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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

STOURBRIDGE STOCK SALE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12th, 1884.
150 PRIME FAT SHEEP
30 HEAD CATTLE, PIGS, &c.
IL KING, Auctioneer.

IMPORTANT SALE OF TIMBEA,
ON

THE ENVILLE ESTATES, STAFFORDSHIRE.

To TIMBER MERCHAN rs and Others.

MR. H. KING is favoured with instructions to
SELL by AUCTION, on

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1884,
At the STAMFORD AIMS EfOTEL, subject to conditiot a
of Sale-
-2,917 Capital OAK, ELM, ASH, SYCAMORE,
LARCH, SCOTCH FIR, POPLAR, and
other 'I LUBER TREES growing upon the
above Estates.

The above Timber vii be found worthy the atten'ion
cf the Trade, being bound, straight, lengthy, and of
good girth. and well located for delivery. titewponey
Canal Wharf is within two miles, end gcod roads in-
tersect the Estates.
Luuchenn will be on the:Table at the Hotel at One
o'clock, end tie Sale Rill commence immediately after-
wards.
To View the Lois apply at tie Estates' Offices,
Emilie Ball, and for further information t) the Am.
timper, Stoarbridge.

PRELIMINARY.

ASSEMBLY ROOM, TALBOT HOTEL,

STOURBRIDGE.

MR. H. KING, wi I SELL BY AUCTION, at the latter
eni of the present month, HOUSEHOLD
}UHNIIURE and Effects, the property of a gentleman
who is giving up housekeeping*
Particulars in future aavertisement.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

NEGLECTED VEGETABLES.

The number of different sorts of vegetables available
for the kitchen, and which can be grown in an English
kitchen garden, is about 50, exclusive of herbs, &c.,
which would bring it up to a hundred or more; and
the number commonly cultivated in gardens of
moderate extent is probably under a score. In many
gardens where conveniences exist for the growth of the
greatest variety, even fewer sorts than a score are
grown. One of the daily papers has just drawn
attention to some of our neglected vegetables, and,
§-among others, to the Brussels sprout, to which, how-
ever, the term does not apply in good private gardens
of even small size; for it is a much esteemed vegetable,
now being grown most extensively, although it does
not figure to the taros extent in the market, for what
reason we do not know. That a farm of Brussels
sprouts would pay at ordinary prices we do not doubt;
but a great many of those who buy vegetables have a
prejudice against such "small cabbages," and pass on
to the more bulky common cabbage and greens.
Without exception, however, the Brussels sprout
is one of the very best winter vegetables that can
be grown. Not its least valuable point is that it
is as hardy as the common curled greens,
these two having, as a rule, withstood our
severest winters, when all cabbage and broccoli
crops have perished. The common cabbage is hardy
enough in a young state, but when full grown and
hearted frost soon destroys the large heads, which rot
and fall to pieces. Not so the Brussels sprout. Being
small and hard, it is not in the least affected by froFts.
There are, however, sprouts and sprouts. A fictitious
value is attached to what are called "large" kinds,
which, having been crossed with the common cabbage,
produce heads something like coleworts in size, and
when sent into the kitchen are not used as sprouts at
all, but as small cabbages. The real sprout is not
much larger than a marble, and as firm and hard
almost ac the stalk itself. These are the sort cooks
prefer; and they strip them of their outer coverine,
cook them whole, and ;serve them up artistically in
that fashion, When cooked through and no mole,
such sprouts melt in the mouth like the tenderest
cauliflower, and are equally good. The imported
Brussels sprout is the typical kind—tall-stemmed and
productive; but plants vary a good deal, some pro-
ducing a stem from three to four feet high, and clothed
with sprouts, while on others they are open and
rosette-like, and of no use. Seed saved from the best
form for a few years will soon fix a good variety. Of
the productiveness of Brussels sprouts little need he
said. They may be planted a good deal closer in the
ground than broccoli, and each plant will yield a dish
of sprouts for several persons, and good stalks much
more.— The Field.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

THE PENYGRAIG EIPLOSION.

Mr. D. H. Daniels, manager, and Mr. Edwin Ran-
dall, the deputy in,pectoc of mines for South Wales,
have explored those parts of the workings where the
bodies of the thne ,Atiers and William Williams, fire.
man, were found. It Betray that on the day of the
explosion William Williams and another fireman
named Daniel James, who luckily overslept himself
that morning, and therefore had not gone
down the pit at the time of the ex ploion, had to fire
a blasting hole each. These had h:.en charged on the
Saturday afternoon, ready for firing on the morrow.
Mr. D. Daniels atd Mr. Edwin Randall found that
the hole which it was Williams's duty to fire had been
fired off, and bad shattered the rock. It would also
have been his duty in the abnance of Daniel James to
fire the other one, which was situate in another part of
the workincs, and it is iznificant that he did not reach
that hole, which is still chnrged with the fuse as these who
cbtr;ed it kit it nit ti.o t4aturday. 'William Williams's
dead body was found at a spot seventy yards in a
straight line from the hole which he had fired. It is
therefore inferred that the gas fired when the hole ex-
ploded, and that he 117,1 e hurled in the bla, t which fol.
lowed to the spot where his body was found, What
is inexplicable is that he, an experienced, intelligent
man, fired before discovering the fiery condition of the
atmosphere of the workings. It mtigt have been
everywhere heavily charged with gas at the time. It
Is pointed out that never Wore in the history of col-
liery explosions was it more strikingly proved that
atmospheric diaturbancis Are to be observed closely in
colliery management than on this occasion. On the
caltTirirky Ini7ht the hrtroroeter was exceedh,gly Jaw,
and the manager I_.Ave &peg:La insaruelt me to be moat
careful in all pars of tae workings. line falls in the
pit are not very Is7ge, wotk vull bo -esumed
POOD after the bodita nat.,' been recovered ard interred
Dina%
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

