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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

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CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER I ,8842
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

ACCIDENT TO THE DUCHESS OF
CUMBERLAND.

A telegram from Vienna states that the Duchess of
Cumberland met with an accident while following a,
shooting party in the preserves of the Duke of Cum-
berland, in the Aurach Valley, near Gmunden. On
crossing a slight wooden bridge over a mountain
stream the Duchess's horse broke through the plank-
ing and fell upon the loose stones in the bed of the
stream. Her Royal Highness was thrown beneath
the horse, but sustained very slight injury, and was
able to proceed on her way.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

THE IRON TRADE.

Wolverhampton, Wednesday.
The market this afternoon was very quiet, and
orders were scarce. Merchants reported a steady
inquiry for merchant bars, hoops, and galvanisers'
sheets, but in no instance was there any prospect
of their realising any better terms. The works
throughout the district are generally well employed.
but remote delivery contracts are entered into in a
very spariag manner, many of the manufacturers
declining to further commit themselves at the pre—
sent unremunerntive rates. Common sheets for
working up purposes are in steady demand, and
there is a considerable inquiry for best stamping
saeet, the manufacturers et which keep very busy.
fli4ll class haN are purchased in iuiited parcels,
th,.ugh sellers still Idhere, to their list rates. In the
pl•ite mills operations are principally confined to
the pro motion of girder aryl tick sections. For
pig iron there is a very lethargic demand, .nd
smelters who refused to sell a short time ago now
experience some difficulty in securing orders at the
rates they might then have secured. Best pig iron,
however, retains its declared value of £3 for all—
mine and £4 for cold. blast. In minerals there is a
larger trade being done in house coal, while maim-,
facturing fuel is offered at easier terms, consequent
on the lArger output resulting from the miners re-
turning to work alter the strike.

' BIRHINGHAM, THURSDAY.
' The tone of the iron market to—day was not very
Luoyant, and there was a general feeling that bust-
, ness has slackened since the quarterly meetings.
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11 A fair number of orders have been placed durin4
the month, especially in pig iron, and consequen! ly
. 1 prices were upheld. Manufacturers and smelt ers,
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were unableamount
w business
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transacted
betteran sild v
e t term',e I
and h
; scarcely sufficient to test prices. Though new orders
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I were scarce a fair number of specifications were
1 given out on old contracts, showing a steady c:42 •
1 suruption. Sheets were in moderate request, chiefly
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, for galvanising purposes, the galvanisers having 'fe-
-1 ceived a fair number of orders fur Australia a."l
; &nth America. Of best branded iron the chief sates
I were for rivet and horseshoe purposes. No busin...ss
fof importance was transacted in cable iron, hops,
i nail rods, or boiler plates, and sales of common
. bars were few in number. Coal was in dull request,
! and owing to the largeiy-iucreased output since
; the colliers returned to work prices were weaer
1 for nearly all descriptions. Some colliery owners
: are selling at tinremunerative prices.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

POTATOES.

There was a large supply of potatoes on oiler. Tha
dem ind was quiet, as follows: Kent regents 70s to 80s per
ton' ditto kidneys, 60s to 70s; Essex Shaws, 50s to 603 ;
Victoriaa, 70s to 80s; Magnum B,num s, 70s to Sea; and
Champious, 50s to 60s. The quantity of potatoes received
in London during the past wee tc comprised 109 bags from
Amsterdam, 81 Bremen, and 2652 bags and 6 casks from
Hamburg.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

PRINTING PRINTING 1 1 PRINTING 11!

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GENERAL PRINTERS,

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PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

STATIONERY.

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons ,Concert, and
other Posters.
Elandbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes, Bill
Headf.,
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks

GENERAL ADVERTISING A GENT S.

Envelopes,Note Paper, and ALL KINDS o
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, &e.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN S BOOES
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading kooks
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-01

THE CANNON-STREET EXPLOSION.

At St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, Coroner
Langharn inquired into the death of John Callan, aged
27, an engineer, who died fr,_ - the result of injuries
sustained through an explosion in Cannon-street.
George Snow, labourer, said he was at work on
Monday afternoon at a ventilating shaft in Cannon-
street, in connection with the Inner Circle Railway.
The deceased was in charge of a gas engine. Witness
heard the deceased complain that the gas had too
much power, and when he wept to start the engino it
exploded. Deceased was knocked down, and the
reservior of the engine fell upon his legs, crushing
them badly.
William Charles Davis, an engine cleaner, deposed
that he had been driving the engine on the day in
question while the deceased was away. Witness only
had three weeks' experience of driving an engine.
Mr. W. B. Davies, the manager of the firm of
engineers who supplied the engine, said it was in
perfect working order, and no complaints had been
made about it. After the explosion he examined the
engine, and found that the accident was due to the
bursting of the reservoir for storing the gas, caused
by an excessive charge being placed on the cylinder.
The driver of the engine was responsible for this.
After hearing the medical evidence the jury re-
turned a verdict of" Accidental death," and expressed
an opinion that the engine at that place was danger-
ous to the neighbourhood, if not placed under the
care of a oompetent man, which, they believed, was
not done in this case.

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"My husband is very little help to me about the
house," remarked Mrs. Smith to her friend, He
never does any of the mhrketing. He always forgets
to bring anything home with him." "How different
he is from my husband,' responded her friend sadly.
"In what way?" "Mr. Jones comes home .loaded
I)vc+ry night,"

EPITOME OF NEWS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

BRIERLEY HILL LOCAL BOARD.

