The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-08-25 00:00:00

Somasetsbire.

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WASPIL—At Bicknoller. • labourer ploughed up in
one day recently rf wasps' neata within one enclosure.
THZ MUILDLIt AT WILLS.—The three prisoners,
Robert Sweet, on ootler, James Biagrove. and Elizabeth
Drew, charged with the murder of George Cornish,
hove heen committed for trial for wilful murder. The
evidence is purely circumstantial.
Racer KILLID HT EATING WHIAT.—The other day
80 ewes, belonging to Mr. Thomas, of Woodhouse
Down, near Almondbury, broke through a fence into •
wheat field, where the corn stood in " ohock"," and
before they we-e discovered, they ate so greedily of the
wheat that they became "blows," and up to Sunday
21 of them bad died.

ATTIMPTID SUICIDI Al' YROVIL.-011SUDdiy ITIOTD•
ing a woman unknown attempted to dro•n herself in
Handford stream. Dr. Aldridge saw her near the river,
and then suddenly disappear. Fearing that some
accident had occurred, be ran forward and found th
woman in the water, lie pulled her out, and bad her
taken to the union workhouse, where she received
proper attention.

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A WASP TRAP. —A. curiosity, consisting of two
wasps' nests enclosed in a glass cam, with an aperture
at the top, may be seen in the ahop window of
Bland, fruiterer, Taunton. Hundreds of wasps are
visible inside, engaged upon the comb ; they have free
ingress,but cannot emape ; and as all, upon entermg, fly
to this " trap." the shop is perfectly free from them.

SUIT FOR RIMOVING A LAD FROM SCHOOL wagon.
NOTICL —At • County Court held at Wells. in July
last, Mr. Chick, propristor of the Academy, Corscombe,
peferred a claiin of IA against Mr. B. White, collector
of her Majesty's stone dues, Portland, which was an
equivalent for a quarter's notice; defendant son having
been removed front plaintiffs school at Chrism:up ILI,
without the required notice being given. Mr.
of Wells, appeared for plaintiff; and Mr. Reed, of
Bridgwater, for defendant. In his evidence, defendant
Weil that he gave plaintiff verbal notice in Octobers
last, and owing to plaintiff being unprepared at the
time le rebut sub 'video's, judgment was pren for

defendant. The plaintiff, however,wiut in ion
a letter irom Mr. White, which contain r rearnen
contradictory of the • eidetice which decided the Vial
an I applied for • new hearing of the case at the las,
court. The application was grant. t, and Mr. Reed,
finding it impossible to resist the facts of the case,
adviaed his client to settle the claim, • high he agreed
to do in ten days.
A GAT LOTH/MO.— The quiet town of Minchead has
been the wens of considerable excitament owing to the
following scandalous incident. A gentleman, who until
lately resided in Taunton, and who has deserted his
wife end cold his furniture, for which the wife use
inatitutcd ptocee•ings in the Divorce Court for the
restitution of conjugal tights, took apattnn n's at an
hotel at Mlnehead. There he and one of the sere:cote
form d &connexion, ard upon its diacovery thug rl •as
discharged. The gentleman then visited her at her
mother's house. The news reached Taunton, ad the
wife, disguised as • sailor, went to the house one evrn•
ing, and there found the faithless one sitting at supper
with the fair inamorata. Of °Juror there was • scene,
and the restitution of conjugal rights will boon merge
intoan application for divorce. The next day • dank, y
cart, containing two well got-up reprea•ntations of the
gentleman and his fair one, was drawn through the
principal Ousels, followed by bundled* of People.
hooting, yelling, and making all sorts at discordant
noises, with horns and anything in the shape of old
tin pots which they could lay their hands on,
finally proceeding to the sea•side, where the effigies
were burnt.