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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

GENERAL NEWS.

HORRIBLE MURDER IN LONDON,

About schen :;clock yesterday morning a man
tiam.:d William Albert Morris, who Was liberated
on:y a few days since, alter six tn3nther' imprison-
ment for housebreaking, gave himself up to the
plice at Southwick, London, stating that, und,2r
sudden impulse, ho had stunned his, two infant
children with a rolling pin, and then almost
cut off their heads with a largo knife. The police
immediately proceeled to iho house, and found-the
ehiklron—a girl aged three years, and a boy ti.7,0(1
fifteen months—dying upon the bed in th ir night
clothes, with their heads nearly sovered from their
budies, ancl-,they were removed in shells to the
neighbouring Mortuary, amid Lunch evritemsnt on
the part of the or iwd which had gathered.. Th,!
prisoner does not seem to have ben on bad terms
with his wife, wk. ) worked to support the family,
yesterlay mort.inr, upon her leaving to go to her
work in rho City, he kissed her as until.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

114 THE MIDLAND COUNTIES

GEORGE MORRIS, PROPRIETOR,

SAG'S HEAD INN,

KING STREET (Late of StoneStroot), ktiD.BLIT AND LIVERY STAILIIi, DUDLIT ARIAS,

DUDLEY.

DANK S. St. Thoaaaa-street,Nothulalt.
GOULD , Undertaker, Cradley Reath.
CORE and FERRER, Undertakere,Kinpsriatord
deasys:— )ODALL. Market-street, do.
—A.IFIELD, do. Brierley Hil
DORREL, do. do
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G. WO.
WHITF
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A Large and Well-selected Stock ot :

MEERSCHAUM PIPES
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

TiIE QUESN AND THE DUCHESS OF

ALBANY.
The Qaeen paid another visit:to the Duchess of
AlJany, at Clat•eiLo .t, yeite: a ty,

EX CRIORDINARY AWE IIPTED SUICIDE

AT SHREWSBURY.

On Thursday night an
~extraordinary attempt at
said :e took place in Shnwsbury, by al ola man
named Richard Price, A neighbour went into his
nous and saw him with a glass containina oxilic
acid. 43 remarked, I've got something Ore that
will kill any amotiat p,!aple and then drank the
Foriunatsty, he afterwards vomited it, and
wrote letters 6.1.yi4g he would take more acid if ho
could get it, twiug tire iof life. 11%!.was brow-Olt
the Bon.ugh oJurt yesterd'lyfuerni-_-.
un..l rel.:lauded for a w,_•elr.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY.

The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Chronicle
states that an event of much interest to the musical
world is just recorded, in the discovery of two un-
printed cantatas of Beethoven, all trace of which has
been lost for nearly a hundred years. The works in
question are among the earliest of the great musician,
and were composed when Beethoven was living at
Bonn. One of the cantatas was written on the
occasion of the death of the German Emperor,
Joseph H., who died in 1790, and the other on the
eccession to the throne of his successor, Leopold 11.,
who reigned from 1790 to 1792. It is quite evident
therefore that both works must have been written
when Beethoven was in his twentieth or twenty-
first year. The existence of the cantatas was
very well known, although, in spite of the most
diligent search, no one had ever been able to find the
least trace of them. The actual discoverer is Herr
Armin Friedmann, an inhabitant of Vienna, who
chanced to come upon them quite by accident among
the collection of a Leipzig antiquarian, and instantly
purchased them. The authenticity of the works is,
say the most competent judges, beyond all question,
and among those of this opinion „are Herr Ranslik,
the well-known musical critic, and Herr Brahms, the
pianist, who, after playing them over, exclaimed that,
even if Beethoven's name had not been on the score,
there would not have bee#stlae slightest doubt as to
their authorship. The cautictas are written for au
erchestra and chorus with solo parts. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

OLD HILL.

