The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-27 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

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of State

Mistiouri intenia to 'raze war against La,
pert and begins by propo...ina bi crate the office of
Entomologist, at 3,000 dols a) ear balsry.

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The Rocky Mountain Herald heals its columns of
humorous and other paragraphs Noodle Soup •
e bank of Monaco has had for the last two months
the sum of 1,350,000ir. in cash. The other day a party of
americans reduced this balauce by winning nearly 12e,ouefr.

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The most valuable Church living in Cornwall has
become vacant by the death of the Hew. Dr. Walker, the
rector of St. Columb The patron is Lord Chmeton, ant the
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appoihtme.nt-is ;rth £l,OOO per annum, the tltht's-ilav;nl-g
been c,.mmuted at 321,615 and there Is a glebe el 42 acres.

The parish of St Cofumb cOlutaina 11,680 AZ:res.

The racing cups—eleven in number—won by the late
Marquis of Hastings, realised £1,950.
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It is now officially announced that the Belgian
Government has accepted the proposals f the French
Government for the settlement of the railwaj dispute, and
that an arrangement has been concluded, the object being
to facilitate commercial intercourse beta ceu the two
countries.

The secorid chamber of Holland has voted, by fifty
five to fifteen, a bill for the Increase of the earl e of spirituous
liquors by three florins the hectolitre, in order to make up
for the loss 'roused by ab, dishing the duty on newspapers.
The inference is, that they will then have mere newspapers,

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The Solicitor. General has rettirnea all I iA free in the

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Saurin case, believing that the paInLllT and hcr.frie-ait are
not in a condition to pay them.

Pope Pius IX. invites all "Christian mothers and
daughters of Mary to 'corm a league against the doing up
of chignons, and the arranging of tresses sevel ibises a day,
Ntskh occupies the tiltie which should be dew led to religious
duties, pious works, and fussily affairs.
The Athenmum hears that the family of the late )Jr.
Carleton is left without atsy provision. appb..ation lots been

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made to Government for the continuance to lits widow of the
amall literary pension which was formerly awarded to her
late husband.

The remains of the Earl of Glasgow were interred
on Friday in the family vault in Renfrew ellorehyard. In
accordance with the express wish of the dec..ased earl, in.
vitations to attend the funeral were only sent to his ielatives
and to some of his most intimate friends A few of the
tenantry on the estate attended without invitation. The
streets of Paisley and Renfrew along which the procession
mused were lined with spectators, and tho bells of the
burghs were tolled for the occasion. No ceremony of any
kind attended the interment.
It is positively stated in Paris that the Emperor
Nap ,leon, with the Empress, the Prince Imperial, Prince
I Napoleon, and all the Imperial family, will pay a visit, in
August next, to Corsica, to celebrate the hundredth anni-
versary of the birth of Napoleon I.—ln June the twentieth
anniversary of Vi,tor Enimanuers reign is to he kept ae
Turin ; at Rome the fiftieth of the first mass performed by
the present Pope; anti at Monaco the twenty-fifth of the
reign of his Majesty i harles 111., sovereign of the smallest
kingelon in Europe, namely, Monaco.
The Sultan's mother (Sultan Val ide ) has undertaken
the fitting up at her own expense of the principal ai.artments
in his Majesty's new palace at Teheran. Yelesst on the
Rophorus. furniture ordered for this purpose is of . . . .

richest description, the hi:linings, tte , btang of the costliest
moire Bilk—blue and gren—proiusely enthro,dered with
gold, and will cost, it is said, not less than x3o,00).

