The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17 00:00:00

SATURDAY, I\l 17, 1881

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THE OUTPUT OP COAL AID IRON IN
total
27137333 output of t
f coot, irons thbeeiFngrezt3h7Zets
as , oliit,3oo
than in 1881,. The quantity of iron Ina iron
3,107,158 tons, or about 200,008 tone InornthWe)
iall,r
previous year, while the increased 801316111.; froil
rams will account for the total having I'D'
303,222 to 332,121 tons. Ille
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QUEER QUERIES—BY OUE OWN QUEER O 5 01J
first wan, we all know, was Adam. "that gr:; tbit
corret
gardener;" but should you be surprised to he
the last man is a shoemaker ?—Would yon bt3_ reelv
in saying. that Berlin wool resembles a woulreiXe, 10,
her of Parliament when it is on canvas?---"!,, do!
meet friends in the street, arid say " Howe& Yr`ioil,
would they be justified in replying, " How hueniet,
what?"—After you had opened the "case ih rot
did you find anything in it?--As a matter of 101000
did you ever come across "the fact that ..4'lll
volumes "7
—Did you ever really know anY c': ieid
had really ever met with the " argument " ths'titi
in a nutshell "?—Laetly, but not leastly, and setae',
seriously, "Did you ever send your wife to
well? "—Jude.
THE TICHBORNE CLAINANT.—The Horne Secrtetear
has sent the following reply to a resolution tbseea
been forwarded to him which was praised at i*Lenlr,.‘
held upon Clerlicnreell-green, recently,
the manner in which the Claimant ie trea y
prison :—" Sir, I am directed by the Seersteor,,e,
State to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
2nd inst. relating to the case of Thomas Cestroi !Po
am to say in reply that this prisoner is ereate°o,
other convicts, in strict conformity with the ;014
with which the Secretary of State cannot hile beg
He understands that the priconer's conduct hss nli
good, and that he has incurred no punishment.
~,ecie
Secretary of State must decline to grant Sb !_r ,
order to see him. The enclosure aceonepsnied ,
jj
letter la returned herewith. —I am, Sir, your oho ,
servant, A. F. 0. LIDDELL."
DUELLING IN FRANCE.—The French Senatl btV,
show of hands has rejected the Bill, of whiF v 0
senators took the initiative, for the repreesi°,ol'
duelling. The Committee, after much hesitanoe_ate
in favour of making duelling a inisdemeatiourCl'otif
reporter supported this view. M. Feuill6e, the .53;dale
of Justice, regretted the frequency of duels, ,s'ci roe,
if society were otherwise constituted he won' itiO
cute duellists; but he opposed the Bill beCatuee otilr
army, under certain circumstances, duels
gatory, and by the present system of recruiting 0.
Frenehman was a eoldier. This ingenious argil'
prevailed.
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"AN ANSWER WILL OELIGE."—Here le a ...b' -- fo)
portant question to be asked in Parliament bYtii 0
independent Member. About every third Inlost,
cannot take up a newspaper without seeing „es° tiee,
nouncement of "The Registrar-General's l't3t ot
Now, the Registrar• General is a public servel:lol
receives the money of the public for his iserait
How is it, then, that he goes away so often.--4 e
THE POST OFFICE TELEGRAPH neeelio
S.—By a.- - faClv
tar), paper just issued it appears that the gross a trl3!
received by the Post Office Telegraph Den,elit2en,
during the year ended March 31, 1882, was V-,a',,7a P
while the value of telegraph services perfot% A 4
other public departments without remuneratio_ro
£21,920. The amount expended in respect of 16se
rent, maintenance of telegraphs' &c., WAS 71-13V,,,a d
and the balance to meet interest on stock cree'de
aceount of the telegraph service, and the refisTtO
of debt was £213,892. There was a defieieney' ° telt
graph revenue in the year to meet interest°
graph stock created of £112,521. fl 4
SNOW IN FLORENCE.—" What I described fb el
days ago" (writes a cerrespondent at Florence t% d
Pall Mall Gazette) "as the heaviest instalreeeree,
winter was yesterday capped by a snowfall Ila,Pocti'
dented, so far as I know, at Florence for ch ,eO.l
and quentity. The snow, instead of falling in Pti'br!
came down in muses, of which many wsrereY
inches across, the fall continuing from four P. tietsl
far into the night, and this morning the whole Oif
and city are white. The ice lies in the streets 11_,6 01
inch or more thick, and at no moment clueitie
winter has so much snow lain on the level." ci4
THE COST Or EDUCATION.—Noticin7, the 100
Service Estimates in a leader, the -Daf/Y
eine',
remarks :—The increase in the vote for Eciu"-, tee!,
Science, and Art is only £165,531. This °ett
together with a very gratifying increase in the gele,e,
elementary schools. A vote is asked for
