The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-11-02 00:00:00

SICK LENDING AND NURSING

SOCIETY.

At the Council Chamber on Monday at noon, the annual
meeting of this ex client au I charitable institution was
held, when, in the absence of J. T. Stephens, E.g. the
M Chairman, r H Howell r resided. There were present :
Mrs. Hens owe, Mrs. W. 11. Chick. Mrs. T. Colfox, Miss
%snarl, Mrs. Reynold.,, Mrs. 11. Reudad, and Mrs.
Howe I. U. Howe I read the annual report, which
itlitold the SuOilltY WM satisfactorily progressing and deans
a great and good work. During the put year Mies Rees,
the district nurse, had left the town, and her place was
died by Miss Pye, who hail ha I experience in the Royal
Free Hospital and the Hampstead Infirmary. The
Committee has provide I a house for the nurse where ale
the appliances, furniture, linen, am., were kept but the
invalid chair were kept at the, Coffee Tavern. The nurse
fund showed a balance in hand of ,Cl 3 Meld. after payinent
al I expenses the balance on the sick lending been C 1153.
Mrs. Reynolds, Mi.. Gibson, Mrs. Carpenter, and Mrs.
Colfox, were appointed as lady superintendents. The
re-election of treasurers and secretaries at the quarterly
meeting was condrmed. A rote of thanks Mr. Howell
for his conduet in the chair was pared, and the meeting
terminated.

Since the last wrestle for oats in our local
Parliament "some things have happened," but as a
retrospect would not be pleasing to us Liberals, and
positively not re-assuring, but the reverse, to our
Conservative friends, the less said about them the
better. We will let the late bloodless but glorious (?)
Conservative victory—a-hem—remain in the obscurity
and chaos into which it has long since dissolved itself,
firmly believing our legal quiet member "passed from
the land of the living, numbered with the dead," until
the British Parliament shall again sit, when forth from
one of his numerous shooting-boxes, like a newly-
fledged bird, will issue the mighty wrestler with law,
and once again startle new in mbers and amuse
venerable statesman with the verbosity, the quiet
humour, the we l-seasoned joke, them expostulation,
the bland expression, the withering scorn, the lofty
dignity, and the eloquent "little, " for which he is
famous. We will leave him to his shooting and his
law suits (if there are any), and leave the unfortunate
Editors of the " Comic's " to mourn their loss, whilst
we turn to our local parliament, in which for the time
being, and during the next few days, the interest and
energy of the burgesses are being concentrated. As
the old election hands put it, "there will be no fun"
in the South Ward, a. no opposition has, and no doubt
wisely, been offered. Therefore the three retiring
members, Messrs. A. E. Banister, William Knight,
and Jobn Hounsell, will retain their mate. There
are but few to differ from us in saying that
they have been consistent members of the Council, and
that each and all of them have gained the confidence of
the electors. So, as the fight is to he in the north, it is
to the northern burgessesthe Liberal Association
recommends the following nominated candidates :
Frederick George Holmwood, grocer, John Pickard
Suttill, merhant, and Charles Tucker, chemist. Mr
Holmwoud, is commended with confidence as a
townsman, a competent business man, and a tried and
consistent Liberal. Although we can know but little
(it being impossible until experience may prove) of
how Mr. Hol .. wood, if elected, would side with the
"economy wi h efficiency "princit le,—the true Liberal
policy, whether of • local or National Parliament—yet
the knowledge that the new candidate is a consistent
Liberal, a respected tradesman, a man of fidelity,
integrity, and intellect, forces us to believe, nay,
to feel confident that he would ever strive to promote
the well being, and maintain the stability of his native
constituency. Of Mr. Suttill and Mr. Tucker, it is need-
less to say much. The borough has had the benefit of
their experience and interest in its behalf for many
years, and knowing this the burgesses would not hasten
to oust them—it would be extremly unwise is them to
do so. Now, Liberal Association, is the time come for
your first action ; you know a hat le t to your formation
—let it be shown that you were not formed in vain.
You are young. Then let the strength .4 youth assert
itself. You are pledged to proinote the return .4
Liberal members to the Connell, on the reaso,eble
ground that there is a near similitude in local and
universal administrations. The opposite party might
have bitten their fingers recently—have A care that
they in their turn have not the laugh at your biting
yours. Show your strength collectively and unitedly,
not losing sight of individual power. Those who
chatter such unfounded hum-hug about "serfdom and
placid obedience" and the like—without applying then
nice terms to the orieserveriee Associations are only
those who strive to bring about d scord and apathy,
and at the same time know them to be false. Let
the Azeociation work out its own princ'ples. " Union
is -trength, ' and the stronger the union, because the
strength is expended for good, in a good cause.

