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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

PROVISION.

LONDON, Monday, May 27.—The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 6 firkins Butter and 3,436 bales Bacon, and
from foreign ports 29,053 packages Butter, and 2,456 bales
Bacon. In the foreign Butter market there was a fair sale
for the finest Normandys, but Jerseys were exceedingly slow,
and sales pressed at 100 s. down to 865., or less according to
quality; Dutch declined to 90s. to 965. In the Bacon market
there was a fair amount of business transacted without
change in the value of best Irish, but Hamburg early in the
week advanced 2s. per cwt., and towards the close a further
advance of 2s. ; sizeable new quoted SGL to 685.
Butter, per cwt. : s. 5. Cheese, per cwt. : s. a.
Dorset 106 to 120 Cheshire 5O to 66
Friesland
Jersey B4 90 Cheddar 62 go
Fresh, per doz. .. 11 14 American ..
Bacon, per cwt. : Hams: York B6 go
Wiltshire.. ...... 66 63 Cumberland
Irish, green, fob. 78 82 Irish
TALLOW.
5. d. s. d.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 33 3 Rough Stuff, per cwt. 14 0
Rough Fat, per Slbs. .. 1 7 Greaves 16 0
Melted Stuff, per cwt. 27 6 Good Dregs ~,, 6 0
Yellow RU.Sial3, new.... 365. 94. per cwt.
Australian Mutton Tallow SSS. Od.. $)
Ditto Beef Ditto 375. Od. .
GAME AND POULTRY.

Ortolans, Is. 9d. -to 35. 3d.; peafowl, 10s. 6d. to 15s. 6d.
cuineafowl, Ss 9d. to ss. quails, is. to 25.; pigeons, 9d. to
Is. 3d. ; French ditto, 23. to 2s. 6d.; wood ditto, 6d. to 9d. ;
hart*, 2s. bd. to 3s. lid.; young turkeys, be. to 65. ; young
geese, ss. 6d. to 93. 6d. : ducks, 2s. to 5a.; live hens, is. 9d.
to 35. ; haunches of venison, 60s. to 80s. oath; tore-quarters
of ditto, is. to is. ed. per lb.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

RHEUMATISM.

LIEUM..kTISII, Gout, Lumbago, Pains
in the Head, Side, Back, Joints, sad Limbs
cured by DAY'S RHEUMATIC PILLS. Price Is lid.
per box. Sold by Mr. Pugh, Patent Medicine Vendor,
51, Coventry Street, Stourbridge ; and all Chemists
Wholesale by all the London Houses.

ONE Box of CLARKE'S B 41 Pills is
warranted tc cure All discharges from the Urinary
Organs, in either set, acquired or eonbtittitional, Gravel
and Pains in the Back.--Sold in bores. 4s 6d each, by
all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
any address for 60 Stamps by the Maker, F. J. CLARKE
Consulting Chemist, High-street ,Lincoln.—Wholesale
Agents, BagoLay & SONS, London,and *lithe Wholesale
Howes.

_p ILIOU and Liver Complaints, indigestion
_I Headache. Loss of Appetite, Drowsiness,
Gid-
'hess. tirsfos, and all Disordcrs of the Stomach flud
;J:3-01,= are quick.). retitort-ti Ly that well•ivtow)t meor
ettA,IPTON's PILL OF 11(1' ut:ite
recommendation of a mild operation with the must suc-
cessful effect; and where an aperient is required nothiug
can be better.
Sold by all Chemists, at ie. 9d. pa box
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

THE BLACKHEATH RIVET MAKERS.

A. largely-attended meeting of the rivet makers of
Blackheath and Rowley district was heid on Monday
morning last, at the Handel Hotel. The meeting was
convened to receive the report of the deputation ap-
pointed to wait upon the masters with reference to the
eecisiou come to by the men at their meeting on Mon-
day, the 20111 ult.—Sir. 8, Parsons presided, arid statad
that, in accordance with the wish of the men, the
deputation had had an interview with the masters At
the conference which took place on Friday night the
masters threw all the blame upon the men, and said it
was the conduct of the outworkers which had brought
about the present difficulty. The masters, however,
had entered into an arrangement to pay for all work
according to the November list for another fortnight,
but this was on condition that they (the men) woura put
the outworkers on strike if necessary, and support them
until they obtained the proper list prices. Tua masters
bad promised to assist tuem, and it rested entirely with
the men whether they maintained the prices or allowed
themselves to be reduced. In urging the necessity for
the outworkers to be put on strike, he reminded the
men that if they continued working as at present the
factory men would have to submit to a similar reduction.
Ceshmore condemned the conduct of the men who
had taken out work below the list prices, and also the
truck system, which he said still prevailed extensively in
the district. He urged the desirability of putting the
,aitworkers on strike, and reminded the men that the
masters had intimated their intention of giving notice
for a genei al reduction of 10 per cent. if the dispute was
not settled within the next fortnight. —One of the
speakers alluded to tile fact that one of the Blackheath
masters was in the habit of purchasing rivets under
price out of the district.—Mr. elaahmore explained that
a promise had been given not to do 80 during the next
fortnight.—Several of the workmen having addressed
the meeting, it was ultimately decided to try to get
the outw)rkera to maintain the prices, and, if necessary,
put them on strike. The men also pledged themselves
to support the outworkers if a str,ke was rendered
necessary.—A. deputation was then appointed to wait
upon Vie outworkers and their employers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

DEATH of the DUCHESS of ARGYLL.

