The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-16 00:00:00

NA• .L APPOINTMKTIT.—Aisistaot-Parnister Henry
A. Penlcud to the Hercules, vice Mr. F. Woods to
ths.H ippl3n. .

NATAL GYITNARTUIT —The large gymnasium shed in
the Naval Ground is about to be raised some feet, by
placing the woolen shed on • worked stone wall
SONVIRR. —Eli Hatcher caught • great sunfish off the
Chexil Iterieh on Saturday, ard on Monday sought to
show the creature in a tent to Weymouth siphons ;hut
not having asked permission, be was disallowed by the
pOIICL
Peer )RU ANC. FOR A CHARITY. --The amateur
&mimetic cinpany of the Ist West Yorkshire Regiment
gave four en'ertammenta on Friday and Saturday (two
each day) for the benefit of the widow and seven
orphans of the late Pilot Brown, who was drowned at
Alderney.
VoLTINTUR ARTILLRRY CARP. The Portland
Volunteers are going into camp on the 20th, the
ground cheer being near Portsmouth, but on the
Grwport able, between Forts Grange and flowner
The encampment will have in it men fr Ease,
Dev, whin, Iheset, and Hata*.
COTOIREGATIoNA SMUT SCR tOL.—Lnet Thursday
the C....gr.-asthma' Sunday School, which numbers
slant 15 on the books, were fortunate enough to have
their ort..tati treat this year. Tea WW4 epr'-ad in the
Nan .1 (ironed. and there they indulged in games.
NARR .N 1 FFICAPR.—On Saturday afternoon a lad
named Hinds, in the employ of Meese.. Conway and
Wait haler of Mr. Giles's new house in Fortune's.
Well, fell from the to,, of the buildings on to the
house sdjoininr, knocki g a hole in the roof. The
lad clung t to the Wei and framework, •
ladder was o' t *tined. and be was released.
proceeded down Channrl on
Saturday, distriburi g the "fl-et-men" at the v..rions
.stations 'Doubtless the Isn.ling of these men (the
oxeastguard) at Portl .n 1 was the f undation of a
tuultor that there hwl heel ac off the island
tvetw en two small ate mires, the Hercule* lying by
them till they were clear. The Hercules wet back
hi Portsmouth, where she was to exchange her gun-
carriages before t .king up her station at Portland.
CONCIR,G tTIONAL George
inn., of Beach Cottage, *velem eSOII, has presented to
the congregation • handsome communion table. Tt fa
carefu'lv selected heat bed Portland et .ne, and has
been ectirelv worked by himself luring leisure time for
six want x. It inflects arsat credit on the young roan's
indu.try, anti liberality. The design is gothic to
emit die style of the building, and is much admired for
its workmanship. It has inscribed on its front the
words, "this do in remembrance of me "—with the
letters I. R. S. as a m nogram at each end.
CARRIAGII ACCIDSHT.—Leat week, as Mr. Hodedon's
carriage, driven by a man named B rtlett, was
descending Mysenor's Knap, the bit wcoring one of
the shaft. gave way, the shaft dmppel at the h
heals, and the animal bolted 'own C.st`e.rowl. When
near the Cemetery, it came into c Million with the
Government bound .ry stone, which, curiouslyenough,
pun& Dearly in the middle of the road, the carriage
turnel over and threw out the driver. The man got
a ...versa cut, also • lad wound in the ribs; the
carriage Wee Dearly smashed. the wheels and sprigs
being broken, and one of the p mels knocked in, while
the horse's hind legs were cut. The man is slowly
Isecover'ng.