The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-09-15 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

BLANDFORD Manus?, Sept. 12tb.—In consequence o,
Wilton fair being held to-day and Blandford las'
Wednesday, but few farmers and deelers were present
Wheat trade dull. Betley in request at from 42a. to 50s
per quarter.
COUNTTPoWns, Saturday, Sept. 12th.—Alfred Foster
was brought up on a warrant at the maglatralas clerk.'
oaten before the Lord Portman, and E. A. IL Castle-
man, Esq., charged with trespassing on landi belonging
to Sir William Marriott, Bart., Down House. He
pleaded guilty, and the magistrates, taking into eon•
adoration that he bad only just oorne out of prison for
a similar offenae, held over the penalty (40a including
costs,or one month's imprisonment) on the understanding
that if he again offended it would be enforced.

BraIiDFORD UNION.—We are pleased to find that
the Poor Law Inspector reports on the present state of
the workhouse as follows :—"I have inspected the
workhouse and hove found all clean and orderly, and
the house evidently well managed." Prom information
we have received as to the character of the present
master nod matron, we have not the least doubt that
this state of things will long oontinne, end do not
imagine there is any feu of a repetition of the late die-
graceful proceedings.: One correspondent writes us to
know jilt is true that no half-yearly statement' are
sow lased se siusl for the information of the rate-
payers. We presume he can learn this by applying to
the Heard of Guardians.

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BLANDTOaID AURICULTIMUL SOCTITT. —The annual
competition of ploughing In connection with thia
society, took place at Mr. William Rookie's, at
Monckton, on Tuesday, Bth September, when 50 emu-
petitors entered fur the prises, which the judges, Mr.
Edward Cave, Mr. Philip Hill, and Mr. Forrester, of
Bryanstoo, awarded as follows :

Fannies 01VBX IT °MOROI WINOMILD MOOT, ON.
To the servant ol a member who shall plough half an sere
with two bora inl the best manner :-14, Frederick Waterman,
servant to Mr. John Ford, Jon., coat and ; 2nd. George
limn, servant to Mr. John Butler, a wet Srd, James Cron,
@errant to Kr. Robert Fowler, tas. ; 4th, Henry Belben,
servant to Yr. J. A. Burgess, lOs.
AI WTI TITO OW.

First peso to Austin Card, aerrant to Mr. J. A. Boman,
mat and 10.. Saoond to Mule. Mitchall, servant to Mr.
Thomas Bbattle.lo..

st.s ?iiiii—yrr Till UV. 11. I. 11I&ID.Or incrnascar.

To the lad, under i 7 y—ear. of age who has Deter won a
prim for ploughing with oxen, Audrow Maidtuctit, arrant to
Ilr. J. A Burke, Itna
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,
111,1111Ults ain't IT Till LORD urn&
To the lad under 17 years ol age, who shall plough ball an
TO of land with two horses without a driver in the beet
manner :-Ist prise, James Joiner, sal ant to Mr. John
Kernel, £2; Ind, William Tomer, servant to Mr. T. It.
Ingram, £1 1O.; 301, George White, semnt to Mr. R.
F..lef, IBC ; 4th, to Andrew If tklment, servant to Mr. J. It
Burt, 1.

TIMITI7IIIII GITIN IT MIT HONTLM, UM.
Champion ploughing with honer :—To Andrew Rigout,
servant to L. Robert Seger.. • Reg mi.

PUMII3IIII NW IT OOLOWIL Isoinns.
Chom_plospaougb ngliUlolaL liorlookooloatt to
J.Ford. ~ a post kat

TRW FMl—flit Blandford September sheep and
Cattle fair wan held on Wednesday. There was an
unusually lugs supply of sheep, about 11,000 being
penned. The business in this branch of the fair was,
however, dull, purchasers being very reluctant to pert
with that mussy, find a large proportion of the lots
exhibited consequently remained unsold. The prices
generally were about 2s. or r. below those of late
markets, the sales effected being at the followieg
prima : —Lambs from 17a to 255., arise from ns. to
1355., and wetheis averaged about 2/s. There were
!about 80 bead of cattle offered for sale, but very few
changed hands, and pnces had • downward tendency.
In tho pig market business was a little more brisk,
and prime were firm ; there were about 180 in the
market, and many were disposed of. Tbe bores fair
was almost a blank, a few solitary animals being all that
were to biases. About the usual quantity (eight teas)
of cheese was pitched ; • very largo proportion of it was
of inferior qualay, sad the business scam daok,
with decreasing prices. The pleasure fair was largely
supplied with the usual attractions for sightseers, and,
as regards the business in this part of the fair, the
caterers for the public amusement appeared to have
, very little to cumplaus of.

