The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-22 00:00:00

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BALES BY AUCTION
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RAGLEy STOCK SALE.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24a, at eleven.
450 SHEEP,
50 HEAD of CATTLE,
The Usual entry of Calves and Pigs.
OATES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE.

SALES BY AUCTION,
STOURBRIDGE STOCK SALE.
TUESDAY NEXT, NOVEMBER 25th, 1879.
300 Fat SHEEP and LAMBS.
30 Head of FAT and STORE CATTLE.
Usual entry of CALVES and PIGS.
Also a Half-bred BAY GELDING, rising 4 years, 14
hands 2in., warranted sound.
H. KING, Auctioneer.
Sale at 12.

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TO GENTLEMEN, GARDENERS AND
OTHERS.
IMPORTANT SALE of Valuable Clearance
NURSERY STOCK, including FRUIT TREES
the be 4 Varieties in full bearing, CAMELIAS,
and AZALIAS, Fine PLANTS, well set
W.th bloom • Ornarceutal Evergreens and Flowering
SIIItUBS, ROSES, CONIFIR.i for immediate effect.
liscelianeons Evergreens, in pots for windows and
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-rsalc°,,Y decorations, about 60 lots of Choice Imported
-,-,urea BULLS, &c., to he SOLD by 1 rorroN' by
Messrs. OATES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDCIE,
90 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28th, in the IdAftE.ET HALL,
ScouralarnoL. Sale at one o'clock.
'The Auctioneers beg to recommend the above Sale
to intending planters, as being well worthy their atten-
tion, the whole having been remised for absolute sale
from one of the oldest established and best nurseries in
the Midlands.

SALE OF FREEHOLD
DWELLING-HOUSE AND PREMISES,
MOOR LANE, BRIERLEY HILL.
INSULL will SELL by AUCTION, on
LI • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 31st, 1879, at the house
of Mr. Martin, OLD BUSH INN, MOOR LANE, BRIERLEY
1-lILL, at Six o'clock in the Evening, subject to condi-
tions to be then produced .--
All that substantially-erected and pleasantly situated
DWELLING-HOUSE and PREMISES, situated im-
mediately adjoining the Old Bush Inn, Moor Lane,
Brierley Hill.
rhe Premises comprise Large Parlour, now used as
a Shop ; Kitchen, Three Chambers, Capital Collaring,
Brewbouse, and Suitable Out-buildings and Garden,
having a frontage t,) Moor Lane of 45ft., containing
400 yards or thereabouts; the whole of which is en-
closed in Brick Wall, and producing estimated rental
of £ll per annum.
The Premises at a trifling coat, may be converted
into Two Dwelliug-houses.
For further particulars, apply, Mr. A. P. Price,
Solicitor, Stourbridge ; or to the Auctioneer. .Brierley
Hill.
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AUCTION SALE ROOMS,
102, lIIGH AS TIZE.ET, STOURBRIDGE,
MESSRS.
OATES, PERRENS, and WOULDRIDGE
have the pleasure to announce that they hold
Sales periodically at the above Rooms, Jo/ the disposal
5 Estates, Houses, Building Land, Pastures, Wines
Works of Art, ttc., drc., at a moderate fixed scale of
charges, to be had on application.

TRADESIkiENS' A.DDRESSES.

IMPORIANT NOTICE TO BORROWERS.
Advanced promptly on Borrower's
OWN SECURITY,
Repayable by lustalmeots or otherwise.
N. DELAY, no ENORMOUS LAW or other COSTS.
FULL AMOUNT ADVANCED.
MORTGAGES,
Interest at the rate of FIVE per cent. per annum.
TRADE BILLS DISCOUNTED.
LIFE POLICIES,
Reversionary interests, Sze., Purchased.
OFFICAS : 8, VICAR STREET, DUDLEY.
Otlice Hours, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Paivezz RERIDENCE :-11, VICTORIA TERRACE.
BRANCH OFFICES :-
29, KIDDERMINSTER STREET, STOURBRIDGE
tFridays only).
NOTE.—NO SURETIES ARE REQUIRED.

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T 0 LET.—Two Villas at the top of Corser
Street, Love Lane,: Stonrbridge, containing good
Entrance Hall, Pakdour, Dining Room. Four Bedrooms,
Good Kitchen, Large Cellar, Large Garden, a good
2IPPIy of hard and soft water Ice. Immediate possession
11113' be had on application to Mr. W. H Dommett,
Corser Street.

