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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

THE VALUE OF GAME.

The "physiology of taste" may be pleasantly illus-
trated by comparing the relative price of ga-me as
bought by the bons vivants of London and New York.
Of the larger animals killed by sportsmen in the
United States, antelope seems to be the most highly
appreciated. It costs usually 25 cents, or a shilling a
pound, whereas venison, if bought in any large
quantity, is to be had for 15 cents, and is only
rated at a shilling when sold in detached
joints. According to the same statistics, which are
quoted by Land and Water, bear meat is to be
had for the comparatively low price of 20 cents,
or less than legs of mutton in many London shops.
American hares, however, cost a dollar, or about the
same as our own, and rabbits are worth about a
shilling apiece. Partridges are at a higher premium
in New York, and fetch no less than 7s. a brace, or
as the New Yorkers seem to prefer calling it, a "pair."
Grouse, on the other hand—of the Yankee descrip-
tion, of course—are to be had for 3s. each, and if they
are of the spruce variety, which feeds upon larches,
and has a taste of that resinous food, they will not
fetch above half that sum. The woodcock is in equal
estimation with the partridge, but snipe are a great
deal cheaper. Indeed, the small variety of the
American Scolopax is to be bought at the rate of
about a penny each, though the "robin snipe," the
" brant snipe," and the " willet snipe" fetch 6s. a
dozen. Common plovers cost a shilling, and grass
plovers 40 cents. Of the larger birds, wild geese
may be considered cheap at a dollar apiece, and
swans still cheaper at a dollar and a half. This
latter price is also paid for canvas back ducks. On
the whole, considering the relative price of butchers'
meat in the two countries, it cannot be said that the
game course in New York is provided at so cheap a
cost as in England; and the rise in its value may be
taken as indicating a serious falling off in the supply
of game on that side of the Atlantic.

The body of Thomas Mills, head gamekeeper on the
Finlayson Estate, Renfrewshire, was found by a search
party at midnight on Saturday in circumstances point-
ing to the supposition that he had been murdered by
poachers. He left his home early in the morning and
should have returned to breakfast. He had no firearm
with him, but about an hour afterwards the report of
two gunshots was heard, and when found he was lying
on his breast with a dead rabbit under him. There was
a fearful wound on the lower jaw and on the upper part
of the face smaller wounds, which might have been
caused by pellets. He was grasping the trunk of a tree
against the foot of which his face was lying. He was a
witness at the trial for murder of two poachers and it
was stated that he had been threatened. He was 40
years of age, and married.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

BALLOON STEERING EXPERIMENT.

Another interesting experiment in aerial naviga-
tion was tried in Paris on Friday by the brothers
Albert and Gaston Tissandier. In shape their balloon
resembles that of Messrs. Giffard and Dupuy de
Utile ; it is 28 metres long and nine in diameter at its
middle. The arrangements for suspending the oar are
carefully worked out, and what with a peculiarly im-
permeable varnish and other improvements, this bal-
loon claims, if only on the ground of stability, to be
steadier aud safer than others. The motive force is
furnished by a Siemens dynamo, which moves a screw.
We are not given the details of the steering appara-
tus, which is, of course, the principal object upon which
the efforts of balloonists are now concentrated. The
inventors excuse themselves by saying that its
shape is not definitely decided, but will depend largely
upon the results of further experiments. The results
of the trial appear to have been very satisfactory.
After leaving its moorings, the balloon was carried by
a strong west wind to the Seine, when its occupants
set the screw in motion, and caused it to remain
almost stationary. It was then allowed to go with
the current. After this it several times made head-
way against it. It was noticAl that while the screw
was working, the reporters, who followed in a carriage,
could easily keep pace with it, but when the motion
stopped, and the wind was allowed to have its own
way, they were immediately left far behind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

FATAL PRIVATIONS.

Three Frenchmen, who were supposed tobe escaped
convict § from New Caledonia, arrived at Bloomfield,
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Brisbane authorities, and for having escaped were
sentenced to three months' imprisonment. According
to their own statement the men left New Caledonia
in a boat. They had provisions to last them eight
days, but they were fifteen days in reaching the Dam-
tree river, river, so that for the previous seven days they
had practically nothing to eat. All of them were in
an exhausted state, but the three reached Bloomfield
Plantation, where they received some nourishment.
They then went back to seek their comrade, whom,
through excessive exhaustion, they had left behind
them, and found the lifeless body of the man. It
was then in a perfectly nude state, as the native
blacks of the place had stripped the body of all the
clothes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

HALESONVEN.

JURY LISTS.—At the Sew- ions on Tuesday, the
muistrates passed the jury lists for the parishes of
Halesowen, Hasbury, .Hawne, Hill, Bennington,
Illy, Romeley, Lapal, Ridgaere, Caketnore, and
Frankley.

CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN.—WiIIiam Hart
landlord of the Red Lion Inn, The Quinton, was sum
mooed for keeping his house open during prohibited
hours on Sunday, the 14th ult, and Joseph Turner,
jeweller, Harborne, was summoned for being on the
licensed premises. Mr. Jackson of West Bromwich,
defended. P-C. Williams supported the charges.
The Bench dismissed both Cases.
POACHING. Reuben Cox and William Griffin,
miners, Old Hill, were each fined 10s. and costs for
trespassing in pursuit of game on land belonging to
Mr. Thomas Green, of the Manor Farm, on the
night of the 17th ult.

-HIGHWAY OFFENCE.—James Cooper, farmer, of
The Quinton, was fined 20s, including costs, for
allowing horses to stray on the main roads.
INGRATITIIDE.--JaMes Hadley, carter, The Quin-
ton, near Birmingham, was charged with being
drunk and assaulting P.C. Etheridge. On Friday
night the officer found the prisoner drunk whilst in
charge of two horses and a wagon in the Birming-
ham Road, and when ascending the hill he fell oft
the leading horse's back, and had it not been for the
assistance rendered him by the officer he would have
been killed. Upon the officer asking him for his
name he struck him a violent blow with a whip.
The Bench characterised it as being a bad case, and
fined prisoner 20s and costs for tt e assault and lOs
lind costs for being drunk, or in default five weeks
imprisonment.

REVISION OF VOTING LISTS
RownEY Rnors.—Ou Saturday afternoon Mr. T.
H. Muddy, the revising barrister, held his Court at
the Ward Arms Inn, Rowley Regis, for the revision
of the voting lists in the Rowley Regis and Reddall
Hill polling districts of West Staffordshire. Mr.
E. J. Fernie, of Stafford, represented the Conserva•
tiver, Mr. John Follows, of Stafford, the Liberals,
and Mr. Joseph Williams the Overseers. .There
were 15 official objections to the Reddall Hill list
on account of deaths and sales of properties. &c..
all of which were sustained. There were 17 party
claims, 8 being allowed to the Liberals and 7 to the
Conservatives; 2 wete disallowed. There were 20
party objections, 11 of which were sustained and
the others %ere withdrawn. There were 20 official .
objections to the Rowley Regis list, all cf which
were sustained. There were 10 party claims, and
the Liberals succeeded in obtaining 5 and the Con-
servatives 4. There were 13 party objections, 4of
which were sustained, and the remainder were
withdrawn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
,IILWAY COLLISIONS: GREAT LOSS

OF LIFE.

CALCUTT t, Thursday.
A railway collision has occared on th
Eastern Bengal Railway at Arrunghatta
by which sixty rsons were killed or in-
jured.

NEW YORK, W.lnesday.
collision has occurred between two
trains on the Denver ;Lad Iti,l Grande
way, seventeen lilacs south oi
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FRANCE, TONKIN, AND 0 RINI.
OARts, iaslas.
The total amount of the e,'edits to ho
asked for by the Governimmt at tne opening
of the next session of the chambers for de-
fraying the expenses up to the en 1 of the
present year of the expelitions to China
and Tonkin will not exceed 10,000,000
francs.

Thursday Night
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

POTATOES.

There was a moderate supply of potatoes on sale. There
was a quiet demand, at the annexed quotations: Kent
regents, 60s to 70s; Essex shaws, 50s to 808; and magnum
honums, 6)s to 70a; and victoria. 70s to 80s per ton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

LORD SALISIaRY AND THE MEETING
OF PARLIAMENT.

The Marquis of Salisbury has forwarded the fol-
lowing circular-letter to the members of the Conserva-
tive party in the House of Lords:
"My Lord,—ln accordance with the intimation
given at the close of last session, Parliament has been
summoned to meet on the 23rd of October. There is
no reason to believe that any business of importance
will be brought before the House of Lords at the
opening of the session, but it is probable that at a
later period—possibly before the middle of November
—matters of the utmost gravity will be submitted to
the consideration of the House. On that occasion, of
which your lordship will be duly advised, the presence
of every Conservative peer will be most urgently
required.—l have the honour to be your obedient
servant, "SALISBURY.
"20, Arlington-street, Sept. 2-1."

