The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-26 00:00:00

A c.mmatly 1, forming in Geneva tor the puree
introducing hore.-railroads in Dresden.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has decided that
negro. are eligible for office M that State.
A clergyman of Pittsfield, Itiaa,a .Imsette, being
aw,y from home, telegraphed his sermon to hit flock.
On Sunday (the 20th) the liAt of voter+ were ex-
hibited on the doors of all churches and chapels in England
and Wale., with a notice that mu-ss rates and tales due
sth January last were paid on nr before the 20th July the
defaulters would not be enabled to appear on the regitter.

The exportation of corn from H—iingstry is as-auming
large dimensions this year Already three indliona of quin-
tals ,221i1b. each have been dhpatched by Salzbitrgh, Mn
ideh, and Lindau, and further important quantities are about
to be sent if by Passau.
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Recruiting is now going on most vigorously, and the
Queen's shilling seems to possess unusual atti actions.
Under the he iiling "erratum.' The Times puhlish,s
the following: 'ln our account of the Apposition fS.
Paul's, the word • male'Sktors should hove been 'male
actors'"

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The action of 111alanae Rachel's dam.thter against
one ot the late sureties for her mother'a apt.earance at the
Central Criminal Court, I erminated on Monday, with a
verdict for the plaintdf—dalirige. 4120.
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A shal of earthquake, which is described as being
more severe than the Lot two which have been felt in
Gibraltar, to. .k place it 557 is m. on Jane 6th. It was felt
very generallt throughout the Rock At the Upper Signal
:nation three distinct motions were felt, the first two of which
were in a northerly direction, and the third and lag to the
south.
The Cincinnatiane are proud of a baby who tum Wed
out of a three.story window upon a stone pavement, and
' was picket tro unhurt. It was a coloured baby, and struck
on its skull !
From Rome we are informed that the Pipe, in re-
plying to the congratulations aildreas, it to him by Cardurt•
Pat. isi .di the occasion of ti,, aunivicsary of his succession
to the Papal throne, said Toe world is divided into two
°ditties. Od the one hal it there is the rev dation ally ing
itself ith lcuslism , and rej ~c ing both religion and morality :
on the other hand, we are the 1 aithf ul calmly awalttng the
triumph of religious princip' es " His Holiness added that he
trusted in Providence for the protection of Room against all

assaults.
The Viceroy of Egyot, who left Paris on Tuesday
morning for England, via Calais, accompanied by !Cuba
Pasha, arrived at Over (In board her Slajest)'s ship En-
rhonf ress, and proceeded to London, arriving there at rive

