The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-02-17 00:00:00

WAREHAM.

We regret to state that pleuro-puomenis has broken
oat among the stook of Mr. U. W. Boater, of Bill Barn
Perin, Malden Herring. A meeting of the ',teal
authority was held on Toursday to eonsider what steps
should be taken in the matter
Tint DITZATED CANDIDATEIL—Ift. Montagu Glued
oongratulates the electors on relenting the man most to
their taste. Be tree's, however, they will not forget
biro (Mr. Gust) "al Geld the day arrive, when the
Berorgh AV.,..L•m is in need of the services of a
moderate L•lx 1,0 Mr. S. B. Emmons claims ahs
credit of having won for the Censee•ative pony
larger trejority thm hi, ever before been secured in
Wareham, and stake that he received upwards of 400
distinct assurances of support. "The result, bowery. r,
has shown, either that you ooneider 4r. Bras a better
eropriteantative thin myself, or that you prefer to remain
subject to the dictation of Landlords and Employers,
even when the opportunity and power are siren you of
achieviog your freedom."
An order be. boon received here, addrened to Mr.
James Albert Piketon, Mr. Woodrt fie Daniel end other.l
under the seal of tax) of t Liu Local Government Board,
Whitehall, and hand of the Secretary of State for the
Home Departmut, whereby tho adoption in the old
borough of Wareham on the 2n4 July lest, of the Local
Government Act of 1858, is imetinned, and the Aot
ord,rod to come into force here on the 14 h inst., after
wbkh day step' will have to betaken for the election of
_ Loos' Booed to cousait of Mee memb es to Gerry the Act
rat. °wagon, as fares they deem advantageous for the
Interest of the town. The gush Station for unemberis being
rated to not loss thsa ilfi per annum, or property to
the amount of £6OO. The same order Moraines a
rWon presented to the Leool (Invert:lm nt Board, for
e exclusion of West Mill preatisoo frog the operation
if the Act, 1858.
MIL DliAre A DDArirt —On Toursday Mr. Brix
drove Luso it,. town accompanied by Mr. Harwood
Weellmen. At the Bear Hotel he was mot by the Mayor
••••rld of his sepport.re, who accompanied him
wartime to the wake of the town, whore •
va
Ile doom up in heat ol the Corn litzehartgeige;

BWANAGE.

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HERRON CHAPIL.—Ther• was a public tea on Mon.
day evening at this little chapel, followed by the usual
addresses. Collections were afterwards msde in aid of
the cause.

Planta MUTrita.—At the invitation of the rector,
the Rev. I). Travers, a prayer meeting wee held on
Monday evening for the sitcom of the special mission
work Robin on in our vut metropolis.
MowLEM Infirm:in.—The annual meeting was held
on Tuesday. Mr. H De'matte occupied the chair.
There wee only • limited attendance.. Mr. J. Pope,
secretary, rd • brief statement of the condition ILIA
workbp of the institute. There are about 90 MIA.
bers.

SIRE RF.OIB.

TilinvrittOtx amateur theatrical
entertainment was given in the National School,
Shittertoo, on Friday evening, Feb. 8, and considering
It is the first time anything of the kind has taken place
at Bere, went off sueoeasfully. "Box and Cox," which
I. well known, was the dram., and the characters—
John Box (a printer), James Oex (a hatter), Mrs.
Bouncer (a lodging-hoses keeper), were very fairly
sustained by Messrs. J. Hallett, W. H. and 0. Boum
respectively. A selection of mask wise also given, a
programme of which we append. Many of the songs
were rung in first Wass style, and loudly applauded.
At the fall of the curtain, both before and after the
drama, Mime Clara Miller very nicely played a set of
quadrilles, and Mre. Jenkins kindly accompanied the
songs on the pianoforte. At the doge of the entertain-
ment a vote of thanks was proposed by the Rev. F.
Wane to all who had taken part In it, end the singing
of the National Anthem brought this pleasant evening
to a aloe*. The proceeds were devoted to the Church
Restoration Fund; but, owing to the foggy state of the
atmosphere, the attendant's was pot as large as was
expected. Programme z—Song, "Preen to the Front
boys," Mr. T. J. Scutt. Song, "Thirty years ago,"
Mr. W. H. House. Song, " The lieu Convention,"
Kr, J. Hallett' encored and repeated. Song, "Ring
ring de banjo," Mr. J. Deals ; sneered and repeated.
Duet, "Juniata," Memo- Jenkins and Webb. Song,
"Nil desperandum," Mr. T. J. Scutt • encored. Bong,
"Simon the collarer," Mr. H. 0. Jenkins; encored,
and "My pretty Jane" even in response. Song, "The
British Lion," Mr. H. Webb; encored, and repeated.
Bong, "Forest if you can, but Forgive," Mr. J. Davie ;
eneored and repeated. God save the Queen:

