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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

nly ram: Aim ANY LADIES who have not yet used the
‘ZLEXI'LIILD STARCH, they are respectfully solicited to
• give it a Walt and carefully follow out the directions
Priuted on every package, and if this is done, they will
4,,Y, like the Queen's LaundresP, it is the finest Starch
•ueY ever used. When you ask for OrLENFIRLD STARCH,
ee that you get it, as inferior kinds are often substituted
49' the sake of extra profit. Beware therefore a spur-
,

FITS.—EPILEPTIC !ITS On FALLING Broomall's.—
certain method of Cu re has been discovered for th
*stressing complaint by a physician, who is desirous
nat all sufferers may benefit from this providential dis
overy ; it is never known to fail, and will cure the most
hopeless case after all other means have been tried,
Full particulars will be sent by post to lay person free of
char go.—Address : W. W7r.u.sua. 10, Oxford Terrace
Hyde Park_ I.nridnu.

VittAEr.r. DISCOVrTtY Ton TWII TlA.prt.—lf your hair
is taming grey or white, or falling otT, use "The
Mexican ilair *Renewer," for it will positive!y restore
Eit ever) eace Grey or White hair to its original
colour, without I,avina the disagreeable 8100.11 of
Ilttstorera." it mialcea the heir charmingly
as promoting the growth of the
h.u.roi Lt spots, wbore the glands are not decayed.
fruin Dr. Versnastun on every bottle, with
tr.. 11 pArticOlKrs. AJ your Chemist for the "Max!.
r.),:incyta," prepared by licury C. OLLIA3P/
4"..2 Oxlonl Street, Loudon, and sold by Chemists allg
Perfainera sveryetimao it 64.1 pox byttlo.

R. HUNS TON,
(LAMY lAND RUNSTON),
HONITON POINT LICE MANUFACTURER,
122, HIGH-ST., STOURBIIIDGE.

LADIES AND CHILDREN'S UNDERCLOTHING

AND
BABY LINEN WAREHOUSE.

MERINO AND FLANNEL VEST,
SCARLET AND WHITE
. FLANNEL PETTICOATS
MERINO, SILK, & BALBRIGGAN HOSIERY.

AGENT FOR
PULLAR AND SONS

DYERS TO THE QUEEN.

PISATH

0 OSTLING'S CONDITION BALLS (or
•ir Powders). Six Balls, 2s. 6d. Six Powders 2s.
9d. Post Free. Testimonials from celebrated Trainers,
Farmers, &e.

GOBTLING and BON, Dim, Norfolk, and all=
Nraggiats4
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

STOURBRIDGE GAB COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
next RALF-YEARLY MEETING of the
bIIaRISHOLDERS of this Conapany will be hold at the
Company's Offices, at the Jas WOW, 11411144.1110111,
bTODEBRIDGE, On FRIDAY. the 23rd day of AUGUST,
le7B, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, for the purpose of
receiving the Report of the Direstors of the Receipts
and Dioursements for the last &Linear, and a maw-
ment of the General Affairs of the Company for that
period; also the declaring a Dividend for the last Half.
year, and for the transaction of the General business of
the Company.
Btoartaidge, August sth, 1876. .

The Transfer Books will be closed from thQ 203.11 tw
27th day of ugush 1878. _

WU at. JOtils-,
beerobt7.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

BRIERLEY HILL.

Local. BOARD.—On Monday last the monthly meeting
of this Board was held, Mr. I. ItoHinson presiding.—
The Sanitary report statei that plans of. the proposed
altering beds for drainage purposes were in preparation.
—Sir. Carder said it was rumoured that a paper called
toe Free Press, wuich was sent, to the Free Library, had
0430A1 prescribed because of its; political opinions.—Mr.
'Xianuipaou explaulatt ttot the paper had been phiao
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

ROWLEY.

Local. BOARD.—TLIE SAiiiTAET STATE OF THE DM.
riUOT,—Mr. W. 'Hassan° presided at the usual monthly
.neeting hen on Allenday. 'afternoon last at the Boarki
.loom, RoWiuy.—The Ale4ical °dicer (Dr. lier) ha I
.igain to repurc unfavourably of the health of the dig.
tact. T.ie rate of mortality had been very high durn4
the past uionth, and there had been a great many deism
from zymotte diseases. Vic -total unciber of deaths
the past five weeks was 715, /giving a death-rate of 28!;)
per 1,1)00 per annual. There were 47 deaths of children
sailer three years, and amongst the causes weie'acarla.
lino 21, diphtheria 3, typhoid 3, whooping cough 3.
pneumonia and bronchitis U. There caald he no doW,.
that we fever was very prevalent' throughout the whol
of the di,triet, and bearing .in mind the highly infection::
nature of the disease, he bad no hesitation in recom-
wending the absolute clothing of all the schools of the
district for at least six weeks.* Unless they were closed
he feared it would be hopeles, to expect to get rid oz
the epidemic for a long tune to Come. Dr. Kee also
:laid the want of water was very much felt in Old Hill,
espesially Garratt'a Lane, Black Wagon Street,
Cherry Orchard, Bpring,Headow, Halesowen Road, ano
Elbow Street. He found nearly all the cases of typhoid
which occurred in the 'district were caused by Impure
water—The Chairman said'il was rataer a se; ious tuing
to close the scriook als' the doctor suggestea, unless
there wee urgent neceaasty for st. Too Guadren would
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

G. F. GREEN,
pIANOFORTE

260, Castle Street, Dudley,
And 67, Park Street, Walsall.

