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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

CRADLEY.

1
thou TOWN RAGGED ScltooL.—Tho annual
dinner to the aged poor of Cradley, inaugurated ny
the late Mr. Noah Hingley in 1860, and continued
by his daughter, Miss Hingley, was given on
Friday. The recipients numbered 170 (83 being
widows), To each person was given three-quarters
of a pound of cooked beef or mutton, one sixpenny
1 oaf, and one shilling in money. About one
hundred other persons were given soup by Miss
Hingley, Mr. Attwood, and Mrs. Joseph Hingley.
The large gathering in the school was addressed by
Miss Hingley and Mr. Eli Hingley, latq of Bombay.
With ref rence to the management and working of
the school, the savings of the children during the
past year, which are invested in the clothing club,
amounted with the interest allowed to .2173. This
money was, according to the usual practice, drawn
out of the fund last month, and it was very gratify..
ing to see the children (boys and girls) put in so
respectable an appearance at the school on the
Sunday. There is also a family death-club con-
nected with the school. There is a rule by which
£lOO is kept as a standing balance in connection
with this club. When the amount standing to the
credit is beyond that sum a distribution is made"
and during the year each member reeieved 3s 3d
from the surplus in hand. There is also a, men's
club, in which each member is allowed 10s a week
when unable to work, or when laid by through
illness. This fund is in a very satisfactory state.
There was nearly £7OO standing to the cradit on the
21st June last. On Sundays between four and five
hundred persons, including children, are to be seen
in the school, who are given Scripture lessons by
about forty teachers. The scucol is opened three
times on Sundays. In the evening there is preach-
ing, -when the congregations are generally large.
Ministers cnd others of various Evangelical denomi-
inations take part in the preaching.

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SIMEON FIELD, at his Office, 92 High-street, Stour
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Saturday, January 6th, 1884.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

" Papa, please tell me the story of the new comet,"
said Mary to her father last evening. "I cannot,
my dear," replied Mr. Battler, "there is no tail to it
yet."

Floral umbrellas are now need instead of the mar-
riage bell at a fashionable wedding. After the
wedding the happy pair resume the old custom of
taking any umbrella they can lay their hands on.

James, who was trying to sow a new button on his
coat, murmured :—" They say there's a new yacht
that makes fifteen knots an hour, but this thread
makes twenty knots a minute."

"See here, sir," exclaimed a Philadelphia man
angrily, approaching a dude, "what do you mean by
flirting your handkerchief at my wife ?" "I earnestly
beg your pardon," answered the dude; "I mistook the
lady for my grandmother."
" Soyou are married," remarked Mrs. Smith; "when
do you receive?"—" Oh," replied the newly-wedded
one, "that will depend on our friends. We shall
be ready to receive as fast as the presents are sent
in."

Householder: "Why, how is this; 15 dollars for
gas for three months? You know there has been no
gas in town during that time. It is over four months
since the gas works burned down, and they have not
been rebuilt. Look at that newspaper file and see if
it is not four months."—Colleoor : "Oh. we don't
go by the papers you know. We go by the meters."
"1 hey allns noticed," observed Aunt Tabitha,
"that the boy who lets his mother bring in all the
kindlin' wood and build the kitchen fire ia the mourner
that bellers loudest at her funeral." And then she
added, thouuhtfully. " Nlehba as neJt it is because ne
misses her the most."

"How is the earth divided?" asked a pompous
examiner, who had already worn out the patience of
the class in a Dacota day school. "By earthquakes,"
replied one boy, after wnich the examiner found that
he had enough of that class.

Mr. Bradlaugh annnonncA that on the sth Feb
rnary, the day of the opening of Parliament, it will be
his outy as one of the lawful members of the House
to again present himself at the table. He contends
that the seat for Northampton is his by law, and it is
his right to take it. He is ready in all things to obey
the law, but claims in all things to enforce it. _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

THE SKl..—The Glory of Woman, the Pride o
Man.—lt cpntains the delicate lines of beauty, and con-
stitutes all that we term "Loveliness," yet how wary
Lthve their skins blemished by irritant soaps, Carbolic
Coal Tar, Glycerine, made of putrid fats, "1.1-IF.;
A.LEION MILK AND SULPHUR SOAP" is the purest
the whitest, and roost purifyihg cf all soaps It re-
moves all piniples,,. blotches, and, roughneka. By all
I,(wilte, in tablet- 6d. and

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

A RIOT IN A CHURCH.

