The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25 00:00:00

-EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The failure is announced of Messrs. A• and T.
Gambrill. welt-known farmers, graziers, and Yr
growers in Kent. The liabilities amount to £23,00u,s
The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed Tue_ (TY_
in Whitsun week (May 26) for the consecration of
Rev. W. Thornhill Webber as Bishop of Brisbane. 1-ue
ceremony will take place in St. Paul's Cathedral.
The death is announced of M. Marc Dionier, ta'*
French publicist and dramatist.
the
The Essex Hon. H. Hpa.
pack
.OPf esttaregbhoausnrdess:g which
as
twenty years gone under his name.
Saturday being the first day of Easter terra, a e? 0:
gregation was held at Cambridge, the Vice•Chancehor,
Idfor tearbsbouiPv
Dr. Ferrers, presiding, when the following degrees wet?.
conferred :—M.A.: H. R. Browne, St. John's;
Tillard, Clare; C. F. Busse Trinity Hall; d
he lli
as
of
Hodgson, Cavendish. B.A. : d. R. Kyrke,
The new board of guardians for Leeds consists The
seventeen Conservatives and fourteen Liberals., 1;00
late
sebrovaartvedics.omprised twenty-two Liberals
Conservatives. anu
Satur
There was much excitement at Kilrush on .N
over the election of chairman of the local board ,e;
guardians, Mr. Reeves, a magistrate, being chosen %.Y
22 votes against 19 given for the National League ea
didate.
At the Luton Borough Sessions on Saturday Williara
Salva
Weedon and Reuben Parish, two members of the l;
tion Army, were fined 10s. each for assaulting a raais
named Walter Boyes, who was himself fined 105. one
cross summons. Whilst the Army was mareh,l
through the streets on Sunday last Boyes was accowd
by one of those in the ranks who shouted," Coma
give your heart to the Lord as I have," and pulled
into the procession, a scuffle ensued in which blow
were exchanged. , ho
The outhouses on the farm of Patrick Pheien,' y
resides near Tramore, were set on fire on Sa'u—st-o
night, and a mare, foal, and three cows were burned „
death. The amount of damage is estimated at
.d°7o
£5OO. Mr. Phelan had until recently acted as Presi
of the Tramore Branch of the Land League. oa
A singular accident occurred at Sidcup,
Saturday morning. Just after a traction
two very very large shops which were on the neluscat
passed along the main road in the direction of iscul jor
°(f‘olediug
pletion collapsed with a loud clash. The
fell against the telegraph wires, and strained lhera.„ncli
siderubly, but the pressure was, fortunately, rel-caoy
before the tension to which the wires were Put 115' -the
serious results. The buildings are entirely razed t„ep„- to
ground, and it is supposed that the collapse was
the vibrations vibrations caused by the traction engine. ,-!afir•
Threatening notices have been posted to tua • g
dians of Newcastle West Union, Limerick, for votof
against the Nationalist candidate for the offil3e °J.
solicitor to the Board, who, however, was not elect! y
The notices were signed "Moonlighter," and " P)g1650
mite," and warned
_" traitors " to have their ca'"

ready, as men are being sworn to shoot theni- '1 Car
A fortnight ago a young married woman nametyig t
line Carter left her home at Dar'Raton, with her inlifer
child, aged six months, in consequence of her m°'
informing her that that she could not afford to keco
her any longer, owing to the depression in trade. the, 'k
Saturday morning the child's body was found in,
Birmingham Canal, as well as some of the ni°-
clothing.
Sir F. Napier Broome, K.C.M.G., Governor and iC(ltalh;
mander-in.Chief of Western Australia' clalivereu,lol
certificates for the Easter term to the lone- f
students of the Crystal Palace Company's Seb°°,3
s o
Practical Engineering on Saturday afternoon, en ;ties
the course ot his address, referred to the onnortT'vtlier
for distinction open to engineers of ability 'n
colonies. been
The design of the new pattern gun-vessel 10.,- iu be
amended by the Admiralty, and, as amended, Con'
adopted. In shape the new ship is to be of theA the
queror class, and will be built in the private Yer",'„ace
vessel to be completed three years from the aceeP'4;o.
of the contract. Her displacement is to be 10,4 110"
She is to have one turret containing two guns,
tons each, one 18-ton central pivot gun, tvalNar
breech-loaders, twelve quick-firing guns, and ten for
denfelds. Her six torpedo tubes are to be arrange"
firflig above and below water.
