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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-23

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THE STOURBRIDGE' OBSERVER

THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN
CATTLE.

The following are the main provisions of the Govern.
rant Bill to amend the Contagions Diseases (Animals
Act of 1878, which has been introduced into the House
of Lords by Lord Carlingford :—For,the purpose of
preventing the introduction into the 'United Kingdom
of the infection of foot-and-month disease, the Privy
Council may, from time to time, by general or special
order prohibit, whenever they deem it expedient so to
do, the landing of atnimals from any foreign country
or countries, or any specified part thereof, and they
shall prohibit such landing whenever they are satisfied
with respect to any foreign country that, having
regard to the sanitary condition of the animals therein
or imported therefrom, to the laws made by such
country for the regulation of the Importation and ex.
portation of animals, and for the prevention of the in.
troduction of spreading of disease, and to other dr.
cumstances, a reasonable security does not exiet
against the importation from such country of animals
affected with foot-and-mouth disease.

The provisions relating to quarantine contained in
Part 2 of the fifth schedule annexed to the principal
Act shall apply to animals brought from counties from
which the importation of animals, is, for time being,
prohibited. The Privy Council may, if they think fit.
exercise the pewers vested in them under Part 4, of
the said fifth schedule, so far as relates to the admis-
sion of animals without being subject to slaughter, in
relation to any specified part of a foreign country,
in the same manner as in relation to the
whole of the foreign country. subject to
snch regulations as to quarantine or other-
wise as the Privy Council may from time to time, by
general or special order, direct. So much of this Act
as makes it obligatory on the Privy Council to pro-
hibit, under the circumstances in this Act mentioned,
the landing of animals affected with foot-and-mouth
disease shall continue in force until the expiration of
two years from the date of the passing of this Act, and
no longer,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-23

HALEtOWEN.

THE SMALL-PDX is stated that
small-pox is spreading in the neighbourhood of
Spring Hill, no less than eleven persona being on I
Tuesday found suffering from the disease. The
authorities have taken the necessary steps to isolate 1
the cases.
VIOLENT ASSADT.—At the Police Office on Tues—
day,lbefore Messrs. Edw T.] Gem, and E. B. Phillips
(magistrates), Emma Warr, a married woman, re-
siding at Romsley, was fined 103. and c )sts or in
default twentyeight days' imprisooment, for vio-
lently assaulting Sarah Dunn, on the 8:11 inst., by
striking her on the head with a basin.
LICENSING OFFENCE.—At the same Court, Wil-
liam Dawe and Sarah Shipley, of West Smethwick,
were summoned for being on the licensed premises
of the Plough Inn, Bristol Road, Warely, and
, Davie was further charged with giving a false ad-
dress to the police.—P.C. Stanton proved the ease
—The Bench fined Dawe 53. and costs in each case
and Shipley is. and costs.
A SiD CAsn,—At the same Court, William Had-
ley, nailer, Short Cross. was summonEd by the
Sourbridge Board of Guardians for neglecting to
support his wife.—Defendant said his wife left hint
with two children. She had s.?.veral times threat-
ened to murder him, and had night after right
carried pokers and knives in her hands. She was
a most violent character, and he was aft aid to live
with her—The Beuch ordered the defendant to
contribute 21. 6d. a wcc!:, fled said they were sorry
he had married so unhappily.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-23

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"The storks in CASSELL'S FAMILY MAGAZINE are
goed, this pictures arc clever, the selection of subjects is
itr.kin,2ly varied ; it contains a variety of us2ful informatio,,
and :dtogethcr a glance through the rag, shows that thdr
contents are unusuaLy attractive."— Tie Times.

Printed and Published by the sole Proprietor, SIR
SIMEON FIELD at hit Odi co, 92, High-street, Stou
bridge, iii the county of Vey( ester, and to which plae
all letters and other imam Mit Won, mustbeAddreseed-
84turday, February 3
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-23

THE MURDER of A SPANISH SEAMAN;

At the Liverpool Assizes, on Monday, before Mr.
justice Butt, Michael McLean, 18, labourer; Patrkk
Duggan, 18, scaler; Alexander Campbell, 20, barber;
William Dempsey, 19, labourer; and Murdoch Bal.
lantyntr, 20, labourer, were charged with the wilful
murder at Liverpool on the sth January last of a
Spanigh sailor named Exequiel Rodriquez Nunez.
In opening the case for the prosecution, Mr. Potter
said that the deceased man was, together with another
sailor, going to his ship in the Canada Dock on the
night in question. They left the town about ten
o'clock, and were going along Regent-road when at
the corner of Blackstone-street they were met by the
prisoners. The deceased's companion was struck in
the face by one of the prisoners, afterwards recognised
as Ballantyne, and he ran away. The deceased
was also struck by the prisoners, knocked down, and
kicked and struck with belts. He managed to get up
and attempted to run away, but was caught, knocked
down, and kicked. He again managed to get up and
ran a short way, but the prisoners followed him
shouting "Here he is; knives, boys, knives." The
deceased had got as far as a railway arch in Black.
stonestreet, when the prisoners came up to him again,
and the prisoners McLean and Duggan were seen to
use their knives. The deceased on examination was
found to be wounded in three places. The wound
which was the cause of death was in the lower past of
the neck, near the collar bone, and divided an im•
portant artery. Death was the result of loss of blood
and extravasation in the region of the heart. There
was no reason whatever for the crime, and the whole
assault was, so far as it could be seen, committed
from a mere feeling of brutality.
The jury found McLean and Duggan guilty of
murder, with a recommendation to mercy on account
of their youth. They acquitted the other prisoners.
His lordship passed sentence of death, stating that he
would forward the recommendation to the proper
quarter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-23

PROGRESS OF AFFAIRS IN THE
SOUDAN.

