The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-17 00:00:00

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DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—In London, on Satur-
day, Dr. Danford Thomas, the coroner for Central
Middlesex, issued his warrant for the holding of an
inquest on the body of John Henry Stanley, aged 17,
a slate-worker, of 131, Gillespie-road, Finsbury-park.
In August last the deceased, while engaged at work,
saw a stray dog eater his employer's yard. He tried
to turn the dog out, but the animal flew at him and bit
him in the right hand. The wound was cauterized,
and nothing serious was thousht of it until Monday in
last week, when the deceased complained of having
severe pains in his hand. A medical man was called
in to attend to the deceased and found that he was
suffering from hydrophobia. The unfortunets man
expired on Wednesday evening.
ANTI-JEWISH RIOT ix Russm—A Reuter's telegram
dated Berlin, November 11, says :—lntelligence from
St. Petersburg states that a serious anti• Jewish dis-
turb ince occurred at Kriworog, in the Government of
Elisabethgrad, on the 28th ult. In the absence of the
military the rioters continued their excesses until they
dispersed of their own accord. They also attqcked the
property of persons not belonging to tbe Jewish per-
suasion. A police official who endeavoured to restore
order was severely injured.
THE DESIRE FOR PEACE.—Commentine upon Mr.
Gladstone's speech at the Guildhall the Vienna Neue
fereie Preese writes thus :—Whenever the stat s nen of
the day open their mouths it is to speak of peace.
There will soon not he a single Prime Minister in
Europe who wiqiiu the'last few years has not stated
half a dozen times that he desires peace, that all the
other Ministers desire peace, and that peace is secured
beyond all danger. One would tLitik we were making
ieent strides towards the golden age, and that the day
were not far off when all swords will be converted into
ploughshares, and all cannons will serve, like those on
the fortifications of Monaco, as seats for nurs-93 and
children. We ourselves, however, cannot share such
optimism, nor can we believe in the impossibilty of
war.

POLICE ARRESTS IN LONDON.—The total number of
pevons taken into custody by the police within the
metropolitan district last year was 78,416, a large in-
crease upon the previous year, when the number was
only 77,377. Of list year's arrests, 19,254 were of
persona charged with being drunk and disorderly,
being an in,irease, as compared with 1881, of 533 cases,
Simple drunkenness, meanwhile, decreased consider,
ably. Tha number of cases of persona arrested as
"disorderly characters," on the other hand, increased
from 4,818 to 5,392.
RAILWAY COMPANIES AND DAMAGED HATS. —On
Monday, in the City of L indon Court, before Mr.
Commissioner Kerr, an action was tried involving a
point respecting the liability of railway companies.
The plaintiff sued the South-Eastern Railway Com-
pany to recover the EUM of one guinea for damage
done to a bat whilst travelling on the defendant's line.
The plaintiff stated that on Aug. 25 he was a pa,sen•
ger on the line, and on waiving at London Bridge
Station be rose to get out of the carriage. In doing
So his hat, a new white one, came into contact with
the lamp. The outside was very greasy, and conse-
quently made a mark on the tip of the hat which
could not be removed. The hat being thus rendered
uieless, the present proceedings were taken —The
solicitor for the company said the plaintiff should
have exercised more care, and could not recover for
his own negligence.—His Honour: Are you bound by
statute to carry lamps I—The Solicitor : Yes ; I think
we are.—His Honour: Then you must make your
carriages higher. I must find for the plaintiff, with
costs.

RED INDIANS IN PARIS.—One of the sights of Paris
this winter will be a score of Red Indians from the dis-
trict of the Upper Missouri, whom an enterprising French
agent has succeeded in bringing over. They belong
to the Moha tribe, and are presided over by a vener-
ale chief. In the true style of Indian fiction, they
cear eagle feathers in their hair, and, after pitching
thtir tent in the Jardin d'Acclimation, at once pro-
eetd,d to light the calumet of peacs. These visitors
are unable to speak any language but their own; and
the medium of communicatiozi between them and the
French puhlic is a certain trapper who ha 4 lived with
them in their native home. He, however, is an
American innocent of French, and the total re.iult of
the intereouree may be imagined.