The Council of the Social Science Association lel:
passed a resolution to the effect that in peosPeet °aa'
general election in the month of November it is oaf,
desirable to hold a congress during the present Yci to.
They have, therefore, been reluctantly cornPenath
decline the invitation received from the City
to meet there in theforthcoming autumn, but they
taw
expressed a hope that the invitation from that eitYheeii
be renewed for the year 1886. It has, however' ton •
referred to the Executive Committee for cons 1
iders ,tei
and report whether a conference of a more liooo,o
nature should not be organised in London dn sf ,
si ecial subject or subjects to which, in the view
c
opening of a new Parliament, it may be cons'd
desirable to call attention. 'ea 14
Sir Edward Watkin, Bart, M.P., acconWorn
Mr. Myles Fenton Mr. J. Shaw, Sir F. Brera”--sit:,
several members of Fenton,
and others paid a sls.aty.
on Saturday to the Channel Tunnel Works, near Dr'the
the Brussels express stopping at the works to i•r
f
party to alight. The inspection occupied the nhi
until shortly after one o'clock, when they proceedV,,,a,
special train to Dover, and adjourned to the
Warden Hotel. The heading, which was lighten' s&
means of the electric light, was found to be PreC
in the same condition as when the works were ter
pended by order of the Board of Trade. No
finds its way into the heading, and the maahineri
kept in repair by regular attendants.
LuAmtiacnAnamed Heron, who
prison
h
to the
his escape under very remarkable circumstances
in the morning one of the warders was aroused. eop
he4Lunatic der
l.
s:nd been
authorities, sent
h
unusual noise, and, getting up, found that he ha°„"_,o
locked in his room. He gave the alarm, and ltso"rop
then ascertained that Heron had escaped, taking- cast
valuable articles. The warder had slept with his hie
under the pillow, in the pocket of the coat being by
keys. Heron succeeded in abstracting the keis the
biting through the pocket without awakening ,
warder, and then escaped, locking the doors hew'
him. „
A blind man named James Barrett was char,,,e kiair
the Liverpool Police-court on Saturday, xvith tacrta.
away and decoying" a boy named James Cottino,or
The boy had been an inmate of the Industrial Seust,
in St. Ann-street, having been sent there forsseas
Helens. Having some ailment of the eyes, he wl.l, the
frequently to the Eye and Ear Infirmary, of whlcht the
prisoner was then an inmate. The prisoner teUg
boy to call him uncle, and on the 27th March 10,,a
to the home and asked for the boy Cottington, a.mpteie
the boy said the prisoner was his uncle the soPerl
dent allowed him to go out with the prisoner., 00,
prisoner never brought the boy back, but to.2K-rtor
away to beg with him. They were traced to 10
on-Trent, having walked and begged all the waY'
f
prisoner was committed for trial. at (r'ir
Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, M.P., Lord Lieuteliiae
Glamorganshire, having been written to by the, '4.0 t,,b;
Executive for the Rhondda Valley, with regard, "ofri,
question of labour representation has replica cgitr
question you ask me is one which' I can answerspery
great confidence in consequence of the very longhee yot,
ence I have had of many Parliaments since "pi Ow
1830. You ask me whether, in the interests boor
working classes, I think it desirable that a diret jhoAteldil
representative should be returned for the Lt,,labr't
division of the County of Glamorganshire? Piwi .te°
I think such a member as could himself be cootil
to understand the various questions conneo,tep,
industrial undertakings would be the most likelliviorrt
represent the feelings and opinions of his fell° joato
men, and in the special case of mining indootr4ell
think any other than a working man could he
do so satisfactorily." uaoe'l4l
On Sunday the remains of a lady who Wes „d
down by a horse in the streets of Lambeth, 3";tiogto,
are now lying at the Lambeth Mortuary °j
l'te
inquest, were identified by her son, a solicitor,,,,a la
Rev.A
At the Pe
Mary Ann Player. aged 77 years, widow
h cas
Player, of T
f Ohowarecorlaunycnil, e,onneaLoSnadliasybil,ie
iiret
Provost handed gold medals to Chief Constauw
and Superintendents Boyd and Donald for their of eoro
apprehension of ten dynamitards, convicteclorati
ploding the Glasgow gasometer. The enj'aforViiees
offered £5OO reward- £3OO was given to an 054
£lOO to a constable, and the remainder v:ited "
persons. The money for the gold medals
the Glasgow Corporation.
