The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-08-14 00:00:00

IDOROIIIISTRZ.

DOICHISTIM BOYM.-11foorlay, 20th, to meretee.
; MoodaY, 27th.' Piddletreotbide, 710 p.m'
Titer* will alai be • tun to Wrtmonth n the firework
sight of the retatta week.—W. Wiatims, Me Sec.

IJetreaatri Hosnuna.—We are 'dewed to it .tiie
that Mr. Arthur John tlalpin. younge.t son of the late
Mr. Halpin, of Colliford Howie. Dorchester, and Mr.
Tester, son of the Rev. haslet-L-Bton, rector of Lang-
too Matravers. hare gained first classes in the Final
Chemical Schools of Literati Humeniorea, at Oxford.
AINZIIIILY-Roolds —A tea meeting was held in the
Aesembly.rooms, Northesquare, on Bank Holiday, by
the friend+ attending the ministry of Rev. K. R.
Albin. About 67 persons eat down t an excellent
tea. The tables were decorated with choice fl were and
plants, tinily lent for the oacasion by friends in the
town. At the subeequent public meeting addressee
were given by the Chairman (the pastor), Moen,.
,1. Mills' Clarke, and Oasis (Primitive Methodist.)
All the friends were cheered by the announcement
that during the six months post no debt had been
Incurred. The meetin4 4:dota i l n the usual manner.
PamlTlvl METH..InsT 8011 DAY SCHOOL MCAT.—
The children attending the Primitive Nlethnsilst Sun•
day School had their annual outing on Bank Holiday
to L simoor. They were conveyed in w wigwam lent for
the occasion by Moser, C .cker awl Co., cad Meese&
Wright ani Son, and the we itto r bsin.: fine, the ride
wee much enj led. At four o'clock the children sat
down to tea to the number of between 50 and flO and
afterwards the min Was° numbering about fio,partook
of tea. Mr. Pickle. ant Mr. Taylor were present.
After spending a very enj iyatie time, the party
returned home about nine Wel. ck. The tea was
provide I by 'fr. Seymour. The superintendent, Mr.
Rigler, and Mr. Smith kindly assisted ill the arrange-
ments, and Mr. Danielle also did good service luting
tbe day in adding to the pleasure of the children.
Caextras Vet or Ftlinkinin. —We are informed a
girl of 20. named Sarah Fox, is now in the C .uely
Hoepital suffering from *evert, injerina einem:oiled by
her being Ph t ned Totally by Ter TO ater'e son, about
six weeks aga. The girl was i the Benin,' id Mr. '
Joseph Crocker, dairyman. .4 Moreton, ai ii whil-
with her young master examining a lig, which was
suffering from disease, tie y nib, wh Is about 14
years of lige, having a gun with him at the time, said,
It is presumed in • j ke, " I will shoe t you.' This
he unfortunately lid, sni with lame dale results,
some wore of shot* being lodgei in the g irl's head, on+
of which ha+ entirely destroyel the sisht of an eye.
She wee for some time in an uncoil do is state, and
even it ,w is partly paralysed. Many eb..ta still
ranaln in her head, and it Is not at present tboagbt
advisable to extract them.

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Per PiNOILS Post is working satiate:4o,lly, and
with all promise of swops. Men), curious parcels
have been received and despatched, but none equal
to whet was received at St. Martin's-le-Grand on
the find day of the new system. At that huge
Centre of postal bashers, a consignment of very
lively leeches was among the first day's receipts.
The box containing them was a very slight one, and
blooming fractured in transit, the contents escaped,
and traversed the establishment in search of a
promising "subject" Several were recaptured; but,
as some are still missing, any one finding a blood.
seeker in the folds of a despatch Is requested to
return it to the Controller, Inland Office, E.C. Th.
Postmaster-General has leered a circular in whi:h he
as,. he has much plosion* in acknowledging the very
seams and efficient manner in which sll ranks of the
service have discharged the arduous duties devolving
ppm them in oonnection with the introduction of the
Pamela Poe.. A severe strain haa been imposed upon
the department in first starting an enterprise of snob
magnitu le IN well se novelty, and the su,cese which
has thus far attended it could only have been achieved
by the hearty co-operation of all the officers concerned.
The Pr:Amager-General requests surveyor. and post-
masters to acquaint the eta under their orders with
the great satisfaction which it affords him thus to
plate on reoord his appreciation of their services.