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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-29

The GOOD EFFECTS of TEMPERANCE.

The Temperance Crusade in Western America
proves to have exercised a lasting effect on some parts
of the country. Thus in Edwards' County, near
Chicago, where a body of Sons of Temperance have
taken up their abode, the gaol during the last
twenty-five years has not averaged one occupant a
year, the county has only an annual average of
three or four poor to support, few or no legal disputes,
and taxes 32 per cent, lower than in neighbouring
counties. Again, at the University town of Evanston
in Illinois, where no grog-shops are allowed within four
miles, only two policemen are needed to protect 6,000
inhabitants, and their chief duty lies in keeping off
tramps and housebreakers from Chicago, which pays
£134,000 annually for constables, Chicago itself,
however, has been considerably influenced by the
temperance movement, for while in 1874, the first year
of the women's crusade, the city shipped to the country
118,228 barrels of wines, last year the shipment had
been reduced to 14,492. As drink decreases literature
flourishes in proportion, and the Chicago Public
Library, which is only five years old, now has 60,000
volumes, and issues books to about 7,000 persons
weekly, 60 per cent. being English fiction and juvenile
works,

In London, on Monday evening, at a crowded gathering
ot the members of the League of the Cross (a Roman
Catholic organisation founded by, and presided over by
Cardinal Manning), in Exeter Hall, Lord 0' Hagan, who occu-
pied the chair, alluded, in the course of his remarks, to the
effects of the Sunday Closing Bill in Ireland.
His lordship said that the bill, with which he had
something to do in passing, and which had been fought
so manfully by his hon. friend the O'Connor Don,
proved a splendid success. When first called to take
up the bill he had some hesitation, hearing so many
ominous prophecies of the bad effects that would
follow. He was told there would be riots,
in which blood would be shed in suppressing, and
that, if passed, it would lead to secret drink-
ing. In principle he was opposed to sumptuary
legislation, but he believed in removing temptations to
vice out of people's way, and substituting temptations
to virtue. The removal of temptation was a fair office
for law-making. He had lately been speaking to
several of the judges, and all declared that the Sunday
Closing Bill had proved a great success, and the chair-
men of quarter sessions just concluded corroborated
this. This year's spring assizes had proved that crime
had never been so low, and one friend of his remarked
in Waterford that it lay with the opponents of the
measure to prove the remarkable coincidence of the
diminution of crime with the working of the Sunday
Closing Bill if they did not attribute it to the latter.
The O'Conor Don, M.P., Mr. A. Moore, M.P., and
, Mr. A. M. Sullivan, M.P., also addressed the
I meeting.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-29

DUDLEY,

COLLIERY FATALITIES.—On Tuesday, Mr. J. H
Phillips held an inquest at the Guest Hospital on the
body of Jonathan Holyoake, of Walker Street, Great
Bria4e. A fail of coal took place at the pit where he
was employed, and he was so severely crushed that he
died soon after his removal to the Hospital. The jury
returned a verdict of "Accidental death."—A Miner
named Reuben Jones, who resided at Netherton, died
on Tuesday from the effects of injurics:causedby a fall
of limestone tv, the Earl of Dudley-Saltwells Collieiy,
THE NETHERTON CHORAL SOCIETY.—This excellent
society gave their second concert of the season on
Monday, in the Public Hall. The performance of
Haydn's Creation elicited the heartiest demonstrations
of approval, and confirmed the impression that in this
town the best musical entertainments are provided by
the Netherton Choral Society, The choruses were all
effectively rendered ; but special praise is due to the
society for their delivery of the "Heavens are telling,"
"Achieved is the glorious work," and Hail bounteous
Lord" Mr. S. Simms, the chorus master and con-
ductor, deserves the congratulations he has received
on the success of his teaching, and the society merit
the en; husiastic applause bestowed by the audience.
The difficult music was vigorously executed under the
able leadership of Mr. D. Poole. Miss Miner, of the
Birmingham Town Hall concerts, and Mr. Lander
were the principals.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-29

THE ZULU WAR.
ARRLVAL OF A MAIL STEAMER.

