The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-03-07 00:00:00

TIIE MARKETS.

An adjourned meeting of the Council was hell on Tues.
day to consider what stepe should be taken with regard
to the Corn Exchange. There were three scheme. pro-
posed. The first was to thoroughly repair, point, and
clean the building, re-cover the walls, and do such neces-
sary work as the place required. The second was to in-
clude the alteration of the roof, substituting for the
present another of • more perpendicsdar form; and the
third was the still larger scheme of building another room
above the Corn Exchange. The fast would cost from 01.1
to £lOO • the raising of the roof, according to Mr. Tranah's
plan, with the necessary repairs. stc... about £3OO. Mr. Gill
proposed "That the market-house committee be requested
to obtain tenders tot the repairing, painting. and deviling
of the Exchange according to the specifications produced.
Mr. 11. Ball seconded the proposition. The resolution
was put by the Mayor and carries! unanimously. The
Mayor said he had received a communication from the
secretary of the Somerset and Dorset ltailway Company
soliciting the support and co-operation of the Town
Council in favour of the Bill which would be laid before
Parliament to lame that line to the South-Western and
Midland Railway Companies, Mr. Eyers proposed, and
Mr. T. H. Bennett seconded "That the Town Council
support the petition and the Corporation seal be affixed
to it; iaso that if considered necessary the Mayor be re-
quested to support the same and give evidence in its
favour." Carried unanimously. Mr. IL Gill said deputa-
tions from Town Councils had waited upon Mr. Secretary
Cross calling his attention to the desirability of extending
their borough boundaries, and that gentleman had ad-
ulated there was a necessity for an alteration in several
cases. It appeared to him (Mr. Gill) • very favourable
there-
alwnsWhomul"rh, and he
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Council to the Secretary of State in favour of an extension
of the borough of Blandford to the same extent as the
Local Board district" He specially added the district of
the Local Board to call Mr. Cross attention to the fact
that there are two governing bodies in the town. The
proposition was seconded by Mr. T. H. Bennett, and
carried nests. con. Several of the members alluded to the
wrong impression likely to be produced by Blandford being
advertise&

A DISHONEST Paxcrici.--Tor the sake of extra profi-
SOMS unprincipled tradesmen when asked for Renames
PARIS BLUE u SQUARES, substitute inferior kinds in the
mune form. The &TIE Blue, "As USED IN THE PRINCE
Or WALES' LAI:NI:my," is now so universally esteemed
for its splendid quality —above all other blues —that it is
important to observe it is </WY qenuine when sold in
pusree, wrapped up in pink paper Deming I. Reekitt and
Bons' name and trade mark. Kailas all- Blue winch is
not so TraPPod.