The Emperor Napoleon hue had an attack of in-
fluenta, and alth.•ugh the Paris papers state that it wee not
of a sedum character it prevented hint from attending the
Privy Onmeil fixed for Saturday Hie Mapaty spent a con-
siderable time in the open courtyard of the Tuileries the
other evening, witnessing some experiments with gas, and
to this circumstance his illness is attributed.
A writer in The Times introduces a new word, "
din-
encourage," and quotes authorities in support.
At the present rate of progress the Mont Cads
tunnel will not be completed before the autumn of itan
A second time within a week an assize jury has de-
termined that a lady shall pay substantial damages for a
. breach of promise on marriage. A York jury, by consent of
the defetioant's counsel, has just awarded £5..10 in a case of
this kind. Dissimilarity of disposit on was the alleged cause
of the engagement being broken.
In Newhaven a barber brushes hair by steam, whilst
another, its Boston, propels his hair-brushing machine
dog-power.
The operatives on strike at Preston are receiving
relief from local union funds, an.l the assistance in some .le-
pediments ii said to range from 75 to los. per head. Unless
some concession is made on the part of the workmen, no
fewer then 16,000 will be Out of employment within three
weeks. The distress at Blackburn aloe is very great. On
Saturday the large number of 4,271 persons received paro•
chial relief in that union.
The lieslch of a friend in America can now be
inquired after by telegraph for £1 ; as the directors of the
Atlantic Telegraph Company have aslop,ed a sensible resolu-
tion, to reduce the rates, so as to extend their busineas iu
what they call "social messages " Many people would gladly
spend a guinea sir two in communication with absent
friends who cannot afford to pay 4:5 for the luxury. The
cable is earning at present £7OO a day,
The Leeds Art Exhibition did not realise enough
money to clear off the debt on the infirmary, for which
purpose it was held, and at a meeting held under the
mayor's presidency, £lO,OOO was promptly subscribed for the
object.
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A " byckle " race, in which about a score of rulers
are to compete, is to come off on Saturday week at Birken-
head. The competitors are to start from Chester and run
to Birkenhead, and the prize offered to the winner is a model
velocipede in silver, which is presented by Messrs. Merry
Browne and Co. Quite a sensation was caused among
Cestrians last Saturday by the advent of seven velocipidists
who had been going over the ground.
A striking illustrati,m of the mental stagnation of
French prot incial life is afforded by the wealthy commercial
town of Cette, which, with 30 040 inhabitants, hut not a
single periodical newspaper, either political or literary, nor
even an adverti,ement sheet, but is satisfied with a litho-
graphed list of the quotatioution the exchange.
The Irish Tiara gives a rumour that Ezri Spencer
has tendered to the Prime Minister his resignation of the
Lord Lieutenancy of Irel nil. The reason assigned is that the
nobility and gentry have held aloof from his Court.
Michael Crowley, the mats who was so fearfully
burnt by his wife throwing paraffin oil over him at Uverpoal,
died on Sunday. On Tuesday, in last week, he was so bad
that it was thought necessary to take his deposition. lie
alleges that his wife threw the oil over him ins passion : the
wife states that she was struck first, but she does not know
bow the iol caught the.
At divme service on Sunday last in the Chapel of
the Tuileries, on the occasion of Palm Sunday, large branches,
which had received the benediction of the Church, were
presented to the Emperor, Empress, and Prince Impelial,
whilst others of smaller size were given to the rest of the
congregation.

A new amendment to the French Budget proposes
the allocation of a aunt of 200,000. to make a number of
untorm envelopes, which, in the opinion of the s gners of
tit, proposal, would ensure secrecy of voting at the cooling
eiecti“ns. Every voter would have the r ght to demand one
of these coverings for his bulletin before putting it into
the uru.
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New Orleans, unlike any other great city in the
world, Is summit ied hy wild animals. Deer are shot within
live miles of the City Hall, and ailigators abound In neigh-
bouring swamps Old residents, indeed, remember when
young alligators were caught in the street gutters. The last
news is that an American spotted tiger has completely
devoured a little girl in a parish not far from the city,
At the Cork Assizes, on Saturday, Mr. Downing
pleaded guilty to the charge of sending money to Lord
Fermoy, lieutenant of the county, who was procuring for
him a nomination to a magistrac, , but disclaimed by affidavit
any corrupt intention. Sentence was deferred. Mr. Down-
ing was bailed.
At the Ruthin assiz-s, on Monday, the grand jury
returned a true bill against the stoker and driver of the goods
train at Abergele, which, on the 20th of August last, came
into collision with the Irish mail, with a consequent loss of
thirty-three lives. An indictment for manslaughter against
the station-maister of Llandulas was also preferred but the
bill was ignored.
M. Louis ITlbach, an eminent French journalist,
was recently fined 300 francs for stating that the name
Napoleon was derived from two Greek words which signified
hangman. The Public Minister thougut the sentence too
light, and appealed against it to the Imperial Court. The
, result is that M. Plbach's fine has been raised to 500 francs,
awl, in addit on, he is to suffer six months' impriiionmi ill.
M. I.' lbach is a munlidate for the representation of the Aube
"A gentleman, 24, in business, wiihes to Marry
with it respectable Young Lacy of means; open till 26th."
—" Widower, aged 3 , in business (manufacturer and
merchant., income £490 to £5OO per swum, wishes to
Correspond with a domesticated Lady, with similar income;
would mit object to a widow with one or two chilitren."--
" A Lady, aged 40, of active, businesslike habits, wishes to
Correspond with a Gentleman who requires a good, useful
wife, who would either suit a private gentleman or man of
business, being thoroughly domesticated. References given
and required."—Advertimements in Manchester Examiner.
A surchrage having been made against the Birming-
ham Guardians of £B, they declined to pay, and some goods
belonging to the chairman of the board have been seized and