LATEST NEWS FROM THE CAPE.

PLYMOUTH, Thursday Evening.
At seven o'clock to-night the Union Com-
pany's Royal Mail steamship Nyanza, from
the Cape of Good Hope on March 6th,
rived off Plymouth Sound. She had been i
somewhat delayed n the last few hours
owing to thick weather. The
Nyanza had
on board two widows and four children of
soldiers who were killed at Isandula, and
those, whose residences in Ireland, were
taken charge of by an official from the War
Office, and removed by order of the Adjutant
General to Raglan Barracks.
The Cape Argus give the following tele-
grams from its special correspondent in
Natal :

PIETERMICRITZBURG, March 4, 8 a.m.,

The war seems to be bearing but slowly
towards its conclusion. Another week has
passed without any appreciable blow being
dealt either by gritish or Zulu. Cetewayo
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-29

KIDDERMINSTER.

ACCIDENT.—As a dog-cart, containing the Misses
M. and E. Egan, of Kidderminster, Mr. Haskew, of
Harvington, and another gentleman, was being
driven towards Kidderminster on Sunday night,
the horse took fright when opposite to Mr. Brew-
ster's, the Heathy Mill. Mr. Haskew was thrown
out of the vehicle, and Miss E. Egan and a gentle -
man who was sitting on the back seat leaped to the
road. Miss M. Egan was thus left in the convey-
ance, which was swung from side to side of the
road by the headlong speed at which the terrified
animal drawing it was going. Miss Egan reached
a part of Comberton near to which the road goes
over the railway, and then, at imminent risk, threw
herselt out the vehicl. The horse continued its
career until it was stopped by the point of the
shaft of the trap becoming embedded in the chest
of another horse, which was standing outside the
Railway Bell Inn. Miss Egan was conveyed to the
house of a relative (Mr. Councillor James, of Far-
field), and her injuries, which were chiefly con-
tusions, were attended to. The other parties in
the vehicle at the time of the accident escaped
without having any bones broken, although they
were badly bruised and scratched.
DRUNICENNESB.—At the Police Court on Monday,
James Meakin was committed for fourteen days for
refusing to quit the White Hart Inn, Waterloo
Street, on Saturday evening,—Thomas Foster, of
Birmingham, was committed for twenty one days
for being drunk and refusing to quit the Fleece
Inn on Saturday afternoon.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

MISSIONARY CANOE.

The Queenslander reports a lecture by the Rev. C.
R. Fairey, delivered in a congregational church at
Brisbane, giving an account of his voyaging alone in
the canoe Evangelist, which he exhibited to the
audience.

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The canoe was built in February, 1877, in the yard
of Messrs. Searle and Co., Lambeth, under the super-
vision of Mr. John Macgregor, the inventor of the
famed Rob Roy canoe. She was designed as an
"ocean canoe," and was exported by Mr. Fairey for
special mission work on the coasts and rivers of
Australia. She is 12ft. long, 28tn. beam, and 121 n.
in depth ; is fitted with lockers for provisions and
charts, and with ladle rubber air chambers which
make her a lifeboat. The canoe is built of English oak,
mahogany, and cedar; is decked fGre-and-aft, and
carries a light mast and lugsail. The person sailing
her sits on the flooring, and by means of an ingenious
tiller arrangement steers with his foot. The little
vessel sails, under favourable circumstances, at the
rate of seven or eight knots an hour, and Mr. Fairey
uses a single-bladed paddle to propel her, working it
on one side only, and using the rudder to keep her on
a straight course. A waterproof cabin, constructed to
stretch on light posts when the boot is used as a sleep-
ing place, is part of her equipment, and also a "Rob
Roy " cuisine which boils water in the short space of
3i minutes. 'The net weight of this wonderful little
vessel, sails, and fittings, is about 801 b.
In February last she made her first voyage, which
was round the iron-bound north and east coasts of
Tasmania, a distance of 300 miles. On the voyage
Mr. Fairey called at various places, holding services
and distributing books, &c. He was the guest of an
isolated family on Forester's Peninsula during three
days while it was blowing too hard for his little craft,
and finally he arrived at Hobart Town after having
experienced all kinds of weather during the voyage.
Mr. Fairey intends, if circumstances permit, to
make a missionary voyage in the Evangelist down the
Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE FAIR.

