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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-01

JEWEL ROBBERY IN LONDON.

An extensive jewel robbery was committed in
London, between Saturday evening and Sunday morn-
ing, at the premies of Messrs. Williams and Sons,
manufacturing jewellers, of Hatton-garden. The
rooms from which the jewelry was stolen are on the
ground floor, and at night the shutters are left open in
order to enable the police to see the interior. From
this it is supposed that the robbery was committed
before nightfall. Be that as it may, the principal of the
firm, on going to the premises on Sunday afternoon, found
that some jewel cases had been rifled of their contents
and placed on the table. This led him to examine the
safes. It was then discovered that jewelry to the value
of £2o,ooo—about 200 carats of fine brilliants of mixed
sizes, two pairs of costly top and drop earrings, a pearl
and diamond oval locket, a pearl drop, several im-
portant brilliant pendants, about 30 important half-
hoop brilliant rings, about 250 important gem rings,
an exceptionally fine emerald and two brilliant -rings,
a brilliant chain pattern necklace (375 brilliants), a
brilliant half-blown rose brooch, a brilliant wheatear
and corn-flower aigrette, a large assortment of gold
and gem bracelets, lockets, chains, and signet rings—
had been stolen.
The robbery must have been effected by false keys,
as no marks of violence were to be found either on the
doors or on the safes, and Mr. Williams's keys had not
been out of his possession since he was last en the
premises. How the thief or thieves contrived to ob-
tain the necessary wax moulds for making the false
keys is a mystery.—The Times.

Messrs. Williams and Son have offered a reward of
£6OO for such information as will lead to the appre-
hension and conviction of the persons who committed
the jewellery robbery on their premises, and the re-
covery of the property.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

THE QUEEN AT BADEN.

A Correspondent at Baden-Baden writes to Galignant with
the date of the 30th of March :

The engrossing topic of the day is the arrival yester-
day afternoon of Queen Victoria and the Princess
Beatrice. The train bearing the august travellers and
their suite entered the railway station at a few minutes
to four o'clock. Owing to the Queen's special desire,
everything in the shape of a public reception was dis-
pensed with. On the perran she was, by order of the
Grand Duke (who has not yet returned from Berlin),
welcomed by the Grand Ducal Master of the House-
hold, Baron von Edelsheim, and the heads of the
municipality. Her Majesty, after alighting from
her State carriage and bowing a welcome in her
wonted gracious manner, passed through the
waiting room with the Princess and the ladies
in waiting and entered a break (placed at her
disposal while here), which drove her at once to
the Villa Hohenlohe, formerly the residence of her
deceased sister, where during the past week every-
thing had been prepared for her short sojourn. The
Royal travellers had apparently borne the long journey
from Cherbourg well, and looked in excellent health.
The evening was spent at the villa. This morning the
Royal party breakfasted at half-past nine, and at
eleven the Queen accompanied by the Marchioness of
Ely, drove to the New Cemetery to pay a visit to the
last resting-place of her sister. By noon she returned
to the villa. At one o'clock the Princess Beatrice, in
company of the Marchioness of Ely, called at the Court
Library for the purpose of making some purchases. In
the afternoon and while I am writing, the Queen and
Princess are enjoying a drive in the Lichtenthaler
Allee. A number of carriages, containing members
of the Royal Household, are going in various directions
—all of them evidently enjoying the perfectly charming
weather which I am happy to say the Queen brought
along with her, and which, after a long dull winter, as
I am told they have had here, everybody hopes may
continue indefinitely. Baden, although it is rather
early yet, is beginning to look fine; the Royal visit,
the lovely spring weather, and the anticipation of
numerous princely visitors, will soon make it lively;
too.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

BURSTING OE A RESERVOIR IN
AMERICA.

The Correspondent oi The Times writes from Philadelphia
under date March 31 :

Worcester, Massachussets, is supplied with water
from Lynde Brook reservoir, located five miles north,
covering 150 acres, and holding 700,000,000 gallons.
The recent heavy rains caused the reservoir to spring
a leak on Wednesday, fears being immediately caused
that it would burst. Warning was given through the
valley below which caused all the people to move out
of their buildings, with their goods, during Wednes-
day night and Thursday. While all the hydrants
and other outlets in Worcester were turned on to
draw off the wa er, desultory efferts were also made
to drain the reservoir by ope.dug a side passage.
About five o'clock on Thursday afternoon the dam
gave way, the water rushing out in a dense mass twenty
feet high and thirty feet wide, great crowds having
watched it all day. The valley below was soon over-
flowed, all the buildings, trees, dams, or other struc-
totes being swept away. Timely warning enabled
people to save themselves and also their moveable pro-
perty, so only one life was lost. The damage is esti-
mated to amount to several million dollars. Eight
hundred feet of the Boston and Albany Railroad was
destroyed, but this railway embankment diverted the
flood, so but trifling damage was done in the suburbs
of Worcester.

