The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-10 00:00:00

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HONE, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL

SUICIDES THROUGH WAFT Or EMPLOYMENT.—
On Monday, John Leaver, aged 48, a snuff manufac-
turer, living in Birmingham, committed suicide by
hanging himself in a wash-house. The deceased
appeared to have been at considerable pains in pre-
paring the rope with which he hung himself; it was
about half an inch in thickness, and that part which
formed the noose was padded with cloth, apparently
for the purpose of preventing it hurting his neck. The
deceased had been out of employment for a long time,
and this, added to the fact that he was considerably
reduced in his social position, led him to put an end to
his existence.—On Saturday night Joseph Hiclup,
about fifty years of age, a labourer, living in Birming-
ham, went to his brother's house, a short distance
from where he himself was lodging, and remained there
a short time. At the time of the occurrence there
was only a little chi in the house, daughter ot his
brother. The deceased rose up from his seat for the '
purpose, an he Said, of going home, but before he had
reached the char, the girl's lack being towards him,
he placed a pistol which he had provided himself with
in his month aud discharged it, killing himself. He
had been ill and out of employment for nearly twelve
months past, and it is believed that his troubles
affected bin mind. He was not married.
THE PHARMACY Aur.—Accolding to the new
Pharmacy Act, which came into operation at the be-
ginning of thin year, no one can commence business as
a chemist and druggist in Great Britain without being
registered as such, after examination. To obtain the
subordinate title of chemist and druggist, it will be
necessary to liasa a minor examination in prescriptions,
practical dispensing, pharmacy, materia medics, botany,
and chemistry. The candidate must be able to read
prescriptions without abbreviation, translate them into
English, and give both a literal and idiomatic render-
ing of the Latin directions for use. He must also
possess a knowledge of the elementary structure of
plants, their names, the orders to which they belong,
thi countries from which they are obtained, and the
preparations into which they enter. In the major
examination, which confers the higher title of phar-
maceutical chemist, with exemption from serving on
juries, all the above subjects are carried further. The
candidate must translate English prescriptions into
Latin, detect errors in Latin prescriptions, know when
a dose is unusually large, be acquainted with the
means of detecting poisons and the antidotes to be
given, be able to distinguish spurious from genuine
drugs, and show a familiarity with the laws of chemical
combination, and both the Linnean and the natural
system of botany.
CARDINAL CULLEN ON THE TRISH CHURCH BILL.
—The following are Cardinal Cullen's words in refer-
ence to the Irish Church Bill in his recent pastoral :
Most important measures are TIOM pestling before the
Legislature. If the great and wise statesman now at the
head of affairs carries them successfully through both
Houses of Parliament we may hope that a new era of peace
and prosperity will dawn upon Ireland, and that our past
(whom and afflictions will soon be forgotten. However,
we should not put too much trust in human power or wis-
dom ; the best considered undertakings of man are I re-
quently defeated, and in the present case private interests
undoubtedly will be preferred by men of influence to the
public welfare. Indeed, the votaries of ascendancy are
threatening everything violent if their monopoly be inter-
fered with, and they are so foolish and fanatical as to declare
that they, in their own defence, nil oppose the Imperial
Government, or kick the Queen's crown into the Boyne.
A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT.—The secretary to
the municipality of Florence. M. Saletti, who is par-
tial to trying his luck in the lotteries, sent one of his
men a few days ago to put 20f. on certain numbers of
a quatern to which he had taken a fancy, but the mes-
senger forgot his commission until the offices were
closed. It morning M. Saletti on his way to busi-
ness, saw the figures which he had selected posted up
as having gained a prize of 1,200,000 f. In his joy he
announced the good news to his acquaintances, inclu-
ding the mayor and Count de Cambray-Digny, who
warmly congratulated him. On reaching his bureau
he rang the bell and asked for the receipt from the
person whom he had charged to place his money. The