DUDLEY ARMS HOTEL, DUDLEY.
THE LARGEST
WEDDING AND FUNERAL CARRIAGE ESTABLISHMENT
ill THE MIDLAND COUNTIES
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GEORGE MORRIS PROPRIETOR,
rtAG'S HEAD INN,
KING STREET, (Late Stone Sheet), AND BAIT AND LIVERY STABLES, DUDLEY ARMS HOTEL
DUDLEY.
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DANES. St. Thomag-street, Netherton.
GOULD, Undertaker, Cradley Heath.
MOORE and FERRER, Undeitakers Kingswinford
AGANTI :. G. WOODALL. Market-street,
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do. do.
WHITFIELD, do. Brierley Hill.
DORREL,
EMERY, do.
do.
do.

To LET.—The Premises lately known as
the 4‘ Hole in the Wall Inn," situate near High
Street, these Premises are well adapted for Offices, or
nY Other business requiring a central position.—Apply,
40 Air. George Taylor, on the said Premises.

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TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

MRS. -L1 IA- •
.4 HUNSTON,
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(Las key and Flunston, from Devonshire)
lioniton Point Lace Manufacturer,
122. H_GH STREET,
ST 0 U.RBRIDGE.
Wishes to inform her customers and the Ladies
of the neighbourhood that she has a Complete
Stock of New Goods in all the Leading and
-Pashionable Styles and Color suitable for the
Autumn and Winter Season, and Solicits their
Inspection. and Orders.
FRENCH CORSETS, GLOVES, &C.
BALBRIGGAN SILK,
C4BRBIERE AND OTHER HOSIERY AND VESTS,
Eider Down. and Wool Goods.
ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LACE
Cleaned, Tranaferz Li, and Altered.
4GENT for PULLER and SONS, PERTH,
DYERS TO THE QUEEN.

MONEY! MONEY!! MONEY!!!
CASH ADVANCED £lO to £5OO ON EASY TERMS.
V 10 Respectable Householders, Farmers, Cowkeepers.
j_ tradesmen, and others, Without Sureties, or
delays. Apply personally or by letter, to 1. Uoodman,
SO, Princess Road, Birmiugh,m, (Private Residence),
Offices, 3, Priory Street, Dudley, and 6, Enville Street,
Stourbridge.

MONEY LENT FROM £lO t0,X1,000,
Terms and without Sureties to re-
ON easy
spectuole ilouseholders, farmers, Cabowners,
Dowkeepers, Professional Gentlemen, tiodginghouse
Keepers, and Others,
APPLY TO
MR. T. 13A.NNINGTOr
First Flaor, 46, Union Passage, Birmingham.
.)stance no object.

Jm. _WKS AND CO.
111-TILDERS, PAINTERS, AND PAPER-
HANGERS.
Dealers in Drain Pipes, Chimney Pots, Cements
Plaster o Paris, Cow Hair. &a.
ALL KINDS OF JOBBING WORK ATTENDED TO.
Address:—
'3°, PARK STREET, STOURBRIDG-E.

MONEY TO LEND, WITHOUT SURE-
TIES, BY THE IbiPEitiAL ADVANCED
BANK.—DISTANCE NO OBJECT.—AII respectable
Householders, whether they are private Gentlemen or
Ladies, Shopkeepers, Farmers, Car Poprietors, Cow
Keepers, Tradesmen, or Clerks, can be accommo-
dated by this Bank with Sums of Money from £lO
to £lOOO, repayable by easy instalments, extending
over one year and upwards, to enable them to increase
their stocks and afford them every kind of temporary
accommodation, without friends as sureties and without
any unnecessary delay Applicants would do well before
applying to any office to consider its respectability. This
office was established in 1875, and since that time its
business in advances has been rapidly increasing, and it
now has a very extensive business in making advances
without security. Every information willingly afforded
Apply, either persJnally, or if by letter state amount
required, to
LEWIS SIMMONS, Proprietor,
27. South john-street, Liverpool.

