The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-09 00:00:00

POOLE.

Tel Borough Auditors (Messrs. James Jenkins and
George Eveleigh Burt) and the Mayor's Auditor,
(Councillor Titus Buckley) were re-elected on Mon-
day.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCIL --Arrival*: 25th—Apple-
dram, Apps, L wheat. 261—Cly1e, Sandy,
Neath, coals; Expert, Link, Hull, oilcake ; Ceres,
'4ummers, Falmouth, ballast ; John erodible, Whelan,
Waterford, oats; Active, Meachem, Newcastle, coals.
27th -Ella'. Fraser, Newman, Fleetwood, coals; Re-
formation, Allston, Plymouth, grain; Maelota,
Daviea, Swansea,Zulim, Wader, Newcastle, coals.
28:h —Catherine, Battershell, Plymouth, manure;
Diedrich, Hart, Southampton, nil; Acorn, Brett,
Porthleven, ballast. 29th Rainbow, Frampton,
London, wheat; Cornfl Kent, Truro, ballast.—
d : 26th—Welsh Girl. Davies, London, clay;
Diver, Page, Cowes, boards. 27th—Surprise, Evans,
Ronc cloy; &studs, Bowe, Portsmouth, draiaploes
111 .ode, Mintsr, Newc istle, I ala4t Mary Coles,
Ellis, I.oldon, clay. 28th —Mildred. Vickery, London,
clay ; Arab, Newton, Hartlepool, ballast.
A BatTAL I4CNBANII.—On Wednesday a mariner
named James Seaways, employed at the Ladies'
Walking Field, was brought before the Mayor and
ex-Mayor, charged with assaulting his wife, Emma,
on Saturday and Tuesday.—Mrs. Emma (whose left
cheek and forehead were badly bruised and whose
upper lip was very much swollen) said her husband
came home the worse for drink between 11 and 12
o'clock on Saturday night, and asked for his supper.
She told him she had no meat cooked, and on her
moving to get his supper he struck her a violent blow
in the face, lie beat her unmercifully, and locked her
out of doors, On Monday morning she freely forgave
hint for this. Prisoner did not go to work yesterday,
and he catne home at dinner time, accused her of hav-
ing been drinking, and again assaulted her. He was
a very wicked, unkind husband to her, but it was only
when he was drunk that he served her so badly. He
had beaten her a great many times, and she had
always forgiven him. She had not been drinking
either on Saturday or yesterday, and she did not
provoke him in any way.—Prisoner hadn't a word to
say for himself, and the magistrates sentenced him t
two calendar months' hard labour.