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The Liberals were anxiously awaiting news from
Wallingford on Monday which would inform them
either that their beloved ex-member was re-installed
or that he had lost his seat. During the afternoon a
telegram brought us the welcome news that Mr. ltalli
holds his seat, which was NINA with unfeigned and
heartfelt delight by every Liberal in the borough aye,
and by many elsewhere. A volley was fired at the
" Court" in honour of the event, and during the
evening the health of the hon. member for Wallingford
.as drunk in brimming and steaming glasses. There
Is a nice little joke going the round, which is
really too good to be omitted. Now we can
readily understand the natural and generous feelings
which prompted the firing of ordnance from Messrs.
Grundy's works but what on earth meant that
spirited volley, from a quarter a fiuk farther west'
Here hangs a tale or rather several. The reasons for
that spirited little volley are NO conflicting, that one
hardly knows which to believe. It is certain that
shots were heard before Mr. Ralli's telegram arrived. T wo
statements in particular which reached the Bridport
"Telegram" office, strange as they appear, shall be
given. The first is that a false message arrived stating
" Mr. Rails was ousted, " and of course many Liberals
hearing a v-dley from a Tory barracks, feared such
was the case. This was before the contradiLtory news
arrived, and the opinion became somewhat general
that Mr. Ralli was "nowhere." But soon after, the
ominous discharge at the" court" put a new
construction on the matter. But how about the volley
of Me was. Now for the last and undoubtedly the true
statement " Oh well you gee—that is—why—ah—
Gov'nrs gun harent been used lately and—ah—well,
and you see—it had to be well cleaned out efore he went
a shooting. " (Perhasp partridges over Mr. Wanton's
broad acres.)

"Not to-day baker"! Things get more and more
Inexplicable, and it would require all the art and
ingenuity of Nebuchadnezzar magicians and sooth-
sayers to divine their meaning. On a fine aftenioon
• modest-looking 21b. loaf, known by the vulgar term
" half-a-quartern," was deposited on a piece of snow-
white paper, and placed on a private doorstep of an
ironmonger. The staff of life remained there some
time, much to the bewilderment of the passers-by,
who failed to understand Its me.aning. I have heard
of generous presents in the shape of "welcome (f)
little no," and can understand their significance,
but IS to a 14-- well I give it up.

The Shah has telegraphed forbidding the see of torn to
Russian spats.
The Guy e Hospital nursing ease resulted on Monday in
a verdict of sycidental death.
A „wit change for the better in the coalition of the
coal trade Is reported from Der'Tshire.
The death is &annum ed of Signor capwni. the
singer for many years • member of the Covent Garden
Comr

,mpany.
The Metropolitan Board of Works has resolved to build
new bridges at Battersea and Putney, at a cost of 1320,000
and 1:376,000 respectively.
The new rates and rules which the Postmaster-Deneral
hail made under the Act of last session are to come into
force on nest New Year's -day.
At Skiptoa, on Saturday, John Roberts. of gils-'en, was
committed for trial on • charge of shooting his sweetheart.,
Mary Tillotson, with intent t, murder.
A private el the 00th Connaught Rang re, named
M'Donnell, on furlough, has been caught by a party
of police in the set of drilling • number of young men.
A man named Tunney was yesterday armed in Liver-
pool on • charge cleansing the death of his wife, who was
found dead in bed with marks of violence on her

body.
Two hundred extra police have been drafted into
tlalway in preparation for a land meeting at which Mr.
Pent.ll i. expected. They will be kept in Ifs doting
the meet tar.
Twelve M.hometana, condemned to death fnr con.pir.
ins asith the All...flint., have been reprieved by Prince
Niehol..., owing to the intercession of the Austrian
Gorr roment.
At the Th.rces I.,ndoe, on Mender, •
ennunens was it- toted against Dr. Bernardo, on • charge
•f severely beating ), at the Stepney HOMO for Bove.
Dr. Boated° afterwards applied for Inerrant' against the
applicant and other inmates for aseaultlag other bon and
far lociltiag tba tomatos to rebellion. The IN•Ostratas
ordered • roaloo-oilloor to maim ostrarlm

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IRELAND.

THE INTIENDID PROISSINTIQNS.