WILLIAM GREEN)
54, HIGH STREET,
STOURBRIDGE.
DEALER IN PAPER HANGINGS,
EXPERIENCED PIPER-HANGERS EMPLOYED.
PAINTS CAREFULLY MIXED FOR USE.
VARNISHES FOR ALL PURPOSES,
WRITING, SIZE, AND DRY COLOURS.
OILS, TURPENTINE, AND
TEREBINE.
WRITE LEAD, and DRYERS.
SHEET LEAD, BRASS TAPS 4. PIPES.
PUMPS, CLOSETS, BASINS,
k` AND TRAPS.
SHEET GLASS, GAS MOONS, AND
SHADES.
GIEDN,
54, HIGH STREET,
_ STOURBRIDGE.I

FARMERS not wishing to dispose of their
crops at the present low rate of prices can obtain
cash advances from £lO to £lOOO by applying to
FIRST .Vl.oolt, 48, UNION PASSAGE. BIRMINCia,
HAM. Money also advanced to respectable House
holders, Cab Proprietors, Cow Keepers, Professions
Gentlemen and others, without any loan office routine
apply as above.

yi R. GEORUE "JOHNSON, 30, Colmore Row, Bir
mingham, is prepared to make immediate CASH
ADVANCES upon every description of to.-nrity.

ONEY ready for immediate investment inlarge o
LVI small sums not under £5O, on any description of
cal or personal security no less than one year, at a low
rate, via., 4 per cent. on personal, and 8 per cent on free.
hold or leasehold security. Interest in all cases payable
halt-yearly, and not in advance. Distance no object.
All applications will be treated with strictest secrecy and
despatch. Money obtainable on the shortest notice. No
ccmmission.—Apply with fall particulars as to nature o
security, amount required, and for what period, to IL-
LIAM bEYNONR, Esq., Financier, 9, Great Russell-street,
London. W.

J..W. BENSON,
WATCH do CLOON MAZER
TO THE QUEEN & ROYAL FAMILY,
And by Special Appointments to
H.R,H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, H.I.M, THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, AND
THE MAHARAJAHS OF BURDWAN AND JOHORE.
PRIZE MEDALS-LONDON, DUBLIN, AND PARIS.
BENSON'S, BENSON'S, BENSON'S
Of every
For Churches, Turrets, or Public
WATCIIES. CL4DCKS,
Of every Description, suitablelfor Buildings, Dining
Carriage.or Drawing Room, GOLD AND SILVER
JEWELLERY.
all climates, from 2 to 200 guineas. or Shop, Perpetual Calendars,
Ohronographs;.Chronometers Keyless Wind Dials, &c. Description, in the Richest
and Newest Designs, at the Lowest
Levers, Presentation, Repeaters, NOVELTY—" EARLY ENGLISH" Prices compatible 111491 work-
Clocks, e: a hip.
with Blue China, Wedgwood, lmetsllBLocketNing3's, Earrings, Neck-
Railway Railway Guards', Soldiers', and
Workmen's Watches, of Extra So., from 46 6s. Made solely pay and also in Diamonds and Precious
Strength. Bangor. Stones.
BENSON'S "Workman's" £l5 5s Silver English Lever. (Warranted.)
BENSON'S "Everybody's " Silver Watoh, £3 3s, with Crystal Glass. (Warranted.)
BENSON'S Silver and Electro-Plate.—For R 6146 and Athletic Meetings, Presentations or
Household Use, Special Designs end Estimates Free.
BENSON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLETS on WATCHES, CLOCKS
TURRET CLOCKS, PLATE, and JEWELLERY sent Post Free, 2d each.
Watches sent safe by Post to all Parts of the World.
Watches, Clocks, and Jewellery skilfully Repaired by Experienced Workmen.
PLATE, JEWELLERY, AND WATCHES BOUGHT AND EXCHANGED.
CLUBS SUPPLIED,
STEAM FACTORY AND CITY SHOW ROOMS_
LUDGATE HILL, LONDON.
WEST-END ESTABLISHMENT-
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JEGs 'l' A. 33 I S 3EU JD 174 9 ,

