The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30 00:00:00

putting it in the van. Hi honour ruled that he could
only allow the plaintiff to recover for such articlk as
were really necesvary for passenge4, and a vercliet was
given for £2 6,1. The plaintiff intimated In. in-
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tention•to appeal.

SINGULAR PETIT'. ON.—The following petition
for liberty to keep pigs was lately regeived by the
magistrates of Airdrie:—
" October the lb, 169. t 3 the honour of the Macustran
and Council el the Burgh of Airdrie gent omen I a ish that
yetis would Grant the request of keeping two small pigs
pleas thmtleinen I have a small Family and I am a ih heats
nian myself and I would lie thankful to pay the Licensed for
I wish youe would oblige me by keeping them down at the
burn side and I won:d keep Mt. clean every day pone most
Humble servant --r-blhhiaxa Court oil Stirling. Air-
drie."
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SHIPWRECK AT 80111.01...WE-SUR-MER- —"A
Spectator" writes to the papers -" I forward a brief
amount of a wreck that happened here on Tuesday
last. Should you give it a place in yo!,,' "I,lillns it
may, perhaps, meet the eye of the authoria:"B l'!! this
: side of the Channel, and occasion their estabh.4l!!!!l:
somewhat better system of rescue than at prrawin
exists :--On Tuesday afternoon (the 19:11) at &boo!,
s'Bo, an English schooner was driven ashore on the
Capecure side of llonlogne. The tide rising, she was
soon completely submerged, and the crew of live men
and a woman (the captain's wife) had to take !chine in
the foretopmaet rigging. They were wition a very
short distance of the shore, yet no means o,llld t-c
found to give them assistance. Al: hough the lie,rli
was crowded with French sailors, none would voiunteer
to man either of the lifeboats, and the Englishmen
who offered to do so were not allowed. A steamer in
the harbour offered to tow the lifeboat out, but to crew
could not be got for her. In consequence the unfor-
tunate people were left in their perilous position until
ten o'clock on Wednesday morning (seventeen bouts),
when they were taken off, completely exhauste:r, by a
boat from Prince Napoleon's yacht. Had the mast
given way they must all have perished."
A Set Lores NUL/E.—The gallantry of Jack
when ashore too often outweighs his judgment and
lands him into difficulties. In London, last Tuesday,
a rather good-looking young woman was charged at
the Thames Police Court with being drunk and dig-
orderly, and, failing to pay a fine would have been
sent to prison, bit that a jolly tar stepped forward
and said he was prepared to marry her "with all her
faults." The magistrate opposed no obstacle, the
woman was willing, and married they were forthwith.
But the ruling passion asserted itself even during the
honeymoon. On Friday night the bride got drunk
again, attempted to drown henselt, and on Saturday
' was in the disk once more. Her faithful but too cow-
' filing Jack did not desert her in her trouble, and wars
t• willing to excuse her little weakness. Steppiug into
the witness-box, and touching his forelock, Jack said:
"Beg pardon, your Honour, but you see my wife was
r just three sheets in the wind last night." What conlil
the magistrate do in the face of such good nature ! lie
admonished the woman, and allowed the sailor to take
- her away.
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A CAEAP GRUB-KILLER. Cauliflowers, broc
colie, and other braesicaceous plants are generally
much infested with grubs at this season. To clear
them off is an easier task than it appears. Dissolve a
coffee-cup full of salt in hot water, then put it into a
common-aimed watering-pan, and till up with cold
water. Just give each plant a gentle switai over
with this mixture, and they will all slisappear tn a
moment, and the salt-and-water will nourish the plani;ff
wonderfully: all greens are fond of salt-and-water.
Some people would he afraid of killing their cauli-
flowers; but it must be borne in mind that the salt-
and-water will not penetrate the leaves( : it runs off to
the roots, killing every caterpillar in its way.—The
Gardener's Magazine.