THE TAX ON CARRIAGES.—The AsEiniated Chain.
hers of Comin.rce recently memorialized the Chan-
cvllor of the Exchequer in favour of the tax on car-
riages being varied so as to enable a licence to be taken
out for a less period than a year at a proportionate re-
duction of duty, and also urging that no duty should
be levied in respect of the tealporary ipe of a carriage
in lien of one undergoing repairs upon which the duty
has been paid. In reply the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer states that he has already had the question of the
incidence and operation of this tax brought before his
notice, and that he will not fail to give due considera-
tior to the subject before the meeting of Parliament,
when the materials for the Budget are before him.

NEXT YEAR'S Mum:ll:a/Topa—The Gorsedd, in an.
tieipation of next reoft..t4lianal Eisteddfod being
held in Lipool; Was ntiened in that town on Satur-
day. It v4s felloWettizlays'as dinner at the Adelphi
Hotel, atteiitled by M'etltathbo,,e, M. P., and Nil% S.
Smith, M.P. The latter said the Welsh would fairly
stand the test with all 4ther nationalities regarding the
noasessiian ofqualities that led to puccesa. Bardic ad.
dresses Welsh were subsequently delivered. In the
evening:, a public meeting was held and presided over
I y Mr. Rathbone, M.P., who eulogised the enthu-
siasm with which the proposal to establish a system of
national education in Wales had been met, especially
by the working men, who were the first to support the
Aberyetwith Qollege scheme. The one danger they
had in''.Walesiiin regard to Univereity education was
local disithion. There was too much of a feeling of
North Wales, South Wales, and Mid-Wales. They
must sink all jealonsy of locality, politics, or reliLion,
and act as Wales united and Welshmen united.
A TEMPERANCE PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—Mr. Charles
Keeble, a temperance advocate of twenty years' stand.
ing, on Saturday night, at nine o'clock, completed his
great temperance feat' cf walking 1,025 miles in 456
hours, at the Metropolitan Grmnds, Ospery-road, Old
Kent7.rOsid, London. He has, notwithstanding the
severe weather during most of his performance, been
sustained in health, and finished in excellent health
and spirits. A meeting was held at the close on Satur-
day night, at which it was decided to have a collection
in:all'the Plicentx and 'Good Templar Lodges for the
benefit of Keeble, and medals were presented to him in
recognition of his great feat, and it was announced that
a gentleman who had Seen arid examined him during
his walk was so satiified .that he had "posted" 300
guineas in favour of Keeble as a challenge to the
wor:d to walk 2,500 miles in 1,000 hours in a building
or hi the open in England or America, the winner to
have the takings and a cup worth 100 guineas which
the same gentleman will give.

SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER —ln Dublin, on Tuesday
morning, Private John Speire;lst Battalion Highland
Brigade, committed suicide at Ship•street Barracks.
He had been on parade at seven o'clock, and then re-
turned to his room, where he shaved and washed him-
self. While dressing it would appear he sat down on
the edge of his bed, got his loaded rifle, placed the
muzzle of it to the lower portion of his right breast,
and discharged it by means of a string attached to the
trigger. The bullet passed through his heart' and out
under his left shoulder-blade, and lodged in the
ceiling of the room. The doctor was in immediate
attendance, but it is hardly necessary to say that any
medical assistance was of no avail. Speirs died in
about a quarter of an hour after the shot was heard.
The deceased was a native of Greenock, and had been
sixteen years in the army, and during that period
always bore a good character,
COTTON FIRES.—An incident which occurred in the
streets of Liverpol on Saturday suggests how fires in
cotton warehouses may be caused. A wagon laden
with bales of cotton was proceeding along Dale•street,
when an outside passenger on a passing tramcar threw
on to it the match with which he had just lighted his
pipe. Shortly afterwards smoke was seen to rise from
the load of cotton, and the carter's attention being
directed to it, he climbed up the bales and pulled out
several handfuls of burning cotton. It is just possible
that if the smouldering had not been observed the
cotton would have been warehoused and caused
another fire.

