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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-28

IiALESOWEN.

A SAD OCCURRENCE.—EarIy on Monday morning last
a man named William Hares, a navvy, died in the street
at Halesowen, under painful circumstances. The
&ceased, it appears was seized with illness on Friday,
th,i 20th, and remained uadtr medical care the two
following days, suffering from congestion of the !rings.
About two o'clock on Monday morning he managed to
escape from his lodgings, and wandered about the
streets from some time. He was found subsequently by
Police-constable Webb lying in the turnpike road, and
(pate dead.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-28

THE YELLOW FEVER IN AMERICA.

Although the Cable despatches bring the news of an
abatement in the yellow fever, the extended reports in
the American papers to hand are still of a very dis-
couraging character, At Memphis trenches had to
be made for the burial of the dead. At New
Orleans the Howard Association were calling in the
assistance of the city physicians, their own doctors
having become exhausted from work. It was im-
possible to get nurses, even though 10 dollars a
day were offered as remuneration. On Tuesday, the
toth, there were 654 new cases, showing an increase of
37. The fever fairly touches the old, but feeds
constantly on the young, healthy, and robust. The
Weather in New Orleans was clear, with a temperature
of 89 deg. In Memphis the weather was wet, and the
temperature had fallen by 15 deg. A despatch from
that city, dated September 9, says
The condition of this city grows more ders.perate every
hour. Of new cases it is useless any longer to keep account.
Whole families are stricken down within a few hours, and the
call for nurses is greater than can be supplied. Yesterday there
were about 100 deaths and 300 new cases. To-day's mortuary
report is the largest of any day since the fever appeared
the undertakers reporting 112 interments, of which 24
Were of coloured people. Among the number are Dr. E. K.
Slater, pastor of the First Methodist Church ; Sister
Catherine, of St. Mary's Episcopal Church; Rev. D. R.
Rosebury, of Bartlett Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church ;
Sister Constance, superior of the Sisters of St. Mary's
Episcopal Church. The physicians of the Howard cores
report 411 new cases of fever for the past 24 hours. They
state that the situation in the city is simply frightful. They
land more sick than they can attend to. In the seventh,
eighth, ninth, and tenth wards, the most thickly settled por-
tions of the city, there is not a single drug store open, and
great difficulty is experienced in getting prescriptions made
up. Camps will be formed, and those who expect to receive
rations must takeup their residence there until the city is
free from fever."

The following appeal has been addressed to the
Relief Committee in New York :
" Situation horrible beyond description. Three thousand
cases of fever. Have 40 physicians; eight have died. Those
from the north sicken in a few days and die. There is not a
provision house open in the city, and only one hotel, the
Peabody, to furnish anything for the doctors and nurses.
We want everything that a pestilence-stricken, famishing,
and impoverished people need.
"A. W. MITCHELL, M.D., Medical Director."
Several other Congress men have visited New York
for the purpose of enlisting aid on the part of the fever-
stricken districts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-28

DUDLEY.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY AND CLEVER CAPTURE.—At the
Police Court, on Monday, before Messrs. W. Wilkinson
and James Fisher, Charles Knowles, labourer, was
charged with stealing ten yards of cloth, value 50s, the
property of r homas Good.—On Saturday night a man
named Henry watson saw prisoner pass his stall in the
Market Place with a roll of cloth under his arm, and
believing he had not come by it honestly he followed
min, and in Court Passage he detained him until
Poli'le-sergeant Speake came to his assistsnce.
Enquiries were made by the police, and it was found
that the cloth was taken from the shop window of Mr.
Good, clothier, Market Place.—Prisoner, who had been
many times convicted, and was a returned convict, was
committed to take his trial at ,the next Worcester-
shire Quarter Sessions.—Watson was then called before
the Bench, and complimented for his conduct in appre-
hending the pisouer ; and Mr. Burton, chief superin
tendent of police, said be was pleased the Bench had
spoken so well of the witness Watson, and more especi-
a ly, as he was a cripple, not having the full use of one
of his arms.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-28

CURIOUS HABITS OF AMERICAN
SALMON.