HANDLEY.
Symms CHAU' or STADIUM:V.—On Wednesday
last, before Lord Riven and E. A. Castleman, Eq.,
Albert Lucas, labourer, of this village, about 24 years
of age, worn brought up in cuatody charged with stabbing
. and wounding George Andrews, of the same place, ou
I Wednesday night or early on Thuraday. morn-
' Mg; The yoteng men had, it appeared, indulged
in 'larking,', nod were somewhat the worse for liquor.
Fortunately the knife with which the stab was inflicted
I took a slanting position, through its being turned aside
by the rib', or in all pgobability it would have pene-
trated to the heart, and caused instant death. As it
was, the young man for some time was in a most
critical position having laic some time weltering in his
blood. The following was the evidence Kieft at the
the examination. —George Andrews said: I live at Fife.
add and am • labourer. On Wednesday night last
about nine o'clock I was at Oxford'. beer-house,
'Howland, in the perish of Sixpenny Handley, in com-
pany with the prisoner and several others. We ha 4
some drink, and left about 10 o'clock. Lot Ballard and
I these up the street together. The prisoner followed
us, and knocked Ballard's hat off. Ballard knocked his
'hat off in return, and I think be knocked Ballard down.
IWe were rather "drinky," all of us. Ballard got up
and ran sway, and the prisoner then knocked me down
on one knee. I struck the prisoner once before he
knocked me down. We bad a wriggle, and I got under.
most, on oaa keen, Richard Isaac came on at the time
' and told the pritheer to get off ma. The prisoner got
up and ran away. I got up end mu after bin, up the
lane towards his own house, and caught him. I hit at
him and struck him by the side of th• head, and he
tensed round end knocked me down and I never saw
anything more of him. Ido not reinembermythlng
more about it till the next morning, between three and
four o'clock, I found myself near my own cottage.
When I came to my gate I found myself all bloody, and
when I opened the door my mother came downstairs.
I found I had been stabbed, and I felt blood running
from the wound. Sly clothes were taken off and the
wound washed. It was bleeding then. When I ran
after the prisoner up the lane, I caught him within 50
yards. He only struck me one blow. The wound vu
on my left side.—ln cross-examination witness said
prisoner. himself, and Ballard, hail some beer outside
Oxford's house. AU three were "larking" together. Isaac
did not interfere. Prisoner called to see him the next
moming.—Lot Ballard said: I live at Dearland, and
was in company with George Andrew., and the prisoner
and Richard lathes, at Oxford's beer-house. We were
drinking together. We were there all the evening up
Without half-pant nine, and all left together to go borne.
We walked all together up the street. Prisoner knocked
off my hat and I knocked off his, and he then knocked
me down in the road. I got up and came on home.
Andrews said to prisoner that he should not beat me
about. I heard loud talking 'Het I left them hut I
could not tell what pamed.—Crossexamined : When we
mace out we were au "romping" together.—ltichard
Isaacs depo-ei : I live at Sixpenny Handley, and am •
lab Auer. On Wednesday night I was at Octopi's beer-
hones with the prisoner, Lot Ballard, and George
Andrewe We left the house together. We were coming
up the street " laraing" together, hitting off each others
hate. I left and cause on a little way, and on looking
back saw one of them down in the road. I went beak
to Albert Lucas (the prisoner) and said" If you don't
let him alone l shall try to knock you down." The
: prisoner left on, and the prosecutor got up and wont
and struck at the prisoner again. He than said to me,
' "I don't want to hurt George, 'twig Lot began it, and
, George took it up." They then went at it again flatiting
with fists and 1 left them. I went on about 50 or 60
yards, and then beard them 'start off running towards
, me. George Andrews was after the prisoner, and
said to him, "I'll drive you before me, same as
' I would • dog," and they then had a round
I (lighting) and the prisoner went on his way home,
1 ' and George Andrews went the other way. Prisoner
; said to me "Hark, is George gone one." 1 said" Yes,
can't you hear him gone on up the road." I went on
with the prisoner, and said to him "Come on home
' with me." Ile replied " I shan't go home to-night,"
and I left lath in the road, and any no more of him. I
got home about a quarter past 11. When I went
back to them as I have described the prisoner said to
me "It you touch me I thall draw a knife for you."
. This wia at the time he said be did not want to hurt
. Coniege. I said, "Don't do that," and he replied
. "Tin three to one."— Edward Pike said he was • shoe.
; maker and lived at Howland. •On Wednesday lot I
! saw the ',nether about 50 yards below Mr. Oxford's
' I beerhouse. He came up the road talking with we, and
. •
, sail he should stop and have a pint of ale. I ',rut on
t and out Lot Bellsrd and George Andrew, going in the
. direction of Ottord's. When I bad been tome about an
hour I beard • row in the street, and went toward, the
; place. I heard one say "Don't thin mean to say I be
• coward," and tee other said " 1 bee bona • coward."
1 then beard one run away and the other go after.
They went up round New Fann-lene. When I saw
1 them first Andrews appeared to he "drinky," but I
did not notion that the prisoner was. —Samuel Fowler
, Underhay deposed : I am a member of the Royal
College of Surgeons, London. 1 was summoned to
attend the prosecutor, George Andrews, on Thursday
morning last about seven o'clock. I attended Mune.
cleanly, and found a wound in hi, left side over the
seventh rib. I passed • director in the course of the
wound, and found it took an upward and inward direc-
tion over the surface of the ribs, terminating in the
.muscles of the chest. I found great hemorrhage, and
the clothes saturated with blood, and upon examination

