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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

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KE3II3IX DRAMATIC CL1713.-011 Monday, Tues-
day, and Wednesday evenings the members of
the above dun gave three entertainments in the
Victoria Hall and Rink. This is the first dramatic
entertainment that has been given in the Hall
since its alterations. A new stage has
recently been built at considerable cost by Mr. H.
J. Hainge, the proprietor, and the room is
decidedly the best in the town for such purpose
and the than of the community are due to that
gentleman. The piece selected by the club was
• Othello" on Monuay and Wednesday, and Mr.
H. J. Lyron'a " Blow tor blow," a comedy drama
orn Tuesday eveni ig. The following were the
eharacters :—Duae of .Venice, Mr. a.f .11. Holmes;
Brabantto, Air. W. eretaing ; Gratiano, Ur. A.
Kedward.s ; Lodovico, Mr. 'l'. Elwell; Montano,
Mr. E. Cox; Othello, Mr. Alfred Wall; Casio, Mr.
D. Williams; la,go, Mr. H. J. Bird; Rod.erigo,
Mr. Jcsaph Midge; De.sdemona, Miss Florence
Dodd; Emilia (wife of Ingo), Miss P. S. Parlow.
Miss Dodd has become a great favourite in Stour-
bridge and her part was beautifully rendered as
" Desdemona " particularly the last scene which
was very effective. Miss Barlow as wife of iago
come in for a large share of applause Mr. A.
Wall as " Othello " ably sustained the charac,er.
Mr. H. J. Bird as " lago " sustained the
part in fine form throughout the piece and
was loudly cheered. Mr. Williams as " Cassie ''
was very good, and the rest of the characters were
fairly don.. In the drama on Tuesday evening
Mr. '2. B. Mapp as" Charley Spraggs " kept the
house in a roar of laughter by his action and
puglistic capability. The part appeared to us to
be peculiarly adapted for him. "Josiah Crad-
dock," Mr. W. Gething ; "Lieutenant Linden,"
Ms. D. Williams; - Mr, Bolder," the character
was well sustained by Mr J, Coker. Miss Dodd
as "Mildred Craddock" and bliss Barlow as
• " Kitty Wormier " came in for a good share of
applause. We are pleased to say that the whole
was a success financially, and the performers were
evidently much more at home :.ith themselves
titan we have seen tneni on former occasions.
PORTOBELLO.—A grand fete and pic-uic was held
at Bcdopte Meadow, on Monday List, which was
pretty well attended. There wat, a good pro-
gramme and all the parts were carried out in a
satisfactory manner, reflecting great credit upon
the performers, The quartettes as sung by the
chy miliatrels were very well rendered and the
comic songs and sayings of the two corner-men
caused considerable laughter the whole being well
applauded. Miss Rezibini Caralotta gave several
serio comic songs in tine style and witli good e !Sect,
fon whicsil piav Elo9,eiYo4 allfje eLIC9rVk Ite pia-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

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ziATUItIDAY AUGUST 24, 1878,

THE HARVEST.

TUNEE

HAGLEY.

y RICK ON Fin.-1 fire broke out in the farm
ard of Mr. John Gilbert, Wassell Grove on
Thursday last. It appears that a hay rick got over-
was set on fire and the rick was destroyed,
Aka* 15 tons fortunately there vras plenty of
wztcer and the fire was confined to one rick.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

A DIARY OF THE CZAR.

Under the title of the "Diary of the Czar's
Residence on the Danube in 1877," Count Sollohoub
has just published at St. Petersburg the first important
contribution to the literature of the late war. Although
the journal is not the actual work of the Emperor
Alexander himself, it faithfully records his feelings
during the most eventful period of the Turkish
campaign, and is written by one whose constant per-
sonal attendance upon his Majesty enabled him
to obtain inspiration for many of its pages. The
volume, which embraces the period between the
15th July and the 16th of December, is divided
into eight chapters, whose headings—Tsarevitza,
Pavlo, Biela, Gorni Studin, Tchaoush-Makala;
Radonizza, Gorni Studin again, and Poradim—
sufficiently indicate the scope of the work. In
the early part of the diary particular stress is laid
upon an interview which General Tolstoi had with the
Czar directly after the capture of Nicopol, in which
the vanquisher of Hassan Pasha insisted vehemently
upon the necessity of immediately occupying Plevna.
The presentiment upon the mind of Tolstoi that this
strategical point would become the thorn in the side of
the army was so vivid that after leaving the Czar's
pavilion he went about the camp repeating to all the
friends he met the warning, " Prenez garde k Plevna."
The counsel was, as is well known, disregarded by the
self-opiniated subordinates of General Nekopoitchinsky,
and the " mauvaise quart d'heure " ensued, resulting,
after the first battle cf Plevna, in the Emperor passing
28 days in a miserable, stifling tent, without a single
night of unbroken slumber. The interest of Count
Sollohoub's volume mainly rests with the personal
narrative he gives of the Emperor's emotions during
these eventful days, and one can well understand, after
reading the chapters devoted to them, the aversion
which the emancipator must have entertained to his
Empire becoming involved in a second and larger
struggle. As a contribution to military history the
diary is of no particular value. Its importance arises
from the lizht which the author sheds upon the inner
iife of the Fmperor of Russia, and the moral oeffeQt
which his presence had upon the army during the
Plevna part of the Turkish war.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

A DELUGE AT TORONTO.