The largest and most successful agricultural and
horticultural display ever made in the United States
was the 26th annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania
State Agricultural Society, held in the main building
of the Centennial Exposition now the Permanent
International Exhibition Building at Philadelphia,
from the Bth to the 20th inst. The great fair was
formally opened by addresses delivered by the Hon.
John Welsh, ex-Minister to the Court of St. James's,
and others. The collection of live-stock was very com-
plete, and occupied stalls or enclosures erected around
the sides of the immense building. From the large
numbers of animals offered for exhibition from all sec-
tions of the country, selections were made by com-
petent judges, so that no specimens were retained that
had not an authentic pedigree.
The Shorthorns, Ayrahires, Devour, Jerseys, Hol-
steins, Guernseys, and other imported breeds of cattle
were largely represented by 400 stalls.
The exhibit of sheep consisted of fine specimens of
Merinos, Middle-wooled (including Southdowns, Ox-
forddowns, and Shropshiredowns), and Long-wooled
(including Cotswolds, Lincolns, and Leicesters). The
sire of two of these sheep coat the owner 5,000 dole.
Among the curiosities in this department was a
Southdown ewe with five legs.
The breeds of swine were particularly fine, embracing
a number of superior specimens of Chester Whites, one
boar weighing 1,1001 b., Yorkshires Berkshires, and
Essex varieties and also several Suffolks, Jersey Reds,
and Poland Chinas.
The exhibit of horses included a number of rare
specimens of the Percheron breed, imported Lincoln-
shire draft stallions, Shetland ponies, and other
blooded stock, with the two Arabian steeds presented
to ex-President Grant, during his recent European
trip, by the Sultan of Turkey.
The exhibits of poultry, fruits, vegetables, and
flowers have never been surpassed in extent and
value.
The department of machinery occupied si acres of
th building.
Novel aed attractive features of the exhibition were
the dairy in full operation, and the artificial poultry-
hatching apparatus, in which the whole process could
be seen at a glance. Never since the great Centennial
Exposition of 1876 has such an interest been awakened
among the sight-seeing people; it is estimated that the
daily attendance averaged from 15,000 to 25,000,

A movement is now on foot to prepare for a national
agricultural and industrial exhibition to be held in
1882, as a fitting commemoration of ale second cen-
tennial of the settlement of Pennsylvania in 1682, and
of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Washington,
which is to be denominated the Washington Agricul-
tural and Industrial Fair of 1882. The exhibits of the
permanent exhibition were placed in a more compact
shape, to make room for the additional agricultural
display, thus presenting 21 acres of objects, besides a
large collection of live stock, which occupied the
enclosure adjoining the immense structure.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

EPITOME OF NEWS.

3RITISH AND FOREIGN,

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The Liberal working men of Midlothian are about to
start a penny subscrqMon, in order to make a presentation
of Galashiels manufacture to air. Gladstone.

On Wednesday morning 200 men of the 106th Re-
giment left Preston for Portcmouth, where they will embark
In the Jumna Lir India. They were loudly cheered on
leaving.

A correspondent of the Bcotsman says that two gold
rings, as well preserved as if new made, have been picked up
in the vicinity of Maesho we, at Loch Stenn!s, Orkney. The
pattern on one of the rings is three-plait, and that of the
other is a plain double cord, both being united into one
ornament by cross bars. Some of the local antiquaries have
decided that the rings mutt be about LOCO years old. They
are now in custody of the county clerk.

