biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

A LAMENTABLE CASE.

At the Southwark Police-court, in London, Hannah
Trendall, aged 40, a widow, and pew-opener at St.
Mary's (lurch, Southwark, and Elizabeth Trendell,
aged 17, dressed in tawdry finery, were charged with
stealing a pair of lssds, worth 4n., from Amp in
Great Suffoik•street, Borough.

The prisoners entered the shop the other evening,
and the elder one said they were very issir, and
wanted a pair I,f cheap boots. The pratiecutor
showed them a pair, which fitted the first prisoner, and
MY they were 11/00r and mipectable offered to let her
have them for 25., the cost price She, however, gave
him a great deal of trouble, and while his back was
turned the younger prisoner left the shop. Having
missed a new pair if boots worth 4e., he call-d her
back awl found them concealed miler her dress. Re
then railed a constable, and gave her into custody.
'Hs. Rev. A. W. Single, vicar of St. Mary's, South-
wark, said lir had kllO.ll the ehler prisoner eight years.
She was a widow, her husband having been Mine years
in the service of the South-Eastern Railway Company.
She wan left in great distress, and he employed her as
pew-opener, having a thorough belief in her honesty.
As for the dmighter, he hail her in his service, but the
mother foolishly took her away. Other situations she
had left, being fond of finery, and having her freedom
of an evening, which WWI the ruin to half the young
Wonien in Li inolon.

The prisoner having elected to be tried by him wor-
sli,ip,
Ile Magistrate observed that it WAS lamentable to
see a woman who had hitherto held a respectable posi-
tion, conspiring to rob a poor man of a pair of boots.
It wan quite clear from the evidence that they hail no
intention of buying anything, but went to the shop to
steal whatever they eould conveniently lay their hands
upon. Ile sentinced each of them to three iii, tithe'
hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

FATAL TRAGEDY ON THE STOUR-

BRIDGE RAILWAY.

Oa Thursday morning about half-past five
o'clock, the dead and mangled body ol George
NVooldridge, eldest son of William Wooldridge,
of the Beefeaters, Lye, and of the firm of
iieorge Wooldridge and Son, anvil makers, was
oiscovered by some workmen about 280 yards
irom the Lye crossing, on the Stourbridge Ex-
iensiou Line.

Front what we can learn, it appears that the
deceased had been drinking rather freely the
previous night, and rumour says that he had a
few words with u young lady he was paying Li,.
addresses to. Wooldridge got a car from the
ealbot at five minutes to eleven o'clock, and
trove to the Lye, but instead of driving to his
wo home he appears to have turned up at Mr.
ilrooks's, the Seven Stars, and there ordered two
,4lasees of whiskey—one for himself and one for
the cabman. On leaving, deceased shook hands
,vith Miss Brooks. and wiahed her good-bye,
remarking that she would not see him again.
Nooldridge then ordered the man to drive round
.he corner, and when he had gut a short distance
.te the Birminghani-road from the Lye Cross,
tie told the man to pull up. Deceased then got
out of the cab, and ran down an opening towards
the Lye Station as fast as he could, and was
lost to view. It was then about twenty minutes
past eleven o'clock, and the deceased must have
Nalked from the Lye Station past the crossing,
and then laid himself down on the rails, know-
ug that there was strain due from Birmingham
to Stourbridge at 11.45, and which train, it is
tionjectured, calmed his death. A goods' train
tag to Birmingham about one o'clock, butt
tering dark, those with it (lid not see the body.
A Swansea mineral tr.:iii, however, past the Lye
Bation about a quarter past four o'clock, the
lriver and guard of w saw the body if a
tem on the up-line, and as the train was running
it a good speed it w.,s not stopped, hot the guard
:rote a note as the train was going along, and
brew it out at the Craeiley Station to a yards-
eau. The yardinnan picked it up, walked down
hu. line, and there found the lifeless body of
.Vaidritlge, the head being severed from the
cly, cut in two, the brain being scattered about,
mil the tongue cut out from the mouth ; the
right leg was cut off above the andel, and the
boot of the other leg was just grazed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF A
HIGH -.ouRT OF NATIONS.

