope
round the body, they tow. d it to Chesil Beach, and gave
information to P.S. Pttileld, who at onos piooeeded to
the spot, and bad the body removed to the !Loyal
Victoria Inn at the Ferry Briitge. Of course it was in
a hiirr My decomposed state, and no features mad be
recognised. Os searehing the trona r, Sergeant ntfiel4
found half-a-aroma, a threepenny piece, five-Pence in
coppers, a per!e, a pooket-kttife, and pine- The body
bad on no Snout, but only a shirt and triton; bet was
Itentified by the numb-er (907) on the clothesaf that of
Private Nicholson, one of the five more 'idlers who were
&wino& as is supposei, by the upsetting of Baket's
boat. Three of those unfortunate. are n.-,w ascertained
to be dead, Paul being the one on whom the inquest
on, held, and lic,oe was m-en in the channel by Pilot
Smith. The boat whose crew diecovereil Nicholson be-
longed to Messrs. Whittle and AndrewA, &hematite. of
nt's to. li..NAY WAS hulle iin Weymouth cemetery,
on Tuesday etternoon. In was taken from the Ferry
Bridge Ism at half-ImA two, and IVY feet 111 Boot•lane
tit bear later by 134 men not the bald of the 51st
K.0.L1. The i rociession marched to the ei.meteiY,
tho Land platting mournful sod the remelt,. were
•triiel with the 1111114 ml tar, honours, the Rev.
Father Charles officiating at the grave. It may be men-
tioned that the coroner. G. Symimils. Esq.. was com-
municated with. but in cousequenoe of so inquest having
tn-ert hold no Istily on One of the soldiers, and all the
~,,,,iostances possible having been elicited, it v." "Ul-
rich red uuneeessary to hold another.