To those interested in bookbinding, &c„ the Art
Industrial Exhibition HOW open at Leipsic furnishes an op-
portunity of seeing some very choice work In that branch.
'the material is mostly Russian leather or morocco, the
carving and gilding of which is remarkably tasteful. The
collection also includes fancy articles in the same materials,
as wilting cases and portfolios. The degree of art excellence
which has been reached in this department of industry is
fully illustrated.
The death is announced of Mr. Leonard Montefiore,
nephew of the venerable Sir Moses Monteflore, who died at
Newport, Rhode Island, of an attack of rheumatic fever, at
the age of 26. He graduated at Oxford, was the author of
several recent magazine articles of considerable promise,
and had agreed to stand as second Liberal candidate at
Weymouth, where his death has caused much regret and
disappointment.
Farms to let increase in number, and are of every
character. In county papers 40 to 50 notices often appear
weekly, rentals from £lO to £5O per acre.— Graphic.

Within a mils of Ccfnyhodd, on tho Wrexham,
Mold, and Coronah's qiny Railway, a discovery has recently
been made which, in all probalnlity, will result in opening
up a pew branch of industry in that part of the principality.
At Cymmau, a mountainous, rugged, and highly picturetque
district, there is practically an unlimited quantity of rock
which, on being burnt, produces a sand that is invaluable
for the finest glass making purposes. Steps have been taken
tor procuring thie sand on a large icale.


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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FOOD.

The supply of live stock at Liverpool last week from
the United States and Canada was about the same as
the previous week, though there was a much larger
quantity of fresh meat. The steamers were the
Massachussets, with 424 cattle and 1,472 sheep; the
Bulgarian, with 355 cattle and 398 sheep; the
Mississippi, with 100 cattle and 1,102 sheep' the
Brooklyn, with 263 cattle and 754 sheep; and the
Prussian, with 132 cattle and 1,831 sheep; the totals
being 1,274 cattle and 5,537 sheep. The steamers with
fresh meat were the Queen, with 1,500 quarters of
beef and 600 carcases of mutton; the Adriatic, with
808 quarters of beef, and 275 carcases of mutton; the
City of Berlin, with CO3 quarters of beef and. 189
carcases of mutton; the Bulgarian, with 672 quarters
of beef; and the 'Wisconsin, with 700 quarters of beef
and 200 carcases of mutton; being 4,680 quarters of
beef and 1,264 carcases of mutton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

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Dine'orations of the Skin, Humours and
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nature are literally carried out of the system
in a short time by the use of this world-famed
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IMPORTANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Cleense
the vitiated blood whenever you and its its:
Purities bursting through the skin in pimples,
lontptions, or sores ; cleanse it when yeti Sad
tobstracted and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse
tithes it is foul, and your feelings will tell
lon when. Keep the blood pare, and the
health of the system will follow.
As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, sad.
warranted free from anything injurious to the
most delicate constitution of either sex, the
Proprietors solicits saffersra to give it a trial
to test is value.
eILARKE'S WORLD • FAMED -BLOOD
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MIXTURI is Sold in Bottles 9.s Gd each, and in
121.1211. eontainiag six time; the quantity, 11s each
rdent to *fest a permanent sure in the gr.&
a
17, ajority of long-standing eases, by all Chemists Mg
"wit Ketisine Vendors tbrvaghout the United King-
and the world, or sent to any address en receipt
of so or 152 stamps, by the Proprietor,
jr. J. CLARIES,CznicisT, Apothesaries' Hall,Linsola
agent for Stourbridge : Mr. J. H. Bland, High-street
Wholesale: All Patent Medicine Houses.
LONDON DEPOT: 150 OINOID STUNT
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

AN ITALIAN NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

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After the death of King Victor Emmanuel a sub
scription was opened in Italy with a dew to the erec-
tion of a national memorial on the epot where the
Italian troops fought on June 23, 1859, the desperate
battle of San Martino, at the same time that the
French were fighting the Battle of Solferino. The
sum of 160,000 lire (a little over £6,500) has been
already collected, and it has been thought well to
make a beginning with the erection of the memorial.
It will be a tower, and will be erected on the summit
of the Roc lo hill, where the fiercest fighting was. A
few days ago the foundations of the memorial were
laid; they are 6 metres (191 t. Btn,) deep. The tower
will be externally round, but inside it will have a
quadrangular form. Its height will be 75 metres
(2-161 L and its width at the bottom will be 20 metres
(65it. Tin,). The eurnrait will be occupied either by a

statue of the King or by the "Star of Italy," which
will be so richly gilt that when lit up by the sun it
be visible at a great distance. At night some
species of light will be maintained, so that the tower
will serve as a beacon far the whole district.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