BL A NDFORD:
BATIMDAT being the old market (ley it vu well
attended by a large number of the levling farmers in
this neighbourhood, and several dealers were ruent.
Thou gentlemen Intend making Saturday their market
day aa usual.

BB ROTON.
CHIIRCH RESTORATION. —There is • prospeot of the
works now going on at tho ul.urch shortly drawing
towards sow ; lotion, end we hone the sacred edifice
will be available for service again some time during
Lent
_ .

SUDDIN DICATIL—On Monday afternoon a poor man
named frau Percy, a native of Sbildngstone, but now
working for Mr. Fry, on Rauston Farm, as shepherd,
dropped down as be was attrndiog bia took in the
Ismblog-yard, and was dead in • few minutes. His
little girl was near, and saw what happened. Assist-
ance was speedily obtained, but the poor man lsy •
corpse. Re was • middle-aged man, and apparently in
robust health, and leaves • widow and • very large
family.

'Ma the speaking took &ow The Mayor addressed most friendi tuidieLations with the Council of Poole and with ell 01Ilingbam said the same; he was with times ; but he did not Bro. Tagus said they meant to stick to ever, ono
the &odium remarklug that Mr. Graz had always other public
The interests of Poole are identical with the interests of the take intone in his band. King: I broke one window, and
that's all I broke. Benjamin Dowell did not believe he broke
aboWn great intertet In the welfare of the herewith.
That building (the Corn Exobange and Town Halt) TnieircYt, weid-Cfe,,lt mire that any et,pete t diacroo, a
mesides and there ought to be no occasion for • say window at all ;he wasn't certain. He threw stones ; but it would
unootniiiidtelare.yb:bade
eitpehre
In tabtetinbang
udp
.
fhb room; but they hoped that by and bye
elTheythehedld
would never have been erected had it not been for Mr. Coopinion will disappear in time. The Corporation 'of Poole dlei not believe he broke any. Walter Hiller broke ono window.lnt4clieurrrs'ed
William Symee said he wa not them. Dimond Dowell be toe sand:—(applause.
Drag, In the drat plate' and Lord Eldon and other sinned adequately appreciate whether that which they ere he lint brisk the window of the house in 11,:Isidore, but he did
s saw
gentleman seer ting—Hond applause). He expressed tendinie for is for the real benefit of the town until the line from not brisk any leinise.ll.—Duwell dueled this, he took up_ his By this time (nearer ten o'
great tstlaf•olion at Mr. Draz's eleation.—Mr. Prey, Poole to Bourne 111111 l th hl4 imell opened, and for wooe time nine, and carried it to the other end of the Belvidere. tag had hicame intense ; but the meeting soon after
hi .P., who WEI most enthusiastically cheered, gait : I over by the trains of the coin ran and • erect Itobertr admitted being there, but he did not break any. Vysi e_.....
w"rgw I y of the Somerset . , nevi, Up. clock than nine) the crowd-
wed Dorset Conitnny. denied breaking any, and Mr. 1 ickery said Vye's mother and ,
Mr. Mayor and Brother Electere,—l stand before you On the other hand we cannot adequately know to what sister acted very well, and tried to *top it; but they were 1
in a very proud position to-day— 1 I ,-.1 es tact e.,:.3..e.. member extent we can meet what ir contended for until we have some
of Ito borough ef Wareham ; Ind I have been returned experience of the. working ed the Bournemouth line. aleured, and then sent for the police. Dueler and Hewkins
denied it, the latter said he told the others it was a Pismo ; he
with the highest msjosity of any member In the county Tliu opening or that line cannot be much longer delayed, am into num—charier Jacket, "all I broke wu one."
, ref Dorset up to the vresent time (lond clia.r ).—I U. hi aPProgcrilug welniletion, and I venture to suggest that The Superintendent said the damage done was ell Os. HAL;
