The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-06-19 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

Fut= Heimann John W. H. Kelkiejohn has been ap-
pointed to 11.:11.N. Warrior, vice Liras, decesied.
RECRVITi. —On Wednesday 15 more recruit.' from the
depot centre arrived and joined the head quarters of the
Ast regiment.

THE MIAOW; MAR—Mr. White, of Ringatrert, who is
supposed to have wandered away from Portland some
months ago, has never been heard of since. Last week
his wife met with a benzeline accident, as recorded in
another paragraph.
1,11.1.1N0 A ISENZOLINE LAW, lIT NOIIII,. -line evening
last week, Mrs. White, of Ringetreet, was filling a
benzoline lamp, having a light burning near at the time,
The benreline varier caught fire at the other lamp, rind
Mrs. White was aeverely burnt on both hands, and some
distance up her arms. She was attended by Dr. Mc lean,
is progressing favourably, and. all !wing well, may recover
in a fortnight or three weeks.
itr.MARKABER CONVIEW DiseIIAIWEIE—On Monday last
Portland Prison loot its giant and its dwarf at the same
time, for the tallest and tlie shortest man were each
liberated. One was, coneiderably over six feet high, and
the other not much above four feet, and as they stood side
by Bide in the Railway Station, the difference In height
was the inure remarkable, the elbow of the taller man
being on a level with the crown of the short one's hat.
CONvICT LABOUR IN I'oIIPITITION WITII YURI WORN.
—A royal residence is Iwing built at liagehot for the Duke
of Connaught., and 4,000 tons of Portland atone will be
requiral. A very good opportunity, one would think, for
the Royal Family to patronise the inhabitante of the
Royal Manor. But—oh that "but l" the stone is being
worked and prepared by the c invicts ' It is very
discouraging to the free workmen of the island that just
as there seemed an opportunity of getting a "plum," the
chance should he taken from them, by a lot of criminal
slaves.
*lime. ATTIENDANCE Cows irreg. —A meeting was held
on Monday night, when five applications for tho inspentor.
ship were received. Mr. Steno and Mr. (Jonthen each
offered to take the office for a twelvemonth, naming no
salary, but leaving it to the Board to decide afterwards
what the situation is worth ; Mr. lieniaruin Stone offered
to accept three pounds per annum'. Mr, T, If. Crocker LIU
the first year, and 4:15 a year afterward., and Mr, Illijah
Cleat £24 per annum—lt was resolved to reciemmeed the
Local Board that Mr. John Stone be offered the °Moe up
to the 24th March, provided he is willing to All It gratis I
in case of his declining, the same offer is to be made to
Mr. Thomas Comben ; and shouLl he decline, Mr.
Benjamin Stone's offer at £1 a year to be accepted.
KILLING; FISII WITH DYNAMITE.— A new We for that
terrible explosive, dnnamite, has been success( elly ex-
perimentalised on, among the rocks near Chesil Cove, on
the weat side of the island. Among these rocks have
harboured for many years a considerable number of base
and mullet; but as the net could not be shot around them
on account of the rooks, there was no means of capturing
any quantity of them, and some grew undisturbed to •
large size. On NVednesdaylmornine Mr. Robert Piano aed
others, with Mr. Read, agent for the dynamite, went out
in the rocks with charges, fuses, ac., and they succeeded
in planting a charge near the fish. This being exploded
from a distance the rock deuizetei were stunned by the
shock, and sixty-sin very large bass awl mullet rose to
the surface of the water. and were severed by the fishing
party. It Is believed that the "shot" was oily fired under
• corner of whore most of the if di live, and that, as the
men plant the charges fertile' in among; them, many more
may be secured. We believe that dynamite is now being
used for kill pikbarda.
ked
CRICKET.— opening match of the mum was played
on the Naval between 11 from the Boecawins, and
II of the P iricket Club. The result was that
Portland WOW Boscawen's were very weak In their
bowling, and Mr. Westland at once " collared" lt, and had
it much his own way. When the naval gentlemen have •
little more practice and are able to provide a change of
bowlers, they will do well, for they are good crirketera
The bowling on the Portland tide was also too much for
them. Mr. lindsdon, the former champion of the
Portlanders, we were glad to we, BIN fully recovered his
enjoyment, of the game. The Boscawen team in their
first innings scored 11, and, In the second Ph; and the
residents made ups magnificent Wore of !to which Mr.
