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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

SINGULAR CHARGE OF 3IAN-
- SLAUGHTER.

On Monday, at Grindley Brook, near Whitchurch,
Salop, Mr. Hawthorne, deputy-coroner, was engaged
for more than nine hours in inquiring into the cir-
cumstances attending the death of Elizabeth Davies.
Deceased was 65 years of age. After attending Whit-
church market the previous Friday she started for
home about five, and was knocked down by a horse
and trap belonging to William Lea, farmer, of the
Wyches, and guardian of the Whitchurch Union.
The trap was occupied at the tine by Mr. and Mrs.
Lea and a young woman whom they had picked up.
Mr. Lea was driving, but according to her statement
she had no idea that the deceased was hurt, and
drove on, although the woman behind saw the
deceased lying on the road. Deceased was conveyed
to her home, and died at midnight, but before she
died deceased stated that Lea had done it, and she
supposed he was drunk. The jury, after two hours'
consultation, came to the conclusion that Mrs. Lea
was guilty of culpable negligence, to which her hus-
band had contributed by whipping the horse at the
time of the accident, and a verdict of " Man-
slaughter " was returned arminst them both. They
were taken into custody. The parties have attended
Whitchurch market for years, and a painful sensation
was created in the neighbourhood.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

THE DEAN OF SALISBURY ON
SECULAR EDUCATION.

The Dean of Salisbury spoke very strongly at
Salisbury, on Saturday, on the question of secular
education. He said that he had spent two months
this year in France, and he heard from many intelli-
gent people there—from Roman Catholics and Pro-
t...tont, sliks—of the miserable condition which war
being produced in France by the gradual secularisa-
tion of the schools. The French Government had,
he might say, headed an active crusade against all
that was distinctive in religious teaching in any
shape whatever, and the results were now begin-
ning to be so horribly apparent that even those
most in favour of this policy were beginning to
be startled. When it was—as was the ease in some
parts of France—almost a crime to utter the word
of God, it was time for persons to consider whether
they had not gone a little too far, and whether this
movement in favour of secular education was likely
to produce permanent advantage to the country. In
one day a distinguished Roman Catholic and a Pro-
testant pastor said to him, "In the name of God stick
to your religious education." The same expression
had come from persons who differed greatly in their
faith, but who, at the same time, were profoundly
impressed with the horrible future that was awaiting
their own country whilst this secularisation. was
going on.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

A SOUDAN HERO SENT TO PRISON.

At the Highgate Police-court, London, on Monday,
William Chalkley, 26, was charged with violently
assaulting his sister Alice by striking her in the face,
kicking hor in the side, and throwing a pail of water
over her. Prosecutrix, a laundry maid, was at home
at her mother's house when the prisoner, without any
provocation, tried to turn her out. She screamed, and
he struck her a violent blow in the face. She ran out
into the garden, but he followed her, dragged her in,
and knocked her down and kicked her in the side
with his heavy nailed boot. The Bench considered
prisoner had committed a most brutal and uopro-
-yoked assault, and sentenced him to two months'
hard labour. The prosecutrix asked that prisoner
might not be sent to gaol, but the Bench refused to
alter their decision. Mr. Forbes, solicitor, subse-
quently applied to the Bench to remit the sentence
and substitute a fine. He put in a testimonial signed
by Brevet-Major Schonberg stating that the prisoner
had been with the Royal Marines attached to the
Monarch, and behaved with exemplary bravery in
the Soudan campaign in March last. Although
wounded in one battle he declined to go to the hos-
pital, but remained in the ranks after the square was
broken, and answered to his muster-call. Mr. Bod-
kin said that being so he ought to have known better
than to come home and kick his sister about. The
Bench did not consider the sentence too great for the
offence, and they declined to alter it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

A JUDGE IN SEARCH OF WORK.

On Tuesday morning an amusing incident occurred
in the High Court of Justice, which may be used as
an argument at some future date against a cry for
the appointment of more Judges. Shortly after
eleven o'clock Mr. Justice North had finished his list
of the causes which had been set down for hearing by
him for that day. Being desirous not to be idle, he
went to Vice-Chancellor Bacon to see if he could
spare any of the cases on his list. Vice-Chancellor
Bacon, however, could spare none, and Mr. Justice
North then went to Mr. Justice Chitty with the same
object. Mr. Justice Chitty thought he could spare a
case, and after looking into the Judicature Act for
authority for a transfer, he consulted counsel for
the purpose of selecting a ease from his list. This
having been done, and the counsel in Price v. Insole
egreeing that Mr. Justice North should hear the case,
it was transferred to this learned judge's court and
heard by his lordship. The incident created a good
deal of amusement
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

THE WAR-OFFICE AND GERMAN GUN-

POWDER.

