The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-01-07 00:00:00

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Avow:we v. W. .7 Thu, Wsim I'OUM
0001/2.—Tb• Rev. Mr. Tubb ak,nn Us%but sto
oordio' was giro,' 6w Übe tiofeauloot. sod sot lb*
plointit as dated by our oorreopoodout

th• Potty :vaginas on Tweday H..ry dkiat
for bring drank on 4naday Inn, was finni Ba and
coren.--Jaka Nark of Livery oi. was &leo fla.d
6a. and nets for being drank .id incapable on dm
highway. . .

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Tie OLD Towir BAND. —This band, which bait 6o
long dotes duty in Weymoutb. his n.d kr' ground
de I..ir the pint 1-w mob.; bat Itui.use practising;
Boos choke oieum ,4 etude. During the pest week
they haws actled on little pleasore to lowered music
p-rforriting in the public that-met tams al the town.
Many of Um, pieces were .4 a sacred oharawsr *ppm
prima to. Ow ••••os. v. • full anticipate f.r the old
Town Bend. under the able leadoroldp of Mr. Bend.
master Seidman, • very 'nominate] and prosperous
fe•tink

Bairm Num—Art.ll6ls: South of behind,
Nam, Chrrb.urg. general ; Bton, riak, Jorssl
sa4 Guernsey. general • Mermai4 Le Meenrier, Poet
L'Abbe. PAW"; ""tklboorti ,usad cual
G,eat Western, Irlieber, ;
liverett, sea, oysters; Thriky, ttibb, sea, oysters ;
Why Not, Summers, Brithani. .b;A el, Jensen,
RuMijobing. barley; Hot.. Turd, Bristol, hoary ;
(Jeraldine, Anderson, Saanderslook coal; Try On.
Depledge, London, wheat —slaitieps: Thrifty, Hebb,
fishing, nil; Great Western, Blampied, Cherbourg,
general ; Brighton, 7.11. Jersey and Guernsey.
general ; South of Ireland, Pero, Cheri3oorg, geaerel ;
T. and C. Button, Fowler. Guernsey, ballad.

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Dacameaa or Oanta AND VANDANOT. —lt ill NWT
=to observe that, notwithsta es nding the gerQ
In trade, that the somber of enosie bare
bees considerably less in number doing Lb. lad
quarter than they were in the correspondl g quarter
in 1877. The number of charges entered at the
p lice statics during the (moat. ending December,
ism were thirty-eight lets th in the con's
pending quarter ending Deoemiser, 1877 The
actual nuttber vagr iota relieved as the polio@
Matins for the Weymouth unto for the quarter
December, 1877 was 256 while the inumber in
Lb. quarter eadiag December, 1878, was 838, beim,
&cream of Zt. Such • state of things moat be rely
grgifying bulb to the borough and the county at large.
ifitiocu ruinous liamina. —At the Petty Seed me
on Tuesday Maria Paw,. Crescent-street, was
charged with basing furiourly driven • hares and
vehicle In Cohort's- t the danger of the public
on the 18th of December. —P.O. W. 13 said that the
defendant we. driving tho horny aloes fit. Thomas-
street. and beating it severely. He weal not awes,
defendant was drunk.—After having beard Mr.
Howsrd, who appeared for the defines, the Chair-
as said the roust wee disposed to look favourably
on the mita There was great danger ti the patdie
time driving through the worm, hut be believed
defendant had had great dilliaulty on the emotion in
managing the boom Th. pohoeman had only d ne
his duty, had they dismissed the charge as mowed
of costa.

A FAIIIILT A /VAIL —At Um Petty Sessions OD
Tuesday, before Dr. Drew awl Mwers. Talbot,
Lunde, and ikibeus, Wariest Ifisie, a &barman, wee
summoiied by Aarah ranee fr an aliened assault
Proodcutiix Mated that on Friday last alts waa
0,4119•117 with her heinsa and defendant and his
wife. On tie waning of the UMW day words took
place between Oman, the maul: being that • blow was
I Arm*, and ens became itiesomibia.—Freneia Lisp, •
I boy, depmed to the condition of the parties on tbe
evening in question. The prosecutrix and bee hualmnd
to shako kis evidanes.—The bwirvass said Lbws was
wore drunk W. idabb and his wit* wei • sober.—Tbe
whams was onewernwined, but Slay did not apar
no evidence of lb. 'remit on Mrs, Talbot baying been
commit of, and it appeared that tbe defendant had
repaired some provocation. Ile would bd lined
and costa, sad be bound over in bis own mew Mance*
of DS to keep the paw* towarda ins promoter.: and
leer family fur three ciebtadar smooths.