A Times telegram dated Khartoum, Fab. 18, says:
General Gordon's arrival here this morning led to
a wonderful demonstration of welcome by the people,
thousands of them crowding to kiss his hands and
feet, ond calling him the "Sultan of the Soudan."
His speech to the people was received with enthu-
siasm. He said :

"I edme without soldiers, but with God on my
side, to redress the evils of the Soudan. I will not
fight with any weapons but justice. There shall be no
more Bashi-Bazoults."

It is now believed that he will relieve the Bahr
Gazelle garrisons without firing a shot. Since they
heard that he was coming the aspect of the people has
so changed that there are no longer any fears of dis-
turbances in the town. They say that he is giving
them more than even the Mandi could give. He is
sending out proclamations in all directions.
Such is the influence of one man that there are no
longer any fears for the garrison or people of Khar-
toum.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-23

II AGLEY.

STOCK SALE.—At their sale on Monday last,
Mess-s. Oates, Perrens and "Wooldridge had a large
supply of first-class stock, and the attendance of
buyers was very good. Competition was keen for
all classes of stock and very good prices were
realise3. Fat bullocks ma:le as high as £26 17s 6d,
cows £2.5 12s 6d. bulls 5s Od, sheep, tegs 71s 6d,
we. thers:Bls 6d, ewes 763 and calves £6.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

"Oh, don't propose to me now," shrieked a Phila-
delphia girl as her lover dropped on his knees and
seized her hand, "Don't pop the question now," she
screamed; "don't, don't, don't. If I say yes you'll
want to kiss me, and I've been eating onions."
It is very common in China for an official who
thinks he has offended "the powers that be" to beg
that his head may be cut off. Now, if some Americrrl
politicians could be disposed of in the same manner,
what a boom business would have.

A Western woman applied to a doctor for a pre
scription for her husband's rheumatism. "Get that
prepared," said the medical man, "and rub it well
into your husband's back, If it does him any good
let me know; I've got a touch of rheumatism myself."
A few years ago there was a man in Brooklyn who
had six or seven very corpulent daughters. When
asked how many children he had, his answer was
generally something of this kind: "I have three boys,
and about thirteen hundredweight of girls."
"Don't sit so far away from me, Henry dear," she
said to her lover, while they were steaming up the
Hudson river with the excursion; don't sit so far
away and turn your back to me in that way; people
will think we're married."

TIIE BRITISH ARMY.—On Saturday there was issued
among the Parliamentary papers a preliminary re.-
turn of the British Army for 1883 (prepared in anti-
cipation of the general annual return), which shows
that Ihe average strength of the regular army during
the year was 181,971, as against 189,229 in 1882, the
total for last year having been the lowest for over 20
years, except in 1870, when it was 180,444. The
number of accepted recruits was, however, 32,924,
against 23,555 in 1882, and this was the highest for
over 20 years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

CHILDREN'S TEETH REGULATED

Mr. PHILLIPS uses all the
most approved Modern Ap-
pliances of Dental Surgery
tor 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, 1884-04-26

FRIMIOSE DAY

The wearing and the display of primroses on Satur-
day—the anniversary of the death of the Earl of
Beaconsfield—was very largely adopted in the metro-
polis; and accounts received from all parts of the
United Kingdom show how universal has become the
display of the late earl's flower. From an early hour
of the morning the vast majority of those who came
into London were wearing "posies of primroses." As
the morning advanced, it was noticed that drivers of
cabs and omnibusses all displayed the modest little
flower; while shop windows were dressed with un-
usual taste, and in such a manner as to allow of the
pale yellow predominating. In the streets the huck-
sters of flowers, although they had loaded their carts
with this flower, found ready sale for the whole. The
statue of Lord Beaconsfield in Parliament-square was.
adorned with primrose wreaths, and one, tied with
blue ribbon, encircled his lordship's neck. One- of the
wreaths at the base of the statue bore the words,
"Peace with honour." Many hundreds of bunches
of primroses were strewed about the pavement.

In London, on Saturday evening, the first banquet
of the "Primrose League was held at the Free-
masons' Tavern, the Earrof Egmont presiding over a
company of nearly 400 gentlemen. Lord Randolph
Churchill was unhappily prevented by a severe cold
from attending. In proposing "The Memory of
Lord Beaconsfield" the chairman said that when he
was laid in his rest in Hughenden Churchyard, the
grave had closed over the head of one of the most
honest, most honourable, and most patriotic states-
men that England had ever had. The toast was
drunk in solemn silence, and was followed by that of
the "Houses of Lords and Commons," to which the
Earl of Limerick and Mr. Marriott, M.P., responded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

ADMIRAL HEWITT'S MISSION TO
ABYSSINIA.