matters mu be permitted to rest for the present. but a few would not prosecute at all.
certainly was taken by itlepriee by the opposition I have If the teen council choose to trees matters now, to the Mrs. King said her boy was met with the trowel mins, lie
I met with. I consider Mr. Emmen. Game here in • eatn.me of what they consider their
very specious manner, and I very mush doubt whether rights, the rem istleility throw the stone he was by himself. The boy said he w.us with
'inert rest with the Council awl with the Bearer of Trade another, aimut four yard* In ad, luxe of the crowd.
be is a Conservative at ell. With regard to Mr. Guest, eirnuld we by oniyn.si to do that which we consider to be The Bench retired to consider, and on their return, flood
I bare no objection to bbs aiming forward as • sup- contrary to the true interests of the town; obstruction of Thomas Buivring, George It...ring, George Dillingham,
perter of the present Government, nor to any man who through truthe mid Inconsistent with satety.-1 am, yours William Spews, Thomas Dlment, William !toilette, James gye,
trul - Thomas Demmer, and John Hoskins, 3s. ereq, with nu convio.
*ernes forward honestly and honeurably to contest the I )'
borough against me. This loan truly say—that for the it. W. Dickinson, Eat T Ci k' 091 ' flue "each, and gs. wets, and Thomas King, Walter Miller, and
~ own er 4 ex, Poole.
AICIIIRALD Sean lion • Benjamin Dowell and Henry Dennis D 2 ii. 2d., and 55.
43 years I have come forward as the candidate to Charles Jacket, .112 40. 24. damage, is. fine, and :is. costs, or 14
tepressnt this borough I Dover on any occasion net with "Ys its default. But they were allowed • week to I.Y.
se amicable and kind a neeption as you have accorded
me to-day. I have on more than one occasion
experieneed rather rough treatment, brickbats have
been thrown at my bead, but I never gave way; and.
though 1 have been at times deserted by my friends, I
hove never deserted your interest, and I hope It will be
recorded on my coffin that I died lI.P. for Wareham
Coed ebeerel. On all occasions I have endenvoured to
sepeert your interests, and I wilt continue to do the
hest I can for tho town and borou.h of Warehsm.
some time ago I purchased property at the back gibe
Cern Exchange, end have erected a bnilding, which I
propose to band over to the Mayor and Corporation
sg a free gift for the WO of the working Glasses a
the tew•—(entbusiutie cheers)—and whilst I live I
hope I shall live in the esteem and geed wishes of you
all. I consider the proud position I econpy to-day is
doe to two causer— first, the strong Conservative lean
evidently prevailing In the borough; secondly to my
basing very many friends who have wrrkel well to
Secure my return at Corte Castle, in Warobegn. and at
Bern—(cheers)--'I won't say to a little popularity as
' regards myself, es It is not well to say too mush of
one's gelf—(laughter). As to hie noneattendanae in the
House of Commons, he said—When I want to leave I
say to the whipperdn of the Rouse that If there
appears • probability of an important question coming
on and a divipion likely to take plasm to send for me ;
and on all ordinary occasions I pair with one of the
other (the Liberal) side. Mr. Dm: concluded by
thanking the electors for having pisisedytilwt at the head
-of the poll by go large • majority, 'held* that they
continued to have faith in Conservative principles, sod
also in hisn.—Euthusiastie cheers were given for Mn.
Drs., and also the Mayor. The former gentleman WY
oonseyed in the waggon to the Bear Hotel by a party
of working men, amidst waving of bate and sheers.
The hon. gentleman returned to Charborough In the
evening.

