The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-06-24 00:00:00

WIYNOIJTH.

A NIAMNIC CONCERT tc,k place 00 000 of Nl4seti.
C mane b .44 on Monday afternoon, when the Town
!laid played some excellent music during a trip round
Portland Bill.
THe intn Nicholls, who wa• before the magistrates
On Setur•lay, and wee said to be eoNeriog from
defirmna grrmcn., has been mint to the Union, as on
Molitiey it was found that he bad quite lost his reason.
Tits Great Western Railway C impaay's new
steamer Gael, which is to espies:is the South of Ireland,
WA• brought to Weymouth on Monday from Milford,
and in the evening started on her first trip to Cher-
bourg. She la 107 t ans, and is said to be a fast
traveller.

Sofia 'lmprovements are being carried out at the
Great. Western Railway-atoll .n, and will involve an
outlay of some hundreds of pound.. Hitherto lediee,
to go to their waiting-room, have bad to peas through
the general waiting-room. but in the future this will
not be necessary, ale the Indic.' room will have a
eeyarate entrance. A lavatory will be attached to
their room, ant the parcel office let, be very much
in.:ceased in size. Marrs. Roberts in of Bristol, who
have on • previous occaeion szecuted work at the
station, are the builders.
Some the aesi.t.nte in the varima eetabliohmenta
here, to the number of about tw dozen, bid a very
0., j .yalde plc tic on Welnitailay evening. They were
.lrlcemm t Abb ttabary in two of Mr. Hardy'. brakes,
and there after a ramble through the plea., a little
dance took place on the green outside the Ilchreeter
Anne, rrfreehments biing provided by Mr. Cooper.
The patty left about ten, resetting Weymouth pact
1.. fore 12, having spent a very pleasant tone.
Axtrtz Micas, of Shoehorns, wee charged before
the Borough Magistrates on Monday with obtaining
three pains of hoots froze Ebenezer Payne of St.
Maryotreet, by false pretanose. The accused had
been appreheuded on a warrant, and when the
prooscutor was called to give evidence he said he
could not swear to the woman, although he believed
ehe woe the person who had the hoots. Under thee*
circuinetances the Bench diecideeol the case.
Wg would remind our reeler. that the pretty new
Theatre Royal will be reopened this (Thursday)
evening. when the Billet, Taylor Comic Opera Com-
pany will occupy the boards. The company will •
Include an artbite of great molt (Mime Rule St.
George), who Is deacribed as being a spite 11l harem
The town le under the oblig glen to Mr. H. Wheeler,
the lessee, for providing entertalumvots, which are
bOh healthy, as far as the midi ite concerned, and
met enjoyable, end we predict "full hones." the
Bar,. days the company will perform,
Tue member* of E Compaoy. D.R.V., were in-
egicete lon Monday evening bye donel Stewart. The
men met at the Barrack., where they were put through
v. r i ttt in i•emente which thoy perf,rat.d t the
.ti•f cute •ii lion:et-Ong officer. Capt•in Tic ird
George was c uninand. and there were alto prevent
Lleatenanta Florin end Grovos. .kfter Vie drill the
men, whip tiumberel hi, boidee trim recrui..,. marched
through St. Marv- trot to the Statue, where they
were dismissed. The drum and fife bend was proolit,
and Oared a lively tune through the Wan.
SalrrlNG.—Arrlvels : Great Weidern (.), Blamniedi
Cherh iur I; Vulture (.). Mace, Cherbourg,
I; Agaila (e), Painter, .Terser, gee-eel; Brighton
(s), Valle, Jersey, goner • I !vtitirlii (e). Fiisher, Jeremy,
general; " Shap Foil S' Tarlart, Jersey, potat ;
S.pphire (e.s), Hunter, Jrrsey, potato.; Hinter, Heed
(s.s), Tarnlyo, Jersey, pdatoite ; Sylfale (ce). Clark,
Jersey. potatosa ; Waterton!, Rose •, Hartlepool, e al I
Premier (a), Masters, Torqu .y, pasipeoesee; Bonnie-
mouth (. , Miller. B turnemouth, tessiestegere; "Cad'
one.," Jones, liertlep wl. Qn•On
Hain. Bournemouth,nli ;Toisodor. Wehl. lathiest .
oat.; 0 oil (*), Hallock, nil ;
Great Wooten, (•), Itlamplel, ('oed, cm, •Pllfai •
Cherbourg, general; I.):
Vulture (.), Mace,
Painter, •lemey. getter.'; Brighton ($), Folle, Jersey,
general; Cygnus (s). Filcher,' Jersey, general; Shay
Fell (as),l Tarbet,l Jersey general ; Sapphire (e..),
Hunter, Jenny, l, H iy Head (•..). Tamlyn,
Jersey. general; Bflfaieti (c.•), nark. Jer.sy, general;
Bournemouth (10, Muir. ltournemouth, passengers ;
Premier (.1. tauten., 1' -ro isy, paseeti.era ; (do,
Saikem, Portland, nil ; S %rid in ti .m, lVintet
Guernsey, ballast ; Premier (•). iste,.. Bourne-
inth, passenger.; Gaol (•), Had-lock, Cherbourg,
general.
13:crcund.—On Monday morning, be! tre *nitrite",
two inrin'lers of the Iveyenouth Bicycle Club lilt the
town on their in ledge, for the purport of arootettileh-
ing a distance of 100 miles in If ho which entitle.
them to receive fr 'in the clu'i • Piker i i.. r•
li,urney moketed b then.r na.m.Wlll (Nt.a.rs. T.
attlett and W. lotty) we. I, Aouthampton ant
back, the distance of which is 122 inibe.
Weymouth at 3.ri a.m., they, ss.ed thron,h Wave-
ham at 7,10, B ,urnemonth at it 30, and Icvndhinot at
8.50, Southampton being reach- lit 1030. Remain-
ing there abut halban•bour, they etsittni on their
homeward journey, Lyulburst being 'felted at 11 40.
Bournemouth at 420, Wareham at (3 30, anti at 8.7,0
p.m. they role it t•i Weymouth, having been sway
I'm the town 17 hours 3, znit.uter. The whole of
thin time was nit toicupled In 14 0114, f ir four hour. of
It were ePeet in 'tonnage. at the different towns, so
that 13hrs. 35in1n. were 'pent on the road In riding
and walking, It being found necessary to dismount at
several places owing to the c indltion of the roads,
notably at the New Foreat, where the road wee so
thickly covered with send that the bicycliete found it
impassible to ride. In spite of Win ant the very hat
weather, the average number of milee c nerd Per
hour was nine, which cannot be cons liered as anything
but good riding.