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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-25

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARICET.

A large supply was on sale. There vc;:s-a-v-e-ry". bad trade,
and quotations are merely nominal: Inferior beef, 2s 4d to
3s; middling ditto, Is to 3s 6cl; prime large ditto ,4s to
ed ; prime small ditto, 4s Cd to 43 ICd ; veal, 45 8d 1053
inferior mutton, 3s to Is ed ; middling ditto, 35 ed to 4s ,
Prime ditto, 4s 4d to Is 4d; large pork, 2s 8d to 38 441
small ditto, 3s 4d to 4s per 81b, by the carcase.

GAME AND POULTRY.
Pheasants, 2s 3d to 34 •, partridges, is 2cl to 2s; hares,
3s 3d to 4s; white ditto, 2s to 2s 9d; rabbits, Is to 2s;
woodcocks, 3s to 4s 6d; wild ducks, 2s to 2s 4d; black
game, is 9d to 3s' snipe, is to Is 6d ; turkeys, 8$ to 15s
geese, 4s to 7s 6d ; chickens, Is 61 to 2 3d; and fowls, 2s to
is each.
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There was a good supply of potatoes on offer: The
trade 'mai steady, at the annexed rates: Kent regents .70s
to 80s per ton; ditto kidneys, 60s to 70a; magnum bonuins,
6)s to BCs ; victoria', 70s to 80s; champion; 50s to 64.
FISH.

Fresh herrings, Rs Gcl. to 103 6d; roused dittto, Gs 6cl to
lOs ; red ditto, Ss to 4s ; pickled ditto, Gs Gd to Ss ;kippered
ditto, 53 to lOs ; bloaters, Ss to 9s 66 per 100; cod, ato a
per score; crimped ditto 103 to its each ; codlings. 15s to
30s per dozen ; black soles. Is 61 to 35 per pair ; white
lemon ditto, 4d to Gd per lb; native oysters, £l4 per bashel;
common ditt). 6d to Os per 100.


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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-25

THE NEW TRADE ROUTE TO SIBERIA

The steamer Nordenskjold, bound for the Yenesei,
which put back to Drontheim in July with machinery
damaged, after repairing it came to Archangel. On
August 14 she proceeded hence again for Yenesei, with
Mr. Siberiakoff on board. On August 20 she fell in
with the Ob steamer, off Kolgnjef Island, which latter
vessel had in the meanwhile made a voyage up the
Fetchora River to the town of Kuja, about 100 versts
(sixty-six miles) from the river's mouth. The Ob
discharged her cargo, principally sugar and tobacco,
at Kuja, and loaded Siberian produce. The Nordensk-
jold on her arrival at Kolgujef found masses of ice
filling up the fairway between the island and the main-
land. Efforts to get through the Jugor Straits into
the Kora Sea proving unsuccessful, the Nordensk-
jold had to put back to Varondei, about midway
between Jugor and Petchora, where part of her cargo
was transhipped into the Ob, which deposited the
goods at Kuja, in order to be taken further up after-
wards. The Siberian produce brought from Kuja by
the Ob, consisting of 1800 poods wheat, flax, hides,
bristles, carpets, tea, Jct., were transferred to the Nor-
denskinld. These goods were last winter brought
from Tobolsk to Oronets on the Petchora, River, 700
versts (46 miles) from its mouth, and were this year
brought down to Kuja in craft. M. Siberiakoff has
concluded an arrangement for forwarding 10,000
poods of various Siberian produce, which is to be con-
veyed in craft in the autumn on the Obi River, towed
by steamer to Beretoy, and forwarded thence by
Waller Qll tke Sigva andT2fva Rtyers to Ljapmsky
Purto ; thenee'cliiiing the winter the goods will be
brought on by horses and reindeer. The journey is
expected to occupy a month. Next year the goods
will be brought in craft to Ruja, there taken
on board by the steamer Ob, and either brought by
her to Archangel or transhipped into the Nordensk:-
jold foi Europe, should the latter vessel again fail to
reach the Yenesei. The distance from Ljapinsky to
Oranets is about 170 versts (114 miles), through a
wooded country with good grass roads. The Ural
chain is not very high in that part, and horse sledges
are procurable from Oranets. The cost of transpor
from Ljapinsky to Oranets is estimated at twelve
kopecks, or nearly fourpence per pood. A practicable
land transport route seems thus to have been found,
which acquires considerable importance in connection
with the canal already commenced connecting the
Rivers Obi and Yenese. There is a bar at the mouth
of the Pechora with twelve feet of water. The Obi is
expected to winter either in Pechora or Archangel.
The Nordenksjold arrived back at Archangel early in
September, and will winter there.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-10-25

