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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

DUDLEY.

LOCAL FAILIMIL—A petition for liquidation and
composition with creditors was filed on Monday after-
noon at the County Court by W illiam Wright, of the
Old Bnffery, chartermaster and breeze burner—liabilities,
£900; assets not known. Mr. W. 11. Tinsley is solicitor
to the debtor.

CHARGE 01' ASSAULT AGAINST A LICENSED VICTUALLER.
—On Monday, at the Police Court, before Mr.
Cochrane, Alderman Wilkinson, and Mr. James Fisher,
Henry Cracknell, landlord of the Miners Arms Market
Place, was charged with assaulting Susumu:li Cox, a
domestic servant in his employ.—Mr. Tinsley prose-
cuted, and Mr. Shakespeare defended.—The girl sai
the defendant cam. into.the brewhouse, where she was,
and, after kissing her, indecently assaulted her. Cona-
plainant was cross-examined as to the theft of some
small articles of jewellery and some wine, but she denied
bath suggestions.—A witness named Mary Davies, a
fellow servant, said she heard cries of "Polly," and
went into the brewhouse. Complainant then told her
that the defendant bad assaulted her. Mrs. Cracknell
heard of the matter direetly afterwards, and had the two
girls in the presence of her husband. A scratch on the
defendant's Use was amounted for by him that he had
received it from a pin in the girl's dress' and when his
wife wished to know how that was done he told her to
mind her own business. This was the statement of the
girls.—For the defence, Mr. Shakespeare complained
that the months of the defendant and his wife were
closed, but fortunately he had evidence on the
material points. Cracknell had made two charges
against the girl, and it was not likely that after that
he would put himself in her power by committing an
indecent assault.-1 pianist named Hennings said she
heard the girls make the charge in presence of Mr. and
Mrs. Cracknell, and the former at once denied that he
had done anything of the kind.—knother witness was
put in the box, but Mr. Cochrane said the evidence
was too conflicting, and the case would' be dismissed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

• AMERICAN EUMOUI

Josh Billings Pavm : Moat people, are an.liPTle to get,
the fast news. I want my news aboutioar days OM, then T
think I stand sum chance to hear the truth.

A Question for the American Scientific Association.
—Why Is it that It takes two hymn-boolas to-supply the same
couple after marriage, who alwaya found one hyma book.
sufficient for them while they were lovers.

The latest instance of " married in haste" was that I
of a,;oupies• united in matrimony on an Erie express train
-While it was humming along at the rate of 40 miles an
hour. '
A Louisiana paper says that in that State horse Rtea 1
log is managed as follows :—The owner of a horse makes a
bargain with the thief to take the horse to Iberville Or Eaten'
Range, and sell him. The thief brings the-owner half the
money, and teils the name of the purchga Then the
owner goes and reclaims the horse, as havidif been stolen. ..
To tell a toadstool from a mushroom is a very easy •
thing after all. Eat it ; if you live it is a mushroom; if yam;
die it is a toadatpoL , •
A,bright little .three-year-old,- in, Hartford, having
. become a little Mixed between her religious instruction and.
her nursery rhymes; gravely reeitea—" The Lord is P 3 y
shepherd, and•Helliris lost his -ribeeP*; airet He don't know
; where to And them." .-
.
; The longest sentenoe on recora was .pronounced: by
l'a Western judge. Be lentenced a murderer. •to, imprison- .
i,nzent for life, and afterwards added two more years to the
j sentence because the prisoner called him" no gentleman." -
. A Chicago raper says that the married ladies of a.,
Western city have formed a Come-home-husband Club. It is
about four feet lung, and has a brush on the end of it. •
An exchange says, "A clergyman at EaA
Quebec, recently seizad a bride al security f, r non.phyatent
of his fee by the impecunious bridegroom, and the husband
had to give security for the 1 dollar 25 cats ere ho eul,l oh-
lain his spouse."
The Washington Nation editOr says,—A. man
dressed in a linen duster and a straW' hat came panting into
;oar office yesterday and gasped, " td-ed-tor.,`
su-snow in Ot-ot-ta-wish tot -telegraphed special to me," and
then shivering, but
.quinitly, recovering himself with the
duster, continued, t`L have An orlginal idea. which I've•
weaysplio. a poeni.; Let mo
• , 'per anow the show, ths.figgelly,an—'
He: said ne-insore, but dtiappeared through the floor. We
asked-what'll giriaht The devil rirplied; / did it with my
racheC' 'nit than was hoer airline night fkriadin' his
pome to us fellaris, and we fixed that trap tor 'him. We have
!moved the cistern underneath to break his fall," The poet
. .
-- not returned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

THE DUTCHMAN MW FLORICULTURE.

The devotion of the Dutchman to floricultrtre is AR
notorious as his passion for tobacco (says the .Standard)
The soil ( f his low-lying country, only ramparted
ageinst the encroachments of the jealous sea by arti-
ficial barriers which require constant attention and
repair, assuredly is not favourable to gardening; yet
nowhere is gardening pursued IS a pastime and coca-
patiou with more loving industry. Nature would
almost seem to have challenged the Dutchman, and
the Dutchman has accepted the challenge in that
spirit of fierce contradiction wllich stimulated Byron
to the practice of physical feats principally ly.tcause
he was conscious of physical defecte. There is
no portion of the flat blealt Netherlands where
a bouquet cannot be had at all seaeons of the
year; parterres of brilliant fbwers gem many an
ctherwise dreary waste; the balcony-conservatory
Is a national institution. It is not surprising, there-
fore, to learn that a committee of wealthy burghers
has been formed at Amsterdam to organise a gra
horticultural exhibition for next year. This exhibt
tion is advertised as international; and although this
international hobby has been well nigh 'ridden to
death, one can understand and admire it in the present
instance. The proposed show will be open to, all the
world, if all the world choose to complitte, at will.
embrace among its different well-arranged sections not
only plants for the stove, for the greenho,i,ise-Nw iiittfOr
the open air—fruits, vegetables, and seeds-,--Kuticcrits
applied to
_horticulture and botany: Amateur-'gar-
deners who have been led by reading Dumas's story of
"The Black Tulip "into a. sympathetic fondness for
Holland, will hardly be disappointed if they visit
Amsterdam on the forthcoming occasion.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

HAGLE Y.

