The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-05 00:00:00

On Saturday evening, MS the 6.16 (Ain bolt tifeEa
Tee labourers, named John Redmoede and Michael
Pool et to Mosel was entering Bishopsgate Station,
Weir, were on Tuesday, at the Dublin Police-court,
committed for trial at the Corantiesioe, on a charge of
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the oafndagew,"fellintantweently
having thrown stones at the windowe of the Dublin .e
killed, his heed being smashed, and his body frightfully
City and County Ccreservative Gab. A large crowd
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assembled in front of the club, and demanded that the angled. The train entered the Station at a good
speed, the brake not being applied until half the length
Union Jack which floated over tee club fi honld be
hauled down. A's dere was no compliance, an of the platform had been passed. The lad saw the
third-class carriage in front-of the train pare Min, and
started. running towards the engine. It is believed that
attempt was made to force an enerance, :sad the
windows were enstabed ?rah stoner. The prisoners
he slipped or that he was knocked' against the train by
were identified as among the assailants.
An inquest was held o Tuesday, at Jeesey, on the the passengers waiting, who were standing °nth° plat'
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body of hir. John Monarie,The Mayor of Se .Vincent's, ivrm lared3
who. was found drowned on Monday in a pend on Les The New York Stock Exchange, owing to the greet
own property. He had an'appointment at the Parish expansion of its business, will probthly erect a large'
leallrat eleven a.m., with taaro Judges of fee Royal building, costing some 5,000,000 dela. The pivoted Ex,
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Court, relative to parochial aceoents. He aternded a change is too small.
little before that hour, and' fending they had not The Edinburgh Town Cermeil are doing as good things-
arrived, said he was going heme, and would return They have resoleed to oldain estimates for placing
shortly. As he did not do so her was sought fore end tome Lee-dozen bits of ground in certain Crowded
was founden a pond, in a stoopiese position, wee hie Teets of the city into suitable playgrounds. for chile
head partly under water. The innuest was adjourned. then.
At the Waterford Assizes, cr4 Tuesday, Janes- Shim- 1807 the [messed value of real estate pose
BPGrath, lay residing at Tellin-road, Waterford, vs- sessee by the rrisli people in Montreal aloe°. has in..'
committed fcr trial on the charge onaaing murdered creased from 3,5e0.000 dots. to more than 12,000,000'
his sister, aged 14. It appears that tees accused and the' dole.; while on the books of the City and District"
girl were left in the house by their mother, who, on re Savings Bank there are Ile6oo Irish names, mostly of'
turning, heard' a scream, and met her 3011 running out, the working classes.
She asked him what was wrong, and heeeplied," There The Brentreal branch of the Imeerial Federation'
is something the matter with Bridget.' The mother League has recommended that in any suggested basis.
entered and found her daughter lying dead,, stabbed for Imperial Federation there should be included as
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to the heart. The prisoner made no statement.
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on Tuesday, fined Joseph B. Robertson, tee owner of a
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comply with an order d the magistrates to' provide an
imperial inch measure, stamped by the .lost inspector Saturday, sentenced' to 21 days' hard labour John
of weights and measures, for the purpose cle checking Weedon, who, accerding tv the evidence given against
the work done by his-etripioyes. The proceelbag being hineeppears to have for some time indulged in the
novel in character, great interest was manifeoted in the practlee of frequenting the houses of litensed victuallers
case. Notice of appeal wag given, and making off with decnnters of wine and spirits
Information was received at South Shields on Tues- which stood near the counters, where he called for a
day that the steamers Stainaacre,
.of Whitby, and moderate amount of refreshment.
Harvest, of Westpool, had been in a collision off the A report was circulated in Limeriels, on Monday, to
Tyne, the Stainsacre siukingtweety minutes afterriards. the effect that two local amateur banclie jeafoue about
The crew had narrow escapes, several being taken, from playing et the demonstrations held in favour of the
the water. The master was found clinging to some newlyelected•Pernellite member for the city, Mr. Gill,
wreckage. The Harvest was seriously damaged 'about came into collision on Sunday evening.and pelted each
the stem. The Stainsacre was laden with coals; and other with stones, the hostilities eventuating in a
bound to Copenhagen. number of street fights. It was added that &bowie
At Wednesbury, on Tuesday, Michael Melia, leen- occupied as a band room was sabsequently wrecked by
worker, was remanded on echarge of highway robeery the rival band. The latter statement turned out to be
with violence on Saturday night. At the teheination untrue, and the Mayor succeeded n putting at end to
of a torchlight procession a disturbaa ce took place, the disturbance- in the streets previous te the'
and upon a geeengrocer named Baker returning from oonatabuisu7 being apprised of the occurrence.
