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

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PAST atones LODoa ConfluxOwe, M.U.—At the
usual monthly meeting of this loose, held at the
Working Men's Club, on Friday evening, the W. M.
(Mr. 13. Jukeo) delivered • vary interestlog address
on " Oddiellowehip as • Brotherhood," end, at its
conclusion, P.G. Thiseiton proposed, and P.O. Chick
([korchuter) seconded • cordial vote of thanks to the
W.M. for his able and instructive lecture. This lodge
now numbers 36 teat Grande of Portland, Dorchester,
and Weymouth Lodges. The next meeting will be
held at Dorchester.
The tinneng Binn.—A meeting of the Season Band
Committee was held at the Guildhall on Friday, when
It was reported that the subscriptions amounted to
only .1:261 out of £3OO required. 11 wee stated that •
large umber of the gentry and lodging.houee keepers
had not yet contributed to the band fund. The
committee expressed their regret teat the season band,
which we. of so great a benefit to the town, should
have been so baWy supported by the lodging-house
keepers and others. It was resolved to have two
cowed" shortly for the benefit of the fund, when it is
hoped there will be a Large attendance.
TIM WZIMMUMT Nlant YACHT Rao= were held
In beautiful weather, and these pretty boats looked
charming. They started about five o'olock, and com-
pleted their rounds in the following times :—lit clam :
Sylvia, Oh. 37m. 41. 118 50 2230 ; litbel. 013. 36n.
14s. 113 40 153 19 ; (lemma, On. 3803. 40, carried
away shrouds, and gave up. 2od case: Adriane, Oh.
39m. 40s. 12023 ; Petrel, Oh. 45m. fat- 136 10.
3rd claw Margaret., lb. 13:n. 01. 2 it 0; Bluejacket,
1.13. 6m. le 156 0. Mr. Wallis, we bear, oould not
come round the buoy, and his yacht did not SAM
ULM Or • FOllllll TOWN/MAX.—Tim death of
Mr. T. Boding, formerly of St. Thornaratreet and the
Royal Baths, s announced from Wisconsiu, U.S.A.,
where Mr. Bailing, has resided five or six years, as a
medical practitioner, and diplometa of an American
college. Mn. Bailing died about five months since,
but Mr.
and
was well to within • few days of his
death, and very cheering letters have been received
from him. His death Is believed to have resulted
from paralysis of the heart. He came of an old and
mooli.respected Wmt.ti family, and was at one
time • Town Ctouncilloe of the borough, and always&
good useful public man. He was in hie 67th you.
loot OF I:lLltuxr.—A hard-working men named
Gillingham had been reduced to the lowest depth.,
through drunkenness, till he had no home, and went
to live in a cowshed.—For this he was brought. on
Thursday before the borough magistrates. On
enquiry it was found there had been several previous
charges against him, the Superintendent explaining
thet Gillingham could earn money except when under
up, power of drink, but that brought him down so that
he had no home, and seemed to have no hope.—Dr.
Drew exhorted him to take the pledge, and the Ml
ems. were willing to give him =MAW elmooe.it
nromised to do so, and was taken to Mr. Balm.
woods, where he accepted the teetotal card, his brother
mime end stood by him, the magistrates kindly gave
a trigs, as did Mr. Vickery, to help him for a day or
two and he was to be proposed on Friday night in
Hope of Weymouth Good Templar Lids*.
A litneOCln BPOILID TIMOIMIS DRIDAZ.—On Friday
Mary Loft, a young married woman of respectable
eppwenee, was brought up before W. Talboh, Seq.,
and Dr. Drew, charged with using language to Thommi
Holland, likely to incite him to • breach elide puns.
Mr. Loft had married this young woman from • low
position a Portsmouth, but she was overcome by
drinking habits, abused everybody, made her husband
miserable, turned the things topipturvy, best the
heed* eat, and, though she was so drunk she couldn't
stood upright, abused her husband and her landlord
till • crewd surrounded the front of the house, and the
place was in an uproar till the constable came.--She
promised not to drink any more; but the superintend-
ent said she had been charged before and had made
such • promise twit* before.—The 131nch reproved her,
and crdered her to find a surety in for her keeping
the peace • month; but her husband would not be
hound for her, and, in spite of her tears, she was
taken below. He wanted to get rid of her by allowing
her 3s. • week and mending her back to Portsmouth.
Nothing could then be done to arrange between them,
and she was locked up ill a 0611.