The Canadian papers publish accounts of a terrible
storm which visited Toronto on the 4th inst. About
three in the afternoon a terrific fall of hail ushered it
in, numbers of stones measuring five inches in circum-
ference, and weighing over an ounce. It lasted for
fifteen or twenty minutes, stones as large as marbles
coming down in clouds, and completely covering the
ground. The damage is very great, scarcely a house
exposed at all to the north, unless protected by shutters,
escaping without some panes of glass being smashed.
Nearly every skylight in the city is entirely demolished,
the photographic studios coming in for the heaviest
share of the general destruction. Conservatories and
gardens in all directions are ruined, the hailstones
playing havoc with plants and shrubs. The churches
suffered severely. St. Michael's Cathedral, the NI etro-
politan Church, Reformed Episcopal Church, Grace
Church, St. Stephen's, St. Paul's, and nearly every
other, had all their northerly windows riddled, some
of those destroyed having been illuminated and very
costly. Some idea can be formed of the manner in
which the glass came to grief from the fact that De La
Salle Institute had 117 large panes destroyed and
Adams' laundry, situated at the corner of Queen and
Church streets, had 108. Many a building had every
window entirely shattered. St. Mary's Church was
struck by lightning, the fluid entering by the belfry,
passing through the front of the church and throwing
open sad partially destroying the main entrance doors,
which were locked and bolted. A man standing
by was stunned. Beyond displacing a few bricks,
smashing the illuminated circular windows, and
injuring the doors, no damage was done. The
northerly dial of St. James's Cathedral clock wsisi
also shattered to pieces. The rain was ter-
rific, coming down in torrents for nearly three
hours. Many cellars and basements were flooded to a
depth of three feet, and large quantities of goods were
destroyed. 'l,The earth caved in in many places and
sewers beckse stopped up, and in some instances
burst, causing great damage to the surrounding houses.
On Stanley and other streets, where the buildings are
of a poor description and below the surface of the
ground, the inhabitants were nearly drowned out, and
chairs, tables, and beds might be seen afloat. As soon,
however, as the rain ceased the water speedily sub-
sided, and now, beyond large pools here and there,
there is little to mark the visitation of the deluge. It
is impossible to estimate the total amount of damage
done, but it is safe to place it well up among. the
thousands. The storm, as far as can be ascertained,
was local in its nature, extending easterly perhaps as
far as Bowmanville, 40 miles, westerly as far as
Milton, 13 miles, and a few miles north. It came in a
north-westerly direction.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

THE SESSION OF 1878.

In the Session of 1878 the House of Commons sat
on 136 days, the House of Lords on little more than
100 days. The House of Commons sat for very nearly
1,100 hours, and even this number does not include
the two hours from seven to nine o'clock during which
that House, when it has a morning sitting, suspends
business in fact, though without a formal adjourn.
ment. The Hanes of L „was sat for less than a sixth
of the same number of hours. The House of Commons
sat beyond midnight 85 times, and on 13 nights sat
until later than three a.m., extending its sitting
of the 2nd of August until past four o'clock of the
next morning, its sitting of the Ist of April until past
six a.m., and its sitting of the 13th of May until half.
past nine on the next morning. The House of Com-
mons divided 278 times • there was one tie, 40 against
40, and the Speaker had to vote. No less than 49 of
the Parliamentary papers issued relate to Turkey.
Shortly before the close of the Session a large number
were presented to the House of Commons, probably
many of them "in dummy," to be issued during the
recess and when they shall be ready for circulation.
Among those which we may expect is the Roll of
Members of Parliament from the year 1213 to the
present year.
Professor Baynes, editor of the "Encyclopedia
7 and his wife narrowly escaped being killed at
is on Tuesday evening. They were returning
and were at a steep part of the road when a
fsßrtro. imt aaAwnnaandyirdce:htveo r s
run
e and cart approached at a rapid speed and
ran into the carriage. The carriage Was wrecked, and Dr.
and Mrs. Baynes were conveyed to a neighbouring house,
where it was found that they had escaped with a severe
fi Ting. They were able to be convfled home shortly
afterwards. The driver was seriously Ware&
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

POTATO.

The supplies of potatoes were moderate, but disease was
very prevalent amongst them. Trade was reported steady.
Regents, 80s. to 1208.; shaws, 50s. to 655. ; kidneys 100 s. to
1305.: Victoria!, 100 s. to 120 s. ; English rose, 100 s. to 1404
per ton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

DUDLEY.

FAILIIIII.—.At the County Court a petition for liquid-
ation has been Sled by Kr. Edward Oakes, forsaerly of
189, Wolverhampton Street, commission agent, but now
of 191, High Street, out of business. The liabilities are
estimated at nearly £2OO. Mr. H, C. Brettell is the
solicitor to the debtor.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

MARRIED.

Wautna—DiClXlss. —On tzl a 20th inst., at the
district
Registry Office, Stourbridge; Samuel, second son of
Serjeaut Walker, (retired Drill Instructor), to Alice,
eldest daughter Of Kr. William Dickens, basket manu-
facturer, Whittington, Staffordshire.

i.
DIED.
BLATBB.—On the 17th fast, at the sosidsnoe of his 'lon-
ia-law WilHum Mak% Raw" Thomas MMus Is
Ilk ON Pel•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

IIAY.

