The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-11-02 00:00:00

YEOVIL.

Tni "OLD CHVMOKYARD."—In reply to an appli
ostion by the Town Council of Yeovil, our Mayo
has received a letter from Mr. Walpole, Secretary of
State for ths Home Department, extending the time
for closing our churchyard to the lit of November,
1889. It is a fact much, we think, to be lamented,
that when a grave is dug in our churchyard, the
grave.digger, on account Of It. overcrowded state,
fakes a basket, in which he places the remains he
may meet with. The basket and It. contents are
put in the church during the time the burial is
being performed, and, at the oonolusion, it is brought
out, and it. oontenta are literally tumbled into the
grave on the new coffin. May not some of our
townsmen, with 'propriety, exclaim, Reguiescat is
pace / and demand the opening of the cemetery
with the least possible delay

Yeovil, CIMITIRY.—Workmen are now engaged
In laying out and draining the ground for our otime•
tery. Although our Town Council ham paid £3O to
competitors for plans, tau, for the buildings, none of
those sent in have been adopted, and we understand
that our townsman, Mr. Shout, architect, to at
the present time preparing the plans, which are to
be adopted.

Our Municipal Election which came off yestreday
(Monday) has caused some little excitement in the
town during the past week. The members of the
oomicil who retire this year are Mr. Edward Ray.
mood, manufacturer ; Mr. W. Marden, miU.r; Mr.
John Hill, manufacturer ; and Mr. Thomas Dampier,
gentleman. Mr. Dampier has declined to accept the
office again, but Mr. Raymond and Mr. Mercian
have offered themselves for re.election, and we un.
deretand Mr. Hill also offered himself. There were
two other candidates in the field, Mr. Goode, grocer,
and Mr. R. S. Colmar.

Tun Pouca. —On Wednesday last our polioe
station MU insputed by the gentlemen appointed by
the oounty for that purpose, and we understand
their report will be satisfactory u to its value, and
that the oonsolidation of the polio, force of our
borough with that of the county will take place very
soon, There appears, however, to be a little die.
satisfaction in the town on the lut•named point,
some of the burgesses thinking that we ought to re.

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for the;

