The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-03-24 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AtIRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, MARCH 24 1874.

with God for a whole night When Jame rayed eme that
moentain it seemed that body, soul. sad ar all "-
operated to wrestle with the Most High. ben the
Christian man is about to oommeetosi some sew eatet.
prise be should set apart a time for 'postal prayer ; se
work should be oosuneneed without prayer. Those is
that pariah who had determined to give themselves to
Jesus would, be hoped, set apart &season for self-examt-
nation and earnest prayer. Moms who thought of
warrliug should aleo offer op speoial prayer to ask God's
benediction ; to oak that He would smile upon what they
were going to do. If alokseem was presoak lot Wall
draw nigh te God. If they wars engeged In 'Maytag
the Word of God and they mould not ondentand it,
let them pray that they might booms ealightened.
Special prelims for special subjects must be offered up,
but regular devotions mast not be omitted. It is rim-
less for men to he indifferent to religioa the whole
year, end theft pray at Lout; there mast be mauler
time for daily prayer. In that pariah prayer meeting,
were held weekly, but, alas! some never attended I.
seek forgiveame. At the proems time prayers won
nested, for many is that parish were deed In trespasses
and slam God had said, "Ask what you will and it
shall be done unto you." He (the Reotor) trusted that
those present would pray for a bleeds( upon the work
in that pariah; he hoped they would pray and do all
they amid to win souls for Jesus. He ezhoried those
present to pray for the ministers of the geese', to pray
for the teachers of the schools, to pray that all efforts
made in the perish for the good of mule might be
greatly blessed, and, in **Delusion, he himself prayed
that the Spirit of it. Lord Jesus might rest upon the
work in that parish, that all might be stirred to meta
earnestness about salvation.

rm.& AT Till SAWMILL, SUITOII.-0/1 Tuesday afternoon Mr,
Hesu Moos fell about Oft. at the Easton Sawmill. He wee much
bruised, and was taken home, and attended by Dr. McLean
and Dr. Rae, who found he bad no internal injuries, Me
the ease was out so serious as first food.
Friesso or • Boon sa. —OD Thursday lot died Obasieel
Watson, of the 440th Rifles, of consumption. On Saturday,
last, he wee moved with military honours at the Cemetery,
Oestle.road. The hand played the Dead_ ,March and OW corpse
was outdid by the compai=o.% which domed had belonged,
and a Ming party who d throe volleys at themes
after the Rev. H. C. Jenour perfonned the burial service:
Deceased was a native of London, and warn II run of sge
Acctossr non • ftessouss LAT. —On Thursday evening
last, Mns. Paul, of F.aston Square, had a benaoline lamp on her
counter, and reaching over to serve a customer, the lamp was
Upped, and immediately the inflammable oil wrapped every.
thing near in a sheet of fire. By prompt exertions the Bernie
were extinguished, but not until a shutter was partly charred.
Of course those present were much frightened, for the dangerous
Olaf took fire instaatly, and carried the names whenver at ran.
POWII Peoria's Port' Saattose.—Flftyeix poor people were
summoned for Wednesday lot, to &Hold at the Reading-room,
Stralt•, for non-payment of rates, and 96 at the Polivo.statton
Underhill. All, or nearly all would be excused, the °Wee;
being to save the poor souls a journey to Weymouth to appear
before the magistrates there. 110. did Dot afteud, being
gummonled to the Higher Court. He was an old men named
Attwool, who has been ill from a doso years to a score, and
who that morning died.
Ciajelee ma COMPINIA110:1 31011 MT.--It having been an-
nounced that the commissioner, Mr. Withered, would sit at
the Drill Shed on Tuesday lot, to receive the claims, a pre-
liminary meeting of some of the inhabitant waa held at a cer-
tain place in Fortune's Well. The promedings were not in-
tended for publication, but we are 'Wowed to my that the
general feeling was that claims should be presented on the part
1 of the "inftiOtants," as distinguished from the "tenants,' and
that, II Mr. Wetherel refused to receive these claims, then that
• bill should be filed in a Superior Court, and a legal battle
commaxed for the right of the Inhabitants to shoe. On the
day appointed (Tuesday) Mr. Wetheral took a seat at It in the
Drill Shed, and about 260 claims were proseuted on behalf of
the Inhabitant's by Mr. W. Pearce, chairman of committee,
and Mr. Ii beriven, jun. Mr. Wetheral took in these claims
and promised them conekleretion but he was understood to
my he believed the inhabitsnta had no legal claim, though
they might have a moral one. Some of the leaders f the
" tenant's" party were ill, and there was so disctusiuo before
the Commissioner, but over 450 claims were presented on
behalf of "tenants" and received. The whole terminated
quietly about three o'clock, when the Commlesioner roe. We
have beard a complaint that the day for sending lo claim was
not universally known, and consequently all have not been
In by the proper time. Of mune, 'the aftir should have been
advertised in the Telegram. Those who have been to unfor-
tunate as not to have sent in their claims before should at
ones forward them to Mr. Nathan Wetheral, Enclosure Cons-
011es, London.
FUNSIAL UV A POW/LAND VOIXXIIMIA AATILLIATMAS.—
A few dos ago Mr. Butler, • member c 4 the band of the
4th D.V.A., died at the Dorset County Hospital,where he had
remained about 4 months, previously, offering from heart and
lung disease. Ills body was removed from Dorchester to
Wakehain, where had been his home. The deceased's comrades
determined to show hint the Ina honours as a military man,
and they muttered at the Drill Hall, Easton, and marched to
Mr. Butler's late residence, where the funeral promote° wee
formed in the following order :
Firing poly of Volunteers, with arms reverted, wider the
command of Sent W, Stone.
The Brie. Band, under Bandmaster Cl. W. F. Juno,
playinirthe" Dead March," in Saul.
. Harwood, undertaker.
The CORPSE,
Encloted in a wen covered with a Union Jack, with the
deceased's cap, on the cover, and borne by eight
members of the corps.
Morgans.

WIYMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MELTING.
THURSDAY MORNING. —Present : Mr. Aldorman
Mflkdge. Doputy-Mayor ; Mr. Alderman AyHag, Mr.
Aldorman W. 111101, Mr. Alderman Duo, ; Mews.
Councillors Roberts, Aylesbury, Talbot, Rebook,
Thomas, Aylte, Landle, G. Rob, Wilmot, Dr. Shapsioa,
Wskdord, ..ad Mr. IP. C. Stoggtll, Town Clerk.

SW•1111 IN 101:41.01.1 LAEL
Yr. aldermen Attie() suggested It would be a very
great ornament to the Radio°le Lake, to introduoe
amens, and he bed beard Lord Ilehestor would mesa
20 mans for that perpeee, 11 &nein:Won wore made.
The was being, in the Beekwiater would not be any
means of &Westin; them from abbotsburn for
Lake is not suited for breeding, and although they
might ooze here, they 'mild be sure logo to Abbas-
bury to breed.
Mr. THO/11./ said there was an admirable pleat for
breeding swans at Chafey's Lake, soda pair of swans
onee built there: but the rascals of Cllktkenl stole the
eggs. This was a valuale.fmeetion.
The Canal generally end the Town Clerk
was requested to write to W7SrLdrett.

_
GSMID IMITZILN AIICILUY 0010•11 Y.
The DUN= MAYOR read a loiter from Mr. H.
Walroad, ois behalf of the above company, stating that
as they wen sot ilkaly to go to fiallabary this yew, be
wrote to see what eould be done towards holding the
meeting at Weymon, h. • sabsoriptiest would be
nooessary, and the Mayor had offend to give CIS.
The letter was addressed to Mr. 0. Peony.
The requirements are scalabl, ground without pay-
mist; a subscription of 70 guineas beyond the num
given by oompotltore. The writer did not like the plan
of a guarantee, so some dlfiloalty might arise after, as
to whether tho mooting had been (midland swooned-
Golly or not. Fifteen or 90 local prises should be
presented by the Clubs, ass.
The Dircrtr MAYOR said last time so ileld could be
got nearer thaa Mrs. Balaton's ; bet he hoped this time
• starer Geld might be obtained.
Mr. ATLIXO said last time the meeting took place
during his mayoralty and was • gent SUOMI. The
guarsators were not called on to:pay any money, bet he
P!! £s*. _

ml allows and meo7..be.rs—oll the 4th D.V.A. Cr
The S4thD.V.A. wore under in. *summand of Lieut!rolland,
and there ware also present sent. McLean, quarter-Maim,
%litß. Scrims, Sart. W. Stone, Sergi. J. Stone, Salt
Num, Sergi K. Stone, Sergi W. Hind, two buglers,
16 bandsmen, and 56 rank and No ; total, St
Ma procession went in slow WIN through Liston straits and
square to the parish churchyard, Mcdorne, and wars set at the
church by in. lbw. J. A. Basest, rector, and the whole
entered the sacred building. During the service the Mundt
was crowded, and In the ground around the grave was a much
larger awoomblara. ur. immor impresively performed the
ceremony, the Sting party gave three volleys, and thee the
reMI marched 'back to Wakeheis. Mr. Sutler was only
yris old ; be has left a sidow and one ehlid.

"-kr:iitictote offered a guinea.
Hr. THOIIBB suggested a fleld used by the Athletic
&day. He thought a public meeting should be called,
and the subscriptions rassed.—Agreed to.
Du. 81/11111.11 stated that the Bev. H. Ryder has
geoepted the post of bon. eeo.
1111NalD To P.O. BAITLITT.
• letter erarn read from Capt. Alexander Brew.,
of the Noll. Fort, speaking in high Wrens of the man-
agement of P.C. Bartlett, in securing tie greater part
of the money robbed from the Nothe Fort, and reoom-
mending hien to the Counters notice.
Yr. Sept. Vickery being sent for, stated that P.C.
Bartlett was a hardworking man. The greater part
(Zig) had been taken back to the Nothe Fort.
Mr. ROBINS thought the parties who received the
ben. dl of the police, and recovered the money should
have sent some subetautial acknowledgment, instead of
a two! letter of thanks. The town had to boar the
expense of the police.
It was prepared that one guMsa each be given to
Bergt. Harvey and P.C. Bartlett, who were beetles'
In the capture • Hr. Vickery stating that the robber
had actually been take, in eustody by the polio. before
he was missed at the Barracks.

A CRAMCIED 00avior.—Mr. R. N. Howard, wroaer.
on Wednesday held sa Incised at the Prison, ea the
body of Deal& Webster, a essaviel wise died of coo-
gumption, on the &today before. He had been kaown
by the aliases of James Ward, Joseph fibeeden, end
Joeeph Lee, and though only 35 years old, bad had
several minor waviotiona, Wag Weise previously gen.
Wooed to penal *errand. and ea November 4, 1870,
was received late the Pri:posi, under genuine. of ewes
years penal servitude. His soaduot as • wooled was
bad, and he had tiled to assault Moja' Horne, one of
the deputy governors. Dogwood was dogged on the
nth Jaauary, 1873, this was the lest Ursa He com-
pleted all his punishment and returned to work wbea
taken 111. It Appears be was attacked with severe sold,
and general *heat affsation, symptoms of Wag disease
get in, and extended till it became • an.. of walirmed
consumption. He ow admitted into the lefkmary on
17th Deeember, 1873, ow attended by D. Askheam,
and hid all kinds of noarishmeat supplied. One of hie
nurses was William Respell, and W him the oringlet
espe,mod his thanks for the kindness renolved, said
be was sorry for his past isenduet, sod asked Roupell to
express hie regret to Major Horne. He wee glad to
have the Bible read to him, and appeared to be •
changed man. About nix e'elook on the morning of
the Bth he expressed • wish to see the minister. Hr.
Tidawell came to him and remained until 9.20, when
the econvio4 died. Before his death he rewired the
sacrament. He knew he isould not live, and wee quite
resigned, expressed sorrow for all his past oonduat and
thanked the attendants for the kindness shown him.—
At the inquest, the Governor (lir. Clifton), Dr.
Askham, and two nurse orderlies gags evidences, and
the jury ntarnsid • verdict accordingly, of Natural
Death.

