The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19 00:00:00

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Dr. James Young, the celebrated man'
chemist, died on Sunday night at his residenFrre mi,oo
Glasgow, in the seventy-first year of his age. .168,001#
the first to develop the manufacture of oil frora
and did more to produce a cheap light than allY
esucl
in the country. It will be remembered that an;o3
dition was sent out by him to Africa to seek h I
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Dr. Livingstone.
Mr. Richard Paget, when the Education Estiir',4
shall be brought forward, proposes to move
goy
the refusal of the Education Department to a.iii
rural school board to fix a standard of exemPtiPoset
harmony with the neighbouring district has the eto ee,
of perpetuating an inconvenience which ought ,„5 Of
avoided, and is directly opposed to the princiP"
local self-government."
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The Queen has approved of the following regl'"sclli
of the Indian army bearing on their colours, stale,
or appointments, as the ease may be, " EgYPtdiogis'
and Tel-el-Kebir," for their gallant and ~,s.Ol
guished conduct during the late campaign ia,_,-",1"1411.
—l3th Bengal Lancers, 2nd and 64h 13engal kitiee
7th and 20th Bengal Infantry, 29th Bombay -1"
Infantry, and the Madras Sappers and Miners' sbe
A telegram from Teheran says that, owing,tsstir
scarcity of fodder and grain on the road to Ale bog
the Shah's pilgrimage to that place has again, %OP
postponed, this time until July, when the harves;
be over. So numerous will his Majesty's esor_
train be that 70 tons of grails and 85 tons of straw
be required daily to supply the Imperial carriP. for
Although the weather was exceptionally stervloret
May, the number of actual shipwrecks reported clteeY
last week was smaller than at the correspondisg
of last year. The total for the week was 30. "reee6
834 since the let January of this year, or all z.gt.'"itie/r
on the total compared with 1882 of 215. 'ied
owned vessels numbered 17. Steamers &moon ',go%
7, with an aggregate tonnage of 3,2,96, four _7„sge
British-owned, with a tonnage of 2,390. Total terijoe
lost for the week, 9,800 tons, Total ntumber
lost and missing, 50.
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A Liberal demonstration was held on
night at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. Bust, Di-le iw;
presided, said there were questions which hi f
ti
mediate future would test the steadfastnees°o e!„
Party to the pritciples they professed: It a"
his province to give advice to the Governme,n,see
would strongly urge them to bring forwara P";
don the County Franchise, Licensing, and °till!,
tions which would really interest the
John Morley, M. P., said that if religious ras ape,'
civil rights contingent upon religious opinionsgie
would also use unscrupulous means, and PuP
troversies w3uld be degraded. t Vllst,jl
An extensive fire occurred the other daljose3
Plain Farm, near Holker, occupied by P.11.° hire.
Tyson, and belonging to the Duke of Devousle
farm labourer was smothered in the smoke ;opt
deavouring to save a mare, and a horse was, "betsieej
death. Damage was done to the amount 9,ldiaslis
22,000 and £3,000, the whole of the farm buti__,„g be
a quantity of straw, hay, and implements ha'
destroyed.
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In London, on Monday, a Sunday•closing_sl4,
stration wan held in Hyde Park.
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pe.thizers march° I from the Victoria 13;3410;
merit to the Park, where ten simultaneous of
were held, and the same resolution in
object of the gathering VIEW passed at eaeb.„.0,1051
Whitworth, M.P., strongly advocated the exr_A
England of of a measure which had been adopbc'•
the other parts of the United Kingdom.