The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03 00:00:00

to the rural di,triete.

At the Kingston Assize., on naidac, thejiiry gate
the mother and WI ow of enpps' I rd Fartihato.
Who w. burnt to death in theibergele cetastroplie, a:500
damages agai.t the London and North Western Railway
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Company.
A Southern editor is bitterly opposed to the educa-
tion of women as surgeons. Suppose, he says, • gentleman
were put under the influence of chloroform by such adoctress
—what is to prevent the woman from kissing him?
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In the diocese of Philadelphia, United State, there
are ninety con volts. They are all under the care of Mother

M. Gonza'.o.

San Franeiqeo has had a mile rare between a
railway train met a velocipede. The former won by a nmiute.
'rhe navy of the Sandwich Islands, it is said, consists
of two fishing smacks and a raft.. _. . . . .

"When Mr. Bright, in the Trish Chnreh th-bate,
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predicted that the fall of the Establishment would dispose
Irish Catlndies to Protestantism. Dean Stanley nudged-Arch-
bishop Maimig, n who sat with him, and both laughed
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pleasantly—Court Journal.

At the Norwich assizes a discharged soldier named
clare has been tried for the murder..o! pri•

soner, covered with blood, was seen sittleg In the ueighlv:ar-
hood of his house, and shortly afterwards his wife was fouml
in the house with her throat cut. The prisoner said that his
wife had committed suicide, and adhered to that statement.

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The July acquitted him.
A conference was held on Friday, in last week, at
llolbeck, of r.presentatives from co-operative societies in
different parts of the country, to consider questions which
affect the prosperity of these institutions. Amongst the re-
solutions adopted was one recommending the various socie-
ties to take active steps to secure the passing, as soon as pos-
sible, of sonic measure by which increased facilities shall be
given for establishing titles and conve)ances of property,
and for reducing the costliness of letters of administration.
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"-Creville the graphic pieatorial writer of the
Field, relates the following ancedoSe of a well-known and
eccentric Thames fl.herman This man had had three
wives, and he is now a widower. With each he had a dowry.
Upon it being observed tat after such windfalls he ought to
he well to ito, he drily replied, ' Well, per see, sir, I did get a
little money with that, and a little with this, and a little
with the Collier; but, what with the ringing of 'ele in and
the ringing f 'mu out, 1 leant got much left.'"
On Sunday another Fenian levy was made at the
Roman Catholic Church in Cork, Major tratillivan, the
treasurer of the fund. attending MASS in full robes, accom-
pan by the civic officers.
An action arising out of the Abergele catastrophe
has been tried at the Liverpool Assizes. A post-office travel-
ling clerk, who isas sorting letters at the time of the occur-
rence, saved the mails, but although he escaped from the
flames he received such a shock to the system that he will he
unaLleta resume his duties. He therefore brought an action
against the Lo don and North Western Railway Company
for damages. The jury gave bins £l,OOO.
A new journal, the Filocipedist, is being published
in New York.

The working men of Lancashire have resolvel to
raise £5,000 for the widow., and family of the late Mr. Ernest
Jones
The annnal report for last year of the 'Registrars
Getter al for Scotland has hen issued this morning. It
apmars that 115,873 births, 69,350 deaths, Anti 21,853
marriages, were regivtered Is Scoamit during the year 1868;
and when these numbers are compared with the estimated
population, it appears that the proportion of births con•
sterility exceeded the average of the ten previous years,
while that of the de atlas sad marriages fell below it. The
115,673 births is the largest annual number of births ever
entered on the Scottish registers.

The enthronement of Dr. Wordawerth an Bishop
of Lincoln took place in the cathedral of the cliocese on
Tuesday. The Mayor awl Corporation were present in state,
and there was a considerable attendance of the public. At
the dose of the ceremony the clergy presented their respect-
ful congratulations to the Bishop, who expressed a hope that
he and they might long be associated together for the benefit
of the Church.

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An interesting peal of news arrived in England on
Monday morning from Spain. Ester Day woe celebrated at
Madrid by the administration of the Holy Con,moriim to as
many no fifty Spanisli Protestants. The telegram added that
such an occurrence has not taken place in Spain since the
time of Philip
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Mr. ,Tosvph West, chemical manufacturer, of Derby
was killed on Monday whilst out with Mr. Merle!' Ingram's
hounds at llggington. It appears that, in siding through
Forton Park, he was thrown against a tree sink such force
as to cause instant death.

