The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-04 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

An explosion has occurred in a coal mine at Lebu, in
Chili. Thirty•five men were killed.
Zebehr Pasha is to ba domiciled at Gibraltar, but is
not to be tried for an] offence.
Prince Orloff, the Russian Ambassador to Berlin has
died at Fontainebleau.

The steamer Gulf of Mexico, which sailed from
Plymouth with emigrants in January last has arrived
at Sydney.
Col. E. C. York, of Hutthn Hall, Yorkshire, has been
elected master of the York and Ainsty hunt. Sub-
scriptions, amounting to £2,200 have been promised.
The French Senate has passed, by a large majority,
the exreals Bill, and has adopted without alteration
the measures for increasing the cattle duties.
By the collision of two passenger trains between
Mountmellick and Maryborough, on the Midland
Raii-
way of Ireland, a number of passengers were more or
less severely injured.
Mr. Charles Hall, Q.C7., Attorney-General to the
Prince of Wales, has been selected as the Conservative
candidate for Cambridgeshire (Chesterton Division),
Mr. A. J. Thornhill having declined to seek re-election.
News has reached Vienna of the explosions of grs
having occurred in a coal mine in Silesia, and another
coal mine in Moravia, by the first of which forty lives
are believed to have been lost, and by the second fifty-
six.

The twenty-second annual athletic gathering of the
representatives of the Oxford and Cambridge Univer-
sities took place resulting in Oxford scoring an odd
event, and won the sports.
Intelligence has been received at Portlaw that a
farmer, named James Colfer, has been fired at and
dangerously wounded by aneighbouring farmer at New-
town, county Waterford.
The Dominion Government at Ottawa is determined
to crush the rebellion among the half-breeds, and has
ordered 1100 men from Quebec and Toronto to thE
North-West. Louis Riel has relinquished the command
of the rebels.
A labourer named George Wadsley has had his right
arm shattered, his left hand blown off above the wrist,
and his face fearfully insured by an explosion in a shed
at Nobles' explosives factory, Plomont.
Mr. Knubley, who appeared before the Paris Cor-
rectional Tribunal, en the charge of threatening to
shoot the editor of "La France," was sentenced to 48
hours' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 200 f.
The Qu9en has sent,through Mrs. Randall Davidson,
hon. sec. of the Branch of the National Aid Society,
which has been established at Windsor by Princesc
Christian, a large gift of stationery and indelible pencils
for the troops in the Soudan, as well as a supply of
games, and of soap and other articles.
The Rev. Canon llegarty, Roman Catholic adminis-
trator, in writing to the Cork papers, under the lizr..ading,
"A Word for the Prince of Wales," states that thr;,ugh
his Royal Highness's influence in 1863, the ItaliNi•
Government were prevented from seizing the church of
St. Clement's in Rome.
Messrs. Evans and Sons, engineers, of the Culwell
Foundry, Wolverhampton, have received a War Office
order for sixteen pumps for the Soudan. The pumps
will be required to pump well-water for Dia Brit-4-h
troops. The time allowed for the completion of the
order is a month.

Mr. W. Be-ckeit Den ison, who represented the borough
of East Retford and the hundred of Bassetlaw in the
Conservative interest in the last Parliament, met the
Conservative Committee at Retford, and expressed his
willingness to contest the division at the next election.
In consequence of the present state of our Foreign
relations, most of the Ministers will remain either in
town or within a convenient distance of London during
the Easter Recess.
The Pope, in his recent address to the Consistory,
used vehement language, complaining of the ceremony
at the Victor Emmanuel Monument, and describing the
event as a sadder one than the entry of the Italian
troops into Rome.
Three troopers of the 21st Hussars, while returning
to quarters'at the new barracks, Limerick, have been
attacked by a number of civilians, and badly beaten.
The whole of the £5OOO required for the purchase of
the Sussex County cricket-ground has been guaranteed,
and the committee of the club have accordingly de-
cided to effect the purchase. The Earl of Shdlield, the
president, has contributed £6OO to the fund.