tam n the powers for which we have paid en dearly,
Anil not allow them to pass into the handl of the
tieoretary of State.
At our County Court, held on Thursday, 117 mese
were entered, but must of them were settled out of
(wort, end none of floes tried were of any public im.
portance.
Yeovii..—On Friday, the um of A tiotino Ahem
charged with stealing a money•box and Prayer-book,
the property of John Tate, wee again heard. The
case was by no 1110A1111 *leer against the amused, te.
tween whom and the prosecutor there wee no
fooling, and the charge wee dismissed. —On FibM,
William Ado* wee convicted of steeling A tipa
ths property of the Mayor, and sent fur Ohre %seal
ban labour. The brush was lying one v-ledeb la
front of the Mayor's house.--On Situ ,i
Aen Alittott, a doniestlo servant, wee Mimed with
stealing ribbon which had been sent t tter mist-rem
for oholoe, from the shop of Mr, Geifge &lewd,
The prisoner,_ who had confused hey guilt, was ~,e,
mended till Friday, under bell. ,
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Monday week AI Ohard, in afl 'kindly lent by
the Bridgwater Coal and Coke mpeny, In the
;Ulu
earlier put of the day the W er wee very amyl,
atom and the town pawn extremely animated
apPosmoo, Sago huill No nded from the %%rhino
inns, and a brass bend Loa ins the streets at inter.
vale The show of Moen was not quite se large as
last year, but the quality of the bows, en,, waa
inHnitely superior. T Judges were Mr. 000111,
Li
Buckrell, Ohlnnook i John Cennloott, Donyett i
and Mr lithillen, Bran mbe, The Ihuality of the
stook was so near' u form, that the miles were a
oonsidenible time re deciding on w Ode stock to
idle the various PrV•fe and it was past I o'clock
to the ground, Mr. ur,
before the public w ;Audited. Neer the entrance
ner, of the firm of Hill end
Turner, of Uhiud rf, exhibited six magnificent
specimens of the " vothan " mangold wort's!,
grown from seed purohabed from the_ Royal Alen!.
tura! medsmen, Sutton AN Bons, of Reading. These
roots, each of which weltllil4 on an average 90 114 ,
were grown on Chard 10lommus, a. let ' Theing of a
very par nature, minursel wiili Oil. '5 -blood
manure, in the show field was eriveet Devon
bull, the property of Mr, ghallik 111 11141polor,
41;t::
This noble atilual is rising 4 year. r,` d was
/anomaly admired, and itheervidly obtained t Awl
prise, I.ard bridpurt exhibited every pretty it
hull, which obtained the second primal_ Mr, I,
of ilminster, obtained A prices for Devon oattls,
, There were 44 heed of stook exhihited. Tile Meek
generally were !hewn in thorough stook m'Au i no
euperfluous fit disfiguring an or the wimple Tlie
gualily of the sheen
. The horn sheep ri
.... . Rend, of While kington, were
soli ed to eulnmeitt, his gentleman Obtalftell i
prises. 0, W. miles, ~ exhibited a very stip
tic
hietrisel end handsome orXhorn 1 rfillm.4
years, but this animal did not comps • r
_a ,
There
_were mine very good fat pigl= Rrilipoil
and Mr, nllawkor being the suommfu eempetifors.
The show of bores. Wee by no wens ergs, and the
quality of the animals eshibited wim not io rod as
might have been topeeled, It we evi:kpt a vary lig
AbOWIIII 001 AL in MOPA/APid, Altai IWIA lA*
Alf. VONA, fiililoll // Mary, which o Mined a n
prise, being. the only entreat that dometption a
Animals, MY, Memo, or membury, plitaill the
Met price for a eart stallion, two only of which sow
pettei i thy mound pried being awarded to Mr,
Myron, On the ground was IDIO exhibited .a VIM'
mellilent portable 4.litiree power eleam.migin:arde
by ii, Joseph Hawker, of Chard i irild whie le,
xis wheel, ihe firet engine of the kin ever i I
111111 town. lt was liblblisii at war , and lasi
Filiersu attention, both by the apparent 4urabill
s workmanship And the NM with whlen II WOf ,
i power soul i 114 inereaced to eight borer his
engine,. we are glad to state, in proof of I • enter.
prim or the dietrlet and the use of the ow, was
sold on the ground. Amongst the visitors were
Mre. Gore Langton and lady Anna Dore Langton,
The ordinary we. afterwards held 1111 Mr. Corner's,
the George Hotel, to which about 180 gentlemen sal
down.
BAIDOWATIO.— Vales of Lonti.—Memrs Win.
Manley, at Bridgwater, lately sold a properly known
u Wranomnbe Farm, oonsisting of 47 sores of mea-
dow and arable land, with small farm house, distent
three mile. from Wellington, for £1,510, Of at
the rate of £BO per acre. Also a property, kpown
aa Rabbi Yam, consisting of about 41 sores of lend,
with several common rights i situate in the perish of
fitoguersey. Fiala for 49,849, or at the rate of nearly
itill per *ore. Also a fum known as Ooks or
Kam Thildeforti Farm, oomprising about De pres of
land, with sniell fermi home I situate near Wiskleigh,
told fur £l,BOO, or at the rate of nearly 418 Ina. per
wire,
iiVVIOW of TH. 1111100 ND POMOIWIT iSLITIA,
Thim regiment, which ie undoubtedly_ eof the
strongeel and best appointed bodies of Mil IA In Rog.