Sir Stafford Northcote has addressed the follow-
ing circular to his supporters in the House of
Commons:

"Dear Sir,--Parliament is summoned for Thurs-
day, the 23rd October. As important business will
be taken at once, I earnestly hope that it may be
in your power to attend.—l remain faithfully yours,
"STAFFORD H. NORTIICOTEP -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

Eistrilations

HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

WEST INDIAN COCOA PRODUCTION.—Though sugat
cultivation may be ceasing to pay in some of the Wes
India Islands, a profitable substitute is found in cocoa'
The " Dominican Dial" states that Waltham, a planta-
tion in Grenada, has just been leased for £7OO a year,
"and it is a significant illustration of the increasing
prosperity of the cacao industry that the amount men-
tioned is £2OO more than the rental paid by the last
lessee, and actually less than the purchase money of
the estate paid by a previous owner.'
SF,T2PET ADROAD.—Considerable excitement and
amusement was, says " Calignani," created the other
night in the neighbourhood of the Ambigu Theatre,
over the escape of a serpent from the box in which it
was secured. The owner had stepped into a wine-shop
for refreshment, and laid the box down on one of the
tables. The lid being insufficiently secured the reptile
easily slipped out and dropped on the floor. The people
in the shop jumped to their feet, the women screaming
as if the" original" one was after them. The cry of
" Serpent "in the shop soon turned into "An Adder 1"
and "A Cobra !" and by the time the rumour had made
some little headway along the boulevard, the loungers
and pedestrians gave the spot a wide berth, as they
heard that "a boa had broken loose !" A policeman,
drawn to the spot by the scuffle of people rushing.
away, picked up the harmless reptile, and " run it in."
THE CULTIVATION OF FLAX IN AMERICA.—SOMO in-
teresting facts have been gathered relating to the
culture of flax in the United States. The culture has
hitherto been much neglected, though it appears that
flax and the various products of that plant can be cul-
tivated in America quite as cbeaply as in the various
seed-producing countries of Europe. The imports of
flax seed into the United States have reached as much
as three million bushels in one year, the imports from
India alone reaching 1,253,517 bushels in 18834, as
compared with 558,249 bushels in 1882-3. The imports
of raw flax into the United States during nine years
from 1871 to 18=0 amounted to 10,987,549 dols. The
imports of flax manufactories during the ten years from
1871 to 1081 amounted to 177,747,371 dols., or nearly
18,000.000 dols. per annum. The average yield and
prices of flax seed and wheat in the United States for
the past ten years were as follows: Wheat, 121 bushels
per acre, cost 93.12- cents; flax, 9± bushels per acre, cost
1 dol. 44 cents. It has been ascertained that with
careful cultivation an acre of flax can be produced for
24 dols. 98 cents, this sum covering WC of land, seed.
and O,IJ nccc§sArY expenses -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

BROMSGROVE.

PROPOSED PURCHASE OF THE GASWORKS —On
Monday evening a meeting of the Ratepayers' Pro-
tection Association as held at the Town Hall," to
c molder whether it is or is not desirable that the
Local Authority should take steps to purchaEe the
gas-works. &c., on behalf of the ratepayers." There
was a fair attendance.—The chair WRB taken by
Mr. J. Lqughton (vice president of the association),
and in opening the meeting he read the clauses of
the Act of the Bromsgrove Gaslight and Coke
Comp.tny, empowering the Local Board to purchase,
under specified conditions, th,3 works and interest of
the company within three years from the Act, which
time will expire in Juno next, and he explained
that it was in consequence of this the committee of
the association had called the body together to con-
sider the question at the present time.—Mr. Tarton
argued that the purchase would pay, and concluded
by moving, "That in the opinion of this meeting it
is desirable that the local authority should purchase
the gasworks from the present company. P—This
was seconded by Mr. Dafty.—After various ques.
tiors had been asked of Mr. Turton, some of which
he was unprepared to answer, Mr. Brown proposed
as an amendment, "That a committee of seven
g:ntlemen be appointed by this meeting to
thoroughly investigate and carefully consider the
matter, and report to a future meeting of the associa-
tion."—The amendment was seconded by Mr. Parry,
and on being put to the vote was lost, and the
original motion was carried by a small majority.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—At the meeting of this
Board, Mr. Wright in the chair, tenders for the
supply of meat and flour for the next quarter were
accepted.—Some discussion took place as to the
building of the new infirmary, the amended block
plan for which has been approved by the Local
Government Board,
SALE OF GAS SHARES.—At the Golden Cross
Hotel, on Tue.day, Mr. J A. Smith submit` el for
competition 694 £lO fully paid up shares in the
Bromeireve Gaslight and Coke Coral:atty. The
shires were put in lots, and the first 42 were eadily
sold at Al 5 per share. The same NAL: was offered
for the =attains lota, but they weas withdraWar
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

COLLISION AT SEA.

Lloyd's agent at Lisbon telegraphed on Monday
that the British steamer Bushire, from Cardiff for
Bussorah, and the Bernina, steamer, have been in
collision. The Bushire sank; the Bernina anchored
off Cascaes badly damaged. The Bernina, by last
account, arrived at Carthagena, Sept. 18, from Barce-
lona. The Bushire was an iron screw steamer of
1566 tons gross, built at Newcastle in 1881, and owned
by the Persian Gulf Steam Navigation Company;
the B^..rnina is an iron screw brigantine of 1485 tons
gross, which was built at Liverpool in 1883, and
owned by Messrs. Richard Mills and Company, Liver-
pool.

