The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-04-21 00:00:00

WEYXOIITH.

WEvisOurn Ei ;1-pe-nle- s incurred by Mr.
Edwards, 11.1'.. were .C 1,029 fig. 50. ; Sir F. Johnstone,
M.P., £i6 6s. dd. ; and Mr. C. Ilasubro, £6437,. 34.
ThE RIFLE CORPS TUNDS.-The amateur party are
getting on well with their penvarations for a first-rate
entertainment in behalf of the funds of the corps,
and a long and influential list of patrons appears-
TERRIFIC HAILSTORSL-Near midnight on Friday •
terrible hailstorm passed overour town and harbour. The
noise of ito falling is said to have been heard a mile, and the
storm lasted 10 minutes, passlng'westerly. In that time
the Xenia boats were full of hail to the thwarts, and the
ground covered several inches deep.
UNIVERSITY 110NOURS.-Mr. Stephenson, son of the
Rev. J. Stephenson, of St. John's, Weymouth, and Mr.
A. P. Hill, scn of the vicar of St.. Peter's, Portland, have
come out successful at the Cambridge " Little Go" exami-
nation, have taken first class in the general subjects, and
passed ip the additional or honour subjects.

THR CONING ARCHEAT LETI private nimting
of the Town Council and a few friends was held on
Tuesday evening last and considered the subject of the
coming visit of the Archery Association. .446 was easily
raised, and it is not thought necessary to call a public
meeting. The archers will visit Weymouth at the end of
July.
A BARBARIAN SRARPI.T BIINISHED.--CIR TIIINKBIy last, an
officer's servant of the 4-410th Rifles pulled up some of the
flowers which made Rodwell station so beautiful and do
AO much credit to Mr. Palmer's taste, industry' and skill.
The provost-sergeant was complained to, and the stupid
fellow, (who, we believe was named Humphries)RßA Put
in the guard-room for the night, had 10 days extra drill,
and was put back in the rank. Vandals and Goths,
tree-destroyers, and garden robbers! take warning.
A SROAL Or PORPOISILN —On Thursday night, between
11 and 12 p.m., a large shoal of porpoises came into Wey-
mouth harbour, mid went up as far as the Bridge, six in
line and ten deep. The noise of their blowing and the
disturbance they made in the water, crested quite a corn-
motion, and vessels lightly moored broke away. Such •
(scene has not been witnemed in the Harbour for 40 years,
A good net across the extrance would have secured • finu
haul, but, seeing the velocity with which they returned
from the Bridge, it was ohs loos that only something
strong would have held them.
RUNAWAY SAILORS.—Three sailors belonging to the
barque linens, laying in Portland Roads, of and from
Shields, on Thursday stole the ship's boat and made their
escape with their bags. They landed near Whiteness)
head and leasing the boat, made off inland. The coast
guard observed the I.at and rescued it, The Wareham
police took the men in charge, but the master declined to
prosecute, as the men were useless on board ship. They
had worked over a fortnight for their month's advance.
Early on Friday morning the Weymouth coastguard
discovered another runaway coining into harbour in •
boat alone from the same ship. It turned out he hail
taken the only I.at the vessel had. This man's F.-escapade,
and his mistake of carrying off a shipmates' boots, cost
him 21 days hard labour. The coastguard thus saved
two boats, which, but for their vigilance might have been
lost or dumbed to. pieces. .

Lirrritark —At the Borough
Petty Sessions, on Wednewlay, Supt. Vickery brought
before the magistrate's notice an anonymous letter which
he had received, bringing accusations against • poor
couple of partly starving • child, and keeping it to solict
charity fr benevolent people. Ile had obtained an
order and 1/r Nathan had examined the child referred to,
and found that it certainly had a consumptive teniiency ;
but it was clean, well kept, and properly fed, and there
was no foundation for the charge. Dr threw said it was
a very cowardly thing to send such an anonymous letter.
i Mr. ckery had called in Use aid of the Guardians, mud
discovered that the charges were untrue, but had they
been true. he would have been blamed for neglecting his
duty. These anonymous letters were moat scandalous.
Here was a direct attack made 111,011 a moot respectable
person. and three letters had been received to take away
the character of one poor girl.

