The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-27 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTLRAL uAZETTE, TIJEsDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1%481

DEATH FROM DROWNING.

The deal body of a woman, named Sarah Hoare,
wee found by a man named lthbort Stovey, in the
water between the Noah's Ark and the Bridge, at the
bottom of High East-,troet, on Christmas Day, about
ten minutes past eight. The previous evening the
woman, her husband, and her son, hal been in the
White Hart, and on leaving at closing tim) the
husband and on went up Fordington Hill, allowing
the w..man to go home alone, her house bein4 in Mill.
street. A young man passing over the bridte saw her
by the Ark and wished her good-night, nothing more
was seeu of her till the next morning, when she was
found quite dead by the man Stoney.
An inquest WM held yesterday on the body, and •
verdict of" Foand Drowned "wee returned.

ew•ry way did he prove himself to be • thoroughly good
Mili.lCillo. The national size womb he performed were
most pliamnr. sued be was warmly encuird. Mies Frost
caused o pencil furore by her rendering ut ktoieettell's
humorous song " Teen, wi ri Three 11.ius of Lee,- an 4
she literally brought down the bO,IJS. lo response to the
undenntile eucor. oho gave in an rut ally charming
manner the pretty song '' Tit for Tut.- Another initru-
mentA trio, oinsisting a an esidaarini aod scAerso, in D
minor, by Seimiger ems tomi pari,m-d uy Ur.
Stone, Mr. Waite, and Yr. Brytol Smith. Lite
the first, this WO was gisno stth • due sporedation of the beautiful mualc, anal with great Lisle
•nd feeling. Sir W. Bishop's shouts ''ii • tramp, triune,"
Cu torn sung, and in this pi/cie Malivi-tha Frosts
stlendid voice told with gteat tiara. "Gud Save the
, Queen' brought the performance to • cl. hr.

The C& MA certainly not. They did not
ask them to too their hands into their pocket. A
second meeting would be held at twelve, whits w old
grow out of tui4, and if they wished to eindw what
the Ureat Western Railway are g iing to do, the
directu.s woull be pleased to telL
Mr. hialvirlittu having read th. proposed Bill,
't he tAtAlultAri more " that '.lris mottolz r,.1,f4t011
the Bill to be intrnduced o arhatneut dui iog tts•
ensuing evasion.
Mr. USW, said the eta .cinent mid° by the chair
man hsd been more setisfactory than ne end must of
those pies. nt liii been prepared ti sext. Under
standing that a satisfactory aria ,getuatit had been
made wiLli the G.est Western L.iilway. his hilliness
was simply to son ,Ll.l tue p.Opoiltiou ut the Chairmaa.
This was carried uhauituAtcy.
During the toe wuich hod to elapse before the
extra .roinary ine,ting at twelve o'clock could proceed
to trustee's, the soarehulders examined the plans,
which bes.de the alteration at thejuoction and station,
showed the deviation, s onewhere about Waddon or
"Clover" about the initials of the line. Acre it
diverged for • short length totes northward, in order
it was understood. to avoid the objections of some
landowners.
At twelve the meeting became eXtrikOraioary, for
the following purrposes he considering arid if
so determined of approving a Working Agreement
with the Ureat Western ltsilway Company. 2.—A
resolution auth Rising the OZOLAOlllsald issue of Deben.
Lure otock, under the puwersgranted to the Company
by the Abboubury Railway AM, 1877.
'fne Cuamitan remarked ulkey (Ladd hardly ask the
shareholders to sanction an agreement unless they
knew what it was, and he &Asti too secretary tread the
offer of the Great Westem itaitwey Gompstl.
Mr. Magnum said he had miny loterviews,
• extending over a period of twelve montus, with
the general manager, the cherman, and &tremolo of
the Great Western Comovoy, who, at thAe aseeLtugs
had &Iwo.; • been favourable to this hum Hoe, and
lett they could di something to hap it. After souie
time he gut them to make at arrangement which he
would teed :

" Orsat Woetaro General Manager's Office.
Pecidingtou Saitiort, Lmdoo, W.
'l4 December, ISSL
" Abbotsbury, Railway"
Dear Sir,—" 1 bag to state that I submitted to the
direciors, et their meeting toeuip, the proposition whico
oo wade relative to the Great Western Company, work-
too the Abbotabury &lawny, sod L was desired to state
general), that they out be prepared to work the hoe when
constructed to the reaaohaoto sesteracuron of tate cons-
panya engineer, and apprrved by toe Board of Trade, et
514 pßr bin,. of the receipts, end troy eta be pnopered to
atio • the Abbotetiory Oro:many. in addition to thou snare
of ;be receipts, • rebate ut .6.5 per cent upon this cock-
parat's i roportlott I wia cer two, ternsinals,lic., on all throush
tralc our-Wiling IVeynioutn and ihroneater arid toe
Brictport line, which Latter is, you ate swore, the property
of an independent cinipaity. Of 00U.11.3 props! avow
Mall will be necewery, wiila all proper clauses, eo as to
deal with the carious details and to carry out the
arrangement Your. truly,
"J. Gaiszsos.