BROMSGROVE.

SALE or' CHRISTMAS FAT STOCK —The Christmas
market on Tuesday was fairly attended by butchers and
dealers from the surrounding district., but the supply
of stock was not up to the average. There was a
fair supply of beasts and sheep, which met with a
flat trade. Pigs were very plentiful, and were die.
posed of for less money. A great part of the stock
offered fell into the hands of the auctioneers. Mr.
Cotton sold about 50 head of cow stock. 200 sheep, and
a quantity of pigs; and Messrs. Steedman and Nokes
also disposed of a good qsantity of all kinds of stock.
Fat cow. made from £l6 to £2B 10.; sheep, 44. to 565.
Quotations :—Beef, 7id to ; mutton, Sd to 104 per
lb. ; bacon pigs, 10. to lie 6d; and porkete, 12. per
sure.

PARISH A PMIXTKINT.-11 the Bromsgrom Petty
Sessions, on Wednesday, Mr. Charles Wright, of the
Bell Inn, was, upon the oath of Mr. J. W. Smith,
Assistant Overseer, appointed Overseer for the parish
of BromegroYe, in the place of Mr. Wm, Brown, Jan.,
deceased.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

D.ARKVITE

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Mill.K-LANE.—MONDAY.
Firmness' bag continued to be the cbartwterisac of the
grain trade. E I.ltsh wheat was in short supply, hat the
demand for it was not active. The mark 4 was, ho .ever,
firm, and the la e advance was well maintained. White is
selling at 41a. to fits ; and red 4is to 495. per qr. As regards
foreign wheat th supply was moderate. There was a quiet
demand, but at fully late rates. Barley was in moderate
supply; malting produce was firm, with a fair business
doing; ;minding was unaltered. Malt was sold at about late
rates. Oats were in fair supply. The market was, however,
firm, and the hest Pam plea ruled about Bd. dearer on the
week. Maize was fi'm but sot active. Beans and peas were
quiet at ab..dit late rates. The flow market was decidedly
firm, the late improvement being
standing a lets active trade. wen supported notwith-
MARK-LANB.—WEDNISDIY.

At Mark-lane there is no fresh feature in the trade.
English wheat war in shcrt supply. Though not active, the
market was steady, and quotations ruled firm. Foreign
wheat was in fair supply and healthy request, at quite late
rates. A rather more liberal supply of barley was on the
stands. Malting produce was firm, but grinding told slowly.
Malt changed hands at about late rates. There was a fair
show of oats on offer, and a steal), inquiry prevailed at full
prices. Maize was firm, on former term!. Beans and peas
changed hands at about late rates. The fbur market WM
firm, at about previous currencles.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

and in London, the Lord Mayor having taken
a leading part in extending the hospitality
of the City to gallant men who braved the
perils of the inhospitable North, in order to maintain
the name and to spread the fame of their native
country. The granting of the distinction of K.C.B.
(Knight Companion of the Bath) to Captain Nares is
a well merited mark of appreciation of the 6trvices
which have been rendered to the cause of scieno, for
the knighthood in question is of more value than the
ordinary title of that description. That is usually
KB. (Knight Bachelor), but the order of the Bath is
more coveted, and consequently more prized by the
recipient of the honour upon whom it is couferred.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

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Every care

-LAIL
SUICIDE OF , 4-,O4ENTLE.

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An inquest has held at St. George's Hospital,'
London, on the body of Mr. Joseph F. Gillett, Red
43, a retired stockbroker, of 115, Piccadilly., who .was
mortally injured by throwing himself in front of an
engine on the Metropolitan District Railway at
Victoria Station on Friday, the Ist inst. Mr. John
Staples, of Avenue-road, Regent's Park, identified the
body as that of his wife's brother, and deposed that
he bad been in ill-health and depressed spirits for
some time past, and was under the impression that
he had committed some dreadful act for which
no atonement could be made. Witness was quite
sure it wes a delusion but still he did not think it
necessary to restrain deceased, who was generally very
temperate and of quiet habits. During the few days
immediately preceding his death, however, he had
taken more stimulants than could possibly have been
good for him, evidently with the intention of drowning
all recollection of his supposed dreadful actions. On
Friday morning, the let inst., witness left him at the
corner of Oxf Ad-street, and made arrangements to
dine with him in the evening, and he next saw him in
the hospital, when he was quite sensible, and saia he
had committed a wicked action by throwing himself in
front of the train, and that at tho tinio ho did it he
was not reSpciiisibie for his actions. Mr. Walter Rye.
solicitorosaid that he had acted for the deceased for 15
years, and hcwas quite sane until a few weeks before
his death. On the 3rd inst. witness visited Lim at the
hospital, wheir he said he had been Suffering from
insomnia for ten days prior to the commission of the
act, and that lie" had thrown himself in front of the
engine on the impulse of the moment. He was quite
sane when he made the statement, and, believing that
he would recover, gave witness instructions to prepare
his defence on the charge of. attempted suicide. . The
jury. returned &verdict of "Suicide .while of unspund
, fo,e.. • • . "••• .%
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

FOOTBALL.

