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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

KINVER.

HIOIIWAY RATE —At the Wordsley Police Court, on
Monday, before Me,.. B. St. John Matthews and IT
Smith. Martha Brown was summnrienfor non-payment
f2OS I. the highway rate. After hearing the evidence
of Mr. Green, the ovf.r,er, defendant was excused. Mr.
William Cowley wan ordered to pay Is 4d, the amount
claimed from him.

RNVISION OF THE LIST OF VOTERS. The Revising
Barrister (Mr. Payton Pigott) held his Court at the
White Hart Inn, Kinver. on Saturday last. Mr. Jordan
of the firm of Rogers and Jordan, Solicitors, Kinver).
represented the Liberals, and Mr. A. P. Price appeared
for the Conservatives. The Conservatives made seven
new claims, of which five were allowed. Excluding the
Overseers' onjections, there were eight objections made
by the Liberals, and five sustained. The Conservatives
made one objection. which failed. In the whole district
23 names were struck off the old register, and 14 new
votes put on.
SCHuol. Boa.—A meeting of this Board was held
on Friday last. All the members were present. Mr.
Foley presided.—A letter was read from the Leathersel-
tern' C impany of London, stating that they will be glad
to see aruongst the candidates for the scholarship founded
by ths late William Moiety, boys educated at the Khmer
Grammar School. A resolution was passed that the it.,.
J. Hodgson and the Clerk be instructed to draw up a re.
ply to the above letter, and request the company to give
notice of the time of the examination for the said scho-
larship to the Stewards of the Trustees, and the Master
of the Kinver Grammar School—A precept for £1.10.,
signed by the Chairman and Vice-chairman, was issued
upon the overseers. the amount to be paid to the Trea-
surer of the Swint on the lath December next—Th..
meeting was then irdlinroed until the 24th November
next, sinless the Clerk, before that date, receive a reply
from the Secretary of the National Society respecting tb.
transfer of the National Schools to the Board, when he
is authorised to call • Inviting at an earlier date.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

CONFERENCE OF MORMONS IN
LONDON.

A conference in connection with the Mormonite
movement in l'tah was held on Sunday at the Hoz-
ton Nude Hall. It was a strange mixture of Wen
from " The Valley of the Mountains," and of others
who went from motives of curiosity. At half-past ten
o'clock eleven gentlemen appeared on the platform.
With two exceptions, they did not bear out the
character of "elders" in the ordinary way we under-
stand it in England—lndeed, to some of them the
word " younger.." might be more appropriately
applied. However, they were all " elders from
I. tali." The proceedings commenced with a hymn
sung to a jovial tune, and then came a prayer.
The speakers were evidently men who had great faith
in Mormon principles, but men to whom a little
chastening by Lindley Murray would be of no great
disadvantage. (Inc direct from Utah (Mr. Ward) said
be was thoroughly satisfied with the choice which he
had made of Mormonism many years ago, and he had
been happy in his faith ever since. Many men in these
times expreased their opinion that "Latter Hay
Saints" were poor instruments, hut such objectors
knew nothing of God's dispensations, and by their
words ridicules' his Gospel. The Latter Day Saints
had the ordimmees of life and salvation within them,
and those persons who objected to them burlesqued
the Gospel.
The next speaker was Mr. Dodson, another elder of
Utah, who statol that he onliraceil Morin, odun fifteen
years ago, and during those tifte:n year... bail been in

" the valley of the mountains." Ile believed that
Brigham Young was a prophet of God, and his
disciples had been sent to England to tell the people
what were the real principles of Christianity. The
quicker they got about that work the better. An
elder named Caleb Hawes, who spoke at some
length, gave a description of Utah, and advised people
not to go unless they were fond of very hard work.
Ile believed that the people of England knew nothing
of the practical principles of Mormonism, which re-
quired great personal sacrifices. If people were not
prepared for that personal sacrifice, they should not go
to 'the valley of the mountains."
Several other elders addle:so! the meeting, which
had w 4firig out if the character of a conference., and
very little in the way of explanation of Mormon
principles—nothing about the recelit action of Brigham
Young.
Another meeting is to be held in London in April or
May next year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

O
NE Box of CLA E'S II 41 Pills
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THOMAS 110 MER,

AUCTIONEER AND GENERAL VALUE)

FIVE WAT

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Respectfully
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xind support of
Ptaile guitnAlly

Cha I q s Node, at,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

LATEST NEWS.

PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEIRAMS.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)

FOREIGN NEWS

FRANCE.

VeßcuLtss. ThuredgY.

The Court of Cessation has rejected the ap-
peals of Ferro, Luther, Crinkle, ftegere, Verdine,
and Ferrdt

SPAIN.

MADRID, TLICRSDAY.

The followers of Senor Sagasta have to-dc)
signed a manifesto. Senor Rivers is drawing
up a minifesto of the Radical party, which
Senor Zorilla's partisans will shortly meet to
discuss.

ANOTHER AWFUL CATASTROPHE IN
AMERICA.

FIVE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

NEW YORK, Friday.
• In Wisconsin, four viliades on the Green Bay
River, have been burnt

The inhabitants were surrounded by the
flames, and 150 fugitives were burned alive in a
barn. _

Hundreds of persons were driven into the
river, and alt ,gether 500 people are said to have
perished.

