The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-03 00:00:00

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AN UNKNOWN PORTRAIT OF SraxsPEAra.-4
Edward Walford has given in his journal,' The An-s
quarian," this month, an article on the above. Ire
paper is one of many attractive contributions to
magazine, and from it we gather that the portrait s'is,
painted when the immortal bard was in his last illoco6rd
and shortly before his death. It is a pleasure to relcao
the fact that the portrait will be reproduced in
simile" by a new photographic process to the
tage and interest of all Shakesperian collections
p.
THE INVBNTIONS Examrrrox.—Th u
e or
visitors to the International Inventions Exhibition
the week ending Sept, 26 was 138,637. Total since
opening, 2,980,217.
CORN AVBRAGES.—The following are the aversg:
prices of British corn for last week, as received 11,40";
the inspectors and officers of Excise: Wheat, 300.
barley, 315.; oats, 19s. 4d. per imperial qr.
sponding week last year: Wheat, 335.; barley, 325.
oats, 18s. 10d.
THE LONDON LORD MAYOR IN MB PULP'
Union Chapel, Islington, on Sunday evening, the L9ra
Mayor of London (Alderman Sir R. N. Fowler) preacteh
to a crowded congregation, selecting as his text /slicaso
vi., 8, and at the close of his sermon he nstadea
earnest appeal on behalf of the mission-hall establism
in connection with Union Chapel.
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INDUSTRIAL VILLAGES.—On the invitation of
Mount Temple, and of the Mayor and some of
aldermen of the ancient borough of RomseY,
Thomas Pardon, hon. sec. of the Society for promo t3ei
Industrial Villages, went down to Romsey and inspec.,
the excellent water power so abundant in that tow;
and on Saturday conferred with Lord Mount TeroP,t
and a few influential gentlemen to consider the
means of turning to industrial account the rosT's
advantages of the town. Several suggestions 04
made, and it is hoped that a practical result la
follow.
COPYRIGTIT.—The International Literary and Attis—t!
Congress at Antwerp has ratified the following
sition : "The author's right in his work constitutes 'LI
inherent right of property. The law does not cres"'
but merely regulates it."
SitrounAn DISCOVERY.-A tomb has been discovercit.
at Tanagra, with its walls covered with encaustic Ps'ijo
ings of great technical sklll, supposed to be as WV a,
the third century n.c. They represent domestio ut4
ails, a loom, a horse, a landscape with houses, &o. ccyj
laxsu FORTUNES.—The largest fortunes aecumut
in Ireland have been made in the liquor business.
Irish fortune approaches, in point of personality,!,;ep
of the late Mr. Wyse, of Cork
(1:3,000,000), a distil,
save that of the late Sir B. L. Guinness—£l,2oooirio
TRLEG RAPDY.—The commission on putting e1q,20
wires underground in Brooklyn has ascertained no
there are in that city 5508 telegraph poles, 3855 r°loo
of overhead wires, and 6-21 miles of cables. Additit,',o
by
.the. Fire Department to the overhead wires

niake the length -39 W. efateti
Trienniotaii MONUMENTS.—AII the German wi-tbs
that now include within their territeries portions °',"to
ancient Thuringia have entered into an agreeinell' re.
have a collection of drawings made which shall reP
men"'
sent all the most noteworthy Thuringian monu----,,,„911
either from a historical or art point of view. A ,71130
commission of artists has been entrusted vut" ;
work, which is to be completed within five years. beo
NYW YORK EXCHANGE.—Somo statistics have dose
compiled showing the values of stocks and Pr°fbst
exchanged in New York during the current year"he;„tal
is, for the eight months ended August last. Tr ja
turnover of securities, petroleum, cotton, and
New York amounted to 1350 millions sterling, of w"O5,
nearly 50 per cent. was in stocks and bonds, e13;'05,
shares of railways; petroleum came next, with oe3
28 pd. cent. of the total; and grain next with 15 11" ;
cent. tb°
Raxtenxamtn BELL.—A historical bell is use. 8-o,et
Theatre Francais in "Don Juan d'Autriche owcr.
than the one which in 1572 gave the signal forthe massa
of St. Bartholomew from the tower of Saint-Gernr_':
l'Auxerrois. That church possessed three, but durl,7;
the Revolution they were taken down and sold, be 1,40 ;
purchased by an iron-founder named Flambon-
subsequently sold the smallest to the comedians of wof
Theo,' tre Francais for the first representation
" Edouard en Ecosse," by Alexandre Dumas, in 1800
PARSEE TREATRICALS.—A ParEOE theatrical trlile
is to be the next dramatic novelty in London- .0.
"Times of India" says that the company will °ills
prise some 25 actors and several actresses, and that
repertoire has been arranged to suit English tasLtlisa
far as possible. The pieces selected for represeub'ocl
are those which illustrate modern native mannerg, igo
customs, and selections will be made from the eit''be
Indian dramas, which, however, it is thought, raßlocl
too dull from the spectators point of view to connil
approval in England. tbe
TUE ZOOl OGICAL GARDFXS.—The additions tOvieelg
Zoological Society's Gardens during the pasto
include a Macaque monkey from India, present ,re'
Mr. A. Cornet; a red kangaroo from Australitrrortli
sented by Mr. G. Wylie; a Bonelli's eagle from 1`
Africa, presented by Captain W. R. T3Y1,431,r'
Empusa ; two tawny owls, European, presented "jotlr
H. Lee; a nightjar, European presented by lgr'patli
beth Johnson; a Robben Island snake, frorn.,
Africa, presented by the Rev. G. H. R. Fisk, 0./3eisil
seven blue-bearded jays from Para, purchased; 8
antelope, born in the gardens. ",