"The Emperor of the French has had ,Ln attack of
influenza. His frends say it all comes of the East:' wind."
—Tomahawk.

The bank foundel in the Austrian capital by the
ex-King of Hanover has tlken the name of Bank of Vienna.
The founders, amongst whom are the Doke of Modena and
the Duke of Nassau, keep the shares of the coneo.n In their
own hands, and do not allow them to lie negotiated at the
Bourse.

A Berions accident occurred on Monday afternoon, in
consequence of an unusually high tide, when nearly fifty feet
of the east bank of the Ouse subsided tuto the river. This
took place about half a mile from the paritt church
of St. Germans, King's Lynn. It is feared that the pre-
vailing ranch woather may cause the tile to Sew through the
breach and Mu date the surrounding country.

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The keeper of wane dining-rooms in NI ar-ukles, has
just been killed by his mail servant. The man was accus-
tomed to 111-use Ins wife, but the girl defende I her. and had
frequently threatened to take the master's eif he per,iste.l.
A fresh quarrel between the husband cmi wife occurred tmi
other day, when the young wnman caught up a knife and
stabbed hi-n mortally in the abdomen, fle expired shortly
after. and t, -s. vat AV I, a,res..l.
The Pre,ide tit of the • t. ./11.1
a severe domestic affliction in the death of iliß sister, Min
Fanny Elizabeth Goaehen, who was in her ?nth year. She
was the fourth daughter of the Late Mr. William Henry
Gosehen.

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The Daily News observes that we have begun to be-
lieve a good deal more is. holiday-making than we ones did,
and though it may be still true of us that we take our
pleasures sadly, we are much more inclined to make the
most of one holidays than our grandfathers were. In Iced,
we not only lemtlien out our traditional holidays, but we
seize every opportunity of making others.
Pi ince Gortschakoff has contracted for £700,000
needle-guns system Baranow,, to be delivered with as little
delay as possible.
"Pound parties" are now fashionable in Boston.
Those invited are expected to contribute one pound at least
of something to eat
A newspaper published in the regions of Lakes of
Memphremagog and Winnepesaukee says that "the fish in
Lake Holleylimikemunk, Maine, are said to be imperior to
those of either Lake Weeleyobacook or SI itosetockmegan-
talc. Those of Chanhumpteurigamanng were very fine, bat
they all got choked to death in trying to tell where they
The " prohibitionometer " is an instrument invent*
in Boston, by whin a "moderate drinker' can tell when he
ceases to be sober and is getting drunk.
The shareholders of the Midland Railway Company
of Ireland have voted £7OO to the %blow of Anketeli, the
station master murdered at Mullingar.
The bildstickera of Paris seem not to be devoid of
humour. The celebrated preaeher, Abbe Batter, has just
published a work called" The Lodge Life," and among other
places where the announcement wan posted up was the
Morgue—the city dem:Mouse.
The Sydney papers by the overland mail give
accounts the storming and capture, on Jan. 7, of the
Ngatupa-Pah, the most formidable of the strongholds erected
by the rebels in New Zealand. Te Knott, the rebel leader,
was not captured, bat parties were being organised in pursuit
of him.
The Society of Arts have published apaper "On T(Ila
Cultivation in India." From this It appears that the extent
of land suitable for the gro wing of tea is practically uhlimited,
—that in due time we may expect to receive a hundred
million pounds a year front the slopes of tile Himalayas,—
that the quantity of tea imported from ludis in lea eats
26.2.8391 b., and that is 1861 it was 8,133,0001 h. If this rate
of increase Gan be maintained, the condition of the natives
over a large part of India will be materially improved.
"At St. Michael's, Shoreditch, London, the Three
Hours' Agony' was preached on Good Friday. The church
was crowded. At the conclusion Om preacher heti! 1111 a
large crucifix, which he kissed, and then called upon the
congregation to do no. Numbers, a correspondent informs
us, went up to the altar, and complied with this extraordi-
nary request—Joke' Bull.