The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-07-26 00:00:00

FALL TIOK Atenre.—On Wedneeday, se the Seagoing.
boys' traioirsg brig, Lieut-Com. George C. Higgins,
was running pest St. Alban', lie id, the captain of the
maiatop fell trrun the usaiht ipaail yard into the water.
A distance of 751 t. Lieut. Thom is R. •l. Jerram and
Quartermaater John Jernsyn immediately sprang over-
board awl suppotted the man (who IVY in a very
exhausted C nditinn) until the lifeboat was lowe•eJ,
arid rescued the party. 'the tide was running very
etro„gly at rho tins We understand the commanding
officer hi. reported the circuenstanose to the A.dmir
with the view to the conduct of Mr. Jerram and the
Quarterzastee beirg brought under the noios of the
I.oyal Humane Society.
bODDLN DIATII3.—M.r. W. Cleat, who drovs the
statiosary engine for Mr. Greenwood, was takeu po rriy
on Taoyaday, and lef this work ;he gradually g worse,
and, though attended by Dr. McLean and Dr. Moor.
head, from Weymouth, he succumbed on Monday
morning t • etopp bge, dying a the early a;.• of 22.
Deceased was a member of the Fortune's-Well
Weal 'yang and the blool Templar', sad thouch
he aufLred great pain, he Wal a-rle to sent a
kindly message to hie friend, at the lodge that
they would not see him ou earth, ha: be hyped
to meet them ii h area, arid am ing his las
word, were-- I die quite haryy." his funeral wag
attended by the Good Tempers and the Wesleyan
B rod of Hsper, the service warn commenced in the
'Puritans's-Well C apel, ant the Rev J. Lewis offici-
ate I Ilene curl at the grave iu St. Georae's Church-
yard, Deceased WM also • acem,rer of the choir, and
will be very much mire rd. —Orr'ruealay Mn,. Allen,
wife of Captain Allen, of Albion Crescent, died sod-
utiolY about 10 o'cl ruk. Sh IV a in • room with be-
errant, whets 1110 aud.lehle molt down and exptred
bet, re any • C old t be rendered. Der death
riot unexpected, a, ah id heart disease of bug
standir g, and was ul adv.. odd age.

OH 411114LWIITER.
&MPH AND Fo.tioie BIBLIS SOCIITT.—The annual
101104464 of the Chariiiiuster branch ol this excellent
eskdety was held in thi United Methodist Ch.pel on
Mon lay terming Thsre was • good attendance.
the chair being taken by U. Curine, Reg, woo w.e.
\ supported by ih. Rev. T. Neave, Rev. W. Allen and
1 tb• It. Perkio..— titer singi,,g and prayer, the
it.,. T. Niece le id tle relent, i.f the Charm cuter
branch, which showed the. tie t Id sum c .11e,ted
rioting the pad y.ar we, 19 9 . 31., which the rev.
grnUentan earne.ily exhorted th,us to try and exceed
during the coming year ['lie Rev. W. Allen was
plowed to quak on behalf ol en :11 ..n exc Meat society,
which bad spent in than tIO,OtJO,OOO in diesemios
ails.' the Scriptures, to the num'ar of over 100,000.000,
In snout 240 lan, nag a soil dialects. The rev. gentl,-
man dwelt chiefly on tie work in Africa, in which
e .untry he bad liboured eignt years, and mentioued
institute* of great good having been effected by the
society in that couidry.—The Deputation (Rey. R.
Perkins) then a Idressed the melting. Seeing no many
piing p!ople present, he rel dad the fact that it was
throush the earn i stages of • little Welsh girl to obtain
a Bible that the society was started. Speiking of the
work of the society in Maxie ), which is now uteri sd on
chiefly by the Atneeit.wi Bible r3ocidy, he asid that
during the lard 10 years 40 persoua had been killed for
bang Pr is tants and Bibles eiders. In spite of this
persecutiin over 100.000 oipies of the Bible and
portions of Scripture had been circulated there Jap.n
was then referred 1.. the emperor of which casuidry
had greatly assisted miseioninies an I the agents mint
by the Binh, Society. The first known convert to
Christianity in Japan was a native nobleman, who was
fleet attracted by a leaf of • Birch Bible, and that
noblern in I. now living in • city in Jspast, and supports
12 Christian schools with their teachers. After Luta,
Caber instances of good having bsing eff :clad were
mvntlon,d, toe deputation concluded by exhorting them
to go in working for the society.— A vote of thank/
was pnipoeed t the Chairman by the Rev. T. Neave
and seconded by the Bev. W. Allen. which was
warmly rec iced and duly acknowleded.—The collec-
tion at the door amounts I to £1 18s.