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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

G. F. GREEN,
pIANOFORTE TUNER
260, Cletal4 Street, liadley,
And Cl, Park ,nreet, Walsall.

qAO3 4.11 AT PLIIAsUBB IN PUBLISHING TER POLLoWING
TESTI MONIALS.

from Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Mnsiet from the
astitistion for the Blind, St. John's Wood, Loudon;.—.
I can confidently recommend Mr. Grerzt a 4 a Piano,
urte Tuner He tunes by equal temperament, ant
'ins an exact scale. (Signed) C. Porma."

,
Fr na Kr. J. P. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick'l
Church, Elndderstielii •I have ranch pleasure in
tityinN to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
A*? ...ming.' with exectnese and perfec.
. . F. PATTIRSON."
- 38rld-r4on Solo Pianists, of the London
ar.o. "..r.averpool ,:onc..rt.:—'• Mr. Green is one of the few
who CP.II Tune al,: tc t lie nicety I n.quire previous
,ctrimg my pite 4,oeitaa. :Signed) E. A. SANDXIi
11011.

From Mr. B larwortn, Organist, Dobcross, n
\I • .wheater :—• dr. Ctrevtl's oqual as a Pianoforte Tit n
Jau Titre'7 bit mat (dlgltcid, DAVID BUTTIRWORT H

N.zas for Yearly Inning, including ruiner re-
pain—

Cottage, per anal.e., , . .... .....
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d'ogle ::uningt (in Town). "
s. 4. s. 4.1 s d s. 4
• ~ttsges.. 3 5& 6 0 Ftal Gradt. 6 6& 7
..zul-kirs.nde 5 I) & 6 0 Concert Iron
Irusnord • Grandis.. 7 6
JoAgae.. . 4 6& 5 6

?linoforber 2aned o the French Pitch (now unirer
sally adopted throughout England,t f required.
••• large dunk of ,Jlassieal and Modern Music, a
daif-price.
Please observe the Addrti. -260, CaltleStrest, Ducils!i
(.„„, 67. •r. Wal•a/1.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

A DAY OF EXTREME HEAT.

American papers report July 15th as a day of ex-
treme heat, and The Prairie Farmer states that in St.
Louis it was the hottest ever experienced in that
latitude, adding:—

At daylight the mercury marked 90 degrees, and the air
was suffocating in its closeness. The number of oases of sun-
stroke reported is unparalleled in the history of the city.
More than forty deaths were recorded, while the minor and
non-fatal cases exceed 100. Horses fell dead in the streets,
and pedestrians fell on every hand. The city hospital pre-
sented a busy scene, patients arriving with startling frequency.
All day long the ambulance trains were engaged carrying the
dead, dying and insensible. Many cases are reported as
having occurred inaloors, the heat being so terrible that its
effects could not be escaped even under shelter. On Satur-
day and Sunday last, also, the heat was so great that fully
sixty persons died, and over 100 others were prostrated. On
Monday 90 burial permits were issued.

Reports from other cities of the United States record
extreme markings of the thermometer, and numerous
oases of sunstroke.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

QUOITS.

CRADLE! 1111ATI (131RHIVE) v. WORCISTRI (VAIII•
HALL.—A match between these clubs was played on
Saturday last, at Cradley Heath, and after a pleasant
and exciting game the home team were victorious. The
following is the score : Cradle!' Heath (Beehive) :
damilton 10, Downing 9-19; Fox 8, Lane 9-17 ;
Poyner 8, Brooks 13-21; Perks 11, Yates 10-21 ;
total 78. Worcester (Vauxhall): Wood 14, Slater 7-
21; G. Armstrong 13, W. Armstrong 8-21; Priffet 7,
Hiron 8-10; Rubury 7, Walters 13-20; total, 72,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

WEATHER WARNING..

The following cable message frem New York, has been
received at the London office ot the New York Herald :

"Large depression crossing the Atlantic and will
probably reach the British and Norwegian coasts, and
affect the French coast, about the 15th. Strong
south-west to north-west winds, and probably light-
ning."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

W.C.

NOVI Beti.iy. the TIMITIBTII TNOVIAND, Pride One
Bhilling. Free b. post, 12 stamps, in envelope.
AT OMAN : AS A MAIDEN, WIFE, AND
momni. Illustrates:* with EPORAVINGS 021
000. Cloth gilt. This is a Book et great importance
Woman.
DR. HENRY SMITH, it BURTON Cauourr, LONDON.
W.C.

NOTICE TO COUNTRY INVALIDS.
Cessaltatioa by Letter without Fes.

DR. HENRY SMITII, Diploma of the
Rosai th;iveretis
THIRTY YEARS to the Special Tniatz.ient of
of the Nervous Svstrui, r,suiting from Exnanitio),
Nerve Power, Local V. etv., wiii fur he belted.
at Country Invalids, on receiving a statement of case,
send his opinion, vevb Advice and Instructions, which,
tf t7.-are a Cure ; a Personal Interview and
expeamve Co,ithistion-fees are thus avoided.
A " Confiduntial " form of Correspondence to assist
Lh Invalids in descri'uing their case sent Post Free. .
DR. HENRY SMITH, 8, BURTON CRESCEN