HAY ?-Our farmers, as a rule, continue to regard
ensilage as an innovation to be despised. They seem
to treat it, in fact, with " silo-ent " contempt. —Funny
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

KIDDERMINSTER.

INALOURATION OF A YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN
Asscet<vrioN.—On Monday evening a largely at-
tend,d meeting was held in the Town Hall to in-
augurat,, th,.3 fo;lnttion of a Young Men's Christian
Associtition in t e town. Admirable Premises have
been acquired in Mill Street, and alrePy there a-e
150 members awl associates on the books. Mr.
John 13,-inton, MT., who has accepted the presi-
dency of the association, occupied the chair, and
, was supported by the Rev. Rev. J. Stanley Owen,
vicar of :!;t. Mary's, Birmingham, several ministers
of the town, and many leadin; inhabitints M
Bonet, the km secretary, read a report tracing the
circumstances which led to the formation of the
association. Mr. Brinton delivered an alidress, in
which he dwOt upon the need which existed f..r
various agencies to c )pc with the evils whi:h
hailed with abounded on every side, and delight the
formation of a society having fonts ohject the moral
and spiritual eleva lion of the y Atng men of the towr.
Several other addresses were delivered during the
evening.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

OLD HILL.

THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE PAYM N OF
POOR RATES.—A number of persot s were sum-
moned for the non-payment of poor rates, am ritgst
whom was General Booth, of the Salvation Army,
who had refused to pay the poor rates, amounting
to ,27 I.Bs llidd, for the Cradley Heath and 31a ck-
heath Salvation Army Barracks.—Mr.
assistant overseer, stated that General Booth had
sent a cheque for the amount claimed, with e let ter
stating that it had been sent under protest. as it had
been decided to test the legality of making the Sal-
vation Army pay poor rates by taking oue of the
cases into a higher Court. The Overseer s weier t ont -
pelled to take proceedings to recever the money as
they were threatened by the Government auditor
that if steps were not taken to recover the rates
they would be surcharged with the arreers —T!,e de-
faulters were ordered to pay the e mounts claimed.
DRuNKENNESS.—At the Police Court on Wednes-
day, before Mr. C. Holcroft, John Clift was chargpd
with being drunk on the 21st ult. Defendant was
fined 2s 6d and costs.—Ann Morris wns charcsed
with being drunk, on the 14th ult.—P.C. Ldbittt r
said he saw the defendant in the street, and she was
drunk and swearing at her husband.—Defendant
said she had only had one pint of ale in two years.
—RS. Hand said the defendant came to the Police
Station and complained of her husband, and she
was soddened in drink then. Fined 2s 6d and costs.
BREACH OF THE PEACE.—William Poole, Henry
Poole, and Henry Cramptt,n were charged with
committing a breach of the peace by fighting, on
the 25th ult.—John Abeldon was called and said
that he was in Weston.'s public house drinking.
Henry Poo e lifted up the table and upset his ale.
All the defendants then .dragged him out of the
house and sttuck him. Each of the defendants were
bound over to keep the peace for three months in
their own recognisances of £5.
GAMBLING.—Frauk Stevenson (16), and Alfred
David Newman (15) were charged with gambling,
on the 22nd ult.—P.C. Leadbitter said that he saw
the defendants gambling. on the above date. He
asked Stevenson where he had his money from
when he was not at work, He said "My father
gave it me."—Fined 5s each, including costs.
DAMAGING FENCES.—William Hale nod John
Burgess were charged with damaging a quantity of
fences, the property of Samuel Growcutt, Tividale.
P.C. Mountney said he saw the defendants in afield
cat-hing birds and jumping over the fence's. Fined
2s 6d and costs.

DELAY or BUSINESS.—The business of this Court
was delayed for about an hour owing to only or.e
magistrate putting iu appearance. Consque Aly a
considerable number of cases had to be adjouilud
for 8 week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

ACCIDENT TO MADAME NILSSON.

Madame Christine Nilsson sustained a somewhat
serious accident in Pall-mall on Saturday afternoon.
While passing the Athenxum Club in a hansom cab
shortly after four o'clock the horse fell, and she
was precipitated from the vehicle into tLe roadway.
A small crowd collected, and assistance was at once
rendered; but Madame Nilsson insisted on re-enter-
ing the cab, and drove at once to the American
Exchange at Charing-cross. On arriving there it was
found that she had suffered slight abrasions of her
left knee and her right hand. She complained also
of soreness, both on the right arm and the left leg,
and of having received a considerable shock. Having
had her injuries attended to, and rested for nearly an
hour, Madame Nilsson proceeded to her home.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

COLLISION BETWEEN STEAM
TRAMCARS.

