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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

LACROSSE IN, LONDON.

The Canadian gentlemen and their chosen opponents,
the Iriquois Indians, made their first appearance
before a London public on Saturday afternoon at
Lord's Cricket Ground. The day was pleasantly fine,
and there were about three thousand ladies and
gentlemen present. the exact number who paid for
admission being 2,235.
Considerable interest was taken in the progress of
the play, which lasted two hours, and the chief points
in all the eleven games were warmly applauded. The
long rune were perhaps the most popular, but on many
occasions the clever passing brought out appreciative
cheers. 'Big John," the field captain or director of
the play of the Indians, was very imposing in his
headdress of feathers, and his loud voice, shouting
orders and warnings, caused great amusement to the
crowd.

The play resulted in favour of the Canadians, who
finished with a record of nine games to two. Judging
by this one exhibition, it would appear that the
Canad:ans are fcster runners and better throwers than
their opponents, who are, however, masters of all the
intricacies of the game.

On Monday the Lacrosse players appeared at the
grounds of the London Athletic Club, Stamford-
bridge, and one of the most interesting matches they
have yet played was witnessed by those present. At
the conclusion the Canadians were left victors by five
games to three.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

THE PRISON CONFERENCE.

In London, on Tuesday, the fifth annual Prison
Conference was held.. at the Westminster Palace
Hotel, under the presidency of Lord Leigh.
The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said
they looked with some alarm at first to the prisons
being taken out of the hands of the county and
borough justices, and placed in those of the Govern-,
ment.; but, thanks to the action of the prison con-
ference and the Home Secretary, the system was now
working well. 4t their last conference they passed a
resolution to'form a Prisoners' Aid Society, and that
had met with some success.
Mr. Lafoc moved "That a Discharged Prisoners'
Aid Society should be formed in oonnectou with
every prison ; and that a committee should lie re-
quested to correspond Witfi ill Discharged Priors'
Aid Sceleties, and invite them to form ,union in con-
nection with .the Prison 013nfeTenoe.i hr-AllPePurposa.
oflintetchanging--their rep,6llB ina' securing united
acti )n, and that each society be invited to send a re-
presentative to the Conference."
Lord Warton, in seconding the motion, said that
great good had Already resulted from these societies,
and if they were established in every prison, and the
Government aided them without taking the control
from the magistrates, a great boon would be conferred.
Captain Verney supported the motion, and it was
carried,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

ROWING MATCH IN AMERICA.

r On May 31, Edward Harilan, of Toronto, and John
A. Kennedy, of Portland. rowed a match at Point
' of Pines, Boston. for £5OO and the championship
of the world. The melt had been taking actrive
exercise, both on land and water, for some time
past, and when they stepped into their skiffs on
the eventful day both wero in aplendid condition.
The weather was fine, and the water in good con-
dition for rowing, being glsssy calm. The ecullers
got to their stakeboats about 6.30 p.m. At the sta:t
Kennedy drew away, and by dint of successive spurts
fairly held the champion. The pace was terrific for
the first half mile, and after this distance had been
covered Hanlan gradually crept up to his rival. A
good race was witnessed for the next 400 yards, but
Kennedy, who had been making enormous exertions,
then fell to pieces, and the Canadian, rowing in his
well-known even style, shot to the front, and drew
ahead, whilst Kennedy's steering became erratic from
exhaustion. Hanlan won easily by fifteen lengths.
Time, 19min. 4sec. Both scullers were loudly cheered
at the finish by the enormous crowds that assembled
to witness the race.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

A NURSERY CARD,

On Rollers for Hanging, 24 by 18 inches, 6d., or

stamps by post
WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT.

Directions for immediate Treatment in Twenty Cases
of Actdent and Sudden Illness common to Children.
Published by JAUES Epps
..& CO., 481 Threadneedle
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street. and 170, Piccadilly, London. Sold by A, P.
Morrie, 186, High Street, Stourbridge,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

NEWS! ITEMS FROM AUSTRALASIA.

The following items of Australian news appear in
the Melbourne Argus summary of April 24:—A Bill
continuing the present system of payment of members
has been passed by both Houses of the Victorian
Legislature.

The annual report of the Lands Department states
that 882,788 acres were alienated last year either by
selection or lease.

The rabbit pest has appeared in the north-eastern
part of the colony. In the north-western districts last
year 797,000 rabbit•skins were purchased by shire
councils.

The returns from the goldfields have been more en-
couraging than for some time past. New reefs have
been discovered in the north-eastern district._

Dr. Vaughan, the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney,
previous to his departure for Europe was the recipient
of a testimonial amounting to nearly £3,000.
A complete collection of mineral and agricultural
products of the Northern Territory will be sent to the
Calcutta Exhibition by the South Australian Govern-
ment.

Three hundred and slxty-nine immigrants arrived at
Adelaide from London by the ship Cicero. The female
servants were engaged in about half an hour at good
wages.
M. Costello, an old resident of Auckland, New
Zealand, who recently died, left £lOO,OOO to the local
institutions.