In reply to inquiries which he recently made at the
request of the Executive Committee of the Industrial
Union, Mr. James Samuelson, the labour candidate
for Liverpool, has received the following communica-
tion from the War-office relative to the placing of
orders for gunpowder in Germany: "I am directed
by the Surveyor-General of Ordnance to inform
you, in reply to your letter of the 21st
inst., that the gunpowders recently adopted as the
best for her Majesty's service are of German origin,
the most recent being made from a composition that
is kept secret, and that German manufacturers are
allowed to compete with English for powders, the
composition of which is known; but for obvious
reasons, apart from the question of free trade, a
preference is shown to English makers who produce
the quality that is required. I have to add that
orders are about to be placed abroad for the special
powder of secret composition immediately wanted,
but that no steps will be wanting on the part of this
department to encourage its manufacture in this
country."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

IR. BRIGHT ON THE SUNDAY POST.

The Birmingham Daily Post publishes the follow-
ing interesting letter from Mr. Bright on the Sunday
postal delivery, in reply to an invitation to attend a
conference on the subject :—" One Ash, Rochdale,
Oct. 23, 1884.—Dear Sir, —I cannot attend your pro-
mised conference, or support the object for which it
is to be held. To close all our post-offices on
Sundays would, in my view, be not only an intolerable
inconvenience, but a great evil. To continue at least
one delivery of letters in the day seems to me
needful for the public service, and not unduly
interfering with the labour and service of the
letter carriers. The Post-office is our great
means, not only of commercial, but of family com-
munication, and it is with reference to the family that
I am most strongly opposed to your views. There are
scores of thousands of young men and women in this
country who are away from their homes and parents en-
gaged in cities and towns in the various occupations
by which they live. To these Sunday is to a large
extent a day of rest. It is a day on which their
thoughts naturally turn to the homes they have left.
It is the day on which the letter from the loving but
absent father or mother is most frequently received,
and it is the day on which the absent son or daughter
has the greatest leisure to write to the home circle.
If your plan were adopted, how many thousands of
letters of wise and loving counsel from parents to
absent children would be received in circumstances
less favourable for good than if received and read
and re-read during the quiet and leisure of the
Sunday? In cases of sickness or of death, the,
closing of the post would often be a grievous incon-
venience and a cause of great and prolonged distress.
I have known two instances of it in my own family,
and what has happened in my case must have taken
place in many others. I think the closing of the
post in London on Sundays is a great in-
convenience, and on the grounds to which
I have referred as to its effects on family
correspondence a great evil; but if the London
system were extended to the whole kingdom it would
cause an amount of confusion that would be in-
tolerable. If lam not mistaken, the House of
Commons did once pass a resolution in favour of your
object, but was compelled to rescind it. I have no
fear that you can succeed; if you obtain a momen-
tary success, it must be followed by failure. The one
round of the postman in the day is not a heavy
burden, not heavier than that borne by great numbers
in almost every class in life. It is a great public
service, an honourable labour, and it must be com-
pensated for as other services are. There is not a
word in the New Testament leaning to your views so
far as they are influenced by religious considerations.
The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the
Sabbath.—l am very respectfully yours,Jonx BRIGHT.
—Mr. T. H. Aston, 197, High-street, Birmingham."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

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112, COLMORE-ROW, BIRMINGHAM,
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District Manager.

Agents at Stourbridge:
MR. H. JAMES, Birmingham Banking Company.
MESSRS. BERNARD and KING, Solicitors.
MR. G. RICHARDS, Station Master, G.W.R.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

ROMAN REMAINS IN THE RIVER
• TRENT.

