The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-11 00:00:00

Elsa!famous Intelligent,
HOW; FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

/RTING BISNOP IN STOCKIEOLM.—A telegram
from a correspondent in Stockholm states that Mr.
Irving Bishop dined on Thursday with the King, Queen,
and Royal Family of Sweden and Norway at Drotting-
holm Castle, and created some sensation by his thought
reading experiments with the King. He discovered
certain documents hidden in his Majesty's private
apartments, and was successful in reproducing the
tableaux of an imagined murder. Mr. Bishop is about
to leave for Russia.

LANDSLIP IN RUSSIA.—A telegram, dated Saratoff,
October 4, says: A serious landslip occurred here to-
day, causing the destruction of many houses in the
working men's quarter of the town, lying on the banks
of the Volga. Four manufactories were also much
damaged. There was no loss of life.
THE INUNDATIONS IN THE ARGENTINE RICPUBLIC.—A
telegram from New York, dated October 6, says: A.
despatch of yesterday's date received here from Buenos
Ayres states that during the recent inundations in the
province of Buenos Ayres the communications with
many towns were cut off for eleven days. The damage
is enormous. Entire families have been drowned, and
many persons are dying of hunger. Subscription lists
have been opened for the relief of tbose in distress.
ICE IN THE ATLANTIC.—A Lloyd's telegram from
Halifax, N.S., states that the Allan steamer, Nestorian,
arrived there, reports numerous icebergs off Cape
Race.

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN SCOTLAND.—During the
past week the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert Victor,
and the guests at Abergeldie have enjoyed rare sport in
the deer forests ot the district. On Friday no fewer
than thirteen stags fell to the rifles of the Royal sports-
men. This represented the largest returns on any
single day during the present successful season. In
the evening there was quite a "ay scene at the Castle,
when the sportsmen returned. Nearly all the deer
were heavy animals, and some were magnificently
antlered. In the course of the evening the Prince of
Wales caMed on several of the farmers who are his
neighbours at Abergeldie, and invited them to send
down to the Castle for as much venison as they eared
to take away._

Loss or i BRITISH STrnarml.--A Lloyd's telegram
from Figueira, dated Oct. 4, states that the British
steamer Simiote, from Glasgow to Smyrna, with coals
and engines, has been totally wtecked during a fog,
about 300 miles south of Figueira ; crew saved. The
Smiote was an iron steamer of 538 tons gross, built at
Leith in 1858, and owned by Mr. Bells, of Glasgow.
A FIRTD-DAY AT WarnumoN.—A tactical field-day,
the first a of series to be held during the next few weeks,
took place on Wimbledon-common on Saturday. The
weather was fine, and the evolutions were witnessed by
a large number of persons, as well as by several mem-
bers of the home district staff and many officers of the
auxiliary forces. The following troops took part in
the manoeuvres: Ist Life Guards, from Regents-park;
2nd Life Guards from Hyde-park; 15th Hussars, from
Hounslow; 0 Battery A Brigade Royal Horse Artillery,
from St. John's-wood; Ist Battalion Coldstream
Guards, from St. James's-park; and Ist Battalion
Scots Guards, from Chelsea. The baud of the Cold-
stream Guards was in attendance.

THE FIRST LADY DOCTOR OF SCIENCE.—Mrs. Bryant,
who has the honour of being the first lady to obtain
the degree of doctor of science in conne-tion with the
London Uni •ersity (the only university whose degrees
are open to women), was on Saturday formally pre-
sented with the hood ard gown of that degree at the
North London Collegiate School for Girls, degree, at
of which college Mrs. Bryant was originally a
pupil. The ceremony took place in one of the large
class-rooms in the presence of Miss Buss, the prin-
cipal, and a large number of the students' who, after
the ceremony, celebrated the occasion by afancy dress
ball.