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
amounted to 16,250 head. In the corresponding period
last year we received 12,93?- in 1882, 16,331 ; in 1881,12,471;
in 1880, 18,525 ; in 1879, 21,(55; in 1873, 14,329 ; and in 1877.
21,340 head. At Liverpool were received 503 beasts from
Baltimore, 1118 beasts and 26 sheep from Boston, and
2382 beasts, 1733 sheep, and 2 calves from Montreal; and
at Southampton 85 beasts from Guernsey and Jersey, 262
beasts from Montreal, and 369 beasts from Oporto. The
cattle trade is very quiet. Supplies, though not very heavy,
were amply sufficient. The receipts of beasts from our own
grazing districts were comparatively limited; nevertheless
the demand was heavy. Occasionally the beat Scots made
5s Sd per 81b, but this was quite exceptional, the top quota-
tion
Thebestinferior being as a rule only 5s 4d. to 55 6d per Sib; secondary
dull. As regards foreign beasts the supply was short, and
not
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and half-breeds made 64 4d to Od per 81b. Calves and
s The sheep
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pigs were quiet. and the following
4were. the quotations:
Coarse and inferior beast!, 4s to s 6cl , second quality
ditto 4s 6d to 4s 10d; prime large oxen, 40 10d: to 5s 4<l;
ditto'Scots, kc., 5s 4d to 5s 8c1;
5s to 5s 6cl; second qualty ditto, 5s 68 to Cis ; prime coarse-
woolled ditto, 6s to Os ,2d ; prime Sonthdown ditto, 68 4d to
Cs 6d ; large coarse calves. 5s to 53 68; prime small ditto'
5s 6d to 5s 108; large hogs, 3s 6d. to 4s: neat small porkers'
, to 4s B<l per £3lb. to sink the offal. Total supply • Beasts,
2620; sheep and lambs, 8300; calves, 70. Foreign :Beasts,
O; sheep and lambs, 1670. From the midland and a d home
counties we received IS7O beasts from IrcLuid 200, and from
m
Scotland 10 beasts.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

CHILDREN S TEETH REGULATED

Mr. PHILLIPS uses all the
most approved Modern Ap-
pliances of Dental Surgery
for Stopping, Scaling, Ex-
tracting, &c., and trusts that
the well-known Excellence of
his Artificial Teeth, Combin-
ing Comfort and Elegance
of Appearance, with Ease and
Freedom in Speech and Mas-
tication, will ensure the sup-
port of the General Public,
and a continuance of the
favours of his numerous
patients.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, April 28, the Royal assent
was given by Commission to a number of bills which
had passed both Houses.
The Duke of Richmond read a letter from the
Duchess of Albany, in reply to the address of con-
dolence with her Royal Highness adopted by their lord-
ships' House.
Lord Northbrook, replying to Lord Belmore, stated
that certain measures had been adopted by the Ad-
miralty with the object of improving the position of
senior lieutenants of the navy on half-pay.
Their lordships rose at quarter to five o'clock.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS Mr. Chamberlain told
Mr. Gorst that the second reading of the Merchant
Shipping Bill would be proposed on the first Govern-
ment night the exigencies of Supply might leave free
after the House had gone into Committee on the Fran-
chise Bill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

ONE BOX .f CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to cure
all discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either ex
acquired or constitutinnal. Gravel and Pains in the back.
—Sold in boxes, 4s. 6dZeach, by all Chemists and Intent
Medicine Vendors; or sent to an address for GO Stamps
by the Makers" THE LINCOLN & MIDLAND COUNTIES' DRUG
Comrsxx, Lincoln, Wholesale Agents 13sactEY & boy, Lon-
don, and all the wholesale houses.

FREEDOM FRoM COUGH IN TEN MINUTES is given, and
CONsUMPTION and ASTHMA in all stages are instantly
relieved, by Dr. Locock's Pulmonic Wafers, which taste
pleasantly, and effect a rapid cure. In Bronchitis
Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Wheezing, Phlegm
and all Disorders of the Breath, Throat, and Lungs
Hysterical, Nervous, and Heart Complaints, Rhea
roatism, and Nervous Pains, "they act like a charm.
'ro ,ingers and Speakers they are invaluable, in a fes
hours they remove all hoarseness, and wonderfulll
increase the power and flexibility of the voico. Ful
directions with every box. Small books of many
thousand cures ins), be had from every agent Sold by
all Druggists, price 13.10., 2s. 9d., 4s. and 11s. 6d
cr box.
LIVER AND STOMACH FILLS. DR. KING'S DANDELION
AND QUININE LIVER Puns.—These famous Pills do
not contain even a trace of Aler nu, or any of the many
dangerous ingredients frequently found in advertised
Pills. This fact continues to keep Dr. King's renowned
discovery in front of all Prils whatsoever, as the safest
best, speedies, mostt certain, and effectual remedy for
disorders of the Liver and Stomach, whether in the form
of BiliOUßDeBB. Constipation, Indigestion, Flatulence,
Acidity, Headache, Shoulder Pains, Feverish Restless-
ness of the whole system, Disinclination for Food, or
IChhl.,entic symptons generally

,THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HOIRSENESS.---An
fering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness
will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate
relief afforded by the use of "Brown's Bronchial
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE.--At their sale on Monday last,
ALB:Ts. Oates, Perrea- and Wooldrilge had a very
large supply i both fat and store stcck. The sale
c'mi'r.ised 70 head cf cattle, 507 sheep and 'arras,
12.2 pigs and 6 calves. There was a mull company
ot buyers, and goc.d market prices were reaWed.
the price of Lea was about the saute as on the ve-
nous Monday, hit mutton virus sold at slightly
lower rates. Store stock was in demand. Fat
beasx made as high as .226 7s; laarbs ret; calves
£5:3,i; ewes and lqinbs 101 s per couple; Marron
COWS £l9 ss; store pigs from 18s to 555.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

A SINGULAR DISPUTE.