RAS GREAT PLEASURE IN PUBLISHING, THE roLLovrix,.
TESTIMONIALS.

From Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Music, from the
artitntion for the Blind, St. John's Wood, London :--
' I can eoutdectly recoracaund Mr. Green as a Pilule.
erte Tuner: Ile tunes lry een.l !.seip,,rament, ttl oL-
sins an exact 3c515. kSigued) C. POTTER."
From Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick's
Chursh, Huddersfield :—"I have much pleasure in tes-
tifying to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
Tuner. He lays the bearings with exactness and perfec-
tion. (Signed) JAMIIS 7. PATTERSON."
Prom Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianiste, of the London
and Liverpool ...7:onc-rts:—" Mr. Green is one of the few
who on Tune s'no to the nicety I require previous
to Atvice ray Public iteeitals. (Signet) E. K. SANDEllt-
max.

rer...l r. 1111:cerworth, Organist, Dobeross, ne
!—.• Ursen's equal as a Pianoforte Tun
. (Signed) DAVID BUTTERWORTH
X s. d

Tema for Yearly Tuning, including minor re-

pairs—
Cottages, per annum ........
liranda do . .

Single Tunings (in Town).
s. d. a. d.; s d 3.
Cottages.... 3 6& 5 U. ;Full Grand: 6 6lz 7
Serai-Gran4B 5 U& 6 0 ICoucert Iron
Triehtird ;Grands.. .. 7 6

Obiigne. . 4 6L-.' ;
Pianoteri Tuned o the French Pitch (now univer•
sally adopted throw:bout Englend.t t required.
•.• A large stock ,if ClaWcal and Nad,,.ro nusic, a
Half-price.
Pic &se observe the it:

and 7. eter.:

TO PAitl ,6 ABOUT TO BUILD.

0600 CAN BE ADVANCED as the work
Oto pruceeds.—Apply T. J. HICKS, Builder, 'to.,
Park Street, Stourbridge.

JI.—WANTED One or Two Rooms,
..Antraliy aituated in htourbridge, for an Instan-
t.— -- • giviug full pardentara, " Rooms "
•Jutvr•' (Mice, Swath:ridge.

RaL2T, - , WANTED
ocica Yard, year lewdley, rwo
ExperieLced Moniders, apply, „liesars. Woolward &
Lock Wad, Mill Street, Kidderminster.

' 110 1:1 E LET.—SMALL CO r I'AG-E at
I.lilingsiord, near Kinver, wi 4i Acres uf
Apply 20a, Temple Row, Birmingham,

FIELD OF AFTEITSIATH TO LET.—
Apply t 3 the Gardener, Preecot
bridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

NAIL TRADE.

The various classes of Lailers in South Staffordshirs
and East IVorcestershire are all now on strike, excep
toe horse-nail makers, which being a distinct or specia.
oranch of the trade, have not yet "come out." They
cave, however, in common with the other nailers, had to
submit to large and repeated reductions, and so much so
hat they assert they cannot possibly get a sufficient
.wing for their families. Recognising an improvemem
io the trade, they say they are entitled to au immediate
Air/ince, and are about to strike for it unless the masters
once loneede to their Wishes A series of meetinge
will be held in the various districts in which these
are made.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

STACKYARD FIRES.

The Times of Wednesday publishes the following
letter :

Sir,—Now that harvesting operations have commenced I
beg to solicit the favour of a minimum portion of your
valuable space in order to direct the attention of farmers
and others interested to the importance of distributing their
ricks either in the fields where grown, or in such other
positions as may be clnvenient, care being taken that in no
case should they be placed near a railway No doubt it is
VIII gratifying to a farmer to have the results of his labours
clustered contiguou3 to his residence; but I think on reflec-
tion he will be of opinion that utility is preferable to appear-
ance.
There have been many cases of a fire originating at a
homestead, rapidly destroying not only all the property
there, but, by reason of the stacks being crowded together
(I have known instances where they have all adjoined

under one continuous thatch), extending to farm buildings,
the dwelling-house with contents, and live stock—a result
which, however, it may be deplored, could have been easily
avoided by placing the stacks in detached and isolated posi-
tions.

