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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

AT 'INVER..

Two COTTAGESOrAL Gardens and Oubuildings,
fronting to the road to Coobley, adjoin;ng the residence
of Mr. Iticharl Badger, and occupied by Hill ;and Hub-

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For farther information and particulars and Outs,
apply to Messrs, Freer and Perry, Solicitors, or to
Messrs. Oates, Perrens, and Wooldridge, Stourbridge.

I,2kbricz To MoTazas l—Are you broken b • rat
at,b7 a sick child suffering with the pain of re Hag
/ Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of
IVINSLoW'S SOOTHING SYHUP. Ij will remove
I,,''° Poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm.
38 and pleasant to taste, it produess natural.
Pjet sleep, by relieving the Clild from pain, and tho
cherub awakes "as bright as a button." U
•00thes the E child, it softens the gums, allays 4ixl, relieves wind, regulates We bowels, and is 04
~veit known remedy for dysentery and diarrltutel/2
ethe- a from teething or other causes..
tv 'slow Sootrting Syrup is sold by Medicine 404 M
erywh(q.e at is lid per bottle.—Manufacturnktlif
'ew 'York, and at 493 Oslord-street..Lendos. •

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0" "lox of CLARKE'S B 41 Pills in
warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinar
Organs, in either sex, acquired ot constitutional, Grave
and Pains in the Bask.-13o1d in boa, di 6d euh, b.
all Chenaiate and Patent Medicine Vacileors ; or *int to
sny address or 60 Vtamps by the Milken Be J. CLARK',
Consulting Cheedat, High-street, Linooln,---WhOlesala
Scents, BASOLAT it Nam, Lotion ,and all tbe Wholesale
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Fifty Pound (50), Members 6 years.
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Worcester. "Increase our subscription to Twenty
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

HALESOWEN.

ALLIOND lionszav —At the Police Court, on Toed.
day, before Messrs. X. Gem and E. Phillips, Charles
Knight was charged with stealing a rabbit trap, Ars
property of Mr. Charles King —A keeper in the employ
of prosecutor said he est the trap about 10 yards from
the side of the road, and the trap produeed was the
same.—Polise-constable Knowles said he searched
prisoner's. bons° and found the trap concealed under
prisoner's wife's dress.—Por the defence it was con-
tended- that prisoner's daughter found the trap in the
jot ipath.—The (Unlit r was called and said she found
the trap in the footpath.—The Bench said it was a very
suspicious case but there was a doubt in their minds and
they should give prisoner the benefit of at and dismissed
the case.

ASSAULTING A WING —Gsorge Ittwoed was charged
with assaulting Eliza Attwoode his wite.-11r. Hayes,
who appeared for defendant, said the parties
wanted to mottle the =Mtn if the Bensh would allow
them to do so. The wife acid she was willing to with-
draw the ease if defendant weuld promise to behave
better in future. This defendant said he would do and
she ease was withdrawn.

Danfaxiedriess —Gideon Basta&ld was charged with
being drunk, on the 3rd inst, at the Bull Ring, Hales-
owe!). —Polfse.sergeent Chapman provel the case.—Db-
fendant said his head feat bad and if be had-a little
drink it overseen him.—Mr. Gem said that was the same
thing nearly all the drunken men said.—Superintendent
Kemp said defendant waa a very .t ady man and there
had been no complaint ageing% him t before.—Fined 2.
6d and costs.
.Canirox ro WaooNmas.—Thomas Hall was charged
with passing through the turnpike gate at Lutley, on the-
30th May last, without paying toll, and George Mann
wee charged with a similar offence, on the 18th May
lsot.—Wiliiam Haines, the gateman proved the cases
but as defendants' pleaded guilty and expressed their
regret, they were each ordered to pay the toll and
costs.

GAXII THMIPASIL—George Hewn and Joseph Hill were
charged with trespassing on land in the occupation of
Kessra, Bissell and Green, in pursuit of game, on the gth
inss —John Cattail, labourer, said he heard the report
of a gun and on gig to the place he saw the two
defendants. Hawn had a gun in his hand.—Hill's
mother appeared for her son and pleaded guilty. Hill
was fined 5. and costs, and as Hawn did not appear a
warrant was issued far his apprebensjon.
A CAUTlON.—Williani Nosh was Aso.' Is and costs
for tethering his horse on the 'Ulu; highway.—Polies-
constable Oskey proved the ease. -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

cuicizr.

