The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-22 00:00:00

"The House of
ROBERT TANNAPIILL
From early infancy till his death in 1310.
He !Aug, amidst the shuttle's din,
The mule of the woods,"

One of the legacies left by the late Mr. Mitchell,
who was memher for.Bridport, is the subject of an inquiry in
the Chancery Division. The question is the meaning of the
words tier Majesty's Bosra of Works or the ch &man
thereof for the time being," there being two pudic bu des in
Lomion, either of which might have been intended by the
testator.

The French transatlantic mail boats are occupied,
experimenting with carrier pigeons ; every twelve hours, a
pair of birds will be liberated with an all well despatch, the
beariugs of the vessel, and the state of the weather. The
object Is to test how long the birds can remain on the wing,
without rest or food. The captain does not txpect they will
return to the ark, but that they will remain where they can
pluck an olive branch.

The German Gasmakers' Association offer a prize
equivalent to £8) sterling for the best essay on the pUrlacs-
tion of gas, especially the separation of carbonic acid from
the carburetted h)drogen produced from common coal.
The essay. which must give a scientific explanation of the
process, and a clear description of time apparatus required,
must be sent to Dr. Schilling, at Munich, before the 31st of
December.

A private letter from New Caledonia, dated May
10, which has, says the Da'!/ Teleglaph, just arrived in
Pads, announces that a revolt has taaen place at Nonni6a,
the Communist station. The aborigines had for some time
before exhibited symptoms of disccrotent at the gradual In. of all their territory by the French colonists, and had
broken into open insurrection just before the mailleft. The
governor of the island and the military authorities were
taking active measures to restore order, in which they hope to
succeed. _ -

On Monday, at 1 25 p.m., a shock of earthqnake
was felt at Vienna. It recarred twice within two second,
and was so violent that the shock produced the effect of a
detonation. People ran out into the street, thinking their
houses were coming down. The Correspondent of The Times
said he hell not heard of damage, but saw one four. storied
house in Strauchgasse rent from the t.lp down to the first
floor.

The annual New Year's Day return relating to
pauperism in England and 'Wales shows that on the let of
January, 1376, the number of paupers watt 752,837, which is
less by 64,935, or 7•9 per cent, than the number on the first
day of last year. This shows the paupers to be one in 30, or
3 3 per cent on the population according to the census of
1871, but, as the population has increased, the ratio in 1876
is reduced and is nearer to 3 pr cent. The decrease i.e
general throughout England.
On Saturday morning Mr. Thomas Hazlehurst, who
from his unbounded munakeuce earned the title of Prince
of Methodism, died at his residence, Beaconsfield-villa, Ran_
corn, in the sixtpfirst year of his age, after a lingering ,na
painful illness. It is computed that ttlegqacnedasepdrinhisisuggiven
about £50,C00 in chapel build irg to Wesfeyan Methodttm,
given away over a
and has laid the foundatton stone of about a hundred
chapels in Great Britain and on the Continent The latter
s We weasstimematpelfethdatinhe has
p ser-
mons,atlrltio"chodi It is
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" I would most respectfully suggest that H.R H.
the Prince of Wales has it in his power to confer a great
benefit on perspiring humanity. II It 11. has, no doubt, a
large supply by him of the thin and airy garment he wore
during his Indian tour. Now it he would only appear in the
Park, at Harlingharn, sr elsewhere 'clothed in white Baratta,*
or rather white duck, the present absurd fashion, which
absolutely forbids one's appearing in any but woollen ear-
ments, would doubtless promptly &sapper, and we should
all of u never put on our cool linen attire without a hearty
'God bless the Ptince of Wales!' Let us hope that in this
exceedingly ' burning question' the Prince, in the words of
the poet, will show at he can do.' "—The World.
Cremation threatens to be supplanted before it has
become generally adopted. A chemist has discovered a
means of petrJytrg dead bodies. By this process he can
make them as hard and as smooth as ivory. Thus a sorrow-
ing Widower may have the dear departed ever with him in
'• ivorine,'' which is better than any masb:e counterfeit, be-
cause it is her very flesh and bones. The chemist pre,licts
that we shall all soon petrify our dead. What, could one
possibly do with all one's ancestors? and would it not be a
death-blow to tlre art of family portrait painting if the
originals could bd thus preurved quite fresti.—Court
Journal.

The Pars Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
writes :—'• As an ilinettation of the state of confusion worse
confounded so which the war tel. grams reach us, I may
mention that one newspaper came out this morning with t wo
despatches—one from Semlin and the other from Belgrade—
in dtrect contradiction to each other. According to the
former, Salta char had been taken by the Turks, and tile town
was in ftimes, and Leschjanin had been beaten at Vent,
Itvor. The latter telegram ran thus: " The report circulated.
at Semlin that Saitschar has been taken is a canard—con-
tra di ct it." Your readers will allow that it is Impossible to
be more impartial"
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There is more good news from New Zealand. Mr.
Howard writes from the "Salmon Thuds, Wallace To Ap.
Southland, New Zealand," to announce the sucsessful hatch-
ing of as mar, as ten thousand salmon eggs, and to gdd
thatr: e thest
hatching
fisn a-re
yeth eapirtohdy produced vaitgotrhoeu santll'phoisdeiss b
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Iwere sent out by Mr. Youl and Mr. lAucklud, awl the pas-
sage made was very quick. This ought fur ever to put an
end to the silly sneers of people who have been ready to pro-
didt continued misfortunes or the strength of past failures.
Great credit Is due to those who have persevered so long in
this really noble task of supplying the king of li:h re the
ahisonaliertmqotthiniermitirasyefnunit tlhioeensygiewnrilbtitseaunrw.-alayltmebroe,satabnuldenatii.
. waters of the antipodes. It of the 10,100 fish now hatched a
i fair proportion should survive to adult salmonhood, and
the antipodes, it may even lee a common
unat-
tainable marrylth,dat
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due tixolu
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and cheap article ()flood.