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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

THE YELLOW FEVER IN AMERICA.

The New York papers received contain accounts of
the ravages made by yellow fever in the affected dis-
tricts. In the Memphis district there appeared to
have been a decrease in the sickness, and prospects
were looking more encouraging. From New Orleans
the outlook was not so satisfactory. The Hebrew
Benevolent Association at New Orleans had made an
appeal for aid to their brothers throughout the United
States. Other societies had also been making appeals
for funds. The distress and suffering among the poor
consequent on the epidemic having been daily increas-
ing, relief meetings were being organized in all parts
of the States. A mild type of yellow fever developed
itself at Brooklyn, on the 19th (1 August. The
patient was a German named Schultz, who had been
engaged in discharging a quarantine vessel. The man
was sent to the hospital, but no alarm was felt.
William Reily, who was removed to the hospital in
New York on the previous day suffering from yellow
fever contracted in New Orleans, died on the 19th.
The screw steamer Hudson, which arrived in New
York on the 20th from New Orleans, had one case of
yellow fever during the passage—that of the chief
engineer, E. M. Staats, who died. No new cases has
occurred.

A despatch dated Memphis, August 18, says :
"Visitors to the infected district report the ,utlook
more encouraging, there having been only nine new
cases reported for the 24 hours ending at five o'clock
this afternoon. There is a slight increase in the death-
rate, the deaths for the same time numbering 13.
The decrease in the number of new cases is doubtless
owing to the fact that little material is left in the in-
fected district for the fever to work upon, all who were
able to do so having gone away. It is expected that
the work of moving others to the south of the city
will begin to-morrow, 1,000 army tents for their ac-
commodation having arrived to-day."

More than 1,000 persons fell victims to yellow fever
in the Southern States of America last wesk—the
fourth since the outbreak. There were eighteen
deaths at Vicksburg on Monday, and it was esti-
mated that there were 1,700 persons then ill, and
that the number was rapidly increasing. The Federal
authorities of New Orleans have telegraphed to the
Secretary of War that the contributions for the relief
of the terrible distress prevailing in that city are in-
adequate, and urging the immediate issue of the rations
which have been ordered.

A Alananzoth has been tound at Boie de la Bale,
near Geneva. IS-(3 sneh Nem has been disoo*red in the
Canton Anal) ITBe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

A NOTABLE NOVELTY.

Swiss igenuity haii just worked out, we are told, a
notable novelty in watches. The chemist and the
horologist have come together, and the result is a dis-
covery, which in the middle ages would have been
set down to the immediate instigation of the father
of all evil, ' whose predilections for phosphorus
are so well knowh, and would have been condemned
as the blackest of black art. A process, it appears,
has been discovered by which the figures on
watch dial can be rendered luminous, so that, if
once exposed during the day to the sunlight, they
remain phosphorescent awl visible throughout the
night. Preparatious are of course made for the
production of these watches on a large scale.
And no wonder, for as mere amusing trinkets, as
scientific toys, they are sure to be in demand. It
would not be Easy to find many wearers of pocket
timepieces, however humble or however gorgeous, who
have not over and over apin in the course of twelve
months sought in vain to ascertain the hour after
dark, either in the open air or under cover—say in a
railway train. A nocturnal wanderer in the streets of
London or any other town, and especially when the
shops are shut, is often at a loss as to the hour, for
illuminated church clocelcs are few and farbetween, and a
person who finds himself at, say, Bow or Blackwell will
hardly go to Ludgate-hill merely to find out the time.
Henceforth there will be no need, when awaking
in the middle of the night, to get up, strike a light,
and peer closely at the watch. All that has to be
done is to let the genial sun beam on it just once, and
then, like invisible ink revealing itself before the fire,
the dial figures will shine out and continue shining all
through the darkness. Every bedchamber will have
its own familiar glowworm, luminous on the mantel-
shelf or the wall, or the chair by the bedside. As for
night travelling, the advantages are manifold. Whether
walking—say, home from his club, and with the
stern oountenanoe of by ely woman filling up the
ultimate perspective—or riding, or driving in the
humble cab or in the gig of respectability, or in
the railway compartment, where half a dozen
luminous watches, blinking behind half a dozen
snoring travellers, would quite make sunshine in a
shady place, the new horologe will be always useful
and welcome. It is only to be hoped that the process
may be adapted to all church and public clocks, as
these, being invariably shone upon SOMQ time during
the day, would never fail to be conspicuous after dark.
There is certainly one slight difficulty here, in the fact
that in this our unrivalled clime the sun is sometimes
even less visible than the faces of the watches; but
perhaps science, which has already done so much for
us, will next grant us the luxury of an artificial sun to
make our happiness complete. —Daily Telegraph.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.
PIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
I_ be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
Three Years; after which, and without any further pay-
ment, to become the property of the hirer. All Instru-
menta had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other, if
no tapproved of , and returned carriage free. And fur.
her, af tea a trial of three years, any Pianoforte or Har-
mcci.m would be taken back, at its original cost, and
tb emoney returned, deductifig the usual charge for
hire thus offering greater advantages than the London
o rßirmingham Houses.—Apply FREDERICK GREEN
N hsic Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley, and Op
I ark-street, Walsall.'

