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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

CRADLEY.

AssArra CASE,—At the Police Court, at Stourbridge.
yesterday, before Col. Fletcher and Lord Lyttclton, Sam.
Willis was charged with assaulting Emily Jasper, on the
23rd inst. Mr. Hayes defended, Complainant said she
had some words with her husband when the defendant
came up to her and struck her on the face end blackened
her eye. On cross-examination complainant admitted
that she had been fighting with her husband, who had
blackened her right eye, and that she had a fight with
another woman. Defendant blackened her left eye.
Witness was called tor the defence to prove that com-
plainant was the aggressor, and struck defendant, Case
dismissed.
CAUTION TO PERSONS CARRYING FIRE .ARMS.—WilliaM
Edmonds, cf Two Gates, Cradley, was charged with
firing of a gun within a certain distance of the road, on
the 26th inst. Police.constable Roe proved the case.
Defendant pleaded guilty, and the case was withdrawn on
payment of costs, and was cautioned by the Bench,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

ntered at Stationers' Hall, London.]
WORTH A GUINEA A BOTTLE, 7
FOE
riEtEtTism, LUMBLGO, SmINS, WENS IN THE Nam,
SWELLINGS OF THE JOINTS, PAIN IN THE BA.C/C OE SID%
ToOTHACHE, SCIATICA-, HOOPING COUGH, &C.
, The English Oils contain no Opium or other polSonous
-agredient, but are distilled from!Choice English and Maori-
:Ml Herbs, together with Medicinal Gums, which render
"ern perfectly safe in all cases requiring an outward appu.
• dien.

Teetimnial froln a Lady living near Brierley Hill.
r l'''3 saYll--Your English Oils are worth a Guinea a Bottle.
fk Purebased a Is lld bottle from you, and had very little
of receiving any relief as I had tried so many differ-
•P, ti.i.nigs, and was still getting worse instead of better.
If: Rights were very bad, not closing my eyes to sleep for
irs together, neither could I turn myself in bed without
xinstance
; but after using a little of your 'English Oils I
,t,do
an
a.cornfortable night's rest; and in the morning, to the
i.L_, nishment of myself d family, was able to rise front my
I"! and dress myself without any assistance, which I had
oL been e able to do for many weeks before. I shall recom-
lid the English Oils whenever I have an opportunity, and
Zll. be happy to state my case to any respectable person;
sLin consequence of my family connection should not
141_ ItY name to appear in the public papere.l
rs. Marlow, Level Street, Brierley Hill, was witness to
L.'l_ above Testimonial, being present when the lady called.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

ocai,tab pistrict `4',leit)s.

BURIAL BOARD.

A meeting of this Board was held at the Corn
Exchange on Saturday.
Mr. Evers presided.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
A proposal that Mr. Smallman Smith should
carry out the plans prepared by his late brother,
Mr. Thomas Smith, for the cemetery, was adopted,
Mr. Smallman Smith giving a guarantee against
any claim against the Board by the representa-
tives of his brother's estate.
A letter was read from Messrs. Clark and Son,
of Nottingham, complaining of the dirty state in
which their plans were returned to them, oil of
the long time (since November 22) that they had
been kept by the Board. In consequence of their
detention they had been precluded from sending
them in for two other cemetery competitions, and
they made a claim of £lO lOs against the Board
for the plans.
The Clerk was instructed to reply that the
Board could not recognise the claim. It was stated
that the plans were not dirtier when they were
sent back than when they came.
The other business was with regard to the loan
of £3,000, which it was resolved to repay in fifty
years, by equal instalments of £lOO per annum,
paying it
hbritlatyes
ioaencabkur
esi
t, in thirty years in the way f
with interest at 4-1 per cent. Compared with
butaXialVen7nt Ipeeasils. last
.ein
ttlel2re,m
ta
twentyi to oh bn ei l paid
yearsibor-
rowed for the shorter term.
There was no other business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

COST OF A TRIP TO AMERICA.