Mr. Edward Clarke, M.P., presided recently over the
annual dinner of the Press Club, at which Mr. W. H.
Smith, M.P., Sir R. Cross, M.P., and Mr. Charles
Russell, M.P., were also included in the list of speakers.
A conference, convened by the Central Council for
Promoting Self-Supporting Penny Dinners, was held at
the Society of Arts to enable those who have been
carrying on penny dinners to compare experiences and
results. Mr. Mundella, M.P., who presided, said that
every day brought to him some new and strixing testi-
mony of the value of this work.
A fire has destroyed thesextensive oil works of
MeSsrs. Price, at Erith. The fire brigade were unable
to render any assistance water having no effect upon
the burning oil. The firel)urnt fiercely for several days
the damage being estimated at about half a million.

In the House of Lords judgment has been given
an appeal brought by the North British Railway
the
pany against a decree of the Second Division of
Scotch Court of Session which had ordered the coraPl
to remove the ruins of the Tay-bridge, which were sal,
to be an obstruction to the navigation. The House le;
Lords decided that the company were under tto
nbliiiation to remove the ruins, and ordered thee'
do so.
At a meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Werkg'
the solicitor to the Board reported they had no pov.'er,
to lend £20,259 to the School Board for Industki
Schools, as they could only lend for Industrial Schools
such sums as had been sanctioned by the Home Seer„e.
tary. The subject was referred back to the Flea':
Committee. A motion to apply to Parliam fir
ent fse4
power to l levy a rate of [d.] in the pound for
brigade purposes was lost by 18 to 14 votes.
The ladies of Devonshire have presented Mrs.Ten3l3l,°
with a silver tea and coffee service and three diarnoptrl
stars as a parting gift on her leaving the country, Wl.
the bishop, for London. The dean made the prese%
tion on behalf of tho 1600 ladies who had joined in
;movement, and the plate and jewellery were score
panied by a poem, which was read by Lady Ev,e,,
Courtenay. Mrs. Temple suitably acknowledgee '—
presentation.
A terrible boiler explosion has occurred at the Weir
and tile works of Mr. Archer Coalville, near Leicester;
by which one man was killed and great destruction e'•
property caused. The buildings were partially de.
molished, a chimney stack was blown down, and di!.
boiler plates were thrown a considerable distance. e StW,
sequently the dead body of a workman named Lag
The
was found in the debris, dreadfully mutilated.
cause of the explosion is unknown. aids,
Lord R. Grosvenor, M.P. presided over a gen
meeting of the Channel Tunnel Company' and in
• that
course of discussion said he was perfectly certain
the present House of Commons would not listen to the
scheme. What a new House of Commons would do D°
one could tell. He therefore advised the shareholders
not to liquidate, as in that case they could not amlsl..
gamate with any other company.
At Leicester fifteen persons have been summoned tn
show cause why orders should not be made against
them to have their children vaccinated. The defend-
ants urged conscientious objections to the operation oe
the ground of injury and death following the operation.
It was stated that on the day of the recent demonstts*
tion letters and telegrams were received reporting 61'
teen fresh cases of injury and nine deaths from raccin .
,s
tion, while between 300 and 400 people had testified ir
Leicester to having seen cases of serious injury atteecr
ing the operation. Orders were made in each easel.
have the operation performed within a month. It Nw"
take over two years to dispose of the cases at present
on hand. t
Some time ago two inmates of the Portsea
Prison were discovered, one of them with a Scotch tw
note concealed about his person, and the other it
bunch of skeleton keys, which were found to fit sore
of the prison locks. On the cases being investigated 131
the Director of Convict Prisons, it was found that the
last-mentioned convict had on a previous occasion bee°
discovered in the act of manufacturing keys, and there"
fore his excuse that those lately discovered had beet:,
placed in his jug by another convict was not of rune' '
avail. He was sentenced to a long term of prise°
punishment, including several months' solitary eonflito.
melit, and an alteration in his dietary. The man lith
was found with a £lO note was about a year ago
covered with a suit of clothes minus the bread arre'/,'
and. he was sentenced by the Director to underg-

punishment of a like character.
