The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-16 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Oa Saturday the Emperor Napoleon received a
letter, by which the King of l'rugala notthes to his Majesty
the birth of a daughter of the Prince and Princes. Royal.
Large fields if oats in excellent condition are being
rasped in BerXiddre. Pasture is so scarce that sheep are
beim/ foldtd on tipeuing bad. y

Belgiun art has iudereti a very severe lest. Gustave
ahnoneau, the octet.alel paUlter in water colours, died on
Monday. lie was just sixty years of age.
Whi!e two men aver., ten ing to get into an rohard
in the sulturba of Cork. the other night, they were shot by the
toga in charge, but neither f them was injured mortally.
It is said that the telegram from attubay, announc-
ing the approaching visit of the Prince and hinceas of
WAIL. to India is without foundation.

It alnisars from the qn irterly statement of the Irish
RegisTrnr4lenersl that the Irish population fell In number
by 1,120 in the first envier of the present yeer.

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Mr. .Itoihul, Appleyard, of Clore-hal, Halifax, boo
presented to the Croalty Orphan Home of that town the
inuntheeat sum cf 410,000.

According to Dr. Ciyley, the gold•fi.lie of Bhotan
are practically inexhaustiole, and gold Is obtained from them
without any great labour or difficulty.
In a letter to a gentleman in Liverpool, Mr. Brace
has intimated that the G ,vernment have given up all th malit
of legislating on the subject of public-house licences during
the present session.

The New York Germane have orgardw d an aSSOCil-
tinli of fat men. It numbers already ninety members, whose
united weights amount to about 21,000 pounds, the average
weight of the membeis being about seventeen stone.

The Ironworkereof South Staffordahire are agitating
for an advance of wager. Toy held two large open air
meetings ox Monday, and resolved that al the trade had im-
proved they wore entitled to an extra (Milling per ton. A
pledge was given to agitate until the advance Is obtained.

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An Illinoisan has become the fifth husband of a
MOM an, just to see what affect it would have on him, as be
had heat d that her first husband ran away, that the second
hung himself, the third shot himself, and the fourth drowned
himself.

The Home Office has issued an order to have the re-
main. of Thomson, the Fenton convict who lately diet at
Portland, exhumed, and f,wardel Is his frie,ds for inter-
ment in Ireland, on condition that no demonstration be
made.

One of the most interestidg and picturesque sham
fights ever known came off last Saturday at Abiershit, Iv
presence of her Majesty and a brilliant suite. The Prim>,
of WOl5 appeared at toe, head of his regiment, the 10th
Hussars, and Lhe "march pmt' is desclibed as perfect.
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A new mode of stealing sheep is repotted from
Kinges,ie, in lnverneseshire. The other night a shot was
brald by some persons on the watch, and shortly after two
persona—a father and son—were apprehended with a gun
and the carcass of a lanO newly killed.

The full ex'ent of the rehults of the firedamp ex-
plosion at the Silverdale Colliery in North Staffordshire is
now known. Nineteen bodies have been brought to bank,"
and it adds greatly to the distressing character of the acci-
dent to hod that most of them exhibit traces of intense suf.
ferlog.

On Saturday Mr. Simpson, greengrocer, Bradford,
deemed it expedient to shoot a pony, which manifested
unequivocal indications of hydrophobia. It blt almost
evetything, including its own legs arid chest, and one or tw •
persons had very narrow escap:s from being bitten by it. It
Is not known how the malady had been received.

The Times of Monday morning was "authorised"
to state that Mr. E J C , has resigned the f dice of
Chit' Constroctor of the Navy, and that his resignatbm has
been accepted. The slaternent thit Mr. itxel will jto the
Mon of sir Jo.eph Whitworth and Co. is anta end:died by
The Times.

All over Europe the coop of Mari!,ll Prim bas pro-
duced a most omMout vibration From every foreign
capital. telegrams pour 1,1,r. Acctiug the views which Prussia,
1,1•11CO3 Austria, Italy, Runts, and Spain hold with regard
to the new questions suddenly stirreti hs the candidature of
the Prince of Hohenzollern for the apantsh Crown.

At the Backinh.ham fair on Moody, the rrica if
wool ranged from 325. to 3is per tot. f3,oit cows In milk
fetched front £72 to £22 na,h ; heifers, from £lB to £l9
each; store beas,s, from £l2 to 414 each; smaller oeaste and
weaned calves, Iron £2 to £.5 each ; fat beasts from ha. to
hi. 2d per 1140110 of 81b. Tome was a full fair of fat arid
lean sheep, and trade was brlalr.