A NEW CTINARDEE.—The new Cunard line steamer
the Umbria, which is built of steel, made an expert-
mental trip on Saturday down the Clyde to Ailsa Craig
and hack, when she attained the extraordinary speed
of 21 knots per hour, which is equivalent to 24 land
miles. The Umbria developed horse-power of 13,500.
She is 5201 t. long, 571 t. broad, and 41ft. deep, with a
gross tonnage of 8000, and she makes her first voyage
on November 1. Among the company prasent on
Saturday were the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Balfour of
Burleigh, Lord Alfred Paget, Admiral Fellowes, and
Rear-Admiral Bruce.

THE USE OF THE ROYAL AMIS.—It appears, from
the notice which was last February inserted in the
"London Gazette," and the letter which has been
recently addressed to the town clerks throughout
England from the Board of Green Cloth, that the
provision of Section 106 of the Patents Act, 1883,
which imposes a penalty on any person who, without
due authority, uses, in connection with any business,
the Royal arms,." in such a manner as to be calculated
to lead other persons to believe that he is carrying on
his business by or under" the authority of "her
Majesty or any of the Royal Family, or of any Govern-
ment department," is intended to be rigidly enforced;
and the result will probably be that the Royal arms
will be taken down from over hundreds of shops
throughout the country. It appears to 118 that this
harassing of tradesmen who cannot produce an autho-
rity for using the Royal arms is unjustifiable, for no
one is, or could reasonably be deceived by such use into
believing that a shop keeper "carries on his business
by or under the authority of her Majesty or any of the
Royal family, or any Government department." Every
one knows that the use of the Royal arms by a shop-
keeper means nothing at all. The real object of the
enactment was supposed to be to prevent patent agents
from using the Royal arms on their offices and paper,
so as to lead people to believe that their advice was
given with the authority, of a Government department;
and if employed for this purpose only the provision
might have been valuable. But to attempt to extend
its application to cases in which it is of no importance
to any one whqther the arms are used or not is absurd.
Solicitor's Journal."

FATAL ACCIDENT IN AUSTRIA.—A Renter's telegram
from Essegg, Oct. 6, says: Fourteen children have bees
drowned in the Drava by the capsizing of a boat in
which they were playing.
GORED BY BULLS. On Monday morning Miss
I3erger, who, with her two sisters, keep a farm at
Whetstone, Leicester, was attacked in a field by a bull
and gored in a frightful manner. She was rescued by
some men, but she had been so -seriously injured that
no hopes were entertained of her recovery.—Mary Bilt-
cliff, a widow, residing with her son-in-law, Ira Mitchell,
near Penistone, on Sunday met with a sad death.
About noon she went out for a walk in a field where
several cattle, among which was a bull, were grazing.
An hour afterwards, thinking she had been a long while
absent, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell went to seek her, and
were shocked to see her dead in the field. Her arms,
hands, and face were bruised and scratched, and at the
back of her head was a hole apparently caused by the
horn of the bull, which had evidently attacked her most
savagely.
Muriwy ON A STEAILSIIIP.—The steamship Ayrshire,
which on Sunday left Swansea for the West Indies,
returned to Mumbles Head on Monday in consequence
of the mutinous conduct of the crew. The captain has
despatched a message to the Swansea police asking them
to arrest tbe ringleaders.
Tim ATLANTIC CABLES.—The last few days have been
very destructive to Atlantic cable property. Both of
the Western 'Union cables—known as the Gould cables
—have been totally interrupted, and the first of the
j cables ust laid for the Commercial Cable Company the
Mackay-Bennett cable) is also unworkable. It is be-
lieved that the cables have been broken by icebergs in
shallow water off the Newfoundland coast. The Gould
cable will take some time to repair, but the Mackay-
Bennett cable can be spliced in a short time, as the
Faraday is on the spot, and can effect the necessary
repairs after laying the section of cable she now has on
board.

DEATH OF A FREsrai PAINTER.—The death is
announced of a French artist, M. Jean Alexis Achard,
who enjoyed a wide reputation as a landscape painter.
His best known work is the "Cascade du Ravin," in
the loixembourg Museum. M. Achard, who was in
early life a pupil of Harpignies, was seventy years of
are.