proposition mem wiled to.
FOLIC, CLOTRIAO.
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Only one tender had been-se;t in, that by Mr. T.
Foots, at precisely the same prim sa last yea r.—
ooepled.
..•I'ICHIII THI OAS WORLD AIID
ARCH.

c= they would have a number of turbealthy mem/
members, the result of which would be to impoverish
any society. They owed to Dr. Crabb a debt of gratitude, tor
the prosperity of many of their ledge* was aring=antea,z4
Mr. Western then gave some particular's. to the
which lirst led him to become ma Odrifellow, In ISM. In that
year be Joined the ancient order, and be found it did a great
deal of good„ but it did not go far enough, and at length the
Manchester Unity was established. If. Joined that unity and
from time to time he was appointed o.,rroepondlng secretary of
Die district There were then only two lodges in the Poole
dhitrict, and DOW there were 79; there were then but 156
members, and now there were ktiO—(bear, hear.) Dr. Crash
had told them that this bad not been done without a great deal
of labour, and he (Mr. Western) wag pleaded that he had been
one of the labourers. He saw many gentlemen present who
had been eoworkers with him, though not • few had pared
away; many of them had been dear and valued f6ends to him,
and their names deserved to be written, he might szselrn
letters of gold. He was glad to my that the first four
who were appointed—the Orand Master, Deputy Grand Master,
the corresponding secretary, and treasurer of the district—
were still alive -(bar, hear.) The Oddiellowa of the district
had been kind enough to look favourably upon him and to do
all they could to help him in that great and nobly work; they
Wig thought they would du something unlade their own
locakty, eu they sent him to the annual gatherings of
the unity, and gent sane one else with him to beck
him up. lie was exceedingly grateful to them for
having thought him worthy of those honours, and for
having continually sent him to the annual gatherings
of the unity, bemuse he had lamed a great deal and
had formed oboe connections there. They had, also, NI he
had said, ant good and kind friends to support him anil bring
him forward in that great unity. One of these who had ren-
dered him great assistance—Mr. Clench --had departed ; he
(Mr. Watson) should never forget the warm clasp of the
hand he gave him whim he was appointed one of the Hoard of
Directory. Very few could have their ambition at all times
gratified, and he certainly had not so much ambition as to
expect to become Grand Mater, but he had been iilacol in
that high position, and it was one or the grcatest sources of
gratification that could possibly be bowed upon Mtn. Ile
enjoyed that pueition, for he was closely attachaxl to the
society, and felt that the work he was doing wart a
beneficial one to the community ; it suited his testa
and habits, for he was at all Um= fond of endeavouring
to promote the interests of his fellow men--(al..
pause). Ile had succeeded on far in his own district
and he woe plowed to say that district was in so good and
advent a position that they could pay Wt in the pound and
something more. Whether any credit was due to him for that,
he left than to Judge—Oar, bar). He thanked them again
for having enablud him to main that high and honourable
position— one that he could never have exported to reach, great
though a man's ambition might be. There had been a gnat
amount of good done by their society, and also by the Formant
There were now no lees than 1130 members belonging to
the four lodges in Poole. and during the past year Mae
lodges paid i 1753 Os. 7d. for sickness, 61 un 14 for ferals,
4132 for the widows and orphans, making a total
of over 61,031 The Purgaton, also, had no doubt done an
equal amount of good. Let them think of the Morena it
, woad make to the rata of the town If the advantages derived
from these societies were taken away. As an example of OM,
he would take the figures for the past six years, during which
time the four Poole Ledges had paid £4,1124 Its. lid, for sick.
~an, COM for deaths, and £7BO tor medical attendance, making
• total of £6,067 12a lid. Looking over the wealth of the I
lodges in this town, he found that they had a total capital of
£8,664 b. bid., and the whole of the lodges in the district
, were worth no lea than £28,000, or rather more, showing an
Increase of capital during the past year of £1,041. From the
little nasal! of Which be had spoken as being first formed In
I Poole the district had gradually risen, until It had beanie
great and powerful, and, he trusted, proeperom He hoped be
, had been of some sasistance in bringing this about, and that
! when he left this world they would be able to Nay that he had
! done his duty to Oddtellowehip, and left it better than be
found it—(bear, hew), Ile thaaked them as an individual and
an °Meer for the kind way in which they had rewired the toast
' —(hara.)
Dr EIDLrODI prepaid "Success to the Pool* District," and
P.P.Q.M. Bro. J. Wiwi, sultehly responded,
P. P.O. 11 BrO.L Sarni moped "the health at the Deputy.
Orand Master.'
Mr. Warsaw responded, end Fowled "Prosperity to tine
town of Poole."
.

-I;tare---; returned thanks.
P.P.O.M. Bro. 0. flouts' proposed " The Oflleers of the
Poole Distriek," and 0.11 Bro. P. Baler and GUM. Bro. Beata
returned Quake

Mau care "Tbs or, amputation, sad
mitintee of Poole."
laeoa returned thanks, and alluded to the great
Interest in the welfare of the town which eras taken by Mr.
CouncUlpr Western, who was we of the wait UMW and best
men in Poole.