[From Punch.]
A HAPPY RELEASE

DEAR MR. PUNCH,— Of course, I congratulate Lord
Beaconsfield and his Cabinet, and Lord Chelmsford,
and Sir Bartle, and Sir Garnet, and Major Muter,
and the King's Dragoon Guards, and the Local Paula.
meat, and the Managers of Madame Tussand's Exhi-
bition, and myself, al3q every other despairing tax-
payer, on the latest brilliant " addition " to English
History—on Cetyway o being " ketched" at last. But,
more than all these, I congratulate you, dear, Sir, be-
come I hope you will now be rescued from the brisk
fire of jokes and jocularities on the Zulu King and his
name, which, I su3pect, you have had to face from the
very beginning of the outbreak. May your daily pile
of letters now be lessened! May your Wl'. baskets
be immensely relieved!
Yours loyally,

AFRICANUS.

P.S.—We brought away an umbrella from Ashantee:
we have now received an elephant's tusk from Zulu-
land, another trophy for the South Kensington Museum
—what are we to look for from Afghanistan?

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["A Happy Release " our correspondent calla it.
He little knows the floodgates that the event opens on
Punch's devoted head, Let him read what follows :

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

The tide of obvious puns on Ketchwayo just ketch'd,
and Major Marter his ketcher, having set in, with even
exceptional severity, Punch hereby gives notice that
no play of words on either name can Ist) admitted to
his columns. "Play," as such things may seem to
their perpetrators, they are death to Pnnch, to say
nothing of hie reader.]
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

COLORADO SILVER MINES.

Colorado is rapidly coming to the front rank as a
producer of silver, the yield of the State being estima-
ted at about 24,000,000 dols., of which over two thirds
are produced from the mines of Leadville. The Denver
Times considers this estimate to be under the mark
and that the annual yield will not be leas than
30,000,000 dole. in value.
The history of L.na.dville is a curiouß illustration of
the mushroom rapidity with which a Western " city"
takes its rise. It is situated in Lake County, Colorado,
at an altitude of 1.0,3t0ft. above the sea among the
mountains which give rise to the headwaters of the
Platte and Arkansas rivers. Three or four years ago
Leadville was unthought of and unnamed, and now it
is a city with stores and offices, daily newspaper,
police-station, public school, churches, and no lees
than 300 saloons.
With the exception of the miners of Cerro de Pasco,
near Lima. Leadville is probably the most lofty
populated district in the wozld. Notwithstanding
the number of drinking saloons, it is remarkable that
intoxication is not so frequent at Leadville as at other
similar places, especially when it is considered that at
such an altitude fermented liquors intoxicate more
quickly than at lower elevations. The evenings and
nights are very cold, but the air having so little
density, a few pine chips will light up and warm a
room almost immediately. The ore, which is taken to
works at Omaha and St. Louis for smelting, has an
average value of 75 dols. to 100 dols. per ton. The
scenery on the Platte and Arkansas cafions is magni-
ficent, and there is no doubt that Leadville will betore
long be a constant resort of tourists, who will find the
long journey thither amply repaid by the grandeur of
the country.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our owa, Tarf Correspondent)
CESAREWITCEI STAKES NOTES

The First October- Meeting brought Discord to the
front in the bettlag quotations on the Cesarewitch,
and the way he ran Rayon d' Or to a neck prove him
to have a chance second to none, and Dresden China
and Westbourne at 31bs will find him a worthy foe.
Adamite came like a flash-in-the-pan, on tue canard
reaching Newmarket th it she had beaten Dres lea
(Anna in a trial, but the Yorkshire Handicap winner
still holds her own at the head of the quotations and
is yet likely to see a shorter price. Breadfinder.
Parole, Chippendale, and Gondola colt are most
enquired after, but during next week some sensa-
tional doings in connection with this race may be
anticipated, as neither It. Peck or Alec. Taylor
have yet exposed their hands; therefore until my
next notes,
_l;.shall defer giving a finale selection,
when no doubt I shall be there or thereabout.
The Cambridgeshire botting was note-worthy for
the support given to Ragman and Exeter, but as the
decision of the Cesarewitch invariably influences the
market, I shall await that result before venturing an
opinion.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

