The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-30 00:00:00

Or orresp onbfnce.

FURIOUS DRIVING IN DORCHESTER.
To the Editor.

Sig.—Where are the Pdkel It is a notorious fact
a cvrtain butcher's cart is continuously 6,104 dn.;
through South-street at a most furious and
pace, endangering the lives of passers by. On
~,,,raing a little child was violently knocked down t.l
miiaculottaly escaped a fatal injury, iind it is
since a poor woman who had just alighted trim
South-Western train was knocked down in the my
manner whilst coming out of the station yard, sal •,;
bonnet cat from her face by the wheel. and the hate.,
boy driving the it when " wigged "by a f
his a:lnduct, merely remarked that if he di in'i
he should alias the Weymouth train. Surly
will keep their eye on this dangerous nuisance.
Yours truly,

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01, Tll STRF.U.
Dorchestet, August 27th, 1870.

Mr. Clement, the Liberal member for Stirow.LuT 4
demt
Two hewer! were destroyed by fire at Chatham
(Monday) morning- Sesentef n persons who
them asleep at the time narrowly escaped with 14;
lives.
A marriage is arratured,and will take plate towards
close of neat month, betwen the Karl Cowper sad 11.,
Compton. eldest daughter of Lord sod Lsdy wdim;
Coln pton.
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Eittrirat MOMMIL-Twe Irishmen named CaeW,,li
and SIPGee were drinking at • public-house
Curnnock, Ayrshire, and quarrelled. Carnpkil
the woret of • fight, and vowed revenge. For a
day he dogged WGee, and at length sprang upoe 1;,1
from behind a hedge, felled him with a raci-piu,
then struck him several blows on the Lead, resee,,,
ham insensible. li'Gme never became coubc:on,,
soon died. Campbell wee arrested.
SiluerrlNG OCCURRIPMII.- At Sheffield, Genre
harsher., a youth 15 years of age, was kilo] by
step-father. He had given offence to the laver,
is a grinder, by neglecting to deliver a message pie, ap
and in a fit of anger lie threw a sharp piece of it,.
him. The iron struck the boy in the side, and Led.
in three-quarters of an hour from the effects if
blow. The father, who is said t have behaved 5...„7
kindly to the dece;ised, surrendered voluntarily at u.
police-station directly after the occurrence.
I-WARMS DLATH.-At the works f Messer. Si:!
Sons, ad Co., salreire. near Bradford, 'I homes bar,r,
an overlooker, aged 31, wax engaged in one of the sir:
Din., room, in putting • belt ou a drum whm
machinery vu in motion, when his cl airing wascri4..:
by the belt awl he was whirled round repeatedly p
rapid rate. His right arm was torn from the soceet
hie other arm and his legs were broken. His body er,
cut in two and dashed to the ground, where tne pen
were found in plainer' widely apart. A policemffi
sent Ix, and the remains were gathered topther.
LIGHT WIVES.- llthongh the consumption of
wines has trebled in Et gland ,inoe the reducien
retool duty, they have not at pre.mut taken the piemit
as Iteweraeore of daily and general consumption teat es
may cohfidently auticipare for them in the course e.t
next few years. That there has not been • IBM rq:!
Increase is due in some measure to the high Kyr.
that particular description if light wines, vie„
from the di 'el of the Medoe, which 'more than .ar
other is suited to the taste end requirements of tt
country. booking at the many millions of gallons .1
claret produced annually in the districts amid
Bordeaux, it must he admitted that past price: he..
been somewhet fictitious. Theo, although the viciao
of 1868 vases abundant and similar In. quality to 4100
of 1864 and 1865. the prioes of that year were
than were ever befo,e known in the Medoc. Fortuna•ey,
however, the year 1869 has also produced an abur,ial
and equally fine vinta,m, and this had caused • grist
change the prices for some growths haying beer. 'est
than half that of 1868, and the remaining wines of lit
1868 vintage in Rordeeux have been sold at prices has
In elves. of 1869 Thus, while the ordinary gr., st.i
of the Medoc have been immured at prices admitting ,t
their being sold as cheaply as the ordinary wince! if lee
favoured districts, the choicest growths of the
el Meaux need no longer be regarded as luxuries beyerai
our reach. The reports from Bordeaux mention cot.
alienable purchases having been made by the firms d
Gilbey, 'Cruse, Cloa.man, Sohrorler, Sultan&
Wustemburg. itc., and we may presume that • liqs
portion of these are intended for the English mark&
The fact that good wholesome claret, which snot
diluted with water forms a beverage equally as sheep
as beer, and far more refreshing, can be ohmic!.
through the medium of inch agencies as Gilber's s:.i
oilier houses, of the grocers in almost every town at!
village, is • great boon, and will no doubt bring rib
what medical men and other authorities so lunch decre.
via.. • large consumption in this country of brit Cr
natural wines. As far as price is isoncerned, there ii 03
reason why claret should not be consumed here as frillf
as in Paris, the charges for duty and oonveyance he:eg
about the same to London as to the French capital.-
Aferaing Foal.

If ON UMEMTAL SCULPTURE, Monuments.
Ilk Marble and Granito T..1111m, t•roesos, an I
Brasses ; IMPERISHABLE LETTERS in SOLID
GAFFIN, the Otrrara Marble Works, 83, Re,:s:•i-stri".•
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