The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-15 00:00:00

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The Counts informs us that out of 14,013 Quakeressma
there were only 5.2 weddings last year.
The OloLe states that a reconciliation has beets
effected between the Emperor Napoleon, and his cousin
Prince Napoleon.
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Mr. Brassry, M.P., is said to hate otiored £llO,OOO
lot the estate oi Foyers, bought tea years ago at L40,0t10, bu
vonsi,k-rab* improved 61. C.
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The fennea :mu dat who fell from a trapeze at Not-
tingham recently, has died at Middlesborough. She wee only
twenty-one years old.
Slstesn thousand out of the 32,000 prisoners now in
Versailles are te be released, and the rest tried by court-
martail.
An Italian femalc Yinlonist, Miss Ortori Franct.coni,
had the le one of performing before the Sultan last tuouth,
and received a present of .t. 260.
The greatest novelty at a recent fancy bazaar Was
" The Live stock Stall," presided over by a young lady, the
" stock " consisting of ten retriever puppies, a white donkey.
three hawks, some rabbits, pigeons, Ac., all of which fetched
good prices.
The Emperor of Germany's health is so much better
tlmt his Majesty was :Ode to leave Berlin on Saturday. After
a laid stay at Frankfort and W icabaden the Emperer pro-
o.e.led to Luis.
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epillemie 1 a t‘eriuus nature at itrout prevaiN
wu,u_qa the liiirSeS of the Paris tompany. nut id
391) purrhasod lately trout the Frussians upwards of .2.0 u died
in II less days.
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• Colonel " Burke. one of the liberated political
misoners. arrivol a Cork on Sunday lii, brotht.r, who lives
at Coacbfont, c,•anty Cork, has undertaken the charge of him.
There was uo dommstration oil Ilia arrival, which was Val-
eXpeeted.
I Early on Tuesday morning a collision took place a
fers miles Vtf the Ella) stood Lighthouse, between the
Mado;pon,e, belonging to South Shields, mot the steamer
'ark. Both vessels soon sank, but tin hands
were picked itp Ihy a Plymouth tras; hug sloop.
,lit the 0,i,51 of Tuesday. the new law is
, 1.11441,1 by: is lach the rn,prielors I ee suave, are agaia
' re,,mred t• r vney with the I:overmarat.
For Paris the :mum., 1,7. ja.,11 .'t 2,1 t.. 101. for daily
• rapers.
• Three engineers were scalded to death on Sunday
morning at the Govan Colleries, taasgow. They were putting
a new valve into an engine, and omitted :0 shut off the steam,
which, blowing off the cover of the throttle valve, rushed out
with great violence aunt mimed the accident.
In the fourteen weeks between April 1 and July 8,
. the Exchequer receipts amounted to 017,732,299, an ineream
of 0350.1k10 Upon the stall in the corresponding period of last
year The expenditure has been E 24,144,848. The balance in
the Bank of England on Saturday last WaS £919,602.
The /a ver,u"ss Courier says the Right Hon, .1. Bright,
I during his stay at Tulchan, enjoyed angling on the Spey,
; sometimes spending whole days at his favourite sport.
His visit to the North seems to have greatly improved his
health.
I In reply to a deputation fnim the Reformatory and
I Befilge 111 l , on Tuesday, Mr. Bruce stated that the Govern-
meld Intended to adhere to their resolution for reducing the
i Treasury Allowance for childrmsent to certified industrial
schools. At the Mane tulle they Would carefully watch its
I effect, alid if it corked injuriously, the subject should he re-
considered.
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Prince Bismarck lately nevi% ed a deputation of the
directors of the German I:ailway Cowponies. who waited
upon hint for the purpose of pnwenting him with a railway
carnage, The Imperial Chaneeli,T thanked the gentleman
Its the warmest terms, and stated th. 4 he had never received
a more welcome present, or one more likely to be of use to
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One of the most extraordinary ineidmts renulting
from the late storms lln the %Voids is reported from Good-
manham. A gentleman named Foster had his hone struck
dead smiler him. The lightning also passed through Mr.
Fosters bat, lost he escaped with only a slight affection in
one hand.
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General Faidhcrlie has just issued a pamphlet on
the causes of the defeat of the French Army of the Ninth.