Court ter her meinthaame and *donation, and £250
was allowed also by the Court yearly for her daughter's
personal espouses. She said that in September, 1866,
the was at Liz Is Chapelle with her designer and
Captain Illsodonald, and she had pressing oemeloa for
a IMO of £3,01X) or £6,000. and- she wrote to Mr.
Salford, who wee • very old and intimate friend, to
ask him to advance it to her, and he did so, lied she
received the amount shortly afterwards. She mosalled
her daughter about receiving the money, and the ooa-
seated to all that was dom, but at this time she wee
not of age. Her daughter was subeequently married to
Lb. defendant, Mr. James Benoit, who took the name
of Stanford. He was informed of the ealstmos of the
debt before the carriage, and a saggeetios was made
that it should be paid out of the sommalations of her
daughter's property during her minority.—ln answer
to questions put by Mr. Th. slyer. Mr• Macdonald
said that she was married to Captain Macdonald in
1851, and in 1866 there were three ohildree the hems
of the marriage. She said she was very moth in dvbt
when she borrowed the mosey, and required it for the
purpose of paying off her debts, end her dolled', had
CO Mistreat or beasts whatever from the loan.—Mr.
Murphy said this was all the evidence he had to support
the slalm made by the plaintiffs, and he submitted that
upon the facts they were entitled to reamer the amount
from the defendant. —Mr. Thesiger, sonteoded that no
liability had been establialied against the defendant,
even upon the ease es it stood, but he thought it right
to state that he had • complete answer to the ease upon
the fasts If it was necessary to go into them.—Mr.
Justice Lush mild it appeared to him that even if the
defendant Mr. Stanford bad admitted his liability, it
was nemesia, to make out • joint ratilloation by him.
self and his wife, after she oame of age, of the debt,
and there wa. no Inch evidence. The plaintiff mast,
therefore, be non-suited.

—lir:-lian Rouses, Mr. WON, and Mr. Weimar idea
returned thanks.

There were mverel other toasts and the meeting pared ca
very plethently.

BLARDIORD.

SuirnAy Ininza Bsancs.-0. Bandar oolleolions
tcnratds the expenses oomieotid with this additional
service were made fa Blamdierd Chute's, whoa £l6 16s
was raised. The Rey. C. Froes•Clitten preached la
the morning Lod °seeing, and the Rey. Kr. Cartes. la
Ills altermooo.

&MCAT SCHOOL UNION. —A SWIM of miesUnp in
conneetion with this Union were held on Sunday and
Monday. On Sooday afternoon a ebildren's servicee
was held in the Congregational Chapel, and an address
delivered by Mr. Thomas Brats, who attended as the
deputation from the London Sunday School Union.
The °lmpel was crowded, and several persons Gould not
gain admittanos. The address was most attentively
listened to by the children. In the seeming there was
a teacher's utak d prayer meeting at the Town Hell,
which was also will attended. On Mund.y a meeting
of the onion and teachers of tire united schools, for
transacting tho gegen' badness of the Union and elect-
ing officers, was bald in the Weenye° Chapel, presided
over by Mr. C. Pond, ex-Mayor. /*oatmeal of the pub-
Stations lamed under the direction of the Committee
of the Sunday School Union, and also of their very
superior illustrations of Son p'.are übj cite, were arranged
on the platform. The meeting was opened with prayer
by Mr. U Curtis, Superintendent of the Blancitord Con-
gregational school, after which the Chairman called upon
Mr. James Payne, the hon. secretary, to read his report.
Mr. Payne oommeniod by reading the minutes of the
lint meriting held about a year this time, when the
Union was formed, embracing the Congregational.
Wesleyan, and Plymouth Brethren Schools of Bland-
ford, Spettlebury, and Starininalsr Marshall, and
Hinson Congregational Schools and learns Minster
Baptist Sunday School. He than gave an outline of the
proceedings at the meeting, and also at the half-yearly
meeting in September last, the principal obj.ot of rehash
was to arrange as to the examination of Sunday School
teachers and *cholera, fer tbe prizes offered by the
London Sunday School Union an examination, whisk
he (the hon. secretary) °sundered of considerable
advantage to both leathers and scholars, but which
be regretted to say, was not responded to by so
many as he sould have wished. The subj ,ct for the
children was "Th. Children of Israel in knot° Two
of the town schools and one in the country sent scholars
for examination ' • std the result was most aatisfactory.
In the senior class, there were throe pries-winners, and
in the junior six prize-winners. Certillesteie were also
awarded to seven in the senior division and 18 in the
junior, and out of 42 candidates sully 15 failed to obtain
• suffielent number of marks to entitle them to a °era-
float*. The cholera came forward minh more freely
than the towbars. The subjeste for the teachers were
Scripture, history and Christian evideneee Only or,e
name forward for each of these subjects. Be also
regretted that the teachers did not appear to take aa
mach Interest in the scholars' examination as they
might have done. Seven schools were .fil iated in the
Union when it was established, The average attend-
saes of teachers diming the past year was 63 in the
morning and 71 in the afternoon; of children of whom
then were 637 belonging to tkeschools In as Union,
334 In the morning, and 656 in the afternoon. During
the present year there had been 103 teachers eon.
noshed with the schools the average attendance being
65 la the morning and 72 in the afternoon; the number
of Atkins daring the same time was 666, the average
attendance being—Morning, 310- afternoo_2o 4ff ;
showing • degrease la the number of scholars. Tam vs.
aosonated for by the removal of mazy families to the
North and elsewhere, owe school lades 33 seholare In
cie• week. The Ineresse el church members from Um
selsools bad been daring the Ind year 10, and mesa the
last year. Mr. Payne conaluded by expressing his
regret that, owing to other engagements, be mast
to in the officio of secretary any leaser. Tbe
Chairman Mesa sailed upon Mr. Yoang, the treasurer,
to read his fiescalal anatomist, from which 13 appeared
that the receipts were Ai 108. Bd., and th. disburse-
ments ES 2.. 4d.. the Wier including £2 subscription
to tbs London Union.
COCYTT COCET, Monday—Before Judge Ldroy.
Tbe business at this Court has been for some time past
exceedingly dull, and to-day it was no exception to the rule, for
although 31 plaints and 6 judgment summonses were entered,
two of the latter were the only ohms which came before his