THE EXPLOSION ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.
—A working man named Augustus Smith, living in
High-street, PlumsteP.d, has surrendered to the Wool-
wich police-station, stating that he is one of the men
who caused the explosion on the Metrcpolitan Rail.
way. He gave a detailed account of the part he had
taken in the affair. The divisional surgeon was sent
for, and expressed an opinion that the man was
suffering from daliriurn tremens. He was sent ta the
Woolwich Infirmary pending inquiries, with a view of

investigating his sttitement.
THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE.—The report of
the first Assistant Postmaster-General of the United
States for the last fiscal year points to a large increase
in the business of the department. The number of
new poet offices opened during the twelve months was
1,632, increasing the total to 47,863, The largest
number of offices is in Pennsylvania' where there are
3,716, New York coming next with 3,088, and Ohio
third with 2,680. The report strongly recommends,
among other changes, that the recent reduction in the
postage to two cents or one penny for the whole Union
be followed by a reduction to one cent or a halfpenny
for "local letters," that is to say, for letters posted
and delivered within the limits of any particular
city.

ATTACK ON EUROPEAN MERCHANTS IN TUNIS
The Daily News Correspondent in Tunis telegraphs:
—Four European merchants travelling from Gallippia
to Tunis were assaulted by several Arabs. One of
the Arabs having attempted with a dagger to wound
one of the merchants, the latter shot him with a re.
volver. The Europeans then fled to Menzil Temim,
where they asked assistance of the Governor. He
having heard that the whole tribe wa3 in open revolt,
answered that he had not sufficient force to protect

them.
"SAFE BIND, SAFE FlND."—Young Spoonbill.
" Ah, my dearest Mies Shillinworth, if I may-1
have long wished for this sweet opportunity, but I
hardly dare trust myself now to speak the deep
emotion—But, 'n short, I love you !—and—your—
your smile would shed—would shed—would—"
Miss S.' "Oh, never mind the wocd-shed I How's
your aunt's money invested? and where are the
securities deposited? ! ! "—Punch.
CORONER'S IN QUESTS. The Deputy Borough
Coroner for Brighton held three inquests on Saturday.
The first was on the body of John Moses Mealey, aged
54, who hung himself from one of the rafters in a
kitchen at 6, Park Ciescent-road. He had been
strange in his manner of late, and a verdict of " Tem-
porary insanity "was returned.—The second inquiry
waa with reference to the death of Gideon Child, aged
43, who was feund dead at his house in Jubilee-street.
The medical evidence showed that he died in a fit,
death being accelerated by the pressure of his collar
and tie on the throat. A verdict was returned accord-
ingly.—The third inquest was on the body of James
Thomas Layton, 33, a foundryman, who committed
suicide by drowning himself in the sea. He had been
suffering from nervous debility for some time, and on
Saturday morning he wrote a letter to his wife, stating
that he intended to throw himself into the sea near the
new pier, as he could bear his illness no longer, and
giving her instructions where to find his life insurance
policy and how to proceed to get his club money. The
body was found floating in the sea. The jury returned
a verdict of " Suicide whilst of unsound mind."
SUICIDE OF A GENERAL—The Rome Correspondent
of 1/re Times telegraphed on Tuesday :—A most pains
ful sensation was created here to-day by the announce-
ment that General Banlina, commanoing the Regina
Brigade, at Padua, had committed suicide by shooting
himself with a revolver. The deceased officer, who
was originally a waiter in a cafe, rose from the ranks.
He served with honour in all the Ita'ian campaigns,
was made a Cavaliers of the Savoy Military Order for
the manner in which he distineniehed himself at the
battle cf Solferino, and was a Knight Commander of
the Orders of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Epand the
Crown of Italy. The cause of the rash act is not
known.
KING THEEBAW'S WIFE.—The Times of India says
" Kiug Theehaw's wife has borne him a daughter,
not a son, and the Court of Mandalay seems to be
in a pretty state of commotion. King Theebaw up-
braids his Queen, and she upbraids the midwife and
the astrologers ; while the courtiers lament the loss
of the largesse that would have been presented if the
unfortunate little girl had been a boy. The first child
borne by Soo Payah bt Was a boy, who died soon
after birth ; the two next children were girls. Up to
this time Soo Payah Let had been the only wife; but
when the second girl was born Theebaw took unto
himself two other queers, on the plea that she had
given over bearing sons. She, however, made brief work
' of her rivals when she was strong enough to resume the
reins of Government. Tneebaw will probably try to
marry again now; but the unhappy woman he honours
by the promotion will have a hard time of it. Queen
Soo Payah bit rules her husband with a rod of iron,
and Theebive is a puppet in her hands. In the olden
days the Kings of Burmah always had four legitimate
wives—queens of the east and west and north and
south ; but Soo Payah Lat, who is as jealous as she is
savage, is never likely to consent to a revival of the
old custom, The disappointment at Mandalay may
be real enough, but no one out of it is likely to regret
that the vices of King Theebaw have not yet been
transmitted in the male line."
SEVERE STORM IN CANADA. —On Monday a severe
hurricane swept over the northern and western por-
tions of the United States and parts of Canada.
Several disasters are reported from the western lakes,
and casualties, caused by the falling of chimneys and
roofs, occurred at some points. Snow has fallen in
meny places, and telegrams have been delayed through
the gale, which was especially violent in New England.
Considerable damage has ben done to property at
Montreal.