-77
Ihe loss in the aggregate from fires of this nature is im-
mense, and does not, unfortunately, terminate here, as the
destruction of so many staple articles of food, whether for
man or beast, enhances prices, thus subjecting many who
can ill afford it to additional expense, and ultimately affect-
ing the community at large.—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant, CHARLES WHITE, 262, Kennington-road, Loudon,
Aug. 3.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

LATEST GENERAL NEWS.

EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT TIFLIS.

LONDON, Friday.

The Gobs publishes the following from Tiflis,
under date of last Friday :—lntelligence has
reached here that an explosion has taken place at
Kars, resulting in a fire that has destroyed the
b2Bt portion of the city.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

W C.

NOTICE TO COUNTRY INVALIDS.
Consultation by Letter without Fee.

DR. HENRY SMITH, (By Diploma of the
Royal University of Jena) who has devoted
THIRTY YEARS to the Special Treatment of Diseases
of the Nervous System, resulting from Exhaustion of
Nerve Power, Local Weakness, &c., will for the benefit
of Canntry Invalids, on receiving a statement of case,
send bi-* opinion, with Advice and Instructions, which,
if fol,vreii. insure a Cure ; a Personal Interview and
•xpertive Criosnitation•fees are thus avoided.
A." Confidential " form of Correspondence ti assist
tho levelids in describing their case sent Post Free.

DR. HENRY SMlrfl, 8, BURTON CB L'SCENT
LONDON, W.C.

TUNER
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE AT
BRADFORD.

This morning the business of the Foreign
'lissionary Society was interrupted. While Dr.
Punhon was reading the report Mr. Eilwaru
Allen, of Sleaford, one of the Conference repre-
sentatives, fell forward in his pew. He was car-
ried into the lobby of the chapel, when Dr. Ingle
pronounced hi.h to be dead, the cause tyet.
apoplexy. Deceased was highly re.peutaiti. in LAI,
Lincoin district rhis second iteatil had vero
deeply afflicted the Conference.

Mr. J. R. Webb has notified his intentioa of be.
coming a Conservative cautlitiate for Mallow a,.
the next election. •

A New York Herald telegram predicts a storm
for tau Ltta iasEdukl of tau lira. SOlll4-eaSt tc
aorth-weet winds.

A bill is issued this morning to enable the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer to raise 42,000,000
Exchequsa bonds, each bond to be paid oil at piki
beore the ehd ox three years. •

Messrs. Legard and Smith's paper factory, near
Covent erardea Theatre, was destroyed by iire this
morning. The ellorts of tile firemen to prevent
the-conilsgration spreading were successful.

The Leouister Liberal Association have pa,se...
a resolution approving of the result of the lier,i
Congress, but expruszing alarm at the
w'nion may e incurred by tnis country by tin
Turkish Convention.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

ENVILLE.

ENVILLE GARDENs.—On the 2nd just, the Earl of
Rumford caused his grounds to be cleared of visitors
4wing to the misconduct 01 two men belonging to a
gorkmen's party from Wolverhampton, and it was
,zpecied that the grounds would be kept permanently
.losed for the future. One of the men apologised for
int misbehaviour, and the employer having heard what
lad occurred has offered an apology to Lord and Lady
tamford for his workmen's misconduct, hoping the
iardeus would not be closed to the general public. This
,143 led to the grounds being opened as usual LAI Tuea.
hays and Fridays.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

80Iti.1.1:Th; ON THE RAILWAY.

A coluuulci.tl traveller named Geozge
threw btaiself this ihorning before ii,sl expri36.
tr-du at the DJraiug klailway Station. The new,
was severed from the body.

THE IRON TRADE.

Tail: WAGES IN THENAIT TRADE*
BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.

The meeting of ironm:sters on 'Change this
ci.,iruoou was preceded by a meeting of nailwasters
.u..vened for tile purpose of considering the dis•
with the 'operatives in regard to the wages
lu June last the nail manufacturers adoptea
a new list of prices for the different classes of
work. and leductions were therein effected varyial;
from 25 to 37-.} per cent. Trade having recenti:,
unproved, the operatives declined to continue ai
.t..he reduction, and demanded the restoration oi
i;tie 16Th iist. At their meeting to-day Mr. I,
3.1.11, chairman of the Manufacturers! Association,
dreaded, and tuere was a numerous attendanc.
was ulciinatsely decided to appoint a &putative
• cagai, onipioyers to meet a similar number u.
-Jperacive delegates to endeavour to effect at set,
The deputation were authorised to °ire,
.41 mei\ use of 10 per cent, upon the present list.
-a consequence et tue meeting of nu/musters tiu.
ittenchmce at the iron inamet was considsrabi
.t:igmente.i, and an animated tone prevltneu
iercuants and consumers manifested an mcreasLt.
.ispositi. on to do business, and taere was lebt
sU put upin producers in respect of prices.
_ dial/au:Lion oi prouuctiun is twilling to sUstall,
luola,tions for pig iron, and the liminess of We
,oast hemattle 're-acts to the advantage of loci.
Tiiere is more speculation among/mann
. in regard to pig iron, in the prospect u.
eitcm trade. It is generally admitted that tht
is the best opi),AtAinALsv we buying pig
LOU wilt consumers are liCiy e ver again to oh-
Wnen the turn matne tide arrives, ono
luotations are woviiig upwards, then there
JOa rusu to speculate, with the usual result ui
ioreing up prices una.turaily. It is to be hopuc,
lur the general benedt of the tirade of the district.,
i.dat ma case oz u revival, wineliaatiou atuula
Will he maintained, and that aim anxiety it.
.;et rich will out be allowed to overrule consider-
ol commercial prudence. _Nall rods are ia
‘4ttlo request; for local consumption, but toi
~,ustraila and the Lasteru markets too demand ik
•Ljroimrg. Coal, coke, awl ironstone are
wiiled ciemand.