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

WHEN PRIZES TO THE VALUE OF £7O WILL BE

PRESENTED -FOR COMPETITION.

VIC TORIA HALL AND RINE,

STOURBRIDGE. '

THE RINK IS NOW OPEN DAILY.

MORNING EXERCISE 11 to 1.
AFTERNOON , 2.:3U ~ 5.
EVENING 7 „ 90.
MONDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS 10. i.e.

MR. S. PEARSON has been engaged as Instructor,
and will be in attendance to assist learners.

A FIRST CLASS BAND
will play each Evening in the new • and Elegantly•fitted
Orchestra.

llarangements having been made for a series of Enter-
tainments during the Season it is found impossible to
continue the issue of Season Tickets but BOOKS cf
TICKETS will be substituted at the following low rate.

Bo2ks containing 25 Admission Tickets, Ten Shillings.
Ditto ditto 25 Skate 11
Children under Twelve Half-price.
H. J. HAINGB.
Proprietor,

VICTORIA HALL AND RINK,

STOURBRIDGE.

MONDAY and TUESDAY. SEPT. 16 and 17.

THE
WARDROPER'S ENTERTAINMENT

HUMOUR, SATIRL. WIT. MYSTIC
TRANSFORMATIONS.

11. Wardroper as Mrs. Buggins
H. Wardroper as Mrs. Brown.
H. Wardroper as Widow Winkle.
H. Wardroper as The Policeman.
Wardroper as Serjeant O'Dash.
The other Characters by his aa.istants.
NEW MUSIC, NEW SONGS. NEW SKETCHES.
Farther particulars in future announcements.
The Hall will be closed for Risking on the above dates
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

ONSULT A LONDON PHYSICIAN BY LETTER

WITHOUT TEE.

'ipß. H. SMITH, the Eminent Specialist fo
J the cure of all debilitating and contaxions (iiseass
wi 11 for the beneZt of eountry patients 75110 cannot .•onsnit
personally, u7c.celvin:; lescriptioa of there case,seng
al opinion, witt..td.dot and directions for the moat success
restoration to health and tigonr.
Address Dr 11. SMITH 11. Barton Crescent. London. W.O
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

MARRIAGE WITH A SCOTSMAN.

Advice to persons about to marry—be careful where
your banns are published. A lady residing in the
diocee of London was recently preparing for her
marriage with a Scotsman, and consequently published
the banns in the parish in which she resided, her
fiancé doing the same in Scotland. It suddenly oc-
curred to the vicar of the English parish that publica-
tion of banns in Scotland might not be in accordance
with English law, and he consequently communi-
cated with his diocesan on the subject. The Bishop
replied by return of post, "Your question is far too
important for me to answer safely; I have referred it
to the Chancellor of the diocese." In due time an
answer came from the very learned Dr. T. H. Tris-
tram, stating that the publication of banns in Scot-
land is not a compliance with the marriage Act of
4th George IV., cap. 76. The Act is limited in its
application to England, and, where the marriage is to
be after banns, the publication of such banns must
take place in England. The Chancellor states,
"Having regard to the penal consequences in which a
clergyman is involved for a violation of the Act, and
to the liability of having a marriage so celebrated
questioned hereafter, I cannot advise any clergyman
to solemnise a marriage upon publication of the banns
of one of the parties in Scotland, or any other layman
to contract a marriage in such a manner."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

The Norwegian scientific Arctic expedition returned
with the steamer Voringen to Tromso() on the 26th of
August, having completed its third and last voyage for
this year. The expedition left Hammerfest on the 28th
of July for the last time. In consequence of a gale it
was detained three days below the Bear Island, on
which it landed during the night of the 2nd to the 3rd
of August. Rich tusk fisheries were discovered on the
coast. On the sth of August the expedition reached the
south cape of Spitzbergen, and the polar stream and
the ice boundary to the north-west on the Bth of
August. On the 14th of August the expedition was in
the 80th degree northern latitude, and anchored next
day off the so-called Norwegian island of northern
Spitzbergen. On the 17th and 18th it proceeded by
way of emeerenberg to Magdalene Bay, thence to
Advent Bay, where charts were taken. Professor
Mohn, one of the leaders of the expedition, telegraphs
that the plan of the expedition has been completely
carried out in the time fixed, and that the scientific
results are exceedingly rich. The tusk fishing -in the
River Spitzbergen he considers as a subject for more
minute inquiries, and it was found that the warm
stream of the Atlantic ocean runs to the north of the
80th degree of latitude, and is covered by the Polar
ice. The present expedition has completed the ex-
plorations between Norway, the Far Islands, Iceland,
Jan, Moyu, and Spitzbergen, which had been com-
menced in 1876, and continued in 1877-6.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

MONEY.