Three lives were lost by the Lynde Brook dam
disaster.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

rendered to us. The superior attraction of the earth
as the greater body has drawn away from the moon all
her atmosphere, if she ever had any, and has put an
effectual end to the existence of any water on her sur-
face. The volcanoes which can be so plainly seen
' indicate that the moon is merely a burnt-out cinder
eternally flying through space, but keeping at a safe
and proper distance from us. If indeed, her distance
was not regulated by never-changing and immutable
laws, the consequences to the earth it is impossible to
enter into the heart of man to conceive. An erratic
tendency in the ;Eviction of a withdrawal would leave
us tideless; aiOp. near appz:oach would so heap up the
waters of thgtea that overwhelming destruction must-
inevitably be the result.
One of the Messrs. Weller once described Consols SIB
"those things which keep going up and down in the
City." Of late; however, it has not been so much
Consols as foreign securities of various descriptions'
'Lich have been subjected to incessant fluctuations.

Twelve mouths ago Turkish bonds, or, as they are
called in the parlance of the Stock Exchange,
"Turks," were_considered a very good investment,
for they paid ten per cent. interest; now you would
scarcely care to have them as a gift. After the pur-
chase of the Suez Canal shares in November last,
Egyptian stocks were suddenly run up to what
afterwards turned out to be illusory quotations
and people witli a little money were rushing in from ,
all directions to buy. Then came a reaction; down
went Egyptians with a run; and the feelings cf the
investor who, having purchased at 85 four months ago"
now finds the quotations bordering on 60, may be bet-
ter imagined than described. S.fs what a loss this
would be on such a sum as £5,000. It is a mistake to
suppose that all those who engage in transactions upon
the Stock Exchange are speculators pure and simple.
There are large numbers who study carefully the share
lists not to buy with a view of making an immediate
profit, but to make investments whith being as good in
years to come as they are to day, shall prove a source
of income to their families. It is to this class of people
that the losses caused by sudden and violent deprecia-
tions are a source of great hardship.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

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Household Furniture, Farm Stock. &c.; without
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNT FOR

RECEIPTS.
Fees for emptying and cleansing Privies and
Ashpits.. .. .. .. .. .. 86 5 6
Cash from Stourbridge Improvement Com-
missioners Highway Account .. .. 434 8 7
Ditto Improvement Account .. .. 3 7 6
Balance due to Treasurer .. .. .. 100 8 0
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

IIAGLEY.

the Worcestershire Quarter
Sessions, on Tuesday, before %Ir. It. Harington, Alfred
Williams, collier, pleaded guilty to stealing a pair of
trousers at Hagley, on the 10th March, the roperty of
Richard Gummery, and was sentenced to 6 months'
bard labour.—Arother indictment against prisoner of a
similar nature was not proeeeded with.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

EXECUTION AT MAIDSTONE.

Thomas Fordred, aged 43, who was convicted at the
la!t Maidstone assizes of the murder of a young
woman name] Mary Ann Bridger, was executed at
nine o'clock on Tuesday morning within the walls of
the county prison at Maidstone.
Since histhat ""'""-- th
A _ , elionoi- he wee e
'eide of cne wornan's death, yet he had no wilful
Intention. During Monday night he slept soundly,
and woke at about five o'clock on Tuesday morning.
He paid earnest attention to the ministrations of the
chaplain, and expressed regret at the bad life he had
led. Shortly before nine o'clock the convict was de-
livered into the hands of Marwood, the executioner,
who pinioned him in the condemned cell, and on the
completion of the process the procession to the scaf-
fold started, it being preceded by, the governor of
the gaol, the under sheriff, and the chaplain, the
latter reading the Burial Service. On arrival at
the scaffold, Fordred, who exhibited remarkable
firmness throughout, was placed under the drop,
and the bol; was quickly drawn. There were some
slight movements of the body for two or three minutes
after the drop fell, but the man appeared to die easily.
The execution was witnessed by a number of the gaol
officials and a few representatives of the press, and
immediately afterwards the black flag was hoisted
over the main entrance to the prison. But very few
people congregated outside the gaol.

The chaplain had a final intery ew with the con-
demned man on Tuesday morning, and in reply to his
exhortatlon9 the oonvict made the following solemn
declaration : .

-------
"The poor woman must have met her death through my
means, but I never bad the slightest intention of killing her.
I know that a denial will be of no service to me now, and
that if I lie I shall destroy all hope , f future happiness. I
soh mnly declare with my last breath that I never once either
kicked or struck her. I admit that I was cross with her for
nut coming along. I httcd ner up roughty and fell with her
several times ; and that is I) iw she came by her (leach. If I
had wanted to kill htr, I c cid have 'mix:lied her almost to
pieces."
_ .

The circumstances of the murder for which this.,:nn--
happ3eman suffered are briefly as follows :—lt Way
be remembered that Fordred and the deceased, Who
lived on terms of Intimacy, left Margate, after drink-
ing in several publich6u2eA, in the direction of a farm
on whioh the man was employed. This was late on a
Saturday night, and the woman was carrying some
vegetables for the next day's dinner. Fordred was
heard to swear at her and was subsequently seen to
pull her rudely off the pathway. About eleven o'olot:ic
Fordred went to the farm and took the waggoner
back with him to a spot where the deceased was lying
almost nude. She died shortly after being rempved.
to the farm, and the prisoner accounted for :the,
wounds which were discovered upon her head
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

OLD HILL.

