The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-10 00:00:00

POOL-I.

13tuz itt MON.—The return, of the number of pledges
taken in Bournemouth sad the ad) .ining villages
during the past
.year is given at over 3,000.
Iv ts STATED the pair of candl-sticlu on the altar at
St. Paul's C atbedral, which.p ioll awed the Proteetent
fervour of an exci cd anti-ltitualist, were the gift of
Mr. Cavendish-Bentinck, and are worth several hen.
dreds of pounds.
TIM Duchess of Mulb irough and Lady Georgians
Spencer Churchill have arrived from Blenheim, and
are Ntaying at Lord Wirnborne's house in Arlington-
street, octal their own house in Berke.eyo guars is ready
for occupation.
Loss or A CARao.—Ou Wednesday the Dutch
barque Henning, b mod from Fredriksatel to Poole,
with a cargo of timber for Mr. .1. J. N 'don, stranded
on the 0 aodwin Studs. The crew were saved, and
landed at amount°. The cargo av,ul.l have been one
of the largest ever imported into Poole, and was
insured for about £2.000.
Purci —AI Bournemouth. on Thursday afternoon,
• couple of mere lads, who wore very respec:ably
&noel, were rowing in a small boat near the end of
the pier, when one of the dmgerous ground-swells,
which are prevalent in the bay, came and t .ok the
brat on her broadside, arid capsizal it. Both by.
were seen from the chore appivently straggling Ira the
water, and boats were at once put off to their maid-
since. The youngster., however, sturdily refused all
offers of help, swain ashore, cod after a shake trotting
off home not much the w Yass for their ducking.
Lac roas.—On thurs lay bit. Steoney delivered an
interesting lecture at the Town Hall on the life of
President tlarfi,ll. The room was crowded, numbers
being turned away at the doors. The lecturer gave a
very able and well digested ace ,unt of the chief
bid tents in • career whida dated from • 1 or-cabin, and
had fieis w, itten within the walls of i he White abuse.
, The lecture was rend. red the more entertaining by the
I performances of Mr. Stepney's musical boys, and a
I number of beautiful dissolving views, illustrative of it,
exhibdel by Mr. Counsel!. On Friday evening Mr.
Stepney repeated a p )rti in of bis lea•ure, and Mr.
Counaell re-exhibited his Views at the Otidlellows' Hall
for the benefit of the juveniles.
3lonaLlTr !—At the Police-court on Saturday, before
the Mayor (Mr. R. Aldridge) and Mr. G. Curtis, a
young labouring man, named Alfred Hall, wad brought
up charged with assaulting his wife Sophia.—Tho
complainant stated they had been married four years,
ant the prisoner had been coastal:oy In the habit of
111-treating her. They had c one from Br.!port to
Poole a few weeks age, and he had obtained work at
the Potteries. He had, however, got mixed up with
some neighbours, and neglected has house. Can the
previous Wednesday he was going out, when she tried
to prevent him, as she wanted foal for her children.
Upon that, in the struggle, he struck her in the face
awl caught her by the neck, ant tried to strangle her.
Th ) woman • Imitted that her husband always br ,ught
home all his money to her, 16s and she earned 8.61.
• week.—Defendant said in spite of that there was
anything for him to eat or drink, and it was
because this had been the case for the thre a previous
days that be was put out on that occasion—The wife
further said that • few evenings before her husband
brought home • young into of 19 to supper, and invited
him to stay the night, u there ware plenty of room in
the 601, fir she could sleep in the middle, and it was
only when she threatened to s,t the bed on fire that
tho young man left.—Tbe defendant retorted that she
was nothing belt -r than • woman of the streets, an 1
he hal quite done with her.—Tlae Bench iufl oted a
fine of 15 a.. to include costa, or seven days' hard labour,
allowing him 21 days to pay 10.