Fourteen members of the Gosport Company of theet
3rd Hants Rifle Volunteers have been dismissed.
appears that a short time ago they attached thee
names to a letter addressed to Colonel Mumby,
commanding officer, protesting against the promotion gi
a comrade to the rank of corporal. At the next drwt
the commanding officer stated that unless the protes
was withdrawn he should be compelled to report tli°
conduct of the members who had attached their signs.
tures thereto, and to recommend their dismissal. °, e
however gave any individual member the opportunl
of withdrawing his signature, which was not taken 6
vantage of, with the result mentioned. te
At a special meeting of the Chemists' and Druge-s
Association, held at Birmingham under the presidend
of Mr. W. Harrison (Sunderland), and attended 131
representatives of 4000 chemists in England and se!:
land, the Poisons Bill was considered. The tor'ft
sure was strongly denounced as of no public inter%
and of no trade benefit by several speakers, ,
strongly objected to the provisions of the bill. 'Let
chairman questioned whether the trade of a chere's6
and druggist could exist providing the measure e/is
passed, and a resolution was unanimously carried pled'
ing the association vigorously to oppose it.
A highly important scheme has been launched by the
Cheshire Dairy Farmers' Association. The increresi°l
competition from America, and a greater scarcitY
dairymaids qualified by training and ex den°
Pe ttea.
make prime Cheshire cheese, have directed
tion of the association to the desirableness of acquirecet
a pasture farm of about 200 acres, on which to 11°P80.
special instruction to the sons and daughters offarieert,
Tile president of the association the Duke of Wes a
minster, and the vice presidents, fords Tollernache aPre
Comhermere, have recently impressed upon Chesin
dairy farmers that if they would maintain their PO'
tion in the home market against competition o°l
America they must make a bettor average eualiti 050ece.
cheese. At Chester, Mr. Willis, secretary of tbe
ciation, has introduced his scheme, which he see's
be made absolutely self-supporting. The schenee ,e I
ceived the enthusiastic support of the members of
association, the details of the farm managetneet heni9
left for discussion.
On Monday afternoon the Queen, with Princess '
Beatrice and suite, left Windsor for Portsmouth, where
her Majesty and the Princess embarked on board the
Royal yacht Victoria and Albert for Cherbourg, and
via Paris, to Aix-le-Bains.
At a mass meeting of chainmakers held at Rowley iS
was stated the workmen's wages were, by undersellil
and unfair trading, reduced £lOOO a week, as compe
are
with twelve months ago. It was unanimously resolve" ,
to continue the strike.
A firm of manufacturers at Macclesfield have r°_:
ceived an order for 4395 pieces, and 45,950 silk bandkel_.
chiefs, for the army. It is estimated that the executil
of the order will employ 100 looms till the end °
November.
The International Commission appointed to ereVir; •
a scheme for the freedom of navigation through t
Suez Canal has met in Paris. After an inaugure
address by M. Jules Ferry, two plans were submitstueb:
one by England and the other by France, and a to
committee was appointed to consider them, aenuale
draw up a definitive project acceptable to au
Powers.
The Duke Duke of Cambridge presided at the annual ni
ing of the Royal School for the Daughters of Ofni,
of the Army, held in the Royal United Service lestity
tion. His Royal Highness said that the chief diffie .0
the school had to contend with was financial and it lee,
more than ever necessary that it should be liberaig
supported.
At the London Mansion House Booth Gray, clerk t'n
Messrs. Lloyd and Co., has been committed for trial f
of
embezzlement.
The Nottingham Town Council have decided to ell;
the relief works which were started some time age°, of
the Estates Committee of the Council for the benefit
the unemployed workmen of the town.