CONSULT A LONDON PHYSICIAN BY LETTER
WITHOUT FEE.
is ?R. H. SMITH, the Eminent Specialist fo
J the cure of all debilitating and contagious diseases
wi )IDr the benefit of country patients who cannot consult
IA personally, on receiving description of there case,send
s opinion, with advice and directions for the most success
restoration to health and vigour.
ddress Dr H. SMITH 8, Burton Crescent, London, W.O )
DEBILITY AND NERVOUSNESS.
Re-issue of "THE WARNING VOICE."
DR. SMITEPS Celebrated Work, of which
500,000 Copies were Sold. Revised Edition
Now Ready, 152 pages, by post to all parts of the World,
o Envelope, two stamps.
rpiiE WARNING VOICE; OR, DEBILI-
TATING AND NERVOUS DISE A.SES : THE
CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, CONSEQUENCE, AND
TREATMENT of certain forms of DEBILITY, result-
ngtrom Loss of Nerve Power. By HENRY SMITH,
octor of Medicine of the University of Jena.
THIS 13 A NEW MEDICAL WORK on the Nature,
Treatment, and Cure of Nervous, Mental, and Physical
Debility, Lowness of Spirits, Indigestion, Dimness of
Sight, Want of Energy, Deafness, Epilepsy, Piles, Prt.
mature Decay, Headache, Szc., resulting from Loss ot
Nerve Power, the results of Intemperance, Late Hours,
Worry, Brain Toil, dec., which, if neglected, end in
Confirmed Debility and Premature Decline. Gym nix
ADVICE AND INSTRUCTIONS, the result of THIRTY YiLtss'
PwAoTtoz, by which Thousands have been restored to
health. Illustrated by CASES AND TESTIMONIALS from
grateful Patients, with means of cure used in each case.
DR. HENRY SMITH, 8, BURTON CRESCENT, LONDON
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DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMAN
Gives the Cause, Symptoms and Cure. This
book is published for the special use of Females, and is
a Private Guide to the Treatment of a class of ailments
peculiar to the Female Constitution.
DR. HENRY SMITH, 8 BURTON CRESCENT, LONDON
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MEDICAL CAUTION.
CAUTION.
rpnE Special Treatment adopted and used
_L with such great success by Dr. Hunter for the
sat thirty years, can only be obtained at 44, Great
Charles Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonials,
with advice how to regain Health and Manly Vigour,
and,Directions for Self Treatment, free to any address

143, HIGH STREET,
STOURBRIDGE.

A_ CLARK,
(LATE T. H. RICE)
HATTER, HOSIER, CLOVER, AND SHIRTMAKER
HARD AND SOFT
FELTS IN GREAT VARIETY,
SILK HATS, 4c.,
ALL SORTS OF GENTLEMEN'S HOSIERY,
Gloves, Shirts, &c.
A. CLARK, 143, HIGH STREET, STOURBRIDGE,

ESTABLISHED 20 YEARS.
G. SALT AND SON
BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURERS
N°l. 1 dz 2, HA.GLEY STREET, STOURBRIDGE.
:_"BS to return thanks for the put favors so kind!,
U. towed on them for so many years, and in again
soliciting a continuance of those favors, assure their
Patrons that any orders entrusted to their care shall
reeeive prompt attention.
BOOTS AND SHOES MANUFACTURED ON THE
PREMISES.
REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED.
Note the Address :
N°ll.
1 az 2, HAGLEY STREET, STOURBRIDGE

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IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO THE
IN HABITANTS OF STOURBRIDGE
AND NEIGHBOURHOOD,
mR. -14-1 APPERSON,
ty • F.
SURGRON-DENTIST,
'iAMPSTEAD ROAD BIRMINGHAM.
HAS very great pleasure in stating to the
inhabitants of Stourbridge and
neighbourhood that, he will in future attend
EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY:
from Ten till Five, at
MRS. HAWKINS'S MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,
HIGH STREET, STOURBRIDGE,
ARTIFICIAL TEETH fitted with the
Celluloid Base, a newly invented
patented material ;bat cannot fail to give
satisfaction and comfort to the weaver.
NITROUS
OXIDE GAS.
Objectionable Teeth or roots extracted
while under the influence e itrions Oxide,
and other antestheties.
Mr. Apperson'a Ant!aeptie Astringent Den-
tifrice, for cleansing, beautifyfng, and
preserving the Teeth; in boxes, is. and is.
6d.
Also his newly improved Tooth Brush, for
cleansing both sides of Teeth. is. 6d. each.