Asskt.Tur.—At the Police Court on Wednesday
before Messrs. W. Bassano and J. H. Pearson
Albert Johnson was charged with assaulting Maria
Smith, on the 10th inst.—Compla:nant stated that
the defendant track Iver on the shoulder and under
the left breast. —Georgina, Pearce gave corrobora-
tive evidence. Defendant was fined 103 and costs;
in default 21 days.
DRUNK.—Samuel Brown was charged with being
drunk on the lth inst, in Halesowen Road. De-
fendant was fined is and COSTS; or 7 days.
FACTORY ACT PROSECUTIONS. William Perks
was summoned by Mr, C. W. Hoare, Inspector of
Factories, for employing a boy named Frederick
Billingham, without obtaining the necessary
school ceititicates, on the 10th ult, Mr. Platt, as-
sistant-ilspector, proved the case, and said he had
previously cautioned . the defendant on the 10th of
March. The boy told him he was rot going to
school at all. Mr. Hoare only asked for a small
fine, to cover the costs of the case, Fined 5s and
costes—Messrs. Jones and Fitzmorris were charged
with employing David Matthews, George Bird,
Joseph Haywood, James Henley, and Thomas
Dowell neither on the system of morning and
nfternoon Dots, or on altornate days, on the 25tii of
April. Mr, Platt said he visited the defendants
quarries and there found the boys at work. They
were all under the a,ga of fourteen. Defendants
were fined 10s in each case, and costs.
CAUTIONS.—WiIIiam Bridgewater was charged
with riding without reins on the 10th inst. P S
White proved the case and said he saw the defend-
ant at Spinners End, Cradley, riding on the off-side
without reins. Fined ls and costs.—David Sida-
way was charged with allowing his donkey to stray
on the 7th inst. Fined 5s including Costs,
COAL STEALING. Mary Hickman, Thomas
Jones, and Mary Jones were charged with stealing
a quantity of coal, the property of Mr. Growcott,
Waterloo Colliery, on the Bth inst. Samuel
Leakin said he was on the Mound on the day in
question when Mr. Growcutt came and asked him
to go and see if he :knew the coal pickers. He
saw Mary Jones coming away, and he saw her
brother with a pike in his hand and a few pieces
of coal. He saw Hickman with about 4 pennY
worth of coal. They told them they were oa tres-
pass and they went away but did not take the
coal then.—Mr. Growcutt corroborated Hickman
and Jones were fined 103, and Thom as Jones was
fined 20s.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

THE CHARGE OF ABDUCTION AND

ROBBERY.

On Saturday, at Stratford Petty Sessions, Kate
Atkins, 19, a domestic servant, was brought up on
remand, accused of unlawfully and by force taking,
away and detaining Frederick George Earnshaw,
aged 8 years, with intent to deprive his father of his
custody, on the 2nd inst. ; also of breaking open a
cupboard and stealing £4 in money, a portmanteau, a
box, and other articles, valued at £4 10s., the property
of Frederick Earnshaw, at No. 1, Albert-villas,
Whitehall-road, Woodford; and she was further
charged, also on remand, with obtaining by means of
false pretences four pairs of ladies' kid button boots,
valued at .E 2 10s., with intent to defraud Samuel
Cuthbert, a draper of Woodford-green.
Mr. Atkinson prosecuted in the cases of robbery
and abduction.

Frederick Earnshaw, aged 8, gave evidence. He
said he was left in the house while his parents went
out. He was reading a book in the library when the
prisoner
entered and said, "I've got a key that will
open the cupboard in the nursery." Having gone
there, she opened the door and took out some currants
and raisins; witness then saying that he would tell
Mr. Hooper, the next door neighbour, the defendant
fastened him in the library, and a little while
afterwards opened the door and asked, "Would you
like to go to London ? " He said, "No," when prisoner
answered, "You'll have to go." She put on his hat and
other things and drove with him in a cab to Wood-
ford Railway Station. Thence they went to Stratford,
and then to Bow. They got into a cab, and were
driven to some house, he believed, at Poplar. They
were let in by a woman, and that night he slept with
the prisoner. Next night they went to a theatre, and
on Sunday to Liverpool-street Station, where Detective
Johnson, of the K Division, saw them. The detective
said to the accused, "You are Kate Atkins," and she
replied, "No, lam Mrs. Fuller." Witness then cried
out, "Yes, it is Kate Atkins," and when Johnson said to
him, "Your name is Freddy Earnshaw," he (witness)
laughed. While he was with the prisoner she bought
some jewellery for herself, and two hats, a collar, and
a toy pistol for him. He remembered her saying
that his box of tools might be useful to her when she
got another situation, and she also said that it was
not the first lock she had taken off. She broke a key
in the cupboard door, and then forced it open with a
he told him. on the way to 'LiVerpuolz-street
Station that they were going to Colchester.
Atkins was committed to the Chelmsford Quarter
Sessions on the three charges of abduction, robbe,ry,
and false pretences.

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 184
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

BANK NOTE FORGERIES IN -FRANCE;

The Paris correspondent of the Standard says that -
a French bank-note manufactory has just been dis-
covered by the Paris police. The proprietors are a
M. and Madame Drot, who, as a blind to their trans-
actions, kept a house-agent's office in the Galeria
Vivienne. What led to the detection of, the forgers
was the tendering by Madame Drot of a fifty, franc
note to a ,Paris shopkeeper. The spurious character..
having been, certified, she was detained in custody,
and the police proceeded to search the office in the ,
Galerie Vivienne. They found a quantity of inks and.
other materials employed in the manufacture that
Drot and his wife carried on at Courbevoie. On pro-
ceeding thither the police ascertained that, alarmed
at tho non-return of 1.,1 yrifo, Drok Lad
large quantity of plates and forged notes. It seems
that the forgeries have been carried on for ore, •a:
twelvemonth.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

THE ROBBERY AT WINDSOR CASTLE.

