The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-04-01 00:00:00

Somersttibtre.

SOICIDIL —Oa Meader soorothg Mr. John Btiley, of
flarsw.calscears, wear Frome, iawyer, blew out hie
braiaa He prat the muzzle el •gen la hi. mouth, and
fired I. The decererd, who was no years old, had been
, 1U and is • depreened date for several days.
It is ourrently reported that, when the time for a
general election arrives, Captain Flayter' eon of Sir W.
Heyter, who oat for Welts tall that %rough sae
dialrruschiscd, will be brought forward as • Liberal
candidate for Mld-iomereet. The gallant rentlealan
has boon owned for a number of phew, Bath amongst
Lb. others.

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A HONITIIOOII AT THE COOT Or TEO 000ITTY.—
Amongst the special gado of ttie Semenitt 111113
is the feet that • couple of potpie, smoothed from the
village of Gorton as withers.. in seousterfeit coin ow,
took lb. opportunity to get married in their native
village on the day wbee tho thothilesisio was opened,
and at ono. sues down to Taunton, ith Bristol, to
spend their "Loneyinoos." rtheiving from the oounty
, their mileege from Craton to Bristol, their raliway
fare from Bristol to Taunton, and fourteen &Minis •
day white they are staying titers
ALlAtitio MithatimaloVga AT Burrow MALLET,
At lb. miser, oe Thorthey, !Imam Portrait and John
Wens, on ben, were 'wanted for tho inaaataagator of
TllOllllllll Young, at Sheptoo Mallet, on the 111;h of
March. The grand jury had ignored the till, and the
prisoners were indieted on the coroner's loqoisition
They both pleaded iOt entity. Mr. Shin Q C., said
he appeared with his learned friend Kr. Vigor for the
prothoution, sad Mr. Marsh and Mr. Collins for the
defendant.. The grand jury had ignored the bill
Against both prisoners, and by his lordship's leave he
did not with to offer any snide's°, on the drowse.
inquisition. 11. waa bound to say that ho thought the
grand jury had come toe 11110 conelusion in the
matter. The jury, by the direction of his lordship,
returned • verthot of not guilty, and the prisoners were
discharged.
Tito Now YEOVIL COLONY. —A small othtingent 01
the pioneer pony left Yeovil for New Toned, Clay
County. Ilinsthota, by the lirst Bristol mid Esther
Into on Moniay morning, under the ruthrintondonoe
of the Bev. George Badger& The party incluied Mn.
G. Chant, of Peter•street ; Mr. T. Ohara and Mr. J. H.
Andrews, of Newtown; Mr. B. Pears, and hie eon,
Thomas Pthroe from Bradford Abbe.; end Mr. 0.
Partridge, of Onthrkente. These were to be j dud by
many others from Devoe, Cornwall, ited other ountabli,
all of whom were to loath Liverpool for New York on
Tuesday, in the !man steamoblp Ng if 13.'401
From New York they were to travel by railroad direct
I. Bt. Paul and thonoe to their leettlorneut. The int
party of colonists oonsistd of single men and men who
go out in dyad° of their fusilier. Toe method
company will include women and obildreo, and will
leers iulng the last week in April, under tli.. direction
of Mr. B. Partridge, of !nominator. They will
proceed via the Lakes to Duluth, and thane, by
Norihero Pacific Railroad. Oompinies for the Immo
State the now being organised in various parts of tire.%
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I—THIII Rtwilltl3 OF LOYALTY —A sonntry friend telle um
that, meeting • neighbour of his, a jail) farmer, who at.
Lfeuded Bristol races, be asked him now he fared. The
farmerlooked • little sheepish, and Moo made the 101-
iambi& croolonion :—"Why, yea see, sir. I psi £lO
In my pocket and my watch, and I went down stymie
the reuse to get a peep at the Proms, I duos hlm thorn
and sere enough, and I knows hiss from his portrait.
Bo I takes off my hat, and I gives dues cheers for
the Prins, of Weiss—good hearty ones ; upon which a
respeotahlt looking men, dressed very Rae, patted we
on the bank and mil, 'Well dose, squire, 'hi no three
oh, era more; ' and I gied an Gude cheers again ; and
iuld what do you think, air I The rascal, while be were
patting in. on the back, walked off with my watoh end
chain, and £lO in gold." The former, we have uo
doubt, was cheated out of his =nal caution by the
hausome compliment of the racial oho sailed him
"equirst."
Cuestas or litgatinttAurreT.—Mr. John llobilsoo,
amulet and postmaster, of Burton, ti in custody on a
charge of embezzlemeet. Helm about GO veers of age,
with a grown-up family, has Ailed the aloe of post-
master many leen, always saint Gain( op LO the time
of his arrest tile eheraster of as upright wan. When
the °Moor who arrested him mitered his shop, Mr.
&blown, ander the plea that be wee preparing a nue
medicines, mixed and drank soots chemise's, which it
I. cap posed were of a poisonous asters, as he boa..
very ill, and daring the whole of Monday night. the
18th, and the following day, his life was despaired of.
Though somewhat recovered, he still remains in a very
weak condition. Tbo exsoLioiktioo of the Amused took
pleat at the Wineantoe Polies Court, before Mr. C.
Berton, the charge beteg that of embezzling the sum of
£6 from the Post 011 es Savings Bank. A yowls
women, named Jane FM, readiest at Redlyneb turn.
pike gate, had bees • depositor three or four years, and
on the 10th December Old Mr. llobineon .C 6 end
he took her book and sal it woad be retuned in a
fortnight. Bite celled several times, and failing to get
the book wrote to the Oosptroller. She took the letter
to Mr. RoUnson, and be sal i be would write about it.
Another fortnight paned, and she wrote • aseceid letter.
Oath. limb Feb. Mr. Wooster from the G.P.O. name
down, and the postmaster was apprehended. The
aroused Is remanded.