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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

ATTACK ON THE SALVATION ARMY.

In Lendon on Sunday a serious confliot occurred
between some 300 and 400 roughs and the Holloway
detachment of the Salvation Army. The Salva-
tionists have a small hall in the Horueey-road,
opposite Tollington-park, from whence they march
three or four times every Sunday through the small
streets of the locality endeavouring to secure recruits.
The detachment consists of abeut 30 men and 20
Werner, all attired in uniform, and some armed with
tambourines, cornets, and various other nautical instru-
ments. They are always met with some opposition,
but until this they have succeeded in keeping clear of
an actual conflict with the people. On Sunday after-
noon they invaded one of the lowest streets in Hone-
way— Queensland•road—and having held their service
were marching back to barracks, followed by a crowd
of roughs, including a number of women. They were
hooted the whole way, and all kinds of offensive
things were thrown at them, but they took it all in
good part, and never once offered to retaliate. The
entrance to their hall being very narrow the Salva-
tionists had to march In single file, and whilst
making their way in thie manner a hansom cab
endeavoured to drive through the line of members.
Had it done so one or two of the Salvationists
must have been knocked down; but a youth
seeing the danger ran out of the ranks, caught the
horse's head and turned it aside, for which he
received a shower of a'ouse from the cabman and
several young costera who took kis part. One power-
fully•built man put himself across the path of the
army, and refused to move on when ordered by a
cots:obi?. He wee toll if he did not he would be
lockel up, and as he still refused to move the officer
took hold of him. He became very violent, and a
general scuffle ensued. Efforts were made to rescue
him, and the constable was dragged first from
one side of the road to the other ; but he
still retained his hold of his prisoner. The greater
number of the Salvationists were by this time in the
hall, but some 20 remained outside, and several of
them were most brutally assaulted by the crowd.
Stones and half bricks were hurled about, whilst
several of the unfortunate Salvationists received blows
In the face and were savagely kicked. All this time
the constable was struggling with his prisoner ; and
although he had received several cowardly blows and
kicks, he hold to his man, who would no doubt have
escaped but for the timely arrival of another eon.
stable. The officers were surrounded, and a deter.
mined rush made to rescue the prisoner, but the con-
stables succeeded in getting him to the station.

On Sunday afternoon a respectal•l:74:ezzed marrial
woman, named Martha Dickenson, was found in
Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield, in an unconscious
'tate. She recently lost a son to whom rho was much
alached, and late on Saturday night she entered the
r-metery by scaling the wall, and spent the night on
his 'rave. She was taken to the hospital in a critico
I ate,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

FARMING IN !AUSTRALIA.

The last number of the Melbourne Leader gives tome
information regarding the crops in the Anstralian
Colonies. Reports from the country districts speak
of unsettled, boisterous weather, with heavy rains,
a low temperature, and hailstorms in some places.
The grain crops have been laid in a few instance.,
and some farmers who sowed cn low-lying land
complain of loss of crops. Otherwise the crops
still rresent a highly promising appearance ; the
fall in temperature has apparently given a check
to the spread of rust, while take-all is no longer
spoken of. In view of MA large yield of wheat ex-
pected, fanners who hold portions of last year's crop
are now anxious to dispose of it in expectation of a
fall in price. A good prospect for the fruit crops and
grape vines is also reported from various districts.
Farming prospects in New South Wales are improv-
ing, rains being reported from various districts.
Graziers are jubilant over their large lambing and
shearing returns, and good crops of grain are ex-
pected. A good deal of rain has also fallen in pasts
of Queensland, but in others the drought continues,
and vegetation is greatly parched. The loss of sheep
on Darling Downs has, up to the present, been ve. ry
heavy, two stations alone losing, one 32,000, the other
20,000. With the exception of two or three, nearly
all the stations in the district have lest more or less
heavily. Thera have been several thunderstorms, hut
they were partial. At some places as much as two inches
fell, while only a few miles off they had only a few
points, but even so the light showers which have fallen
one after the other have done an immense deal of
good, as there is already a nice spring in the gra,s. In
South Australia the farmers are said to have cause
for thankfulness, refreshing showers having fallen nt
a time when they were much needed, reviving the
crops and assisting them to fill out. More rain would
have been acceptable, and is, in fact, badly wanted in
some plates, especially as the sun is now rapidly be.
coming more powerful, and consequently exercising a
drying influence on the soil.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

CHARGE OF SHOOTING AT A BOY.