CHRISTMAS C 1
DS-
NEW yEAR'S CARDS.
CHRISTMAS.
TIMOTHY JONES & GO
WHOLESALE AND MANUFACTURING PLAIN
AND FANCY STATIONERS, &c., &c.
The largest and most complete assortment of CHRIST-
MAS and NEW YEAR CARDS in the Midland
Counties, comprising EYRE AND SPOTTISW ()ODE,
000DALLS, ROTHES, MARCUS WARDS, FRENCH
GERMAN, &c., &c. More than A Thousand Designs
to select from.
Sole Agent for RIMMELLS CHRISTMASrPRESEN TS.
" GOODALL'S PLAYING CARDS,"
THE TRADE MOST LIBERALLY DEALT WITH
UNION pASSAGE
(Bull Street End),:
BIRMINOII AM.

RHEUMATISM.
RHEUMATISM, Gout, Lumbago, Pains
in the Head, Side, Back, Joints, and Limbs
cured by DAY'S RHEUMATIC PILLS. Price is. lid.
per box. Sold by Mr. Pugh, Patent Medicine Vendor,
61, Coventry Street, Stourbridge ; and all Chemists
Wholesale by all the London Houses.

MEERSCHAUM PIPES
CIGAR HOLDERS,
BRIAR AND OTHER PIPES
ELEGANT CIGAR CASES,
Archer's, Wills's, Cope's, Hignett's,
AND OTHER
FANCY TOBACCOS,
AT THE
OLD ESTABLISHED SHOP,
S. FIELD,
92, HIGH STREET, STOUBBRIDGE.

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PRINTING! PRINTING ! ! PRINTING!!
S. FIELD,
GENERAL PRINTER,
92 , HIGH-STREET, STOURBRIDGE.
PRINTING DEPARTMENT. STATIONERY.
Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of
other Posters. PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes, Bill Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Heads. Designs and Patterns.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards, BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, eze.
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or k POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Coloured Inks. Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books,
GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENT.

TO BE GIVEN AWAY.
TO any Person sending Orders for Cutlery
as below I will Pil E r, gratis, without an '
extra charge whatever, a
HANDSOME SILVER-PLATED TEAPOT,
Value Half a-Guinea,
Made of beat white Metal, -elaborately Engraved, plated
with Pure Silver, and beautifully Burnished, on receipt o
eCoupon" and P,0.0. for 108 6d, I will send to any addres
12 TABLE KNIVES,
12 TABLE FORKS,
1 PAIR OF CARVERS,
To match, White Hafts, every Blade warranted Steel ;
and will Pe sent a 'Teapot, as above. If the Teapot alone
is not considered worth the money the same to be returned
in full.
STOURBRIDGE COUPON.
On receipt of this Coupon and P. 0.0. for 10s.
6d. I promise to forward 12 Table Knives, 12
Table Forks, and 1 Pair of Carvers, to match ;
and to Ficsent 1 Silver-plated Teapot, value
Half-a-Guinea, to
Name... .
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Address ..
County
THOMAS WARD,
ARGENT PLACE, ROCKINGHAM STREET,
(Late Ward and C 0.,)
ELLIOTT ROAD,. STEEL BANK,
SHEFFIELD.
The Cornish and Devon Post says :—" How the whole
thing is done for the money we cannot understand, but
suppose the depressed trade of Sheffield has something
to do with it. The Teapot alone is worth more than the
money. It is not a leaden looking thing, roughly turned
out of hand but elegantly designed, brilliantly burnished
and elaborately engraved. From enquiries wet have
made the Firm is a highly respectable one, and would
recommend our readers to cut the coupon out," &c., &c.
Fifty similar Newspaper notices, also upwards of 1000
unsolicited 'Testimonials from purchasers. Copies on
application.
Old Goodsßepaired aid Re plated,equal to ne .