(-1 EN fLEMAN having a small capital is willing to
a4sist Tradesmen, Farmers, and others, with pri-
vate cash advances, from £5 to £5OO on their own
security. d repayable by instalments. Address "Bf.'!
„ Observer" Offices, Stourbridge.

UENSON'S WATCHES. Watch and Clock
,P Maker to the Queen and Royal Family, and by
special appointment to the Prince of Wales and Emperor
of Russia. Old Bond-street, and (Steam Factory) Lud-
gate-hill, London.

BENSON'S WATCHES of every descrip-
tion, suitable for all climates, from £2 to 200
guineas. Chronographs, Chronometers, Keyless, Leverx,
Presentation, Repeaters, Railway Guards, Soldiers, anti
Workmen's Watches of extra strenuth•

ii.ENSON'S ARTISTIC ENGLISH
/ CLOCKS, decorated with Wedgwood anti other
wares, designed to suit any style of architecture or furni-
ture ; also, as novelties for presents. Made solely by
Benson. From ss.

BENSON'S PAMPHLETS on TURRET
CLOCKS, Wail Pies, Clocks, Plate, and Jewellery,
111n3trated, sent post free each for two stamps. Watches
sent sale by post. Benson's new work, "Time and Time
Tellers," 21. 6d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

STOURBRIDGE
CRICKET AND FOOTBALL CLUB
ATHLETIO SPORTS,

In connection with the above club, will be held on
THE CRICKET GROUND, STOURBRIDGE,
On MONDAY, th• 16th SEPTEMBBR,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

CR ADLEY HEATH.

CRADLE! HE tTli (BEE HIVE) V. HALESOWEN (UAL!
SHOVEL.)—A match between these clubs was played
on Saturday last at Cradley Heath, and after a pleasant
game the home trim were victorious by 25 points.
Cliaciley Heath (Bee Hive), 82 ; Halesowen (Malt
Shooed), 57.
CELIDLEY HEATS (BEE HIVE) v. COLLET GATE
(FALecas.)—A match betwcen these clubs was played ou
Monday last at Cradley Heath, and alter a pleasant and
exciting game, the home team won by 15 points.
Uradity Heade ( Bee Hivc), ; Coary (ate (Tulbots),
82.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

V
011 I)? frturturttlgte (Ottotryfr
C Y HEATH, HALESO

I REGISTERED FOR
TRANSMISSION ABROAD.

SALES BY AUCTION.

GLENFIELD
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Has for many Years been Exclusively
used in the Royal Laundry.
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ever used.,, The Queen's Laundress.
"Admittedly far and
away the best Starch "The World."
attainable."
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apted for clear slarch-
my Domestic Magazine."
muains."

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

ADVICE TO MOTHERS I—Are you broken in your rest
by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ?
Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mae.
WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STRDP. It Will relieve the poor
sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and
pleasant to taste, it produces natural, quiet sleep, by
relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub
awakes "as bright as a betton." It soothes the child,
it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind,
regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for
dysentery and diarrhcea, whether arising from teething
or other causes. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is
sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at ls lid per
bottle. Manufactured in New York, and at 49e, Oxford
Street, London.

THE HAIR.—For 40 years Mrs. S. A. ALLEN'S
WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER has received the commendation
and favour of the public. It has acquired the highest
place that can be obtained for any moderate enterprise,
asticontributed to the adornment of tens of thousands of
persons, who have the proof of its servicable character.
It will positively renew and restore the original and natu-
ral colour of grey, white, and fa led Hair. It will
strengthen and invigorate the Hair, top its falling, and
induce a healthy and luxuriant growth . No other pre-
paration can produce the same beneSci al result. Sold by
11 Chemists and Perfumers, in large b,ttles, 6ii. pePot•
14 & 116, Bouthamptou Row, Louden.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

THE RAINFALL IN AUGUST.

Mr. J. H. Steward writes to the Globe :—"The
past month being somewhat remarkable for storms
and heavy rains, an account of the rainfall registered
here by Fe during the month may be interesting to some
of your readers. Rain fell on 19 days out of the 31, and
the total amount from the Ist to the 31st inclusive was
562 inches. The average rainfall per month for the
preceding twelve months was 2.10 inches, while the
total amount of rainfall here in 1876 (an exception-
ally wet year during the last three months of the
year, 586 inches being registered in December) was
2309 inches, or an average of about 192 inches per
month ; so that last month's rain is very nearly
three times greater than the average. The baro-
meter was extremely fluctuating, and the difference
between the highest and lowest reading during the
month was one inch."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

DEATH OF AN INDIAN HERO.