market in his cart he was thrown out, his cart upset, At the Llangollen (7 nty-cou r t on mondayrbefore.
and several hampers of potatoes and fruit were strewn Judge Horatio Lloyd, Dr. W. reyee Jenee- charged
about the road. A gentlemane-cceriage was afterwards Mr. Edward Roberts, flannel manufacturer, with stab-
attacked and smashed. bing a valuable retriever dog belonging- to the plaintiff,
Lord Valentia, the Conservativercandidate for Mid.' which died from' the wounds. The dog was stabbed
Oxfordshire, was on Monday night attacked on the •
at the Grapes Hotel, where the contending parties who.
road by a number of men, who completely wrecked the
were not on friendly terms, had met. It was alleged
carriage and hurt the iootman. A farmer who tried to that the dog attacked the defendant- and his own dog;
protect his•lordship was- injured upon the head. The but the judge ruled that there was not sufficient
reason for stabbing, and gave damages, five guineas,
"Ruling Councillor ' of-the Oxford University Primrose
League and his coachman were also hurt. Great excite- with costs,
ment prevailed through the district. The movement among East Kent farmers- the rap-
At Tynemouth Petty Sessions on Tuesday James Plying meat direct to the consumers in preference to
Clarke was charged with selling a pint of beer without selling their fat stock in the public markets is meeting
a license. The evidence showed that the defendant with most encouraging success. Up to the present the
had supplied a woman with it, and the magistrates said advantages of the movement have been enjoyadonly
they were perfectly satisfied that the charge had been by the public in country. towns; but an irapor-
proved. They fined him •X5O and costs, owing to the tant connettion has been opened up with the metro-
fact of his having been previously fined for a like offence. Polls, by which means the public in London are able fe
Notice of appeal was given. buy prime joints at from, 2d. to 3d. per pound leas than
A' shocking affair has just occurred near Fermoy. A is now charged.
bailiff named Foley levied a decree on a local farmer, Afire occurred on Monday in the Glasgow Tearaway
and at night, whilst sleeping in an outhouse, a pot of Company's East India stables, in David-street 'and
boiling water was poured on his body, scalding him in Crownpoint-street. Flames were first discovered by it
a terrible manner, and completely removing the skin man named Trainer, but .before the engines arrived the,
from part of his arms. He was conveyed to Fermoy building was doomed. Many horses escaped, but 10
Workhouse Hospital. are said to have perished. The building was 309 feet
The eagle which was reported to, be in the in length, 50 feet in height, and having two storey,
neighbourhood of Eastwell-park has been shot and and is completely destroyed. Forty cars were burnt.
presented to the Duke of Edinburgh. It is a smaller The total damage to stock and building's estimated at
bird than the one recently shot at Minster, in the Isle £lO,OOO.
of Thanet, but is considered by naturalists to be a very At the Edinburgh High Court of Jasticiary on Mete
fine specimen of the white-tailed eagle. day, Robert Donald, lieutenant in the Coldstream
It has been a practice for many years for Mr. Bright's Volunteers, pleaded guilty to embezzling over £ll2, the
fellow townsmen to meet together on his birthday, and moneyof the corps. The prisoner had held the position
express a hope that he may have "good health, long of secretary and treasurer, and had been-greatly re-
life, and happiness." On Tuesday Mr. Bright for- spected in the city. The judge said his downfall had-
Warded a letter to Mr. E. Belmont, of No. 27, Milnrow. evidently been due to a •desire to shine in a higher.
road, Rochdale, in response to an address which had social sphere than his means permitted. A sentence of
been sent to him on his 74th birthday, from a large 12 months' imprisonment was imposed.
meeting of working men, who "united in giving ex- Two youths named William Adams, 12, and John 11.
pression to their deep sense of the great benefits con- Graves, 14, were charged at Grantham Police-court, on
ferred upon the working classes of this country by Monday, with sleeping in a cab, and being well known
your life-long efforts on their behalf." The following as convicted thieves they were searched.- In their-
is Mr. Bright's reply: "Dear Sir,—l thank you for
possession were found three pocket knives. They were
your letter, and for the kindness manifested towards sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment, then to be
me by your friends who met on my birthday. I value committed to a reformatory school until they shall
the good opinions of my countrymen, and most of all, I reach the age of 16.
of my townsmen, from whom I hare received many At Waterford on Monday informations were.swern
proofs of their good feeling towards me. I will ask you against 11 men, chiefly the-sons of tenant farreerss for ,
to let your friends know how grateful lam to them, having on the 21st ult. murderously acaulted a mai
and to you, for their and your kindly remembrance of named treaffrey, who, while under a police escort, was • •
me—l am, very truly yours, Jone Bemire" serving a writ. .