Mr. Mark Rollinson presided at the monthlY
mewing of this Board, held on Monday afternoon.
The Chairman explained that the new rate would
be deferred until the asses,ments of the tramways
and Great Western Railway were ready. They
could be included, and so make a considerable differ-
ence in the rates.

The Medical Officer (Dr. Ashmead) reported a
death rate of 17-6 per 1,000. The deaths from
second-class zymotic diseases were five in number.
The secretary of the South Staffordshire Water-
works Company having written explaining that the
recent unsatisfactory state of the water was due to
a vegetable growth in the Shaver's End reservoir,
several members expressed their opinion that the
supply would be purer if the reservoir were covered
io. The Clerk was instructed to write and say so.
Mr. Wright attended to support a petition in
favour of the better lighting of South Street ; and
Mr. Carder gave notice of motion to consider the
whele subject of lighting,
Mr. Skidmore called attention to the scarcity of
magistrates, and aslted what had been done since
the deputation to the magistrates.
The Chairman thought nothing had been done,
and the clerk was requested to write to the magis-
trates on the subject.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

AMBLECOTE.

TEA PARTY AND ENTERTAINMENT.—The an rum
Paroaial Tea Party and EntertaZnment took place
in the Schoolrooms, Coakournbrook, on Monday
evening About 150 persons sat down to an ex-
cell i; t tea. After tea an entertainment was given.
The glees by the choir pleased the audience) very
much. The songs "Cloister Voices," and "The
New Kingdom," by Miss A. Steele were very
effectively rendered and were well received. Miss
Hudson in her songs "The bend of the River, and
"The Three Tokens" excelled all her previous efforts
and we certainly think she has greatly improved.
Mr. H. Lea rendered his songs very well. The
songs 'The Bugler," and "The Little Girl" by Mr.
Hicks were well received. The vocal duet by Miss
A. Steele and Mr. Hicks was rendered with pleasing
effect. The Violin solo "11 Travatore," by Mr. 1.),
Poole w.is brilliantly executed. The Negro Enter-
tainments by Mr. L Jordan and H. C. Jordan were
received with roars of laughter. ,One word of ptaise
is due to Mr. R. W. Smith. organist to the church,
for the splendid way in which he accompanied at the
pianoforte. The following is the programme :—Glee,
"Red Leaves are falling," Members of the Choir;
song, "Cloister Voices," Miss A, Steele ; song, "The
Bugler," Mr. C. C. Hicks ; song, "The bend of the
River," Miss Hudson ; Negro Entertainment, "rlhe
Doctor's Assistant," D. Sawbones, Mr. L. Jordan,
As,istant, Mr. H. C. Jordan ; glee, "When Even-
ing's Twilight," Members of the Choir; soag, "The
Roll of the drum." Mr. H. Lea; violin solo, "11
Trnvatore," Mr. D. Poole; song, "The three tokens,"
Miss Hudson; vocal duet, "Love shall never die,"
Miss A. Steele and Mr. C. C. Hicks; song. "Jack ot
"Ours," Mr. H. Lea ; song, "The New Kingdom,"
Miss A. Steele ; song, "The Little Girl," Mr. C. C.
Hicks ; part song, "Dame Burden,' Mesirs. Pugh,
Jones, Hicks, and Harriman; Negro EntertainmAnt,
"Imagination anti Fancy," Pete, Mr. L. Jordan,
SAmbe. Mr. H. C. Jordan.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

DUDLEY.

CHARGE OF FELONY —On Mon3ay, at the Police
Court, before the Mayor (Alderman Howat) and
Alderman Wilkinson— George Heniingsway (66),
labourer, no settled abode, was charged with
stealing an overcoat, the property of Mr. H.
clothier, New Street. --P.C. Hughton saw the
defendant handling the garment, and finally walk
off with it. Hemingsway was apprehen&d, and re-
minded for further enquiries, when it was found
tt,at he had undergone bug terms of imprisonment
for felony.—Prisoner, who had nothing to say, was
committed to the Sessi,ns. In reply to the Mayor,
11i r. Williams, jun., said they had had more than
o!,e coat stolen f:om the outside. His Worship
said the placing of the goods in such a position
o as a temptation.
ASSAULTING A PUBLICAN.—At the same Court,
S demon Banks (62), eng,ine-man, Netherton, was
of arced with refusing to quit the Red Lion Inn,
Northfield Road. and with assaulting Benjamin
B:rd, the landlord. Mr. Hooper (Messrs. stokes
and Hooper) Prosecuted, and Mr. Waldron de-
feaded.—lt was alleged that the defendant went
into the housa with his wife, and had a pint of ale.
Upon ordering the second pint he asked the woman
to pay for it, and liea declined. Thereupon he
callet: her filthy names, and made use of obscene
expressious. The landlord objected to such
language, and ordered Banks to leave the house.
This he refused to do, struck complainant with his
fist, seized a poker, and was with difficulty dis-
armed. Afterwards Bird was compelled to leave
his own premises through the defendant's violence.
Banks stated that he was first struck on the head
with a poker, and a cross-summons was heard.—
Finally the charge of refusing to quit was dis-
mi,sed, and Danks was fined 20s. and costs.--. The
cro s -summons %VHS withdrawn.