" W. Mantisld, &sq.,
"Secretary Abbotebury Railway."
—(Applause.)
Alsortitto said that perhaps many present did
not know what • rebate on though traffic mime., he
would therefore endeavour to explain it. A rebate of
5 per cent meant this. Supponag they booked •
1 passenger from Broadway to Birmingham and back,
11 perhaps they would only receive a few prime
out of this fare of LI lOs, for carrying him
, half-a-mile, but a rebate of 5 per cent upon
' the whole dinaoce to birniogham would be an
te:
very iiitg.
he Ahouinctsbourmye
for a
Oo mtoialy.
be
line. Then again fish going to the Lon too market
were charged £.3 tier ton. The charge over the
A bbotabury line would, perhaps, be from RI. to ls. 3.1.,
while the rebate of 5 per cid over the whole distance
to London would be an addidonal 2.. per ton for the
Abbotabury Company. Mahe expenses of maintain-
ing and working the line would be borne by the
Great Western Compaq together with the
elide of accidents, tec., therefore he felt they
must all agree with him it was • g arrange.
meat fr this Company. He had heard in Loudon
upon very high authority that this agreement would
be good enough to make • line pay even in the most
remote part of Ragland. Almough the Abbitsbury
line was little more than six miss, It woul I put on the
Great Western fish, stone, Rea, and other minerals,
and he had en teavo Arid to .Invr the Great Western
that if the Abbotabury Compsoy got • pen iy on: of
every shilling, the Great Western woul I get eleven-
I pones, therefore the advancers would be mutual. He
felt poultice it was the best Noy they could do t be
, worked at 52i per cent. of :he gross receipts, with a
rebate of five per cent. on through traffic over the
hundreds of miles of the Great Western system.
'The t;BAIRMAN nal,' that letter, short and simple as
it appeared to be, did not by any means reprewut what
had been done since they met last. Innumerable
difficulties they had had to corium 1 with from cart tin
parties, but the direct ire had fought on faitafully,
and ha had just as much belief in the line now as
before; he had unbounded faith in it thee, and 1,, had
unbounded f.ith in it now. The ship would not only
sail, but bring ago id freight. (Applause.) They had
met over and over again, but v.rious circumstanass
had prey nted their coming total! fruition. Now they
had not only exceedingly (securable terms, but more
than a favourable prospect of :area traffic when the line
is a ,mpleted. He had very gaol cement to believe that
C ntracts for working b itb the iron at Abbotshury and
the quarries at Portewham would be comuleted very
shortly. lie bad made enquiries from persons who
had een connected with short lines, and he learr•
therm terms were favourable, showing there is a big
thing at the end of the Abb Asbury line when c on.
plated. He moved "That this meeting approves the
offer of the Geat Western Railway fur working the
Abbotsbury Railway when completed."
Mr. T. B. Gaovtv seconded the proposition, which
he considered advantageous for them all. The
journey to Abhotabury by rail would be • great
attraction for NVe mouth, sod he sti mid be very
pleessd to help the railway, and if he c 'old we, interest
for his money es much the better. lie thought they
should all pull t gether, and do their best for the line.
The terms offered by the Great Western he considered
very liberaL
Mr. It THOMAS supporta/. They had already
invested their money, and it most lie dormant until
steps were taken to make it productive. He had bad
mime little experience in companies' matters, and knew
the great difficulty that existed. The promoters had
put themetlver in the unortunate position that they
could not exercise their compusory powers, and it was
now only by the shooting of one arro w after another that
they could succeed. lie gave those gentlemen every
credit for their efforts; perhaps their zeal had some-
times overrun their discretion, but that might be
excused, and be took it the shareholders had no
alternative but to ackeept the iroposala.
Mrs. JOLLIFFIL staked how the dividends would be
received—quarterly or half-yearly?
The CHAIRMAN intimated that not having quite
caught their hare, they had not yet tune into the
modes of cooking. As far as in could foreshadow, the
probabilities were it would be half-yearly. He ad-
mitted the justness of some strictures that had beau
made; but they were goaded tea somewhat premature
expenditure of money by their neighbours, some of
whom said if the directors did tot show their sincerity
by expending some money cm the property, they would
withdraw their subecriptione.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN then moved that this meerng
authorises the creation and issue of debenture stock,
under the powers granted to the company by the
Abbotsbury Railway Act, lffri.
Mr. THOMAS asked what wee the amcront ?
The CHAIRMAN replied £lB,OOl.
Mr. Tit teas remarked that no office was named on
the polio. sent to shareholders.