WHITECIIAPEL, Saturday, Aug. 17.—With a large supply
at market the trade was dull, but in prices there was no
alteration. Prime Old Clover, 120 s. to 1358., new 100 s. to
1155., Inferior ditto, 80s. to 905., Prime:Old Meadow Hay, 90a.
to 100 s.. new ditto 80s to 855., Inferior, 50s. to 701., and
Straw 435. to 535. per load.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

A TERRIBLE DISASTER.

A terrible disaster occurred at the beginning of this
month at a picnic held at Silver Lake, Wyoming
County, by " the Pioneers of Livingston, Allegany,
and Cattara,„ous Counties united," more than 20,000
persons being in attendance. A terrific thunderstorm
came up, and torrents of rain fell. The crowds
surged into the Walker Ho-Ise for shelter, at least
500 persons being crowded upon the front piazza,
which extended the entire length of the build-
ing, about 12 feet above the ground floor, on which
was a billiard-room. While the rain was falling
in an almost unbroken sheet half the verandah gave
way with a crash, and men, women, and children
were hurled in a common heap at the bottom. The
piazza sleepers on the floor of the next buiding then
gave way, and a mass of people were precipitated
into the room below. The scene which ensued
beggars description. It was a struggling mass, the
wildest shrieks filled the air, and each individual
endeavoured to extricate himself or herself. As a
result, a panic seized everybody. Fortunately, a
billiard table stood directly beneath the falling floor,
checking its descent long enough to enable those
in the room below to escape ; but for this fact the
accident must have proved much more disastrous than
it did. The windows were quickly kicked out, and,
by the aid of persons outside, the endangered people
were extricated. A large number of them were con-
siderably injured. There was an able corps of doctors
present, and the injured were all cared for during the
afternoon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

rHE FAMINE IN CASHMERE.

The Calcutta Correspondent of The Times, in his
weekly despatch, after alluding to the general good
prospects in the Bombay and Madras Presidencies,
and to the almost universal fall of rain, says that re-
ports from Cashmere are very gloomy The Durbur
is said to be thoroughly aroused to the appalling state
of affairs. The last recorded fautina in Cashmere was
more than a hundred years ago. The authorities are
buying grain in large quantities, and everywhere their
efforts are being seconded by the Government. Relief
works are being started in all directions, and a mixed
committee of Hindoos and Mussulmans are working
together to relieve distress. At Srinuggur the case is
as bad as it can be.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

TERRIBLE FATE OF A SHIP'S CREW.

A dispatch received at Liverpool from the Mauritius
states that the British consul at Tamatave, Mada-
gascar, reports the stranding at Sahassifoutre (St.
Mary), on the north coast of that island, of the burnt-
out hull of the iron ship Glenericht. The vessel drove
ashore on the night of the 13th May, and upon exami-
nation it was found that the hull was still in good con-
dition, and three new anchors, some cable, and an iron
mast were intact. A shocking sidat presented itself,
however, npon further investigation. The cook was
found lying in his galley dead, with marks of burning
upon his body, while in the cabin lay the body of the
captain, and in the forecastle the bodies of a number
of the crew. All were dead. The despatch does not
give further details, but inquiries at Liverpool show
that after the outbreak of the fire on the Glenericht
the crew escaped and reached Singapore. It is there-
fore supposed that the bodies found on board must
have been those of a prize crew which was put on her
from a vessel which came across the burning vessel'.
The Glenericht was laden with coal, and at the time
of the fire, which occurred in November last, was
bound from Liverpool to an East Indian port. She
was abandoned on the 29th November, and thus was
drifting about the ocean for six months before strand-
ing. She was owned in Liverpool by Messrs. L. H.
M'lntyre and Co.—Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.
IDIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS my
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of 'TIRING, for Two or
Three Years; after whiek, and without any further pay.
meat, to become the property of the hirer. Alllzstru.
meats had on this syetem, or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other, if
no ',approved of, and retuned carriage free. And fur-
her, sites a trial of three years, any Pianoforte or Har-
meehmi would be taken bask, at its original cost, and
th money returned, deducting the usual charge for
hire; thus offering greater advantages than the London
0 rElrminghnin HOUS6B.—AppIyFREDWKICK GREEN
k•asio Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley, and 67.
I ark-street,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

RowLEy REGIS ASSOCIATION.

,••1101.0.1.••••.,

The annual dinner in connection with the above
association was held at Or. W. Andrews, the Crown
Hotel. A most excelleoit dint.`er was placed on the table
by the host and near 4 60 members sat down. After
which the chair was occupied by Mr. IL Lowe in the
absence of G. A. H. Beat, Hes ; the Tice-chair was
occupied by Mr. G. Wright.
The Chairman said he had great pleasure in making
the usual financial statement. £25 had been paid by
subscription that day and a balance in hand of £25 2s
4d, making a total of £5O 2a 4d; 20 members had not
paid taking off 75 per Gent. and they had a balance of
£57 10s. (Heat, hear.) During the past year there
had been two convictions in the cases of Mr. Taylor,
of Rowley, and Ma Morrie° which had been paid. He
(the Chairman) thought the association had reason to be
satisfied. (Hear, hear) He believed by letting persona
know they belonged to an association of this kind it
had a good effect and often prevented prosecution.
(Hear, hear.)
Several new members were then added to the list and
the following gentlemen were elected on the committee
in the place of the retiring ones :—Messrs. Joseph
Perry, Joseph Woodhall, and Richard Green.
This closed the ordinary business of the association
after which the Ohairman said as an iinglishmen it was
Ws duty to propose" The Health of the Queen," which
was drank amid much chairing.
The Chairman next gave" The Health of the Prince
of Wales and the Rest of the Royal Family."
The Vice-Chairinan then proposed " The Army, Navy,
and Auxiliary Forces," which was drunk amid much
cheering.
The Chairman said he had one other tout to propose
and he did so with a great deal of pleasure and he had
no doubt it would be heartly drunk and that was their
worthy Treasurer, Mr. Best. (Great cheering.) He
hoped he would long continue to be ,the treasurer and
bad he not been from home he would have been amongst
them.
The toast was drunk with musical honours.
"The Healths of the County Magistrates Chairman,
IVice-Chairman, Host, Press, dec." were drunk.
Some excellent songs were well rendered at intervals
by those present.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

NO "DEVIL" ON THE "NIGHT SHIFT."

