The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-02-27 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

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Emtenater Snip-The fine Alp Ilermione, for Maim, became aware of it. provi•emet wheee she receive.) a coley
New %entail, with emierantt, mum into the neadttmel on of the document Irene Mr. Stone
Friday. Ii or captain, Mr. D. Iteherta, nephew of the late By Dr. Trixtram : She handed over the ropy she lead
Mr. W. Rehert., of tVeyinanue, lent Meg mid suceeefeelly referrel to to the aolicitore *t ter leer father'. 41eaili.
VoVaCed to the antiO.eL.3 111 re, ~,,, or elnigraet AO. Mr. IL awn Pearce the defend:int, Vtan then esamiseed
MILITART.-On Sateolay 15 veti•rate of the 91. et by In% Tristram, in I.llp witien tie the will. Ile said that
Regi emelt went to Seirbiten, for Kingse•immoThanees in Mae, 1819, testater gave hien the hoe',' u, eeleMle he
depet Th,,, old wittier, ere generally wellialeaved, and new mill lee hat etanteiel it eerr Be
very emend for drilling reeruitt, lot le hope that the (testator) live' with them ner (ourtatin years. The
reinforcement" in their place will net trouble the peace- after the gift Mr. Here toliveher. let hint have 17 or IA
ahle inhabitanth awl he left the elecument with him. Me. hare woo sines
SMACK OF SOKIL-rAt Fatten Wesleyan I %ape' on &ad. jGelev of the deed if gift prodnetell 'feted., led
W1,1111.4.1111y (St. Valereine'ee, a service 1.1 gong entitled toll lihn in the /ening of 1575 Wel aeon, "f Ult.', that he
" The Nativity" wag performed. The rmi•lent Wetleyan hal wet made a will In Aureate Ptak teat e(er was
minister real the connective reeling*, and the unwell, awl there wan emeethieg st the time said .ilemit
welt very pleasing. The preeetia were devote,' tie the hit property. There wee to have been an .epteenteneett
fun.), of that very minable imaiteition. "in the 1141." with reelect to • lenge ; but it wan pelt ar thrimith
NOW roanRCOATIONAL MINISTKR.--The Key, W. M. illneAL the hill of coma and helm Miele, were in
Fell commenced his minittration on S lay, at the Con- Geol. On the 27t1a of Augutt teotetor WA in lied all
grim:dieted chapel, Chesil, which war filled, and Mr. Fell day. Dee WAS gillte gum hit father well knew the
Preachel twice meat acceptably. If the rev. gentleman leer and tituatiou of the land a which be Man the
taket waning ley an "awful example," :milt local proprietor.
pelitics, and ...lies "The things that make for peace," 1,, croe-examinatien witnett nail ha had it,, copy of the
be hat every promect of ~ i,, were! work. will, and he never went to Mr. Benjamin Stone ;Omit It
ASo si DISPUTING 1113 FATIIIIICK WILL-On Tuesday, after hit father'., death. He knew a well Moll Milltltttl in
several of our principal inhabitanta went up to London, to N 75. Ili. father .1.1 him they had got the will .l.we at
the Prelate Court, with reference to the OM lit wleleh Mends etileit and compelled him to Men a paper. It.
Mr. Robert Pearce. eldest son of the late Mr. Robert al. maid " They have rofebed thee, illy child."
Pearce, of Hatton, Portland, deputed hit father's will. lilre Kezia Pearce, wife .4 the defenlant, Ania the
The other party to the suit was Me. Smith, the other tettator alway* told her he had never made a will, nail he
executor,
I.