%ONDON, W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

ADVICE TO MOTHERS I—Are you broken in your rest
by a sick child soil, ring wi.l2 the pain of cuititig teeth ?
Go at once to a chemist and set a bottie of Mae.
WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STROP. It will relieve the poor
sufferer immediately It is perfectly harmless and
pleasant to taste, it produces. natural, quiet sleep, by
relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub
awakes "as bright as a bnttou." It soothes the child,
sc,ften,, the gums, all&ys all pain, relieves wiud,
regulates the bowels, and 15 the best known remedy tom
dysentery and diairhcea, wh-iher urisi.g from teetlii,g
or other causes. nrs t liluWa OOtl..OMavrup i.
sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is lid per
bottle. Manufactured in New York, and at 493, Oxford
Street, London.
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THE HAIL—For 40 years MTh. S. A. ALLEN'i.::
WORLD'S HAIR Hai:STORER use received the commendation
and favour of the public. It ha acquired the ingbwo
place that can be obtained for aliy :doderato enterpris,
Andcontributed to the adoriaue ei of tens of thousands
parsons, who have the proul of it bervicabie aiaet
it will positively rei4tto and restore i ke original
rat colour of grey, white. aka
.fa 64 Raw. IL
Atrengthen and invigorate the thin-. tuj tS 4814'44
induce a he,ithy and luxuriant gru*tb. No uthel •
paration can produce the same oeuctic! i resuii. bold
all Chemists and Periumers,
44 • OfF MOD! 094 U A I
in large bottler, 60! Dolot
kspipwa sir, 1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

HAY.

IVIIITECIIAPEL, Saturday, Aug. 10.—There was a fair sup-
ply at market to-day. Ordinary sorts were dull of sale, but
the best fodder was steady at last day's prices. Prime Old
Clover, 120 s to 1358. new 100 s. to 1055., inferior ditto, SO3.
to 905., Prime Old Meadow Hay 90s. to 100 s , new ditto Vs
to 855., Inferior, bOs. to 70s , and Straw 435. to 535. per load.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

SUDDEN DEATH OF A VISITOR AT

SCARBOROUGH.

An inquest was held at Scarborough on Saturday
evening on the body of Mr. John Wood, fifty-one years
old, a gentleman of Melbourne. It appeared from the
evidence of his son that on Saturday morning about
seven o'clock the deceased and the witness proceeded
to the south sands to bathe. They hired a machine,
and both remained in the water about a minute,
when, finding it too cold, they returned into the
machine. The deceased dressed himself, and
then complained of feeling chilly and going
blind. At his request the son hastened to the Grand
Hotel for some brandy, which was administered to
the deceased, who was then insensible. A cab was pro-
cured, and he was immediately removed to his hotel,
where he died shortly after his arrival. The riroprie-
tor of the machine whence the deceased bathed said he
sent for a bucket of hot water in which to put his feet,
but before the water could be fetched he was removed.
Dr. Meggett, who reached the hotel just after the de-
ceased had expired, was of opinion that death had re-
sulted from syncope caused by exhaustion after bathing.
Replying to the coroner, Mr. Hessleton, inspector of
boats and bathing machines, stationed on the sands
said that there were blankets and hot water at hand,
but no stimulants were provided by the corporation.
There was a chest containing restoratives, but it was
under the charge of the me, deal officer of the borough.
The jury thought that the inspector should carry
stimulants about with him ready for such occurrences.
They returned a verdict in accordance with Dr.
Meggett's evidence, recommending that in future the
inspector should be entrusted with stimulants and
restoratives.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

MR. H. IRVING ON THE DRAMA.

On Monday Mr. Henry Irving laid the foundation
stone of the )Tarborne and Edgbaston Institute, near
Birmingham. Replying to an address, he said the mul-
tiplication of such institutes was one of the surest
signs that people were gettiag a grasp in knowledge
which would make future progress a comparatively easy
matter. It was not for him to recommend any branch
of knowledge in preferenee to another, but he was sure
they would not leave out of their culture a develop-
ment of the imagination, without which life was but a
dry routine. If we did not idealise something it would
be a painfully prosaic world. Poetry and fiction did
much for naany people; the drama did more. The
drama helped us to a right appreciation of life, and
with people who maintained that there was something
radically vicious in the whole principle and theory of
the stage they must live as comfortably as they could.
What sensible men had to do was not to destroy an
institution which was bound up with some of
the best instincts of human nature, but to
strive to remove its abuses and elevate its tone. He
contended that if any actor aimed at the highest
standard of his profession he helped thousands of
persoas to a fellowship and intelligent sympathy with
the great mind that gave to the drama its noblest
forms. The higher the general level of the public
culture the more exalted would be their tastes, and
therefore he felt sure the influence of the institute
would be directed to foster what was highest and best
in dramatic art.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

OLD HILL.

MAODITRATIMI WANTED.—At the Police Court, OD
Wednesday. Ur. Hingley, on taking his seat at half-past
eleven o'clock, said he was very sorry but he should
have to adjourn the cases as there would not be a second
Magistrate. They appeared to be from home.—Mr.
Addison said he was very sorry. It was a serious thing
for those persons who had business at the court to have
them adjourned from time to time.—A number of cases
were then adjourned for various periods at a serious loss
and inconvenience to them who had business and re-
(Aired two Magistrates.
CEARGS or DRUNIIINNEiII.—Moses Maken was charged
with being drunk, at Gorsty Hill, on the 4th inst.—
Police-constable Ilieklin said he saw the defendant who
had no shirt on running about the road drunk and using
bad language. Defendant threatened to kill his brother.
—Defendant pleaded guilty and was fined 28 6d and
costs; in default 14 days.—Thomas Downs was charged
with a similar offense, on the 9th inst.—Police-constable
Given proved the case and said the defendant was very
noisy and using bad language.—Defendant pleaded
guilty and was fined 2s 6d and coats; in default 14 days.
—Benjamin Tranter was charged with being drank, at
Tividale, on the 10th inst.—Police constable Given
proved the case.—Defendant pleaded guilty and was
fined, 2s 6d and costs; in default 14 days' imprison-
ment. _ _

BREACH OP THE PEACH.—Samuel Bailee and John
Hit wer, charged with committing a breach of the
p‘ ace by fighting, on the 10th inst.—Police-constable
Frost proved the case and said he saw both the defend-
ants fighting.—Defendants pleaded guilty and they were
ordered to be binnd over in £lO each to keep the peace
fur three months.