We regret to announce the death of the Duchess of
Argyll, which occurred in London on Saturday morn-
ing (25th.) The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and the
Ladies Campbell, with the Duke of Devonshire, went
on Friday to dine with Lord and Lady Frederick
Cavendish at Carlton-house-terrace. Soon after dinner
had commenced her Grace was seized with a fit of
apoplexy. Medical aid was obtained and she was con-
veyed home. From the first, however, the case was
found to be hopeless, and at half-past two o'clock on
Saturday morning she died.
The late Duchess was the eldest daughter of the
second Duke of Sutherland and Lady Harriet Elizabeth
Georgiana Howard, third daughter of the sixth Earl of
Carlisle, and was sister of the present Duke of Suther-
land and the Duchess of Leinster. Born in 1824, she
was married in her twenty-first year to the Duke of
Argyll, then Marquis of Lorne. She had five sons and
seven daughters, all of whom survive her.
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On Monday evening the remains of the late Duchess
were privately removed from Lord and Lady Frederick
Cavendish's residence in Carlton-house-terrace to
Westminster Abbey. They will rest in a recess on the
south side of the Abbey for several days, and will
then be removed to Scotland to lie at Roseneath until
the day of interment. The funeral will take place on
Wednesday, the sth of June.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

HAGLEY.

HAOLBY STOCK SALE.—At Chi; 'sale on Monday there
was a good supply of stock in every class. The attend-
ance was unusually large, and fall market rates were re-
alized. Sheep mu. 74.3 a head; lambs, 51s 61 ; fat
Desists. £32 15s 01 calves £5 12s Od. As will ba seen
on reference to our advertising columns the show of
Whitsuntide beef takes place on
.Monday next.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

PUBLIC FEELING IN RUSSIA.

The Eastern Budget's correspondent at St. Peters-
burg says :—" Although there has been a marked
improvement of late in the tone of the Press towards
England, the subscription for a vo.unteer fleet is being
warmly advocated. This subscription affords a con-
venient vent for the patriotic feeling of the Russian
people, and, whether war takes place or not, the
money collected will in any case be useful for strength-
ening the naval forces of the country. The state of
the Government finances also occupies much attention.
Even if peace should be established, there will be an
enormous deficit in the budget, and various proposals
are made for meeting it."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

Daurric AND DISOBDERLY.—SamueI Forrest and
James Baker, of the Lye, were charged with being
drunk and disorderly, at Clent, on the 12th ult.—
Police-constable Wallace proved the cases and de •
fendants were fined 108 each and CO3tB.
SCHOOL BOARD Ceszs.—At the Police Court,
yesterday, fifteen persons were summoned by
William Jasper, School Board inspector, for
neglecting to send their children to school.—The
cases were proved and four of them who had been
previously convicted were fined 6s each, and the
others is each.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual meeeting
of this Board was held yesterday, Mr. H.
Billingham in the chair. There were also present
Messrs. Raybyld, Haskew, Pargeter, Rollinson,
Hingley, Parkes, Thompson, Griffiths, Robertson,
Wood, Homer, Giles, Mills, Wright, Fiddian,
Lavender, Kelley, Guest, and Brooks. Admitted,
11; discharged 13 • born 0 ; dead, 2 ; rem aining, 448 ;
correspondingweekbast year, 377. Oat-door re-
lief, Icangswinfori District, .226 2s sd; Stour-
bridge District, .418 9s 3d; Halesowen District,
.216 15s 6d ; non-resident 9s 4d; total .261 16s. 6d
against .t 54 14s. 3d. last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

THE SCENE AT THE EMBARKATION

OF THE INDIAN TROOPS.
The Indian papers give numerous instances of the enthu-
siasm with which the native troops received the order for
foreign service. The scene at the embarkation of the 9th
Bombay Native Infantry on the Ist inst., which was referred
to in one of the Indian telegrams, is described as follows by
the Bombay Gazette:—

