The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1870-05-31 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

IRSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY MAY 31. 1870  wee nearly 91 »Va. ,No suicide or accident of the least importance hu happened, neither hay there been any oeculoo for an inquest, the deaths having Arleen frolm neural causes ; indeed the year has paired away so evenly and without any untoward events arising that I forbear lidding any remarks beyood those in your own report, embodying as it does everything worth record. log. The ocup•fions and amusements .4th readings sod music lave been earned on as heretofore, and I most again heartily thank the Editors of the Dom! Chronicle, Doraei Exprem, 7e legro Skerborne , Asimal, Poole Herald, and the Record for .0 reel. ' Icily and kindly forwarding me their different papers • they are of very groat service, and tend to statue and while away many a Artery lonesome hoar " the statistical tables ere very elehorste• No. 9 giro* the "assigned causes of mental disorders," as follows : —Death of her sister, 1 ; dominion by her husband, 1; despondency, 1 male ; excitement. 1 of Each of sex; fever, 1 male; fright, 1 male ; grief, 1 female; hereditary predisposition, 1 male and 4 females ; injury to head, 1 of each sex; intoxication, 4 melee; overwork, 1 male; religions excitement, 2 females ; not known, 23 males sod 31 females, Of the 34 discharged, one was • man of 23, who became insane through the sudden death of • sweetheart ; after six weeks be was removed to the asylum : he had mania with mush depression. but alter being under treatment • little more than • seveo montha be recovered. A married man, aged 47, became demented through fright, his disorder being of the melancholy type ;he was in the aulam nearly four months- A bachelor of 45 went mad in consequnoe of intoxication. and had "many delusions," but 3 months and 29 days' treatment recovered him. Table 20 gives the number of lunatics, idiots, and imhecilee chargeable to the different unions of the (minty, not in any asylum on Jan. let,lB7o Axminster 10 idiots; Beamioner. 1 lunatic sad 9 idiots; Bland' ford, 9 lunstios and 6 idiots ; Bridport, 1 lunatic, 4 idiots, and 2 imbeciles' : Genie, fi Idiots and 3 imbeciles; Dorchester, 5 idiots and 2 imbeciles ; Poole, 19 idiots ; Shaftesbury, 2 lunatics and 9 idiots; Sherhorne, 1 lunatic and 3 idiots Sttirmineter, 4 idiots; Wareham, 29 idiot.; Weymouth, 2 idiot., and 19 imbeciles ; Wimbot no, 6 idiots; Wil2C4llioll, 1 idiot. Total, 14 lunatics, 115 idiots, and 20 imbeciles. The farm amount shows a profit of over £4(B; and the fat stock soooont that the beans end sheep parshamed and slaughtered for oonsumption In the asylum. hive cut • trifle over rid. per lb.—a very satisfsetory result. .  • The average weekly °oat of the maintenanoe, medicine. clothing, and care of seek patient during the year has been Gs. 10d.; the average weekly Charge on the Perishes 6s. 100.; charge to °she counties and boroughs, its. 64. to 12a; charge for private patients, 10s. to 14s.  muted Oolooel Newton neon the fine appeiranee of the battery. The men returned at • quarter to tire to the barracks. Five rounds of blank eartridte had been taken with them, but it was not used, ea it wee deemed unneemery. COUNTY PIT 77 fiterriona, Saturday.—Before R. Thornton, an(. M. Astell, Esq. Two men of the 7th Fusiliers, named ()revery and Prince, were brougtit up on remand from W mouth. chanced with °Warn( • Pali of boots to peeperly o Mr. ii•DCOCII, of the ewen uni! kollarid. It maned that on Thureday night Was it the Swan Inn. Prince eubeequently entered tuhentte J tat before Bregory left he was seen to take a pair of elastiewidebuou which were hanging up in the kitchen. and put them airier his jacket After he had gone, and Prince had Liao left, • wither who had seen him take he boots told the landlord. and he wilt for the po ice. The countable went in smirch, and met the two lefendania coining out of the Britannia. Prince carrying the boots, wrapped in a white pocket handkerchief. This was the only thing against Gregory. A sergeant attended to glee tiregury a rod chamfer, and the magistrates, believing he hid nothing too with the theft, dinhint. Prince elected to be tried by the magistrates and pleaded gu Ity. Sentenced to two months' hard labour. BOBOUGHO PM? Szasiose, Monday.—klefore J. Bishop, Bsq, I:coons, Loma, a girl of Illfame. Ii lug o Fordington, was mutat tted for seven days' hard I to or, for being found drunk an asleep in lesster-ispiare, at • o'clock on Sunday morning bk bits before had three months' hard labour as • disorderly proven.