The Special Correspondent of the Daily News,
in a telegram dated Has Aloola's Camp, April 13
(rid Souakim, April 20), say:
Admiral Hewett, with Captain Speedy, ason Bey
and his suite, after ascending the Diliensie Pg,ss,
arrived at Has Aloola's camp to-day. Fifteen hun-
dred horsemen met us at the top of the mountain,
and escorted the Admiral to Aloola, who was
encamped on a plateau near the village of Asmara,
and surrounded by two thousand infaid ry, the great
drums sounding, "How do you do?" and a most cor-
dial reception being given.
The natives say that no other mission has been
received with so much honour. We r here one day
to deliver presents to the chiefs, and leave for Adowa
on the following morning.
A telegram dated Souakim, Sunday, says : The
steamer Mansourah, which has just arrived, brings
news that Admiral Hewett is on his way to Adowa
to meet King John. The roads are perfectly safe.

ROMANCE AND REALITY.—Many romantic stories are
related of marriages resulting f m correspondence
between strangers. Here is a story of a pair who,
after exchanging letters, met by appointment: "The
surprise with which she discovered that he, instead of
being twenty-seven, tall, dark, and aristocratic, was
forty-six, stumpy, red-headed, fat, and bow-legged,
was only equalled by the rapturousamazement with
which he discovered that she, instead of being
willowy of figure, just eighteen, with warm golden
hair, an opalescent comptexion, and blue eyes like i
limpid lakes, was six feet one,, f she was an inch,
fifty-two if she was a clay, weighing three and twenty
stone if she did an ounce, and with no warm yellow
or any other hair of her own."

Tug ACTION AGAINST LORD G kIIMOYLE.—The case
of "Finney v. Cairns (Garmoyle)," which is the action
brought by Miss Fortescue against Lord Garinoyle
for breach of promise of marriage, is No. 363 in the
printed list of actions set down- for hearing during
the Easter sittings. It is about the 120th special
jury case in the list, but it is very probable that it
will not be reached until the Trinity sittings in June
next. Mr. Charles Rubsell, Q.C., M.P., who has been
retained as leading counsel for the plaintiff, was also
offered a retainer on behalf of the defendant, but had
to decline it, as he had already accepted
.the retainer
of the former.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

SALES BY AUCTION

BAGLEY STOCK SALE.
EVERY MOW DA 1.
THE usual Supply of CATTLE, SHEEP,
PIGS, &c.
OATES, PRELRENS. & WOOLDRIDGE

STOURBRIDGE STOCK SALE,
TUESDAY, APRIL 29t1, 1884,
Open for Pat and Store Stock, without branding.

300 PRIMEFAT SHEEP and LAMBS
40 Ditt.i FAT & STORE CAT 3 LE
The Sale includes a Special Entry of 10 Prime
FAT BEASTS and 50 FAT SHEEP, from the
Home Farm, Enville Hall.
\Teary Smart Chestnut Welsh PONY "Mare," by
Alonzo, 8 years old, about 12 hands, quie, to ride or
dive

U. K:NG, Auctioueer, Stourbridge.

HARVINGTON STOCK SALE.
WEDN2SDAY, MAY 7th, 1884.
EntriEs Solicited.
H. KING, Auctioneer.

KIN VER.

TO MALTSTFRS, FARMERS AND OTHERS.

:krH KING is instructed by Mr. E. Russell. who
is giviog up tbe :Malting Trade, to SELL by
AtiCTION, On MONDAY, APRIL 28TH, 1884, the FARM-
ING IMPLEMENTS, including capital Rick Sheet;
Carts, Gears, Harrows, Ploughs, Chatt Engines. Scuffle,
Barley Roll. dec.,_ 1.7,c, :useful CHESTNUT HORSE.
capital Malt Crusher, Malt screens, Avery's Platform
WEIGHING MACHING, Malt Baskets, Shovels, etc.
PD./RION, AIALTSTER'S SPRING CART, "'lime
PORKST PIGS, SOWS and PIGS, GILTS, and Fat
PIG abeut 18 scores. About Three 'ions of Clover
and Three Tons a Staw. Old Iron, useful Timber,
/cc., cte.
Bole to Cenimence a Eleven o'clock.

Catalogues may be had at the White Hart Inn, Kinver,
or of the Aucticncer, titctubridge.

TO MILLERS, FARMERS, AND OTHERS.

COALBOURNEROOK near STOURBRIDGE.

MR. H. KING is instructed by Messrs. John
Parrish and Co., who are retiring from the
Flour 1 rade, to EIELL by AUCTION, OU TUEBDAY, MAY
67n, 1884. the 2dILLIMI TOOLS. 3 Useful HORSE',
FLOUR WAGONS, Narrow-wheeled CAkcTS, Chair
Barrows, Itoct Potrero, 2-Knife Chaff Engines, Beam
and Rica:inn tcales and W.ights, about 1,000 SACK',
Sark RICK EllEr.l', Poles, Ropes, and
Pwle3s, c(mplete ; Uhillers and Long Gears, Bay
Forks and Bakes, Cart Sheet. lock of CAPITAL
bIIsADOW BAY, about 16 Tons ; alt.o Tamp ot OLD
HAY, about 3 Tons and ntmtrous other effects, re-
moved to a field at Coalbournbiook for convenience oi
Sa:e.

hale to ccromence at 11 o'clock.
Ca. sinus may be had of the Auctioneer, Stour.
bridge,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

M ETROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.