A Os:fere:we. c4.nveitc,lby the Council of the Work-
men's Peaty., A ss. siation, was held in Loudon last week,
under the presidency of Mr. Edmond Reales, M. A., to
decide upon the outline ,4 a plan for the establishment
of a High Court of Nations for the settlement t:f inter-
national dilmtvs. After a good deal •f Ileelein the
following outline of a plan 'WAS approved by the Con-
ference :

" Whereas, war having signally failed as a means for
the settlement of internathmal disputes. and being I PP"sed
to the vharaetee and spirit lif the age, in the belief of this
Ont. reeve pg rninnent talue ant convord between nations
would be pnannted by the e,tablisloneut of :1 Ilizh t,mrt of
hat ioas on the lalela net bath in the follou lag t ides
"Art. 1. Every separate aml holumaolent th,ycrinnent to
have the power to appoint an equal number of representa-
tives to sneh court.

" Art. 2. The court to draw op a mile of intentational
providing for the settlement by the court, lin the basis of
slab emle, if all disputes that may from time to time wise
between the th.ser its represented.
. . _ . .

" Art. 3. The jurisdiction if the court to exteugi to all Go-
vernments represented, lint its power of interferghce tin be
limited to the external relations if sorb lloveriment, on. as
Under 111, eiremustunces to interfere with the internal affairs
of any nation.
"An. 4. Any Goveniment represented refnslng to Inc
bound by, or neglecting to obey, the deeibiell of the court
within a time specified for that purpose, shall be adjudged
and declared to he internationally outlawed, and the other
Governments shall thereupon suspend diplomatic intereourse
with such Government, and„prohibit commercial intercoum
With the nation it represents, until it shall conform to the
detthlien of the court. '

"Articles 5 and 6 give powers of arUitration and mediation
to the court in eases for which no provision lead been made
In the court, or whore the disputants were not represented."

It is intende<l to agitate this question in the coming
autumn and winter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

A CONTRADICTION-THE BURNING

OF BAZEILLES.

The Allipporeine Zeitung IA July 12 publishes the following
defence I,y Baron von iler Tann, Commander-in-Chief of the
Wit anion Army, to the ehargea brought against the Bavarian
Army in relation to the shocking conflagration at 'Saadiles
_

o
"Reproaches have been made against the troops of
the let Bavarian Army Corps and the Bth Prussian
Infantry Division in several newspapers; more espe-
cially in The Times of September 15, 1870, in a letter
signed `the Duke of Fitz-James,' and dated Paris,
September 12,' to the effect that they acted with un-
justifiable cruelty during the combat of the let of Sep-
tember, 1870, towards the inhabitants of this place.
Bavarian and Prussian soldiers are said to have set fire
tee the village in order to punish the inhabitants for
taking part in its defence. The National (Beard, it
was said, had nearly periehed, the inhabitants having
taken refuge in the cellars, women and children had
all been burnt, Out of 2,000 inhabitants only 300
had survivwl, and it was related that the Bavarians
hail driven whole families back into the flames aunt
shot women trying to escape. In order not to oppose
a simple denial to such accusations, and to be able to
prove their untruth by documents, I have refrained
from replying during the war, but after the -lesson
of peace I made an exact and complete investigation
into the matter concerning the inhabitants who fell
victims during the fight of the list if August and the
let of September, and obtained the following informa-
tion from the French authorities, particularly M.
Bellemet, IMaire of Bazeilles, through the obliging
mediation of the 41erman civet commissary. Accord-
ing to their ltiiieel report., 39 is the total number of
killed, wounded, and missing inhabitants of Bazeilles,
among whom are counted two heehidden women, three
men and.three children who were burnt and
o suffocated
besides inc woman and thirty men killed, tainting, awl
wounded during the two days' fight • total, I repeat, 39
persons. The greater part of the village became a prey
to the flames owing to the two days' mutual can
nonwle and murderous street and house fighting of six
hours against the 12th French Army Corps, especially
against the division if Marine Infantry, in abide my
ce erps had 2,000 neon killed awl wounded. If figures
speak for themselves, I can spare any further words in
jnstificati (((( , and cowhide with the wish that all those
who have allowed themselves to be ill1111C(111 to make
unjust accusations owing to exaggerations easy to
explain in the firet miii mont d terror will henceforth
continue to show sympathy to the unfortunate in-
habitants by abundant help ; for the Maire, M.
&Hornet, Ullll/4 tll his report that sinee the tattle 140
to vio mit I.f 2,018 inhabitants have expired from
illness consequent upon extreme want and misery.—
Baron vox DER TANN, Commander-imthief of the
first Bavarian Army Conic --Nancy, June 29, 1871."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