The fo-liossine in vouched for, and f course stamped
to render it legally true literary gentleman called upon
a friend to read him his manuscript, and when he heard
from the family that his friend was in great danger of his
life. ard might not live all hour, he looked a: his watch
and said, "1 should like so much to have his advica it will
not take twenty minutes to read."

It is well known that workers ia lead factories are
apt in course of time to suffer from lead poisoning ; in fact,
s convent series of patients proceed from the lend faetcries
to the hospital. of London. In France the evil effects of the
mineral were usually prevented by giving the workpeop!e a
draught containing dilute sulphuric acid, but it has now ben
discovered that legular potations of milk have an e orally
good effect.

A publican, named Liptrop, of Wigan. Ina cm-
nutted aumlde in a shocking manner. For the p st two
years the deco used had given way to drink, and latterly it
was necessary to watch his movements On Monday morning,
however' he eluded tee vigilance of his watchers, and
drowned himself by forcing nis head into a working barrel
of beer. The percents attending to the deceased followed
him shrilly after, but he WAS then quite dead.

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The Ttmes protest against pigeon shootin4 at Hur-
'lngham "as having uglier featuro a than that of cruelty to
animals. Sweepstakes at Ilurliughatu have become tl,e
rage. Fashion follows them in Its senseless way. The
highest oils, is £4ho. Vast numbers of idlers go regularly
to the Palk; and the result has been that betting has shown
its ugly face In that enclosure, and has income a prominent
feature I the proceedings. In this way what was bad la its
origin has become worse as it went on."
The Select Committee of the Lords on the Married
W,men's Property Bill sat on Monday, and the Record re-
marks it is now hoped that the measure has been so re-
m.ddled by Lord Cairns and other law lords ante remove all
the substantial objections to it made hy Lord Penzance and
Lord Westbury, as well as those of Lord Shaftesbury, who
warmly inlv.)cated the principle of the bill no ferns relates to
the earnings of worrea.

The annual Volunteer encampment at \VlDAleclon
is now presenting its ordinary aspect of bustle and activity.
combined with pt rfect order and direct purpose of adi.,ll.
The srrangementi are sad to have been improved in many
respo 5., and the mutter and the work done are expected to
he Or, ly superior to thote of previous tears. On Sunday
divine ser.fre woe performed in the camp, the Rev. Canon
Rackle officiating.

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A. young woman, Mien Clipson, aged 22 yearn, who
manages a refreshment house for her mother at Barnes, came
by her death on Saturday through the dingerous practice of
reading In bud. bliss Llipson bad closed the establishment
and rctired to bed, taking with her a novel which she
read for some time. It Is surmised that ehe fell asleep and
that the candle ignited the bed-clothing, but in any case so
fearfully burned all over the body was the poor girl that
died within four boors of the di.covery of her fearful
condition.

At the Drogheda. AtBIZON, Richard Dußenck and
Bridget his wife have been indicted for having on the 6th of
April sent a threatening letter to Mr. Laing, of Messrs Whit-
worth's factory, hi that town. There was a second count
charging them with having indirectly cannel the said letter
to be received. Laing eat foreman in the afes,s. Whit-
worth's factory, and there had beet a quartet between him
and the male prisoner as to an Increase of wager. There was
no legal evidence of handwriting, and the judge therefore
directed the discharge of the Male Lrisoner. The wife was
also acquitted.

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Ac Mr. Rand, 'M.P., is about to move a resolution
In the House of Commons depreeatir g the employment of
letter-carriers and other Post Mice serve-eta throughout
the country on the Sunday, the Working Men's Lord's Day
Rest Awoclation have circulated a form of petition which
hey desire may be sent for presentation on or before the
23rd inst. The petition simply prays the House to pass Mr.
Reeds resolution. In a circular explanatory of their views
the annotation urge that now the Government have taken
up the telegraphs, and reduced the charge for telagrams, all
cases of real emergency, sickness, or death, c mid be met
far more rapidly by telegraph than by post, and the Sunday
post a totally unnecessary.

An application has been made to the Dublin Court
of Queen's Bench, on behalf of Mr Tailor, captain in the
County Down Militia, for a writ of habeas corpus to bring
into court his daughter, Julia Valentine Tapir, pgsd eleven
years It apoears that Mrs. Taylor had ford it me:nary
to leave her husband, and that she took with her three child-
ren, the issue of the marriage, and then instituttd a suit for
divorce. Mr. Taylor subiequently got possession or the airt
who was the abject of the present proceeding, but Mn.
Taylor mumged to secure the child's return. tee decision
was that there shou'd not be any rule on the motion for de-
liver', g up the child, but there should be an undertaking
that she ahould not be removed out of the jurisdiction of the
Court.

