The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-09-25 00:00:00

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SOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

DONKEYS AT DONCASTER.—The Doncaster St.
Leger is not, as its locality might suggest to the Mimes
ant, a donkey race, wherein the hindmost qtadreped
wins; though the favourite may come in last. It is
so more a donkey race than the Derby or any other
race which horses run that donkeys bet upon.—Punch.
DIAMOND Bens.—The Cape mail to hand this
week brings advices, dated August 4, from Potchef-
stroom, in the Transvaal Republic, regarding the
diamond discoveries and the revived prospects of a pro-
fitable gold production. Large numbers of pre:slew
stones continued to be found near the Vaal River, and
the want of competent lapidaries on the spot to judge
of their value was much felt. Th« diamond bats are
now supposed to be at or near the Harts River, focus-
ing the western frontier of the Republic.
DEATH FROM HY DROPHOBIA.—A nether death
resulting from the bite of a labisl dog on the 20th
August, in the neighbourhood of Camberwell, London.
, when ten persons were bitten, became the subject of
' inquiry on Monday, at the Union Tavern, Camberwell
New-road. Arthur Frederick Kindler, aged thirteen
years, the son of an iron moulder residing at Camber-
well, was the unfortunate victim of the attack. Annie
Sedgwiek stated that she remembere I deceased beisg
bitten on the nose, and had the wound cauterised
by Dr. Duke. It was not till last Tuesday
evening that he became seriously iIL He then
complained of slight head-ache, with dull pains
in his eyes, and he war that evening in copse-
queue° seen by Dr. Duke. On the following day
he was in a raving condition, barking like a dog, and
emitting saliva from his mouth, and he had also a
series at convulsive fits, which lasted for two or three
hours at a time. He rs fused fluids and shuddered
whenever drink was offered ti him. He continued in
that condition during the whole of that night and the
following morning, although he was perfectly sensible
up to the time ot his death, which occurred about
half-past three on that (Thursday) afternoon. About
a quarter of an hour previously he was enabled to
swallow and partake of some beef-tea and some grapes,
and seemed much better, but in a few minutes was found
to have suddenly expired, having evidently sunk from
exhaustion. The wound from the bite for which Ise
became a patient in St Thomas's Hospital had healed
very rapidly. During same of his paroxysms he had
attempted to bite witness, catching hold of her apron
with his teeth, and tearing it. Ile was enredantly
snorting and snapping. The Coroner observed that he
was sorry to hear that so many persousisad been bitten
I by the dog in question, which he understood had not
l been destroyed until it reached Tube-hilL The jury
returned a verdict of " Died from hydrophobia through
the bite of a dog."

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DEATH Or A GARIBALDIAN GENERAL.—Gene-
raI Acerhi, one of the Thonaand of the Sicilian expedi-
tion, and one of the moat renowned amongst the faithful
companions of Garihabl, has just died in Florence.
Thio officer rendered immense Iservit es to the Italian
democracy, having la-en dictator in a province and twice
Intendant-General of the Gal oaldian f, roes. Alter
having aided in the conquest of rich kingdoms he die%

leaving not even enough to pay the ex 'wove ot
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poor,
funs-rd. In 00t this the most lei hint ?.uloi,zy that Cal
be pronounced in honour ot the den-ivis .1 patriot?
THE BF,ERHOrSE ACT.—The magi,trates of the
county of Oxford have published the following csution
So an WI verti.ean, nt :
The alagisiratts of the county urn desirous of Informing
tho 'untie at the very nommtant pr. MAIM in the recent At
of Parliament '32 arid 33 Viet c 27, sec. 16,. thAt where any
innkeeper, or keeper of a lieerhoiou, is convicted of keeping
he house open for the sale of, or sang beer, cider, wine,
spirits, or any other ex,heable liquor, or of suft-ritig the
sane to be drunk in the noise, at ally time duriiu *loch it
ought by law to he closed, any person (..th, than the ser-
vants or inmates of the house) present In the house at the
time, shall, unless he account CT his prenence to the sati4a,
lion of the magistrates having crignbanee of the ease, he
liable, on summary c:uivictlon, to a penally not exceeding
forty all Ilings for each offence.—County IIaI, 12th Auguiu,
1869.
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NOTSY INSTRITMENTS.—SrOrM Dr !me —Punch.

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FIRsT FRUITS op THIS New 130:11110IISR ACT.
—The New leerhonse Act is believed to have had
already a salutary effect in Manchester. At the City
Police.o mr,. on Monday, Mr. Ili, hards, the presiding
magistrate in the lower court, mule some remarks re-
specting the decrease of drunkenness in the city. He
observed that the number Sunday drinking cases liar
decreased coast lerably since the introduction of the
new beer bill, and from what he could gather this
circumstance had been brought about by the fear ou the
part of the beerhoure keepers as to the manner in which
they cohducted their houses. The number of drunken
cases that day war far lad ,w the average number of
eases before the court on Monday mornings. He thought
this a satisfactory state of things, and he hoped it would
continue.