At Wolverhampton on Wednesday a stead.,',
ausiuess was done, and the finished iron tra
generadly is in a tar more hopeiul condition. j'
beeh expected that a ?ail would have takei.
.piace try the gum terly meeting; tbadjug sueL
notions altogether wrong merchants have givers
out a large number of orders, and there is un-
a geheral improvement ill tract.
ot iuL-rked bars realised their
and more orders couici have been boolwd..
JuMer
piattvo *ad 164040 were
with a 6140,1 y 1,10 g o manufactureas
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

CRADLEY,

ACCIDENT AT A TEA PARTY.—On Monday afternoon
Last a party of about 700 persons, assembled in a
narquee at Homer liii, at a tea party in connection
vith the Wesleyan body. The tent was at first secured
.a the übnal way, but some one moved one of the maul
:opes to allow visitors to pass in more easily. The sta.
Ality of the tent WAs endangered by this step, and the
quote affair came down upon the visitors, causing great
siarm amt excitement. One la iy was badly injured on
.ue forehead by the falling tent pole, and others were
uore or less °raised. A number of ladies were un-
louscious when the Canvas was removed, and we are in-
formed that several of them were robbed during the
eonfasion which occarnd.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

EXPEDITIONS TO THE NORTH POLE.

From a communication received at the American
Navy Department, it appears that Mr. James
Gordon Bennett contemplates a double expedition to
the North Pole, one vessel going by way of Behring's
Straits, and the other by way of Spitzbergen. He
has been in consultation with Peterman, the great
German geographer, and other Arctic experts abroad,
and now proposes to fit his well-known yacht,
the Dauntless, for an additional Arctic expedi-
tion, putting in her an auxiliary engine and screw,
and otherwise making her complete for an e.:Tedi-
tion by way of Spitzbergen. The Jeannette is on
her way to San Francisco, and will pass through
Behring's Straits early next year. Her owner will
spend not less than 120,000 dollars on the Jeannette
expedition. He wishes the Navy Department to
furnish for the Dauntless the crew, officers, and pro-
visions necessary for her voyage, he making her
otherwise ready. He is persuaded that the two ves-
sels, going in different directions, but by the two ways
which are admitted to be the best, and the only ones
which promise early success, can more than double
the chances of reaching the Pole. His communica-
tion to the Navy Department is, in brief, an inquiry
to ascertain if this proposition would have the favour
of Secretary Thompson. The Dauntless is a staunch
vessel, and with the engine and screw with which Mr.
Bennett proposes to fit her, at his own expense, would
be an excellent craft for the Arctic voyage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

JOCULAR CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN

PAPERS.

"And what did you think of Switzerland?" mked a
lady of a young American belle, who had just made the tour.
"Pretty place, but it struck me there were too many lakes
and too few young men."

An American farmer, speaking of the thinness of his
hay crop, said "The grasshoppers have all got lame trying
to jump from one blade of grass to another.

Several days ago a couple of Brooklyn lovers went
to the cemetery, drank a lot of laudanum, lay down in each
others' arms, and prepared to die. The laudanum didn't
work according to expectation, and the young lady has now
brought a suit against him for breach of contract. In turn
the young man is to sue the druggist for false pretences.
And the cemetery association is to sue all three for trespass.
The course of true love is coarse.

Edison has perfected a fog-horn that can be heard
ten miles, but has failed at an invention for getting his ser-
vant up in the morning.
A certain California sehoolma'am is said to be able
to "sing hymns like a ten-octave angel."

The fat girl of lowa, who -weighed six hundred
pounds, is dead. It used to be her regretful remark that she
never found a young man willing to marry because he could
not support her.