! A curious dispute between an eminent medical
professor and the relatives of a deceased gentleman
is now being carried on in Russia. It appears that
the late lamented, some time prior to his death, find-
' ing himself in impecunious circumstances, entered
into a compact with a medical man. The terms of
the agreement were that the doctor, upon paying a
certain sum of money to the friends of the defunct,
should obtain sole possession of the skull of the
latter. The instrument was drawn up in legal form
and duly attested. Fortune, however, subbequently
smiled upon the quondam pauper; he became
wealthy, and thus the necessity which prompted him
to his singular bargain no longer existed. In process
of time he was gathered to his fathers, whereupon
the enthusiastic professor claimed his bond, and
declined to accept monetary compensation on its
being refused him. An appeal is to be made to the
courts to settle the question of ownership. Pending
this, the corporeal remains of the silent party to the
suit rest free from dismemberment. What the law
may be upon the subject, as dispensed in autocratic
Russia, we dc not know. In England the susceptibili-
ties of the living are not allowed to be sacrificed to
the past vagaries of those who are dead. A man is
free to set what price he likes upon the solution of
the posthumous integrity of his frame, and reap what
benefit he can from those who think well to foster his
unnatural propensities, but there the unhallowed
transaction ends. Sentiment and belief are happily
still cherished by us as li ring principles, and safe-
guarded against deeds instigated by sordid motives.

A PROPER PRIDE.—Lady: "But how Came you to
leave the vicarage?" Cook : "Well, Ma'am, I'd ha'
been 'appy for hever and hover, only Mr. 'Arold was
that 'aughty I couldn't 'old with 'im. So I says to
the 'ousemaid, Hann,' I says, "Igh as he 'olds his
'ed, I can 'old my 'ed, 'umblo as I ham, quite Os
as hover he 'oid.2 184 "",—Funny Folks.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

A SINGULAR APPLICANT.

In London on Saturday, at the Marylebone Police-
court, at the end of the business a respectably-attired
middle-aged woman suddenly made her appearance in
court, stepped into the witness-box, and addressing
the magistrate somewhatbrusquely, said: Are you Mr.
Rutzen ? Mr. Cooke: No. Applicant: Mr. Cooke:
Yes. Applicant: You don't know me, do you? Mr.
Cooke: No, what do you want? Applicant: Well, I
will tell you. One of you magistrates sent me to an
asylum twice, and I have since been in the Paddington
Infirmary. Mr. Cooke: I don't remember. Appli-
cant: Well I do remember. I have had eight
months in the Couniy Asylum. Mr. Cook. : Arc you
quite right now? Applicant: Yes, my only complaint
is poverty. I was in an asylum, and when I came out
they gave me ten shillings. I have spent all the
money, because, of course, I could not live for a fort-
night on ten shillings. lam now in poverty. I ant
now living at Eden-place with an old lady, and she
can't assist me, and of course I have a deal of trouble
to get a living. Mr. Cooke: When did you leave the
asylum? Applicant :On the Bth of this month. I
have been in a great many asylums—at least, I have
been in a great many institutions. Mr. Cooke: Have
you any friends? Applicant: No, that's the pity.
You know Mr. Nicholls, don't you? He's the reliev-
ing officer. He brought me here. I went into a
little room behind there, and you popped your name
down on the paper, and never asked me any ques-
tions, but sent me off. Mr. Cooke: Well, you don't
seem quite right now. Applicant: Oh, yes; lam all
right now. You know Dr. Gay? Mr. Cooke: No.
Ido not. Warrant-officer Carden (interposing) :
Mr. Nicholls is the relieving officer, and Dr. Gay is
the medical officer for Paddington parish. Mr,
Cooke: Well, if you get a note to Dr. Gay, no doubt
he will do what is right for you. Where are
you living now? Applicant: .At Eden - places
Fulham. I went there because my mother
is buried there. Mr. Cooke: But you should
go to the police-court in that district. Ap-
plicant: I have been to the Charity Organ:sation
Society, and they called at my house on Thursday
and made inquiries, but they have done nothing more
for me. Mr. Cooke: On Thursday. Well, that is
not long ago. Applicant: No; but I have nowhere
to go to, as God is my judge (kissing tho Bible which
lay before her). I am speaking the truth. I slept
in an omnibus last night. Mr. Cooke: Now, have
you been to Dr. Gay? Applicant: No, sir; I asked
him for a shilling when I came out, and he said,
"No, you must go to your friends," They do all they
can for you while you are in, but when they turn you
out you have to trust in Providence. I have been
living on Providence, and am doing so now. Mr.
Cooke: Well, you will no doubt hear from the
Charity Organisation Society. Applicant: Yes; but
won't you give me something to get some dinner with
with? Mr. Cooke: Oh, yes. Applicant: Thank you,
sir. One of the officers of the Court then handed
her something, and she left the Court.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

SALES BY AUCTION

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.
EVERY MON DA I .

' THE usual Supply of CATTLE, SHEEP,
PIGS, &o.
OATES, PERRENS, & WOOLDRIDGE

HARVINGTON STOCK SALE.
WEDNESDAY, MA 1' 7th, 1884.
200 PRIME FAT SHEEP.
25 HEAD FAT AND STORE CATTLE.
H. KING, Auctioneer.

.rszczararta's Ross 501. P.--The best forth Toilet.
lIP lOU ARICi TERESTF D in the search for a cure for
lliatiruatism and Neuralgic Pains you are hereby directed
o obtain of any chemist Powzon's Rnaursvric Estasoc,.
Trois. Its extraorolnary efficacy has been attested by E
Clarcndon Lady ValdegraNe, the Countess o f Radnar
General Wood, and n any other (minent persons. It is"
tzeraal, , „ t . idnf°
a lid by all Chemisto.

I 'FOR ASTHMA, HAY FEVER, AND CATARRH.—Iina
Pson's CUBE was employed under the highest medical sane.
ton in the case of the late Earl Beaconsfield. The medicine
fr c.m vhich hit lordship found most comfoit and relief was
Eimrcd's PoR der. The fumes are inhaled by the patien'
Ttnd at cnce chord iehef."—Per Tin 4s. Sainple .b'ree.
Ai. LICE ALLS, L 2 and h, Great Russell Sire London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

GENERAL GORDON.