In London on Monday at the Worship street Police-
court, 'William Crowburst, 30, described as a plasterer,
of M`Laren-street, Lower Clapton, was charged with
maliciously shooting at and woundirg Tbomas Skeggs,
a boy aged about 14 years. Police-sergeant George
Edwards, N Division, said that the boy was in the
hospital unable to attend, and suffering from injury
to the eyes, the sight of one having, he had been in-
formed, been destroyed by shots. He, the offinr,
received information of the matter from a
witness of the occurrence, though he was net
in attendance. In consequence, witness proceeded
to the Ophthalmic Hospital, Liverpool-street, a here
he saw the boy and the prisoner. He told the latter
that be should take him into cuotody for wounding
the boy, and the prisoner replied that he did nct know
the gun was loaded. He proceeded to add that he ha
been pigeon-shooting, and was nicking a pigeon he I a i
shot when the boy came round and would not go may
when told. He, the prisoner, then took up the u.
and "it went off "on the moment, and the boy e 1
down bleeding. The officer produced a gun. a
double-barrelled one, muzale-bading, and adied
that he had found it in., the p...isoner's house, one
barrel being still loaded with powder and a
number of shot. The prisoner said that he could orove
that the gun was one which would go off "almost
without being touched." Mr. Hannay remarked that
however 'light" it might Fe, it must have been
pointed at the boy. The censtable, rep'ying to thb
magistrate, said that he had been -told that the boy
was not in danger, and would leave the hospital during
the week. Mr. Hannay thereupon ordered a remani,
consenting to accept bail for the prisoner's re-
appearance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

ECONOMY IN THE USE OF COAL,

In London, the other evening, at the Parkes
Museum of Hygiene, Mr. T. Prigdin Teale, of Leeds,
delivered an address on the above iubject. Mr. Teale
contends that a very large part of the waste of coal
In domestic consumption can be avoided by a very
simple and inexpensive arrargement, which can be
adopted by the poorest and applied to almost every
existing fireplace. In '(en of a solid bottom of fire'
clay or iron, he allows the fire to rest on a grid, as in
all old grates, but he entirely encloses the chamber
under the grid. The effect is all the benefit of the
solid bottom, plus the advantage that as the coal is
reduced to fine ash, it falls through the grid, where
it may be caught in a pan attached to the front
screen. The tire is kept bright as.. lear, no appear
to maintain a greeter intensity of heat co long as there
Is anything to consume, and when fresh coal is put on
it seems to ignite with less smoke than when added
to a fire resting on a solid plate or bed. A poker can
be entirely dispensed with, as the fine ash always dis-
appears through the grid. It is all the better if the
sides and back of the grate be of thick fire-clay, or
even if there be an overhanging arch of fire.clay to
intercept a part of the ascending heat; but the prin-
ciple which Mr. Teale insists upon, and strongly
recommends the working classes to apply, is
that of leaving an endued chamber of heated
air under the grid. It is claimed that the
closed chamber maintains a cheerful fire until
the coal is reduced to ash; that without any loss of
radiated beat there is a saving of coal to the extent of
one-third or ontequarter ; that there is a diminution of
dust in rooms; that far less smoke and soot are pro-
duced; that cinders and cinder cifters are got rid of;
and that chimneys will go three or four times as long
without aw,eping. Mr. Teale, who is professionally
connected with the Leeds Infirmary, has got the ph U
tried there, and the result has been to reduce the con-
sumption of coal from 654 tons in 1880 and 660 tons in
1881 to 599 tons in 1882 and 589 tons in 1883— He
quoted letters from many persons who had tried the
plan with aimo.:l, invariable succeas and satisfaction.

A telegram from Pesth states that the Supreme Tr.
burial bar confirmed the sentence of death paeeed upon
the three men tehomurdered Count MAI Ath, Pr,sident
of the Court of nae,ation, in March at year. Tl 3
Court decided that Sponga Phould he the fleet to be
stew] 141 by the hangman, then Pitely, aiji finaly
Berlz, tt-e !at,. aervant, who is regare.ed
the prime mover in the crime.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

THE LABOUR MARKET.