Scnoot, BOARD.—On Mond-a; evening the Mayor
(Alderman Howat) presided at the ordinary meeting
of the above Board.—His Worship called attention
to the recent speech at the Roman Cat holic re-union
by Mr. Thomas Reynolds, the chairman Thisha.d
reference to the allegation that the Sehool Board
teachers managed to trust the gutter children, and
those not particularly sharp into the denominational
schools. The Mayor said he had seen nothing to
prove the allegation, but if such a state of things
existed, it ought not, and he moved that the Clerk
communicate with every teacher, calling attention
to the speech, and asking for their rennrks on the
question. His Worship said Mr. 11, ynolds had
stated that the name of the Creator was not
mentioned in the Board schcols, but this he (Alder-
man Howat) flatly denied, as the Sermon on the
Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Commandments
were read as often as the teacher like I.—The
Mayor's resolution was seconded by Mr. W. P.
Greenway, and carried,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1884.

BRIE RLEY HILL.

BREACFI OF THE PEACE. At the Polic, C, u t,
on Monday, before Messrs. G. King-Harr'son ano
P. Foley„Toseph Tolley and James Plant were
cha-gad with committing a breach of the peace by
fi ;litir4.7, on the 28th ult., and Tolley was further
eharg,ed with assaulting Thomas Grosvenor on the
sane date. Thomas Grosvenor said whilst he was
in his house he heard a disturbance and on going
out he saw the defendants fighting. He parted them
and went into the house again. Tolley then burst
he door open and struck him on the mouth Tolley
was fined 5s fir the assault and 5s for the breach of
the peace, and to be bound over to keep the peace
for dx months, and to pay costs. Plant was fined
2s 6d and costs; in default 7 days.
A LAZY PAUPER.—John Easthope was charged
with refusing to work, on the 30th ult, whilst an
Mimi to of the Stourbridg2Workhouse.—lsaac Perry,
labour master of the House, said defendant would
not work when requested, and absolutely refused
to do s(,—Defendant was committed to prison for
14 days.
AssAuLTs.—Daniel Compson was charged with
assaulting Kate Lane, on tile 24th ult, in Peacock
Lane Wordsley.—Complainant said the defendant
crushed her against a wall with his cart whilst she
was gong down the lane with her child and a per-
ambulator. It was quite dark at the time. Defend-
ant was ordered to pay costs,—William Drew was
charged with assaulting James Kent, on the 25th
ult.—Complainant said defendant struck him in the
eye whilst they were in a public house. Fined 2s 6d
and costs ; in default 7 days.—Elijah Barnbrook
was charg •d with assaulting John Thomas
Williams, on the 28th ult.—Complainant said de-
fendant came to him and said "I'll well
throttle you." They went a bit farther down are
road when defeneant struck him on the side of the
face,—Defendant said complainant kicked him
because he expostulated with him for throwing
stones. The case was dismissed.—John Bullock
was charged with assaulting Edward Hilton, en the
29th ult. After hearing the evidence the Bench dis-
missed the case,

DRUNK.—Richard Ball was charged with being
drunk, on the Js inst, at Brierley Hill P.C.
Lafford proved the ease. Superintendent Woollas-
ton said defendant was the greatest blackguard in the
district. Fined 5s and costs; in default 14 days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

case from the ticket office was fixed in its place when
the panic-stricken audience rushed down, whilst others
allege that it was open. However this may be, the
block at that part of the staircase was so great that
the bodies of the dead and injured were heaped ten
feet high, and several survivors state that they escaped
by climbing over the prostrate forms. It is doubtful,
indeed, whether the point will ever be cleared up. It
now appears from an official estimate that there were
about 1300 persons in the pit and gallery, so that i's
the stair is only 4ft. Gin, in width, there would be 290
persons to each lineal foot of exit capacity. In a
report which the Master of Works recently presented
to the Lord Dean of Guild regarding exits from the
theatres he gave it as his opinion that there should
never be more than seventy persons to each linoal
foot.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

HUSBANDS AND WIVES.

Among the applicants to Mr. Bushby, at the
Worship-street Police-court, London, on Saturday
morning, were an unusual number of women, who
sought advice as to their relations with their respec-
tive husbands, six coming before the Court all ex-
hibiting very respectable appearance. The first said
that she had married a man about four years ago who
had been a very good husband to her, but recently
they had learned that a former wife of his was alive.
She had separated from him, although they were
livinc, near, and she wished to know what she could
do. 7.Nlr. Bushby told her she could prosecute him for
bigamy, which would declare her free. The applicant
said she did not want to do anything of the kind.
The first wife, she was told, had a warrant out against
the man. A detective had been to her house to
search for him. She had been a mission woman of
the parish for four years and did not wish to be
disgraced.—Mr. Bushby said of course the police had
a right to search for the man, but they would not
annoy her if they found the man was not in her house.
Until the marriage was declared invalid she would
not be free to marry agaiu, and she was not the man's
wife.
Two women, both young and of nice apprarance,
one carrying a child in her arms, complained of their
husband's ill-usage. One had only been married ten
months, yet she said her husband had pushed her
downstairs, and told her to go and get her own living,
as he did not want her there. His own
,mother was
in the house. The applicant carrying the baby said
that after three years of married life she had sepa-
rated from her husband, taking by consent,
half the goods. He, however, followed her
and wanted the things back.—Mr. Bushby said he
could not help applicant if they ware not bought
with her own money, and there was no
written agreement. Each woman wanted a separa-
tion from her husband, but did not want him
"punished." Mr. Bushby gave to each the same
advice—that he had no power to grant separations
except for aggravated assault, and that the applicants'
only remedy was to apply to the Divorce Court and
start a suit for a judicial separation. That could be
done for 505., which the husband would probably be
ordered to repay. If they wished a settlement of
goods the Chancery side of the County Court was
open to them, and there they could get a deed regis-
tered, after getting trustees. The applicants thanked
the magistrate, but left the court apparently not very
clear as to what they could do.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

A TOMBSTONE FOR SALE.