Supply of Americ,an killed beef and New Zealand killed
mutton shoit, but a fair quantity of Deptford killed beef,
and mutton rather Fcanty. Trade slow; quotations can
hardly be altered, but buyers have the turn of prioes in their
favour °etas on-lly. Beef, prime, 4s 10d tose 2d ;.middling,
4s 4d to 4s d;_ inferior, 3a 8d to 4,5. Mutton, prmerss 6d
to Gs 2d ; midol'in-,c, 4s 841 to 5s ; inferior, 33 8d to 4s 4d.
Lamb, 68 8d to Sd Veal, prime, 6s to 68 4(1; middling.
5s 4d to Is t•d; inferior, 4s to 48 3d. Po, prime; 4s 8d
to ss; middling, 4s 2d to 48 4d; inferior, Is Ed to-49 Per
81b. t •
good, and -prices in some
FISH. •
The supplies were agsill
with a goo trade. Turbot, 4s to
cases rather emier,. 3s to 4s; cod, 35 to Is ;
•••.-. •• each • salmon Scotch Dutch and Irish
10s; brill, 35 0 Os; skate,
dory. is ...., .8 9 , . 9. t . ,
Is sd; troct,is 9d ; soles, Is 21 per lb ; halibut, ad; stur-
geon,lb; mackerel, 16s per GO ; Irish ditto, 8.1
108 per 100; flounders, 6s per quart.rn ;
ydaice, 268 ; haddocks, 118; whiting,
9s per box; lobsters, Is to 3s; crabs, 2s to 35 each.
POULTRY.
erieelrs,22o63;sagnipepei7;lraft ;
Aylesbury ducklings, 6s to 7s 6d ; spring chickens 28 Gd
to is :d ; turkey poults, 6s to 7s; live hens, 28 to 32 ;
Guinea fowl. 33 t d to Is; ptsrmigan, Scl to 10d; pigeons,
is to is 4d; leverets, u to 4s; and rabbits, Is Sd to 20
7d ,o Pd; I: 1 de,ux ditto. Is 3d to Is 3d; Italian quails,
each.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

SUSPICIOUS DISCOVERY IN DUBLIN,

A discovery which was made in Dublin on Tuesday
morning has caused considerable alarm in the city.
The police on duty in the Phcenix-park found a
mysterious parcel at the scene of the murder of Lord
Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke. It was bound
round with crape, and contained somebrown substance
believed to be an explosive. Beside it lay a memoriam
card tied with green ribbon, on the back of which was
printed the single word "Revenge." On turning the
card it was found to bear the names of the Invincibles
Joe Brady, Tim Kelly, Dafp Curley, Lawrence
Fagan, Thomas Caffrey, and Patrick O'Donnell,
who was executed for shooting Jame! .Carey.
Several persons who happened to be in the vicinity at
the time of the discovery were arrested, and detained
until they had given satisfactory explanations. why
they were out at so early an hour. Subsequently it was
found that numerous threatening notices had been
distributed along the quays leading from the park to
Dublin Castle. The documents contained the words,
"The Impregnable Invincibles will have revenge.
God save Ireland ! " The words were printed in large
letters with a brush or broad quill pen on notepaper,
with a black border and a cross in the centre. To
each of the papers there was a loaded cartridge
attached by a green ribbon. The cartridges are of
the old army cast pattern. One of the notices with
cartridges attached was left at the Privy Council
Office, Upper Castle-:yard, and others at the residences
of some jurors. The parcel and notices have been
deposited in the Castle. About twenty of the notices
altogether came into the bands of the police, who
while professing to treat the discovery as a joke, have'
wisely taken strong precautionary measures: The
judges and the chief Government officials at the
Castle are closely guarded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

EXECUTION IN VIENNA.

Intelligence from 'Vienna states that on Monday
morning Hugo Schenk and his accomplices were
informed that the Emperor had confirmed the sen-
tence of death upon Hugo Schenk and Schlossarek,
whilst Carl Schenk's punishment was commuted to
imprisonment for life. Hugo Schenk was as cynical
as ever, and his bows to the President were no less
polite than at the trial. Schlossarek fainted, and on
Ins recovery asked for twenty-four hours' respite.
On Tuesday morning, at seven o'clock precisely,
Hugo Schenck and Schlossarek were anged in the
courtyard of the Justice Court in presence of an
audience numbering about 150.
Schlossarek was first brought out, pale, trembling,
scarcely able to stand, appealing for pity on the short
journey from the prison door to the gibbet, and
cursing Schenck while he was drawn up. He became
unconscious before the rope was round his neck, but
still the struggle lasted for eight minutes, when the
hangman announced his death.
Hugo Schenk was then led in. With an elastic
step he walked up to the gibbet, took off his jacket,
and presented his hands to be tied, smiling all the
while. After kissing the priest he asked him to give
his love to his wife. He then threw one glance at
the frightful features of him who had preceded him in
death. As he turned away the rope was loosened
and the hangman covered his face. He was dead in
less than three minutes, and looked like a man in
peaceful sleep, while Schlossarek's distorted features
were too horrible to dwell upon. A most primitive
poem composed by him in prison was sold during the
day for the benefit of the two girls whose lives he
spared.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