AN IMPORTANT CAUSE TO BE TRIED.

A trial which is likely to attract considerable in-
terest has been ordered by the Landed Estates Onirt
! (Ireland) to determine a question of le)ritimacy raised
in the matter of the estate of Mr. Naisdeon Alfred
Bonaparte Wyse, which is about to be sold. Au ob-
jection to the draught .f the final schedule has
been lodged by SigllOr lrrton iiatt.-uszl, late Prime
Minister to the king of Italy, and his wife, on the
ground that Madame Retard ought to have been
included as one of the younger children of the
marriage of the late Sir Thomas Wyse with the
Princess Letitia Bonaparte, daughter of Lucien
Bonaparte, Prince de Canino. The claim is repu-
diated on the part of the owner and his family,_ who
allege that there were only two legitimate children
of the marriage—namely, the owner and his brother,
Mr. William Charles Wyse. In proof of this assertion
reference is made to the bill filed by the wife of Sir
Thomas Wyse in the year 1845 in the Court of Chan-
cery in England, in which she stated that there were
only two (little-en of the marriage, and her hus-
band in his answer deposed to the same effect. The
union, which was in the year 1821, was an un-
happy one, and in 1828 the lady left the residence of
her husband in County Waterford, and they were
eeparated by a formal deed, and never afterwards, as
alleged, lived together. By the terms of the deed of
ceparation it was stipulated that she was to receive
£2OO a year,.and there were stringent conditions 11l to
lua not nuking any further claim. The annuity wait
paid to her, and she retitled abroad, but after the lapse
of some years she took proceedings to oblige her husband

to charge his property to carry out the stipulations in
the marriage contract. Ile refused oetlic gniund that
he was released by the oheed of separation. In the ob-
jection filod on the part of Madame liattezzi it is
aJirgixi that there were three other children-- namely,
Louis Loden Napoleon Theodore,. arie (the objectant
herself) and Adelina, HOW warned to General Turr.
She claims to be entitled to one-fourth share of a sum
of R. 10,000, provided for younger children by a deed
executed by the late Sir Thomas Wyse in the year
MI These children are alleged to he illegitimate,
and an issue has been directed by the Lauded Estates
Court to try the quaition.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

THE LYE.

With reference to the severe accident which we re-
ported last week to the child Perry who had his arm am.
putated, wa are very happy to be able to report that the
poor little sufferer is progressing as favourably as wild
possibly be desired, and is fast getting better.

THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT
THE LIE.
•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1871.

goad anb fflistrict gews.

DISTRESSING AND MELANCHOLY
DEATH BY DROWNING.

It is our painful duty this week to record the
death of Mr. Arthur Eveson Wooldridge, of
Higley, eldest son of Mr. B. Wooldridge, of the
firin of Oates, Perrens, and Wooldridge, of this
town. .