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the lungs, anti even coniumption in its early stages. nr.
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be blood, proLuot.: propir.ttio.k, aud- al,ny dangeruus
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

FREEDOM FROM COUOU IN TEN MINIITRi is given, and
CONSUMPTION and ASTMIA in all Stages Ste instantly
relieved. by Dr. L,crick's Pulmonic.Wafers, which taste
pleasantly, and eff,ct a rapid cure. In Bronchitis
Ceuril:s, Colds. Whooping Cough, Wheezing, Phlegm
snd all Disorders of the Breath, Throat, and Lungs
Hysterical, NervOns, end Ileat t Complaints, Rhea
matism, and N:.tvotis Pains, " they act like a charm-
To - ingers and Speakers they are invalsable, in a fee
hours they remove all hoarseness, and wonder/nil,
increase the power and flexibility of the voice. Ful
directior.s with every box. Small books of many
thousand cures may be had from every agent Sold by
all Druggists, price Is. 11., 2s. 91., 4s. and us
BU
at box. _ _ _

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LIVER AND STOMACH PILLS. DR. KING'S DANDELION
AND QUTNINN LiVER PlLLR.—These famous Pills do
not contain even a trace of iller nry, or any of the many
dangerous ingredients frequently found in adv,lrtised
Pills. This fact continues to keep Dr. King's renowned
discovery in front of all Pials whatsoever, as the safest
best, speedies, mostt certain, and effectual remedy for
disorders of the Liver and Stomach, whether in the form
of Biliousness, Constipation, Indigestion, Flatulence,
Acidity, headache, Shoulder Pains Feverish Restless-
ness of the whole system, Disinclination for Food, or
Dvanei,tic speptons generally

TDROAT AFFROTIONS AND lb .—All suf..
tering from irtit,ation cf tho throat and hoarseness
will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate
relief afforded by the use of "Brown's Bronchial
Troches." These famous " lozenges " are now sold by
co.it respectable chemists in this country at is.
per box. People ixoubled with a " backii.g cough,'"
a "slight cold," or bronchial affections, cannot try
them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to prod
gees.", result it' carious Pulmonary and Asthmatic affee.
04u:t. Eee Mat, the words "Brown's Bronchial Troches"
via on ato Gevernment Stamp around each box.—
pureil JOUN I. BROWN it SONS, Boston, U.S.
3uropez...n dvpot removed to 83, Farringdon 'Road,
Leadoa.

AM-ICD TO MOTaEttsi—Are you broken in your
rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutthr
.eetli? Go at °Lee to a .chemist s,nd get a bottle of
ilus. WINi.Ow SooriiiYa S. arr. It will reiievs
he poor suffLrer immediately. It is perfectly harus.
less and pleasant to taste, it rrodutea natural,
quiet sleep, by roneving the chi!d Ircm pai, and the
little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It
z.othcs the child, it softens the gums, agar .al
pain, relieves wind. regulates the bowels, and is tin
'set know: reitoi!ty for dysentery and diarrlanh
whetter arising tross3 teething or other causes. e Mrs.
Wtnitlow's Soothing syrup is sold by Medicine dealers
erfarphtra c led, pa bottle'.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

THE CHARGE OF POISONING AT
LIVERPOOL.

The two women,Cetherine Flannigan and Margaret
Higgins, who have already been committed for trial
at the aesizes for poisoning with arsenic Thomas
Higgins, husband of the prisoner Higgins, Margaret
Jennings, 18 years of age, and John Flannigan, son
of the prisoner Flannigan, have been charged, before
the Liverpool stipendiary, with having poisoned
Mary Higgins, 10 years of age, stepdaughter of the
prisoner Higgins. The deceased girl died in Novem-
ber, 1882, and was buried in Ford Cemetery, but the
body was lately exhumed, and being examined, was
found to contain considerable quantities of arsenic.
The analys; stated that the portion of the viscera sub.
mitred contained a grain of white arsenic. There
would be a much larger quantity in the remainder of
the body, after allowing for that which would neces-
sarily be eliminateel by natural causes. A much
smaller amount of arsenic would poison a child of the
deceased's age, especially if suffering from any
disease. He believed the arsenic had been taken in
the form of a solution, because a careful examination
felled to show any solid arsenic] either in the stomach
or intestines. Evidence was given that the deceased
was nursed by the prisoners, and that Higgins in•
sured the child's life hr. £22 10s. and received the
money. In this case Higgins alone was committed
for trial.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

PUBLIC NOTICES

Roars, of
Laughter
for
Two Hours

Wonderful
Ventrilo-
quism

Instantan-
eous.
Changes
of
Voice,
Features,
and
Costume.

Sparkling
Songs.

Amusing
Anecdotes.

Side-
Splitting
Jokes.