The Labour News says that the principal features of
the labour market for the past few days have been a
ery great number of strikes, and it is estimated that
at the present time upwards of 30,000 workmen are
idle in consequence. The weavers' strike in Lanca-
shire takes first place in the arena of strikes, and to
all appearance the struggle is likely to oantinue for
some time to come. The only hrpeful event•is the
appeal by James Hoyle, Esq., Mayor of Blackburn,
to the weavers to have the dispute settled by arbi4
tration ; but the appeal, it is feared, will not be actee;
upon, although the operatives have expressed their
willingness to accept arbitration on the same terms and
conditions as proposed by them to the employers last
November. The response by the employers to the
Mayor's appeal is that they cannot hold a meeting until
the strike is ended, and they also state they consider that
arbitration is impracticable. In colliery district; there
is much agitation as to a revision of the sliding-scale,
and in some instances there is a desire to abolish it
altogether; while at several collieries the men who
have been on strike have resumed work at the old
wages. At many shipbuilding yards there is an
apparent slackness of work ; and at some large marine
engineering works the men are only just regularly
employed. Building operations continue brisk in
London and country. In the Scottish iron trade,
strike against a 10 per cent. reduction in wages is
going on, and several blast furnaces have also been
damped down. The Sunderland engineers' dispute
has now continued seven months, and there is no pros-
pect of any immediate settlement. Railttay conetc,uc-
tion and tramway building is as active as ever, and
navviea are wanted in many districts. The textile
trades are very much interfered with by strikes. For
instance, the Leicester hosiers are out, and at Long
Eaton the lacemakers are rout, and a portion of the
Coventry ribbon weavers are on strike. At a few lead-
ing textile manufacturing towns, there is a fair amount
of work. The shoemaking industry is not very brjsk,
and at Northampton, one of the centres of the cord-
waining fraternity, a strike is threatened, which, if
not averted, will cause some hundreds to be idle.
Emigration Is up to the average.

The Wargow joiners have resolved to withdraw
their labourers from all workshops where the masters
did not pay the standard wage of 7il. an hour. Some
masters insist upon paying 7d. It was reported on
Tuesday night at amass meeting of Clyde blacksmiths
that excepting in two yards toe wages question was
settled. The iron caulkers in John Elder and Com-
pany's have struck against the reduction of wages
made by the masters.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

ANNUAL SEED REPORT, BY W. H. 84 H. LE
MAY, SEED FACTORS.

RED CLOVER —ln England the breadth saved was
larger than usual; the yield is above the average in
quantity but below in quality, many of the samples
to hand being much discolored. In Germany the
crop is a moderate one, both as regards quantity
and quality, and prices are too high to allow of
importation to this market. In Franc.: the crop is
qiirte up to the average in quantity and quality,
most of the samples to hand being of goo.' size and
color In Canada the crop is almost nil. In the
United States the yield, which at one time was ex-
pec:ed to be large, has according to later advices,
turned out very disappointing. 'rhe quality is good
but the supply appears to be short.
Wrirrs CLovait -In Germany (from whence
England derives the bulk of her suppli2s) the crop
is very small, and. quality much below the average.
In England. tne cry is fair ani quality moderate;
the prices are very high with every prospect of re-
pawning so.
ALSYKE.--There is a very fair crop in Germany,
both as regaris quantity and quality, also in
England. Prices, which were run exceedingly
high by sFeculitors, have recently ex2eiieuced a
sharp declin2, and are not likely to advance again.
TasFott..—ln Eawland the crop is quite up to
tht aval age as regards quantity, but tne quality is
anythi:ig but fine. In France, also, the crop is an
average one in quanliV, hut the quality is very
uaeven.

ITALIAN RYE GRASS.—In France the crop is a
good one, b in quantity and quality, and the
same may be said of the Eagli4h crop.
PERENNIAL RYE GRASSES.—There is a good
crop in England, Scotland, and Irel.ind, anti the
prices are very low.
Taking all things into consideration, we are of
opinion tnat the supply will be quite equal to the
dernan 1, and that buyers should act cautiously, as
although prices (with the exception of White
Clovers) are moderate, they are not likely to ad-
vance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

CATHOLIC SOIREE AT BRIERLEY HILL.

The thirteenth annual soiree in connection with
St. Mary's Ro.nan Catholic Church, Brierley Hill,
wa held in the Town Hall there pn Monday
eve ling. There wAs first a tea party, and at the
after proc3edings Canon O'Sullivan (Birmingham)
presided, among those on also on the platio:m
being the Revs. T. Whelan (Brierley Hill), G.
Duckett, ani W. Hall (Wolverhampton), J. Power
(Bilston), T. Pirus (Du :ley), P. Holden (Walsall),
Giblin (Wecincsbury), and —. Burke (Sedgley),
Mr. A. Pearson, and Mr. T. G. Drinkwater. There
was a numerous audience.