Discussing the cost of a trip to the Centennial-
respondent writes :—Let us suppose that an English
visitor takes a medium-priced steamer and pays £2O.
There are no extras on shipboard except w:nes and
liquors, and the small fees expected by the bedroom
steward and the table waiter. Allowing £2 each way
for these items, we have a total of £44 for the sea
journey to and from New York. Three days of sight-
seeing in that city, including hotel bill, carriage hire,
and theatre tickets, may be estimated at £4. The fare
to Philadelphia is 10s. A month's board and lodging
in a private family, including a pleasant room, a hearty
American breakfast, and a six o'clock dinner of foar
courses, will cost about £l2. Allowing £7 for admis-
sion to the Exhibition, and lunches there every day
for four weeks, and £lO more for evening amusements,
tramway fares, and excursions, we have a total of
£7B, or about 100 dole. With a little economy this
could easily be brought down to £6O. Few English
visitors are content with seeing no more of America
than its two chief cities. Nearly all make a trip to
Washinl,ton (five hours by rail from Philadelphia),
and most of them go as far west as Chicago, taking
Niagra I ails en route, wnile those who are favoured
with spare time and money traverse the continent to
San Franoisco—a journey that is peculiarly fascinating
to Europeans -by reason of the sharp contrasts it affords
to all that is familiar to them in life and landscapes at
home. I should say from a somewhat extensive
experience of travel in America that one could leave
London with two hundred pounds in his pocket;
spend four weeks at the exhibition, visit New York,
Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Cincinnati, and St.
Louis, go through to San Francisco, stopping at Salt
Lake City, and making excursions while in California
to the Yo Semite Valley and the Geysers, and return
home without having to draw upon his bankers,
providing he practised a moderate degree of economy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

AN ATTACK BY A TIGER.

The following facts relating to the death of young Mr
Raitt, from injuries inflicted by a tiger, are given in the.
Indian papers :

- Mr. Raitt, who was an enthusiastic sportsman, had
obtained a couple of months' leave, and was shooting
big game in the Asseergurh jungles. He had already
shot some half-dozen bears, beeides panthers, a good
many sambhur and other animal.., when, oil the night
of the 9th of June, a large tiger came within a hundred
yards of his tent, and carried away the carcase of a
bear he had shot the day before. Mr. Raid was at
this time shooting on the banks of the Taptee,
about twelve miles distant from the Chandnee
railway station. On the morning of the 10th he
tracked up the tiger who had been so near his
tent, but eventually lost her, for the animal proved to
be a tigress. At about 430 p.m., when Mr. Raitt, who
had been walking all day, was feeling tired and had
• given his rifle to a beater to carry, the tigressimddenly
came in sight, but disappeared again before he could get
a sight at her. The beaters then put Mr. Raitt on the
bank of a nullah, and said they would beat the animal
up towards him. She appeared in sight, and Mr. Raitt,
who was a splendid shot, fired and wounded her, but not
severely. He tired again with the same effect. A third
time he fired with apparently fatal effect this time,
for the tigress rolled over on her back, clawing the
air convulsively with her legs. On this Mr. Raitt went
up within fifty or sixty yards of her and fired again to
make sure of her. the bullet struck her, she got up at
once, and in a few bounds was on poor Raitt, knocking
him down and seizing him by the left knee, which she
nit severely, and loosing her hold made a grab at his
head, which he saved with his arm. He must have
been killed on the spot, had not one of his beaters, a
Gad, rusi,ed up to him in the most plucky way, and
Put an end to the tigress by shooting her throngh the
head. Mr. Raitt was able to get up, and his beaters
helped to make up a charpoy, on which he was carried
to Chandnee railway station, which he reached next
morning. Mr. Raitt thought his injaries were not
serious,
but on the 13th he became delirious, and died
the next day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

TIM REPORTED LOSSES OF SERVIANS

AND TURKS.
War in the East ha R proved a horrible business.
the 30th of June 40 Servians were killed ; on the
JOY, 509 in one engagement, 2,000 in another
367 °OO in a third. On the 4b, 200' inure were killed.;
the sth inst. there were two more encounters, hi
()Lie of which the Serviana lest 700 men, and in the
?orler 200. On the 6th again, 1,500 Servians were
.na on the Bth 500. In nine days the number
on.lhain Servians ane,tuited to 5,940. At least so
reial despatches from Constantinople announce.
L"'tian acceno ts make the loss of the Turks In the same
tven more serione; Co that upwards of 12,000
tonat be believed to have lost their lives during this
"c:l7'f period, Taking four to one as the proportion of
6(rnded to killed, we arrive at a grand result of
?()° 'nen disabled in little over a week. Fertunately
4-'4 murderous work cannot last, even though the
Brnlistice should not be renewed. The population of
„ervia may be said to numher—upoo a very liberal
i;,llPutation indeed—some 300,000 men capable of
41'iog arms. If, therefor-, 30,000 are killed or
(every tuneays, e days, it follows 'that in the space
4
2 ".ee calendar months there will be no more
"'tans left to fight,—Pall Mall Gazette,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

ENGLISH SURGEONS IN SERVIA.