Westland contributed no less than i 3 club have
three more matches In rontemplatlOW ow, with the
County School on fiaturday next ; with the Artillery de
the following Saturday, and, on some future day to lal
arranged, • match with the Carne club all MI the Nail
Ground. This looks like the goal beginning of • g
%navel. —We take leave to suggest that the Comm
should consider the advisability to excluding very young
children from the ground during the play. Six or seven
little children, about Rye years of see, were playing on
the edge of the pimd which has I urn:shed the " water
jump" at the Athletic Sports, and one little fellow 1114
managed to scramble on a barrel floating on the pond, end
was lying fate downwards ',addling in the water. Amon
the chtlaren sitting down in the ground were it little girl
and a baby in her arms, and a hall, struck to "leg" pretty
sharply, hit the baby before the little nurse could get out
of the way. A large number of people attend and warier
thew: matches; but the children, eltbough very wellog 41
get Into the ground, do not tmke any Interest in the play,
and there can therefore be no objection. In ardor tel
prevent accident, that they should be excluded from the
ground.
CMAYUIR Or HTIALItin BILDCLOWIRS. —Mow lon Marcht,
• married woman of Clement'alane, Chesil, was
Tuesday last, before Mr. (I. Eliot, brought up char
with stealing some bedclothes, namely, two blanketa
a counterpane, the property of Mrs. Tucker, of W -
mouth, and of which Mrs. Newman Wel in chem.-22 re.
Newman said she was in the habit of fetching thi
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from Weymouth to wash at Portland, and yesterday
came to Weymouth and eat some blanket* and a onto •
pane f rim Mrs. Tucker, amongst other thlngs, and her
girl, Louisa Cox, who assisted her, took thaws things to
Portland in the ordinary way. 'This girl has for year.
carried In her things to Portland from the station.
LOtiiiiit Cor said that she went to Weymouth for the
clothes, and afterwards returned to Porthied, tiMi beck
with her the blankets and eounpirpesto.
arrived at the station her little broiesil bor, t
gave him the bedclothes to carry to Mra.N
while she returned and got more things. Moe
heck with these things to Mrs. N e .eh bee
brother, who told her be had put Mr et Yin.
Newman's door, and she went with te Use
place, but those she had first sent not NW
could not see the blankets or the tom there
was no one about the lane be Nrs, was
standing at her own door, and It hag
seen the bundle which
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she was isot in. and he went to the Standard publio-bouse
where he found her.—Kr. Symonds remarked that when
the policemen wanted anybody they were sure not to be
found at home, but at the publichouse, whether it was
gnats or woman.—Witness went on to say that he asked
If Mr• Martin saw the clothe', and she replied that she
saw the boy bring the clothes, and put them down at Mrs.
Newman's door. Asked her if she had seen the clothes,
and the replied "No" when he asked if atm bad any
objection to let him look round her house. She assented,
and opened the door, when he looked over the house: but
found nothing. This morning Mrs. Cox xstrie and told
him that the counterpane bad been found outside her
house, and he found it there. In a closet in the hack-yard
he found a strip, which bad been torn from it, and on it
was the letter "T." On this he called the defenent, and
searched her house, when on her bed he found two
blankets, and in the grate under the furnace he found
another strip, from which • corner had been torn off. lie
charged the prisoner with stealing the things, when she
said they were her own, she bought end paid for them.
Prisoner is a married woman, and when he called her up,
between six and seven this morning, her husband had
gone to work.—Prmoner mid she did not steal the things,
she bought the blankets at Mr. Robert...nig, and paid for
them. As to the counterpane, she knew nothing of it.—
Mr. Symonde ; Then it is a caee to go for trial, and lam
afraid your husband will he concerned in it.
If he slept
at home last night, it looks very much as if he were a
receiver; for be must have slept a good deal warmer last
night, although it was not necessary--Defendant was
committed for trial, and the witnesses were bound over to
appear.