In the course of carrying out large dredging and
other works for the improvement of the Trent naviga-
tion, which connects Hull, Grimsby, and Goole by
water with Birmingham, and the Midland Canal
system, a most interesting discovery has been made.
The works in progress, between the villages of Coiling-
ham and Cromwell, north of Newark, include a large
amount of dredging, and it was during this operation
that the workmen came across the pier of an old
wooden bridge. About 40 feet or so closer to the
north bank another of similar appearance was found,
and it is presumed there are six or seven of these
piers forming
.the whole bridge. Mr. Rolfe, C.E.
the engineer in chief, had the two piers whi‘4l
obstructed the navigable channel blown up with
dynamite. In three hours eight charges of dynamite,
judiciously disposed, completely wrecked the remains
of a work which has withstood the action of weather
and water for sixteen centuries, and over which many
a hard-contested struggle has taken place, as is shown
by the numerous human skulls and bones which have
been dredged up. A portion of the wood and stone-
work was afterwards recovered, and excavations are
to be made with a view to finding and preserving
another of the remaining piers. From observations
made previous to the blasting, it appeared that the
foundations were formed of wood set in ancaster, or a
somewhat similar stone; the oak walings and balks were
black and hard, but mostly in good condition the mor-
tar was still quite hard and adhesive; the walinfzs were
tied across through a large centre balk by tie-pieces of
wood, having octagonal heads through which wedges
had evidently been driven to keep the structure to-
gether. There is room for doubt whether any similar
structure of wood now remains in such complete
preservation, although in Rome itself some traces of
a wooden bridge, supposed to be either the Pons
Aemilius or the Pons Sublicius, have been seen in
the Tiber, but they do not appear to have been dis-
tinctly recognisable. The bridge now traced can only
be fixed upon as adjacent to the station Ad Pontem
by the supposition that Crocolana and Ad Pontem
have been accidentally transposed in the " Iter " of
Antoninus. The bridge was probably a connecting
link between the district of Lindum and Crocolana
and the station Ultra Trehentam (Ad Pontem, or
some other) on the way northward.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

The ASSAULT on COLONEL BURNABY

James Davis. boot manufacturer, was again, at the
Birmingham Police-court, on Monday, charged with
assaulting Colonel Burnaby. The prisoner had been
remanded in order to enable him to produce wit-
nesses. Three witnesses were now called, and ad-
mitted that they saw a potato or onion thrown at the
Colonel; but to the best of their belief the prisoner
was not the assailant. Chief Detective Black replied
that he seized hold of the prisoner's arm imme-
diately the missile left his hand. The Magistrate
said there could be no doubt that prisoner committed
the assault. Persons commenced by throwing onions
or potatoes, and finished by throwing half bricks. If
it had been a little ragged boy the fine would have
been half a crown, but the accused was in a respectable
position, and he would have to pay 20s. and costs, or
go to prison for a fortnight. After paying the money
the prisoner said he was a marked man, and had re-
ceived a threatening letter. The magistrate replied
that he had received many in his life, and Mr. Farm'
dale, Chief of Police, added that in Birmingham he
had become accustomed to threatening letters
(laughter).
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

HA LESO WEN.

GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—The first of a series of winter
evening lectures was delivered at this school on
Monday evening; the lecturer being Mr, E. F. J.
Live, of the Mason College, Birmingham, The
subject which was ably handled, and accompanied
by lantern illustrations, was "The Sun," At the
conclusion, a vote of thanks, proposed by Mr. J.
Horn fray, and seconded by Dr. H. R, Ker, was
cordially awarded to the lecturer.
RATING APPEAL.—At the Police Court on T 1135-
day, before Messrs, E. B. Phillips and H. T. Hick.
man. Messrs. Duma Brothers, of the Manor Colliery
Lapel, appealed against an assessment amounting to
£637, made by the Stourbridge Guardians in re-
spect of their colliery, Mr. Warmington appeared
for the appellants, and Mr. R. E. C. Kettle repre-
sented the Board of Guardians. After a long argu-
ment the case was adjourned for a fortnight for the
production of further evidence,
LICENSING PROSECUTIONS. Harriet Huggins,
landlady of the Shenstone Hotel, was charged with
permitting drunkenness on her licensed premises,
on the 23rd alt, and also with keeping open during
prohibited hours on the same date. Mr. W, Shake-
speare defended. PC. Hiude stated that about 8.30
p.m. on the day named he visited defendant's house
and found a man named Moseley drunk. He visited
the house again about 11.30 the same night, and
found Moseley still there. The defence was that
Moseley was living at the Shenotone Hotel, and that
he was about to be married to the defendant Both
cases were dismissed. She was further charged
with having no sign to her premises. Mr. Shake-
speare explained that the sign was being repainted,
and that an applicalion would be made for transfer
of the licens...; to Moseley. Accepting the explana-
tion, the Bench dismissed this case. also. William
Henry Moseley, butcher, of Halefo wen, was charged
with being drunk on the licensed premises of the
above-named defendant. After hearing the evi-
dence, which was similar to that given in the last
case, the magistrates dismissed the summons:— Hy.
Whitehouse, of the Nine Inn, Whiteheath, was
summoned for selling diving prohibited hours, on
the 30th September, Mr. Shakespeare defended,
and the ca‘e was dismissed.