o'clock.
A curious case of bigamy came under the notice of
the Liverpool magistrates on Saturday. John Miller, a sea
man. WeS charged with marrying Catharine Healey, his first
wife being still alive For the defence it wa. shown that his
first wife was his aunt, ahe being his mother's brother's widow ;
that such marriage was illegal, and that there was Ire founda-
tion for the charge of bigamy ; and further, it was contended
that Healey was his law tut welded wife. Tire bench held
Cl' At the first marriage was within the prohibited degrees of
affinity, awl Miller was discharged.
Some intereating infoi m Won as to the progress made
iti the 'impression ot brigandage in Italy is given by the
Italia Mllitare. From March, 1568. to April 1869, 237
brigands were captured In the provinces of Terra di Lavoro,
Aquila, Molise, sad Beneveuto. Among the celebrated
brigand chiefs. Guerra, Cicemie, Sataniello, Pauici, Minnie°
tel Soldato, and Mhos were killed, and Garofalo, Canipagna,
Bore°, and Scarpone taken prisoners. It is added that the
country population now no longer assist the brigands as fir
ut in many instances have given information about
them to the authorities.
The Ulster Protestant Defence Association have
held a mewing., and passed a resolution recording their de-
termination, notwithstanding the vote in the House of Lords.
to continue their micomprounaiim oposiitiou to the Church
The case of the Doke of Newcastle and his creditors
has assumed another phase. A petitimi has been presented
to the Court of Bankruptcy to obtain an adjuilicaion in
bankruptcy, and notices have been served on the sheriff of
Middlesex and others.
A French doct or has diacovered that turpentine is a
sure antidote to phosphorus, arid he commends this discovery
most especially to parent& wh-,se children have been suck rig
Inciter matches. It appears that, ira more than twen, y cases
of this kind he has employed turpentine (One tewqmonfin
neat, successfully ; and his report on the subj-ct if tnese
cures has been favourably received by the Academy of
Mcdi lire.
Six million barrels of beer were brewed in the United
States last year.
" Mr. Edwin Booth, the well-known tragedies', was
merle i yesterday at Long Branch to Miss Mary Mc Vicker,
formerly of Chicago. The ceremorly was perform,' lay the
bride s grandfather, the Rev, S. F. Myers, of Califinnia "
New York Tritrune, June 8
The Prince of Wales phut with the Peers in the
annual pigeon match between the Lords and Commons on
Saterilay, at Burlingham Park, Fulham The Peers won the
match by two birds. The Prince killed her birds out
of six at twenty.five yards rise, and two out of six at thirty
yards.
On and after the Ist of July next, money orders may
be obtained at any Money Order-office in the United King-
dom, payable at a, y place in Belgium. The commission
chargeable will he the same as on mousy orders issued and
paid within the United Kingdcm.
"A gentleman (27) is desirous to communicate with
a lady, with a view to matrimony."—" Advertiser could
facilitate smue gentleman of position who seeks a desirable
matrimonial opportunity."—' A young man, 2k, of respect-
able trade, %idles to meet with a young lay, of domestic
habits, with a view to nmtrimony. Address, enclosing carte
de visite. '—Advertisements iu Manchester Examiner.
Toe cabdrivers of Dewsbury are o. strike. They
are required by the Corporation to wear Motes, like the
cabdrivers of Lund in and IlloSt of the large towns, and have
gone on strike rather than empty with the regulatiou.
By the death if Mr. James Corry Lowry, Master of
the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, the Government have a
pl ice worth 4:1,500 a year to dispose of.
ad :1%. rews seeldl-aknnnoewn,noriCohtuorcthhe Apeosioca
~Isteintotinginforin
throtic‘leo cnia has
i,ns
which the archbishops and bishops of the English Church
have to a reeognition of their episcopal orders by the Western
Chinch, praying that their validity may he 'edged, and
that they may be admitted to the CEcninenical Council.
I also very much question the judgment of con-
tinually holding up the Pope as a scarecrow. A scarecrow,
my lords, is most effective at first, hilt in colane of thee. 1
believe, it is often found, it it holds its place too long, the
birds it was writ to frighten learn to perch Ills Its shoulder
and even to Intild their n. sty 11:1014 it."— Cheers, and •
laugh j—The Bishop of St. Daohl's in the House of Lords.
Mr. Berkeley, Ml'. for Bristol in a letter in the
Bristol Daily Post, indignantly contradicts a report which
appeared in the Bic& that he IS in a " moi ilium' condition."
The Dublin police returns for 1868 report nine
suicides WWI thirty-four attempts to commit suicide durbir
the year The cases if nit anttchle were only two. On the
persons of 7,596 drunken perll.B ariested, money, watches,
and jewellery were found amounting in valor to nearly
£l7 000, which would argue that many of thew drueliard-
weir of the better class. Seventy-six succeed at burglaries
were committed in the city Sixty-two fires occurred, deistreys
lag property to the value of £65,175.
The 168th anniversary festival of the Seciety for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts was held in
London on Wednesday, at Si, Paul's Cathedral. The preacher
was the Bishop of Lichfield.
The total gross income of the endowed charities of
tbe couaty of Huntingdon is £4,649 17s. ad.
A Paris speculator proposes a rnaoromoth printing-
house for printing all the daffy papers irn Paris at an esti-
mated saving of tell per cent. —the mammoth !proprietor
would be rather an awkward man to offend when he has
managed to shut up all rival establishments.
Mr. Seely, the newly.electial member for Notting-
ham, mast have a vivid recollection of the " lambs '' resi-
dent in that town). During his week's election campaign lie
has had three new hate The first was " bonneted "at an
election meeting, the second was spoilt by some "lamhs"
throwing mud at it on the polling day, the third was assailed
with a shower of stones on the declaration 4lay These,
however, Mr. Seely dexterously avoided, and triumphantly
brought the iujured beaver up to London.
Advices from Vienna state that Cardinal Rauscher
had addressed a petition to the Emperor, asking that the
priest, M. de Florencourt, sentenced to four months' imprison-
meat fora press offence in the Vaterland journal, shield be
authorised to undergo that punialuneut in a monaatry. Ike
application was refused.
An Atnerican newspaper states that a young lady,
at an atnateur concert, won a well-deserved encore by the
exquisite taste with which she sang "An Angel's Whisker!"
The joinerd of Marseilles are on strike for an increase
of wages. However, the affair will not in all probability last
long, as many of the employers have ahealy ammunced
their intention to secede to the terms demanded by the men,
who have besides behaved with great moderation and
calmness.
The Chief Rabbi of the Jews in England, the Rev. Dr.
Adler, has been staying in Manchester, and was entertained
on Senday at a banquet in Cheetham Town Hall. The pro-
ceedings were chiefly complimentary. Dr. Adler referring
to tine results 01 his pastoral tour through the North of Eng-
land, expressed eel eclat ple.oure otr ace, tof the male y
he had found displayixl to pmvide for the education of the
young.
The 100th anniversary of Hegel's birth occurs this
year, mid it is proposed to erect a cent, nary monumeut to
him it) Berlin. A subscription has bees net on foot in this
country by [Sr. J. Hutcheson Stirling.
The Prince if Wales held a levee at St. James's
Palace, last Saturday, on behalf of her Majesty. Prince
Arthur, the Duke of Cambri,,ge, Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, Prince Trek, the Newel-. Nixon of 'frugal, and
Prince Solinian-Eudr-Balinloor were amoegst the disti i-
guished personages pment. The diplomatic said general
circles were numerously attended, and about two hundred
presentations were made.
In the libel case, just tried at Dublin, " M'Cullagh
v. Knox," for a letter by the Rev. Mr. Lavelle respecting the
management of an estate at Partry, the jury were discharged
without agreemg. Eleven were for a verdict for the de-
fendant.
"The fo.urtle Duke of Thorndale's dead—very sad
thing—only two nights ago," said an enthusiastic shot thorn
breeder lately to a quiet neighbour on the local Corn Exchmge.
"Dear nie !—I rimer '.eard of hill. I hope the next man's a
Conservative," wail the true blue response, and its utterer
was rather disgusted with the explanation that the deceased
Peer was only a dark roan bull of the shorthorn breed
A Texas paper says that though " courting can still
go on, getting married is played out," there being no one
authorised to perform the ceremony.
"A lady has been unanimously elected a member of
a yachting club. She is the owner of a flee vessel of over
240 tons, and intends to enter for most of the prizes this year.
We Mips no gentleman will be ungallant enough to try and
heat her, and sill turn out of the course altogether when
they see her in stays or hanging out her sheets."—Court
Journal.

