The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-06-16 00:00:00

town being encumbered, impoverished, and ruined, to •
the sake of a few lazy people, or for the fancies of a
breakwater builder, (however eminent he doubtless id
when he gives us counsel about sewage. mow people
who are, with servants or children, often the mime of
,h,,.redithig the dry-earth MUM, may fire trouble for a
time; but if they be summoned and tined for harhig
nuisances on their premises, just as the) would for being
drunk, getting their chimneys on fire, or any other social
misdemeanour, they would soon be brought to se„ that
"slack-twistodness does not pay. Anil let me remind
our Councillors that these lazy people and their children
will do ten times worse with water supplied closets. ig
another town I have seen such places choked and
pestiferous, runniog over with foul water, and poisoning
houses. Frost will interfere with such places, and make
great misery, wear of the plumbing work will bring sad
di4oomfort and waste, and if to these you add meddling
with by children and sloth of untaught people, you will
aeon wish you had not extended the system, and, at your
wits' cud, you will not even have heart. to "consult Sir
John Goode." COMMON Sgxst.
Weymouth, June, 1874.

PORTLAND.
SUMNER Von-rumen. - New potatoes in Portland hare
fallen to Id. and 2d. per lb. iutd we have alsobeinellrown
green peas.
TUX EXPLOSION ON BOSSID TIIE DISVASTATION.—HiIIs. the
injured rooks mate. is still getting better, and it is
believed he will recover.
St LTAN ham left to be docked; she will return
in about th-ee weeks, and it is reported that the Channel
Fleet will have a summer cruise round the whole of the

THE Pmuur. tie lien in Portland increases fast. and on
Monday mine people laughed at some old labourers
employed at gathering the dust with mild•scrapers, and
depositing in loose beam aPencently fur the wind to blow
it away.
Tile COAL AND iILAPIKET CLUIL—Not a very agreeable
subject this hot wmither • but as the poor Portlanders
don't want for warmth they are going to save for the
winter. The first meeting of the dub will be held on
Friday next, and the saving will prulsibly continence on
Monday.
NAVAL FUNERAL.—On Saturday last, Private Benjamin
Rodgers, Marine Artillery, H.M.S. 1/evastation, wag
buried in the Cemetery, Castle Rood. Ile died front
rheumatic fever in the Naval Hospital, Castletown. A
consideralile number of bluejackets and marines followed
him to his grave. and he wa interred with the usual
honours, the by. If. Jenour reading the burial service.
Deceased won n‘ic.l 31).
Tor Du tie in (rot of the Dorset County Police station
continues MI bad that the nuisance lion been acknowledged
by at least ono member 1 the lsical Iloani. awl it i. 11.1,
expected that a lirgin will he made straight Minn dieters
of the coiunii toSvanbi Chesil to order to cut .di the stuff
now meandering hundreds IA yank last the police station.
Sane of the police hope it will In, completed before they
are ill.

WAGES Or SIN la DEATII.--Eli/.31.01 ItUIIY,
I,ro4lthie, Ilaa a wa aaa iaa g ot this truth at the beginning of
this week. She had 1.01110 time ago menet,' a wound.
which had healtsl; but this week she quarrelled with
soldier who samoriates with her, and he struck her a tear-
ful blow. It caused the old wound to hunst oet again,
will she bled an profusely that it was feared she reel,' be
the subject of an inquest on Tuesday. Prompt means
were, however, used, the hemorrhage stopped, mad she
now has another ehauce of alandouing her ways.
Tut: AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM TIIE %.101.1:7lTART laTs
lisa exceeds,. I 0., erle,tations of those who made it, and
the collection is Progressing favourably. It was said at
first by sonie in that enoitgli would not he raised
to pay for making the rate ; hut about £lOO worth of hills
has been paid already, and there is every probability of the
whole or title being met The advocates of the
burial ground extension now claim that they have obtained
at a cost to the parish of only /AOC hundreds, what would
have cold tl sands of pounds ao a cemetery.
Tite Gaeta: Srllool- -From the report of the Govern-
went Inspector just roceivnl we timl that the tinne
school has pawed a eery surtawsful examination this year.
111 his report the Inspector says that the school hint
improved both in discipline and i warm:lion during the
past year, awl is in ii state of genera! etticiency. The
number of infants has increased so rapidly. that before
the year is out we believe it as 111 be found necessary to
enlarge the school and appoint a mistress to ham u the sole
charge of this department. To grant earned to to
£31.1 more than it hay ,lone in any previous year since the
schools wore started.
Excebbaster OPI...RTUNITI FOR WANTE. -The late tierce
contest for the election of Loral liardsuien has left a
great deal of liwrtburning behind, and is the cause of
many threats. The " Vi.alance " party demand an "Atrial
scrutiny of the %sites. ft they say that if certain clerical
errors were rectified, tie result umimill lie that Mr. 3041301
Andrews ousil,l he plied above Mr. Collins, awl if there
were an official scrutiny, it would also put Mr. I's:tomb awl
Mr. Andrew, above Mr. E. Pearce. Ihi the other band it
is said that a scrutiay would cut both ways, and that 1.110
two last of the "Chun:N" partiscandidates would win by
a larger majority :lan they have now. an instance of
the votes disputed we sive the following rumour: Two
parties signed their claims to sots: as sailors; but after.
wards marked their voting papers each with a cross. (if
these one was disallowed, on the ground that as be had
signed his claim, he could have signed his voting leper,
and therefore one or other must have been a forgery.
The matter leas explained by the statement that he had,
between claiming and eetiag, injured hi, hand. and was
therefore unable to write. The ether site. which was for
the opposite party, is said t.h s leen allowed. We do not
vouch for the truth of the statement ;but only give it ass
specimen of the way they say thing* INirtland. The
N itrilanue party now threaten a lawsuit, unless the two of
the "Church party " mm ho were We:lanai elected, will give
way. There seems a very fair opportunity of wasting the
Compensation Money shard in a nno warrants, either for
prosecution or defenee. The Portlisuders lhe strange
pe..plo to have 01 much money t.. waste on law ; bet per-
haps it Is not to., late to remind them that " is did waste
inakut WON' WAUL**

Tim Rev. Frederick Edward Tyrwliitt I/rake elerk,
has been 'militated by the Sali.lottry, to
the benefice of Fulham, rico the Rev. J. T. Iliad*,
deceased.