Nzw YORK, Friday.

General Sheridan, at the request of the Mayor
of Chicago. lila taken the command of that city.
President Gan;. haa killed a proclamation
under the Ku Klux Act, ordering the hands in
south Carolin.i to ilisperie within 5 days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

A STRIKE AGAINST STRIKERS.

Howe from club meetin', lad ? I'd like
To how how I.g yell kecp on strike.
Till all the money's foole.l away
That yore sewastiti every 118) ?
You sits and smokes your pipe all through;
'Tis I s got all the work to do.
Vats, you that leads sitch easy lives
Suppose there is a strike if wives.
have struck for your nine hours, no more.
We works for you nigh twenty-four,
Hard at it mornin'. noon, and might ;
If soils strike 'twill serve you right.
Don't talk spark o' stuff to me.
You're t'apital iind Labour we.
And as for that, if you don't mind,
AO Capital leaves you behind,
Coes off abreast, or quits 3, otr trade,
A pretty jib then )Inell have made.
What 's working rather more or less
When wages stopped must bring distr...
Look out stirs' you strikers make
Your wives 'itin6t you to strikitr take.
A strike o WiVeR WoUld be what use?
Why soave for ransler, from the gooses—Piiiieh.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

NETHERTON.

A FRACGCLEN DEBTOR. —At the Dudley COnuty
Court, ou Tuesday, before Mr. Rupert Kettle, Judge,
Mr. Young, barrister, applied that John Johnson, grocer,
of Netherton, should be proceeded against in a civil
court, under the 111th section of the Debtors Act. After
the petition for liquidation by arrangement bad been
filed, Johnson removed certain goods from Ms pantie's,
and no mention was made of them in the statement sub.
milted lithe meeting of creditors. Ile ought, therefore,
to be called upon to prove to the satisfaction of • jury
that in making those OrßissiODS he had no intention to
debts amounted to £49s.—Rio Honour then remarked
that the goods said to have beet, purposely omitted from
the debtor's statement, could not be valued at more than
£lO, and he would ask if it would not satisfy the trustee
if all were paid into court.—Mr. Young. after COM. ItiEg
with his client and Mr. Stokes, stated that an arratge-
went would be arrived at.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

HOME RULE, AND THEN I)

Emancipate your serfs, the Catholics,
And Ireland is at peace for evermore.
So counselled foremost men in politic.
The olive, planted so, fruit quickly bore.
Renewed, forthwith, was Disaffection's roar
Enion fain howling patriots would unfit
More oil conceding Stateemen yet did pour,
In hope to frustrate Agitator's tricks
The loyal Church was levelled by their blows.
Fire they essayed with Tenant Right to cool :
Gil cast on Ibmie—another yell arose.
What next, if that, too, Government befoul?
A cry for unity with foreign foes
Will be the Irish sequel to Home Rule.—Peach.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

SHIPPING NEWS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.
The Neva with Brazil 'nails &mired here at
11 a.m. _

Qu ENsToa-N, Friday.

The Inrna Steamer City of Limerick from
New York, arrived here a: 9 this morning, with
I.Blm dollars io
MALTA, THT:RSDAY.

I%ltil the India and China heavy
mail, left at 6 p.m., to-day for Southampton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

SELF-CURL FUR INVALIDS.

(MEDICINI. SCPKIISEMID).
NATURE'S CURATIVE.
(ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM).

HEALTH AND MANHOOD LI,:STOHED

(WITHOUT I%.DICINE(.

CURE YOURSELF BY TUE NEW ELECTRIC AND

MAGNETIC bELIF-AUJUSTING CURATIVE.

SUFFr REES from nerro. puirfiti drams,

the be. A and
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CAN NOW CURE THEMSELVES.

it: Ell rnpc, I,rot4,ctra
tEI p.st •he fo • rune

1/11,i EL( I ItICIA N),

LEX, lAONDON.

dime and Fe ta superfteded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

PIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING. for Two or
Three Years; after which, and without any further pay-
ment, to become the property of the hirer. All Instru
ments had on this system, or otherwise. will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other, if
not approved of, and returned carriage free. And fur.
ther, after a trial of three years, any Pianoforte or Ear,
:minium would be taken back, at its original cost, and
the money returned, deducting the usual charge lor hire
than offering greater advantages than the London or Biz'.
mine.= Houses.—Apply G. N. GREEN, Pianoforte
Teacher and Tuner, Music Warehouse, 260, Castle-street,
Dudley.

(Inn PIANOFORTES & HARMON'.
, UUJ EMS have been TENET) ly G. F. GREEN
Professional TIDIEE, 260, CASTI E.ETRELT, DUDLEY.
Pianofortes Re-ailked, Re.atrung, the Hammets Re-cov-
ered with Patent Felt, as tmed by the most eminent Vas
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

THE AVENGER OF BLOOD IN JAPAN.