The Vienna eorteepondent of the Daily Telegraph,
writing on Dec. 31, says :

I regret to state that a scandal unprecedented in the
annals of Vienna occurred here last night. A priest
was hooted and storied while performing Divine ser-
vice in a church situated in the very heart ef the town.
A panic ensued, and we nearly had a second edition of
the Ring Theatre catastrophe. A congregation num-
bering over 2,000 had assembled at evening service
in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, situ-
ated in the quarter known as Favoriten. It had
been announced that the sermon would he preached
by Father Hammerle, of the Order of the Redemption,
who on several recent occasions in the same church had
produced a great impression on his hearers. The subject
chosen for his sermon last night was "Christian Love
and Charity," He had been in the pulpit about half an
hour, when suddenly a loud whistle proceeded from
some unknown person seated directly underneath the
pulpit. It gave the signal for an uproar, the like of
which i-, witnes‘ed only at provincial playhouses
when some unpopular actor is hooted off the stage.
Whistling and yelling arose in all parts of the build.
in, mingled with cries of "Down with the Jesuit !
Turn him out ! " The congregation, shocked and
panic-stricken, rose to their feet, and began to make
for the doors. The alarm was greatly increased by
some mischievous person raising the cry of "Fire ! "
In the midst of the confusion a shower of stones was
hurled at the preaeher, who had just time to esoape
by shutting himself up in the vestry.
There are only two exits from the church, and a
fearful crush consequently took place. The alarm of
fire having been given outside also, many people who
had relatives in church tried to fore,' their way in,
which ot course made matters worse. It is almost
miraculous that there should not have been more time
a dozen persons injured. This seems to be due to
the presence of mind of a few men who, at the
most critical moment, cried out that there was no
nre and no need to hurry. A small detachment of
police arrived at the scene of disturbance shortly after
the panic began, and was soon followed by the fire
brigade, which had been summoned by telegraph.
With their combined efforts the church was evacuated
In a quarter of an hour, and medical assistance was
then procured for the injured. The neighbourhood
was patrolled by troops throughout the night.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

A MAIL-DRIVER SHOT.

A Vienna telegram says that the Royal mail was
recently plundered on the way from Oscar to Soroksar,
in Hungary, the driver of the haftil-car being mortally
wounded. Ocsa is situated about two hours' dis-
tance from Sorokear. The mail left the former
town at Fix, and was due at Soroksar at eight. As
it had not arrived at ten, the postrnAster gave
information to the gendarrnerie. A few minutes
later the mail-car reached the town without the
driver, the horse having found its way alone. Tire
box containing registered lattsrs was missing. A
picket of gendarmes set out at once in he direct ion of
0C419, and after a couple of hours' search discovered
the mail car-driver in a vineyard bordering on the high
road lying on the ground unconscious face downwards,
with a terrible wound in the back of his head. The
letter-box was found a few paces further en, with the
padlock sprung open, and the registered letters
missing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

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SUFFERINGS AT SEA.