On Monday the following notice was distributed at
Windsor: " Metropolitan Police. £S4Y reward.
Stolen Whereas, on Saturday, March 8,- 1884, the
following articles of jewellery were stolen from a
room in Windsor Castle. Description.--Ten gold
scarf pins—one horseshoe, diamond, and .sapphires;
two pearl; one portrait of.. Duke of Coburg, sur-
rounded with diamonds and emeralda; one fly-
shaped, diamonds and sapphires; one opal, sur-
rounded with diamonds; one letter L.', reversed,
diamonds and rubies; one Queen's medallion; one
photograph of the Prince Consort; one photograph
of Grand Duchess of Hesse; eight sets of studs
and sleeve links; one coral mounted in gold, one
carbuncle; one turquoise, one pebble, one gold, man's
head in centre; two twisted patterns, one .onyx. The
above reward will be paid by Mr. R.: Lochlein,
Windsor. Castle, to any person who will give such
information as shall lead to the apprehension of the
thief or thieves and recovery of the property. Infor-
mation to be given to the director of. criminal
investigations, Great Scotland-yard, London, S.W., or
at any police station.—E. V. W. HENDERSO)I,, Com-
missioner of Polite of the metropolis, Metropolitan
Police Office, 4, Whitehall-place, May 5,1884."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

"FOR ASTHMA, HAY FEVER, & CATARRH.

—Himrion's CURB was employed under the higL eat med.'
ical sanction in the case of the late Earl of Beaconsfield
The medicine from which his lot dship found most corn-
fart and relief was Hirnrod's Powder. The fumes are
inhaled by the patient, and at once afford relief." Per
Tin 4s. Samples Tree. J. M. RICHARDS, 92 and 93,
Great Rubsell Street, London.
Eeckeliter's Rose Soap,—The best for the toilet.
"GET A BOTTLE TO DIY OF PERRY DAVIS'
PAIN KILLER —lt instantly relieves and cun.s severe
scalds, burs, sprains, bruises, too, ha.he, headach6 p
in the side, joints, and limbs, all neuralgic and rheuma-
tic pains.laken internally cares at once coughs, sudden
colds, cramp in stomach, colic, diarrhoea, and cholera
infantum. Pam KILLER is the great household medicine
and has stood the test of 50 years. Any chemist can
ply it it at Is. 10. and 2s. 9d.'
_Holloway's Ointment. and Pi'ls.—Notable Facts
Intense heat augments the annoyances of skin disea
and encourages the development of febrile disorders ;
therefore they should. as they can be, removed by
these detergent and purifying preparations. In stomach
complaints, liver affections, pains and vagina of the
bowels, Holloway's unguent well rubbed over the
effected part immediately gives the greatest ease,
pierents congestion and inflammation, chteks the
threatening diarrhoea, and averts incipient cholera.
The poorer inhabitants of large cities will find these
remedies to be their best friend when any pestlence
rages, or when from unknown causes empties, bons,
abscesses, or u'cerntions point out the presence of taints
or impurities within the system, and call for instant
and effective curative medicines.

A nv-I(.z To MOTHERSI—Are you broken in your
res3t by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting
teeth? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of
M iS. W INSLOW'S SOOTHING F.`4'iltTlP. It will relieve
ti:o peer sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm-
less and pleaaant to taste, it produces natural,
qr.let cleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the
tltt ,le cherub awakes as bright as a button." It
sootiaes the child it softens the gums, allays all
relieves yr:6i regulates the bowels, and is the
be.-4 know re y for dysentery and diarrhea,
tshether arising from teething or other =ISM* Mrs.
iyalidow,B Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine deal=
oraywitill lags int • -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

THE GREELY EXPEDITION,

The following proclamation has been received at
the Foreign Office film the United States Minister
in London, with a request that its contents may bo
made known as widely as possible:
Proclamation. 25,000 dols. Reward.— United
States of America, Navy Department, Washington,
District of Columbia, April 17, 1884.—Notice is
hereby given, that the Government of the United
States of America will pay a reward of 25,000 dols.,
to be equitably paid or distributed to such ship or
ships, person or-persons, not in the military or naval
service of the ITnited States, as shall discover and
rescue, or satisfactorily ascertain the fate of the expe-
dition of Lieut. A. W. Greely, an officer of the United
States' army, and his command, consisting of about
24 persons, which in the month of August, in the
year 1881, landed from the steamer Proteus at Dis-
covery Harbour, in Lady Franklin Sound, in latitude
81 deg. 44 min. north, and longitude 64 deg. 45 rain.
west. Unprepared vessels are warned not to incur
extraordinary peril or risk in the effort to secure the
reward hereby offered; the United States will in no
event be involved in any future liability or responsi-
bility beyond said reward'; and the determination of
the Secretary of the Navy as to the right of any man
to said reward, or a share thereof, shall be conclusive
upon all persons.—Witness my hand, at the Navy
Department in Washington, on said 17th day of April,
A.D. 1884, WILLIAM R. CIIANDLEII, Secretary Of the
Navy.