A path e Japan zlewepat,er. the ~hil.bun Zvhi, contains
the following report of an affair strougly illustrating Japan
manners and Lust. a.s

In the year 1863 a veasant named Yadaiyu. of
the village of Nakagawa, to the province of Itikuchin,-
had a quarrel about a quention of land with a fellow
villager named Cleldaiyu Sono, whom he murdered in
the fields, and then fled away immediately. C'hiklaiyu's
sons, named Koji and KOhichi, of the ages of
18 and 14 respectively, resented profoundly the
violent death of their father, and resolved to avenge
him. After searching everywhere for eight years,
during which time they underwent every imaginable
hardship, they at last came across their enemy Yadaiyu
on the 28th day of the third month at Ilitokubi
village, in the department of Ezashi (near Hododate).
Yadaiyu, apparently feeling escape was impos-
sible said, "Vi ell, I will cheerfully meet you at the
spot where I killed your father formerly." So they pro-
ceeded thither in company. KOhichi, perceiving that
his foe was unarmed, gave him the dirk he wore him-
self, saying, "Fight with thin." The foe who was no
coward, saw that 60 short a weapon would be of no
use, and pulling up a poet which stood in a field, engaged
The issue seemed uncertain for some time,
when Kohichi, spying an opportunity, dealt a blow,
and the two at last brought him to the ground, thus
satisfying the passionate desire which had haunted
them for all these years. Ah ! the spectacle of the
sufferings and loyalty of these two pious sons is calcu-
lated to excite emulation in every one's breast. But
how are we to account for a murderer escaping the
clutches of the law (lit, the meshes of the nest), and
preserving his remnant of existence for nine long
years?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

A TIMELY HINT.

Est are we in Endland to sit idly by after the recital of
this terrible Mambo. (asks the Daily Thlegraph) Are we
placidly to warm our hands by the ldazing embers of our
neighbour*. house? Forbid it, generosity Forbid it,
! We helped she Hamburgers in (the extremity to
which they were reduced through tire. We succoured t`te
Perotes when the Christian quarter of Constantinople was
laid in ashes. We relieved the Smyrniotes under similar
circumstances We helped to feed starving Paris; and even
now the guineas of gallant English officers and gentlemen
are being contributed to assist in rebuilding the latent-out
Palace of the Legion of Honour, Ia affording such aid
out of our great abundance, we simply did our duty
as a civilised and a Christian people ; and we should be
casting foul llCOrli both upon Christianity Mid civilisation
If at this moment we withheld cordial help from
the suffering people in the State of Illinois. When 'so
were at agony point in Ireland and in Laneaabire, the Ame-
rican people sent no corn and meat by the shipload. The re-
lief to our brethren on Lake Michigan should take a
practically generous form, and it should be immediate.
In one word, we sill venture to point tint the means
by which the kindliest and most useful sit may he
afforded to Chicago. What is most urgently needed by the
hundred thougand destitute men, women, and children is, no
doubt, clothing. Money will come pouring in from every
part of the Union, and likewise, we trust, front Canasta, and
Nova Scotia. Of meat and breadstuffs there will also be
abundant supplies. Still tho burnt-out people will Le sure
to want clothes ; and wearing appal el in the United States Is
frightfully 'VP mud have by u. an amazing stock of rudy-
mote garmentsatel woollen fabrie,,, and with a good round stint
In hand, a steamship might he charttred for New bock,

laden from hold to deck with clothes, blankets, boots and
shoes. and fleecy hosiery. Money subscriptions towards the
rebuilding of Chicago may be left to our friends across the
Atlantic. Let us remember that when people escape from a
tire, it is too oftcm in tlo ir Ehifts and nizlitdresses, without
headgear or shoes or stockings. There must be thousands
at this moment on the Michigan bank with nothing In
the world but the scantiest of raiment anti it is our
clear and bounden duty to clothe the naked as well
as to feed the Inmgry. Nor can there Ile any doubt,
that in such au emergency the (Myer 1111 l ent of the l•nited
States Wialhi Waive its Customs tariff, and would allow the
cargoes for Chicago to pats from New Vork to the burnt
city—there is direct railway commtmication between the
tw:i—Mity free. A swift steamer Wien with Wllllll clothing
and body linen, for both sexes aud for all tines, would be the
immediate testimony of our recognition that blmai isthicker
than water, and that when Americans are in distress, we
have Ott forgotten our common parentage,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

CORRESPONDENCE.

Ws wish it to be distindly noderstood ti, I,y i,,strt,„9
letters in this 'do not thereby id, .1, ourse! r,
with the opinions of our Correspundenta.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

THE LYE.

LECTVIIIII.—On Wednesday evening ths Reg. A. O'Neil,
of Birmingham, delivered a lecture at the Mount Zion
ljongregatioaal Chapel. Lye, on " Arbitration." The
• hair was occupied by the Rev. T. Parker, the pastor,
who briefly introduced the lecturer to the meeting. Mr
O'Neil then spoke at some Length on arbitration among
nations, and referred especially to the Alabama claims,
the boundaries jelestion. and the state of the fisheries,
all of which are now to be aettled by arbitration. A
vote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman closed the
proceedings. There was a large attendance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

AUSTRALIAN PRESERVED MEAT.