A Dully News' telegram, under dale Belgrade, July
21, says—" Two English surgeons, Mr. Baker and Mr.
Collingridge, arrived here on Wednesday. They were
commissioned immediately, and left this morning for
the army before Novi-Bazar. The Minister of War
and the Archbishop of Belgrade received them very
warmly, and the inhabitants of Belgrade were de-
lighted with the evidences of friendly feeling among
Englishmen. The Servians declare that such in.
cidents will be more effectual in establishing Eng-
lish influence in the East than twenty ironclads
or volumes of diplomatic rotes.
Noticing the above, a correspondent writes to the
Daily News:—" I see it stst,d in the Daily News
of Saturday that great satisfaction was produced
at Belgrade by the arrival of two English surgeons
there. I had a letter from a friend last night, dated
Belgrade, which was of course written before the
arrival of these surgeons, and in it he says: If you
hear of any young surgeon wanting practice in opera-
tions, &c., he ought to come out here. I was particularly
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

RUSSIA AND AMERICA.

The following congratulatory letter from the Emperor of
Russia reached the United States too late to be presented to
the President by the Russian Minister on the 4th instant,
and has been presented since :

Mr. President: At the moment when the people of
the United States celebrate the centennial period of
their national existence, I desire to express to you the
sentiments with which I take part in this celet ration.
The people of the United Statto; may contemplate with
pride the immens4 progress which their energy has
achieved within the period of a century. I especially
D-joice that, during this centennial period, the friendly
relations of our respective countries have never suffered
interruption; but, on the contrary, have made them-
selves manifest by proofs of mutual good-will. I there-
fore cordially congratulate the American people in the
person of their President, and I pray that the friend-
ship of the two countries may increa-e with their pros-
perity. I embrace this occasion to cfla you at the
same time the assurance of my sincere esteem and of
my high consideration. (Signed) ALEXANDER.
Ems, Tune 5, 1876
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

COUNTY COURT.

Nwt

Southall v. Howe. At the County Court, on
Thursday, before Mr. Nathan, deputy judge. This
was an action brought by Ezekiel Southall, of the
Lye, to recover the sum of £6 from Henry Howe,
butcher, Coventry Streec, for the value :of a sow.
—Mr. Homer appeared for plaintiff and Mr. Perry
defended.—Plaintiff said he was a dealer in gledes
PUrghaigii pig lop defoadazit oa the gOth

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' DEMONSTRATION

AT DUDLEY.

On Sunday the annual demonstration of friendly
societies in aid of the funds of the Guest Hospital and
Dudley Dispensary was held on the Castle Grounds. At
two o'clock there was a large muster of Free Gardeners,
Druids, Odd Fellows, and Foresters, at Queens' Cross,
and a procession, accompanied by Field's band, the
Woodside band, the Cradley Heath, and the Dudley
Temperance bands, was formed. It was healed by the
Rev. Dr. Cosens, Rev. G. Bradley, Rev. H. a. Phillips,
Rev. W. Wincoll, Alderman kludge, Councillor W. Smith
&c. Vast crow& followed the procession, and when Dr.
Cosens commenced his address in the courtyard there
were at least 8,000 persons present. The collection
reached £63 lOs 91d. The secretaries anticipate that
this will be increased by outstanding amounts to a little
more. After the coins were counted, it was found that
the total number was 7,488, and this was made up as
follows:—Sovereigns, 2; half-sovereigns. 4; crowns, 2 :
half-crowns, 29 florins, 25; shillings, 100; sixpences,
555; fourpences, 95; threepences, 4U3;1 pence, 4,614 ;
halfpence, 1,563; farthings, 5.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

CRICKET.