A HOPEFUL SON.—At the Police Court, on Wednesday,
before Major Smith and Mr. H Howard, Joseph Brown,
was charged with assaulting his mother Mary Brown, ort
the 2nd in,t.—Complsinant, au old woman. sai•l tr.,
nlszitt after her hu.bani was buried defendant came to
hr ruse and I,u,hed her shout, sfli On Sa,urd4y last
he avatn cam- and said "I hv ome to kill you. )..n
old b— and I will limug for you," and began pushing
her about. Defendant did not say anything in defence.
The Bench bound defendant over to keep the peace for
6 month., himself in £lO and two sureties of £5.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

FAMILY INFECTANTS.

The Lancet remarks :—" We have repeatedly urged
the wisdom and need of providing institutions to which
servants and chi'dren might be sent at the outset of
Any ..f the anomalous illness likely to prove communic-
able to other members of the househol.l, and we have
suggested that the establishments should be so arranged
as to supply all requisite comforts and nursing, whilst
allowing the patient to remain under the observation
of the piivate medical practitioner if that were desired.
We question whether the perils to which families are
at present exposed can be adequately realised. §er-
vants are, without doubt, ceaseless contagion-carriers.
They spent on an average two or three hours a week
t 10mfeycr0.w...,....de.d,„
after tenementstheianr :Is
uvnitdiaatyedouatt ,
mjno‘s'ple7ensrs.
from nests of fever, exauthemata, Wriu,,,-r.., .....81-. ;,...
fection, and filth of every kind. If precautions
are taken against this obvious danger by employing
only young women who have no ` belongings ' in the
immediate neighbourhood, they speedily contract inti-
macies which create the source of mischief. How to deal
with this evil practically is a social problem of great
perplexity. It is idle to decree that servants shall
not visit their friends and families. If nurses can
be prevented from taking the children of their em-
ployers into the thick of the danger when they are
sent out in their charge, that is probably as
much as will be accomplished. Perhaps once., in
every twelve times a child is taken out by its
nur e for the sake of health it is carelessly . or
wai: tonly exposed to the chance of infection. But, set-
tin. this aside, every general practitioner who has nar-
roy watched the working of the servant system must
be painfully impressed with the reality of the perils to
which wq are pointing. Mothers of families and house-
keepers, if they, are alive to the danger, must frequently
be alarmed on eliciting by judicious questionings that
the paurse has„j oat returned from the bosom of a family
three or four of whose youthful members may be ' down
with the ulea4les '
,str.,,lsickening for the whooping
cough.' In every. liousenold wisely administered the
practice cif 'running home' for half an hour in the
evening or 'just stepping out to post a letter' should be
resolutely in ter diet ed. "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

SCHOOLS OF COOKERY.

Vood and cookery local schools are in course of
formation at Huddersfield, Sheffield, Darlington, Stock
ton, Malvern, Birmingham, Leamington, War wick,
and other places (remarks the Globe). The subject is
one of growing impeaance if the working classes are to
be properly and ecolDmically fed. Mr. Buckmaster, in
one of his addresses, says that butcher's meat can never
again be a cheap food, and he doubts very Ti uch if any
importation of fresh meat can ever reduce the average
price more than one penny per pound. He also
thinks too much importance is attached to meat, but
nothing can answer the purposes of a food unless
nitrogen he one of its constituents, and it was a matter of
little importance whether this nitrogen was obtained
from milk, wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas, lentils, or
beef and mutton. No one need fear starvation be-
cause of the high price of meat. All the constituents
of a good food can be obtained from brown bread, oat-
meal porridge, milk, cheese, eggs, and haricot beans
and lentils. A penny worth ot skim milk will 3 ield
nearly as much carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen as
three-pennyworth of beef or mutton. It is a matter of
. regret that good milk in large towns, and even in agri-
cultural villages, is becoming more and more difficult
to obtain. He did rot say that men were not to eat
meat if they could afford it, but our former abundance
has given it an importance which it does not deserve.
We were none the better fed, or physically stronger,
because our average consumption of meat at the
present price is, perhaps, greater than any other
European nation. The chief food of the Roman
gladiator was barley cakes and oil, because that
gave him muscular strength. Hippocrates speaks of
It as a strong food. The Roman soldier does not ap-
pear to have eaten much of any meat ; his daily rations
were one pound of barley, three ounces of oil, and a
pint of wine. He then goes on to condemn tea drink-
ing, especially when used as a substitute for food. A
form of indigestion known as tea dyspepsia was cominon
among many factory girls. Now, the only way to over-
come the ignorance and prejudice which exists on this
subject is to begin by giving familiar lessons in all girls'
schools on food and cookery, and he knew of nothing
so likely to promote a higher social life and morality
among the humbler classes as the recent minutes of the
Committee of Council on Education, You have only
to go into the cottages of miners and agricultural
labourers and even skilled workmen, at meal times,
to see the waste and ignorance which exists of the
simplest principles of cookery.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

EASTER HOLIDAYS, 1876.