The Melbourne Argnr gives the follon leg welcome Intelli-
gence respecting an article of food nut by any means too
cheap In "Old' England :
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We can supply the meat consumers in Great Driblin
with excellent preserved beef and mutton -say in
London—at from 31.1. to GI per lb. ; and already we
manufacture nearly half a million pounds a week.
Nor is our preserved meat an inferior article, whether
in palatableness or nutritiousness. It is only inftior
in quality to the best English fresh meat cooked in an
unexceptionable manner, and that costs the con-
sumer two or three times as must% To the great
body of British workmen and their families, who
must either eat second or third class butchers'
meat or use animal fool only at intervals, our pre
served meats would prove an inestimable born, if
only they would teach themselves the habit of eating
them regularly. They are mole from beef and mut-
ton in prime condition ; they are R. preserved that they
will keep good for many years; they are, for the most
part free from bone, and therefore economical in the
using. The whole process of manufacture is con-
ducted with the most scrupulous regard for cleanliness,
and no meat is permitted to leave our manufacturers
premises until its quality and the sufficiency of its en-
closures have been submitted bathe most exigent tests.
The principal Victorian meat-preserving houses are in
the neighbourhood of Melbourne. The meat is pre-
served by whatisknown as the chloride of calcium pro
seas., which expels all the atmospheric air from the tins,
and destroys the germs of decay which the meat con-
tains. Tau various operations are under the management
of skilled workmen,and neither care nor expense is spared
that would contribute to the final success of the manu-
facture. The only fault which has been found with
the result of all this labour, so far as we have ob-
served, is that the meat is sometimes overcooked ; but
this blemish is more apparent than real, since the
whole nutriment of the meat treated remains in the
tins, and something in addition, inasmuch as a quan-
tity of rich gravy LY added to each. But there is rea-
son to hope that this slight defeat will be overcome
before long. Our manufacturers are experimenting
with this view, and they have already attained to
results which afford reason to expect that by and by
their efforts will prove entirely successfuL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

PENSN ETT.

LIQUIDATION CARE.-013 SatUlrllty • pelitioll for liqui-
dation Ices filed in the County Court, Dudley, by Be,
Collis, solicitor. against Mr. R. Beckli-y, grocer. The
amount of liabilities is £506, and the assets ore set down
at £9O.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

Pail, Flanlas aud Internal Inylananationx.

Persona afflicted with these distresAng complaints will
find in this wino. iful Ointment instant means of relied
and all can t diet their own cure without explaining their
infirmity to anyone. The Pills, if in small doses. greatly
assist the Ointment, as they purify the blood and regu
late the stomach.
The Pills and Ointment are sold at Professor Motu,.
WAYS k stabliabinent, 533, Oxford-street, London; also
by nearly every relict:table Vendor of Medicine through•
oat the Lmvilieedßorld, in Boa and Pots, at is lad,
*I, 4a tid, Ila, 225, and 33s each. the 25 thl size
contains three, the ds tid size iii, the Ila size eixti en.
the 22s size thirty•three, and the 33. size fifty-two times
the quantity of als Ild Box or Pot. the smallest Box
of Pills contains four dozen; and the smallest Pot of
Ointment one ounce.

luLl krinteci oircctiona are affixed to each Box and Pot,
and can be had in any language, even in Turkish, Arabia,
Armenian, Persian or Chinese.

SAMUEL SALT & SON,
HAGLET-OTREKT, HALEBOWEN,
AGENTS FOR THE OBSERVER."
Meters. Salt and Son deliver the Ohlerrer to the fol
lowing Towid.hipa:—Haletioweu, Brierley Hill, Quarry
Bank, Cradles Heath, Cradley, Old Hill, Blackheath,
Goraty Hill, Colley Gate, Bartley Green, Quinton, Hun.
nington. Hasi,ury, Oldbury, Careless tireen. The Lye,
Clent,Belbroughion, Fairfield, The Liekey, B row liffrOre
Redditch,amd the surrounding district.

WANTED, by & Manufacturing Firm in
Lancashire, a MAN who thoroughly understand,
She Manufacture and Foilshing of Nall and Fancy
WOOLLEN TWEEDS.—Address, Box P. 14, Poet
Office, Manchester.

WANTED, a Strong, Active Young MAN,
as °STU. R and PORTER. Good character
required.—Apply Uhoerver Office.

NIVANTED, a Steady, Sober MAN, as
WAGGONER. Cottage procided.—Apply to
Johu Whittaker, Farmer, Churchill, Kidderminster.

WANTED, to Place a Respectable YOUTH,
aged 14 years, in a SOLICITOR'S OFFICE.—
Address, "li," Observer Office, Stourbridge.

AManufacturer of a MANURE, established
eighteen years, snakes to appoint • few respectable
/agents. Good Commission. Apply by isnot addressed
Manus Agenoy," No. 17, Davonshirsaguara, London,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

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I Aim% T.

All sufferers from coughs. colds, bronchitis, asthma,
s lid irrcanler tuition cf the beiirt are earnestly it 1/111-
M, to rub tirdlose,.ll Ouitinent well .iver
•oro. be•••st, h•••• • as the esse may require,
• y f•i •: onfidenly rely upon the be-
ats' .• o flow this treatment; tine
•h r• • r garde for all internal aid
•'''lute, f El.e

votl

I ad Mows, Oros, Abseessex,
‘ird Mi kind*.

Lev G e thuruaguly healed by tile epplication of doe
Ointment to the parte effected. titter they hbve been duly
Vioeuteil with wean wet, r. Under the action of this
Ointh,elzt, aided by the Pills, the deprevto
.•.:y e.:;! it quickly removed; even
• •.• • loth • •. leanerer old or invetr.