A collision occurred on Sunday night between bra
steam tramcars running between Manchester and
Bury. The accident occurred at the Kersal-bar, about
two miles out of Manchester, and created great alarm
among the passengers, though fortunately it did not
result in any loss of life. It appears that the seven
o'clock tram from Whitefield was near the points at
Sedgeley-park crossing when it ran into another car
from Kersal, which was standing still, for what pur-
pose it is not yet known. The only persons reported
to be injured are Mrs. Ann Lythe, wife of Thomas
Lythe, gardener, in the employ of Mr. Schunk,
Vine-
street., Higher Broughton, and Mrs. Norris, mother of
Mrs. Lythe. Mrs. Lythe was sitting at the end of the
Whitefield car, inside near the guard, and had
a little child in her arms and a little boy
sitting next to her. When the accident occurred
the lamp fell out of its place an hit Mrs. Lythe on
the shoulder. The infant was thrown on the floor,
and the little boy on his back. Mrs. Norris, who was
outside the car, was injured on her right side and her
back. Mrs. Lythe was unconscious for about half an
hour, but the others were able to go and get assistance
close by.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

On Tuesday Dr. Diplock held an inquest at 3,
Roland Mansions, Gloucester-road, Kensington, rela-
tive to the death of Sir James Lumsden Seton, Bart.,
aged 49, who committed suicide by cutting his
throat. Lady Seton said her husband had been de-
pressed and unable to sleep of late. He got up on
Sunday morning about eight o'clock. She went to the
bath-room and found the door locked. It was forced
open. She then found her husband dead in the bath.
He was undressed. He had not expressed himself
tired of his life. Mr. Hugh Davis, a merchant, resid-
ing at 4 Roland Mansions, said he forced open the
bath-room door and found Sir James Seton bleeding
from a large wound in the throat. A razor was lying
by the side of the bath. The Coroner: Was there
any water in the bath? Witness: The water
was running away. A Juror: I understand
that there were symptoms of insanity in the family,
The Coroner: The symptoms described by the 'widow
were seen in cases of suicidal mania. The Juror: I
believe Sir James has had a sunstroke. Lieutenant-
colonel W. S. Seton said he had been informed that
his brother fell from a horse and received an injury
from which he suffered at intervals. The jury re-
Atirrbpd a verdict " That Sir James committed suicide
whilit in a state of unsound mind." The coroner said
that friends were the last persons to recognise danger,
and medical men hesitated before they gave certifi-
cates in cases where the patients were depressed, and
unable to sleep. If there were to be any alterations
in the Lunacy Act those kind of cases ought to be
considered. He thought it was a matter deserving of
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

GENERAL OFFICERS IN EGYPT.

The number of general officers on the strength of
the army of occupation is now nearly as large as that
engaged in the campaign of 1882. General Lord
Wolseley, Lieutenant-General Stephenson, Majors-
General Lennox and Dormer (CairO), Davis (Ab-
basseeyeh), Lyon Fremantle (Souakim), Earle,
Buller, Wood (Expedition), make a total of nine
General officers as compared with twelve during the
1882 campaign, wherein there were twice as many
soldiers of all arms, the present strength in Egypt
being 13,000 odd. What General Stephenson, Major.
General Lennox, Major-General Dormer, and Major-
General Davis do at Cairo it would not be easy to
say, but one thing we may be sure they will do
if they be left there. The present arrangement
of the staff gives the possible plums to the
new lot. Major-General Earle gets a shove up
to Wady Halfa, but has not much chance of the
front, as Sir H. Stewart has passed owl- him south-
wards to take command at Dongola, and, may be,
quarrel with the Mudir—not that he is quarrelsome,
but that the 3fudir may resent the irruption of a
stranger after all the fighting is over. Stewart has an
excellent aide-de-camp in Lord Airlie, and a capital
commissariat officer in Assistant-Commissary General
Nugent, C.B. The first duty of a soldier is to obey,
but surely a more bitter pill, and one more utterly
destitute of gilding, than that which Sir H. Stephen-
son has had to swallow has seldom been prepared by
the War-office and Horse Guards' alchemists, who
have got their hands quite into the work recently.
In some maladies it is desirable to produce nausea.
Capital practitioners in that line are to be found in
Pall-mall.—Army and IV-ay.?' Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

3ATEN BY A CROCODILE.