children at 16s. 2d. a head. This is an inereeve
twopence for each child and of 198,937 childrehee,o
total sum required for public education is
an increase over last year of £189,067, of wil'e bed,
no lens than £187,49") goes to day and evening
No part of our national expenditure is more swoio
producing a return than this. Taken together, te
the growth of the school-rate in various parts o°loo
Kingdom this increase shows that real Prig, beilif
filling the schools and in teeching the scholars is .
made, especially in Scho )1 Board schools.
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STANDING ON CEREMONY.—" That was
story Mr. Dixon told, Aunt Jessie—the one that
you laugh so much, yne know ! "—"Yes. Wb9 wici.
you laugh, Ida? "—" Oh, I don't know Mr. D/03
enough ! "—Punch. , citf
RISE OF A TEXAN CITY.—The notion
founding occurred the other day to some settlers i'lac
heart of Texas, and in leas Veer. 48 hours Pisillotei.
been prepared, te.: 1-ed marked out, and t° oetli
extent pitched upon (says the tl/o6e) In two 133 col
170 houeee had been erected, to secommeniate a P I
tion of 500, which is said to he rapidly increasi?Ntc
wid be heard without surprise that the new
Gregor " city has also started its newelenPer'
Plainclealer. e‘
glary.,"
ATLANTIC SOUNDINGS.—The American Coasi,, n, r
steamer Blake has returned to New York Pf:4loin,
abeence of upwards of two months spent in le,"ai
soundings of the Atlantic. The deepest otbi
109rol
made in the trip—and the deepest ever made ' 0 1
Atlantic Ocean—was taken seventy-five miles 001.014
San Juan, Porto Rico. It was about fifty miles ,°:
west of the place where the ChaVeneen 111*;;Otg,
deepest sounding. The lead did not touch ,e-oill,
until 4,561 fathoms of line had been psi°,d I°l
whereas the greatest depth heretofore
the Atlantic has been 3,862 fathoms. The
was taken in a basin enclosed by a ridge mannbil'. thi:l
fathoms down, The temperature of the water
A it al
great depth was found to be 36 deg.; she, t ee;
curious fact in connection with such basins tus if
water at the bottom of them is of exactly the ; tlO,l
tempera Cure as that which runs over the toP °,01.,e111
ridge several hundred fathoms above. The sP„ee-ciP
of the bottom secured at this extraordinary
showed a soft brown ooze, with evidences of teen
id
STORE WARNING.—The following cable feless„l",,eeid
received at the London office of the New York P' 00
—" A storm is cro.sing north of latitude 45 degs'',ol
will arrive on the British and Norwegiap' 14 fen
affecting the French, coasts, between the_ lifteieei'
17th; south•east to north-west gales, with;
Atlantic very stormy north of !attitude 40 deg. isli
THE BATTLE OF TEL•EL-KEBlR.—Froin trb floll
Office return which has been presented to the the,i
of Commons with regard to the ages and lelifSt
service of the British non-commissioned of6ceor,!,
men who were present at the action of Tel-e 1 LI
appears that 398 were under one year's Bernet', 0,
between one and two years, 1,376 between Wl,Ol
three years, 1,503 between three and four Yetir!'„ .09
between !oar and five years, 1,108 betvreed 0'0,91
six years, 1,270 between six and seven yeare,arid ;5
between seven and ten years, 816 between
years, 440 between 14 and 18 years, and
il;liqg
years and upwards. As to the ages of tbs 0 j
were under 18 years old, 31 from 18 to 19, 67 e'r4 On
to 20, 1,025 from 20 to 21, 3,317 from 21 to 4 nor
6,187 over 24. The number volunteered or tratt.t;ero
from other regimente WAR 220; the number of Iv' cog
men 1,293. These number,' are exclusive of riao,l3lri
pasties of the 2nd Battalion Ssaforth Filta"'"
from which returis have net been received.
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THE AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK —The cont;—es et
valence ot bright drying weather, exactly' 'cicil tbe.
wanted throughout the country, has enable ,igle
farmers to get in their seed successfully on the 'de'
lands and the heavier soils are now rapidly being
pared for planting (says the Pall 01all Gazette). thin
ifi 0
early wheats are recovering health and strew;thl, 11
sunshine, and the general agricultural outi')°,lol;
vastly changed for the better clurieg the past tell f t'
Reports from America say that the prospects 04
California wheat crop are considered good, 0th:33,911
fall having been sufficient. The acreage, ~ter fd
acres is larger than that of 1882 by over a 0.131`30p il
a million acres, and the growth of as good a c-ceow
1883 as in 1880 on the new and extended acreage etelt
give a crop of 8,000,000 qrs., or 40,000,000 ce"pecv
All is surplus over 2,000,000 qrs. so that the Pr°„'t 06
of the State of California are a Weighty matter n'
English market.

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