-The- dIiAIR-411-N replied th. hid aimed at the saving
of expense and sometimes kan met at Mr. Glades
office' I, 1:ondon, a =otiose at Mr. Baxter's office,
and their indiscretion had been in favour of the share-
holders pockets, tor thels hut never pall f it. offices.
The IiATOB thought' Porteshim'' should have been
pat at the foot of the notice; btu what he wanted to
ask was—Did they propose to raise £lB,OOO by way of
debentures?

The CHALIIMAN said if they woul-I pass the resolution,
he would wire theme hint. 'to-day they offe:e i the
debentures to the shareholder&
. .

Mr. (3ots asked if all the —shares had been taken

up.
The CHAIRMAN said there wetli be no attempt to
issue debentures until all the sauna are taken up.
In answer to Mr. COIN I NOTOI,
Th.) CHAIRMAN said if these retolutions were psssed
to.day, the wh de of the shsre emit si would be taken
up at once. They should not issue the debentures
until then.
_ _

Hr. Wasrran asked had there bent any competition
for the cmpletion of the line, i was it • private
arransemmt between the directors end the con-
tractors ?_

Mr. Abacrisco said that Mesiri. Monk and
Edwards are going to complete their t mtract, and the
eminent firm of Pickering, of 21 New Bridgeoitreef,
ickfriars, would supply the permineut way station,

Mr. Curastmorol sill they had in the direc'o-s
gentlemen th iroarhly awake to their letterset. It was
a beautiful neighbourhood at Abbotabury, and he h
such confidence in the snol of Porter& am stone that he
took shares in that belief aloae. Let the shareholders
all act together. and not everything, at had been
done, to ruin the undertaking. (gear. hear.) They
wanted to construct the line, to make it a good one,
ant there was everything to make it en.
Mr. HOPSON and Mr. CONZINGTON mentioning the
Iron,
The CSAlnttlf said nobody would take the iron rir
stone lessee until they saw the meliall of atilieing them.
and that they would be enabled to do by the line being
carried_ out. - -

---A-12-ar--iholder wired if the £lB,OOO could not be
taken up at less than five per cent.
Mr. linker thought not. When a line wee made
and in praltical working, da,y could gut money at .E 4
per cent, but when it we. in contemplation and
uncompleted, it wa, not everyb,dy wh would take up
debentures. A question hvi been put with regaul to
the mineral 1ee...; but no pa en would make him-
self resoonsible for a large rent unless he knew he
e ,ul4 turn the mineral to account, so without the rail-
roads these minerals would not be valuable, but when
it I. ins le the owners will have n , difficulty in dispos-
ing of their leases. Re now believed that bet ire the
summer visitors to Weymouth will be able to go to
Abbot.bury by rail; the most expensive Part of the
works havingbeen done. The directors had had a great
deal to contend with, and probably many men would
have thrown up the whale, sad shareholders have lost
their capital; but their directors had persevered ;they
were in the same position ai the shareholders ; he did
not know any director who had an advantage. Mr.
Humby also said be believed that within nix months
from that day they would be able tog ito Abbotsbury
by rail. He went on to further explain the rebate,
which ho looked on as practically giving them a
guaranteed dividend.
Mr. Telosias supported the proposition.
Mr. LUND'S remarked lime of the landowners
between Abbotsburyand Upwey are still very strongly
owned to the railway and to the cued in of any part
of their land. (A Voice: It le ne good). Were there
oontpolsory power?
CHAIRIELX : Yes.
Mr. LUND= said within the last few days he had
heard one landowner express himself Tog itivagiy "