HOP.

although the weather has been more favourable, the
accounts from the plantations are still unsatisfactory
and only a small crop of hops is possible. The trade
is therefore very firm and prices have had an up-
ward tendency. Very choice qualities such as early
gadding., have realised £l2 128. CO £l4 145., but
busineas has been done in damaged and inferior
sorts as low as £.6 61 per cwt. Prices are as f >Howe :
East Kent golding (1878), £5 10s, to £8 15s. ; Mid Kent, a.
ss. to £7 lbs. ; Weald of Kent, £5 ss. to £7 15s ; Staler,
CzB.
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'lrimmun,t"4.2. 46184.15t'0.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

VICTORIA HA L L AND RINK,

BELL STREBT, STOURBRIDGE,

LAST NIGHT, TO-NIGHT ATURDAY),

BTIRK'S CELEBRATED AND FAR•FAMED

BICYCLE TRIO)

Two Males:and One Female. The Original
Bicyele Acrobat Performers.

II M Ri P., l< B.) T. 7" P P,
The Mighty Man, the Lion Athlete, and Hercules
of the 19th Century, will also appear.

SKATING AT INTERVALS.

A FULL MILITARY BAND will be in Attendance.
To Commence at Seven o'clock. Concluding at ten.

PRICES AS USUAL.

THEATRE ROYAL, STOURBRIDGE. „
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

AN INDIAN LAW CASE.

The "Prophet's Beard Cage," which, it is said,
created a sensation among the followers of the Prophet
at Madras, was called on for final disposal before Mr.
Justice Lanes, Acting Chief Justice, a few days ago.
The subject of dispute was a hair of the Prophet's
beard, which is enclosed in a case, and is called the
" Aussaree Shareef," or sacred relic, and in connection
with which the Goverment allow a monthly pension
of Rs, 47-14-4, obtained from funds left by a late Nabob
for the purpose of carrying out ceremonies in conneo-
tion with the sacred relic. There were when the case
was first instituted, no less than six claimants, two by
right of a will, the others claiming it in succession
from generations. Two of the claimants and the
plaintiff withdrew from the suit, leaving only four to
establish their rights to the sacred heirloom. His
Lordship, in a lengthy judgment, decided that the
first, third, and fourth defendants were entitled to the
sacred relic; but as the first defendant was a woman
she could not hold office in connection with it, and as
No. 3 was the elder brother of No. 1, he directed that
he should held the " Aussaree Shareef," and per-
form all ceremonies in connection with it, making
three equal shares of whatever remained from the
allowance after their performance.—Ttmes of India.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

STOURBRIDGE.

W. Green, not out ............. 42
E. F. Otter, c Wheldon b Chat'n 4
PR. Foley, b Chatwin ......... 3
j. w, Parkes, c Nash b Chat 0
J. Edge, b Smith 9
W. Stevens, run out 3
C. Westw,-,od, b T. Webb • 0
C. C. Hicks, not out ............ 6