the shirt. oorre.ponding to the
puncture in the side. In passing the director I die.
covered that the wound extended two icicles and • half,
and the external opening about half an inch, and • clean
cut wound indented in the centre: The instrument
that inflicted the wound, coming in contact with the
rib, saved the proescutor's life. I dreeeed the wound,
and the prosecutor has proirressed favourably. H.
saff.red from considerable lose of blood.—P.C. William
Hawker stated: I am stationed at Sixpenny Handley.
On Thursday tha 3rd September, about seven o'clock, I
received information that Georg* Andrews had been
stabbed. I proceeded to his house, saw him, end
took possession of bin clothes, which I Dow produce. I
then went in seareh of the prisoner, and apprehended
him about eight o'clock the tame evening at hie house.
I charged him with stabbing George Andrews, and
cautioned him that anything he said would be used
against him at his trial. He said, " I know I done it.
I was coming up to give myself up as won as I bad my
supper." I said " You may as well have done it in the
morning," and he replied' I was ashamed to." I took
him to Cranborne to the lock-up and searched him. I
asked him if be had a knife about him. He said "No.
I dung that away, and you may an well look for a
needle in a bundle of hay as look for that." I have
examined the prosecutor's clothes. There is • out in
the slop, the waistcoat, and the shirt, corresponding to
the wound in George Andrew.' side.—Prisoner reserved
his defence, and was committed for trial at the assizes.
The magistrates granted bail, himself in £5O, and two
sureties LW each.

lITIMBOftNE.

THS foul ditch between the town and railway station,
so long • nuisance to&II compelled to pus by it, Is being
eepidl, Lied tip. The waywardens siao intend widisaing
the footpath, which will be • great convenience.
THR Baptist Chapel in this town wu re-opened on
Wednesday last, with • peiblio tea and subsequent
meeting, in whieb sesend ministers and friends took
park The Rev. J. B. Burt. Secretary of the Baptist
Southern detonation, presided. On Sunday the Bay.
J. 11. Osborne of Poole, preached morning and evening.