The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-04-27 00:00:00

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Sunman.— Fatal A iciest—Thew unfortunate
man, Jonas Buihop, expired on Thursday, from the
effects of an accident. He had sustained a very
severe spinal injury by being thrown out of his cart
when returning from the races in a state of intoxica-
tion. It is said that be also received a blow in the
face in the course of the day whilst "lacking" with
some of his acquaintances, but an inquest was
deemed unneossiezy, and he was buried on Satin..
da;ousx.--On Saturday week, Sarah Croff,a servant
in the employ of Mr. A. Coate, draper,. was charged
with etealinq a chop, the property a her master, and
Robert Connors was charged with receiving the seine.
It seemed that Mr. Bishop sent for Superintendent
Lewis and informed him that a pair of shoes had
been stolen from his shop, and that he suspected
Cousins, who bad been working for him, and was
than working at Mr. Coate's On proceeding there
the superintendent found Cousins' work•basket, in
which was the chop. He however, said nothing of
this at the time, but on miming from searching this
man's lodgings he showed the contents of the man's
basket to Mr. Coate, and, on comparing another
chop, it exactly corresponded with the one found.
Sarah Croft on being accused of stealing it at first
denied it, but then hoped that Mr. Coate would not
deal hardly with her. The man Cousins merely
said, in defence that he did not know how the chop
came there. The prisoners were bailed till Thursday.
On Monday Cousins went several times to the shop
of Mr. Bishop in an annoying manner, and at length
was pushed out. He lost his balance on one of the
steps and fell with great force into the road. Blood
flowed copiously from his ears, and he was taken up
insensible, most seriously injured.
THE TRAGEDY AT CLTYTON.—We are glad to be
able to state that both the children who were in.
jured in this mysterious affair are proceeding favour-
ably. The infant, a chubby, rosy-cheeked little
creature, is entirely recovered, but so narrow was
its escape that a board was actually procured to lay
it out upon ; its limbs having apparently set in
death, when the female who was undressing it ob-
served a slight movement of the diaphragm, and at
once put it into a warm bath, and brought it to.
The wound in the throat of the elder girl has been
sewn up, and she also is recovering, but up to this
time no explanation can be obtained from her of her
motive for committing such diabolical and ferocious
acts. She asserts that the baby fell into the trough,
but certain circumstanoes negative this and show a
premeditated design on her part. Fortunately the
corner of the trough was broken off and the level of
the water reduced, otherwise the infant must have
been drowned. The elder girl expresses no sorrow
for her conduct, nor will she make a promise not to
repeat it. The most charitable conclusion is that
ehe is not right in her head, but she had given no
previous indication of weakness of intellect; on the
contrary, she had been noticed as a remarkably quiet
active little girl. She is of very diminutive height
and a mere child in appearance.
RIMPTON.—A serious accident betel a woman by
the name of Susan Herford, at Rimptont on Friday
week. She had been occupied in conveying baskets
of chaff from a chaff-cutting machine in the yard of
Mr. George Andrews. An iron upright spindle
connected with this machine stands outside the
building, close to the wall, protected by a frame of
woodwork, against which the poor woman is sup-
posed to have leaned to rest herself, when some part
of her dress got in at the crevice between the wooden
guard and the wall, and became entanglecly the
revolving spindle, round which it was gradually
wound, peeling off, as it was drawn in, the entire
skin from the fingers to the elbow, where the flesh
was literally torn from the bone, and blood vessels
and nerves were stripped off in shreds. The injury
was so severe as to necessitate the amputation of the
arm (unhappily the right one) above the elbow,
which operation was performed by Dr. Williams, of
Sherborne, assisted by Mr. Jay and Mr. Lathan, of
Queen Camel, the same afternoon. We are glad to
hear the poor woman is going on favourably.
BRIDTORT.-140t week a beautiful clipper schooner
was launched from the ship-yard of Messrs. Cox and
Sou. She was called the Pride of the Isles.
For the first time during the last fifteen years we
have now a poor's rate at the low sum of 6d. in the
pound. As the expenses of the cemetery, and the
support of the new police force will be added in
future rates, we fear it will be some time before we
again get so low a rate.
SHAFTESBURY.—Mr. Soppitt, of this town, writes
to a London journal, that he observed large flocks of
swallows skimming the surface of the Stour near
Durweston, on the 9th inst. The Chiffchaff, our
earliest immigrant, Mr. Soppitt says he has seen as
early as the 21st of March, in the Vale of Black-
moor.

STURMINSTER.—Petty Sessions.—( Before the Rev. H.
F. Yeatman, Chairman, the Rev. H. Boucher, and
Montague Williams, Esq.)—Willion Mites, of Stourton
Caundle, was charged with being drunk and disorderly,
and assaulting P.C. Batty and John Mullett, parish con-
stable, of Stourton Caundle, on Sunday the 18th inst.
The charge was fully proved, and the Bench convicted
the prisoner in the penalty of is. for being drunk, is.
for assaulting the police constable, 2s. 6d. for the
assault on the parish constable, and the costs, amounting
in the whole to £1 lie. 6d.—Joseph Ames, of Shil-
lingstone, was summoned by R. R. Harvey, Esq., agent
to Lord Rivers, for wilfully damaging some potatoes
that were planted in a garden close to the defendant's
premises. Mr. Dashwood defended. The case was very
clear, the defendant having been caught in the act.
The defence set up was that the defendant thought that
he had a right to the piece of ground in which tip
potatoes were planted, but which entirely failed. Mi. I
Harvey acted with great forbearance, and the Bench
ordered the defendant to pay Is. 4d. the amount of
damage, and costs.—Edward Matthews, Lydlinah,
was summoned by Mr. John Strange, of Hazelbury, for
wilfully damaging a dead fence. The Bench convicted
the defendant in the penalty of is. 6d. and costs.
John Warren, of Child Okeford, was summoned by
Superintendent Hammond, for wilfully obstructing the
highway, and it being his first offence, the Bench only
fined him the nominal fine of Is. and costa—The Sur-
veyors of the highways of the several parishes within
the division attended with their books, and verified their
accounts for the past year.