STAGE PRONUNCIATION. In a Yankee paper
appears the following wholesale criticism of pronncia-
tiou on the New York boards, which may with safety
be applied to several London theatres of no small pre-
tensions :—" Familiar lines have been rendered in the
following style and min'sters of grace defend
us;' get thee to a nunlry ;" the potent pison e 'a
fellow of most lid-Might alt and me-oat ex-slunt faticee;
thawr and resolve itself into a jew ;" the gel ass of
fashion and the me-ot of farm;' the me-on, tramp
'thus or-rang the wa-serld away 'than was ever di,
reemed uv in ye-ure feloso-fe ;' and other vulgar dis-
tortions too numerous to mention."
SALE OF CHILDREN IN ENGLAND !—The German
weekly paper Hermann is much 'scandalise I by the
clandestine trade in human creatures' which it hog dis-
covered takes pla-e in England I Many seek he. dark,
others for fair children, and conweinently the liviag
wares are advertised and offered with a use. of their
lonian:el qualifications. So we read, "A pretty little
girl, aged four months, with blue ej es and fair hair,
the child of healthy parents, may be Mime lately
adopted." "A new-bum child of the male sex, ml-
comm-lily large, with well-formed hinds and avreeable
features (!) can be immedately adopted. The hest re-
ferences will be given respecting the health of the
parents " "A lively, well-nourished Isiy, the child
of intelligent parents, three and Is-half months old,
may be adopted immediately." Married people is.
a-ant of children have, therefore, a a lie field of selec-
tion. Blondea are most sought after, a result ot the
blonde-worship at theatres. Blue-eyed children are
" also much in request, especially when they are
brunett s ; sometmes as much as a hundred pounds
has been given for such specimens.
HiNDOO LADY TRAVELLERS.—It is said that the
proposal to construct special carriages for native
females on the East India Railway tom been approved
of by the viceroy. The carriages will be reserved for
respectable native women, and are to be "first class,"
but with lower fares than those of the ordinary first-
class vehicles. It has also been recommended that
there shonld be a European female guard and a Euro-
pean female ticket-collector for the passengers by
these carriages. Also that the railway company
should see that every station is supplied with a suffi-
cient number of palkees and bearers to cuavey these
ladies on their arrival to their final de:tinations. An
extra quarter of an hour may it is also said, be allowed to
the trains to which the carriages nosy he attached,
both at the starting and halting stations. At the
starting stations it would be the duty of the European
female guard to see that the passengers are well
accommodated, their male relatives (if any) being pro-
vided for in an adjoining one.
BEAR SKINS AND BARE CHINS.—A Lieutenant-
Colonel writes to The Times :
As this time of year generally fills your columns with ap-
peals for help to meet the seventies of approaching ~hater,
may I ask you toils yet another good two to the army, :ad
persuade the authorities to allow no the urn of our bards
While so much is done to diminish disease, it do,.s seem
strange that regiments at home should be debarred from
snch natural protectiomt against our variable climate. Hos-
pital returns show large utimbers constantly invalided from
plithiais and affections of the chest, yet we still Inslst on hal.-
ins and scraping the throats of our troops. The soldier
alone, if delicate, -an take no precaution. In the navy and
every other occupation no objection is raised to snob ',amen-
able growths. lite mortality and sickness in the Foot (.1, ads
call for as much incilhigence as shown to the police, inp: the
linesmen watching onr convicts on the heights of Crtland
are no better sheltered than the Coast Gaunt. Economy,
appearance, and humanity support such a concession, which
would be hailed by many of the poor fellows it would kiwi/
from the full effects of our searching wines.
GERMAN AND ENGLISH UN I ERRS T FA.-7 here
is a professor in the University of Bonn who is a bold
Man. A short while since he ventured to lift up his
voice against the practice indulged in by most of his
pupils of wearing their hair in mattcd locks flowing over
their shoulders. This die pleased the studeets, who look
upon a shaggy poll as indispensable to a scholary and
metaphysical brain ; and thry went at midnight to howl
at the professor, who was just then getting into bed.