SHOCKING SUICIDE.

A little after two o'clock on hurt daturdey afternoon
the inhabitants of Loiter Boni-street were ezoiteel
by an atterurt at 'Melds ma's by Henry Bryant,
• resideet in Harmony Court. Bryant was at one time
In the van etttrviers of the (beat Western Railway, but
bittly le that of Mews. Dttvenish 'rd Co. He was •
very steady man, and not given to drinking, is is said,
but was auldoot to nervous excitement, and lately had
became worse. On Tuesday Mr. Farmer gent him
home, as be appeared quits lost, and would speak very
little to any one. Dr. Third attended him, and he
took medicine regularly, On Saturday afternood his
wife went out for some beef tea, when Bryant went
upstairs and, with a small penknife cut In his throat a
jagged wound three or four Inches long. He was soon
°lacerated, medical men were sent for, and Dr. Tisard
errlved, when it was found that the gullet was out
through, as w. lithe large vessels. Ile was very week
from toes of blood; but the wound wt.e sown up, and
be was removed to the Weymouth lloppitel. He has
a wife and eight children. It was found impossible to
sow up the wouhd In Bryant's throat, as it was so large,
gaping, and jagged. The windpipe was cut as well as the
gullet, see the peer fellow oould not swallow.
The unfortunate man expired at had-past twelve
' o'clock on Wednesday, and an inquest was bold the
some evening at the Royal Hospital, before Mr. El.
Lock, d.tputy *Groner, and • very respectable laity, of
whom Mr. Short was foreman.
Mr. lieversham Farmer, brewer, for Messrs. Devonish
k Co., said the deceased warted in the malt-house,
and wee a malt soreener. He had worked there for
two or three Tears, exeept for • short time when be
left to go iu one of the railway vans; but ho wee not
long away. Deceased was • very steady and temperate
man, and not at all given to drink. For two or three
weeks witness had noticed • little strangeness In
tie mincer, which wiener's attributed to partial
deafnees. On Wednesday evening last (this day
week) witness was Informed he was in • very peculate
state. Saw hlm and found him in a very excited state,
and advised him to go home, and sent • men with hint
to go lo Dr. Tisard's, as witness thought it necessary he
should see him at once, He was perfectly bewildered,
and sot et to go home alonejodeed be thought the
man was decidedly deranged. Heard he was do better,
and sent a man to IMP bow he was ; but the man met
him coming to work. Be came and seemed better.
By a Juror: There was no particular cause for saying
he would become deranged; he would look at • person
who spoke to him, say"l beg your pardon ; what did
you say ?"—Saw him about nine o'clock on Friday,
when be appeared decidedly better; he was very quiet,
and would not 'peak to any one. He was very
particular, and used to pot his cap and his malting
boots in a particular place; but now he took them into
the stable. lie was very abstemious, and one of the
best men they had in the brewery. Did not know
before Wednesday that he had suffered from any
mental disease._ _ . .

By e Juror: The election might have excited him.
He seemed before perfectly hippy; the week before he
had had an Mamie of wage. Bed heard be became
excited before about a Poole election.

