The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-01 00:00:00

Eisrtilantzus Zlifelligegre•

ROME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

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THE IrivErrrioiqs EXHIBITION.—The number or
visitors to the International Inventions Exhibition Or
the week ending July 25 was 115,801. Total since the
opening, 1,718,419.
CORN AVERAGES.—The following are the average
prices of British corn for last week, as received troal
the inspectors and officers of Excise: "Wheat, 338. 11d';'
barley, 295.; oats, 21s. Bd. per imperial qr. Corr&
pending week last year: Wheat, 375. id.; barleit
275. 5d.; oats, 235. 4d.
A VETERAN CHEMIST.—The Paris students art:
making extensive preparations for celebrating the 100
birthday of M. Ohevruel, the veteran chemist, vill°
has been a member of the Academy of aciences since
1826. _

THE DANGER OF TORNADOES.—Owing to the frr.
quency of tornadoes in some parts of the Valley ef
Mississippi, we understand that a number of caves ha
i y:,
been bored n some parts of the country to afford shelt°'
to travellers chancing to meet such dangerous phe
mena on their way.
THE LATE EARL RUSSELL.—In addition to fornier
gifts of likenesses of his famous contemporaries It
Watts proposes shortly to present to the National' F°',,
trait Gallery a fine and expressive head—unfinished, be"
full of character and beautifully painted-of Lord Al
(Earl) Russell. It is nearly in profile to our right, an
of the size of life.
CALIFORNIA AS AN OIL-PRODUCING COUNTRY."...
California is now third in the list of petroleum•PAgr"
clueing States of the United States. Pennsylvaw:,
leads and New York is second. After California cow:
West' Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. A little oil is oe
tainod in Colorado Wyoming, and New alexiet7r
although not much has been found in the latter plaee_t
California is gradually increasing her production,
new wells are opened in Southern California, and t" ;
industry is now a prosperous one there. As far bac'
as 1878, 15.227 barrels were produced. In 1879 this itl;
creased to 19,858 barrels; 1880 showed returns of 42f32„
barrels; 50,000 barrels in 1881; and 70,000 in 1882. 3m"
year 1883 showed an increase, and in 1884 the prodeli
tion was over 100,000 barrels. A barrel is uniformly
gallons. California consumes all the oil produced, 011,1_
about 100,000 gallons per annum from the east as Ow
—" Iron."
I,: the
VISIT OF PRINCE JA JA TO ENGLAND.—Wit.,n
next few days another African prince will visit tic
country. The prince in question is a son of Kieg;,', e
Ja, of opebo. His full name is Saturday Ja
is now on his way in the British and African Stes 0
Navigation Company's steamer Teneriffe, which is dtle,
at Liverpool next Thursday. King Ja Ja, it will he r
membered, is the great rival of Oko Jumbo, and tbe,
battles between the followers of each monarch hay.
been many and sanguinary. Prince Ja Ja conies, it, 1,‘,.
understood, to consnit some English doctors respectiaa
his eyes. During his stay in this country the pries°
will be the proteg4 of Mr. Charles de Cardi, a welly:
known African merchant of Liverpool. King Ja:
has several sons who are named after the days of the
week.
AMERICAN LIVE STOCK AND FRESH MEAT nn,.
week's arrivals at Liverpool of live stock and fresh r 1,70
from American and Canadian parts amounted to 30
cattle, 1877 sheep, 7936 quarters of beef, and re'n
carcases of mutton, and which figures, in comparis..B
with those of the preceding week, show a slight decreTe,
in the imports of both live stock and fresh meat. 16,0 i
conveying steamers were as follows:—Kansas, „tie
cattle and 960 quarters of beef; Iberian, 470 ea'
and 784 quarters of beef; Norseman, 584 cattle Itit'
912 quarters of beef; Toronto, 387 cattle and 11,4,
sheep; Circassian, 248 cattle and 182 sheep; Ntir°lo;
200 cattle; Lake Champlain, 29t) cattle and 581 sh,
Guillermo, 184 cattle; Ind;ana, 1200 quarters of ovvor
Baltic, 740 quarters of beef and 100 carcases 10
pautton ; Wyoming, 2600 quarters of beef and
carcases of mutton; and Celtic, 720 quarters of
and 75 carcases of mutton. - , toit.
THE LATE COLONEL BURNABY.—MiSS Reeds a-Cir,
of the late Colonel Burnaby has been purchase', It
Mrs. Burnaby, but before it passed into Mrs. BuresulA,
possession an etching was made from it by Miss •,,so
Armstrong. The transcript into black and white P
been truthfully and happily rendered. f the
AN ANCIENT SroaY.—ln the muniment roora 0 01
Fairfax family at Newton Kyme there were seveo
boxes in which had been buried for many scores of Yeoa