latter, in a dreadful state of agitation, was obliged to
confess' that he had forgotten to execute the order he
had received. The revulsion of feeling experienced by
M. Saletti at seeing his hopes of being a millionaire
destroyed cannot be described.
COSTLY FoLK !—The Montrose Standard gives
a curious calculation of the weight in gold winch each
of the liberated Abyssinian captives has cost the
country. Ten millions sterling, reduced to weight in
sovereigns, represent 78 tons 12 cwts. 1 qr. 14 lb. 8 no.,
or, for each of the sixty men, women, and children re-
leased from the clutches of King 'Theodore, an expen-
diture in solid gold of-1 ton 6 cwts. 23 lbs. and 1 oz.
FROM THE HOTELS.—The Nova-Scotian Giantess
is staying at Long's. The Siamese Twins are at The
United.—Panch.
SINGULAR ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON. On
Saturday morning, between four and five o'clock, a ball
—or, more properly speaking, a pillar of fire—passed
from east to west over the city of Carlisle, and was
plainly visible for fully a score of miles around. It re-
sembled an ordinary gatepost in size and shape, and
seemed as though it were prevented from falling by
some invisible connecting cord. It travelled in a
westerly direction, and was plainly visible at Cummer-
dale, and at Glasson, ten miles distant from Carlisle. At
Gleason, a respectable yeoman watched the pillar in-
tently, and he says that it caused a great Mat, while
another person in the same locality says that the fiery
substance seemed to pass within a score of yards of him,
and that the heat was almost overpowering. It ex-
ploded in the air, and immediately atter the report, re-
sembling the sound of the discharge of cannon, a singu-
lar brightness lit up the heavens.
" OPERATIVE SPlNNERS.”—Spiders.—Pu n ch.
HAIR THIEVES.—An American paper states
that in consequence of the demand for hair of peculiar
colours and shades, a new branch of " kleptic indus-
try" has sprung up in New York. It appears that
the hair thief abounds in the horse cars of the city,
where the excuse of putting his elbow on the window
enables him to operate with greater ease; but he is
also to be found in every place of public gathering,
the church included. The tresses dangling behind the
head are his easy prey.
THE CONVENT CASE.—A statement has ob-
tained currency to the effect that the Solicitor-General
has returned his fees in the case of Satwin v. Starr, in
the belief that Miss Saurin's friends were not in a posi-
tion to pay them. We (Law Times), have authority to
state that the Solicitor-General has not returned his
fees, and that Miss Saw-inc friends calculated the cost
before instituting proceedings, and are quite prepared
to boar them, should the appeal on points of law re-
served terminate adversely to her.
GARIBALDI AND BRAZIL.—A paragraph recently
appeared to the effect that General Garibaldi had ex'
pressed himself strongly in favour of Brazil in the war
which that empire has waged against Paraguay. A
Manchester correspondent wrote to Garibaldi on the
subject, and has received the following reply, which
sets the question at rest :
" Camera, March 98, 1869.—Mr. S.—The paragraph you
sent no from the Diario do Rio is an Invention ; the Imperial
Brazilian Eagle, like all the Esgles in the world, endeavours
to grasp ; and if the Republics of the River Plate were to
consult me, I should say to them, • Cut the talons of the
Eagle' Such is my opinion.-1 am yours, G. GARIBALDI."
A CAUTION TO HOUSEHOLDERS. —MIS. Sarah
Cooke, a widow lady, living at Old Trafford, Man-
chester, perceived an escape of gas in her house, and
as the result will show, she speedily found it ! Having
lighted a candle, she applied it to the top of a gas
pendant, and was immediately knocked down by an
explosion so severe that on being taken to the Royal
Infirmary it was feared she would not recover from the
dreadful burns she had received. The furniture in
almost every room of the house was injured, plate-glass
windows were shivered to atoms, and bedroom doors
were blown on to the beds. Two little children, who
were close by the lady at the time, escaped with a scorch-
ing of the hair. A. travelling menagerie was passing
when the explosion occurred, the noise of which caused
the wild beasts to roar with terror, and break down
some of their cage-work.
ADVERTISEMENT.—(By a Dyspeptic.)—Wanted,
a Light Porter for Supper Time.—Punch.
SHOCKING OUTRAGE.—At Guildford, on Satur-
day, Robert Page, a middle-aged thickset labourer,
was charged with wilfully placing a boy named Pullen
in a copper tilled with hot water, at Bagshot, on the
sth February. The complainant, who is only ten