Mr. Dawnay asked whether, in the event of a
sufficient sum being raised by public subscription in re-
sponse to General Gordon's appeal to organize a
volunteer force to proceed to his relief, her Majesty's
Government would afford all necessary facilitiss for the
expedition.
Mr. 41adstone, in reply, said: I can only say at
present that the safety of General Gordon being a
matter which would involve us in the obligation to
consider the question from a practical point of view,
we do not see how we could rely upon voluntary
effort.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

PUBLIC NOTICES

pERFECTION

rETII.
ARTIFICIAT,

COMFORTABLE_ IN USE,

NATURAL IN APPEARANCE,

DEFYING DETECTION.

STOURI3RIDGE BRANCH

77, HIGH STREET,

MR. ir
d • 0 • C. pHILLIPS,

Surgeon Dentist,

Co/more House,

Co/more Row,

BIRMINGHAM.

Established 30 Years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

THE RETItIEVEIt;

The illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News says:
A well-broken retriever is an animal which you can
always take out shooting, whatever the time of year,
whatever the class of sport you propose indulging in,
and that with a certainty of his being of some use
and in no one's way, besides being a source of satis-
faction and pleasure to you, his proprietor. In part-
ridge shooting especially, how invaluable is a well-
broken dog at the gun's side; he marks the fallen bird
infinitely better than a gun (probably on the look out
for another shot, or to mark the remainder of the
covey) can possibly hope to do, and is ready
to bring it to hand without loss of time
and temper. Moreover, a bird not killed abso-
lutely dead is apt to crouch in clover, or what-
soever the covert may be, so that the best marker,
however accurately he may think he has
spotted the place, cannot lay his hands on him:
but the retriever, being provided with a nose as well
as a pair of eyes, has not half the difficulty of the
biped, under such circumstances, in bringing his
game to bag. One great mistake many. sportsmen
make, which materially adds to the retriever's diffi-
culties, is, if the dog is not on the spot directly, they
proceed to trample about in search of the fallen bird,
and, even after the dog has been brought up, continue
to do so. Now, the scent of a man must be stronger
than that of a partridge, so how can the retriever,
however excellent his nose, be expected to detect the
smell of the smaller object (unless, indeed, he
fortuitously puts his nose right on to it) when the
ground on all sides is tainted with the odour of sundry
shooting boots and leather gaiters, not to speak of
the dead game which the wearer of those garments is
in all probability carrying in his hand within a short
distance of the object of his search. If a bird cannot
be found at once, depend upon it the best plan is to
keep quite still until the dog has at any rate had a
chance. The proper course is not to pick up the
bird, touch it, or go nearer to it than can be helped,
until the dog has been brought to the place and been
shown that there is really some reason for his con-
tinued hunt. Also, it is a.yery bad plan to let a dog
continually retrieve birds which fall dead in the open,
and which there is no difficulty in gathering. If a
dog is constantly used for this purpose, it must make
him slack in hunting for birds; accustomed as ho has
been to ace them at once, he gets to trust to his eyes
instead of his nose, and to carry his head high instead
of close to the ground.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

lIIGH CLASS WORK.

MODERATE CHARGES.

MR. J. 0. C. PHILLIPS

SURGEON DENTIST,

77, HIGH-ST., 870 URBRIDGE,

EVERY FRI D AY,

AN D
C°LAI ORE HOUSE,

COLMORE ROW,

bMOlwl,

DAILY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

DYNAMITE PLOT IN GERMANY.

A statement made in the German Reichsta,,,,,. Com-
mittee upon the bill for the prolongation of the Anti-
Socialist Law has caused a great sensation. It ap-
pears by the concurrent confession of two anarchists
recently arrested at Elberfeld, that there was a plot
to cause a disastrous explosion during the inaugura-
tion of the national monument at Ruedesheim,
which came off last September in the presence of the
Emperor and most of the members of the Royal
Family and the German Princes. For this pur-
pose it is alleged that a large quantity of dynamite
was placed in a drain pipe underneath the monument,
')ut that the rainy weather and the moisture of the
ground prevented the explosion of the dynamite,
which was removed by the Anarchists two days after.
Although the story is not yet fully confirmed, the
committee was sufficiently impressed thereby to pass
a unanimous resolution asking the Government to
prepare a bill for preventing the criminal use and un-
authorised fabrication of explosives.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

MR. IRVING'S FINAL APPEARANCE
IN NEW YORK.

The New York correspondent of the Daily News,
writing on Sunday, says:
Mr. Irving's farewell performance last night drew
an audience which packed the theatre •almost to
suffocation. 411 the seats were sold a week ago, and
the speculators easily secured twenty-five dollars each
for those they had bought. Mr. Irving was called a
dozen times before the curtain, and Miss Ellen Terry
and Mr. Teniss were most warmly applauded.
After the final fall of the curtain Mr. Irving,
responding to repeated demands made a speech in
which he said: "This is a night that will ever be
remembered by us. Six months ago you welcomed
us on these boards, and I thank you, as the
representative audience of the empire city of
the United States, for the welcome whicE we
have everywhere received from the American
people. Not one jarring note, not one un-
generous sentiment, has marred the happiness of our
stay amongeo graciouswr
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noble art the two greatest sections of the English-
speaking race are one nation. You have shown that
no jealous love of your own most admiralle actors has
prevented you from recognising the earnest purpose
of an English company, and we shall return to our
homes with the conviction that, new as our
methods may have been, you have set the stamp
of your undisguised approval on them, and your
generosity is, I am sure, right heartily recipro-
cated by the English people. Certainly as long
as I have a theatre the doors of the Lyceum will be
open to welcome your distinguished countrymen. One
is acting there now ; others will be there by-and-bye,
and that we may not be quite forgotten we are re-
turning soon. That the American people may not
forget us, we are coming, if all be well, next autumn.
We shall return in full hope and anticipation, and to
our friends at home we shall say that we are returning
for a parting embrace, a six months' embrace, and I
am sure our dear land, which has the first place in
our hearts, will not begrudge us the affection which
we bear to America, and which out of the depth of
your kindness you have conjured up. I respectfully,
gratefully, and, if I may say it, lovingly wish you
good-bye. '
The total receipts of the twenty-six weeks' season
have been 405,604 dollars. Mr. Irving received half
the gross receipts and furnished the company, with the
exception of Miss Terry's weekly salary of 1500
dollars, towards which he paid 500 and the manager
1000.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