--6-4-87ies Adams, Inkeepsr end shopkeeper, Child Okeford, v.
Samuel &very, labourer, of the aarneni=i—The defendant
did not appear. —This 484 the second t summons that
bed been takes oet against the def t, but he bad not paid
anything The defendant being s married man with four or
Ave young chltdren, and having several other Judgment
summonses against him hi the Court, the Judge reduced the
order to 3a. ritmonth, and &Olen.d the cam.
Hn. an. ,of Blandford. v. Mown lone,. woodman, of
Nlitterborne lgtchurch.—Ths order was made against the
defendant, who did not nioir./ipear, in October, 1871. Ho if
in constant work, earning wages, *no there is no other
judgement against him. • Honour made a committal for
days, to be suspended for a fortnight on payment of 4a, and
further swperl if thil defendant kept up payment. of 4., per
month.

HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR A Juror:: Bile worked for Mr. smith, whO is • mann-
futurist.
OREWIEERNE.
Mr. Albert OsorgeinDociredwroderna
Wittiest : I did not mos the body token out, and
, A named Rath Bubblier was brutally mur- have not men it sines it has been taken out I ALM
d be • lane at North Petro* • village nem (New- • womaa's boot lyiag near the pond. I did not see
keen., en gic,,say nicht. The prime was disfavored any boot Ups. her foot. 1 saw a good deal of blood
llaginevaernigidinasaw the
• dairymen, was the oows to pasthre
4°l.saws.r7smat.:ridwisglterl-lale.o."ne,Thibpagety. beabiliegreat
de nina o'clock. iii ym.s, atieemeedWrgueoLo, pole:tido as
to my knowledge. I have mad, • poet-
load nobs's, and crowding towards a shallow pit jut modem elimination of the body to-day. I ezezelzed
indite the bodge, where they had berm accustomed to her first eztornally. There were no marks of violate,
drink, and where they evidently noticed something I whatever upon the body, esuot • bruiee upon the
sististual. This mused the man to go to the pit, and left arm. I should say that bruise was mused by
Share be found the body of a Wolnu), lying on her beck, pressor, of the hand, lie of &person pulling her. About
With hir lewd and foes under water and the body the head there are several wooed' quite sulßuieat to
shaaag naked, In the mud. She appeared to have been muse death, and prudoeed by some sharp instrument,
thrown isto the pit dead, and the marderer had is, hook or hatchet—l slieuU say a hook. There were
souped up 121'1101dd of slay and mod and thrown them eight cute, and on tile right aide there was • very lune
on her body. (loin; book into the road, Synths saw !is and the skull was completely fractured. The skull
tracks of blood leading to • piths about 40 yards was not (restored In any other part. The right
further down. Hero the dummied had evidently been temporal bone was fractured. I have not opened the
standing under • tree by the right band aide of the she I, but I have opened the other parts of the body.
road, when abe was attacked with repeated blows or The Coroner said the skull must be opened.
cuts on the head. There was a quantity of blood on Witous continued: I opened the abdomen and
the brink and by the aid,., sae also souse hair, thorn. In the thoras there were adhesions attributable
and • look of hair aid hair pin were in the to pleurisy. The heart was sound, but loaded with fat.
middle of the road. Thrown over the hedge was A.O the abdominal withers were healthy. The dimmed
afterwards round deoeued's shawl. From this WM not pregnant, There were no masks of violation
plate It episeete the must have staggered to the about the body.
eppeelte side of the road, two or three yards further 00, The wassail thou retired to oompleth the OXIMICIA.
where there was • hind of ditch fall of thick mad. la Hon of lb, women's heed.
this mod there souks alearly showing that the woman Nil Byrnes, re-called, stoted, la rr ply to • juryman
woe thrown down in the ditch, and knelt upon by her that when he took the cows down the lame in the firs;
assailant, who there eoulnued his savage treatment of Instance Ile fooLd the Rath shut. It was fastened with
her as shows by the blood sprinkled about. He • catch and staple in the usual way. There were three
probably also stamped upon her, and at any rate she other gates in the bold but they did not approach the
WM here rendered senulerw, if not quite killed. He lane.
then dragged the body alms the lane to the gate open. By the foremen: There was no blood on the fasten-
ing upon the pit, sod having " trigged " open the gate Inc of the gate.
thruit her in where she was found. One boot and P.C. Joseph Williams (101) deposed: lam • polloe-
stocking were gone fro • the corpse, which appears to constab•ci, stotioued at Haselbory. Os Tuesday morn.
have been dragged by the broils, as the (goalie' were in; I was at Crewkerne •oout ten o'clock, and received
tuned no and twisted mold ills waist, and the blood information, and I gut to Perron about eleven o'clock.
which dowel from the bead was in little pools on the Mr. Smith told me • murder bed been committed. The
road, and not soured about as it would have been if information I received at Crewkerce was that a man
tins clothes had trailed over it. Byrne. raised an alarm. had been found drowned in • pond. Mr. Smith went
P.C. Williams, of ilsallbory, came, accompanied with mu to the bell, and pointed out to me two legs of
by Mr. J. B. Ireland, clerk to ileum Sparks. Williams • humeri body ia • pond. They were quite naked and
ioanaged to lift the body out of tim pit after some hard dry. The feet were towards the Ithld. I could only
work, for the head was jun coed between the bank and a see the legs, bat above ths legs there was what looked
small tree lying &gross the pit, and was so firmly em- like • heap of rage. I could not see • heed. I noithed
bedded th tb• °ley that it wan proposed to pot • rope en the rags • piece of clay, srbloh I produce here,
round the nook and pull it out. Some of the mad on There were upon the clay lb* marks of corduroy or
the body bore treoes of oordoroy trousers, ea though some other ribbed °Loth. I took pomession of is, and
the murderer bed knelt on the body after throwing it now produce it. About • fool from the logs I found •
down and 'tattering mud upon it. Indeed, from the large stone, which I also produce, with blood and hair
way in which the oorpos was treated, one of the on one side of it. Its weight Is about 41b. It seemed
withering saki lb* fellow must have been "either mad to be fresh at the other end, and to have been taken
or drunk." Deceased's bewoot was found in the road out of a wall. I then noticed blood from where the lest
partially burnt ;It had been set lire to lied heft. The were loading out to the gate into the lane, and there
Firineipal marks in the lane, including some well-dialthed were marks as if something had been dragged along the
footprints, have been oovered with hurdles and tar- grass. The (Bateau from the pond to the gate is about
;ladies, to prevent their being obliterated by dm orowd tee yards. I got into the lane and still saw the appear-
of visitors who have looked to the sees, of the murder. an.. of something having been dragged up the lane
. . . . _

