The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-06-16 00:00:00

DORCHESTER.

Doris, A.SSIZES will begin on the 20th July.
A MATCH between the Dorset and Wilts rifle volunteers
is !Ixesl for the 24th instant.
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1:1-14-init-,("viii.;.-L;171;e—TrWitors of Mr. Job Sheppard.
basket-maker, have agreed upon a liquidation. 14cbte.
.£4BO ; assets, £'3o. Mr. F.. Nutting, South-street, is
appointed trustee.
'Twat-wry Smug" in Fordington need no longer
complain. The water cart has pail daily visits during
the past week, and the dust Is now not nearly no
IMPORTANT POSTAL NOTICIL—Ou and from 16th June,
no mails will be despatched or received. aid the Great
Wegern Railway, till the completion of the alteration of
the gauge, for places in the West of England, but all
correspondence will go cii London.
SUNNIER-S. FRIEND SoCIETT.—The chaplain ef this
society in the interest of seafaring people round the
coast (Rev. Nathaniel King, M. A., Worthing). was on
Thursday !collecting in Dorchester, and desires us to
express his hearty thanks to the score or more of sub-
scribers for their kindly help.
LanOtfitans Rercasamo.—The wife of a returnedlaborer
from Brazil (a Unionist) appeared before the Dorchester
Board of Guardians at their last meeting for relief. After
giving a sail description of the conntry and hardships they
endured, she said they went twenty-four days without
seeing slut of bread.—Th, Fenner awl Labourer.
CRICKET. Doge( Unto. Artilhoe v. Dorchester
"Excelsier."—A Scratch match between an eleven of the
former club, and the flint eleven of the latter was played
on the ground of the Artillery at the Barracks on Tuesday
evening. There was only time for one innings, and the
w decided in favour of the Artillery. The
pine
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celstor" club made )21 runs, and the Artillery 00, with
one wicket to spare.
Fortetniths' FUSER tts—On Saturday afternoon the
interment of the late Thomas Harris, millwright, Glyde-
Path-hill, took place at the Cemetery. The mourners
were chiefly Foresters, in number 17, who wore the usual
drew' with green MallllCS tied with crape, and rosettes of
the same material. Messrs Guy and Son were the under-
takers. The burial service was read by the Rev. H.
Everett, Rector of Holy Trinity.
COMMITTED TO THE DOILSET COUNTT PRISON.—Se•Ainn•:
George Hideout, stealing leather at Illandfonl.—Hard
Labour : John Barron, assaulting constable at Weymouth,
1 calendar month ; Richard Courtenay, tnisbebaviour in
Weymouth Union, 21 lays; John Everett, drunk and
riotous at Stratton, 21 days; James Walden, stealing a
scythe at Wambrook. 21 days: Leah Damon, stealing a
beer-glass and pipe at Chwelberne, 14 dam's; Susannah
Mitchell, misbehaviour in Cerne Union, 14 days.
ELECTION OF A COUNCILLOR.— The follotving persons are
nominated for the office of Councillor for the borough, to
1111 the extraordinary vacancy occasioned by the death of
the late Mr. John Bishop :—William Durden. Durngate-
street, plumber. nominated by John Francis Hodges. the
younger, Trinity-etreet ; George Hawkins, High West-
atreet, gentleman, by John Hondas, 10, Col nhill Francis
Cornhill, boot and shoemaker, by Thomaa Neave,
Victoria Villas, Ferdington ; Thomas Hawker. London.
street, Forditurton : Cecil COX, TJ, High East-street:
Gideon Wright, Grove finiblings ; Jame,' Henry Groves,
North-square: and TM:mist' hriatopher William Saunders,
B, High East-street, Dorchester, jeweller and watch-
maker. by Esivrard Nutting, IS, South-street.
CASUALTY TO • SMOKER. —On Saturday evening a dairy-
man was returning home from the Dorchester market
about half-past eight, and, driving in his open cart, the
chill air induced hint to take a pipe, but on lighting the
cmnforting weed he dropped the burning fueee amongst
the straw in the bottom of the vehicle, and a blase was the
result. A parcel of groceries, a bladder of lard, and other
marketings, as well an a barrel of eider were in the cart,
and all but the cider came to an end. The melted fat
added fuel to the flame, and the paper wrappers of the
groceries saturated with the oleaginous substance readily
burned in the brisk air. The horse was unharnessed, or
the bonfire behind it might have led to serious conse-
quences', and a bucket of water saved the cart froau
destructicn, but it was a 'leer pipe nevertheleas, and he
looked ruefully an he thought of his lest cargo and going
home without it.
Aactimoumacti--The excavations for the Wesleyan
chapel have brought to light two relics of bye-gone days.
One is a lachrymatory or tear-bottle. It is made of
coarse red pottery, and glazed at the top with name dark-
coloured composition. A lachryinatory is a vessel found
in ancieut sepulchres and supposed to have contained the
tears of the deceased's friend-i. The second find is part of
• tesselated pavement formed of square blocks of red
brick and here and there a black piece—this being the
the only attempt at ornamentation. It was about two
feet below the surface, and beneath two ether floors of
more modern date.
Tim Wegrttga. —The following is our meteorological
report :

June. •
8 Col
9 71
10 nol
11 95
13 58
13 59
14 57

t Wind. State of Weather.
,3371.
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0 ;ENE k SW:Fino
51 NNE iFine
44 Wk N Inn°
46 W IFins
60 se 4$
41 N k NE 'Fine
NE Fins

!Moron Parr Bssino%s, Monday.—Sedors the Itayor (Mr.
G. J. G. (regory), and Mr. !lodges.
Charles Joined Secy. r. a young man of ad, was brought up
on remand, charged with stealing a quantity of OW Iron, the
property of Mr. ',khan' Davis, builder. It seems that the
primmer has been before the inkristrates twice previously, and
that he leads a .grant life.—P.B. Mitchell was on duty tat
June, at 6 pm. in Punfington, anti saw prisoner with • little
buy named I %mon get over the fence into Mr. Davis's field.
Damon picked up sinnethley,;, and put It halo a bag that Sayer
carried. He went to thou and examined the bag, and found
it to contain old iron. Damon said they *lced it up from
Davies rubbish heap Sayer made off, and wee apprehended
the following du by P.C. Day.--Mr. Davis, builder, spoke to
having •ome zinc Anteing and pieced of old iron in his field
near the Great Western hotel, and to missing them. —Prisoner
pleaded guilty, and WAS sentenced to two months' hard
labour. In was warned that if became before the magistrates
again he would be sent for trial, and probably get penal
servitude. . . .

The boy II ahem Damon was motioned, and his mother
told to look sharply after him In the future. bhe said she
would do her best with him.