Many curious things have from time to time been
exposed for sale at old curiosity shops by dealers in
old furniture, and at what are popularly known as
marine stores, but few come up in singularity and
uniqueness to one which is now exposed for sale in
one of the courts leading off from Carey-street,
London, consisting as it does of a little common
tombstone about two feet square, such as we often
see at the foot of graves, recording the virtues and
piety of the wife of a major, who seemed to have
only had the comfort of a few months of the socieq
of Dora Paulina, such being her name. Attached to
the slab are two strong brass rings, eviden!ly used
for suspending the little monument to a wall either
in a mausoleum or a private room. Whether it has
been ruthlessly torn from its place by the unrelenting
hand of the broker, or dispersed with the other family
effects on the death of the head of the family, can
only be guessed at; probably the latter, since it is
accompanied by some half-dozen life-sized plaster
casts, said to be family portraits, but at all events it
is a very singular thing for a broker to buy, and a
still more curious one to expose for sale at a second-
hand furniture shop.

POLITICS A LA MODE.—" Oh, I say, Bill, you 'ave
been mauled! Wherever 'ave yer been ?" " Hopen
hair discussion on the Franchise Bill, 010 man!
Splendid debatin' talent on both sides, but the sup-
porters of the amendment bruised—l mean al-gulled
best. 'Owever, we carried our resolution, and bashed
in their seconder's head,"—Fum.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

ACCIDENT TO -THE EMPRESS

ED GENIE.

Whilst visiting the tombs of the late Emperor
Napoleon and Prince Imperial at St. Mary's Church,
Chislehurst on Monday, the Empress Eugenie met
with an accident. She arrived at the South-Eastern
Itailway Station at Chislehurst about twenty minute:3
oafrt ten o'clock, the Brussels boat express being
stopped for that purpose. The Empre,s was then
conveyed in a brougham to the Imperial mati-oleum,
her suite consisting of Madame Le Broton. Madame
D'Arcos, M. St. Pietri, and M.Uhlinann (the tu•or of
the late Prince Imperial) followed by the In lies in
waiting in another carriage and the gentlemen on
foot. On arriving at the approach to the church,
in which her Majesty on these occasions usually
attends a short mass, the attendant opened the door
of the vehicle in order that she might alight, and it
was here the accident occurred. The door of the car-
riage by a patent arrangement is connected with the
step, and as the door is shut or opened the step is
placed in its proper position. Just as the attendant
opened the door, the horses, which were somewhat
fresh, moved, and he sprang forward to stop them,
leaving the door but partly open. Her Majesty,
thinking that the step was all right, put her foot
down, and was in. tlse act of getting out of the
vehicle when the step gave way under the
pressure, and the Empress fell with violence to the
ground. The ladies in waiting promptly came to her
Majesty's assistance, and had her taken to the resi-
dence of the Right Rev. Monsignor Goddard, where
it was ascertained that she had sustained a slight
injury. The Empress, who walked with difficulty
and appeared to be suffering pain, then attended
service in the chapel, and afterwards returned to the
railway station, where she was met by Earl Sydney,
who had heard of the occurrence, and who gave her
the aid of his arm whilst escorting her to the train.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

A WWII" To WIVES.—The pleasure of partaking of ten,
free from ariulteration, lading powder, or foreign ad-
mixture, is realized ty many thousands of tea drinlre-fs
who annually consume -many millions of packets of
Horaiman's Bure Tea.--Bew.zrecf 'Spurious Imitations.—
List of Agents in this locality, btourbridge:—Clarke
Chemist, High Sireet, ; Bak,r, Chemist, High Street ;
Moms, 136, BgJa tAreet.—Brierley Hill, Rawlings,
chemist.—Kidderphr;sWr, Hewitt, Bull Mug —dales-
Adau!ts Greenwood, chemist.—
Wordsley, ‘`‘ WO,ciLemist._Kings\vjuford rearton.—
Brettie Lane, -GO line, chemist.—Birmingliarn , Banks
Co. Bu EmlZ.—Quarry Bank, Watts, Chemist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

BODY SNATCHING IN AIIIERICA.

