The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-06-08 00:00:00

BEI D POET.

Boaonutt Pol.lCg. Tuesday-ft tote the Mayor 0.
E .q land ex•msyor. I'. 11. Elniunos,
,:itaang riegaidso Boors.- houses 1141. dealet
h .s.l cue. P:dgar z•Boall4,1, labourer, St. Michaelpim
..n I falasets Les. were masrged with haring rolen a
ot now I/ ots value II s., the property of Mr. Alfred Irk
of West C ompten.-hlr. Miller, the prosecutor. Leta M
of n.w hoot, on the 15th Mop frrto.-In hi. cart, cart,l'ieose, h 6
"
i Taon Me;
maker. liothenhampton„ was at Syinondsbary dupes*
25th ult. and went up to • stall, ki jot by the prisoner 11.4
to get change for a shilling. 11111 said to thous, "1 leo
something horns that will suit you-a humeou via seal
pair of boots ;'' he also said he ha l /ought them dose
an I he offered to send tie boats up to the witness forkai
to sea. Hill sent his daughter with the 6.0 on Ov
folio vringdsy, Wed needay. when he indentifiel them els
make. 'l' he girl mid they melt' be sold for So Walls'
kept the boots to his possession, sending hick a mess.
concerning thew by the girl. Os Friday, 24 IL Hill &nit,
wife came to witness, who asked Hill if be know ,l,oein
hoots belonged to. He replied "No." Witness told ts
it was pair he had made fur Mr. Miller, of Cdap:ao-N
could swear to them. Hill asked witue.s s hen t.eyire
lost, when he replied "On Satorday night." lili M
hod r.:c:ived thew on S..ay orning foe
Sov•I'll old ant L Witneas detained them, let 10
them up on the 3lsl May to S,rgeant Gaie.-Cheis
Miller, son of prosecutor, said he put the pacel in Deal
on the 15th llay.-Prosecutor being re-cadet. mid ka,
. not miss the parcel uutil alter he had reached bowls,
Saturday night. He did not stay anywhere on the ear!
Ser•eant Gale apprehended Hill on a charge ef
stolen property. am told witness be had nought that
Swag:Bold and Lee on a Sunday morning. They bosalll"
hoot each. (Laughter ) If, said he gas e for themell'
that they told bin, they had picked the hoots up.
sergeant afterwards saw Lee at the harbour. and telibui
Hill was in custody for receiving stoke hoots, and 'Olt'
said he had bought them of him (Las). Lee sessee''
" I know nothing of the hoots I have not s Id Aril:
to Hill, nor lose, I idols n any." Ile was apprelcoddiae.
prisoner Somali:lJ was afterwards brought to the
Icy P.C. Hoare. After cautionwg hint, de mid be shm,
tell witness all he knew. He sail "Os S inlay 000
about a month ago,l and Lee were coming up Gurrldir.
and Lee pointed out something to me near • .metelbet.';
stretched out his log and pulled it out: it oe,'l,Pfre
hoots; but I never sold any hoots t ,
Tim tio
Mayor discharged Lee and Seaffield.-Ihn
case to be then dealt with, when his Wordy P
was his duty to have acquainted the scrgesliL- 0
£2, with the option of • month. He was C iatierio
he hal a narrow share of being rent to gvd•-r"
were ordered to be given up to the prosecutor.
BRIDPORT RAILWAY COMPANY.
An extraordinary pieeduit of this e.o.m.*
convened at the II Hotel on Weduesday
for tho purpose f receiving a stew o lent to tke'lr,
and considering as to the tuture working ol
after the 30:h of June Mat „ and the
c onopletiug the exten iul sad aw ora tt
I grante.l under the Brtlport a homy A 71%041.
general business. There were pr,s.mt-W.
I E.q., (chattiest)) J. I'. F. tluediy, Eel..
(.ku'r
nr.n) mew& W. If. Cock. .j. L.A.,.
U.
cFGIBOn on'Wvb::D: jk"T"'el.l"lll7,Ne:We"ee, Cr. Knigit. It. Corsichi'
0.6-
the alaence .d Mr. L o.gin secretary, by feat aO,OO
doacuoc It"l'':adul:N;vni'"Usa" tf
soul eft hrtiyadwo eadtb":llotau'uinrlinace%PdThit'ehui betnal;td•hew;lero.;:::::117.7:::04t411°:
meeting they were auth.orised to o't alio iuforamSto
the pr expenses of woikine the Moe lir illepod
Th, y have now received several odes for r.l:34tior
and one that morning which they had not hej
consider.
otherAmongahe
tsulifteiLlo working f the considoed reatltinhee
..ung, w edifr.t..o4lll_
30:ta June inst, on which date the teem of the
' company with the Great Western expires. S
correspondence which bad taken place belvorost
secretary of the Briaplrt c,mpsnv. and ,?.I.„%sjp:a
manager of the Great Western, oas then mom" od
meeting. It showed that rolling swk had beeee,4ol
by the Great Western C =pasty sufficient for the "--
Company to work their own line, . j the le,
The geheme fit carrying out the extesuan that
to the harbour was discussed. It was showsv,ol
total met of this undertaking will hi 412.2* 010
would be entered into for executing the work
capital be provided in absolute cash.
The meeting was adjourned until Saturdal
consider an offer by contractors.
WIRING
that tlne
their new premises will hand over the new I'o'ol
for them to the Working Men's Associatioo...
ill
would find a good use for it. The proceetlieisil
WrvwtG iFtw 0
m, ,dßbae T
ilyizfolw i
be H
their doil E
What
ti,sl
recent meeting were of an interestingsol
, character, the House" being siivided 611
the society should or should nut, aucel't
There is not • shadow of • doubt that the 69r01
condition of the two societies (%)/1614

