The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-06-06 00:00:00

SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1885'

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Mr. IT. H. Fowler, for olverhamptolnliagenwe
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sea swept the deck and injured three seamen,
them from work during the remainder of the Peesegee„l
and the chief mate had a narrow escape fromarl;gl
washed overboard. The ship was considerably d
edtulhealotlsniittibbeqeo.eugaamet by the
at the bows.
At Salisbury a man has been committed for trial icr
wilful damage. He had entered into the occuPetil
of a house and shortly afterwards proceeded to de100'44..
it by removing the front door, the windows, and 'oleo
flooring, breaking through the ceiling of one of d
rooms, tearing down the lath and plastering, It
pulling off a portion of the roof. It was at first thotg.
he was insane, but medical evidence was offered to
contrary. r te
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At a meeting of the cable chain makers belong
South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire distriom
held at Rowley on Monday, it was resolved to cleg
out on strike in consequence of the employers refee,ea
to concede an advance of Ctd. per cwt. It is conte„,
that the employers have enforced several reducill.
with the view of improving trade. As the dans-Tem'
no better, the operatives claim the original prices-
dispute is of great importance to the shipping tradetita
Lord Randolph Churchill presided at the sn°
general meeting of the Beaconsfield Club, when it
determined that, in order to bring the club inW el();
connection with the Primrose League, members Of ir„,
League living out of town should be eligible for
tion as country members of the club.
Intelligence has been received in Kirkwall of t.e.be
death, in Foula, of James Paterson, a crofter cragsr°,':
while engaged in the hazardous task of bird-nesi'.
His mangled body was found floating in a streara.
fall was owe 1500 feet.
The magieterial inquiry into the Castletownrocb
murders has commenced.
A fire broke out on Monday morning in the 8101
a tobacconist, in London-road, Manchester. Ste s,
the occupier, jumped from a window, and 10%0
injured that he only lived a few minutes. Two fire° '
procured a ladder, and, ascending to the third storelo
rescued Mrs. Stevens in safety.
A man named Sumner was charged at the Wand:
worth Police-court on Monday with fraud. 40
panied by two other men he had induced a furnl g
dealer in Battersea to buy from him a bracelet o'o
necklet, which the prisoner represented to be gold. of
was afterwards found that the articles were,rl3-0
" mystery " gold and comparatively valueless.
prisoner was committed for trial.
On Monday a married woman named Thompson, to ;
lives in Rochester-row, was charged at the Westraineie
Police-court with causing the death of a labourer's
named Milbank. The deceased lodged with the P,1,0
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Boner, and a fortnight ago they quarrelled. e o „ele
altercation which ensued Mrs. Thompson knocked eych
Milbank down and threw a zinc pail at her, WI)
caused injuries from which the woman died. Tbe P
goner was committed for trial for manslaughter.
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The magisterial inquiry into charges Pre,fersott
against several army contractors and Mr. Anue for
Banks, late quartermaster, sth Dragoon Guards,
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conspiring to defraud, by not delivering forage o
or
meat at the York Cavalry Barracks, pursuant to reel
tract, was opened on Monday. Evidence was Pr°d°.wes
showing a deficient supply of forage, and a letter
also produced from one of the defendants to 13aclo
saying, "Is it not a fact that you have settled £4OO
£5OO during your stay here ?" the
The Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon, presiding at .8 .
police-court at that place on Monday, said that.; ,
attempt had been made by the defendant who vies
before the court to bribe him. The defendant
written offering to present him with a valuable :11'i
painting which he had in his possession if he v/°t •
look over a prosecution for selling drink withoutw
license. The defendant having been convicted °f tbe
offence, the Mayor said he would consider whether
defendant had not forfeited his license by his atte'P
to bribe a magistrate.
An influential meeting was held at Glasgow onlll°,/11.;
day—the Provost presiding—at which resolutions a4l3g
adopted declaring the absolute necessity for defenu (1:
the estuary of the Clyde, suggesting the erecti°°..ese
land forts and protection by gunboats, torpedo kelo
and men-of-war, and asking the Government to q,set
capitation grants to meet the expenses of voll!ranTrij
naval and artillery brigades while on service. 414-a test;
Hamilton supported the movement, and satisfoo iota
was expressed at the fact that the Governmentf age
already taken initiatory steps for the defence °
Clyde.
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At Whitehaven on Monday, a gipsy, calling
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Iles°
Selina Grey, was charged under the Vagrancy
having obtained £lO5 17s. 6d. by fortune telli oe
ng.. rob,
prisoner went to the farm of Mr. Iredale, g°liated
near Whitehaven, twelve months ago, and jog? early.,
herself with the housekeeper, a single woman ot fleets;
sixty yeses of age. She offered to " rule the ;se
so that the woman should have, in a short '
tieleotlee
offer of marriage" from a young and 'wealthy g
t
man." At various periods the prisoner cape; ! she
house and received sums varying from 7s. to i'l;ridsl
was to have received her last claim of £3O last to
night, but on entering Mr. Iredale's house she tbzwea,
arre.ted.—The magistrates now sentenced her t°
months' hard labour.
longer :
The German Emperor's state of health Do
causes anxiety to his family and people. eer
General de Courcy has arrived at Hanoi take °
rroei
the command of the French force ito n
Tonkin
General de L'lsle. ea et
The Prince of Hohenzollera.sigmaringen expir