One evening when visiting the Dundee Advertiser
office with some strangers, Mr. Gilfillan got heartily
merry over an amusing incident. In the absence
of the entire literary staff he was shown into the
editor's room by an occasional contributor. On
seeing the system of electric bells arranged
on the wall at the back of the editor's chair
he asked an explanation, and fin.ling that the editor
could by a touch of his finger summon into his room
all or any of the heads of departments from all parts
of the establishment, above or below, Mr. Giltillan
exclaimed with a pass of his hand—" The Editor
here can therefore call devils from the vasty deep
or draw an angel down." The guide having touched
the devil's bell several times without that per-
sonage entering appearance, Mr. Gilfillan said, "The
devil must surely be from home, or taking anal)." The
guide having again touched the bell, a sedate com-
positor entered and informed the astonished visitors
that there were no devils there after six o'clock. The
amusement of the visitors was still more heightened
when, on being asked for the reason, the grave com-
positor explained, "By Act of Parliament no devil is
allowed to work on the night shift, or after six o'clock
at night." The idea of the devil being under Act of
Parliament caused roars of laughter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

AN INDUCEMENT TO ATTEND
SCHOOL.

The Brighton School Board are adopting in one of
their schools an ingenious and interesting device for
encouraging regular attendance. It is a school which
has been recently transferred to the Board. The fee
is fixed at threepenee per week, "such fee to be re-
duced to twopence for each child on his attending the
full number of times that the school has been open in
the previous week." This scheme, like all proposals
involving a scale of fees, is, of course, subject to the
consent of the Education Department, but we do not
imagine that their lordships will offer any objection
to the experiment. The reduction of the week's fee to the
extentiof id. seems a trifling thing; it is not so trifling,
however, but that it may have a very considerable
effect upon the regular attendance of a large number
of children. A great point is gained when a habit of
regular attendance has been formed, and this rule may
help considerably in the formation of the habit. If
the children of Brighton are sharp, it will occur to
them to take advantage of a liberal interpretation of
the regulation, and offer 2.1. instead of 3d. on the Mon-
day after a week's holiday, on the ground that they
have attended "the full number of times that the
school was open in the previous week,"—School Board
Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

A NEW GUN COTTON.

The eagerness of inventors and chemists to discover
new and more powerful explosives than any previously
known continues unabated. And though many of the
fresh substances never realise the claims put for-
ward on their behalf, they !axe constantly succeeded
by others equally pretentious. Thus we now hear
of a new explosive material called tonite, or cotton-
powder, which is stated to possess peculiar proper-
ties. Ordinary gun-cotton, or the waste of that
substance, is steeped in nitric acid, and left in a
moist state to disintegrate, passed between heavy
rollers, and then subjected to frequent washings.
Tonit,e consists of that macerated pyroxiline or gun-
cotton, intimately mixed up in a rolling-mill with
about an equal quantity of nitrate of baryta. The
compound is then compressed into candle-shaped car-
tridges, formed with a recess at one end for the recep-
tion of a detonating fulminate
.of mercury, which can
be discharged by any of the ordinary appliances of fire-
arms. Among the advantages claimed for the use of
the nitrate of baryta are those that it contains a great
amount of oxygen in a small volume; that it is very
ready under the detonator, whilst its great density
makes it comparatively inert under the influence of
ordinary combustion. The assertion is made that,
by the employment of the nitrate, this explosive ma-
terial can be made much eheaper than ordinary gun-

cotton, and that, weight for weight, it is 30 per cent.
stronger. The fact may seem incredible, but the state-
ment is made that a cartridge of tonite is no more
likely to catch fire from flame than a piece of soap—
which it very much resembles—its great density causes
it to burn slowly, if set fire to, so slowly that all
danger from a too great generation of gases is obviated,
whilst its explosive powers with a proper fulminating
charge are remarkable. The tonite cartridges are
generally waterprctofed. The density is such that it
occupies the same space as dynamite—the power of
which it surpasses without its terrible danger—And
only two-thirds the bulk of gun-cotton.—Galigna%i.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

THE SIAMESE TWINS OUTDONE.