One of a party of Eastern men offered a half-dollar
to a Nevada miner for showing them through the Nevada
silver mines. He looked at the money a moment, and then
turning to the Easterner said :—" May I ask how much you
are estimated at home to be worth?" "About twenty-five
thousand dollars," was the reply. "Well," said the miner,
"L guess I won't take your half-dollar. I made a quarter of
a million here last year"
A melodious young man in the West had a fine tenor
voice, especially adapted to serenading young ladies and
hollowing up dark alleys. He sang, " I'm Lonely, Tonight,
Love, Without you," and "I'm Lonely Since My Grand-
mother Died, for the Hand is Withered that Spanked me in
Childhood's Hour," and other such sentimental songs, in
which the sentiment of "lonely" always was the refrain,
representing his desire to be no longer so. On a certain
Avenue where wealth and ariatocracy prevailed, he was in
the habit of singing to his Lady Love, who would appear at
the window in a white angelic attire, by some called politely
negligee, demi-toilette, in fact a sort of half-angel, half night-
gown. One night the stern parent, as the serenader thought,
threw a basin of water down on him; so far, however, from
cooling his ardour, he returned the next night, hoisted an
enormous umbrella, and proceeded again to touch the light
guitar, with the same old request for a "snowy hand," and
so forth. Presently he heard a smile, and, drawing aside the
umbrella, rapturously looked up at the lattice. Sure enough
there was the object of his affections in her night-gown act,
but by her side was a nice young man whom she had just
married, and who was the water-thrower of the previous
night. The serenader sold his umbrella, guitar, and other
courting implements, and lighted out for another village.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

MURDER AND SUICIDE.

A shocking affair is reported to have occurred in
London on Tuesday afternoon in Ben Jonson's-road,
Stepney.
It appears that a man named Wood has been for
some time managing the business at the " Victory "
publichouse there for a Mr. Griffiths, who has also
another publichouse, the "Walnut Tree," close by.
Lately Wood has been very peculiar in his manner, so
much so that it was found necessary a short time
back to put him under restraint. However, he
got better and was thought fit to return to the manage-
ment of the house. On Monday night, shortly after
the house closed, he obtained possession of a double-
barrelled gun which was kept in the place and
fired a charge into the ceiling of one of the upstairs
rooms. Afterwards he again got the gun and threatened
to shoot the barman, who took refuge in a stable at
the back of the premises, whither Wood followed him
and fired at him as he was getting up into aloft. The
charge did not take effect, but the shot penetrated the
beam in the stable close by. About 1.30 the police
were sent for,
D and Sergeant Smith of the Criminal In-
vestigation epartment, accompanied by a constable,
proceeded to the house. A man named Gregory, bar-
man at the other house, the "Walnut Tree," had come
over to the " Victory " to see if he could do anything
towards calming Wood. After the police got to the
house, Gregory went into the back parlour, where Wood
was sitting, land almost immediately a double report
was heard. On Sergeant Smith and the constable
rushing into the room, both Wood and the barman,
Gregory, were found lying on the ground quite dead.
Gregory had been shot through the heart, while Wood,
appeared to have held the gun to his mouth and then
by some means to have pulled the trigger, blowing his
head half off. Dr. Corner was fetched, but his aid
was of no avail, as death in each case appeared to have
been instantaneous. Wood is said to have been 40 or
43 years of dge, Gregory being about 25.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

CLAIM TO STANFIELD HALL.

On Monday, at the Norwich Assizes, before Lord
Justice Thesiger, an action was brought by George
Taylor, a railway guard at Dovercourt, against
Reginald Gwyn and others to recover possession of
Stanfield Hall, Norfolk, the scene of the murders
committed by Rush in 1848 upon the then owner,
Mr. Jenny, and his family.
Mr. Bulwer, Q.C„ in opening the case, said the
plaintiff sought to obtain possession of the Stanfield
Hall property, the name of which was well known, as
it was the scene of one of the most shocking murders
ever cominitted. The plaintiff claimed as the descend-
ant of Robert Jermy. The learned counsel said he
should have to prove the plaintiff's pedigree—always
a matter of difficulty; but if he succeeded in
this he should then have to get over another difficulty
—the Statute of Limitations—which had been pleaded.
As Mr. Day (counsel for the defendant) was going to
rely on this statute as a defence to the action, he had
carefully considered the matter, and in the perform-
ance of the duty which he owed to the defendant no
less than to the plaintiff he could not contest the case
further. He would have withdrawn it before coming
into court, but the defendant desired the verdict of the
Jury. He had no other course open than to consent
to it.

