The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-04-20 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

GIATI/1001 PROWCTATION.-Mr. 741010.1,1 Male,
Secretary of the liridport Liberal Aasociation, was on
Thursday night presented with • silver witch and •
purse of sovereigns at the hands of the Mayor (Mr. .1.
Beach) in token of the members appreciation if hu.
indefatigable efforts in the Liberal cause. A large
portion of the sutecribers were working men, who
wished to give Mr. Male • practical testiniony if
their esteem. The Mayor made the presentation in
flattering terms, and Mr. Male gretlfully responded.
Dram or Ma. S. Dittait. -An old and highly.
respected inhabitant in the ;tenon of Mr. Samuel
Liner passed away peacefully to his rest on Thursday
night last. Mr. Diller, who was 89 year. id age, has
been well known and esteemed in the town fir the
, past 70 years. He was the last but one of the original
"Scot and lot" voter* under the old Reform
land always took a deep interest in exercising his
pditical privilege. The funeral tisik place at the
Ilridisirt Cemetery on Tuesday this week, when a
large number of inhabitants paid the last respect to
his memory. The coffin, of oak with brass furnitun.,
was covered with flowers.
CAUTION I'o ISAILIVYI4, ACIVCO4, &C.-At the Town
Hall, on Friday last, Mr. J. S. 1'441, Itarrister.at-law.
had • case referred to him by Serjeant Tindal
Atkinson from the last County Court, Mr. John
Ifounsell and Mr. W. P. Tucker being appointed
'remora The action warn brought by James Cook,
market gardener and nurseryman, of Bradpole
to recover the sum of eV ao damages sustained
through the action of the defendants, vie' John
Foster, bailiff 11 the County Court, William Morey,
agent for the third defendant, Mrs. Nibletk -Mr
Arthur Temple rep...tented plaintiff, and Mr. It.
Tucker appeared for defenilanta.-From the plaintiff's
point of view, at appeared that he hokls • market
garden tor • lister under Mrs. Niblett, the rent to be
£lO 10s. per annum. In October last, the rent being
in arrear, the landlady put in a distress for £4 3a. 6d.,
and amongst other things were seized • number of
apple trees (about 100) and over 900 currant and
gooseberry bushes. Some of the things were seized
and sold, but did not realise enough to pay the rent,
and in the following month another di.treas was made,
and numerous apple trees and fruit bushes were taken
up and sold. It was ccutended that many of the
trees bore choice fruit, and that about 50 of the trees
were als.ut 15 years old, and had been growing on the
premise. about 15 years, and consequently were
privileged from distraint. They were, it was held by
Mr. Temple, landlord's fixtures, and part and parcel
of the permit's% and were not distrainabie. -
On the other hand it 111k1 held that little damage,.f
any, had been sustained-Mr. R. Eldon, valuer,
together with two professional gardeners, asaeseed the
damages for plaintiff in excess of the amount claimed,
the plaintiff having five years' lease of the land yet
unexpired-Mr. Ude], after hearing • deal of con.
flicting evidence, said he would give his decision at
the next County Court.

na VIII Or MRS. Pirruti.n.—Another of our
inhabitant.. has pawed away in the person of r.
Ann Pitfield, who died on the 13th inst., at the age
of 82 years. The deceased WM a member of the
Church of England. and during the
_greater part of
her life took an active interest in the Dorpis Society,
and used 'the means at her disposal in assisting the
deserving Tow.