Six of the crew of the large colonial ship Regina
have arrived at Liverpool and given full particulars of
the disaster to their vessel, which resulted in her
foundering with 11 of the crew. From the statement
of the crew it seems that the Regina left New York
for London on the 15th of November, and on the 29th
of the same month a terrific gale was encountered
which threw the vesiel on her beam ends, and neces-
sitated the crew's cutting away the main and mizen
masts to right her. It was then found that the
vessel had her hold full of water, and her cargo,
barrels of petroleum oil, was forcing lip the deck. The
terrific weather continuing, the vessel became a corn-
plete wrc ck the next day. All on the deck had been
carried away, one small boat only remaining. The
crew managed to construct a raft, and this was launched
from the vessel, six men afterwards jumping into the
sea and swimming to it. One poor fellow named
James Conlan had his head smashed between two
float7ng barrels of oil as he was swimming to the raft.
The boat was also put out containing five of the crew
and some biscuits and water. The sea, however, cap-
sized the small boat, leaving the men struggling
for their lives in the water. All the provisions
were lost, but fortunately the five occupants were
taken on the raft. Subsequently the ship drifted close
to the raft, when five of the men jumped from it on to
the deck of the vessel. They, however, found matters
much worse there, but their comrades on the raft could
not take them from their vessel again. Night now
coming on the ship was lost to sight, and in the
morning she had disappeared, having foundered
with all on board. The men on the raft heard in the
darkness the shouts of their comrades for assistance,
hut they were totally unable to aid them. Before
the raft left the ship the chief mate, the cook, and an
able seaman was seen on the top of the galley, which
had become detached and was floating in the water.
It seems that of the three the mate alone was saved,
and previous to the drowning of the cook he had
drunk salt water and had become delirious. Altogether
eleven of the crew perished. The six men on the raft,
who included the captain, then drifted about in their
helpless condition for the six following days. The
floating seaweed and the small white crabs which
clung to it were the only means of subsistence for the
poor fellows during the trying time. On the sixth
day the English vessel Ellen Finlay:on hove in sight
and rescued them in her small boat. The rescue was
most timely as the men were in an extreme state of
exhaustion and could not possibly have held out much
longer. After being 21. days on board the Ellen Pin-
layson the shipwrecked men were landed at Queens-
town. The kind treatment they received on board the
rescuing vessel restored them to health again. The
Regina was a vessel of about 1,200 tons, and was
owned in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

LYNCH LAW IN AMERICA.

The New York correspondent of the Standard
writes :

The details of the recent lynching at Yazoo City,
MiEsissim, show that two hundred armed men
stormed the gaol. One negro whom they took out
was hanged to the goal fence ; another was shot
in his cell, his cellmates holding him as the
tarcet for the bullets ; a third was shot while
fighting; a fourth was han wed over the bal-
cony. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was
that they were killed by some per.ons unknown,
although there was no the least concealment about
the perpetrators of the outrage, One of the victims
was a member of the Legislature cud the collector of
the internal revenue. The finale of the affair was
an affray in which the nigroes shot three whits m en
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

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A REWARD FOR HEROISM.

The Lancet says :—" Our Government have awarded
to Mr. Ayerst Henham Hooker the rare and well-
merited distinction of a gold medal for gallantry and
humanity, in recognition of his services during the
recent cholera epidemic in Egypt. Mr. Hooker, who
for two years held the office of demonstrator of che-
mistry in the medical school of Charing-cross Hospital,
was about five years ago compelled by ill-health to
take up his reainenoe in Egypt. Soon after the ap-
pearance of cholera at Damietta the disease broke
out in a severe form at Chirbin, a village in which
a number of Europeans, including some English-
men, were stationed. A cordon was established
round the village, and although every effort was
made to procure medical assistance, nono could be
obtained. In this extremity, when things were at their
worst, Mr. Hooker sought permission to enter into
the death-doomed village as a volunteer. Carrying
his life in his hand, he took up his residence in the
village, and by mere energy and pluck, combined with
great skill in practical sanitation and some medical
knowledge, he affected a rapid change in the sanitary
condition of the village, and was instrumental in
saving many lives. Mr. Hooker also visited Man-
sourah, Tantah, Cairo, and Alexandria, and in each
place did his utmost, without thought of danger, to
assist the over-tasked medical men in their work of
mercy. When he returned to England his reception
by his old friends and colleagues at Charing-eross
Hospital was, of course, warm and hearty. He has
now gone back to Cairo, where doubtless he will find
his hands full of work."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

LYE.

On Monplay evening December 31st a free tea was
given to upwards of a hundred of poor people con-
nected with the Congregational cause of the Lye. A
few tickets were solu to a few friends desirous of
being present, and about two hundred sat down to
tea. After doing justice to the same, which was
excellently provided, they adjourned to tho chapel
to a public meeting, under toe presidency of the
minister in charge. the Rev. J. Incher. Several
short addresses were delivered by members of the
congregation, interspersed by pieces sung by the
choir. Great attention was manifested throughout
the meeting and expressions of approval were heard
by those present for the enjoyable evenihg they had
spent. A vote of thanks to the chairman brought
the meeting to a close.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

A LADY SHOT BY HER HUSBAND.