The enormous quantities of salmon annually cap-
tured in the rivers of California and British Columbia
are a sufficient proof of the abundance ot these
fish; millions of " cane " are filled every year,
and as only the backs of the tidh are used for this
purpose, the thin part being reserved for curing
in salt, while considerable quantities are naturally
wasted in the process of preserving, the supplies
must be prodigious. That there should IN not
only no decrease, but a largo increase in the yield, in
the face of the severe fishing to which these rivers
have been subjected of late years, is a very remark-
able fact, which becomes the more astonishing when
the curious habits of the fish are taken into con-
sideration. It is asserted over and over again, in
the reports of both the United State Commissioners
of Fisheries and the Inspectors of Fisheries in
British Columbia, that the saline quinnat, the
principal and most highly prized species of salmon
frequenting the Sacramento and the Columbia rivers,
does not return to the sea after spawning in the head-
waters of the stream, as is the custom of all European
migratory salmonidee, but that once spawned, it dies
in the fresh water. It is supposed that the fish,
having descended into the sea in the "smolt" state,
remain there for a much longer period than the
English salmon, or else that they grow very much
more rapidly, very few small fish being now captured
in the rivers; and the idea that they die after their
first visit to the breeding beds is supported by the vast
numbers of dead fish which are annually found in the
streams during the winter and early spring months,
while live kelts are seldom or never seen. This curious
feature in the history of the Californian and Colum-
bian salmon is vouched for by eminent authorities,
and, if the fact of the vast quantities of dead and
dying fish is not merely another proof of the ex-
traordinary abundance of the fish (for numbers
of dead spawned fish are found every winter
in every salmon run) it is a strong argument
in favour of precautions against over-fishing and
consequent depletion. The salmon eggs lately
sent to New Zealand from America were of this
species, so that the colpnists have not so much of a
bargain as they had anticipated. Another remarkable
species of American salmon is the S. Sebago, or "land-
locked salmon," inhabiting Lake Sebago, in which
they are naturally confined without chance of access
to the sea. The fish is a true salmon, not merely a
trout; and, being naturally non-migratory, might with
advantage be introduced into some of our enclosed
waters.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-28

THRIFT AMONG THE HOP PICKERS.

For some time efforts have been made to afford
facilities by which the hop-pickers might save some of
their hard-made earnings as soon as their money is paid
to them, and before they have to face the temptations
of the return journey to London with their pockets
full of money. The lion. Edward Stanhope, M.P.,
now Under-Secretary of . State for India, whose work
among the hop-pickers is well known and remembered
in the district, has taken great interest in the move-
ment to promote thrift among the hop pickers through
the agency of the National Penny Bank, of which Mr.
Stanhope is the chairman, and one of the most active
supporters. The scheme which is being tried, and with
every prospect of success, is to open penny-banks in the
hop-gardens at the time the wages are paid, and so to
Open accounts that the hop-picker on reaching London
Will find his money credited to him at any one of the
73 branch Penny Banks now in operation ender this
institution, including the Central Bank, 269 and 270,
Oxford-street, London, W., open day and evening,
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m To promote this philanthropic
Movement, a large and inthresting gathering took
place on Sunday at Buffalo Farm Mereworth, near
Wateringbury, the property of dr. Thomas White,
when an address was delivered by Mr. Ueorge C. T.
Bartley, the manager of the National Penny Bank.
The subject was "Take Care of the Pence," Mr.
Bartley pointing out in a popular manner the advan-
tages of sate and thrift in money, and the benefit of
Making the most and best use of everything we have.
Before and after the address a selection of sacred music
Was performed.

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A sum of £7,721,547 14s. s.id. was the net produce
of the malt duty last year; the gross amount was
£7,940,769 18s. Did. ; the drawbacks, Sc., were
4215,229 Os. 21d. ; and the allowances and repayments, &c,
£3,993 4s. 3id.
A singular accident occurred on Peckham Rye on
Saturday. A gentleman was proceeding along toe path
skirting the western side of the Rye accompanied by a little
terrier, when in passing the practice wickets of a Cricket
Club, a ball driven with great force towards long-off struck
the unfortunate animal full in the head, killing it instan-
taneously.
The excise duty on distillers, dealers, and publicans
In the last financial year was—gross, £836,P32 103 50, and
net £836,049 14s. Oid.
At a meeting of the managers of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board on Saturday, a letter was read from the
Local Government Board, replying to an application of the
managers for an inquiry into the causes and conditions of
the epidemic of small-pox. The Local Government Board
stated that it appeared to them that the epidemic was at an
end; that it had fallen rather short of the usual duration of
epidemics; and th t they attributed its outbreak to deficient
primary vaccination, insufficient vaccination of past times,
and absence of re-vaccination