LORD BURY ON ATHLETICS

The annual dinner of the South London Harriers
took place on Saturday evening at the Holborn
Restaurant, at which about eighty members of the
association were present. Viscount Bury, the presi-
dent of the National Cyclists' Union, occupied the
chair. In proposing the toast of the evening, the
Chairman said he regarded the development of
athletics as not only extremely interesting, but as
extremely valuable from a national point of view.
He had it in charge to mention a matter which was
of great importance to them, that shortly an
American deputation would visit this country under
the auspices of their association, and that they
would be accompanied by men who were
well known to ;he athletic world, the name of
one of whom, Mr. Myers, he frequently heard during
a visit to America from which he had just re-
turned. Another, Mr. Fredericks, was a long-dis-
tance runner. Another, Mr. Waldron, was a short-
distance runner, but he believed there were many
present who would show him the way even at 150
yards. He had some sympathy with short-distance
runners, because there was a time, many years ago,
when he was a 150 yards champion himself. Mr.
Murray, another of the deputation, was a celebrated
walker. He did not know whether Murray could
emulate the deeds of his compatriot Weston, who had
just completed that extraordinary walk of his, but he
said that he would engage to walk double the dis-
tanc6 that Weston did and drink his ten pints of
beer a day. (Laughter.) If he could do that he could
only say that he was a very extraordinary man.
He thought that much good would be done as
regarded athletics if this and all kindred as-
sociations, .while each preserving its own autonomy,
should so interchange with the headquarters
A.)f other associations that the decision of one
elle/11d be regarded in all athletic matters as the deci-
sion of all. Athletic associations had an important
duty before them, and especially the one with which
he was more immediately connected Since the old
coaching days had passed away the roads in all Eng-
land had got into a dreadful state, and he believed
the Cyclist Association, by the influence it could
bring to bear, might be the means of remedying that
defect, which would be a national benefit. Other
athletic associations in the several departments to
which they directed their attention might also be of
national service. When the youth of a nation devoted
themselves to athletic exercises they performed in
that respect a good national work, for these exercises
gave health to the body, and without a sane bpdy
there could not be a sane mind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

CANADIAN FINANCES.

The Dominion House of Commons has passed the
Supply Bill regulating the expenditure for the ensuing
financial year. The total sum provided for is
30,500,000 dollars, to which must be added the in-
creased subsidies to the provinces, including the
interest on the extension of the Canadian Pacific
Railway to Quebec; on the Railway Subsidy expendi-
ture, and an expenditure on capital account
.for the
construction of the Intercolonial Railway and
harbours, and the dry dock for British Columbia,
making the total estimated expenditure for the fiscal
year beginning in July next 31,100,000 dols., or
-500,000 dols. less than for the current year. This
estimate does not include the loan to the Canadian
Pacific Railway, on which Government will receive
5 per cent. interest. The estimated surplus for the
coming financial year is 2,000,000 dols., notwithstand-
ing the decrease of 2,250,000 dols. in the taxation
during the latt two years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

HIGH CLASS WORK.

MODERATE CHARGES.

MR. J. 0. C. PR'

SURGEON DENTIST,

77, HIGH-ST., BIOUBBRIDGE,

EVERY FRIDAY,

AND
COLMORE HOUSE,

COLMORE ROW,

BrRMINOHAM,

DAILY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

THE HOP PLANT AND ITS ENEMIES.

A very important letter has been issued by Miss
Eleanor A. Ormerod, consulting entomologist of the
Royal Agricultural Society, in which she draws at-
tention to the fact of hop lice being now beginning
to appear, and that they are being deposited alive by
wingless females. Specimens of these have been sent
from Barming and Wateringbury, where they weri
first found on shoots of hops which had not yet been
"dressed," and information has been sent her of the
appearance of lice, or lice and wingless females, on
other grounds near Maidstone and Sevenoaks. This
point is very important, as it shows attack is beginning
by means of the females sheltered in the hill, or in
some part of the plant below ground. These were found
with the small young lice around them, which they
were depositing alive. This is the point which infor-
mation has been so much wanted on. Now we know
that wherever attack may come from by-and-by (and
it is likely to come, borne on the wing from damson
and plum) that at present it is steadily coming up
day by day on foot out of the hop hills, and now is the
time to cheek it thoroughly. Miss Ormerod suggests
working on the fact that the female creeps up from
below; consequently, if any dressing can be applied
which will poison her without injuring the plant,
or anything can be thrown through which she will
not creep up, we should meet the difficulty. Miss
Ormerod is herself experimenting a thick coat of
spent gas-lime, well down amongst the base of the
shoots, and round them, and, if no harm shows,
purposes to give another hand-sprinkling in about
two days. There is not enough to hurt even the
surface rootage, and the rapid growth of the shoots
carries them quick through it, and in this nearly
spent condition it is believed to be very prejudicial to
the aphis. Lime, paraffin diluted with water, and
applied in ashes (or, for experiment, wdust), might
all prevent the female coming up. But these are
practical points which hop growers can best judge of.
But it is of vital importance to the coming crop to
consider how to destroy the coming attack while still
it is in embryo—whilst it is creeping up on foot from
the hills—whereas very shortly it will be spreading on
the wing. Miss Ormerod suggests that hop growers
should themselves experiment by dressing hills with-
out waiting for shoots or lice to appear. The result,
she says, would probably give most important infor-
mation. Even should a few plants be destroyed in
the experiment, the information obtained would afford
more than compensating gain.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

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GARDEN CROPS OF 1884.

