The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-07-13 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

Tug MARKET t,!UE..TIDS. --jt feat day: ago we were led
1.. understand that the bteal 11... eminent had
tinily declined tit alter azain tile daYs In tin r the
gird of I iiiardianit front 1.1 Satitrilay Init.
havin.: seen a ropy of the intl.: Iqt. r ici till.
received f Pint the lioaril,Wei tint OW) ;4.1,..
at all. llere is the letter :
iaasl Cosernmetit 14,4 r d. Whitehall.
214 June, in:.
sir. I ant direct,' by the linve citt boar Ito
aekininleJae the receipt on the 14th hist .1 po, kit„.,
the dial July (June). inform tit theta
.11 the 4U.11,1i:111i .4r th,, ittandbinl Union. at their meet
the Tnil Instant, in reference to the prop.Mol I,tte in their
day meeting% .

I an.. ,
C J F.,re•ary.
:41 in reani to the election of ivarilialei, Mr. Jaine 4 Ban
ha+ a letter frillll the Loesil I iovertiment 1.. l istei 31Ith
June, atatina "tb.. que.tion na I. tile validity of the idork's
return I. atill under ronsi.lerati..n."
. . . .

so. ...... s.
woffi. wednesday bot a tuarket for the cile
I wod was hell at the il*rown Hotel. There was a very
g... 1 attendance, between tat and MI sittOm down to a first
IN .... er. pros-W.ll'y Mr. and Mn,. Byer*. Mr. Henry
',resided, and Mr. John Mitchell. of Dean'. tegze
took the vice...hair. The usual loyal toasts wen" gii en anti
heartily responded to. The Chairman then proposed the
health of those gentlemen who hail mine for the puriooo '
if purchasing the wool, coupled with the name of Mr.
Boon, of Axminster. In responding that gentleman
strongly condemned the conduct of the Corporation in
closing the Corn Exchange for the We4nettalayti market,
and ridiculed the idea that in these days of electric tele-
graph and railways the oystern imitable for former times
should lie considered applicable for the present Mr.
Fmk...* health as chairman, and Mr. Mitchell** no vice-
eh*irman was cordially drank. Both of them said that
they hail no ill-feeling or animosity whatever against
thow
who &dr,' from them, but they claimed the right
to ',uproot that market, which they found ..... "t conducive
to their interest. Mr. Evers's Imml performed a *election
of music on the lawn in front of the I 'ruwti Hotel I luring
dinner and in the evening, contributing very touch to the
enjoyment of the visitors. There wax ouly a few *ample.'
of wool pitched in the Crown Hotel, but as the tlocko in
the neighbourhool are well known, a good deal of wool
way on offer. Itusinese was very dull till toward* the
latter part of the evening. Prim* may be quoted at laid.
Sellers wanted 19d.. but this the north country demises
were indnYrood to give.

TOwN Countt--An adjourned meeting of the
was held on Tuesdav in the Town (tall.
present the Mayor (Mr. H. Lowden), Aldermen ICI
Hodge. and F. T. Johns, and Councillors T. H. (1,4
S. Abbott. E. Fisher, H. I:ill. E Isar, B. Smith, ani-r.
Ball. The Mayor having laid before the ineetiom .„
tieation of the repairs necessary to be done to
Exchatism, it was resolved ,•tich repairs lie proreedoi
as soon as isy.sible, and that the Finanee i'muniitty I
requests") t invite tenders for performuer the S“
to lay such teuilens before the Council at their neat int;.7.

lug.
Smoot:a ACCIDENT. —On Tuesday nom int: betwn
and nine o'clock a sad accident occurred to a lk.y
Morgan, aged about nine years, son 4•1 a labourer rt
in Albert-street. Near the step k
s leading to the rail 'r
station booking office an iron staple is . uspendssl fie it!
of fastening horses. It has been the
11:7,°e
tlrlimll this chain. and we lenitand 1.,t0,
three have been injured. Morgan was CWIONIV.OIIin-i;
climb up by the chain, but slipped, and the hfsik at the
end of it, the spring of which was broken, ran into
fleshy part of his thigh and so fearfully injured hini
very little hope of his recovery IS cliTenaincNl.
and Sll.olllr were sent for, and used every inentn,-1;
alleviats his sufferings.