I STOURBRIDGE v. BELBROIIGHTON:—The return match
• between the above clubs was played on the Stourbridge

ground on Saturday last: The first match was won by
Stonrbridge by 3 runs: On this occasion the Bel- 1
broughton gentlemen brought a strong team as will be
seen by the names below, but notwithstanding this
Stourbridge were again victorious by 15 runs. Bel-
bronghton won the toss and elected to go in and sent in
Messrs. A. Butcher and F. Smith to bat, to the bowling
of J. Penn and Ingold. For some time runs were made
slow. The bowling was remarkably good mid it will be
seen that only Dean made double figures, the whole
being out for 47 runs; E. Oakes caught 4. Messrs. E.
Oakes (the local leviathan) and T. Lowe was the first to
represent Stourbridge: Oakes the first ball from Hobbs
gave a chance to H. Smith, bat was not taken and he
afterwards put together 26 by some good all round play,
consisting of one 4 (a hard hit out of the field), 4 3's,
one 2, and singles. At the close he was loudly sheered.
W. Davis made 10. No other member made double
figures. The bowling of Butcher and J. L. Hobbs
was good, and all were out for 62. The Belbroughton
again went in and all out in one hour for 57. A; Butcher
ran up a quick 20, including 4 3's and T. L. Hobbs 15.
The bowling again was so good that the batsmen could
not make runs. E. Oakes bowled the latter part of the
match and in 2 overs he took 3 wickets: The following
is the score :

BELBROUGHTON.
F. Smith, c J. Davis, bJ. Penn 2 absent
A. Butcher, cE. Oakes bJ. Penn 8 c and b Penn 20
J. L. Hobbes, c E. Oakes, b J
Penn

Ingold - • 16
B. Clifton, c E. Oakes, b Penn 1 absent
T. G. Hobbes, c and b Ingold 3 c substitute,
bE. Oakes 3
J. Elgood, b W. Ingold - - 2 b W. Ingold 2
H. Dean, run out - - -10 Ibw, b Penn 2
C. G. Smith, c E. Oakes, b W.
Ingold ----- - - • 0 not out. 0
A. Plant, b W. Ingold- - - 4 o Hicks, b
W. Ingold 1
H. Smith, c Hicks, b W. Ingold 3 c Hicks, b
E. Oakes 6
A. W. Best, not out - - 6 c and b W.
Ingold- - 4
W. H. Brown. c and b W. Ingold 0 b E. Oakes
Extras- - - - 0 Extras • 4

SATtIIDAY, .11 117

J. Hughes, b Tallboys
A. Foster, b Tallboys
W. Hughes, c Rubbra b Tall-
boys
El. Dean, b Tallboys
T. F. Ivens, b Tallboys
C. Jefferies, b Tallboys
R. Palmer, not not
H. Perkins, b Elliott
F. Pledger, b Elliott
Extras
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

EntOME OF NEWS.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The Japan Mail states that'the present is likely to
prove a good silk season in Japan, all accounts agieeing that
"everything is going on well."
Madaipe Virooyeno wife of the Japanese Minister,
was tafelfdelivered of a'danghter on the 21st inst. Madame
Wooyeno and infant are going on welL-2 he Times Tuesday,
.July 25th.
The Brewers' Journal says that the present hop sea-
son wilt be a very Unfavourable one for the growers, because
the yield must of necessity be smalL

-
The ICing.ot Bnrmah is about to erect a new cotton
at 20;000 ipliidles, to be carried out by an Englishman at
a cost of A 30,000. .
, ,
The forty.thirct anniversary of the establishMent of
Conatifuttonal liberty was celebrated with nauch eathusiaim
and splendour in.Lishon;- on Monday.
Thenoroinisl strength of the Russian army is about
1,300,000 on the war footing, and 1765,000 on the peace
footingi ismrhksh lattermu,st be added 190,000 Cossacks on
military service. .
The exhibition of the Prince's Indian presents is NO
popular that upwards of £3OO in silver and £lOO in copper is
weekly "taken at the doors."—The World.
Kangaroo skins are becoming no. i LCI portant article of
traffic in Australia, where they are said to yield the toughest
and most pliable leather.
After three protracted sittings, the inquest on the
body or Tames Linings, who was supposed to have been mur-
dered ax Brentwood, has. been Drought to a close. The
deceaspd, It will be remembered, was picked up in the middle
of the rod, between eleven and twelve at night, the itupres•
Mon being that he was helplerrsly drunk. Next morning,
however, he was fund to be literally covered with woundi
and brubtes, and his breastbone aud one HD were broken
He stated to one person that he did not know how he came
by these injuries, but to two other persons, at different times,
he said that he had been attacked and maltreated by five
men lie added that he knew one of these men, and meant
to "pay him oil" when he got better. A day or two after-
wards he died. No clue had been obtained to any assailant,
and the jury returned an open verdict.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

ENGLAND.

