The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-02-17 00:00:00

POZI•LAND.

PRIMITIVE METHODIST BLEAAIL—At this bazaar
last week about £2B was realised.
NAVAL.—Lient. H. C. Grey to H.M.S. Boecawen,
via C. H. Jones to FL hf..B. Iron Duke.
Bums Citmertass.—The choir of the Bible Chris-
tiou Chapel bad their annual tea and supper on
Friday hat.
NAVAL FUNERAL —The remains of the Boecawen
sailor, Evan., were interred at the Castle-r ai Ceme-
tery with the usual naval honours.
CAPTAIN DOUGLAS, Of A.M.S. WATTIOT, has been
sop doted naval aide-de-camp to Her Majesty the
Queen.
CAPTAIV Hums, Senior Deputy-Governor at the
Convict Bet tbliahment, is about to be removed to
Wormwood Scrubbo, as Depnty-Governor in chew.
He will be succeeded by Captain Johnson, from Dart-
moor.

H.M.S. Waitmon. About 30 liret-clam boys
arrived here on Friday from U.M.I. St. Vincent, at
Portsmouth, for H.M.S. Warrior. On Saturday 30
boys lac the Warrior and proceeded to Pottmmuth to
join the Victory for ow-going ships.
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finirrog MIAMI& —The schooner Cicerone of
Dartmouth, having been in the gale of Monday last,
put into Portland Roads on Tuesday morning, and
retorted having lost a man overboard. The bulwarks
of the vacs' were also stove in by the heavy.....
THI GALL—Captains of ships entering the Roads
all speak of tbe extreme severity of the weather they
experienced in the channel on Monday. They say
that they do not remember ever enoountering heavier
wag.

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BSTSZTAIMIIIIT.—An excellent entertainment wu
given on Tuesday evening in the Congregational
Schoolroom. Selections from Daniel Defoe's ' Life
and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe" were read by
Mr. H. Epilley, interspersed with song, solos, and
choruses illustrative and descriptive of the same by
tMr. A twooll's nol-fa clans. The attendance was
too&
Rterswrinengirr Le Rseoure.—A rather novel
entertainment was given on Friday evening last in the
Reform, schoolroom. The attendance was exceedingly
good. The first gad comprised musical selections, all
of which were well received. Mr. F. Wood and party
sang a very pretty glee, entitled " Celia's Charms,'
for which they were much applauded. The other
pious were by Miss Appleford, Mrs. Wood, Miss
Brueton, Mr. Hogger and party, Mn. Razor, Mrs.
McLean, Mr. Spragg, and Mr. W. Attwooll The
second part was composed of the acting of charades
which is rather • novelty in this class of entertainment.
They were none the lees enjoyed, however, and the
applause bestowed on the performers will doubtless
lead to a similar entertainment at no very distant
date.
Ax AVORING INCIDINT, though not very amusing
for the party most conoerned, has just occurred at
Portland. A noncom., of R.M. Army, stationed at
the Verne, about three yeses ago married what was
then considered to be a very superior woman,
at any rite superior in thou polite airs and graces
which go to make the " lady "of the present day. A
startling desoutatent has however occurred, which will
doubtless terribly shake his oonildence in the
"superiority" of his better half. Having just
completed his 21 years' service, he made application
to the authorities at the prison for employment as
warder. Unfortunately for him there was no vacancy,
and he then set his face towards London, and made a
spode' journey there with the hope of gaining employ-
ment in the Woolwich ArsenaL He returned un-
successfuL On his return he of aurae lost no time in
making his way to his home in the expectation, a
course, of having his dear spouse waiting with open
arms co receive -him. Alas that it should be totd.
"She's gone," said the woman at the house. And in
very troth she was gone, with every stick and stump
of furniture, too, and with everything valuable she
could la her hand on, leaving the poor fellow with
nothing in the world but what he stood upright in.
Young non-corns., beware!

TN; Gu.B.—An unusually severe gale of wind broke
over Portland on Monday, and continued throughout
the day. There was a tremendous sea in the West
Bay, which caused the Ohara Beach to present an
unusual appearance, the sea having drawn off the high
ridges of pebbles, leaving the Beach almost as level as
the Weymouth sands. The fishermen at Chesil,
fortunately, had brought all their boats into safe
quarters. The scene presented in the Bay was
extremely grand. Showers of spray were thrown high
into the air and over the road. In the evening it began
to look serious, as the sue came in all over the road in
Chesil, and even covered the mile in the station yards,
the consequence being that passengers by the evening
train bad to resort to " paddling their own canoe" from
the station, the water being of a considerable depth.
Four boats were wombed off Castletown Beach in the
early morning. One o/ them, a buret, was taken on
the tide right iiito Weymouth Harbour, and strange
to say, did, not sustain an_y dazing.). Another wag
taken out into Weymouth Bay. Tor the latter • boat
was dispatched, but the crew had considerable difficalty
In towing bar across on amount of the strong head
wind. Another wee carried out to Bincleaves, while
the fourth which was found in the Utile Sas, towards
Abboteury, was stove in.