Fun
Fast and
Furious
the whole
time
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

,

Mil Ell

" Bah !"

"ha I tell you I do. A man I meet very erten
in a cafe not in this neighbourhood—he made
friends with me because one evening I took a pencil
sketch of him true to the life. He Ilkes talking of
the police, and telling detective stories. lam ire ty
sure he belonged to them formerly."
"By Jove, you have some nice acqurCntances!"
"Why not? I can't send my evenings in the
salons of the Faubcrrg St. Germain: they always
forget to invite me. But if you knew this Pijdoucha
you would understand why I enjoy M 3 society. He
is a wonderfully witty fel:ow; tells splendid anec-
dotes."

"I have no doubt of it but I will excuse you for
not introducing him, and even beg you not to men-
tion my name to him. And now that we are per-
fectly agreed, suppose you relieve me of all that is
associated with this -dismal mystery. Take the
letter and the pin, and even poor Mirza's body."
"Most willingly," rep'ied Binos, "and at the
same time I will relieve you of my own presence. I
have business at home."

"Just one last caution," added Freneuse ; "say
no word of all this before Pia. She is very sensitive,
and I am afraid "

"All right. She might talk. No. Do not fear.
I will tell her nothing ; and, if she wants to know
what has become of the cat, I will relate how fate
overtook him through licking colours which had
-rsenic in them off your palette."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

lIAGLEY.

STOCK SArl..7--At this on Monday last there was
a g,od zuiiply of fir3t—elas3 fat beasts :aid sheep,
lit very few pigs. The att:ndartac of Luyers was
,y good anl trade was brisk. The /mice of beef
lentain(d about the stifle as on the previous Mon-
day, but mutton was sold rather dearer. Fat cows
wade as high as £3O; bullocks, £27 55 Oil;
.sh2ep,
wethers,:B6i; ewes, 733 61; Legs, 665 641.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE.

The first class torpedo boat Childers, built by
Messrs. Thornycroft and Co., Chiswick, for the Vic-
torian Government, which had been delayed for some
days through stress of weather, left Portsmouth on
Sunday morning on her adventurous voyage to Mel-
bourne, a distance of about 14,000 miles. Although
only 40 tons burden, she Is intended to keep the sea on
her own bottem and to make extended coasting
voyages. Her officers and crew, who have been
selected from the officers of the fleet and naval pen-
sioners, consist of Lieutenant-Commander Jerram,
Lieutenant Garnons Williams, Mr. Stuart, engineer,
three engine-room artificers (of whomone is a properly.
qualtfied torpedo artificer), three stokers, three quarter-
masters, two able seamen, and one cook and steward.
Bef( re leaving she filled up with 90 days' bread, 30
days' provisions, and three tons of water. To make
room ior this bulk the torpedo room has been con-
verted into a store-room, the four torpedoes which she
will carry—two in the troughs and two ready for die-
chargiry we'l as the air compressing-gear, being
cony' •ad on hosed the convoys. She also made
everal trial ~t a new four-bladed feathering pro-
peller, •Nitti which she was fitted at Portsmouth. Her
O r. are capable of holding ten tons of coal, and
It was fund that while with the old screw she could
steam UM knots with the coal carried the new screw
reduced the distance to EOO knots. Steam, however,
will only be used against head winds, as she has been
provid,cl with three temporary mats having a spread
of 1060 square feet of canvas; and as the new pro-
pellers can be feathered so as to allow of scarcely any
appreci.ble resistance in sailing they have been re-
t.,ined. Her most economical speed under steam is
eleven knots.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

WIT & WISDOM

T H EmIoTESSENTIALS

LETTS'S -DIARIES.
Mulles* Varieties. Prices ed. to 14s.
LETTS'S HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE.
Amusing, Instrisetive. Useful, and Artistic. For Young tuid 014
Kilo or Female, We ay or Suadkr. The Best Magazine
ler the Family. Meathly, 7d.

LETTS'S COMPLETE POPLiLAR ATLAS.
=him! trizzarar eautteaspiwpre. Pthaiiasak
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

SAD CASE OF SUICIDE.

In London, Dr. Danford Thomas, the Coroner for
Central Middlesex, has held an inquest, relative to
the death of Rebecca Fielder, aged 23, a domestic
servant, who committed suicide by throwing herself
out of a third-floor window on Wednesday morning
in last week. Mr. George Fielder' brother of the
deceased, stated that the deeemed had been in
health for some time past, and on his learning that she
was about to leave her situation it was arranged that
she was to live with witness. 'On Wednesday morn-
ing the deceased, he learned, had fallen from a win-
dow, and be went to see her and found her much
injured. She died about two hours afterwards. The
deceased had never threatened to commit suicide, and
was always cheerful. Selina Elliott, servant, employed
at 3, Sussex-place, Regent's-park, said that the
deceased was employed in the same service as witness,
and she was of delicate health. On Wednesday
morning, the deceased, who was to leave her situation
at ten o'clock, got up and did her work and packed
her boxes. About eight o'clock, when breakfast was
ready, she said that she wanted to go upstairs for a
few minutes, and some short time afterwards a man
knocked at the door and told her that the deceased had
fallen from the third-floor front window, which was in
the cook's bedroom. On going out, witnen found the
deceased lying much injured on the steps, and with
assistance she was got into the house. The deceased
had no business in the cook's bedroom, and the window
was always kept closed. The deceased the previous
evening had been very restless, and could not sleep.
She was leaving her situation on account of her
health. The jury returned a verdict "That the
deceased committed suicide while of unsound mind."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES

GEORGE 11401?,1?IS, PROPRIETOI?,

NAG'S HEAD INN,

KING STREET (Lni.t. rf Stone Street), AND BAIT AND LIVERY STAPLE. DUDLEY ARV S.