The following telegram has been received at the
London office of the New York Herald concerning the
shooting of an American lady by her husband, Colonel
Rathbone, in Hanover :
Hanover, Dec. 28.—Mrs. Rathbone was buried to-
day. The funeral was largely attended by American,
English, and German friends. From various ac-
counts of the tragedy, I gather that at six a.m.
on the 24th inst. Colonel Rathbone got up and
went to the room in which his three children
were sleeping with their nurse. Mrs. Rathbone had
followed him. She noticed his unusual excitement,
and induced him by gentle words to return to his
room. Shortly afterwards cries for help and shots
were heard by the inmates of the boarding house. The
nom was entered by Miss Harris, sister of the de-
ceased, who found Mrs. Rathbone on the bed bleed-
ing, and Colonel Rathbone lying on the floor near a
largeporcelain stove. Both of these were insensible,
Before a doctor could be called, Mrs. Rathbone
had breathed her last. Colonel Rathbone, how-
ever, though at first thought fatally wounded,
has now been pronounced on the way to recovery.
Yesterday he showed anxiety from time to time, but
his mind was blank on the subject of the drama of
the 23rd. The revolver and dagger with which the
deed was done are said to be both new. Colonel
Rathbone's wounds were inflicted by the dagger. It
is generally assumed that he was labouring from
temporary aberration of mind. Miss Harris has
taken charge of the children and removed them to
the Hotel Royal. The family is receiving every
possible attention from friends and members of the
Consulate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

SHOCKING ACCIDENT NEAR WWI-

BOURN.

An accident resulting in serious injury to a
number of people marred near Wombourn on
Monday evening. A carrier named Abraham George,
of Swindon, was returning from Wolverhampton
with about a dozen passengers, when on going along
a narrow lane leading from the high road toWorn-
bourn he had to pass a waggon which was stand-
ing by the side of a lane,t and to which the horse
were attached. George got safely past the waggon
and the shaft horse but as he was passing the
horse in the middle of the team his cart wheel went
over a large stone and the cart was turned over on
its side and the paasengers were pitched on to the
wat,on horse causing the team to start and the
wagon wheels to pass over several of the passen—
gers who were lying about the road, The waggoner
a man named Wellesley was also knocked down
an I had u serious injury to his back.—Police ser-
geant Hammond who wasp in the carrier's cart at
the time of the accidenqat once went for a light
the night being very dark, and assistance. When
ho returned it was fouad that nearly all the pas-
sengers has been more or less hurt. Mr. and Mrs,
Crump'on of Swindon were found to be seriously
injured through the 'Wagon passing over them;
Mrs Bilino•sley of Swindon was injured on the
head and hand; Mrs. Crowern of Giggety bad her
ankle sprained; and Henry Mathews of Swindon,
was injured on the hip. The injured persons were
removed to some neighbouring cottages, and Drs.
Thompson and:Pearson, Kingswinford, telegraphed
for. Restoratives were in the meantime ad-
ministered. and later on the sufferers were removed
to their homes. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

A MUSICAL ENTHUSIAST.

The other day a little boy of thirteen arrived in St.
Petersburg after travelling abcut 1,500 miles on foot
in order to obtain instruction on the violin 3' tae Con-
servatory (says the Pall Mall Gazate). The boy conies
from a Co sack village, Vladikavkaz, where from the
age of six he has given •village concerts. Hearing by
chance of the existence of the St. Petersburg Conser-
vatory, he bravely set out alone for the capital,
travelling along the railway lir.es, and living by
the charity of others, Sometimes a good-natured
guard would give him a lift in a cattle van, but
this was a rare exception. He slept in the oven
air, ad was only now DTA then clinpelled to seek
shelter in a barn or sentry-box. From Alo-cow to S.
Petersburg he travelled by the mail road, and arrived
at his destination attar a twenty-seven days' tramp.
By a fortunate chance he met M. Pobedonostsetl. the
Procureur-General of the Holy Synod, who felt a lively
interest in the boy, and took him at once under his
protection. The long joutney, however, had exhausted
the little fellow, and he is at present lying in a hospital
dangerously ill of typhoid fever. Should he recover
he deserves to have a career as a violinist rivalling that
of Rubinstein as a pianist.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

THE IRON TRADE.