BILBROUGHTON ii. KIDDEUSIINEITEII.ThiS match was
played at Belbroughton, on Saturday, December 9th.
and resulted in a victory for Kidderminsttr by one goal
and a try. The ball was kicked off by the Belbroughton
captain and carried by the first rash into the Kidder.
minuet goal line. It wig soon returned however, and
the visitors playing well up penned their opponents' until
a good run by Saunders secured a tonsil down for his
Is. The try was a failure but shortly afterward. the
ball was again driven behind the Belbroughton goal line
and a second touch down was scored by Chamberlain,
which Saunders neatly converted into a gold. Ends
were then changed sod the home team worked hard to
return defeat, but although they several times carried
the ball into dangerous proximity to their adversaries
goal it was always returned into neutral ground by the
back players. The scrummages throughout the match
were well contested, the forwards on both sides playing
up with great spirit. There was very little running
with the ball on either side. T. G. Hobbes and
Saunders being the only players who got away with it.
In spite of the pouring rain which tell throughout the
whole afternoon both sides played full numbers. For
Belbroughton: Edwards (back), Trotter ard Bird
(three•quarter backs), Tomkins (half bask), and Best
(forward) particularly distinguished themselves.
Kidderminster silo: G. Watson (back), L. Stretton
(three-qtrirter back), P. Goodwin and H. Saunders
(half backs), P. Birch (captain), Threlfsli, L. Talbot,
E. Talbot, Allden, Dixon, Boycott, H. Watson, Cham-
berlain, T. Naylor, and Andrews.

•
WHST BROM .WICH (IST TEAM) V. RIGLEY.—The above
match was played on Saturday, and, after an exciting
game, was drawn, neither side scoring a goal. The
West Bromwich having won the toss, kicked up the hill,
but playing rather loose at first allowed their opponents
to make some near shots at goal. They, however, soon
warmed up to their work, and taking the ball up the
hi 1, in turn threatened the Hagley goal, which was
only saved by the good gosf Yreeping of E. Williams.
At half-time both sides played hard to obtain a win,
the game being very fast, but the backs of both teams
playing well, prevented either side obtaining a goal.
It should be mentioned that the West Bromwich played
one man short, their captain at the last moment being
unable to come, which consider:A.ly weakened them.
West Bromwich: Rev. W. Carter (back), J. Birch and
Harrold (half backs), Arkenstall, Goode, E. Jackson,
Roberts, Salter, F. Williams (forwards), Powell (goal).—
Hagley : H. Smith (captain), N. Smith, T. Smith, B.
Williams, H. Williams, E. Williams, Edwards, Hobbes,
Perry, Taylor, Tichborne, and Wyatt,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

ELOPEMENT AT DUDLEY.

John Evans, alias Big Finger, publican, of Cross
Street, Dudley, has recently had at his house a well-
known runner, named Daniel Morris, alias " Spottier,"
who has for some time been in training for a match.
The pedestrain, however, turned his opportunity to such
account that instead of running the race he decamped on
Thursday with the wife of the eonfidiug landlord, taking
with him a quantity of wearing apparel, a silver watch,
and about £9O. The delinquent pair were traced to the
residence of " Spottier's' parents in Boat Row, Tipton.
Au unavailing attempt was matte to apprehend Morris,
who got upon the house top, and after an exciting chase
outran his pursuer. The husband returned to Dudley
and took out a warrant. Sergeant NI igley was sent to
to serve this, but up to the time of writing he had failed
to overtake the professional runner. At the house the
officer saw the wife, a buxom dame of fifty, and found
some trifling articles belonging to Mr. Evans, but not
any money. The gay Lothario is about twenty years of
age.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

BEING USEFUL AFTER DEATH!

Disinterested persons desirous of becoming useful
members of society after death have a chance afforded
them of doing BO with little or no personal sacrifice.
They can "leave a name behind them, advance the
progress of science, and be the benefactors of posterity "
by bequeathing their bodies to the anthropological
laboi story, and before undeNoing dissection at the
hands of the anthropologists they can, in virtue of their
le.:acy, enjoy the privileges of a member of the Mutual
Postmortem Society. The association bearing the
above name will not, perhaps, find favour with the ,
general public, a certain prejudice existing against '
being cut up even after the spark of life is fled, and an
insurmountable repugnance also to becoming the ulti-
mate property of anthropologists; hut the little clique
of scientific and medical magnates who have organised
it, are fairly in love with their new project, which they
are hoping will render autopsies more popular. Every
wpirant to the honour of belonging to the club must
consent to be utilised after his decease, and to that end
must make a will upon entering, couched in the fol-
lowing terms, "I desire that after my death I may be
dissected in order that whatever deformities, eccentrici-
ties, or diseases I may have laboured under during my
life may be cltscovered, and made profitable to those
who cows after me, by suggesting the means of com-
batting them. Ti this end, I give and bequeath my
Corpse to the Anthropological Society, and desire they
' may 'do . with it what seems best in their eyes."
Naturally, individuals possessing perfectly healthy
bodies will not be welcomed quite so cordially as those
whose organs offer something interesting in a medical
point of view, but all who may wish to became " sub-
jects " for the surgeon's knife can inscribe themselves.
—Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

GAME AND POULTRY.

is. al. to 41.; American ditto, 3s. to 'is. ; wild
6d. to 3s. 3d. ; wild E,,ease, 9s. to bs 6d. ; capons,
10s. 61. ; large tarns, 3s. 61 to 6s. ; small ditto,
16diti)viudd'e . k
2t:.tO 2s. LI.; chickens, 2s. to 3s. 6d. ; hazal grouse,
Is. 61. to 2s. ; snipe, ls to ls. 341 ; leverets, 2s. to 3s. ;
pintail, la. 6d. to 2s,
; tesi, 93.. to 11d. ; ptarmigan, 10d. to
4d.; quail., 15. 6cl. to 2..; pheasants, 2.. to 3.. ; conies.
9d. to is. 3d.: roe bucks, 15.. to 275. ed. each; larks, ls. to
ls. 63.. per doz.

