The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-08-11 00:00:00

. Souttratobirt.

Eintro KILL= OS THS BRISTOL AND KIRSH RAILWAY.
—On dundsy morning, as the 8.5 train to Bridgwater
from Bsistol wised Dunball, it rushed through • Auk
of sheep, killing some. On arriving at Bridgwater U.
wheels of Li. engine and eerrisges were o...rered with
flesh and wool.
bemire AT DAM —Oft Friday evening lb. 00108104
A. H. English, Esq., held an inquest at i • Ouildhal.
on the body of a Dewly-boin male infant, which wow
found on the previous day on the lawn in front of
Grosvenorplece, Larkisell. The jury returned& verdict
of " Found dead."
ACCIDIST AT TAUSTON.-0a Wards, analog, as
Mr. ',arrant, surgeon, we. riding with the Ileum
Bond, in Orchard Great Field, and whilst at a gallop.
the girth slackened, and Mr. Farrant was thrown
violently to the ground, and at • furious pace the horse
ran home to Taunton, a distance of nearly two miles,
I without • single accident. Mr. Fervent souped un-
injured, and the horse only cut himself in • few places.
DITZSIIISID SUICIDE'. Dr. Wybrants held an
Inquest on Monday,on the body of Peter Cottle, a brush-
maker, late of Bristol, who was found drowned in Berry.
man's Hole, near Wells. The deceased had been
'triage in his manner since hearing from Bristol the
death of hie son. Hiked tied his toes together and
also his wrists,and then put his head under tbe rope and
strained it tight, rolling himself in the shape of • bell.
Verdict, "Temporary insanity."
WORDS/11UL Emhart —On Friday morning, at Shire-
hampton, • led named William Neat*, in the employ
of Mr. Farr, 'btu proprietor, had been to • well on Mr.
Farr's prerniees to procure • bucket of water. Re had
no sooner brought the bucket to tee top of the wall
than in reaching across to land if his toot 'lipped and he
fell into the well, which was thirty fist deep end eon-
Wood seven feet of water. A child of Mr. Parts, four
years of age, saw him falloind went and told his mother.
Mrs. Farr went to the well and lowered the rope, and.
strange to my. the lad was drawn up without having
received the slightest injury.
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P.C. Duke, whilst on his beat, observed • man, dressed as
ZLpet it.d it Well'. AbouLu—t two
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called the " Camp." A man named William Sisgrove,
anavvy, lying on his back in • pool of blood in • field*.
of Wookey, near Wells, was on one knee leaning over.
him. The cmstable went to them, and found the navvy'
Iring on bin back in • large pool of blood, with hi,•
head and skull completely battered in and smashed, ths
ear being beaten right into his bead, and his brains pro-
truding, presenting a most horrible and sickening ap-
pearanoe. On the constable questioning Sis,grove as to,
what he bad been doing to be by the side of the man,
ha stated that he was lying down near the masa, having
bad too much to drink, and whilst lying there he e" s.
tall "navvy" get over the stile with a big stone as
his head, whisk he Sang on the mas's head three times,
and then threw the stone at him (Siegrove), striking
him on the leg. and after that he tossed it over the
badge into the stream. Tb• constable detained the
man and sent for Sergeant Tucker, who sest imme-
diately for • medical man; but the wounded man
died in • few minutes after the arrival of the sergeant.
The polies made a minute search for the stone,
and after some time they found • stone weighing
nearly 40Ib. covered with gore and human hair. On
inquiries being made P.S. Tucker discovered that the
rourdeied man's same was Commie, lodging with his
wife at the Full Moon inn, Soutbover, Wells, and that
on the previous evening (Sunday) be was the worse for
liquor, but went to bed, and is the middle of the night
he jumped out of the window of the house and went
across the road to the field in which be was discovered,
not • hundred yards from the public•heam. Has wit*
states that this was not an unusual thing for him to do.
as he bad done it on previous occasions. Sbe herself
went to sleep on the window-sill waiting for him uctil
five o'clock, and never heard any sound to disturb her.
From what has transpired Sergeant Tacker lias appre-
hended a man named Sweet and • prostitute that was
with him, who were heard quarrelling at the stile of the
Said in whisk the murdered man was at about one
o'clock in the morning, and who have not given very
satisfactory mhos. He has also apprehended another
" navvy" named George Millard, with whom deo-iced
quarrelled on the previous evening, when both stripped
to fight in consequence of remarks made in reterence to
the murdered manhi wife, but were peparMsd.
Friday Millard was discharged.