The Lord Justice, upon this, directed a verdict for
the defendants, observing that Mr. Bulwer had
exercised, as he was sure to do, a wise discretion.
Looking at the defence founded on the Statute of
Limitations—which was not at all "technical," but
was a most substantial and proper defence in cases
where land had been in the possession of a family for a,
long period—the learned counsel for the plaintiff feel-
ing that he cannot possibly resist the defence thus set
up yields to a verdict for the defendants.
The jury thereupon at once found a verdict for the
defendants.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

STOURBRIDGE WATER WORKS
CuMPANY

„,_.
NOTICE IS HEREBY tIVENi -that the
OEDINTAKY GENF UAL, MILE:ONG of the
6hareholders of the Stourbridge Water Works Company
(Lim.ted), will be heid at the Company.* Ofice, No. 1,
CHURCH OTRRZT, in the Township of fitourbridge,lll
the County of Worcester, OR I:IIITURDAT. the 24th day Of
AtrOWIT IRSTA H RT, at alf.past Three o'ileek in She
Afternoon, to receive the Dizeetors' /deport, and k.
adopt the same or otherwise; to doelare a divided, Gad
for the purpose of transacting the general busiasse of
the Company, and NOTICE 18
GIVEN, that the above•mentioned Ordinary Illeettng of
the Shareholders of this Company will be made Speciwi,
in order to sanction or otherwise the Directors' aPPIJiag
for Parliamentary powers for an increase of capital and
extension of district.
By order.
GEORGE HOLLOWLY,
Sesretary.

Company's Offistes, Stoarbridge,
Anglia. 3rd, 1878.

ASTON LOWER GROUNDS.

iiRAND DICIPI.AY OF 1:i.:011112t-4.
b.en entirtlY re•Arila4l4o4
klowtl boos newiy deatgined, sad Ailed with vanes;
spelt:nem in fell Blown. .
BULLING ON 'IRK IMPROVED AND gIVINDED
LAILIC. • •
the SKATING RINK. will Ise opeit far Tlime.liitoMiesie
livery Day. Ponntney's band heory Kenning. troy*/
and Giitner's hand will P.ay front 11111.6..5k •p. la
the Grounds on Saturday afternoon, onll trona 7 till! in
the Binh. . - .
The CONSKRYATORY a replete, wltli .l.eheiee Loa-
iection of Fiewering and h.soue Plastb.
The new kanci,iotis of AQUARIUM and 488E11111LT
ito.ollB are rapidly progressing.
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Admission to Grounds Si. (wits. •
Admission to Rink.. each
Use of Skates
Rink Ticket* taken at the vatt...tta clansmen' samit
into the Grounds free.
Seascn Tickets can be obtained at the Ofiloes 441
Company, Unite Rotel, Aston, where any esker inlet-
nation required will be famished.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

i*:BILITY AND NERVOUSNESS.
THE WARNING VOICE."
DR. SMITH'S Celebrated Work, of which
500,000 Copies wero Sold. Revised Edition.

Now Beady, 152 pages, by post to all parts of the VS orld,
n Envelope, two stamp.

r uHE WARNING VOICE; OR, DEBILI-
1. TATING AND NERVOUS DISi•LsEs : THE

AUS ES, SYMPTOMS, CONSEQUENCE. AND
TREATMENT of certain forms of DEBILITY, resutt-
ingtrom Loss of Nerve Pnwer. By 1-IENRY
doctor of Mct t the Uoi%ersity of Jtna.
THIS IS .a. N WOUIC nu the Nature,
Treatment, at. 4 Curo of Nervous, Menial, ...nd Physica,
Dybility. 140;cri,,i1X of Sairits, Indigevior, Dimness of
Sight, Want of ILne.ryy,-DeafLess, Vies, Pre-
MatUre LOEICAT, ElmtAdlleGoe, As., resit:ding from Lori of
Nerve Power. ttt_e remits of Intemperance, Lnte Hours,
Worry, Brain Toil, dirc., which, if neglected, en,i IL
Co:.f.rtned Debility and Premature Decline. GITES THS
ADVICE AND INITRINISIoNs, the result of TTLIRTY YE.tll9'
PEACTICII by which Thousands 1111 TO been restored to
health. Illustrated by CAW AND TEsTirottIALS from
irateful Patients, with means of cure used in each ease.
DR. HENRY SMITii, 8, BURTON CB/11=g; LONDON,
W.C.

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DLSEASES PECULIAR TO WOMAN.
GAY:4 the t. MISY, Symptoms and Cure This
1,u1)1.41.e:i for the special use of Females, and is
a Private Guide to the Treatment of a class of ailments
peculiar to the Female Constitution.
DR. HENRY SMITH, 9 BURTON CRESCENT, LONDON
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

FATAL STABBING AT BRISTOL.

BRISTOL, Friday.

Hugh Clements, who was stabbed a!, week ago
by, it is said, a ship carpenter named Frederick
Brown, died this morning. Brown will probably
be charged with the murder. This is the second
fatal stabbing case that has occured here within
the last fortnight or three weeks.

THE FORESTERS' HIGH couß r MEETING.

NEWCASTLE, Friday.