Institute and Oddfellows) are totally distinct, the
fomes being absolutely dependent upon outside
for its mainteruince, and the latter, an opulent
body aa a whole, and consequently independent.
Thus saving • hall virtually their own, and •
satisfactory wcrking balance, a large number of the
members fell to see the necessity of accepting the
„meow offer of Mr. Legg. The former were only
Eno grateful and sensible of that gentleman's kindness,
and did not require twice asking to accept the com-
fortable gum:tees they Dow occupy, which are in every
tweet admirably adapted for the work of the
Institute.
As burnt children dread the fire, some of th
Oddfellows are • little suspicious that a political move
lies hidden beneath. This may be, or may not be so;
but at any rata not • few view with disapproval the
gad a intoxicating drinks on the premises, and the
inauguration of • permanent club in connection with
the society. Butte chief objection is that the new
hill is not • free gift, that the society will be bound
down by cerutin restrictions, and that if the hall be
occupied by them, it should be free from any restric-
tions, in short, as • free gift for ever. But with such
g reqUe4t., it is staged, Mr. Legg doss not fad disposed
t, comply, and if • mutual un erstanding is not soon
sn.i,ed at the new hall designed for the Oddfellows
will he "To be let." With regard to the Working
Men's Assocon, I would sweet that a demonstra-
tim in honour of their new bitation, and its donor,
should be given without delay.
it is rumoured that a novel application is to be made
at the next magisterial meeting, to grant • license for
an ak.hou.e, the premises to be called the " Warton
Now if the liquor flows as freely as it did
during the eleition, the speculative landlord, whoever
he may be, will soon be enabled to retire on the
profits.
We used to hear a great deal about the bicycle club,
at a time when every happy youth who rejoiced in the
pew:salon of a machine was eager to join the club.
The number of machines hsa not in the learnt
diminished and if anything has increased. When the
club was first established, considerable interest was
evinced therein, and pleasant runs were Indulged in,
to and from places ~f interest in the neighbourhood ;
but we hear nothing ~f them now. A "meet" is
occasionally arranged to take place; but the muster of
bicyclists Is eu smell that the practice is fast falling
into disuse.
The iron church is fast completion,
under the able management hrlrVroad, the con-
tractor. The work as been slightly retarded in
ColLiegliellCO of the recent storms, but now that the
roof is covered in, the work of the interior ma go on
independent of the weather. It is contemplated te
hold the Ind services on theist Sunday in July, when
the sermons will be preached by the Rev. Talbot
Greave• of Weymouth, and the Rev. Thomas Graham,
of Bristol.

The system of advertising on the boards of a theatre
b, probably borrowed from our trans-Atlantic
brethren, and the style of giving publicity to " Free-
msn'e Celebrated Clothing," on the boards of the
"Ghost" company, was a novel one to Bridport, and
Diovocative of much fun. This is almost se good a
a.dge as an advertisement w
Losd e once saw in Holborn,
In the window of a large outfitting estab-
lishment hung • glaring conspicuous placard, which
had the desired effect of attracting crowds to read the
basin.: terrible announcement, "Horrible murder
prevented" "Important discovery"—" Last night,
shout nine .i'clock, a fashionably-dressed gentleman
was passing this establishment, when he amidentally
trod Ans.n the favourite corn of an Italian. The
infuriated foreigner drew a stiletto, aiming at the
unfortunate gentleman's heart, but, to the astonish•
went .d the bystanders, the murderous weapon
gLeneed aside se if from a coat of ma. Note—The
Fentleniam WM wearing one of Halbroth's impervious,
imperishable, tweed suits, Igt 425. An early inspection
solicited. Prices from'&c., te.c."

A puny little man (pity he couldn't have put on the
sevemleague boots,and contested all the constituencies
it the late election) whilst on an electioneering visit
to a sea-port town, called at a worthy game-dealer's
and took a great fancy to a fine hare. He lingered,
intently gazing, with visions of an epicurean feast,
richer than cream pancakes, floating before his
aristocratic vision. " Ha, he's a beauty, must have
him at any price, even if there's no money to pay for
hint ; but what signifies that, surely the credit of a
man who can boast of such unparalleled achievements,
must be good? Ha, capital idea; I'll presume upon
it. Yea, I'll take that hare, Mr. So-and-so. Havn't
got the money now, but—hum— - in short the hare
was hooked and, atntritte to say, still remains so.
The little man took a hasty farewell (If all his Mende,
but not the confiding game dealer. Such memories
must be refreshed by a quiet reminder; but that we
leave to the game dealer.

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