TRESPASSING IN SEARCH OF GAME,---JeSSO Rollin-
son, of Cakemore. was charged with trespassing in
pursuit of game, on the Brand Hall Farm, on the
11th instant. D fendant was fined 208 and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

FISH.

Short supply and good demand at advanced prices ta
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many cases. Turbot, 2s to lOs ; brill, 2s to ss; cod; Is to
10s; skate, live, Ss ; dead, 2s to 6s each; salmon—Dutch,
Ss 6d ; Canadian frozen, Is; eels, 9d; soles, is 2d per lb.;
dory, 12s. ; haddocks, Cs to Ss; whiting, les ; mackerel,
15s; plaice, 30e •, herrings, 215 per box; sprats. Ss per
barrel; smelts, Ss per 100; flounders, 2s per 26; lobster:.
91 to 2s; crabs, is to 2s 6d each.

HOPS.
Ch.,:rent prices: East rents, £6 to £1 93; Mid Eents,
to a ; \Vesicle. ato £7 10i ; Sussex, £5 10s to ;
Worcester, a lOs to £8 lOs; Farnhams, £7 7s to a If s•
Americ3ns, a 6s to £7 7s; Bavarians, £5 to £8;
£4 lOs to Li 15a; Poperinghe, £4 its to L. 153 ; yearlings,
a to £7 7s; old olds, a to Li; Australians, IS4, Xi 103 to
£5 its; Australians, 1833, a its to £4 10s„
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

ROWLEY SOHOOL4 BOARD.

At a meeting of thisibo-ly held on Monday, when
there were present Messrs. G. Green (in the chair),
Pew tress. Edwards, Cave, Barclay, Hadley, and
Dr. Standish, the Attendance Officer repo:ted tint
during the pastmonth the number on the books had
been 3,859, with an overage attendance of 3.217 3,
or a percentige of 82•2. The respective numbers
for the corresponding period of last year were 3,573
on the books, 3,020 in attendance and a percentage
of

From a statement tlib:nitte 1 by the clerk it up-
oeats that the grant earned by the whole of the
Schools during the past year had been .42,662 19s.
agai st £2,181, 13s. 2d. for thecorresponding period
last year.
The Chairman stated from an inspection male
ther.; was no alternative but to build a school for
the n.:coannodation of between 300 and 400 children
at Sl:inuer's Green, and he moved that Mr. Mere-
dith, tly2 architect, be instructed to prepare plans
for the erection of schools.

This was seconded by Mr. Hadley.
Mr. lewtress moved, as an amendment, "That
the I:tatter be deferred for a month." Ha suggested
that an examinatioa of the existing sch.lols
should be made, to see if accommodation could not be
found for the children in the Skinners Green dis3riet
He thought there were some gentlemen who had
no otNer idea but that of making big hills.
Mr. Hadley contend,,d that if toe Board did not
provide proper accoundation for the children of the
oistric-, and if they did not do this they would be
tinei, a state of things be would remind the Board
they had only escaped a short time previously.
lhe resolution was carried.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

COLLAPSE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY
BETTING PROSECUTION.

On Monday, at the Manchester County Police-
court a summons which had been adjourned for legal
inquiries, again came on for consideration, under
which Charles Eastwood, of Rochdale, and Thomas
Lindsay, of Oldham, were charged with using the
Didsbury Hotel bowling-green for the purposes of
betting during a three days' bowling match. The
defendants, who formed part of the spectators, were
heard by the police to call out with the view of
making bets, and these proceedings were subse-
quently taken. Mr. Brown, who appeared for the
defendants, contended that there was nothing to show
that his clients went to the place for the purpose of
betting, and cited a number of cases in which the terra
" user " was defined, arguing that to make a man a
"user" he must be on a stool or a windowsill,
or under an umbrella, by which he had con-
trol and appropriated a given area, but in this
case that had not been attempted to be done. Mr.
Dickens, one of the justices, said the evidence showed
that the defendants were betting with others. Sir
John Iles Mantel], the stipendiary magistrate, said
he regretted to differ from his colleague, but in the
present case he had some doubts, and unfortunately
there was not a case which could be called on all fours
with it, to assist him in removing those doubts. This
action was a novel one, but he could not take the
same view as his friend, who was in favour of a con-
viction. Considerable argument took place as to
future proceedings, the magistrate being in favour of
a friendly case being stated to the High Court, but
ultimately the summons fell through owing to the
division on the bench.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

THAMES FLOUNDERS.