The High Ccurt of Foresters, at Newcastle-on-
Tyne, to-day completed the revision ofl:rene-
t* ral laws. The lost important qu.:stion wis the
est tblishmen central depot tor goods, :o as to
,-;!.,;•• t,, ::<.(_ vo of 1 h , tra,iln4 i),..!n!'t q)r th-
Order. The principle itself was readily adopted
as the necessity of some such step has long been
recognised, and London and Birmingham were the
only competing places. Birmingham wrs selected
by a very large majority.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

fairly busy, and quotations are very freely asked
for. It was announced upon 'Change that a
thick seana of coal had been truck at a depth of
500 yards at the boringz of the Perry Coal Corny-
any at Perry B ar.

Saturday. An advertisement referring to this
will be found on our first page.
BOARD OF GITARDIANS..TheI weekly meeting of
this board was held yesterday, Mt. H. Billingham,
in the chair. There were also present Messrs.
Raybould, Haskew, Pargeter, Hingley, Thomp-
son, Griffiths, Rollinson, Wood, Mills, Wright,
Fiddian, Lavender, Kelley, Guest, and Brooks.
Admitted 16; discharged 24; dead 2; remaining,
420; corresponding week 392. Out-door relief
Kingswinford district -226 18s. 6d ; Stourbridge
district £lB 4s 7d; Halesowen district £l5 Hs
2d; non-resident Os 4d; total £6l 8s Bd, against
£56 Gs 81d last year. The Medical Officer's
report was read. Death rate Staffordshire 16 per
1000; Worcestershire 37 per 1000.

catch the disease by playing together.—Mr. Ker pointed
out that the danger was in their being massed together
in one room. The infection was not nearly so strong in
the open air; it was quite possible for one child to meet
another who had recently had the fever and not catch
it, but he questioned whether that would be possible in
a close room. The probability was that at the end of
three weeks the epidemic might be so far abated that
the schools might then be opened. At present the
children of the Board schools were away for their holi-
days, which would expire three weeks hence.—The
Chairman said closing the schools would have a general
disorganising effect.—Mr. Ker said something of the
sort;was absolutely necessary. He suggested that the
dame schools, at all events, should be closed whilst the
holidays were going on.—Mr. Barker suggested that a
certificate should be adopted to be given to children on
recovering from the fever—Mr. Ker thought it was a
very good idea.—Eventually it was decided that notices
shottld be sent to all the schools in the Board's district
ordering them to be closed for three weeks from the
present date ; at the end of which time the Medical
Officer was again to report.—As to the water supply,
the Chairman said the inhabitants refused to take it
after the company had laid their mains, though the want
of water was deplorable. He moved a resolution that
the necessary steps be taken to ensure the taking of the
water by all houses which were insufficiently supplied in
all districts where the mains were laid.—Mr. Guest
seconded this, and it was unanimously adopted.—The
consideration of an application from the Medical Officers
Messrs Ker and Beasley, for an increase of salary, was
deferred till the next meeting.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

BROAISGROVE.

OUTBREAK 01 CATTLE DlSEASE.—Pleurovnetunonia
aas appeared in this district, on the farm of Mr. W.
//tenets, Warridge Lodge, Grafton Mauer, The beast
attacked by the disease was purchased from a dealer at
about three weeks ago. It has been destroyed bi
order of Mr, Superintendent Tyler, upon the certificate:
ol Mr. E. Creswell, veterinary surgeon, and the other
steps to stop the spread of the disease prescribed by the
orders if Privy Council have been taken.
BROMeGROVE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—The annual
:meeting of the members of the Bromsgrove and Stoke
Prior District Laud and Building Society was held at the
Lastitute on Monday last. There was a large attendance
of members, and in the absence of all the trustees Mr
A. Cotton was elected chairman.—The report for the
year ended June 30th, as read by the Secretary (Mr. H.
Vright) was as follows :—" A profit of .t 67 2s 5d has
beeu realised, after adding interest at 1:4 per cent, to the
',edit of unalloted members, and the reserve fund now
imouuts to £157 Los. Contributions to the amount of
e 2,036 4s 10d have been received, 136 new shares have
Jeeu taken up, and the amount now standing to the
..redit of the unallotted members is £3,255 5s 6d, which
,s again iu exceas of the previous year. Your commit-
have purchased a desirabie piece of building land
aearly opposite the new church on the Birmingham
Road ; also the allotment land and cottages, situate at
tti Putcheon, on the Stourbridge Road. These pro-
erties, together with the laud purchased of Mr. Webley
taring the previous year, will form one of the largest
the most desirable estates the society has dealt with
Anee its iormation. Actual possession of the properties
~-.1.11ca it is proposed shall be called the New Town
i:state) will be obtained at Michaelmas next, aud so
,00n as the estate is connected with the Birmingham
lad Sturbridge turnpike road by good and serviceable
cad, the whole will ue balletted in suitable lots among
no inewbers."—The report and accounts as read were
inanimously adopted.—The president, vice-presidents,
austees, and bankers were re-elected ; Mr. Edwara
-tuusman -rat re-elected solicitor ; Mr. R. H. Nowell,
,urveyor ; and Mr. Henry Wright, secretary ; and the
loilowing members were elected upon the committee :
fietars. LI. Allbutt, F. Byng, P. Bryant, W. A. Cotton,
d. Harris, W. Hedged, W. Ledbury, J. Nokes, U. K.
tanton, J. lilt, W. Sharman, and W. Weaver —There
lad no other business before the meeting beyond a sug-
4estiou that at the next revision of rules provision
should oe made for a different mode of election of the
sominitteel
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

