The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-02-08 00:00:00

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against her a good d:r. she ate:it:lards mired her
DORCHESTER, TUESDAY, 1 EBRUARY 8, 1881. puree, oontaining bt. ild., and • quantity of co-°
tivo ticket*, give hdormation to the 1301104 an °° =
D0R082111113. Tuesday night Mr. Vickery gave her till the nurse,
sayiga's Min CHAIITT.-The vacandee In Napier's ferhoentltawtrethetimoit money was but the co-operative
lute Almshouse are shortly to be filled up.
Downewrin Fitton' Cum.-The next Meeting film"_,,,e,__ro4tial,Klabbent Illviins lrefaitabesrhowibtr
atet• been
am he held at the King's Anne Hotel, in this town, t's•Zaci.7_67 • D
on seeirday next, when Mr. B. J. Day, F. 0.8., of P (Marti tt saw her about 20
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London, will introduce the follow ng subject toy die- 'senates past two in the afternoon in the very ant of
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:...... 4 tura Chemistry." 1 cking tb• pocket of Mvs. Marsh, of Fleet, at Mr.
uurle;egg.-Ttetre will be given by Dr. A. J. H. &era's door, in broad daylight. On his asking her
crjepi, Member of the King and Queen's College of what right she had to put her hand in the lady's
In Pwkst, all &Pillared quite paralysed, but said she had
Pitrid•w, and late editor in the aniardeeett Bevil.' -- not taken the lady' purse. The constable returned
the Temperance Hall, Peamehhae' on Tu al mat& he did not amass he: of that, and he arrested her on
ea the . ruyaology of Temperance." The char
be feken at to 'clock by the Rev. H. Everett, KA., the charge of attempting to do so-She we. "'Winded
till Saturday The fat old woman, Elisabeth
met, of Holy Trinity, who has kindly consented to Robinson jai so
aiiww. w. man brought up en
A ELl)reads. Saturday leek before the -Mayor (R. N: Hoti:rna
Oaattacrga.-Rose Harriet Hall, a prosti-
tute, who did not answer to ber name, was charged
wit),picking pooic
Dr. Drew, sod
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-Mr,.
K. Rolughownesh Eacirepeato., cha
er
with tilting obscene language in Mill-street, on the oth
.t, evidence to standing at Mrs. liabbetta's about nine
Berraed janukrit hilTehPeelf:mr2gigetYitf said
hebitilin..t..""nrcan-K...""z: at night, reing accosted by the prisoner, and afterwards
losing her No one else was near her at the
delisardfoodanioutdulakitalidnuggunandot
verylanguage.d°67sthy-lan-;:::He
eh. e-ardw;then-;
time, or could have taken her purse. -Samuel Curtis,
witness got .p to her she walked sway and went into Lbtit Bd
's mjnaii,..tfreeount,dntehare pubirser.
Boon wriSunandg m
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a houes.-Sentenoed to a month'. Imprisonment with '" Lower
hard labour. -There were three previous convictions r.c Bartlett, when he arrested the prisoner for
against the woman.
attempting to pick Mrs. Marsh's pocket, found the
alcuu" nil pow'. _ The committee of the
about
reut
50 at., for the Bench X deal with the case
(No.
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from
wenhim btile tphuerseprrasnefrou.
found.-
Christian and Temperance Mission again entertained
b,
about 90 children and adult, of Mill-street, at the Prisoner e
Temperance Hall, on Fri lay evoning last, with bread Instead of sending her to Quarter Sessions, pleaded
and buttervcake, and coffee. The children and adults guilty, and said nothing for herself.--Supt. Vickery
most heartily enjoyed the repsat.-A public meeting stated the priso was well known at Brighton and
wad bad been convicted there.-Thres months'
wss held at eight o'clock. Alter singing the hymn- hard labour-IS., was oreed by the prisoner, but
" Rescue the Perishing," Mr. Downtoa engaged in the Bench ordered 4s. of it to be given to 'Mrs.
Mprayer. Several short but appropriate addresses were Bagwell.
owed by the following friends : - Mr. Greening
(chairman), Messrs. Clarks, Kerby, Wolff, Farthing,
Rev. W. Martin (Primitive Methodist), Cheney, and
Burden. In consequence of having four speakers to
spare, the meeting was adjourned till next Friday
Toning. After singing the hymn, "Toiling on the
Rev. R. R. Albin (Baptist Minister) engaged in
prayer.-Shortly afterwards the meeting terminated,
a ne having been highly satisfied with the meet-

PORTLAND.
CHARGE or STgaLtsa • £5 Nors.—On Wednesday
evening a_party of lour quarrymen went into the
Saw ill Tavern, on the Hill, to share their money,
and a quantity was put on the table, including two
five-pound notes. Directly after a note was missing ;
one of the party named Robert Andrews was accused
of taking it. He denied; but P.C. Strode was called
in and found the note in his pocket, another one from
that where he lind his own share-3 104.—He was
taken to Dorchester.

-TAIWAN kin BOUTH-WISTBIN RAILWAY. The
income from all sources amounted in the past hall.
year to £1,423,167, against £1,276,049. The aggregate
number of all three clung of passengers carried was
16,167,614, an increue of 1,195,243, the receipts being
£776,901, against £744,715, an iocrease of £32,186, tif
which £25,756 represented the increase in the ferns
paid by third-class trevellers. The number of seaman
ticket holders increased by 387, and the receipts by
£1,897; the tonnage of goods and minerals carried roes
from 1,545,895 to 1,452,325 tons, and the receipts
derived therefrom to £412,392, an increase of £13,940,
while the head of live stock carried-415,665—5h0wed
an increase of 39,899, the accompanying increment in
the revenue being £1,867. Rental and tolls, ate., fell off
by about £6,000. As regsrds the revenue expenditure,
the total was £742168, against £726,702. Depart-
mental sad general chary.. took £647,433, an increau
of £26,624, but law charges and compensation for
injury both to passenger. and goods were less than in
the corresponding period by rather more than £13.000.
The total passenger, goods, and mineral train mileage
was 4,865,577, against 4,732,894 in the second halt of
1879. The total net revenue for the half-year, Includ-
ing the balance brought from the previous amounts,
was £695,609, against £654,017, and the directors, out
of an available balance which they have in hand, pro-
pose • dividend on the £9,523,353 ordinary stock at the
rate of 71 per cent., against 6/ per cent. A balance of
£15,779 is carried forward. Turning to the capital
accounts, the revenue up to the end of December had
reached £23,219,821, and the expenses £23,522,181.
The half.year's outlay was £428,718, of which rather
more than £300,000 was absorbed in the purchase of the
liolsworthy line. The estimated future capitalexpendi-
tura is £130,000, the whole of which is set down to the
current half-year, £78,500 being for lines open for
traffic. £4,000 for engines, wagons, and carriages, and
£11,500 for decks, steamboats, awl other specie/ items.