ON GOOD FRIDAY the Ordinary Trains
will run as on Sundays, and an EXCURSION
TRAIN will run to Hagley, Kidderminster, Worcester,
and Malvern Link, leaving Wolverliiimpt,n (Low Level)
at 8.25, Bilston 8 33. Daisy Dank S 37, Princes End 8 41,
Tipton 8.45, Dudley 8 55, Netherton 9 0 Round Oak
9.7, Brierley Hill, 9 12, Brettel Lane 920, Birmingham
(inow Hill) 8 45, Hockley 8 50, Smethw.ck Junction
9.0, Oldbury 9.10, Howley 9.18, and Cradle.). 0.25; also
(for Worcester and Malvern Link only) from Stourbridge
at 9.40 a.m., Flagley 9.45, and Kidderminster at 10.2
a.m., and returning same evening.
On EASTER MONDAY an Excursion Train will run
to Tingley, Kidderminster, Worcester, and Malvern Lick,
leaving Wolverhampton (Low Level) 8.35, Bilston 8.43,
Daisy Bank 8 47, Princes End 8 51. Tipton 8 55, Dudley
9.5, Netherton 9.10, Round Oak 9.17, Brierley Hill 9.22,
and Brettcl Lane 9 30; also (for Worcester and Malvern
Link only) from Stourbridge at g 40, litigley 9 45, and
Kidderminster 1024 a.m., and return the same day.
For further psrticulars see Spf evil Bills.
J. CiIIIERON, General Manager.
Paddington Terminus.

FREE EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.

Free Pdsrages are grinted by the Government of
orteerland rs unde
To Cienerel Servants, Cooks, I lous-rnaids. Nnrses, Dairy
S.:e.
W,res £25 to :!:50 ear al L.ne.i.
To Yerr:ed and. Fayr.,
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"FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."-
See Deuteronomy, chap. verse 23.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

- -
MR. C. .S. READ, M. P. , ON CATTLE '
• - DISEASES.

A meeting of the Norfolk County Local Authority
was held at Norwich on Saturday; Major reprice pre-
siding. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by
Mr. King, it was resolved—
"That, with the view to stamp out foot and mouth dis-
ease in the county, animals affected with the disease, or that
have been in contact with animals so effected, shall not he
moved from any field, shed, yard, or premises except by
licente, to be granted by an officer appointed by the Loca
Authority."
Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., said that when the resolution
was first introduced in the autumn of last year he was
of opinion that it was useless then to put in force such
restrictions, for at that time he believed that nothing
short of shutting up all fairs and markets would have
met the exigencies of the case. To have merely put a
'restriction on the movement of cattle at that time
would have been like taking a garden engine and ex-
pecting by that means to put out a great conflagration.
But now that the disease was reduced within manage-
able proportions it would do no particular harm, but
on the contrary much good, to stop the move-
ment of cattle. They were bound to do what they
could to check the spread of this most insidious
disease, and they had now a better chance of doing
that than they ever had had before, in consequence of
the stringent regulations that were now enforced in
regard to the cleaning and disinfecting of cattle trucks
and lairs. Not only was this the case in Norfolk, but
all over England the Privy Council were taking ener-
getic steps with a view to that end. Therefore, seeing
that Norfolk imported more store cattle than any
other countyin England, they ought to put in force this
regulation, which would prevent the movement of
animals that had been in contact with others affected
with the foot and mouth disease. Replying to a sug-
gestion made by another speaker, Mr. Read said he
most cordially agreed that they ought to take every
means of enforcing on the government the necessity
of slaughtering all fat stock at the ports of
debarcation. He had not seen any foreign stock at
Norwich market for some two or three years, therefore
he thought Norfolk was in no danger of having the
disease spread by infection, although of course foreign
stock got into other districts from the metropolitan
market. In Ireland a very strict system of inspection
was now enforced at all ports. Cattle coming from a
clean and healthy part of the world, such as Ireland,
might be allowed to pass, after a strict inspection at
the port without fear of spreading disease; but as re-
gards foreign stook in general they ought to be
slaughtered at the ports of debarkation. But if we
must have store stock imported let them be subjected
to a rigorous and lengthened quarantine. The resolu-
tion was carried with only three dissentients.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

THE LYE.