CI IRGE OF DAMAGING WHEAT.—Benjamin Parkes,
William Parkes. and John Edwards were charged with
wilfully damaging a quantity of wheat. on the 11th just,
the property of Joseph Morris.—Police-constable Hick.
lin said he saw all the defendants in the field pulling up
the wheat and they were afterwards lying down upon
it.—Prosecator proved the damage done at 68.
llefi-ndants were fined is each and costs and 6d
dan.age.
CHARGE OP THREATENING. -- Martha Glynn was
charged with u,ing threatening language te Harriet
Parkes, on the 7th inst,—Complainant proved the case
to the satisfaction of the Bench and defendant was
ordered to find one surety of X 5 to keep the peace for
three months.
DaurnisNfizsg.—Neri Baker, chainmaker, was charged
with being drunk, at Cradiey Heath, on the night of the
10th inst.—Police-constable Sylveatre proved the case.—
Defendant was fined 2s 6d and costs ; in default 14 days.
—William Goodman was charged with being drank and
incapable, on the 10th inst.—Police-eonstable Sylvestre
prayed that he found the defendant lying down drunk in
the road fast asleep. When he coke him up he began
so curse and swear.—Defendant said it was the first
time he hal ever been charged and defeneant was
fined is and costs, and he was allowed fourteen days to
pay.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.

A semi-official paragraph communicated to the
Prussian papers states tbat the Emperor William
hopes to be able this year, as usual, to attend some
of the autumn manceuvres in person. On the other
hand, intelligence comes from Coblents that the
Emperor does not propoee to be present at the mar-
riage of Princess Marie of Prussia with Prince Henry
of the Netherlands, which is to be shortly solemnised
at Potsdam, and that consequently the Empress
Augusta will likewise remain absent. The
Empress is expected at Coblents about the middle
of the present month, and she will there
await further intelligence respecting the Emperor's
plans. The Emperor is reported to have made, and
to be still making, most satisfactory progress at
Teplitz. The Emperor of Austria was overheard to
say, after parting fromilim, that he regarded his re-
covery as"miraculous." The Emperor William is
once more able to use his right hand pretty freely and
to write memoranda and notes of some length. He
has papers relating to public business submitted to
him, and has resumed making marginal notes, as is
his wont. The baths having had a good effect, the
Emperor's physicians hope very shortly to be able
to supplement them by galvanic treatment which
will, it is believed, accelerate the august patient's
recovery,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

BROMSGROVE.

PLErrno-PsEtnioxis.—Another case of this disease
has appeared in the district, a beast on the farm of Mr
Quiney, Vicarage Farm, yToodgate, Stoke Prior, having
been attacked. The animal has been slaughtered by
direction of Superintendent Tyler, cattle inspector, and
wasnres have been taken to prevent the spread oi the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

4,o(tti 4110 I.listrift
COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

THE HIGHWAY RATE QUESTION.

A special meeting of the Commissioners was
held on Monday last, with leference to the iiig.. -
way Rate question. The proceedings were pri-
vate. A copy of the following resolution passed
was furnished to us by the Clerk :
"At the special meeting of the Commissioners,
hell, this day, Mr. flew"- Hughes was in the
chair: 1)11-sent—Messrs. R. Kelley, E. Elcock, C.
Scott, C. Mills, B. Hill, J. Jae, G. R. Perkin, H.
Billingham, J. Allsop, and W Edwards. Mr. J.
B. Shepherd attended the meeting, at the request
of the Commissioners, mid read the case sub-
mitted to Mr. J. 0. Griffits, and his opinion there-
on.—Yours faithfully, Jno. Taylor, Clerk."
It was proposed by Mr. Henry Hughes, seconded
by Mr. William bl,iwards, anti carried. " That,
having regard to tha opinion of Mr. Grifats, this
meeting considers it desirable that all future
Highway Rates be made and allowed in the man-
ner advised by him, and that the Clerk he re-
quested to prepare an estimate of the sums re-
quired for the highway account, as provided by
the 73rd section of the local Act; also, that the
Clerk do prepare an estimate of the sums re-
quired for sanitary purposes under the Public
Health Act, 1875, to enable the Commissioners to
make a rate to meet those expenses, and submit
both estimates to the next monthly meeting ef
the Commissioners."