Swensservias V. Pm:slims —/k natal' area played on
Monday lest between • Ike above clubs, and after au @t-
aigas @oldest wee woe by litonrbri4o by 2 rues. Fisk-
wick Club is well known to be oes tke beet ia the
Midden& Coundes, Mein flog Tallboys iti.d Pr.ston, two
professional men, tliti former player being eJwitted to
ow the beet bowler for ‘V suriekebiro. Pickwick Were the
first to bat, and only J. Prostoe sesured double figures.
The boiling of Meilen. J. W. Parkes antiL Clifton
being magnificent, end tile whole were dieposed of for
43. Stourbridge then went into bat and for home thh•
looked very much like losing. The bowling of 'rellboys
and Preetesi were so good that flue wore made slow, and
Iwo wicketa were dowu for no rues, 3 for 2, arid 4 for 3,
when J. W. Parkes and Clifton got togeth. r and made
a stand. Clifx)u was cauAht by liose for 10 run.. Mill.
ward heat joitietl Parker and a we vtry excellent cricket
was di-pieyed, lugs wee got Jowly bi Parke., and
elthougu 111/16rard aid tot aeons he was at the wickets a
kerg time a, (1 saw several w.ckettt dowu. No doubt the
'toady play at &hie pert won the witch. Deau putt girth r
9 taus quick, and Cooper wade two Ts, ti,.4 out, ria:ud
the score up to 45 aitatuist great chseriug. rite follow-
tug is the retire :
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

LYE.

lIVRIAL BOARD.-At • meeting hell on Tuesday last,
Mr. S. A. Brooks, in the chair. Mr. Samuel Mpbberley
in the vico-chair, Mr. Elisha Brooks, Mr. George Modes
Mr. Thomas bfobberly, Mr. Thomas Hilt, Mr. John Pear-
son, Mr: John Hyrons. . Minutes of meeting held 25 ult.
were read and signed. The clerk read a letterr from
Rev. H. Downing, and reported that persnant with in-
structions from the chairman, he had made the following
applications to Mr. Thomas Pargeter, for part of Dockers
Farm, to Mr. William Holcroft,.for a piece of land sear
the Grange called the Hop Yard to Mr. Jas. P. Badley,
for a piece of land at Carless Green, occupied bp Samuel
Grow. or, failing this for a piece of land at Foxcote
occupied by Mr Perrens, to Mr. George Spencer Mat-
thews Steward to the Feoffees of Oldswinford Hos pita'
S. a piece of laud Oldnow, and had received lettersfrom
the three latter, but that no answer had been received
from Mr. Pargeter. Moved by Mr. Pearson. seconded
by Mr. Hyrons and carried unanimously. That the
chairman and Mr. Rhodes with the clerk be requested
to wait upon Mr. Pargeter and converse with him on the
subject.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

CLARKE'S

WORLD FAMED

iB_LT_QQO._RIXTUIT

Trade Mark," Blood Mixture."
ts GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER & RESTORER
QKIN. DISEASES, Eruptions, Blotches,
Ulcerated Sore Legs, Old Sores, Glandular
Swellings, Cancerous Ulcers, Spots, Pimples,
Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ringworms, scald
Heads, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scuds,
Alsoolorations of the Skin, Humours and
Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or

Naturet are literally Tar-r-ied--Oui of the system
ID short time by the use of this world-famed
Medicine.
TMOIISANDS OF TESTIMONIALS FROM ALL PARTS.
IMPORTANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Cleanse
the vitiated blood whenever you find its im-
purities bursting through the skin in pimples,
eruptions, or sores ; cleanse it when you find
it obstrusted and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse
it when it is foul, and your feelings will tell
you when. Keep the blood pure, and the
' health of the system will follow.
As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and
warranted free from anything injurious to the
most delicate constitution of either sex' the
Proprietors solicits sufferers to give it a trial
to test its value.
OLARKE'S WORLD-FAMED BLOOD
Vi MIXTURE is Sold in Bottles 2s 6d each, and in
Cases, containing six times the quantity, us each—
sufficient to effect a permanent cure in the great
majority of long-standing cases, by all Chemists and
Patent Medicine Vendors thrvughout the United King-
dom and the world, or sent to any address on receipt
of 30 or 132 stamps, by the Proprietor,
F. J. CLARKE,Cumusx, Apothecaries' Hall,Lincoln.
Agent for Stonrbridge : Mr. J. H. Bland, High-street.
Wholesale: All Patent Medicine Houses.

LONDON DEPOT: 160 OXFORD MEET
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

BEIEBLEY HILL.

A NAIGIIBOUBII QUANIEL.-••A1 the Police Court, ou
Monday, before Messrs. H. Hall and L. Freer, MarY
Hancock, Mary Griffiths, and Esther ilanavals weru
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

DIIDLBY.