The 9th Bombay Native Infantry has done great
deeds in the past and hopes to do so again in another
sphere than India. When the Prinoe of Wales visited
Baroda he dined with the officers, and we well remem-
ber the enthusiastic way in whieh his Royal Highness
spoke of the regiment, and the pride which the men
felt when they were told what the Queen's son had
said about them. They have never forgotten the
circumstance, and one of the last cheers raised by
the men was for the Prince and all the Royal Family.
. . . . There was an immense crowd along the route.
All the mounted police were out to do honour to
the occasion as well as to keep the spectators
in order. Every window, every verandah, had
its occupants, who mingled their cheers with the
shouts of those below. The verandah of the Bombay
Club was filled with gentlemen, who cheered again
and again for the men, and gave one cheer more as
officers whom they knew passed by. At the Sailors'
Home a crowd of Jacks stepped forward and gave
three hip-hip-hurrahs in gallant style. But perhaps
the scene of greatest enthusiasm was the Apollo
Bunder, which was crowded with vehicles and people.
Natives were there in thousands • almost every con-
spicuous citizen was there; and a thousands;
number of the
volunteers dressed in their white uniforms were there.
At every. step on their way down the Bander the
troops were cheered, and at every step the troops
cheered back again. Every coign of vantage was
occupied by some enthusiastic patriot. The troops
had a hard time of it in giving back the respon-
sive hurrahs; but they did it. Ay, and they did
more. They cheered the old flag that hung from
the pole in the midst of the ranks • they cheered
the great Ranee; they cheered the Prince of Wales;
and they cheered their colonel and everybody else we
know of except the Russians. They had worked them-
selves by this time' into a frenzy of enthusiasm.
Many of them shook hands with the volunteers most
vigorously. Sir Richard Temple was in the crowd
pushing about, and the troops would probably have
cheered him also if they bad recognised him. One re-
markable cry that rose like one voice from the ranks,
every now and again, was " Hurrah—Maha-Ranee-
Ka-Jey !"—victory to the Queen! The volunteer
band which had played the regiment along the Bunder
to the rather appropriate air of " Partant pour is
Syrie," now gave way to the band of the 22nd, which
struck up "Auld Lang Syne." The men then went
'slowly crown the broad flight of stairs to the barges.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

PRICE ONE PENNY.

ill01,01,;EpY ersTonOalLorEoNthDer, in iar or sums
security, interest from 4
per cent. Also upon Freehold or Leasehold Security at
3 per cent, per annum. The utmost secrecy may be re-
led upon, sod no commission or charges made. Apply
on the first instance by letter, containing fullpatticulsrs
to save unnecessary trouble, to FREDIC. UAWKfIS, Esq
Great Russell Street, Bloonisbuiy. London, W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

A DISAGREEABLE HORSE.

The New York papers announce the death of a
horse with a very disagreeable temper. At Middle-
town, on the 2nd inst., the famous Hambletonian
stallion " Risingham " was killed by his owner, Dr.
J. A. Schultz. This horse was twenty-one years old,
and an offer of 7,000 dols. was once refused for him.
He was a most valuable horse, but was unfortunately
possessed of such a vile temper that he at last became
quite unmanageable, and was generally known as the
'man-eater." He had killed three men and wounded,
crippled, and disfigured twenty others. For fourteen
years no one dared put him in harness until a shert
time ago, when Dr. Schultz, who had lately bought
him, with the aid of several men got him into the
shafts of a waggon, which he immediately shivered to
atoms, besides nearly killing the doctor. Many of the
leading horse trainers of the United States had tried
their skill at subduing him, but he conquered them
all, and one narrowly escaped with his life. One of his
latest exploits was the seizing of a negro groom, who
had undertaken to keep him, tearing off the man's
right cheek, destroying the eye, and stripping the
flesh from the right arm. The groom became blind
and paralyzed. The three men who preceded the
negro as grooms all narrowly escaped with their lives.
One lost an ear; another had three fingers and
a thumb taken off; the third left his arm from the
elbow in the jaws of the horse. Under these
circumstances Dr. Schultz found great difficulty
in finding any one who would take the place of groom
to Risingham, and at last made up his mind that he
was chronically insane, and decided on destroying him
before he claimed another victim. As Risingham
stood in his stall glaring over the manger at the
spectators who had entered the stable to see the man-
eater die, five large pistol balls were shot into his head
directly between his eyes. They failed to bring him
down, and with a fierce scream he made frantic efforts
to get over the manger among the bystanders. Dr.
Schultz at this moment by a skilful thrust of a long
knife severed the jugular vein, and Risingham at last,
after tottering under the flow of blood, fell in his stall
to rise no more. "The ruling passion "was "strong in
death," for his last movement was an attempt to
seize Dr. Schultz with his teeth when that gentleman
imprudently entered the stall.—Pall Afall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

PALES BY AUCTION.

HAGLEI STOCK SALE, AND SHOW OF
WHITSUNTIDE BEEF.
MONDAY, JUNE 3rd. at Eleven.
700 SHEEP and LAMBS,

60 HEAD of CATTLE, Including Grand Show
Beasts, supplied by some of the principal
feeders in the district.
The usual entry of Calves and Pigs,
The usual Prizes will be given.
OATES, PERRENS,, AND WOOLDRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

POTATOES.