Body snatching is in itself so revolting a crime, ana
is, moreover, generally so difficult to commit, that
conviction for such an offence is rare. It appears,
however, that within the past year some unknown
miscreants have been systemalically robbing the
graves of a cemetery at iamestown, in America, of
their dead, and large rewards are offered to any one
who will bring the offenders to justice. The discovery
that a dozen graves had been rifled was accidentally
made a few weeks since when that of a young lady
interred a day or two previously was noticed to
have been disturbed. On examination it was
found to be empty, and this induced the proper
authorities to institute a general search in the ceme-
tery. Twenty graves, all of which had been made
within the last year, were opened, with the result that
twelve were found to have been robbed. The distress
which this intelligence has caused the relatives of the
deceased persons whose remains are missing is very
great, and in the ease of one person the shock will, it
is feared, prove fatal. In consequen&k of the dis-
covery made in the Jamestown Cemetery, it has been
determined that all the graveyards in the neighbour-
hood slmll be searched. This has already, in fact,
been done in two localities some miles distant, and in
both eases violated graves have been found.—The
Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

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zumption and all wasting diseases, invariably pre.
ducing increase in flesh and :weight. This prep,ratiou
G ,'1 Hydrated Cod Liver Oil is tonic, digestive, an 6
ten tins more nourishing, as as fur mor.
pleasi..l4 to taste than plain cod liver ail. Hydrolein‘
will ncerbh and produce increase of weight in those
cases where oils or fat, not so treated, are difficult or
'pozsible to digest. MI tlz2teneY to emaciation and
weight is arrested by the u. 13 of Hydroleinu,
6emints, in. Ed. litn7 depot, ark Farringtiv::

FAIR WHITE HANDS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

A FAMILY DOCTOR'S WARNING.

We busy people of the world—men and women—
who labour with brain, who work with mind—while
we should not allow ourselves to be panic-stricken
every time we have some little ailment, should at the
same time, says the "Family Doctor" in Cassell's 11faaa-
rine, never despise little warnings. "They are like
slight flaws in the boiler of a steam-engine, or tiny
rents in a sail: they need instant seeing to, or the
fabric they threaten may go, and go suddenly. Indi-
gestion may appear a very trifling thing; so may that
slight headache you suffer from sometimes, or
the giddiness on getting up quickly from the re-
clining position, which you may have by this time
got almost used to. Despise them not, You may
answer me boldly enough that you have always been
energetic, always in the van of life, and that you are
willing to die in harness, whenever the call comes.
Well, death is the common lot of all, and happy are
they who can contemplate the coming change with
equanimity. But one may have to endure what seems
worse than death—years and years of hopeless,
wearisome sickness and inability, mayhap even of
semi-imbecility. Who, I ask you, can contemplate a
change to such a life as that with equanimity."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

THE MARKETS.

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MARK-LANE.
A quiet business passing. No feature in the trade, trann-
actions being merely from hand to mouth. Fresh supplies
of produce moderate. English wheat dealt in quietly. the
same in value as last week. Foreign wheat trade dell, 'at
late prices. Flour in limited demand, and Weak in value.
Barley slow. idalting produce fairly firm, but grinding
drooping. Oats firm at previous prices. Maize dull and
not well held. Beans very slow sale. Italian, 2.5 s to 27§ ;
Egyptian, 26s to 29s per 4801 b. Peas inactive. • Nqe
Canadian, 30s to 31s. Egyptian lentils, 258 to 26s per
5041 b.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The total imports of foreign stock into London last ivee
amounted to 12,339 head. In the corresponding peri,d
last year we received 13,157; in 1882, 15,774; iii 1854, Ps;
in 1880, 12,832; in 1879, 11,533; in Is7B, 16,642; and in 1677,
14,835 head. At Liverpool were received 543 beasts from
Boston, and 652 beasts and 3tB sheep from Montreal.; and
at :;outhampton 6 beasts from Guernsey and Jersey. The
c .ttle trad: is quie wittiout any i articular feature. Fhir
supplies of stoca were otteriag. The receipts of bea-ts
f -out our i..wn igi azing districts were moderate, and about
sufficient for requirements. The trade•was slow, but not
without a certain amount of firmness. The best Scots and
crosses realised 5s Sd to 5s E d per Bb. Inferior, bree4,l9
were dull. Foreign stock was not plentiful, and it moved
id quietly at about the rates currsnt last week. With
reference to sheep there was a fair supply in the pens.
Sales progressed quietly, and prices were about the same.
The best Downs and half-breds made es 43 to 6s 63 per-
Calves and and pigs sold on former terms. Quotation et,are
and inferior beasts, 48 to 4s 6d; second quality ditto., 4s 6.3
to ss; prime large oseu is to 5s 6d; ditto Scots. kc., 5s Ed
to 5s lid; coarse and iilferior sheep, 5s to 58 ed ; secoi:d
quality ditto, 5s 6d to 6s ; prime coarse-woolled ditto, 6s.Nd
to is 6d ; prime Southdowu ditto, 68 43 to 65 6d ;
coarse calves, 5s 43 to 5s 8d; prime small ditto, 58 Sd f o
is Od ; large hogs, 3s Ed to 4s ; neat small poikers, 4s 2d to
Is Fd per tlb. to sink the off 4. Total supply : Beasts, 2910;
sheep and lambs, 8430 • calves, 190; pigs, 10. Foreign,:
Beasts. 110; sheep and lambs, 18E0; calves, 30. From the
midland and home counties we roc° vP,I 2085 beasts, from
In land 500. and from ScotlAnd 15 ~cast .
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.
A moderate supply, and a very slow trade. The follow-
-55 ; veal, 53 to 5s 4d. ; inferior mutton, 38 4d
o small
ing are the prices: Inferior beef, 2s Id to, 2s Sd ;
ditto, 3s to 35 43; prime large ditto, 45 43 to 4s 8d ; prime
Sd;middling ditto, 3s 83 to 45 43 • prime ditto
as Ed to 5s 13; large pork, 35 to 3s 4d; small
stm
ditto, 4B to
4s 43 per 81b. by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