RESISTING THE POLICE.—At the Police Court, 011
Monday, before Alderman Wilkinson and Mr. George
Thompson, a breaksman named Richard Evans, in the
employ of Messrs. Cochrane and Co., was charged with
being drunk and disorderly on Sunday, and also with
rdsisting the police.—Police.constsble Dance said that
defendant had been in the church abusing the parson,
and when apprehended was very drunk and cursing and
swearing. He became violent, and attempted to kick
the officer, who sent for assietance.—Defendant was
fined 5e and costs for the first offence, and 2s 6d and
cods for resisting the police.
DAMAGING TELEGRAPM WEOES.—AI the Same court, a
Shoemaker, named Joseph Rogers was fined is and
costs for damaging telegraph wires belonging te the
(hest. Western Railway Company.—lnspector Locke
said that a dangerous practice prevailed of boys
assembling upon the railway bridge and throwing down
stones 'Tau tne line. One of the drivers had been
seriously injur d
ROOBENT BY A DOMESTIC SERYANT.—MiTy Ann Wood,
of Campbell Street, wiui charged at the Police Court, on
Monday, with stealing a quantity of calico and holland,
belonging to Mr. Jesse Fletch.r, King Street.—lt
appeared that defendant, who is the wife of a militiaman,
was adMittid to service by Mrs Fletcher, and the neat
day she commenced pilfering. She took the articles to
the hones of Mrs. Stanfield, where she lodged, and con.
I :seed ii. LSI stolen them wit in taken into custody by
Polise.constable Matthews.—Yrisoner pleaded guilty.—
Mrs. Tinonins, newsagent, said she had known prisoner
from a child, and until the present she had borne an
upright charncter.—The Bench sentenced prisoner to
one moldier imprisonment with hard labour.
ASSAULT DI • SOMOOLMASTEE.-011 Monday, at the
Police Court, Edward Or.fllths, master ef the Church
Schools, Eve Hill, was charged with assaulting a boy,
named Hillman. On Friday afternoon the defendant
beat the bcy 6: verely about his beet and thighs, inflict.
lug many bruises. The hoy, was stripped in cants in
order that the violent usage the boy bad receivel might;
be more filly exposed.—The defence was thal-the.boy
was continually laughing and talking in school, and that
when the pupil teacher complained to the master the
LOY "Nailed." He only gave Hillman four strokes.—
The Meyor said there sw,as no need to have resorted to
excessive puniahment in such • *sae, and a sonviction
would hive to be recorded. Defendant was then fined
54 and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

An expedition has been fitted out in America, in
which several famous explorers of the Polar Seas par-
ticipate. During the search of the Tigress for the ill-
fated Polaris, over a year ago, rich veins of graphite
were discovered in Cumberland Inlet. On the
return to St. John's, Lieutenant W. A. Mintzer,
United States, naval enginner, chartered a small
steamer, and went back and continued his mineral
survey. He found large beds of graphite and mica,
but owing to the lateneßts of the Reason was unable to
bring any away. The schooner Era has been recently
fitting at New London, and was to sail on the sth
inst. undar Mintzer's command, and under Govern-
ment auspices, to get a cargo of these minerals and
make further collections of Arctic 11 n.a and
fauna for the Smithsonian Institute. Captain James
Buddington, of Groton. Conn., who brought the
English ship Resolute into New London in the
winter of 1855, and was the ice pilot of the Tigress
when she sought the Polaris, is the Era's sailing
master. The Nov York •Tinzes says Esquimaux Joe,
who was with Captain Hall on several expeditions, and
with Tyson's party on an ice floe for 190 days, and
whom the English papeis represent as having. sailed in
the Pandora from England to the North Pole, accom-
panies this expedition, as do other Arctic voyagers of
long experience. The Era is a vessel of 160 tons
burden, built for the coasting trade, but has m 406
whaling voyages to the Polar regions under Captain
George Tyson, of Polaris fame. She is well provided
with mining tools and labourers for quarrying, and as
deposits are situated some distance up the mountain
side they take 3,000 feet of tramway in order to mere
easily load the vessel, and a quantity of 'lumber to erect
toolhouses ana buildings for the purpose of observation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

.•• • • ..•
HABERDASHERY ESTABLISIIISIENI--

126, HICITt-SITEEP, S

f Tha
z. .01-4tifor
,••;;;T,.P•ig
Apia tco-inform the Ladies of Stonthridge iand Pistriet
that alio_ has taken to . the ab,,ve pn.ruises•anct hait'•'r
rii.opevi9d them after extensive alterations, with a Choice, -•
Btock.ol. . .• -•
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LACE,. RIBBONS, VEhVEI'S‘,.FEATIRLREII,P
FLOWERS, BONNET SLIAI'ES, &C.

Mrs. W. C. hopes by strict personal littPntion4 co
business to meri a share of pub;ie patronage.

sTRxw BONNET'S OLE? NED, DYED. ANN •
ALTERED TO AAY Sii It*

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28, IRONMONGER LANIII, Ijc)..Nr4.)N.
(TuE OLD HOTTbk.) '
JOHNSTON'S'
CORN FLOUR'
IS .THIAI. .
BEST.

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"QUITE FREE FROM ADULTRATION."—Lancet.
" IS DECIDEDLY SUPERIOR."—Lancet.

"I have examined Johnston's Corn Flour and .find it
perfectly pure and most excellent in quality. When
boiled with milk affords complete and perfect nourish-
ment for children and persons of weak digestion."
CHARLES A. CAMERON, M.D.,
• Professor of Chemistry, Royal Collage of
Surgeons, Dublin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

" WHAT A LADY SEES
111 *
. .