The indefatigable president of the Thames Angling
Preservation Society, Mr. Thomas Spreckley, always
persevering in increasing the stock of fish in the
Thames between Richmond and Staines, went on the
22nd inst. on a new venture. Between 7000 and
8000 baby flounders were netted at Putney and con-
veyed in a Peter boat, attached to a conservancy
launch, from thence to Hampton-court-bridge. Some
2000 to 3000 were distributed on the way from Ted-
dington up, but the bulk of 5000 or more were
transferred to the Thames near Hampton-court-
bridge. Mr. T. R. Sachs, being the senior membe-r of
the committee of the Thames Angling Preservation
Society, was called upon by the president to perform
that pleasing duty. On several previous occasions Mr.
Sachs assisted the late Mr. Frank Buckland in placing
many thousands of young salmon and trout into the
Thames at Moulsey, Suabdry, and Shepperton weirs.
There is no doubt that the present abundance of large
trout in the Thames is the fruit of the persevering
efforts of the late Mr. Buckland and Mr. Forbes, of
Chertsey, "who still continues his labour Of love.'
Many •of the flounders will doubtless go down with the
next floods, but experience proves that many remain;
Mr. Sachs and other anglers having caught large
specimens with rod and line at Weybridge, which is
30 miles from London-bridge. This year several
were captured at Kingston of 10 inches or more in
length; these were undoubtedly some of those turned
in by Mr. Spreckley in that locality, to which gentle-
man the Thames anglers owe grateful thanks for
stopping the netting, night lining, and increasing the
supply of fish.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

SALES BY AUCTION

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.
EVERY MONDAY.
THE usual Supply of CATTLE, SHEEP,
PIG S, Sze.
OATES, PERREN S, & WO OLDRID GE

STOURBRIDGE STOCK SALE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 1884,
H. KING, Auctioneer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

FUNERAL OF AN HEROIC DOCTOR.

On Tuesday afternoon the funeral of the late Dr.
Samuel Rabbeth, the senior resident medical officer
of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, London,
who lost his life from diphtheria after attempting to
save the life of a patient by sucking a tracheotomic
tube, took place at Barnes Cemetery. The funeral
was very largely attended. It is proposed to form a
committee for Cho purpose of raising a suitable memo-
rial to the deceased. Poach of Wednesday imnior-
-- - - •

They tell us of the heroes of old days,
Of men who struggled through the roar of fight,
When yillanous saltpetre made day night,
And kings and awestruck people stood at gaze,
Ours is a hero who must win your praise
For strange deed, yet heroic as all those
Done in the front of fierce conflicting foes,
Albeit he walked in humbler unknown ways,
He certes warred in no ignoble strife:

—He gave a dying child hi latest breath,
And nobly yielded up a noble life
In vain emprise to conquer certain death.
Be these the words on his memorial scroll :--
"He died for Science. Heaven rest his sou'!"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

IN THE NEW FORESI

We are now almost on the edge of the Forest; at
all events, a sort of advance guard, in the shape of a
spur of unenclosed land with a particularly fine group
of fir trees, meets us as soon as we have driven
through the little stream that feeds the moat of
Moyles Court. It is, however, an advance guard only,
and we have to pass through two or three more miles
of trim hedgerows and tidy cornfields before we reach
a long hill, on which a little houcii bearing, the name
of Forest View gives us the delightful assurance that
we are not far from the special object of the excur-
sion, the Forest itself. After this we very quickly
begin to see masses of gorse, and, if it be autumn,
heather, and the grand view from Picked Post un-
folds itself before us. Far away to the right is
Christchurch Priory, built by Flambard, the evil
counsellor of William Rufus; straight on are
Burley (Mr. Henley has given us a glimpse of the
Burley-road in a wild atmosphere of twilight and
storm). and Burley Beacon, covered with barrows,
an ancient battlefield and graveyard of forgotten
ancestors. To the left, skirting the rolling moor, lies
our destination, Mark Ash. -Very soon one of the
delightful contrasts of forest scenery comes upon us.
The road descends, and wild moorland gives place to
a beautiful wood; the beech is the tree of the New
Forest, and we have before us beeehes in every imagi-
nable form of stately grace. Our road, hitherto a
very good one, though hilly enough to try the mettle
of the horses, now leaves the beaten track, and on
beginning a new ascent we take to a rough cart track
to the right, making for a clamp of fir trees that
serve as a landmark for many a mile round. The
read is presently crossed by a fence, but the gateway
is now happily unlocked, and we enter one of the
enclosures in Boldre Wood.—The Magazine of Art.