Tint MARl:riff OF BUTE.--The following com-
mmdeation which has been made on behalf of the
Marquis of Bute to the Treasurer of the Cardiff In-
firmary has been published :
Cardiff, Sept. IS —Dear Sir,—l have much pleasure in
arquadioting 3nu that Lord Bute eesires to take the occasion
of his birthday to give effect to au intenti.n, some time
formed, of pa3ing the whole of the remaiiiing debt on the
Cardiff Infirmary. II you will be so god as to let me know
precisely what the present amount of the debt Is, it will be
my very agreeable duty, In accordance with his Lordship's
directions, to send you a cheque Me amount at once —I
am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, LEWIS V. nIEULEY. —W. D.
Bushell, En. Treasurer.
A MAN TIRED OF His LTTE.—On SllndAy two
barns and other buildings ma farm in the occupation
of Mr. Oldham, in the suburbs of Leamingt .n, were
destroyed by fire. Ownig to the exertions of the local
fire brigade numerous and valuable ricks of wheat, and
other grain, were saved. The fire, which broke out
simultaneously in different portions of the building, is
supposed to have been the work if an incendiary. A
journeyman dyer named Raffe gave himself up on
Monday and confessed that he had caused the fire.
He states that he did it because he WAS tired of his
life and wanted to be transported. His narrative is
corroborated by various facts.
A FATAL 1' AMILY murder was COM-
mitted a few days ago, at 0 ierbergheim France. A
quarrel had arisen between two families named
quickert and Itothenpflug, and on the return of the
members of the latter from the fields they found that
the furniture if their cottage hail been thrown into the
road by one of their adversaries, a young man named
Laurent, who was still in one of the nom,e armed with
a gun. A seuffle ensiled between the in, ruder and the
man named Rothenpflug, dining which the former shot
the other in she breast, killing him in the spit. Toe
wife of the murdered man, ii-eing her Midland fall,
struck Qiliiikert on the hand with a pickaxe and in-
jured him so severely that he hail to undergo auiputa-
thin of the member, alter which he was removed to
pr.son.
SUICIDE OF A FARIMER.—A well-to-do farmer,
named Peter E 'ward Bomar, residing in the parish ot
St. Laurance, Jersey, has committed suicide by hang-
ing. From the evidence tendered at the inquest it ap-
peared that the deceased was found lying upon the
floor of a bakehouse near to his dwelling, with a
deeply impressed mark upon his neck. Hanging to a
beam was a broken rope, and near the beam a wheel-
barrow, on which it is supposed the deceased had
stood for the purpose of reaching the beam. The rope
bad apparently broken by the force in which the de-
ceased hail thrown himself off, his neck being dislocated
in the fall. The deceased had for some time been in a
desponding state owing to the dissolute habits of his
wife, whom he ',laced twice in the General Hospital
(workhouse-). At the Ijue of the tolling of tee in-
quest the wife was lying dead chunk in the house.
McstoniAr. or A LADY'S lIHROISM. A. noble
act of heroism was lately rendered by Miss Ida Lewis
in rescuing two men connected with the Erie Railway
from drowning. In recognition if the services thus
rendered, Mr. Janice Fisk, jun., has ordered a flag,
which he pi-minces to preeent to Miss Ida Lewis. lt is
about three feet long and one-and-a-half wile. It i
made of white silk, trimmed with red. and with a gilt
stripe around it. On one end is a circle with an oil.
painting of Miss Lowis in the act of rescuing two men
from drowning. In the foreground is the Lime R. ck
home, and in the distance is a sail-boat swamped. with
two men clinging to it, and a boy who is struggling in
the water; while in the centre is Mine Lewis in a boat,
alone, without hat or shawl, lulling to the rescue. At
the other end is the rains "Re-your," in gilt lettere.
The while is in an elegantly carved frame of black wal-
nut and gilt.
C )cnisisst, IlsEars lie EICILAND.—A case of
cOchin-al insects has just arrived at the Botanic Gar-
dens, Regent's Park, London from the Caner, Islaithi.
presented to the soeiety by Messrs. Wetherell Q.iiotial,
and Co. The cactus Omits, on which the insect-
are feeding, are considered to be the finest yet
imported, and the insects themselves appear remark-
ably healthy. Although not an obj.ct of much beauty,
it is highly interesting, especially As the male Melee's,
which are rarely seen even in their native country, are
in abundance. The pretty, lively little fellows con-
trast curiously with the shapeless, wingless, and ap-
parently legless females, which are exactly like small
nine pills, rolled in flour and attached to the plant.