The death is announced of Captain Francis Kellett
Hawkins, a son of the late Major-General Hawkins,
C. 8., of the Bengal Army, at the age of 45. The de-
ceased officer, though comparatively so young at the
time of his death, has seen much service, having
served during the Southal campaign of 1855, and also
in the Indian Mutiny campaign of 1857-58, being
present at Benares on July 7, 1857, in the attack on
Dhobys ; he also served with the column under
Havelock; commanded a detachment at Sydabad,
near Allahabad, on July 19, to protect the Grind
Trunk road, and captured a mud fort held by
the rebel Jeorie Singh on August 18. Captain
Hawkins was also present at the defence of
Cawnpore, under General Windham, in Novem-
ber, and at the defeat there of the Gwalior
contingent on December 6, 1857. After wards he
took part in the capture of Futtehghur, in the action
of Shumshabad, in the siege and capture of Lucknow,
in the attack on the fort of Rooya, in the action of
Allygunge, and in the occupation of Bareilly. During
a severe engagement in the City of Lucknow, he suc-
ceeded to the temporary command of the 4th Punjaub
Rifles, which he brought out of action. His services
were mentioned in dispatches, and he received the
Indian Mutiny medal with clasp. His commissions
bear date as follows :—Ensign, December 20, 1854;
lieutenant, June 21, 1857; and captain, December 20,
1866.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 140, an
Excursion Train for RUABON, S 3AUGULLEN
CORWEN , BALA, DALGELLY, 'WREXHAM,
CHESTER, BIRKENHEAD, LIVERPOr)L, STOCK.
PORT, and MANCHESTER, will leave (Shlow Hi:1). at
2.5 ; Droitwich, 1.15 ; Kidderminater, 240 ;
bridge, 3.5; Stourport, 2.45; Bewdl-y• 30, •
north, v. 35; Coalport, 3.50, arid Ironbridge 4 p.m., r,•.
turning on the Monday, or Thursday.
See special bills.

J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Paddington Terminus.

ASTON LOWER GROUNDS.

GRAND DISPLAY OF FLOWERS.

The GROUNDS have been entirely re-arranged, the
Flower Beds newly designed, and filled with various
specimens in full Bloom.
BOATING ON THE IMPROVED AND EXTENDED

LAKE.
The SKATING RINK, will be open for Three:Exercises
Every Day. Pountney's Band Every Evening. Synyer
and Gilmer's Band will Play from 3 p,m. to 6 p.m. in
the Grounds on Saturday afternoon, and from 7 till 9 in
the Rink.

The CONSERVATORY is replete with a choice Col-
lection of Flowering and Exotic Plants.
The new Erections of AQUARIUM and d.SSEITBLY
ROOMS are rapidly progressing.
Admission to Grounds. SC each.
Admission to Rink
Use of Skates 6l.
Rink Tickets taken at the various entrances admit
into the Grounds free.

Season liskets can be obtained at the Offices of the
Compity, Holte Hotel, Aston, where any other infor-
mation required will be furnished.
Trains run to Witton Station, London and North
Western Railway, adjoining the Gr ,unds ; and Omni
buses run constantly.
H. G. QUILTER, Managing Director.

• DEBILITY AND NERVOUSNESS.
Ro.iBBu f "THE WARNING VOICE."
DR. SMITH'S Celebrated Work, of which
500,000 Copies were Sold. Revised Edition.

Nov Ready, 152 pages, by post to all parts of the World,
o Envelope, two stamps.

THE WARNING VOICE; OR, DEBILI-
TATING AND NERVOUS DISE A.SES : THE
TAUSES, SYMPTOMS, CONSEQUI NCR, AND
REATMENT of certain forms of DEBILITY, result-
ngtrom Loss of Nerve Power. By HENRY SMITH,
doctor of Medicine of the University of Jena.
THIS IS A NEW MEDICAL WORK on the Nature,
Treatment, and Cure of Nervous, Mental, and Physical
Debility, Lowness of Spirits, Indigestion, Dimness of
Sight, Want of Energy, Deafness, Epilepy, Piles, Pre-
mature liecay, Headache, itc., resulting from Loss of
Nerve Power, the results of Intemperance, Late Hours,
Worry, Brain Toil, dec., which, if neglected, end in
Confirmed Debility and Premature Decline. GIVES Tun
ADVICE AND INSTRUCTIONS, the rebut:
PRACTICE, by which Thousands hay,
health. Illustrated by CASES AND 1166TIMONIALS from
grateful Patients, with means of cure used in each case.
D. HENRY SMITH, 8, 8175T0N CRESCENT, LONDON,
W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

HAT.

WRITECIIIPEL, Saturday, Aug. 31.—A moderate supply of
produce v.-as on offer. Owing to tit. Art weather trade was
dull but prices were not altere 1. Pr'lll::udCluver, 120 s. to
1855., new 100 s. to 1151., Interior ditto, 60-- to 90s. Prima)
4)/d goadow gay .tiOs. to 100 s., new ditto, 80s. to 855., In-
idiot 64%. to 70L, and Straw 432. to 64. pa load.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

THE IRISH SUNDAY CLOSING ACT.