Rumours were current about one o'clock in
Stourbridge, that an accident had occurred at
Broom Pool, and on our reporter going there h..
found the report but too true, as the body of
Mr. . ooldridge lay dead at Mr. Astley's, the
Cross Keys public-house, Lower Bagley.
It appears that three young gentlemen named
Walter Wright IM, of Stafford (who is visiting
at his uncle's, Mr. Wright, of Wassail Groves,
'lliomas Grove Rogers 117), residing at Ragley,
and the deceased, went to Broom Pool near Allr
Moreton' house, to have a row on the pool about
ten o'clock on Thureduy morning, sod amused
themselves until five minutes past eleven, when
the boat was some distance from bliore. Mr.
r. atil Mr. Wooldridge decided to swim to
land, and accordingly undressed themselves
the lust. Roots; succeeded in gaining the
saore. Wooldridge had not taken more than
three strokes when he shouted for help, and
ink. and thu not rise to the surface again. Mr.
IVtiAt, woo could not swim, rowed to land, and
at mice gave an alarm. Assistance wai soon to
Ii toil, and a young Hum named Smith, of Sta-
kenbridge, dived down several times for the
ho ly, but did tiot succeed in bringing it to the
surface. A drag was obtained, and the body
WAY foutuil miter being in the meter for one hour
mid ll tinart, r, from a uu. . ipi intity of weeds
ru.6les, In which P.
b mly was at once colive• ed io Mr. A stley's, Lb,
Cross Keys Mr. 1101,1 is, germ, u soon
ait-inlance, lint his survie.•s euro if 1,0
.1 his sudden wid a .11 um cut Ii IA piling :d the
fatuity sad friends ioto deep di,: MS:J. Oece..s...i
was a most exemplary young man, awl mess loved
and respected by all who knew li,fll, for his cour-
teous itild kindly manner Deceased was in the
Mike of his father, and possess,d remarkably
energetic busine,s ijutlitics. Tly, sad event 11,14
cast a great gloom over :-tourbri,ige and
and great sympathy is felt for the parents of the
deceased. Mr. Wooldridge was from home on
business at the time of the occurrence, and the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

AND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN,

Mania's inti Marchioness 1 queeuebury, the Right
11011. tilt k.ari of Dadley, the Lady 11 ard, Sir Lchawed
lid Lauy Leclititute, Sir IiIOLUMS and Lady Itionuigton,
Lid roil Lady Lytteltun, aLu Lord arid Lady Northwick,
Doing sulked ; Musical and Floral Fetes,
ihizaars,

Toe atore'Band is composed of Reed aLd Brass In-
sUumeuts, from illbt Chloe Bauufacturers; Professional
Sulolits ; l'orforms, Searkt sod Bold.

'
Future irouzs will be much esteemed. Tams rea-
sonable.

Programmes forwarded for publication, consisting of
the choicest and classical Music.

Vicur-sfivet, Dutllty.

VI R. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professor
131 et Music, High-street, Cradley Heath.
kinds of Musical I vetruu wets tuner
rep/red.
New Music at Half-price.

NANOFORTES FM( SATE OH HIRE

N 0 1' 1 C i..

INNKEEPERS', GROCERS', AND OTHER
BUSINESSES,

ARE SPEEDILY & EFFECTIVELY TRANSFERRED
BY S. INSULL,
AUCTIONEER AND VALUER,

HIGII.BIItEET, BRIM:LILY HILL.

No CI .irgr wade mikes a Sale is effect, d.

II AIR BBL. SI iING BY MACHINEBY,

fIAWKINS'S HAIR•DRESSING AND
SHAMPOOING ROOMS,
120, HIGH-STREET, STOURBRIDGE
(OPPOSITE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS).

A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF BRUSHES,
COMBS, PERFUMERY, &c.

SCIIOOLS AND FAMILIES ATTENDED.