There were 53 British and foreign wrecks repertea
during the past week, of which 31 were British, making o
total of 1,407 for the present year, or an increase of 55
compared with the corresponding period of last year.
Last week's arrivabs of live stock at Liverpool from
the United States and Canada, amounted to 668 head a
cattle 508 sheep, and 250 pigs, being an increase on the two
preceding weeks of several hundreds in each case.
tea
Of the 86,489 Prussian recruits who were drat
Into the German military and naval services in 1878 79 only.
2,265, or 202 per cent. of the whole number, were returnea
as uneduoated.
late
time
anryal
Indications
di/Lot/fog: uthattet sfahrGtehmatanthenraevahlavanettefranics
are paying increased attention to the study and develop-
ment of torpedo warfare.
The steel model of the Czar's great yacht left the
yard of Messrs. Elder on the Clyde on Monday, and Pr?:
ceeded up the river as far as the Patrick Wharf, where IP
lauded his Excellency Admiral Popoff, of the Russian navY-
The model is 24f I. long by 15 broad. The yacht itself is Po'
grassing rapidly.
sepTtheme
bperrotdoutchteio3nlstofof
stlOgcatorbeirn, 1F87r9, anaceccof;dinln,
ib
statement, was only 85,000 tons, as compeed win
138,000 tons in 1878, 132,000 tons in 1877, and KIM :430 '-
1876.
American agricultural returns from the Departn3eo
of Agriculture show a decided improvement in the conditiow
of the cotton crop. Returns of the wheat crop received tIP
to Nov. 1 show an increase of 26,000,000 bushels over thv
same period ot 1878; and for the same period the entire.'
nsttohe
corn product of the country promises an increase oi
200,000,000 bushels, or nearly 15 per cent., over 1878.
A proposal has, it is said, been submitted to the
India Office, and will meet with Lord Craubrook's sanction,
that the pension of Lady Cavagnari, as well as those of tbS
relatives of the native soldiers massacred at Cabul, shoul
be double the amounts awarded under ordinary dram'
stances, in recognition of the gallantry displayed by Bir
Louis Cavagnari and his party on that occasion.
The Duke of Bedford's tenantry in the parishes el
Thorney, Sibson, Wansford, and Thornhaugh, to the nunsber of 110, have subscribed for, and presented to, his Grace
a handsome album, containing an illuminated address
thanking him for his gift of halt a year's rent to his tenants'
The November meteors may be looked for about the
27th instant.
The American papers are giving billiard probleme.
In cannons, after the fashion of chess problems.
An underground railway is again being planned in
Paris. The line would run from the Arc de Triomphe to the
Bois de Boulogne, and atmospheric pressure would be as
motive power, the train being propelled through a narrow
tunnel sunk fifteen feet below the level of the road.
Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wale 6
left Gibraltar in the Bacchante last Saturday. Lord
Napier of 3lagdala visited the corvette before her de"
partnre.
The longest beard in the world, it is said, is owned,
by Mr. Smith, of Michigan. It measures seven feet six an"
a halt inches. Mr. Smith is forty seven years old, aD
stands six feet in his boots. He began to shave at u":
mature age of thirteen, but left it off eighteen yea' '
ago.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegrage
says that it would really appear as lithe Channel tunnel
scheme has some chance of becoming a fact. After a Otto°
and long examination of the various plans yet sent in,
Verard de Sainte Anne stated, in the presence of mall
eminent engineers, that the proposal was quite possible
and practicable.
The number of University men who are endeavour'
log to enter the dramatic profession is quite surprising (sW.,
the Court Journal). Several cases have been reported hr •,!
the authorities of gentlemen with private means who !!!:
anxious to go upon the stage for the sake of a congenle°
occupation.
"Republicanism in America is beginning to be
appreciated. Everybody always knew that in America one
man was as good as another; but now it seems he is rather
better. The Boston Sunday Courier relates that in a shop'
that hub of the universe, while a lady was making purchassee4l
the shopman 'deliberately turned his back upon her, chan
his shoes, and spent considerable time in tying them before
he was ready to reply to her question.' Dr. Samuel Johnson
should be alive to read this.', —Mayfair.
At a meeting held at Manchester on Tuesday, the
Bishop of Manchester presiding, it was resolved to tom so
association for the improvement of the dwellings of the Poet
under the Artisans' Dwellings Act.
On Sunday morning last a constable on duly at
Uttoxeter, came upon a large elephant, quietly engaged /11
grazing by the roadside. The officer at once proceeded!!
lead the stranger to the lock-up, more than half a 1331 w.,,