Eastern exchanges are filled with desciptions and
engravings of ft pair of twins a la Siamese, which excel
their prototypes. The following is a description of
them :—The St. Benoit twins are two dittinct and
separate organisations. They have 'wo perfectly
formed and natural heads and bodies as far as the last
rib. Below that the bodies are fused into one. Each
hpa,
_kwo arms, but only one leg. When a pin is
thrust into the right leg the right girl will cry,
while the left girl continues her previous occupa-
tion—generally a broad smile. Other experiments
show that each of the twins is entirely separated from
the other, and one may be sleeping while the other is
laughing. They have but one abdomen, but the heart
and upper intestines in each are separate and inde-
pendent When taken to the library both began to
cry heartily in the same tone, and when one stoelped
the other stopped, when one tin ust ifs chubby fist into
its mouth the other did the same. At first they re-
fused to allow the spectators to examine them, not-
withstanding the coaxing of their mother, and they
cried so much that she was compelled to take them
back to a. private room, where after a while they be-
came quiet. When ushered into this room the visitors
found one of them fast asleep, while the other was wide
awake and laughing. Shortly the sleeping one woke
up and began a plaintive "cry," in which the other
joined heartily. The twins were born at St. Benoit,
about thirty miles from Montreal, Canada, where their
parents and grandparents, who are descended from the
original French settlers of the country, have resided
for nearly a hundred years past. They are seven
months old, perfectly healthy, handsome, and, judging
from appearances, have the same chance of life as ordi-
nary children. The parents have one other child, a
girl two years old, entirely free from blemish, and the
present twins are the first instance ever known of any
" freak "of nature in the family. One of the twins
has been christened " Mary " and the other "Rosa."
Mary is slightly smaller than her sister, and has a
darker complexion.—Pacijic Rural Press.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

TALLOW.

s. d. I
s. d.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 38 3 Rough Stuff, per cwt. 14 0
Rough Fat, per Sibs.. 1 7 Greases
16 0
Melted Stuff, per cwt. 27 6 I Good Dregs 6 0
Yellow Russian, new .... 375. 6d. per cwt.
Australian Mutton Tallow, 38s. Od.
Ditto Beef ditto 365. 64.
PROVISIONS.
LONDON, Monday, August Ill.—The arrivals last week from
Irelitud were 582 firkins butter and 3,356 bales bacon, and
from foreign ports 23,255 pa,ckages butter, and 3,045 bales
bacon. In the butter market there was but little alteration,
finest qualities selling at about late rates, secondary descrip-
tions a slow sale. No change in Dutch. The bacon market
ruled firm witheut change in pricts with the exception of
lean sizeable Limerick, which advanced 25. No change in
hamburg.
Butter, per cwt. : a. a. Cbeese, per cwt. : a. s.
Dorset l3O to 132 Cheshire 54 to 63
JerseyF rie s la ...... 1,1,21
11102824 I
ACDhmoeuedbrdil
ra
nG.I
.........
46, 5 000
476444
Fresh, per doz
Rams : York
lacon, per cwt. :
Wiltshire ........ 74 76 Cumberland
B7EBED.lrish 9B 10
Irish, green, f.o.b. 74

Bacol

LONDON, Monday, Aug. 39 —There was scarcely any Eng-
lish Cioverseed offering, and no prices fixed. Foreign
qualities were held on former terms; but few transactions
In either French or American. The yield of Trefoil is re-
ported to be large, and prices are comparatively low, and
business yet is limited. Canaryseed was in good demand, at
enhanced values for fine qualities. Thera was not much
passin, in flenipseed ; no change took place in prices_
White Mustardseed brought full rates, with a moderate de-
mand for planting. Grass-seeds were taken off to a fair
extent, at previous values. New white Tares have appeared
In small lots, but prices are scarcely fixed to quote accurately.
Fine English Trifolium Incarnatam waa in good request, at
very full rate
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

'll4l

A FEARFUL HAILSTORM.

As the account of the enormous size and force of
the hailstones that did so much damage at Fategarh
on the 13th April last has attracted much attention
from men of science (says the Ttmes of India), the
following extract from a memorandum by the execu-
tive engineer of the Agra Division on the subject may
be interesting. The memorandum is dated sth June,
1878. The executive engineer reports, in reply to en-
quiries from the superintending engineer, "that the
whole of the corrugated iron roofs of buildings at the
gun carriage factory at Fategarh have now been re-
paired. No new sheets were required, but small pieces
about five or six inches square were soldered on to the
old sheets with a solution of zinc and muriatic acid.
If the superintendent engineer still wishes it, two or
three pieces will be cut out, as directed, and sent to
him. The piece with the large hole reported by the
executive engineer as 4 inches in diameter, was taken
to England by Captain Mackenzie, ILA., the superin-
tendent of the Gun Carriage Factory, who proceeded
on leave just after the occurrence of the storm. He
has been written to and asked to return it, but
although it looked quite 4 inches, as reported when
up in the roof with daylight showing through it,
the exee.utive engineer believes when taken down
and measured it did not exceed 3 or 3i inches.
A piece of sheet has already been sent to the
Inspector General Military Works, in accordance with
his telegram of the 23rd ultimo, with a hole in it of
over two inches, but none of the holes in the build-
ings, although daylight was distincly visible in 25
places, were anything like as large as the one in the
sheet taken away. The executive engineer is unable
to give any actual proof that the hole was made by a
hailstorm, beyond the fact that a hailstorm occurred
of the most unusual violence, after which the hole was
found in the roof of building A. The iron machinery
shop and the sheeting were in perfectly good order
before only having been put up about eighteen months
ago; and being the highest building in that part of
the fort, nothing could have fallen on it except the
hail. The chief civil and military officers in the
station agreed in describing the stones as being as
large as a man's two fists put together. A cowherd in
the European infantry lines was reported to have
been killed, and one of the soldiers received a very bad
cut on the back of his head. The nearest building to
the iron machinery shop is a foundry, built a short
time ago by the factory authorities and roofed with
Allahabad-pattern tiles. At least three-fourth of
these tiles must have been broken, while in the Enro-
pean infantry lines, where several of the subsidiary
buildings are roofed with small country tiles, there
was hardly a single tile left.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

CAUTION TO SMOKERS.

