The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-03-18 00:00:00

Somersetsbat,

The Chureb Congress will this year most at Bath, in
the month of October.
lii. said that Bristol will be selected as the place of
meeting of the Bath sad Weal of Harland Society In
1874.
A lady's-maid at Bath, aged 45, named Thompeoa,
out her throat with • rigor on reosiving • letter as
Wednesday. The letter gannet be found.
Bridgwater Sanitary Authority lase appoloted as
'aerator at £l6O • year, r. Jame. Ling, of Weston-
soylar.d.
Merles Palmer, • oarter, 58 yeas, of age. in th•
employ of a Bath coal reerehaut died from erposure
to the told while driving from that oily to Radstook
the other night.
Tenders for 6 ,ur and coal, foe the nett three months,
have been mompted by the Bath Bo.rd of Guardians—
for the former at 41.. per wick, sod for th• latter at
we. 61. per ton.
A aervant girl mimed Whitoombe, of Comptoo
bonder, bowleg been given up by her young man,
poisoned herself with a preparation for destroying
sheep tick/.
Ai dicayed fanner. named Hole, 55 years of age,
falling to art • situation he applied for at Bristol, went
into a wood at Droloott and cut his I. ft arm that he
might die from less of blood. lie was toned, and
medical &wistarias obtained. He is now reoorertorr
BAD Hatr-Soswitsiass: Bzwaas!—There are nes
in circulatioa • number of base halfdlovereigns ; they
came from Crewkerne races, where • large number
were circulated. Them coins are gilt ens white metal;
thty appear to have been oust, but the die is slightly
Irger than that of a goad win, and the milling at the
edges Is bed. If tested ty sound there is very little
thug in them : they are also of lighter weitht.
Ifaerat AbstULT —alfrcd Watts and a man gamed
Pora,ll w• t• brought before the Shipton Wallet magi,
trate' on Friday, charged with condi* the death of as
old man named Jomp.. mit. Watts, In a drunken
fit, bad violentiy thethited the decease% sod Purnell,
thoordiog to the evlicoo, of • had, Watte's eon. had
sat upon Young'. cheat Sit he was dead. John Watts
Is out on bail, but all bail for Parnell was strictly
refuted.

At. meeting if the Brietol Auxiliary of the Bible
sceiety, last week, some dimpssion took oleos on •
paragraph it the report ',bleb atti, need that all educa-
tion st ould be based on the Bible. The Dissenting
mielaters present objected to the paragraph, and Kr.
Unjah Thomas moved an amendment that it shonLi be
omitted. Another Dissenting minister, Yr. Nightie.
gale seconded. Other Dissention inhibitors, Kr. W.
W. Jobb sod Yr. Gower, had also something to say.
The latter, although not sprroving of lir. Thomea's
views on Its pub**, disapproved of the paragraph,
which was ultametely referred beak to the committee.
At Yeovil County avast, on Thursday, Charles
Barter, tlairt man. of Byrne, wad sued by .1. B. Frost,
yet:mese, for EIV as 6L, value af a cow rested, eah'oh
died fr m the cts of his le,atfrg It with a milking
atool. Mr. Wart, veterinary surgeon, found that the
Meat, on the wjlki,t Side wee breisel from the alma d.,r
to tb, hip, the chaanel batmen the kids*, ano the
leadder was ruptured, the stomach was filled with
urine, and one of the kidneys was entirely destroyed.
Defendant wee taken before the magistrates wed flood
for cruelty to abia.als, but plaint:ff now soughs to
nee., r tin as the value of the sow, and ft Si. 61. plaid
to tt e ulterior; y Judge Lefroy would not venture to
trust himself to soak of the ease, SS it would be &Moult
for him to restrais his Issiiess Is to, 'AMIE. Jodi'.
meat for plaiattL