October 1871
Hampshire Telegraph – Agent Mr. THURLOW
Oct 8th 1871: LECTURE – On Monday evening the Rev. T. S. BARTLETT, LL D., delivered a second lecture on “Fun,” in the large room of the Isle of Wight Philosophical and Scientific Society, Melville-street. The lecture was eloquent and amusing.
Oct 8th 1871: EDUCATION ACT – The managers of St. Helens’ National School, of St. Peter’s School Sea View, and of St. John’s National and Infants Schools, have issued a notice of their intention to comply with the requirements of the Elementary Education Act, so as to make their schools “public elementary schools” according to the provisions of that measure.
Oct 8th 1871: BOROUGH COURT – On Monday, Stephen PETTITT, a draper’s assistant, was summoned at the insistence of the guardians of the poor for neglecting to have his child vaccinated. In order to give him the opportunity of doing so the case was dismissed. Leonard Frederick GARRATT, a journeyman tailor, was summoned for a similar offence. He said his child had not been vaccinated, because he did not approve of it. He was therefore fined 20s. and 5s. costs.
Oct 11th 1871: RYDE PIER – The new pier-master, Mr. FISHER, for many years goods manager of the Canterbury station of the South-Eastern Railway, commenced his duties last week. The booking-office at the pier-head in connection with the tramway is about to be removed, and a new office is being built under the round-house, in such a position that passengers will be protected from the inclemency of the weather while paying their fares.
Oct 11th 1871: PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL – The anniversary services in connection with this place of worship took place on Sunday and Monday last. The collections showed a gratifying increase over those of former years. “Bethel,” as the chapel is called was built about a dozen years since on the site of a smaller chapel, which had become too strait for the congregation.
Oct 11th 1871: HORNED SEA BUTE – There is to be seen at the shop of Mr. GOULD, homoeopathic chemist, High-street, Ryde, a small specimen of this fish, which was caught last week off the pier-head in a whelk-pot. The specimen referred to is about three or four inches long. The horned sea bute is a stranger to these parts. On the coast of Africa it frequently attains a large size. It is a very dangerous fish, on account of its vicious nature, and the poisonous wounds inflicted by its teeth and horns.
Oct 21st 1871: CLAIM FOR DAMAGES TO A HOUSE – At a sitting of Ryde County Court on Wednesday, the case WEARN v. CHIVERTON was tried. It was a claim of £50 for damage done to a house by the flow of water into it from a neighbouring house belonging to the defendant in Monkton-street. The houses were originally in a line, but some years ago the defendant carried his house to the street and erected a bar known as Woodford’s bar. After much deliberation about the water pipe which overflowed, a verdict was given for the plaintiff—damages £10 and costs.
Oct 28th 1871: NARROW ESCAPE – On Wednesday morning, as the Rev. S. T. BARTLETT, LL.D., was passing the new Congregational church, George-street, he had a very narrow escape of serious, if not fatal, injury. A workman engaged in the construction of the tower and spire dropped a lead-headed hammer, weighing eight or nine pounds, and it struck the doctor on the left shoulder, partially stunning him. He was assisted into Dr. WELSH’s surgery, hard by, and although severely shaken, no bones were broken.
Oct 28th 1871: 1st (RYDE) I.W. RIFLE VOLUNTEERS – The eleventh annual prize meeting in connection with the above corps took place at Binstead, on Wednesday last. There was but little wind, and on the whole the day was very favourable to good shooting. Captain-Commandant NEWMAN was in command of the firing party in the morning, and Captain DASHWOOD in the afternoon.