land, wee inspeuted, on Wednesday, by slof-(hmo•
rat Belem Commander of the Western istriel, in
the tlyiletilmut field, Lower Siistul It
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NALINBURY,
NALISNUNY MINN, AND Varna IF R.—Thie ftir
wee held In the Butts, on linturday las when between
4,000 and 0,000 sheep were penned. rriue. were the
Mm. as at meant fairs, The tollo fig prises were
wailed I—To Mr. Dyke, near (4lunbtlry, Komar
let, 411 fur the Met 100 wethers Intl to Mr, John
Strange, Ad as the limiest penner of sheep. Mr,
John Strings showed 100 two. the, WlllOll were
highly ottioniended 1 end Mr. toil Ronny gen
showed 100 lend* which were n oh Admired, There
were a few hone' and beasts, lob Dist with a eels
at recent prime, Mr. Hayte of Wishfortl, sold.
lilted a plough, on a new prinol e, of hie own inven•
lion and construction, who filmset" to be well
Adapted for light land.,
itt Mnictrtrst,,—The annual Potion of Town ClitIll•
131110f11 took plan yesterday, ut the event appears to
have elicited little urn() inll 0.
How To tier nit) 011. A TNOUNI.NAMIN Wipe.—
I A win Iltd a woman n ell David )(smith and
Christian Pitt, hive Jus got theniselvee into a
Nerve from which swap without punishment will
be no easy matter, Th parties have been residing
somewhere in Hampehl and it impure that about
IS years ago, Mrs. Pitt, Mho had for some tine dc.
plored estate of wldovinood (her holland having
been tnnaported for rio2ng,) received the addend's
of the male prisoner, god was married to him at
Fisherton Church, un4er the name of Catherine
Collins, Their path life lay among thorns, and
some time in 1567 the agreed to dissolve the mar.
riago bond. But it • that each had in the mean.
time formed a new hmesit 1 Mrs, Ketnish had
consented to beooni the partner of a man named
John Pitt, whilst swish himself hid blaming
enamoured of a dau ter of his wife by her first hue'
bend—a young wo an about 27 years of Age. The
arrangement, tow er, seems to have been a mutual
one, fur instead f vowing undying hatred, the
rnes obtained Aoonoes and preempted themselves
ciuro—arr
"h
temeil trtliere=mitaidllllllll2l:ll:
°bigot of his fir 'Romblon, whilst Miss Collins be.
num the bluahl 0 bridge of her flither.in.law. The
foot. at list oac to the knowledge of the pollee, and
Mr. Spershott, operintendent a/ the Rooney divi.
lion, having vi nil Salisbury to examine the nes.
ten and ley tigate the 'Annul/tenon, the parties
were a day o wo sines compelled to exchange the
oomfort of o noble! life for the dreary desolation of
a eel'. Aefioon as all the links in the chain of evi-
dimes hive een completed, they will be brought up
for 'lamb ion. The ease is altogether • curious one,
and efford an apt illustration of the truth of the
adage, th
" flWman must either be a fool or a dunes,
Who tempts to make love to two women atones,"
MAIM 11,017011. --Borba and Hands Railway
Exionet .—A public meeting was held in the Men.
.on Hsae, Newbury, on Thundey afternoon last,
/or th.Purpo.. of promoting the movement for the
exten4in of the railway from Hungsrford to Devisee.
There was a large attendano• of persons intended
in the project, among whom was observed J. P.
Jackson, Esq., Mayor i C. Darby Griffith, Esq.,
M.P,, for Devises ;H. P. But, Esq., KB. Bunny,
Eag, Richard Tull, Esq., E. L. Con''', EN., E.
Arbuthnot, Esq., A. J. Croft, Req., W. P. B. Chat-
ter* Pe Rev. A. Brown, of Shefford I Rev. D. Hod•
sox, of East Woodhay 1 Mr. Alderman Grey, the
Town of Clerk Newbury (R. F. Graham, Esq.,) T.
Merriman, Esq., of Mar%oron6 , R. 3. ward, BK.,
F. Talbot, Esq., B. Pinniger, Xeq., J. Tanner, Esq.,
0. J. Barnes, Esq., J. Matthews, E.g. Among other
advantages it was shown that it would not only save
a distance of 30 miles between Newbury and Bristol,
but it would lemon the journey from Newbury to
South Wales beween 30 and 40 miles i and the mow
sity of immediately taking sharee to obviate the delay
of another year, was earnestly urged.
LAVINOTON.—A shocking and fatal sooident oc•
ourred in the road between the two Lavingtons, on
Tuesday evening. Mr. W. (lye, • small farmer, and
a man of some
_property, residing at Fiddington, was
returning front Warminster fair, driving a light
wagon, and when at the foot of the hill near the cross-
roads at Littleton, the horse from some unknown
cause, shied, and ran against the bank, by which
means the wagon was overturned, and the unfortu•
nate man falling under it, his head was oompletely
crushed, death being instantaneous. Mr. Hitchoook,
surgeon, was quickly in attendance, but of course
his services could be of no avail, and the body was
removed home to await the coroner's inquest. Two
other wart, named Thomas Draper and John Hop.
kins, were riding in the wagon, and were thrown out
at the same time, but escaped without serious injury.
The deceased was universally respected in the neigh-
bourhood, and his untimely end ill very deeply
lamented. Ile has lefts wife and four children,