In,,,ban,nlnl caiirlyir Pains.

• r NAN to elee r. def. he ;airy
applteiddien itillentiostion and diniinisnea
brag Mall lion 'ILI* 1,5,1 li*VA 011,1111..11L aepolatint:
the bdadi en de fOLIC to 01 rtill the ofiteteit pots, pr.
motes health.) ..etion. In at %lite cud chronic 00000 thi
Pals should ale • be taken is their put hying idterative
and restorative qualities Idiom the whir mass of solids
and thuds in • woutesonte eouoition.

The Mother's Frieud.—Skin Themes, however

Pesres ear may be Radio(lly enrol.

braid heed+, itch, blotches on the akin, nerofulous
sores or king's evil, and such like affections, yield to the
mighty power of this line Ointment. provided it be well
rubbed around the affected parts two or three times
day and the Pills be taken according to the printed
direetious.

Dropsical Swellings, Paralysis and Stqf Joints.

Many of the worst cases of the above diseases will
yield in a comparatively short time, if the Ointment be
diligently applied to the affected parts, even all. n other
means have failed. Whenever the etehuly hee been of
long standing the Ointment shruld us.isted by Hol.
tansy's purifying Pills which et t upon the stomach and
liver, guarding digestion against tailing into that disor-
dered state, which the pain, restlessness, and fever at-
tending there shears:as is apt to produce, and which ranch
recovery, and
.sometimes even makes serious the
slightest case.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

A SAD TRAGEDY.

A shocking murder has been committed at Yarns-
combs, a few miles from Barnstaple, by a woman
named Petheridge, the wife of a labourer. The woman,
who has been subject to epileptic fits, was in the house
with her two children on Thursday afternoon (the sth
inst.), and towards the evening was seen by her neigh-
bours to leave the house dressed in her best clothes and
run down the road. This attracted attention, espe-
cially as the woman had been previously walking with
stickw; an inquiry and search soon revealed the fact
that the children, aged respectively nine months and
three years, had been strangled. An alarm was at
once given, and Police-constable Moon, the village
constable, went in pursuit of the murderess, who did
not attempt to escape. On being overtaken she allowed
herself to be quietly taken into custody, stating that
she intended to drown herself when she left the house.
When Dr. Jones arrived he questioned the mother as
to how she killed the children. Ile asked her if she
did it with a rope. She replied, "Oh, no." She then
said that she had strangled them with the string of her
night-dress. She appeared quite indifferent at the
dreadful occurrence, and remarked, "They are dead;
they are better off; they are gone to heaven."
The affair, as may readily be imagined, has caused
considerable excitement, not only in the village, but
the whole district. The general opinion is that the
woman is of unsound mind. She had a severe fit a
short time since, which affected her speech a great
deal.

(in Saturday morning, Jane Petheridge was brought
up before the magistrates at Torrington, and com-
mitted for trial.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

LIABILITIES of RAILWAY COMPANIES.

A case containing several points of interest to the public
was heard at the last sittings of the Woolwich Comity Court,
before Mr. J. Pitt Taylor, Judge, tieing an action bronght
against the Sf,uth-Eastern Railway Company fr Ida 641., the
cost of hire of a carnage to convey the plaintiff, Colonel
Yonge, half-pay unattached, to London, owing to the over-
crowded state of the trains, the railway company falling to
complete their contract, he having takes a return ticket at
London,

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The plaintiff stated that on Whit-Monday last be
took is first-class return ticket from London to
Woolwich, an•l on endeavouring to return to town in
the evening of that day he found the platform crowded
to excess, so much so that he could not get near the
trait. When it approached the stati••n a rash was
made by ti c crowd, and the p•-ribers got into the
carriages irrespective of cla,ses. He waited for two
trains. but could not succeed in getting it,, and as he
was afraid he might hive to wait there all night he
hired a post-chaise and was driven to London, the cost
of which be claimed. Thu unused half of the return
ticket he now produced.
Mr. Bartholomew, stationmaster at Woolnich, who '
ams.ared on behalf id the railway company, said Whit- '
Monday was the busiest day in the year. The company '
did its best to accommodate the immense number of
passengers, an•l to insure their return. Spe,ial trains
were provided in addition to the ordinary ones, and the
whole of the passengers were conveyed to their destina-
tions before midnight. Witness pleaded that the
tickets were homed conditionally, and that the company
was not responsible. He handed to hit Honour a copy
of the bylaws • fothe company as they appearrl in the
timetable books for the present month.
His Honour said the bylaws pointed nut to him
stated that " at the intermediate stations the fares will
only be accepted and the tickets furnished conditionally
—that is to say, in case there shall be room in the train
for which the tickets are furnished; in case there shall
not be room for all, the pin.engers to whom tickets
, have been furnished for the Ingest distance shall (if
practicable) have the preference"' and, if distance be
: the same, actording to order of issue "as dem -Al by
consecutive numbers stamped upon them." The by-
law made no rule as to "termini," and the plaintiff
had clearly a right of action; he had made a contract
at a teiminus for the company to take him to a certain
place and bring him back, which it had tailed todo. It

was clear that the railway company was liable, and
he should therefore make an order for the amount
claimed, with coats.
_