I'OMA BUILDING SOCIETT.—The fifth annual meet-
ing of the members of the Town and C nutty of Poole
Benefit Building Society was held in the Non-hall on
Thursday evening, under the chairmanship of Mr. F.
Styring, the prestdent. All the directors were present,
but the at'endance of members was rather small. The
manager (Mr. A. A. Allen) read the auditors' report,
the directors' report, and the balance ghee,. The
directors' reported that during the year 1879 £2,269
120. 61. hail been received for realised shares, and
£385 16.. for subscription share., and although a great
number of shares and deposits had been paid
off, the total shareholders' capital stood at .C 13,048.
The sum of £6,847 had been advanced on mortgages
during the year. Interest at £5 per cent, on both
shares and deposits had hen paid through the
year, er espial to the credit of shareholders' and
depositors' accounts, and in the latter cove totnpound
interest had been added. I•he balance to the
credit of the society on the 31st of December (in
addition to £159 5.. lid, already carried to the reserve
fund) was CM 134. 91 The reports and balance
sheet were received and adopted. Messrs,. F. Styring,
J. Gifford, and W. Mate were re-elected Directors,
and the Directors' Auditor (Sir. J. W. Buckley) and
Members' Auditor (Sir. 11. J. Elford) were re-
appointed. It was .1.ci.1.3.1 to pay a bonus of 1 per
cent. for the past year on all sums exceeding 501.,
which would absorb £lBO of the balance in hand, and
1.30 was voted to each of the nine directors as an ,
acknowledgment of their services, leaving a balance of
£lO3 13s. 9d. to be carried to the reserve fund, which
would then amount to £264 19.. Bd. The meeting
terminated with votes of thanks to the Mayor for the
use of the hall, te the Chairman for presiding, and to
the manager for his indefatigability.
14D STAR WORKING MIDI'S CLUB.—The second
anniversary of the formation of this club warn celebrated
on Thursday evening by an entertainment at the
Town Hall. The Mayor presided over a somewhat
large attendance, and he was supported on the plat-
form by Messrs. C. Waring, G. Belben, JP. It. C.
Allen, 81. E. Farwell, and E. Lonnen, and the Rev.
W, Agar, The Liberal candidate was warmly
received on his entering the room. The Mayor
expressed the pliasure be had in taking the chair, and
sail he was always glad to join in any object for the
mental and moral elevation of the people, and be was
very pleased to find that the members of the Red Star
Club were engaged in this work. Mr. J. Smith,
organistof SI. James's Church. was the musical Con-
ductor, and the first part id the programme was as
follows:—lnstrumental, Mr J Smith ; glee, "Hark
'tis the Indian drum," miimbers of the Club, &c.,
song, "The Frenchman," Mr T Saxton; reading,
" Troubles that editors are incident to," Mr M
1 Farwell; "Come into the garden, Maud," Mr I;
Higgins ; dialogue, "Sam Weller's evidence," Mr D
!Bolt (judge), Mr W Kellaway (counsel), and Mr G
Hicks (ohne...) ; song (in character), '' The miserable
married man," Mr T Orchard (encored); glee, " Hun-
ting chorns;" reading, "The haunted mere." and
"Cheap Jacks and Dear Jacks," the Rev W Agar;
glee, "The Red-cross Knight." The secretary (Mr A
&fustian) read a report explaining the objects of the
club, which, ho said, was nit connected with any
total abstinence s iciety. The number of members in
1879 was 90. The second part WM then proceeded
with as follows :—lludrnmental ; Mr J Smith; glee.
" Merit i" song. "Thou art so near and yet Do far,"
Mr ills; reading, Mr IC Lonuen ; duet (in charac-
ter), " Very suspicions," Messrs Higgins and Orchard
(encored); song. "some thirty years ago," Mr E T
Jenkins; dialogue. "Goody Grim versus Lapatone," Mr
R Way (judge), Mr W Kellaway (counsel for plain-
tiff), Sir T Hitchcock (counsel for defendant), and
Mr G Hicks (witness); glee, "The three huntamen."
The customary vote of thanks brought a successful
entertainment to a close.

FeinSinMoss, Thursday, March 4th.—Marittratos
present; Tho Mayor and A Heron, W. D. Darted°, O.
IL Gotch. H. Farmer, and F. O. Sanders, Ecru.
Annie Cartridge. aged 17, daughter of a man employed
at the Lsdiw.' Walking Field, was summons 1 for assault-
log Hest:rot! John Clarke, aged 10. sou of George Clarke,
auctioneer. of H unworthy, on Friday and Saturday.—The
li'tle fellow said he wan near Mr. Newmaa's shop on
Friday, and defendant toak hold of him and struck his head
against the wall. On Saturday he was near Mr Shutter's
shop, and defendant again took hold of him, but he hoot
her off as well p. lieu suki. Sho told him on Friday she
meant to kill I i ii. He could swear to the defendant
The boy's father said his son hni blood about him and his
ear was bruised when he cams home on Pithy —D 'fond-
ant denied that she ever raw the boy until he was hrougls t
to her by his father, but Mr. Clarke saM defendant had
since come to him to be his pardon.—Jane Chant warn
c. 11,4 for the defence, and swore that defendant WU at
her house all dsy on Satur but tho magistrates con.
sidered the case proved, and imposed a flue of he,, and 7s.
64. coots.