The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-02-03 00:00:00

THE AFGHAN WAR.

into a field, at Cattistook, belonging to )jr. T. Smith, take
up from a heap three hurdle stakes. break them, put them
Into his basket, and carry them away. —Mr. Smith did not
wish to prma the case, and the defendant .114 ordered to The Capetown Correspondent of the Daily New.,
enter into hie own recoent,anc• to EOM° up for judAment states that horrifying stones are current of outrages
whets called on. , „ alleged to have been committed by the Amaawasi, our
Yell Mitchell, of Piddladreathids. wee ch.rge4 Wl"' allies in the recent expedition against Secocoen‘ after
steeling is. ite property of Juice S ingot.. at Foldharem the defeat of that chieftain. The barbarians, it is said,
thide, on the Slot January.—Jane Banger, wife of the
spared neither sex nor age, and wreaked horrible
prolocutor. proved that on the above date Prisoner mune
r,., her house (the European Inn) and had some beer tortures on women and children. The entire clan of
supplied her in the kitchen. Prisoner then had tied up which Secocireni was the head is, it is said,
In her handkerchief two sixpences, • penny, and • ertenninnted.
hat.penny. Mew Denser had occasion to go to the till Haman Khan, the ex-Governor of Jellalabarl, has
in the 1,17, which was used as • bar and shop, and reached Charkh, one march from Ghtunee, with guns
thee took peened'svi notice of the contents of the till. and Report, and has announced his intention to come
Berop r then shut the till drawer. bolted
tack the Hritish.—Gholan Nyder is reported at
uprttire. On canting do a csteire and at
tilf:i"trd'ifro. Al;nl'ol,Wi':ll,i the bolt of the ti, do or go to, Hannan.
ansirron e ~, in.., the her foul tho till alrower pirtlya The bands in the Southern Ghazal country have
......n and tea g,. „,,, ~,,,,,,i; ; ti.e [lris, or .4A to the gone to Glitiznee. General Stewart marches to
yr...v. Os being risked by Alm. li,naer why ebe had Glitunee, after being relieved from Bombay.
gone into the *hop, pri osier sold " Who told you Ih el The military situation perplexes the Viceregal
beam the into atop r Prisoner afterwards said ishe waisted advisers. Some strongly urge recruiting double
tk and on being supplied with the pork said she
battaliona, or adding 400 to each native regiment; also
dlelinneoinhink she would Lave it. Mr.. Banger insisted i n
her luring it, the pork was cut off, and then prisoner that military officers in civil employ should be
tendered a florin in paymert Mrs. Bauer to di the fl ,tin, relegated to the military service ; but the unpopularity
and said—"Ois. Miry, t'ist is one of the two two-smiling of the war, anal the great and growing difficulty of
pieces you took flora my till.' Prisoner sail it was P .111. recruiting the native artily, are recogniae.i. It
money she had received for eloving.—A girl !swilled Lir!' is understood that General Haines or Sir Garnet
less pray .1 Kiting to Mrs. B nget's no the •Itertio ri in \l'ob.eley will command the 'wring campaign.
question. mid on mania( the 4 or sow t .e prisoner come
It has been determined to reform the transport
out of Yrs. fdinzer's shup.—Prisoner elected to be dealt
with summarily. and in defelice stated she had received service, upon which millions of pounds sterling have
the money f i
ur glosiiiir.-8 mt.:tie:A o, 42.1515' bard labour, teen wasted since the beginning of the war.
Praseis Roebuck, of Sydline B'. Ncholar, labourer, sus The A ighsupt collected at if:Au:nee have sent word
charged with tre•passing in search of gems on the oth of to (intend Roberts that all sic agreed to fight to the
January inst. on I aid in the cc upsilon of Mr. Giorte last extremity unless Yakoob Khan be recalled and
Balam.—The cue was prove,' by Mr. 84140], and • fine reinstated. This decision is aaid to Lao the result of •
of 10.. ant 'iii. ....to was iofixted. . secret council ,d the chiefe. Large number of tribes-
George Bird, of Batriimbe, farmer, was charged with
i men from the Lagar Valley have joined the gathering
trespassing in march of game on the 14. h of January
lost on land in the occur, ition of Mr. Henry Revisal under Mahomed Jan at Ghuznee. Another attack
of Up Sydlinr. A guitar.; er named Churchil from the tribes is expected about the 24th February.
proved toeing tile defendant on the above date in a cod, i
In B•Wiel OCCIIpAtiOO, wii h a gun, and sow him take a ; WHAT Taff WORLD SAYS.
rabbit out of a hole.--Dafee ditot asie rem! he bail shot at 1 The Duke of Cambridge cannot get over the deep
and wounded a rabbit on Ilatmuitio Doan, and Mot bis impression mole on hie tulip! by so tnany officers c wing
dog followed it to the bole, and he took it cut.—A witness to his last fear to explain thot, by the new rules of retire-
wears led f , the defence. and the Cash was dismissed. . ment, they would have to leave the army, although still in
,h,,,,ph Warridge, of Fordiegton, flish hawker, wee ; the prime of life, and devoted heart and soul to their
r'i reed with crust, to is mime on the Ind of JAl:earn i profession. More than once since his Royal Highness has
lroanstone.
t. P.C.Mod. man
proved the case, and& I been hearelto remark, ' They have managed to tir.-ak down
a Ow—
floe of 10i. and 10.. costs WM ihtl.cted. i the backbone of the rank and file of the army, and now, by
-- i three new•faug'ed rules, they are doing the same as to the
officers." '