The steamer Alert, one of the vessels to be engaged
in the Greely Relief Expedition, sailed from New
York on Saturday. She flew the British flag, and
Fort Columbus, at the harbour entrance, fired a
special salute of 21 guns while the vessel was pass-
ing, by order of the Secretary for War, as a recogni-
tion of the British Government's generosity in giving
the ship. The Alert received a general salute from
cannon, steam whistles, itc., throughout her passage
from the Navy yard to the sea.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

(7b Iv continued.)

RIOT IN HUNGARY.

a meeting of Servians held on Sunday at 171 ma,
near Meissenberg, in Southern Hungary, at which
3000 people were present, a serious disturbance
occurred in consequence of the Magyar Justice of the
Peace interfering in the election of a chairman. In
the tumult that ensued the gendarmes intervened, and
a general scuffle took place. Subsequently the Hussars
were called out, and were forced to use their sabres.
Five persons were severely wounded. The Servians,
exasperated at this, attempted to throw up barricades,
and more serious consequences would have arisen but
for the pacific intervention of the German citizens of
Weissenberg.

Tun FuTann NAILI3.--316-st—persons are familiar
with those troublesome bits of skin which loosen at
the root of the finger nails; it is caused by their
adhering to the nail, which, growing outward, drags
the skin along with it, stretching it until one end
gives way. To prevent this, the skin should be
loosened from the nails once a week, not with a knife
or scissors, but with something blunt, such as the end
of an ivory paper cutter. This is best done after
soaking the fingers ill warm water, then pushing the
gkin back gently and slowly. The white specks on
the nail are made by scraping the nail with a knife at
a point where it emerzes from the skin,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

lots of pig iron were disposed of, manufacturers
being disposed to speculate a little at the present
low pi ie3s Northampton pig was quoted at 42s 6d.
but actual prices were about is below that figurP,
while Derbyshire mine pig was quoted at 455, and
sold at 41s-6d to 445. Staffordshi'e all—mine pig
sold at £3 and £3 2s 6d for hot air, aid £4 for told
blast; part mine, 47s 6d to 57$ 6d. according ti
quality; and cinder pig, 375 8d to £2. The cal
trade wes dull, and prices easier.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

CRUELTY TO BOYS AT SEA.

•
At the Leeds Assizes, on Tuesday, Joseph Nicholson
and Thomas Hardisty, the skipper -and third hand re
spectively of the fishing smack Stirling, were tried for
the wilful murder on the high seas, on Feb. 18, of
Joseph Rowbottom, a boy engaged as cook on board
the vessel. The evidence went to show tthat the most
revolting cruelties had been systematically practised
upon the deceased. The lad died froth exhaustion,
produced by the injuries, which must have extended
over a considerable period of time.
After an absence of three and a half hours the.jury
found the prisoners guilty of manslaughter, and they
were sentenced to penal servitude for life;

FRANCE, CHINA, AND TONQUIN,

In a telegram, dated Shanghai, May 11, the cor-
respondent of The Times Bays:—
-

At Tientsin toKlay a treaty was signed by Captain
Fournier, acting for France, and Li Hung Chang,
representing China.
China recognizes the Frew Protectorate of Ton-
quin and ilnnam, with their existing frontiers.

The contracting parties will -together regulate
the questions of the frontier police and the
customs.

The provinces of Knang-si, Quang-tang, and
Yun-nan are opened to general trade, on con-
ditions to be hereafter arranged. No indemnity will
be paid.
- -

. -
The following despatch has been received at the
London office of the New York Herald from one of
its special correspondents in Tonquin.
"Haiphong, May 11.

"There has been a renewal of hostilities in Ton-
quin. A column of 400 French troops, recruited
entirely from the Algerian Light Infantry, has now
been out for ten days conducting operations against
the Annamite and Chinese pirates in the Elephant
Mountain and the hills which lie to the east of
Quang Yen. The expedition was under Commandant
Dugenne.
"After a series of bloodless skirmishes, in whish
the enemy retreated before the French advance, they
were yesterday brought to a stand, and four hours
hard fighting took place. One gun was captured by
the French, whose losses were five wounded and one
killed. The commander of the expedition received
three wounds, and has been brought to this place."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

HAG LEY.

