The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-07-25 00:00:00

SA.TURDA.Y, JULY 25, 1885.

WORKING MEN'S CLUBS:

At Stratford, John Leach, Edward Henry Arm'
strong Newman, and George Nye, trustees of the
Prince Regent's Club, situate at 100, Leyes-r°ea'
Beckton, were summoned on four informations":
firstly, for retailing beer, spirits, wine, and tobacco alb
the Prince Regent' S Club without a license. Mr.
T. Squires, from the offices of the Inland Rayon?,
prosecuted. Mr. Squires stated that the club
question was one formed by working men, and one 3:
which excisable liquors were retailed to members. Be
he should bring evidence to show that other than
members were able to procure liquor, and in such 5
manner as to defraud the Revenue. He then
called Mr. J. O'Connell, officer of the Ia
Revenue for the Barking district, who sti.u,
that the club in question was situate in
district, and from information received, on tue
14th of February of the present year, at 111,_ne
p.m., accompanied by a man named Mustow, Yr°
was a member of the club, went to the premls!,_lll
The steward, on their entering, addessed wur
ness by saying, I see you ate a friend " ; and at the,
same time producing what proved to be the visitcre
book, in which witness signed his name,
Mustow paid a penny. Mustow afterwards called fa
two half-pints of beer, and paid for them at the
After that was drunk witness called for two 118_,IL.
pints of beer and was served by the stevrr, '
for which he paid 4d. He handed the steward IN"
and he gave witness 2d. change. They stayed in the
club about 20 minutes. The witness then deposed as!!
similar proceedings on other dates specified. TILL°
evidence of O'Connell and his witness Mustow Wir
denied by the club authorities, but the Bench Or
mately came to the conclusion that there must be 5
conviction, and inflicted half of the full penalty 01
each information, being in all £75. Notice of appea
was lodged. and then

