The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-05-05 00:00:00

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THE tratlesmen of Weston:super.3ltve have sobArribe4
4:315) to the coat A glvertising the town for a peri.sl of
five years.
Tug Dissenters lif Keinton Mandeville have daldiPlbed
a day schist' on their own account, awl are earn kg it on
with a fair prospts•Vot stweess. The reason for tido action
war that the clergyman charge.' ibtaltle school fees for
those children who did 104. attend lije S ln School.
.t NOVEL CONTEST. --A match for LI • side ("w)lt a con-
temporary). came 1,11 at Marston Magna, on montlay,
between Mr. Lodge. tailor, and Mr. Lanwlell. the younger.
The matelt ww. • °what noel for the country. A
hundred eggs for each person were placed one yard apart
in two lines, anti whosoever performed the feat of bring.
ing the eggs first front the farthest point to the starting-
point was to win the match. It was 14.011 by Mr. Lanadell,
the feat being performed in a minutev.
PIMA z TTT 10X.—The members of the congregation of
St. Benedict's chunk, Glastonbury, have prewnted a
handsome dining.roont clock to Mr. A. t!olson, assistant-
engineer on the Somerset and Dorset line, an a token of
their appreciati TTTT of Lis labours WI superintendent of the
Sunday school for tett years past. Mr. Colston is &hunt to
remove to Shepton Mallet
THE Works of the Somerset and ISorset Extension to
the Midland Railway at natl. are now so far atlvaneed
that, subject to the Government inspect , the opening
for public traffic is tiXed fir the let of June next. The
line completes the POllll tttttt ication between the Midland
system and Itournetstouth. Poole, Exeter, and the South
ant WeAt of ElJl:Jinni.
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1111.1 Tit CAIIP.--At the Taunton County-hall. on
Weluesday, Mr. Trenclutrd applied for a special license
to enable Thomas Richards, landlord of the Land) inn.
Illagdon. to have a drinking-booth at Leigh Camp. on
the Itlackdown lliUa (two miles distant), during the
militia training, which opens next week. lie explained
that great dissatisfaction was created last year by th, in.
convenience ofgrisitors to the camp being unable Li obtain
refreshments lOW stabling, both of whirl his client would
supply if gratitiel the license. The only tavern near would
tlils year be noel for the officers 111.4, thus reducing
public a-commodation. Supt. Goldsmith strenuously op-
'spied the application for the protection of the public
peace. The worst class of characters were in the camp
throughout Sundays and were convicted of wilful con-
duct n their return. [soul complainta were made to
him last year by the offles,rs of the First Somerset Militia
and the public AM to the seemce f drunkenness, revelling,
indecency, and disorder, largely arising through serving
all comers at the canteen. A letter was react from
Adjutant Adair, saying it would be a thousand pities to
grant the license, as it would lead to the demoralisation
of the men by low people hanging about, and inducing
them to absent themselves all night The application
was refined.

Tue -ApaTERATION ACT IN SOMERSET. —At the Bride-
water county petty self:dens, last Thursday, the following
gums were heard ..--Robert Maude Tozer, grocer North
Petherton, was stinintonnl for selling as unadulterated
some tea adulterated u ith spurious tea and exhausted
leaves faced with plumbing% ferruginous, awl other
mineral matter. A small quantity of half.rrown tea ea.s
I urchased at defendant's shop and : wit to Mr. Stoilibirt,
the county analyst, at Bristol, who certified as above.
Defendant produced documents showing that lie had
since submitted s teas in his possession to Mr. Stn.'.
dart, in onler to ascertain where he obtained it Inen.
TM, he discovered, awl the wholesale dealers hail written
to him to the effect that they had supplied to bins a tea
as they received it from the Customs. Defendant was
fined Li and omits, Caroline Peilidj, of liuntspill, was
iiiii moiled for selling milk adulterated with fit per cent.
of water, 114 certifial by Mr. Stoditaq. The defendant,
who ilenical having mixed any water with it, wi“ fined
!IN. Philip Perna'', dairyman, of Wendslon, was stun-
mono.' for a similar offence. Mr. Susi:tart'. ref iiticate
was to the same effect; hut • witness, named Susiiliern,
who milked the cows and wild the milk, swore that lie
never lost sight of it from the time It was put in the raw,
and that no water was mixed with it, Mr. Reed argued,
for the defendant, that the sworn direct eiiilenee oug lit
to be re, In preference to the written eertifirat.,
The bench dismissed the case. Edwin Ilawilen, of Weston-
zie land, and itichd. Itawilen, of Cateott, were liith sum-
moned for selling mustard largely adulterated with stareh
fuel flour, as certified hy Mr. Stablart. Defendanto
ignorance, and were fined iNts. including Coate,
Mr. Scow, nursenwian, Crewkerne, him had an
hijuwition granted against
.1 ,at the instance of Dr.
editor of the A ("mime, at who,e ese"
pro-toed the art of authorship made easy. A, an
whertising mistime lie iniblishisl iiiri .... works—one id
thou •301) pages in sice—which were alleged to be pur-
loined r", belies from Dr. Hogg. The injunction was
granted with costs.
VIOLENT ASSAULT AT WELL.. —On Friday, a lahonrer,
named Dyruont, was brought up before the magi,
trates for an aggravated assault on his daughter. a girl
between ti and 7 years old It appears that as soon as
prisoner got borne Thursday night, the neighhours heard the child screaming, awl shortly afterwanls she ran out
Into the yard followed by prisoner, who was beating her in
lamt brutal inanner with a strap to which a 'ankle war,
attached. The neighlsiurs interposed , and then firisoner
t,
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the
chill into the house, where she still continued to
scream. infermat was given to the police, and
prisoner was at on, appn:henileil. The child primsnlted
a pitiable spectacle, her face being Mack all down the left
side b where she ail revived a ,at With the strap, the
buckle of which had cut a piece of :skin clean off ; her litis
Wete rA•toilell la. much an extent that she co ebi hardly
speak, awl her head was al",, badlY bruised. Prisoner Wad
.entoved to one toonth's hard labour at and the expiration
of that period to And sureties to keep the peace foe three
months.