BIRXING HAM Thursday.

Though the attendance was fully of an average
character this afternoon,the market was very languid
Inquiries were chiefly for the purpose of testing
prices and ascertaining the course which producers
are likely to take with regard to them at the quar-
terly meeting next week. Quotations were weaker
in all departments but the feeling of manufacturere
was that they have reached the lowest point and
that there is no room for them to further recede.
Sheets were quoted at £7 ss. a ton to £7 10s. At
the works for singles the minimum being fully 58.
a ton lower than two months ago. There was
a fair inquiry for sheets by the galvanisers but
other desc,riptiors of finished iron met with but
limited request. Pigs showed no improvement
either in demand or price. On the contrary there
was a weaker tone. South Staffordshire pig was
from 3d. to 61. a ton lheaper owing to the decline
in the 'value of import-2d pig. Northampton pig
sold at 455. a ton about eighteenpenco less than a
mouth ago and Derbyshire realised 465. Gd a minii;ar
reduction, Barrow and North:Londsale hematites
were disposed of at 575. 9d., being half a crown less
than at the beginning of December and five shili-
in,cs les.-; than in the caller part of last quarter. The
,supply of all class of pig was in excess of the de-
mand. The Coal Market was quiet though the
mineral traffic in the district is well sustained and
the:pits are in tolerably regular operation. The
mild weather is not favourable to the demand for
house fuel.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

FIVE YOUNG MEN LOST in the NIAGARA.

The Toronto Globe correspondent writes from
Buffalo, December 10th shoAring calatnity on.
curred here to-day in the drowning of five huntsmen
who started down the Niagara River for a day's
sport. One of the hunters was rescued in a dying
conditioe, and the four others were swept by the
swift current towards Niagara Falls, and they will
probably be seen in the Whirlpool in a Jew days.
The particulars of the affair are that Otto Haelgen.
burg, a young sportsman, suggested to three friends
of his, Max Reich, Robert Reich, and Walter Schultz,
the pleasure of such a trip. The trio came to Buffalo
from Germany only a month ago, and were on a
sight-seeing jaunt in America. On the road to Black
Rock, where they secured a boat, the party picked up
the fifth man, whose name is unknown. On the
street car they appeared very jovial, and at Moon's
boat.houße talked with exuberant anticipation. They
asketi the attendant what the prospects were
for duck-shooting on the Niagara. He told them
they would not find any ducks. Haelgenburg
replied, "Then we will land on the Canada shore
and do our hunting there; we can get some
good game." Little did he think he would soon
land on the Canada shore unconscious and dying.
The next heard of the party was when George Nettle,
who lives near Nettle's Point, on the Canada side,
Perceived the boat rolling in the trough of the sea.
Realising the perilous situation of the hunters, he
at once started in a small boat to their rescue, but
before reaching them the sea swept over the boat,
which capeized. Haelgenburg clung to the boat, and
the others disappeared. Mr. Nettle drag.zed the Tan
into his boat, the exhausted fellow falling unconscious
to the bottom. The oarsman rowed swiftly to his hone,
where for two hours and a half everything possible
was done for his restoration, but without avail. The
body is still at Mr. Nettle's house, in Canada. It was
not until late that the names of the four were ascer.
tamed, and then friends of the men, hearing rumours
on the street, went to police head-quarters, and found
out by the descriptions that the drowned men were
those named above.

The exports of merchandise from the United States
for the month of November last exceeded the value of
the imports* by 23,000,000 dole.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

A BRAVE NEGRO.