An Indiana paper has two columns of religions news
And comment, the one edited by a Catholic priest, and the
other by an Episcopalian clergyman.
The prosecution in Russia of the schismatics, called
the Mutilated ,Skoptry), has terminated. The chief, Plotyt-
zine, was condemned to exile in Siberia; and other sentences,
but less severe, have been pronounced against the rest. The
large sums of money found in the leader's possession were
the subject of a special investigation, and as the testimony
did not establish the fact that it belonged to the sect It will
be divided amongst the heirs of Plotytaiee who have not
been included in the legal proceedings.
A young lady in Newark (New Jerse3) makes a
queer exhibition of religious eutlitisiastil. she spends part
of each evening, it is said, in wandering about the streets
and writing upoo the pavements, 11, bold letters In chalk,
warnings to the impenitent. They are sometimes short Scrip.
litre tests, but more frequently startling inquiries alto bow
the careless pedestrian expects to spend eternity. In a
number of not lie u s n.rilogiolis meldlls have annexed to
thew; Alleetions Anaemia Which n e n.re pert.nent than pious.
A,lvjo-e fin. Ra....var elate that tile King of Prussia
was received In that city with great coldness. All the nigh
families had left on the preceding eteliii,g, and . the King
ingtaed the wjedi.we of the howei were closed. In many
street, the word, Keg George fir ever r were ti aced in
large cliarec' en ;0 the walls. The troops alone nak part in
the reception ot King William, who appeared to be entering
oonqueted city. taunt tie Bismarck did rod Ice., to be
! lunch surpri.d atl the aspect of the populeion, and odd to
the berstoonoter. M. It sett, to whom Me King hail aloe .ile
0 a hew w We know that we ale ill loved
here Mit we care iery tittle for that. We ale the stronger,
and that is eir ugh for us."
The bomber f persona killed by the military at St.
E ienne Mu week were 15, le sn!es a great number wounded.
A woman Win kilkd on the spot wild° gathering totes
I vegetables; win n found her dog aau by her able licking the
Id 101 l which llogml Irina the e,ius,h Atinther victim ,Ippears
1,, nave In en abet while stood nig at his it, •r his is lie also
1550 w, Illi•ied, arid has since died in the homital. An infant
at its niothers liresat wi, ala, among the killed; the no her
esc med. The tire of elle trnogs appears ti hire been very
timidly, AS all tile soon. were Willed on tr.a apt. They
Wed all shot IA Ws Low. Two IA OW dead wore women.