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Professor Agassiz has given a new impulse to fish
culture in America by announcing his belief that fish air food
feeds the brain, is a retoratdre of weakened cerebral firm-
boas, and adds to the intellectual powers generally. Be has
alto statk-d that the drinking of water iu limestone regions
enlarges the skeleton.
Mr. Syke-Cs Sea Birds' Powervation Bill has been
considerably altered by the amendments In committee. The
commencement of the season, during which sea birds may
not be killed, is changed from May 1 to April 1. The opera-
tion of the Act is not to be c. t inued to Great Britain, but is
extended to Ireland. A clause is aided empowering the
Home office, upon the application of the justices of the
peace in quarter sessims to extend or vary the time during
which the killing, wounding, or taking may not take place;
and another added clause impoies a penalty for selling the
eggs of sea birds between the lot of April and the 15t of
August.
Jeff. Davis is living: quietly in private apartments
In Loidon. lie was in the Houses of Parliament the other
evening when the Irish Church debate Was On.
The latest news from Hietzing is that King George
has tinned banker. Having lately made two millions by a
fortunate operation d la Miser, he has entered into partner-
ship with the ex-Duke of Mode, a, and is about to commence
basin. as with a capital of 6.000,000 florins. As he does not
intend to manage the affair himself, he has obtained the
assistance of the English Consul at Vienna, Mr. Brandeis.
Weikersheitn, and all preliminary arrangements are said to
e concluded.
In a report by Mr. Consul-General Playfair on
Alg.ria, just published, it is stated that during the 35 years
succeeding the k outmost of the c‘nirry it had only coot
Prance £2.1203,/915 --'a 'um by no means extravagantly large,
and e hich is amply nelan,d by the benefits, both moral and
Material, which it has produced."
During the past week 70 wrecks have been reported
making for the present year 681.
An important event in the history of the North of
Emland iron trade occurred on Monday. The first meeting
of the Council of Arbitration met at Darlington, for the
settlement of a wages dizpute. The court cont-tcd of a de-
legate employer and employ from each of the works in the
district. The proceedings were private.
A. large rat made an attack on a girl nine years of
age at Ardrkissan harbour the other night. It seized her by
the leg, immediately over the ankle. The girl's cries at-
tracted the notice of a workman, who killed the rat before
it could be inai e to relinquish its hold.
On Saturday there was a debate in the French
Chamber nit the army mintrigrent, and Marshal Neil, in reply
to some attacks upon the new military law, expressed his
regret tint they should be made at a time when countries
had been annexed and Powers overthrown. Prance was of
all cmntries, Ike said, the least disposed to submit to insult,
and she would consider it the greatest misfortune that could
happen to her tin find her-elf outraged while uperated. This
speech was received, with cheers, and an ammdment, re-
ducing the contingent to 80,000 men was rejected by 195 to
23 votes.
Glass panes, ozinstantly exposed to the action of the
sun and rain, are soon deteriorated, as the rotash or soda
they contain combines with the carbonic acid kkf the air. A
whitirlt npakeness is the consequence if this action, and in
order to make the pane return to its pristine transparency it
should first be rubbed with dilute hydrochloric acid, and then
cleaned with moistened whittler. By this miens glass in an
extreme state of decomposition may be completely restored.
When the late Mr. Dargau died, ensyatheAllieeii'nrtlr
Ireland was an senaible of having het the met praetacai of
ner benefactors that a subscription was induediately started
for the benefit of his add, kw, who was reduced troan a condi-
tioned affluence to one of penury. Mr. Dargan's biograpler
will have the unpleasant task of recording that the-snlecrip-
tion utterly faded, and that the English Government was
asked to furnish the means which Irishmen did not care to
emitribute.