A robbery of rather a novel character was com-
mitted at Leicester on Saturday A man dressed as a hotel
waiter went to the shop of Mr Jeffrey, confectioner, 0,11 w-
. opposite the " L 113311 and Lion' Hotel, and asked
I! they void let him have what silver they had for gold.
Mr. Jeffrey counted him ont t wouty p, undt In silver, ebbS
the man took np, say Mg it was for the proprietor of the
hotel, and he would bring the gold acrom. The man was
seen to run across to the hotel and enter it by the commercial
entrance, but it appears that he merely passed into the
kitchen, and after asking the servants what time dinner
would be ready went away with the money. He has not
since been heard of

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An action awaingt the Conlervatsre of the river
Thames torte wer the vdue of a cargo of grain laden on
board a vessel lost, as was alleged, through the negligence of
the harbour master, has been tried in the Court of
Queen's Bench. The lots of the vessel was her settling
down as the tide fell upon the edge of one of the huge
mooring stones of the river, which somehow had g etdrcggeul
out and tilted up on one tile, and which beat two holes
Is her bottom through n }itch the water entered, sinking the
ship and spoiling the cargo. The owner of the ship had
already stied and recovered £5,000. The action was referr-d
to aritratron, sod such was the award of the arbitrator.
The present action was bron2ht by Mr Johnstone, the owner
oi the eatgo-5,000 gr.. I aeoio. The defence wee a denbtl
of any re .ilgence, and alter a very long trial ,the jury found
for the neteudaate.

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Lteches caught in the Murray River are being
shipped from Australia to England.
"The lunatics of Latnheth cost that parish £12,1300
during the past 3eor !"—South London Courier.
The denizen of a house in the suburbs of London
advertises "A hornen for sale," meaning, that he Is wLshiut
to dispose of an " awning "

Mr. Thome.. Carlyle ha% gone to Dumfries to are hia
friends and recruit Lis health, Which has been indnfor
for some time past.

A young actor of Berlin has killed himself before
marriage, for fear of the life, from jealousy, he should lead
the woman he adored when he had married hey!
The fence of a graveyard in New York hears al,
inscription in large white letters, " I se Jones bottled ale If
you would keep out of here."
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The Ju 'ge of the County Court at Bolton he de-
&lad that cricket clubs are not reaigolaable to law, and can-
not sue or be sued.

An f-xtraordinary f.tality barpened at Dandre on
Monday evening. A young child a:rambled out of bed, mot
getting Pa bead betirteu the woe on the beck of aCh3ir
atrangled Melt,

The actual meeting of the Royal Agr!ctitural
Sissriety was ipened at Oxford, on Monday rbs show vl Int•
tslsments is the largest ever known. There are 406 stands,
which comprise 7,651 articles.

An American paper says :—" Wanted at this office,
an editor who can please every. b,dy. Also a foreman aho
Call arram, the paper BO as to allow every man's advert 60-
meet to head the column."

The Doke of Norfolk ha s £lO,OOO to the
" Catholic li,luestiou Crisis Falid :" Lord Il.•ward has alto u
£5 000 aud other sums of 011feresit sm, lints mikiug op .C.20,0a1
tos ards the fuLd of £50,000 which it is desireS to ratke.

It 'rantuired, ma will cape whi,h came before the
ttWer of the Pah, hot week, that the whereabouts of
traria rheresa Longwarth ;otherwise Mrs. Yelverton) is un-
known.

It is said that Mr. Pender's entertainment to tin
Prince of Wale', in honour of the completion of the new
telegraph to India, was as costly as IL was braliant, the os.-
pense being not lens than £3,000
A lady was one day walking throwh the streuts,
when the tray of a butcher's boy c toe in contact with Ler
aud soiled her dress. 'lto deuce take the tray, exclaim-,
the lady angrily. "At, but the deuce cu,dt tuke the tray:.
replied the boy, with the greatest coolness.
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Dr. Kirk report. from Z tnzibar that there nannot
have been tree Ulan thirteen or fourteen thousand, that is,
abeht a tifth of the populate.), carried off by the late choler •
epidemic. At the time of writing (May 2) there were "very
few cases Indeed."