THE QUEEN'S BUILDING SOCIETY

BRIERLEY-HILL BR/ NCH.

liruel Offices Waterloo Street, Lerseiughant.
ONEY promptly advanced on approved
AL Freehold nod Leahehold Securities.

Five per cent. interest sllowed.on Dt posits, with Bonus
sdc awns.
Prospectus and further information can he obtained
from

AGENT: --
MR. T. N'EREPAY, High-And, Brierley-ilill, and
12, Lower Iligh-atreet, Sturbridge.

Mr. J. 11 ALIEII tLI Lto IV, I:tit flt Ilia,

We are all diseased
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

Si 01;1;111:1DGE.

IEGS to inform hie Frienda and the Public, that lie has

TF you want a delicious Relish, try Loverock's
celebrated EVERY MAN'S SAUCE, or Currie
Relish for the million ! For roast or cold Meot, Hashes,
Steaks, Stews, Cutlets, Fish, Chops, Cul rim., Liam°,
Poultry, Soup, Salad, Cheese, Seasoning, and till made- TRIPE AND COW
dishes. This Sauce is universally esteemed for its pecu-
liar delicious rich flavour, and is relishing in the highest READY EVERY
degree, with every kind of dish. Manufactured only by
Henry Loverock, Chemist, Coventry-etri ei Stombridge 'I'IIfJIBDAY, I'lilll.ll, AND SA TriilMl
and sold Wholesale and Retail, in bottho, bd. 1 ard
each—Agents a sid

OPENED THE ABOVE HOUSE FOR

REFIIESHMI, NTS.

11 EELS

NIGHT, AT SIX O'CLOCK.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

A CHILD ATTEMPTING TO COMMIT
SUICIDE.

At the liow-street police-court in London, Augusta
Barrett, aged 13, servant, who had been brought 111,1111
a previous occasion, and remanded to the Howie of
Detention on the charge of attemptingtocominit suicide
off Westminster Bridge, was again brought up before
the nini„istmte.
Tile prisoner's mother stepped into the witness-box,
and in tears informed his worship that she had made
inphies of the sari, its respectable girls with whom the
prisoner alleged she hail been out, aml in many instances
she found that the persons referred to hail seen us thing
at all of her daughter. Witness was obliged to beat
her to try and make her stay at home.

• The Magistrate (to the prirs- iner) : What have you got
to say about that?

.•
Prisoner : I am very Roily for having attempted to
commit such a crime. My mother said she would beat
me.

The Magistrate : And did quite right in heating you.
The Mother: I do not know what to do with her,
sir. I have to work hard with my needle to support
myself, and I cannot look after her more than I do.

The Magistrate : Have you ever sent her to school?
The Mother : I have sent her to scinsil, but she
mailol hut 1.0111, knd so to keep her out of mischief I
Wilt her to a place. She has had every. encourage
-
Inca, but made had use of the vence qicen to her.
She stays out till one o'clock at night with bad Is pp;
1111.1 girk, and one boy bigger than herself asked her
when she Wiwi g..ing to I 'remorne again.

- -
The Magistrate (to the prisoher) : I shall remand
you again to the Douse of Detention, awl see what
can be done for you. The account I have received of
you from the chaidain is very unsatisfiwtory.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

THE CHARGE OF SETTING FIRE TO A

DWELLING-HOUSE.

At the Assigig heti at Derby, Jeremiah Burrows has been
indieted for getting tire to his dwelling lionise with intent to
definnd the Royal Insurance Company. The prosecution wag
Instituted by the police, the I ham..., Company not I Ilhputing
their liability.