Information has been received from the Director-
General of the Egyptian Post-office to the effect that
money orders may be issued in this country on Dongola
and Wady Haifa (Upper Egypt) under the same con-
ditions as those issued on other places in Egypt. In
pursuance of an arrangement made with the British
North Borneo Company, money orders payable at
Sandakan, North Borneo, will be granted on and aftet
the Ist of November next at any money order office in
the United Kingdom. Money orders will also be
issued at Sandakan, North Borneo. payablg in the
United Kingdom.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

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Female Pills .. 4s. Od. per Box.
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Worm Powders 2s. 9d. per Box.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

CLEVER CArTURE OF GAMBLERS AT
DUDLEY.

At the Dudley Police Court, on Wednesday
Thomas Richards (40), puddler, Guest's-fold, and
seven others were charged wtth gaming with cards
in the Five LeaSowes, and they were further, along
with Thomas Colley. labourer, Tower-street, charged
with assawting the police. Disguised in plain
clothes and a white apron, Police-constable Par.loe
went, on SaturJay af.ernoon, to the Five Leasowes,
where a gang of gamblers are in the habit of congre-
gating. He found a knot of men, including the de-
fendants, playing with cards for money, and a lot
of others looking on. About the same time Police.
constable Sherriff made his appearance in uniform,
and the gamblers endeavoured to get out of the
way. Pardoe arrested Richards. whereupon Colley
and others ran to the rescue, Colley kicking the
officer several times. Thomas Wright, miner,
Guest's--totd, who was also charged with assaulting
the pubic lik,wise ran to the rescue, but was caught
by Poli,!e constable S%erriff, whom he kicked
severely —Richards said that if the officer had not
been disguised it would not have happened. They
would have run away—(laughter).—Mr. Inspector
Wigley said that w.is the reason why the officer was
,tisguised.—For the assaul,s, Wright, Colley, and
11,i:11:ads were each fined 20s. and costs, or a
nionth's hard labour ; and for gambling Richards
Colley, and Frank AleNauey were each fined 10s.
:vid costs, or 14 (lays , the other defrndants being
e:ther discharge" or pat on their good behaviour,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

GAS COOKERY AT DUDLEY.

On Tues lay an exhibition of cookery by gas, pro-
inotril by the Dudley Gas Company, was openeu in
the Assembly lows, Dudley. A large number of
gas cooking and heating stoves are placed in the
ball, and during the day joints of meat, fowls,
pastry, &C, were cooked, and bread baked fvr the
Dudley Arias Hotel and the i‘l'diand CAR!. Tne
advantages claimed for these stoves are cleanliness
readiness, and, above all, economy. Although about
a doz,n small stoves and large ranges were at work
the most of the day, there was no smoke or dis-
a:reeable odour in the hall. In order to test the
consumption of gas, metres are placed near some of
the larger stoves, and it is shown that a good
parlour fire can be kept going for about id. or Id. an
ihour, while c.inplet.l kitchen range in full opera-
n tiniTy meat,
consumers"i 'gbapa)ut slryi l worthdboi of is a
ilng4s:iuPus
or water,
l a
a.t..erT, o
he btoves have beau u.auuf.ictUnd by
Messrs. John Wright and Co., and are oclibhei
by Mr, Ibottson, of the abovJlirna, and Mr. Lloyd
of the gas works. The beattdB dtoves are furnished
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

THE WYCLIF SOCIETY.

Many persons who are unable from any cause to
read the Latin works of John Wyclif, but are anxious
to assist in promoting their publication, are showing
a disposition to subscribe to the Wyclif Society on
the condition that the volumes represented by their
subscriptions be placed at the disposal of a bond fide
poor school to whom the works will be both useful
and agreeable. The secretary of the Wyclif Society,
which has recently been joined by the Lord Bishop of
Ripon, will be happy to receive the names of sub-
scribers on the conditions named above.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

A DESTITUTE HUSBAND - SINGULAR
APPLICATION.