Tea AND girt. ONAINMENN. —The Indepew
dent Order Good Template, "'luster of Me 0, set"
Lodge, gave a public tea and entertainment on
Thursday miming (Boling Day) in their 1.4 g.-room,
gh-stmit. Tea was provided at fire o'clock, when
npweeds of SOO promos eat down to a most su +Matta
repast. The tables were presided over by • committee
of l waling wism wers--Nlra Basal. Mr...
Meech, ki Beale, Mrs. Chan, Mies Warry, and
Mae Moore. The tea and arfreshmeot table. were
under Me able catering of tifister Loader, easistel by
Miss Tett. Tim mous was decorated in grand style
by a committee, including .11. t. Dahill, Mr. Meech,
• hir. Farley, and Mr. Davie The mottoes round the
wells 4 onos testiffed to the ability of those Who had
worked them :—" Cast in thy lot with us. end in due
swam we shrill reap ;" " Lek us not be weary in well
doing,"" Welcome to all," "4 merry heart make. a
• dwarf ul 001114012A001k," 40. At one end of the room,
on • blue ground in white letters, was the name of ii,.
lodge; at the platform wad the beautiful test "Th.
Lord is our Strength," and the SO,KI.OO—" Frised-
a,,ip, ~ove, and Truth,';, and in larm white letters
" God Speed our Order. At the farther end of the
room two flog, depended, giving • warm finish to
the green freshness of the gariends end festoona of
evergnmus and coloured Bowers, which were looped up
in every oonosivable way with good taste. In font
of the platform was • beautifully Ilaislied monogram,
bearing round it ths words—" Independent Order of
Good Template," painted by Mr. Dalian, who also
painted effectively several of the other mottoes Full
justice having been done to the good things provide,
the tables were cleared away sad the room arrears! .
for the sotertainment, which WM as follows ug
the Belle for Christmas.' a gke by the choir. which
oonshited .1 about 14 young ladies and gentlemen;
reaaiing, Mr. J. Rogers,"l Wallet to ;" glee by
the choir, '' Bright Sparkling Water ;" song, " by
Face I Never me," Mi.. Warty, whom sweet render-
ing of the song drew forth warm applause; comic song,
W. Johnson (loudly applauded); recitation, " The ,
Irish Druniiiiin," Mr. lluffel• ; gles " Laughter," by
the choir; 'lf Fairy Teles were true, by Mini liolt,wes
very sweet and expressively rendered, being
scoowpenied in good style on tot pianoforte by
Giff rd ; song, "Poor Married idan,"by Mr. Waring,
evoked roars of laughter and an eitoore was demanded, '
wh,ch he responded to in a short pithy speech; glm,
by the M "Sin, choir fist I saw your ram ;. song, ,
" Death of Nation," Mr. itarsioill-ay ; reading, Mr.
Patterson; glee." I he Fishermen's children," by the
choir, brought the Br 4 part of the programme to a
cum, end alter an intervals( a quarter of an bout for
refreshments the choir meg the beautiful carol—
'Peace on harth ;" bait cam* " A walla scene I, •
Police Court," after which Air Worry again favoured
the audience with • bewitchingly sweet song, 'Ti..
Birds will cool. again," which brought out her vocal
powen must prominently ; a recritin by Miss Cook
follows , and Mies , wit again eang—" is but • little
faded flower," charmingly ; the ch dr next gave • glee,
" The Festive Nucl." full,,wed by a very loonor-u.
rewling. Th. Frenchman and ths Bate ;" Mr.
Waring again mai* conic song, sod Mies Bolt meg,
Still I by, thee mm ied oopan on the pianoforte by
Miss Gifford; 16. .
Wering also *attribute I another
ems, end the choir having sung the glee, " Work and
win." ths entertainment wee brought to • dose by the
playing of the National Anthem, Mr. Rogers vary
, ably presided at the pianoforte during most of the
*ming.