DUDLEY.

.E. DANKS. St.Thomas-street,Nothertotx.
GOULD, Undertaker, Cra4ley Heath.
MOORE and FERRER, Undettakers,Kingswinford
Autrers:— G. WOODALL. Market-street, do.
WHITFIELD, do. Brierley Hil
DORREL, do. do
EMERY do. do

A Large and Well-selected Stock ot

MEERSCHAUM PIPES

CIGAR
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

CONVICTION OF PAROCHIAL
OFFICIALS.

In London on Saturday, at the Central Criminal
Court, the case of William Berry Clarke, Charles
Kennedy Jordan, and John Williamson, junior, who
surrendered to their recognieancee to take their trial
upon an indictment charging them with a conspiracy
by false pretences to obtain from the vestry of the
parish of St. Mary, Islington, certain large sums of
money, and with conspiring to defraud the vestry by
rendering to the members false accounts of the
amount of material supplied to the vestry by William-
son, and by false and forged entries in the books and
altered documental and receipts was resumed.
The defendant Jordan pleaded " Guilty "to the
conspiracy counts, but the other defendants "Not
guilty."
Mr. J. P. Grain and Mr. Tickell conducted the pro.
aviation for the Islington Vestry; Mr. Montagu
Williams and Mr. F. Stroud appeared for Clarke, Mr.
Forrest Fulton and Mr. E. Beard for Williamson, and
Mr. Geoghegan for Jordan.
The defendant Clarke was a surveyor in the high.
ways department of the Islington Vestry ; Jordan was
the principal clerk in the same department, and
Williamson was a contractor employed by the Vestry
for the supply of flints and materials for repairing
roads. The evidence for the prosecution was finished
on the previous day, with the exception of Jordan's,
who had volunteered to give evidence in support of the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

AMBLECOTE.

NATIONAL Scuoor.s.—The following reports have
just been rec&ved. from 11. M. Inspector:—B.ys'
Sehool.—The instrucdon given in the boys' depart-
ment is c!inracterizA by judicious care, good
methods, and diligent application. The general
results are creditable, the answering in standard
w.irk being especiaily good in the lower division.
['he elder boys betray a weakness in au i hrnetic
which does not w Arrant them in taking up a speci-
fic :übject in addition to their ordinary lessons.
They read however with fluency and intelligence.
Geo4raphy and poetry are very well known. The
boys parse well, but grammatical analysis has not
yet ben taught thoroughly. The tone of the
school is admirable. Girls' School : —Great pro—
gress has been made during the past year in the
work of the girls' school. The reading is now re-
markable for fluency, expression, and intelligence.
The staedard results generally are better by 12 per
cent. than they were last year, a circumstance which
testifies to no little industry and skill on the'part
of the mistress. English is a well taught subject.
In Geography the results are much above the
average in merit. Needlework receives due atten-
tion, both sewing and knitting being very well done.
Some of the girls in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth
standards are a little backward in arithmetic and
spelling, but not to any serious extent. The first
and second standards are good throughout.—ln-
fants' School :—The infants' school has suffered to
a ccrtain extent by protracted epidemic. The head
teacher is devoted to her duties and shows no little
Ingenuity in the arrangements of her school, but
she is only aided at present by two inexperiencel
little girls, and their help, although willing, is of
small value in an educational point of view. Ex-
cellence can hardly be secured without a strong
school staff; but Miss Steele deserves all crdit for
the condition of her school, which hao many strik
ing points. The arithmetic of the first class is very-
good indeed, but the second Glass is rather back -
ward in counting. The third and fourth classes
have received due attention. The discipline is
highly satisfactory.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