TOLIINTZZII COMPETITION.—A competition took
place on Saturday last at the long range, Stour-
bridge (9th Worcester Rifle Volunteers), for the
" Beauchamp " 'Cup. About twenty members
competed. The distances were 200, 500, and
600 yards, seven shots at each distance, Wimble-
don targets. The following were the four best
scores :—Colour-Sergeant Round, 68 (winner) ;
Sergeant Cardoe, 66; Corporal Jukes, 66; Ser-
geant Bridgwater, 66. The -wind was very gusty
and very showery all the afternoon.
Loup BEACONSFIZLD.—No English statesman
11.4.3 oval- so endeared himself to his countrymen
as has Lord Beaconsfield. He has done more to
raie England hi the estimation of the world than
auy of hi pr tlecessors, and this without the er-
panditurc of a drop of English blood, and the
mighty heart of Britain is not slow to recognise
the great services he has done. Reward him she
any gift, for he already occupies the
highest
!);.):osition which any subject can attain;
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2 ~100% 'l4,:ig thin any reward
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cannot
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

RECOVERING A TORPEDO BOAT,

A submarine torpedo boat, the history of which has
not yet bee t traced, but which it was supposed was
built by the Confederates during the War of
Secession, has been recently recovered from the
bottom of the canal at Spanish Fort, near New
Orleans. The vessel, which is constructed of iron
boiler plates a quarter of an inch thick, riveted to-
gether, somewhat resembles in shape, it is stated, a
sun perch, although it is pointed at both ends. A
three-bladed screw is attached to the screw for pro-
pelling the boat by manual power, while at the
bow are two sets of steering apparatus, consisting of
fans which, being set at certain inclinations, force the
vessel upwards or downwards, or to the right or left.
In the point of the bow is a socket, now plugged with
wood; and from Ws it is inferred that the torpedo to
be need by the boat was suspended from a wooden
pole fitting into this hole. Through the upper deck,
or rather through the back of the vessel, rises an iron
pipe 6 inches in diameter. This is now broken short off,
but originally it was,it is believed, several feet in length,
and was doubtless used to perAtit a circuit of fresh air
to pass through the veszel while moving beneath the
surface of the water. The entrance to the interior of
the boat is through a small hole in the deck, the
aperture being closed by an iron lid which can be bat-
tened down so as to be air-tight. Inside the vessel, in
the bow, is an air-pump, with a pipe piercing the
starboard side of the boat above the water-line, in-
tended presumably for use when sailing upon the sur-
face of the water and for forcing a supply of air into
the boat before descending.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

HURRICANE AND SERIOUS LOSS OF
LIFE AT VALPARAISO.

According to intelligence just received at Liver-
pool, the hurricane which visited Valparaiso on the
last day of May was of a violence seldom equalled.
The despatch does not mention the extent of the damage
to life and property on shore, but the shipping in the
harbour suffered very severely, involving serious loss of
life. During the gale the barque Sarah and Julia was
ashore, and the captain and three of the crew saved
themselves with the greatest possible difficulty. Seven
others of the crew, however, remained on board, and,
notwithstanding the many efforts made to save them,
six of them perished, whilst the seventh was rescued in
an insensible state. The German barque Elea was
tossed about at the mercy of the waves, and the
captain, considering there was no hope of saving
her, left, with seven of the crew, in a small boat.
The mate and three hands remained on board,
and were saved when the vessel struck. Up
to the time the despatch was sent off nothing
further had been heard of either the eight men or the
boat, and it was supposed they had perished. Two
men belonging to the Nicaraguan brig Adele left their
vessel ant were lost. A sailor of the ship Kent also
lost his life. He was either killed or stunned by the
foremast of the vessel striking him, and before any of
his comrades could help him he was carried overboard
by the sea, During the height of the gale the captain
of the ship Perseverance was washed overboard by a
large wave, while a receding one carried him back
again on the ship, scarcely any the worse.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

HOW TO ENJOY A HAPPY DOG-DAY.

6 AM.—Rise and take a well-iced tub.
7 u.—Dress leisurely in white linen.
8 A.m.—Breakfast off a cup of iced coffee and a
wafer.
9 Au.—Read the first line of the first Leader of
Zhe Times.
10 AM.- Read the last line of the last Leader of
The Times.
11 A.M.—Calmly think over what you have read.
12 AM.—Go to sleep in a refrigerator.
1 P.M.—Go to sleep again.
2 r..—More ice in the refrigerator, and more
sleep.

3.- P.M.—Dine off a cut from an iced-quail and a
couple of strawberries.

4 4r.m.—Unlimited claret-cup.
5 P.M.—Lie on a sofa and look at another man
smoking.
6 P. M. —Get into an ice-tub and doze.

7 P.M.—Get out of your ice-tub and rest.
8 P. m. —Go to bed in a hammock slung between two
bushy trees, and sleep, if you can, till next morning.—
Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

LORD BEACONSFIELD AND MR.

GLADSTONE.

A Liverpool gentleman—Mr. Louis Berg—wrote to
Mr. Gladstone with reference to a passage in his speech
in the House of Commons where he referred to Lord
Beaconsfield's labours for the removal of Jewish dis-
abilities. The passage in question, according to one
report, was :—" Here I must say, in passing, that I
would make no adverse comment upon Lord Beacons-
field, for in my opinion his resolute courage, through
good and evil report, in contending for the emancipa-
tion of the Jews is one of the brightest phases in the
action he has taken." According to another report
the statement was as follows :"And here I cannot
help paying a tribute to Lord Beaconsfield's real
courage in insisting upon the emancipation of the Jews
in those provinces." Mr. Gladstone has replied to
Mr. Berg in the following terms :
" Hawarcien, Aug. 8, 1878.—Sir,—Neither report is
accurate, and neither is ambiguous. My words des-
cribe d Lord Beaconsfield's conduct about Jewish dis-
abilities as honourable to him: so I think it, and I was
glad of an opportunity of so describing it.—Your faith-
ful servant, W. E. GLADSTONE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

FISH.