At a Race Meeting._—Plenty of dust. Some poor
part of London. ,A.number of pretty villas. A great
deal of ittic9o. Country fields and country lanes.
Little irillag,es. Snail towns. Glare and shadow.
Gip3ies. Crowds of roughs. Very good company.
Plenty of drags. A collection of carriages. A luke-
warm lunch. And to conclude (if she is very observant)
horse-race in the distance.

At a Cricket Match—A road crowded with carriages.
A narrow. gate. ...A large number of men, belonging
to every profession, in a state of unusual excitement.
A good deal of hand-shaking. A large amount of heal
uncovering. A mysterious board, upon which appear
constantly changing figures. Thousands of dresses of
azure and dark blue silk. A forest of parasols. Plates
of lobster salad. Dishes of cold fowls. Piles of rolls.
Heaps of cakes. Quarts of claret and moselle cup.
Dozens of clpimpagne. And possibly (if she is very
fond of the game) the out eleven changing positions at
, the cry of over. '
At the Zoological Gardois.—A number of trees. A
thicklyi populated lawn.- A refreshment-house, open
"to bond fide travellers only." The last masterpiece by
Worth. The sweetest things in bonnets. The most
daring contrasts in colours. The heroes of the House.
The loungers of the clubs. The prides of the studios.
The ornaments of literature. All her friends. Most
of her enemies. And (if she has time to inspect
them) a few animals in cages.
At a Fancy Dress Ball.—The inside of a carriage.
A Policeman attempting to keep back a satirical mob.
A hall. A crowded staircase. A melancholy Charles
the Second. A jocular Hamlet. A modest Henry
the Ei'ghth. A retiring North American Indian.
A bashful executioner. A regiment of Militiamen.
A Clan of Highlanders. A dozen Louis Oozes.
Twenty-three Marie Stuarts. A charity girl. A
soon) of Matrons (a very long way) after Gains-
borough. And (If she manages to reach the drawing-
room) Ivanhoe, Joan of Arc, Napoleon, Jane Shore,
Macbeth, Anne of Cleves, Robespierre, and an eccen-
tric representative of Snow, attempting to dance the
Lancers in the centre of a crowd of historical cele
brities.

At Church.—A sedate pew-opener, who receives a
bribe with dignity. A very magnificent display of
bonnets. A popular author. Several "men of the
And (as a matter of course) her prayer-book.
At Home.—Her husband and her children; and if
.they are not enough for her,. why, the lady must be
difficult to please. At least, so thinks Mr. Punch,
who is a model' of domesticity.—Punch. , -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

SCHOOL BOARD.

A meeting of this body was held at the Corn
Exchange on Monday afternoon.
Major Walker in the chair.
MANSFIIit OF Sr. TILOILMeII *110(

The principal point for coisideration was tilt
transfer of St. Thomas's Schools to the Board, th
managers. in consideration of their giving them
over to the latter, wishing to retain that' for
Sunday school and night school teaching.
A long discussion took place on the question of
what share of the cost for lighting, warming, and
cleaning the St. Thomas's managers should bear,
and ultimately it was resolved that ..fet per annum
would meet the case.
A deputation of the managers was in attendance
consisting of the Rev. Hugh Sherrard and Mr.
Broomhall, and the only point which remained to
be settled was a disposal of a small charity of .£2
8s per annum, called Barston's Charity, which was
left for the schools.
The Bev. H. Sherrard feared that the Govern-
ment would not sanction the St. Thomas's
managers (the schools having been given up) in
retaining this sum, and the difficulty was promptly
mot by the Board proposing that should this be
the case they would consider the £2 8s as part of
the .24.
The deputation concurred in this arrangement,
and retired.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

OLD HILL.

A LIVILT Sox.—At the Police Court, on Wed-
nesday, before Major Smith, Messrs. R. L. Freer.
N. Hingley, and H. Howard, Thomas Williams
was charged with assaulting Joseph Williams, his
father, on the" 10th init.—Complainant said de-
fendant was fined at the last court for being
drunk andldisorderly. On the above date defendant
lent home and asked his mother to tie his b--

'Clothes up, so that he could go on the road again.
Witness told his wife to tie the clothes up and
walked out of the house. Defendant followed hiss
out and said You old is-- I'll give you some-
thing to go for," and with that defendant struck
him several times on the head with his fist and
also struck his mother.—Defendant said he was
very sorry but complainant commenced it first
The Bench considered it a very cowardly assault
and sentenced the defendaht to six weeks' hard
labour, without the option of a fine.
ASSAULT CASE.—Fanny Westwood was charged
with assaulting Ellen Smith, on the 14th inst.
Fined 2s 6d and ,costv.—Ha.nnah Stringer and
Maria Stringer wire charged with assaulting Mary
Knight, on the 17th inst.—Complainant said there
had been some words respecting a drain on
the above date and on complainint remonstrating
with them about it both defendants struck her
with a broom. Fined 2s 6d each and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.
GROWING PEAS.
PEDMOR E.
ESSRS- OATES, PERRENS and
_a_L WOOLDRIDGE are favoured with instruction.
from Mesas. H. and N. Smith, to Sell by Auctica, at the
Lyttelton Arms Hotel, Hagley, on MONDAY, JULY 3rd,
1876, at 12 o'clock, in Two Lots, 10 Acres of Webb.'
Selected Prize PEAS, a beery crop, to be picked green.
To view, apply at Treheyn. Farm.