2nd Innings.

Ist Innings.
H. Charlwood, c Briggs, b
Watson
b Watson 20

H. Reynolds, cE. P. Jobson. b
Caldicott
W. Oscroft; c J. G. Jones, b Caldi-
cott
J. Selby, b Caldicott
S. Morley 12
W. Barnes, b Williscroft
Alfred Shaw, c and b Caldicott 13 b Watson .. 2
S. Birmingham, c Watson, b E.
P. Jobson
W. Clark, not out
P. Jbbson 3
F. Morley, b Caldicott .. 2 b S. Morley 3
A. Anthony, b E. P. Jobson .. 2 bA. Watson 1
J. C. Shaw, c Morley, b E. P.
Jobson ..
Morley .. 3
Extras.. 8

Extras ••• 4 • • 8
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

TERRIBLE STORM IN AMERICA.

The American papers state that at midnight on the
4th July, a heavy rain-storm, accompanied by terriLc
thunder and lightning, broke upon the city of Dubuque
anda d
ravinesits vicinity, andfil led in ashrourethitnima etearrllenl the
andstreams
bottom lauds submerged. Many of the sewers in the
city were burst open, and hundreds of cellars and lower
storeys of buildings were filled with water. An
infant child of a German, in the fifth Ward, sleep-
ing in a crib, was drowned before its parents
awoke. Two miles south-west is the little suburb
of Rockdale, a hamlet of a dozen buildings,
situated on the Catfish Creek. At one o'clock
monstrous billows of water rolled down the
sweeping out the dam and the railroad bridge,
which were hurled against the buildiues. Every
house except the mill was swept away. In all the
dwellings were occupants, and all but a dozsn were
drowre I, forty-one lives being lost in all. In two
instances entire families, one of five and the other
of seven, persons were drowned. Several persons were
thetrroewani dpllialti their
d,tbrs
t t
zoo
aua see,
among
their
treeshbeuirri d bodies being found in
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n in
n shoreud. j
and down
Becker,
his wife, and two children were drowned. Becker had
but part of one arm, having lost both hands in a
thraeher some years ago. The wife took the girl
to her bosom, the father took the boy with the stump
of his arm, and all were found dead thus embraced
One boy of eleven seized his little brother by the
hair when floating3at!ng down the Stream; both reache a
tree, and, clinging to branches till morning, weress.ved
The store of a man namedi Harris went last, and hi;
family all took refuge n the attic. Clinging to the
i
rafters and beams, they stood n the water up to their
armpits for three hours till the flood subsideo, and all
were saved. Charles Kingsley, keeper of the Rockdale
House, lost his wife. They sought to climb on the roof
through a window; he succeeded, and took hold of his
wife's arm to help her up, but the house fell together,
and as he floated away his wife's arm broke across the
window frame. He was saved. There were twelve
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

JOHN TAYLOR,
Clerk.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE MINES'
DRAINAGE ACT, 1873.

The Commissioners named in and appointed under the
above-named Act of Parliament hereby give Notice, that
George Morley Dowdeswell, Esquire, one of lies Majesty's
Counsel, Thomas Hawksley, Esquire, and John Thomas
Woodhouse, Esquire, the Arbitrators appointed under
the said Act, have made a DRAFT AWARD for a Rate
for the Drainage of Mines to be Assessed and Levied
within the Old Hill District. And the said Commis-
sioners hereby give further Notice, that copies of such
Draft Award may be had at their Office, situate at No.
22, Darlington-street, Wolverhampton, upon payment
of the sum of one shilling for each copy. And the said
Commissioners hereby give further Notice, that every
person ratable according to such Award may,; within two
months after the publication of this Notice, Appeal to
the said Commissioners against such Award whether as
applicable to himself or to the Drainage District in
which the Appellant is rated, or to any other Drainage
District. And theasaid Commissioners hereby give
further Notice, that in case of any Appeal being so made
to them as aforesaid they will, after due notice of their
intention to consider such Appeal, hear all such Appeals
publicly if the Appellant claims a public hearing, and
will hear counsel, solicitors, agents, and witnesses on the
part of the person or persons interested in such enquiry
or enquiries.
Dated this 22nd day of July, 1576.
By Order.
H. UNDERHIL,} LawaClerks.
H. H. FOWLER,

KIDDERMINSTER.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE
GREAT FETE AND ATHELTIC

SPORTS.

