The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-09-20 00:00:00

bort?. ballast; Nor, Olsen, Elsinore, ballast; Elvin",
Sigren, Stockholm, clay; Msr,;aret Ann, Owen,
Ellesmere clay; Empress, King, London, clay;
Emily Aloe, Hickman, Whitby, timber; Diver,
Page, Cowes, deals. 10 Familien, Been_gtesens
Helsingfora, clay ; William Mastull, Fiower,
Newcastle, clay ; Endytnion, Fleets London,
clay; Alice, Dale, London, clay ' • British Lion,
Darling, Rochester, clay. 11—Zellnds, Wrench,
, Runcorn, clay. 12—Crystal, Stokes, Runcorn, clay.
13—Jane Davies, Davis, Rancor., clay.
, Mary and
Martha, Williams, Ellesmere, clay ; Cornflower, Kent,
London, clay; Martin Luther, Kent, London, clay.
14 William Shepherd, Rhodee, Runcorn, clay;
Welsh Girl, Thomas' Runcorn, clay; Isabella, Todd,
Brii-tol, clay; Pilot, Den Y ham, armouth, deals.
Tam DILAPIRY TRAM. TI,, Drapers' Trade
Journal have the following paragraph relative to the
state of the Poole drapery trade :—" Spring trade
slightly better; the summer trade also slightly better
than in the corresponding_ period if last sear. The
wet is tending to make things lo ik very gloomy in
this part of the country, and • little fine weather
would do wonders to us."
A Scsmr.—At the Police-court, OD Tuesday, •
dealer, of Poole, named James West, was brought up
charged with assaulting his wife Mary Ann West, on
the 2nd and 10th of this month'. The prisoner is the
man who was charged some months ago with • filthy
assault upan his little boy, for which he receive I two
months' hard labour.—&b. Lionel Budge appeared in
behalf of the wife, and opened the Casa in very
trenchant terms. The man, he said, was • miserable
character—in fact scarcely fit to be called • man. He
had been in the habit of using the woman in • moat
shameful way. lie asked the Bench to grant her a
judicial separation, so that the might be able to enjoy
her own earnings, and not be subject to the abuse and
the insult which had lately rendered her life • perfect
misery. The prisoner seemed to imagine that one of
the privileges which he enjoyed as her husband WAS
to take away her mocey after she had worked hard
for it. The woman was • hard.w eking woman, and
she had been employed at his residence, and the
prisoner had sent the little children four or live tames
after her money in one day, in order to get it before
she was paid. When he did not succeed in this, he
beat her. lie (Mr. Budge) did not know what the
Bench thought of such a fellow, but in his opinion he
WAS a hulking scamp, not worthy the name of • man.
—The prosecntrix, a weak-looking woman, who
appeared in tears and trembling, said, in reply to Mr.
Budge, she was • charwoman and the wife of the
defendant. On the 2nd of September words occurred
between them about money, and the prisoner pinehed
her arms until they were black and blue. On the
following Saturday he smacked her faoe, and used
most disgusting language. That be did habitually.
When she went out chasing he sent to her places of
work and got her money before she could draw it.
What she wanted was • separation. He was in the
habit of either taking her things or selling them.—
Crow-examined by the prisoner: She did not on the
2nd give him a smack on the noes and make it bleed,
nor dad she hit him in the eye. She had before now
pulled his whiskers, but it was when he assaulted her.
lie had cut the ropes of the bed when she was asleep
and let her fall on the floor, and had turned her out
Into the street, with nothing but her nightdress on.—
Mr. Supt. Hunt stated that be saw the complainant's
face on the Saturday, and she then had marks of •
severe blow upon it. She was a bard-working woman,
and he knew the prisoner was in the habit of loitering
about houses where she was employed to get her money.
—Mr. Ballard, proprietor of the Angel Hotel, for whom
the complainant occasionally work, endorsed this state-
ment. —Called upon for his defence, the prisoner said
the meson why words were caused between them was
that his wife sometimes would say she would get home
between nine and ten, and often did not do so till ten
o; eleven, and he was obliged to stay at home and
couldn't go out and get 'art-a-pint if he wanted one.
He owned he did give her • smack in the face. The
greater part of what she had said was true.—The wife
said the prisoner had even sold her dress and the sheets.
'lhey had four children aged 13, 10, 7, and 4.—Mr. J.
J. Laukester, chairman of the Bench (with whom were
Mr. Western and Mr. H. Minns), said he remembered
being on the Bench when the prisoner preferred a
charge of robbery against one of his own children.—
Mr. S apt. Hunt: And he has never paid one farthing
towards her support in the Reformatory School.—Alter
a consultation, the Bench, through Mr. Lankester, said
they were of opinion it was one of the wurst cases that
had come before them for some time. From his (Mr.
Lankatter's) own knowledge, he did not think there
was a man in Poole who lived • more reckless life
than he, the prisoner, did. His poor little children
had been to his house in a state of semi-starvation.
They were determined to make an example of him. He
would go for three months' hard labour, and a judicial
separation would be granted his wife, and when he
came out of gaol he would have to silo e her ss. per
week towards the 'amain of her children, the wife to
have the charge of them or he would again go to prison.
—The prisoner, who took matters very coolly, was
then removed, remarking to his wife as he went,
"Polly, I want to speak to you."

