The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1880-11-09 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

RAILWAY 00M.  PANIE&  At the Mary lotions County °nut, Friday, before Mr. Sergeant Wheels-. the Rot. Vinery Gibbs, clerk In holy order:, of st, R .atenreapark. *iambi ta recover the SIMI of £lO from the Groat Western Railway C for the lies of fox Cir. jet bicb. Plaintiff.' case was that on the 22n1 of Ilsy feet ha seat his gardener to the railway station at Paddington with the dog in • hamper, which had been timid tor the same purpose on pfeVithlacier-Lstoos. There was card uu the homper eddreseed to the con. nugnee at Abingdon. Tha gardener told the Was* what was in the iiaioper, awl paid Ile ordinary fire. Oa the followiog day, in oona•quence of the non-delivery of the inquirlae were made, and it was *Seel tamed that the dug hut escaped ls..ni the tuunper. It was caught end pot bock now, but it again escaped, aud was Wet, and the ple•euelco,te,d-d .bet whatever might have been tha state of the hemp, r when delivered, alter the first eacapa the cioupauy lidnotic-. and ahoold bees prevented he uerapei.—Mr. Mille contend A. on behalf of the cowpony, that the dog was cot p,operly oecured, and it the c mosey Wee, table it we. only to the extent of 1:2, as shown by the prin:ed Male., in tie bfokitic•ollior, which stated tit the ivinp icy would nt be liable from loss or iujury 4.-yotid £2,big•irr value be declared at the time of delivery. and an exceas of the usual fare paid. The learned Judo wad of opinion that the company were liable to, the lots of the dog, aud juiUment wai entered for the plaintiff for .ClO, the amount dimmed.  The Home Secretary hal written to a Ms. Baal, informing him that the Government will take measures to give affect ti the Select Committee% recommeodations in 'nos to the 1400dou water seep y. An order for winding op the Silkatone and Dade/oath Coal and Iron Company was niade on Friday. The chars capital of the company WM £300,000, and there are .4399,0110 worth of debenture.. A landalip occured at 13 rild wag, Shropshire, on the Great Western Hallway, on Friday morning. The Waffle between Wenbck and Wellington was auspended. Toe liaherinetie strike at Hull has assumed larger proportions, the men objecting In the employment of steam cutters, although these sere introduced at their solicitation. At Leeds Assizes, on Friday, Alice Maud Mozy Pickering, aged 19, climatic servant at Scarborough, was found guilty of the murder of her riot!, and sentenced to death. The child we. four year. old, and prieoner drowned it in • brook. William Brownlee, the man now lying in Durham Gaol under seinen°, of dea,h fir tho murder of his sweetheart, Elisabeth Holum., at Keen wood, has written to his victim's mother, expr•song Jeep roost foe the murder and asking her forte ,06.8.. It was stated late on Saturday Might that the Lord Chief Justices health continue, to imrwors The entries for the forthcoming cattle show of the Smithfield Club have been ascertained to be quit* equal in point of numbers to Moss of last ye.r. The prime will be of the aggregate value of over 4:1,90e. The show will be divided into SO chem. A mulling match for £4BO between Edits leyeock, the Australian, and an American, named J. H. Riley male off on the es, from Putney to Mortlake, on Saturday. A large number of spectators lined the river aid-. After an exciting race, laycock, who was the favourite at the start won by three lengths. The six days' pedestrian competition at the Agriculturalhall London, terminated on Saturday night in the victory of Rowsell, who had covered a die lobe of 8011 miles The record of Littlewood, the second man, was a little over 470 miles, destsuctive br explosion occurred on Saturday morning at the Irickworka at Jarrow-on-Tyne. The premises were comeletely wrecked, and two men were seriously injured. Lord Mestere was on Saturday elected Lord Rector of Edinburgh University by a majority of 39 votes over Sir R. Chisdson, the Conservative candidate. Difficulties are likely to arise between Chili and the United Statee, through the seizure of a yacht sailing under the United States flag. At the Stafford And.. on Saturday, Charles Hand was sentenced to penal servitude for life for shooting at • police-constable The London C•lizes states that the Baroness Burdett. Coutta, in ameliorating the condition of the poor and deserving fishermen a the United kingdom, has expended over .ClOO.