years ( d age, with another boy named Knight, was
attending to a copper used for boiling fast for pigs.
Page, who was in the same employ, asked the boys to
fetch some turnips, but they refused, upon which the
prisoner, with an oath, nail he would put them both in
the copper. Knight ran away, but Pullen did not stir,
and the prisoner seizing him, clipped him thrice in the
scalding liquid, despite the poor little fellow's screama
He WIWI frightfully scalded ; and Dr. Kough, who
attended him, stating that on his right leg there was
not a bit of skin from the middle of the thigh to his
toes, and for a long time he lay in a most precarious
state. The prisoner had nothing to say in defence, and
was committed for trial, the magistrate remarking
that he ought to be extremely thankful that the boy's
life had been spared.
PREJUDICE v. Comma-SENSE !—An English
firm of coachbuilders (says the Pall Mall (.'azette) an-
nounce that they are prepared to build light carriages
on wheels imported from America. Now that this in-
novation has been made it is just possible that the
principle of light wheels will be applied to the con-
struction of carts and waggons used in agricultural dis-
trict, Can any one give a good reason for the wheels
being made on so ponderous a scale that if the ground
is at all soft they must sink into it, while under any
circumstances the weight of the cart must be greatly
and needlessly increased ! The American farmer uses
wheels as light in appearance as those of an English
brougham, and he saves no little time and horse-power
by it in the course of the year. We go on building
massive wheels simply because it is "our way." A
great improvement may have been noticed in the carts
and waggons exhibited at the Smithfield Show during
the last three or four years, but the new vehicles coma
very slowly into use. The American wheel is generally
made of hickory wood, but we have plenty of wood
quite as well adapted for the purpose. When it is
properly understood that wheels light in appearance
and weight can be made quite as strong as if they
were ever so heavy, we shall see our farmers using them.
Meanwhile it is a step towards the dispersion of an old
prejudice to begin with broughams. People who have
any regard for their horses will soon discard clumsily
built carriages.
SENDING THE POPE A VALENTINE !—The follow-
ing case has just come to our (Court Journal) know-
leslge, which is probably without parallel in the annals
of St. Valentine :-
81x young ladies In an Enffish hoarding school—two of
thern hailing from the North—pnrchased a very pretty
valentine, which they sent directed to " His Holiness the
Pepe, Rome" Accompanying the valentine was a letter.
I signed by all the young ladies, stating that they h il seen
: Ills Holiness's condemnation of chignons and long dresses.
I and hut been no Inipressed by it that they had given up both.
I The young ladies waited patiently, and in due time received
• letter from cardinal Ant 1 k •
valentine and epistle., Ii
receipt of
pch
ratstication. The letter was in French. Theoyll%; ladles
I were delizhted to get an epistle from such an exalted prelate.
pall:,
pwi t:itv
blessinghasn dot nnbeoret. p
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accustomed
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thought it would be doubly valuible returned with his bene-
diction. The young ladies were immensely pleased, and are
n iv haring the documents lithographed for preservation—
the originals to be given to the girl who suggested the affair.
It may he added that neither of the young ladies has either
taken down her chignon or shortened her dress One-eighth of
an inch; the whole matter having been entered into as a
joke, although it may seem to some that for a few girls to
hoax His Holiness Pope Pius IL, and his great Lord Cazatual
of a secretary, was hoaxing in rather high quarters.
ARCHBISHOP .MANSINei AND THE FENIANS.—
Permission having bean asked, on behalf of the English
Amnesty Committee, of Dr. Manning to have the
memorial to the Premier left for signature at the doors
of the pro.cathedral Moorfields, London, the object of
the memorial being to obtain a free pardon for the still
incarcerated Fenians (to be presented to Mr. Gladstone
on the 10th of May). the Archbishop returned the fol-
lowing answer to the Committee:—
it is not possible to allow the Catholic churches to be used
for any but religious purpose. The Catholic church, being
the church of all nations, and in London Catholics of at
least twenty nations are united In it, cannot enter irfto any
national questions. Any political or other petition must be
signed at other places.