The prisoner is a tradesinan carrying on business at
Pilixton, near Alfreton, an a general dealer of drugs,
provisions, paper-hangings, &e. He had insured his
stock-in-trade in 1860 for 4:200 and during the present
year had increased his insurance to £4OO, stating MI
his reason for I Ii tog so that a fuse or fusee had bcvn put
under his door, and that bad characters were about,
and that he therefore thought it prudent to do
so. On April 11, the night of the fire, the prisoner
and his wife went tobed between ten and eleven o'clock;
but Dr. Elmer; who was lodging in the house, eat up
reading till about half-past two. Dr. Ehnes, about half-
past twelve, heard a knock and went down stair.; and
told the Person, who wanted some tobacco, to go 'away
and not disturb the house; later on in the night he
heard some one walking about at the back of the house.
He went to bed at half-past two; at half-past four he
IMUI aroused by the prisoner's wife, and found his room
full of smoke. lie went down stairs just as the pri-
soner was returning from calling up his neighbour Mr.
Booth. The fire was put out in a quarkr of an hour.
The eflee,t of the prisoner's subsequent statements was
that some one =IA have got into the house throngh
the back window, as a pane of glass was broken, sad
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

WOMEN AND THE FRANCHISE.

The series of Saturday afternoon lectures in aid of
the Working Men's Chit, and Institute Union was
brought to a conclush.n last Saturday, bie the delivery
in the theatre of the Royal School of Mines, Jernayn-
street, London, of a lecture by Mrs. 11. Fawcett, on
the subject of " Women and the Franchise."
The meeting was presided over by MIN. P. A.
Taylor, who on taking the chair remarked that she con-
sidered it only proper and fitting that a woman should
preside over a 'netting at which a woman was the
speaker, and on a subject which involved the rights
and interests of women.

Mrs. Fawcett, who, on presenting herself, was loudly
cheered, then proceeded e ith her lecture, which was a
retatnaml and refutation I If the argument used by the op-
ismneuts of woman's sights to the franchise in time House
of Commons on the second reading of the Woman
Suffrage Bill. These arguments she enumerated isa
fOIIoWS : That women were repesented already, that
to give them Votes would be to give two votes to their
nearest male relation, or to their favourite clergy-
man ; that it would occasion domestic broils ; that
it would destroy family govenmsent, which was
nevemarily despmmtic ; that women were intellectually
inferior to, and physically weaker than ins-mm, and
therefore ought not to have the franchise ; that bane
was woman's sphere, that woolen were sliperior to
men, and would be deteriorated by contract with the
ruder life of men ; that the line nnmst be drawn solue-
where, for if women got vmmtes they would deinanml to be
admitteml to Parliament ; that women did not want
votes ; that women were by nature conservative ;
that women could not be soldiers ; that the deference's
mid courtesy now shown to women would be lost;
that woman suffrage would be destructive of the foun-
(lath am of society, and obliterate the distinctions of sex ;
that the Bible said nothing about it ; that reason must
yes-ail, and that women were governed by their feel
ings ; that authm why was against it. To .a -h of these
objectim ins Mrs. Fawcett replied seriatim, and concluded
by contending that the suffrage was not only woman's
right, but that woman, man, and society would be im-
proved by her possessing it. She was much cheered,
and received the thanks 'if the meeting, as did Sir It.
Murchison for giving the use of the theatre.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

01 the :let Quality.

FREE AND EASY EVERY NIGHT.

S. begs respectfully to inform the
• Inhabitants of the Town and its vicinity, that
he has taken to the Business conducted for the last eleven
years by Mr. Jonw Duets, at the above address, cud in
LATIN(
succeeding to it, he begs to solicit • cenlinecrue f the
REFRESHMENT AND
patronage which has been so liberally bestow t on his
predecessor.
The alterations to the Premises being now complete, HOUSE,
D. S. is offering a choice assortment of New Books,
Stationery, and a General Stock of Fussy Goode, Toys,
Src

Long Forget the. Athiress.

