The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-12-09 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

Inreacietator Bor.—The colleetioa at St. John's
Church on Wednesday last, amounted to £24 15e. 41.
It wee devoted to Lb. Socdety for the Propagation of
the Gospel, sad the Church Missioaary Soolety.
Tat ELECTRIC Tal.toaora. —Professor Hoffut oe
Thumbs; last, delivered an interesting ligature at the
Working Men'. Club, cm the Lleetrio Telegraph, illus-
trated by working modela of the Ueda needle
telegraph, the Freoeh reading telegraph, sad the
printing telegraph, and also showing boo haadwritiag
pr • portndt oould tre transmitted slug the vireo The
lecture was both antesiog sod Instruotivr.
Derma or • PATRL•IOII —On Wednesday, 3rd last,
of desay of nature, died Mr. John James Smith, a very
old sad mueb respected inksbataat of Weymouth. Mr.
Smith was in his 91.1 year, and taw three gent ration.
of bis deaundanto—ohildrea, grand-Andrea, sad peat
graini-obUdrea, in 'ambers we mallet stay to naafi.
Ames( hi. • grandohildree • wee Mr. W. Smith, of the
aria a W. Robert. sad Co.,shiphrolures of this port.
COR 01 elle A.M C. Vtere.—The Oddfellows bay,
published the halasesollest rupesting the visit of their
asocial Parillemetat. It appease that the tows submitted
£llO 100, sad this wits exploded ta the following
amour :—Laboar and materials for domesticate, M-
cMinn; 'barge fey diseigalog sad seperlatuding the
same, £52 oe. 101.; set east of steamboat essendoo,
£l5 6e. ; Artwork., £2O ; secretary. tolleetors,
printing,staitioaery. edometteemesta, he.. £l2 19.. 101.;
ibes leaving • Wastes In timid of 2.. Ild., erbieb has
been passed ever to the Poole Matelot. Prom the
summary el the romiple sad expenditure we Sod that
Lb. latter exeseded the former by £1861.. sid., the
delielemoy being amide op by the Paolo Wattle. ; the
total ezpearittena beteg £476 Is. llid. Ameoget the
receipts we lad that no leas • sum thee £lOO Us. 7d.
was rusted at the gate for edraission fee. to the fit 4,
and £63 4e. 3d. by vale of tickets. £2l 6. was ex.
waded in the escagement of Adair, Silts, Hancock, and
Damon, whilst for hands tha Item was £6B 1.3 1. The
out of the banquet. provided by Mr. Bowe at the
Bardon Hotel for 337 perecos, was £75 16s. 6L-41.
61. per bud.
NOS•IITOZICATIEC PTILICROUIL—A. meeting was
celled for Thursday night at Um Guildhall, for the
purpose of cmaaltieg about opening a "British
Workman" publieshouse. The idea came from lb.
Good Templare ; but they found it was too great am
eadorteking for them alue, and so called the friends
of tempersou reform. There were only about 20
present. Mr. B. Gukell was called to the chain—Ur.
G. Shot said be had come to the meeting In order to
bear what... said on this m•tter. U. had had some
esperieoes of • Bridal Workman pabdchouse, and be
thought in retard to starting one in Weymouth the
meeting ought to be most sereful before they came to
any deosion on the matter; the sallead must be most
carefully examined in order to au if there wee any
probating of the thing being mode to p.y, for to start
anything noises it was sell.supporling would be very
nub, and eery invidious in regard to tbe temperance
utablieemente already In ristenoe in the town. When
he heard the idea was to be mooted be thought—what
he had before stated In nubile—that the establishment
of the Workbag Mao's Club offered all the onnforte
taic &gelatinise. now sought to be obtained by the open.
lag of • British Workman publlebouse. The °emus tue
of that club wished to be the fries!. of the Good
Template: they bald out to them both hand. of fellow-
ship to any movemeat which had for Its ablest tb•
welfare of the words( dames, and the committee
of the Working Metes Gab would be very glad
Indeed to offer what edvaritages and benellte their
institutiou powered to those who wished to organise
this now movement. At the present club were • good
library, torture hall, and two readlag.rooms, lug
provision for reireahmenta la the shape of tee,
aeon, Ac., sad whieb could ha eonsiderab/y intended,
bet there was no scoommodation for bads. The meet-
ing must remetob,r there were other plues in the town
where bode and refreshments soul I be obtained without
the temptation of intexlciatieg ; sad It wee a
voodoo—sad one whieh oeght to be faired, too, before
soy resolutions WM ruined—whether there was say
*using in Weymouth for • British Workmaa's yobbo
house so as to be self-supporting. The committee of
his club would be very glad to do all they weld to
farther this moventeet, sad to exteed the advantages
of their inetitatioa ea tar is possible to the Good
Templar, or any other soliety which had for their
obj,:et the Impose* of sobriety sod the lessening of
dramketutem. Be bed felt it Ide duty se the president
of the Working Men'. (lab to make these few remarks.
After sessiderable eonvereation, a resolution was
passed In bluer of takieg steps to provide see mottle-
tioa for ow, so aa to keep them away from cubit'
house. It wee also attempted to appoint • emonsittee
hitt some id the moot isfluential mu named declined
to sat.