It is reported from Levuka that a tidal wave ha,'
swept the schooner C3rg.l Queen and another vessel far
up among the cocoanuts at Taviuni.

LicNps UNDE4_. THE VIVISECTION

.A return has been issuedupon the motion of Mr.
Hibbert, showing the number of experiments per.
formed on living animals during 1882, under licenses
granted under the Vivisection Act. Forty.two per.
sons, it appears from this, held licenses during the
70ar in question, but 16 of these performed no experi-
ments. '

The total number of experiments of all kinds per-
formed doling the year was about 406, and as the
great majority of these were inflicted under the
influence of anse-thetics, it is estimated that the
amount of dire:t pain or suOering indicted in the
prosecution of physiological, pathological, and thera-
peutical revarches during the past year was altogether
trifling, and limited to between twenty and thirty
animals, mostly frogs.

The Yorkshire colliers have abandoned the idea•of a
general restriction of output of coals. Trade is
Tory quiet in household sorts for all markets. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

THE IRON TRADE.

On Monday the Cleveland Ironmasters' Association
issued from their offices at Middlesbrough the monthly
returns showing the make and disposal of pig iron in
the north of llngland during May.
Of 164 blast furnaces 118 are in operation. The total
make has reached 236,825 tons, which is an increase of
7,600 tons on April. The stocks are now 287,807 tons;
this is a decrease of 3,100 tons on April. The ship.
mente from Middlesbrough reached 87,786 tons,

A New York telegram says that seven persons have
been drowned in Boston Harbour by the capsizing of
a vessel.

The arrivals of live stock and fresh meat at Liver-
pool during last week from the United States and
Canada were much larger than those of the preoeding
week, and the total supply of both live stock and fresh
meat showed a considerable increase. The total ship.
meats amounted to 3,746 cattle, 3,803 sheep, 8,511
quarters of beef, and 492 carcases of mutton.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

SUSPICIOUS DISCOVERY OF BODIES.

A man and woman named Rees, the former em-
ployed at Gloucester Docks and the latter a midwife,
are in custody at Gloucester on a charge of which the
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following particalars are given :

The circumstances, as stated by Chief Constable
Chipp, at the Gloucester Police-court on Monday, were
that on Friday in last week he receibed private in-
formation that a woman named Hancock of 80,
New-street, in that city, had been delivered of a
child, and that the female prisoner had been her nurse,
A person had asked Mrs. Rees where the child was,
and Mrs. Rees said that Dr. Johnstone had attended
the woman Hancock, and that the child had been put
away under Dr. Johnstone's instructions. Dr. John-
stone was applied to, but he at once said he knew
nothing of Hancock or her confinement. Search was
at once made for the female prisoner, but she could
not be found until mid-day on Sunday, when she was
found at the house of a neighbour. On finding the
police in the house she attempted to make her
escape by way of the back garden, but Police.
constable Howes caught her. On telling her the
charge of unlawfully disposing of the dead body
of the child, she at once told Howes she would
take him and show him the place where the child
was buried. Howes accompanied her to her own resi-
dence, 56, New-street. At a 3pot which she indicated
in the garden Howes dug to a depth of 2-et. in the
soil, and found imbedded in quicklime and charcoal
the body of a newly born male child. Mr. Chipp at
once had the garden dug over from top to bottom,
and the result was that he found the bodies of two
other children recently born, and also the bodies of
five other children, which were very much decom-
posed. Altogether eight bodies were found. On the
application of Mr. Chipp, the prisoners were remanded
until Friday.
The inquest on the body first found was opened on
Monday evening. Evidence was given that Mrs.
Hancock had in her confinement been attended lay
Mrs. Rees, who told the father that the child was born,
and that it was a premature birth. She was given
half-a-crown to have the child buried at the eemetery.
—Mrs. Holder, a neighbour, said Mrs. Rees asked
her not to say anything to the police about the matter.
She also cried and asked witness if she thought she
had been killing children, to which witness replied that
things looked very black indeed.

The medical evidence was that the child had been
born alive, that it was a fine full grown child, that
It lived for soveral minutes, and died from hsemorr-
hage.
The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder "
against Mrs, Rees.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

THE FOREIGN IRON TRADE.

