The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-04-07 00:00:00

BLLNDFORD.

LOCAL SOMATA—The manual olootiou of *Sam to all
the veceneies caused by the retirement by rotation cd
Frit members of shim board win Mks plan on 20th
Aprd. Ths retiring mensben ats MIIIIPL James Bell,
Ch.rhe &mead geodes, Henry GUI, and
John all of whoa, with the ezeeption of Hr.
tholes, eno has mamboed his intootiou not to mime
forward this year, ane eligible for realsotioe, and haws
been, wl..b the following gentlemen, notninated—Mr.
Lowrance, lfr. Coates, Mr. J. Hector, Mr. W. H.
Atkiason, and Kr. C. Pond.
MIONTRLT Coma MAIIIIM WY held on Saturday
laoS on Sheep Market Hill, aod soseidiering that
Wimborns fair woe held the previous and Shaftesbury
fair the same day, thie optimally of stook was folly as
large es might roasomobly hare Wee smioned. Mr.
John Ford, jeer., of Sashimi, bad three szinordisery
Hereford seems, his own grazing, whisk tem pandered
by Mr. 8.. Doming, of Woodford. Some good Devon
steers wars also Weight from Langton and met with •
ready sale. Mr. Simr, of Pitoombe. Olistle Carey, bad •
number of own and calm and Mean biller.; Mr.
Fowler, Whineebarch, had also some ormillent dairy
stork, sad Mr. Bill, of Pimple's', several good hammers.
&minim wSI good, nearly all Maiming bands at from
12.. ed. to 13'. per mono Then wore also some Dews
implies which cost with • ready sale.
Mg. G. Gansgetrri, the celebrated lecturer, being
on a visit to • freed in Blandford, gave on Friday
evening, laths Coro Exam's, his "Sketches of life and
character from the modern thuncourista.“ The medionai
was far below the number expected. G. T. Louth,
Esq., presided, and Is it wan not exposited the loiterer,
could strive till late, the acionnithes of the Working
llen's Club, under whose envies" the Molars was
delivered, availed themeless of the kind "'mime of
lin. Edwards and the Blanciford Gies Union, who both
before and M lies conclusion of the lecture, mg •
horourite pima, to the no smell delight of those
Present. Hr. Groin:llth kept his oudionse in • roar of
leughter, whilst giving illustratiocis from Dickens,
Hood, and Artiness Ward, and especially I. Arthur
Skotolikey's leughalie narrative of " Mrs. Brown at
Brightoo, or Moe boors at the ow side." At the does,
• cordial vote of cheeks was moorded to him, to Ara
Edwards, and to the chairman.

TA,;(ii;y;

811.01 AL DIVISIONAL PVITY 81111•IONII, Saturday,
Apil 4tb.—Bdore J. J. Fargeb•reon and G. P.
Banal, Reqrm—Charies Kimber, of Tonerd Farnham,
sad Marla; Barrett. of Slandfort, the former under.
arbor to Kr. Perlis, yeoman, of Toiler& and the latter
E=a between Slandford and Farnham, wefe
t up in onstody, the former o• a charge of
eating 10ibe• weight of hay, raise 6d.. the property of
his master, and the latter with readying rise same
knowing it to have been stolen.—P.C. Mite mid that at
the previous day about half-past three, he saw Mr.
Ferris's waggon and horses outside the pablic•hotrie at
Fareham. -The two prisoners were "landing clam by.
Limber got op. the Innen and threw oat some hay.
Both of thaw then went into the peblia-bouse. They
came out together, and Barrett took up ti,. bay, .nd
carried it into a stable which be rented, piecing it bet
hi. horse. Witnes, went and took ti, and epptehented
Blather on • charge of stealing hislusater property.
Pl...otter then said IA did not think it sra any harm.
He sfierwarde apprehends' Buratt in Blandford. —Br.
Ferris, who &relined to pram the ease. .W*l that Os
prieseer Bitola r bad hew on • lattney. Th. y
generally gave their mean' stress of bay, msl whst-
ever was left th-y Yore espeast.d to bring home--The
magistrates, by the request of Me. Ferris, dismissed the
ease. at the Daum time reution,ng the dalinquenti that
as their same were now on "tits blank book." they most
be very careful in future, U brought up again the
punishment whale be severs