-The Chairman, in the course of his introductory
address said it was a wonderful thing to see a small
knot of Catholics settling in one of the large Black
Country towns—the poorest, by far the most mis.
understood and misrepresented religious body in
England—calmly and quietly holding their ground,
standing to their principles, and sometimes build—
ing from their poverty the proudest buildings in
our towns—(applaus). With regard to Catholic
schools, they were just now, in all these missions,
the priests' greatest trials. A great deal was iaid
about education, and a great deal expected after it
hid become general throughout the country. It
might be thought sometimes, from the Utopian
ideas put forward, that when everyone was educated
there
.would be no drunkenness, .roguery, or mis-
conduct of any kind, and that we should liv •in a
sort of Elysium. Did they believe it? Was it from
the poor and thp ignorant that the greatest crimes
proceeded? Who were the people that ran away
from banks and took the bank money with them;
were they the poor? Who were the people that
committed crimes in a heinous degree ? They were
not the poor. Education would do a great deal to
inform men's minds, and give them the opportunity
of learning in pre atterwar.ls, but all the knowledge
in the world would not change a man's will. A
mau!s heart must he trained in religion as well as
his mind formed by knowledge if he was to be a
Curistian man, or a good and honourable citizen—
(applause)—and it was at hone by the fireside that
the heart Ism mainly formed, and tho home and
the family was the first school that nature had given
to a child. Let Lliein never lose sight of this.

Several votes of thanas were afterwards passed,
that ta th,! vislors beinz prop -:sed by the Rev. U.
Duckett, who said he c•usid-2re.d it a grave injniz-
tice that Catholie3 sh uhi, aa..'r supporting and
in tintaining their own 5;3h0312, b. oblivd to s
port otiver religions and other schools w:th wich
they had no connection, lie hoped tae day would
eo 1. when if ritverament insist,d upon Catholics
suppor tin.; b a d seho would at the same
Li sa% they should h:Lve an equal share of the
rates.—(hear, Lux).
A vote of lianas to the chairman for pc ;Ain,
htving• t eon pasci, a concert wai given by the
ehoi,, assisted by trends rum], Birmin,hun.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

OLD HILL.

I)RUSICENNES3.—At the PoUc. Court on Wednes-
day, before B Man°, 11. Walker, [lode. Elolcroft,
Joseph Iliokman was charged with being
drunk an I disord:crly, on the 20th inst. P,C.
.Chee-eman proved the case. Fined 2s 61 and
costa ; in default 7 days.-11o,nas Statham was
charged mi-h being drunk and disorderly On the
22nd inst. PC. Danu proved the case. Defendant
was Curtner charged with as ulting P.C. Cheese.
man wh lit in the exeeu ion of his duty. Fined 5s and
e,sts ; in default 7 days
Cwricni TO Boys. Samuel Dimmock and
Cha.les Cha,thaar, two boys, were cha,rged with
sl,epin4 out at night contrary to the statue, oa the
22u1 Inst.—P.C. Tytherle:gii s ii he found the de—
fer' Lints sleeping in a stahl3. Mr. Chatham said
he iv :cited to get his boy on a ship and U1..1 boy
wa4 r..mandecl for 7 days ; the ~.thar defendant was
S.Mt, to pi ison for one mouth.
Nsir.7.crixo TO SUPPORT A DIUOILTER.-ll!nry
Halo was charged with neglectinz, to suppo-t his
clang ct-cr whereby she had become chargeable to
tcl6 0..3.1ey Union.—Mr. Cooper, reli:ving °Meer,
provel the case. Ordered to pay the arrears in 3
m:.)11 t

KEEPING A GAMING HOUSE. —Joseph Siddaway,
miner. Baker's Fold, was charged with k.;eping a
gaining lions° and allowing certain idle and
suspicious pa: sons to play at cards, on the 190.
inst. P.C. Rowlands stated th it on the 19th Nov.
he went and watched th.a defendant's house and saw
a number of persons play:ng at banking. They
were mostly youths and be taw money passed every
game. On the 2tth Nov. and Jan. 19th he I.“.sited
the house and then found numbers of persons
uatubling.—lnspector Walters said that on the 19:h
inst he procured a search warrant and went to the
&fen lant's house, in company with P.C. Rowlands,
and found live young men playing at cards. There
was 23 21 in money and 99 cards. Ile had had
numerous complaints about husbands Dud sons
gambling and loseing their wages. Defendant said
I hope you will not he hard on me. Ido not get
much money and I thought this would help Da." -7
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

ACCIDENT TO THE PRINCE DE
JOIN VILLE.