The iron markets. of the Continent shows no im-
provement. The Austrian'market is quiet. There
is little doing in pig-iron, but the tendency of the
market is firm. Prices of bar-iron have been
generally reduced, owing the action of some
Bohemian works in lowering them with a view of
underselling other raak.!rs ; a fair business, however,
centinues to be done, Sales are still very limited
in the BelAian iron trade, and the state of the
market is worse than when we last wrote. Both
pig and finished iron is lower in price.. The tone
of the French iron market is unsatisfactory, enquiry
being very quiet. The Paris market appears com-
pletely disorganised. Whilst some merchants still
sell bars at 185 fr. per 1,000 kilozrammes, others
treat at 180 fr. ; even as low as 3.77} fr. have been ,
accepted for large deliveries. No.change has taken '
place during the week in the German iron market.
Sales of pig-iron are very restricted in Westphalia,
as consumers are calculating up-at a further re-
duction in values. To some extent their expecta-
tions have been fulfilled, Siegen makers of puddling
pig having reduced their quotations to 56
.marks
per ton, and the associated blast-furnaces of the
Rhine and Westphalia to 57 marks. Other de—
scriptions of pig-iron are weaker in consequence.
Manufactured iron is far from steady. The returns
publisned by the Vereiu deutscher Eisen urai
Seahlindustrieller shows the total pec action efpiz-
iron during the first four months of this year to
have been 1,113,457 tons, against 1,025,144 tons
during the same period in 1882. The American
iron market continues dull. American pig is selling
very badly, but prices are unchanged, on the basis
of 21.1 dots for No. 1 at works. Thirty—five
furnaces have been blown out in Pennsylvania, and
half as many more go out by the 15th. Scotch pig
is much weaker, and Eglinton has been lowere
another half-dollar, to 201 dols. The expzeted
strike in the finished iron branch has not come off,
the Pittsburgh ironmasters having agreed to the
old scale of Si dole. Some of the manufacturers in
Cincinatti and Chicago have, however, not accepted
these terms.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

A REMARKABLE WALKING TOUR.

The Melbourne Argus of April 25, Bays :

A walking tour of a very remarkable character has
just been completed by Mr. Ernest Morrison, son of
Mr. George Morrison, of the Geelong Scotch College.
He had already achieved some reputation as a
traveller, having a few years ago, during a holiday
vacation, walked overland from Queenscliff to
Adelaide. On this occasion, however, he undertook,
and has successfully completed, the ambitious task of
traversing the continent of Australia from the Gulf of
Carpentaria to Melbourne.

Leaving Normantown on the week before Christmas,
Mr. Morrison passed through Cloncurry, followed
down the Diarnantina and the Thotngon, and struck
the Bulloo at Thargomindah and the Paroo at Hunger-
ford. Following then the Paroo he crossed the Darling
at Wilcannia, the Lachlan at Booligal, the Murrum-
bidgee at Hay, and the /Autrey at Echuca. He
walked the entire distance 'alone and unarmed, gene-
rally slepping in the open air. Hs was caught by the
heavy rains above Thargomindah, and for 050 miles
had nearly as much wading through water as walking.
The journey of over 2,000 miles occupied just 120
days, his rate of travelling being greatly impeded by
the weight he had to carry.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

THE SCHOOL BOARD QUESTION AT
HALESOWEN.

An adjourned meeting to consider this question
was held in the National School Room at Hales owen
on Monday night. A fortnight ago a meeting was
held, but it was adjourned for the atisi,tant overseers
to proceed with the collection of the voluntary rate
as speedily as possible, and for them to bring to the
present meeting the rate-books of the various town-
ships for the inspection of ratepayers. A notice
calling the meeting had been issued, and in this
notice the rate,,ayers were earrestly requested to
pay the voluntary rate "at once' so that the
necessary alterations to the British schools might
be proceeded with.—ln the absence of the Hon. and
Rev. F. G. Pelham the chair was taken by the Rev.
F. Howson, who explained that the condition of
affairs at the last meeting was that £155 was
collected out of a total sum needed from the rates
of £s97.—The assistant overseers having given in
their reports the Chairman remarked that out of the
total required £275 had been paid or promised,
Of the £275 about ,265 had been actually paid.—
Mr. Williams explained that another communica-
tion had been received from the Education Depart-
ment asking for plans. It was no use people
promising to pay unless they did pay. The
managers of British Scheols could not and would
not go until such time as the money was placed in
the bank to the credit of the managers.—Mr. J.
Homfray expressed a strong wish to see the title
deeds of the British schools, and said many rate-
payers if satisfied with the deeds would pay their
rates.—S.:veral persons present considered it would
be the proper thing to eo to submit the deeds for
inspection, hut urged tieat it ought to have been
done earlier.—Mr Ho nfray said he had mentioned
the question of the deeds to the rector some time ago.
—Eventu Illy a suggestion was made by Mr.
-Williams that the deeds be deposited with the
t:ustees, and that Mr. Hom.`ray or any other soli-
citor should be at at liberty to peruse titem.—A
re!olutiou to that effect was submitted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-09

THE BLUE RIBBON ARMY.

In London, last Saturday, Mr. Arthur Pease, M.P.,
presided at Exeter Hall, when the concluding meeting
but one of an eight days' gospel temperance mission,
under the auspices of the Blue Ribbon Army, was held.
The result of the "campaign," commenced by the
"army " on the previous Sunday afternoon, up to
Saturday morning was: Pledges taken, 816; blue
ribbons given away to those already total abstainers,
435; total, 1,251. •
The closing meeting of the mission took place on
Sunday night under the presidency of Mr. William
Fowler, M.P. Long before the commencement of the
proceedings' the hall was densely crowded and the
galleries crammed, whilst hundreds were unable to
gain admittance.—The result of the mission up to Sun-
day was : New pledges and ribbons taken, 903; blue
ribbons given to old abstainers, 514; total, 1,417. It
was expected that Sunday night's total, when made,
would be about the average for the seven nights
preceding,