Also 4i ACies et same kind Puts, on Land tear Bagley
Station, Worcestershire—Apply to Mr. John Taylor,
Birches.

STOUBBRIDGE.

IMPORTANT AND EXTENSIVE SALE OF
VALUABLE VBEEHOLD PROPERTIES,
IN THE CENTRE OF THE BUSINESS PART OF
THE TOWN ; ALSO TWO COTTAGES AT JICINVER.

IfEssne.

OATES, PERaliFkiS„ and WOOLDRIDGE
have the pleaktme .to announce that they are
favoured with instructions front the Trustees of the late
William Shutt, Esquire. to submit to competition, &tithe
AUCTIoN MART, No. 102, Hon STREZT, 81.0111.1tIUDGUI,
on lAttnAv,the 7th day of July, 1876, et Five for Six
o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to Condition* than to
be read, the following Valuable and Extensive Freehold
PROMRTIES, viz : •
At Stourbridge, that Capital BUTCHER'S SHOP,
With the Stablinc,, Slaughter House, the Posting Estab-
lishment, and ?reggaes, situate in and. having large
frontage to New Street.* House, adjoining, also frosting
to New Street, Tao Other HOUSES .a4joining, with
Shopping, having a large frontage to New Street, a
Capital Warehouse arid Stable it the befit if the fore-
going, with the Yard, Outbuildings, and Garden. ocisPied
by Mr. W. H. Penney, a 'COTTAGE GARDEN. ;won-
pied by Mr. W. Pugh, and a... Quantity of BUILDING
LAND, now occupied as Gardens, extending to the
Ifemplands. This Ptoperty, is set out ippon a Printed
Plan,. and is divided into 6 lots. Those Commanding
and Extensive Business Premises in High Street adjoin-
ing the Market Hall, and having a Large Sid. Frontage
to New 2treet, comprising a FRONT SHOP, Roomy
Store and other Cellars, Hall and Staireese, Three Living
Rooms, Nine Bed Rooms and uitable Domestic °face',
occupied by Mr. William Hoary Penney as a Orecer's
Shop and Wine Merokant's Stores;. Four Capital
110IJSES and Premises, in Market Street, with good
frontage thereto, and adjoining the Bell Hotel, occupied
by Sergeant Walker and others.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

VACCINATION.

The medical officer of the Privy Council, in his.i
annual report, says :—" The sucess of our modern vac-
cination laws in enforcing the general vaccination of
infants is to he measured by the periodical returns
which are made to the Board, under the Act of 1871,
by the so-called vaccination officers throughout the
country. Of the 826,508 children registered as born
in England and Wales in the year 1873, all up to a
margin of less than 5 per cent, had, at the time of
closing the return, been accounted for by the vaccine-
•tion officers • that, of the 95 Per cent, accounted
for 85 one-fifth were accounted for as vaccinated,-
and 9:11 as having died early and unvaccinated
while the small residue, not quite per cent.
on the whole number of births, included infants
who had contracted small pox before they could be
vaccinated, infants who had been certified as insuscep-
tible of vaccination, and (as by far the largest item)
infants whose vaccination had for the time been post-
poned under medical certificate. The maintenance of
the public supply of vaccine lymph, and the arrange-
ments under which candidates for appointment as
public vaccinators obtain the authorised certificates of
proficiency in vaccination required of them by the
regulations of the Board were in 1875, as usual, super-
intended by the Board through this department; and
the vaccination stations which' are concerned with
those special objects underwent their usual special
inspection. In 1875 the department supplied vaccine
lymph in answer to more than 10,000 applications."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

HAGLE Y. -

STOCK Sams.—The weekly supply of stlek at these
tales is well maintained, and the attendance continues
large. On Monday last the supply of cattle was Rood
and made high figures. There were upwards of 130
pens of sheep and lambs, which were sold at full market
Mem. Lambs made as high as 41s. 61., sheep 70e., fat
beasts £32 12a. 61., calves £6 14s. There were a few
very specimens of Jersey cattle, the property of Colonel
Barrows, The Birches, Hagley. including in the sale. A
cow and calf realised £2ii 71. 61., and a beautiful two.
heifer made £l7 12s. 6J. Colonel Barrows has
for some years past been breeding Jerseys. H. has a
splendid herd. He has taken several prizes. His cattle
being bred in lingland, are acelimatiled, and consideted
better than imported animals.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

ENT.LEMEN',S CLOTILiN G"

MADE •TO ORDE

ON THE SHORTEST I.NOTIVE.