TILE LATE ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT.—At the Wor-
cestershire Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday, before Mr. G.
W. Hastings, Joseph Round (on bail), pleaded not guilty
to unlawfully and indecently assaulting Elizabeth
Morton, on the 19th of March, at the Lye. Mr. Selfe
prosecuted, and Mr. aodson defended.—The facts of the
cafe are unfit for publication.—After hearing the evi-
dence for the defence, which tended to show that the
statements of the witnesses for the prosecution were
trumped up, and the speeches of the counsel and
chairman, the jury, after much consultation, returned a
verdict of guilty of indecent assault, with a recommenda-
tion to mercy on account of his previous good character.
A sentence of 12 months hard labour was passed upon
prisoner.
STEALING IRON. —At the Worcestershire Quarter
Sessions, on Tuesday, before Mr. It Harmgton,
Henry Thomas Cartwright,. a young man, (on bail).
pleaded not guilty to stealing 101bs of iron at the
Lye, on the 21st of February, the 'property of
Maria Brettle. Mr. Evans prosecuted, and Mr. Cooke
defended —Proseeutrix ía a nailer, and on Saturday, the
19th February, felt 101bs of iron at her forge in a shop
occupied by a man named
.Robins, where she worked
On the Monday following it was gone, and ultimately
found in the shop of a Mrs. Chance, where prisoner had
sold it for is. The jury returned a verdict of guilty,
with a recommendation to mercy on account of his
youth. He was sentenced to one month's hard labour.
CHAEGE or STEALING MONEY.—At the Police Court
at Stourbridge, yesterday, before Messrs. J. B Cochrane
and F. Evets, James Thomas and John Smith were
charged with stealing on the sth lust, 3i 101, the pro-
perty cf John Pearson. Elizebeth Pearson, his daughter
said she went into the bar, and saw Thomas coming out.
He had a box in his right, hand, and the money in his
left hand. She caught hold of him and held him until
assistance came. Elizebeth Pearson mother, of the last
witness said she saw both the prisoners by the bar. They
called for a quart of threepenny and changed a shilling.
Smith called for tho ale, and saw where the change came
rem. Thomas called for a second quart and paid 31 pence
for it. She put the money in the box, locked it, and left
the key in the box and went into the brewhonse. Shortly
after she heard a cry out, from the last witness, went to
see what was the matter, and found her holding one of
the prisoners, v,ho had the money in his hand. Smith
was stand.ng out-side. He Caine in the house, and asked
what was the matter. Thomas said " you know what is
the matter, and if you beNe me locked up I shell tell
all about it." Smith said" Teti about what" I know noth
leg about it. Both tire prisoners were strangers to her
Podee-sergeant Rea prov.-d apprehending the prisoners
Sentenced to Worcester gaol for six weeks' hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

miLLINERY, HOSIERY, DRAPERY
AND

I[ABERDASHERY ESTABLISHMENT,

126, HIGH-STREET, STOURBRIDGE.

MRS. W . CLIFF
egfa to inform the Ladies of Stourbridge and District
!t
44t bee taken to the above premises, and has
°Peued them after extensive alterations, with a Choice
Stock of

LACF, RIBBONS, VELVETS, FEATHERS,
FLOWERS, BONNET SHAPES, &e., &C.

Itrm. W. C. b: pf-s by strict persnrial attention to
Ihi"("4s to inPri a Aare of pubic patronage.

BONNETS CLEANKD, DYED. AND

ALTERED rl ANY

"Black
jack"
A Pure Toba,cco
Sold Everywhere in
OZ. PKT S. at 3,4.

eaarantee (1 by oufName & Trade Mark
W D. &11. o.Wills.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

PICTURES FRAMED
Emu !1., hpprer.t anj Best Mouldings

A NEW SELECTION of? PATTERNS,
Best F.nglish Gold Work.
I. FORD FRAMES, IN Ci
Plain, Staiued, or Polished, from 4d. each.
OLEOGRAPHS, CH.ROMOS,
Colored and Plain Pictures.
SCRAPS AND CUTOUT RELIEFS.

.4-; At;

ARCHER C LARKE,

THE OXFORD FRAMING DEPOT,

71, HIGH STREET, S7'OU.RBFIDGE.

23, IRONMONGER LANE, LONDON.
(THE OLD HOUSE.)
• - - •

JOHNSTON'S
CORN FLOUR
IS THE BEST.

"QUITE FREE FROM ADDLTRATIO'N."—Lanc.et.
"14 DECIDEDLY SUPERD)R "—Lancet.
"I have examined Johnston" Corn Flour and ;find it
perfectly pure and most excellent in quality. When
boiled with milk affords complete and perfect nourish-
ment for children and persons of weak digestion."
CHARLES A. CAMERON, M-D., F.R.C.5.1.,
Professor of Chemistry, Royal College of
Surgeons, Dublin.

AMERICAN"

" WALTHAM "

"WATCHES,"
FORR SALE BY

ALL RESPONSIBLE
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

RECEIPTS.

Cash from the Stourbridge Improvement
Commissioners Improvement Account .. 50 16 10
Ditto Highway Account .. .. 224 15 1
Fees for emptying and cleansing Privies and
Ashpits.. .. .. .. .. .. 50 13 0

£326 4 11
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

By order,
GEO. HOLLOWAY,
Clerk.

Workhouse, Kingswinford,
7 April, 1876,

TO BUILDERS.

DERSONS willing to TENDER for the
erection of of SIX COTTAGES, at Audnam, near
Stourbridge, may sec Plans and Specifications, en appli-
cation to me.
No pledge is given to accept the lowo.t or any Tmndar.
J. AI. GETHING,
Architect.
Holloway End, Stourbridge,
April 7, 1876.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

AMERICAN HUMOUR.