STOCK SALE. - At their sale on Monday last
Messrs, Oatts, Perrens, and Wooldridge had a good
supply of cattle, sheep, and pLs. The sale com-
pried 50 he:ld of cattle, 377 t.he o p and lambs, 17
calves, and 121 pigs. There was keen competition
for all classes of stock, and prices of fat stock were
rthcr I ;g.er than at previous sales, whilst young
store b‘.asts were in great demand owing to the
increase. of keep. -Fat cows made as high as £25,
.t.
m tags (shorn) 655, lambs 53, labs 105 s
ewes and
per couple, cows and calves £25103, store pigs from
20s to 33s 6d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

THE HAMILTON PALACE LIBRARIES,

The great sale of the Beckford and Hamilton
libraries was brought to a conclusion by Messrs.
Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge on Friday in last
week after 48 days of sale, spread over the past two
years, during which prices quite beyond all previous
experience were paid for the precious books and
manuscripts. The latter, isa is well known, were
sold to the German Government, who despatched
Herr Lippmann and two other experts to examine
them and treat with Messrs. Sotheby, who had pre-
pared an elaborate catalogue and were about to offer
them in public auction. What was the sum paid by
agreement with the auctioneers and approved of the
Duke of Hamilton is a secret not to be divulged,
neither was it permitted that any catalogue should be
published, but it is pretty well understood that it
amounted to something under £lOO,OOO. At any
rate, we are enabled to arrive near the exact sum by
finding that the gross amount realised by the sales of
library of books and the manuscripts is admitted
to be between £160,000 and £170,000. The Hamilton
books have now brought .£12,893 12s. 6d. and the
Beckford books £73,551 18s., thus giving £86,445
10s. 6d.: the remainder would be due to the manu-
scripts now in the Berlin Museum. The sale will, of
course, be recorded as the most remarkable for money
value of our time, and it will b coupled with the
Sunderland library sale, Which it exceeded in value by
about £lOO,OOO, though it did not approach it in
literary interest. -

The people of a place in America took a thief out
the other night to tar and feather hito, but couldn't
find their tar-bucket. They failed in their enterpriss
just as a vocalist faik:qleiAill—.lpeciuke tey coulAul
gel the DitChi,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

A POET'S FUNERAL:. IN ROME,:

In Rome, on Sunday, the remains of the poet,
Gioynnni Prati were carried to the cemetery of San
Lorenzo, surrounded by all possible pomp and'circum--
stance. The correspondent of the Tiws says the.
funeml procession was peculiarly soleinuand impres.
sive-, far more so than, any. which since. 1870 have,
accompanied the remains of statesmen, political
leaders, soldiers of distinction, and other men of note
to the grave.
All traffic was suspended along the Via. Nazionale.
First there marched a regiment of infantry, divided'
into companies, stretching in a long line across the
street, and then came the hearse, almost hidden, by
beautiful wreaths of, fresh flowers, with a great
wreath of laurel above all, preceded by the muni-
cipal band playing a funeral march. The cordons.
of the pall were held by Signor Coppino, Minister
of Public Instruction,. the President of the Senate,.
the 9yudic of,. Rome, the Rector of the 'Uni-
versity, and others, while on each side were tho
servants of the Senate in their State liveries, and
a number of the Vigiles as. a guard of honour,
Behind thelearse walked the municipal. and educa-
tional authorities, and then followed the teachers. and
scholars athe higher female school, of which Signor '
Prati was-director souse years ago, all in the cleepesk
mourniagi with veils —an impressively mourninf.
group. The University students followed, and finaßy
appewed a long string of private carriages, with the
State carriages off the senate and Chamber 'Dew/ties
bringing up thcarear. ,
The journals, with rare unanimity of ()pinion,
render homage to the memory of one who ef,rtainly
stood in the highest rank among Italian lrric poets
of this century. His works, owing to the. 'march of
events, belong already to the past. His earliest,
“Eckmemegarda," was written in imitation of Byron;
but there was a time when the name Of Prati was
venerated by tha youth orltaly. His song was of
the highest destinies of the house of Savoy when but
few looked forward to the possibility of a waited
Italy, and in that his niufi was prophetic. }-20 was
born in the village of Dasindo, in the Teentino, in
1814. In 1862 he was returned io Par/fiament, and
he filled successfully several importan,',l, post() in the
Ministry of Public Instruction

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

AMERICAN CROP PROSPECTS.

