The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-24 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

DRITISII AND FOREIGN.

It was on the 14th of May the King of Prussia tele-
graphed to the Etnparor of the French hie tincere congratu-
lation on the remit of the plebleclte.

It has been noted as a curious coincidence, that the
meetlng of the en-Emperor and Prince Pierre Napoleon took
place at the town of Roche/eel!

Canada is preparing for a demand on the United
Statoe for the rarnburtemeut of the wet of npelllng the boat
Fenian roil.

The cholera io raging through I'er4s, and io bad
he the south of Blifilia.. In St. Petersburg thee° were 103
eases last week, sod 43 deaths, both is not epidendeal as yet.
The adminietration of the Rtoodan Exchequer
has ordered 40000,00) roubles h.:longing to it In the Paris
haidui to be lent to London.

The Browl Arrow nuderetaade that Lcrcl Ashburn-
ham has placid hls mansion in Sussex at the disposal of the
Empress Eugenio.

London is now invaded by a whole colony of
Parisians, whose fore!gn voices, dresses, wad manners excite
no mita interest in the streets.
The Chatterley Iron Company's works near Ton.
stall, in Staffordshire, was the scene of a boiler explosion
on Saturday, by whtch two lives were lost and six persocs
severely injured.
A cowkeeper, at Isle worth, has been fined forty shil-
lings on Asturday before the Brentford msgistrates f r cot
having gives notice of an outbreak of the foot and mouth
disease, which had occurred amongst his cattle.

The Rev. C. H. Charsley, of Oxford, has lately in-
vented Velochnan," or hand-cseriage, which he has setts-
factordy employed in the streets of Oxford. II I. especially
adapted for clergymen or Wuxi, hayiog duties el'eudil,gov,
a large space, and who are unable to walk.
In re,ly to an address of sympathy with the French
Republic, Corn a-dad by the Liberal Assc clot ion of ttreenwich,
hi Jules Fevre toe such brotherly espreir ions as it contains
console the French people in their misfortune, and tend to
strengthen the bonds which should unite the two nations.

A Committee of ladies has been formed for the benefit
of the widows and orphans left deititute by the war, and
they appeal to the women of this country for their active
sympAtiy. The list of miring is an influential one, Cod in-
cludes that of Miss Florence Nightingale.
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There was an extensive fire in Chicago on Sunday
night, the 4th of September, which destroyed one of the
finest blocks of buildings in that city, known as the Drake
block," an 1 CA,•'Oli loibes aggregating 2,500,00 dole. The
principal loters were Farwell and Co., dry goods dealers.
Several persons were killed and Injured by falling walls.
The Paris committee for the propagation of the use
of hone-Seal as food for the public has written to the Go-
verb-not to Mut out the advantsges that may be derived
from such meat, e-puel.,lly by tile establishment of econo-
mical kitchens, where an; one would be free to get Ulla
article of food at a low price.

" London now is out of town," an old ditty sap,
and such at the present time is the case. Vet, in previous
years, there ho s been greater desertion. The war has canoed
an Influx of foreign noble families, whu have been compelled
to engage residences, or avail themselvos ul friends hospi-
tality, such friends going purposely to [(mato welcome and
console them.

There is a man living in Paris now who has seen all
shades of political events with tbe cheerful Indifference of
Epicurus. This is Auber, the composer. Born under Loon
XVI., he hail succenshdly Waited the First Republic, the
First Empire, Lonti XVIII , Charles X, Louis Philippe, the
Republic of IS4B, the Second Empire, the Third Repub.= in
IS7O, _

The distinguished Hindoo religions reformer, the
Baba° Reshub Chunder lien, took his departure from England
on Saturday afternoon in a Peninsular and Oriental steamer
from Sonihstoptoin In a farewell address, Wash he delivered
In a Unitarian Church in that town, he expreseed his belief
that the glorious future swanks; his country, when the
hearts and souls of the people's of India and England should
be united, could hardly be Idlieed hero.
Some 200 gentlemen, claiming to be descendants of
tho f sm,us Admiral, Sir Francis Drake, have Just held •
meeting In New York, to connect measure, for establishing
Citric title to the English property of the Drake family.
They contend that the will by which the last baronet left his
property to his dnughter Is invalid, that this property was
entailed, and is rightfully theirs as descendants of the male

The war on the Continent geenm to he throwing
elittruett ne in the way of business in some of our law
courts. On Tuesday, in the case of • non-trader residing at
Bps, he Belgium, which came before the London Court of
Bankruptcy, it was stated that postal arrangement. had been
so Interfered with as to prevent the defendant giving in-
structions In the proceedings —ln the Central Crlminal
Court another application was made for the postponement
of • trial on the ground of the absence of witnesses In Parts.