HALESOWEN.

SEniens Sasxte-ee3,—At the Polie3 Court on
Tuesday, before Messrs. Edward liein rind H. T.
Hickman (magistrates), Isaiah Bagley, ironworker,
Gortty Hill, was charged with violently assauLing
Sarah Ann Smith, at Coombs Wood, en the 14th
inst. Oa that night a youne man named Homy
Whitehouse was attacked in a lure by he defend-
ant and iNvo ether men. The comp;aieant urged
the ma not to iLuse Whitehouse, when defendant
towards complainant
and kickel hex
tvri:nitly on the kg. The magistrates' clerk stated
that flu'. MeLancaolm had informed him that the
complainant was bad'y injured. Defendant denied
that lie committed the assault, but two witnesses
swore positively to seeizig the defendant kick the
complainant. The Bench charactised it as a
brutal case, and fined the defendant Ws. and costs,
met 1 r.leio oreee-e.d him to pay the surgeon's fees.—
William Burrows (w), chainmaker, of Cradley
Heath, was fined 10i. and costs for violentlyassault-
ing his wife by striking her a violent Llew in the
face.—Edward Leyshon, ironworker, Hawne Hill,
was fined 14s. Gd. for assaulting Ann Leyehon on
the 20tii inst.
DISTURBANCE AT SPRING HILL.—At the same
Court, Edward Greenall, a prize fighter, and Robert
Ctiatwin, were charged with fightiug in a field at
Spring Hill on Easter Tuesday; and William Hell
and George Willetts were charged with aideig and
abattiug etreenall and Clettev'n to commit a breach
of the
peace.—A was formed, and Greenall
mid Chatwin were stripp,ed to the skin, and fought
rine
for mete than half at) twin% rhey illused each other
liw)eililacdckebbeattafitit:icie.tilLtpaliitge
pigeon-flying
rounds Hall and Willetts wiped
the bloat from Greenall anti Chatwin's faces.—lu
! reply to the magistrates, Police-constable Hard-
-111.gyi'ntgVIlla'aS tCabl.TaTiltedmentofoutaghket
for the money bet on the pigeons.—As Greenall did
not ftepear, the magistrates issued a warrant for his
apprehens:on. Chiewin was ordered to find
sureties to keep the peace for three months. Hall
and Willetts were e,ch ordered to pay the tests.
CHARGE 01? a:111'171SG DRUN a-EN-SESS.—At the
same Court, fiery Russell, I Andlord of the Globe
Inn, Peekiaghair ‘titreet, was summoned for pr
-
uniting eruakeauess Sri his hous,.3,—The defendan s
broteer Wai found drunk iir the house, and de-
feudant said his brother was very stupid, aud re- I
fused to leave when he requested him to (Jo so.
The Bench discharged defendant with a caution
For being drunk o licensed preralses, Charles
Russeli was fieed is. and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

"FOR ASTHMA, HAY FEVER, & CATARRH.
—Mutton's CURE was employed under the higL eat med-
ical sanction in the case of the late Earl of Beaconsfield
The medicine from which his lordship found most com-
fort and relief was Himrod's Powder. The fumes are
inhaled by the patient, and at °tee afford relief." Per
Tin 4s. samples Free. J. M. RICHARDS, 92 and 93,
Great Russell Street, London.

Eeckelaer's Rose Soap,—The best for the toilet.
"GET A BOTTLE TO DAY OF PERRY DAVI
PAIN KILLER —lt instantly relieves and cur:a severe
scalds, bnras, sprains, braises, toothache, headaih-
psn
in the side, joints, and limbs, all neuralgic and rheuma-
tic pains. Taken internally cures at once coughs, sudden
colds, cramp in stomach, colic, d.arrhoea, and (1101, ra
infantum. PAIN KILLER is tbe gi cat household medicine
and has stood the test of 60 years. Any chemist can kup
ply it at is. lid. and 2s. 9d.'i
Bolloway's Pals.—lndigestion and Liver Complaints.
—The digestion cannot be long or seriously disordered
without the derangement being precep-Able on the
countenance. These Pills prevtnt both unpleasant
consequences ; they improve the appetite, and with the
increase of desire for food, tney argment the powers of
digestion and assimilation in the stomach. Holloway's
Pills deal moat satisfactorily with deranged or diseased
conditions of the many organs engaged in extractiLg
nourishment for our bodies from our various diets—as
the liver, stomach and bowels, over all of which they
exercise the most salutary control. By raatcring at
any early stage of this malady to these. purifying and
laxative Pills, the dyspeptic is speedily rest, red to
health and strength, and his sallowness gradually
vanishes.