The first casualty of the Nile Expedition oo-
curred at Sarras, Private Cash, who was doing
duty as servant to one of the officers, having
been carried off by a crocodile while washing at the
edge of the river. Commenting upon this item the
Evening Standard says: The fate of Private Cash will
seem more shocking to travellers and those person-
ally acquainted with the ways of the crocodile than
to the larger class of readers. It is commonly fancied
that the great amphibian is an abiding terror of the
tropic, controlling the supply of water for household
purposes, and keeping down the normal increase of
population with a pernicious activity most reprehen-
sible. But as a matter of fact the alligator or croco-
dile would not be included generally in the list of
perils which a savage might draw up. There are
spots where it is a persistent danger, but one should
say, perhaps, thit there are races and clans which
allow it to oppress them. If the case were not so,
all the genus would have been exterminated long
since. When a man-eater declares itself, the whole
population sallies out for vengeance, nor desists until
the priest or the medicine man has identified the
guilty reptile amongst the slain. Then peace reigns
betwixt man and brute until the next offence. The
crocodile which carried off poor Cash has done an ill
service to his kind. It was quite certain before that
they would have the most uncomfortable time in the
records of saurian history during the next few
months. Chasing the crocodile is the one diversion
provided in Upper Egypt, and there is unlimited
room for ingenuity in its various aspects. Below the
First Cataract so very few survive—owing to the zeal
of sportsmen rather than to the disturbance of their
haunts—that the game is practically extinct. And
in the space between Philoe and Dongola it is not
common. With the incentive of revenge for a corn
rade's death, added to the love of sport, our soldiers
may probably extend the reach of water freed from
this pest up to the Third Cataract.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

QUEEN OF BayEEAGES.—Eefreshing the weary, stimu-
lating the inactive, soothirg the invalid, cheering the
social—PEßE I'EA alone ; by its intrinsic and excellent
qualities, " pales tne fire "of all other drinks.—A cup
gr,od tea is always welcome, as proved by the fact that
6,000,00, (six million) packets of Horuiman's Pure Tea.
are sold every )ear by 4000 AgeK,ta
List of Agents in this locality, Stourhridge:—Clarke
Chemist, Hign Street ; Bakur, Chemist. High Street ;
Moir s, 136, Leigh tirtel.---ineriey Hill, Rawlings,
chemist —Kiddermaister, Hewitt, bull _Ling.—Hales-
owen, Adams chemist.—Lye, Greenwood, chemist.—
chernist.—Eiugswitiford, ljear.on,
Brettle Lane, Co tins, cheiniit,—nieminghani , Banks
Co. Bu Quarry Bank, Watts, Chemist.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC.

The following telegrams have been received through
Reuter's Agency :
ROME, Sept. 30.
To-day's official bulletin reports from the city of
Naples 122 cases of cholera and 27 deaths, exclusive
of 24 deaths among patients previously attacked. In
the remainder of the province of Naples there have
been 62 cases and 15 deaths, besides 12 deaths among
persons already under treatment. In the city of
Genoa 66 cases and 47 deaths have occurred in addi-
tion to 20 deaths among patients previously attacked.
In the remainder of the province of Genoa there
have been 46 cases, including eight at Spezzia, and 23
deaths. The return from the other provinces gives
125 cases and 61 deaths, of which 42 cases and 30
deaths occurred in the province of Cuneo.
TouLoN, Sept. 30.
One death from cholera occurred in the suburbs
to-day. The number of patients in the hospitals
remains unchanged.
PARIS, Sept. 30, 9 p.m.
Daring the last 24 hours there have been five
deaths from cholera in the Department of Pyren6es
Orientales.

MARSEILLES, Sept. 30, 9 p.m.
Three deaths from cholera have occurred here
during the last 24 hours.
MADRID, Sept. 30.
To-day's official bulletin reports that during the
last 24 hours five cases of cholera and three deaths
have occurred in the province of Alicante and one
case and one death in the province of Tarragona.
MALTA, Sept. 30.
Quarantine has been abolished on arrivals from
Sicily. The complememtary quarantine on arrivals
from the Black Sea and ports east of the Adriatic
has been removed providing passengers produce a
certificate from the British Consul at the port of
embarkation, to the effect that they have not been
20 days previously within infected districts. Algeria
is declared to be an infected district, and vessels
from Algerian ports will not be admitted into the
harbours of the island.

An inquest was held at Cheshunt on Tuesday by Mr.
Sworder, the coroner for Hertfordshire, on the body of
Thomas Robinson, 69, who died from a shock caused by
a fall on the 20th inst. He was crossing a road when
he was knocked down by a bicyclist, who was proceed-
ing at a great rate towards Broxbourne. He was picked
up insensible. The cyclist promised to call on his return,
but failed to do so. The inquiry was adjourned for a
week, the coroner asking the pLess to take notice of the
accident, so that the bicyclists, of whom there were two,
might come forward and give an explanation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

BRIERLEY BILL.