away, and eventually succeeded in securing it. Soon ate...
wards the animal was claimed by a circus proprietor, fre'''
whose premises it had escaped.
The duration of bright sunshine registered at Green'
wich last week was 133 hours (against 211 hours at Gllnd'2,2
Place, Lewes), the sun being above the horizon during 62 °
hours.
A telegram of the 17th inst. from Lloyd's agent et
Rio de Janeiro, states that the German brigantine Marie,
from Natal (Brazil) for the Channel, with a cargo of sugar.:
had foundered at sea. Five of the crew were saved am'
landed at Rio de Janeiro. The captain WAS drowned.
The Astronomical Observatory on Mount Etna is
almost completed, but the large quantity of snow which WO
already fallen will prevent the movable iron cupola and the
telescope from being fixed till next summer. The total cost,
Including a second building, capable of sheltering 20 persons,
will be about £2,500. It is 9,00011. above the level of tbe
sea.
The New York papers announce the death of the
Rev. Jacob Abbott, the author of many books for the
young, which in their time had a very large circulation
both in the United States and in England. Mr. Abbott,
who died at the age of 76, was the eldest of three brother'
all of whom have become more or less famous for their
literary productions. In 1825 he was appointed Professor
of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Amherst Cot
lege, a position which he retained four years, when he too*
charge of Mount Vernon School for girls, in Boston, and 1/2
1834 organised the Eliot Congregational Church in
bury, of which he became pastor. A complete list aOf
works would number more than 200. Many of them
translated into various foreign languages, both in EuroP°
and Asia.
Waists trimmed with fur are to be fashionable this
winter, it is said. The style originated on the French stage'
—Court Journal.
The Qneen, according to the latest arrangements,
will leave Balmoral for Windsor, on Tuesday, 25th, and still
at Windsor until after the 14th of December, the annlr„.„ev
eery of the late Prince Consort's death. On Monday -g""
and Mrs. Ctmliffe Brooks were invited to lunch at Balmoral
Castle, and were presented to her Majesty In the afterfloo°
A correspondent of the Daily News throws Oat till
following hint :—"May I be allowed to suggest a mode 0'
'
employment very suitable for women, which would be
fruitful source of income to them and a great boon to the
vast number of householders who employ only female eel'
vants Additional servants are often required at our tablet!,
and we are obliged to engage waiters, when, for good reasons,
we should much prefer the services of waitresses. WoMe°
can do this kind of work well; it does not interfere witp
the occupations of the day, and is fairly remunerative. 11,„,e,
existing schools of cookery might well give instruction am'
In carving and waiting at table."
Bishop Claughton preached on Sunday morning 10
the Cathedral Church of Gloucester; in the afternoon al
Upton St. Leonard's; and In the evening at St. Nicholas's,
Gloucester, for the Propagation Society. On SAttirdAY a
tar
meeting was held in the palace' when Miss Pattesou, sis
of the late Bishop of Melanesia, gave an address to a low'
number of friends, inyited by the Bianco) and Mrs. Ellicott,
on behalf of me ladies' association of the Society for VI
Propagation of the Gospel for ameliorating the condition 0
poor women in heathen countries. Fourteen years ago
animal income of this branch of the society's work was AP'"'
now It is 4.5,000.
Great distress is reported in Montenegro. 00'
sixth of the population, it is said, is almost starving, WO.
present supplies can only last until the end of January.
The Glasgow News says that in a short time almost
every yard on the Clyde will be actively engaged, 111:'
numerous are the orders which have been received of is
In the upper district of the river the greatest number oh
orders have been fixed. Dumbarton will be busy during On
winter. Orders are coming to hand daily, and at thepreseah
time the tonnage of the vessels to be built 1.. close on 80A°
tons in the aggregate.
On Tuesday night on the arrival at Bordeslerete'
tion, Birmingham, of the London train, an elderly man, AP'
parently about 60 years of age, attempted to step from till
train before it had stopped. He missed his footing and le
between the carriage and the platform, the upper Car,
step crushing him in the middle. The train was at one
brought to a standstill, and the wooden step was sawn OW'
This operation occupied nearly half an hour. When re'
leased, the man, who was not then identified, was dead.
The medals awarded and recommended by 1120
Council of the Royal Society for the present year sly
The Copley medal to Professor Rudolph J. E. Clausius,
Bonn, for his well.known researches upon heat; the ps_7„,'