According to the May returns of the United States
Department of Agriculture the wheat prospect is
almost as favourable as that of last, month. At that
time the general average was within 5 per cent. of the
standard full condition. The May average is 94 per
cent. Excepting changes which may occur in the
future it is estimated that the winter wheat will yield
about 350,000,000 bushels. The rye-crop promises as
well as the wheat, the general average being 96 per
cent. The condition of barley is 101 per cent. The
spring ploughing in the entire country is two-thirds
completed. In an average year about 72 to 75 per
cent. is one by the Ist of May.
The progress of cotton planting is delayed every-
where ui consequence of the prevalence of a lower
temperature than usual during April. The proportion
planted of the proposed area on the Ist of May was
in North Carolina 45, South Carolina 60, Georgia 68,
Florida 95, Alabama 75, Mississippi 76, Louie.ana 77,
Texas 80. Arkansas 70. and Tennessee 52 Der cent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

THE STOURETUDGE OBSZBVEB.

To BE LET Two rood Rooms, sui; able for offices
in the oartre of Iligh Si r.2ct, Stourbrid;!e.—
Apply Observer Office.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

slowly, after slight reflection; "but the situation
may change."
"What do you mean r asked M. Paulet, angrily.
"We are dealing with positive facts, not chimerical
suppositions. You cannot avail yourself against me
of an engagement which is dependent upon circum-
stances that have become impossible. You have no
interest in keeping it, and you must give it up."
"May I ask you what interest you can have in
demanding it back ?" asked Blancheline, coldly.
"I do not choose any traces to remain of an agree.
rnent which I regret having entered into."
"I might retort that. I choose, on the contrary,
such traces should exist, and that you cannot force
me to relinquish an instrument you have willingly
signed; but I prefer pointing out that this paper
may still be of use by and bye. Be good enough to
recollect its purport.'
"I have not forgotten it. It states that in re-
muneration for proceedings undertaken by my
orders, but not specified in the agreement, I owe you
the sum of 100,000 francs, payable on the day—
mark you, payable on the day that I receive the
portion falling to me, as the rightful heir, of the
fortune of my half-brother, M. Francis Bozer."
" Quite correct, sir; and I hold still to the terms
of my agreement."
7-." Very good. Then you will never see your
100,000 francs, because I shall never see a sous of
the inheritance."

"How do you know that F'
"Oh ! no equivocations I beg. You will scarcely
have the audacity to tell me that if this girl Pia
disappeared as her sister has done the money would
come to me. Pia Astrodi has survived the testator;
therefore she has come into the fortune, and there-
fore also her death would not cause it to revert to
me. It would all go to her own relations, or if she
has none, to the State, for the Italian law is probal ly
copied from the French."
"I believe so."
"Then what do you expect to happen ? "
"That is my affair."
"But I have a right to know it. I will not lend
Rlylf to any complications that you doubtless
think of introducing into a matter perfectly sinaDle
—too simple."
"You will not be responsible for what I do."
"I should hope not."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

HOW/ THE COWBOY STOPPED A
STAMPEDE.

"Oneof the slickest things- I saw- in: my travels,"
said a passenger from. the West, "was a cowboy
stopping ;a cattle stampede. A herd, of about 600 or
800 had got frightened at something and broke away
pell-mell with their tails in the air and, the bulls at
the head of the procession. But Mr. Cowboy didn't
get excited at all when he saw the herd was going
straight for a high bluff, where they would certainly
tumble down into the canyon andbe killed. You know
that when a herd like that gets to goingthey can't stop,
no matter whether they rush to deathor not. Those in
the rear crowd those ahead, and, away they go. I
wouldn't have given a dollar a. head for that herd,
but the cowboy spurred up his, mustang, made a little
detour, came in right in front of the herd, cut
across their paths at a right angle,. and then galloped
leisurely on to the edge of that bluff, halted and looked
around at that wild mass of beef coming right toward
him. He was as cool as a cucumber, though I ex-
pected to see him killed, and was so, excited I could not
speak. Well, sir, when the leaders had got within
about a quarter of a mile of him I mw them try to
slack up, though they could not do it very quick.
But the whole herd seemed to want to stop, and
when the cows and steers in the rear got about
where the cowboy had cut across their path, I was
surprised to see them stop and commence to nibble
at the grass. Then the whole herd stopped, wheeled,
straggled back and went to fighting for a chance to
eat where the rear guard was. You see, that cowboy
had opened a big bag of salt he had brought out
from the ranch to give the cattle, galloped across the
herd's course and emptied the bag. Every critter
sniffed that-line of salt, and, of course, that broke up
the stampede. But I tell you it was a queer sight to
see that boy out there on the edge of that bluff
quietly rolling a cigarette, when it seemed as if he'd
be lying under 200 tons of beef in about a minute and
, a half.' —Detroit Free Press.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

BRIERLEY HILL LOCAL BOARD.