Visr,ehrmons
HOWE, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL,
!At
ST 673
. hThaev‘e‘ "Citizen"
just i t i
sold
zen ''
J. ABeefelTnalnd
a freehold property of 270 acres, for i'.420; in 1575 iv
cost £7900. states that
Island
Doeless.- esteveral of the picked dogfish in the laart
of the AquariAquariumat the Inventions Exhibition brotiee,
Messrs.E (F E
eVrx.
forth young last week. They lived for eeve,ral Nei
but ultimately died.
A VETERAN MUSICIAN.—The veteran song corn pes„;
Robert Franz who the other day completed his Tv's
year, has just' published his first composition for thy
piano- a short and melodious "Albin:ablate"
have
VOLTAIRE.—The municipal Council of Pans -
unanimously adopted a preposition of its preside'
Michelin, that the heart of Voltaire, new lying je
National Library, be transferred to the Panthee°'
where the mortal remains of the philosopher wore eye!,
interred.
INeerteseners 'MSS.—M. Hone! Meiss, the Rabbi leit
Nice, has lately unearthed a curious manuscript, date:
1728, and bearing the seal of a King of Sardinia. 1"
this document references are made to special privilege°
accorded ta the Jews at Nice. Among these privilefee:
was one whereby they were dispensed from wearing
"infamous mark" on the sleeves of their coats. Ois
LAST WEEK'S WRECKS.—Eight British vess'
(including four steamers of au aggregate tonnage 9%
4366 tons) were wrecked last week, as well as esie
foreign sailers, two (British) being lost off the Brit',
Isles. By collisicn two went down, including o„I's
British sailer, with five men, off the British coasts;
British abandoned at sea: Lives lest, 17. Total wree,6,
for year, 621, compared with 853 at correspondieb
period of last year.
CORN AVERAGES.—The following are the avell.egee
prices of British corn for last week, as received tte„e:
the inspectors and officers of Excise: Wheat, 338. lee",'
barley, 28s. 11d. • oats, 225. Id. per insperiahrCor
pending week fast year: Wheat, 31s. Id. ;
28s. 9d.; oats, 225. 11d.
ANODYNE.—In old books (says " Notes and Quiriege9,
you read of Charles Hes anodyee. It consist of oPiu.s,
bark of elder, and sassafras, digested in spirits of
before a fire or in the ELM for several days. is
soporific, allays fevers, coughs, colic, ex. The &sees
15 drops in a glass of sherry. You may increase t
number of drops up to 40, bui the rate of increase ;Os
never exceed two drops in 24 hours.
era'
AN ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER.—The Turkish Ge° sel
ment having compelled M. Pourtoukalian, the prineire
of the chief school at Van, to leave Armenia, tin
gentleman has gene to Marseilles, where on Auge°,:s
he intends to publish a newspaper in the interest °tee,/
countrymen. The journal will be called " Armealaia.
and it will be printed in the Armenian language- ee,
Pourtoukalian states that his object is not revolutions .0
but that he will attack all obstacles to progress 1110
.Armenia, and endeavour to unite the Armenians as °
people.
of ihe
A DESIRABLE LIBRARY.—Under the flee --
"Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes," AleeBesif.
Longman and Co. propose issuing a series ef eel
guinea volumes dealing with our field sports, natioi
games and pastimes. The Duke of Beaufort, ass,siss'ee
by Mr. Alfred F. T. Watson, will edit the series. ri
volume will be written by writers possessing sPleelie
qualification in their respective departments. Vvell)'
necessary the vaiious volumes will be illustrated
i
coloured illustrations or engravings by conpetenr
artists. ripte
THE DOUBTFUL MSS.—The Shapira Manusc
which were offered some time ago to the Dr,lteeeS
Museum at a fabulous price, awl wilioh were declat
by Dr. Ginsburg to be of doubtful origin, if 00,
aurger he ies, ve Lea Sold ueder the hammer by Afessr".
Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodee. The highest lel
realised for mu of the lots was £lO ss. efeee
Deuteronomy in Hebrew written on leather.
ted
other parcels went for sums varying from 3s. to £2 elle
Dr. Ginsburg, who was present, bought for 3s- Ise
bundle of MSS. which he himself had experimeneieee
upcn in order to ascertain whether they were gee''
or not. to
SCHILLER.—A long-lost portrait of Schiller is sal of
have been discovered by Administrator Trinks,
Neiningen, in the old prilgrimage resort of Grin3raelo
thal, near that town. It was found by Herr Trieks .
• men
the room of on old hospitaller. This portrait is toi
tioned by Schiller himself in one of his letters Prin.,e
by Bruckner, and the poet described it as a very
cessful one in his own opinion. It is a chalk drawut`fl
and was taken by the well-known Meithmen Paniis
Reinhard in 1789, when Schiller was staying witmeed
sister at Dleiningen. The face is not so meagre,e-ese
long as in most of the portraits of the poet; but l'eee
"is something wonderfully fascinating," saVis the
finder, "in the ideal and 4geistreich ' expression 0'• the
eyes and mouth." The picture was originally oa
possession of the Kabinets-schreiber Baumbsch,ol/44
after his death, with other property of his, passed
to the hospital.
ART AND ARTISANS.—The committee of the Liverl3,s
Art Club propose to hold in their gallery, in the t'-°
of December next, an exhibition of works of artfYo
duced by artisans in their spare time, including pain
drawing (either in colour or black and white), etchory,
designing, modelling, carving, and specimens of
tive art in any material. Medals will be given fer..eeis
best work, and the competition is not confined teeetiee
dents in Liverpool. It is intended that this exhiult I
shall be as extended as possible in its scope, and ths ,
je
such exhibits as shall testify to the art tendene ise
the artisan produced during his leisure time, 0
considered admissible.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The additions -23 e
Zoological Gardens during the past week it To'
vervet monkey, from South Africa, presentee I,Tortit
G. C. Barnes; an American badger, free'
America, presented by Mr. F. J. Thompson; a cer-e;
fox, British, presented by Mr. Christopher Heseltie
rufous rat-kangaroo, from New South Wales, preSTcoi
by Miss Laidlaw ; a red throated amazon, from Jsl333h
presented by Mrs. S. Waite; three rufussyented
from Central America, presented by Mr. G. IL
tayne, C.H.Z.S.; a leopard tortoise from South Aell'-ed
presented by Mrs. Henrietta Hodges; two essree"-bi
horned lizards from North America, present44.o-ote
Master Charles E. Napier; a cinereous vulture, 'log
peen, a Nonpareil finch from North America, delY/esteseaf
an Axis deer, a mule deer, three long-fronted germ- the
seven mandarin ducks, four Chili= pintails, bred 10
gardens.—" Nature." osPet
A RARE Boon.—According to a ParliamentarY,e seS
Just published, amongst the books lately added °Of
library of the British Museum is a copy of the 10
tea
edition of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," Prinbeelale
1678. This is one of the rarest of English,.flo 0:
Even in so recent a publication as the ninth ecli4),l-1010
the " Encyclopwdia Brittanica," it is stated (18710 be
"Not a single copy of the first edition is knotell e,oo°.
in existence." There are, however, three other roll
which are now known, one of which,. that Inaire!
Lenox Library, is imperfect. The copy just sins
is perfect, and in very good condition. There
added to the Book Department a collection ei sllO
English black letter ballads, chiefly ven-politicali
time of the Protectorate. Of the 33 hallela t/e
Ebsworth states that 25 are absolutely unique,
others contain variations, either in the text oe b"argllo
cuts, from the editions extant in the It° ese
Pepysian, and other collections. The dates. .0$
from 1651 to 1655, aed many of them bear the .
of the authors.
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THE METALLIC ELF:MUM—Professor Thaler, eteel
classical researches of the spectra of there
.e.ee, /101
elements have won for him such wide renera iif
recenMy published a new memoir on, and a revileti
of, the lines of iron, presented to the Royal iztflsi; '
Upsala last September (published by Bening, 'retain
The new work has been done by means of a gr-er
dyhamo, and much higher dispersion than ieeei
employed in 1864. An upper carbon P°113,40_,$
rejected on account of the spectrum of "Itee'tisql
about which we have heard so much in this
and which we now know to be due to carheliser
three tubes of iron 15 mm. in external diaret f
used to prevent fusion of the points. The 81.10%
laboratory did did not permit the use of a leusesbe epees Y
poles were placed in a horizontal position. e‘e prin:s
troseope
_employed had six and sometimes.

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of flini of 60'eleg., the focal Fength of the obtje_Ao
of collimator and telescope being 81 cm, iwmbeelil
fying power 62. The wave lengths have tore• rti
determined by a process which he gives.- meiøPiuo
FOREIGN LIVE STOCK AND FRESH MEAT ---‘71.00
of live stock and fresh meat to this count*, jare
United States and Canada still cor `o4'
scale, and the arrivals at Liverpool dr
from the above-named ports show:
the shipments of both live stock an
total imports amounted to 3120
12,367 quarters of beef, and
mutton, and tho conveying
Virginia 620 cattle and
514 cattle and 924 quarters of
cattle; Quebec, 328 cattle and .118
cattle, 2401 quarters of beef,
mutton; Lake Winnipeg, 503 cr
beef, and 411 carcases of muS
1003 quarters of beef; Cephali
beef; Republic, 800 quarters of
of mutton; City of Berlin, 1520 qua.
250 carcases of mutton; 'Germanic, 760 ,
and 110 carcases of mutton; and V 6,
quarters of beefy* 374 carcases of 13?" -
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