The Act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors
on Sunday in Ireland (41. and 42 Vict., cap. 72), will
come into operation on the let of October next, and
continue in force until the 31st of December, 1882,
"and no longer, unless Parliament shall otherwise
determine." The preamble recites that the sale of in-
toxicating liquors in Ireland is prohibited during cer-
tain hours on Sunday, and "it will be for the public
benefit to extend such prohibition, except as to
Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Belfast."
All the provisions of any Act now in force whereby
the sale, or exposing for sale, of intoxicating liquors, or
the opening or keeping open of any premises for the
saleu n d is prohibited
are
w
n o
Sunday,
extended
to the whole of Sunday in
all places except those mentioned in which the hours
are to be till 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and after the
hour of 7in the evening of Sunday. The provisions
in force as to selling, or purchasing, or being present
during the prohibited hours, are extended, with the
exceptions mentioned, to the whole of Sunday.
The Act is not to apply to sales of intoxicants to
lodgers, or to packet-boats, or canteens, and is not to
preclude the sale at any time at a railway station of
intoxicating liquors on the arrival or departure of
trains, or to bond tide travellers as described in the
Licensing Act of 1874.

On the day the Act terminates the provisions of
any Act in force will be revived as to the sale of
liquors on Sunday, and take effect as if this Act had
not been passed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

MR. SPURGEON ON DISCOVERIES.

The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon was sufficiently recovered from
his recent indisposition to preach on Sunday at the morning
and evening services in the Metropolitan Tabernacle.

In the course of the evening sermon the rev. gentle-
man, taking as his text the 19th verse of the 21st
chapter of Genesis, observed that if the eyes of man
were still further opened, the result would be very
remarkable. The range of the natural vision of man,
as well as the mental and spiritual, was limited, and
when the range of any of those was enlarged, re-
markable discoveries were made. By the aid of
optical instruments man had his ideas enlarged, and
his natural vision magnified. He began to look
into nature—to peer into the very stars of heaven.
Before the use of such instruments became known,
men were not aware of the existence of several
of the heavenly bodies, Many of the stars then were,
though men knew not that they occupied places in the
firmament. What grand discoveries were made—what
a flood of light was thrown upon the world, by God
having opened, by His omnipotent power, the eyes of
man! When, in the course of time, man turned the
telescope on the nebuhe, which was supposed to be
various things, according to the different theories, and
found them to be so many.stars—so many separate
worlds—with what awe and reverence must they not
have been influenced. Equally marvellous were the
discoveries through the aid of the microscope, without
which we could never tell nor imagine the grand
wonders which exist around us. Without it we could
not study, in the wings of the butterfly, a beauty, a
grandeur, a symmetry, which the art of man could
never rival, nor could we perceive in the eommonest
objects of nature the great handiwork of God, in
imitation of which, man, with all his boasted ability
and genius, might in vain labour. Besides the
scientific, if men's eyes became opened in other in-
stances, remarkable facts would be discovered. To see
one's entire past life would be to many a strange
sight. Many travelled through life as through a mys-
tery ! and if they looked back forty, or fifty, or sixty,
or perhaps seventy years with their eyes opened, what
a vista for them Childho3d, early years, boyhood,
manhood—how different would they all appear to
what they seemed in their passage! The hard and
tough battle for life, with all its discipline, the efforts
to gain a livelihood, the losses met with, the disap-
pointments experienced, the trials and afflictions borne
during those dark and gloomy days—all these man
could not see as having occurred for his benefit had he
not his spiritual eyes opened by divine power. Why,
some might ask, was the son taken away—the family's
hope; why the husband, when the father's arm was
needed, or the wife, when the mother's care was most
necessary?

The rev. gentleman concluded by impressing upon
his hearers that whatever had been done for them by
the Creator was done for their benefit, as they would
discover when their eyes were sufficiently open to dis-
cern the fact.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

IRICKET

STJURBRIDGE V. ELWELL'S ELEVEN.—This match Was
played on the Stourbridge ground on Saturday last be-
tween the above clubs, but was not played out in conse-
quence of Elwell 's team meeting with an aecident on the
road which caused them to arrive late. The home team
lost the toss but their opponents put them in to bat wha
gave them leather hunting all the afternoon, and when
time was called they had scored 116 runs for the loss of
9 wic;cets. There was some capital bitting by Messrs.
A. J. Otter and J. W. Parkes, the former scoring 25. not
out, and Parkes 24, Edge batting well for 17, Green
scored 14, and G. P. Minett 9, not out. The following
is the score :—Stourbridge :—W. Green, b Neale' 14; J.
W. Parkes, c A. Tonks, b E. Stevenson, 24; F. G.
Pearson, b Neale, 0; J. Edge, c Tonks, b E. Stevenson,
17; P. H. Foley, bE. Stevenson, 6; A; J. Otter, not
out, 25 ; T. Lowe, lbw, b Beesley, 7 ; T. Brown, c sub-
stitute, b Beesley, 4; F. Simms, b Beesley, 2; C. C.
Hicks, bJ. Tonks, ;G. P. Minett, not out, 9; extras,
5 ; total, 116.
STOURERIDGE v. PICILWICK.—ahe return match be-
tween the above clubs was played on the Stourbridge
ground at Amblecote on Tuesday last, and was won by
the Pickwick who sewed 72 against Stourbridge's 31.
Pickwick played very strong including Preston and Tal-
boys, professionals. The followingis the score :—Pick.
wick S. Talboys, c and b Ingold, 2; W. Guest, b
In-
gold, 21; E. M. Sharp, b Edge, 1; T. Price, not out,
26—not out, 39 ' • J, Preston, 1 bw,b R. Docker, 7; W.
Elliott, b Ingold, 0; Kimberley, b Ingold, I—b Docker,
7; Manilla, b Ingold, 2—not out, 8; Fletcher, thrown
out by Edge, 7—c Brown. b Sheward, 8; Hensman, b
Docker, o—b Ingold, 0; Sidwell, b Ingold, o—c Pear.
son, b Ingold, 0; extras, 5-7; totals, 72-62.—Stour-
bridge; R. Docker, b Talboys, 0; J. W. Parkes, bJ.
Preston, 0 ; W. Green, b J. Preston, 9 ; F. G. Pearson, b
J. Preston, 0; J. Kdge, bJ. Preston, 2; C. Wyatt, bJ.
Preston, 0; Minett, b Talboys, ; W. J. Ingold, c
Elliott, b Talboys, 5 ; W. She Ward, b Talboys, 5. T,
Brown, b Talboys, 6; C. Jigger., not out, 0 ; extras, 1;
total, U.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

