The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-01-12 00:00:00

THE GIRL FOUND DROWNED AT wzirmourn.

FUSTMILI

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It has not escaped notice that there was a very severe
bruise on the chin of the dive:owl. Although the
evidence at the inqumt was that no mark. of violence
were found, this has since been explained as referring not
to the face We have since heard that 60,110 thelettisfaction
is felt with the
.result of the inquest, and that fnim
certain information which has reaeheil the authorities,
there will probably he another enquiry in a day or two.
A bill has been issued by Mr. Vickery stating that
wherms certain information hae been given that
the deceased Caine by her death otherwise than
by fair mean; L'hi reward will he paid to any
C;r7or persona who will give information how and
I:at mean. the deCe4.o4 came into the water.
It will lie noticed that a very considerohle portion of the
deceased's time is unaccounted for—between three or
four in the afternoon, and the time, half-pant nine, when
ilectweed was found. It is said that a medical gentleman,
who was not called at the inquest, has stated that he did
not Ismieve the deceased hail been in the water many
hours.

MELaNCHOLY Mani.- On Monday last, died Mni.
Slater, wife of the junior partner In the firm lif Pearce
an.' Slater, ininfounilers. of Tophill, Portland. Mr,.
Slater had only been ill a few days, of dropsy awl other
complaints, and she was honed on Wednesday. She
leave, seven children, the eldest wily about eight years
RFJOICINfi MR THE ICEVI VICAR. -On Tuniday last, a
concert of vocal and instrumental while Wilt given in the
parish schoolroom, Reform:, byoonoe amateurs, and lir
the kind permission of the officer, the splendid land of
the linul Fusiliers performed some inu,ic in their flmt-
class style. The mom was quite full, for tLe good people
of Tip hiU do not very often have such • treat.
A Ninitainti: Tahn"--A report was eurrent in Port-
land on Tuewlay and Wednesday that a chili of tender
years had stabbed another, and enilanzeral hi, life. tna
enquirr it was found to be a mere accident, in which a
knife weed for cutting some and ;dewed an
artery in the head. Dr. McLean attended, out the hurt
chili, is getting well.

larvartme OV toxvicra—lin Tue.lay a party of eight
ronviets went oft from Portland .tatien hy the tinit train
in charge of Or. Askhalo &fel three "threes. Two of them
were lunatics, one raving 11111di. ilt a strait
jacket, with hi, Ivg+ in a sack. They were all lineight
down in an omnibus, and the lunatic alio was tit, least
ill made them all lively by singing " Polly l'erkins,'
"Johnny comes mareblne le ~,,, and so forth. Ile was
broualit out f.istened to the chain with the re.t. They
were re in the first iii.tance to Milbank.
Wont:III Worn( Ann Wonta'a -Every ~ ~
admits that one of the rights ef Win.% j, hi in tre.fted
with the greateit gallantry, espeeially in Ind times. An
instance in which two lievennitent ileteirtmetits COM-
Inned hi take care of a hinuirle fi male manurial
In the time of ',new laid week. Mr. Miller, tie' postorm.
is blinanl with a good wife, whit when he is
ready to perform 1111.1,rakea
for him. The brave this in the
yeti and wet of Ili, last snow time. on MOO-
.lay week she was i-oxirteil home by ono of the
l'ost 'Mice clerks, Mr. Stevie, and when they :writ e.I in
the (frove Road, they found tic., .'tout asslieitaut warders
reeonnoitring everybftly with hull's eye lautenn. 'rile
' warder., finding Mr. Ste e and Mrs. Miller, at "nee 4.4
charge of the good laity, and it transpired that that
gallant gentleman, Mr. GOO. Clifton governor if the
Prisoii, had thus lent out two of hI.. riiiiot trusty otheers
1.. take rare of the ientaniman. After this, will any one
e plain that the fairer sex are iliseoura4eil from work in
England