NATALITY.—By way of contrast it may be notecl '07:00
M. Bertillon calculated in 1879 the " natality Of 111
European nations, with the following results: 41s
Russia there were 150 births for every 1000 marriagfbee,
women; in Bavaria and the surrounding States
were 138; in England, 137; in Sweden, 11;0
Switzerland, 112; whilst in France there were 013vtioe0
Again, the annual increase of various European onfil,n ' • i 0
has been reckoned thus: In Germany, 14 per lurl; is
England, 12; in Austria proper, 8; in 'tab', „. a ill
Hungary, 5; in Sweden, 5; in Switzerland, 4; ,a'orveo
France barely 3. On all these calculations, enB-ori
the "Paris Constitutionnel," France comes the
East. „iiesti
GENERAL GRANT.—The Maryville " RePn".ffy
publishes an interesting summary of the aneeiP
the late General Grant. It appears that he was
in descent from a Matthew Grant, who went ove,,, the
the Warham and Maverick company in 1630, i;t:+er,
ship Mary and John, and settled at Dere,-.11
Massachusetts. It has been supposed that the Li, enoiei
was named Hiram Ulysses; but the facts on
are recorded in a letter of Jesse IL Grant, the Get',o
father, now in the possession of the State Libreria,"
Connecticut, from which it appears that the halto, 0!
names rejected by the family were put into Aio th°
{he understanding that the first drawn shoulo "ijcleS,
name. "Ulysses was drawn, and his mother'Sora
name (Simpson) adopted for the middle panic. ,„cife'
TEE LUCIFER MATCH.—The invention of thepO
match is variously attributed. A oontanapors,!ny
says: "The friction lucifer—that universal fierc-th
society—passed its jubilee in 1877. In the ralersi°l
April, 1827, the inventor, Mr. John Walker. coo ei
and druggist, in Stockton-upon-Tees, was led Itioo,fe
those occurrences called accidents to the
friction matches. In the above month of Apro
matches were on sale at a shilling for 50,1";ho$1
Walker and his agents had instant sale ef
No patent had been taken out by the in.s'elt, retP"
when competition came in upon them he qtne"',.,d cstro
from the field, content with his modest gainsi,ii;ed iSof
less of his fame. Whole forests are now was' 00
friction matches, and the price of a gross or tv;
newspapers, is well-nigh nominal." werVo.
—Whilst sow ,atio
OW the
men were engaged recently in making an
DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN ROAD.
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near the Kenyon Arms Hotel, Little swan, d
purpose of laying a main sewer, they "jot Pea' t
appeared to be a Roman road in almost Per v-et
servation. The road was at a depth of over bt thte,
from the surface of the ground, and it is thlfet Sts,Oee
this is the cause of its being in such a Per ;100
Some ancient horseshoes and coins ha"„terts,',...4
found by the workmen, and little doubt ill el the
by those who have been the discoverers thsonieoto'vo
was constructed by the Romans, and it is ;ssecheLa
that it formed part of a road leading from
to the north, probably to Lancaster. It AO
arranged that a considerable length of the road dpoorStt
laid bare, and it will then be inspected bY: Pritot
the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian it has",ilt
The discovery was altogether unlocked for, as
ad 00
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hitherto been suspected that the Rernaps
a road in this direction. 01
giva: rp°s
FOREIGN LIVE STOCK AND FRESIC DIVe
arrivals of live stock and fresh meat 0-4. pa to o,
from American and Canadian ports ainnun: &eV°
cattle, 5010 quarters of beef, and 250 L'afe of of
mutton, against the preceding week's arriC 250 if)
cattle, 1134 sheep, 7331 quarters of beef,
.IcoesSei,
cases of mutton, showing a somewhat large 4; eolly6o
the imports of live stock and fresh beef-
ing steamers last week were as follow's: scoot 00
cattle and 760 quarters of beef; Scan,_„‘llll4 eeoheef
cattle; City of Berlin 1480 quarters of rb t°
carcases of mutton; 'Wisconsin, 860 guar mg gat`
and 150 carcases of mutton; Cephalonia, 1, beef; oie
of beef; and British Crown, 900 quarters, °joy Itiferig
ROYAL DYES.—The hair of the King c' to the erite'
to be turning very white, and, according gag° &el
" Fig
ise aro," this has greatly troubled Qnelverionssefrt
She s reported to have procured a case her fillbe
from Paris, and to have presented them &Pot
spouse, begging him to try them. The 213:vorite 00,1
was her surprise at finding that her The,e
spaniel had changed to an apple-greenesent Vso heo
explained to her that before using the lifeet, alluded. ff
given him he was anxious to learn its e „iota satif
tried one dye on the dog, and that next x,liiess te-qatell
experiment on her parrot. "It is liefir;alreeu
remarks the journal, "that the que` loove/,
carried off the box of dyes." Are hlliltgeve ar 810
LAST WEEK'S WRECKS.--LFOrti7"-/- the -e et
reported last week, making the total
_fe..r were
_l°olol
Seventeen were British vessels, and lefosels 1;5,
the United Kingdom. Three foreign
_v._ lost Co,-
collision off foreign coasts. Total
a1ffe7,a0d0....4.1
eluding three British vessels with 19; to"'
re. "p
spending week of:last year—Werb
Year, WO. Wasp (gunboat) lost wll4l