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Subsequently Jlr. Lewis applied to the Judge to
grant a new trial on the ground of non-juri3dictirn ;he
contended that the summons on4ht to hare been taken
out within the district of the principal office of the
company: Hi.s Honour refusetf the application, and
Mr. Lewis said he should apply to a superior Court.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

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CRADLE Y-----. --
susricrous DEATH AT CRADLE)

Yeah rday morning the deceased body of John oo-
mins !shout 51) .1 tires Wood, ne,,, D.diev, was
foULII iu thu Jul:, an lIV Cra.iley
New Joinery. It appears that the decea.o4 wax au. el,
glueer, and went to tole colliery ou ihura.lay sight, .sith
the view of being reedy to commence painirag with r at
four o'clock yesterday pluming. Jost before tilt ;Ape
arrived., workman went in march of him. and fund
him dead in the stack-hole iii a pool of blood. It i- .up.
posed he lay oa the boiler side to sleep, and fell 'row
there, as one of his boots were found on the boiler. lie
body has been removed to the Black Swap Inn, Cra,rey,
there to await an inque-t beccaied leoves a widfox and
family.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications must be authenticated by the Name
and Address of the writer, not necessarily for public
cation, but as a guarantee for good faith. Those who
do not wish their names to be published sh.,uld, in
addition, adopt a noes de plume.
Communications for the Editor may be addressed to 92,
SToURBEIDOE, or to the Branch °Mos,
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We shall feel obliged by all those who favour us with
Communications or Advertisements writing on one
side of the paper oniy: and sending them as early in
the week as possible.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

CHICAGO BEFORE THE FIRE.

We (Daily Sewn) hove Just received the Chicago Tribune
of September 21i and 27, only about ten days prior to the out-
break of the calamity which has left the capital of the West a
heap of ruins. In looking at these two papers one cannot help
being struck with the abounding signs of vigorous commercial
life, and is almost reminded if the I.sith,n of Pompeii when
on the eve Of destruction. The advertisement coldmns in.
dicate what a vast and swarming hive of trade and industry
Chicago was, and the City article and commercial reports
show how immense was the business daily transacted.

It Is curious and suggestive to find in the Trihemo of
September 27 a long letter complaining of the inadequate
water supply. This was evidently no new topic, the writer
commencing by saying to the editor Your remarks the
other day on the scant supply of Water in certain districts of
this city were timely And just," and ailing, ''l am one of
those unfortunate individuals who live outside the fa
voured circle, and am compelled to resort to various
devices to obviate the inconveniences complained 14."
Further on he says:—"There boa been, it seems to me, either
a stupendous engineering blunder in not providing ample
means for conveying water through our streets, or there bi a
pr•digll waste by those living near the source of supply,
amounting to criminality. In either case, the Board of
Public Works owe it to the community to tumid' a full
statement of the fuels, and also to devise a remedy."
This letter is accompanied by the following editorial
" Remarks :"

A reporter of the Tribr,or yesterday called at the Mike
of the Doan! of Public Works to ascertain the cause of the
present small supply of water in all seniors of the city, and
was Informial that it was occasioned by the getting out of
order of the two largest engines at the Water Works. All
the water now supplied our citizens has to be pumped by
the smallest of the three engines belonging to the city—an
engine of only 450 horse-power. During the summer months
the two big engines, the one 1,200 and the other GOO horse-
power, were run up to their full speed, both night and tby,
and, even then, there w as great complaint among the people
who IDe in remote parts of the city of • scarcity of water."
- - • • ••'

Among the telegraphic intelligence bringing the news of
the fire, there is a statement to the effect that the uldeaeo
matei is ere destroyed. flow this n angina disaster oc-
curred r, anus to be explained ; but it is evident tliat as
regards her water supply Uldeago was 111 prepared to meet
such an enemy as that to which she has succumbed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

SPUTTERINGS FROM "JUDY'S" PEN.

if tu ;4,2t a long well -Dig it dep.
PEOPLE du nut die often in healthy Scot& villages -Only
maw.

MUMMIES du not look as though they were in a hurry, yet
It is certain that at first they must have been premed Mr
time.

A FIZZING 300 E —What is the difference between a cham-
pagne supper at Cambridge and the Antmun Manamerch ?
One is a Cani champagne party, the others sham campaign
party.

SrIENTIFI, men have declared the Mont Cents Tunnel to
h. A clover Pieee of engineering lost JUDY says she couldn't
see anything in it.
ARE auctioneers naturally a fothidding class of men ?
LAB ..1:1; ins Vein—Working in a coal-mine.
WHY is a pig like a miser 7—Because Inc is no good until
he is dead.

WHY I edestrhinlani like new milk P—ltecause it
stivinithens the calves.

Is a pawnbroker a man of principal ?—Yea; it 4,116 interest
to be so.