FIBII.
Pickled herrings, 235. to 335. : fresh ditto, 16s. ed. to 30s. ;
roused ditto, 18s to 255. ; re s ditto, 16s. to 21s. per barrel ;
kipper ditto, Be. to 4s. ed. ; bloater ditto, 2s. 9.1. to Os. per
box; smoked haddock, 261. to 40s. per barrel ; trawl
ditto, 20s. to 26..; ditto plaice. 20e. to 255. per basket;
soles, Is. 6d. to Os. per pair; mUllet, 4s. 64. to 78. 66.;
lobsters, 155. to 40s. ; crabs, 12s. 6d. to 375. 6d. per dczen ;
eels, is. to Is. id. ; salmon, 28. 6d. to Ss. 66. ; kipper ditto,
94 to is. d. per lb ; catfte oysters, £l2 to £l3; pearl ditto,
4.8 to Li; and common ditto, Al to £2 per bushel.

SEED. • -
LONDON, Monday, Dec. 11 —The moderate supply of )11
English Cloverseed was taken eli at very full prices, for good
and flee qualities. Tnere have been fair arrivals of Ameri-
can seed, which have gone eft steadily at 765. to bOs. per if
cwt. Trefoil was in less active demand, wioout any qua-
able change in the prizes of go3d qualities. Grass seeds of all
sorts realised the full advanc. lately established. Hempseed
could be bought for less money. CanaryseEd was dull, and
offered at lower rates. Foreign Tares were obtainable at
moderate prisms. English rapeseed the full prices of last
week. MusTardseed, both white and brown, was in limited, •
request, Nvithout Any alteration in the value of either sort. 4..
PROVISION.
LoNDoN, Monday, Dec. 11.—The arrivals last seeds hom
Ireland were 1.3 firkins Butter and 6,031 bales Bacon, and
from foreign ports 27,00 packages Butter and 1,516 bales
Bacon. The foreign gutter eaßrliet ruled firm during last
week for the driest qualities, but Ulterior stale p -erode were
difficult of 114 e, at lower prioes. Best Dutch advam:ed to
140 s. In Irish little or nothing dune. ihe Bacon market
also ruled firm, and a good amount of business was trans-
acted.
ILAY.

WHITECHAPEL, Saturday, DO M £l.—There wall a short enp.
ply or hby *Aid straw at market to•clay. Trade was Retire,
and prices very firm, sod in some cases Whirr clearer
Prime clover, 100 a. to IS5s. interior. iiss. to 951. rlma
meadow bay, 90s. to 18L; inferior, 551. to The. Straw, Qs,
to itSi. per load,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

WA I TO PRESERVE HEALTH.

Illustrated by numerous testimonials from grateful
patients who have been restored to health through he
author's instrumentality.

Sent post free for 2-stamps; or by letter post, three
stamps.

ste- Address. Dr. BARNES, 48, Lonsdale Square
Barnsbury, London, N.

•
IMPORTANT TO COUNTRY PATIENTS.
DR. BARNES may be consulted personally
or by letter in all private and confidential cases
and for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers who cannot visit
him, he will, on receiving a description of their case, en-
closing a stamped envelope for reply, be ready to give his
opinion upon the nature of the case, and the principles
of treatment necessary to effect a permanent cure.
Address, Dr. BARNES, 48,.Lonsdale Square, Barns.
bury, London, N.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

WHERE OUR EMIGRANTS GO TO.

The returns of emigration from the port of Liver-
pool, during the month of October have just been made
up, and they showed that 70 ships sailed, carrying
5,411 passengers, being a decrease of 1,433 on the
number of the previous month, and of 895 on that of the
corresponding period of last year.
Of the total number of ship, 21 sailed to the United
Stated,
.with 3,661 passengers, of whom 2,531 were
English, 12 Scotcb, 333 Irish, and 782 foreigners.

Four sailed for Canada, with 557 passengers, 496 of
whom were Englieh and 61 foreigners. All these
vessels sailed under the Emigration Act.

Of vessels not under th; Act, nine sailed to the
United States, with 401 passengsv, 201 of whom were„
English, seven Irish, and 23 foreigners while the
nationality of 1F.6 was not dilitingiiisned.- 'Five sailed
to Canada, with 88 passengers, 54 English, three Scotch,
12 Irish, 15 f.Teigners, and four whoss nationality was
not given. Tbrec s4iled to Nova Scotia, with 142 pas-
Pene firi, 141 Engli-h and one foreigner. Three sailed
to Victoria' %ill 117 pusengers, of wham 57 were
EnAAS; 53 Irish, aLd sevenrforeigners. To the West
Indies three sailed, with 22 passengers, the natnnality
of whom was not stated; to the East Indlee, seven.,
with 223 p3ssengers, whose nationality was not men-
tioned; and to Africa, three, with 47 pasengers, as to -
whose nationality no information was given. Six ships
sailed to South America, with 132 passengers, 84 Fyiag-
fish, 21 Scotch, 14 Irish, and ten foreigners; and :to
China three ve6sels -went, with 21 passengers, the
nationality of whom was not given.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

FATAL FIGHT AT QUARRY BANK.