ten o'clock on Tuesday morning.
Sir Stafford Northcote spoke at a market ord_ilfrarle
at Bidetord on Tuesday afternoon, and afterwee be
delivered a political speech at Appledore, in white:, a
called upon the people of England to rise and
change in the spirit of their Government ts et
Mr. Trevelyan, M.P., addressing his constitueeerj
Selkirk, appealed to the electors to return the 141p°,'„„6
party to power by a large majority, o as not to ri,7o
the country at the mercy of an alliance betweetaltu
,h the
servatives and Parnellites. He predicted agger
general election would show that the policY 0a Dot
and defiance in reference to foreign nations ne
the approval of the nation. aro e°,l4
After having been in a small boat ft* see,- -doeee
nights, the crew of the barque Themis, sualabe the
among the ice in the Atlantic, were picked uP dime
steamer Missouri. The captain's wife and ttv° c
were also saved. a wife,
Two persons, named Hopkins, husband on, e with '
were charged at the Surrey Sessions on TilesaaJ wee)
fraud. A police-sergeant stated that there 100
hundreds of cases against them, money having The
obtained from many distinguished porde fieteee -
husband, pleading guilty, was sentenced t° 000
u
months' imprisonment with hard laboar, tee
was acquitted. _Wee
A young woman named Smyth was, at B°W otesk
Police-court on Tuesday, committed for trial for
ing a diamond ring in a shop in the Stroll°.
shopkeeper said he believed she swallowed it. ee. ar
An old woman named Frost was senteneweve'ege,
Marylebone Police-court on Tuesday, to ell et
hard labour for pretending to tell fortunes. DO: r
stated that her house had been watched, anu,it th°
numbers of young women had been seen to vw
peisoner to have their fortunes told. . '
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Information has been received by the %co,
officials at Queenstown that the Mutton Ligh,
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the west coast of Ireland, has been partiallY ee
by fir ei 30t h
be
The revenue received from April 1 to the
amounted to £14,743,696, or £085,156 more
£14,058,540 received in the corresponding nerla apt
sotb
jog May 31, 1884. The expenditure up to the the ee:
was £14,222,859, being £3,114,847 more thaneotb al: '
penditure of 1884-5. The balances on the e'e Tier` :
amounted to £5,043,834, and on May 31,
£7,795,034. tDe
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A general military order, dated May 23, "e„ceeof '`,7e
disappearance of the lance from the wesl3°'-oel ,
Austrian army. The Lancers will be tral2SfOrai
different kinds of light cavalry. o f
at
A telegram from Askabad reports the
arse caravan of cotton from Mery for the -local e.
ro-
Kanshin. The quality of the product a the „stye..
well as of the Orleans seed distributed on triol
is said to be excellent. -mateeerre -
The "Farmer's Review" of Chicago esti ow ci
yield of winter wheat crop at two hundreudreg ono
bushels, and that of spring wheat at one lin4gwanity. ,
thirty million bushels. An authority ot Oro
estimates the winter crop at two hundred .setifit et
one million bushels' and places spring Nvil aei
same figure as the "Farmers' Review." a bar
On the night of the 30th May an arrnejegeowee,
Arnauts made an incursion into Servia and enuijo roP;r
to seize the tax coffers at Buoce. The porilei:, rob,be to ;
and with the help of gendarmes drove on veetran'aer
The Servian Government has made a eern°'" te to
the Turkish Envoy at Belgrade, and sent s 11,fire
stantinople requesting the Porte to
measures for guarding the frontier. terr 0
There was a large congregation at deane`tes
church on Sunday afternoon, when the rur nos, '
Rev. J. 0. Bloomfield) dedicated to the 1n°,1215-0 seleit i#
late General Gordon a handsome stained g's
which has just been erected in the choir onteerree Pl',
a very artistic piece of work, representing .etiocee CO'
tural subjects, and underneath is the insorlre 0400
the dauntless Christian Hero of Khartonlessreifaios
cording that the window was raised bY 6tt'o,lo errt
from the vicar, churchwardens, choir,
sea Po; rilroo
In addition to this window, over £3O hall beororialto` 018,4'
Bicester towards the Gordon National Me 00f
In accordance with an address of the terrfigeeerioeli;
a return just issued, in the form of a ea.rtirli!'to
paper, of the titles of the various Acts oe lietiree
i :
by which the army is governed, together w!tegilleeesie '
Orders in Council, of Royal Warrants, a of Clod
issued by the Secretary of State for Wart tutees on apet
of Royal Commissions and Special CorclT,ilq" Theore eek;
matters presented to Parliament since 1°17;00 "fer `-r
also contains details connected with the 'trane otlie;
listment, discharge, extension of service' asideietiC
the Reserve, re-engagement, pensionved e'e e•
matters that were in force at the tinie
Committee in 1879.
On Tuesday, at the Auction klar;t',l‘eari-leseser:reicie'efij''''
brother, Ellis, Clark, and Co , offered -00 a of -
of freehold estates in the rieighboutje °vett; Col;
head, Great Marlow, and Henley.
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submitted in 14 lots. The first ails Fe- oa
taming 145 acres, were offered togethere', g fare;alw,e
£5lOO. On the third lot being submitteun god 4e,!', tsP,'
prising 123 acres, situated on the Loucl
'iOacted tae farl
high road, Sir J. W. Ellis, who C 0 wits jooio
observed that he was well acquaiute" tioa.‘ J'tever to
which was in a high state of euLslity WPsootraLre
since there would have been no cliTche vio9grico,o)
disposing of it for £lOO an acre, bo'te of 1461
know that in the present depressed sflos e`-eror"
he must now be content with a nnio"l,. h thaeiologooa ,
highest sum offered was £5350, on wte'iceenot eber,,ol
was withdrawn. A wooded estaee'let a-es° 0"-eorr
acres, was next sold for £l5OO, "'fee, Wee'reolefe
close to Henley, containing 104 acf-torifeeeP.- fiajB
£7200. Frog Mill Farm, three mil° t %to
taming 277 acres, was withdrawn a
the other lots were withdratvni
biddings being considered unsatisfactorYs _ .

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