A terrible death from phosphorus is reported. A
young man left Paris a few days back to visit his
friends at Lyons, and, as soon as he got into the car-
riage, he lit a match by scratching it with his thumb-
nail. and a piece of the incandescent phosphorous pene-
trated under the nail and made a slight burn, to which
he paid no attention. But, after an hour, the pain
became very great, the thumb swelled, then the hand,
and next the forearm. He was obliged to alight at the
first station and send for a medical man, who declared
that instant amputation of the arm was necessary.
The Ratient insisted on postponing the operation for a
few hours until the arrival of his father, for whom he
had telegraphed. But, before the latter could reach
the spot, it was too late; the poisonous matter had
giined the arm, then the shoulder, and any operation
was henceforth impitheible.—The-yotuig man died, 27
hours after the burn in horrible suffering.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

MIXING THE BABIES!

The unjustifiable conduct of some young men who
were present at a dancing party near Waco, in Texas,
the other evening, has created much unpleasant feeling
in the neighbourhood. It seems that most of the
ladies who took part in the festivity brought babies
with them, and the noisy perversity of the infants
prevented their mothers from enjoying the dance.
A number of young men, actuated apparently
by kindly motives, gallantly volunteered to take
charge of the little ones while the parents indulged in
an old Virginia "breakdown." These mischievous
young men, however, when left in charge of the babies,
immediately set to work and changed the clothes of
their innocent charges, giving the apparel of the one
to the other. At the conclusion of the dance the
mothers, anxious to return home, hurriedly snatched
up each a baby in the dress of her own, and started
off, some to their homes ten or fifteen miles off, utterly
unconscious of the trick that had been played upon
them. At daybreak there was general commotion in the
district. Mothers discovered to their horror that a single
night had changed in many instances even the sex of
their babies, and then commenced "some of the
tallest female pedestrianism on record." Living miles
apart it took three or four days to unmix the babies,
and fears are entertained that it will take as many
months to restore the indignant mothers to their
naturally sweet dispositions. In the meantime, by
latest accounts, it is unsafe for any of the baby.
mixers to venture into the neighbourhood.—Pall Mall
Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

[From Punch.]
THE NEXT NAVAL REVIEW.
(By Telegraph.)

PORTSMOUTH, 8 A.M.

The morning is fine, the sea calm, and the leaves
are perfectly still. Not a breath of wind, fortunately.
The Authorities, however, are rather anxious. Some
of the sailors of the Omnipotent have not learned to
walk upon the tight rope, and it is feared that they
may cause that powerful Ironclad to lose its finely
adjusted balance and capsize in consequence.
10 AM.

The authorities are in high spirits. The whole of
the Ironclad Fleet has moved nearly a dozen yards
without serious mishap. The Thunderbolt, however,
very narrowly escaped a terrible accident. Some
careless seaman allowed a heavy shot to roll on one
side, causing the vessel to heel over in a most alarming
and dangerous manner. A light-weight midshipman,
with the assistance of a small balloon, was, however,
able to repair the mischief before the ship turned
turtle.

12 NOON.

Another mishap! Some silly Artillery Volunteers
have just fired a gun. The concussion has caused a
distinct breath of wind. The Ironclads are rocking
and rolling in the most violent and perilous style.
They have had to be anchored; and now the Autho-
rities are talking about using Russian air-bags as a
further precaution.
2 P.M.

A great disappointment! The Naval Review has
had to be postponed! Sufficient wind has sprung up
to blow out some of the flags. Besides, it is beginning
to rain.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

A NEW USE FOR THE TELEPHONE.

Fresh applications of this instrument are being con-
stantly discovered, and the latest is that of a torpedo
tester. That 'infernal machine," as it was once
called, is a very valuable means of protecting harbours
and undefended seaports from an enemy's fleet, and
every important port in Europe is now furnished with
them. They are, of course, not actually in position, but
they are stored ready, their places fixed, and they can be
laid at a very short notice. When required for service
they are moored in determined sites, and at a certain
depth below the surface; they are connected with the
shore by electric cables, but they are also fired by con-
tact with a ship's keel which completes an electric cur-
rent and proiuces the explosion. The fact is obvious
that if any reliance is to be placed on those means of
defence, some method of frequently testing them is
necessary. Hitherto that object has been attained by
sending a weak current of electricity through the wires
and the fuze, employing a sensitive galvanometer to
indicate the condition of the connections. For fear
of exploding the torpedoes only extremely weak cur-
rents can be used, and the consequent indications
are so delicate that they can scarcely be trusted.
An engineer has applied the Bell telephone to test-
ing the torpedoes by sound. The instrument is
placed with the vibrating diaphraghm upwards, and
the latter is so loaded with a number of small movable
weights that every motion of the torpedo causes a
vibration of the disc and a corresponding noise in the
telephone on shore. Every torpedo thus becomes its
own indicator, for if no sound is heard in the receiving
instrument the fact is evident that the torpedo has
grounded, or the connections have been severed. The
wires used to fire the fuses are available for the tele-
phone, and one of those instruments on shore, applied
consecutively to the different cables, will serve to
report the condition of any number of torpedoes laid
down in a port.—Galignani.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

2114 17 6

STOURBKIDGE

CRICKET AND FOOTBALL CLTJ

ATHLETIC SPORTS,

In connection with the above club, will be held on

THE CRICKET GROUND, STOURBRIDGE,

On MOINI)AY, the 16th ASEPTEMB.,..R,

WHEN FEM., 10 THE YALU': OF £7O %ILL BE
PREhENTED FOR I,OSIPETIEIO2.

