The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-23 00:00:00

CRANE ABBAS.

CnJHcPI blissioNativ MEATING. —A nieettn.: .4 tie
Cerne Branch, of the Church Missionary Kolety wa,b4d
at the Schoolroom. on Tuesday evening last AtLira;v
were delivered by several gentlemen.
STELLING Bez.—lt is intended to hold a Spetemt
here on Tuesday evening next, when three pnos•i:,t;
offered for contpetition.

puted ease, and the Cres.l.-e
ere tirM7
POOLE.
Tux usual monthly sitting of the County cent wa
held at the Town-hall, on Monday, before .111.1 gr I.sfray,
There was not a single di.'
bankruptcy examination was again adjoilreed, in
nuance of an important witness being unable t„ ,tknj
through illness.
EARLY (71,0iiIN.i. -The majorif V "f Hie tAele.tilell
of the town have given notice that Iksy nal
their eatablishnients at four o'clock on Wednesh
afternoons for a month, and if
annelklail ta'haonps..l th.Noteut.Till•lsati•iation
successful it is to be continued till the
September. About three fourths of she „b„;,
cmPlaTfleilltdorinanPle‘thede town at the action taken 1,3 a feu
tradesmen at the meeting last week, ant w,tirnk it
is much to be regretted that the whole of
men will not &glee to close, as one se3rcely like. to
see a neighbour's shop open whilst one's own is
and it is, moreover, a great hardship for a portion of
the assistants of the town to be thus r0b1a...1 of their
holidays.
THX MILCHANICS. INSTITUTE. -The last entertaiatu-at
of the season in connection with thia useful institutim
was given in the Temperance-hall on Thurs. lay eve ling, by
amateurs residing in the town and ntight.urho.sl, and at
Blandford, Wimborne, and Bournemouth. There as. a
small attendance, attributable, no doubt. 4.4 WAS reticirked
hy the Chairman, Mr. G. Curti., to the entertainment
heing hell so late in the season. The programme sa• •
welloelectesl .see, and semi, .in the WIIOIY, creditably per-
formed. Mr. H. Bose kept the audience in roars of
laughter with his amusing recitations. "Hoe au •id
gentleman filled up bbi census paper ; " and the act-u_p el
Mr. George is 3n Id man for the c.0.d., KAU of " Tu.
times are changed since I was young" was very successful.
Mims Atherton •ang very• sweetly in "Half mast liL!:;"
and the solo by Miss !Sudden. "Sabbath ironing ...."
was a great treat, We append the nausea al pieces, and by
whom given :- Pianoforte duet% Mi.sea L.ttlierion :ma
ilollis Comic song, in character. " Brigham Y inns," Mr.
Atkev ;song "As welcome as the flower, in May," Nit W.
Burden; song, " Little footsteps," Mi.. E Atherton;
reading. "How Captain Belliicerent Beeswax brok.• his
wife of residing in ted,' slr. Norton ; 110114, "The hone.t
man," Mr. 11. H. Duni-it ; recitat.on, MAGA.II4).. ' Mira.
tins," Mr. ?deaden ; song. " Vanu is all their singing." Miss
Atherton. SODX. " Four jolly, jolly smiths, ' (encored,) Mr.
George solo, Miss Hollis ; song, "The Euclid'.
man,' Mr. W. Burden: reading, " Gondalinc," a ballarl,
Dr. Lawton ; song. " Hildegonda," Miss E. Atherton, she
in response to an encore gave " Margery's Almanac'
I recitation, "How an old gentleman tilled up Ins ~Pisa.
paper," Mr H. Roe: song, " Half-mast high," Miss
Atherton ; soak, "Why rouse the British lion," Mr. 11. H.
Ernruott ; reading. Mr. Norton ; comic song in chAractet.
I "The times are changed sines I was young." fent .redi Mr.
(fou ; pianoforte solo, -Sabbath evening chimes.' M.

POLICY, Tuesday. —Before Mr. W. D. Dugdale.
Two young men nained Prederiek Day aol Wilburn
Burgess, were brought up in custagiv eharzt‘l with stealing
• couple of fowls late on Sunday night or early on )1o•la7
morning, the property of Mary Ann Arnold. of lisul-
warthy.—Anout seven o'clock on Sunday evening Mrs.
Arnold fed the fowls and they were then safe but on
Monday morning at seven o'clock they were fossil to he
missing. The police were informed of the robbery. sod
P.C. HiPyer traced feathers from the roosting else° to
the prisoner's vessel. The fowls were faun.' roneegled
under the losting or She vessel.—Prisoners were remanded
In custody till the Petty Sessions on Thursday.
Pim Semmes, Thursday. -Before the )(avor (Mr. F.
Styring)
W.
Messra M. Kelup.Welcib F. T. Roger., C. J.
Stone, W. D. Duzdale. ant ill flusreti.