to the opposition he would dia.. That oppJaition
wo tint be a very unwise Lx.; but it showed toe very
strong &want,' again,t an andel talung which would do
so much good to Upwey. lie hoped any opponent
wcwl.l roe the wisdom and propriety ot gritonfally
giving way to that wand% could nut be helped.
ratoluwn was carried unantmously.
; The Llgaissits sal I the shareholders' mest:wg will
• be held mune time in February, for the purpose of
brinaing fnrward the accounts.
Mr. dorm hoped to m toem for a jollification
at Abboisbury, somotline in the summer, by rail.
The Maros said the resolutions were apparently Ito
favourable to the company that he had no doubt they
would Denuded unanimously. nut, remembering the
Etridtioct railway, and the greet itioonveuleoce suffered
by ths paseeugers on that uue, he cams there to impress
uo the directors to make, in their arrangement vriUl the
Great Western Railway, such terms as sh mid ensure
the paseengers should not suffer such inconveniecoe ci
the poor briciport potpie suffer. (clear, hear.) The
success of this due will greatly depend upon th 6 arange-
manta made for the passenger traffic, and he hoped the
chrvct ire would no/ cocoon trate at their thoughia upon
the mineral traffic. (dear, hear.)
Mr. LunDle prop mad a v5.:43 ot thanks to the Chair
Whit,tl was seconded by the AUTON.
fits CHAULKAZI, in acknowLd‘iug the vote, said their
interest in turn comfort and 4.IOIAVOUIeLiCe of passengers
was not g.ing to end with the codipl -lion a the line.
i be tutettug then separated; it tied been atteude
either in person or by proxy by all the influential
sharsholders.

piwer, reckoning for everything. attached. In • late
that too, the plan of "sweeping wam sucoeseful at •
cousithrable depth, in ditching the =At of • boat
sweep for, at tire first sweep.
AI to the thermometer, there is no doubt, Mr.
Casella says, that it WM from the balloon; it was
male with a extremely large bulb for the mersury. so
as to get the inset soonesti indications of the atmol.
phew. while passing through the different strata of tile
oar, or in a cloud.
Tem report that a brush and comb had been found
at Weymouth is not authentic, and probably MVOS
from • remark made by Capt. Templer that a brush
and comb might have been in the inatzument beg. A
mall quantity of hair the same colour as Mr. Powell's
Wei found adhering to the thermometer.
Yesterday morning, four men, each with four boats,
sod grappling irons, commenced systematically
dg
lug under the superintendence of Mr. ki. Brood, Istyls
agent, who has .tatAKI from the first that he saw the
balloon fall into theses. They started from that point,
and are going seaward in the direction the balloon is
supposed to have taken. The four boats are paid £3O
per day, or 10s. per man, in addition to the reward if
they are sucoesettd. Mr. Agg•Gardner is progressing
fsvourably.
A telegram from Madrid say. :—A letter has been
received from the Chief ufficor oi Customs at
Santander with particulars of the balloon wen last
week near that pia.* by three 0411.0111 douse guards.
The balloon was moving in a readier position over
Mount did inert', and the guards sated thst •
queotily of sparks ot lire were prooeediug from it. It
was Busse sparks, it. fact, that ronderou it visiol• in the
detainee or toe night. 'rne guards ascended the
mountain in order to get • better vies/ of the balloon,
but it was driven by the wind in the dirLction of the
Bay of ilivosy, and was seen the following day near
Bribes.

WHIT 011011011.
FATALITY ON CH11112111141 LAT.—A dealer, [WNW
datattel Walborn-, *Ling at Ryes, in the ab ...ve parish,
died sudden.; on Chretinaa Lay, within a few
minutes of taking a glass ot beer. Dona ed, who was
&trout 60 years ot age, left home witti his horse aid
trap for Lyme Rage, in °wapiti', with Georg*
Grinter, a seighbour, about 8 a.m. Returateg trim
Lyme deceased picked up two young men on tlie road,
and put them down at the Ship Lin, Murcomblisks,
where all stopped for refreshineuts. A quest of Deer
was caked for, and deceased took a portion a a ear-
ful, and teen said ' 1 won't base any more." Hs Was
sitting in • settle," and appeared to tie sleepy. is
remained for stud time in SOL state, and at 'engin
the lisadiady„ Are Davis, advised . m.O preedt,
William kJ:v.18414 who dyed next Cos, to take bun
away, as he had his horse and trap outaide. ILveleigh
took up deceased and pieced him in • chats in his own
house next door, and left Sum to wake up, as tie
tnought. Visidug him again soon atter, deceased
was suit appairenUy asleep. kis visited him several
times in the could of an hour. At length Lad Davis,
tee landlord, mune and looked at him. Davis
slightly shook him, saying, 'Wake up, Sammy,' but
Looking at dismissed close.y he saw he was deed. P.C.
Battnisk was sent for, and the consteble observed
blood oozing from the mouth and nose. Deceased had
evidently expiied some time previous to the visit of
the constable. An inquest was held on Monday,
(yesterday) morning, at the Ship inn, before C. ti.
lentos, haq., deputy-coroner, when the jary, alter
hearing several wi.nemies, (oda I a verdict to ties effect
that deceased 0111323 by his death tartuttagh natural
causes.