the life-story of a man who had played an active PO
in his generation. He, had seen much service, ao4l,,itst
held honourable positions both afloat and ashore,
man was Robert Fairfax of Steeton, vice-admiral' ijO
member for York, 16664725. The chronicled his
has been arranged by Mr. Clemznt R. Markham. ill
A GERMAN Wonx.—Encyclopmdia-making is IP;iit,ti
rage among tho literati of Germany. Scarcely a,tcLipil
passes without a voluminous work of some kin,° Art
announced or as having been taken in ban"' je
2atest work of this kind is an "Allgemeine Naturko.oll
—natural history in its broadest sense—which v 7,1,11
seven or eight volumes, three being devoted to
History of the Earth," two to" Plant Life and 11.1
and three to "Ethnology." The work will be issue
the Bibliographisches Institut of Leipzig. to of
LONDON UNIVERSITY.—TO meet the require Men
ladies going up to the Preliminary Scientific °rile'
Intermediate or Full B.Sc. examination at the 'OO
versity of London, under the new regulatiooett-
Council of Bedford College, York-place, Bakes
London, have arranged for a complete course °
struction in biology, to commence next October. pio
A. G. Bourne will aive lectures in animal biolegr
will also have classes for demonstration. gr. rafiAr
Bennet will lecture on vegetable biology, au; ticra
Mary Forster, of Newnham College, will give Pr-crou"
demonstrations twice a week. Provision is also joie.
for adequate instruction in other branches of se.ticii
required for the same examinations, viz., mathen3loo'
physics and chemistry, the two latter including
ratory work. th°
to
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The addhioll... lOl3
Zoological Gardens during the past week in
bonnet monkey from India, presented by Mrs. ul';',l DJ
an Ersleben's monkey from West Africa, preseLlwerick
Miss Peers; a blue-fronted amazon from South o.,,%ipese,
presented by Lady Kensington; a RendallLe perea
fowl from West Africa, presented by Mr. F. „eat
three razorbills, eight puffins from Ireland, pr`00013!
by the Rev. Ed. Weldon; a long-eared owl, Fur
presented by Mr. F. Allen; three angulated tor b'
an areolated tortoise from South Africa;
sternothere from West Africa, presented by tb
IroPicv
G:H. K. Fisk, C.M.Z.S.; two king vultures frool,oo
America, deposited; an axis deer, a duyker-boic
the gardens.—" Nature."
A CURIOSITY ma MADAME TUSSAUDS.—A ..-I°7kr-i!tc°fPl)o,,
spondent states that a remarkable use has inPterioa,
made of the identical bath in which the 110
Twit
Blarat was assassinated by Charlotte Cordel,‘;, oth4f
curious and interesting relic by some means „Trittseir„
passed into the hands of an elderly priest io ;1", eell 01
the Abbo Le Cosse, who has now deterained
and to devote the proceeds of the sale to "d Isrps
charity in la's parish. He has already receive_f
orders from curiosity-hunters and collectors Ith SY
fashioned sou:enire, but has not yet parted
e,
peculiar relic. ; 01 °IS
DISCOVERIES IN EHPESUS.—An extra-sess.T4:3 in tv
jug of the Royal Society of Literature was be'l 01100
rooms in Delahay-street, in order to hear sore° 00,4
diSe 0-w
tions from Mr. J. T. Wood in regard to his-the 0 tlit
by excavation at Ephesus. After tracing to 0.1, re
conjectural attempts which had been mad° Woou e,f4
site of the celebrated Temple of Diana, gr. fortSt
lated how, after a long series of tentative
tending over several years, he had at lasts trule Telo
track which led from the Shaguesian gate 10 di
and had found the foundations of the wall °°,.0.000, 0
the 1'00S:A
time of Augustus Clsar by Gallus,
round the sacred precincts and out of the 'vforly,
the Temple. On the last day of 1869 the -o°l Ja
struck upon the pavement and sculptured gap o,:ral
since that period discoveries have graduallY.fibe 'diet
making it possible pretty nearly to ascertalrof 000,
and dimensions of the entire building.c., °LIAO
most interesting relics of the ancient ;
been unearthed, among them the alcaosb ts
tomb of St. Luke.
waS OP„
1. LAST WEEK'S WRECES.—The past week
_Orl
for the number of collisions and loss 0101
seven British vessels were reported ag seg. the W
but of these four went down by colliding 0, 0 ,
coasts. Ten foreign vessels were wreckeop/,`,'„es, to;
by collision off Spain with loss of three
foss of life off Blitish Isles by collision,,lti

d t4c0.0
aP ,i
wrecks six (five British and One Italian)..o6o-o_,o
sailer and a French sailer were reportea's. leve-ot;
hands. Two foreign sailers abandoned at r.
for year, 638. Corresponding, week-13;44 20°
Wrecks, 19 ; total for year, 872. vqes
lost by collision,lso).

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