The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-11-08 00:00:00

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HONE, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

THE GREVIIODND OF THE ATLANTIC. The
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steamer Alaska has just made another splendid passage.
She left New York on Saturday, Oct. 25, and arrived at
Queenstown on Saturdry, Nov. 1, at ten minutes past
twelve, p.m.. the voyage thus occupying only six days
20 hours and 17 minutes. -She will sail again for New
York on Saturday, the Bth inst.
FUNERAL OF MRS. WORDSWORTR.—On Saturday
morning there was an immense gathering of relatives
and friends, including many of the poor, in the church-
yard of Riseholme, on the occasion of the funeral of
Mrs. Wordsworth, wife of the Bishop of Lincoln. Beins
All Saints' Day, many of the clergy were preventen
being present, but besides the members of the Words-
worth and Frere families the Bishop of Nottingham,
Chancellor Leeke, Sub-Dean Clements, and many others
were present. The church was crowded. The Bishop
of Lincoln was too ill to leave Yorkshire.
A DUEL PREVENTED IN SWITZERLAND.—A duel had
been arranged to take place near Geneva on Saturday
between M. Secretan, chief editor of the "Lausanne
Gazette," and M. Ruffy, a member of the Swiss National
Council, but the Geneva police appeared on the spot
selected for the meeting, and prevented the affair taking
place.—"Reuter."
Wmpur. MURDER IN DEVON.—An inquest was held
on Saturday night at Stonehouse, Devon, on the body
of John Pinhey, a coal lumper, who had died of erysiise-
las and congestion produced by being felled to the
ground by a comrade named William Cowley. The
prisoner had threatened to do for Pinhey, and in his
dying depositions the latter stated that Cowley re-
peatedly struck him over the head. The jury returned
a verdict of "Wilful murder."

SAD STREET ACCIDENT AT GREENOCIL—On Saturday
night, while two flute bands were marching through
Cathcart-square, Greenock, a horse yoked to a baker's
van took fright at the noise made, and became un-
manageable; the driver attempted to draw the horse
up, with tha result that the van was capsized. The
square being much crowded at the time, a number of
persons were knocked down. One man named
Hugh Hill, was killed outright, two others had their
legs broken, and were removed to the infirmary, and
four or five others had their injuries attended to at the
police office.
GRAIN STOCK IN LnizarooL.—The official return
shows that on October 31 the stock of wheat at Liver-
pool was 2,788,635 centals, against 4,150,543 centals at
the same date last year. The stock of barley is 67,201
centals; oats, 13,347 centals; beans 129,401 centals;
peas, 6,649 centals; Indian corn, 249,974 centals; oat-
meal, 1621 loads; and flour, 173,301 sacks and 2330
carrels.

SERMONS BY CURATES.—The Bishop of Lichfield has
issued a circular to the clelrgy of his diocese reminding
them that a curate in deacon's orders is not licensed to
preach. Whenever a deacon is required to preach he
is to read a sermon from one or other of the books
named in the circular. These sermons may be shortened
or simplified, if necessary, but otherwise they are to be
delivered by the curate as homilies sanctioned by the
bishop of the diocese. On one Sunday in the month,
however, the curate is to preach a written sermon of
his own composition, and next day the manuscript of
it is to be sent to the bishop for examination. The
bishop adds that it will depend upon the character of a
curate's preaching how soon this restriction is removed;
and, in the meantime, any infringement of the rule
thus laid down will more or less delay ordination to the
priesthood.
ARREST OF A" YOUIs7G IRELANDER."--A clerk named
Fredk. J. Allen, employed in the office of the" Free-
man's Journal," and Vice-President of the Young
Ireland Society, has been arrested for treason-felony.

MURDEROUS—OUTRAGE BY A HINDOO CONJUROIL—
On Saturday, at the Manchester Assizes, a conjuror
named Muashee Sheikh Gheesa, was sentenced to
penal servitude for ten years for an attempt to murder
his wife, an Englishwoman, in a fit of jealousy at
Morecambe in July last. The pair seem to have* led a
very quarrelsome life, and the prisoner seiaed a razor
on the clay in question and inflicted very grievous
injuries, not only upon his wife, but also upon his
mother-in-law.

THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE ON PROPORTIONATE SM.
TENCES.—At Leicester Assizes on Saturday Joseph
Hammond was found guilty of 1-urglary. In sentenc-
ing him the Lord Chief Justice said he found that the
prisoner had had terms of ten and seven years' penal
servitude for stealing a coat and some elastic web. He
could not give such punishment as this, believing there
should be some'proportion between the offence and the
sentence. He wouldiend him for eight months hard
labour.
THE Hop GROWERS AND THE RAITIWAY COMPANIES.
—On Saturday an official intimation was receiyed at
Canterbury by the Hop Planters' Committee of the. in-
tention of the South-Eastern and the Chatham and
Dover Railway Companies to withdraw their special
hop tariff, and so substitute a lower scale of charges for
the carriage of hops from Kent and Sussex to London.
The reduction will amount to about 9d. per pocket,'er
within 3d. of the sum which according to the Bailivay
Commissioners' recent decision the companies can only
legally charge. This determination of the railway
zompanies has given great satisfaction to the hop
growers.
AN ENORMOUS GAME BAG.—Mr. and Mrs. Price, of
Rhiwlas, Bala, North Wales, have been entertaining a
party for their second battue including Mr. and the
Hon. Mrs. Brassey, Colonel and the Hon. Lady Frances
Lloyd, Major Egerton (Royal Horse Guards), Lord and
Lady Edward Somerset, Sir William Eden, and Mr.
Wynne. The total head of game taken on two days
was 4180, the bag on the first day including over 3000
rabbits. ,

A STRANGE ACCIDENT ON LONDON-BRIDGE.—AR acci-
dent, which would appear to be caused by 801110
neglect or carelessness occurred on Saturday afternoon
on London-bridge. The workmen engaged at the beau-
tiful drinking fountain which the Lord Mayor inaugu-
rated the other day were engaged in raising a large
bronze casting of a group of figures on to the top of the
granite pedestal. It was very heavy, weighing 'prob-
ably about six tons, and it was being raised by means
of a chain. When it had been elevated some 12ft., the
gearing suddenly gave way, and the large casting fell to
the ground, broken in riecee. Three persons, including
one of the workmen, were severely injured. , •
THE THREATENED WATER FAMINE.—There is'. a
great scarcity of water throughout Lincolnshire and
Rutlandshire, the flat counties, in coasequence of the
long-continued drought. At Lincoln, Brigg, Sleaford,
Grantham. and other towns there is almost a water
famine, and at Oakham the wells are nearly dried up.
Rain is very much needed.
AN ESSEX CENTENARIAN.—There is at present living
in Lower Anchor-street, Moulsham, near Chelmsford,
a woman named Mrs. Rebecca Stock, who was born-in
the parish of Ramsden Crays, Essex, more than 100
years ago. She has been twice married, first early in
the present century, and secondly, shortly after the
battle of Waterloo in 1815. Although the mother of
four children, all daughters, only one is now living,
aged 76. Mrs. Stock is somewhat feeble, but is able
to move about her residence. She is very deaf, and
although her memory is almost gone, her intellect is
still good and she is able to talk rationally. ,
FOREIGN LIVE STOCK AND FRESH MEAT.— The
number of live stock and the quantity of fresh :meat
landed at Liverpool during the last week of October
from the United States and Cansca are unumially'small,
there being no arrivals of sheep, a circumstance which
has not occurred for some weeks past, and the total
arrivals were the smallest during the month. The col-
lective imports amounted to 535 cattle, 579'2 quarters
of beef, and 93b carcases of mutton, which were con-
veyed by the following steamers: The Venetian, 332
cattle; the Missouri 203 cattle; the Arizona, 1520
quarters of beef and 480 carcases of mutton; the Illi-
nois 1460 quarters of beef and 150 carcases of mutton;
the Samaria, 1112 quarters of beef; the Republic •900
quarters of beef and 150 carcase* of mutton; and- the
800 quarters of beef and 15J carcases, of
mutton.