EN TELLS CLOSE, AUG UST Slat,

OTTEii aud FIELD, Holt. S:cs., 92
High Street, btourbridge.

• TOURBRIDGE. SUPERIOR APART-
-1.0 mEN I S to LL for a Gentleman.—Apply,
Laurel Villa, 29, liagley Road,

TIO BE SOLD A BARGAN.—A Small
1. Greenhouse and contents of l'lnut+. toget•ter or
seperate.—Apply, to D. Nall, Town Crier, 1-Arza,
Street, Sto rbridge.

STOURBRIDGE IMPROVEMENT ACT
1868,

AND THE ACTS INCORPORATED THEREWITH

ELEGTION OF COMMISbIONERS

In the place el ihe who go out by retLtl,Dl2,
On THURSDAY, the sth day et 1878.

T toe undersigned, JOHN TAYLOR, of 56,
9 High :.treet, in the Township of :totubridge, in
the County of Worcester, Clerk to the Stourbridge Im-
provement Commissioners, incorporated under the
Stourbridge Improvement Act, 1866, do hereby give
PUBLIC NOIIOE, as follows
That for the purpose of k,lecting Commissioners for
the Three Wards into which the said iTownship of
Stourbridge is by the said Act divided, in the place of
th",, •wie• go out by rotation, Meetings of the Persons
ntifle to Vote at such Election will be hellon Tnung-
Ay, the FiF . H DAY of SEPTEXBZR. 1378.
First 'I hursdsv in tlo, said I\iotiii))...;
lug, that is to sa) •
A Meeting of the person riatitleii 1.• v -
WARD of the raid Townsli:p
•
•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

MEETINGS AT UPPER GORNAL, LOWER
GORNAL, AND SEDGLEY.

On Tuesday last three very large meetings of the
nailera on strike were held at Lower Gornal, Upper
Gornal, and Sedgley, to discuss the proposals of the
masters. Mr. John Price, chairman of the Nailers'
Association, and other delegates attended. The new list
submitted by the masters was warmly condemned. It
was stated that it was not even what it pretended to be.
re masters had said they had revised the prices, show.
ing an advance of from 10 to 20 per cent., but it would
be seen that on the 201 b. rose nails the price was only
to be increased from 3s 9d to 4s. On the nails for
which there was the least demand there was the greatest
increase, but for those for which there was a continual
and heavy demand the advance was the smallest,
dwindling in some cases to about 6 per cent. The con-
duct of the nailers at Bromsgrove who had accepted the
offer of the masters was blamed, but the meeting affirmed
that it would make no difference to them. The Broms•
grove hands only made the smallest kind of work, and
their resumption of work would not affect the strike,
although it would have been more consistent for them
to have adhered to their decision.

The question was then put to the meeting, whether
thsy would come to the masters' terms or continue the
strike on, and there were emphatic expressions to con-
tinue the strike and resolutions to that effect were
passed with enthusiasm. The handsome conduct of
Mr. F. A. Homer in distributing food amongst the
women and children who are suffering in consequence
of the strike was much praised. It was stated that there
was no immediate prospect of the strike being settled.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

THE CATTLE DISEASES ACT.

The Daily News in a leader says The new Con-
tagious Diseases (Animals) Act, which is one of the
few legislative achievements of the session just ended,
does not come into operation at once. But it gives
power to the Privy Council to make certain neces-
sary orders immediately ' • and in the exercise of its
power the Privy Council has just promulgated cer-
tain rules to regulate the treatment of animals
affected with or exposed to disease in Great
Britain. The Privy Council has also given orders
that the attention of foreign Governments should be
directed to the provisions of the Act, by which all
imported cattle, unless specially excepted by the
Privy Council, must be slaughtered at the port of
debarkation after the Ist of January next. It has
also been ordered, that a statement of the information
which the Privy Council will require from any country
applying to be exempted from the general operation of
the Act should be forwarded to each foreign Govern-
ment. Owing to the changes which were made in the
measure in the course of its progress through the
House of Commons, its operation may be looked
forward to with a little less apprehension than was
possible while the bill stood in its original form. But
it will depend on the action taken by the Privy Council
whether the gain be very great or be more than nominal.
It rests with it, in fact, to say whether in practice the
measure will not be what it was in its first shape. The
Government accepted the principle of Mr. Pall's amend-
ment in committee; but the effect of the change was to
leave the presumption against free importation. The
cattle of every European country were to be excluded
unless they were specially exempted by an Order in
Council. The bias of the law is still all in favour of
exclusion; and the onus lies on foreign countries to
show that their stock should be taken out of the
general rule. This is an unfortunate arrangement.
The Privy Council has now eomptite discretionary
power in the matter, and the only fair and reasonable
way in which it can exercise it is by exempting, as a
matter of course, from the operation of the Act all
countries which can produce a clean bill of health."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

HARVINGTON.