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teeth? Go at once to a ehetnist 9,nd get a buttle of
Mits. WINSLOW'S SOOTIIING i 11UP. It will relle.ve
the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm.
less and pleasant to taste, it produces natural,
quiet sleep, bY relieving the child from pain, and the
little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It
soothes the child it softens the gums, allays all
pain, relieves
rzian6;egulates the bowels, and is the
bff...t known* for dysentery and diarrbma,
whether arising from teething or other causes. s Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing prop is sold by Modicine dwell
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

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And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks

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POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN S BOO} S
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

ROSE CULTURE IN POTS.

The growing of rose trees for"exhibition is not nearly
SO important as their culture for the decoration of the
green-house or conservatory, and to supply choice cut
flowers when they cannot be obtained out-of-doors.
For this purpose large bushes are not required. A
big rose tree that four men could move with difficulty,
would be as useless in most gardens as the proverbial
white elephant. Indeed, they have scarcely a place in
any garden, public or private. In a large exhibition
tent they have their place of honour; they have been
grown, trained, and watched over with anxious solici-
tude for this, and when people have admired them,
and wondered how they were brought there; their
work for that season is finished; they have shown
what skill and science can accomplish, and
what the rose is capable of being grown to by
years of patient and trying labour. A big exhibi-
tion pot rose may have been in training for a quarter
of a century. Few people would covet such plants,
and if they did it is not likely that they would obtain
them. The kind of roses that every owner:of a green-
house might have are those that can be grown and
flowered in pats from 8 to 11 inches in diameter,
inside measure; as a rule, the plants are budded or
grafted oa-tho briar or Enemata stock, but they are
often also on their own roots. Some roses do not
strike so freely from cuttings as others, but the largest
proportion of them: can be propagated in this way
with but little trouble. The mistake is ofttimes made
by neglecting to put in the cuttings at the right time.
The best time to do so is early in the autumn. The
cuttings should be taken off with a heel attached, and
they must not be too long; about three or four inches
of stem may be inserted in the ground, and two or
three eyes above ground. If a greater length of stem
is left to dry up above the surface, the cutting may
die off altogether.—Gardeners' Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

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CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

:.

TEADESMENS' ADDRESSES.

I .Tha*ug!...ll-otenmen'

SATURDAY, MAY 3,1884
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

NR. FORSTER ON ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION.

London, on Tuesday, the 79th general meeting
of the British and Foreign School Society was held
in Exeter Mil, Mr. W. E. Forster presiding. The
chairman said the benevolent and hard-working men
who began to work did not anticipate that the time
would come when the education of every child in the
country would be considered a State duty which must
be performed even if the parents did not perform
it. No doubt without this society and kindred
societies they could not have arrived at the result
which had now been attained. Much had yet to be
done; but. he trusted that even the most advanced in
years would see the time when it would be a rare
exception, in England at least, that a child did not
know how to read, write, and cypher. The boys and
girls who had got into the schools had not yet become
men and women, and so we could not realize yet the
difference between a population able to road and write
and a population that could not. One great differ-
ence would be that a great barrier between classes
would be removed. Those who studied the demo-
cratic movement in the country saw that this would
effect a great change. They had further not realised
the enormous demand for popular literature which
the change would bring about. It was thought that
education would make men and women dissatisfied
with manual labour, but it was having the opposite
effect. Referring to the question of over-pressure, ho
said that it did not follow that the children who were
unhealthy in school would be otherwise out of school.
Where over-pressure existed, it was mainly in the
case of children of seven or eight who went into
school without any training at all, and in seeking to
bring them up to the level of the others they were
over-pressed, but the remedy for that was to improve
and increase our infant schools and to have well-
trained mistresses. ‘1"1.41,0, P;‘s
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

WORD 3LEY,

CONCERT.—A concert was given in the National
Scllools, Wordsley, on Monday night, for the pur-
pose of getting a new set of handbells for the
church tower ringers. There was a good audience,
and everything passed off 2n a satisfactory manner.
The ringers played some choice selections, and
were well appreciated. Mr. J. E, Bottomley played
a pianoforte solo in excellent style. Mr. Lea's songs
were w,ll rendered. MlB3 A. Steele was in good
voice and was loudly applauded. Mr, H. Bird sang
two nice songs and was well received. The Rev.
T, B:s`-iop caused roars of laughter by his reading.
The violin solo by Mr. Poole was well received.
Miss Hudson gave general satisfaction by the way
in whizli she sang the songs allotted to her
The concertina solos were gone through in a credit-
able style. The following is the programme :
"My love is but a lassie yet," Hand bells; piano-
forte solo, Mr. Bottomley ; song, "The Midship
mite," Mr. Lea; duett "Love shall never die,"
Miss A. Steele and Mr. H. Bird; rending, Rev. T.
Bishop; song, "Mulberry Tree," Mr. H. Bird; song,
with violin obligato, Miss A. Steele; violin solo,
Mr. D. ; song," Reign of the roses," Miss
Hudson; concertinasolo,"Scoth airs," Mr. Brough-
ton ; "C :her herrin," Bell ringers; song, "Three
sailor boys," Mr. ; song, "It may be so," Miss
flu 'eon; vio in solo, Mr. Poole; song, "Happy
dreamlan 4' Mr. Bird; song, "The new Kingdom,"
Miss A, ; concertina no, "Carnival De
V,,nice," Mr. Broughton. Mr. liottornley ufficint!d
as accompanyist,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

CAPTURE OF A WILD BOY.