Kipper herrings, Os. to Ss. 9,1. ; red ditto,3. Sd. to 4s. 3d.;
bloater ditto, 6s. to Os ; fresh ditto, 3s. 9d. to 58.3 d. ; pickled
ditto, 65 to 7s. ; roused ditto, 3s. 6d. to ss. 91 perhundred ;
salmon, is. to is. 4d. per lb. ; lobsters, 108. 9d. to 30s. ; crabs,
6e. to 275. 6d. ; mackerel, 2s. 3d. to 3s. ; mullet, 0. to S. per
dozen ; trawl haddock, 16=. to 265. ; ditto, rlaice, lbs. to
255. ; ditto whiting, 10s. to 15s. ; ditto, soles, £4 to £6 per
basket.

PROVISION.
LONDON, Monday, August I2.—The arrivals last week from
Ireland were IGO firkins Butter and 2,891 bales Bacon, and
from foreign parts 24,905 packages Butter and 3,049 bales
Bacon. In the Butter Market there was a better demand for
extra fine qualities, and finest Normandy's advanced 4s. per
cwt. Best secondary descriptions were dull. No change in
Dutch. The Bacon Market ruled steadier; a good business
done at the close of the week without change in prices.

Butter, Cheese, per cwt. : s. s.
Dorset 1 136 to 140 Cheshire 5O to 60
Friesland l2O 126 Double Gloucester 40 56
Jersey 94 104 Cheddar
Fresh, per doz. .. 16 18 American
Bacon, per cwt.: Rams : York 112
Wiltshire
Irish, green, f.o.b. 76 82 Irish
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

POTATOES.

The trade was dull this morning. The supply of potatoes
was only moderate, and disease was more or less perceptible
In various classes. Regents, 90s. to 1208.; Shims, 80s. to
100 s. ; kidneys, 100 s. to 1808. ; and Victorias, 110 s. tol3os. per
ton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

JOCULAR CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN

PAPERS.

An Illinois lady, joking about her nose, said, "I
had nothing bo do in shapuitc it. II was a birthday present."

An ingenious New Yorker has invented a door-
mat which operates as a burglar alarm. Who ever heard of
a burglar stopping to wipe him feet.

Every once in a while we hear of a California woman
killing a bear. This is all right. But we challenge the
world to ransack the pages of history and show us where a
woman has ever got away with a mouse.

At one of the Californian mines they cast a ten-
thousand-pound gold brick, the other day, and thought
nothing of it. They "don't mind a little thing like that in
the wonderful climate," cfcc.

A New York critic writes—The great festival has
come and gone, leaving us to ponder over the incontrovertible
fact that the only artiste of them all who will really live in
the memory of this community is the man who hammered
the big drum.

A Yankee editor wishes no bodily harm to his sub-
scribers, but he hopes that some of them In arrears will
be seized with a remittent fever.

A school committee in the United States are re-
ported to have summed up their opinion of an examination
which they had attended by making to the pupils this ad-
dress—" You have orthographatised well, and you have
beciphered good, but you hain't net sot still. A hevening
class would be the making of you."

A New York woman unostentatiously points to the
fact that the funeral of her late husband cost but eighty-two
dollars, which is fifteen dollars less than the neighbours
thought she could do it for, and yet there is not one of them
who can say that anything was spared to make the occasion
a success, and one long to be remembered by, all who parti-
cipated in the ceremony.

A contemporary says of a very eminent Yankee
general that "his sword was never drawn but once—and then
in a rattle."

The latest instance of "married in haste" was that
of a couple united in matrimony on an Erie express train
while it was spinning along at the rate of forty miles an
hour.

The boys of Detroit seem to be going down hill in
their morals of late. On Sunday one of the legion, who has
always been noted for his respectable demeanour towards
the great public, observing an old citizen yawning and gaping
on a street corner, and std to him, "Better not open your
mouth too wide." "Why?" was the surprised query.
"There's a law against opening a saloon on Sunday I"

- -
A Western lawyer, defending a prisoner for man-
alsaghter, appealed thus to the jury—" Would you set a rat-
trap to catch a bear, or make fools of yourselves by trying to
spear a buffalo with a knitting needle? I guess not. Then
how can you be guilty of the absurdity of convicting my
client of man-slaughter for killing a woman i" The prisoner
was acquitted

A PARALLEL.
(For the last week of the Session.)
Why is the House of Commons unlike the Eurydice.
Because it will soon be pumped out —Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

SUNDAY AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

The Times publishes the following letter :
Sir,—One of the greatest evils under which the
French nation exists is the absence of a weekly day of
rest. Every kind of labour and every kind of amuse-
ment goes on seven days a week. A portion of the
people get a half holiday on the Sunday; but few
cease from labour on the whole of the Sunday.
Many of their greatest • men have deplored this
ceaseless toil. It has, without doubt, injured the
people from a national, physical, and moral point of
view. The superior vigour and the greater physical
strength and morality of the English are largely due to
the quiet and religious observance of the Sunday.
Therefore, the conduct of the English exhibitors at
the Paris Exhibition in closing their stalls on Sundays
is most important as setting the French nation an
example which, if they would follow it, would be
greatly to their interests.
We are known abroad as a Sunday-observing nation,
and if our exhibitors opened their stalls on Sundays,
and fell in with the Sunday customs of the 'gay
capital," we should justly merit the contempt and the
sneers which such a breach of our Sunday observance
principle would call forth.
Many Frenchmen would doubtless like our stalls to
be all
.open on Sundays; but they will respect the
religious character of the country which firmly adheres
to a great and blessed principle.—l am, Sir, your
obedient servant, CHARLES HILL, Sec., Working Men's
Lord's Day Rest Association, 13, Bedford-row, Lon-
don, Aug. 13.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

HALE S OWEN.