The form which the propcsed memorial to ?sever/id
Bishop Wordsworth is to take was decided,
5,4
,11 -
4,er'
influentially attended meeting of clergy and t":,„g
in Lincoln Cathedral on Monday. The ines,,-.osiato
under the presidency of Earl Brownlow, and pre'
solved that a recumbent effigy of the decease"
_Ai,
should be placed in the cathedral. a, of P•-aoll
Mr. Trevelyan, M.P., in accepting the otwie,-,, is 0 ar
dent of the Newcastle Liberal Club, saYs 00 11115
pleased by such a kind mark of confidenoe•ms
presses the hope that he may deserve it hi "
conduct, and adds that he will try to do so. a3al
Mr. Biron, the Lambeth magistrate, on Ton toce,,
missed two summonses taken out at the Woe P,!;it
the Metropolitan Board of Works againSt oepne g
prietors of Sanger's Amphitheatre and the f oraie.
a 4,
and Castle Theatre for the alleged disregar the jo
for structural alterations. It was shown t'-oancl°o
fendants had each spent several thousand 13 apa
carrying out the requirements of the Bder"aceS
Biron added that had he known the circuL
ras- 4of
should not have granted the summonses- coci,r
The London and North-Western RailwaY at
on Tuesday prosecuted four of their portersroi co:to
chester for a series of extensive robberies. ,t,Gb vof
plaints having been received of robberies, "poitiog
set, and it was stated that the prisoners srt:o ofr,
unpacked parcels of goods, abstracted port 76
contents, and then repacked them. Soule ‘,ther
silk handkerchiefs had thus been taken, t°g'erer" t
books and many other thing & The prisoners
mitted for trial. la r 7 resirlete
At Buckingham on the 14th inst. e
Irpriwn as River House, was destroyed hY6rapwhilo' werf_ma,
occupier, Mr. Thos. Attkins, and his v."„ AttPao
Northampton Races. Suspicion fell tiPn' forwthe
a lake at Addington-park- _ften, 4
whose dead body was last Tuesday
rnoo
1.. , fa r
pocket of the deceased he stated that he was tiptt
of the charge, that he forgave his enemies, at
e''
M.P.re
hoped God would forgive him. He leaves .0
large family. rOlfve
gat it of .to
Mr. Ashmead-Baralett, .P., sPenkin
%
demonstration at Plymouth, said the w hole ie ltado
Afghan complications was due to the inep t the
vtag
a letter foullapeeio
which the Gladstone Government in 1-873.,nr„ tiov/ita
man& of Shere Ali for troops. The PFsn'"tile 'oaf
a most difficult one, and he considered.dnow,
of the Government (the Ameer being willng) of
th ,
Herat without further delay. os
d from the poi
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A shocking occurrence is reporte blioeli
Ballisdare, in the West of Ireland. A lio_tooseque,
Benson had a quarrel with his wife, andl„, abo,
as she lay in bed, stabbed her repeat: Y__baa,ct
abdomen. Immediately afterwards thi:v.ni4
the house, and committed suicide by
Cabo an WO
Whilst two farmers James M'Ca to
'nun were returning to meain Blonds,' ;:r-otta4.'"'
into a river, his body being found soon
Wh tabrsfter.a 00‘..0ie
residence in Camlough, near NewrY,tllo
and savagely beaten.

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