STOURBRIDGE V. PICKWICK (Birmirralum).—This
the return and last match of the season was played
on the home ground, on Monday last, and after
some excellent cricket was easily won by the
Stourbridge Club. The Pickwick Club is acknow-
ledged to be the best in the Midlands, and very few
clubs indeed can compete with them with k‘uceess.
The home team knowing their strength, got one of
their best teams together, and as will be seen below
gained an easy victory over them. Stourbridge
can boast of having one of the best clubs in the
district, and when they get their best men together
take a good deal of beating. On Monday, Stour-
bridge were the first to bat, and through the ex-
cellent bowling of Tallboys and Preston (pro-
fessionals), the whole were disposed of for the
score of 56. This no doubt appeared to be rosy for
the Pickwickians but by the fine bowling of Ingold
and Edge the first 7 wickets fell for the small score
of 11 runs. The only one who scored double figures
Howse (13), the whole being disposed of for 31
runs. Stourbridge then commenced their second
innings, and notwithstanding the excellent bowling
of Williams, Price, Preston and Howse, runs were
made fast by the Hon. A. Lyttelton and P. Foley,
Mr. Lyttelton hit his wicket, after making 39
runs in fine cricketing form, and he was loudly
applauded on retiring to the tent. His score con-
sisted of one 4, seven 3's, five 2's,
and singles. The
first wicket fell for 67 num. M. Foley was then

joined by Mr. H. C. Jobson, and both batsmen hit
all over the field, causing plenty of leather hunting
when Mr. Foley was caught by Howse, off Williams
having added 25 runs to the score. Edge was the
next to join Jobson, and was missed by House the
first ball, which was well shied in the air, and
after scoring 15 was caught and bowled by Williams.
The Hon. N. G. Lyttelton then joined Jobson, and
hard hitting still contirmed when Jobson wag
caught after scoring 26 runs. Ingold then joined
Lyttelton, and both hit away freely. when Lyttelton
was caught after adding 15 to the score. Ingold
made 38 in good form, when he was caught by
Preston jun., the whole being disposed of for 188
runs, when time was up, and the Pickwick did
not go in for their second innings. The following
is the score :
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

CRICKET.

STOURBRIDGE V. LaNGLEY GREEN. —This match was
played on the home ground, on Saturday last, and
enied in an easy victory for Stourbridge. Langley
Green were the first to bat, and only scored 64 runs.
The bowling of -Westwood, Parkes and Edge being
very good. Stourbridge then went in to bat and
scored 67 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. Green made
t9p score 42 not out, no other made double figures.
Tee following is the score :-
1 MARY GREEN .
J. Cook, b Nrkes
F. Nash, b Westwood 7
J. Wheldon, b C. Westwood 1
A. Webb, St. Green, b Parkes 9
S. Chatwin, b Edge l9
G. Allen, cP. Foley, bWestwood 6
A, C Webb, b Edge 3
L. Field, hit wicket b Edge 0
Smith. b Westwood
F. Webb. not out 2
J. Chatwin, b Edge 1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

CRADLEY HEATH, HALEROWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

-TRADESMENS' ADDRESSES.

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STOURBRIDGE.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

A "SEA MONSTER."

Captain J. F. Co; master of the British ship Privateer,
which arrived at Delaware Breakwater on the 9412 inst.,
from London, says :

"On the sth ult., ICO miles west of Brest (France),
weather fine and clear, at five p.m., as I was walking
the quarter deck, looking to windward, I saw some-
thing black rise out of the water about 20ft„ in shape
like an immense snake, about 31t in diameter. It was
about 300 yards from the ship, coming towards us. It
turned its head partly from us, and went down with a
great splash, after staying up about five seconds, but
rose again three times, at intervals of ten seconds,
until it had turned completely from us and was going
from us with great speed and making the water boil
all round it. I could see its eyes and shape perfectly.
It was like a great eel or snake, but as black as coal
tar, and appeared to be making great exertions to get
away from the ship. I have seen many kinds of fish
in five different oceans, but was never favoured with
a sight of the great sea snake before."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

PHARAOH'S ARMY IN THE RED SEA.