TOP OF I,IIODERNINSTER4,7 BEET

New Works, Magazines, and Periodicals procured flow
London weekly.
Muth g bud E,ldiodieg ri. II ,lc Itc 11 •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.
A Chica,r paper says of a contemporary that "It
has glouldisl its circulation. Another wan takes a copy
my*"

A New Orleans thief returned some abstracted
clothing that proved too small, and wrote to the owner that
he would wait for him to grow.
The latest idea of ultra-fashionable American ladies
Is to he.. their boots and shoes melded at the instep, PO tie
to give the foOt at that point a high and graceful curve.
A Western paper, describing the <Owl of a young
orator, says —"lie: broke thy ire felicitously with hiel open-
ing, and was almost immediately drowned with applause."
They tell of a farmer in Kentucky who wan, no lazy
that win., he went to lane corn he worked so slowly that tine
shade of hi, li,voWl Wrimmed hat killed the plants.

A rather high-MAO! Neve York paper in its leader
Insists that -poverty is a Mewing:" ii it he no, remarks is
conteuusirmy, it is a " blessing In 111alse," and so well did-
guised that very few are able to see the point.
The atmosphere is said to be so airy at 1'011100,4, in
the Argentine Republic, that a bowl of milk left uncovered
In the morning Is dry at night, while ink vanishes frow the
inlnitand and becomes thick almost by magic.
- - • -• •

..... „ s -
Birdoireslum Sawin, discoursing in the Biglow
Pa ec re about the natural beauties of Mexico, touches feel-
ingly upon ite entomological cutioeitics
° Yew never gee sett darned gret hugs :
It may not be irrevalent
To say I've seen a tomble.bug en
big as a year-old elephant.
While the hens. Miss A. Lane was the charming
mistress of the I:await:: 740insion, a photographer in New
York presented her with an alimen, superbly hound, contain-
ing forty-two different views of 511,43 I.loe. It was declared
Os Al who saw it to be the moat tliss-a-Lenteois book of the
da,Y.
A eensus-talft ,ett west in the United States rernrtg
8,000 colonels in his "Item used to he more in thgl
part od the country," he says, "P'% • large number of theta
have been raised to generals."
A }OMANI "l,ilhiard saloon " totes a 11-me-made
On" • large goods box, on which wail laid a waggon tosd of
sandstone, .oserial with eight yarols of blue jcana. Rot
pockets they use old top Naas, for cues broken hoediandlea
botleol eggs for count this lovely game they use
:hied apple., on a Mollies line.
At Lawrent,r, ICnsnas, a ft,* Stnelsys ago, while a
minister was holding ferfn le a Antral, • crowd got up a
cock-fight in the yard. The people who bad congregated in
the church went out to put a stop to the filtht, but waited till
it was over lbefoore objecting. The minister PhAed oft( of the
window, and said, "We are all miserable shiners-whh ic
r'
A ill::,efeeee, POT IN INF. SF.IIIVICE.--A story is toid
of a father in an ,leescteso church, who, when the marriage
I service camel° the point Wheys the clergyman asks " Who
giveth this woman to he married to this man:, replied
" Well, sir, I an. called to do it, although It do yo agin the
, grain. I wanted her to marry Bill Plowsey, tit?. W worth
twice the money o' that here man."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

OL

J-01-11NTPOOiEi

BEGS to Moroi the Public that he has talon to the
above 01.1-El-tablislieal Inn, wliele be will to. t,laol to see

k.ientlemen attended at their Residences.

his Old end New Friends.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE
RELIGIOUS TRACT DEPOT,
12, HIGH•STREET, STOURBRIDGE.

HO2OIE-IREWED AND BULTON ALES,

DUBLIN

STOUT,

SKIDA.TOR,EI
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

FETE AT ARLEY CASTLE

ON
TUESDAY, JULY 25th, an EXCURSION'
TRAIN from Birmingham will call at Cradley at
9.7, Lye 9.15, Stourbridge 9.30, and Hagley 9.38 a.m.,
for BE W.DLEY, ARLEY, and 13RIDGNORTH ; return.
log the stone day.
For Fares and full particulars, see Hand Bills.
J. GRIERSON, Henna! Manager.
Paddington, July 20, 1871.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.