The prevalence of ice and frost is a serious drawback to
the training of the ()shirt crew. About eighty yards of
the river, close to the barges, is all that is free from
the ice, so that the men have been obliged to transfer
their rowing exercise to Sandford, where they get about
a mile and a half of river, more or less encumbered
with icebergs. The Dark flue crew promises to be on!y
a moderate one, as there appears to be no stroke worthy
to fill the place of departed Marriott, and the men
throughout seem deficient in power and stamina.
Cambridge, on the other hand, possesses a number of
strong bis men, who may be clumsy, but still ought to
be well able to row four ruiles.

The story of how Mr. Papillon lost Colchester is note
little arousing. The people of the Oyster City had been
o out to recreate themse:ves upon high days and holidays
in a certain portion of their member's grounds. The
presumption is that the privilege wag abused—for an
English crowd Invariably does abuse • privilege of this
kind—end that Mr. Papillon's timber and fences were
injured. At any rate, the next time the Colchestrians
betook themselves toLex,len, they found that arrange.
manta had been made for their reception—the principal
items in which were soot upon the grass and tar upon
the ferioac The joke was not appreciated, with the
result which 1 have indicated,

f do not wish to be hard on the Yeomanly, hut the
following warn told me aa • fact by so offieera that branch
of the service. During the annual review of his regiment
a heavy shower came on. The inspecting officer, wishing
to make himself pgreeable, desired the colonel to give the
order to •' cloak' The colonel turned rather red, and rode
away to consult with the adjutant. In a few momenta he
returned, and confessed to the inspecting officer that the
cloaks had not been unstrapped for many years, and that
if they were no one in the regiment would know how to
fold them up again.
The smartest piece of electioneering work recently on
MU done by the Liverpool Liberals on Thursday night.
Lord Itainsay was not accepted formally as the candidate
of the party until ten o clock that night. Next day,
before noon, the postmen had delivered 82,000 copies of his
address, dated on the day of their delivery, and accom-
paniisl by a circular from the chairman of the Liverpool
Lilwrale, to 62,000 addresses within the borough. A
I special staff was in attendance at the post-office; and
I altogether no less than 130,000 additional letters were
distributed in two days.
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A marriage is arranged and will shortly take place
between Mr. Seymour Bouverie, second son of Mr. Philip
Pleydell-Bouverie, of 32. Ilill-street, and Ilrymore. Smner-
setshire, and Miss Alice C.imphell, eldest daughter of
I Colonel the Hum nenry UmitybelL Thig will not he the
first union of the two families; for, in September last, the
lion. Alexander Campbell, Scota Cuards, WWI married to
Miss Constance Bouverie, sister of the bridegroom-elect.

A well-known beauty in society occupied • stage-box at
a theatre in the Strand some nighte ago. Iler white furs
and diamonds were the admiration of the house. Shortly
alter the beauty's departure an attendant found a star of
brilliants in the box, and, like an honest WOllllO. gave the
treasure-trove into the hazels of the management No
inquiries were made next day at the theatre about the
1.4 star, hut ultimately it found its way into the right-
ful owner's hand*. The lablest part of the story remains
to be toll. The ilialhoulld were fabie.

There has Leo) a hsppy r,,,oncibation between three
Princes.

Prince's has once more become the resort of Princes.
The flub is decidedly looking up; real skating on real
skates has taken the place of the so-called skating on
wheels. The Prince and Princess of Wales's appearance
there last week not only I Irew an admiring crowd to
witness their performances. lint stamped the place with
the seal of fashion, which will probably last this season,
at all events as long as real ice can be procured. This, it
must he said for the uninitiated, our country cousins, who
think id Prince's only as they have seen it, a vast sheet of
asphalte, dazzling to the eyes and hot to the feet under •
June sun, is manufactured on the spot by pouring pails of
hot water, early in the morning or over-night., which
quickly freezes, and produces • beautifully even glass-like
surface, with this great merit—that there is no risk of
betas drowned.

1111:10./Elt THROUGH DIWNKENNESS.
At the I.:%fiter assizes on Monday, Francis W. West,
aged 30, of independent means, residing at Wear Gifford,
near Torrington. Devon, was indicted for the wilful
murder of his wife. Nannie West, on the 21st of Decentler.
On the ni„ilit of the 2fith of December, shortly after Mr.
and Mrs. West had retired to their bedroom, the
servants heard their mistress cry out twice, " Oh ! Frank,
don't !" ion after the report of firearms was heard, and
prisoner went downstairs into a room he used as •
workshop. The next rning the servants found Mrs.
West satin: in her chair in her nightclothes quite dead.
An examination showed that she had been shot, and
that death must have been instantaneous. It was
elicited in evidence that the prisoner and his wife had
teen on very affectionate terms, but that the former
was addicted to drunkenness. Sir Henry James am.
tended that the prisoner suffered front an hereditary
tendency to drunkenness, and that his mind had further
deteriorated from the effects of a sunstroke. After •
hnigthened hearing, the jury found the prisoner guilty of
wanslauAhter, and he was sentenced to eight years' penal
servitude.