From reports in the Gardeners' Magazine we learn
that there is at present a fair promise of heavy crops
of all the more important subjects of garden cultiva-
tion. Although the winter was unusually mild vegeta-
tion is at the present but little forwarder than the
average, a fortunate circumstance, seeing that the
weathercock persists in pointing easterly. There was
a good seed time, and seeds are growing well; and
there was an equally good time for planting potatoes
and other roots, the ground being dry throughout the
whole month of March; in fact, for fully two months
the ground has been in capital condition for work.
In the southern districts wall trees and pears and
plums and cherries have flowered in the most profuse
manner aid have set heavy crops. In exposed places
the callow fruit is being thinned by night` frosts,
aided by ,dull days, but generally speaking the
leaves are thick enough to provide a good natural
shelter, and thus far it cannot be said that any
serious harm has been done. No one desires to see
apple bloom while the present cold continues, but
apple bloom is tear at hand, and in the warmer spots
near London, apple trees are perfect bouquets of pink-
tinted gauzy flowers, showing the intention of the
trees to repeat the phenomenal crop of 1863, if only,
the weather will allow it. Apricot trees are 'plenti-
fully dotted with fruit, even in the less favourable
localities. For some four weeks from the present
time, it will be as foOliah to count the fruits on the
peach orplum trees as to count the chickens that are
still in the shell. When May 20 is past, counting
may begin, but even then we may expect an occasional
slip between the fruit and :t'ae

A BUDDHIST TEMPLE DP,STROYED BY FIRE.—A
destructive fire has occurred in Mandalay, and the
great temple of Gaudama has been completely
destroyed. All the gold leaf stuck on the brass image
of the Gandama Buddha by successive generations of
worshippers, and valued at from eight to ten lakhs of
rupees, has been melted off by the heat. This result
of the fire appears to have caused great congterna-
tion, being held by the superstitious t be sure sign
of tbc, downfall of the Burmese Empire.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

A BATTLE WITH AN ALLIGATOR.

Robert Carroll, a trapper and hunter, while trap-
ping for otters on West Choctawpatchie River, in
Alabama, had a terrible fight with an alligator
recently.
Seeing the water agitated in a hole near the river,
and supposing that otters were fishing therein, he
mounted a pole on a tussock just above the water's
edge. His steel traps were in a sack suspended from
his neck. His only weapon was his hatchet. He sat
on the pole, with a mass of vines at his back. He
held his weapon ready to strike an otter, should one
arise.

Soon he saw a young alligator near him. He
caught it up and it uttered a cry. In an instant there
was a terrible splash of water, and a huge alligator,
with distended mouth and glittering teeth, rushed for
him. With little hope of escape he fell back upon
the vines, and as he did so kicked the pole from under
his feet.

The terrible jaws closed on the pole and crushed it.
Carrell tried to interpose the traps but a vine had
caught them and partly held him down. Seizing his
hatchet he struck into the open mouth of his assailant.
It closed on the weapon, and with great difficulty he
saved the hatchet. Getting free from his traps be
dealt the alligator a fatal blow on the skull as it made
the next charge.
Ile secured the skin and such teeth as had not been
destroyed in the fight. The length of the alligator
was about nine and a half feet. The hole was its
den. Alligators rarely attack human beings.—Detroit
Free Press.

.Trourrn.—" I meant to have told you of that hole:
said a gentleman to his friend, who, walking into his
garden, stumbled into a pit of water. "No matter,"
said the friend: "I have found it."

THE RIVAL BUTCHER 130111.11Fi- rSt Boy: "
Yankee
doodle! Why, your master sells nothing but
American meat. Yah !" Second Boy: "That's right,
old foot-and-mouth disease. He does, and gets full
English price for it too. Yah !"—Fun.
SOMETHING TO FEAR.—Curate : "So, your father is
getting betterr Miss Chawbacon : "Yes, sir, much
better. Mc.theela afraid he'll soon be quite well, sir."
A Cii.kr,-Esep ACCIDENTS.—PiIot. "Can't spare
any men! 'low is it you 'want them ?" Captain.
"Started tEree short, lost two in a gale off the
Canaries, had to put two Greeks in irons for murdering
the cook !"—Moonshine.
FACT.—Hair-dresser. "Yes, sir, it's very good for
the hair; it's very strong." De Witt. "Bound to—
as it goes to the head !"—Moonshine.
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MUCII MISPLACZD Jocuwarry.--7Smart .uoy. "Mr.
Pleeceman, please, you've got something sticking on
to the back of yer coat." -Policeman (off his guard),
"What is it ?" Smart Boy (derisively). "The
buttons!" Yah! [Fait at a hand gallop.—iTudy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

THE DEFEAT OF THE GOVERNMENT

In the division upon
,Mr. Dodson's amendment to
the Cattle Diseases Bill, which placed the Government
in a minority of twenty-four, no fewer than twenty-
two members who usually support Ministers voted
with the Opposition, while twelve Conservatives voted
against their party and in favour of the amendment.
The Irish members almost without exception went
into the Opposition lobby. Among the Liberals in
the majority were Colonel Kingscote, Mr. Hastings,
Sir H. Vivian, Sir P. Milbank, Mr. J. Howard, Mr.
M. Lloyd, Mr. A. Elliott, Mr. E. Collins, Mr. Cowen,
Mr. Barclay, Mr. P. Martin, Mr. Cartwright, and
Mr. Heneage, who was one of the tellers for the
majority., The Conservatives who voted in the
minority included Lord R. Churchill, Mr. Gorst, Sir
H. D. Wolff, Mr. Boord, Baron H. De Worms, Mr.
Ritchie, Mr. Stuart-Wortley, Mr. Whitley, and Mr.
Giles. Mr. Coddington voted by mistake in the
wrong lobby. On the former stage of the bill he
voted with the Government.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

THE MARKETS.