lIOLLY

HALL,

BAza.ta.—A four days' bezaar, promoted with the
fe of augmentine the building mud of the new
church of St. Aueustins, Holly Hall. near Dual y,
was opened in the schools there on Wednesday
afternoon by Yr. J. B. Cochrane. A con.liderable
portion of the space in the main schoolrooms was
occupied by the stalls, five in number, which were
well arranged, effectively draped, and contained an
abundance of salee.ble articles, some of them
valueble, provided by the ladies' committee and by
others interested in the welfare of the church. At
No. I stall, Mrs. Swindell (wife of the vicar) was in
charge ; No. 2, Mrs. Crumpton, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs.
Mobberloy, Mrs. Young, and Miss Hughes; No. 3,
Mrs. Robinson, Mrs Hale, and Mrs. Scriven ; No.
4, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs, Hughes, Mrs. Dainty, and
the Misses Paddock ; No. 5, Miss Wilson, Miss
Cartdew, and Miss Clark. At a refreshment stall
Mr. Tenant and Mr. Gregory officiated. Extra
attractions included a collection of Japanese
curiosities exhibited by Mrs. Williams, and the in-
evitable act gallery, under the superintendence of
Mr. C. Matthews. Among those present at the
opening were the Mayor of Dudley (D. Hewat, Esq.),
the Rays. T. G. Swindell (viear), C. C. Sourhey
(Dudley), S. J. Marriott (Netherton), J. arch
(Wednesfield), and Wynn Griffith (Ponsnett),
Messrs. E. T Terry, A Crumpton, &c. Mr. Co h-
rane, who was introduced by the vicar, said he had
taku a great deal of interest in the new church and
had all along admired the zeal with which Mr.
Swindell and his committee had worked, and
determined to overcome all difficulties, and had so
far sumssfully done so. There was yet, hewe:er,
much to be done. The church was roofed in, and
very shortly ought to be completed, but it was
abs dutely nec.e.sary, if it was to be early completed.
that the necessary funds should be forthcoming.
' Lord Dudley. with his usual generosity, had given
the site upon which the church .nove stood, and
.21,000 towards the building fund, and now his
Lordship promised a further sum of £625 if the re-
mainder required—which he (Mr. Cochrane)
believed would be about .21,000—was raised by
Mr. Swindell. He did not thspair of that being
done, as friends had p! omised subscriptions for this
object—(applause). He (Mx. Cochrane) thought it
would be a good thing if the church could be
opened free of debt, and it was due to the Vicar and
the comini• tee that it ehoultl be so—(hear, hear).
The present effort was made to provide a sum to-
wards the deficiency of .21,000, and he wished the
undertaking success— (applause). He then declared
the sale open. The Mayor' in proposing, a vote of
thanks to Mr. Cochrane for his services, said al-
though lie (the May,,r) was not a member of the
. Church of England, yei lii, hea t and his spill_ athies
were with the Churchna,n in their endeavours to do
good es much as they wt re with any other church
or chapel in the country—(applause); Mr. Crumpton
seconded the vote of thanks, which was heartily
accorded and acknowledvd.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

OLD BILL.

INsTrrur:•:.—The annual meeting of the members
of the Old Hill Institute was held at the Instit ite
on Wednesday evening last. The Rev. H. W.
Atkinson, as president, occupied the chair. Tie
report read Ly the Werelary, Mr. Uooksey, showed
that there had been a slight increase in the average
nunther of members compared with the preceding
year ; the account also showed a balance in the
hands of the treasurer. The Rev. U. W. Atkinson
having expressed a wish to resin the presidency.
Mr. lia,san was elected to fill that office in his
place, Mr_ Atkinson being elected one of the vic.!-
p:esidents. Tnefollowini; gentlent-nt were elected
tuyinber, of the committee, fur the ensuing year :
Mess's. Benj. Pr,e,,t, Sarni. Elwardo, Uichard
-Underwood and Mr. Pearson.. Tile meeting termin-
ated with votes of thanks to the president and lion.
secretary.

Alilncas' MEETING AT OLD HILL.—On Wednea-
day evening a 1 irge:y attended meeting of miners
was held at the Vino Inn, 0:d Hill, Mr. B. tzouth.tll
pri bi hug. Mr, Win vt ood (agent) delivt red au
address on the uecessity for organisation, and then
the delegates, appointed t,) represent at the Bir-
mingham co.i fereuces, gave taeir report as to the
re.sult of the same, which was considered satisfac-
tory, A resolution was afterwards passed by those
present, agreeing to join the !Liners' Union at once,

ad to rost the Union contribution cards at the
ditter.nt pits, for the purpose of ascertaining wh
were unioLists, and who were not.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09

F 00 TB ALL.

STOURBRIDGE v. BIRMINCIIIA3I OLD EDWARDIANS
—A ma: ch between thew teams was played on the
Stourblidge Grounl, Amblec-)t., on Saturday last,
and after one of the fastest and most exciting
games ever seen here, resulted in a draw, each side
gaining a touchdown only. The brothers H itdock,
tor the Old Edwardi ins, showed good form, an I for
the home team E. Wood, F. Simms, A. Otter, E.
Huns on, T. Parkes, H. Polley, and G. Mills played
exeQedingly well and wcre trequently apidauded.
Trie following are the local team :—Backs, W.
Buddington and S. Hedges; thiee-quarter-back.,
G. F. Sitnms,R. Hunston, and G. Dudley; half-backs,
E. Wood and G. Mills; forwards, A. J. Otter (cap-
tain), T. Parkes, F, Tiernay, U. Harris, A. Perry.
H. Penely, C.:Walker, and W. Harrison.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

DR(

STOCE SALE.—MeSSVS, (Mee, Periens, and Wool.
hold.their fortnightly sale on Tuesday la.t,
and hal a god supply compriSing 32 head of cattle
161 sla;ep Riad 1=10,5, an 127 pigs. There wai a
go'od company 01 buyers ati,l the competition for
bef-f was very keen,' whilst sheet, and lambs were
much in deinanp. Fat cows inad as high a 4
£26 17s 6 I, t-heep 57s 6d, and lambs .13;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