On Monday night the inaugural meeting of the
session 1884-85 was held by the members and friends
of this society at the theatre of the University of
London, Burlington-gardens. The chair was taken
by Lord Aberdare, president of the society. There
was a numerous attendance, the spacious hall being
almost filled. The chairman observed that it was
needless to inform his hearers that the anniversary
address was delivered at the close, and not the open-
ing, of each session. He took occasion, however. to
make a few remarks in reference to the recent Con-
gress of the British Association at Montreal, and one
or two other matters. At that congress their able
vice-president, Sir Henry Lefroy, who was pre-
sident of the geographical section, delivered an ad-
dress on Aug. 28. Referring to the growth of geo-
graphical societies throughout the kingdom, and
to the formation of a British Commercial
Geographical Society, the chairman heartily wished
such institutions every success. Having alluded to
Mr. Stanley s return from the Congo, and to the
rescue of the survivors of the Greely expedition, the
chairman introduced the evening speaker, Mr. Joseph
Thomson, as one who, through his travels and re-
searches in Africa, had contributed largely to
geographical knowledge. Mr. J. Thomson read a
paper entitled "Through the Masai Country to
Victoria Nyanza." In the discussion that followed
the chairman and others bore testimony to the admir-
able courage, pluck, and perseverance shown by Mr.
Thomson in the prosecution of his labours as leader
of the expedition,for which the meeting accorded him
a vote of thanks. The proceedings was then adjourned
till the 24th inst.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

FIB 11.

Large supply of fish; trade slow. Priols : Soles, is
per lb; slips, Sd per lb; turbot, 10d per lb ; br.ll, 8d per ib •
cod, id to Cd per lb ; plaice, 4d per lb ; eels, 10d' to is id
Per lb ; congor eel, 3d per lb ; fresh haddocks, 3d per lb:
skate, 4d to: 6:1 per lb; sturgeon, 8d per lb; salmon bass,
6d per lb ; sprat s, id per lb; whiting, 2s to 4s per •dozezi r
tresh herrings, 6d to is 6d per dozen; Anglo-Portugu,se
oysters, 9d to is per dozen; Dutch ditto, 2s per dozen I
native ditto, is to 2s 6:1 per dozen; shrimps, 2d to 3d. per
Pint; winkles, 2d per pint; whelks, Id per pint ;,72,1,;r2,,el
" ` ~,:
,d to is per gallon; lobsters, 9d to 3s each :
.r4s
5.,;",
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each; dri,•d haddocks, 21to Is each; Digby chic],
-6d per bundle; smelts, is to is 6d per basket.
POTATOES.
toes on sale: 'The
There was a good supply of—tacgents 70s to 80s .per!
dem ind was steady, as follows: Kent
ssers Shaws, 50s to 60s ;
ton; ditto kidneys, COs to 70s; E
.gnurn Bonums, •
sors.•.
608 to, 70s • Victorias, 70s to SW
Champions, 50s to 60s. ;
Planters continue to demand higher prices for choice
buyers are willing' to pay. The
East and Mid-Kents than
,ind °, moderate trade passing. The
Worcester grow has P
mgrke' is quiet, nedcally gone into consumptioa.
So far the arrivals of conna t. ental sort,: are not, so Jere's as
was CsPectede
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

A HEROINE IN HUMBLE LIFE.

An incident of the storm of last week on the north-
east of Scotland has escaped record. A correspondent
furnishes the following account of the gallantry of the
wife of a farm-servant—gallantry which ought not to
be allowed to pass unrecognised. During the height
of the gale on Tuesday morning, this woman, Mrs.
Whyte, who lives with her husband in a small cottage
on Aberdour:beach,observed the steam erWilliam Hope,
of Dundee, wrecked in the bay, almost opposite her
own door. Without a moment's hesitation, and in
the midst of a blinding shower of bail and sleet, this
brave woman proceeded as far as she safely could into
the sea and caught the end of a rope which one of
the crew threw to her. The rope she fastened round
her waist, and with her feet planted firmly on the
beach, and with the spray dashing round
her, she stood until those on board the steamer
were able to make the necessary arrangements for
getting ashore, which they did safely. Mrs. Whyte's
goodness did not end there. She took the rescued
men to her humble cot, and, so far as her poor means
afforded, supplied that comfort which the destitute
and exhausted crew stood much in need of. Nor is
this the first occasion upon which this poor woman
has shown herself a good Samaritan. About two
years ago the Swedish barque Almatar was wrecked
on almost the same spot as the William Hope. Mrs.
Whyte showed the utmost sympathy and kindness
for the stranded foreigners; she took them to her
house, grudged neither time, convenience, nor mate-
rial aid, such as was in her power to alleviate their
wants. These services have never been publicly re-
cognised.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

SALES BY AUCTION

• HAGLEY STOCK SALE,
EVERY 110iVDAi.
THE usual Supply of CATTLE, SHEEP,
PIGS,:&c.

OATS, PERRENS, & WOOLDRIDGE

STOURBRIDGE STOCK SALE
TUESDAY, NOT-EMBER. 11th, 18°4
200 PRIME FAT SHEEP, including z he
Enville Hcme Farm. • •
35 HEAD OF FAT AND STORE CA c":.
CALVES, PIGS, itc.