1 • . . s
, ,-1 *'7::711r.• , ': - - MARK-LANE. -•
• • , -':,..ri.::144., ...
At Mark-lane the trade finished disappOritinglY,
the slight advance that was obltuned for wheat in'one or
two instances at the opening being eventually. loit, At
previous rdtes a fair amount of business waa,consiuded.
Flour moved off slowly at unalterdd rater. Berjey,eold in
retail at steady value. Beans 'and teas showed ao altera-
tion. Maize on the week is 6d to is'higher.
and oaf have
in the same time risen Is per qr. The floating meg() trade
was better on Saturday, and prices ffriner for whfst and
maize, but Saturday's bids were, not obtabetble on
s
Monday. . . . •
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKIT.
f prime qualitiesl for a
prising a larger proportion o _0 heed, Dublin ?I, No
Supply of cattle large, and assortment'irgt7: 004 corn.
long time past From Scotland 60
d 4s 8d to 5s . 6d; 13) S ---r '-
ipw4)alsh'
folk 1600, Midland and _home counties 670. On the 2 el'gu
side, 450 Danish, which realised
2d to 48 8d ;20 Canadian' 56 '
supply cattle,
' Id rather lower. Sheeplatb 1011112 ORM and
Aht of
so.
prime, with Prices rather in favour of bnyerr Lambs
suppo Very nglis
rted previous value. V f E ' '
h..calvo. but
about 60 Danish and Swedish, which sold at—nal/ea easier
rates in some eases. rigs meet a dull sale. aii3est
Scots and Norfolks, 5s 6d to Es Ed ; ' best . Dublin,
5. 4,3, to 58 6d; second qualities beasts, 5s Od to '5B 2d;
' inferior 4s to 4ii &I ; best Downs and half breds. 5s Sa
to 6s; best long wools 5s 4d to 5s 6d' second qualities
and ewes, 49 8d to 5s Id • lambs, is Ed to 8s Sd ; calves.
5s 4.1 to is ; pig,, 4s to 4e' 6d per 81b., sinking the offal.
Total supplies—Beasts, 3010; sheep and lambs, 12,2-20;
calves, 70.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

The ANTI-JEWISH RIOT in LINERICK.

On Friday, in last week, at the Limerick Petty
Sessions, six men of the labouring class were put for-
ward, on remand, charged by Sergeant Phelen with
having, on Easter Sunday night, formed a portion of
a riotous and disorderly mob that attacked a Jewish
synagogue in Edward-street.
Mr. Liebasier, who was described as the Rabbi of
the Jewish community, stated that about half-past
six o'clock he was in the house, when a mob collected
outside, hooted, groaned, and ultimately sent a volley
of stones through the window. A child was struck
with a stone, and witness and those with him were
terrified. One of the Jews made his escape out of
the premises and went for the police. Witness identi-
fied two of the prisoners, Ramplin and O'Sullivan, as
having smashed the windows with stones.
Jacob Barron, a Jew, gave corroborative evidence,
and said he brought the police to the scene of the
outrage. He pointed out four of the accused asbeing
present and joining in the attack.
Mr. Hall asked if it was a fact that the house
was wrecked by the mob as reported. Sub-In-
spector: Oh, completely wrecked. I saw the place
myself.
Mr. Alderman Connihan inquired what it was tath
led to the attack on the synagogue. Was it some
offence taken by the people at, the conduct of the
Jews? Sergeant Phelan said the peoplo in the
locality got displeased at the manner in which
the Jews were supposed to have celebrated the
Passover.

Alderman Connihan : Was there not something
about the killing of poultry? Sergeant Phelan: Yes,
the people complained of the manner in which they
killed poultry on Good Friday by impaling them on
knives.

Mr.- Irwin, the stipendiary, said it was quite a
common thing for the Jews to do in their cere-
monies, and he did not see why it should have given
offence. _ _

Sergeant Phelan stated that the people also com-
plained of the Jews having let off fireworks on Good
Friday, but one of them was summoned for this. A
mob of some one hundred and fifty people attacked
the house, and the value of the window glass broken
vas fl 13s.

After a protracted hearing itamplin mild O'Sullivan
were ordered a raonth's hard labour each, and the
others were bound in substantial bail to be of good
behaviour.

Barron, a Jew, was then summoned for letting off
fireworks on Good Friday. The defence was that but
one firework, a small rocket, exploded, and that it
went off accidentally as he was lighting his pipe.
Mr. Irwin asked was it any part of the Jewish cere-
ponial to let off fireworks on Good Friday.
Mr. Barron answered in the negative. He said the
Jews did not press for any punishment of the persons
who attacked their houses, as they were desirous of
living on good terms with the people.
A fine of 6d. was impose&
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS

OF AUSTRIA.

Writing from Constantinople on Monday, the cor-
respondent of the Morning Post says :
After the dinner which was given by the Sultan at
the Yeldiz Kiosk, the Archduke Rudolph received the
Grand Cordon of the Osmanieh in diamonds, and the
Princess Stephanie the Grand Cordon of the Order of
the Chefkat set in diamonds. The Countess Sylva
Taranca,the sister of Count Kalnoky, re ceive d the Grand
Cross of the same order. All the members of the Arch-
duke's household received orders. Their Imperial High-
nesses were present at the ceremony of the " Selamlik "
in the mosque of Dolma-Bagtchi. In the afternoon
their Imperial Highnesses received the Austro-Hun-
garian Ambassador, Baron de Calice, who introduced
the members of the Austro-Hungarian diplomatic
body and colony. The Sultan has presented to the
Princess Stephanie a splendid diamond necklace and
to the Archduke Rudolph a sword mounted in
precious stones. On Saturday the Imperial guests
made an excursion to Scutari. In the afternoon the
Princess visited the harem, and the Archduke visited
several military establishments. A revolver was pre-
seated to him by the director of the Tophane arsenal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

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CANADIAN NEWS.