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Dr. heard: I saw Henry Bryant on Wednesday
evening, this day week, about aix o'clock. Ha was
brought to the surgery by ens of Messrs. Devenish's
moo, who stated that Henry Bryant had been much
excited in omisequenee of the election. Bryant himself
was perfectly quiet and calm ; but rather absent in
manner, and I was told that he hid had one or two
sleepless nights. Prescribed what I thought suitable,
and directed that I should be told next morning how he
wee; but heard nothing more of him until Friday even-
ing, when his wife came to the surgery, stating that her
husband had been at work during the day at Ileum
Devenish's, but bed came home stating that he was
turd and unable to work any longer. Again prescribed
for him, and repeated my direction that I should be
informed how he was. In going round to see my
patients, I went and saw him. He was perfectly quiet;
but absent in winner. I directed that his wife should
come to my surgery for medicine. She came about two
o'clock, and told me that her husband bad not slept
much, but had been quiet. I gave her medicine, and
told her to persuade her husband to go to bed, and to
give him these remedies at stated Intervals until he slept.
About an hour afterwards I was hurriedly summoned to
see Bryant, and found that he had inflicted a fearful
wound upon himself, which 'operated the larynx
from the bone above, with which it I. connected by a
membrane end bad opened the gullet. He had lost a
large quantity of blood, and was bleeding freely. I
adopted remedies to arrest the hemorrhage, and having
suctoeeded in controlling it, sent fore stretcher, and had
him conveyed to the hospital, Ile was there seen by
two surgeons of the Institution, in conjunction with
myself. He lingered till half•past 12 to-day. The
wound was so severe thet anything put into the mouth
passed out through the hole, and we were obliged to
support hint by an injection; but from the exhaustion,
hemorrhage having again broken out this morning,
for grime set in, and he died. The wound was evidently
self•infi,oted by the right hand.
In enlister to questlooe, Dr. Tigard said I saw nothing
to euppooe there was any distinot aberration of mind,
there were no distinct symptons, until his throat was
cut. Two or three months ago, he came to mo for •
bet fret. The wife told me that after a previous
election it Poole, ho got exalted, and made an attempt
en his life. I said 'Why did not you mention this V'
She replied that he was not half so bad this time is last.
I look upon thto as a sudden end uncontrollable
Impulse, which coined bins to COMMitt theist.
Ity a Juror : I should not think there was anything
In Lis work to canoe aberration of mind.
_

Mr.. Former. salot the deceased we. not employed at
hot work, only screening oold malt,
ll•nnah Bryant, widow of the deoeased : I noticed
nothing particular about my husbaed, till last Sunday
week, when he appeared rather low. He followed his
work till Wedneedey evening, when Me,1114.• Devonish's
foreman tent a man with him, to see Dr. Tigard. He
loeked strange; but I did not think anything particular
about him. Dr. Tigard gave him a draught, end I gave
it him at bed time. lie had no sleep that night, nor
do I think he had any sleep after Saturday night. On
Sunday be was very low, and heti no sleep from then.
On Thursday he wag very quiet, but did not go to work
all day, as he compleined of giddiness in his head, and
I persuaded him net to go. On Friday at 8. he fanned
he .11.1 better, and I could not keep him born,. He
came home to dinner and went beck, and at 4 o'clock
ho cane) home, sating he had such a dizziness in his
hood that he was unable to stay. On Friday evening he
looked straoge, very haggard and weak, and bad no
sloop. I told Dr. Tissrd that be seemed very low, end
by times he did not know where he was ; be had not
had any rest. I knew he was very low, but I did not
think it was so bad as he was ; I had no suspicion be
wee out of his mind. I have been married to him 18
years, and at the hut election he was very excited,
much worse that he was now. We were residing at
Poole, and I was obliged to consult the doctor, who
sold that his nerves were weak. I was rather afraid
thee, and kept everything out of his way, although the
doctor only told me not to leave him. On this occasion
I did not oousider him so bad as to rtquire to be
watched. He was 46 years old. He seemed to be
always talking about this election. and I could not
rally him out of it ; it seemed to be always on his
mind. He went to vote, and I persuaded him not to
go. On Saturday begot up about 7, went to breakfast
about 8, but I persuaded him not to go. Hs looked
very haggard and very wild, Dr. Mind curie to see him,
I went and got some medicine. I went out about a
quarter to two to get • little beef for beet tea, when one
of the ehildren told me father was gone upstairs. I
went up and saw him knelt Jut inside the bedroom
door, with his throat out, and the knife in his band. I
took the knife away, it was covered with blood, and I
cannot tell whether that (produeed) Is the one.
Thus was a small white-handled penknife, with three
or four blades, anti the fatal blade was a small blade,
about an loch and a quarter long.
The jury immediately returned a verdict of
"Temporary Insanity."
They presented their fees to the poor widow.