A competing hotel out West says generously of
another that it stands without arrival.

.. _
Salt Lake City is called the great orphan asylum,
because there are so many "Young" children there.

Woman has many advantages over man; one of
them is that his will has no operation till he is dead,
whereas hers generally takes effect In her lifetime.

Josh Billings says "The mewl is a larger bard than
the guse or turkey. It has two legs to walk with, and two
more to kick with, and it wares its wings on the side of its
hed "
The ladies of St. Joseph, Mo., wear blue silk
"garter.bands," cut Pompadour, so as to give the knee
joints free play.

A California lover writes to his sweetheart thus :
"Leven yeres is rather lorg to kort a gal, but tie hate you
yit Cate."
An Illinois editor, speakit4, of a rogue who lives in
that vicinity, says, "The rascal has broken every batik, gaol,
and S ,bbath we have had in this country for the last five
years."
"'y, Pomp, you nigger' where you get dat new
bat?" asked Ctesar. "Why, at de shop, of course."—" What
is de price of such an article as dat ?"—" I don't know, nigger
—1 (I on% know, de shopkeeper wasn't dar !"
The following notice is posted conspicuously in a
Yankee publication office :—" Shut this door, and as soon as
you have done talking on business, serve your mouth in
in the same way."

"And must thou love me always thus, Alfred," she
murmured—" even when age has crept upon me and left his
traces there?" There was a pause on he, part, but it WAS
only momentary, when he replied, in a tone of deep remon-
strance, "Can a duck swim ?"

The gentleman who inadvertently took our new
beaver, and left an inferior article in its stead, will do us an
infinite kindness by returning our own, and he shall receive
our warmest thanks, and two apologies—an apology for the
trouble we have given him, and the "apology for a hat " he
left us.
The Hartford, Conn., Courant WM started on the
29th of October, 1764, and from that year to the present it
has never once failed to appear on time. The publishers say,
"Everybody who subscrioed in person for the first year of
the Courant is entitled to receive it for 1876 gratis, and is in-
vited to come and talk over centennial matter whenever he
feels like it."
An American editor vents his rage as follows :
"We would say to the rascal who stole our shirt off the pole
while we lay in bed waiting for it to dry, that we sincerely
hope that the collar may cut his throat."—" Served him
right," says another "No business to have a shirt. A.
pretty editor thus to be indulging in such luxuries. We ex-
pect the next thing, to hear of the extravagmt fellow
aspiring to wear stockings, and beaver hats Oh, :the
avarice, unreasonableness, and extravagance of some folks!"

EPITOME OF NEWS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

CHURCHYARDS AND FLOWER
GARDENS.

Dr. Tristram, the Chancellor of the Diocese of Lon-
don, on Monday, gavej udgment in the application of
the Rev. Harry Jones, the Rector, of St. George's in-
the-East, and the churchwardens, for a faculty to con-
vert a part of the churchyard into a flower garden.
The application was made with the general consent
in this case of the vestry and parishioners. The learned
Chancellor said he had visited tke place and taken
further evidence on the subject. It appeared that the
churchyard was closed in 1856 by an Order in Council
for burials. An additional piece of ground was purchased
in 1829. The addition had been very little used for inter-
ments, and there were several vaults. Arrangements
had been made with the sanction of the Metropolitan
Board of Works to purchase out of the rates the
Wesleyan burial-ground, with the view of laying it out
and planting it as a garden for the use of the
parishioners. Some tombstones were to be removed.
In support of the application it was urged that it did
not involve the disinterment of any bodies or remains.
The Chancellor said it was not competent to this
Court to grant a faculty authorising -a churchyard
to be appropriated as a public garden. But it was in
the discretion of the court to permit by a faculty the
construction of footpaths in it for the convenience of
the parishioners, and for the removal of obstructions to
the circulation of free air. In this case all the parties
agreed in the application, and the court had jurisdiction
to make an order which would give acces., and it
would not confer on the parishioners any g, eater
power. If the court sanctioned the ground being
planted with flowers it would be doing nothing that
could be construed as desecrating the ground or offer-
ing any disrespect to the dead. The continuance of a
footpath as asked would be a great convenience, and
save a quarter of a mile to the -church. The place
would still be subjected to the orders of this omit.
In granting the application fcr a. 'acuity he considered
he W.id exercising a sound discretion, having regard to
the times and circumstances and the interest of all
parties concerned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

BROMSGROVE.