plaintiff himself teeing mean.' the solieitors .lid AO to the 'lath, of hie ehm. Teetater her that
are Mr. H. T. George for the plaintiff, and Mr. Swayee, Smith was for ever teasing leitu about making a will •he
eif London, for Mr. Smith. The property in dimwit, is toll her no in le7o. She herself heard Smith in Wee-
veleiel about £l,olle, and of thin a envision was mole by mouth aelt tettator to make a will. Testator toll hien
the will, amongst about four eleillren of deceased. The that was surely hit business, und didn't want interf mew,
plaintiff maintains that the will, which reirworttel to date Smith said "Well Ito Jams with I should aok you." In
in DO% was not actually executed till 1875, and that at 1871 Smith eekeel her the moues and descriptions of the
that time, the deceated wino not in a fit state to needle a property, as he 'aid to get quarries worked. Testator
will. Aa"litec elinieultY said to he alleged it that a large said in 1875 Smith was yang to lend hem tome teener,
piece of land wito eletcriheil in the will under a wrong and he wanted hint to feign a pane?; and, further, that
name. Or. McLean went as wittiest, it wee understood, Benjamin Stime aln., wanted hien to gee dean and tern a
tie prove that leemeel wan oemeet ineatit. If the eleeeripi paper. In Aegust, POI. when the mertage wee It, le
non of the piem of land named in the will is 1.1, the exeeutel by the testator he was ill in bed. lie was con-
question is whether it will net he divide.' cumin,: co:heirs, tined to Me bed at that time for about a fortneglit.
according to the enigma cmtem of gavelkind. In cromwexamination the wituest gaiil nothing was said
A Rocco! TILT FOR A TILTED WACIOO3.-Ahnut four at the funeral that the will wan signed in 1147.1.
o'clock on Saturday afteremom Mr. Tleresher't tilted Mr. Abraham Pearce said he was defendant!. brother-
wagean was hauling a pretty gaol load up Fortune's in-law. Ile often saw the tmtator. Hely in the year
Wellrowl from the Railway Mation. There were ten 5- 1875 and after testator often told 111,11 lie hal newer Icicle
cwt. slain, of slate, 2 emits of content, wed some bags of a will. It would he at tenet up to May or Juno thst he
coal, and it wino hy a narrow chance that it had net alne, a made that Matement After that time he leli 'eel he
lot of jam. The four horset had pollee] the lot iOn, far as thought he weld lei would make a will. He itaW It i'airt's
the corner in the 'deep part near Captain Si•rie when children. and Kezia lid lit treat hint well.
a catastrophe occurred. It etelsotrt4 that one of thee AtiVta Emma Bolden said she retitled at Portland, anil knew
hail been broken, and the earlier, Instead of fattening the the tettator. tin frequently told her he leal never tee tele
harness in the usual plAre, hooked it on behind the weak • will.
part. Teeming mend, the harness slipped frmn the hook I;eergn Bolden, 1.01.0 of the
.preceding witzeco.,
or the latter gave way. and the waggon ae elicnded with m a fired the evidn ece given by II IS WU,. Ile s eiX ii,.
twint against thin fmettetth, and as it is not meted went temtator had repeatedly told hint that he 1.1 ne"er made
nver it, and Canie with tremenelout force ageintt a low a will.
stone wall at the side eel Mr. W. Gumtree', garden plot. Mary Name euaud she wee elangleter of the defendant
The wall was kuocked enet of line, the wagg , m captizel, a She recollected acing Senlth at Portland in the W hese',
wheel wont smash, the slate maele a lII.W covering for title of 1871 Ile Went into the garden with testator aline
the pavement, and the coal was shot therexight. The . tel asked him to melte a will.
time of the capsize was rather fortunate; at most other This being the evielence, It was intimated by the learned
times some cheld or other would have Inainteed to lee in I remisel that the eicsiond plea entered ley elefendent, that
the way, though Portland children can stand many and the execeition eif the said will wan obtained by the Osmond
various hurts, without being killed. The waggon, tilt and and others acting with him, had teen withdrawn.
all a wreck, was taken lower down, and remained, a Mr. Inderwick having addremed the jery for the
laughable oleject, by the side of the rowl, plaintiff, anti Dr. Tristram for the defenilant,
A NA-cry KICK. -The Hampshire WO Pap). Kaye: Sir It. Phillmore summed Up the evidence.