On Wednesday night Mr. W. H. Phillips, Depute
Coroner, held an inquest at the Blue Ball Inn, Quarry
Bank, touching the death of Josiah Tipper (23), a
puddler, who resided in the Salt Wells Coppice—The
deceased and a puddler named Alexander Barnsley
Nock, who was his uncle, were drinking in the Thee •
Horse Shoes lan, on Monday night. On leaving, at
about eleven o'clock, they commenced to fight, but from
what cause was not shown. At the end of the fifth round
both fell down, Tipper, who was undermost, falling back-
wards across the kerbing ef the street. He did set
speak afterwards, and on • surgeon being sent for he wee
found to be dead. At the inquest the man Nock was
present. and Mr. Addison, soticiter, watched the pro-
ceedings on his behalf.—lt was stated by witnesses of
the fight that Nock said to Tipper that he loved him too
much to fight him, and asked him to desist, but Tipper,
replied that he would make him fight.—Mr. Hodgson,
aurgon, said he had made a post-mortem examination of
the body of deceased and found that the neck was die-
located, three ribs of the left side were broken, and the
pressure produced by this had completely ruptured. the
heart. This was the cause of death. He considered
that the injury to the ribs was caused by violence during
the life of the deceased, and that it was impossible such
injuries could have resulted from a fall.—The jury re.
turned a verdict of" Manslaughter " against the prisoner
Nock, and the Coroner formally committed him for trial
at the Stafford Assizes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

DISTRESS IN THE TURKISH ARMY.

A meeting has been held at Stafford House, London,
under the presidency cf the Duke of Sutherland, for
the purpose ot establishing a committee for the relief
of suffering among the Turkish soldiers. It is believed
that many charitable persons will be glad of the oppor-
tunity of assuaging in
_some degree the hardships and
;IT which are borne without a murmur by the
,ps:.of„the Saltan.„...They. lave not. only to face
Aeath, wounds, and mutilation, but the rigours of an
exceptionally %ever° climate, and the great viajarity
of that are'oulyliroiricied with linen elottiing tolace
the cutting wind by day or to sleep in on the ground
by night. The hospitals are Ow overcrowded with a
variety of casea•of a penveptabls jaature which overtax
their resources aril deprife tha.,vounded of much of
the pare and ai&that should be given to them. Gifts
of warm Clothing and underclothing would therefore
he invaluable. Lord Blantyre has expressed his intfm•
tion of contrihntiuz £l,OOO, which w4I supply 96000
7ooklen jeissys„and'it is to tHi hope& tat many ivilL
Ac.-oortxtugt,Tbuei, macaw°, taaio ullaniGuouti VS"
ample. Every :care will be taken that the succour
shall go direct to the soldiers, and timely aid at this
inclement season will save many a deserving man from
disease and death.

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:AN,. -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

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WORKMEN'S CLUBS.

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The Working Men's Club and Institute Union has
offered, through Dean Stanley, its president, "to
place its large experience at the service of all engaged
In the formation, or Inansgement of workmen's clubs."
We hope this offer will be accepted in many towns and
villages, for we believe hardly any kind of institution
can be of greater advantage to the working classes. We
all cryout a great deal about the prevalence of drunken-
nee,s among them, and it ie certainly very shucking and
discreditable ; but we may cry about it as loudly and as
long as we please and produce no result, if we take no steps
to provide an efficient substitute for the public-house.
At present that is the only place to which many a
poor fellow can go in order to escape from sordid sur-
roundings and spend what he considers &pleasant hour.
It is of no use to talk about the evni of the public-
house; we. must compete with it, and provide vreter
attractions( eiseedbere. The club, which has so strong
a charm for men of a different rank, is undoubtedly
the most dangerous rival against which it can contend.
Members find there brizht warm room, newspapers, and
congenial compay. It is sometimes a question whether
liquor should be supplied or not ; but the mass of evidence
Is altogether in favour of an affirmative answer. If an
artisan cannot have a glass of beer he very properly feels
that be is treated as a child, and avoids an establignment
which has won for itself the fatal epithet of goody-
goody." Besides, tea and coffee are all very well, but
there are many working men, like men of other classes,
who will not consent to be satisfied with these respect-
able beverages. In a club, it must be remembered, it
Is nobody's interest to sell more drink than is really
wanted; and a wholesome public opinion is formed
Which is the most effectual of all weapons for destroy-
ing drunkenness. It will be well, therefore, if a
liberal policy is generally adopted with regard to this
point; and we venture also to suggest that in all cases
it will be best to secure that the clubs are self-sup-
porting and independent. A little help might be very
well at starting, but if they are in any instance supposed
to be the offspring of charity their failure is unavoid-
able.—Oraphic.
.;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

Skin Diseases of all hinds.

In this class of complaints, no matter the age, th
the place, or under what name the disease may be &las a
fled, immediate ease, and ultimate cure, may with cer
tainty be procured, if this Ointment be plentifully
rubbed upon the part affected, while Holloway's Pills
are taken in appropriate doses night and morning, to
purify the blood..

Gout, Rheumatism, and Olundula r Swelling s

Every one suffering from tit eae excruciatin g compls in
should have recourse to these purifyin g remedies. as the
have rescued thousands from a life of torture, after al
other means had failed to give them relief. The Oint-
ment and Pills used conjointly will act so searchingly
and certainly, as to effect cures in the most hopeless
C ases.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

THE BIG CANNON THA.T GUARD THE
DARDANELLES.