LICENSE TRANSFERS.—At the Police Court, on Tues-
day, before Messrs. E. Gem, J. S. Gibbons, and E. B.
Phillips, the following transfers of licenses were allowed
to be made :—White Lion Inn, Hasbury, from Richard
Withers, deceased, to Sarah Withers; the Lye Forge
Inn, Halesowen,` from Joab Hipkiss to William Ed-
wards ; Plough Inn, Warley Wigorn, from William
Demme to William Bradley; Globe Inn, Halesowen,
from Thomas Beach to John Smith.

EXCISE PROSE CIITIONII. —Joseph Lewis. contractor,
Gorsty Hill, Halesowen, was summoned at the instance
of Mr. William Hinton, Excise officer, for keeping a
carriage without holding an Excise license to do so.
After defendant's use of an unlicensed vehicle had been
proved, he pleaded that as it was used to carry on his
business he believed it wss exempt from duty. Be was
informed that a vehicle was only free when used by the
owner to carry articles for sale.—The Magistrates in.
flicted the mitigated penalty of i 5, which they recom-
mended should be farther reduced to one-half isy the
Inland Revenue authorities.—William Lewis, farmer,
Rowley, was fined in the mitigated penalty of £1 5s for
keeping a dog without a license, proof of the offence
being given by Mr. Hinton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

A REMARKABLE SHOOTING MATCH.

The correspondent of a French paper, writing under
the patriotic title of "Un Yankee," gives a most
graphic account of the late feat accomplished by W. F.
Carver, the great Californian rifle shot. The wager was
that he would in 500 minutes break 5,500 glass balls
filled with feathers, and this was to be done, not with
shot from a shot gun, as in the case of Captain
Bogardus, but with single bullets fired from a rifle.
The match began at eleven a.m., Mr. Carver taking
his stand with six Winchester rifles, each capable of
firing 14 bullets in succession. All around him were
his innumerable cases of cartridges and large barrels
filled with glass balls. On one side stood Colonel
Fletcher, busily employed in taking the balls up with
his left hand and throwing them into the air with his
right, and on the other was Ira Paine, who had under-
taken the duty of reloading the arms, while "Texas
Jack" was charged with the task of plunging each
barrel into iced water after it had been used and before
it was charged again. In the first five minutes and
five seconds the champion rifle shooter had made an
excellent start by breaking 100 balls out of 106 fired at.
At about three o'clock 3,100 balls had been broken,
and the performer was eleven minutes "ahead of the
enemy," and retired for a few minutes' rest and
refreshment. At this time his shirt, gloves, and face
were completely blackened by the fumes of the
powder, and his eyes were beginning to be very sore
by reason of the powdered glass dust and feathers
which the wind blew in his face. On his return to the
mark he was 21 minutes "behind time ; " but began
to make up the leeway by firing with an extraordinary
rapidity and increilible accuracy of aim. The shattered
fragments of glss are described as "falling in a
shower like hail," while both the shooter and the
nearest spectators were quite covered with the flying
feathers. Not till 5,400 balls had been broken
did the champion show signs of discouragement.
But on hearing that there were only 100 more to be
disposed of, and eighteen minutes in which to do it,
he revived again and went at it with a will, and amidst
tremendous cheering accomplished his feat soon after
seven o'clock, with ten and a half minutes to spare,
having disposed of six extra balls to avoid all chance
of a mistake. During the whole of the time only 6,214
balls had been thrown; or, in other words, only 708 bad
been missed, against 5,506 hits. The chief damage
experienced by the shooter was the soreness of his
eyes, caused in the way already mentioned; but the
kick of the rifle is supposed also to have caused him
intense pain, and the hero of the tale is not likely to
repeat his marvellous perforraance.—Globs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LAN E.-MONDAY.

Business at Mark-lane has continued quiet. Owing to the
wet weather the receipts of new wheat have been small, but
some new Talavera hat been offering at 525. per qr. Old
produce, of which there was a short bupply, sold quietly at
about late rates, but with a hardening tendency. Foreign
wheat was not so plentiful the trade was firm and the
prices realised showed an improvement of 61 to Is. per qr.
Barley met a vary great sale at previous currencit s Malt
was quiet and unaltered. As regards oats the demand was
Inactive, and the priges realised were Sd to 6d. per qr. lower
than in the previous week. For maize the inquiry was dull;at
a fall of 6,1. to Is. per qr. from last week's prices. Beaus and
peas were firm but qniet. The flour market was dull and
without feature.

ME CROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.

The cattle trade has ruled quiet, with a tendency rather
towards weakness than otherwise. Supplies and demand
were tolerably good. From our own grazing districts
the receipts of beasts were on a moderate scale, and the
quality and condition were about the average. Through-
out the trade was quiet, and prices remained about the
same The best breeds sold at ss. 81. to Sc 101 per 81b.
From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire
we received about 1,600, and from other parts of England
about 250 head. The foreign side of the market was well
supplied. There were about 1,400 American, besides some
Danish and Spanish. The inquiry flagged, and prices
drooped, many fair Americans not making more than Sc.
per 8113. As regards sheep, the pens were only moderately
well filled. Throughout sales progressed quietly, and quota-
tions were about the same. The best Downs and half- hreds
sold at 6s. 4d. to 6s. 64. per 81b. Lambs were dull, and sold
at 7s. to Sc. per 81b. Calves were quiet, at late
rates. Pigs sold at previous prices, At Deptford there were
about 1,200 beasts and about 9,0e0 sheep and lambs.
Coarse and inferior beasts, 4s. 6d. to Sc. ; second quality, Sc.
to Sc. 4d. ; prime large oxen, ss. 4d. to ss. 84. ; prime Scots,
ss. 84. to Sc. 104. ; coarse and inferior sheep, ss. to Sc. 6d. •
second quality, Sc. 6d. to Cs.; prime coarse-woolled, 6s:
to 6s. 4d. ; prime Southdowna, 6s. 44. to 6s. 61. ; large
coarse calves, 53. 6d. to Cs.; prime small ditto, 6s. to
6s. 64. ; large hegs, 48. to 4s. 64. ; small porkers, 4s. Gd. to
Gs. 101. ; and lambs, 7s. to Sd. per 81b., sinking the offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MoNDAr.