The Lord Chief Justice, presiding on Tuesday night The shipments of iron from Miedlesbrough during
at a supper to reformed thieves in the Mission Chapel, November show that 40.894 tons were sent coastwise.
Little Wild-street, Drury-lane, London, said that a of which 30,037 tons wens to Scotland. This shows es •
course of prison discipline very seldom restetea in real considerable ince tes on the shipments, during Oc.
moral reformation. e-le insisted earnestly that there tober. There wa4 a falling off in foreign shipments Of
should be very much greater leniency in the whole Pie iron, and also in the exports of manufactured iron
scale of our criminal punishments, and that the prac- and steel.
tice of passing heavy sentences for trivial offences, After lasting nearly two years and a half, and cost.
simply because such offences bad often been repeated, log both parties from £200,000 to £300,000 the strike in
was a great mistake. He further urged the necessity the Sunderland engineering trade has been settled.
of helping discharged criminals. The employers withdraw their character inquiry note,
On Tuesday, in Glasgow, the fatal result of a boxing and the workmen their strike manifesto, the apprentice.
match was reported. Two men, Munroe and Morten, question being undecided.
had a sparring contest in a booth on Saturday, when Sir W. Harcourt, speaking at Eastbnuree on Monday
the former received injuries from which be died in great night, referred with gratification to the progress which,
agony on Tuesday afternoon. I he contended, the Liberal Party were making in the:
John Wilkin Beavan, aged 33, lab)nrer, Langharne, elections. He said it was the strongest party in the
whilst engaged in beating for pheasants with a shooting country, and would be the strongest in the Honk of
party near Langharne, on Monday, lingered with Commons.
another man behind the line of beaters to bag game Lord Iddesleigh presided on Monday night at the.
and light his pipe. A cock pheasant rose up in front I anniversary dinner of the Scottish 'Corporation, and
and flew backwards, when Arthur Nimrod Stenning, spoke highly of the value of the institution; which had
Mr. Broadwood's keeper, took a snap shot at the bird j continued its long career of usefulness amid the strife
over hie shoulder, and killed both the pheasant and of parties. Subscriptions to the amount of more than -
Ueavan, who received the charge in his neck, and fell two thousand pounds were announced.
dead instantly, part of the charge striking his corn- The annual meeting of the Royal Society was held on e'-
pardon in the back. Monday, when the President, Professor Huxley, de.
According to the report of the Registrar-General, livered the address, in which he alluded to the loss of
2422 births and 1610 deaths were registered in 20 members during the year by death, and went on to
Londonlaat week. Allowing for increase of population, speak of the work done during the year. Professor
the births were 239 and the deaths 122 below the average Stokes was elected president for the ensuing year, and
numbers in the corresponding weeks of the last ten Lord Rayleigh one of the secretaries.
years. The annual death-rate per 1000 from all At the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society
on
causes, which had steadily increased in the four pre- Monday evening, the Marquis of Lorne in the chair,
ceding weeks from 17'5 to 19.9, further rose last week Mr. W. Montague Kerr read a paper describing his
to 20'6. The 1610 deaths included 1 from small-pox, journey from the Cape to Lake Nyasa& overland.
62 from measles, 12 from scarlet fever, 20 from The "Globe" understands that the new Parliament
diphtheria, 47 from whooping-cough, 14 from enteric will meet on the 12th of January, when the Speaker •
fever, 1 from an undefined form of continued fever, 16 will be chosen, the members sworn in, and other formal
from diarrhoea and dysentery, and not one from business transacted. There will subsequently be an
typhus or cholera. Thus, 173 deaths were referred to adjournment until the 4th or sth of February. -
these diseases, being 67 below the corrected average Mr. Plunket, First Commissioner of Works,. ease
weekly number, taken the initial steps with regard to the statue of
Between the Ist April and the 28th November, 1885, Gordon to be erected in Trafalgar-square.
the receipts on account of Revenue amounted to At Croydon, Messrs. Broek and Company, pyre.' '
£51.150,103, against £51,803,220 in the corresponding technists, of South Norwood, were fined £l6l I2s. for
period of the preceding financial year. The net ex- seven breaches of the Explosives Act, and general rules
penditure was £57,943,092, compared with £52,861,837 and orders, including the value of the goods forfeited
in the same period of 1884. On the 28th November on an inspection en October 7th. Colonel Majendie
there was a balance in the Bank of England of appeared for the Home Office, and Mr. Poland pro.
