The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-09-11 00:00:00

POOLE.

MRS. 110 WARD PACL.—Thim justly celebrated lady,
assisted by Mr. Rutland Barrington and Niles Helen
Featherstone, gave one of her clever entertainments at
the Antelope Hotel Assembly Room, on Thursday
evening, before • select and tolerably large audience.
" By return of poet" was Me piece of the evening, and
it provoked roars of laughter.
Perry SESSONS, ThUrs,lay.—Before the Mayor (Mr. A.
Balaton), and Meagre. C. J. Stone, W. D . Dogdale, And C.
H. Glitch.

Xl.brains Booth was sineasioned by Mr. It. Goff, who
sought to recover pm "ession of a cott am. --Mr. Travers
appeared for defendaut.—Coui plainest said defendant bad
been hi.. tenant for three or four years. Ile was a 1111 l 'Ably
tenant, but he paid hie rent so irregularly that he several
times thought of giving I notice to quit. Soule time
ago Mr. thunent, for whom defeielont was working,
guaranteed to see the rent paid, and from that time he did
not trouble defendant for the rent, but it was paid every
six months. This went on till last August, when defen-
dant was very troublesome, and he gave him notice to
leave his cottage. 'Defendant wrote back and said he
should not leave, u he was a yearly tenant. In January
tut he gave defendant notice to leave in June, but he still
refused to give up possession—Mr. Travers produced a
receipt book which proved that defendant was a yearly
tenant, and the Bench decided in favour of defendant.
The magistrate. told ceruplainant he could not recover
Cliion of the cottage till the end of next year, and that
veruld have to give defendant notice in June.
c7tarltt Cattle, tea., sawyer, of Parkstone, was summoned
for being drunk sad disorderly at Parkstone on Moadar.—

The evidence of Constables Holloway and Brmihett proved
that defendant wait near the church drunk and making •
great noire, about half-put ten o'clock on Monday night
Defendant denied Icing drunk, and said he was drenched
I with beer by some young men in • public•house because he
• .mid not drink, and was afterwards pushed into the
street and fell into the arms of the policeman—The
magistrates could not forget the fact that defendant had
thrice previously been convicted of drunkenness, and
tined him gl and cots, to he paid in a fortnight.
Louisa Russell was summoned for using defamatory
language towards Sarah Young on the 3lst of August and
lit of September—Very ilinraceful language allfwared to
have been used by both women, and the Bench dismissed
the ease, each woman to pay her own ruts.

CIIURCII OF ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. The
annual meeting of this Society was held on Thursday lard
in the grounds of "Dosn's Court- by permission of Major-
General Maclean. The mem hers of the Canford, Kinson and
Holt branches were also present together with the Holt
School fife-and-drum band. Tea was provided and there
were various amusements for the juveniles. At 6 o'clock
a public meeting was held on the lawn when addresses
were delivered by the Rev. IL F. Trotman, president, 1)r.
Druitt General *glean, Rev. E Dsniells. and others.
Between the speeches several glees were sung by Messrs.
E. Wareham and Gardiner and others.