An :;c-t-r-L-r-cl-i—nary meeting of the Brierley Hill
Local Board was held at the. Town Hall, on Tuesiay
night, under the presidency of Mr. M. RAlinson.
Tho meeting was called to consid• r the proposal of
the Highway and Locomotive Committee of the
County of Stafford to Quarter Sessions for the ob-
taining of a Provisional Order to declare certain
main roads ordinary highways, and also to consider
the question of the purchase of mines under High
Street. As regards the proposal of the Highways
and Locomotives Committee, it was stated that if
the proposal was carried
,out in respect to he main
roads under the juriAiction of the Board there
would be, at the least, a loss from £4OO to £450
annually to the Board. •

Resolutions with a view to opposing theig,tranting
of the Provisional Order in question, and asking
that the Local Board be heard at any inquiry that
might be held in any district in reference to the
matter, were passed unanimously.
The question of the purchase of mines was re-
ferred back to the committee previously formed to
consider the matter.

A resolution. w—a-s—passed authorising a cheque to
b.. drawn for ..t65 17s 4d to be paid to Mr. Higgs
fee the balance of plaintiff's cost in the case of
Pearsall v. the:Local-Board.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, May 12, Earl Granville
informed Lord Sidmouth that he was not aware that
Germany had assumed any sovereignty over the territory
around Angra Pequina on the West Coast of Africa,
and that a conference was going on with the German
Government with regard to the claims of this country
over the territory in question.
The Marriages Legalisation Bill passed through com-
mittee, and their lordships rose at five minutes to five
o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

BRIERLEY HILL.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—At the Poli(e Court
(.n -Moaday, before Messrs. F. Eveis, alai H. S:nith,
Day d Pagat, Pensuett, was charged with burg
drunk and ctsorderly and fined Gs
,and costs.

OBSCENE LlGUAGE.—llerbert Hi',g4, Park. St r et,
Blialey Hit!, was charged with using obtre.nie
language ou the 4th inst. A witness was called who
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

A USEFUL CROP FOR THE HOME FARM.

Tares are so useful for affording supplies of green
fodder for horses and cattle generally in the early
part of the summer, when the pastures are shut up
for hay, that a moderato breadth should invariably be
grown on farms of limited extent. More especially
should they form a part of the system of cropping on
farms of which the pasture land is small in propor-
tion to the number of cattle it has to carry, for when
cultivated with an ordinary degree of success the bulk
obtainable from a given area is very large, and the
produce is much relished by horses, cattle, and sheep,
all of which will usually eat more than is good for
them when they have access to an unlimited supply.
The cultivation of tares is, as compared with most
other farm crops, a very simple matter, for they are
not particular as to soil, and provided they have the
assistance of a liberal dressing of manure they can
be depended upon to produce a good bulk of green
food. Although they will do well on soils of
most descriptions, it appears desirable to state that at,
rather heavy loam is preferable to one that is light
and sandy. Where possible two crops should be sown,
one in September, to stand over the winter and furnish.
the earliest supplies in the season following, and the,
other in March, to form a succession. In both cases.
the soil should be liberally enriched with manure, that.
from the farm yard or stables being the best, andi
twenty loads per acre if in a fresh state and fifteen if
partly rotted down would constitute a liberal dress-
ing. If this manure is not available, guano at the
rate of five cwt. per acre should be employed. The
farm yard manure should, as a matter of course, be
ploughed in, but the guano ought to be employed as a
top dressing when the surface soil is being broken
down preparatory to the tares being drilled. For
both winter and spring crops, the drills should be
twelve inches apart and the tares drilled, at the rate
of tvfo bushels per acre. In certain cases a supple-
mentary sowing may be made at the end of
April to furnish late supplies, but it is only on
cool soils that much success can be achieved with
crops started so late. Immediately the plant is well
above the surface, the horse hoe must be set going.
After this the tares will be well able to take care of
themselves, for the. growth is generally so dense that
there is little fear of weeds making much headway,
certainly not slifficient to injure the crop or bring
many seeds to maturity. The crop may be eaten on,
the ground, I.lt with the exception of that intended,
for sheep and lambs it is. much better for the aninlNls
and deciaedly more economical to give them in a, cut
state. When sheep are folded on tares as much apace
only as they will thoroughly clear in the may should
be afforded them, because when they have too wide
an area to run over they trample down and render
more or less worthless nearly as, much as they eon.
sume.—Gardeners' litagarine.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

THE GREAT REMEDY
FOR GOUT and
'RHEUMATISM.
The excruciating pain is
quickly relieved and cured
in a ftw days by this cele-
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restraint of diet during their
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any vital part.
sold by all Chemists at
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

HIGH CLASS WORK.