INThRESUNG DISCOVERY IN ROME.-4 very interest-
ing okcovery has Leen made in 'Rome in the course of
the excavatiens near the spot where the pedestals
with inscriptions to the Vestal Virgins were recently
discovered. It c,insists of an earthenware vessel, an
aululo, containing a fibula, bearing the name of Pope
Martin 111., who died in 916, and one gold and 824
silver Anglo-Saxon coins, hearing the names of the
Kings Edward the Elder, Atheletane, and Edmund 1.,
who reigned from 901 to 946, including also some coins
of the Archbishops of Canterbury, then the Metro-
politans of England. It is supposed that the money
was tribute, or Peter's pence, sent by the Anglo-
Saxons to Rome.
SPORTiNG INTELLIGENCE.—From all parts of the
country we have continued to receive most favourable
accennts of the op( fling day of the season, the Fifth
of November. There were plenty of Guy Foxes
every wle•re, and some first-rate runs, chiefly from
palicernen and infuriated householders.—Punch.
ANOTHER CANAL PROJECT.—The Ottawa Canal
project has been revived by a number of merchants
and others interested in the grain regions of Lakes
Michigan, Superior, and Huron. A syndicate farmed
in London for the purpose has taken the matter up,
.and sent out a reeraentative to sound the Canadian
Government en the subjk ct. Surveys of the proposed
routefrom the Georgian Bay to the St. Lawrence were
made at the instance of the Government of Canada
nearly 40 years ago. The result of these surveys was
to show that the project was a practicable one and
easily carried out. It was proposed that the French
River, the outlet of Lake Nipissing should, by a series
of darns and locks, be made navigable. A canal was
to he cut bete een the latter through a low ridge
which separates it from the Montreal River, a tribu-
tary of the Ottawa River. The long, narrow, and
deep reaches of the latter separated by rapids were,
it was proposed, to he connected by a series of canals,
in all about 24 miles long. It was also to make these
canals deep enough for sea-going ve-sels, so that ves-
sels loading at Chicago or other lake ports might
reach Liverpool without breaking bulk. Liverpool
it wa4 stated at the time as an argument in its favour,
was 900 miles nearer Chicago vid the Ottawa and St.
Lawrence than by Quebec. Shoula this system of
Ottawa canals be carped out, while it would benefit the
graingrowing countries bordering on the upper lakes, it
would seriously affect the Grand Trunk and other
Western railways, and will no doubt be strongly op-
posed by them.