There were moderate supplies of potatoes, and the trade
for all sorts remained slow. The following were the
prices :—Kent regents, 100 s. to 1205.: Essex ditto, 90s. to
110 s. ; rocks, 70s. to DOS.; flukes, 1008. to 125.; and
Victories, 110 s. to 130 s. per ton.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

• HARVEST PROSPECTS.r

Mr. J. J. Mechi writes to The Times, from Tiptree Hall,
Kelvedon :
Sir,—Our hope for a dry May has departed. Fre-
quent and heavy downpours, night frosts, a generally
low temperature and absence of sunshine have given a
sickly cast to the plants and diminished our prospec-
tive estimates of an abundant wheat crop by 8 to 12
bushels per acre. The undrained soils have, especially
the stiff ones, become very sodden, and the plants
suffer accordingly.
Very much now depends upon our having a bright,
dry summer. There is abundance of vegetation, but
it begins to look unhealthy so far as the corn crops are
concerned, and wants sunshine and dry weather to
mature it. _ _

The old saying that a great hay crop and an abund-
ant corn crap are seldom seen .together appears likely
to be verified.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

ALVELbY.

SToCIE SALE.—Mr. Cresswelyaeld his monthly sale at
the Squ.rrel Inn, on Crjesia last: There was a very
i;ielp attendance of buyers. Prices could not fail to give
isfactiou to these who entrusted- their stock at the
above .ale to the auctioneer. Fat cows and bullocks
ri•dized from £25 ter £BB lOs ; ewes and lambs as high
a, £5 a couple; tap from 55s to 80s; pigs also sold
well. There were upwards of 60 head of cattle, 800
sheep, usual quantity of pigs, and a few horses.
Amongs those who sent stock, were H. Wakeman
Newport, Esq., Cotton Hall; John Harding, Esq.,
James Nicholis, Esq., Tuck Hill ; Messrs. T. Thomas,
T. Bowen, P. Pearman, W. Craton, W. Lomas. T.
Waldron, M. Fellows, J. Wardere, J. and S. Cress well,
and others.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

THE AMERICAN CROPS.

The Times has published the following letter :

Sir,—The question naturally asked by Englishmen
when there is a poQsibility of a war with Russia is this
—Will there be a great advance in provisions, and
where will the wheat usually obtained from Russia
come from?

As an extensive traveller in the United States—for
I suppose I have travelled for at least 75,000 miles on
railroads running through the wheat and corn fields of
the States within the last 100 days—l will answer this
question, and from a disinterested standpoint.
The winter wheat crop in the United States has
never in the history of the country looked so well as it
does now. It is safe to say that the winter wheat
crop will be at least one-half greater than ever before
produced in America. In travelling over 75,000 miles
I have failed to see a single bad piece of wheat. By
the time this letter reaches England much of the wheat
—that is all of the crop south of the line of Charleston,
Oincinnatti, and St. Louis —will be harvested; and by
June 20 the remainder of the winter wheat crop will
be harvested. _ _

- The winter wheat crop will embrace about 75 per
cent. of the wheat raised. The other 25 per cent. will
consist of spring wheat, which will be mostly raised
in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dacota, and the Canadas.
Spring wheat will be harvested about the middle of
July. It is now all sown. The acreage of spring
wheat, on account of rumours of a war in Europe, has
also been increased at least 50 per cent.
What will wheat be worth in Chicago in August.
The best wheat experts agree that wheat will drop
to 75c. per bushel in Chicago in the autumn; that it
will fall to less than a dollar in New York; and that
any quantity the English nation may call for can be
delivered in Liverpool at from 1 dol. to 1 dol. 10c. per
bushel by September 1.
So you see there can be no bread famine in England
if the Crimean wheat should be entirely cut off. The
crop of wheat now growing in the United States, if
properly distributed, would supply all Europe.

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In regard to other provisions, beef, pork, and lard,
they always follow wheat and corn. They are unpre-
cedentedly low in the United States now and must
continue to be still lower.

I write this that you may know where England
will get her supplies in case of a war, and that your
people may have no cause for alarm if wheat supply
from the Crimean country ceases altogether.—Yours
truly,
__ELI PERKINS.

Paainer-houso, Chicago, Illinois, May 15.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY IN CANADA,

--
The Queen's birthday was celebrated at Montreal in
a very brilliant manner. Lord Dufferin held a review
of 4,000 troops, the spectators at which included many
American visitors. In an address subsequently
delivered Lord Dufferin specially alluded to the
American visitors, expressing a hope that their pre-
sence was a proof of the indestructible friendship
existing between the two countries.
In his speech at the banquet this evening his lord-
ship characterised the Fenian rumours and demonstra-
tions as Celbic effervescence, but added that if the
movement became serious it must be severely re.
pressed. He praised the military spirit animating the
Canadians, many of whom were daily offering to
volunteer for active service. The Canadians, his
Excellency said, were entrusted with the defence of
half a continent of North America, which was worth
living for, .and surely worth dying for.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

CURIOUS CAUSE OF DEATH.