The Paris correspondent of the Standard, writing on
Monday, says: Though he has reached his sixty-sixth
year, the Prince de Joinvilla IA more eager for sport
than many of his juniors, and specially effects that
which alone in France offers an tl.-na.!nt of danger
—namtly, boar bunting. He met with an ac.
cident last Friday which m'ght have proved
serious. His pack had brought t 3 bay an 'old
solitaire, with formidable tusks, and it is a point
of honour for the master of the pack to face the
danger of giving the quarry the coup de onice s%ith his
hunting knife. As a rule, two powerful hontuds are
trained to pin the boar down by his ears, and if the
animal is young and exhausted by a long run he can
have no great power for mischief; but the case is quite
altered when the quarry happens to be an old solitaire,
with tusks six inches long, and an animal weighing
over four hundredweight. Finding that his pack had
a beast of this kind to tackle the Prince Filloped
down a hill to give him the death blow With his own
hand, but his horse twisted his forelegs and fell with
him. The horse, I hear, was fatally injured, but
though severely shaken the Prince sustained no other
njury.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

4.ocett aab p!itstrid

ALHAMBRA THEATRE hl week the lovers of
the dratu hay.. hail a rare treat iti wittsessing
the perf Traanefs of Messrs. Ilamptoh an
The pi.-ce selected
Leicest-r's cel.brated coin YlinY•
I.r Monday, Tuesday, an I Thursday wits an ex.
eeedinglY Ltereeting an i p sth.stie drama entitled
ch. Wi.srkman Wife, or the shadr,w' of suspicion."
The part of the hero of -the play, Allan Lyle, was
skilful; y pourtraye.l by that clever, a.stor, Ar. Henry
Hampton, ho i 3 i-ngazeit as foreto so earp istt-r to
this fits .ier 01 il (.I!ov,r (air 213 on g ) ;um;
Glover smee.-0 u wissuinc t,,t3 heart of Lyle'3
eiot- r, Hilda, (Mrs H. Loedi.), who leaves herli,ime
for his sai,e, bat her bra:hi-r does not known with
whom EO.O fld. Lyle's faithful wife (lhe Violot
Temple) meets the- errinx sister, and Lyle
ind;wisi by Cviil ti bilieye thit eh c has
on to meet a gentleman.an 1 is false to her
marriaie vows. Bob Ur g o (Mr. G. F. Leie at r)
also po,rua:tite Lyle that wit is Niel to lu,
and t ils :liin that at a certa n time he aid see a
win in his house with ids wsf s. The supposLid man
is his sister dilda, in disguises, and as he sees, as
he i unglues, his wife in the embrace of a man,
naturally gr.ars jeale sc auii:a carious quarrel elutes,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-26

BROMSGROVE.

TILE GROVE WIDOW AND ORPHAN FUND.--On
Monday, a meeting of subscribers to the fund raised
for the relief of the widow and orphans of the late
Mr. Th m.s Grove was held at the Institute, to
decide as to the application of the money in hand.
The Rev. T. Paget, vicar, presided. The statement
of .511. W. Rif2.tie,, jun , hon. secreta7 and
treasurer, showed that the amount subscribed was
£305 12s 101 ; interest, 151. The exp3nses had
been £5 17s 2d, and £l5 had been given to the
widow, leaving £285 108 8d to be disposed of, and
in addition Z 1 us had been promised as subscrip-
tions but not paid in. It was resolved that the
money should be invested in the Worcester City
and Uounty Bank in the names of the trustees, who
have full power to deal with it in the best manner
for the relief ot the family of the late Mr. Thomas
Grove. _ _ _

DZATH OF Mn, WILLIAM BOLDING,—This gentle-
man died at his residence, Worcester Road, after a
brief illness, from dropsy, in his fifty-first year,
early on Wednesday morning. Deceased was well
known in Birmingham, Worcester, and throughout
the district. He founded the Bromsgrove Brewery,
which had attained considerable reputation. He was
an act.ve director of the Bromsgrove Gas Company,
and for many years eat as a member of the Brows-
grove Local Board.
BOARD OF GUAEDIANS.—At the meeting of this
Board on Wednesday Mr. Wright presided.—The
relief returns for the past week showed :—lu the
house at the end of the week, 212; corresponding
week of last year, 227; vagrants, 68 relieved;
corresponding week of last year, 77. Relieved out-
doors, 865, at a cost of £Bl 15s 31 ; corresponding
week of last year, 907 relieved; cost., £75 83 7d,—A
discussion took place as to the relative cost of the
maintenance of outdoor poor in the Redditeh and
Bromsgrove districts, nearly £2O pr week being
expended in the Bromsgrove district ab-.ve the sum
expended at Redditch, ttie number of paupers being
tut 100 more in the former than in the latter dis-
trict.-- leasrs. Allcock, Amphlett, Booker. Llewellyn,
and Willetts were appointed a commit se to inquire
and report upon me matter to the Board. A
letter from Mr. W. Corbett, High Street, was read,
thanking the Guardians for their resolution of sym-
pathy with the family of the late Mr. H. Weaver,
of Clent, passed at the last meeting, There was
no other business of importance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

HA.LESONVEN.

