The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-09-10 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

LEITISII AND FOREIGN.

The Ironworkers of South Staffordshire and NVorees-
tershire have rerolv,l to organas a general strike unless
they receive an Increase in tee rate of wages.

At the sale of Count Lagrange'e aparting stud on
Monday, the famour horse tilatitateur realised the high price
of h ode guineas.
Sigreat ha. been the difficulty to procure horses,
that oxen have been ustd in the strsets of Paris to remove
furniture.

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The frnit harvest of 1870 is described by the
Gardetrer's Magazi nem one of talc best within the experience
Of the present generation.
The hf son UM of Bute con' innes his liberality towsrds
the Church ot his adoption. It is stated In various quarters
that he h.!, met contributed Elo,ooo to the Catholic E Inca-
thou Crisis Fund. .

It is etated that PrThwitt bee requested the other
German Governinenta to take apwtiou 01 tie 80,000 prim:ewe
of Sedan oft theur hand. 10.,ci, State will problo:y take two
prisoners per 1,000 inhabitant.,
According to the Berlin corn rponrlent of The Times
Rusts cretemplatea propos 3.g a Co;items for restorit g
peace. The correspon.ltnt Prus.i• I. sure to decline.
On the came authority we art. t.,:d that I'ruelonili prob Ably
ask Austria to explain the 4,410 l of her arnt ,rneuts.
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Arago, in a speech at he llotel de Ville in Path
on Monday, urged the people to order, and Bald
that nothing would be eohe. :led hem ,hum Ile also en.
flounced that orders had ho. ii .ent to tee pr,vine., to at,
rest A. Tient the late ?ref, tt .1 Polce, who bad
A singular marriage svoo re.,ialy ,len.hi,Pd in the
Mar.im.to Cave of Kentue:,..ut to I.e Ite Nide. Who
hal. 111 onliFn‘i Ler lit 'the; the so- I. CC
brltlcoottck UV, fuen •t! Ills. 6: .fl " lie re,,, if
the cane where ne three, ny • itta•ortuca 11, time bcea
knowo as the •• I.ll.l,:alCh,rn "

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The Cirilia is reep nii,le f,r the following
Sixteen packages coLtAintei! a poit'11:1 14 the Vote it the
Emperor were on. Nioiviniy hat deposited tu the
tylif ruhi Wireheare, Cu-tom-h use. the plate woe vidued it
£O,OOO hy the agent, who te demmus tin it toe pockam-e should
ret aued um Wiled by the C;:etohi4 authoriu6s tor a term
of three months."

A wood dtury is told of a cier;fy man reei.iin4 et Cs
lain.
In the kindly. of his bent the reverend gentleman invited
a footman to get into Ms liagg-a ride. The clerical
gentleman asked hi. COlnlianieu if In e..e prep .ret to die,"
herel.pon tile latter leaped from 'he w .gten and flel to a
place of safety, doubtless inrebierfut: the tp.estion synony-
mous with " Your money or 300 T life."
The Timed published a Infig, letter en Wednseday
mere cii in leader type, signed " STeeator.. comp!, 'ling of
the AMMO) of the Sovereign andh, Nithisterg fro a Lantisil
at the .Te,eqt enticel per.od. .1 thi; co;thity ;'Le az
to): ilia COLD !Ca.,: in the Aliaiskrb, is
ba alai lik,d at their sprareo; ice:nervier.
The Presefewi meet be ben: I rather mi.
emnfortable at the numb. of i hue on
their bends. To say onthln • vearding
Stein, the expense of fer,lng t , • . :
to tee cost of the war. If ilia Kri Lich re.i•y lined is anmi
their Invaders to the utmost degree, the) perhaps could not
put them ins moreembarreasing cot oition sham try forming
array after army and capitulating u test as they touted