WHAT WILL IT TAKE.—GoId has many pro-
perties, but we never knew that it could feel a desire
f, 4' drink, until playbills and posters told uet of The
Thirst of Go d at the Olympic. —Punch.
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A DOCTORS' QUARREL—An article severely
reflecting upon the professional reputation of the de-
puty coroners of New York having appeared in one or
two of the daily journals over the signature of Doctor
Dixon, William Shine, M.D., deputy to coroner Flynn,
called upon him the other day and asked for an expla-
nation' which Dr. Dixon declined to give, except
through the newspapers. A wordy altercation then
ensued between the gentlemen, during which it is
stated Dr. Dixon made use of threatening and obscene
language, whereupon Dr. Shine vigorously applied his
horsewhip to the head, shoulders, and body of his an-
tagonist. A crowd soon collected, and the belligerents
were separated without the aid of an officer. It
is supposed there will be further developments in
the ease.

THE WERDER RIFLE.—The Prussian Military
Journal has an article on the Weeder rifle, now intro-
duced into the Bavarian army, from which we extract
the following particulars :
This weapon, a breech-loading gun, which can be fired
with great rapidity, is so simple in its construction that a
greater simplification can hardly be supposed possible One
of its great advantages is the ease with which the lock can
he taken to pieces. On trial it was seen that unpractised
hands loading from the pouch fired fourteen to fifteen times
a minute, while practised riflemen, when firing eighteen shots
a minute, did not once miss a target, four feet broad and
nine feet high, at a distance of 200 pncea. The balls pene-
trated a target of four Rhenish feet in height at a distance
of 330 paces. This rifle is in every respect equal to those in
use in other armies.—Arorth German Correspondent, April 3.
SHOCKING CASE OF PA RRICIDE. —On Friday a
young man named Bennett, residing near Bolton, was
taken into custody on a charge of having killed his
father, a labourer, aged 49 years. It seems that
Bennett and his father were returning home from Bol-
ton in a cart, both being the worse for liquor, when
they had sonic to4ether. In a fit of exasperation,
Bennett pitched his father out of the cart into the road,
and it is said the wheels passed over him. He then
jumped out of the cart, and brutally kicked him about
the body. On being picked up, the old man was
found to have sustained a fracture of the spine, and he
died next day, leaving a widow, who is in Chester
Asylum. The prisoner, who is also of weak mind, is
the only son, seventeen years of age. On Monday he
was committed for trial upon the ceroner's warrant for
manslaughter.

OUR FUTURE SAILORS.—An interesting boat
race took place on Saturday afternoon between four
"homeless boys," of H.M.S. Chichester, and four
picked men from the Prussian ruan.of-war paddle.
steamer Alder, at Greenhithe. The course was from
the Chichester, past the Alder, and round the lower
swinging buoy at Greenhithe, a distance of two miles.
and back to the Chichester. The lead was taken and
kept throughout by the homeless boys, who, after a
hard and exciting race, won by about six boats' length,
amid the hearty cheers of their 200 messmates. l'he
race was watched with great interest awl anxiety by
the officers and crew of the Prussian ironclad frigate
King William, moored at Greenhithe, who were rather
surprised at the result. A challenge had previously
been given by the Chichester bcys to the crew of the
King William, but was not accepted.

