The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-03-30 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

IM' SCIVICAA. —We are pleased to hear Mr. John
llowerum, 1 4, Commermadroad, Weymouth, h.fs
lately received notification that he hae stictsoubilly
paased the competitive examination for titen-clerk.hipe
In the Civil Service, held in January last, he beim.;

the tiith im the het. There were 113 vacancies.
Tug Datavi,:i; Ctvii. —As will be seen from our
advertising columns Mr. H. Peto will reads paper on
" The Life of the late Professor Fawcett, amt his
views on social and political subjects," on Friday
evening, the 211th inst.
Tn VAF'ANCII THIF Tow% COVHCIL—Mr. R. R.
Talbot, draper, ke., of St. Mary-street, has been
returned as • member of the Town ConliviL
unopposid, to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation
of Sir. .tylosbury to one of the sidermanie chairs.
Mr. Tallrit's appointment, however, only hol Isgood
until nett November. Iris address, recalling thanks,
ApprAIII in our rwhertising column..
—.trrivals :-- Cygnus (al. Flisher, Jersey,
general ; Brighton (.1. l'aunter, Jersey, general ;
Alma, Stubble Portland, Ifilvernment st..re.;
Louisa, Sharp, hover, ; Ifrgulat-r, Hansen,
Concarneau, bsll.el. Sailing. : Cygnus 151,
Flisher, jersey, general ; Brighton 1, Painter,
Jersey, general ; Northern Belle, Wright, Portlaiel,
vol.

An.tTerli Derm ATM I'CIII,OIOI3NCII...—Wc call the
atteettion .4 our readers to the advertisement an
:mother column of this newspaper .4 the perform-
:ince. of the Royal Victoria Amateur Dramatic
Company. on the 30th and 314 anat., in aid .4 the
Weymouth Horpital. The performancrn alc ler
very distinguirlwd patronage, and ...ate are being
already hooked. A special train return. to Portland
after tin. firat performance.
Crltnlt'S Inn.twr Call& —At the W...lwich
court., On Friday, Edgar William Bateman. a corporal
in the Royal Artillery, was chanced with marrying
Emily Lilian Cossiwin while hi, find wife .I.la wa.
all alive. The Kintner, before joining. the army, wa.
• tol to have °maple.' 3 good position au Weymooth,
awl he was married to Ada Amelia Isatty, at Wylie,
in Noventher, PIN. After a time he left hi. wife and
enlisted in the Royal Artillery, in which regiment,
being well educated. he wad promoted to the rank .4
corporal, awl ....apb.yed in the ofike. At 1V,..
he made the acquaintance .4 Ili. Emily (Awn
tloorlwirt, who believed him to Le • single man, and
was married to hint 56 the pari.b church in September.
Poll. Then. warn a chill born of this m•mage, but
earougstance. arm.' which led to the prisoner twine
ordered Insraek. awl separated from hi.. yoiang
wife, at the solicitationrn of her friend.. Inquiriern
were then made into hi, antecedent., and the fart of
the find marriage warn du...weird. It WWI al., folool
that the firrt wife had tnarried again. She stated
that .lie read in a ilet“tosper of a num having 1...11
found dnovned in the name., and the deocripti.m a.
tweciwly corre.a midi.' with that of her ini.sing
hai.b.ind that she fully believer' that he had committed
suicide. She went into mourning for him, and after
her period of widowhood 'he arnepted another oiler
of marriage. She W. 1101,/ living at FORld•lfili,. •11,11
did cot Want to trouble the primmer : but one
could not la a *linen. against him, the constable in
charge of the as.. said he proposed to bring a witn...o
to the first marriage from Weymouth. When tbe
prisoner was sweated he adanitted that be bad been
twice married, hut allegeh that the first marriage nea*
illegal, awl that he had a siagicient an.wer 1., tic.
charge. Ile now reserved his defence, and war.
nunanibal in cuatorly.