The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-12-14 00:00:00

PORTLAND.

Tax TILLER Of • large ship has been washed ashore
among wreckage.
MILITART.—Lisut. C. E. Parker has been promoted
to be captain, slice G. W. Wood, promoted major on
half-pay.
Kgravincy Arm HArIPT.—Tbe Local Board after
their last meeting with their clerk. No chance now
for any red lights.
U.M.S. Waaaloa. Chief Engineer Edward
Eckereley has been appointed to the Warrior, soot
Brown, whose time has expinstL
DIATIL4 Or PROPLITT HOLD/aus—Several holders
of property have died lately, and at the court lest
held this week tbe bailiff had "'boo{ eight balf-XEDWIIR
LO COURCE from widows al the &massed.

Swrrezatimu AIM tits Kmiec —This was the
ot • magic Lateen ernertainreent on Tuesday
evening in the Congregetional Schoolroom, whin •
respectable audience were entertained with some kead
views.

SUDDIN Durg.—Mrs. Damon, of Easton, died
rather suddenly on Monday morning. She had
suffered from a tumour fur SOCWI LIMO past; and on the
morning was taken worse suddenly, and died in two
hours.

MUD Giumnino.—Tbe natal stone rubbish has been
pM on tbe roads, to be ground into mod, only suitable
for binding the tops of the dry walls so numerous bare.
While soft stuff is thus ground up locally pebbles are
being sent off by the truck load to Devises

SAILOR BOTIL —On Mender 24 boys from the
training ship Buseswen were drafted to the Himalaya.
BOIICAMIN.--Stad Surgeon Eugene V.
Demerit) has been appointed to the fleeces= fur
mervies at the Naval Sick Quarters, ,ice Martin, whose
time has expired.
The Itaiorch Kerva.—The Result ketch, which
was worked out of the By by the fishermen on
Wednesday fortnight sailed on Saturday after repairs.
The fishermen have been offered 12125 for reecuing the
vessel and cargo ; hut they claim a much larger
amount. The anchor has been found, and the chain
buoyed.
MCLZAN AND lin Lau LIGHT. —The popular
captain of one of our artillery volunteer companies
exhibited on Monday evening last a good series of
views of Canada and Egypt, with his oxycalcitun-
lighted magic lantern, with a rather full descriptive
lecture. The entailment concluded with some comic
slides, and the =ode were devoted to the volunteer
artillery bead

STLITA !Worn Roox.—At the last annual meet-
ing of the members of this Institute, Mr. Robert
Pearce, the secretary, read the report, showed
progress as to the number of member., who now
number nearly 50, all working men. all bills
were paid, a balance of £3 remained in hand, which
was devoted to repairing the bagatelle board by Mr.
R. J. Andrews. The librarian is Mr. J. Bales, and
the president Mr. W. A. Attwooll.

Mossioss TO Stasis Enrmrrtnritsarre.—A large
number of moatkindly amateur performers from
among the principal IDhb&inshi are ready to mai* at
these entertainments, which are for an excellent
cause, and, as peat gatherings hared proved, the
entertainments have been appreciated by large
audiences. It therefore seems astounding that one
person, whatever the position, should have power to
throw cold vrater on the useful movement, which consider-
ing its great success in the past, ought to be carried on,
hotly if possible, but if that cannot be, still with as
much warmth as can be put into it by so many
friends.

ABOVE THEIR LlVEET.—Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, commanding the district, has promulgated
the order of the Commander-in-Chief that officers
quartered in garrison towns ought to wear their
uniform, "except when engaged in recreations in.
consistent with its use ; " but the officers don't seem to
like it. Pitath represents • butcher as telling an
ofSoer—" Glad to get rid of the beastly butchering
clothes;" but, considering that several clubs admit
officers on the strength of their being in the services,
and therefore ranking am gentlemen, those "officers
and gentlemen" may well ask themselves what there
Is to be ashamed of in their uniform.
CHEAP MEAT FOR TEE Pam—Some of the quarry.
men are grateful to Mr. Lowman, of Weston, who
has begun selling meat at some pence under the usual
price of the island butchers. He is said to have
started with a 41b. loaf and • pound of beef for Is.,
and thence he went on selling beef at 6d. • pound,
prime cuts 7d. a pound, while those who bought large
quantities had the beet with the other at 6d. So great
was the rush of people after him that he was warned
out of the thoroughfare, and shifted into the New lan
Yard, where be is said to be so popular that the price
of what used to be sold at 9d. per lb. cannot be kept
up, and there is little expectation of running Christmas
beef up to Is., as some of the poor feared. Others
add—" and so cheap does this butcher sell that you
No get a two-eyed Mask for a penny."

AOCIDINT II A QVAILIIT.-Mr. Abel Comben, a
young man who lives in Fortune's-Weil, on Friday,
met with an accident in one of the quarries in Wide.
street. Mr. Oomben vrae stand* on the top of the
bed "reaming off the Kerf," wbsn a piece of rock
weighing three quarters of a ton, fell out of the cliff,
and struck him into the bole, about ifft. below, falling
with him, and again he had a narrow escape, Um stone
just pitching on one side instead of on hire He was
carried home and attended by Dr. McLean, when it
was found he had sustained the most sedate
Injury to his male, and he had also been struck on the
bead and back, and very much shaken. Mr. Comb=
will have to keep his bed, it is feared, for a long than