THE LATE Mu. Namt HINGLEY.—On Sunday
afternoon a large number of workmen in the em-
ploy of the late Mr. Noah Hingley attended
Divine service in the parish church, Halesowen. A
handsome coloured-ghss window, the subject of
which is "The Ascen- tun," had been presented to
the church by the deceased gentlemen, and last
Sunday had been fixed upon by the men for a
general assemblage to inspect it. The congrega-
tion in all numbered between eleven and twelve
lsundred, thus affording an additional testimony
that the memory of the late Mr. Hingley is still
kept green amongst the inhabitants of the locality.
the Hon. and Rev. Canon Pelham preached the
sermon, and made special reference to the subject
of the new window.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

A CREW RESCUED.

The Gnion Line United States Mail steamer
Abysainia, which has arrived at Liverpool from New
York, brought particulars of the wreck and firing of
the brig Blanche, the crew of which was rescued in the
Atlantic by the English steamer Galileo on Christmas
Day. The Galileo was going from Hull to Boston, and
at seven o'clock on the morning of the above day he
sighted the Blanche, showing signals of distress. She
WAR waterlogged and almost &masted-4n fact, a
floating wreck—with the sea making complete
breaches over it. After the steamer had been
brought as near to the wreck vie was safe a boat was
lowered, and, in charge of the second officer of
the steamer. proceeded to the reams of t4te
helpless men. With the greatest risk and diffi.
culty the boat got alongside, and the whole of the
crew, to the number of eight, were taken to the
steamer. The Blanche was directly in the track of the
vessels, and consequently formed a dangerous impedie
tnent to navigation. Before abandoning her, there-
fore, the crew set her on fire. The Galileo proceeded
on her course, and landed the shipwrecked men at
Boston on the 30th nit, The Blanche belonged to St.
John, Newfoundland, and at the time of the disamtes
was going te Oporto with a cargo of fish.

A New York telegram says that the visible supply
of wheat on Jennie.; 11 was 35,500,000 buehel% se
agepTA 35,5)0,000 to previous week. Visible supply
of Indian corn 10,100,000 bushels, as against 9,700,N4
bu‘htle the previous week. The export clearances ol
wheat for Europe during last week amounted tc
760,L0 hughels. The export elearanees of Indian
corn for Europe amounted to 320,600.
In London en Seturdey, at tire Bowedreet
court, a man VIS 4 chare, d -vith etealiog packet e belong.
lug to the Postmaeter General. Several were found in
the prisoner'e poseession, and he wee remanded. A'
the EO/10:18 court a letter-carrier was committed for trial
for stealing a test letter,

Twenty-five British and foreign actual shipwrecks
were reported during last week, making a total of
grty•two for the present year to date, againet one
hundred for the correeponding period of last year, and
forty for the corresponding week. Two warn British
Steamer?, two French, two German, and one Egyptian.
Three veesala were kat with all hands, and one with
three lives.

At a meeting which bag been held at Aalborg, at
which a thousand agriculturists and townspeople were
present, it was decided to form a new North Jutland
Steank.ship Company, for the transport of cattle to
Engl4nd.
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle on Sunday morning
the Tvice was conducted by the pastor's son, the
Rev. Spurgeon, of Greenwich, who said he had re.
wive a letter from his father, dated from Mentone.
Me wrote that he was in no wise depressed by his in.
disposition. Though he was still in great pain he be.
'laved ha was progressing towards recovery.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

CANNING AND DRYING FRUIT IN
CALIFORNIA.

At the last annual convention of California fruit.
growers, the subjects of canning and drying fruit were
thoroughly discussed. As regards the former it was
generally admitted that prospects were not encou-
rating, The different factories in California turned
out the pest Reason about 600,000 cases, and the
amount sent abroad from San Francisco was only
17,450 cases. Prices do not warrant the long ship-
reent to Europe; and the Eastern States have
the several advantages of cheaper tin for cans,
cheaper sugar, and cheaper labour. Duties levied by
Mexico and South America are absolutely prohibitory.
The more western states and territories furnish the
chief market, and this is limited. Mr. Barbour, who
bar given much attention to the subject,said there was
already more fruit packed in cans last year than could
possibly be sold. Prices must be reduced, and
fresh apricots, which have sold for three or
four cents, per lb., should be placed at about
two cents. to meet probable emergenciee.
Dried fruit does not encounter the same diffi-
culty. It is reduced in weight to one-fifth. The
200,000 baskets of peaches canned in San Fran-
cisco in 1881, making 250 carloads, would have been
reduced to 42 carloads if evaporated. The sale of dried
fruits ia California already amounts to over
2,000,000d01. The raisin crop in 1882 amounted to
nearly 200,000 boxes, worth 500,000d01. The recom-
ro*ndation was strongly urged tie "put up nothing to
sell that is not firet-claes." As regards the kind of
fruit beat adapted for canning it was admitted that the
peach held the first rank. Cherries are largely canned,
and the light-coloured ones are beet. The plum does not
answer f,r canning. If sufficiently slooked It become'
"mush" when poured out.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

AUSTRALIAN PROGRESS.