AN EXCEPTIONAL MONTH.—Many people have
complained a good deal about the weather which we
have had during the past month. Nevertheless, after
all, this last March has been none so dusty.—Pusch.
THE SUTHERLAND GOLD DIGGINGB.—As was to
be expected the regulation of the gold fields by the set-
ting of "clams" to diggers at a fixed rate, and the
exaction cf the royalty of 10 per cent, on behalf of the
crown, has had the effect of checking the rush to the
diggings very materially, as well as greatly diminishing
the numbers of those at work. It is only those who
know something of their business, and are prepared to
invest a little capital in the necessary " fixin s " and
washing apparatus who can expect to make it decently
remunerative. A number of policemen have arrived
to keep order at the diggings, but it is greatly to the
credit of the diggers that all this time not a single in-
stance of misconduct has necess'tated the presence of
the police. The number of licenses taken out is 125.
PAPAL PLEASANTRY. —On Holy Thursday, the
Pope, in imitation of the example of humility set by
our Divine Master, washes the feet of thirteen poor
priests of different nations, and afterwards waits upon
them at table, accompanied by a special retinue. His
Holiness had poured some wine into the glass of one of
these pro tempore apostles, and was going to add some
water, when the recipient silently but expressively
covered his glass with his hand. He evidently pre-
ferred the pure juice of the grape. " Deve essere,
Tedesco r [" He must be a German "1 whispered the
Pope to the Austrian Cardinal De Reisach, who was
by his side. The insinuation wounded the sensibilities
of his Eminence, who questioned the priest, and found
that he was not a German but a Swiss. The cardinal
informed his Holiness triumphantly of this fact,
which, however, only improved the joke. Pio Nono
nodded significantly at the commander of his Swiss
guards, Count de Sonnenbourg, exclaiming "Peg,gio !"
(worse still !)
A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY. A mysterious
tragedy is at this moment causing a great sensation in
the neighbourhood of the Rue de Tournon, Paris. A
loud detonation wan heard a few mornings hack pro-
ceeding from the apartment of Conmandant Th4vet,
at the barracks of the Garde de Paris. On the door
being forced open, that officer was found lying on his
bed lifeless, having discharged a pistol into the region
of his heart. Near him was standing a lady dressed
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in her underclothing only, and who proved ti be the
wife of a person of high family residing in the neigh-
bourhood. The deceased officer was between forty
and fifty years of age, and possessed of considerable
property. An investigation is going on, but this affair
is still enveloped in great obscurity. The lady, who
is aged about 30, had been acquainted with the com-
mandant for about ten months.

PUNISHMENT OF DISORDERLY STUDENTS.—The
Police Gazette of St. Petersburgh announces that, by
order of the Minister of War, the lectures of the Ito-
penal Academy of Medicine and Surgery have been
closed. The journal of that institution states that
the measure has been adopted in consequence of disor-
derly acts committed by the students on the refusal of
the authorities to accede to their demands. The Com-
missaries of Police received orders during the night to
immediately notify the purport of the decree to the
students. In the morning several hundreds of the
latter repaired to the academy, but were not permitted
to enter the amphitheatres. They then formed a ga-
thering near the bridge of the Liteine, but, at the first
summons of the police, the groups dispersed without
any resistance.

A WEATHER PROPHET. —A correspondent
writes to The Times :

Early in February last I sent you a note telling you that
the general character of the weather from that time till the
Equinox would be variable. On looking over my weather
table I find that no two consecutive days have been similar,
and that there have been three or four changes in one day
on several Occasions. lnow write to say that we may expect
electric storms between this and the llth of April, that warm
and cold weather will visit us alternately till about the 24th
or 2.5 th of May, when we shall probably settle down into a
summer similar to that of last year. From the peculiar ripen-
ing character of last season, we may expect all the seeds of
that year's growth to germinate freely, all plants anti trees to
blossom well; all our sheep and cattle are likely to give
strong and healthy progeny, turns a rule they have fed on
most wholesome food.