OLD HILL.

it.ssetTur CASE.—At the Police Court, on Wedne3da3
before Messrs. H. Howard and B. Hingley, Henry Jor-
dan was charged with assaulting Hear; Southall, on the
11th of June.—Complainant said that the defendant had
been assaulting his wife. He asked him why he had
done so when defendant set about him and beat him
fearful. Defendant also threatened to kill.him sod he
had not been well since.—Catherine Southall f/.lVd cor-
roborative evidence and said the defendant threatened to
kill her husband and herself.— rhe defence was that
complainant struck him first.—Defendant was fined 5s
and costs.

NEGLECT OF Wionx.—Joseph Edge was charged with
absenting himself from the service of John Taylor, car-
penter and joiner. and claimed 12s GI darnage.—Mr. W.
S. Hayes clefended.—Complainant said the defen lent
left his work on the 23rd ult, and not having been to work
often he had lost 12s 6I through the defendant's negli-
gence. Defendant would make a job last him
all day that he could do in five hours —After some
further evidence the Bench ordered the defendant to re-
turn to work and if he did not atteni to it complainant
must sue him for breach of contract.
A DRUNKEN Womax.—Ellen Homer wa3 charged with
being drunk and disorderly, on the 12th ult.—. Police.
constable Sylvestre proved the case and said that the
defendant was very drunk and disorderly.—The defence
was that her husband and herself had been having
words when the officer came up and she was not drunk.
She called a witness to say she was not drank.—Case
dismissed.

BRIUCEI OF TUE PEACE.—John Johnson and William
Stevens, chainmakers, were charged with committing a
breach of the peace by fighting, on the 3rd inst.—
Police-conitable Farnell said that he heard a great
noise in the Halesowen Road. He went in the direction
and found the defendants fighting. He could not say
they were fighting for mlney.--Defendaut was ordered
to pay costs and they were bound over to keep the peace
for one month.

AIDING AND ABETTING.—WiIIiam Mich and Joseph
Parsons were charged with aiding and abetting the above
defendants in committing a breach of the peace by
fighting.—Police-constable Parnell proved that the de-
fendants were holding the clothes of the fighting men.—
Defendants were bound over to keep the peace for one
month and pay costs.
HIGHWAY OFFENCE.—Henry Tucker was charged with
obstructing the footpath, on the 31st ult.—The case was
proved and defendant was fined Is and costs.
_

- GAmock ON VIE HIGHWAY.—David Hitchen was
brought up on a warrant, charged with 'gaming on the
highway, on the 23rd of January last.—Defendant
pleaded guilty and was ordered to psy costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

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Gives the Cause, Symptoms and Cure. This
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pawnor to the Female Constitution.

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rHIRTY YEARS to the Special Treatment of Diseases
of the Nervous System, rasuiting how Exhaustion of
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send his opinion, with Advice and Instill,Along, which,
I followed, insure a Cure ; a Personal Interview and
expensive Consultation-fees are thus avoided.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

DUDLEY.

SHOP ROBBERIEL—On Wednesday, at the Police Court
before the Mayor (Mr. William North), Alderman Bagott
and Mr- Bateman, William Powell (23), roller Brettel
Lane. and John Smith (18). labourer, Harts Hill, wer
charged (1) with stealing five pairs of boots, three pair
of stockings and a velvet est:), the property of Mr
George Chaplin, High Street ; (2) with st,ealing a pal 6
of boots. belonging to Mr. Watts, Market P,ale •, (3)
pair of boots belonging to Mr. Isaac Collins, Market
Place ; and (4) three pairs of boots, the property of Mr.
Henry Menus, High Street.—The prisoners entered the
venous shops and took the goods from the shelves,
counters, or shopdoors—Powell alting as " coverer" for
Smith, and vie 3 versa. Owing to their suspicious move-
ments, Police- constable Durant apprehended them in
Stone Street.—The prisoners had not been previously
convicted and the Bench sentenced themto four month's
imprisonment, with hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

