The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-12-24 00:00:00

BLAwDFORD.

Tug Itimarirrmo Smtvics.—G. W. Daniell. Req.,
surgeon of this town, has been appointed by the Govern-
ment medical examiner for the recruiting service for
Blandford, in the room of his father, who has held the I
apeoinitnent nearly 10 yeses.
THE Was tx Atrrettlxis.—lt will Intemt some of
our readers to learn that among these °Moors who have
volunteered for the Abyssinian expedition is the son of
our respected ex-Mayor (J. S. Daniell, E•q.)—Lieut.
Daniell (105th regiment) who returned to India in July
last, and at once offered his services, which were
swerrecLec At Dmstrufax Sumo_
the Lord Portman and J, Fa:gat:dal; —Before
Eq.—
Edward Warren, was charged with stealing a ;oat, he
property of Robert Bound, of Shilllngstone, and Charles
Oundry and Alfred Miles were jointly charged with
stealing a ehereh service belonging to the same person.
- Mrs. Goodfellow received a panel containing the
whales to deliver to her eon in Blandford, seri it was
abstracted from her "art.—Superintendent Brown found
Warren wearing the coat, which he said he bought of a
chap at Southampton ram. He now pleaded guilty,
and was eentenced to six month,' hard labour. As to
the church Movies, that was bought by Elizabeth
Holman of a woman named Ann Pike who said it was
one her danehtsor had for a prise at fialishary, but she
most sell it for breed. Holman pee her • lost of bread
and a 41b, of butter for it. The woman said she had it
from her son. He stated that aa he and Gundry were
Paring through the Flocks on Saturday @vertical they
found it, tossed for it, when he won, and gave Gandry
Id. for it, and took it to his mother. Case dismissed.
--James Itaverstoek, eerier in the employ of Mr.
Clarke, coal merchant, Blandford, was °barged with
stealing 5 plows of attain, and some hay, the property
of Mr. John Ford, of Rushton. from a loaded wartime
standing on the Somerset and Dorset railway it Blend-
ford station, on Friday evening.—Prisoner said he never
took any out of the waggon. He picked up two small
Mose of cake, when the pointillists came up and charged
his with the theft, when he threw them down. Be
waa committed for trial at the sessions, and admitted to
THE monthly misting of the Blandford Local Board
, was held os Wednesday, the 18th instant. There were
Present :—Mr. Darden (chairman), Messrs. Hodaes,
Fisher, Park, Doris, Mmdsn, Bell, Gill, Eyera, Smith,
Johns, Groves, Henville and Lindsay. The general
' diatriat rate, prepared by the Clerk of the Board, was
ooefirmed, and it was ordered that such rate commence
to be payable on the Wort of December. Ordered
that room No. 1, on the ground floor in • house in
Salisbaryotreet, belonging to Mrs. Bolen, now under
the Sanitary Act regulations, be allowed to be need as a
sleeping as well as a day-room if the inmates desire to
do so. The Highway Committee reported that they
wandered the well in Church-lane should be repaired,
and the angle filled up with brickwork.—Ordered that
snob report be adopted. The Lighting sad Highway"
Committles reported that they considered • cesspool
should be pat in Mr. Baeot's stable-yet din Dorset-street,
to prevent the water Sowing arum the street, and that
the lamp against Mr. Biseet's wall be removed to the
Rose and Crown wall. Ordered that such report be
adopted. The following letter was then reed to the
Board : .

Blandlord. Dec Idth, led 7.
Iltr,-1 shin Ise glad If you ail] mum* the Local Board at
their wet meeting to rant la. a Hamm for • 'daughter-home.
The bulkUng I propose to um Is at Ns. bottom of my motber's
yard, In Earn-street and le Dot near any dwelllng-houes, and ts
well-Your—Tour obedient eervaat, Pututir Goma..
_ . .

--Ordered th-ai-the Maisano, 'Committee aad the
ibirveyor hissed the preraisseinsad resort thereon at
the nest meeting. Proposed Mr. John., seconded
by Mr. Fisher, "That bib, opinion of the Board it is
desirabie that a proper es”ly of pare water Amid
be obtained for the town, sag that this board, with the
opprobolioo ol the xoto-papro is seporoot to take ma

stops se may be neoessary to carry out the purpose."
Previous to any discussion on the proposition, the
following requisition signed by 179 ratepayers, was
presented to die Hoard
To the Local Government Board of Bland ford Forum,
Drain.
We, the undersi:ned ratepayer. and owners of property, in
the town of diandf,d, have Nem given to understand that a
notice will he brought before you to the affect that measures
.hall he adopted for prov Wing the inhabitanto of thin town
with water. We reepectlully request you will not simeUon
any measure foe that purpose which will invoke the necee•lty
of levying a rote. or In any other way rendering It • burden to
the Inhabitants of the town.
After some discussion, Mr. Renville proposed, and
Mr. ifielges seconded the following :_"That the con-
sideration of Mr. Johns' proposition be adjourned to
the nest meeting." Carried inanisodusly, Proposed
by Mr. Hodges seconded by Mr. Fisher, that Misers.
Johns, Smith, Donlon, Darla, Biers and Park (with
power to add to their number) be • committee for
obtaining further information in the matter.--Carried
unanimoesly.—(We are informed, on good authority,
that Mr. Johns entered into full particulars as to the
measures be bad adopted for amiertsining the quality of
the water DOW to MO in the WWII, the probable cost of
supplying pure water by mesas of waterworks, and
the results which had attended the formation of such
works in other towns. At the conclusion of the meet-
ing • vote of thanks was unanimously Fused to Mr.
Johns for the valuable information supplied to the
Boardl