Snocxmo DEATH.—On Saturday afternoon, Mr. R.
Docker held an inquest at the Dragon Inn, upon the
body of John Baker, 26 years of age, labourer, of
Taunton, Sornersetshire. The deceased come to title
district about three weeks ago, to work with Thomas
Williams, of llarvington, his half-brother, and a timber
loader in the employ of the Midland Railway Company.
On Wednesday last deceased, Wiiliams (the ganger),
awl Samuel Jones were loading timber at Bromsgrove
Station, and when they hat a large elm trunk, weighing
nearly 3 tons, suspended by the crane the chain broke,
and di ceased Was kilted instantly by the tree falling on
him.—Williams stated that the, chain used had been
b:oken, and abent an hour before the accident he had
hal it repaired at the company's works, and thought it
%v.'s all right', but it was the new link put in that broke.
—This link was examined by the jury, and found to be
of inferior iron and one-eighth of an inch smaller than
the other links of the chain.—lienry Beech, the chain!.
maker who made the link, ova, called, and stated that he
made as good a job of the repair as he could with the
to-is he was using at the time, but he worked at piece
work. and was making smaller chain when called upon to
el.. the job. He did net knew for what purpose the chain
was into-led —ln reply to the Coroner, as te whether he
did not know it was improper to repair a strong chain
with a w.ak link, witness replied Ova there was no need
ior the men to have used the chain at all to load the tree
In question, and showed that it was so.—After delibera-
tion, the jury retnrned a verdict that the death of
deceased 'was caused by accident but they expressed
hope that greater care would be exercised in future in
loading timber, as they thought the men were to blame
for not using a rope or chain to turn the timber instead
of doing it with their hands, arid that there was great
carelessness in repairing the chain with a link of inferior
and weaker iron.—The Coroner expressed the views of
the jury to Mr. All rd, inspector, whim, w;th Mr. Gimson'
statiim-master atteulel the iequest, aid he promised to
ly tem b for to proper authorities. —Deceased'
whose head and face were knocked out of all human
shape, has left a widow and two children.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

TO BUILDERS,

DERSONS willing to TENDER for the
erection of TWO HOUSES at Wollaston, near
Stourbridge, may see Plans and Specifications, on appli-
cation to me.
No pledge is given to accept the lowest or any Tender.
J. AI. GETHIN (1,
Architect.

Holloway Eod, Stourbriagp,
April 7, 1876.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

GOSTLING'S PIG POWDERS.
Useful in almost every ailment of SOWS and PIGS of all ages. They act as a preventive of Milk Fever
greatly facilitate the fattening of Pigs, and are
m(horsgteetfl'ipcarocmu promote
in Foot e
bold iv Packets of 5 for ls, co for 2s. 6d, of all
Druggista. mthhealit in lidanhilowut ehll
ndolg ien.gr:!
tgrco.:v ezine.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

THE NATIONAL FINANCE.

fhe explanation of tho Budget by the Chan-
e Tor of the Exchequer affords a favourable
opportunity for a review of the progress of the
revenue and expenditure which has taken place
during the past few years. We often hear of
the great accurnulttion of wealth in this country,
and of its rapidly inoriais:n,g pro4perity, ttn
there have been oceai u it whioh the well.
known lines !night have seemed applicable—

11l fares the histt:ning ilia a prey,
Where wealth accumulates and then decay."

Rut with a nation, as with a private individual,
an increased income fn•quently brings with it
the necessity for an augmented expenditure, and
new gains are attended with additional obliga-
tions. It may well seem strange to us, when we
find the exp:.,nditurc nearlv eigh'y millions per
lu lei to.:1 th:it a lit le more than 200
Y' :.go Ow rtiventn: collected f,r the civi;list
and fo•r all the other changc3 ul government.,
ordinary a 3 weil as extraordinary, was on;y
£1.200,000 annually. This was in 1660, the
year of the restoration of Charles 11. Even
this was considered a leap which justified
grounds for apprehension, for in the reign of
the merry monarch's, predecessor £895,000 was
eon iidered amply suOicient for all purposes ;
jellies I. made £600,000 meet every c )0-
ting...ncy ; E:izabo;li foli!)ii £500,000 en. 12
M 'ry ..1350,000, and Edw.Le.i VE. requirea no
th til £lOO,OOO, whii in our time would
not sullied to put a single iron-ciati upon the sea.
Without going further back into the remote
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

.. ..

MURDER AND MUTILATION AT

BLACKBURN.

The mangled remains of a little girl, seven years of
age, named Emma Holland, whose parents reside in
Moss-street, Blackburn, were found, on Thursday in
last week, near the Oemetery. The arms, legs, and
head had then been cut from the body, and the trunk
was folded up in paper. The girl was last seen fetch-
ing tobacco for a strange man, who is supposed to be
the murderer. The legs of the girl, cut off at the
thighs, were found by a country policeman at Rishton
Reservoir, four miles away from where the trunk was
discovered.