Instead of recanting, however, the professor put his
head out of the window, and treated his pupils to a few
homely truths couched in practical language. He told
them he had lately visited England, and seen that at
Oxford and Cambridge youths combed their hair and
were none the worse for it. Furthermore, that Oxo-
nians and Cantabs managed to abstain from gashing
their faces with rapiers in absurd duels, and from
making a habit of getting drunk with beer; and that,
nevertheless, he found them much more scholarly and
more civil than the gentlemen Lie had the honour of
addressing. This said, he shut his window; and the
students, doubtless impressed with the solemnity of the
harangue delivered by the erudite professor in his night-
cap, withdrew to their homes, most likely to dream of
hair-cutting.
ARREST OF A SUSPEMF.D FENIAW.—At Liver-
pool a man named John Dolan was brought up on the
charge of having in his possession a number of treason-
able documents. Mr. Davies, the prosecuting solicitor,
made a statement to the effect that several documents
of a treasonable character and a book of rules for the
guidance of the Fenian brotherhood had been fous.d in
the possession of the prisoner. Some if these docu-
ments had been taken possession of by a Dublin officer,
who at once started for I hiblin Castle, that they might
be laid before the Lord-Lieutenant, and a warrant ob-
tained for the transmission of the prisoner to Ireland.
Under these circumstances, Mr Davies asked that the
man might be remanded. Sergeant Doran stated that,
in consequence of certain information he had received,
on Friday evening he searched the prisoner's house,
and there found a book of Fenian rules and a number
of treasonable documents. I-le then appreherdied
Dolan. Some of the documents were handed up to the
Bench, but their contents were not made known to the
reporters. On being asked if he wished ti maks any
statement, the prisoner said that on Monday moraing.
as he was going to his work, he found the papers and
the book of rules in a bank pass-boak, and he took
them home, threw them upon a shelf, and thought na
more about them. He had lived in the town tor the
last eight years, and was at Present in the employ of
Messrs. Maclyer. lie was remanded to a future 'lay.
OLD WAYS NOT ALWAYS THE BEsr.—There are
people, people too of judgment and experience—
Government Inspectors, tor example—who arc q.-
tident that fatal railway accidents would be mite', 1,
frequent if what is known as the block system were
generally adopted. But, for all that, Compaldse
persist in sticking to the present, Or blockhead system.
—Punch.

SMOCKING DEATII OF A QUEEN'S MINSENOER
—On Friday in met week, the Coroner held net in-
quest at Westminster Hospital, London, relative to
the death of Mr. Charles Hull, a Queen's messsuger,
who died fruddenly on Thursday morning on the steps
of the Home-office, Whitehall It appeared that the
deceased, who was fifty-six yearn of age, and lit et at
12. Dorset-rail, Windsor, let Buckingham Palace in
a cab with another messenger at nine o'clock on Thurs-
day morning. They arrived at the Hoa eadfice,
where deceased hail to receive communications for
lialmaral. He performed his usual business, and a
port Cr accompanied him to the cab, which was waitiog,
the is rt-r having placed a bag on the top of the
vehicle, and deceased a parcel inside. The deceased
icturning to the office when suddenly he felt .in
the inept., his tace being on the large leading stone to
the office-door. He did ivt move or show any signs .1
life. Medical assistance was promptly in atterdsaee.
but life was prenounced extinct. In answer to t
Coroner, it was stated that the deceased did iad
hint any signs of excitement. There was Fleet.. of
time—ten minutes to spare. .Air. M'Cienu, surevs-,..
it larliament-strees, deposed to seeing the dec.-peed
five minutes after he had fallen. He was dead. Toe
port-motk a. examination discloser' the fact that the de-
cease! was suffering from extensive die. wed tie it art,
which had pr. dined an IV!:tos .poll y. The till
returned a verdict of "Deatn from 11 Cause%