The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-15 00:00:00

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Dswissii.—lateresting to Ornithologist+. —A fine
specimen of the Goosbeak or Etroadbill, a rare bird
in this locality, was recently killed at Ilpundway,
and is DOW in the posmesion of Mr. Withers to be
stuffed.

THZ MUNICIPAL ELIICTION.-111H1 election afforded
an additional proof of the strength of the Conserva-
tive party, the threatened opposition of the Liberals
in North and South Wards having been relinquished,
In the North Ward the retiring councillors -Messrs.
G. Gundry, C. R. Plank, and W. Norris were re-
elected without any opposition, and in the South
Ward the retiring Councillors, ides" E. Sloper,
and W. Tyrell, were also re-elected. Dr. Everett
(the Mayor) whose term of alfice had expired being
shout to quit the town for some time retired from
the Council altogether, and this vacancy was filled
by Mr. J. Cumbes, who was unsuccessfully opposed
by Mr. John Walker.
M•KLBOROUGH. MlCliCipai EiediOn. The
election of Town Councillor' took place on the Id
inst. at the Guildhall. James Sheward Gwillim.
Esq. (Mayor), Mews. Walter Fulkee (draper), and
Daniel Russell (ironmonger), were re-elected, and
Mr. John Diller (draper), was elected in the room of
John Iveson, Esq., who is ineligible in consequence
of his residing out of the borough. No opposition
was attempted.

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Gov FAWKIS DAT. - The weather was very
stormy and windy, ceneequently the fireworks were

not 80 good U they have been on former occasions.
But very few people were seen in the “reen, which
made the amusements pass oil dull and soon ter-
minated.

Fim 1.L.--A match of football took place in
the college meadow on the Ist inst., between the
old and present Marlburians. The rain descended
heavily (luring the morning, but as it abated in the
afternoon, the match came off, and after a hard
struggle resulted in " no game."
Au accident occurred to the Avebury postman
(Coleman), on his road from Avebury to this town,
with his letters on the 29th ult. It appears he
heard the footsteps of a horse coming along the road
and it being very dark that evening, he looked
round to discover it; and no sooner had he done so,
than the horse, which belonged to Mr. H. Price,
and ridden by his groom, knocked him down and
stunned him. The animal having got the strap of
the letter bag round his leg, the unfortunate post-
man was dragged some distance and had one of has
toes nearly trodden off. Ile was otherwise severely
bruised, but is now going on favourably.

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On Saturday evening, November sth, a wagon
and horst% belonging to Mr. N. J. Reed. a brewer
of this town, were returning from Wanta,,,,e, where
they had been with a load of beer, mid on going
through the Ortain about nine o'clock when the fire-
works were being let off, the horses hmaine fright-
ened and ran away to the end of Silverless-street,
where one of the wheels came off. They proceeded
however to the middle of the town and within 20
yards of Mr. Reed's house, when fortunately several
men stopped them, otherwise a considerable amount
of damage might have been dene to property in the
neighbourhood of Mr. Reed's stables.
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Pewszv.—The Weather.—The very rough winds
on Tuesday, blew one end of Mr. Brewer's farm-
house, at Clinch, completely down. This portion
had not been erected more than five or six years.

BRA DFORD-ON•A VON. - The fifth of November
falling this year on Saturday, the tradesmen of the
town issued handbills requesting the public nut to
make the usual display of fireworks in the town, on
that day, which was strictly complied with, and the
only thing we had to remind us of Guy Fawkes was
the old church bells ringing merrily during the even.
Mg. Business was therefore dispatched as usual
without interruption.