The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-03-09 00:00:00

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Steam traction on the Paris tramways 12, after a
short trial, it is said, to be replaced by horse
he to
labour
It is said that the revenue derived from J 1 ,ave
duty during the two months of the present year svhi tem
just ended exceeds by more than £90,000 the receo:'
the same source during the corresponding period I
The steamer Nevada, of the Union line, M
gilded
arrived on Monday at Liverpool from New York, of
- a
1,740 quarters of fresh American beef and 700 earcs:see.,
mutton, whilst the White Star steamer Celtic, also fra ftecri"
York, which arrived on Monday, had on board 700 u l'r
of beef and 200 carcases of mutton.
A clever minister recently said: "The tird.
surely coming when stealing will be a thing of the pm.
The explanation of this to an anxious enquirer %vas
cause there will be nothing left to steal."
WiTnhdseorQcuaestelne,
shilcrritnlyeefsesforße Beatrice,
o'clock e
morning on a visit to the new tapestry works al). she
Windaar. Her Majesty, upon her arrival,, was met ',of
officials and conducted over the works, where several P,e_S,
of beautiful tapestry are being wrought for the Paris rf.
bition. After examining these the Royal party drove es''
to the Castle. Sti
It is stated in a Madrid telegram that a -.lda
a na u
iTt
osn eute sitetfl
decree has been issued at Puerto Principe, which "were
that all slaves born after the laws of February 10, 1869, te.
to
ren
passed, shall be free if they present themselves
Spanish authorities in Cuba before the end of the curn;
_
month. Proprietors who have taken part in the ineurrect,T: - -
will not be idemnifled for the loss of slaves thus freed, au•
other owners will receive compensation.
It is noted in the return of the Registrarnheerl
that the deaths from small-pox in London, which ha., ",„is
55, 47, and 39 in the three preceding weeks, rose agala ;e-in
week to 54, of which 33 bccurred in the Metropolite.o
Hospitals, two in the Highgate Hospital, and 19 in Priva'
dwelling-houses.
A long debate took place on Tuesday id irebe.
German Parliament on the Bill providing for the rePee
sentation of Prince Bismarck by deputy in the °flies
erl*
fills. Prince Bismarck was himself among the Weak
Ultimately the debate was adjourned.
,
A crowded meeting was held in Exeter erl
whica
Tuesday evening (presided over by the Lord MaYorn .eo
had been called by the National and Patriotic Leagthlnd
protest against a Russian occupation of ConstantinOnie
the dismemberment of Turkey, and to support the`Ottore_n
Government in its endeavour to establish Constitution,'
d toe
Government. The meeting was very enthusiastic, an
resolutions submitted to it were carried almost tins..
mously.
A telegram from Rio Janeiro, dated let March'
states that yellow fever had been raging there. Fro:l3lV,
to forty-five deaths in the city had been registered
first fortnight of February.
It having been noted as a great feat that 3'40 t°„nii,o
of steel rails had been rolled in a single day at KruPrd
mills at Essen, Mr. C. B. Holland, manager of Brown It!.
Co., Sheffield, writes to say that at his works 3V toms a u'id
had been turned out from one mill, showing that Engllu
Is in no way behind in skill or enterprise.
The second daughter of Baron Willy de Rothschild'
of Frankfort, was married on Wednesday last to Mr. 3ig,
Goldschmidt. The bridegroom intended to present
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bride with a parure worth £12,000, and this inteetion,,eie -
having become known, no less than eleven great Jewe'"
from Vienna, Brussels, and Paris rushed to Frankfort to
play their most brilliant wares for Miss de Rothaohu",,-,
choice. The Baroness, however, advised her daughter_,.;,.'
decline so valuable a present, and the jewellers had to luit""
up their goods without effecting a sale.— Vanity Fair
At a great demonstration of Stockport Conservative_!
at Belle Vue, Manchester, on Saturday, a resolution or.
passed, with great enthusiasm, expressing unabated. con;
dence in the policy of her Majesty's Government, sni;
galling attention to the Interests of the British Brard,._,,re 4,0
Egypt and the Suez Canal, and trusting steps would be Int,
to secure those interests from the dangers of war and P°
teal complications.
There were 2,441 births and 1,637 deaths regietffea,,,
in London last week. Allowing for increase of poptlia'''-'
the births were 101, and the deaths 49, below the aTe_ersge
numbers in the corresponding week of the last ten 31n.;.;
The annual death-rate from all causes, which in the tWO PAe.
vious weeks had been equal to 281 and 25.6 per 1,000... A, IA
dined last week to 23.9, a lower rate than has prevail'''.
death°
any week since the middle of December. The 1,637 -
included 41 from measles, 35 from scarlet fever, g $
diphtheria, 112 from whooping cough, 27 from differen
forms of fever, and 11 from diarrhoea.
into
The master joiners of Dundee have intimated
their employes that their present wages-Bd. an helix—Wu'
be reduced to 7d.