PERFECT
,lIT„_G.U4R.AN-KEED„

Terms on"

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

A FERTILE SOURCE OF FIRES.

It has long been known that a fertile source of
•disastrous fires especiallyin factories and warehouses,
is the spontaneous combustion of cotton waste impreg-
iiated with animal-or vegetable oils (says the Standard).
Such material is often used in the cleaning of ma-
chinery and the like, and is then thrown aside or put
ppm the shelf. An American paper publishes the
result of experiments with oils and cotton, and from
this report it appears that cotton soaked in boiled lin-
teed oil will, at a temperature of 170 degrees, take fire
in less than two hours. Raw linseed oil takes twice
the time, and rape oil takes six hours. With Gallipoli
Oil kept at a temperature of 132 deg., fire sopervenes
in six hours. Castor oil only chars at the end of two
ays. At the latter temperature seal oil is the quickest of
all the animal oils, having produced rapid ignition
in a hundred minutes. Lard oil takes four hours.
Sperm oil, on the contrary, will not even char. It is,
however, curious that the heavy oils from coal and
shale will not only produce this combustion but have
a power of preventing it. Even seal oil, when misted
vrith its own bulk of mineral oil, would not produce the
charring of cotton under the usual conditions. This
4,61 us-. hint tbat ought not to be lost, as to the
wisdom of mixing mineral oil with all animal and
vegetable oils used for lubricating purposes, whenever
this can be done without interfering with the uEe of the
material. It is something new to hear atword in favour
of mineral oil as being exceptionally safe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24

FATAL BALLOON ASCENT.

A shocking accident is reported from Honda, Colom-
bia, in connection with a balloon ascent made from
that town on the 81 May. The balloon having been
filled with heated air immediately ascended to the
N height of 000 feet, when it apparently became
stationary. he next itcond smoke WAS seen issuing
from the side of the 'balloon, and the unfortunate
aeronaut had lowered a rope and was clinging to the
end below. 'The flames burst from the top, and pieces
of the cloth began to float downward, the balloon
demanding slowly at first, then rapidly, until all hope
was over. It was seen to pave directly over the cross
of the chapel in the cemetery, almost within reach of
it, across' the Valley of the Quebrada Seca, finally
touching the ground half-way up the mountain on the
opposite side, a mile and a half from the point of start-
ing. .The aeronaut must have retained his s-nses to
the very last. As he came to the ground he cried
" For Dios," and struck on his feet, still clinging to
the rope Nis legs were broken and he sustained in-
ternal injuries from which he died the same afternoon.
An ignorant person who-saw the catastrophe, having
heard nothing of the balloon weent, thought the un-
fortunate aeronaut had come direct from Heaves, and
was frightened and ram away as fast as possible, but
meeting those in search of him, turned and conducted
them to the spot.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

FINAITOE COMMITTEES REPORT.

Your committee report that the Treasurer's
balance on the several accounts are as follows
HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—Balance due to Treasurer
to this date £299 14s 6d.
IMPROVEMENT AcCOUNT.—Balance due from
Treasurer £2BB 10s 10d.
URBAN SANITARY ACCOUNT.—BaIaUCE due to
Treasurer £36 3s 7d.
The following accounts having been examined
were ordered to be paid :—Highway Account, .231
15s 2d; Improvement Account, ..218 Ss 4d; Urban
Sanitary Authority Account, £32 2s 9d. Your
committee have directed the collector of rates to
summons all defaulters if the rates are not paid in
a week.

On the motion of the Chairman seconded by Mr.
Penney the report was adopted.
REPORT OF THE GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.—The number of
deaths registered in the township for the 20th
March to 13th April is 16, viz: 3 males and 13
females. One death from scarlatina, in Bowling
Green Lane. The death-rate is 2047. per 1,000.
The general health of the town is good for the
season of the year. Nuala!r of births in the town-
ship is 39, viz: 22 males and 17 females.

VISITATION E,EPotrr BOOK.—The book was laid
before your committee. Premises in Glue Works,
Hemplands, Bell Lane, Market Street, and High
Street have been visited and instruction given for
theremoval ot nuisances found there.
TOWN OFFICER:B REPORT.--uisances brought
forward and reported during the month, 54; total,
62. Removed old, 7; new, 4G; total 53; carried
forward 9. Removal of night-soil, 63 privies; 58
aeb-pita and 3 cesspools, belonging to 97 houses
have been emptied and cleansed. Number of load 3
157. A case of overcrowding in Brook Street has
been reported, 12 slaughter-houses have been
limewashed and the remainder 11 will le dem,
during the current week. All the lodging-houses
with the exception of No. 4 have been limewasbed
and are in a sati,factory condition.
On the inetion of the Chairman seconded by Mr.
Woolley the report was adopted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

an eztraordin‘rily retentive memory, a peculiar gift for the
discernment of character, and a shrewd intelligence, with
perspective faculties of the highest order. Take him all in
all, he was a rare instance of a sacceasful millionaire, be-
ginning with almost nothing, and by sheer honesty in trade
ending with more millions tlren, perhaps, he was himself
aware of He was, strictly speaking, the architect of his own
fortune; and, unlike many of his chug, boundless success
never made him forget either his past history or his early
friends."