While the Russians are strengthening their works at
Odessa with Krupp guns, the Turks are, it seems,
substituting the same modern weapons for the big
cannon which for ages past have watched the Straits
of the Dardanelles. Bigger than the biggelt " Wcolwich
Infants," or the 100 ton rpm of the Italians, these
ancient cannon still retain their former position as
giants of ordnance, the calibre of the largest being
something like twenty-nine inches, while, as our
readers may remember, that of the Anglo-Italian
weapon is but seventeen. According to one of the
best authorities on the subject, Major-General
, Lefroy, R.A., the present Governor of Bermuda,
these monster cannon were cast as long ago as the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and are fashioned
entirely of bronze. The cannon-balls provided are of
stone, and far hone being timeless and unmanageable as
one might well suppose such gigantic firearms to be,
they have, it appears, several times been made use of
with considerable effect. Some of the weapons were
employed against Scutari, in Albania, by Muhammad
11., in 1478, and we are told that during the siege of
that place, from June 22 to July 21, no fewer than
2,534 huge cannon-balls were hurled against the town.
As General Lefroy has remarked, in his interest-
ing history of these guns, the supply of powder
necessary to have carried on such a terrible bombard-
ment must have been immense, while the quarrying
and cutting of so many monster atone projectiles is a
task scarcely to be realised in these days. Travellers
have given strange accounts of the auns whose ugly
black muzzles are to be seen from the Straits, and mar-
venous legends are told as to their terrible might and
distant range. Bat it is very questionable whether they
could howl a shot for a thousand yards, even if the
cannon were strong enough to resist a heavy charge.
However, they certainly did some damage to a fleet of
ours which forced the passage of the Dardanelles in
1807, for on that occasion eight vessels were struck and
nearly a hundred men killed and wounded. This was
the last time they were used in notion, and the
replacement of them now by Krupp guns shows that
the Turks have no longer any faith in the unwieldy
giants. For some years past their nnmber oa the shore
of the Dardanelles has been growing less, and a little
while ago one was presented as a specimen to the
ernment.
weenit Bstile
British Gov he
seems,
Pf
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lld
the spot in 1740 there
of these huge weapons,
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awe' he quaintly says Of them •
`They are always load
d with stone ball, ready to.
sink any ship that would offer to pass without coaling
to andthor, in ort.id,er'to be search, d, they fire likewise
I
with ball in answer to any ship that salutes the Castle.
As this does much damage were they fall, eo the lands.
directly opposite commonly pay no rent."—Daily
News,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

DISCOVERIES AT THE TOWER OF
LONDON.

Some very interesting and important historical dis-
coveries have (says a contemporary) been made during
the past few days by the Office of Works in their mato-
ration of certain parts of the Tower of London. The
special scene of their labours has been the church of
St. Peter ad Vincula, which forms the front of the White
Tower. The Comma:4:lon of Superintendence, undcr
whose orders the work of removing the flooring and
examining the various vaults took place, consisted of
the secretary of the Board of Works, a well.kcovvn
London surgeon, and a representative of the Constable
of the Tower. It was not long before they came upon
the coffins, or rather the light deal texes, in which those
execltted for State offences had been interred within
the phapel precincts. By the aid of contenopirary
chronicles and registers a very fair awl probably accu-
rate idea of the remains of some was arrived at. Across
the floor in the centre of the chapel was found the
body of what was pronounced to be that of a woman
of at leaA seventy years of age, which, acc-wiing to
all probability, was that of the Countess of Salisbury,
the last of the Plantagenets, whose execution by Henry
VII. was considered by most contemporary and sub-
sequent statesmen as an inevitable necessity. Not far
from this spot was discovered the body of a man of
great stature and bulk, which would answer to the
description given of Robert Dudley, Duke of North-
noabOrland, the father of Lady Jane Grey. For some
time it was doubtedWbether the fact of the bead being
found with the body did not upset this theory, but far-
ther search among the Tower records showed that in his
case 0* usual formality of placing the head on London
Bridge had been diispensed with. Close under the
altar were the bones of a woman of excessively delicate
proportions, showing that its owner was possessed of
that "Iyatel necke " which Anne thleyn told the
executioner would give him to little trouble to sever.
No trace has yet been found of any body which can
be identified as that of Lady Jane Grey, but the work
.of the commission is not yet terminated, and hopes are
'held out that the whole of the inmates of the vaults of
St. Peter ad Vincula may sooner or later be identi-
,fled.. Bleanwhile they are carefully gathered together
Ind .placed in leaden caskets, labelled respectively
"supposed remains" of the historical character with
whom they are most easily and logically associated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

gocai an idrict San.

INSPECTION OF THE STAMBER MILL

VIADUCT.

Captain Tyler, Government Inspector, met a
deputation of the Commissioners, yesterday, con-
sisting of Messrs. Hughes, Stringer, Alloop,
and Mr. J. Taylor, the clerk, for the purpose of
testing the viaduct. For a long time past many
persons were of opinion that the viaduct was not
safe, and the matter ha been repeatedly brought
under the notice of the Board. The result was
that Mr. Taylor, the Clerk, was directed to com-
municate with the authorities, asking them to
send some gentleman to examine it.
This examination was made in the presence of
Mr. Rowbottom, district engineer; Mr. Burlinsou,
district traffic manager; and Mr. George Arm-
strong, locomotive superintendent.
The viaduct was thoroughly tested by means of
the baulks being bored, and four engines and
tenders weighing 220 tons were continually
running over the bridge. The baulks appeared
quite sound and the weight of the engines ran
over very smooth.