H. KING, Auctioneer.


Alfred J. OTTER,

RAILWAY AND CANAL WHARVES.

STOURBRIDGE.

COAL of all the Best Qualities Delivered at Lowest
Possible Price siiaid at the Shortest Notice.

:Special quotations for Truck and Boat Loads.
USUAL TRADE TERMS.
Cheap qualities of Coal always in Stock, wh h
A. J. 0. can deliver at as low a price as anyone
in the trade.
Price Lists on application.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION AT
SUNDERLAND.

On Saturday morning a collision resulting in
serious injury to several passengers and damage to
rolling stock occurred at the Central Station, Sunder-
land, between the passenger train due from Durham
and the South at a quarter to ten and an empty
market train which had previously arrived with
passengers from Hetton. The Durham train was
entering the ,station while the empty carriages were
being shunted into a siding clear of the main line,
when by a mistake of the signalman the empty train
was backed out of the station on the same line as it
had entered, and, instead of going across on
the up line it went back into the South
passenger train. The shock, although the trains
were proceeding at a moderate speed, was
alarming. The carriages of the Durham train were
knocked off the rails, the end of one being broken in,
and the passengers were thrown in all directions.
Some of them were found to have received severe in-
juries, three of the most serious being conveyed to the
infirmary. Their names are: William Barkas, of
Cosgreen, right leg severely bruised, face cut in
several places, and shock to system; Emma Barley,
of Fence-houses, left leg terribly bruised, nose broken,
and several bruises on the face. A boy, the son of
the man Barkas, also received a bruise on his right
eye. The other passengers who had sustained less
serious injuries were taken to the waiting rooms,
where medical assistance was promptly rendered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

HORRIBLE MURDER AND MUTILA-
TION IN LONDON.

. The divisional Surgeon of police (Dr. Lloyd), and
the other medical gentlemen associated with him,
have finished their post-mortem examination of the
human bead found by the dustmen in Alfred-mews,
arid also some of the other portions picked up in
Bedford-square and Fitzroy-square respectively; and
they have communicated to the police authorities
that the appearances all point to the supposition of
murder, and that the most extraordinsry pre-
cautions have been taken for the purpose of de-
stroying identification. The police state that
the medical examination shows that the ey,-s have
been taken out of the head. The form of the
mouth has been disfigured by a large cut through the
cheek, and the nose with part of the cartilage has
been cut off. They incline to the opinion that the
mutilation took place soon after death from the
general appearance of all the parts and the ui.iforin
characteristics of them. They also believe that the
body was cut up into rather small parts. and that
the parts were packed in something small soon after
life was extinct, for all the pieces are flattened as
though they had been laid one upon the other and
compressed down in a quantity of carbolic acid.
Inspector Langrish and Detective-sergeant Rowan
have been instituting inquiries in the districts where
the remains have been found, but without any satis-
factory result at present.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING ON HUMAN
BEINGS.

At a recent congress of German medical men held
at Magdeburg, a paper was read by Herr Heusner on
the effects of lightning stroke on human beings, and
the author showed that when the lightning discharge
passed through the skin its passage was much easier,
that is to say, the internal organs are much more con-
ductive than the epidermis. This fact was pretty well
known; but it is not so well known that the brain
and spinal cord are apparently conductors, and hence
a lightning stroke on the head does not materially
injure the brain beyond shattering the nerves, nue'
causing temporary derangement. Most persons
struck by lightning do not remember anything about
the stroke; but others describe the sensation such as
would be caused by their being struck a heavy blow,
and some have likened the shock to what they would
be supposed to feel if torn into small pieces. The
subject is an obscure one, but happily it is now
beginning to engage the attention of 13,1wsiologists aa
well as DIITSiCiSt2.-Enginecri2u.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

RUMOURS OF DISASTERS.

[MOM THE "DAILY NEWS" cortREsPoNDENTs•i
ALEXANDRIA, November 6 (Evening),
The stern-wheel Yarrow steamer has been
put together here, and was successfully
launched this afternoon, in the presence of
the authorities and many visitors.
Admiral hay has gone to Port Said in
the Helicon. He proceeds to Malta in the
Alexandria, the Helicon following.
The local papers, English and foreign,
criticise Lord Wolseley's telegrams respect-
ing General Gordon, and consider the Arab
sews untrustworthy. There are still per-
tialent bazaar rumours of disaster.
[listrrEa's TELEGRAMS.]
ASSOUAN, November 6
The 19th Hussars, a battery of Artillery,
and a detachment of 100 Marines arrived
this aiterroon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

THE NEW VICEROY OF INDIA.