Buittimatv IN l'Ahh.ltrltf.l.T.-011 Wednesday morning
last, a burglary was disco% cred to have been committed
on the pretuisex of Mr. White, grocer, Park-street. When
the young shopinan came to work in the morning, he
discovered that the shop door which c iiiii niunicates With
It kitchen. had been (orris' oisoi, and part of the shop
;zombi were in great confusion. A cup of marmalade Mot
been opened and patt of the content.; eaten, a box of
ithfililleil opened, and apparently the contents tasted,
souse biscuit tins overthrown, and a great nuutber of the
shop ttrauers pullml out. About be worth of coppers
were missing from the till, there being no other money
left there at night- It V..,' found that s window in the
kitehen loot lawn broken pros Mindy, and left unineittled
for ooii,e days. Through this the man must have put his
haul, unfastened the window bolt, and then raised the
window. Having got into the kitchen, he forced the lock
of the shop door, and no got into the shop • but he did niA
get much cash for his trouble. Mrs. Diuniny, of Park-
street, saw a man whom she thought looked like a
convict, in tho neighbourhood, on Tuesday afternoon,
between one and two o'clock. and about ten o'clock at
night another woman living in one of the little cottages
north of the shop, saw this ;nail leaning against a wall of
the bombe. The police were of course active, and a
description being sent out, information was received that
a man of similar description had been seen to pass
through ...rbbotaliury about eight on Wednesday morning.
As soon as the burglary was dis.xivered, police constables
were sent out in all directions, with instructions to appre-
hend those against whom there might be good suspicions.
In pursuance of these P.C. Bartlett followed to Chideock
the man who was supposed to have gone through Abbots.
bury,and arro,ted hint at the George inn there. He
refused to walk hark, and was taken to the Bridport
station, and there lodged, and finally brought to Wry.
, mouth. Ile is a man ..f good address, very well spoken,
dark complexion, stoutly built, but shorttsh, being Wt.
GI in. high, or thereabout. Ile was dreamt in a
dark brown overcoat, light brown jacket lined
with Ind and Mark check, dark vest, dark striped trousers,
nearly new, sihite stockings, nearly new lace up
Issots, and new howler hat, new check shirt, and new
black and white plaid scarf. Ile gave his name as Henry
Heaven, aged 34, and of London, and said he had been a
clerk, porter, and musician.—Whoever was the robber, it
seem*e had broken open Mrs. Betts's workshoppreviously
and taken out a chisel and two files, with which it is
supposed he forced Mr. White's door.
Mr. J. Ayllng, and Mr. W. Talbot.
John Hanger was summoned for assaulting Anne 'rowel!, a
girl who said she resided at the Nelson Inn. Anne, who wan
very embonpoint, mid that on Satunlay afternoon between no
and two, defendant insulted here in John-street. Ile called
her "Mrs. Force's bum-bailey," and tried to pull her hat of her
head. She went to the Greyhound, and was having a pent of
beer with her washerwoman, nines prisoner came in, took up
the glass, and threw the beer over her, then emptied the
remainder of the pint iota the gime and threw that amo at her,
called her "sergeant," and foul nausea Mi. had summoned
prisoner before, for aleaulUng her, and tha police bad been
fetched for him

--IVelendr:nt.;i7d the girl had lived with him for four month, ;
and now he only wanted her to keep away from him.
Hanger ws• lined 10g., and Powell wae directed to let
defendant alone. . . . .

---6,-.4;;:c.a-Wated for time: but waa told he must pay the
nionry then, Or Kn 1,, prisotxt for *even days
Ile replital "Oh ! very well," and was rennored in custody.
Waossanar.—Bed”re Dr J. Drew.
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Joon)* Pitcher, a respectable-looking young man, was
brought up for abeenting hinmelf from the genies of his
employer, Mr. Reynokls, stone-merchant.
Mr. Hanne appeared for the apprentice. The la.i and his
father were perfectly willing that he shoukl return to his work,
mid Mr. Reynolds was content to take hint
Case Mamboed on payment of costs, 5.
The boy White brought up on suspicion of haring stolen an
Iron bar was dismiseed, there being no further evidence.
FlUDAT.—ficfore Mr. W. Talbot, Dr. J. Drew, and Mr. 0.
Reynolds.
John Symonds was summoned for cruelty tea berets
P.C. Ballet on Tuesday, the 17th, saw defendant with a
bone attached tea coal waggon. The animal was In very
low condition, and mimosa, etamining it deftly, found •
running sore on the ehoulder. The collar we. miff erlth
matter that had run front the wound, and witness told
defendant the animal was not At for work. In reply to this,
defendant said he had given f.• for the horse, and thought IL
was no harm to work It, as he had nothing else to earn his
living by.
Defendant now said the sore was only a "Toenail," and he
had Just attended It.
Supt. Vickery New the horse attached to a dray In St. Mary-
str,t • it we. and poor, and witness told him If it were
worked again, he should nonunion him, am' defoukinnt pro-
mbeil not to work it. The horse had once been shot.
Flied in. and Cola
TUS flek-STRIST SUROLAST.
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A rouglidooking Mill. who gave the name of /Leary Merman,
was charged with breaking into the shop a Mr. V. N. White,
grocer, rarketrect
Mrs Susan lior.eyborne, of 2, Carter's Cottages, Just oppo-
site Mr. White's, on Tuesday afternoon maw a man like pd.
• err Wining agni.t the wall of one of the gardens, in which
la the tap from whence these houses are supplied with water
lie leant there for about an hour, and at tO minute. past 10
she saw him again; he was then loaning against tire parlour
shutters in Turton-strtott

Prisoner Bahl he was dressed quite differently on Tuesday
from what he was now, he had on a black coat.
Witness agreed with this ; when she saw prisoner he eras
dressed in • black coat, not as ragged as the one he had on
now.
John Charles Chashlock, assistant to Yr. White, said that on
Tuesday evening, he saw prisoner loitering about the shop for
nearly ludtan•liour, and as be 110C1Iltli to be taking stout of
the place, witness called a young than to watch him while he
remained there. After about half-an-hour, prisoner left.
About twenty-ye minutes past eight, witness left the shop, no
one else remaining aftyr him, and then everything was safe.
No One sleeps in the house, and only about 4a, worth of swpper.
was kit in the shop Among thorn were three or four Jersey
pennies and • bettered halfpenny ; but no gold or silver was
loft behind.
The coppers being ',minced that acre found on prisoner,
witness ww,i he colic, swear to the lettered halfpenny Ile
miniuml that in the shop • box of sardines wu forced open,
various things were seatttered about, thy till was pulled out Its
full length, the coppers spoken of wen missing, and only a fins
kilning* n•re
Boaroded kr a inst.