THE CHARGE OF INTIMIDITING A MINER.-At the
Police Court. on ILursday, I.,etore F. F. Boughey,
(Stipenuiury Magistrate,) John Brummell,
miner, of Pensnett, was charged with intimidating
Solomon Price, miner, of the same place, on the
20th of Augus..—Mr. Holberton pro,ecuted, and
Mr. Clulow defended.—A month ago this case was
adjourned to see if arrangements e.,u1.1 be made
between masters and men, and his Worship now
gested that the case should be klain adjourned
in the hops that the difference between them might
be settled.—Mr. Holberto,i asked that the case
should proceed.—Mr. Clulow was surprised that
opposition to suggfs..ions for peaceable arran-
ments should always c:Ane from toe masters —His
Worship ihought that if the case now went on no
good would result. —The case was ultimately ad-
journed for a month

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after it has been fomented with warm water. The Pills,
taken occasionally in the doses pre-cribed by the in-
plrlctio.is, keep the digestion in order, excite a fees
flow of healthy bile, and regenerate the impoverished
blood w,th richer materials resuiti.,g from thorough.),
assimilated food—wanting whicii, the strongest must
inevitably soon sink into feeb'eness, and the delicate
find it difficult to maintain existence. Holloway's Oint-
ment and Fills are infallible remedies.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

miss the case against him. Wright pleaded guiltYd
They considered the case against him proved in
they ,entenced him to 2 months imprisonment with
ha rd labour.

'l' el:Earrs —Charles Newey was charged with
_stt:;:, threatening language towards Charles Casey, .
on the 27th nit.—Complainant said defendant
threatened to knock his b— teeth down his
throat. John Richards gave corroborative evidence.
Bound over in his own recognisances of £lO to
keep the peace for I.ix months, and to pay the Cots;
ii clef milt 14 days.—Georg.ce Cook was charged with
a ng threats towards William Henry Watkins on
the 29th ult. Complainant said defe,ndAnt
thre atoned to knock his b big head off.
Co. roborative evidence was glven by three witnesses.
Defendant was bound over to keep the F: ace fs,r
months in his own recognisances of £lO and to pay
the costs, in default 14 days.
DauNK.—Bridget Welch was fined 2s 6d and
costs or being drunk on the 10th inst.
A VIOLENT FELLOW.—Patrick Corrigan was
charged with assaulting P.C. Pitt on the Ist ins,.
Defendant was further charged will assaulting
William Lewis on the same date.—A witness was
called who saw defendant kick violently at P.C.
Pitt's I?,gs.—William Lewis said that whilst he was
tiying to eject defendant from the Wheat Sheaf,
Coventry Street, he struck him twice on the temple.
There were 9 convictioub against defendant, and Mr.
Firmstone said there was a series of serious offences
against him. They were determined to put a stop
Ito these assaults if it was in their power, and they
I should protect the policemen in their arduous duties.
IDefendant was sentenced to 6 months' hard labour.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS —The weekly meeting of
this Board was held yesterday Mr. Raybould in the
chair. Admitted 11, discharged 10, horn 1, dead 1,
remaining 532, against 513 last year. Out—door
relief :—Kingswinford £ll 17s 2d, Stourbridge £29
19s 7d, Halesowen £24 2s 2d, non-resident paupers
Al 17s 2d, total £97 17s 1-I,d, against £99 18s 8d in
the corresponding week last year. The Clerk read
a letter from the Clerk of the peace for the County
of Stafford, dated the 29th September, in which he
stated that the County Rate Committee could make
no allowance for their assessments on any parish in
consequence of voids.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

POACHING AFFRAY,

At the Shire Hall, Nottingham, on Saturday, before
Lord Belper and other magistrates, three men, named
Anthony, Hall, and Frogg, were charged with being
concerned in a poaching affray near Sanson Wood,
on the estate of Colonel Seely, M.P.,' of Sherwood
Lodge, near Nottingham, early on the morning of the
18th inst. Four keepers in the employment of the
colonel came upon a gang of seven or eight poachers,
amongst whom were the prisoners, taking game with
nets. The poachers threw stones at the keepers, and
on the latter getting into close quarters a severe fight
took place, the poachers using their bludgeons freely.
One of the keepers named College was stabbed, and the
Prisoner Anthony received serious injuries in the
affray. The keepers succeeded in capturing Anthony
and Hall on the spot, and Frogg was afterwards
arrested. Anthony was taken to the General Hos-
pital at Nottingham, and was not able to appear
before the magistrates until Saturday, the other pri-
soners having been meanwhile remanded to the gaol.
The Bench sentenced Hall and Frogg to three
months' and Anthony, who had been previously con-
victed, to six months' hard labour, and ordered them
to subsequently find sureties for their good behaviour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

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redness, roughness, and chapping. Sold everywhe e, in
Tablets, Is each. Larger sizes, Is 6(1 and 2s 6d.
The medical profession are now ordering CADBURY'S
COCOA ESSENCE in thousands of cases, because it contains
more nutritious and flesh-forming elements than any other
beverage, and it is preferable to the thick starchy Cocoa
ordinarily sold. When you ask for t:adbury's Cocoa
Essence be sure that you get it, as shopkeepers of ten push
imitations for the sake or extra profits. Makers so the
Queen. Paris Depot, 90, Fauborough St. Honore.