The inquest on the body of John Williams, the lett: '
man belonging to the Government transport Kinserner,
has concluded at Woolwich. He was barbarously ta.ee
dered in the house of a young woman, named Sa'74
Birch, at 4, Canon-row Woolwich, who is in custop
Woolwich on the charge of murder. The onlY, two
evidence adduced at the inquest was that ce „eel
medical men, who stated that death had resultedtu ea
fracture of the skull by violence, and the jury rere
a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Sarah Birehereet
t The Salvationists at Eastbourne renewed their sS tee
processions on Sunday, and were escorted roun
town by the police. ene
The recent cold weather has been very trying „
young lambs in the Romney Marsh district and ws"bes
the hills in Kent, but notwithstanding this there ,he
been only a small proportion of losses. Indeed, vier
lambing season all through Kent and Sussex has ;teed
been most successful. Many fat lambs will be °"' eile
for sale at the markets to be held during the Prehoe
week, and farmers hope to realise Is. per pouu eels
them—a price at which some sales have alreadY
effected privately. s. cave t 4
Miss Elizabeth Crombie Duthie, the lady wen bet
the city of Aberdeen the public park which hear; ose
name, has died, aged 65. The Duthie-park, eehle.". tlitY
opened by Princess Beatrice in September, 1883,;-„,„a
finest recreation ground in the north of SCotlano, ere
' ,
cost £50,000. Miss Duthie who is the last lined
sentative of her family, has bequeathed the rest 0
fortune to the public institutions of the city. 003
At the Birmingham Police-court, a publicau netesl
Rooke applied for a warrant against his wife feeer„.'eelfe
ing £4OO, under extraordinary circumstances. eee'gpfe.
eloped, teking with her }.300 from the applicant'S
A warrant was granted. epeet'
A youne woman named Ann Robb, of Pro io
street, Edinburgh, quarrelled with her husband,eallar
a fit of passion ran to the window, opened th
ment, and leaped out into the street. Sae. 4. f„e thee
distance of between thirty and forty feet la"Lecee'
street, but, strange to say, sustained no more %sere
injury than a shock to the system and some "
bruises. t1:1°
The calling out of the Army Reserve will redanelpota
Birmingham police by about 25 men. Arrangeteeloti
will be made for the men to continue their polieeelitee ,
at the close of their military service. The metrofwep to
police will, it is stated, have to send nearly 90° IP •
join their regiments.
Mr. Justice Chitty have made an order coafirri''°t..4,ll
resolutions for the reduction of the eaPitale&
London Road-Car Company (Limited), to e'ice
divided into 22,000 shares of £6 each, of r-ie
6967 shares already issued, of which £6 has velorele#
will be deemed part and fully paid. at' d •
appeared for the company. deetti -5
Saturday being the first anniversary of the a hy
the Duke of Albany, her Majesty, accompanieoe EcinV •
Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duchess
_hieseer
burgh, Prince and Princess Christian of Sfeepteil,
Holstein, the Princess Louise, the Princess
.eetert seof
the Duchess of Albany, Prince Albert Ir_Piieeica
Prince George of Wales, the Princess Fre _ geec
Hanover, and the Marquis of Lorne, attendedwas7e?
service in the Albert Chapel, Windsor, 'which eel
tee
ducted by the Dean of Windsor. been 0°
At the Cork Assizes Maurice Quinn has
for the murder of Jeremiah Healy, at Nohove,i_fee
3rd inst. The evidence went to show that ate !lee y eera;
existed between the two men for the pasteteieeS; je
,teice
which culminated in the prisoner stabbing !,fficrte a I:01
abdomen, causing wounds from which he oee,,bter, e"
hours. Prisoner was found guilty of manslaes
was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude.in the Vetsie.
At St. Jude's Schools, Commercial-steeelehesoo, pee
end of Londoe, Mr. E. North " ofStse
chairman of the London School Be.atliep is
ewe
a Fine Art Exhibition. The exhibi
fifth of a series that have heeneee 0100
by the Rev. Mr. Barnett, and contains ao7hteoleebee,
tures, kindly lent by the owners, among y Deie_vo,
paintings by such well-known artists as Sireee. F. nbe
P.R.A. , J. Israels, H. Herkomer, Rekeeoteere- eeele
R.A., T. Feed, R A., J. Brett, A.iii•••aneu
admission to the exhibition is free, and it ry—
for sixteen days including SundaYo