Trade was again very slow here this morning, and prices
Showed little or no change, its tone remaining weak under
the influence of a compressed atmosphere. The supply was
moderate. Inferior beef, 38. to 38. 8d ; middling ditto,
Ss. 84. to 48. 84. ; prime large ditto, 4s. 10d. to 58. 41. ;
58. 24. to 58. 64. ; veal, 68. 01 to 6s. 4d.; inferior mutton,
3s. 44. to 4e.; middling ditto, 48.0 d. to Bs. 04.; prime ditto,
51. 04. to cs. ; large pork, 3s. Si . to 4s. 4d.; small ditto.
45. 44. to 4s. 64.; and lamb, 6s. to (3s. 80. per 811.). by the
carcass.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

SEED.

LoNDON, Monday, August 12.—There was no English
Cloverseeti yet offering for sale and very little foreign on
the market. Tritolium Incarnatiim was in steady request at
the recent advance of all good qualities of English. English
Rapeseed, was in fair request at the prices of last week.
Canaryseed commanded a steady sale at rather more money. :
llempseed was taken Of slowly at prices in favour of the
buyer. White Mustardseed for sowing supported recent
rates. Trefoil was in limited demand at prices rather under
those-of last week; the crop both at home and abroad being
large, Prevented buyvs enteringinto any extent of business.
New E tglish Rye was in fair request at very moderate rates •
for even the dry samples, some portion coming forward in
poor condition,

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DUDLEY.

Is LIVIDATION.—On Saturday last, at the Dudley;
Comity Court, Jacob Whitehouse, timber dealer, tiled
his petition in liquidation. The liabilities are £9OO
assets sot known. Mr. E. F. Whitehouse is the solicitor
for the debtor; and Mr. Bellingham (Messrs. Bent and
Bellingham is the receiver.
A COLLIERY ENTERPRISE ABANDONED —The directors
of the Perry Colliery Company have determined not to
proceed farther with tbeir sinking operations. They
have snnk and bored 540 yards, and have met with very
few encouraging signs ' • and as the rods are to be with-
drawn, supposing that coal indications had been found
at this depth, it would have cost £200,000 to reach the
soal measures by sinking.

THREATENED WAGES AGITATION IN
THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COAL
rRADE.

The miners of the South Staffordshire sad East Wor•
cestershire coalfields, taking advantage of the slight im-
provementa which have recently taken place in the trade
of the district, have, it is stated, announced their deter-
mination to demand an increase in wages. It is under-
stood that the men employed in the East Worcester-
shire and the Tipton and Coseley districts will take the
lead, and that those of the Cannock Chase district will
immediately follow. No mention has been made of the
antriut:t th:it will be asked for as an increase, but it is
ciipac:ed that an advance on the general scale will be
demended,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

BRIERLEY HILL.

MEETING OF CREDITORS.-4. meeting of the creditors
of Arthur George Wilkins, Brierley Hill, boot, leather
and general choler, was held on Monday last at the
offices of Messrs. Buller and Bickley, Bennett's Hill,
Birmingham, Mr. Clarke in the chair.—The statement
of affairs read by the receiver, Mr. VV. H. Brothers, of
Christ Church Steps, accountant, showed—Liabilities,
£4BO 3s 71 ; assets, .£165 14. s 9d.—lt was resolved to
liquidate the estate by arrangement, and Mr. W. H.
Brothers w.s appointed trustee, with a committee of in-
spection, Messrs. Bailer and Bickley to be solicitors to
the trustee. _ _

Taasonens..eat the Police Court, on Monday, before
Messrs. H. Hall and G. K. Harrison, the following
transfers took piece :—The Crown Inn, Kinver, from
Cl:Lulea William Eden to George Williams; the Glass-
makers' Arms Inn, Amblecote, from Alfred Turner to
Christopher Turner; the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Kingswin-
fo d, from Edward Oakes to Edward Geary; the
Britannia Inn, Kiogswinford, from Joseph Cartwright to
Henry Webb; the Holly Bush Inn, from Emmanuel
Bullock to Joseph Waterfield ; the Bush Inn, Bingswin•
ford, from Thomas Dunn to Henry Warton
ILLEGAL FISHING. James Edmunds and Isaiah
Mullett wre charged with fishing in the canal. —Henry
Toy, gamekeeper for Mr. Foley, proved the case.—
Edmunds was fined 2s 6d and coats; in default 7 days'
imprisonment. Mullett was fined 5s and costs; in de-
fault 14 days' imprisonment.—William Tuompson and
Henry Cuttler were charged with illegal fishing in the
canal.—Henry Toy proved the case.—Dtdeudants were
fined 2s 6d each and costs; in default 7 days' imprison-
ment. William Dickens was charged by Charles
Gamble, gamekeeper to Lord Stamford, with illegal fish-
ing in the canal.—Gamble proved the case.—Defend-
ant was fined 2s 6d and costs; in default 7 days' im-
prisonment.
GAME TasseAss.—Frederiek Durbin was charged with
trespassing for game on land belonging to the Earl of
Dudley.—Lewis Prouson, gamekeeper, proved the case
and defendant was fined 10s and costs ; in default 14
days.
DISEASED Furr.—Thomas Downs, fishmonger, re- '
siding at Stourbridge, was charged with exposing '
sound fish for sale at Einver.—The ease was proved by
John Lowry.—Defendant was fined is each fish and
costs.