A LAnoe force of police has been drafted into the
Mullaglunore district of Sligo county, on account of
the riotous conduct of certain tenants on the Palmer-
Mon property, where its present proprietor, the Hon.
Evelyn Ashley, is staying. A gsinekeeper on the
Property is threatened with violenc-, and al arrests
of the ringleaders hive been made. Mr. Ashley has
told his tenants he will not have any dictation from
them.

THE FLOWER SHOW.
A meeting of the committee of the Flower Show was
held on Friday evening, to receive the report of the
Secretary on the late show, hear the state of the
finanoes, and determine on such fresh regulations as
the experience of the exhibition just over might suggest.
The committee had determined this year to enforce
' strictly the condition that the articles shown should be
bowl Me the property of exhibitors, and grown by
them. Two complaints were made and investigated,
but were declared nut proven, and the prizes were
handed to the exhibitors. Still it is apparent that
there is (and not in the smaller classes atone) a great
deal of trickery at this, as, doubtless, at all shows. An
exhibitor of • collection of vegetables, or a dozen cut
flower., grows eight or ten goo I things worthy a prize,
but makes an utter breakdo en se far as a couple of
aorta are concerned. ID such a dilemma it is thought
not wrong to ask a friend to "lend " • dahlia or rose a
brace of cucumber., a marrow, or a dish of potatoes.
In the cottager.' department offences of this kind
have been frequent an I eometimes glaring, but
the practice has extended to amateurs, and
perhaps is not altogether unknown in the
highest classes of aIL The committee of the
Sherborne Horticultural Society have resolved to
do their utmoat to destroy such • pernicious system,
and in any clearly established case they will disqualify
the offending exhibitor from ever showing again, at
least at their show. They also determined on arrange-
ments which will, it is hoped, secure to the early
visitors who pay special prices of admission a fall view
of the contents of the tents, and a comfortable progress
through the tent.. Hitherto, the judges' awards have
been 'somewhat delayed, the exhibitors have been the
brat to crowd the tents and start Mere, and ladies and
gentlemen who come from a distance to see the fruit
and fl mere and hear the military hands., and who have
paid specially for the brat two hours, have found them-
agree blocked and hustled, and will (many of them,
probably) decline to come again. It has, therefore,
been determined to expedite the judging, and not to
admit exhibitors until four, when it is hoped they will
" kindly pass on," and not plant thernselras opposite
their own exhibits and loudly criticise the awards of
the judgee. Owing in part to a falling off in the 2s.
admission tickets, the accounts were some £lO or £l2
deficient this year, but there is a considerable balance
(about 00) to the credit ssf the society, and a well-earned
gratuity of £5 was awarded to tdr. George Stokes the
efficient secretary. The attendance was, toward; the
evening, larger than we have ever noticed, and the
admittance for fireworks more than paid the cost of
them. The exhibitors are now so numerous that they
make a great show in themselves, and this is one
reason why, with apparently •larger number of people
in the Old Castle Grounds, the take this year was not I
quite up to last.

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1881.

RE77RIMEIP OP A JUDGE. PAILORK OF A BANE.
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Exchequer from 1856, till November,lB7s, and a Judge paid in full The stoppage barn mused some consteraation
of the High Court of Justice (Exchequer Division) , tile locality.
November, 1875, till November, 1876, when he wee
Appointed a Justios of APlisal and a Judge of the
Supreme Coati of Judicature.