The treats were made by small hobnailed boots, and in
those traces there is blood; in fact, blood ls scattered
sad sprinkled about every where near. This was not
to be wood.rod at when the frightful wounds easteined
by the denoted wen dismvered, oa examination by
lira Will. end Cox, of Crewkerne. The head was
dreadfully out and battered, the left sou wu nearly
severed from the head, and there was • gaping worad la
the Mall in which • finer meld be plead. On the
edge of the pit was found • large strati, about fib.
weight, on which were blood and hair, bat it seems
doubtful whether all the wounds were Waisted with
that. The largest out on the heed looked as though •
Wallet or hook had earned It, and It is suggested that
the pit should be emptied to search for the uturderom
Implement The nose and Noe generally were much
braised, and it Mane evident that the murderer stamped
upon the fate with his feet until It was under eater.
The body was at ono* retrognised by Mr. Smith as that
of Ruth Butcher, who bad worked for him at times ;and
after the fees had been washed she was also idootilied
by P.C. Williams, who then caused deceased to be
carried to her own cottage, which was about • quarter
of • mile distant. Previously to this a meemegar had
been sent to the cottage, and had found deoeosed's son,
• boy seven yams old, cryiog In bed, alone in the house.
Deorased wee • single woman, aged about 40, tall and
mangler, and well•known as of • bad °tweeter. She
. . . . . . .

for about 60 yards; and eiery two ofilareiryards was
a small p.Ol 01 blood. There were stains of blood all
the way. Lithe end of this track I saw the foot.narks
of a man is the ditch. I also saw • round bole is the
ditch, the shape of • person's head, as If it had been
I formed down violently into the ditch. The bole was
I swami nine inches deep in the mad. I saw • quantity
111 blood and hair in the same hole. About • foot from
Ale bole, Is the ditch, I sew another mark. It looked
Mlii human bead had been laid there, and that it had
been rolled from side to side as if the person was not
quit. dead. There was blood there. The spot was
raised a little from the ditch. I then name back up the
lane. About Ida or seven yards on the opposito side of
the lane I saw a footprint similar to that on the other
aide of the lane. I also saw another print, apparently
of a woman's foot, ae if two persona had been 'Kandla{
together. Tb• brambles were oovered with blood and
hair, about throe or font feet from the ground. I ant
• portion of it off, and now produoe it. That would be
In • slanting direction from whore I saw the footprint&
I thou netioed a small bole down in the ditoh, as of •
person's head, as if the person had rolled from the
hedge down Into the ditch. Going down the left band
aids of the lane I saw a garden bonnet, partly barn% ;
I now produoe the remnants. When I went to the
pond I saw one shoe and a stocking lying by the aide
of the body. After the deceased was taken to her own
_ _

had two illegitimate children, the elder of whom, &girl
eleven or twelve yes,. old, wee Haling at Coreoomb•
with her aunt, deceesed.. sister. Deceased worked
sometimes at this twine and yarn butteries in the neigh-
bourhood, and sometimes went out as charwomen. She
bad promised to go to Csatham Farm to wash on the
day her deed body was found. Front ell we amid
gather, she appears to have been lest wen alive in her
own bowie it North Perrott, about half-pert sic, by •
neat door neighbour, who also brood her moving about
until nearly eight, when she seems to have put her child
to bed and gone out. There is • way from her house
through the fields to Trendwell•lecie' which is a lonely
place, used eoly as en sooommodstion road, end
ending in • field. She would come out into the lane
close by the spot where she was first attacked, and
It is considered that she came there to asset some
person, with whom she probably had angry words and
from whom she met her death. It is stated that she
had been into Ote•kerne the same day, end the
villagers freely mention the name of • man at
Oreerkerne who they say was in the habit of visiting
her. Suspision seems to be directed towards that
individual ; and we believe he is under the eye of the
pollee, but up to Wednesday morning no tartest had
been made. It is said that • woman named Watts,
living in • cottage about • quarter of • mile distant,
towards Rase[bury, heard loud gores= about half-peat
ten on Monday night, end called her hosbend's sad
daughter's attention. They also heard screams, but
lower sod fainter, from the same direction —v,z., the
lane where the murder was committed. The night was
dark, and nobody seems to have seen • person in the
lane, or to have noticed any suspicious cirsamstancer
which might be eonneeted with the murder--which is
one of the most barbarous and brutal on record.
In the pocket of the deceased's dross was found
piece of bacon, weighing nearly • pound, and tied up
with string in • piece of paper.
. . . .