The Irish Executive has now completed the final
_acranifementa, Preceding the arrests of the members of
the Lead ',vague whom it had been decided to
prosecute. After several day.' laborious work, the
indictment has been drawn up by the law officers of
the Crown. It will, it is etated, be for conspiracy.
The number of prisoners to be arraigned will not, so
far as is at present knovrn, be nearly so large as the
lists recently published. Mr. Parnell and Mr. nillcc
are certain to head the list, but the remainder will
hardly exceed half a dozen.
A land meeting was held at Cahirciveen on Thurs-
day, Canon Brosnan presiding. About 5,000 persona
were Present Mr. Elennertiasset, M.P., spoke against
the Land League agitation, but was interrupted, some
persons calling on him to resign his seat.
The propriet 4-6 of the Royal and Imperial Hotel,
&Line, have received threatening letters for having
supplied cars for the conveyauce of the police to
evictions for the protection of process servers. The
letters are written in a bold, uttliaguised hand, and
state that those supplying cars for the above purpose
will meet with a fate sunder to that of Lord Mount-
niurres. 'the writer signs himself "Rory."
The speech delivered at the Bantry land meeting of
Sunday week by Healy, the man now in custody, is
published and much commented upon. A Government
reporter was present on the occasion, After refering to
the circumstances under which Manning, whose infor-
mation led to the arrest, had entered into possession ot
his farm, Mr. Healy said :—'ay to Mr. Cornelius
Manning, 'You shall give upthat farm.' He asked the
people to eft up their hands and say that none of them
present would take the land. (Here all lifted up their
hands). This would settle for Mr. Cornelius Manning
'groans). In the curse of a little time they would PaY
Ir. Manning a visit, aniveying to him the best respects
of the meeting, with a polite request to surrender the
farm, and if he did not do that they would come back to
the people and up them the reason why. He wished to
mention anotherMsw on the estate, that of Robert Tobin.
The rent was EIS& year, and they raised it to I.3o(greans).
He refused to pay his rent, and he he was evicted. The
jieople had dune nothing for Tobin, but the next man
that was evicted they would do something for him
(cries of 'Ye.'). Richard Tobin had to leave one
farm, and it was taken by a man named Denis
Sullivan (grouse), who paid a fine of £250. Now, be
wanted to know wee Denis Sullivan at that meeting?
(C. les of 'He's not, but hie sons are.') Then he would
tell the sons to tell their father to give up that farm,
or the Land League was going out to pay him • visit,
and he must give up the lam. '(cheers).
On Wednesday anornin; the following notice,
signed " Mountmorree, "was posted on Ball Court-
house:—" Remember, fat-mess on Moore's property,
that your lives are not your own if you attend any
ent office within the next three months. Keep your
frig "
er Majesty has been pleased to grant to Lady
Mountmorrea a suite of apartments in Hampton Court
Palace. _

- An inquest was held on Thursday at Cloomel Union
on the body of a half, named James Dunohue, who
was beaten on the night of the 3rd instant, reosiviug
injuries from the effect of which be died on Wednesday
night. On the 20th August, a man named Looby and
his family were evicted from land at Hilltown, the
property of the Rev. Edward Denny, for non-payment
of rent. Looby took possession of the house again,
turning out two bailiffs. He was arrested for this, and
brought up at Fe!bard Sessions, whore he was
committed for trial. After Looby's removal six bailiffs
were put in charge of house and lands. On the night
of October 3rd, a large body of men disguised attacked
the house firing shots through the doors and windows.
The deceased, who WM one of the bailiffs, was caught
hold of, a pistol placed to his throat, and he was
ordered not to stir. He was then struck from behind,
and fell. One of his assailants jumped on his body,
and he WU beaten with iron bars. He was afterwards
removed to Clonmel Hospital. His head and body
were covered with wounds, and his cloth saturated
with blood. He also suffered from internal injuries,
which resulted in death. Several persons were
arrested on suspicion, and the deceased identified six
of them. The coroner said he won d not have witnesses
examined further than to identify body, and give
medical testimony. Only a few witnesses were there-
fore examined, and the verdict was to the effect that
the deceased died from irritative fever, caused by
internal injuries, there being no evidence to show how
such injuries were caused.
The Earl of Bessborough has joined the Carrick-on-
Suir branch of the Land. League.

A farmed named Fribles WAS ()hanged M Carrick-on.
Suir, on Thursday with forcibly retaking possession of
a farm at Killlonorasy, on Lord Ormonde s estate,
from which he had been evicted. Prisoner, who
stated he was restored in possession by a band of
armed men, who threatened his life if he loft the place,
was.commited.for trial, bail being refused.
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71-'l;4 agent of Mr. Ils:rtley atten.ded at Westport to-
day and allowed 50 per cent no all rent in arrear.