IN MEMORY OF QUEEN MERCEDES!

The Figaro announces that the King of Spain
has decided on having an immense basilica raised
over the remains of Queen Mercedes, (says the Paris
correspondent of The rims). A sum ot 1,000,000 mak;
will annually be deducted from the Civil List for its
construction till the building is complete. The Due
de Montpensier and the Princess of the Asturias have
promised to furnish yearly 200,000 reels in aid of the
woric. Lastly, the Duc de Montpensier has brought to
Paris with him a letter from the King to Queen
Isabella asking her to join in the project by handing
over for the purpose the diamonds and jewels deposited
in the Cathedral of Atocha which belong to her, and
represent a sum of 15,000,000 reals—more than
3,000,000 f. The Queen at once telegraphed as follows
in reply :
"My son, the One de Montpensier has just brought me
your letter. I see that, like a Catholic King and a gentle-
man, you seek consolation in God, and think of Mercedes in
doing good to the capital. You are going to place her
beloveu remains at the feet of the Virgin beneath a magnifi-
cent temple. Your mother, my child, not only permits the
jewels of Atocha to be sold, but she blesses you and joins in
your ,roject—a project worthy of a King, a Christian, and a
good husband. For this and everything count always,
Alphonse, on the immense love, the support, and co-opera-
tion of your mother, who wishes it to be known that, although
at a distance, she is and always will be the same for Madrid,
for Spain, and for her King.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

MR. SPURGEON ON FISHING.

Mr. Spurgeon, speaking on Monday evening at the
Metropolitan Tabernacle to a crowded congregation,
said he had been lately in many lone places in Scot-
land, far removed from the haunts of men. He
had gone there to seek a restoration of health.
He had obtained, in a measure, what he sought,
but, owing to the numbers of persons who visited him
out of a kindly feeling, even in these remote parts,
he had scarcely known what solitude was, and
had consequently not derived that amount of benefit
in a bodily sense, which he otherwise would have
done. He had been on many fishing excursions, and
from them had learned many lessons. In that college
—the one attached to the tabernacle—they were all
fishermen, but he could wish that many of the fisher-
men there had a little more catching bait about
them than they seemed to possess. They must get
the fish about them by some means or another before
they were caught, and to that end a harmless plea-
santry was a capital bait. Sometimes he had been
blamed for giving vent to witticisms, but in his own
mind he had done well by so doing, because people
came to hear him, and when they did so many were
caught. The fact was, it was a good catching bait.
Mr. Spurgeon then proceeded to say that if persons
went to fish either for fish or for human souls
they must not be fools, for if they were they would
be like him, when a few days ago near Rothsay,
he threw his lines into the water, and instead of
watching them, turned away and allowed the fish to
take off the bait without so much as being pricked by
the hook. The Sunday-school was a grand place to
use catching bait, but they must not allow the young
fry to suck off the bait unless they bolted the hook of
the Gospel. If the teachers of religion never got a
bite, they should not go to sleep, but should bait their
hooks afresh, and try different waters. They then
might get some to bolt the bait, iaook and all, just in
same way as the cod did. Those were the sort of
fellows he liked—the nibblers were scarcely any good.
In eonclusion the rev, gentleman gave a description of
the scenery of Scotland, and expressed his thanks for
the hospitality he had received.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

MEMORIAL TO IZA.AK WALTON AT

STAFFORD.

HANLEY, Friday.

This morning being the anniversary of Izaak
Walton's birth, a bust in the Parish Church,
executed from a painting of Walton in the Royal
Academy. was unveiled by the Lord High Steward
the Earl of Lichfield, after a service in the church
by the Dean of Lichfield. The cost of the memo-
rial was about £200., which has been raised by
public subscription. The ceremony was largely
attcnded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-10

N.C.

Now Ready, the TEIETIETIE TIIOI7BAND, Price One
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WOMAN:
AS A MAIDEN, WIFE, AND
MOTHER. Illustrated with ENGRAVINGS ON
Woos, Cloth gilt. This id a Book of great importance
to Woman.

IR. HENRY SMITH, 8 livftToN Cazt.cissT, L3NDON.