A "wild boy" has, according to the Monitct
Republican° of Mexico, been lately captured in the
Santa Rosa mount, us in the vicinity of Tancanhuitz,
and seems by all accounts to be a most unpleasant
acquisition. Ho was when caught carried to the town
and put for security in a well-fenced garden, where he
greedily consumed fruit, lettuce, roses, and the roots
of several plants. He retained a remarkable taci-
turnity, never speaking to anyone or appearing to
notice the many persons who went to see him. He
was considered to be perfectly harmless; and if he
had continued simply to hold his tongue and confine
himself to a vegetable diet, no fault would have
been found with him. The other day, however,
he showed a decided tendency to cannibalism,
and behaved in such a manner as to call forth
general anxiety and reprehension. A little child,
only three years old, happening to come into the
garden, he immediately pounced upon it and began to
eat it. The child's cries attracted attention, but
before assistance reached the spot the wild boy had
devoured the fle'sh of the right arm of the infant and
part of its face. On seeing that his prey was about to
be taken from him, he squeezed it to death in his
arms, giving utterance at the same time to a horrible
noise—something between a howl and a laugh The
untamable youth is now chained up; but his captors
are at a loss to know what to do with him, and
sincerely wish they had left him alone in the moun-
tains.

HEARSAY EVIDENCH.—Two literary ladies were
lately witnesses in a trial. One of them, upon hearing
the usual questions asked: "What is your name? "
and "How old are you ? "—turned to her companion
and said, "I do not like to tell my age; not that I
have any objection to its being known, but I don't
want it published in all the newspapers." "Well,"
said the witty Mrs.—," I will tell you how to
avoid it. You have heard the objection to all hearsay
evidence; tell them you don't remember when you
were born, and all you know of it is by hearsay."
The ruse took, and the auestion was not Dressed,
,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

PENNY FRIGHTENERS.

At the Brentford Petty Sessions on Saturday,
Thomas Charles Symonds, of New Bridge-road, was
summoned by the Incorporated Law Society, for
falsely and wilfully pretending to be a solicitor, on
the 13th of February last. Mr. C. 0. Humphreys
prosecuted; Mr. S. Woodbridge defending. The
defendant who is a partner in the firm of Messrs.
Layton and Hardy, coal merchants, Kew Bridge-
wharf, sent to a debtor named Scott, the follow-
ing document : "Final Notice. Before pro-
ceeding in the County Court for the recovery
of small debts as per Act of Parlia-
ment, I hereby give you notice that unless
the sum of £1 2s. 6d., due by you to Messrs. Layton
and Hardy, is paid before the 21st of February, I
shall proceed against you under the above Act." For
the defence, it was contended that the debt being due
to the defendant as ona of the firm he was justified in
so writing on his own behalf the letter containing an
assertion that he was a solicitor. The circular was
handed to the magistrates, and the chairman re-
marked that he understood the forms were purposely
got up and widely used, and that, in fact, they were
generally known as "Penny Frighteners." (Laughter.)
A fine of 10s. was inflicted. The magistrate granted
a case for a superior court.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

THE INSURRECTION IN THE SOUDAN.

I

The Cairo correspondent of the Daily News, in a
telegram of Sunday's date, says :
A telegraphic order has been sent to Berber
directing the 700 troops there to withdraw if possible
to Koroski. All communication between Berber and
Khartoum is stopped, the last messenger being
obliged to return, and nearly losing his life. All the
country is in insurrection.
The Mudir of Dongola telegraphs to Nubar Pasha
requesting leave to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, find-
ine that the locality is unpleasant.
Fifty-one is the exact number of men killed near
Shendy. The rest have arrived safely at Berber.
Renter's telegrams of similar date say that
despatches have arrived from Berber stating that the
troops there have fraternised with the insurgent
Arabs. The inhabitants are taking to flight, and in a
few days the pla.c will be deserted.
The reply of the British Government to the pro-
Posal to send an expedition to Berber has been
received. It says that such an expedition is im-
possible at present, and could not, in fact, start for
four months hence.
This, decision has been communicated to Hussein
Pasha. Khalifa, governor of Berber, and at the same
time lie has been told that he may withd from the
town if he is in a position to do so.
Mr. Cuzzi, General Gordon's agent Berber, has
senta telegram to Mr. Egerton, saying it is quite im-
possible to forward any more letters or telegrams to
Nhartoum. The last messenzer had returned, having
been unable to proceed. The situation at Berber'
Mr. Cuzzi describes as desperate. Korosko was also
reported to be unsafe, but that news is quite uncon-
firmed. Troops had arrived at Berber from Shendy,
baying suffered trifling loss on the way from attacks
of the rebels. This disproves the report of the Shendy
massacre announced on the 20th inst.
- ^oontv court

AN ANTTIONY.—In a recent trial in a county
in the provinces, the judge having asked a witness,
"What is an 'Anthony ?" he replied, "The littlest
pig; your honour. The little pig is always Anthony."
On an inquiry why the little pig was so called, the
attorney replied, "I believe, your honour, it is asso-
ciated with the saint of that name, from the fact that
fils unhappy time the smallest and least valuable
I:ig was usually nicked for the Church."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

HEALTHFUL RECREATIONS.