STOTTEBRIDGE OBSERVER

"Colonel SirJ. Stokes, K.C.8., the commandant of the
School of Military Engineering, who was one of those in-
jured in the railway collision at Sittingboume on Saturday,
was compelled to go on the sick list owing to the
severity of the shaking which he received. Miss Stokes,
his daughter, who was severely shaken and bruised, is pro-
gressing favourably. The two patients in Sr. Bartholomew's
Hospital, Rochester—Mr bi'Mullen, of Lee. Kent, and a
domestic servant named Baldwin—who each had to have a
leg amputated in consequence of the injuries they received,
were not quite so well on Tuesday, the shock to the system
having been very great."

the depression of the last five years. Their gloomy
prophecies will, however, come to naught, and their
croakings be lost in the loud rejoicings of revived
Industries. If the times are still so sadly out of joint,
why are large commission houses so busy-in turning
out bales and cases of dry goods? Why so many
orders for staple merchandise remaining unfilled?
Why are agents clamouring for certain lines of goods
in sufficient quantities to supply their customers?
There is the sure and certain outlook for more pros-
perous times in commercial affairs; the increase of
business development will be slow and gradual, but
our land will soon resound with the steady march of
labour, the noise of reviving looms, and the upbuild-
-lug anew of our depressed industries.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

BROMSGROVE.

Sxmous CHARGES.—At the Petty Sessions, on Thee,
'day, before Captain Bourne and Mr. K. Smallwood
Joshua Waldron, a labourer, was charged with cutting
and wounding James Morris, at the Whetty, on the 2nd
inst.—Mr. W. S. Batten, surgeon, stated that he was
asked in to see Morris about twelve o'clock on the pre-
vious night, and found him suffering from two severe
wounds at the back of the head, and unconscious.
When he had recovered consciousness he was removed
to his home at Stilly Oak. The prisoner, whose face
and clothes were covered with dried blood, was remanded
for a week. While the court was sitting, a telegram was
received from Sell), Oak, stating that besides the wounds
on his head, Morris had seven severe stabs on his body,
and was in a serious state. It was thought it might be
neceasary to take his depositions.—At the same court,
Matthew Henry Hunt, alias Rutter, a repulsive-looking
fello m, was charged with committing a rape upon Emily
Kimberley, a child eight years of age Prisoner lodged
with the child's parents, in Stourbridge Street, and being
aline with the girl, put her upon a tible and committed
the offence, and then left the house, The child, whose
screams attracted attention, at once went to the nailshop
and told her father, and she was found to be covered in
blood and much injured, and was taken to Mr. Carey for
examination. The evidence of Mr. Carey showed that
the offence had been committed, and that of the child
and others completed thb case. Prisoner, who did not
seem conscious of the gravity of the charge, asked the
child's mother to forgive him, and said he would never
do it again. He was committed for trial at the Wor-
cester Winter Assizes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

THE SPANISH CATTLE TRADE.

The large importations of cattle and meat into
Great Britain from Canada and the United States
have not interfered in the least with the cattle trade
carried on by Spain with this country. By Consul
Turner's commercial report on Corunna lately issued
it seems that 20,7:0 fat oxen were shipped last year
from that port alone for Portsmouth, Plymouth, and
Fahnouth. Steam-power is not used for the convey-
ance of these beasts, but small sailing vessels, which
are continually employed in this service; and it is
seldom that any animals are lost on the voyage. In
the district of Galicia and Asturias there are reported
to be 780,000 head of cattle employed in agri-
culture and used for breeding purposes. Large
quantities of eggs are also shipped at the same
time. Cattle and eggs, however, may be con-
sidered the only direct exports from Corunna to
Great Britain, with the exception of a few cargoes of
pine props for mines. The imports under the British
flag are next to nothing, all British merchandise being
conveyed in Spanish bottorrs from London and
Liverpool. The surcharge levied on British merchan-
dise by the Spanish tariff which became law last July
on manufactured goods and raw material is very pre-
judicial, through England being excluded from "most
favoured nation" treatment. In the meantime, ac-
cording to Consul Turner, emigration continues from
Spain, draining the country of a class which it can ill
afford to lose—namely, the small farmer and labourer.
Large numbers of this class leave for Cuba and the far
south, not being able to live as heretofore, owing to
the heavy taxes and the high price of the necessaries
of life.—Palt Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

ROWLEY.