STOCK SALIE.—Mr. Joscelyne held his sale on Tues-
day last. There was a very large attendance of buyers
from all parts, but the quantity of stock sent was far:
below the demand, which no doubt was on account f.of
farmers being busy with the harvest. The sale inducted
200 sheep and lambs, 20 head of cattle, several fat
calves and a quantity of pigs, the whole being dießosed
of at large prices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

FITA.—EPILIIPTIC FITS ,Ot FALLING SICENESS.-•••
aertain method of on re has been discovered for th
&stressing complaint by a physician, who is desifisise
hat 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 any person free of
shar ge.—Address:— W. WILLIAMS. 10. Oxford Terme
Hyde Park- Landau.

VALUABLE DISCOVERY 708 TIN Ilso.--11 you Mk
is turning grey or white, or falling off, use "The
Mexican flair Renewer," for it winporitivety restore
in every case Grey or White hair to its original
colour, without leaving the disagreeable smell of
most " Restorers." It makes the hair charmingly
beautiful, as well as promoting the growth of the
hair on bull spots where the glands are not decayed.
Certificate from lYr. Vertunann on every bottle, with
full particulars. Mk your Chemist for the "kisu-
cAs HAIR Itesnwzn,' prepared by Henry O. GLLLUP,
193 Oxford Street. London and soldboifirmista
Portumen ovirqrwkon at is id iit bse

DUDLEY ARMS HOTEL, DUDLEY.

14 Temporary or extraordinary
expenses
Interest on money borrowed 18 17 10
Pension to late heed master
portion to date of his death 30 17 6
Property tax .. 1 8 6
Principal paid of 28 6 8 79 10 6
5 Investments made during
the year.
G Net expenditure on the school
Grammar School.
Salary of head master,' 506 10 0
and capitation fees
Payments for assistant
masters, whool appal- 511 5 9
atm, tc.
Examination expenses .. 19 10 9
Exhibitions.
E xhibitioners J.a 0 0
at school ..
Bolder of Bakers)
exhibition . • 15 12 4 8 12 4

Prizes .. 15 14 0
Paper, pens, ink. ft c. 3 1 7
Gas, water. coal, tto. .. 6 4 4
Cleaning porterage, &c... 13 6 0
Special payments • 4 0 2 1088 4 11
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

ho &

STREET. in the Raid Town:lip
A Z.Seeting of the Persons entlil-d to :cit., !
WARD of the soid Township, will be held at the Pin A.
TIVE METHODIST SCHOOL ROOM, W
STREET, BEAUTY BANK, in the said Township.

A Meeting of the persons entitled to vote in. IL,'
SOUTH WARD of the said Township. will be held iu
the CORN EXCHANGE, in MARKET STREET, in the
said Township.

Such respect:ye places having been duly appointed for
the said respective purposes by the Cuniunt4l4.ll, rs of
the said 'l',,rfnFhl.•.

That at Couttnissionert are
to be Llectpo in each id the sou v.ai,2s, and the (.'om-
missioners whu go (rit by Rotation, may be re-cicetei.
That at the said Flection, the Voting will ccannence
at Nive if ,he eock in the forenoon of the said day of
Election, au: wit finally close at Four of the clock in
the afternoon of the same day (unless in ease of riot or
obstruction), and will be conducted in the mariner pre-
scribed by •• The Commissioners' Clauses Act, 1817."
That the Presiding Officer at any place of Voting may
close the Voting or Poll at any hour before four of the
clock, if one hour shall elapse during which no Voting
Paper shall be tendered at such place of Voting.
Dated this 12th day elf August, 1878,
JOHN TAYLOR,
Clerk to the said Cortrot-
-56, High Street, Stortrbridge.

AILONEY TO LEND, WITHOUT SUET,-
TIES, BY THE IMPERIAL ADVANCR
RANK —DISTANCE NO OBJECT.—AII ropectable
llouseholders, whether they are private Gent!emen or
Ladies, Shopkeeppra, Faranery, Car Poprietors. Cow
Keepers, Trade.meo, or Clcrks. that they can bc ac-
c,rnmodatfv! by tuis Bank with ii.unis t.t Koney from
1:10 :1000, repayable 1,3, y intalm,rtz, extending
-ver Glfr tear glid tipwsr(l,, ectub:e 121, to it,,,rBaee
their stock • ,ffo,d the ' very I 'll .'f tt-mrrary
leeopirn,:oat fri• WI RS 421,.1ers rIC.I with
the slrictt,t p:mtcy. Appiic.atita would on well before
ipplyi rig to any office to constaer its r.espectability. This
office „ 8 „t,basbed m 1873, and Iser) that time its
busineßs in alvances has been rapidly increasing, and it
now makes more advances than any other single private
ce office in the provinces. Every inforrnatinn
afforded App:y, either pers,mally, or if by
letter sta..e amount required, to

LEWIS SIMMONS, Proprietor,
27, Bolt iokikainift, UT!**
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-24

FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY CALAMITY
IN AMERICA.

The most fatal railway calamity that has
occurred in America for the past two years is de-
cribed in the New York papers of August 8.
The Great Southern express, from New York,
just after crossing the Ohio river, met, whilst round-
ing a curve, a freight train going at full steam.
Breaks and reversal of the engines did little to
mitigate the crash which ensued, both locomotives
instantly toppling over the embankment. The
postal car was smashed, and three of its four occu-
pants instantly killed. The smoking car, with thirty
sleeping emigrants, was crushed, and six of them
killed, all the remainder being injured. The next car
was occupied by ladies and children, most of whom
were mutilated, and some killed. The utter darkness
and absence by death of all the officials made the
terror and confusion the greater, and a long time
elapsed before help was obtained. Fourteen corpses
were taken out of the wreck, and several persons
crushed almost beyond hope.