The magnificent new Town Hall and n1131'601
Buildings at the Royal Burgh of Renfrew were totally d';
stroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. The buildings rg.
erected in 1872 at a cost of about £20,000. The origin 0'
fire is unknown.
Tiny baskets, filled with natural flowers suspended
by a ribbon from the right side, are worn with ball costurnee
in America.
At a church fair in Pittsburg they had a slave'
market. Young girls disguised with sheets were put on th..o
block and knocked down to the highest bidder*, the monei
going to the church treasury and the goods never beini
delivered.
Mr. Crospin, of Stratford, has just brought out :
new "folding-up boat." The little boat, tried at RYde_O
Tuesday morning, was 11 feet long by 3 feet 9 in., and ss
composed of steel 27 or 28 guage. This thin sheet of nnsi,e;
will, it is said, resist a shock far greater than a wooden boa.
could stand. She is so light that a man can easily carrY
and so buoyant that she is propelled at great spec
ease. Air cushions under the cuddy at each end render her
unsinkable, indeed, she bears a man when filled with water:
She folds up into a small compass, being at her greatBt!
breadth only 18 inches. Phosphor bronze, equally thin,
to be used in future, as an improvement on steel.
"It strikes me, that our sending the fleet into the
Sea of Marmora, with the Russians able, at any time,
occupy the shores of the Dardanelles, is about as wise, as
would be for a mouse to walk into a trap, to see, that nq en°
takes liberties with the cheese."—Truth.
Lord Beaconsfield has recommended that the
of £2OO be issued from her Majesty's Royal Bounty for it...-
benefit of the widow and orphans of the late
Humphreys, who who lost his life In bravely saving that of a
woman in Carmarthen Bay, on the 28th of January last.
An inquest has been held at Fleetwood on the body
of Ernest Augustus Halfacre, aged twenty-three, who disci
from hydrophobia. The deceased was bitten six weeks, s,g°,,,
by a small dog. Last week he complained of pain in
arm, and symptoms of hydrophobia supervened. He becanle
worse, and died on Saturday. Verdict, "Death from bydr;"
phobia." It is stated that three other men were bitten pi
the same dog.
The Queen, Princess Beatrice, and the Duke c)f
Connaught attended Divine service on Sunday mornivg
the private chapel at Windsor Castle. The Rev. T. TOP-
mouth Shore preached.
At the Brentford Petty Sessions, a little boy' 13
years of age, was charged with carrying a- gun without
licence. It appeared that the weapon was a toy pistol, 110 W
commonly sold at toy shops, but the represeetative of the
Excise, who laid the information, stated that according to
the Act of Parliament a gun included fire-arms of ever/
description. It was also stated that these so-called 01
pistols were warranted to kill a bird at a distance of 30
yards. The magistrates held that the case came within
Act of Parliament, and they inflicted a mitigated pent,"
£2 103
At a meeting of the Legislature of the Isle of
a resolution Iris been unanimously passed requesting '''sf
Governor of the island to invite the Prince and Princess
Wales to visit the island next summer. There has been n°
visit by any member of the Royal family to the Isle of Isi_t_Tt;
except that of Prince Arthur, since 1874, when the Priw"
Consort paid a short visit to Douglas.
The Bye-laws Committee of the London Said°
Board have recommended that, in view of the large nufaihers
of children not attending school, and of the great amour'
of irregularity still existing, an inspector should be
ap
pointed to supervise the enforcement of attendance an
other work under the charge of the committee in the differ"
ent divisions, and to attend the meetings of the committee
and report on the state of the work in all parts of the!
metropolis; the salary of such inspector to commence al
£4OO a year, rising by £l5 a year to a maximum of £5OO.
"I hear that the great feature of the Exhibition at
Paris will be a wide cascade of water, which will tall from
the Trocailero. There will be a path behind it, and the ell;
tire Champs de Mars will be seen through the curtain e‘
water."—Truth.
It is stated that Earl Russell is so much better that
he is now able to be moved from his bed roam to his sitting
room daily.
The Army and Navy Gazette understands that tile
Marquis of Donegal has informed the War Office that the
Loudon Irish Volunteers are prepared to give their service.
wherever they may be required in case of need.