A NEW RAILWAY PASEL—A conductor's duty
on the Pacific Railroad involves certain personal risks
peculiar to the far West. A gentleman who has
recently passed over the road relates a scene he wit-
nessed on one train. The conductor told a rough.
looking traveller that he wanted his fare. 'The --
you do," was the only answer. The conductor
persisted. "Wall, here's my pass," said the traveller,
iiresenting a heavy revolver at the official's head.
Another huge fellow interposed at this point, present-
ing a pistol to his fellow-passenger's temple, with a
menacing look. "None of that, stranger, fair play,
shell out." This settled the matter, and the fare was
paid.

THE COST OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.—A return
has been issued which shows that the sums expended
out of the monies voted by parliament for public edu-
cation in England and Wales between March 31, 1858,
and April 1, 1868, amounted to 26,070,135 Os. 11d.
The sums derived from subscriptions, school•pence, &c.,
and spent in c inflection with the monies voted by par-
liament, amounted in the same period to £8,991,405 Ba.
Similar accounts in regard to Scotland show the two
amounts to be respectively £1,012,452 17a. sd. and
£1,426,466 17s. 3d.
THE THREE GREAT ENEMIES OF HEALTH.—
This month's Revue Populaire de Pares contains a re-
port addressed by Dr. Bader to the General Assembly
of the Mutual Benefit Society of the 7th arrondisse-
ment. Dr. Bader remarks in his report that, although
liberty is a good thing, we ought, in a certain measure,
to consent to be slaves to hygienics. The three most
dangerous enemies to health are excess of heat, damp,
and cold. The first of these seldom takes place in Paris,
but dampness is frequent, and highly injurious when
coupled with the want of fresh air and light. The
worst of all is cold, and is the most frequent cause of
disorders. The most general rule to be followed is,
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never to allow the medium in which you w to o raw
away warmth from your body; but, on the contrary,
to malt , it supply you with this necessary of life. The
only exception is that of muscular action. This en-
genders caloric, and then a fire may bedispensed with;
but as soon as the ',oily returns to rest it should im-
mediately be transferred to a warm atmosphere, until
the skin has returned to its normal state. In a word,
the system ought always, in summer as well as in win-
ter, to be protected from chill.
THE SEAMANSHIP OF THE ADMIRALTT.—The
following is, we believe (retnarkathe Pall Mull Gazette)
an authentic anecdote of the late review at Dover.
When the Ferret had, shortly after drifting against
Dover Pier, become a complete wreck, signals were
made from the shore to the Royal Sovereign, the flag.
ship of the senior officer in command, informing him
of the fact, as well as of the safety of the crew, with
the exception of one boy. Captain Hood at once tele-
graphed the information to the Admiralty in London,
and received in reply orders from that body to take the
Royal Sovereigl into Dover Harbour. Now, bias.
much an the entrance to the harbour ia tou narrow to

admit the Royal SAyereign, and as, until after the half- '
tide, even the packet boats have often a difficulty in I
finding enough water to float them, the task was a
difficult as well as a dangerous one to perform.
Luckily, Captain Hood thought it best to act on his
own responsibility.
A BURGLAR'S DEPOSIT DISCOVERED. —On
Tuesday, as two lads named Williams and Saunders
were looking for birds' nests on the Portsmouth ram-
parts at the back of Colewort Barracks, one of them
throat his arm up a gulley hole, and in doing so found
a collar box in which were two gold Albert chains,
twenty gold finger rings, and twenty-three gold ear-
rings, all new. The boys took the property to the
father of Saunders, who with them proceeded to the
police-station. he property is supplied to he part of
the proceeds of a burglary effected at the house of Mr.
Prior, a jeweller living at Portsea, whose premises
were entered on the night of the 9th of September,
1868, and on which occasion 130 gold finger rings, 28
gold earrings, and 11 gold chains were stolen. A. sea.
man named Smith was tried for that robbery at the
last Michaelmas quarter sessions for Portsmouth, and
sentenced to ten years' penal servitude.
A CONTRADICTION.—Venice is always said to
be a City of Canals and gondolas, nothing but water,
"the Pride of the Sea." How, then, are we to under-
stand "The Moor of Venice? "—Punch.

