The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-25 00:00:00

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over
h and Thursday more.
Weymouth on
A VIOLIST SWTOodl:llll;i:igthes SINIWord Med
big, and pert of the ins root was blows off the Gree
Western goods shed.t
Cherbourg, general ; Orgune, X.
SHIPPISG.—ArriTaIa : South
Fofu.blarre!ranedb,s,Pbo. earuin,
Brighton, Fal e, Jorge', general; Eath•r,
general; raw Moyes, Ply.
Wilooks,strnoertam._faseft•hifobirsa,laill: smut; of Ireland, Pearn,
mouth,
Cherbourg, general ; Aquila, Painter, Jersey, general;
Cygnus, nigher, Cherbourg, genital;zraght.u, Yulle,
Jersey. postal.
camp Rog Owsn.—On Tuesday afternoon, a horse
kiereeeeed in draw bakreging to Mr. John Grove,,
brewer, of Hope Squire, took fright iii bt. Mary.
street, and dwelled off for home, passing over the
Ninorthall dtcwatyionins,i‘a'ndHcw,Pe•miaquLara'
along
grrels
was standing terrified a Herb„t, about eight or nine, t
o-Ontilswicrtw-with a cart. A little girl named
scattering
gauge
the commotion, and was knocked down aid bruised
s') rut the legs. Dr. Simpson was promptly in attend-
saw on the sufferer, and found that no bones win
broken.
'humus siANAN.—On Saturday, John Meech, an
old sailor, who said he sailed out of Jersey for (~rty
veers, was brought up before Dr. Drew and J. Lundie,
Usq., charged with drunkenness. He was then in a
very shaky state, and the magistrates, not considering
him in a fit condition to be examined, remand-it him
till Monday.—W. Talbot, Esq., Dr. Drew, sad B.
Hopkins. FPO- sat on lioaday, when Meech ,ail he
being kept beihDr. I) •
was much obliged fur. ere—
Audit you are dismissed you will not get drinkr
, —Prisoner said he had nothing to get dru k on,
promising to leave the town he
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indand on
dismissed.
ABBAULTING 7111 MARKET KZIPZIL —At the B ,rough
Petty_ Sessions on Tuesday, before Dr. Drew and Sir.
B. Hopkins, William Mendenhall, a Isourer, was
aummoned for assaulting William Latino-on, keeper of
the Weymouth market-house. It appeared that lest
Saturday night Mendenhall was drunk, and biassing
near a certain stall—" Thia way for cheap meat !
lb. I" and Lillinirton dedred him to dews: two or three
time" • but be would not, and the inarkrt•keepor was
forced put him out, when Mendenhall crock him
and tore his coat. Defendaut said he was drunk. and
he was set on by others to do it, but he had lal
nothing for it yet.—lt was remarked this Was had pay;
but the monis rates were resolved to support the toll
collector, and they fined Mwdenhall 5.. for the assault,
ss. for the damage, and oats, and allowed him till
next Saturday to pay, or to go to pets xi fur ...yen days
in default.
SINGING AND VIZWB AT TH WISLITAN SCROOL.••••
It was a marked contrast from the discomfort of wind
and dust outside when the Wesleyan friends attained
the shelter of their DCI2OOI in St. F.dMUDll•lltreet On
Wednesday lest. Here a well-trained party of •ingers
were attractive in themselves, but they bad prepared
a long list of hymns and piec-s, and the active Mr.
Beale undertook to turn " Chris,lee old Organ' again,
and show on the magic sheet Christie and li, ol I f nen i,
and what they saw. The Wesleyan' with their c•firit
de corps gathered in rood numbers, well filling the
schoolroom, and within their doors, aided by the move.
able scree_ which enables visitors to prep, one c old
not but be grateiul to Mr. Beale and the Angers for
providing such a pleasant change on that bluaterirg
night. It was for the funds of the school they tosik
the cash—another pleasant result of the gathering.
Mr. Beale was clear in his recitation and his pictures,
and the choir were charming in every way, So that
those fortunate enough to be able to stay the whole
evening, spent • very pleasant time.
SPITS AGAINST TIDI POLIOR—On Monday, bet on
W. Talbot, Keg., B. Hopkins, Seq., and Dr. Drew,
Arthur Howling, 23, labourer, was charged with being
drunk and riotous, and assaulting &resent Apses.—
The sergeant said about a quarter peat eleven e
Saturday night, he was on duty near the Bo,t Inn, in
compaoy with P.C. Bullen, and saw the prisoner
drunk, sad using bad language. Told him he hal
best ge away, or he would be locked up, but he said
be should walk about all night, if he Idled. The
sergeant told him be wouldn't be allowed to do so, and
he asked why, when the t told Bowrieg he w
a convicted thief, and sr,Yrdwa ee
not be allowed t walk
about all night. This seemed to annoy prisoner, who
followed the constables up, and the sergeant puelocd
him beck, and this he did twice, when prisoner took
out a knife, and said—" I have something here 'II do
for you, you —." They then arrested him, and
witness got two or throe kicks in the struggle; but
pri.oner managed to put the knife back again, he was
taken to the station, and resisted all the way', but the
sergeant did not say he wilfully kicked him.—ln
answer to Mr. Hopkins, the sergeant agreed that
prisoner wishe i to fasten a quarrel upon him. -I,x,
13ullen said that while iiergeent Aptly was incite the
Boot, be heard the prisoner say— I owe that --
Apeey something, and he *hall have it, when he cones
out. Prisoner came up to them, and the sergeant
advised him to go home. The prisoner tirade UN of
the language spoken of with respect to the knite, and
when he was searched at the sta,ion witness found the
knife open in his pocket.--In answer to Dr. Drew, the
sergeant said he had had prisoner in custody twice
boron, and when prisoner was in drink, be could
never let them go by.—Prisoner said the knife was
never open when he spok• to them, though the con•
stables might have opened it afterwards; but Sergeant
Apsey said Bulls° was very newly cutting his hand
when he put it in OD the knife.—Supt. Vickery stated
the man had more than once before tried to fasten a
quarrel on the constables, be had lied reports against
him for trying to pick a quarrel with Sergeant
Delamont and with P.C. liansford.—Twenty-eight
days' hard labour.