The males which amid Li,. prompted the °manila-
don of this brutal crime it is difficult to conceive. It
could not possib'y have been robbery, for the women
was quite poverty-stricken herself, and the only reason-
able relation seems to be that the deceased met with
soma man, that they went down the lane together, that
ahtibiognaviefohrei6
her the pdleoesheofhbzoo:o as an
mousy
that the men and woman quarrelled, that the former
Immoral
a t ai that° consider.
daeyr),"
struck the latter, and that, having injured the woman
more seriorialy than he had intended, the murderer
suddenly resolved to silence the only living wheals to
hie brutality, and beat out her braise with • stone.
A profound sensation has been created in the parish
by the unhappy occurrence. The populatioa numbers
but • few hundred., and the inhabitants mostly ars
simple-minded agriculturists, and they are naturally
much shocked at the ooturaiasion of such • barbarous
crime in their midst. But it is hoped that
the finding of the piece of bump may be the means
of leadlog to the detection of the murderer. Butcher
was beard to say • day or two before that she should
Ilk, • piece of bacon, bat that she could not afford to
purchase any, and those who beet know bow she lived
aver that she bad not the 024401 to buy bacon on her
own account. It Is, therefore, assumed that the bacon
was given her by somebody. If, however, it should turn
out she purchased the bacon herself, Ws supposed clue
will be lost.
It may be stated that a report whichgained currency,
that the poor woman wee violated, has turned out to be
without foundation.
During Wednesday the pit was desired out under the
superintendence of the chief constable, but nothing wee
found there likely to throw any light upon the mystery:
The whole of the hedges in the vicinity have been
oarefully examioed, but nothing has been discovered.
It is now surmised that the wounds la the heed were
lodioted with some sharp instrument, but nothing of the
kind haa been found. It is supposed that the murderer,
after he had disposed of Ms victim, set fire to her bonnet
In order to make • Beat by which to find the weapon
with 'bleb he bad merdered her. It Is dear that the
fellow was well acquainted with the locality, for be
made straight for the gate of the field, sad mar aged
without difficulty to find the pit, though but few
knew of its eslatenee.
TEI HI QUIST.
The inquest was opened on Thursday afternoon, at
one o'clock, at the redden°. of Mr. 1ta3031.101i Slade,
North Perrot... There is no public-house in the village,
Thhib.Rludie.o.rujmenmseryreiri::leepoyu. onWarwilsnissi°uhtedebt&a:lpf:dote:fthentlhi°Pritem:foamwsellerdaw:miTitslasgriblefgbfenngliTrUuh.ieCtiermit.y-Se:olima::—wel"hlhT:eis.hlldeb
Blade, T. F. Bartlett, It Bolt, J. Smith, W. Tyther•
Isiah, F. Lindsay, T. Johneoe, W. Bartlett, T. Bartlett,
and S. Made.

house I found the other shoe and stocking, end! think
they must hare been on the body whin found.
A joror The left leg was naked but not the right.
Witness : At the right hand side of the lane I SIM
the print of • man's knee In the ditch. He appeared to
have worn the same sort of corduroy all I sew the marks
of on the mud upon the body. It sppeared to me that
the murderer most have been kneeling with one knee
upon the body of the victim, and this was the impression
of the other knee. I then got some olotha and covered
up those footprint@ and also the body in the pond. I
called on three rcspeotabie men whom I knew to remain
with the body and the footprints, to see that they were
not disturbed, and I stalled upon Yr. Slade to lead me •
horse and trap to go to Crewkerne to telegraph to my
superiors. I a lied on Drs. Cox and Wills on my way,
and they returned with me to the pond. They examined
the heap of rags on the body, and I saw Or. Cot lake •
oleos of Moon from the pocket in the drew. It webthed
about 111). I was obliged to take my ooat off to get the
woman out of the pond. I found the head of the women
pressed down most violently Into the mad, and it was
18 inches or more below the Hulse' of the water. It was
as mach as I Gould do to get it up, it was so hardly
pressed down. The doctor washed the face. I then got
• horse and wagson and took the woman to her own
home. I had recognised her to be Huth Butcher. I
law several wounds on the ties I. Ons part of it wee
battered In. After I had taken the body home I
employed a woman to wash and undress it. I have
kaown the deceased for the last 13 years, On the
right-hand side of the lane where I saw the blood in
the brambles, In the next Sell, my attention was anted
to something there, and I Lund a shawl (which I
produce) upon which there was • rran'ity of blosd and
dirt. There are persons who ,4^n.ify It am that of
the deceased. It was apparently tarown over the
hedge at the spot where, to my Ice, the dist blow
we.. dealt.' saw no footmarks an the neld. I tel-graphed