From a Marseilles contemporary we learn that a
soldier. has just died in the military hospital under the
following singular circumstances (says the Evening
Standard). He had been suffering for some weeks
from severe attacks of headache which totally in-
capacitated him for his duties, and eventually forced
him to enter the hospital. Here the next morning he
was found dead in his bed, and there being no assign-
al-le cause for his death a post-mortem was ordered.
The result of the medical examination revealed the
mystery. In the man's brain was found a thick tuft
of hair, which science is of opinion had been there
since his earliest childhood, and growing with his
growth, had ultimately occasioned death. The
young man's parents, on being questioned, stated
that in his infancy he had received a violent blow
on the head from the fall of a chimney orna-
ment, and that after he bruise had healed the mother
remarked that the hair on the injured spot had turned
inwards, but thinking the matter of no importance,
she had paid no attention to it. Until within a few
weeks of his decease, the young man had never com-
plained of headache or other indisposition; but
.on the
night previous to his admission to the hospital, he
spoke of a tickling sensation in the crown of his head,
accompanied by acute pain in the. same region. The
faculty at Marseilles state that to find a case similar to
the one which has just been exciting their curiosity, it
is necessary to go back fifty years, at which epoch a
woman died under the same circumstances.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT
HALES° WEN.

The inquest touching the death of Arthur Jones (17),
who SVIII killed by the. boiler explosion at Mr. Siviter's
4 rks. lialesowen, on Friday week, was re-opened by
Mr. R. docker, coroner, on Saturday afternoon last at
the New Inn, Halesowen. Mr. Thomas Homer,
solicitor. Brierley thll, appeared to watch the proceed-
ings on behalf of Mr. Siviter.--The viitn;.sses examined
were John Moore, Neri Bfseell, and James Sawyer,
employes at the works, and their evidence was for the
most part mereiy relating to she facts of the accident.
With the exception of the last-named neither was
acqulinted with the construction of boilers or under-
stood the arrangement of.valves or steam gauges, so
that they could give no information as to whether there
was snything wrong on the morning of .the explosion.
Sev,ral of the men, including the deceased, were
lounging near the buikr having their breakfast, at the
time it exploded, and all the witnesses could say was
that'suldenly there was a report and a great rush of
stealth a few /monde atex which they found the men in

CHARGE OF STEALING A BRASS TAP.—Joseph Hickman,
engine driver, was brought tkp on remauta, charged with
stealing a brass tap, on the 21st ult.—Mr. Clulow de-
leiadecl.—Policeasergeant Hinton said that on the above
date he met the defendant's son with a brass tap. He
went to the defendant's house and he told him he met
his son with a brass tap. Defendant said '• What of
that, it's all right he haa Liken it to Sheldon!a hi New
Street to be cleaned!" He went to Sheldon's house and
he received the tap from the boy. From informati in
r,ceived he apprebuded the defendant the same eVJU•
log and he charged him on :suspicion of stealing the tap
produced. He sic,l "It has no name on aad no oue
can swear to a thing without a name on," and last Friday
defendant said be had bought the tap three mouth,
ago off a man on the road and he gave him is 6el for it
and some tobacco. Cross•examined : I searched the
defendant's house and found a trowel, a square, and
several other little things. I did not have a search
w-rrant. I enquired for the owner and was unable to
and one.—Police-constable Hume gave corrobor ttive
evidence.—Edwin Sheldon said he lived in New Street,
Xordsley, and was an iron foundry manager On the
21st defendant came to his house about three o'clock,
He said that be had sent a tap to his house by his son
and if he should see the police anywhere tell
them that he had it from his father to be scoured, He
never saw the tap uutii produced by Police-sergeaut
Hinton.—Defendant was committed to take his trial at
the next Stafford Sessions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

THE EURYDICE,

Exactly two months had elapsed on Sunday since
the capsising of the Eurydice, which lies buried still
deeper in the sandy bottom, defying the ingenuity of
the officials and the vast store of appliances which have
been brought into requisition for the purpose of raising
the wreck. Anxiety as to the lifting of the ill-
fated ship continues, and doubts are expressed as to
whether it ever will come to the surface unless blown
up—an idea most repugnant to those having friends on
board. Work was attempted again on Saturday, but
the tugs had to return in consequence of the high wind
blowing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

U

A FORTUNE.

In the event of a itruke The winnings
of good fortune are guaranteed
you can win by the State.
- 375,000 marks First prize-drawings
in the new coinage of the 12 and 13 of Juny.
German Empire. ,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

EARTHQUAKES IN JAPAN.

An interesting paper on earthquakes in Japan was
lately read before the Asiatic Society of that country
by a native savant. The record of all earthquakes
occurring in the larger cities of the empire for the past
fifteen centuries has been kept with considerable
regularity since the fifth century of the Christian era.
The number of slight shocks is very large, and that of
disastrous earthquakes is uncomfortably great. In
fifteen centuries 149 destructive earthquakes had been
recorded. The ninth century was most prolific of
these, twenty•eight having occurred, while there were
fifteen in the fifteenth century, fifteen in the seven-
teenth, thirteen in the eighteenth, and sixteen in the
present century. The recorded average is one great
earthquake in every ten years, but the nineteenth cen-
tury gives one every five years. Unusually high tempera-
ture and strange atmospheric changes have -been
noticed as precursors of great terrestrial convulsions,
especially of the earthquake which desolated Yeddo in
1855. There have been several eazthquake shocks in
Japan in the early part of the present year ; one of them,
on the morning of the 23rd of February, lasted fully
one minute, during which period houses "rocked like
ships on an angry sea." It is to be regretted that
records of earthquakes have not been more generally
kept throughout the world. The extent to which the
earth's surface has been altered at various times by
these convulsions has no doubt been very great, and
the subject is worth more attention than it has yet
received.—Pali Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.