Mr. Lawrence Keith, living in Hertslet-road,
London, N., who said he formerly held the position of
secretary of the Regency Club, applied to Mr. Hannay,
at Clerkenwell, on Saturday, under the following cir-
cumstances. He had, he said, for some time past
been living apart from his wife, whom he married
eleven years ago, and whilst she has been growing
richer, be had been growing poorer. Their separation
took place owing to the influence which his wife's
friends brought to bear upon her. She was now
possessed of a great deal of property, but he had been
so reduced in circumstances, through illness, that he
had been compelled to receive outdoor relief from the
parish. On the previous day his allowance was with-
drawn, and he received an order to enter the workhouse.
He did not, however, wish to enter the workhouse. He
desired to know how he could compel his wife to
return to him, or, at any rate, to induce her to make
some provision for him to go to New Zealand, where
he had friends living. He had civil actions pending
in reference to property, but he was unable to nroceed
with them, as he had no money. If his wife would
not return to him, he wished to know whether the
magistrate could make an order to compel her to
return a large quantity of furniture, to the value of
£5OO at least, which she removed when she left him,
and which had been purchased by cheques which he
had himself drawn. His wife was now living at
Chester. Mr. Hannay said he had no jurisdiction in
the matter. If the applicant's wife lived at Chester,
he should advise him to make application at that
town.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

THE CHARGE OF CRUELTY AGAINST

A JOCKEY,

In the Queen's r,-nch Division. IPA Court of
Judicature, on Tuesday, Mr. Moreten Smith moved
for a rule calling on the Justices of Stratford-on-
Avon to state a case for the opinion of this Court
under the following circumstances. A jockey, named
Dalton, was charged before the magistrates with
having cruelly ill-treated a horse which he rode for
the Twhipped the horse, which was running last, on one
side
wn
the other side, on which the animal dropped dead on
until Plate, the alleged cruelty being that be had
insensibility was produced, and then ri
ntil p
the course. A veterinary surgeon, who had made a post-
mortem on the horse, proved that its death was
caused by congestion of the lungs, but the magis-
trates dismissed the case on the ground that another
veterinary surgeon named -Verney, who had also made
a post-mortem examination, had not been called for the
prosecution. The prosecutor, acting on the instruc-
tions of his superiors in London,
,has served notice on
the clerk of the magistrates calling on them to state
a case, but when it was applied for to the Mayor and
two other justices the application was refused, and
hence the present motion. Mr. Justice Stephen said
it appeared to him that the magistrates were not
satisfied with the evidence adduced for the prosecu-
tion in the absen:e of that of the other veterinary
surgeon. Mr. Ju....tice Grove: And which could have
n given,
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application was accordingly refused.

NOVcLLaAL l, 1,854
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

SIR FREDERICK MILBANK AND LORD
LONDESBOROUGH.

At a meeting of Liberals held in the Circus at Scar-
borough on Monday, in addition to addresses
delivered by Lieut.-Colonel Ste))le, the candidate, Mr.
W. S. Caine, M.P., and Mr. R. T. Reid, M.P., a letter
was read from Sir Frederick Milbank, M.P., in which
he said a more unfounded and unjust statement was
never penned than that made by Lord Londesborough
to the effect that the Government had removed Mr.
Trevelyan from the Irish Chief Secretaryship in order
to secure the Irish vote. Ile accounted for his lord-
ship's disgraceful and unfounded statements on the
presumption that his own order was in danger through
the misguided stubbornness of Lord Salisbury.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

A HORRIBLE FALLACY.

The Jetvish TVQrld hears of an extraordinary an
almost incredible case from Upper Hungary. A
Christian widow, living in Ezegled, one day last montE
sent a boy to a certain Moritz Hirschler, with a
letter, requesting him to come to her at once tc
receive some Christian blood, which he would be able
to sell for a high price for the ensuing Jewish holi-
days. Hirschler very rightly took the boy to the
police-station, and, accompanied by a detective and a
doctor, hastened to the woman. They found that,
labouring under the belief that the Jews would require
Christian blood for the holidays, she had opened one
of her own veins, so as to sell the blood to Hirschler
for a good price, and thus to be enabled to pay her
debts. It is an overwhelming proof of the popular
credence that Jews employ the blood of Christians in
their rites when a woman risks her life in support of
this belief. The case cited should be a powerful in-
centive to Christians as well as Jews to disabuse the
minds of the people of this horrible fallacy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

LYE.