A contemporary, in view of the very hot weather,
asks that 'the learned gentlemen who have been reels g
sp di on the face of the MI for some time last, and pr.
dicting that the force of his rays wood be materiailo
Cireinished thereby, will please step to the front mod ea.
The Board of Trade have sent £2OO to Sir Harr r
Parkes, for distrlbu'ion among the Jaime; e who recent
rendered humane service to the crew and passengers of tn..
British steamer OM. Q,een, and to Captain 0 ahani, tho
sole survivor fr, m the wreck of Vro ltelsish brie Eliza Cor,•g,
witch vessels were lost on the coast of Japm in DJeeioner
and January last
A ebrewd observer has Sl,Fert d that II wolilin iih,el
dresied when toe, cannot remeinbAr what she wore Jadgill.;
from the ratione descriptions published in the newspaper.,
the costume of Lord Derby'. bride must have been so sellers.
According to seine the colour was silver grey, others aver it
was mauve, others egAio say it was light blue, Tgla some few
descriae it as 111.. c Evidently the writers were too umels
dazzle> to remember distinctly what the colour w.a.
A distreveing accident haa occurred at AberJovei
ale er•knoan watering place. A party of five young lad et
were bathing, end two of them—Masa Lavelle arid Miss Ellen
Edwards—who remained in the water for fume them Atte,
the other a came out, got out of their depth Loud cries tbe
assistance were rais,l, and a police-onnstable who WAS is
the beach plunged into the Ira and succeeded in reaceing
Mien Lava°. The other young lady was drowned.

Such a panic on the f.oaii-ou Sick Exchange an hdd
not been squ,lled since ths "Block Sim cloy,' of ISC6, lees
been the first practic a consequence of klaishal Print's as•
dectons scheme for the Spsnish Succession. On 31 'idle:,
Foreign Stocks WOO knocked shout vetth a venge
Council themselves went ttown c msidertedy ; and even thing
betokened the utmost despondency end distrust.
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All the lahourers at Youghal continue on etrilt,-.
and the bikers had also struck, anal succeeded In obtalqii
an advance. It Is thought Chit the shqemqkers and :allot 4
will folio :v their example, whilst the cab-drivers are &tread.
on r rake. The Grrnaii tailors who were twougl,t to C ark 1,3,
the ni utters, and who subsequently j ailed the T.ilot.'
Society, were sent to Loudon on Saturday at the expense oe
the society.

A church havinq been recertly reopened after decora•
tton, Gil the coogregati.ri leavii,g each One received at ae
door a circular. one upholsterer prese:itel therein lilac iu.-
plitnents to the pew-owner, and Iv poi for an °Mir to lot-
nish his pew, sui the upholsterer had been honoured with fp,
contract tor lurrit,hing the church. Ills is bnallieraseek 114
with a vengeance, end 1870 his added a new feature to busi-
ness.

Fielding relates that Jonathan Wri!il on the reaffol I
the moment before execution picked the pcketof the
ha-
lain who was exhorting hire to repentance. and abstracte,t
therefrom a corkscrew. This Instance of Wild's great.)r,
hard,y m 're striking than that which occurred at Kingsto
petty sessions, the other day, when a youth who wsi iii ro—
wdy on the charge of stealing a tankard, while waiting li,e
his case to be called on, picked the pocket of an ex-inspecOe
of police, and stole his handkerchief.

Afire took place on Toes lay aftet nom in the hit
wets of Messrs. !Ay ton Brothers, confectioners to he -
Al d tsty, whose premiers are situated at tile entrance of if,
Windsor terminus a the Great We-tern Railway. inn straw
which COV,aI the ice became ignited, and, th 4 services of vnt
Wituhor Volunteer Fire Urigade having been sought, we re
frosts an engine was poured upon the bra-cog mars, and ths
vaul,s were soon tilled with a dense smoke. fistn-r,l
members of the brigade fell down imensihle from the null
cuing fumes of the merle, but they were at once removed
From the vault and soon revived.

Miss Rye having ole :fed 50 orphan children fr,tit
the Liverpool Industrl d Schools sod 30 from the Orms
Unlon, will tail with them for Coals this we k Miss it.
has jut receiv,d from Canada mot sato( ietory reports 1.4
t'l the lust corps of y huug emSrants she took put, 39 havti,4
seen apprenticed to twp Mane person; owl 11 adopted. I
Loth r !helot and private circles in Liverpool the einigratio!i
sy,tein for poor orphan children organized by Miss Rye Is
highly appreciated bud as for hersulf, all bought In cunt...a
with her are loud in prase of her common sense, wallahs
philanthropy, and shrewd business habits.

Notvrith-standing the hot weather the attendance at
Westminster abbey on Sundey evening was very largo,
numtiers of persons b:ine tuna, e to obtain admission, ths
announcement, that the DJan of Chichester le'en •ei to pre, h
a Temperance Sermon having had the elf !ct of attracto
numeretr, members of the National Teter trance Lx.gue IV 4
other teetotal organisati.ms. The lessens wore read I y lie 1
Stanley. The pre cher selected his text lions Niunlin Its,
v. 13, '' Six cities shall ye have for refuge " lie alluded t I
temperance societies as haven; of refract for the intemperat ,
and dwelt earnestly on the import..hca 1.1 the clergy fermi 4
parochial organisations a ith the view of bringing temperanew
influence to bear on individuals.