RIME! Mentgomery,• a negro who enjoyed con-
'adorable celebrity in the Southern States, died sud-
denly three weeks ago at Atlanta (Georgia). In 1845,
Ransom Montgomery, then a slave at Defort Ferry,
near the bridge of the newly-opened Western and
Atlantic Railway over the river Ohattahooehe, saw
that the bridge had caught fire and went to inform
the bridge-keeper of the danger. The latter had
left his post to go and make a speech at a political
meeting, and as there was no time to go into
the village for help, Ransom Montgomery deter-
mined to attempt the apparently hopeless task
of extinguishing the fire, which had been calmed
by burning cinders that had dropped from the
engine. He succeided, however, in doing so, and the
State authorities, when they learnt what he had done,
purchased his freedom and obtained a situation for
him on the line. They also built for him a small
house near the bridge, but this house was uemolished
by General Sherman's soldiers during the Civil War.
When the management of the Western and Atlantic
Company passed into fresh hands, Ransom Mont-
gomery was discharged upon the ground of advanced
age; but the State Legislature gave him a pension of
15 dole, a month, and at his death Governor M'Daniel
had him buried at the public expense.

Now YOB IT. —When your dentist is in the act of
taking out one of your back teeth, why can he be said
to be oohing an arithmetical problem 3—Why, be.
0 met donityou see ? he is employed in the " extrac-
tion of cube root."—Judy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

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January 4t
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

NEW YEAR'S DAY IN BERLIN•

Writing on Tuesday night the Berlin Corresponden
of the Daily News says :
The New Year's levee at the Royal Palace came
off to-day in the customary manner. At ten
o'clock the Emperor and Empress received the
congratulations of the Crown Prince and Princess,
the Prince and Princess William, and all the
other members of the Royal Family. Later
the Emperor attended Divine service at the
Cathedral, and on his return to the Palace
the general reception began at noon. After the
members of the Imperial household and adjutant.
generals came the commanding generals, headed by
Field-Marshal Moltke and the Colonels of the Body
Regiment, followed in turn by all the Cabinet
Ministers excepting the Chancellor and by the
members of the Federal Council. At one o'clock
his Majesty received the ambassadors of the Great
Powers, who arrived in their state carriages, and at
five o'clock the entire Royal family assembled for
dinner at the Emperor's table. His Majesty made no
general address at to-day's lev6e.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

In an article on "The Agricultural Outlook," the
Daily Telegraph says
The expiring year has proved much less disastrous
to the British farmer than many of its predecessors,
and although not destined perhaps to stand in future
chronicles as a peculiarly golden one, the times have
somewhat mended and the situation has slightly im-
proved comparing agricultural prospects with what
they were at the opening of 1883. Prices of grain,
especially of wheat, remain exceedingly low, but
crops were slightly better than those of 1882,
consequently most farmers have had more grain
to sell. There, is however, a detracting influence
in the inferiority of grain by bad har-
vesting. The rates of all kinds of stock have
ruled high, too much so for grazing farmers
in the habit of buying numbers of store animals;
while the value oforneat has scarcely kept up to the
extraordinary higirlevel of the winter of 1882. Since
Midsummer the season has been a peculiarly grassy
one; nor is there any lack of winter store for live stock.
Dairying and fruit farming have probably been the best
paying outcomes. But the most cheering feature of
all is to be found in the great contrast presented by
the arable fields to their deplorable condition at the
year's advent. The, generality of them were barren
of anything except couch grass and weeds. A
large proportion of the seed corn that had been de-
posited in beds of mud, rotted in the ground, and
very little wheat plant was anywhere to be seen.
Tillage work of all kinds was very mush in arrear,
and but for an extraordinary spring sowing season
afterwards, the disastrous consequences would have
been felt much more severely than fortunately was
the case. Now the wheat plant looks well every-
where, and not only this, but vetches, trifolium
winter beans, and wellnigh everything else planted
in autumn. Tillage operations, so far from being
in arrear, are in advance of what they usually are
at this period on all clean, well-managed farms.
Even the weather of the past week, by being
mild and open, has contributed in some measure
to this etate of things; ploughing has been
pursued, and on what are termed shsep and
corn farms, the land has been turned over in many
instances quite up to the hurdle breAches. On other
kinds of farms where it is customary to plough up old
grass layers in winter, for beans and oats to be put in
during February and March, there has also been a
considerable amount of ploughing. Farmevs are con-
sequently a little more cheerful, not because of actual
results having proved exceed,. tgly gratifying, but
because the balance of crop and tillage in the soil
itself is so very good towards next year's account.
And if they could only get rid of the harassing foot-
and-mouth disease, the over-turn in flocks and herds
would be better too.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

KIDDERMINSTER.