The Blackburn Standard states :—" The discovery of
the body of the child was made by a woman named
Mrs. 'White, wife of John White, residing in Eastwell-
tev-ace, on what is known as Lower Ouze Booth Farm,
in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Thistlethwaite. A
wa:l which bounds the field on three sides is of stone and
fully six feet in height. There is a gateway at the
extreme end, and Bastwell-lane, or what is commonly
known as "cinder pad," runs along one side. At a
short distance is a small p`antation, and the river
Blakewater flows near at hand. The spot cannot be said
to be a lonely one, because at one side it is overlooked
by the back premises of Ea3twelterrace, and right
in front is a row of well-built houses, called Crescent
View, having a full commanding view of the field.
Mrs. White was horrified on opening the bundle to
find that it contained only the trunk of a child, the
head, arras, and legs having been chopped off. She
called the attention of Mr. Richard Dewhurst, clogger,
56, Whalley-road, who was passing at the time, to the
matter, and he went for the police. Police constable
Rostron, after marking the spot, conveyed the remains
in a basket to the police-station. The outrage has
caused great excitement and indignation in the town,
and especially the neighbourhood where the child re-
sided. The father of the child had a view of the body
on Thursday afternoon, having just returned from
Whalley, where he had been, in company with Police
serjeant Butterworth, in search of his lost daughter.
The father was deeply moved, and whilst not expres-
sing himself strongly, is under the impression that the
remains are those of his child. Drs. Patchett and
Vetch have examined the trunk, and both came to the
conclusion that the girl had been shamefully treated
pi ior to the murder."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held in
the Board Room, yesterday. Mr. G. Granger in
the chair. There were also present :—Messrs.
Rollinson, H. Billingham, Hall, Rhodes, Haskew
J. Foley, Guest, Forrest, Fiddian, Parkes, J.
Billingham, Higgs, Brooks, P.enzer, Pearsall,
Wood, Homer, Giles, Hingley, Ray bould, Wright
and Weston. Admitted into the house 14;
discharged 19 ; born 1 ; dead 0; remaining
303 ; corresponding week last year 297. Out-
door relief, Kingswinford district #:2l 14s 6d ;
Stourbridge district .V. 4 13s Od ; Halesoweu
district, £l6 Os 6d ; non-resident paupers,
£1 thi 2d ; total £53 8s 21; against £55 11s 21d
List year.
For the appointment of Master and Matron,
there were 17 applications, four of whom were
put in nomination. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson
were elected by 17 to 5 for Mr. and Mrs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

Visallaneous fltellizente.
HOME, FOREIbN, AND COLONIAL.

' THE QUEEN'S BEST TITLES.—A good woman
and a grand mother.—Fun.
THE GENEVA AWARD.—According to The
Times correspondent in Philadelphia "Much discus-
sion is going on about what disposition shall be made
of the unexpended balance from the Geneva award,
amounting to about 9,000,000 dols. The House Judi-
ciary Committee are divided, both the majority and
minority introducing Bills. The Bill of the majority
distributes the balance first among claimants having
property destroyed by Confederate cruisers exculpated
by the , Geneva tribunal; secondly, among claimants
for Premiuna paid for war risks after any Confederate
cruiser had sailed; thirdly, among claimants for sums
actiaally paid for insured property destroyed by
cruisers, so far as the balance will go, the third class
claims being paid pro rata. The minority of the com-
mittee hold the award to be a trust fund, not to be
, paid to any claimants excluded by the Geneva tri-
bunal, thus ruling out losses by the exculpated cruisers
and war premiums. The Bill of the minority repeals
all of the present law debarring insurance claims, and
admits them to participation."
THE "STRATHCLYDE."—The divers have re-
covered and landed at Dover the following articles of
luggage L:elonging to passengers by the Strathclyde :
Two black trunks, marked "Mrs. J. C. Greene,"
"Captain J. C. Greene, Royal Artillery, No. 2
black trunk, "Miss J. Yeung ;" deal box, "J. M.
Graves, Esq.,(Nicholson ano Co.) ;" black portmanteau,
. not marked; black trunk, Bombay; black portman-
!teen "No. 3 (wanted on voyage)," owner's name ille-
gible; deal box, "H. D. F., Bombay ;" black port-
manteau. not marked • two deal boxes, "WV Bussel
and a easic, "F. and M., b 66, Gillow an 4
, Leith." Vr --- 11,0--- 0-- -, ,--r• it ',' fr
THE HIGHEST PRIZE MAN !—lt is said that
all boarding schools in Paris are extremely desirous to
•have among their pupils the highest-prize man. There
,is an animal .et.atnination of all the school-boys of a
" in standardimParis. - One of them is the highest.
man. Tp have trained the highest-prize mart id
Ae best possible advertisernent of a school. Boaftling
egliool-masters' are consequently always on the igek•
out for boys who protnise to carry off this distinction.
Tlieirparents hold a sort of auction of the bright boy,
and conl him to the boarding-shoool master ,who k
bids hig tst for him. A hopeful candidate for the
Derby is not more sedulously watched and trained.
:All the miletet's ta'ke the utmost pains with him. He
is drilled- and crammed, rod examined, in scheel
hours and out of school hours. He is mado,to feel,
Alight as well as day, that he was born fed and edu-
cated for nosaiher purpose but to carry off this 'great
prize. He leads the life of the Strasburg goose, whose
liver is to have the honour of entering a pdte de foie
grits.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-08

STOURBRIDGE UNION.

WANTED, an Active Person as COOK,
and to assist the Matron, at the Union Work-
bou se, Kingswinford.

Salary £2O per anrum, with Rations, Lodging, anti
Washing.
Candidates are r quested to send Testimonials as to
character, &c., to me, on or before the 20;1 April inst,
and attend, at their own expense, at the Workhouse, at
Kingswinford, on Friday, the 21st April inst, when the
election will take place,