The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-11 00:00:00

POOLN.

AllOll4ll Win SLATING (long.—.A. man named
J rho Luc se, was cherged or, We tumidity, beim, the
Meyer and Mr. F. MtlTne with see ,ultiog and
threatening to kill his irife.—Tne woman now refused
criministe the man, and aft r a cautio the was bound
over in the sum of £lO, to keep the peace f .1. 3 months.
I3IOtCLIMATCIL—& one mile tam f r £5 • aide took
place on the Cinder Path. at the Deal Park Cricket
Ground, Bouroemnuth, on Thursday evening, between
Mr. J. W. Hansford, the champion of the Pools
. Bicycle Club, and Mr. S. White. cha sipion of the
Bournemouth Bicycle Club. White was allowed a
start of 75 t arch,. The riding wan god on both Ades,
but iiermford, who evideutly knew he had the race in
hie bands, contented himself with steadily but gradually
gaining on his opponent, and declioiug to exhibit what
. he Coll 40, won by about three yards. Time, three
miuutra, eight two.fif the seconds.
ENVEItrAINIIIIIII. An entertainment, got up by
. Mr. W. Balaton of Southampton, and son of Mr.
, Balaton, of this, town, was riven last week on
hoard It M.S. Trojan, which has recently arrived
watt the survivors of the crew of toe unfortunate
as. Tento... The entertainment was in aid of the
fund for the relief or sufferers by the
w el. The "storm wiser rwded, and over ill ass
added to the fund. The chief feature was an exhi-
bition of dissolving views, Mr. Babiton acting as
• lecturer. The Haste Advertiser soya :—His lecture
was both Inter/rating and amusing, his jokes and
anecdote. being exceedingly happy, and wads wel
received." It ale, adds thet in th sec nd p.rt of the
entertainment he proved himeolf a eciter of no mean
order.
fa !fillet Gaturott.o.—Tdr. 8.1,. Baker, on Thursday
eveniiir, delivered one of his lustruc.ive lectures, under
the &spices of the Liberal Aesociati ii at the Temper•
sum Hall. The subject was t liners' Garfield, his life
and works, sod their lesoins to Engli.htnen. Mr.
Alderman of Antln,n presided, and upon the platform
were the Mayor (G. Curtis, Esq., J. P.) W. N. Western,
Req., .1. F., and Mr. Councillor Mote. The subject
• 1/4••2•84d1.1f1T er.ll handled, but time will not all ,w
'us t go into detail, a longer report will sopear in the
-Do-set Payroll. At the conclusion av,te of thanks to
the iii!tirti• was proposed by Mr. Mate. second's' by
Mr. We-tern, and supported by the Mayor' who took
oceadon to remark with regard to municipal mottos
Viet it was not yet known what would be d.,ne next
Nosehtber, but, as far as the Liberals of Poole were
. concerned, they were ready. They had always been
alas to'stted when they fought, and if the nece•sity
arose the,/ *Mild fight again, and fight to conquer.
(Chsotre.) There was • very g rod ettendance.
il.O.G.T.—The members of Lighthou e to lee cello
bested their' tenth suniversary on Monday last by a
learnti entertainment in the Temperatice Hall, which
was tastefully decorated with fern. cut•li .seer.,
The inettilWteart•l fri-ods ..f the order, in. holing some
of the Member, of the '' Po 'le Lifeb rat " nod " Si ar
of Wimboene " lodge., sat down to the tea tables.
After the ten, the chair was taken by Bro. S. Batt,
W.C.T., and the prose:oiling, commenced by ringing
an ode, owe friends and beet hr-n." &co followed
bliqi readint 'Licensed to sell," W.,. ; chorus
• Opc. twain," choir; recitation, •• Twin Brothers,"
Pro. Buddies ; are cent, "Soms hole I to," sietere
nave, an I Preston Bro. Mitsui and %faster Shay.;
r-adieg, "The Bae'hfol Men," Br . B-s .nt ; a mg.
• " Yee, . r No' Bro. Williams ; re oibig, " and
Pull," Bro. Allen; &lett. .4-tee Prest n end Bro. E.
8. ihase • address by Bro. Penney, H.D. ; duett,
Tin Better Land," isters Conned" and shave.
Slater Connell prodded at the piano, and played the
sooompenio eats to the whole of the sengs, sic. At the
coocladon of the programme, some old E .g 1 sh atnos
were i tr 'dueled, awi • very pleasant evening was
broadht tn • clots with the National anthem.
Dunes:L-0n Thursday the emp'oy 61 at the Dolphin
Brewery with their tele. s an I elder children, to the
number of about 60, were taken by the reapected pre
pried ,r, Mr. 144f0r a holiday to Soutlisiont
They left Poole'at 9.27 in a special through carriage,
reaohing Smith onpnin just af‘er eleven and pro-
Peedsil to the "Richard Andrews," were they lunched.
They then proceeded to view the " lions ' .4 this
Interesting idii town, and among other pleasing
visits went over the Pretoria, the fast-sailing
steamier of- the Colon Company's line, which was
stnpl .yen to take the trope out tr the Cope,
and recently made one of the fastest voyages from
there °aro:ord. They were, if course, highly delighted
with this, and, returning •o the " Richard Andrews,"
they sat down to a capital het dinner. Mr. Marston
himself prodded, being faced in the rice-chair by Mr.
