The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-07-14 00:00:00

Somensetsbire.

PUBLIC VAOCIIIATmL—Iir. Samuel Fanatit, 5¢11•00,
hes been appointed by the Beard of Osier:Rams pubis'
vaccinator for Taunton. The election tesulted as follows:
110. Fermat, 21; Mr. C. 11. Cornish, 10.
CO-OPIZAI7OIf. —The glover. of Yeovil have estab-
lished • glove manufacturing society, on the co-
operative principle. Their operations will be watched
with interne.
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Fassuasonar.—A. Masonio-hall was imaestrated at
Weston-super4ltare on Wednesday, as the Bt. Kew,
1,222. Bro. Captain F. G. Irwin was installed as
Worshipful Blaster.
CORIORITT. —At the Old 'Soldier len, Taunton, small
terrier, with four pupa, ban adopted a stray duckling,
permits it to share with her progeny the sustenance
Nature has provided, and lavishes great attention
upon It.
Flan iT YZOVIL.--SlVraid Old thatched homes in
Back-Kingston were burnt down, on Wednesday. The
fire is supposed to have been calmed by a spark from •
neighbouring chimney. The Volunteer Fire Brigade
was speedily in attendanie, but their alerts were almost
nullified by the scarcity of water.

FATAL Acct —On f3aturday an accident
happened to a labourer named Channing, who met with
his death at Code, near Taunton. A horse belonging
to Mr. Mosey, butcher kicked him down, and whilst on
the ground dealt him a blow on the bead which
fractured his skull, and named iustaritaneolui death.
SUDDEN DLATH Or AN Munekton, the
*Droner for West '3omerset, held an inquest on Saturday
on the body of an infant, ton months old, named
Vernon, who wee found dead by the side of its mother,
at Taunton. The ahild had been ailing from its birth,
and some time ago nederwent an operation for hernia
In the licepitaL kr. Cornish, surgeon, however,
attributed the death to natural canals, and the jury
returned a verdict accordingly.
Cann Ditorruni.—• female child, about three
months old, was recently found under a arch, near the
railway station in the village of Twerton, Bath. It was
planed in a bag mad* of American cloth- oontaining an
apron of grey stuff with PllO6 stripes:and black braid for
strings, and dressed In a white ootton nightgown, night
flannel, muslin shirt, flannel cap and woollen socks.
The Gusrdians have offered a reward of .E 2 for mph in-
formation as will lead to the conviction of the Meson
who so cruelly abandoned the child.

ADULTZIATION OP BRZAD : CAUTION TO BAZAR/L—
-AT* bakers front the Suillsary district appeared et
Chipping Sodbery petty simians, in answer to sura.
monies charging them with adulteration their bread by
*Mu alum. The asses were proved by Mr. Horsley,
of Cheltenham, the county analyst, sad sub one fined
Li and LI fie. 6d. oats. The quantity of alum used
varied from 3cia to Boz, to the sack of Sour. Seventeen
samples of breed from the district were tested by Mr.
!Urdu, but only five were found to contain alum.
Mr. H. T. Coca, Q. 0., hen Mined his address to the
electors of Taunton. Be Bays a oommonioation bee
been received by him from several gentlemen, asking
him to retire tot of • candidate of their selection ;
but even had they been Ole to show any reasonable
ground for preferring such a request, be should be
unwilling to desert the still more numerous body of
electors who have already promised him their rapport.
Mr. Cole declares it to be his arm purpose to poll to the
het man. Mr. Cos, the Conservative candte, has
also issued an address.

FATAL AOCIDIMT.—On Friday an inquest was held at
the Bell Inn, Radstook, before Dr. Wybrub, coroner,
on the body of Thomas Cottle, a child aged tan years.
On the 26th ult. deceased was observed playieg about
the trucks on the railway, and seeing he was in daepr a
workman ordered him to leave. The deadwood took no
notioe, and shortly after some full trucks were shunted
back, and the shock threw the deceased over the end
of the truok in which he was sitting, and be was
seriously injured. A porter in the employ of the Great
Western Railway Company removed the little fellow
to Dr. Munroe's, who attended to him, and he went on
favourably for a time, but lock-jaw eventually
supervened, terminating fatally on Wednesday. The
jury found • verdict of 'Aisoidental death," adding that
no blame was attached to any one.
Seamus CHAROI AGAINST A BLIND MAN.—At the
Weston-superlisre Polioe-ourt,on Friday, a blind man,
named George Bitll,was charged with committing a rape
on &young girl named Fanny Forward. From the evidence
of the prouicutric, who is a girl of rather prepossessing
appearance, it appeared that some four months sines
she was engaged as an sediment in prisoner's tobacconist
shop at a certain celery, and was to take her
meals with him and his wife at his private residence in
another part of the town. On Monday she left the
shop in charge of lira Bull and went home
to tea, the prisoner accompanying her. After
tea she went upstairs to dress for the
and when in the sot of so doing she turned round,
and found prisoner lust behind her with his shirt off.
She screamed and ran to the door, but found that it
wee looked. Alter a severe struggle prisoner at last
suoseded in committing the offence complained of, and
then offered her • sovereign not to tell his wife. She
refused, and told Mrs. Bull the some evicting, when
prisoner admitted the &Lege, and he and his wife had
sines separated. After • patient hearing of the cue,
the bench committed the prisoner to take his trial at
the nest Somerset seals., bail to the extent of 11,000
being accepted.
SIJIIIATIONAL AFFAIR AT lIIGHBILTDOS STATION.—
Oa Saturday • respectably-dressed man and woman
were seen awaiting the arrival of the up-tritln from
Bristol, ea mate for Cardiff, when, aboot • quarter of
an hoar before it came up, • second female made her
appearance and entered into sonversatioa with the
gentleman. It subsequisily transpired that elm was
his lawful wife, bat that she had also transgressed
against the matrimonial lava of the country, and had
lived with another man at Ifighbridire After a few
angry words on her pert, she very pressingly desired
him to some hack to her, the first female all the time
looking dolefully at second, and the second female
"looking daggers" at first. The gentleman took it very
unoonoeroedly—as though nothing bad happened. The
second female protested against the first wearing •
brooch in her dress with her husband's photograph in
it, and desired her to band it over to her. Then all
three of them left the station, but shortly afterwards
the gentleman returned,aocompanied by the first female,
took a ticket for Bridgwater, maw her safely seated in •
second-class carriage, wished her good bye, and coolly
walked into the village with his legitimate better half.