THE EaECTION OF AN INFECTIOUS HOSPITAL.—
A conference of the members of the Rural Sanitary
Authoriv and the delegates from the Municipal
Authorities of Bawdley and Kidderminster and the
Local Board of Stourport was held at the office of
the Clerk to the Guardians, at Kidderminster, on
Thursday. The object was to make arrangements
for erecting a hospital for the reception of infectious
diseases from the different parishes in the Kidder-
minster Union. Mr. J. Brinton, M.P., presided.—
Reference was made to the temporary hospital
which is now being erected by the Kidderminster
Municipal Authority, and it was suggested that it
might be enlarged so as to admit of cases from
outside of the borough. One of the delegates
from the Kidderminster Corporation replied that
in erecting that hospital the Kidderminster
authorities were only providing for their own wants
It would hold twenty-four beds, and would last
them for ten years. In reply to a question, he said
there had been only twenty-eight cases of small-
pox in the neighbourhood altogether, five of which
were in the Workhouse.—Mr. E. J. Morton pointed
out that the present was a very exceptional state of
things. For many years there had ~not been an
epidemic of this character in Kiddermins.ter, and it
was now passing away. It would probably be
many years before they would have such another
visitation. They need not go to any very great ex-
pense in building a large hospital, which would
never be required.—Most of those present were in
favour of the Kidderminster temporary hospital
being enlarged for the admission of cases from out-
side of the borough.—Mr. Herring said if this were
done the rest of the Union would have to con-
tribute to the extra expense. Eventually it was
resolved that the municipal authorities at Kidder-
minster should be requested to provide in their
temporary epidemic hospital for the reception of
such nn-pauper cases as might arise in the Kiddei-
minster Union; and that the Stourport Local Board
and the Bewdley Corporation should be requested
to appoint small committees to co-operate with the
Rural Sanitary Authority, with the view of confer-
ring with the Town Council of Kidderminster upon
the whole question of terms and arrangements for
infeezious hospital accommodation.—lt was under-
stood that, should a case of infectious disease occur
in the meantime outside of the borough of Kidder-
minster, it would be admitted to the hospital.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

THE ANNIVERSARY OF GAMBETTA'S

DEATH.

Writing on Monday night the Paris correspondent
of the Daily News says
M. Gambetta died in the night between the last day
last year and the first of this. To-day about 100 of
his friends, anticipating by only a few hours the anni-
versary, assembled at the country villa of Jardies, at
Ville d'Avray, where he expired. MM. Waldeck.
Rousseau, Minister of the Interior, Paul Bert, Carnes-
casse, Greppo, Deves, and Thomson were among the
mourners. The little house is at present unfurnished, but
a sort of catafalque was prepared in the death chamber.
Madame Arnaud de l'Ariege sent a laurel crown, and
M. de Freycinet his card, with a crown of white roses.
M. Paul Bert was, it is reported, too overcome by
emotion to speak in this room, but subsequently he
made a short speech in the garden. Referring to the
grand and far-seeing ideas of the deceased statesman,
he expressed the hope that one day they might plant
as a trophy before his humble door the tricoloured
flags which had seen victory. The family intends to
make a gift of the Jardies villa to certain friends of
Gambetta, to testore the original furniture, and to
have the place open to the public.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

FOOTBik.LL.

STOURBRIDGE v. WAsrs.—This match was played
on Saturday last on the ground of the latter
at Smallheath, Birmingham, and resulted in
a win for the visitors by 1 try to, 4 touches. The
gam- was evenly contested throughout. Shortly
after half .time Mansell, by a god run, obtained the
only try, which Simms failed to convert into a goal.
Livesey and Rowlands for the Wasps, and E. J.
Wood and Simms for Stourbrisige, played very well.
Teams: Stourbridge, backs, C. Evers, S. W. Hedges;
three-quarter backs, G. F. Simms (captain), E.
Freer, W. E. Bodington ; half backs, ,E. J. Wood,
C. Mansell ; forwards, T. W. Parkes, F. E. Pearse,
F. Tiernay, A. W. Wood, A Perry,- H. Meteyard,
C. Harris, W. Penley ; Umpire, Mr. W. Jo:cdyne.
Wasps, back, Wells ; three-quarter backs, W.
Livesey, Tnwaite, Graham; half backs, R. H.uc:son,
Rowlands ; forwards, P. Hudson, W. F. Bali, N.
Platnaeur, Wadley, Beck, L; Burt, F. Burt, taton,
Barbar (captain). Umpire, Wilson • reforie Mr,
DATiaa WoodetoDit Football Club,

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THE LABOUR MARKET.