Edward Young, the traveller to the brewery. After
the opreitd which was mueh enjoyed, t ads and snare
tollowe I, with the neceseary accompaniments for duly
wa-hinr them down, and then after another stroll and
a .isit to the poultry show, they returned home,
reaching Poole about 10, thoroughly pleased with their
treat.
!LARVIK? THANKSGIVING SERVICES. —ThAnk•givirig
service' for the harvest were hll at the Unit wino
Church on Standay last, when the pas'or' the llov. '
Wm. Agar. preached foorning and evening. The
building was very prettily and tastefully decorated for
the oosaal...n with fruit flowers and corn, the pulpit
and its surroundings being especially effective. The
IDoflliaff dimmers' was founded upon the WWI'S
°' Hon•ur the Lord with thy substance and with the
first fruits of all thine lacrosse" (Proverbs Ili. 9).
the preacher showing the rearionablenees and the duty
of giriog the first and 64)4 of all we have to God
'e
service: The evening oervice was very 1 sr:oly attended,
and the preacher took for his text ,Matthew vi., 11—
" Give us this day our daily bread." The firrt lea-n
taught by that simple prayer he sal I Was to be thank-
ful for the common necesstriee of life; never to despise
or warte the simple beauties of Gel, for how much did
not the strength and prosperity of • nation depend
upon them. How poor • weitien it was placed in
when they were wanting, they were finding out only
too well at the present moment. In aensons of plenty
'We were apt tm forget the value of these common
things —th it the basis of neaps' prn.i.esity
retort chiefly upon them ; end h • Iles. of tlI
w eelrous work perfortne.l by dew hright gonna Ii uns
to lousy our heads nb.ut whet w. repird as thing ef
greater neement—the rewards, honour., and luxuries of
life. If a scent), liarysst di I no inore teen disabuse
our minds ef this cardinal err ,r, to roue. um to a genes
of our true position as dependent children of God, and
to open oar hearts to the wants and fleets of ow
fell.ws, then it hol done on iuvalnahle a rvice. That
bread which Christ *eked for in this pi layer was not
only the foundotion ,d too moil wealth, but . 1
proeperty. Dilating upon the advaet .gee of eimple
the rev, gentleman inetaneed the examp'es of
Frantlin and of Step!), won. fibut.l• living meant
e'rength and health, the power arid the inclination to
be of service to 'solely, a moral and upright woci .1
life. He believed that when moiety is pr liter
organised, when men train th lr minds and rel.:tilde
their will% arnd got command over their appetites, rive
up a low • anurint of the oelfienne.. and erred which
prevail in many quarters, then we would find that
God had given us enough arid to spare f. r our wart.
el our enjoyments.—The htmns and Scriptural
laW,Da care appropri rte to the necusion, and collectioes
were ma le, amounting to 12.., which wit he
bende-i to tee Bournemouth 111.1 smeary.
A Deteognoos Fetdow.—At the Borough Pollee-
court on Saturday, a drunken seller of wats.r-erensets,
flallle,l John hong, was brought before Mr. P. Milton,
and Mr. W. N. Weeteru charged with drunken end ilie-
siribedy conduct and sassulting • little boy, named
Alfred Brown, on the previous evening.—The prisoner
it would *seem frnm the evidence of P.S. Basket, an.
I'M. Lee had been drinking, "ant wisely. but Inn, wen,'
and on his appestrance In the Market-plaso. Iris state td
obfuscation attracted the notice of a nutnber of small
boy's, who, sa gamins generally do, evidently iooked
upon Wa-eter Cross-es" as fair 'port. They followed
teamiug him, when la suddenly dropped ins besket on
the pavement, seized the nearest, who happened to he
little Brewn, took him up. ishook him like a slog would
a rat, and threw him over his shoulder into the road,
where he lay until picked up by Mr. Webber. grocer.—
The prisoner complained that he could not go through
the streets without being annoyed by boy'; hut He
Sept. Hunt said that was owing to the feet that he was
almost invariably drunk. and proved several pre,viou:
convictions against him—Primmer would learnt h
downed punishment for ill-treating the boy, but he
hoped they would deal lightly with him, and he would
turn over • new lest—The Itt.nch said it was a bad ease,
and sentencesl hint to • month's) hard labour.
Sturrlno itormuilance.—Arrivalls: Sept. 29. Diver,
Page, Yarmouth, nil: Lord liewkesbury, Smith,
&renege, stone. 30, EMma Maria Warner, Chichester,
s • E terprise Childs, Southampton, nil; Lizzie Lee,
wie;neen ew t_ N eastle coal; Herbert, Cooper, London,
: mertie 'mines Kent. London, manure; liar.
deal .Oct. , hence,
wick, Hoskins, London,
Russell, Cowes, nil; Conunodore. Moat, lfymington,
nil ; pore, I,
cake Stone, Havre, ballast; Alice,
over Dale,
ilt jedden Newcastle, coal ;
D, oil
tie coal. 2,
Entices sad Jane, Mane, hetVella
d. Cowes deals ; Zurna, Norton,
I.Btiekcaolla; —Keture, Evans, nderland, coal,
liartlepoo
Economy, Hawes. Hartlepool, coal Cornflower, Kent;
London, wheat; Mary Jana, Butusey, London, wheel;
Wave Nurse, Southern too, nil ; Linn's, Dyer, Yar-
mouth, niL 4, Acorn, King. vie_outh,
en wAwa_;,
Ow., Hesilepool, coals;wlllll",'^esig