In connection with the above, "A New Yorker" writes to
The TtimAs :—" I have read your correspondent's interesting
sketch of the late Mr. A. T. Stewart, of New York, and with
your permission would point out a slight error in it. Mr.
Stewart's first shop in Broadway was not on the site of the
present Stewart's Store,' About 60 years since the father of
the writer bought a piece of ground and tenement
on Broadway opposite the Park, pulled down the lat-
ter, and built on the site a store which was at that
time the most desirable in New York. Stewart applied
to rent it, and was willing to pay the sum asked, but
my father defined to accept him as tenant, thinking it be-
yond his means, and that he could never ' stock ' it consider-
ing his small capital and the scaTe on which his business had
been conducted. Stewart would not take 'No' for an
answer and was very persevering, calling again and again,
and at last so impressed the owner with his possession
of those qualities which would insure success in business,
that he was accepted as tenant. I think the number was
257, and Stewart remained there about twelve years,
when having accumulated a handsome fortune, and re-
quiring larger premises, he built the store at the corner of
Broadway and Chamber-street. As an instance of his ex-
traordinary foresight I wou d mention that he told me
that the extras he had to pay for en taking possession of this
building did not amount to 2 do's, 60 c, or 10s. sterling;
everything, down to the minutest shop fittingss being pro-
vided for in the contract. Shortly before his death he paid
hfeissonier 300,000 f., say £12,000, for his picture called
"1807," which Is, I believe, the largest sum ever paid to an
artist for one of his works. Stewart told a friend of the
writer last autumn that his favourite relaxations were read-
ing books on theology and searching for a classical origin of
English words, and he mentioned with evident satisfac;.ion
that he had traced the slang Americanism skedaddle ' to a
Greek root."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

A STRANGE OCCURRENCE.

At the Bow-street Police Court, in London, Charles ClaimPs,
deecribed as a surgeon, of 57, Euston-square, was charged on
Tuesday with shooting at Police-serjeant 1 SR. and at Police-
constables 124 9 and 63 E with intent to do grievous badily
harm.

Police-constable 63 E said that about half-past three
on Tuesday morning he was called by police-constable
436 E to a house in Euston-square, and with 74) E they
went inside. Two or three women said a lodger in the
house was mad drunk and threatening to take their
lives. Witness and the other constables went upstairs,
knocked at his door, and asked him to come out
and speak to them. He said he would not come
out but would set fire to the place and blow it up.
Witness then heard noises inside the room, and
perceived a smell like that of a fusee. He next
heard something put against the door. The servants
in the house became alarmed, and asked witneas to '
break open the door with an iron bar which they
gave le,a. He did so, and directly afterwards
the prisoner fired a revolver at him. The ball struck
the iron bar which he held in his hand, glancing from
it on L., tle button of his coat and thence on to the wall
in the room. Witness left the room and Pent for assist-
ance; a sergeant and one constable arrived, and the
pridoner c,..tne out. Witness saw he still had the re-
volver in Vs hand, and, stealing behind him, pinioned
his arms. The prisoner immediately fired the re-
volver four times, bnt not at any one in particular One
bullet wounded the sergeant and another a constable
of the S Division. When he fired, the men'Siereiright
in front of him, and he could not have failed to see
them. He was sober, but he had been driukingi At
the time he did not appear sorry he had struck the
officers, but he did afterwards. He was taken into
custody as soon the pistol was secured. The sergeant
was now under treatment in the hospital for a wound
in his wrist and one in his back.
Cross-examined, witness said that' on first going
up he told the prisoner he was is policeman. The pit-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

THE PLAGUE,

The Levant Herald of the 12th inst. says :—The
latest telegrams to tie Constantinople sanitary board
indicate an increase in the number of plague cases in
Mesopotamia, as well as an extension of the area
infected. The following are the returns :—Atflah,
in the space of five days (from the 27th to the 31st of
March inclusive), there were 66 new cases and 42
deaths. At Bagdad, from the 28th of March to April
1, there were 145 new cases and 75 deaths. The plague
in that city has now crossed from the right bank of the
Tigris to the left bank, which had been previously free
from the contagion. The epidemic WO likewise made
its appearance at Meshed or Nedjef All, where from
the 25th to the 29th ult. there occurred five,fatal CABI3II,
and also at Kiit.el-Hamra. A severe quarantine, we
are assured, has been established at Kournah, at the
confluence of the Euphrates and -Tigris, under the
superintendence of Dr. Colmar; and it is also stated
that the Persian Government has ordered that arrivals
from Mesopotamia shall undergo a quarantine of fifteen
days before entering the Shah's territory.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

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NATURE'S SCAVENGERS.