boy, observing-his eyes open and fixed upon him
with a perplexed stare. "you'd like to be out in
the green fields, with buttercups and daisies about
your feet to pick, and trees with apples on them
overhead, eh ?"
"(h yes, yes!" eagerly answered the boy, a new
light floating in his eyes, "so much. I always seem
to have the smell from the river here, and it makes
my head ache and throb, it is so nasty."
" There ! that's all the thanks a feller gets for
bein' good-natured," growled the rough bass of Mr.
Bradley's voice in the open doorway. Atter
bringin of him up on the fat of the land, and
keepin' him in idleness, the ongrateful young
beggar wants to hook it away when he's getting old
enough to be useful."
Carrie went up to her fathen
" Dont't be angry with Lennie," she said, "he's
a very good boy, I am sure, and not the least
trouble in the world !"
" Oh ! rot his goodness!" savagely exclaimed the
old man, "he's a jolly sight too good by half for
me! I don't want virtuous people about my pre-
mises, I don't. I heerd Alick at him the other day,
stuffin' the boy's 'cad with notions about honesty
and industry, and all that-sort of jaw; but I don't
want no more on it, that's all."
Dr. Sampson took no heed of the man's coarse
speech. Indeed, he hardly heard it, being toe much
occupied with his patient, whose appealing look had
gone straight to his heart, and determined him upon
rescuing one at least from such a life as was passed by
the denizens of this place, and lift him out of its
degradation and misery before its influences could
contaminate him.
And with that determination he left, only speak-
ing a few words to Alick by way of promise that he
should hear from him soon; and then, late as it was,
taking train to Chiswick, there to take counsel of
the friend with whom he had stayed so late the pre-
ceding evening, and so been accidentally thrown in
the way of an adventure fraught with important
consequences.
(To be continued.) ,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

BRIERLEY HILL.

USING 011iCENE LANGUAGE.—At the Police Court
ou Tnursday, before Mr, W, F. F. Boui„shey, Stipen-
diary, Sarah Fossett, muried women, Silver' end,
Brettell Lane, was charged with using obscene
language, Superintendent Woollaston prosecuted,
and Mr. Waldron defen led.—Defendant and a
neighbour named P illis Hill quarrelled about a
Mrs. W;:ssell, keeper of a public house, interfered,
and defendant then used towards her most disgust-
ing language.—Defendant ,vas fined 40s including
costs; in d ;fault 14 days
ASSAULTING THE PoLicE.—Benjamin Pierpoint
(22), miner, Brockmoor, was charged
,with assault-
ing Police-constable Lafford. On Tuesday, because
the otEcer prevented prisoner, who was drunk, from
entering a public-house, he kicked and bit him
severely on the wrist; and the assistance of a by-
stander had to be obtained toUake the prisoner
into custody. Prisoner, who bad been previously
cmvicted for a similar offence, was sent to gaol
for three months with hard labour.

'A HEAVY CHARGE TO Trln UNION, Joseph
Newton, nailer, of the Lye, was sent to gaol
for three months, with hard labour, for leaving his
family chargeable to the Stourbridge Union. It
was stated that prisoner's neglect had cost the
Union no less a sum than £5O.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

ERNOIIS DEBILITY.—GRATIS, a Nedica
Worl howing sufferers hcw they nnly be
wed without tire aid of Limas. Free on receipt
a postage stanip•—.l4o6l'esti iALREIALY, Intiu
.k.r,atA.2.o,l)lminabn
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

ATTEMPT TO BRIBE OFFICIALS.

At the sitting of Mr. Justice Chitty's court on Tues.
day a lady, by his lordship's direction, attended before
him to answer a charge of havirg sent to one of the
junior clerks in chambers a letter enclosing a cheque,
and conveying promises of a sum of £2OO for such
junior clerk and £lOOO or £l2OO for the chief clerk,
or a percentage in consideration of tt cause in which
she was greatly interested being expedited. She added
that the letter was purely confidential, and that a secret
appointment might be arranged between the junior
clerk and herself for discussing the proposals. It
appeared that the lady had on some other occasion or
occasions attempted to bribe the clerks in chambers.
The lady, in answer to his lordship's questions,
was understood to say that she did not think she had
done anything wrong. She wished to pay something
for the trouble she was giving the clerks. It was,
she had found, a very troublesome thing to get Int
case heard, and she was anxious to have a case which
had been worrying her for seven years finally settled.
She was willing to give £4OOO to have it settled.
She, however, promised not to repeat any offence she
had been guilty of, and apologised to the Court.
Mr. Justice Chitty said that the offence was plainly
bribery. It was a most serious case, but, taking cir-
cumstances into account, especially the offender's
se, he would, on this occasion, accept, with some
hesitation, her apology. His Lordship then handed
back the cheque to the lady and severely reprimanded
her, adding that, in the event of her being guilty of
such an offence again, he would doubtless commit her
to prison.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

THE INVENTIONS OF HALF A
CENTURY.

