The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-11-09 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1880,

THE CHOICE OF COUNCILLORS.
Not many "Kolbe" have this year issued from the _i n them eintills3 their will. (Applause.)
prose. with regard to the gentlnuen who solicited the L'o"-- — ..
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tot tostodie, The. beettrathec
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with much
votes of their fellow.bargesses fcr el. ction to the seats at
the Cluncil and liical Board. Perhaps the rewons of this li, el inesi and tunefulness.
The choir sang Sound the Battle Cry" wi
was that no great burning questwa of p.ilicy was before SF:P.A.:ANT MANY:Mi.' of Ibirchester, said that any
the ratepayers,—the plans and hopes for the new y
us ear are attemlit to sever the temperance movement from
somewhat in embryo yet, and althench already that religio effort would be a failure, and he urged them
mxtter of the proposed new pier at Victoria-terrare Ls to rush the movement ahead.
freely discussed in private, and one sought to attract A Sleighing Song was sung with brilliancy by the
attention to it. yet candidates bare yet not thought ,A, ;, •
necessary to make political capital out of the scheme. `"""
and to others who had
a vote of thanks to the
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Political staging r but of its 11111711bles came true—that the belles:l, And the pleasizp•e entertainment was clotted with
shots aimed iii the fight would glance od et '•N su ille.' an anthem, "0, praisethe Lord.'
• goes' verified by the defeat co Mr. Naugle on l':•11'"4
da.. The nt at re lib purported to come from '• It ' 711 E METEOROLOGICAt. REPORT.
Natty'," and advocated the New Pier scheme pretty
strongly, railing on the burg. sae. to vote for the wan who i Bo: meter. 1 Toerinometer Wind. .I.
would support the plan, though it did not mime him.l.
Next came the most audacious and the &e'er one. n 81 4 I enlill 5 4 l odd- 4 'd 1
" Asmodeus" on tie "Annual N oremb-r It mo." Ha In erein .p. ni nt •m p nri night p in. W
the candlistes were sketched as follows. with tome
additioninsl c..louring pot on by Prejudice eery 36 Y 9.65129.64 0.21 147 bi 55 " 1 ,
transparent :—" Mangle • smart col,. 'Anne, • knowing '27 y 9.98 lit 11549 10 53 69 rA , 114,
racer; Thomas li,cheed, showy annual; bit le Tommy. . CS Pvta.96153.161 BS f.. 7 40 SW
a crafty sac: Mill "E lee, the wole's buy; Tergi.t, ai 20 294849 99,29 93 43 46 43 W
youngster; '0 a Hard.. rim's,,; Ds Revs,
a downey hoes." so,3o.osio.iolo.tti 40 45 43 ' NW
The following was named as the hefting : 3150.10 30.119, 40 46 4 • N ii:
1 30.1301/
30 17120 20: 47 49 46 NE

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2 to 1 on People's Roy lir • place.
5 to 2 against the Cub for • ',lice.
6 to 4 eget. a Rorn•un for • place.
10 to 1 oeo-. the Yoong.ter for • place.
12 t• 3 1 are. the Knowing Sac r.
Si to 1 stmt. the Showy Animal.
50 to 1 eget. the ()ratty No.
1,000 to nothing .get a Downey Hoes.
The candidates, who were uncertain of their position.
went in etrly for canyaeting with great spirit ; but the hest
ot troller appear. t ea, I,et n m,tniud. wit I perhaps
an rkeen'iols or two, paodonalde on account of the • xcite-
meet of the day.
Mondty ems beautifully fine, a fact supposed to favour
the ladies in coming tar the pull, although none needed to
walk, ea cabs and carriage. in considered., numbers were
hired to convey v errs •u the poll, and the front of St
John's schoolroom ie p•rtieuler looked I- k" a c the, tied.
In
the d
egorimm .t,
inllt.hipelemdlll4
loan:
.Mbr.d.
twhiethoniceMr.
, Jeaty. ttamper, sad tessiees•eionmenci•d with briskeesr.
Butt was brisker atilt at the Guildhall where Mr. Alder-
nsa
he has held for so many year.. With him were Mr. R.
Gale, for the Town Clerk. and Mr. Gale, jun., Imre reed
tee burgesses, and steuireed their patsies with an " A ;"
Mr. J. Parsons, oii e were there, teat watching the
voting tor the Liberals, and promising to stop undue
draughte. Of course. b,. meant draught. of cold air, and
not expenses undue, since you muse% influence votera at
the poll.
We understand that "the People's II ,y," who was an
active ranyat.er, WWI wen to bring up two unmarried
ladies to the Guildhall, 1.4.1 that they were the first to poll.
Active in working op .rn the Liberal ride were Mr. B.
Webb, Mr Wallis, Mr. .1 din Rolls, Kr. Feeler, and many
others, while Mr. A. Hanoi., eeeretary to toe Liberal
Assuciatton, was uriving about everywhere, to get voters
ut the right sort. The passages were lined with clerks,
taking the names cud numbers of those who voted, and
P.C. Henstoril gailanth escorted the ladies upstairs, where
they were receivtd by P.C. Sticklaud, who eat inner door'
guard. Other policeman kept the way clear hi the polL
and to them some of the "tree and independent" of the
lower class were careful to touch their bate, while some of
the friends of the ladies were curfew' to know why they
couldn't go with them to the room inside. Opposite the
Guildhall almost was a red placarded committee-room at
the Golden Lion for the C inservativer, Meter,. Milledge,
Naugle, and Targett, and other cdmincte,•-ronms were in
convenient localities, notably at the R iyal Hotel and 4,
Waterloo-place, while a L beret committee-room was the
very next door to SL J0ir...1 Schoolroom. The proceedings
all day were very regular and steady, net much energy
being lost in noise, hut the greater number were gathered
mar the northern potties-station, which, after the first
hour, beat the more ancient one at the Guildhall, by poll-
ing a larger number of votes each hour. The numbers
being as follows :

Tom Sayers, and on this the soldier made a strategic
m tvement t' the flank, and allowed the flight to goon.
Fleavr than before flew the game to make up for lost
tune; but the field were citko, on him, and he ran
straight into the arms of that stout volunteer drummer,
Mr. Toomas Sparks, who was employed at the railway
loading depOt. One struggle for liberty had ths
prisoner • but Mr. Sparks, who is a powerful man,
tackled him well, and they had a rough-sod-tumble on
tue grass. Sparks however !secured his prize before the
pack came up. A. strong escort 1.00 arrived and
conveyed him back, his short life of flight only having
, lasted about halloie-hour.

IrriIiPLETON
AT a meeting held at Steepletan Rectory on
Tuesday, November 2nd, the Rev. Dr. Colby of
( Litton ), the Rev Canon Green It. 1). ( Stoepleton b
the Rev. M. Hankey ( Maiden Newton), and the RAP/.
A. 1). Wilkins ( Cattistock ), were chosen clerical re-
presentatives of the let Portion of the Deanery of
Britiport for the Synod of Salisbury; and at
Dorchester on Saturday October 30th, Mr. Bryent
(Swyre ), Mr. Chilcott (Maiden Newton), Mr.
Ilawkins( Abbstsbury), Mr. Pouncy ( Winterbourne ),
Mr. Rendall (Malden Newton), and Mr. R. Williams
.I.l'. Jun. (Bridehead), were chosen lay representatives
for the same.