-" The c.eietguard district of Weymecutli anil the The jury found the textator, Robert Pearce, farmer awl
crew of the Warrior may not be thought of Ketch 117474 erste
importance by the authorities of Weymouth IA their
tile sick quartenl at Pertland should be placed at the
own dear Nelms., Still, it is rather too much to neek that deceased in the pretence eel two w potent at the
Award Stone -who
bit
dispotal of the ehinitary authoriti f W th t
et 0 eytetim , 0 of
thme. nsa"r.le will
271ey'htll'ef
mid cle'eccitOt'dl,
the exnod'ceticu
be noel by themlat a temporary hiepital for infehtions of the said will, of .und mind, memory, and understand-
elite:wee. An mhy well be imagined, the Admiralty Mg at the time such will was executed.
Plartltle7dinga't-iheleideemeaseilli:"lnnl wt7ll.ltet",in'ar"%t tiMniOcletilstubf'
gervice." megraph wod h t
di.' not fall inC,with the views' of Weymcuth, and the Mr. Inderwick then asked that his lorelthip. 011 the
sick quertert will remain at the digposal of the
tided bdtihe
IP at once pronounced for the will with code
plaintid.
had it Mated that the authority referred to was not
Doverulict of the jury, would pronounce fur the will pro-
ulave been more Hi I"i
that of Weymouth boroujih ; but the " Port Sanitary
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Authority, " which " the talfflacietle task imposed DEAD Bony tSHF.D ASIIORE.-On Tumidity the dead
upon it of providing for sick persons of all nationali- body of • tailor was found lay a man name.' Jobe
ties, coming from all kinds of ship.'
ee and having or Randell, on the Chesil Basch, opposite Chickerel. It
netette„inbmgitei.en. beay
do iwvthanWd
grievouseymouth
toitsebelf.
&erne,' and AssociatioN.
The Port win a fearfully decomposed state.
Sanitary Authority might well have expected some
hell, (re m m Governent, which u
at present lays pon
d STIOXLAND. ll
meeting. and an adults meeting, was held adi
in the Rerer.
eem " not go much as touch the burden with one of
ite • " finers. Itical police costs, and even those of room on Mondry. Mr. Whitten was chairman. Memo..
Corm' -A Band of
i_ope
talent and Wheeler being speakers. The Band of
county gaele, are taken by the I ;overnment, awl yet present numbered ti) but there are 77 on the books,
It thrusts upon unfortunate people who live on the --
sea-comet the burden of what might well lee an ALDERHOLT.
Imperial, almeet an international charge. Senior,' A.:meter. -At Mr. Stephen Butler, of Cripple-
Tee flatg.-It was an unquiet night for the inhabitants style, near Cranbome, was on Friday MM. the 11/th
of thin wind-beaten island on Monday, when • strong gale instant, proceeding with his daughter to Fordingblades
sprung up from the Si NW., and blew with great 'been,. through Alderholt with a hoeoe and tram eed
when turn
A. wooden office at the Verne, lost its roof, the work of ing the corner near Mr. Fetter's beer house the horse, a
the Royal Engineers teeing blown about 100 yard. scrota young one, swerved. muting the trap,. high °°°. tOilP'et'`
the barrack square. In the Roads a schooner driftel a throwing them violently out, Mr. Butler was token me
long distance, but net enough to ran against rocks. A insensible and carried into Mr. Footers house. I.lr.
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large sailing boat, belonging to Mr. sautane half filled Clifton, of Fordingbridge, was soon in attendance, and
with water, and young Mr. Seam= went off in his /bogey, found, him suffering from egactesion of the Main, lie
tic bale her out. The little boat was moored to the big ore, was taken home, wb,ebe no WM were ,enterbain
ed
but the PLUMS was broken ht the storm, and the auger recovery. The daughter escaped with WO slight`"'"`"""