•N .IIoxDAY, Jut y 24, an EXCURSION
TRAIN fr One, Two, or Thine Days, len,e
,•lbri,1;•o 5.'23. Lye 5.30, ersailk s 5
0.., bury Inel U reeu 5 50. MI?
Lion 5,5 ue I:1,N SI NU I 'AL
PALACE hi ATIONS ovltue.,,t of rani:
For Fares 31:11 lull pal oculars, s. hand
.1. ill ElihON, General Manrger,
Paddington, July 17, 1011.

Id ;NI e

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

HALF-HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS.

V 'AEUF.DAY, uutil f urth r notice,
J 'IIiAIN wili leave Stuur-

3.1t1 litcl.l..rtt,instcr

.1 .M AINI UN LINK;

Ihl.
.J 1 Malinger.

• ,

61{E.V1 11 1:.111, VAY.

Cil EAP 1X 1" I :Di

OF

MAN

riitaittp.cLAss EicuitsioN TicKE'is
_a_ available for one Itiontli. ale .tined V l,lfl ;0 the

ISLE OF MAR, during Ole summer mouths, ey the
Trains leaving Evesbain at 10.6 a.m., Kidtieredunter

7.45 and 11,11 aud Stourididae at S.lO ala. and
12.23 p.
The Isle 01 Mau Steam Packet Comp.ins Steamers
sail daily at 1.0 p.m. tram the Prime's lauding Stage,
Liverpool.
. •., • .. _ _

kbebengerd can return en Loy tiny within lb nit ntb, as
may b eenVaulelut, but the ticktte wiil oily m,e.iaAable
by certain itpecitied bust. and trains.
For Furs anti isfl partbAnars, ere Hand
J. 61t1LHSON, Clem-rat Manager.
l'...ddingtun, July, 167.1.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22

CRADLEY HEATH.

ANN UAL MEETING OF TEACHERS. —Os Monalty I o •
teachers from the various schools in connection with tiii
Sunday School Union held their annual tea meeting
the Five Ways Schoolroom. About 230 were presi it.
After tea they transacted the yearly business, whieli
comprised the reading of the report and the election of
officers. The report, read by Mi. W. Leach, in the un-
avoidable absence of Mr. 0. Yardley, showed that there
were eleven schools in connection with the Union, which
were attended by 316 teachers, and 3,103 scholars. Au
increase of one school, 30 teachers, and 229 scholars hail
been effected daring the year. Of the 316 teachers. 223
were church members, and 305 had been formerly scho-
lars in Sunday Schools; 49 of the scholars had also
joined the church in the past year. Much progress ass
being made, and it was stated afterwards that the echools
were greatly benetitted by the union of the teachers to
gather. The meeting passed votes of thanks with ac-
clamation to the retiring officers and re-elected them for
the ensuing year, Mr. J. Lewin being President, Mr. J.
Whitley Treasurer, Mr. U. Yardley Secretary, and Mr.
W. teach Aasistant-Secretary.—The meeting was subse-
quently addressed by Alike-man Mina ~,,, of Birmingham,
end Mr. J. A. Cooper, of the sane town. Both gentle-
men delivered earnest and thoughtful addresses, and
their sentiments were bully applauded. The Union is
doing a good work, and itt effects have already become
plainly manifest in the schirda connected with it. We
hope its career in the future will be as prosperous and as
productive of good as it has been in the past.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning last, a man
named William Jelf, employed at the StationGoods'
lard, met with his death whilst attempting to couple
suite wagons. One of them was loaded with a large iron
casting which deceased did not notice, and when it ap-
proached the casting struck the side of his head, and he
fell dead. Medical aid was summoned, but it was of no
avail, as the poor fellow's neck was broken. An inquest
was held at the Railway Inn, before E. Hooper, Esq.,
Coroner, on Monday evening, when a verdict of " Acci-
dental death " was returned.