Though late in the year, the Australian Govern-
ments, seven in number, have just completed their
statistical returns for 1882. The 3,000,000 square
miles o! territory now contain a population of 2,936,409
inhabitants, of European (nearly all British) descent.
Last year there were 99,952 births. 43,154 deaths,
and 22,607 marriages, The total revenue amounted
to £21,911,015, and the expenditure to £20,077,331.
The public debt amounts to 09,219,682, but the
Government railways are valued at considerably more
than this sum. The imports for last year were valued
at £63,844,359, and the exports at £50,633,335. The
shipping numbered 8,861 vessels inwards, with a ton-
nsge of 5,516.671 tons, and about the same outwards.
They possess 7,771 miles of railway, and 31,516 miles of
telegraphs. Last year there grew on the 7,121,089
acres under tiliaF,,a in Australatia, in additioa
to artificial g?asses, 31,763,098 bushels of
wheat, 16,430,206 brshels of oats, 1,928,595
bushels of barley, 5,611,903 bushels of maize,
889,739 bushels of other cereals, 346,831 tons
of potatoes, 862,602 tons of hay, and they made
1,496,175 gallons of wine. In live stock they have
now 1,219,342 horses, 8,429,448 cattle, 76,493,150
sheep, and 807,711 pigs. They expended over
£2,500,000 sterling in educating children (500,000) last
year; sod in the banks the people have over
£62.000.000 in iixed deposits bearing intiwint.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

WIRIBTMAS IN PRISON.

The Maryland Gaol seems to be a very good sort of
place to spend Christmas in, and no doubt many peer
persons who are at liberty in different spots and have
no fun and little food at Christmas would cheerfully
put up with the rest of a seven days' sentence, for the
sake of the entertainment supplied in the gaol
The Baltimore Herald of the 26th of December remark,
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that the inmates of the Penitentiary " didn't have
such a very bad time yesterday ;" but this is much
understating the ease. After breakfast, in which
saurrages and hominy were prominent, a verlety enterd
tainment was given to the Eve hundred prisoners,
and, it vrae a great success. They applanded loudly,
and encored everything. A Digger minstrel, who,
sang eongs and played wonderful accompaniments
on the banjo, was so tunny that the convicts are
said to have "laughed till the tearsr trickled dowte
their name." The directoes and officials were present
and shared the mirth. At two o'clock came dinner,
and an excellent dinner it semis to have been. There?
were turkey ducks, hams' pies of all sorts, apples,
grapes, and "lelmorst every imaginable rrpeciers of food
that could tennpt the palate," A "free' romp" for'
about an hour and shall followci, and the Inn grew fast;
and furious, though,, as might heee'e been expected, that
"hilarity was enbdued when it was announced that
-
the time for returning to the cellrehad come." It wee'
thought that it would be some daymbefore the prisoners-
would be able to liting their appetites down to the level'
c,f the ordinary penitentiary fare, and this seems pro.
behle. Whether it' is a good thing- to treat convicts,
thee is another queetion.—Evening St.'onclard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

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SHOCKING FATALITY;

In London the 11th inst., Mr. Charles Carne Lewis,
coroner, held an inquiry respecting the death of a
man named Alfred Cowell, aged 27 years, a fitters'
labourer, employed at the Thames Ironworks
[Limited), Victoria Dock-road, Canning-town, who
was killed on the previous Wednesday night.