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SERIOUS GAS EXPLOSION.—A gas exposi-
which three children were seriously injured, (ePr°T.
in Sheffield on Sunday evening at the house of
Siincott, hosier, Atterclitre. A loud report was trn
and on the neig .bours rushing to the house teey ousn
that the partition wall between the dwelling•roomarrig
the pass Igo had been blown down. Further e_
revealed w
were
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thesuenrcely burntonecious n thefoormsoff
face, hands,
aonf the
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The other child was not so badly burnt, but all el
are under medical treatment. The explosion Catl2;
an alarming fire, and the brigade were telegeanhed I
It was ascertained that the gas main near the lao,nf:
had burst, and it is believed it ignited at the kiter:
fire, causing the explosion. A gas main in U 0
part part of the town burst in the afternoon, CAll5lllg
in a dwelling-house, but in this case no one we'
jured. The-pipes, it is thought, burst through froat.
won,
A CIRCUMPOLAR EXPEDITION.—Captain --.
R. A., and party of the. circumpolar expedition
wintered at Fort Rae, Great Slave Lake, arrived Ved.
and well at Winnipeg, Manitoba, on the 2nd °t,
vennber, having succeeded in crossing the beigh 1
t 9,
land at "Portage Is Loche " before tee clesing of no:
navigation by ice, which some of the resident authL.
t
rities of the Hudson Bay Company in the No.rtfle
West thought they would be unable to do if detain.!
on Slave Lake until the end of August t) complew
work.
POLITICAL AGITATION IN JAMAICA.—A Rec'erm
telegram from New York says :—Mail a,dvices fro._
Kingston, Jamaica, dated the 2nd inst., state that ay:
meeting on the previous cle;37 is resolution in the sole°
of "no taxation without representation" was adopteva
If the demands of the colony for representat!
government svete refused, it was resolved that passive
resistance should be offered, and that the Governing':
should be left to collect the taxes at the point of tc;
bayonet. Several speakers at the meeting inveighey.
strongly against the present state of the government 01
Jamaica.
THE STANDARD "FOOT" AND "YARD."—A
tion having been raised as to the ancient meastiremel.,
of land in a city in the United States, application wi'•
recently made to our Board of Trade for inform :160.n
as to when the pre ent foot measure was established le_
the United States, and whether it may hay!
appreciably differed at any time from tbe.foot measurt!
of Great Britain. The reply of the Board, whic;
contains matter of some historical interest, is pablisbeu
in the sppendix of their report on weights and move
surea lately issued. From this it appears that th
standard yard of Henry VIII. still exists, and is con;
sidered to be probably identical in length with the eitt
Saxon yard. It is a rod of solid braes and was in
til
constant use for the verification of other yards un-
the reign of Queen Elizabeth. After allowing for the,
estimated wear of the standard, it is found to be 01
the same length as the. present standard yard.
Home MARINES.—No longer a fable, the horse
marine is about to appear in Tonkin. According to
the .Republique Francaise, the French Governmo
instead of sending out regular cavalry to the
River Delta, propose to purchase the horses of the
country and set on their backs companies of Mariner,*
who are to be organised, "after the example of tun
English," by regular cavalry officers as mounted hi,'
fantry. We have used ponies and other qoadrupe?!
when sailors and soldiers had to make a rapid mato!,
but we do not remember any instance where ott
Marines were set on horseback.
RATHER ROUGH ON THE RECTOR.— The Rector.
"And what would you like to be when you grow tWe
James ?"—" Please, Zur, I'd bike to be a Pearson,
—The Rector: "Good boy! and why? eee.. James'
"'Cos then, Zur, I'd on'y hey to chatter, and let otbet
folks do all the work, Zur."—Pun.
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS.—A condensed