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OTLIckeL,LoCn 1s
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th annual
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tt.
Mr.
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27 m ethe Railway
. E. Brooks, junr., occupied the chair in the ab-
sence of the president of the club, who was unable
to attend, Tile meeting was convened for 7 o'clock,
shortly after which time an excellent repast was
laid before some 60 members. The cloth having
been removed, the secretary was called upon to read
toasts
a
his report as to the results of matches, &c., which
report was very favourable, and also showed that
the club was, as to its finances, in a prosperous
condition. The officers were elected and re-elected
for the ensuing year, and then followed the usual
oloaane.d songs which brought a pleasant evening

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PASSENGER STEAMER ASHORE.

A cablegram from Lloyd's agent at Maryborougb, on
Monday, states that the Chang Chow, a British steamer,
from Newcastle, N.S.W., for China, has gone ashore
at Sandy Cape; reports indicate \that she is badly
damaged. A portion of the crew and passengers were
saved; but seven are missing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

DROMIGROVE.

The award in the ca,e of Sheldon v. Local Board
At the meeting of the B iard'of Guardians Wednes-
day, Mr. birlight in the chai-. a (14.iled coimite of
the contract fortho new Lakin try by AI,. E ge. the
architect, was laid before tho Board, the amount
being £5,000, of which .P.. 397.45 i e,erved fur con
tiugencies, A certificate that f:5O lis due to the
builders, and a request for 1:25 on account of his
surcharges, was also receive.% but the granting of
thus, Imes was held over tilt t,a; next meeting, the
Local Government Hoard aa. o:lving yet given
their nanctiou to the borrowitt.z th;t money for
the infirmary, but itwaa to send the estimate
up to them to ob sin their s:inetien. A lengthy
discussion took place ti.s to the pulling down of the
pigetyes at the hoos.. by Nle-,as. Le,titi and Parry
at the close of toe List
tiii`etif a: of the Board, and
notice had been given by M. Fa itrFiton that he
Should move to rescind the :notion of the Board
to pull down the st:yes. M. Fetherston moved his
resolnti-n, which was Fo.con,led by Mr. J. Harris,
and carrion. He than moved and 31r. harri- secon,ted
"That the pig rtyes rem in a- th••‘• we e a the time
the uotic • Wes given, nod if they have been removed
..
that they be rep el t.iey wn! at thm time."
nt A long ; att
liassion to .k ph tee Me::,rs. Lewis and
Parry defended the coarse they lx ii taken, on the
ground that they went corryin J a resolution of
(of the committee to whom
the Board aft member,:
was delegat• d tile duty of carrying wit that resole
lion, end they s:ti.l ant what they bun done they
should do again under similar m irewestances
Potter mai i the action of Messrs. Parry and Lewis
was a piiee.• of assurance, and other members con-
demned the hasty manner in which they had ii;,ited
As the motion proposed could not be put, no notice
of it having been given, Mr. Fetherston moved,
"That this Board does not approve of the steps tak-n ,
by the two Guardians in removing the pig-styes
while notice of motion on the subject was pouting."
This was canted, ten Guardians Toting for it. Messrs
Parry and Lewis resigned their seats as members of
th • Building Committee, as they declined to serve 1
on a committee and be censured for carrying out a
resolution of the Board. There was no other busi-
-118110.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

DISTRESSED SCOTCH INDUSTRIES.

The distress in Dundee is increasing. In some of
the jute mills wages are being reduced, and in others
the workers are being nlaced on short time. All the
shipbuilding yards being close, the foundries and other
branches of the trade are suffering severely. On
Monday a largely-attended meeting of the unemployed
was held. It was stated that the suffering was much
more serious than the well-to-do classes imagined.
A deputation was sent to the magistrates requesting
them to take steps for relief.
At a meeting on the same day of 1200 of the un-
employed at Govan, Glasgow, it was resolved that the
time had arrived when immediate Ection should be
taken to meet the great destitution in Govan, through
the depression in shipbuilding. It was stated that
since November last shipbuilding had been so depres-
sed that many of the hands could not obtain food.
A committee was appointed to arrange for obtaining
relief.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

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