MIAMI ROYAL.—The amateurs of the gaud old
three-decker ship goscawen, by the kind permission ol
Captain Day Hort Bosanquet, R.N., gave a shore per•
formance at our Theatre on Monday evening lair, the
special effort put forth being to benefit the afflicted
' boy Alfred Chapman, whores recent accident caused
' him to lose his leg, rendering him unfit for further
naval service. A large crowd assembled at the chyle
long before the time of opening. The first piece
was the comedietta of "Done on both sides," n us vele.
heated by the name of Matthews, that eminent actor
having specially made it his own. Mr. Guand played
W. Wh a pin be appeared quite at home in—the
old man—to a T." Mr. W. Lillywhite was remark•
ably good, and spoke his lines with ease anil cml, rt
to himself and tleaaure to his audience. Mr. Lolth's
portrait of the "homey "—Pygmalion Phibb•—wair el
that could be d-sired, and was simply perfection, to
situations and smartly written •iialogne securing for
the piece any amount of applause. The ladiee were
very creditably represent-d Mises. Sheppard lied
McCutcheon having carefully studied. Tbe musical
manage followed, and the baud, under the direc-
tion of Bandmaster Brooks, rendered importart
help, his "little men " playing excellently, and
cash' piece being warmly greeted by the audience.
and the concluding piece was "Chiselling, or South
turned to St ine," this piece being if possible more
suoonsful than the former ; Mr. W. K. Hick. playlog
the Italian Sculptor, Larkspur, very well anyone
world think he was a professional. Protter, hi, man•
servant, of course, was Mr. South, who was warmly
greeted on his appearing, and in his Statue 'rule the
furore was terrific, the house being convu's. lit time..
Mr. J. Guand, a limey old gent liking gatues, fully
maintaining his previous reputation, and tie entire
cast played well. Never in Weymouth has nor
amateur performance given greater satiefaction, 1,.d
we know we are not wrong in stating the public sr, i.ld
like to we them again on some other occasion. A
mewl of praise ought to be given to Mr. W. ft. P.
Jeffery, who worked the entire aff.fr, to say nothing
of the dresses, wigs, and make-ups he npulied. Mans'a manager would like to see every night each a capital
audience as there was on Monday evening.
Smoot AND Tx.wraaanca since teach that alcohol
and its compounds should not be abused, and •
thoroughlyscientific gentleman, Mr. Tweed'', linden
W took on ednesday evening, by chemical demonstra-
tion, to show that alcohol is not fit to be put into the
human body. This was to be done at the Coffee
Tavern, High-street, under the leadership of Rev. W.
S. Shuttleworth, who, with Mrs. Shuttleworth and a
number of kin Ily helpers, conduct with much virit, a
successful branch of the Church of England Temper.
arcs Society In the over water part of our to • but
we fear the Weymouth Ward is nit devote:l to
keelptingmigthbet
theoretic chemistry, even with attraction of brilliant
hexapevel=teth,aftorpractthe resi physiologyttendanoe was small.wa
old Weymonthians in from the wind; but had they
stirr.d as far as the Coffee Tavern, a good deal of
groundwork teaching should have been pined, about
aleohol and its different sources, from barley to mashed
p 'Woes, or indeed from the starchy leaveschewed by
buxom girls in the South Sea Islands to make their
male creatures" Over ell the Ills of Victorious "to
news,•apen tortured
h 1 the European chemists Into
estrarapcah-spungdardl.e,beeanryd
fltuhiedn,ce.c—dfarfii/nisallydeacbyendeuu
into giving up alcohol. These wonders, and a t
many more, were told by Mr. Tweedie to arather
sunrises
scanty, hut very respectable and thoughtful andie ce
mbeynctost"wpeoreunnilaidn4e ibelflaiinng,
andtbe being illustrated
of
'do n .ye beazirg earl.
lusa
oostriking, and showing how the chemist gets answers out of matter, an that he can tell
A whether starch,
alcohol, /tc., &c., are present.
little retorts, spirit lamp., test table. eI•T cyliay of
neat
and other paraphernalia of the ch •an nders,
enlist filled up long
tables in front of the platfo
learn, some were smashed ft'',
and
we
are
sorry
"In Mr. Twe olio's journey.
Still he had enough to distil alcohol from port
wine, and different spirits, end to show thatbeerit is a
totally distinct production from anything found in
wholesome barley, and be urged its use is to burn or tin
premieres substances in, for the scientific man, and not
to put down the throat, except he did allow its medical
use. Among the different sorts, he showed the extra
Poisonous character of acrylic alcohol, or (trail oil,
found in new whisky (and we sunny., in ot h spirit.), it can kill with • small even awr
roe° used to spirltuirinking. The lecture wth person
used
soundly scientific, and should be interesting.asY.'uf
close Rev. W. a
shuttlew
At th o
to
the lecturer, so stro
d reiterated his w4wasaad
ththanksng objections to the
abuse of alcohol.