Whir are Cashmere shawls like people who are totally
deaf ?—Because you cannot make them here.
THAT is um emitting attention." the studeot said, when
his father forgot his usual allowance.
FEE Simple.—Money given to a quack doctor.
"lIALF-ANDLIALF Measures"—Pewter pots.
ITS strange that neat spirits should lead any one into
untidy habits.
ELEVATED Buildings.—Cantles in the air.
WHEN Captain HATES is late for breakfast, does Mrs. C. IL
ask him how inuch longer he is going to be?
I),rs a row become landed property when she is turned
into a Hold?
ARE neroluda unprincipled men because they pois, on
each ether?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

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BRIEILE.II HIL:

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• • '"c lbsott thielEttTilmilliaßrTilTteEri)"heCldoi 00.—Mr.
ar.t. .o, •,r if tel, Brierley Hilt for the revisions of the county hat
for '' that portion of Kinston., ford parish ii the parlia.
mentary borough of Dudley's," Mr. Sintkois !Wolver-
hampton) and Mr. Homer (Dr lerley Bill) appeared for
the Liberals • and Mr. Fernie (Stafford), ble• Waldron
(Brierley Hill), and Mr. Price .(Btourbridge) on behalf of
the Comservatives. The ()Teo mere objections, amount.
tug to forty, were taken, after which Um reclaims were
heard.—Mr. Fernie objected im, • claimant on the tLird
column ; but Mr. Homer. bet mg sworn, mil he knew that
the man was entitled to three }I oases, and, his father's
will, but at present the matu r was in Cuancerv. The
Revising Barrister held that he had eitticient prof, and
allowed the claim. Mr. Fent, also objected to Mr.
George Ford, on the ground Quit part of the house lie
claimed for was partially let to. other persons. After Mr.
Ford's explanation, which wax to the effect tlint he Lad
been objected to twice before, and upon appeal tha pee.
sent barrister' ti predecessor 'mad allowed him hie vote, Mr. l'igott said the name :Dust remain.—Mr. Fertile
promised that he would not object to Mr. Ford again,
but the latter insisted that the objection was frivolous,
and requested his expensee.—Mr. Pigott allowed 2s rat,
which Mr. Fertile paid.—The new claims were then
heard. They were ten in number, butane alone was sac.
cessful. The Conservative and Liberal objections seemed
to be about equal, and hustainsid in the mine proportion,
but it is impossible to give a correct li,t, inasmuch as the
persona entitled, or not euta'Jed, to vote in Wordsley
were upon the same sheets, owing to tie whole of the
places being in the muse polling: district. Next year this
will be altered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON PROGRESS.

On Tuesday evening, Archbishop Manning delivered
an eloquent lecture on " Progress " to the members of
the Catholic Young Men'. Association, at the public
rooms, Iranover-square, London. His Grace said that
no doubt he should be told that he had been talking of
what he did not understand. They were deafened and
stunned with the glories of progress ; but nobody—not
even newspaper editors or 19th century apostles—could
nay what was meant by it The Prime Minister had
defined progress to be what a policeman would say to a
loiterer, "Move on !" and progress with some people
meant revolution, or the ding of a roaring trade. With
him it meant the growth and ripening of anything,
from its first principles to its perfection. They were
to distinguish between growth anil decay, between
riptuess and rottenness. Growth was progress, decay
ruin. He showed how this applied to the progress of
peoples, of Christianity, of science—especially astro-
nomy, music, and spectrum analysis, electricity— of
politieal governments, from the reign of chili law to
that of self-govenunent, and of civilization ; and he
summed up this part of his lecture by observing that it
WILY a philosophical axiom that everything was pre-
served by the same principles by which it was pro-
duced. Under the head of " Decay," his Grace spoke
of the formation of character, the rise and fall of na-
tions, the Christian world as distinct from the Church,
and of modern civilisation ; and he maintained that
the principles that changed progress into decay
were the violation and perversion of God's laws.
Ile denied that, as Catholics, they were opposed to
true progress, or any material or scientific improve-
ments. The cry was mere cant, and they who ho-
neyed in it were simply superstitious. In conclusion,
Dr. Manning submitted that the Church was proiress-
ing in extent, in external unity, in internal not of
faith, and in self-es idence ; that the nations were &-
priding from the prineiples whieh created their civilisa-
tion in faith, unity, and morals ; that civilisation was
Is:coming more and more material, though less moral ;
that modern civilisation was therefore not progressing;
that nations were not growing happier ; that society
was not more solid and safe, lint the reverse',
that individuals were becoming more anarchical and
stubborn. His Grace spoke of the Munich Conference,
and, with respect to the state of society in Route,
denied the correctness of a letter which recently
appeared in A contemporary, to the effect that it was
unsafe to be there owing to the sanguinary disposition
of the people.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

CRADLEY HEATH.