The number of inventions that have bean made
during the past fifty years is unprecedented in the
history of the world (remarks an American writer).
Inventions of benefit to the human race have been
made in all ages since ratan was created; but looking
back for half a hundred years, how many more are
crowded into the past fifty than into any other fifty
since recorded history! The perfection of the loco-
motive, and the new world-traversing steamships, the
telegraph, the telephone, the audiphone, the sewing
machine, the photograph, the cylinder printing press,
ehromo-lithographic printing, the elevator for hotels
and other many-storied buildings, the cotton gin and
the spinning jenny, the reaper, the mower, the steam-
thresher, the steam fire-engine, the improved process
for making steel, the application of ether and chloro-
form to destroy sensibility in painful surgery cases,
and so on through a long catalopme.
Nor are we yet done in the field of invention and
discovery. The application of coal gas and petro-
leum to heating and cooking operations is only
trembling on the verge of successful experiment;
the introduction of the steam from a great central
reservoir to general use for heating and cooking is
foreshadowed as among the coming events; the arti-
ficial production of butter has already created a
consternation among dairymen; the navigation of
the air by some device akin to our present balloon
would also seem to be prefigured, and the propul-
sion of machinery by electricity is now clearly indi-
cated by the march of experiment. There are some
problems which we have hitherto deemed impos-
sible of solution, but are the mysteries of even the
most improbable of them more subtle to grasp than
that of the ocean cable or that of the photograph or
the telephone? We talk by cable with an ocean roll-
ing between; we speak in our voices to friends a hun-
dred miles or more from where we articulate before
the microphone. Under the blazing sun of July we
produce ice by chemical means, rivalling the most
solid and crystaline productions of nature. Our sur-
geons graft the skin from one person's arm to the face
of another, and it adheres and becomes an intregal
port.sn of his body. We make a mile of white print-
ing paper, and send it on a spool that a perfecting
printing press unwinds and prints, and delivers to you,
folded and counted, many thousands per hour. Of a
verity, this is the age of invention, nor has the world
reached a stopping-place yet.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

II .4:3ILEY.

FETE AT TIAGLEY. —A fete was held in llagley
Park on Monday (by the kind permission of Lord
Lyttelton), in aid of Cie Stourbtidge Associated
klagley Hall was a'so thrown -open to
visitors, who were al:owed the privilege of inspect
lag the pictur;r2 and other objects of art which it
coatains. The weather +vas very fine, and large
numbers availed themselves Of the opportunity for
roaming through the bee.utiful park.
STOCK . SALE.—At their sale on Monday last,
Messrs. Oates, Perrens and Wooldridge had a large
supply of sheep and lambs. but a rather short sup.
•ply of beef. Tho §a: ec..niFised4o head of. cattle,
402 sheep and laio7s, ll;.:alves, and 93 pigs. Th:Ae
a good eompa:.y of huyeis and prices wtre firm
at about last week's tales. The sale included a.
splemiid lot of lambs, for which there was a good
demand. Fat eows naade 'as high as £24, sheep
68s 6d, lambs 455, 6d, calves 98s, barren cow's £l7.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

A SANITARY CORDON* at GIBRALTAR;

The following is extracted from the letter of a cor-
respondent in Gibraltar: "Linen, the Spanish tor"
at the extremity of the neutral ground between Spain
and Gibraltar, is full of poor people who are starving.
The Spanish Government are in a panic, and try to
believe that a cordon of soldiers will stop the march
of a disease. The cordon is one of the most curious'
sights. The Spanish sentries stand across the plain
to prevent our crossing the frontier, while on our
part a line of English military police is stationed to
prevent their people breaking into Gibraltar. The
two lines are twenty yards apart, facing each other.
The Spaniards bring daily cartloads of vegetables,
fruit, fowls, forage, charcoal, and so forth and
lay them down in the dust in the vacant space,
between the two lines of sentries, and then retire.
Our people then advance and carry them off.
The payment is conducted by packages of money
which are also laid on the ground, and then are picked
iii
vinegar, by the Spanish police with tongs and dipped n
vinegar, and then banded to the other side. One
would suppose that we had the plague, whereas we
are remarkably healthy. This farce has been going•
on for a month. Crowds of people stand on both •
sides, screaming to each other and passing letters, all
day. All letters, however, from our side are dipped
in a bucket of vinegar. The inconvenience to us is
great, although our market is fairly supplied, but to •
the people of Spain in the neighbourhood it; is ruin, •
for they all live on the commerce of Gibraltar, and
buy their groceries and other articles, as a rule, in our
shops. That such a system should exist in the 19th •
century is odd enough."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

A FERTILE ROCK.

The whole Island of Bermuda is a mass of rock of
the coral limestone order (says an American author).
But to say that it is a rocky islet would give a very
erroneous impression of it to a Northern person.
With us.a rocky place is barren and useless. But this
rock is soft, and trees and plants grow in it almost as
well as in earth. There is hardly a bare spot on the
whole island except where it has been cleared. In
some places are large tracts of pine woods; in others
the ground is hidden by dense masses of a sort of
chapparal, growing ten or twelve feet high, and nobody
would suspect the foundation of it all to be a solid
rock. There is a foot or two of soil in some places
that has come from nobody knows where. But the
usual process of making a garden is to break up an
acre or so of the rock with a slecle ad crow-
bar, mash it up fine, and mix in enough earth
to prevent the rock from hardening again. In
this compound anything under the suu will
grow, and grow luxuriantly. A man who takes this
much trouble to make a garden can have green peas
and fresh lettuce, and all the other vegetables on his
table every day in the year. There is no season when
vegetation does not flourish, and when the garden is
once made it is always there. Men go out with crow-
bars and set out cocoa-nut trees, and in a few years
they are tall and beautiful, and bear a cocoa-nut (so
the saying is) for every day in the year. There is
nourishment for plants in the material of the rock.
Where this coral limestone rock came from is a ques-
tion that scientific people can settle to suit themselves.
It makes no difference where it came from; it is
here, and is very useful. Nearly all of the houses are
built of it. You have only to saw down into the
quarries to get the most beautiful big blocks of it that
make handsome and substantial houses. The blocks
harden by exposure to the air, and in this climate soon
become as durable as granite. Out of the rock, too,
water tanks are built to catch rain water. Every
house has its tank. There are springs and wells, but
I believe the rain water is considered healthier to
drink.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

. THE TEA KITE AND THE TEA BUG
OF • ASSAM.