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brought away from school a settled .conviction that
some animals, insects especially, were 'endowed with a
kind of scavenger instinct, unquestionably for the puri-
fication of the air and the health and well-being of
man? This familiar "truth," as it used to be regarded,
appears now to be distinctly challenged. A writer in
the Quarterly Journal of Science, in an interesting
article on "Nature's Scavengers,' refers among a great
many others to our old friend, the sexton beetle. He
does not, of course, deny that this is a most efficient
sexton, or that its work in that capacity is immensely
useful in preserving the we from taint. On the con-
trary, he is emphatic in its praises, and gives one or
two very remarkable facts about it. A single sexton,
he says, has been known to bury a mole forty times
its own weight, while four of them have been seen
burying a crow, which would certainly exceed their
united weight in a still higher ratio. Wherever this
useful little member of society finds a small dead
animal, or a part of one, it deposits its eggs in the
decomposing flesh, and then digs away the earth
below it and covers it over—a practice, say the old
books, beneficial to itself and to the world at large.
But, says this writer, this is only one of an extep-
sive family who do not bury putrifying matter in
which they deposit their eggs, and if the well-being
of the insect and benefit of the world at large is
Naturs's intention, why has it been denied to the
greater tiumber of Silphicla3 He adduces many facto
which,, "ii fairly weighed, seemed to show that t e
practice of burying filth is not a primordial instinct,
but hail, been acquired in the curse of successive genera-
tions, and has taken various developments in various
groups."—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

EXECUTION AT BRISTOL.

Edward Deacon, shoemaker, was executed at Bristol
on Monday morning for the murder of his wife.
Deacon was formerly a drummer in the army,
but he was dismissed the service on account
of bad conduct. He married the deceased woman
in 1867, but deserted her a short time after the
marriage. He remained away over five years, and his
whereabouts could not be found. He only returned
to Bristol last Christmas, and a reconciliation took
place between him and his wife. In a very short
time they again quarrelled, and their life appeared
a most miserable one. On the 22nd of February
Deacon bade his wife goodbye, and said he was going
on the tramp. He, however, returned in the
course of the day, and went to a neighbour's
and borrowed a hatchet, under the pretext that
he was going to cut some wood. He returned
to his house, secured the doors, and delibe-
rately smashed in his wife's skull, one side of the
head being completely battered in. The woman never
spoke after, and Deacon gave himself up to the police.
The culprit walked as far as the scaffold firmly, but
broke down under the drop. He exclaimed, "Lord,
have mercy upon me. Amen," several times. He died
hard, struggling for about a minute.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-29

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MURDER BY MASKED. ROBBERS. 1

The New York papers report a fatal outrage wL
occurred in Pennsylvania on the Ist inst. A man
named George Houser and his sister Ann, both middle-
aged people, had lived for several years in Tuscarora,
their house being removed some distance from any
neighbours. About ten o'clock on the night in ques-
tion they were aroused by a crash in the rear part of
4the house. Houser ran from his room to the kitchen,
;and his sister ran from her bed and followed him.
hThey were at once seized by two men. Houser
grappled with his assailant, but, being unarmed,
' was soon overpowered, the burglar hammer-
ing him almost senseless with ' a club or some
other blunt weapon. He says that he heard his sister
scream twice, when she was silenced, he supposed, by
blows. There was no light in the room, but the
robber bound his arms and feet, and in, a short time
lighted a lamp. They then tied him to one, bedpost,
and his sister, who was apparently unconscious,
and was bleeding like himself from a wound, in
her head, to another. The Men were masked, and
their voices strange. After securing the brother and
sister to the bed, they commenced ransacking the
house. Mr. Houser had 300 dole. in a bureau drawer
which the burglars secured, besides some jewellery be-
longing to his sister and a gold watch. After rummag-
ing through the house for half-an-hour, the robbers put
out the light, and left without paying any further at-
tention to their victims. Houser says that when they
tied his sister to the bedpost she was groaning faintly,
but that she ceased soon afterwards. He had a hand-
kerchief tied tightly about his mouth, and could make
no outcry. About nine o'clock on Sunday morning a
man driving by Houser's place saw that the back door
was open and a heavy piece of timber lay across the sill.
He jumped from his waggon and went into the house,
and found the inmates in the situation described above.
Mr. Houser was very faint from loss of blood, and his
sister was covered with blood, andiwa.s to all outward ap-
pearances dead. They were speedily unbound and placed
in bed, and the gentleman started for aid. Miss
Houser could not be restored to consciousness. Her
heal was crushed by the blows she had received, and
she lived but a few hours. Her brother was badly
beaten about the head, but fiis injuries were confined
to ugly scalp wounds. The affair created a great
excitement, and parties started out in search of the
murderers, but no trace of them had at the latest
account been found.

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