An important trial of Sir Joseph Whitworth's im-
pregnable armour-plating has just been made at Man-
chester. This armour-plating is formed of his fluid-
compressed steel, and is built up in hexagonal sections,
each of which is composed of a series of concentric rings
around a central circular disc. The object of this con-
struction is to meet the only weakness of the steel—its
liability to crack ; for the concentric rings prevent any
crack from passing beyond the limits of the one in which
it occurs. A small target, 21in. in thickness, and re-
presenting one section of such armour-plating, was
lately fired at with 31b shot, with the result that all
iron shot broke up against it harmlessly, and that a
compressed steel projectile only indented its surface
to a trifling extent. The experiment has since been
repeated upon a larger scale, with a target 9m. in
thickness, supported by a wood backing a gahmt a sand-
bank. In front of this target a horizontal iron tube
was fixed to receive the fragments of the shot. The
projectile was a Pa,liser shell weighing 2501 b,, and it
was filed from a 9-inch gun, with 501 b. of pebble
powder, at a distance of 30 yards from the target.
Such a projectile would have passed through 12 inches
of ordinary iron armour-plating; but against the new
target it was powerless. It broke up into innumer-
able small fragments; and, the target having been
deiven back 18 inches into the sand by the impact,
these fragments were able to escape at the end of the
tube. They continued their movement of rotation in
such a way as to cut a sort of trench through 10 planks
immediately in front of the displaced target, and
then were scattered about in a shower. The only
piece of any size which survived the shock was a flat-
tened mass 81b. in weight, formed from the apex of the
shell, which was left imbedded in the surface of the
target, where it had made for itself an excavation
about eight inches in diameter and one and fourth-
tenths of an inch deep at the central or deepest part.
Save for this shallow depression, the target was abso-
lutely uninjured, the ring which received the shock
not having cracked and no disturbance of the back
surface having been produced. If this brilliant success
should be confirmed by further trials, we shall possess
in the new plating a lighter armour than any which is
now in use for large ironclads, and one which will be
invulnerable to any missiles at present employed in
warfare.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

A TORNADO IN WISCONSIN.

A Timm telegram from America, under date May 26,

ays :

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A terrific tornado crossed a portion of Wisconsin on
Thursday night, passing from the south-west to the
north-east, and devastating a long strip of country,
including the towns of Mineral Point, Mount Vernon,
Primrose, Oregon, and Paoli, while the feeble effects
of the same tornado were felt at Madison, also as far
south as Chicago. In the direct path of the storm
everything was demolished, and hundreds of buildings
were destroyed. The debris was blown many miles.
From reports thus far received it appears that 50 per-
sons were killed and 250 injured. Several dead were
carried to long distances by the whirlwind and then
dashed to the ground. Those injured were generally
in destroyed buildings. In one case a school-house
with the teacher andscholars was carried away several
rods, three of the scholars being killed, but some
escaping unhurt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

POPE'S VILLA.

In London, on Tuesday, there was a large attend-
ance at the Auction-mart, Tokenhouse-yard, when
Messrs. Lumley offered for sale Pope's Villa, at
Twickenham. The poet purchased the property in
1715, and resided there until his death, in 1744.
The property offered included the whole of the
grounds, five acres in extent, with the cedars and
other valuable growing timber, together with the
celebrated grotto which the poet formed, and which is
said to remain intact to the present day. The
illustrated folio pamphlet issued by the auctioneers,
containing an elaborate description of the mansion and
grounds, with well executed views of the villa and the
grotto, was sold at 55., the possession of which was a
passport to inspect the property.
The auctioneer having enlarged on the great value
of the property, not only in respect of its historical
character, but also as regards its eligible situation, in-
vited biddings. The first offer made was £5,000,
which was immediately followed by an advance of
£l,OOO, and, by further advances of £l,OOO and £5OO
each, the property shortly stood at £B,OOO, when there
was a pause, on which the auctioneer remarked that
the cedars of Lebanon, planted long before the poet's
time, and probably the oldest in England, were, with
the rest of the timber on the estate, estimated to be
worth £4,000. Ultimately the biddings rose to £9,100,
when, there being no further advance, the property
was bought in at £14,0' 0 ; but it was stated in the
room that this sum was nominal, and that the property
will probably be purchased privately at a less sum.
An adjoining riverside residence, known as "Pope's
Garden," together with a freehold piece of land laid
out as a kitchen garden, was next offered, but bought
in at 2%000.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

MONEY.

