The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-09-28 00:00:00

WHIMOOTH.

Pisetoszas are to paid at the Town Hell on Satur-
day, the 2nd.
Tat Dowswatn ROAD. —On Tuesday Andes
Amato% • young-looking girl, was summoned for
soliciting passenger., oontrary to the byelaws.—P.O.
Carter saw her come out of Terminus-street with a
man, and it was • constant complaint in the street.—
Mr. Vickery said there was some people there who let
homes which ware a oonstant source of annoyance,
People could not live there.—The girl wept plentifully,
and said she warn 22 years old last Christman—She
was sent below, with the hope of getting her into •
home.

KiLLIIO CONSTABLI HAII/1101111.—" What a dread.
fnl thing this is about Constable Hansford I" said one
to the other on Wednesday, " they say be fell down
dead while on duty fA' the banquet at the Masonic.
hail." So quickly did the canard fly that even the
macisterial Bench did not escape being taken in. Tip
truth was that two or three constables were stationed
near the Masonic-rwoner of Frederic-place; but P.O.
Bamford was off duty, and dug • good lot of potatoes
The Impudent inventor of the story might as well have
said he had intruded on the MasoMc secrets, and
fallen • victim to the tam' swards. Numbers of
people enquired at the poliosstation, and at the
constable's house.

SHIPPING ITTILLIGINCIL-4rrira2s : Great Western,
Blampied, Cherbourg, general; South of Ireland,
Pearo, Cherbourg, general ; Brighton, Painter, Jersey,
general; AquiLc, Fisher, Jeney, general; Florence,
Robinsm, Bournemouth, passengers: Boman:in&
MtPortsmouth, government stars.;
, Bournemouth, parengers ; Empress, Omen.,
Torquay, paseengere ; Garda. Johanseee, Gale,
deals, : Brighton, Painter, Jersey,
general ; Aquila, Filcher, Jersey, general' Great
Western, Bla•opied, Cherbourg, general; South of
Ireland, Pearn, Cherbourg, general; Florence, Robin-
eon, Bournemouth, paesengers; Emma Maria, Warner,
Arundel, stone; Warrior, Allen, Newcastle, ballast;
Emprees, Cosmos, Torquay, passenger.; Carham,
Rail., Bournemouth, passenger.; BJmarsund, King,
Portsmouth, nil.
LONDON MISNTONANT SOCIPTT.—The annual meeting
of the Weymouth branch of this society was held in
Gloucester-street Chapel, on Monday evening last,
under the presidency of the Rev. W Smith. —The
Rev. E. Bolton read the report. The local contribu-
tions had been as follows :—Gionoester Chapel, £43
Os. 7d.; Hope Chapel, £23 ss. 81. ; Abbotabnry,
£4 6s. Id. ; and Chickerel, its, 3d. ; total, £7l 31. 2,L,
an increase of £4 Ids. 7.1. upon the previous year.—
Letters were read from Revs. T. Trafford and R.
Allen expressly regret at their ins:Why to weed
the meeting, an a note from Mr. R. N. Howard to
the same effect, with the addition of a contribution
of El to the collection.—Most interesting address,
were delivered by the Rev, S. T. Williams (son of the
celebrated miacionary, John Williams) and the Roy.
Emlyn, of Trsvanc we, India, who, after a sojourn
In England with his wife (formerly Mies Seymour, of
this town) and their children, is abnlt 'to return to his
station, and will set sail in a few days. The attewi.
sews was fairly good.—Haring a full report of the
Dorchester meeting, we refer our reader. to that for
UN deputation's argutneets and facts.
STOPPING PRI BUMS Manna—ln anticipation
of the stoppage on Wednesday. large barricades WWII
erected In front of the Sayings' Bank, and up to ib.
1344,e-buildings. Many people Inspected the sew
foot-bridge, and freely criticised Its narrowness, for
It Is only veva fist wide on the Nicholas-street side.l
and four feet opposite Mr. Meath's, where it
to the westward of the Harbour steps. "That a
bridge for Weymouth I" exclaimed some, "Why, two
fa people couldn't pees each other without turning
lane round." "Ho courting couples allowed to ma
siguit, for fear of sto.piag the traffic," said another,
while yet a third deplored the inevitable flavouring of
his broadeloth, should be happen to inset a fisher.
woman with burin', oilier or no teller. " Why
couhip't they have utilised the whole vidtb that
had on their piles?" wee questioned, "they could
have reined I feet or so without extra tim-
ber." "Or it another row had been driven, small
aorta could hate gene over, but how see Her 7ffejeft'r
mane to go now?" "How indeed is ma to gr
across ?" And the reply tear" Go over Bee
water-bridge, and that has been declared "
torrent of criticism was too msola for one ohlanst.
who _4 to all Wahl sad an bow the, sot on,