CHARGE OF DnuNKENNsaa.—William Hasavd was
o barged with being drunk and fined is and coata.—Mary
Diabby, of Dudley, was fined le and °este for being
drankeinaarah Tnorne was fined is sad coats for being
drunki—William Wood was fined le and costs for being
Jliilags*lM Mika Mies. Mr
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

EXECUTION AT NOTTINGHAM.

Thomas Cholerton was executed on Monday morning
in the Nottingham Borough Gaol for the murder of
Jane Smith. Cholerton and the woman had lived to-
gether for some time, but about a fortnight before the
murder she left him on account of his illusage. On the
evening of May 6, Cholerton called at her lodgings and
the two walked out together apparently on friendly
terms. About nine o'clock some of the residents in
Sneinton (an outlying parish of Nottingham) were
alarmed by screams of "Murder," and, proceeding to
the place whence the sound came, found the woman
Smith lying on the ground, and Cholerton bending
over her and cutting her throat with a razor. He
was secured, and then attempted to cut his own throat,
but the razor was taken from him. He said, " I meant
us to die together." The woman expired in a few
minutes."

Since his trial the culprit has maintained a some-
what sullen demeanour, but has been attentive to the
ministrations of the gaol chaplain. On Sunday night
he slept foi about three hours, and for breakfast had
only a cup of tea. He walked with a firm step to the
scaffold, and, on the drop falling, struggled convul-
sively for a few seconds. Marwood was the
executioner.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

THE OLDEST MAN IN THE MRHUAI

The oldest man in the world, who is usually expected
to turn up at this period of the year, is to be found,
according to the correspondent of a Swiss journal, in
Columbia. At a congress of physicians, held last month
in Bogota, Dr. Luis Hernandez read a report of his
recent visit to the locally famous Miguel Solis, a oountry
publican and farmer, who asserts that he is a hundred
and eighty years old. He lives at the foot of the
Sierra Melilla, and his neighbours contend that he is
mistaken about his age. They confidently believe that
he is even older than he pretends I Dr. Hernandez was
assured by the very oldest settlers that they recollect
in their youthful days to have had Solis, the half-
blood, pointed out to them as exceptionally aged, and
that he was then grey-headed and of venerable appear-
ance. Some declared that they believed in their child-
hood, that he had passedhis hundredth year. The old
man himself protested that the signature of the subscrip-
tion of Miguel Solis to the building fund of the
Franciscan Convent, at San Sebastian, in 1712, is in
his handwriting. Dr. Hernandez found the old man
at work in his garden. He is muscular and active,
and contends that his extreme age is due solely to his
habits. For a century he has never eaten more than
once a day. He takes meat only on the Ist and
15th of every month, and drinks a great
quantity of water. He never eats anything
hot. The Indians in the neighbourhood firmly
believe that he has sold his soul to the devil, a
conviction which Solis does his best to maintain, as it
produces him much awe and respect. Unhappily no
documents respecting his birth or baptism have been
produced, and we must leave to Dr. Hernandez the
responsibility of his 180 years.—Ecko.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

ABANDONED AT SEA.

Early in May the Tungus (sealing schooner) dis-
covered a small schooner with the name "Nally "
abandoned and in a very bad state in a bay on the
east side of Great Schanter Island, Sea of Ochotsk,
about 120 miles from the Amoor. Later on the
bodies of three Europeans and two Chinese were
found ashore. On one of the bodies, presumably that
of the master, there was a pocket-book containing the
following information :
',On 17th Sept., um, captain Thos. Thompson and is
Crew erected a hilt, in whioh to pass the winter, on Great
Schantar Island. On 18th Out. ale of the crew, named
and died on Bth of April, of scurvy, which
d the otherst-viz., Captain Thompson and
two Chinese."
The last entry in the book, which gives no informa-
h Lever about the vessel, was made on Aprill6,
13harrndsofealittasickeek'
tion w a
1877.

It is estimated that Americans are now spendin
about 5,000,000 dollars a month at the Paris l'abibition.

MMM
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-08-17

THE WEDDING TROUSSEAU OF THE

PRINCESS MARY OF PRUSSIA.

The Marriage of Prince Henry of the Netherlands
with the Princess Mary, eldest daughter of Prince
Frederick Charles of Prussia and sister of the Princess
Louise, who is betrothed to the Duke of Connaught,
is fixed for Saturday, the 24th inst., and will be cele-
brated at Potsdam- The wedding trousseau—for
which, as is the case at all the marriages of Prussian
Princesses, the Civil List provides a sum of
£4,5J0---will be displayed in one the drawing.
rooms of the palace. The wedding-dress, of
white silk embroidered with silver, and with a
train thirteen feet long, is being made at Berlin; and
.the whole of the trousseau selected by the Princess
has been purchased in Germany. Among the most
valuable presents is a diadem given by the Emperor
-Ereprfesti, Which of Alitrdiffei4nt
parts, and a pearl necklace given law the bride's father.
By the orders of Prince -Henry, several bouquets of
flowers e.ge.sen.t from Paris-ever: c 129.31-; 4ad fortnight
after the wedding the newly-married f coupie are ex-
pected in that city upon a visit to the Exhibition,