PRIVATE GENTLEMAN with surplus
capital, is desirous of making immediate ADVA N .
CES to gentlemen, manufacturers, farmers, tracieemen,
and others, male or female, requiring the same, ia town
or country, in sums from £lO to 1:500 on Ilt•tt of hand.
No law costs. Terms from £s;per cent., extending :row
three months to live years. Mortgages negotiated at
less interest. Dibtauce no object. as persons can repay
by P. 0. 0. or cheque, by applying personally from 10
till 4, or if by letter, enclosing a stamped directed pave.
lope, stating the amount required by Mr. A. BstAnumw,
161, Walworth-road, London, S. E., particulars win be
sent by return of post.
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ruingliat.., is prepared to wake teamediat, CASH
ADVANCES upon every description dS.eeurity

/VIONEY ready for immediate investment in large or
small sums not under £5O. on any description of
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All applications will be treated with strictest secrecy and
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London. We.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

THE TELEPHONE.

A paper by M. Treve was read at the last meeting
of the French Academy of Sciences on the application
of the telephone to marine purposes. On a late occa-
sion the French war-steamer Desaix had to tow out
from Toulon the old ship Argonaute, attached to the ex-
perimental squadron as a torpedo-training vessel. A
conducting wire was rolled round one of the towing
cables, with an end on board each of the craft. The elec-
tric current was formed by the action of the sea on the
copper-sheathing of the ships. A telephone was intro-
duced in that circuit on each of them, and communica-
tion was at once established between them. During
the whole time of the navigation conversation could be
carried on as easily between the officers of the two
vessels as if they had been seated in the same cabin.
Indeed, the words seemed to be even more distinct
than in ordinary intercourse. Since then, Commander
Des Fortes, of the Desaix, has had the idea of apply-
ing the marvellous instrument to the work of the
diver. One of the glasses of the helmet is re-
placed by a copper plate, in which is inserted
a telephone, so that the man has only a slight
movement of the head to make in order to re-
ceive communications or report observations. The ad-
vantages of such an arrangement are obvious. Very
frequently at sea the necessity arises of examining the
keel or bottom of a ship. The diver descends, and is
able to give an account of all he sees and does, and
receive instructions, without having to be brought to
the surface to give explanations, as has hitherto been
the case. By the use of the telephone a man at the
bottom of the sea can remain in constant verbal com-
munication with his fellows at the surface.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

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li A R S.

If there is one point on which the Queen and her
Ministers should be firm, it is that of Kars.
The reason is given by Prince Gortschakoff himself.
These were his words in reply to Lord Salisbury's
Despatch :—" As to the acquisitions in Armenia, they
only possess a defensive value. It is possible that
England may wish to see these strong positions in the
hands of the Turks; but from the same motives Russia
sets a value on them so as not to have to lay siege to
them in each war, as in the case of the fortress of
Kars."
The Cabinet of St. Petersburg thus frankly, avows
that it intends to make war again and again en Turkey
—that the Ottoman Empire is one of its vassal pro-
vinces ; and it is for England to decide whether she
will assent to this project by assenting to the surrender
of Kars, which is morally if not physically the key to
Persia, Afghanistan, and her own Indian Empire.—
Vanity Fair.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

- THE STRIKE OF CHAINMAKERS.

The chainmakera on strike in the Cradley Heath dis-
trict held a meeting on Monday last at the Four Ways
Inn, Cradley Heath, Mr. N. Forrest presiding.—After
the present position of the strike had been discussed, it
was considered advisable th 4 the outworkers in the em-
ploy of Messrs. Mountford and Homer should be put on,
vrate, and also that a similar couve should be adopted
in regard to those men who are ecaployed in the making
c.f the best descriptions of chain under Messrs. Noah
Hingley and Son, Primrose Hill Works, Netherton. In
consequence of the difficulties which arose in connection
with the latter many other masters rho it is said would
have conceded the advanced prices, refused ; and it was
thought the only way to .Dbviste the difficulty
Was to put them on strike. Resolutions to this effect
were adopted unanimously, and it was decided to support
the men concerned by means of-levies until they obtained
the advanced prices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

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thien the HOUSE OF LORDS, May 28, Lord Kimberley moved
rn second reading of the Public Health Act (1875) Amend-
4a,S Bill. The object of it was to enable rural sanitary
ityarezities 1 to provide or require provision of a sufficient
aUtielr 811PPly. Where it appeared to the rural sanitary
0114 that any house within their district had not such
. thr,,PlF within a reasonable distance, and they were of opinion
110-i" such supply could be provided at a reasonable cost,
Iv exceeding a capital sum the interest on which, at the
PS2I 6 per cent per annum, would amount to twopence
. ek, or at such other cost as the Local Government
might determine to be reasonable, they might call on
' 40-,., °wrier of the house to provide it, and in case of his
t becrapliance, provide it themselves and charge the ex-
-01.1
erSe to him. The Bill further provided that in the case
4houses built after the passing of the Act the local
. a , ,Itaz_ Y authorities should have the power of withholding
.. tia--"lacate if there was not a sufficient water supply, and
be? effect would be to prevent the uncertified house from
.. Pretgfluzed as a habitation. He intended in committee to
klarse an amendment extending the appeal given by the
, blade J o owners of existing houses against whom orders were
41_to owners of houses to whom the rural sanitary
s wareorrities refused certificates. This Bill only extended to
Jilts ~, l'uPPly the principle embodied in existing Sanitary
.. t.,0...., ith reference to the preventioa of nuisances and over-
:citing. Re begged to move the second reading.
ane h
lite","ake of Richmond and Gordon, without opposing the
tihoD ',reading, pointed out certain amendments which, he
gut, it would be desirable to make in the measure
terThe ..,,,..._
m •',ANtlis of Salisbury was of opinion that caution was
' tstrired
, in legislation of this description. In many rural
°LI, ?"' a water supply for cottage use was to be obtained
a dirt' one or other of two ways—either by sending to
. cm_ Lance for it or by storing rain water. In the latter
.. sia'T cisterns must be erected, and this would make a con-
hie addition Often
. ti;'esarahle addition to the expense of cottages, which at
from ncost a good deal more dim could be derived
In many pasts of tbe country there was a
: a,T,lsCe.Drejudtee against the use of rain-water for domestic
iliZYsee. It might be well, therefore, to have a declara-
,. len the Bill that rain-water was wholesome.
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. sill was read a second time.