BATH AND WENT OF ENGLAND SOCIETY AND
• soUTIIEKN CoUNTIEs AssocIATION.

At the 4ounril Meeting. held January 27th, IS, at the
Grantl.hotel, Bristol, there were prineut —Mr. J. C. Moore
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Steven., in the chair, Lord Moreton, and Mr. Jonathan
Gray, vice-presidents ; Mews. J. D. Allen. J. C. Best
(R.N.), C. Bush, R. IL Buah, T. Dyke, C. ',Awards, W.
Farthing, E. Gill. Merthyr Guest, 11. M. lioldsworth. ii
I'. Jones, J. K Knollys. it. I.,tiq, It. A. F. Luttrell
(Colonel). E. J. Sanders. Itobeit Trued (Colonel), it.
Wippell, and W. Smith (official accountant).
1. [NANCE —Mr. E la aci.. as chairinan of the
Aware committee, rought up tho annual ..ceount for
PM, which showed • loss of over LOU on the year's pro-
ceedinim The account was approvel and adopt...l by the
Council. and ordered to be printed in the forthcoming
volume of the Joartint . .

l'i.aNv. —Mr. Knollys presented the annual reporton the
value mad state of repair of the plant in the society • stores,
showing its earnings for a number of years past, and the
saving effected by Its use and management,
Mr. JONATHAN DRAT, NS chairman of the deputation of
stewards which visited Tunbridge Wells on the 26th of
November last, reported that the site offered for the
society's show in 11, situated on the Front-road, has
leen inspected and approved by the deputation. He also
reported that the requirements id the society had been
accepted and signed on behalf of the loci' committee, and
that the proposed meeting at Tonto-W.:is Wells hail met
with an unpreceilentedly large amount of enthusiastic
support anionic the noblemen, gentlemen, and a4ricul.
turista of the district
DAIRY EXIIIRITION.—The question whether something
more might not be done at the society's meetings to
encourage the better making of dairy produce was laid
before the Council by Mr. J. D. Allen, who suggested the
employment of • particular company to exhibit the various
systems of cheese and butter-making. Mr. IL P. JOHAN,
while cordially supporting the proposal to have an exhibi-
tion of buttermaking and dairy appliances, considered the
process of cheesemaking to be unadapted for public
exhibition, and read • letter from 1/r. Voekker, the
society'. consulting chemist, expressing the alone views
He also, with other members of Council, objected to any
monopoly, rather advocating • scheme by which butter-
makers might enter into competition. On the motion of
Mr. Knollys • committee was appointed "to consider the
practicability and beet method of holding an exhibition ef
the processes of buttermaking and of dairy implements
and appliances at the Worcester meeting:
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FIELD Titiate.—On the motion of Mr. Knollys it was
deviled that at the Worcester meeting the flan trials of
ionplementa should take place on one day—the second day
of the show, Thursday, June 3rd.

JAMES AT SWANAGE,
Swanagth Wednesday Morning.
January nth.
Doer Jan •„—A'tor ;voting your letter last Wednesday
evening I woo going ti lA., a stroll round the eh ire, but
I bed no gone far before I met our old friend Bill, who
had he n over to fitudland on Moine.", and thee lock to
Whitenlift to try and get some rabbits; Ind es he could
not get cry. be said he was going round to the "Shute."
fore. half hour to hue seam and a look at the Standard,
ant I may es well w. lock with him well back on went,
awl ama no ilOatier tin re h. we were annoyed by some
yeti .w they celled Ja^k, %be was eellind people any•
thing there right n 0.... there wag an ostler chap
cons n with his eau fur PI ,ie fourpenne, hut an snt.o
lutt the ostler got what le
this tipeer Jack es ed him, e was at him with ill
ho back upon bin,, and
as Bill and I found there would be no peace there that
w.""nYtedanwanii"veeryldwt!!lnyktuurni. ed
evening
we dot,. the serge, when we got outside Bill said
If that ostler chap had give Jack one slap between the
eyes thet would have been enough for him, ea bis brag is
all tongue. I forgot to tell you last week that the Worth
Mail and the ume old man still come to Swanage, only
when I seen hint pulsing he bad young Hard! u °athlete
and he bimeelf woo perch up as big as a man down street
lug clothes the other day
attadt.derenitsedoveur
ptoinresinompse y
tob(4ne. Aunt Eliza and the children
are pretty well, wish to be remembered with kindly be,,
and accept the sarue from your affectionate husband,
JANIS MIDDLZTOn.

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