That defeat would, lie thinks, have been averted had Metz
held out longer, and kept Prince Frederick Charles under its
alla thus enalded the Army of the Loire to follow up
its successes, Paris meanwhile daily harrassing the army
whkh was besieging it. General laidherbe expresses the
hope that (h.:many and Frame will in tune forget the struggle
they we're engaged in, and be fraternally tanks'.
The ex-Finiwror of the French seems inclined to re-
sume his old habitn in London The other darhe walked
about Bond-street and its neighlsmrhood for a considerable
time, accompanied by one friend only, and recognised by
comparatively few, lie afterwards dined at the Juidor
United Service Club, whose members, with proper feeling,
took no notice whatever of his peeSellee incognito. Sate an
old acquaintance who was favoured with a recognition. TIIC
ex-Emperor has the air it a man thoroughly disenthartussed
of care, and ready to be amused with any new incident that
may present itself.
It has been stated that Rochefort had lingered 'a
novels' family affliction." Ftgaro of Friday enlightens its on
the painful subject. It appears that hochefort's daughter,
placed at School in Jersey, ran away with a young gentle-
man, and got married ii /a Gretna-green. in London. The
mother if the bridegroom ran after them, seized hold of
her son, and packed I di to the colonies, while the bride
was sent hack to Jersey. The lady is lb years old, and the
gentleman 15.
Last week a gentleman from Aberdeen of high
litchuy reputation and great intelligence went, antic thought.
to the International Exhibition, and Came away greatly dis-
appointed. Ile was asked if he had seen any pictures. Ile
had, but did not think much of them. Ile was questioned if
he hail seen any machinery. Ye bath but considered it not
to be !Irst-rate, as the figures connected with it would not
lilt tee tut:!'ss you dropped a jimmy in a bole. He was inter-
rogated as td which way he went when he got inside, and he
explained that !a; paid a penny and went mi in the lift, then
walked round and Putrid, became much disgusted, and roo
turned home.
Two men have been takes: into custody in London,
charged with being lii the unlawful Imssessimi of 006
sovereigns. They were found one mum 1- &snit taw o'clock,
sitting on a door-step with a carpet hag iii their possimblit
omit:lining the sovereigns and tither properlY. They mid
they Midland.' at Liverpool from America and had changed
their notes into English 'tiltl. Ilad they gene to the nearest
railway hotel nothing would have linen heard of them ; lout
trying to lint cheaper quarters they failed, and were lying
out hi the street. Their luggage and papers at the Easton-
square stat Pin corroborated their story, but they were for
a third time remanded for further inquiry.
A shocking story, which comes to its from Baltimore
(says the New York To ditto', f the Nth ult.), MusD ales
forcibly the little regard in which human life is held in this
country. A young woman, moving restlessly about the track
it the Philadelphia milromi, was shot at and killed by spotty
of inen, whose excuse for the murder was that they it 'lit
her a man dressed is women's clothes who had well stealing
poultiy. As it tinned tail, tile pooe naollntli is SlippoSeil to be
an estaped lunatic, and not a chicken thief. Even in the
days when the poor were sold in Miwykind, they brought a
better price than poultry
At the Mollingar Assizes there have then two 1,41x-ie.
Dm. for sending threatening letters. lit sole time it was
proved that the writer of the letter was the w ife of a lodge-
keeper who was lee notice Of lintabilal. She haul been A
servant fir years in the family of the gentleman to whom the
letter Wilt sent. She A-as sentenced ti a year's imprisomnent.
lit the other case a man Milled Conlin* was sentenced to
four years' penal servitude for sending a tilteatclii .. letter
It, an agent whit had pn•secuted him for arrears of rent. The
hlstice of handwriting Was Obtained troll, is Cellsila paper
which a constable got him to fill up, nail then compared
with the threatening letter.
The Crystal Palace is famous for entertainments and
gaihelinga Of all kinds. Seldom a week passes but some
jerejdstpde atje,etion fills its brilliant nave and aisles.
Dramatic music, arnAher sacred or profane, has there found
eangetaud hn, talent the most remarkable gatherings
beneath its roof-tree was ;bat of saturday, whin the artiste
of "the classical cumedic nahtiaise wers, entertained at a
complimentary it' The ibair A-as taken by I.rd
Dutferin, who proved his peculiar fitness for the position by
a long speech hi French, and Mr. Alfred Wigan and Earl
Granville delighted the visitors 1,1, addresses its the same
language. M. Got, the represent.)tivo of the Corneille
ThilicalSe, of course spike in his native tObEile. The enter-
taimucut was eminently successful.