Captain Tyler was engaged most of the day in
making the inspection. We understand he will
report -favourably.

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACT, 1876.

Under the above Act, the following regulations
as to the employment and attendance at school of
children under 14 years of age will conic into opera-
tion on and after the Ist of January, 1877.
EMPLOYMENT OF ,CHILDREN. *

EVERY PERSON WHO SHALL EBIPLOY A CHILD who
is under 9 years of age, or who being 9 years old
or upwards (unless employed under the provisions
of the Factory Acts) has not obtained a certificate
of proficiency in reading, writing, and arithmetic,
or of previous due attendance at a certified efficient
school, will incur a penalty, not exceeding 40s. for
each offence. Any parent who in contravention of
the above provisions employs his own child in any
abour exercised by way of trade, or for purposes
of gain, incurs like penalty. After Ist January,
1878, the above penalty will be incurred by any
person who employs a child under ten years of age.
Where the offence of taking a child into employ-
ment in contravention of this Act is committed by
anAgent or Workman of an Employer, such Agent
or Workman will incur the above penalty. Where
a parent obtains a child lo be taken into employ-
ment in contravention of this Act by means of a
forged or false certificate, or a false representation
of the age of the child, such parent will incur a
penalty not exceeding 40s.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

LCLARKE'S

WORLD FAMED

IBLOOD MIXTUREI

Trade Mbrk,—" Blood Mixture."
In CHEAT BLOOD PURIFIER & RESTORER
SKIN DISEASES, Ernptions, Blotches,
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Pustules, Boils Carbuncles, Ringworms, Scald
Heads, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Seurfs,
Diseolorations of the Skin, Humours and
Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or
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in a short time by the use of this world-famed
Medicine.
THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS FROM ALL PARTS.
IMPORTANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Cleanse
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eruptions, or sores ; cleanse it when you find
It obstructed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse
it when it is foul, and your feelings will tell
you when. Keep the blood pure, and the
health of the system will follow.
As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and
warranted free from anything injurious to the
most delicate constitution of either sex, the
Proprietors solicits sufferers to give it a trial
,to test its value.
CLARKE'S WORLD - FAMED BLOOD
MIXTURE is Sold in Bottles 2s 6d each, and in
Gases, containing six times the quantity, lie each—
Mfficient to effect a permanent cure in the great
majority of long-etanding cases, by all Chemists and
Patent Medicine Vendors thrvughout the United King-
dom and the world, or sent to any address on receipt
of 30 or 132 stamps, by the Proprietor,
F. J. CLARKE,CHEmisT, Apothecaries' Hall,Lincoln.
Agent for Stonrbridge : Mr. J. H. Bland, High-street.

Wholesale : Ali Patent Medicine Houses.
LONDON DEPOT :.360 OXFORD STREET
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

THE BROOKLYN FIRE.

A telegram in Monday's Times says :—" The bodies
of the unrecognised victims from tbe fire at the Brooklyn
Theatre had a public funeral on SAturday. One hun-
drpd and three bodies were buried la a. 1:-..rge circular
grave on Battle Hill, in the Greenwood Cemetery, and
there were also thirty private funerals. OLIO thousand
troops, with a large civic procession, escorted the
hearses bearing the coffins. Buildings were generally
draped with mourning emblems, and business was
entirely suspended. The weather was intensely cold,
and a high wind was blowing. A relief committee last
night met in New York reporting 177 cases of destitu.
tion among the relatives of the victims. Large sub
scriptions are being made for their benefit. A monu-
ment will he erected in Greenwood Cemetery. The
bodice of Murdoch and Burrow, the actors, who were
burnt in the theatre, were buried in New York to-day,
the theatrical profession attending."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

CRADLEY.

SAD ACCIDENT TO A Boy.—An inquest was heli on
Monday, before Mr. E. Hooper, district coroner, at the
Salutation Inn, on the body of George Frederick
Skeph6rd, aged 5 years. Deceased was coming out of
the Board school, on the Bth mat, at noon, when his
hat blew off. He turned round to go in pursuit of it,
when he was run over by a horse and trap, driven by
Mr. Chatwin, of Netherton, and received injuries in the
back, from which he died the same evening. The evi-
dence proved that the horse was being carefully and
steadily driven, and the jury returned a verdict of
"Accidental death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

' EXPERIMENT W1T4,84-A.KES. ',"

•
The Berlin Correspondent of The Times wsites tinder,.
date Dec. 6 :—" Two clays .ago the directots oi
Government railway in Prussia (Ostbaho) despatched,
a train from Berlin to a neighbouring station .to make
experiments witi the apparatus known: as the
MacKinnes steel brake. The machinery, a common
brake worked by compressed air, was found to belts
effective as it is simple. While going at the rate of
one German milo per seven minutes, the trainovas
I several times stopped, the process occupying from 4,
to 35 seconds. Another feat was that of separating
the train into two . parts while at full *speed,
the front portion proceeding onwards, and the
other coming to a standstill in 23 seconds.
This was accomplished on a plane showing
an incline of lin 200. The experiments were partly
conflicted by Mr. Steel, partly by ,Government engi-
neers working the apparatus from various compart-
ments, and causing the engine-driver to be stopped by
danger signals. The trial trip was pronounced a per-
fect success by the Government engineers and the
representatives of the Berlin Railway Companies pre-
sent. Considering the immense importance of an
effectual brake in preventing accidents, the Minister:
of Commerce has given orders to draw up a report.
upon the expediency of adopting the McKinnes steel
apparatus on the Government lines generally. It
appears from the reports in the Berlin Press that some
private lines likewise contemplate the introduction of
the ingenious invention."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and
other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes, Bill
Heads.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTINGb in Black or
Coloured Inks.

holtimus run TEETN AND BDICATN.—Ji
few drops of the liquid " Floriline " sprinkled on a
wet toetla-brush produces a pleasant lather, which
thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites of
impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops
decay, giTee to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whiteness,
and &delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes
all tuapleasant odour arising from decayed teeth es
tolsaceo smoke. "The Fragrant Yloriline," beau;
composed in park of Honey and sweet, herbs, is deli-
cious to the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery ol
the ago. Psi* es ed, of all Chemists and Perfumer*.
'lnn Of Cosior4-otnek
lambs - -

STATIONERY.