Statement of the total educational power of the United
States shows there are 188,918 schools, attended bl
9,729,189 children, and managed by 280,812 Magterg
and mistresses. The normal schools number 220, with
25,736 pupils; the higher schools, 2,162, with 196,499
scholars ; the Faculties of Art and Letters, 351, giving
instruction to 35,553 students; Faculties of Science.
83, with 9,875 students; Faculties of Theology, 1421
attended by 5,242; Faculties of Law, 48, with 3,134 ;
Faculties of Medicine, 120, with 14,006 students. The
total number of Faculties is 744, and that of the stu•
dents 64,721. Higher education for women is carried
on in 227 institutions, having 19,042 girl students. The
total expense of the public elementary education anti
the special education for blind, deaf, and dumb is es''
mated at 81,795,929 dole.
COST OF FENCING FARMLANDS.—Professor Scott.
in his recent book on "Farm Fences," estimates
that for every acre of enclosed land in the United
Kingdom there is over £1 invested in fences ; and
that the annual maintenance of these fences
COte
something like 3s, per acre. Taking these figures in
the aggregate, as applied to the 45,000,000 acres cf
enclosed land in the United Kingdom, he shows ....ethee
total capital sunk in fences to be nearly £50,000,um
and the annual maintenance and repair of these
fences to cost at least £6,750,000. There is no deur
mug, he thinks, that many existing fences might bere
dispensed with to the great advantage of agricultu.
quite apart from the expense of maintaining then'
114 e also points out that the extended introduction of
a cheap and durable system of wire-fencing renders
possible still furthur economy in the matter of fenc6s.
referring more especially to barb-wire fences, in which
fewer lines of wire make an equally efficient fence,
and that with only one-half to one-fourth the number
of posts which it is considered necessary to nee
plain wire fencing or in post-and-rail fences.
AN EAGLE CAUGHT IN A STEEL TRAP.—A remark'
able incident occurred on Camp Creek, Boone Count?.
U' .S. a little time since. Mr. W. H. roler was trap'
ping foxes; and going to his Wens in the morning he
found that they were both gone. On searching for
them, he found one, with a fox in it, not far frog;
the place where he had set them. After having
secured the fox, he renewed his search for the other
trap, but in vain. He went down to the bottle
after his dogs, and went back hoping to find
it, but he was unsuccessful. On returning home,
lamenting his lost trap, a strange scene presented itself
to his view. A gray eagle was seen flying uncomnaoull
low, with his trap to one of its feet. Lighting on the
ground some two or three hundred yards below the
house, a Mr. Dickens got a gun and went down, spa
managed, a'tar a hard-fought battle, to break one of
the eagle's wings and capeure it. It was six feet nine
inches from the point of one wing to the other, being
one of the largest ever seen in that part of tbe
country.
FRENCH CANNON.—Five new cannons, the largest
yet manufactured in France, have been successful?
cast in the foundry of Ruelle, near Angoulerne.
They are made of steel, and are breechloading. The
weight of each is 93,000 kilogrammes, without the
carrilee ; the projectile weighs 780 kilogrammee,
and the charge of powder is 280 kilogrammes. To
remove them a special waggon with 16 wheels has
had to be constructed, and the bridges upon the road
from Ruelle to Angoulenae not being solid enough to
bear the weight of 83 heavy a load a special roadwal
will he constructed for the transport of these weapon
which are destined for furtrerses en the sea coast silo
ironclad vessels.
AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CC:W.—The following
are the average prices of Briti.h corn for last week, sie
received from the inspectors and cfficers of Excise
Wheat, 40s. ld. ; barley, 345. 2d.; oats, 19s, srl. per
imperial qr. Corresponding week lase.; year :—Wheat.
40s. 111 ; barley, 345. id. ; oats 20s. 7d. .