to Supt. Everitt, and he bat elour.vi t. fooEmirks,
which are severed up. A polioeman tam been in charge
ever since, to see that nothing is disturbed. Supt.
liveritt is at present making inquiries.
The offiner added that be had ren,ivel every assist-
&Doe from the Inhabitants of North Parrott, and
espesiall from Mr. Slade.
In reply toe juror, the wittiest! said the deceased had
been • woman of light oharacter, and he had seen her
In outhouses with men.
The Coroner said be did not know that anything
could arise out of se inquiry into the deoeased's
ihar-
icier.
Witness said the deo.saed was • person who wouid
be likely to make an appointment with • man in a quilt
plaee. It would be dangerous far her to reo.,lve men
in her own house, because the owner was a gentlem ,n
who would be likely not to sanction her reosielng men
at her house. He had seen her with one can In
partieular, but that wee not recently, it was about four
years 40.
Mr. Co., the surgeon re-nailed, (lapsed : There is
great effusion of coagulated blood all over the brain—
from one to two °amass. The external wound pressed
on the brain, but the brain wee not out. There Is only
one fracture of the skull. The fracture of the bone Is
between two and three Mabee. That oorreeponded with
the Large external wound on the outside. The external
wound Is at least eix Inches Mug.
At thht stage of the inquiry the inquest was adjaurned
till Thursday, the lith di., at 11 o'olooke
TRU 101111 AL.
The remains of the murdered woman Rath Butcher,
were buried In the North Perrot% churchyard, on Friday,
at twelve o'oloek. The °ca was suppllyd by the wish.
and was merely insaribei "R. B, aged 42;1874." The
e.eies was performed by the Key. Mr. Down. The
two children of the deceased followed, the girl crying
bitterly • the boy took little notice of the proceedings.
The dec.:amid s sister front Corsoombe was also sprea.nt.
There was no excitement. The crowd did not number
more than fifty women and children. The parish pro-
vided refreshments for the faneyal petty, and behaved
magi, to the otilldree.

otrOlU) (C), 2,54; Lewis (L),
Sir CaPM Fitzgerald, Bert, has been fined 40s. for driving a
cab in London without a license.
New storm of guano have born discovered in Peru—it Is wail
wtitietei.t to cover the entire foreign debt of the ...try, our
~out £34,000,000.
The sudden death le announced of M.r. Henry Roberts, our 04
the Conimiseinners of Inland Revenue.
Private WiUissns, of the Royal Artillery, Wrexham. Pole..wri
himself with oxalic acid on retuniing to barracks after ;owl;
avow to see Ma mother without
itaitgor Cathedral wee broken into early on Tuesday niorc,lcir by a party of thieves, who stole the money from the ierwr
boxes, and some wine The Communion plate was left.
A Reading Powders' court secretary, named Oliver, I. in
custody charged with ndsappreptiating at keit £4O belougniii to the society.
Orroarcaa—lt was very thoughtful of King Coles to leara
his tunbrella behind for Sir Garnet Wulseley Just when be
wanted it--the beginning of the rainy mason. - Pti
ick
The Archdeacon of 'tithes has deeMed, at Plympton St. Mary,
that an ortuunent illegally put up in • church cannot be legally
taken down without the monition of the ordinary.
At the Hudson's Bay Company's fur sale, no the 4th inst.,
two sea-otter skins were sold for /at each; £l2e was offered
for one of the two after the sale, but the mice was declined.
A coogratulatory visit was told on Tutmlay by the Duke and
liuchms of Ediuburgh to the I.:1111wpm atel the Prince Imperial
at ChislehureL Alter a brief stay they drove back to town by
rued.

The Jury baying firet viewed the body, which was
lylog in the mite's in ',high the deceased resided,
about 100 yards &dee., the following *iridium was
taken:—

_ .
Martha Pool depoeed : I am • single woman, and
Ilre next door to the deceased. Her name was Ruth
Butcher, and I bad known her for about two months.
1 lest lilW her alive about half-pest are o'clock. on Mon-
. _. . .

day evening. Bhe complained of being very 111 in her
head and shut. She was tten In her own beau. She
did not say that she woe going to say place, or that she
expected to see any person. I went Into my owe house
and did not see her afterwards. I sew no one go Isside
the deceased's bowie. The deo/eased seJd she would on

--
to bed la half an hour, ea she felt so unwell. As I
was leaving the bones th• deceased asked me if lum
her litUe boy coming. The child in about seven years
of age. I did DOS see hsra. I sw no person about
the plasm that night. • person might have gone to
the house without my knowing it. I beard no noise
nor any oonverastion.
By the jury: I left the house about half.pest five
o'clock I saw no one about there on Sunday. I hay.
never seen any visitors at the deceased's house. She
had not lived there quite two months. Donea..d
had washed bar room on Monday, and I asked her
w`ty she did It, as elus was so ill, but she made me no
answer. _ . .

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11.1 Syron, deposed: I am • dairyman, Ilvlng it North
Parrott, and am in the employ of Mr. RandalL On
best
the
nwireasiteh
osto
mt hie
wit
the
Tuesday morning, about quarter oast nine o'clock, I
let
at
drove our sows down lot. a field galled Trendelwell. I
ttWhhee field. I forded her to, and
They Immediately ooromenoed fighting. They got round
tgAwhaefet.e.ntorrtlhefuhAdoarls:fnOtroP.lltohguwe:dedilinai.4: There were 35 or 36 altogether. I
a small pond just Inside the hedge. and I found allrOgnan
lying dead there. She wall OD her bank, with her htad
under water. Her body was urn 'Tared, and the only
part severed with water was the heed. She had no
stockings or shoes on, but she had On a. frock sod
pettlooste. I saw blood in the field and in the lane.
The now. kept on fighting. I don't sappoee they sae
the body, hot they mast bare smelt the blood. After I
had drives the beasts into the lowest pert of the field,
I same to North Parrott and sew William Warren, who
works for Mr. Smith, and I then went to look for Mr.
Readali. I told Warren there was a man in the pit,
and asked him to go and keep the beasts off it WI I
returned. Mr. Randall was net le, and I rant *so of
his men to Haselbury to seek for the ponce. P.C.
Williams shortly afterwards suns I did sot at that
Urns know who the person was. I wee present when •
shawl was found in afield, the opposite side of the lane,
by Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith said 'I believe It Is Bath
Simian, or go auk no h."