, Mr. Wood Mason, of the Calcutta Indian Minseum,
. .
: has recently drawn up a report on those insects from
• Which( the tea-gardens of Assam most suffer. Ile says
y- the tea bug. or "mosquito blight" and the tea raite or
...:-. "red spider" are the only two insects which are at
. present known to do such injury as to materially
" diminish the profits of the owners. The peculiarity
1 . • . atlout these insects is that they both pass their whole
.. ,
•-•• lives on the tea plant, and that they have never been
•t.' - found on any other plant. Such at least is the result
- ' - - of the mo3t careful investigation, although it should
-.'.ts - be stated that some planters believe their ravages are
• - not restricted to the tea plant.
societies othe uppeiportion of the full-grown leaves.
n The mite lives in
• beneath ai eediLe ngly delicate web which it spins for
• , itself as a ,lechelter. Its mode of operation is to
c.,.. repeatedly puncture the leaves, and then pump out
. „ the liquid contonts of theepidermis.
which has been discoyereto ch The ocy remedy
effectual,
their ravages, and
it has not proved very
Ttohesprinkle the
• affected bushes with muddy water. The
is still more destructive, and particularly to the h disease
'
- of the milder juice; for those which afford 'a ea
ttLenegs i
and rasping liquor enjoy an almost complete i
from its attack. Mr. Wood Mason appends to 1,133-
. report !engravings of those destructive creatures.

Gomo ggAßEs.—Attendant: "Water, sir—penny
a glass." Mean Man: "Allow pie to pay. It's in
• . turn, I fancy." Meaner ditto: "Couldn't think of
it, my dear fellow—you shall have your opportunity
when we get to the hotel."—Funny FO‘ks. - .
'Etaar
•T : irull4. 'Tones, you
bere ? " Jones : "Yes ; just brought -tho 'little ones
own for
,a change." Brown: " Ah, they Look as if
they wanted it." Jones; "Well, you gee, I brought
them on, a tricycle, and had to train thoio Tatiblitfine
77c/I‘ff weight,"---,-Flonal Folk*. -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-09

DIJULEY TOWN COUNCIL,

'A monthly meeting. of the above Council was
held on Tuesday evening; the Mayor (Aldertn,tn
tie \vat) presiding:

. _
The Town Cleik said he had recived a lettel
front the Lord i.3t,ancellor announcing the appoint-
ment of the following gcntlernPit as borough maois-
tratos :—Ablernian Howut. Alderman Wainwright,
Alderman Garrott, Messts. Mason, Fisher
Swill'', and li.eynots. This list was subj,ct to the
observations of the Council.
The Town Clerk was i...t.au,tetl. to write and say
-that the list wali Satisia,ci,....:y Le the Corporetien.:

The Town Clerk read cruel's opinion as to tts
manner in which water rateg should be levied.
t ,e counsel wag of opinion that the rate:
able value sh )uld be the basis on which the South
Staffordshire Water Works Company should charge
the consumers of water.

Alderman Wainwright, at the earliest possible
moment, objected to the statement of facts, and the
conclusions of counsel were not such as he could•
remommend his clients, the South Staffordshire
Water Works Company to adopt. Several member*
complained that the company charged higher rate*
in Dudley than in other towns adjacent, and this
was owill„o• to ee-tain rights they acquired when they
purchased the old Dudley Waterworks.
The Mayor congratelated the Council on the fact
t hat the Free Library and School of Art had been
opened, and that although the Countess of Dudley
was unable to be present, Mrs. Claughton, the wife
of the Bishop of St. Albans, performed the cere-
mony in a manner which left nothing to be desired.
The reports of the Watch CommittPe and the
Estates Committee were adopted, after a suggestion
from Messrs. Jewkes, Smith, and Round that the
date of the Augu,t fair should be altered so as not
to clash with Bank Holiday.
The report of the Sanitary Committee contained
Dr. Timmins's repott..and this showed a death•rate
of 1918. The report recommended legal proceed-
ings against certain persons' for allowing- nuisances
and overcrowding. Attention was called, to a bill
from Dr.- Timmius, for £lO2 18s for attendance ang
medicine f, r smallpox patients for January 1, 1883,
to July, 1884. It was agreed to defer the consider-
ation of the bill until the next meeting. The report
was then adopted.
During the discussion on the Streets and Gas
Committee's report, Alderman Bagott said the high
price of the light for the country district was against
the further lighting of Netherton. Mr. Coley said
the Council had appointed a deputation to wait on
the Gas Committee, and the interview ought to take
place at once. This report was also adopted.
The election of a borough survoyor, in the place
of Mr. Broom, was fixed for the 12th inst.
The Finance Committee recommended the mak-
ing of a new general district rate of 3s in the pound,
and suggested that the borough accountantt should
get out an estimate for the borough rate. The re-
port was agreed to.

CYCLIS IS AND THE REPAIR OF MAIN