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EMM.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

THE INDIAN CONTINGENT AND THE

NATIVE PRINCES.

The Hindoo Patriot, referring to a suggestion that some of
the native princes of India should volunteer the services of
a part of their armies should a larger native contingent be
required, says
"We hope that this splendid opportunity will not be
thrown away either by our Government or by the
native princes. The Scindia has become an honorary
general in the British army, and his Highness, we
make no doubt, would be proud to lead a contingent
of his own troops on the battle-field in Europe. Such
an opportunity has never occurred to the princes of
India. If the native princes be allowed to volunteer,
they may raise no fewer than 100,000 men, and these
will make no mean soldiers. The Rajputana chiefs
can among themselves raise some lacs of men. These
men are born soldiers; it is true that they know not
British discipline, but with the spirit they possess it
will not take the British officers long to train
them IT. They have an undying love of glory,
and, devoid of an opportunity at home, they
will only be too glad to avail themqelves of
it abroad. Some of the native Princes, if we
do not read their characters amiss, will take a per-
sonal pride in leading their men in quest of glory.
His Highness the Scindia has already been named;
there are other chiefs who do not yield their palm to
him in martial spirit, and they will we believe be
too glad to follow his example. One thing is plain.
Whether a war between England and Russia actually
breaks out or not, the moral effect of the proffer of
their services by the native regiments and the native
Princes upon the European mind cannot but be good.
It will show that, notwithstanding sinister rumours
and the short-sighted policy of the Government of
India in putting the vernacular press in fetters, the
heart of India is attached to the British Crown, that
the Princes and people of India wish victory to British
arms, and that they are willing to risk their own lives
for the sake of the British Empire. Such a moral de-
monstration will be worth many a successful battle."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

HALESOWEN.

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCEI.—A service in cennec•
lion with the recognition of the Rev. Alfred Moon, of
Ottery St. Mary, Devon, as pastor of the Congregational
Church, was held on Tuesday evening. A well-attended
tea was followed by a large public meeting, presided
over by Mr. George Grainger, senior deacon. Mr. 11.
Pkrisit. junior deacon, stated how they led to give Mr.
Nroon a c,rdial invitation to become their pastor. Mr.
kloon, in reply, gave his reasons for accepting it. Ad-
dresses were given by the Rcv. S. March, 8.A.., of Won.
tester, on Congregational principles ; the Rev. G
Ifunsworth. M.A. , of Kidderminster, to the church and
coDgreation ; and by the Rev. Mr. Manning, of Stour-
bridge. The Revf G. Cosens, of Cradley Heath, read
the scriptures; and the Rev. T. Parker, of the Lye,
near Stourbridge, gave the recognition prayer. The
meeting was very enthusiastic. Mr. Moon has com-
menced the ministry with every prospect of success.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

A NEW AMERICAN POLITICAL
PARTY.

The National Greenback Labour party at Pennsyl-
vania (the New York Independent of May 16 says)
held a State convention last week and nominated State
officers for the fall campaign. The platform adopted
by the Convention declares that neither of the existing
parties is entitled to the confidence or support of the
people; that the Government should issue legal-tender
notes with a liberal hand, so as to supply the utmost
wants of the people; that the plan for redeeming the
notes already issued should be indefinitely postponed;
that the Government should engage in an extensive
system of public works, and thereby give employment
to the unemployed labour of the country; that the
bonds of the Government, both principal and interest,
should be paid according to the original contract,
which is another way of saying that the payment
should be in greenbacks; that eight hours should
throughout the land be a legal day's work; and that
the prison contract system, competing as it does with
the labour of the wage classes, should be entirely for-
bidden by law. These are a few specimens of the
political doctrine proposed by the new party. Where-
unto this thing will grow is just now the problem
which the leaders of the other two parties are con-
sidering. This is a free country, and hence the people
can have just as many parties as they choose to
organise; yet it is safe to predict that a party avow-
ing such principles and proposing such ends will run
but a short race. It may disturb the politcians for a
little while; but the average common sense of the
American people will ukimately take safe care of it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01

MEDICAL CAUTION.

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