AVVICE: TO If OTUERSI—Are you broken in your
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tl'.€tli? Go at once to a chemist 9.nd get a bottle of
1.117.5. INELOW'S SOOTIIIING SiitUP. It will relieve
the poor suffer 2r immediately. It is perfectly harm.
less and6),lea ;ant to taste, it produces natural,
q:igettli, by relieving the child from pain, and the
latle cherub awakes " bright as a button." It
toothes the child, it soZtens the gums, allays all
Niin, relieves will& rtgulates the bowels, and is the
Lt knowr. rer..-cfly for dysentery and diarrhcea,
%listSz...r...r an ,;Ing from tzething or other causes. *Mrs.
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vral Oise at 111. O.pot WU*.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

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THE SUBSTITUTE FOR fir HE MANNA CARE
CASTOR OIL. BEN- j is an effik:ient Worn,
NE TTE'S MANNA CAKE, Cake. Children take it as s
price lid. each (not a patent Sweotrueat,
medicine). One Cake equals It is perhaps the moe.
balf-an-ouuce of Castor Oil, suitable aperient known
without its griping and sub- for use during pregnancy ,
sequent constipations. It has Order from Chemists
a mild but certain action, it only ; or Post Free, 3
is mainly sugar flavoured with for 6d. ; 6 for lid ; 12
liquorice juice, for is. 9d ; and 36 for 4:
From sole Agent Mr, 'I
H. Bland, chemist, 75
liagh Btreet,Stourbri4ge tis
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-04

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LINE.
At Mark-lane a firmer tone was reported at the opening
but was bardly substantiated by the day's business, whick
was extremely limited. Holders asked firmer pricer, but
buyers showed no disposition to respond in the face of ver3-
liberal arrivals. Flour is *variously reported as firm, in-
active, and slow sale at late rates. Malting barley in some
of the provincial markets is engaging rather more attention,
but supplies being liberal buyers have the advantage in
terms, and at Mark-lane medium malting was the turn
ch-;aper, whilst grinding sorts with good arrivals compared
fully 6d below Monday last. Beans and lentils are Is lower
on the week. The former now quoted 27s to 288 pr
4SOlb ex ship for Italian, and 27s 6d to 28s for Egyptian.
Lentils, Egyptian 25s to 268 per 5.'41b. Cangdian Tres
steady at 33s to 31s per 5041 b. Maize rather steadier. Oats,
with continued moderate arrivals are steady, and for the
week c ,mpare rather in favour of sellers. Floating cargoes
of wheat are quiet. Holders ask 31 to 6d more, but buyerg=
do not accede. Barley is dearer, with business in A zotf
cargoes at 18s 6d. Maize is 3d better, and 24s 3d bid for
Galatz Foranian.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
Ths cattle-trade has been in a dull and featureless state.
Quotations remain much about the same, but the tendency
is weak. A fair number of beasts came forward from our
own grazing districts. The trade was flat, but the best
breeds mamtained previous currencies. The best Scots
and crosses realised 5s 6d to 58 8d per 81b. On the foreign
side of the market there was a moderate sappy of beasts,
which sold slowly at about la4t week's prices. As regards
sheep, the supply was about the average; purchases were
conducted very quietly, and prices were unaltered; the
best Downs and half-breds 6i 4d to 6s 6d per 81b. Calves
and pigs were disposed at late currencies. Coarse and in-
ferior beasts, 4s to 4s 61; second quality ditto, 4s 6d. to ss;
prime large oxen, 5s 2d to 5s 4d; ditto Scots, &e., 5s 6d
5s 8d ; coarse and inferior; sheep 5s 4d to 5s lod ; second
qual ty ditto, 5s 8d to Cs; prime eoarse-woolled ditto, 6s 2d
to Os 4d; prime Southdown ditto, 63 4d to 6s 6d; large
coarse calves, 5s 4d to 5s 8d; prime small ditto, 5s 8d to
6s ;' large hogs, 4s to 4s 6d ; neat small porkers, 4s 6d to 5s
per 81b, to sink the offal. Total supply—Beasts, 3070;
sheep and lambs, 8600; calves 320 ; pigs, 20. Foreign
Beasts, 580; sheep and lambs,'ls9o ; calves, FO. From
the Midland and Home Counties we rece.ved 2140, and from
Ireland 350.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.
There was a moderate supply on sale. The trade woe
bad, with a tendency to lower prices. Quotations: Infer,or
beef, Is to 3s 8d ; middling ditto, Is 81 to 4s 44 Prime
large ditto, 45 44 to 4s 3d; prime small ditto, 4s 10d to
58 2d; veal, 5s to 5s 4cl ; inferior mutton, 3s 4d to 3s 3d,
middling ditto, 4s to 4o 8d ; prime ditto, 5s to is 10d ;
large pork, 3s 3d to 4s; and small ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per
81b. by the carcase.