The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-01-26 00:00:00

DORCHZSTEE.

THE lIK.ET lIENT BALL I. xv.l fur Thursday, the 4th
seßimi AAmzits.—The Lionj Chl,f (Won 0( the
Exchequer awl Mr. Bramwell will be the judges en the
Western limit.

:lan D.ll.‘'. —The annual meeting is fixed for Friday,
January 21. at 7 p.m, and there will be &church parade on
Sunday next, the 314. at Min a.m.
Tlll WEATlllill on Sunday waa particularly changeable:
bright sunshine, violent storms of rain, and thunder and
lightning alteenanng. jt was blowing half a gale most of
the day, and the wind was keen.
Thuraday night several of the trees
in the Bowling Alley walk were marred all round,.. if
by a chopper. and it is feared they are fatally injured.
The miscreant who did the mischief deserves tonsUgn
punishment.
Tag iliio.. Anderson gave an entertainment entitled
"Wonderland," at the Town Hall, on Wednesday awl
Thsusiday last. They were assisted by Mr. Hugh Lionel
Montrose. The performances were exceedingly clever.
The anti-spiritualistic manifestations by Mr. Montrose
created considerable seruiation.
Evs:SUZLlZA7loll.—Preaclijng has been commenced on
Sunday evenings in Kr. I. Taylor's Commercial Ma.
Yrinces-stret, liy Mr. R. Holders. tic the fith
upwards of 50 persons attended, sod Ste subject of
discourse was "The Good Samaritan." There ss
bacturing on religious to*cs on Thursday evenings.
DGILCUUTaII Ckca.—The quarterly meeting of the
...on,s wily hold last week, whets the financial statement
showed • balance of lls. Ild. It we. announced
that Mr. J. F. Hodges, jutsr., had presented to the Club
11 mita of the Genticissea's Magazine. That the Club has
met a long-felt want Ia evident from the number of
members, and the large nightly attendances.
WORKING URN'S lanittvg.—The 26th annual meeting
took place on Tuesday evening, Mr. Bawler In the chair.
The financial atatement showed receipts to the amount of
E.l( 15s. lid., including tie each in donations from Mr.
Itryium, M.P.. and ljeuk•Colonel Stmt., and hon. sub-
scriptions, kV 17‘. The account closed with a balance of
k I In. k 1 in the hands 4th. treasitrer. The officers were
rocketed and thanked for their past servieos.

fliouwoyn. - The anal —return of U. Dorchester
Highway District haa just been published (or the year
eudinf December 21st, 1874. From it w• leant ULM about
Ali miles f road, forimely turnpikes, have been added to
the district the repairs whereof for the past yexramounted
to 121.8 2s. 94. There are 2g.1 intim of road in the district.
The total expenditure for the peat year being £2,918, this
about 4j.1. in the pound on the rateable value.

COlllaLliall TO TIIE DOLUT COUNTY Panio3.-4seiter:
John Robert I.eightoa, embezzlement at Weymouth—
/fee./ Labour : James , Valk 'moulting a eunstalile. at
Wareham. 3 calendar ;mina., ; Jame. Zebedee, asioult at
I 'rauLurne,2 calendar mouths • lidirard Saunders, stealing
pork, fee., at Killion. 1 calendar month; Thomas Johnston,
miebehaviour i• Bridpirt Unieti, and Sophia King, drunk
at Winilemes. Ii day. each. —Further
Eli Libeth Watt., steatites a petticoat ice., at Portland.
DORSET COUNTY 1110SPITAL.-71n; Lancrt f Saturday
remarks that "the hotia•-surgeou of the County Hoopital
of Dorset, objecting to hoard at the tab]. of the matron,
and not getting redress from Um committee, he. resigned,
We are "ore that committees et hiemitala Nod it bilat
at c.neo to provide for the separation of the boardiag
A./11‘1111.11 of the officials." If our contemporary is
infierutiel. this eiteuu • small matter easy of
ant
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report

Aijowing is our metearaogical

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24
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Jas.
17 441 W eiu
19 47 43 * Cloudy, misty
2,t 46 IS VI PIOOIIIV, stormy
21 43 414 XI liad, fglituing, rain
YI 36 33 I NV Aim
ts 41 W Ran
24 41_39 IV 'Rolm thunder, lightensgmais
We are pleased to recosd a gratifying park of esteem
which has been shown toMr. t. G. Cunis, sou of our old
6nWII/1112n Mr. U. Curtis on hi., leaving Don•hatter to
' take a d!tuation in Londoe. Mr. Curtis we, apprenticed
'to Mr. ff. Lhirden, chemist, and succm.fully passed the
examination of the. Pharmaceutical Society. He was a
teacher in St. Peter Sundayschool, and Me epoijoton, in
that work presented tp him a handinie Bible beautifully
bound_ with in inseelptioii,
_sad containing the =sal of
the stibecrihers. The Bede, a the park], (Rev. L W
Pears) added another metal volume p token of his regard
for Mr. Curtis: and the members Of the Yiusiz Men's
Christian Association, to vIM4I no latloagol:pny,enust,t.
him a medical work. reexunlended by Mr. Curtin, the
President of the 'Association, while Mr. Burden, with
whom be was apprenticed, gave another volume which
wiu he useful to him in further preeecuting boa studies.
By his steady conduct, attention to his duties, helpfuluesa
in Lb. Sunday echool, ant studious diameter. Mr. Curtis
ba.
won tonomi respect, and there is no doubt that by
continuance in the saint good course he will ensure for
himself a prowcruus and honoisrabie caretr.