The first witness called was Alice Maud Mary
Cowell, the widow, a young woman, living at Plaistow.
She stated that her husband had been employed at the
Thames Ironworks (Limited) about twelve months. On
Wednesday morning, about a quarter past six o'clock,
he left home to go to his work as usual, and at ten
o'clock the same evening witness received information
that he had been killed at the works. He was a very
steady man, and witness had been married to him
about eight months.
William Taverner, a crane driver, stated that he
was employed at the ironworks, and on the night of
Wednesday last, at about a quarter-past eight o'clock,
be was standing on the travelling crane at the top.
The deceased was below, and witness called him up
to aid him in putting on the double gear of the
crane, as witness bad a heavy weight to lift. Deoeased
came up by the ladder, which was placed in the cen-
tre of the shop, and helped to put on the gear. He
then started to gel down again by the ladder, and
Boon afterwards witness heard some one call out, "Oh."
He looked over and found the deceased had been
caught in the shaft, which is about halfway down the
ladder. Witness at once shouted out, "Stop the en-
gine," and the man below ran into the engine-room
and stopped it as soon as he could. The deceased was
then released from the shaft and taken down. He
was put on a stretcher, but was quite dead.
The top of his head was torn off in a shocking
manner, and both his feet were also torn off, and the
body otherwise mutilated. It appeared to witness
that the deceased's clothing had been caught by the
coupling on the shaft, and he was then whirled round it.
Mr. Ebenezer, one of the foremen at the works, was
'n court, and said that the men had no business to use
The ladder. In fact they had, he said, been told not
ho use it. There was no notice to that effect. He had
used it himself hundreds of times, and the other men
had too. When the crane was in the centre of the
room the ladder was alway;.: used. In reply to the
coroner witness said that there was a coupling on the
shaft which projected about eight inches beyond the
Ladder, and warn about twelve inches from the side of
It.
Further evidence was given, and the jury returned
a verdict of "Accidental death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

THREE FIREMEN INJURED.

In London, on Monday night, a fire broke out at
about ten o'clock on premises No. 99 and 100, Fen-
church-street, oceupled by Messrs. Henry Pound,
Son, and Hutchings, packing-case makers. Captain
Shaw directed the firemen's operations having fifteen
steamers at his command. The buiiding had a
number of ,yery large windows, and, as always must
'happen when the panes are broken in large-windowed
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escape, when a window beneath them breakirg, and
an enormous volume of flame instantly rushing out
and setting light to the escape, they were forced to
leap through the flame into a catch at the feot
of the escape. One man, named Alfred Sessions,
was severely hart about the back, and the others,
named Croad and Ford, were taken to the London
Hospital. After this incident it was necessary to
remove the escapes from the front of the building,
where; in fact, a very large number had been [limn'.
taneotutly employed. The fire, was, however, vigo-
rously attacked on all sides, hoses being taken through
adjoinlng houses, and some through Sugar Loaf-court,
at the tide of the building, so that the flAmes might be
flanked. Before twelve o'clock all further danger was
over,lhut by this time three floors had been t.urnt out,
as well as the roof. The building was of five floors,
Including the basement floor. The ground floor was
not much hurt. This was used as a workshop, the
upper floors being used as workshops or storehouses.
Great quantities of tin-lined packing eases for the
aolonies were made on the premises. The bricks were
tipparently not tench injured, nor were the windows of
eftgai
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

THE COLLIERY DISPCTIT AT OLD HILL.

MEETING OF THE MEN.

On Monday a meeting of the miners who are on
strike in the Old Hill district against the introduc-
tion of new rules, was held at the Vine Inn, Old
Hill, Mr. Henry Southall presiding.—Mr. B. Win-
wood said he had heard nothing about a settlement
hating been come to. He denied a statement which
had been made by Messrs. Swindell and Collis, to
the effect that the men employed at the Rowley
Station Colliery and the Sandwell Colliery were
working under the same rules as Messrs. Swindell
and Collis wish to enforce, and pointed out that
the men employed at the above-mentioned collieries
paid no "field pay." He was pleased to see that
the subscriptions had come in well for the first
week, and he believed if those at work only did
their duty by contributing to the men who were
out, and helped them in their fight, they would
ultimately be victorious.—The Chairman address-A
the men on the question of the Wages Board, and
explained why their representatives withdrew
from it —At the close of the meeting the following
resolutions were unanimously passed :—" That we
play on until the old rules are reinstated," and
"That we do not contribute to the Wages Board."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-01-19

FOOTBALL.

STOURBRIDGE V WORCESTER CITY.—A match be-
tween these teams was played on the home ground,
on Saturday last, and resulted in an easy victory
for the locals, although the Worcester City were
well assisted by some of the best of the Kiddermin-
ster Harriers. A very pleasant game resulted in
Stourbridge gaining 3 goals, 2 tries, and 3 touches
to 2 touches. The tries for the locals were
grandly obtained by E. Wood, T. Parkes and E.
Otter. F. Simms and R. Hunston each kicked a
splendid goal irom mid-field. T. Parkes kicked
the other goal from a try. The following is a list
of the home team. F. Webb. S. Hedges (backs); H.
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E. Wood and T. Parkes (halt-backs); A. J. Otter
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