The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-24 00:00:00

W EYMOUTH.

CRICLIT. —A welsh of flnaket wpe played in Mr.
Wadsworth's field, nu Friday, betweeb the Wey-
mouth Cricket Cub and the Weymouth Athletig
Assocoa,ion. The club went first to the wickete and
'cored 71 rune, 22 of which were obtained by Mr.
Ode, who male the highest more. The Athletic,.
in their flret innings obtained but 63 runs, some of
their beet batemen being singularly unfortunate.
The Clab in their second inning*, obtained 65 runs,
leaving their opponent/ 83 logo in for. Vi ben the
Athletics went in, it wanted bat ball an hour to the
drawing of the wickets for the night. They went
in and during that time, soared 30 rune with the lose
of only two wicket*, one of the best batmen
running himself out without obtaining a bit.

VarraY.—ilL misting nf the pm/islanders of
Melcomhe Regis wee held at the vestry-mom of Rt.
Mary's Oben*, on Thursday leek to consider the
propriety of grandag as incenses of salary to the
superititendeut of the eemetery. The chair was
taken by Vt. Style, one of ilia shurehwardens.
The good °Deduct of ate irlipetlotendent, Kingman,
and his general attention to his duties, as well ea the
present high prim of provisions, were urged as
ground' for the augmentation of stipend. At
present Kingman is OW lea per week, and it was
proposed or Mr, einfeeld, wooded by Mr. Spencer,
and unanimously agreod, that the salary be raised
2s. per week. Ths meal vote of thanks to the
(*airman terminated the promedinge.

THE LAT. FATAL ACCIDINT Bititergav
—An inquest was held at the London Hotel on
Friday before H. Lock, Eisq., deputy-coroner, on the
body of Charles Hoskies, whose death was canoed by
his falling into the mash vat at the Weyopmth
Brewery Oompany's brewery. Charles Young, fore-
man to the Brewery Company, said that he and
deceased were Just going to brew. Deceased had let
the water into the mash tub, turd was stirring it
about with the mashing oar, in preparation of re-
ceiving lb. malt Witness was standing on one
side of the mash tub and cleansed on the other.
Deceased soddenly dropped the mashing oar, and ran
towards the copper steps; witness could net say
whether he attempted to run up the steps, but he
ran back again to the mash tub, and join as witness
turned his head to see what be was doing, he saw
him pitching head foremost iato the vat. He did
not make any noire, or move about when be fell in,
but laid perfectly still ander the water and uncon-
scious. Witness called to the men below, and they
ran up and assisted him to get deceased out When
taken out he was perfectly rigid and unconscious, but
when consciousness did return he asked what they
were doing to Imo. A doctor waa sent for, and de-
ceased was stripped and sent to the infirmary in a
wheel-chair. ticonsed bad worked at the brewery
eight or ten years. Within saw him have • fit
about twelve months ago, it happened in jan the
same spot, when deceased wag mashing. it was a
sort of hinting fit, and be fell down as if giddy, but
he eon recovered. Witness had been told by the
men that ha had had fits on many occasions, and
that ha had dropped in the street when ening to or
from his work. He was a sober man, 36 years of
age and had let: a widow, who sae boreal( in very
bid health, and four children, the eldest of whom
was &Soca seven years of age.— Dr. tdoorhead, who
att n led at the infirmary, said he was then perfectly
se's his, and asked if his case was serious. Dr.
Mew bead told him that he did not believe he could
Iv . out the day. He presented a most frightful
aspect, large peitchasof false skin, being undressed
hanging abort hie arms and different parts of the
body. The cause of death was failure of tbe vital
powers, in consequence of the nervous system, the
scalding biing the primary cause. The jury returned
a verdict of accidental death. At the suggestion of
Mr. Chalker, one of the jurymen, the jury handed
over their fees to Superintendent Lidbury for the
benefit of the widow and her four young children,
and, In isiditiou to this, • ruhessiptina has been
commenced fot the same purpose, Dr. Moorhead
prowl leg a guinea. The list is now lying at the
London Hotel, where the inquest wes held.