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The labour market at the commencement of the
new year is very unsettled, a condition which is to be
regretted (says the Labour News), In colliery dis-
tricts, the strike, which was temporarily averted a few
weeks sines, has again appeared, and the decision of
the Miners' Conference, just held at Manchester,
it is much to be feared, will end in a strike which
may be of a serious character, as the attitude
of the colliers is one which portends a fierce
struggle between labour and capital. In the iron
trade differences as to pay are much too prevalent,
and with a colliers' strike in prospective and the
low prices prevalent, the prospects are certainly not en.
couraging. In the shipbuilding yards want of orders
Is compelling many employers to discharge some of
their hands, and others are reducing the working
hours as well as the rate of pay. Marine engineering
is somewhat slack, and the Sunderland engineers are
still on strike. At Sheffield the various industries
are fairly brisk, and at Birmingham also the pros-
pects are hopeful. The Christmas holidays have
very much interfered with various trades, and in
most instances the employis have only this week
resumed work regular. The favourable open
weather has had a beneficial effect upon railway
and tramway construction in many parts of the
country, and navvies are in good demand. The build.
ing trade in London and the provinces is also very good,
in a great measure from the same canoe. In the tea.
tile trades the weavers' :strike in Lancashire is the
leading event, but this it is hoped wid be of compara-
tively short duration, as the masters have in many
instances adopted partial time, and this will to some
extent fetter the efforts of those at work to render
much assistance to the strikers, and as the society's
funds are to an extent low, it is anticipated the work.
people will have to give in, In the leading textile
manufacturing centres there is an absence of extra
work, and at Nottingham and Leicester especially,
some branches of employment are very quiet. In
London dock labour is not plentiful enough to satisfy
the supply. and some hundreds of riverside workers
are idle. Emigration keeps up to a fair average.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

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HER MAJESTY'S NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.

The Queen's New Year's gifts to the poor of the
parishes of St. John, Holy Trinity, and Clewer, were
presented on Tuesday morning, in the Riding School,
at Windsor Castle. Eight hundred and fifty-three
recipients had been selected to partake of her Majesty's
bounty, The ceremonial commenced at nine o'clock,
and was announcf d by peals from the bells of St.
George's Chapel and the parish church, as the ticket
holies, mostly women and children, gathered at
the St. Albaus-street-gate of the Royal Mews,
and were admitted within the precincts of the
Palace. The beef, cut into port!ons of from 71b. to 31b,,
was temptingly displayed upon a series of tables
erected in the middle of the Riding School, extending
nearly its entire length, and draped with white
clothe, the joints being here and there decked with
sprigs of holly from the Royal grounds. The re-
cipients having been marshalled into a queue outside
the west door, entered the hall in groups, and passing
along the northern sides of the tables selected their
portions from the bench of meat laid out before
them, carrying away the Royal gifts in cloths, mat
baskets, and humble black bags, and retiring with satis-
fied countenances from the building as soon as they
had secured their prizes. The distribution occupied
an hour, and was over about ten o'clock, the tote
weight of beef divided among the poor being 3,1911 b.,
or nearly 1 ton. The Queen's bounty likewise in.
eluded gifts of coal, which, in quantities of from 3cwt.
to lcwt., were sent to the homes of the ticket holders,
the entire weight of fuel delivered being 1,169 cwt., or
about 58i tons. The value of the meat and coals thus
charitably dispensed by her Majesty amounts to
about £2OO, making, with a contribution of £lOO given
to the Royal Clothing Club, a total of nearly £3OO
distributed in alms among the poor living in the
vicinity of the Castle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-05

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