A deputation from the committee of the Council
on Education in India waited, by appointment, on
Lord Dufferin, on Tuesday, to explain the present
state of the education question, and to solicit attention
to some features of special importance. The members
referred to the great aim of the council—the educa-
tion of the mass on a natural basis, the encouragement
of higher education by the private efforts of the
richer classes, and the system of grants in aid. After
a conversation, in which Lord Dufferin showed his
deep interest in the subject, and his desire to ascertain
the views of all, and the bearing of education on the
welfare of the natives of India, his excellency °spree-
sed his satisfaction at having heard the views of the
deputation. Lord Dufferin also received a deputation
from the London Committee formed to oppose the
Bengal Tenancy Bill. It was composed of the fol-
lowing members: Mr. C. T. Buckland (Chairman of
the London Committee, and " Father " of the
Bengal Civil Service in 1881), late senior member of
the Board of Revenue of Bengal; Sir George U.
Yule, K.C.5.1., C. 8., late Bengal Civil Service and
member of the Supreme Council of India; Mr. Roper
Lethbridge, C.1.E., late Press Commissioner of India;
Mr. J. Pitt Kennedy, late officiating Puisne Judge
of the High Court of Calcutta; Mr. J. D. Ward,
late Bengal Civil Service and Judge of Dacca;
Brigade-Surgeon J. Berry White, late Civil Surgeon
in Assam; and Mr. J. Dacosta, late merchant and
zemindar of Calcutta. These gentlemen presented
a memorial pointing out that the agitation and un-
certainty produced by the introduction of the bill
had caused a serious depreciation of property in
Bengal. His lordship promised his careful consider-
ation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

REPORTED EXTENSIVE DEFALCA-

TIONS IN LONDON.

The Central News states: "Avery respectable firm
of stockbrokers have just discovered thatjthey had
been victinaised to an enormous extent by an old and
confidential clerk, who had been in their service for
nearly a quarter of a century, and who was widely
known and hitherto widely respected both inside and
outside the Stock Exchange. The books of the firm
are now being examined, and, as far as the inquiry
has gone, it is believed that little actual cash has been
taken, the missing property being almost confined to
the abstraction of valuable securities. No authorita-
tive statement has yet been issued as to the amount
of the clerk's defalcations, but they are variously re-
ported at from £20,000 to £30,000. Whatever the
sum may prove to be, it is confidently believed that
the firm will be able to meet the

Rliarliantzus Zntellignitt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

c

The same night witnessed at the Adelphi the three
hundred and thirty-third performance of Sirc.s and
Pettit's " Lithe Ranks," and this is the longest run,
-which any piece has ever had at that theatre.
"Called Back" still retains its popularity at Prince's,
"Our Boys' yet runs at the Strand, which, consider-
ing that it was out four years at the Vaudeville, says a
great deal for the hold which the late Mr. Henry J.
Byron had upon the theatre-going public. Just now
there are two of Shakespeare's plays before London
audiences—" Hamlet" at the Princess's, and "Romeo
and Juliet" at the Lyceum, the latter having been
produced for the first time on Saturday night. At
Drury-lane the admireis of Mr. Augustus Harris
still flock to witness the representation of "The
World," while at the Savoy Gilbert and Sullivan cer-
thinly hold their own over "Sorcerer" and "Trial by
Jury."

A few months ago Mr. Henry Labouchere, M.P.
proprietor and editor of Truth, when starting upon a'
railway journey, purchased a little-known work at a
bookstall, entitled "Called Back," read it, and was so
pleased with it that he spoke highly of it in his
paper, and this gave the sale such an impetus that
it has now reached a quarter of a million copies, and
is still going on. "Dark Days" by the same author
was launched upon the waters of public support on
Saturday, the first issue being 100,000. A large
proportion of the orders came from our colonial pos-
sessions.

The Health Exhibition, which was closed on the
:30th ult., is described as the most successful ever
held:in this country, or probably any other. The
total number of visitors represented just about that
so' the population of London. Now, looking at the
enormous proportion of country visitors, every day for
nearly six months, this is an illustration of the vast size
of the capital, and of the immense contingent of people
in it who never went to the exhibition at all. Here was
an attraction in their own midst which drew towards
it residents in the uttermosi parts of the land who
did not object to the expense and fatigue of a long
railway journey for the purpose of seeing what was
in the Healtheries. It is by no means an easy task
to calculate how many inhabitants of the metropolis
never went near Sxith Rensing!-on at am.
1 ke they cared for none of these things.

New York's death-rate comes close to a thousand a
week, and they are wondering how long they can con-
tinue to spare a good-sized city put of their population
eaeh week and keep smiling.
"lin a plumber !" answered a burglar who was
discovered in a chamber in a house at Cincinnati at
and the owner turned over in bed with.; the
remnrk : "Oh, I was in hones it was a burglar; and
Le ulight leave me something."

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

HAGLEL

WEEKLY STOCK SALE.—Blegsrs. Oates, Perrens.
and Wooldridge had a large suN;y of all clasies of
stock at their sale on Monday Ist, and with a full
attendance of buyers trade showed an improvement
esp,Tially for best quality. Fat bullocks made as
high as £25 15s, ; cows, ..t23 ;h€ifis, £2l 104; sheep
64s 6d ; calves, 88s. Porket pigs were in demand.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08

DEAD.

Thomas Forbes, aged 16, 116, Drygate-street ;
Thomas Welsh, 60, 8, Carrick-street; James M'Millan,
18, 385, Kirk-street; Daniel M'Gowan, 12, 7, West
Bothwell-street; John Carmichael, 10, 2, Main-street,
Calton; Agnes Murphy, 20, 4, Antigua-place; John
Murray, 13, 250, Saltmarket-street ; William John
Crooks, 15, 9, Hill-street East; Susan Goodwin or
Laird, 22, 31, Argyll-street; Sarah Keith, 16, 106,
Great Eastern-road; Grace Stevenson, 15, 13,
Middleton-place; Mary Gallocher, 15, 3, Pettigrew-
street ; Jane M'Leod, 15, 4, College-street; Mary
Fulton or Elder, 27, 37, Little-street, Calton.