In order to be truly healthful, in every PCIISO of
this word, recreation must be of a kind to entirely
relic-ye both body and mind from their status quo
during work or toil: All thoughts must be for a
time diverted into an entirely new and pleasantly iii.
teresting channel, so as to rest most completely that
other portion of the brain, which presides over the
thoughtful performance of the duties of the day. The
kind of recreation that is chosen must, therefore,
depend, in a great measure, upon the sort of labour
that has been performed. What is rest to one man
would be labour to another. Recreation ought to be
in every way the converse to labour; if it be not so,
it is not rest. From this it may be seen that the in-
dividual himself must choose that form of recreation
which is best suited for his health. But the
busiest men among us, even those to whom work is
really pleasure, should remember that recreation or
relaxation is in reality a necessary of health and life
itself. To use a plain and homely simile : well-
timed, well-chosen recreation is to our bodies and
minds, or to these
.hearts of ours which are beating,
beating night and day, What oil is to the bearings of
an engine; it saves wear and tear, and makes the iou!
rongh road of life seem shorter and smoother to us.
Brain-workers probably need daily recreation more
than any other class of individuals. It is a pity that
it is m the custom with so many of the to sacrifice the
precious hours of the night to work that might be
done far better and more brilliantly in the 'no/laity*,
or in the forenoon. Ido not speak unadvisedly, but
from long experience, when I
say that the hours be-
tween the evening meal—whether it be dinner dl'
supper—and bed-time should be devoted entirely to
rest from labour, combined with, if possible, recrea-
tion. The sleep thereafter would be far more useful
and refreshing, and, in seven hours after retiring to
rest, the brain would be ready to commence
work again with healthier blood in it, and
with clearer and therefore more critical per-
ceptions, The purer and more wholesome the
air in which, be they that they may, our recreu.
tions are enjoyed the better. Pur9 air can usually be
secured at home in winter and spring evenings. We
can manage to have our rooms well ventilated.
From home it is different. The brain-worker, or the
man who has been worried no matter how, will often
find mental recreation in the concert-room or the
lecture-hall. It cannot often be called healthful
recreation, however, for the systems of ventilation in
nearly all places of public resort are sadly in need of
I•.efotin. And so from places of amusement, after
breathing the vilest of atmospheres and the most
obnoxious of gases, we return home, exhilarated in
mind probably, but too often jaded and weary in body.
Restless nights are the consequestee,• and, on the
whole, we feel next day that it might have been
better had we not indulged in such doubtful recrea-
tion.—Cosell's Family Magatine,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

; I, •

A serious fray has occurred at Saint Philippe, near
Nice, between French and Italians. The latter were
crying," Death to the French !" Many were wounded,
among them being a policeman. Ten arrests were made.
M. de Lesseps has been entertained at the Hotel
Continental in Paris by 250 engineers and con-
tractors, who gave him a banquet on the occasion of his
election to the Academy. -

The Princess de Wagiam has just died in Paris at. a
great age. She was the daughter of Count Clary,
niece of Bernadotte, King of Sweden, and of Joseph
Bonaparte, King of Spain, and widow of the Prince de
Wagram, the son of Berthier, one of Napoleon's most
famous Generals.

The French steamer Assyrien, with provisions and
coal for Tamatave, has been completely wrecked on thy
Providence Rocks north of Madagascar. The loss is
estimated at £BOOO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES

GEORGE MORRIS, PROPRIETOR,

riAG'S HEAD INN,

KING STREET (Late of Stone Street), AND BAIT AND LIVERY STABLEIB, DUDLEY ARMS,

DUDLEY.

.{ DANES. St. Thomaa-stree t.Notherten.
GOULD, Undertaker, Cradley Heath.
MOORE and FERRER, Undertakers,Kingswinford
Leans:— G. WOODALL. klarket-atreet, do.
WHITFIELD, do. Brierley Hil
DORREL, do. do
EMERY do. do

A Large and Well-selected Stock or
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-03

THE SALE OF THE CASTELLANI
• COLLECTION.

The total realised by the Castellani collection at
Rome, the sale of which occupied 21 days, was about
£48,000, but the total would have been much larger
if 30 of the most valuable articles had not been with-
drawn in consequence of the high-handed proceedings
of the Italian Minister of Public Education. The
Italian Government was anxious to buy the whole
collection as the nucleus of a new museum similar
to that at South Kensington, but not having the
necessary funds the Minister, basing his action upon a
Papal decree of 1820, claimed the right of pre-emption
(prelazione) over 30 of the choicest articles. The heirs
of Signor Castellani protested against the legality of
this and commenced an action in the Civil Courts, but as
this was not likely to be decided for some months
it was resolved to proceed with the sale of the
other articles in the catalogue. The sale accordingly
commenced at the time appointed in the Palazzo
Castellani, transformed for the tiL c into an auc-
tion mart, the sale of the an pities having
attracted Mr. Newton from the Briti a Museum, Mr.
Fortnum from South Kensington, M. Froliner, the
late Conservator of the Louvre, who had prepared
the catalogue, and representatives of the Berlin and
Lyons Museums. The articles on which the Govern-
ment had laid an embargo were mostly antiquities, so
that the value of this part of the collection was appre-
ciably lessened, but several of the lots fetched very
high prices. A vase found in the Santa Maria
Church at Capua, and beautifully painted in various
colours, fetched £1000; and a Greek mirror from
Corinth, with bronze frame and figures of Venus
and Cupid, £154; a small statuette of an Etruscan
warrior, little more than 4in. in height, £l4l ; and
a Diana in terra-cotta, of a period little later than
that of Pheidias, £2BO. The terra-cottas which the
late Signor Castellani had purchased in Asia Minor
realized the highest prices ever known, a figure of
Victory, holding a gilt crown and a bouquet of
flowers, being sold for £248, and a Venus recumbent
for £240. The gold and silver ornaments were also
sold for very high prices. The poignard in copper
gilt which Mariette Pasha found encased in the
mummy of the Egyptian King Amasis, and which was
for some time the property of Prince Jerome Napo-
. _ _