The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-16 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER, AUGUST 16, 1881.

DOZOIIISTEIt.

Tat Lord Bishop of Salisbury, on the Bth inst..
usesead the Rev. Henry Horatio Pace, rector of West
l'helborough, to the curacy of Lewcombe, otherwise
East Oh. rough, Dorset.
It will be seats by advertisement that poblic baths
uve been opened at the Cog°, Tavern in South-street.
Hot and cold bathe ran be obtaiued at convenient
times and at moderate charges.
Me. H. Lisa is, we are glad t • hear, making satis-
factory pr 'grew towards a good recovery from the
severe injuries which he sustained in the unfortunate
accident some months ago.
Tustin's or Licessem.—The license of the "King'.
Awns" Hotel was on Monday transferred from the
bete Mr. George Frost to Mr. Harry ltone Fret;
bed that of the "Noah's Ark" from Amelia Blandanier
to Robert Pomeroy. Mr. T. Coombs, solicitor, repre-
sented the applicants
Tile New Corr—During the past week this
(eerealingly-bright object has been rendered practi-
cally invisible by the effect, of moonlight, but it has,
In the meantime, been assuming larger proportions. so
that it will be very conspicuous in the northern sky
on the next few nialits. The comet will cootinue to
Increase in brivhtness untl its nearest approaM to the
eirtb, on about the 20th inst., after which it suffers a
rapi I diminution in see.
STKOtiSn Plano— tlbert Bull and George Swot-
ridze two boys, were, at the 11 r P dice Couit,
Nionday, charge 1 with steeling pea's, the p op:rty
of Mary Paul!. The in oristratee press nt, wet., the
Mayor (W. Dorian, Evq.,) in the chair, Mr. ALL
Corms, Mr. All. Greg my, Mr. All. Davie, Dr.
Aldridge. A. Emain, E.. 1. J. Tulo-, H.q., M.
Devenish, Pearii-Joi irsl, Fool, and F. Lock,
Esq. Both the lads pleaded gui ty.—Grrat complaints
are continually halo: made of thefts from etardeca,
and the Bench are determined I) put a stop to it.—
Swatridge h id been previowily contioned, aid h • w us
fined 14., mwits, and the damag • ; and Bull, it being
his first offen.,e, 1., c..ete, cud thed.tinaga. II brought
up again, they would he nindly H g;ed.
STSALINO Baesin.—Henry Bud.od. harness maker,
wsa, on Monday, charged with stealing two
gallons of brandy, the prop rrty of Henry John
James Solway, the landlor lot the Dorchert-r Arms.—
The prosecutor said the prisoner was at his ho e on
August 6th, in the afternoon, and shout 11 o'clock the
same night he missed the jar which had contained two
gallons of brandy. He gave information to the police,
and Sergeant Mitchell afterwards brought the jar
(produced) which was the one lost. The contents were
worth about 345. Later on, the prisoner came to his
house and said he was sorry he had taken it, and asked to
be forgiven. If he would not, he said he supposed he
must give himself up to the polka As he had known
the prisoner for some time he said he would forgive
him. Prisoner had evidently been drinking, and was
In • very excitable stata.—Ellen tiruillett said she
;added at Friary-lane. On August 6th, about five in
the afternoon, prisoner who lodged with bar brougOt a
jar to the house. He asked if her husband was in, and
she replied he was nut. He then asked her to take the
Vet, as he was coming back again for it. She took it,
bat he did not come back again. The same night
Sergeant Mitchell came to the house, and her husband
gave him the jar. Prisoner had been drinking, and was
very excitable.—P.i. Mitchell said on Sunday the 7tb,
about quarter past 12 o'clock, he received the jar of
brandy (produced) from Mrs Brulhett, and returned
It to the prosecutor. Oct Thursday 11th, he went with
a warrant to apprehend the prisoner. In reply to the
charge be said "That's right." —Prisoner pleaded
guilty, and had not a word ti say in defence—Mr.
Greening, the prisoner's employer, said he had worked
for him 18 years, and he had never known him to steal
anything before. He Ca, very steady when out of
liquor, but he was in the habit of breaking out in
drinking fits, when be did not knew what he was doing.
He had been • teetotaler for nine weeks, and broke
out on Bank Holiday.—Mr. Selway did nit wish to
press the harge. He not think he intended to steal
the brandy. He believed it was merellr a drunken
spres.—The Mayor said the magistrate+ did not think
he took the brandy with a felonious intent. He would
have to pay El 195., the cmsta, but the Bench reminded
him he was liable t a severe ponishment, and they
strongly advised him to leave off the drink.
THI G. W. RAlLWAT.—Doubliag the Wilts, Som.r-
set, and Weymouth line between Witham and Meiden
Newton coat the Great Western Railway £14,090.
From the report presented at the half-yearly general
meeting on Thursday it appears the receipts for the
five months show an increase over the corresponding
five months of 1890 of £49,042, se follows: —Passengers,
parcels, mails, &c., £:i73; inlrchandise, 1:15,0111;
minerals, £30404 ; t 441 £19,012. Too Vivienne avail-
able for dividend am nig the pr narietors of ordinary
stock, after payment of the dividends on the guaran-
teed and prefe-ence stocks and other fixed charges, is
£121,643 to. 6d. This balance will admit of the
payment of • dividend on the ordinary stemk of
1:1 17e. 61. per cent, for the five months, being at the
rate of 44 per cent, per annum, leaving re sum of
£16.407 145. 2d. Li be carried forward, a 4 against
£2.5,729 14.. brought forward from the preceding six
months. The report referred to the agreemente
entered into for the working of the Bridport Rail-
way, the Ea Gloncester:hire Railway, and the
Tiverton and North Devon Railway. The report of
the engineer stated that the whole of the permanent
way and works are in good crier; anti that of the
locomotive superintendent that the locomotive and
carriage stock bee been well maintained.