CLAIM FOB £5O I).I:MA44:S.—At the Dudley Comity
I!Oart, .11 Tuesday, b. fore Mr. Rupert Kt-tile, Judge.
Joseph Troman, chainmaker, of Old Hill, sued Robert
Barnsley, of Cradley Heath, for the sum of £2O dam-
ages for an assault.--Mr. G. B. Lowe was for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Stokes for the defendant. In opening the
case, Mr. Lowe stated th it the parties were at a public.
house at Cradley, on the 17th April. They had a game
at bagatelle, and a quarrel arose about the scoring, and
they left the house. The plaintiff was violently knocked
down, when he got outside, by defendant, and his leg was
broken. He was struck several times after he told his
opponent that his limb was injured, and no mercy was
shown him. He had to he conveyed home, and he bad
n..t yet recovered from the ill-treatment he received at
the hands of the defendant. —Witnesses were called, who
confirmed Mr. Lowe a statement, and they swore that
Barnsley's conduct was brutal.—Plaiutilf said he had
" played " 23 weeks, and his general earnings amounted
to about 214.—1 u cross-examination, plaintiff admitted
that he had two " meetings " with the defendant outside
the inn. They were struggling together when be fell,
he defendant being on the top of him. He admitted
I hot in August last he sent in a claim to defendant for
f.:25. Since then the doctor's bill had been increased
from £3 35 to £5 5A.—Mr. H. F. Hodgson, surgeon,
I ' radley Heath, said lie was called in to see the plaintiff
MI the night in question, and he found his kg broken.
lie had attended the man ever since, and it would be
-.mule little time before the leg would he quite well again.
—ln reply to the Judge, Mr. Hodgson said plaintiff was
:tot permanently disabled. He could perform half work
~,w.—in defence, Mr. Stokes argued that, acc.wiling to
his inatruetiono, the plaintiff and defendant had a row at
the pnblic-house and they adjourned outside to fight it
Jut. In the struggle both men fell, and the plaintiff's
ieg was accidentally broken. Ile should show ia evi-
jriice that TT05b..441 vro- the aggressor, and that the leg
brolo-s in the coarse of a fair stand-up light, and,
. .
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diac.incotly. plaintiff confil -not recaver.l-Witnea‘ca
tailed iii olppnit of that view of the ease, after
, which his Honour gave a verdict for the full amount,
with eosin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

MR. BENTINCK, M.P., AND THE
PREMIER.
._ _ _

Mr. G. W. Bentin-cl;,-;ll77Zrvative member for
West Norfolk, attenAil the annual dinner of the
Marshland Agricultural Society, and availed himself
of the opportunity to discuss affairs in general. The
hon. gentleman said principle had been iewriticed to
party objects, and the old game of party in the House
of Oimmons had been a mere discreditable scramble
for office, and what he wanted to see was a country
party comp,sed of men who were engaged in agricul-
tural pursuits, and who, apart from all other public
and political iuterests wmld unite themselves together
for the protection of their own MU, vets. A question had
cropped up recently under the designation of " home
rule ; "it meant simply a disruption of the British
Empire. The First Minister of the Crown had given
an assurance that he was strongly opposed to this
new theory of "home rule," and that he was pre-
pared to maintain the integrity of the British Empire.
He (Mr. Bentinck) trusted that the right hon. gentle-
man would live to carry out his intention, but the liublie
journals seemed to consider that the advocates of
"home rule" had carried their point, since the Prime
Minister had pledged himself to oppose it, and he had
violated every political pledge which he had ever qiven.
The press seemed, indeed, to have no faith m the
assurances of Mr. Gladstone. Those who were agitat-
ing for the destruction of good existing institutious
were agitating for the ascendancy of anarchy; and he,
in conclusion, contended that we aught to be outspoken,
and treat such agitators as enemies of the country. We
should, in fact, orush them in every way we could. The
hon. gentleman's attack upon Mr. Gladstone gave rise
to some interruptions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

THE END OF MORMONISM.

A correspondent of the :,),cetator. writing fr. on Salt
Lake City, has gathered from his visit there the im-
pression which he says the Gentiles do not scruple to
proclaim—that Mormonism is played nit, and that the
saints feel it, and are despondent. " Brigham Young's
greed of power and gain has grown upon him with
years, and is now felt to be intolerable. Big attempts
to suppress all private stores and to regnlate the prices
of labour, the five miles of stone wail with ‘vliich he
has surroms led his lion, a ci grounds, and the thirty
millions he is said to have acemoulatiAl from the tithes
of a struggling and rather pfsir II pulation, are scandals
which have seriously impaired his ascendancy. Mean-
while, by a curious fatality, the desert home which the
Mormons selected SA a country to which no ?bindle
w. old care to follow them proves to be inexhaustibly rich
in mines, and is drawing speculators and lal...urers from
every quarter. At least hair ths st ges in the city appear
to be owned by Gentiles. United States tioops are
quartered outside, and hold the place in their grasp as
completely as Butler ever hell New Orleans. I am told
that detectives are now at work ferreting out the details
of those mysterious disappearances which used to visit
apostate Mormons, and that the next grand jury which
sits in Utah will probably find a true bill for niurder
against Brigham 'Young. It is said, too, that at the
next election the votes of all polygamists will be
objected to, on the ground that they have violated the
constitution. It is probable that these are mere
rumours, but they serve to show what is hoped by one
party and feared by another. No one, I think, can
doubt that tolerance to polygamy is no part of the
average American's creed. lam inclined to think the
end will come quietly; that Brigham Young will be
superseded as Governor, 1111,1 shelved ; that polygamy
will be put down, so far as concerns the public marry-
ing of several women to one man, Sr the open main-
tenance of the doctrine; and that in other respects
Mormonism will be allowed to go its own way."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-10-14

SOI,ID riw

These Born are supplied with
an AkAortment a Portraits,
including, amongst others,
the following:—

Prince of Wales,
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Marquis of Lorne,
Princess Louise,
Adelina Patti,
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Gladstone. Bright.
Dickens, Disraeli,
Peabody. Livingstone,
lir W. Scritt, B. Burns,
Emperor of Germany,
Empress of Germany.
Crown Prince,
Count von Moltke,
Prince lEsmarck,
Gambetta, Trochu,
rules Fevre, Garibal,
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