The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-11-20 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

BOROUGH POLICS, Thursday.—Before the Mayor
and W. C. Pinekam, Esq.—Samuel Cunningham, of
Ilsidstome, Kent, was charged with rummy. —P.O
Seaviour mid that between four and flee o'clock that
afternoon ha was on duty in gast•street, and saw the
prisoner stop several people •nd ask them for relief. H.
took him into custody. There was quite a gang of such
characters in the town., and complaint had been made by
several tradesmen.—Defendant said he did not come
into the torn till seven minutes past four, and had not
begged of any one.—Fkotenoed to one month's hard
Labour,

811RIOUS ACCIDENT. —A carter, named Paddock,
in the employ of Mr. C. Coates, of the Half Moon
lon, met with a sad accident last week. He was
returning home with • load of hay, and not having
had his usual rest for several nights previous, he rods
on the shafte of the wagon. A party who was driving
behind suddenly nailed out to him, and though he
was driving on him right side of the road, he hastily
jumped off the shafts. and from *owe canes his foot
caught and be fell, the wheel of the vehicle going
over his leg and smashing it in • frightful manner.
The poor man was conveyed borne In • donkey-cart,'
his eofferioge being excrociationg all the time. He
was promptly attended by two of the surgeons of the
town. l‘o doubt, the poor fellow was to blame for
riding on the shafts, but when men have to be on
the road night and day, they ought to be assisted by
a boy, so that they may have a chance of riding,
without danger.
SOW, degree of alarm and excitement was
oocasioned on Friday last, in Salisbury•street and
other parts of the town by a fat cx, the property o.
Mr. C. Coate, wh,ch resisted all attempts to drive i
to the place intended for its destination, and rushed ,
madly down Salisbury-street pursued by its driver
and others armed with bludgeon.. The animal
became more and more excited, and turning back,
proceeded down Bryanston-street, going up almost
all the alleys and ootirts,and into some of the hones*.
At the corner of the Ragged School, he rushed at a
man in the employ of • butcher in the town, who
was armed with • pitchfork, with such force as coin.
pletaly to bend the tines closely together. From
hone, it went up White Cliffs Mill.street, and
dashed thraugh • hedge into Mr. Quirk's field.
Fortunately no accident occurred, which is the more
to be wondered at as the part where it traversed is
the principal thoroughfare of the town.
SZRI4O/01 on behalf of the Curates Aid Society
were preached on Sunday last in Blandford church
by the Her. J. Hughes,rectar of C,ongleton.Cheehire.
The subj-et of the morning disc nines. for which the
rev, gentleman selected as his test the let verse of
the 6th chapter of Jeremiah, was on the necessity ot
truthfulness, boldness, and sincerity is the obrietian
character, and also of religions instrnotion as the
main feature of the education of the young. The
claims of the society, as one of the most effective
means of reaching the masses of the people, were
pointedly set forth, the rev, gentleman mentioning
that more that 500 clergymen were supported by its
funds in the mining and manufacturing districts.
The evening barrios was attended by a large congre.
gation, the text was taken from Romans, i. 16th
verse.—" lam not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,
it is the power of God unto salvation, to every
one that believeth.".