£1,000,652, and in the Bank of Ireland of £1,274,188. scouted.
Mr. T. D. Sullivan, editor of the "Nation," has been Two individuals, named Gutteaux and Lepage, living
elected Lora Mayor of Dublin. in Paris, have been taken into custody on the charge
A retired soldier at Chatham deliberately ran a red of murdering a widow, Mme. Mathieu, at Beaurieux
hot poker through his throat. Upon his arrival at the (Aisne). They had, after the crime, left some pawn- .
hospital his case was pronounced absolutely hopeless, tickets, belonging to the victim, with a sister' of
One of the divers at the wreck of the Alphonso XII., Gatteaux, and these papers led to their arrest. The
at Grand Canary, has sucteeded in bringing to the sur- deceased struggled with her assassins and, when dead,
facia another box of gold, amounting to elO,OOO, and was found to be grasping a lock of hair torn from the
head of Lepage. who has made a full oonfession of the
his, too, without the use of special diving apparatus
ue puu..o one ot the United States his increased crime.
during November. This as the "Times" correspon-
dent points out, is unusual • but the explanation is to be
found in the fact that, while the revenue has been
light, the disbursements have been heavy, more than
11,000,000 dols, having been paid for pensions.
The 41st anniversary of the birthday of the Princess
of Wales was celebrated in Londcn on Tuesday. The
church bells were rung, and flags were hoisted on the
public buildings, and the customary Royal salutes were
fired. Similar rejoicings were observed at Windsor.
During the past week 40 shipwrecks are reported, of
which 27 were British owned, nine being steamers.
Eleven were lost off the British coasts, and three were
abandoned at sea.
A contract for the construction of two fast cruisers
for the Chinese navy has been entered into by Sir W.
G. Armstrong, Mitchell, and Co. The vessele, are to be
fitted with twin-screw triple expansion engines of 5500
indicated horse power.
The annual meeting of the London Athletic Club
was held on Monday evening. Mr. J. H. A. Reay pr.>.
posed the toast of the evening, "Success to the
London Athletic Club," and expatiated on the feats
which its members had performed, his remarks being
met with a hearty acknowledgment.
As a number of old armour-plates, eight, ten, and
twelve inches in thickness, and measuring sft. by 12ft.,
are required by the War Department for experimental
purposes, the Admiralty have ordered a list to be
prepared of the old armour-plates in stock or on deposit
at Portsmouth not required for the service which could
be supplied to the War Department.
"Have gone to see our Fred" was the erief but
significant telegram sent by Mr. Butterworth, a
chemist in the Tottenham•court-road, to his wife. at
Hampstead the other day. He was afterwards found
dead by the grave of his little boy in Highgate Ceme-
tery. He had poisoned himself with prussic acid.
About midnight on Monday night a fire brcke out in
the house of Mr. William Shapsott, 15, Landseer-road,
Upper Holloway, in consequence of the exploding of a
spirit lamp. The lamp was being used at the time in a
back room on the second floor of the house by a man
named Henry Parrett, over whose hands and arms the
ignited methylated spirit fell, burning him very
severely. The fire quickly caught the furniture, and
rapidly spread to the front room of the same floor, but
the prompt attendance of the brigade stayed its further
progress. The contents of the back, and a great portion
of the contents of the front room were burned, and the
rooms themselves very severely damaged. The man
Parrett, who suffered greatly from the injuries, was
conveyed to a hospital.
On Tuesday morning the police received information
of the death of an old lady named Elizabeth Hill, an
inmate of one of the Fishmongers' Almshouses at Wood.
green. She was 79 years of age, and was found with
her face in a se:all tub of water, near the pump at the
back of the almshouses, quite dead. Dr. Hall was
called to examine the deceased, and gave it as his
opinion that death arose from suffocation.
A declaration has been issued by fifty-seven resident
members of the Seoate of the University of Cambridge,
headed by the ViceChaneellor of the University, on
the disestablishment and disendowment of the Church
• of England. The signataries believe it to be inexpe-
eient that resolutions intended directly or indirectly to
pledge the legislative action of the House of Commons
I hereafter should'be voted on in the coming Parliament,
0.0 highly reprehensible that pledges to support such
resolutions should have been pressed on hesitating can-
ildates, with the effect of impairing the independence
1 of their judgment at the' time when such resolutions
' may have to be accepted or rejected. They then pro-
ceed to give some of the reasons which lead them to
3eprecate any considerable change in the present rela*
Vous of Church and State.