The early approach of spring throughout the
Canadian North-West has given an impetus to the
influx of immigrants by way of the United States, the
Canadian lake route not being open for traffic so early
in the year. During one week, though, already very
early in the season, as Many as 200 intending settlers
entered Manitoba from the United States, including a
party of young farmers from Pennsylvania, who intend
to settle in Western Canada. These report that
agricultural pursuits in their native State are proving
a failure, and predict a large emigration from both
Pennsylvania and Maine to the Canadian North-West.
The demand for farm labourers is reported to be
very large in Ontario as well as the North-West.
Satisfaction is expressed throughout the Dominion
at the result of a recent debate in the Canadian
House of Commons on the prohibition question. A
resolution in favour of the enactment of a prohibitory
law was the subject of discussion. On a division, one-
third of the members declared their belief that public
opinion was already ripe for such a measure, and
their willingness that the traffic should be at once
swept out of existence; while 122 members in a
House of 162 affirmed the principle of total prohibi-
tion, and expressed their readiness to enact a law as
soon as public opinion would ensure its successful
operation.
The work of further testing the agricultural capa-
bilities of the vast tract of land lying between Morse
Jaw and Calgary, in the Canadian North-West, on
each side of the Canadian Pacific Railway is now
being actively carried on. Late last season ten test
farms were established, from thirty to forty miles
apart, along the whole distance—over 440 miles; and
an average of more than twenty-five acres
was broken on each farni, care having been taken to
select sites composed of lands representing the fair ave-
rage quality of the whole tract. The land en the first
eight farms was found to be "excellent for general
farming," varying from a clay to a sandy loam of from
five inches to twelve inches in depth, with a sandy
clay subsoil; while the lands at the west end of the
tract is a rich dark loam eight inches to fourteen
inches deep, with a sandy clay subsoil. Each of these
test farms is now being placed under cultivation by
the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. A spring
crop of wheat, oats, barley, and peas will be sown,
that the test may be a thorough one.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

HIE PAVING ,QUESTION AT J3RIERLEY

HILL.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD INQUIRY,

On Tuesday. Major Hector TuHoch attended at
the Town Hall, Bzierley Hill, to inquire into an
apui Ulan of the Brierley Hill Local Board for
sanction to borrow £3,00J for works of channelling
aud paving. It was pointed out in the coarse of
the inquiry that the indebtedness of the Board NV9B
only a little over £5,000, and that the freAtold
dloperty in the possessi,n of the Board would he
,utlicietit to cover that amount. The rat,ublit
value of the place, it was stated, was £31,574. A
ratep.yer present raised an objection to the pro-
posed loan ou the ground of mining operations,
but in rep,y to this it wits stated by several
speakc:s that the bulk of the mines under the
streets it w-d 3 proposed to pave belonged to the
property owners—Major Tulloch pointed out that
the paving of streets increased the va'uo of pro
perty. Ho congratulated the Board on the fact of
thuir indebtedness being only one sixth of the value
of the town.-1 vote of thanks to Major Tudoch
brought the proceedings to a close.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

UNCONSCIOUS BIAS IN WALKING.

Mr. G. 11. Darwin, in Nature, states that some ten
years ago he made a few experiments upon the subject
of "Unconscious Bias in Walking." He began by
walking himself, and getting various friends to walk,
with eyes shut in a grass field. All walked with
amazing crookedness in paths which were not far re-
moved from circles. Two of-the circles described were
not more than fifty yards in diameter, although the
pedestrians thought they were going straight. All
diverted to the right excepting one, who was strongly
left handed. "I then got eight village schoolboys,"
from ten to twelve years of age," continues Mr. Dar-
win, "and offered a shilling to the boy
who should walk straightest blindfold. Before
the contest, however, I dusted some saw-
dust on the ground and after making each
of the boys walk over it, measured their strides from
right to left and left to right. They were also made
to hop, and the foot on which they hopped was noted;
they were then made to jump over a stick, and the
foot from which they sprang was entered; lastly,
they were instructed to throw a stone, and the hand
with which they threw was noted. Each of these tests
was applied twice over. I think they were all right-
handed in throwing a stone, but I believe that two of
them exhibited some mark of being partly left-handed.
The six who are totally right-handed strode longer
from left to right than right to left, hopped on the left
leg, and rose in jumping from that leg. One boy pursued
the opposite course, and the last walked irregularly, but
with no average difference between his strides. When I
took them into the field I made the boys successively
take a good look at a stick at about forty yards' dis-
tance, arid then blindfolded them and started them to
walk, guiding them straight for the fl: t three or
four paces. rho result was that the left-logged boys
all diverged to the right, the right-legged boys diverged
to the left, and the one who would not reveal himself
won the prize. The trial was repeated a second time
with closely similar results, although the prize winner
did not walk nearly BO straight on a second trial. I
also measured the strides of myself and of some of
my friends, and found the same connection between
divergence and comparative length of stride. My
own step from left to right is about a quarter of an
inch longer than from right to left, and I am strongly
right-handed." Mr. Darwin believes that nine out of
ten strongly right-handed persons are left-legged, the
reason being that every active effort with the right
hand is almost necessarily accompanied by an effort
with the left leg, and a right-handed man is almost
compelled to use his left leg more than the other.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

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