SALE OF THOROUGHBREDS IN AMERICA.—An
portant sale of thoroughbreds belonging to Ble•
Lorillard and other American breeders was held at the
Horse Exchange, New York, on Thursday, November
1. The first lot to be eold were from Mr. re
Lorillard's Rancoeas stud farm. They included three
imported stallione, eight brood mares, and 20 ye'
Bugs, 14 of which were fillies. The largest price
obtained was 3,000 dole. for Kantaha, a half•brother
to the celebrated English sire Hermit. The brood
mares srld better than the mares did a year efCe•
Most of them were taken by western breeders, of
whom there was a large number present. The 14
fillies, nearly all of which were by Mortemer, averaged
700 dole, each, and the six colts 723 dole, each.

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ISrIOST ABSURD.—Very Correct Spinster: Never
mind, Mabel, you will soon be better. Why I often
did the same thing myself when I was a little girl.
(N.B.—Mabel has bumped her head falling.)-11abe1
(a bright idea suggesting itself) : Oh, I see! That 'A
what Papa means when he says you're cracked.--
[Catastrophe !I—Judy.
A STRANGE ACT OF PARLIAMENT.—The year 1670
saw, amongst other things, the following remarkable
Act introduced into Parliament :—" That all women
of whatever age, rank, profession, or degree, whether
virgins, maids, or widows, that shall from after the
passing this Act imp-se upon, seduce, and betray int°
matrimony any of His Majesty's male subjects, bi
agents, paints, cosmetics, washes, artificial teeth, false
hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops, high-heeled
shoes, or bolstered hips, shall incur the penalty of the
laws now in force against witchcraft, sorcery, and
such-like misdemeanours, and that the marriage, upon
convitrion, shall stand null and void."—CasseWs
Saturday Jounal.

A MOTHER AND SON DROWNED. The Sheffield
Coroner held an inquest at Woodhouce Mill, near
Sheffield, on Saturday evening, on the body of Eliza*
heti) Dunn, aged 44, wife of Thomas Dunn, miner.
Mrs. Dann went to the Rother to draw water with s
bucket, and, overbalancing, fell into the river. Bar
son Henry, aged 15, rushed to her assistance.
neighbour, fearful lest the lad could not swim, forciblY
restrained him, but at that moment his mother, float-
ing on the current, which was swift and strong, called
out, "Oh, Hairy, my lad," and making a desperat.a
effort, the lad wrenched himself from the neighbour's
grasp and jumped into the water. He struggled gal'
lantly to reach her as she held out her hands to him,
but the stream was too powerful for him, and he sank.
His body has not yet been recovered. His mother's
body was reeovered on the evening of the accident.
verdict of "Accidentally drowned' was returned.
HERALDRY IN THE FAR WEST.—The Constitutional
Convention at Sioux Falls, Dacota, adopted the fol• •
lowing coat of arms for the new State which ie to be
—A shield draped in the National flag depends from
an eagle's beak ; in the back ground of the shield
spot ac a range of hills and the chimney of a smelting
furnace, a river on which fiats a steamboat flown
throligh the centre of the shield, and on the nearer
bank a train of cars i 3 running ; in the middle fore'
ground are a held of wheat and a field of corn; on the
right a white man at his plough and on the left an
Indi in before his teepee are biking at a rift in the
clouds where appears the legend, "Fear God and take
your own part," which le to be the motto of the nevi
State,

TEST FARMS IN THE CANADIAN NORTH•WEST.--
Some doubt has recently been expressed as to the
agricultural capabilities of the land lying between
Moose Jaw and Calgary, on each side of the Canadian
Pacific Railway, fne railway company is cons&
quently now establishing test farms about forty miles
apart along tha wl.ole oi-tance, somewhere over 400
miles. Land is now being ploughed on each fsrra. Ifl
tne spring, builoiogs will be erected, and a farmer
placed over each plot of land sufficiently equipped in
stock and machinery to break 4110 acres next season.
The experiment is looked upon as one of the greatest
importance as it will effectually settle the question
as to the adaptability to agricultural purposes of thie
immense stretch of country.

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