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL HINDS of
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY,
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, ite.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, &c.

SIR JAMES SIMPSON'S SANITARIAN
BRSTORATIVE is a soverign remedy in all cases
of BLOOD POISONING and the numerous Diseases
arising from a vitiated state of the circulation as
Rheumatism, Glandular Swellings, Eruptions and •Skin
Diseases, Ulcerations of the Throat, Mouth, &c., &c.
Being alterative, tonic, and restorative, it will rapidly
act as a corrective, and without the use of any other
medicine, restore the patient to the perfection of bodly
health.—Sold in bottles 2s. 9d. each, by Mr. Whitwell,
Market Hall House, Stourbridge, Mr. Hewitt, Medical
illalEiddlragUsteri and all Patent Medicine Vendors
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

CRADLEY HEATH. HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

801 l Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'. " Tor?
satisfactory—have availed ourselves for 10 years or nor*. '
John Snowden, Paint Maaafauturer and Oil Mershant,
South Shields, Your Telegram received, and very
much obliged to you for year prompt reply—They won't
get an ounce of stuf from no. Yours ke.
Swann, J. E. and Brother., Ironmastere, Middlesboro'
and Glasgow, "Satisfactory."
Bissell, James, and Von, Birchill Iron Works, Walsall.
" Great Value."

Darlington Forge Company. "Prompt replies—ap•
prove of the Confirmatory utyle adopted."
Lackenby Iron Company, Middlesboro'
"Conscientiously recommended. Members 8 years."
Darlington Waggon Company, Darlington.
"Prompt—reliable information—various sources."
Stanbridge, Sydney, Esq., Maltster, Camberwell,
London, S.E. " Charges are higher than any other
office, but the results justify the additional outlay."
Oldroyd and Sons (Limited),Dewsbury. "Reliable."
Hudson, Sykes and Bousfield, Leeds, Satisfied with
the thoroughness of the manner you answer Continental
inquiries.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

'QUEER QUESTIONS.
(Addressed to a Hantoelt School Boarder.)

I. When was the "Lancastrian "system of instruc-
tion first applied to the Woolwich Infant School?
2. How is the fi.sh torpedo worked?
3. Give the height of absurdity in back-yards.
4. Is the game of Board of Trade played with
counters?

5. When should licenses for shooting dust be taken
Out?
6. If a woman's right is allowed, what's left?
7. Give the list of circular ironclads in round
numbers. . .

8. Describe the cheapest process of brewing
misOlief.

9. Draw a large check in perspective, and make a
drawing of your pAy.
10. If you know anything about cookery, how cook
accounts ?—Judy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-16

A SAD MISADVENTURE.

Dr. Hardwicke coroner for Central Middlesex, held
an inquiry on Saturday, in the Board-room of the
Hampstead Small-pox Hospital relative to the death
of William Smith, aged forty-three, one of the in-
mates. Dr. Brewer, Chairman of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, was present on behalf of the
managers, and expressed his great regret as to what hsd
occurred. Deceased, who had been an inmate for a
fortnight, came from Gifford street, Idington, where
he had a wife and five childrerr, having been sent to
the hospital under a parochial order while suffering
from small-pox. Two of his children suffering like-
wise had been admitted, where they were now slowly
recovering. It was proved that both had been vac-
cinated in the ordinary way when young. Dr. Henry
Case, resident medical superintendent, said deceased
was a convalescent from the worst case of small-pox he
ever saw, when the accident occurred. On Wednes-
day morning in last week he asked for his allowance of
1 oz. of port wine, but in mistake Sister Rachael, one
of the Protestant sisters from East Grinstead, having
charge of the ward, gave him loz. of carbolic acid
instead, which, being the same colour as the wine, he
drank off before perceiving the error. In twenty
minutes deceased became insensible, but by the aid of
artificial respiration he lived for an hour and a half.
The doctor said death arose from carbolic poisoning, the
mistake occurring in consequence of the wine and car-
bolic acid being in gallon stone bottles, exactly alike
in size and appearance, although properly labelled.
The carbcae acid bad just been used for disinfecting
purposes, and the Sister quite inadvertently took up
the wrong bottle. Usually the wine was sent to the
ward in proper wine bottles, but owing to the large
quantity used in the convalescent ward, the steward
had sent it in the large bottle.
Dr. Case gave Sister Rachel a very high character
as a Dune, and said this was a pure accident. Dr.
Brewer also eulogised the services rendered by Sister
Rachel. There were 300 small-pox patients, and they
were scarcely got into order.
Sister Rachel elected to make a statement. Her
explanatory remarks were quite satisfactory to the
Coroner and jury, who desired it to go forth that they
exonerated her from all blame, and sympathised with
her in the circumstances.

The Coroner ref er;e-clio the frequency of deaths from
carbolic acid poisoning, and expressed his belief that
the fluid was not one of the most safe disinfectants,
after which the jury agreed to a verdict of "Death
from accident or misadventure," and the painful in-
quiry closed.