At the annual meeting of the Royal United Servka
Institution, on Saturday afternoon, Mr. W. H. Smith, API
who presided, said that the strength of the countrY Inns
always be itsmaritime power. This was not made up by' ale
Royal Navy alone, as the merchant steam navy afford!La
large field to draw upon in case of necessity. He lioPod
war would be avoided.
One of the up town police stations of New York ia
now the headquarters of a band of boy-policemen, consist-
ing of a captain, two sergeants, and half a dozen patzeltner;
The lads are under fifteen years of age, and report at tu
hod
station promptly at 6 p.m. every day. They are farn.l,e--es
with a list of untenanted houses, which they visit at ngs-
and inspect with great care, to see that they are not dile
turbed by burglars. During the past year, no less than thrill
burglars have been caught and convicted through the effort'
of these boys.
Bismarck being asked the other day what he
thought would be the probable result of the crisie
the East, sagely answered : "If Russia goes to war Wilis
England, spirits will rise; if not, they will fall."—White'e
Review.
Cardinal Manning, who was at one time thought t°
have some chance of being made Pope, was, I hear, not s°
much as mentioned as a candidate in the Conclave On the„
other hand, 3loueignor Howard, who had never been tholigh!
of in connection with the office, was during the comic of the
proceedings put forward and canvassed as a successor; t?
Pius J.X.—Vanity Fair. •
On Tuesday Mr. Sclater-Booth, M.P., received a
numerous deputation which asked the Government to inaf:
grants for pauper lunatics in county asylums. The rig d
hon. gentleman, its reply, drew attention to the increase
expenditure which this would entail ; and looking at Ldbe
present condition of the national exchequer, he suggeteVe
that the matter should stand over for another year, in "'—
hope that some assistance might then be obtained.
The other day I went to the Zoo with some friend&
We noticed a very handsome black lion reclining in his air,
with his head resting lazily against the bars. To an inen„.t.f.
where the animal came from the keeper replied, " This
real British lion, Sir; he was born in the Gardens
years ago." A small boy threw stones at the Bon, anl
tried to rouse him with our umbrellas, so that he WIWI'
up and be looked at. All in vain. The beast gave sun
deep growls, but would not move. " It's very "
tunate," said the keeper. "is it not? He is a most mag
cent beast to look at, but the fact is, he is weak on his
legs
—Vanity Fair.
It appears from a return just issued th.it the t
number of electors in the United Kingdom last year viti
2,909,677 compared with 2,453,490 in IS6B. The numbet'_ve;
electors in England and Wales last year was 2,377,822, agaMe •
1,991,180 in 1868, that in Scotland 303,983, against 230,n_
and that in Ireland 227,872, against 222,454.—The _
property and profits assessed to the Income-tax for the Yee,7
ending April 5, 1870, was for England end Wales £449,130a1 .
for Scotland £53,926,912, and for Ireland £34,475,370, m
a total for the United Kingdom of £537,532,346.
, see is
A pamphlet, entitled "Where are we going to
said to be creating a great sensation in Holland. 'lll
author, Mynheer Specimen, points out that all the hoptaut
Holland rests at this moment on the Prince of OraligeilZas
both the question of the dynasty and that of Dutch
nhe, Se)f
independence are, the writer says, in a critical puoasn
riti_ond
The Dutch Royal family is very limited in uln
counts no longer a single female member. The marring's' e
the Prince of Orange has therefore become a most in3P9,rterea
question. Holland will and can live only with the
_nor::
of Orange, Mynheer Specimen say s, unless she were
come again a republic. The dynastic question is
a vital question for the country.—Pall Mall Garette.
theresoie
"It is stated that the postal authorities are abd—nt,stft
introduce the system of insurance, which prevails inn=ol _
every country but our own, whereby, in return
for a
nd regls-
ad valorem, payment, in addition to the postage a ion of
tration fee, the Post-office will undertake transmission
valuable parcels, with a guarantee to make good thi ,
tents in case of loss. Another contemplated reforinn
introduction of a form of reoeipt on which, if the se
signature of the addressee at the time of the deliv*Frt,Z7,
register el letter desires it, the Post-office will obtain ea
return the form to the sender, as an acknowledgraens,fgeigss
first post. Both measures, which will be applicable
as well as inland letters, are included in the prograinn, 19: of
the Postal Congress, which is to meet at Paris on til!3 !_ded
May next. The rate of insurance has not yet been ese_tie gee
built is understood that it will not exceed 2d. for eveLlhl
and that there will be no limit to the amount WhiCII r°Bl
thus insured."—Court Journal.