AGnrrotts AND Assassoas.—Th., Mayor has declared
Mr. ilest lee and Mr. Plow o. • • I. • elect, .1 I. it
auditors, aa.l Mr. Jesty am! Mr. oiloGrs.
POPULiR flu,, • ••• •I try fm• a bird mid
dog laisoelath.q, propose•l t '• iv,' a poultry ati•l dog
show kora .r,,. so,•iety want .i'••• it .e7o, and the.' they
will get UP a. ~.Ish.".•
OUR COALING Pour.—The . -re .v steamer Pi ..iass. a
fait Hole vesod, Istaa.l 1., Italy ••a the in til serv'ee, put
Into Weymouth on Satar•lay inning, being oh it 'if coals,
and was sepplied from Messrs. I' oens sot C's stores.
GARDENING. -Mr. 4:. J. yen, •': Gsi •ner's Almsnwk
has been isatid I f in' this y• tr 1 contains daily reminders
of what might tu lie done in the garden, and when hung
up in sight cannot foil to he a useful The Seed List
or Amateur's Guide I, st full notices of the most generally
useful sorts of vegetables and il overs, without going into
the endless multiplicity that only serves to perplex.
St, MART'S AND CHRIST'S CHI:RCM:a —Divine service
was held on .tsit Wednesday, twice at Si. Mary's, when
collections Were made in aid of the Royal Eve lidirinary ;
and at Christ church in the morning. Eaeh following
Wednesday evening during Lent, the Rev. T. Greaves,
rector, is at St. Mary's to preach on "Sin ; its nature,
evils, and remedies ; ' and on each Friday morning during
Lent service will be held at Christ church, the preachers
being Revds. T. A. Ottley, T. W. Knipe, T. A. Greaves,
T. A. Falkner, James Whytt, and Lower (edge, curate in
charge.
JUVENILE ODDVELLOWS. —The Juvenile Branch of the
Independent Order of o.ldfellows have boned thew
balance sheet for the year ending December 31st, 1575,
and the secretary, Mr. F. Dowling. may be congratulated
on the satisfactory progress the branch has male during
the past year. The sick and funeral fund shows that
.Cir 7s. 31. was the sum in hand December, Is. I, where is
at the present time it is £172.. 64.1. The expenditure by
sick pay for the year WM only .C.l it.. The management
fund states that 1.5 19s. hal bee.' paid to the medical
officer, Dr. Griffin, and LI 10.1, to the secretary. The sum
of r3l St. 3.1. is deposited in the Savings Bank and
10s. 81 remains in the hands of the treasurer, Mr. S.
Jackson.
JUVENILE SPELLING BEL—On Wednesday night,
tinder the auspices of lodge Caxton, a "spelling bee"
was held for Juvenile Good Tempbus. The inter-
rogator was Mr. J. A. Sherren, and about GO children
gathered on the platform, al»ut two-thirds boys. The
words were of two claues, the higher class being such
as upset many of the competitors at the Working
Men's Club gathering; hut, on the other hand, one
failure only did not disqualify, and the interrogator
Was not too sharp with the little ones. "I rieve,"
"extraneous," '" "exaggerate," and others
were spelt correctly, awl a pour.: girl dill not fail
once. First, Alice Santways. " Exiles in Babylon,"
given by Mr. Sherren ; 2tul, Francis Eagle;
Herbert Paul, books. Several members of lodge
Caxton varied the proccedinr, by singing hymns.
Discesstox CLAsS —The adjourned discussion at the
Working Men's Club, on the "Permissive (NIL" was
resumed on Thursday evening. The affair was rather dull,
and showed that it is a mistake to adjourn discussions ;
they should be concluded on the first evening, by the
speakers being strictly kept to the time allowed by the
rules. Mr. Lear-mouth was chairman, other speakers
were those who had spoken on the first night, for those on
whose behalf the debate had been adjourned did not put
in an appearance. Mr. Tarter having replied to objections
that the details of the bill are not perfect, and that it nosy
be amended in committee in any way thought advisable,
showed that the number of offences has increased oviing
to strong drink, although what are called "criminal
offences may have decreased. On a division the members
decided against the bill, by 17 to 11.
WORKING Minis CLue.—The discussion class met on
Thursday evening last, to hear a paper by Mr. W. Tarver,
on the Permissive BilL The paper was a long and carefully
written one, full of facts, and well stored with statistics in
support of the bill, which aims at removing tetuptatious
from the public by giving two-thirds majorities of the
ratepayers the power to refuse licenses.—Mr. E. T. Taylor.
on the other side urged that the bill would interfere with
the liberty of the subject, that two-thirds of the ratepayers
would be but • small proportion of the population, and
that drunkenness did not increase in proportion to the
number of publichouses.—Mr. Rogers attributed the evils
arising from intoxicating drinks to the latter being
adulterated with hurtful drugs.—Mr. \V. T. Roberts
replied that the State has the power to interfere with the
liberty of the subject for his good and that of the com-
munity, as when duelling and gambling-housu were
suppressed. Its to adulteration, he said Mr. Roger's charge
against the brewers, itc., was very serious, and such
adulteration was punishable by law. But in all ermented
liquors, alcohol, a poison, was produced, and therefore it
was nonsense to talk o f their purity. -Mr. Rolls gave a
lengthy speech against the bill, still opposing interference
with what people might choose to .10, elthough he stated
he was a teetotaler, and did not believe intoxicating .Irink
was of any Use. Ile urged that teetotalers should not
attack brewers and publicans, but, instead, should strive
to raise the druulcard.—The dis :usdon was adjourned for
a week.