At a sitting of the French Academy upwards of
five years ago. M. Lesseps stated, upon the authority
of the reports made by his engineers, that" at the
time the Israelites left Egypt under Moses's leader-
ship the ebb and flow of the tides of the Red Sea
reached up to the foot of the Saragaim, near Lake
Timeah." If this be correct, it follows that the spot
where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea was situated
not to the south, but to the north of the present ex-
tremity of its northern arm. In his paper, Les
Mondes, Abbe Meigne has traced the course of the
Children of Israel day by day, in accordance with
these new data, and he asks the whole Christian
world, since the spot is now known where the
Egyptians were swallowed up, with "the horse and
his rider," chariot, and everything to subscribe the re-
quisite funds to enableexcavations to bemade and "the
relics of the army overcome by the Almighty himself
to be brought to light," The learned Abbe will
undertake the work if he succeeds in getting together
300,000 f., "because the finding of the remains of
Pharaoh's army would be a powerful reason in favour
of,the truth of the Holy Scriptures."—Tueeday's Times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

BLACKHEATH.

LECTURE.-04 Monday night a very able lecture
was delivered under the auspices of the Blackheath
and District Liberal Association, at the Handel
Hotel, by the Rev. John Cuckson, of Birmingham,
on "Toryism and its results." Mr. Charles Coch-
rane occupied the chair, and several of the leading
liberals of the district were also present. At the
conclusion of the lecture the following resolution
was proposed by Mr. Richard Green, seconded by
Mr. Hadley, and carried unanimously :—" That in
the opinion of this meeting the home and foreign
policy of the present Government has been detri-
mental to the best interests of this nation, and has
resulted in this country being plunged into useless
wars, and intending to increase debt, starvation,
and dittre,s, and this meeting thinks a change of
Governm,nt is neceisary to restore commercial
confidence and prosperity."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

STATE OF TRADE IN FRANCE,

The recent improvement in the weather and the
continued increase of temperature have very favour-
ably affected those crops which have not yet been
harvested, and particularly in the vine districts, where
the vintage is expected to be small in quantity. but
pretty fair in quality. The iron trade is hardening
slightly but generally, and the tendency to improve
is becoming more marked. The woollen and cloth
trades are more active as the cold weather draws near,
unremunerative, and the same
tmayhou gbh p
e aariidc s a
ea f
thevery
silk trade. The cotton industry is
sadly depressed, and several of the spinning factories
in the neighboured of Rouen have been dosed for the
time, in consequences of the losses sustained by the
manufacturers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

THE SYDNEY EXHIBITION.

The Colonial Office has been officially informed by
the Government of New South Wales of the opening
of the Sydney Exhibition on the 17th of the present
month. Other information comes to the effect that
there is a gigantic display of agricultural implements
already in order. The Machinery in Motion Depart-
ment is not yet completely ready, but the preparations
are on a great scale, and there is every reason to
believe that this department will be of great interest
and practical use.
The Pottery and Glass Section is very good and ex-
tensive.
There are 800 British industrial exhibitors and 513
fine art entries, including photographs.
Germany has 695 entries, including 108 fine art;
Austria, 170; France, 350 industrial and 168 fine art;
Belgium, 236 industrial and 50 paintings. America
has 150 industrial collections. Among the best filled
sections are railway apparatus and material; steel
and cutlery from Sheffield; guns and miscellaneous
manufactures from Birmingham; Manchester goods,
sewing cottons, cloths, hats, india-rubber manufac-
tures, chemicals, preserved foods, lamps and stoves,
paper and stationery.
The British Government collections comprise those
of the Admiralty, Science and Art Department, and
the School Board for London.

The paintings include those lent by the Queen and
Prince of Wales and by the Society of Arts. There are
175 British oil paintings, 111 water-colours, and 97
architectural drawings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-27

THE REVIVAL OF TRADE.

Considerable excitement prevailed in the pig iron
market in Glasgow yestet day, the prices for warrants
having advanced to 555, , a figure that has not been
touched within the past 18 months. Within a week
the price has increased Bs. per ton. This is all owing
to American orders, and some makers have so many
orders that they refused to give quotations. The
exports have also largely increased, the shipments,
for the past week being 15,650 tons, as against 7,950
during the corresponding week last year, The increase
since Christmas has been 80,188 tons. The merchants
compare the present season to 1852, when circum-
stances were exactly alike, when in the cause of a
few months iron rose to 775. per ton and the ship.
meats were doubled, and allowing to American orders.
Many people are hopeful that this is the beginning of
good trade,—Wednesday's Globe.