The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-17 00:00:00

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H.M.S. litßomits is expected on Fridwy, and the
Boscawan bur, it is believed, will return next
week. .

STAFP,SURGEDN CHRIBTOPH6R NARSON, M D., has
.en aiyouited to the It 'seamen, for service iu the
Seaflower. during the crui.iog season.
DlleT OH —t he dust nuisance II fast becoming
tangible. and a meeting t •he inhabitants was hell
on Tuesday at the ft..yal Hotel, to arrange for re-
cornmencimr the watering of the streets.
A STUPID WititTCH broke one of our few trees a few
nights' ag at Mr. Way's, SpringGarders. Rather than
should how nt fcr erten boughs. the inh abita Its would
willingly snt,nribe to present him with a Large bundle
of birdi twigs, aud would even heartily apply the
same. . . . . .

Rtronag CurncurAnn.—The oldest headstone in
St. Geor4e's churchyard is one which stand. on the
...nth side of the chucb, facing the wee, all the others
faciog the east. It was ereve lin 1766 to the memory
of ft,becca Stoise, liAught't of John and Robert Stone,
who died aged eight months.
CHURCH HOPf.—A g tog of ab nit 30 convicts have
been engrged in clearing, on the beach at Church
Hope, a path or way about 100 yards wide from the
foot of the hill to low-water mark, so that the coa.d-
muar I may be able to launch tit& boats with less
danztr. Ihe convicts crack up the rocks, and remove
the largest mes.

RUNNING MO • VESSEL IN TRIC ROADS. —On
Tuesd ty the small yacot belonging to Captain Inglis,
harbJurma.ter, when under sail, ran into a schooner
lying at anchor, the bowspsit of the yacht reAag
through the schooner's bulwark., carrying part of her
eltelichts sevi doing othr darnoe, estimated st about
0. lte mole of the yacht woe carried away.
OUR VOLUNTLERM intend t visit Weymouth on
Satioday afternoon, in order to r.ceivethi Yeomna,ry,
and it is expected the Porainders will be not far short
of 100 ate tog. They Lope to get their new helmete,
and b.in: a fine set of men, will be a considerable
item in the display. Instead of =mitering at a brewery
for refreahment, we hear they are to be entertained
at the National Selvwdrootn, at the expense of their
offie.,rs. In June, film ate' et they will go to Windoer
to be ju.pec.e.l by liar Vl..j !sty, and on that occss on
wilt be ace nupanied by th Sgronage men, wiLh whom
they forum two batter ie..
THE Imo% a of the B owawen will he able to return to
their temporarily fi riaken quarters .rm board that
training obi', on Saturday, the 21st init. If her
ventil.ting arrang -ments had not been improved, and
the eickening smell which came from her bilge
vinlvet before the hot weather pet in, it was fared
th ,t there r0m1.,1.10e an outbreak of fever on bard this
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summer. In ided, hefere these defect, and othera were
taken in Ilan 1, one came of fever was stated to have been
produced by the " unsanitary " condition of the ship.
—World.

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CONDI:Cr as TiltDltss.--We are very glad to
report &decided improvement in ths streets mince our
last. Whether the frsodul.n: enlistirs have been
cleared out, or the officirt have been still more
determined to put down roystering. the soldiers who
have lately ',laical Fortune's Well have conducted
themselves ar those ught who wear the uniform of
the British arena', and arr. under cominand of a gentles
ma.. .1. mially honoured by Iler lqsj-sty the quien.
None dm I as will a firm hand be required to prevent
the young men I enn destr lying themselves at thous
places which have been, by precious othoers of the
garrison. placed "oat of b mode."
/OUR Sims& hid fair to become as noted for (wane
In th.- All tamer as they are will sea birds in the &inter,
About three dozen or more may he ...anted begyeeem
'sada and Portion! Casth•, a 'ding very
namth to the interest of the Motive. They are not yet
used to the dangers of the I mality, one has been picked
up dead on the shore by a msn who works at the
Breakwater, and the mate of this bird II btlieV(Pl to
have been wounded on Al. ti ay, for a pin zle swan
which ha, been ieni for am 0 time in the e glib ui -
hood flsw against a telegraph wir and w.o. cot io the
breast. P.C. :lone tookit t • Weymouth, and delivered
It to the keeper of the Weymouth imam,.
OPENING OF me MACICILBILL SEASON. • •At last
there is tecapect of the fishermen getting something to
i repay them for the Ion; wiiting I the lad winter.
For some time they have been tantalised with reports
of mackerel being caught opposite Chickerel • and
j Wyke, and pessimists began to dr:Mises that ths water
' round Pietism! Mee male thick by the
forcing out the ckaY, and that in.cltetel ea!' ,ng
never be as gnid *a it usaL Ant on Fes ai one of
blesses Way' boats hal a haul fWe mackerel.
I and with th.m were 260 fine boa. Another haul
; produced OP ham, and several tolve itorts of &h.
:Shoals of the fish have been seen about sins*, but no
extraordinary catches have been made.