MODERATE CHARGES.
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DAILY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

CHILDREN S TEETH REGULATED

Mr. PHILLIPS uses all 'ho
most approved Modern Ap-
pliances of Dental Surgery
for Stopping, Scaling, Ex-
tracting, &c., and trusts that
the well-known Excellence of
his Artificial Teem, combiLL-
ing Comfort and Elegance
of Appearance, with Ease and
Freedom in Speech and Mas-
tication, will ensure the sup.
port of the General Public,
and a continuance of the
favours of his numerous
patients.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION.

During the year 1883 there passed through Castle
Garden 388,541 immigrants. Compared with 1882,
this showed a falling off to the extent of 66,864. Of
the immigrants arriving in 1683, 170,000 were Ger-
mans, a little over 90,000 came from the British
Islands (more than one-half of them were Irish),
25,000 came from Italy, 20,000 from Sweden, and
11,000 each from Norway and Hungary. In 1883
there landed at New York 58,596 cabin passengers
from Europe, which was an increase of 540 over the
figures of 1882.
Although the Southern States have been making
unusual efforts to attract immtrants, according to
the most trustworthy statistics, out of the 388,541
persons who arrived at Castle Garden last year, only
7707 went'South. Of these, 2689 went to the State
of Texas and 1487 to Maryland. The State of
Georgia, though it offered many attractions, received
only 188, while North Carolina added only 27 immi-
grants to her population, and Mississippi had an ao-
At
cession of 50 only. • -ere are many sections in the
Southern States wh . offer unusual advantages to
small farmers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-17

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LA.NE.
At Mark-lane on Monday English wheat was very
generally held for late value, which buy t rs were disinclined
to give, and very little business was done. Foreign wheat
ruled is lower on the week for white and 6d to Is lower
for red. Stout barley is Is over Monday last, and grinding
descriptions the turn dearer. Oats were not appreciably
altered in value, but were more saleable. Beans and peas
quiet and unchanged. Maize scarce and firm at 61. to is.
over the rates of this day se'nnight. Tne floating cargo
trade for wheat has been very dull to-day, and prices lower
to sell. Maize, in the face of lower quotations from New
York this afternoon, is lid to 3d higher. Barley Is very
steady for early shipments; but, with good prospects, new
barley distant shipment is more offereu at easier rates.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
In the beast market a very good selection of English
cattle offered, viz., 1900 head, principally Norfolk. Of
Scots there were only 20. '1 he best sales of the morning
showed fully 2d decline, but fly cases the fall was
much more, many really first quay beasts selling at very
little over 5s per 81b. Of foreign thwe were 640 hm4
including 270 Danish 4s 2d to 5s Od ; 250 Swedish, at 38341
to 4s 441; 120 Norwegian, 3s 10d to 4,4 d; bulls, 3s t3d to
3s 10d per 81b. The f supply of sheep and lambs also
found very slack mar y the former often 2d per 81b
lower, the latter about evions value. Ihe calves were
lineaorrfloylksal,l 55 4d 5
foreign,
ntO air 13dp;rilf:aYy shorthorns,
se"der.ika
5s Best Boots
and
second quality beasts, 43 641 to 4s 13c1; inferior, Se 841
to 4s 4d; best Downs and half-breds, 5s 6d to 5s 841;
best long wools. 55 4„1 to 55 6d ; second qualifies and
ewes, 48 Sd to 5-5 4d ; calves, 5i041 to 6s 8d ; Pigs. 4s Os
to 4s 6d per 81b, sinking the offal. Total supply—Beasts.
Fair but
256); sheep and lambs, 10,270; calves, 80-
supplies of either town, country, 02
AInoEtTEhOeaPvyOLITAN MEAT MARKET.
foreign killed meat, but the demand so small that even
these supplies are most unmanageable. The quotations
must be considered in a great measure nominaL sales being
de much under. Prime Norfolk down wether mutton,
country killed, has been sold at 4s Bd, and prime Scotch at ss.
Beef, prime, 4s 4d to 48 8_; middling, 3a541 to 4s Od ; in.
tenor. 30 Od to Ss 441. Mutton, prime, 4s 841 to 5s 441 •
middling. 48 Od to 4.8 441; inferior, 38 441 to So8d:
Lamb, 75041 to 7s 6d. Veal, prime, 5s 4d to 5s 8d ;
4s 841 to 5s Od; inferior; 3fr gd to • 49Jgd, Pork,
prime, 4s 441t0 4s 641; middling, 38841 to 48 Od ; inferior.
3s44W3s6dperBlh,
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POULTRY.
Pigeons, 8.1. to 9d; Bordeaux ditto, Is al to Is 51;
Italian quails, Ild to is 241; capon., 8s 0(1 to 12s 6(1;
pullets, 38 to 5s ; chickens, Is ad to 2s 3d ; leverets, 36 to
4s; white hares, 2s 3.1 to Ss 3da rabbits, ls 64 .