GREAT ATTRACTIONS.

.£ 6 0 IN 11' P., IZ= S -
The Beautiful Grounds of the "COPSE,"
AND
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

THE IRON TRADE.

The influence of the unfavourable commercial
rumour which was current last week appearsto
have passed on, and confidence in the stability
of the South Staffordshire iron trade is in a
great measure restored; but business is not
materially better, and the great majority of iron-
masters are engaged merely from hand to mouth.
American advices are still very disappointing.
There are literally no orders for wrought Staf-
fordshire iron for the United States, for even
for tin-plates the demand has greatly fallen off.
For hoops and sheets the American specifica-
tions were tolerably satisfactory up to the mid-
dle of May, since when the decline has been
very marked. Holland, France, and Italy are
among our best customers of late for sheets and
plates, but on the whole the export branch of
our trade isin a very languid and unsatisfactory
state. On home account ironmasters are en-
naged principally on sheets and nailmaking
iron. The list houses are adhering firmly to
quarter-day prices, on the basis of £9. for bars,
hut among makers of inferior standing, prices
of unmarked iron are very weak and irregular,
ranging from £7. £B. for bars. Some interrup-
tion of work has been caused during the last
week by the excessive heat of the weather, but
in the present dull state of trade it has caused
little inconvenience. The local pig-iron trade
is almost at a standstill. Importations of
Cleveland and Derbyshire pig continue on a
tolerably large scale, but, excepting for some
special brands of all-mine pig-iron, there is no
demand for native produce, and smelters are
stacking the greater part of the very limited
quantity they produce. Less than fifty furnaces
are now in blast in this district out of about
three times that number erected. The coal
trade is in a very languid and depressed state.
The output has been reduced to probably about
one third of the average in good times, but it is
still in excess of demand, and prices are declin-
ing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

WORDSLEY.

J. Orchard, c Firmstone, b Hodg-
kinson.. .. ..
S. Lowe, c and b Hodgkinson
G. Gre3nway, c Hurst, b Hodgkin-
son
W. Newnam, c Hodgkinson, b Edge 0
S. Newnam, h w, b Edge
J. Stuart, b Hodgkinson .. 5
J. Hack, b Edge l6
T. Greenway, not out..
A. Griffiths, run out
T. Abbott, b Edge
D. Hillman, b Edge
Extras .. .. 10

THE ALL ENGLAND CRICKET MATCH AT
DUDLEY.

Ths match betweon the Eleven of All England and
Twenty-two of Dudley terminated on Wednesday in
favour of the All England. The following is the
score:—
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

THE ECLIPSE
SAUCE
IT ECLIPSES ALL THE CHEAP SAUCES.
Y IT.
In bottles at 6d., is. and 2s each.

MANUFACTURED BY
CHARLES MORRIS, READING
and sold retail by all Grocers and Oilmen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

HALESOWEN AND FIAGLEY FLORAL AND
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

The twentieth annual meeting of this so.ciety was held
in the beautiful grounds at the Leasowes, on Tuesday
last. There was a large attendance of the eite of the
neighbourhood amongst whom were Archdeacon Hone
and family, the Rev R. P. Turner, Mr. Edward Gem
and family, Mr. J. S Gibbons, Mr. Noah Hingley and
family, Mr. G. Granger and party, Mr. Trewolla and
party, Mr. Rhodes and party, Cantain Dunn and party,
Mr. Thomas Bissell and party, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Parkes,
Mr. Hunt and family, Mr. Hemfray, Mr. S. Hingley, Ur.
Josiah Forrest, Mr. B. Wooldridge, Mr. W. Webb, Mr.
F. Swindell and party, Mr. T. Woollridge, Mr. E.
Smith, Mr. S. Leonard, &c., &c.
Synyer and Gilnaer's band was stationed on the ground,
and throughout the whole of the afternoon played a
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

Bell Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'. " Very
satisfactory—have availed ourselves for 10 years or more.'
John Snowden, Paint Manufacturer and Oil Merchant,
South Shields. Your Telegram received, and very
much obliged to you for your prompt reply—They won't
get an ounce of stuff from me. Yours tte.
Swann, J. E. and Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'
and Glasgow, "Satisfactory."
Bissell, James, and Son, Birchill Iron Works, Walsall.
" Great Value."

