The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-31 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

LONIT,'S an t4O-TII WE-TEEN RAILWAT.—There
will be no alteration in the titnedables of the main
tine. this month.
l'ictynr".—At the Cardiff Pie-. 0 Show on Thursday
our townsman, Mr. C. Pars,ns, took two first prizes
awl a third; he ale, reedy.' a hi_thly c ,mmentled and
commende.l.
VAIMMITYKI, TO TNT Th.R.rr eoTTIT
HOW bdotree: John Villt. stealite.t money at Wey-
moo h, 4 calendar months ; ViHi,m Clarke, va4rancy
at Winsborne, If days ; James 11111, drunkenness at
Weymouth, and Thomas Burke, assault at Weymtuth,
7 •Lsys each. Forth. r era othenti,.
ste.tim; wheat at Fordin4ton.
Om Friday last the fire ;xi...nem, litntaft Green
and Riele-tnl Prichard. tried at the Alidsumnter Ses-
ns, and senteneed to ten years eat+ ; I
I' thorn MP! SADOIei Henninga tried at OW 3.01
nntcntoi to ten years ea,ll ; and Geor:te Lacey.
s.udentaul to fi‘e years. w.re well ironed and eteotted
Ito Penton, ille in the chtrgis of Mr. Bawler,
.I.lmtve.t...tentor, with C. r•Tey awl 11. Read, two
a-orders. _ .

I,ser erwscrr Meg:frit —florin:4: Cie week
enditc:: .Inly there have been admitted - In-
patients. 5; ,li-ch ; out-patients adnitted. II;
dielar:ed, 5 ; emergemies, 0; deaths, 0; Ul-I,ATionts.
ho the hospital. 40; :sit patients ..n the Issdis. 200:
ca.:willies, O. Physician for the week, Dr. W. V.
Lush surns.n. Mr. Emens ; hones :surgeon. Mr. H.. 1.
Capon. The s.eretary lw.rs to acknowledge the reeript
.4 a Innate of oil liO•011 from the I 7harit tide organin-
gocicty .4 I azthester.
PcoPEUTT Sate_ - A vale of property, which
attracted more than ordinary att.:Mini, was hell at
Lim King*. Arms Hotel. by Mr. T. Ensor. oil Wednes-
day aft:ern...ll. Tb.• attendance was very large. The
peoperty, which belonge4 to Mr. W. Nl:infield. of
Ported, :m, consisted .4 a large onniber cf cottages
and no-ssuas!es. tbs. majority leing lifehold. There
were Is It'. altogether, but the bid:lingo were very
dull, awl only one Id premise, rented by Mr. .f. T.
Kerr.alictioneer, as his flepository, anniprisiug 1
Tirre .11.1 l perches, fonnd a purchaser, the property
beim:. knocks"! :born at ti4so. Mr. Ensor afterward. ..Id
a number of freehold r sttages, situate at FoT.FITI
the billing for whit+ win much more spirite.L The
tir.t I t. three cottage., and gardens, were knocked
down t.. Mr. liwnard, of High East-street, at 1:IA5 ;
Mr. Griffin. .4 Holloway-row, purcha-ing lot 2, three
other t,TEALfe.. at Ens. A very lively competition
took time for the pencesion .4 a freehold dwelling.
hones, with shop. bakehouse, kr., in ruck:ht. row,
long used as a grocery establishment, Mr. Nutting, . 4
Strittou Mills, eventually becoming the purchner
at the high price f £i. Mr. Humor conducted the
auction with his well known skill an.l ability.
r. WEATHER. —The following it OUT meteorolo‘ical
report :
I towns
Date. 110 n. Peat al W. State .4 Weather.
SOW. i

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J uly
61 I in/ Rain
'll rai WSW rine
riS 51 II rime rain
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27 W rine
G 7 & NW r.
:t 55 ,11r raw

Boanyon Parr! Srmitoai Mondar. —Before Mr. Alder
man Lock (Mayor), Mr. M. Drreniab, am( Mr. J. I,
!lodges.
Drarw War. mintnotied for keeping a dog without a
timbre, yr. brie I in tbe mitigated penalty of Irk, and
allowed It day* to pay : in default one mouth.

11IE 11015BOILT OF TIMIDER-
CkFri,s Rofe.ets. of Yordingtoe, appeared on remand
charged with stealing three Milks A timber. the property
of the London eel South-Western Rvilway Company.
rrbe timber was produced in court. an 1 consi4 .4 of
three planks, seven inches wide by two inches thick, and
admen four feet sit inches lone. of soured, seaesned wood,
and eertainly proved a lout to the policeman who endea-
voured to rewire it after the examination.]
Mr. Then. lardiner, teal inspector of the company's
palace, stationed at Southampton, attended, and said Ise
was instructed to my the company would not prosecute.
The Bench were startled at this announcement. and
Symoeds drawly advised the police to take no notice
on another occasion if they sew any of the railway coin-
peay's servants carrying anal their property. The corn-
piney's premises OCR private property, and they (the
police) had no right to to thereon. It was no encourage
renal to them to detect crime if directly the owners of
the property turned round and refused to prosecute.
Mr. Gardiner, in answer to further enquiries, said be
had received his instroctions from the chief in
Waterton. Ile wee told to go to Dorchester as r.,.. there real
at
a man in custody for stratum some timber. Ili. (the
defendant's) previous good character had, however, been
repreamited to them, and they would OM OFOFFOOtO
Mr. Symonds enquired if this eras by order of the
director., and remarked that knowing eeveral of three
cent Leman he should cert wily enquire if they sanctioned
such a proceeding.
The Invert w further st ited that he was very mach
surpree4 when be arrived here and saw the size and
quality of the timber that the man had not teed ova,
rotel. There was no doubt he hot done wrong in ...ming
army such wood as that prolucaid It could not he calla
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The prisorr RAW them discharged, the Mayor remarking
they hoped it ...obi he a srarnint to Pim.
There was a little "chat" as t the dispontion of the
tont. r, and Mr. Symonds remarked no doute it belonged
to R Iserm as the company, by not prosecuting, had
s..m, timed his taking it away.
noli-rm RENT.

I-et non. appeared on remand for nom-payment of
a bastardy order obtained SZAilliq him by Alta I; Mop.
Ile claimed exemption of • portion of the order (fs. fid.)
on weaunt of beieg • member of thwnermanent staff al
the Dorset Militia —Mr. Symonds mid he mud prum his
exemption.— Defendant said he had no power to pay the
Llet order, as his means were not sufficient —The
onr said he had the mews, he had a permanent allow-
awe from the militia, and had opportunities of earning
other money. If he did not MT -he (the Mayor) should
certainty order ben to he punished.—The attestation
paper, showing defendant belonged to the militia staff,
araa produced by Sergeant Moody. orderly-room clerk.
Xr. Symonds said the exemption had been thus established.
and it was taken wit of their hands. —The Mayor told
Was Goff." her remedy was now to apply to the War
Offke, who would order the money to he stopped eat of
defeadaars daily pay.- -It appears that by this Tem
would have lit. per day deducted from his pm, and Kea
oak.p in,. loses N. per week from off the original order
of the D. In the evert of the defendant being the-
ater/led Iran the army, the original order would be
entombed