medal to Mr. P. E. Lecoq de Boisbaudran, for his ditsoolV
of gallium; a Royal medal to Mr. William Henry perki
F.R.S., for his synthetical and other researches in org%
chemistry; and a Royal medal to Professor Andrew Crora.:,
Ramsay, F.R.S., for his long-continued and successit"
labours in geology and physical geography.
It has been agreed at the Edinburgh Town Council
by a majority of twenty-three to seven, to present ant ed,
dress to Mr. Gladstone aext week on his visit to the WY.
The Rowland Hill Memorial Fund now amounte t°
between £3,000 and £4,000. lii. proposed that the ideraor,s!
shall take the form—first, of a benevolent institution 1°;
the succour of aged and distressed Post Office servants An;
those dependent upon them: and, secondly, of a statue °
other monument of Sir Rowland Hill.
The report of the evidence with regard to eliclt
service given before the members of the War Office Co
mitts° on Army Reorganisation is said to be somewhat 'to
follows—viz., that the War Office should be recommended
offer inducements to a number of the best-conducted soldier;
to renew their service, in order to keep up that leaven of °ll
soldiers which is essential for the proper maintenance :0
discipline, and that the men thus re-enlisted should be the
of good education, and qualified for the responsibilitiel:4
the non-commissioned ranks. The committee, the ArinY
Navy Gazette believes, will not consider it desirable to
gest any important changes in the present condition!!
service.
The telegrams sent from the City of London (°%;
elusive of the Stock Exchange) during the month of Octcuett
last, as compared with October, 1878, have increased Ito ~8
182,964 to 234,839, being an increase of 51,875, or about
per cent. From the Stock Exchange the increase over to
month of October in last year has been from
112,163, being an increase of 32,793, or about 41 per ce-.,
The Image of a God of the Philistines has bile"
unearthed near Gaza by an Arab who was quarrying sto-e
The idol is 151 t. high, and represents an aged man, w,og
hair in long ringlets and lengthy beard, one arm bto
crossed over the breast, while a drapery covers the sliA°6lo
den. The pedestal bears no inscription, and is carve"..„
one huge piece with the figure, which was found in a rent',
bent position, buried in the sand on the top of a hill 11,_%1
the sea, having evidently been removed from its origw
site. The Pasha of Jerusalem has placed a guard over O.
Idol to preserve it from the Gaza fanatics.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily News writes
" Without having yet positively refused to work, a g_n°°a
many journeymau bakers go about to agency offices
engage themselves for one night only, first with one bail
and then another. The masters have agreed to their dealt,
for 1 franc a day augmentation; but are appalled at to
further demand for shorter time and higher pay for e,L,i to
work, which would make the increase 21,0. They aPPl43"flid
to the Minister of Commerce, but M. Tirard said he 00,-,,0
not interfere. The men had a right to strike, and
Government could not exercise any pressure upon theta
Then they went to the War Minister, and, remember
the precedent of 1849, asked for a thousand men frolo,t„Pa:
army to bake bread for Paris. General Gresley retePiee
The result of the movement is likely to be a rise the Pr of
of bread, particularly unfortunate at the commencement
winter."
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The receipts on account of revenue from the
April, 1879, when there was a balance of 46,916,766 to Prwro.
16, um were 45,271,754, against 45.791,484 in the c° 03
sponding period of the preceding financial year, which he
with a balance of £6,243,389 The net expenditure er•-
Pr°'
£52,121,609, against 52,688,694 to the same date in the ,0
vious year. The Treasury balances on Nov. 15 amounted
£1,270,908, and at the same date in 1878 to £1,274,703.
The spinning mills in the district of Kirke Icli!,
which have been on short time for the last two years' 500
mimed full time on Monday. The change affects about 2,
workpeople.
A serious boating calamity has happened near
more, Islay. A party of thirteen men and six woMell'out
Bowmore for Port Charlotte, a distance of three miles, au ay
six p.m. on Friday in last week, in a small boat. APParegole
from the boat being overcrowded, it capsized, and the w
of the occupants were drowned. On Saturday one of :44
bodies, a female named Catherine Ferguson, was viattet
ashore on the beach of Coultorsay Farm. On Sunday aflotf.
body, that of John 3l'Lellan, Torn:A-Wale, was found ahrlimet
mile from Port Charlotte, by a searching party who heue-be
out for the purpose of trawling for the mining bodies'. '-
boat was found In pieces on the rooks.

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