Low, BoAno.—The- monthly meeting of this Board
was held on Monday hit, under the presidency of Mr.
J. P. Hunt.—At the commencement of the meeting the
Chairman remarked that there were some questions
marked upon the agenda paper which it was desirable
to discuss in private, and he asked for the opinion of the
Board on tie question whether strangers, including the
reporters and Mr. S. Cave, of Cradley Heath, should be
requested to withdraw: A. resolution to the effect that
strangers should be excluded was ultimately adopted.—
Mr. S. Cave explained that he appeared before the Board
for the purpose of opposing the application which had
been made by the medical officers (Messrs. Ker and
Beasley) for an increase of salary. He saw from the
newspapers that the consideration of the subject was
postponed from the last meeting. He said the trade of
the district was, as they all well knew, in a most de-
plorable condition, and urged that the present was not
the time for increasing salaries. He also pointed out
that during the present year the excused poor rates
amounted to £3l 4s 10d, which was far in excess of any
previous year since 180. In addition to that £675 17s
to the last rate was not recoverable, lie found that at
gmoul tinzl 144 1,9944 AN 17! aupq
_

from the poor-law authorities, and Mr. Beasley .£Bl3 7s
6d, He hoped they would not think him exceeding his
duty, as a ratepayer, in coming to the meeting to ex-
press his opinion on the subject, and to urge them to be
careful in considering the question of increasing salaries.
----he Chairman said Mr. Cave was entirely out of
order, as the question of increasing the medical officers'
salaries was not then before the Board. The Board
had a perfect right to say whether any particular part of
their business should be discussed in private or public.—
In reply to Mr. Barker as to whether he came to the
meeting on his own responsibility, or whether he re-
presented the views of other ratepayers, Mr. Cave said
he came there by the request of a number of ratepayers
of Cradley Heath He contended that if they had to pay
the piper they ought to know what they paid for.—The
motion to exclude strangers was then put to the meeting
anJ carried.—After a short absence the reporters were
re-admitted, and the ordinary business of the Board pro-
ceeded.--The consideration of the applications received
from the medical officers for an increase of salary was
also deferred.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

THE HARD WORK AND BAD PAY OF
CLERKS.

The Rill Mali Gazette remarks :—" A long cor-
respondence suoh as is usual at this season of the year
has been going on in one of the morning papers on that
never-ending subject, the hard work and bad pay of
clerks in the City. To-day there appears a communi-
cation from the manager of the Commercial Vacancy
Office which ought to settle the question as to why our
own home-raised clerks are quite unable to compete
with foreigners for the more, responsible and lucrative
posts. It is stated that a very large number of Ger-
man clerks are employed in the City, of course to
the exclusion of an equal number of Englishmen;
but they are engaged because young Englishmen
with similar acquirements are not to be got. Out
of 100 German clerks applying for employment,
the manager says, only -three write fewer than
three different languages. Out of 100 English clerks
applying in the same way only eight understand any
foreign language whatever, and even of these eight
only one, would have been able to compete on equal
terms with the Germans. These German clerks can
afford also to work for comparatively small pay,
seeing that their education, complete as it has been
in all matters relating to the counting-house, costs
them a very small sum, and can be obtained
close to their own doors in "almost every village
of the empire." There can be no doubt that, as this cor-
respondent states, German clerks are gradually displac-
ing the clerks of other nationalities, not only in England,
but in other countries; while the German houses in
Germany itself do not find it necessary to employ
Englishmen, Frenchmen, or Italians to carry on their
business. It would be well if the whole community
were ta appreciate the lesson thus conveyed. The know-
ledge of foreign languages is becoming more and more
essential in every department of ordinary work, and
those who do not possess it will find themselves driven
to take lower posts and insufficient salaries, while
foreigners pass over their heads."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-09-07

MR. MUNDELLA, M.P., ON THE
LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

A deputation, representing the Sheffield Associa-
tion of Spirit, Wine and Beer Dealers, waited upon
Mr. Mundella, M.P., at the Liberal Club, Sheffield,
on Saturday afternoon, for the purpose of asking the
the hon. member to nsert a clause in the Licensing
Laws Amendment Bill, introduced last session by
Mr. Staveley Hill, prohibiting justices from the power
of refusing the renewal of outdoor licenses, except the
applicant had been guilty of any of the offences men-
tioned in the Wine and Beer House Act, 1869.

_
Mr. Mundella, in reply, said the bill contained no
such clause as that referred to by the deputation, but
that all the bill did was to place the owners of outdoor
licenses on the same footing as holders of indoor
licenses.

Mr. Machin said such a clause was needful in the
bill from the fact that in the Wine and Beer House
Act, 1869, no such clause had been inserted, if the
justices had not the power of refusing the renewal of
these licenses he did not see the utility of withholding
from them the power of refusal.
Mr. Mundella assured them that the bill had no
retrospective action whatever, and that by its provi-
sions the holder of a license could only lose it for
similar misconduct to that which would render the
owner of an indoor license liable to its forfeiture. It was,
he said, the opinion of the magistrate that a great deal
of misery, wretchedness, drunkenness, and brutality
had arisen from obtaining drink at grocers' shops and
like retail places, and that a check ought to be put
on the granting of these licenses. On both sides the
House there was a growing feeling in favour of free
trade in drink, but ardent free-trader as he was, he
was very much opposed to free trade in drink.
Memorials were going from all parts to the House,
urging that these retail places should be under
magisterial jurisdiction, but he should be glad to carry
out the wishes of the deputation, and would lay their
wishes before Mr. Staveley Hill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-03-09

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