M TSTER ious Al ORDER OF A JANITOR.—The
body of Joseph W. Smith, janitor of Girard Hall,
Philadelphia, was found in the budding on the 24th
March, with his hands and feet tied awl a pistol bullet
in his head, which had caused his death. He was an
unmarried man and lived in the building. His watch
and a small amount of money were found on the floor.
A tin cmffribution box broken open, and the fragments
of a shirt-sleeve, with a wristband and sleeve-button,
were found near the body, having been apparently
torn off in a struggle. Smith had fancy dresses which
he hired out, and in the afternoon left the hall to get a
five doL note changed, when, he said, he had hired a
couple of dresses. The pistol found discharged did not
belong to Smith, his own pistol, loaded, being in thv
same

room.

SHOCKING CRUELTY TO A PIG.—CIeHISIIL Git-
tinge, a butcher, of Shrewsbury, has been charged
before the borough magistrates with cruelty to a pig.
It appeared from the evidence that defendant stuck a
pig in his yard and let it run about with tile blood
trickling from its throat. In a few seconds it fell
down, on which he threw a bucketfull of boiling
water over it, when it rose to its feet. He then lifted
it into a cooler filled with scalding water, where it
struggled so violently that ha had to stand aside to
avoid being scalded. The bench tined him 40s. and
Bs. 61. costs.
NEWSPAPER SENSATION ! —The New York
Weal,/ is the most sensational of American newspapers.
It thus " heads " serial entitled "Maggie the Charity
Child," and advertises the whole commencement of the
tale in other papers :—" The City's Children !—'l'erri-
ble Atrocities ! !—A Little Girl's Feet Frozen Off ! ! !
The Flesh Cut from Her Back ! ! !!--The Children's
Aid Society' Villany under the Veil of
Charity !—Religious Humbugs Exposed !—Vice more
Profitable than Virtue !—A Saint's Face and a
Demon's Heart ! !--How long shall such things con-
tinue !! The Monster Punished !! ! Retribu-
tion!!

SUICIDE OF Two GIRLS.—Two female servants,
living with Mr. Haworth, Easingwold, brewer, aged
respectively about 17 and 15, have committed suicide
by drowning in a reservoir which supplies the brewery.
They had been to church together on the Sunday, and
had been out with some young men. They had signi-
fied their intention, some time previously of drowning
themselves to several of their companions, who thought
it only a joke. They appear to have got up about five
or six o'clock on Monday morning, and committed this
rash act, for which no reason can as yet be assigned.
A DsAL Too BAD.—What can have induced
the Preston Whist-players to join the Strike? We
ask this question from reading that "the Card-room
Hands" there are involved in the dispute.—Punck.
MARTIN V. MaCICONOCH I.¢.— The Rock says
We are informed that the proctors ot Mr. Mackonochie
have requested the Church association to compromise, for
little more than a third of their amount, the costs in which
the defendant was condemned. Considering how all the costs
were augmented by the tactics of Mr Mackonochie and his
advisers, the Church Association might well have hesitated
before assenting to this proposition. We are happy to know
that this was not the case ; and that to accepting the pro-
posal to release .Ir. Mackonochie from a heavy pecuniary
burden, proof has been afforded that the object of the
Church Association is to vindicate principles, not to oppress
Individual offenders against the Church's law."