Darlington Porga Couipamy. "Prompt replies—ap-
prove of the Confirmatory style adopted."
Lackenby Iron Company, Middlesboro'
"Conscientiously iecommended. 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),Dewsbary. "Reliable."
Hudson, Sykes and Bouslield, Leeds, " Satisfied with
the thoroughness of the manner you answer Continental
inquiries."

Robinson, Repton, and Robinson, Longton, Selves, v.
—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque, £2O 14s 2d,
and are exceedingly obliged for your care and attention.
Belfast Ropeworks Co., Belfast, Selves, v.—Beg to
acknowledge receipt of cheque, £75 17s id.
Rogerson, M. and Co., Bradford. Selves, v,—Beg to
acknowledge receipt of cheque, £27 us Od.
Leedham, Binns and Co., Bradford, Selves, v.—Beg to
acknowledge receipt of cheque, 1:21 7s ld.
Barnes, H. Three Cranes Lane, Upper Thames Street,
E.C. Selves v.—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque,
04 6s 2d.

J. and IV. Taylor, Tanners, &c., Bermondsey, S.E.
Selves, v.—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque, £.50
040 d.

-Wilkie, J. and A. Musselburgg, Selves, v.—Beg to ac-
knowledge receipt of cheque, £BO 4s 6d.
'may, J, and Co.. Newcastle-on-Tyne. Selves, v.—
Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque £67 108 6d.

Maconochie Brothers, Fish Factors, Lowestoft - . . . . Increase our Subscription to £l6O,
Wallace, Bailey and NV ilkins Tanners, ittc.. Long Lane, Bermondsey, London ,S.E. ditto ditto £6O.
Join Blade and Co., Boot and shoe Moontooturon, Woroooter - . . ditto ditto /10.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

AMERICAN HUMOUR.

They have "a physician of sixty years' standing,
In Philadelphia. It is time he were allowed to sit down.

"If there's no moonlight, will you meet me by gas-
light, dearest Juliana ?"—"No, Augustus, I won't; I'm no
gas meter."

A lady applying for adminion to the junior class of
an American seminary, being questioned by the president as
to her qualifications, replied, "I ain't much of an arith-
metit er, bus I am an elegant grammArlst."

The boys of Detroit seem to be going down hill in
their morals of late. On Sunday one of the legion, who has
always been noted for his respectable demeanour towards
the great public, observed an old citizen yawning and gapiug
on a street corner, and said to blm, "Better not open your
mouth too wide." " Why ? " was the surprised query.
" There's a law again opening a saloon on Sunday!"
"And you think, dueling, you could be content to
share my humble lot and live in a quiet way with love and
me " queried the blissful lover its he looked fondly into her,
trauslucent blue eyes. " Wny. yes, precious ; you have no
idea how economical I am. Pa gave me a hundred dollars
last week to buy a new silk, and I saved enough of it to
purchase two pairs of six buttoned kids."

A Yankee newspaper says, "We took a new re-
porter on trial yesterday. He went out to hunt for items,
and, after being away all day, returned with the foilowing,
which he said was the best he could do :--` Yesterday we saw
a sight which froze our blood with horror. A cabman, driv-
ing down Clark-street eta rapid pace, was very near running
over a nurse and two children. There would have been one
of the most heartrending catastrophes ever recorded, -had
not the nurse with wonderful forethought, left the children
at home before she went out, and providentially stepped
into a chemist's shop just before the cab passed. Then, too,
the cabman just before reaching the crossing. thought of
something cabman,
he had forgotten, and turning about drove in
the opposite direction. Had it not been for this wonderful
concurrence of favourable circumstances, a doting father, a
loving mother, and affectionate brothers and sisters, would
have been-plunged into the deepest woe, and the most un
utterable funeral expense. The new reporter will be re
tained, '
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of

PLAIN and FANCY- STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, &c.

POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, &c.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

Mold Argood Colliery Company, Mold, t' Pleasantly
surprised with the minute information."
Maconochie Brothers, Fish Factors, Lowestoft.
"Increase our subscription to One Hundred and Fifty
Pounds (£150)."
Wallace, Bailey and Wilkins, Tanners and Corriere,
160, Long Lane, Bermondsey, London, S.E.
"Information most accurate—speedy.—Your Office un-
questionably stands first. Increase our subscription to
Fifty Pound (5O), Members 6 years.
Slade, John Sr. Co., Boot and ShnA Msunfantnr.r.,
Worcester. " Increase our subscription to Twenty
Pounds (£20)."
Briggs, Sher& & Co„ Oak Works, Horncastle,
"In no one instance have we been deceived—correct--
reliable,"
Huntley and Palmeri', Biscuit Manufacturers, Reading,
" Specialite—most valuable in removing doubt as to real
position of parties.--Members 11 years."
Dewhurst, Hoyle and Smethurst, Colliery Owners,
Blackrod near Chorley and elsewhere. _ _ _ .

"Where relied upon:your information perfectly safe in
crediting. Members 15 years."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

DAY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.

Mr. John MacGregor writes to The Times (from
Blackheath) :—" Perhaps I may be allowed to suggest
a few thoughts about day industrial schools, as the
revult of long acquaintance with the general subject
and of nearly six years' experience as chairman ( f the
Industrial Schools Committee of the L mdon School
Board, which has dealt with 5,300 children, and has
more than 2,000 of them in 14 industrial schools, in-
cluding four ships. The day industrial school, as
defined in the Bill before Parliament,.would receive
children for, say, ten hours daily, and would
teach them, employ them industrially, and partially
feed them. The children would be sent horny '
-
for 14 hours daily, and, it is presumed, for all
Sunday. Therefore, the children would be 60 hours at
the school and 108 hours at "home" every week.
Such a plan will, therefore, evidently be unsuitable for
children who wander, or beg, or steal, because they
will do this out of school hours—for children whose
parents are unable to control' them, or are unable or
unwilling to supply clothing, or who are of the poorest
clam in bad localities and with shifting addresses.
Who is to select the children, and what child can be
refused? Who is to induce them to come for ten
hours' schooling if they will not come now for live
hours? Who is to bring them to school daily? How
are they to be fed on Sunday and in holyday time,
and will they come on Saturdsy, when all other
school children have a holiday? Now, what
what will be the expense of such a school?
About 43. per child per week, according to the careful
estimate of the Committee I have above alluded to.
What kind of industrial work will be suitable for chil-
dren who come for a few weeks and who spoil at least
half of the materials as beginners? How can 'one
simple meal' be enough for a child with ten hours of
work and school What will be the cost of the school
buildings, necessarily in dense logalities, and with
playgrounds and workshops? How many of these
schools would be needed for London„ when two miles
each way is the furthest one can expect the chil-
dren to walk? What will it coat to collect parents
payments? From experience in collecting such pay-
ments (for the Home Office) during the last 18 months
from some hunclredioLparenta, I venture to say that
the operation would cost in mere machinery one-half
of what icreaelted. -Finally, what would be the effect
of the system upon other children and other parents?
If the schools are pleasant' they will attract thou
sands, If they areipunitive, even in appearance, they
will deter anything like' regular attendance. Day
dustrial schools established and worked by voluntary
agency and without compromising the policy of the
State might be useful for some children in small towns;
but if they are established and managed in London
by official agency, necessarily cumbrous and costly,
these schools will be a most expensive and demoralizing
failure."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-29

DUDLEY WOOD.

3: Cox, b Baylis ........ 0
U: Dunn, b Jones
M: Dunn, run out ..........5
J. Smith, b Jones
Billingham, run out
J. Hipkiss, b Baylis .. 4
F. Hill, b Jones
J. Roberts, b Baylis ..
J. Detheridge, not out
P. Westwood, b Jones
W. Woodhall, c Baylis, b Jones 0
Extras

BIRMINGHAM PICKWICK v. KIDDERMINSTER.••Thia match
"'as played on the ground of the K.C.C., and terminated
ni a victory by one wicket for the home club, amidst
great excitement, the last men, Dean and Pledger, being
chaired to the pavilion. The score:—

BIRMINGHAM PICKWICK.
Tallboys, c Foster, b Blunt 18 b Foster 29
Glover, a Butcher, b Perkins 4 c Palmer, b Blunt 2
itabbra, b Blunt 1 b Foster 1
Adams, b Perkins 0 b Perkins 4
Hawes, b Perkins 0 run out g
Preston, b Psrkins 7 o Butcher b Perkins 7