The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-02-14 00:00:00

DORCHESTER,

COUITRY BALL.—Foriseveral years past a country
ball his been held at Dorchester, and the assemblage
for 1871 took place last Friday night at the new Corn
Exchange. The handsome room was elegantly decorated
for the occasion, with tampons of greenery intermixed
with pink and white flowers, and every arrangement
was made for the comfort and pleasure of the party.
Targett's band, from Southampton, was engaged, and
upwards of two hundred from all the country round
assembled. Supper was laid In the Guildhall. The
ball was a great success, and passed off moat happily.
DORCIIIISTIR CHORAL HOCIRTY.—The eecend sub.
scription concert of this society is unarm aced for next
Thursday evening, and the programme contains •
capital selection of songs, glees, and instrumental
music. This society has many claims on local support.
It originated a series of concerts by local performers at
a time when musical entertainments were bat seldom
heard in Dorchester, and gave a eonsilered stimulus
to music generally. It seeks no other patronage than
the attendanoe of thaw who will have ample entertain-
ment for the charge for their admission ; and it provides
• cheerful and varied programme that will meet all
tastes. We hope the attendance next Thursday will
completely 611 the Guildhall, that thus our "local
talent" may be encouraged.
Tag WRATHIL—The following is our meteorologies,
report :

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Cloudy
Yalu, f. ray
Cloudy
Fine
Rain
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Rain

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49 45 NW
4.4 46 WSW
48 37
44 38 NW
4., 28 Slt
30 32 NE cloudy
41 I 4(1 8
iftTALITT.—Ae might be ezpeoted the registrar's
..turns present Dorchester for the past three months
very unfavourably. The swersge of deaths in the
last quarter of the years 1867,1868, and 1869 was
35 ; daring the three months ending 31st December
last the number reached 53, and of these 1 was from
measles, 11 from scarlet fever, 1 from fever, 21 from
diarrhaa-14 deaths which, it is said, are preventible
by proper sanitary measures. But seeing that Dorches-
ter, is provided, at great expense, with both sewerage
and water, we want to know why there has been such
excessive mortality. Is the alleged prevention by
sanitary work of the diseases which have been so fatal
here all • mistake? or are our unitary works defective?
The number of births during the three months
was 57.
BATS A.ND Win OW KNOLLND SOCIIITY.—The com-
mittee appointed • short time since to raise f ands with
a view to securing the holding of the 1872 exhibition of
the Bath and West of England Society at Dorchmiter,
now issue their first list of sebecriptions, and we are
clad to find that although no special effort has as yet
been made, upwards of E6OO is already guaranteed.
This is every good beginning. and we have no doubt
that the rentalalng aW or £7013 needed to enable the
local committee properly to meet all the requirements
of the society will at no distant date be promised.
The holding of the annual meeting of so large and im-
portant a society as the Bete and West of England
and Southern Counties Association at Dorchester,
cannot fail to confer many benefito on both the
'grim/Dual and trading community of the county,
and we feel sure that they will not be backward in
contributing, that the managing committee may, se
far as the local arrangements are concerned, provide
everything on • scale oimmensurate with our high
position as an agricultural county, and the
thoroughame with which all public undertakings
are carried out in Dorset. So acting, our part
will have been done • and we may be sore that
prompt and vigorous done;
locally will do much to
ensure what we alt desire, for our advaritmie and
the interests of agriculture that the society 1872
meeting shall be unpreoedenieclly successful.
BoaouGe Prrry Swisicars, Monday.—Befere the
Mayor (T. Bennett, Esq.), J. F. Hodges, Faq., 11. Davis,
J. Bishop, Fait' and Dr. Aldridge.
Mr. M. C. WISTON was summoned for wading water
through a defective tap in an unoccupied house.
It seemed that he wee served with a notice ut the Isaktde on
the nth, a plumber we* called in the next day but could not
immediately stop it, though it was done the day following.
Coder thews eiranudences the Bench &missed lb.

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ikTik;riltuien7.", and Zia -mat- ), who has seen better days,
wee hrought up on remand from Friday, for steeling three
hurdle stakes, value Id., the property of the Corporation.
It seemed that on Thundey evening P.C. Churchill and
P.C. Hibbs saw Elliott put hi. arm through the hedge of the
fair field and take three hurdle suites from • lot lying against
the bank. They followed and stepped him, took away too
stake., and told him he must go to Loa pollee-statical. He said
" You need not make • bother about it, 1 fouud them lying
&Omit the bank of the road."
_The Mayor expressed the regret at the Bench at swing so
aged a man in that telefoon, and said that on account of hi.
years and the fact that he had beeu in prison sluice Thursday,
they would now climbers° him; and they hoped he would
not act in LII• MILO way Wain-
COUNTY POLiCk, Sitturds.y.— 80, ors E. PeacoB.
and Cam Sykes, Eel.
Charted Maier was brought up charged with stealing wood,
value Of., at Bradford Feverish.
It seemed that Kr. Wellepring, builder, is pulling down an
old barn, in order to erect two cottages on the site. Some
rafters were left about, and Hiller, who hail been working
there, and was cautioned against taking anything, carried od
several of them.
lie warn sentenced to one day's imprisonment.