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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

IMPORTS OF AMERICAN MEAT.

The arrivals of live stock and fresh meat from
Canada and the United States during the past week
showed an increase over those of the previous week
more particularly with regard to sheep. The steamers
bringing live stock were the Lake Nepigon, with 90
head of cattle and 790 sheep; the Illyrian, 240 cattle
and 1,862 sheep; the Scandinavian, 401 cattle and
119 sheep; the Texas, 191 cattle and 10 sheep; and
the Brazilian, 359 cattle and 1,583 sheep, making a total
of 1,281. cattle and 4,364 sheep, as against 1,254 cattle
and 2,736 sheep during the preceding week. The
consignments of fresh meat came in the following
steamers :—The Germanic, 460 quarters of beef and 225
carcases of sheep; the Montana, 824 quarters of beef and
3bo sheep; the City of Montreal, 722 quarters of beef
and 200 sheep; the Pennsylvania, 1,144 quarters of
beef and 253 sheep; and the Illyrian, 640 quarters of
beef, making a total for the week of 3,990 quarters of
beef and 978 carcases of sheep as compared with 3,110
quarters of beef and 450 carcases of sheep imported
during the previous week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

RECEIVED FROM GENERAL CREALOCK.

PORT DURNFORD, July 6.
Barrow, with 250 mounted troops, proceeded by my
orders, one a.m. this morning, to Umlat. Crossed it,
and made rapid movement on Empangani military
kraal, 15 miles from camp. No Zulus in it; over 300 huts
burned; large herd of oxen, 500 cattle seen about five
miles off in charge of 200 aimed Zulus, who ran in the
bush. Cattle herded, and the whole captured now
in camp. Many fine Trek oxen among them will be
useful. Twelve other kraals burned. Troops returned
to camp at dusk. This is one of most important mili-
tary kraals. District people are all wanting to come
in. About 31 firearms and 30 assegais 'given up
to•day, and 85 yesterday. Many more will be given in
to•morrow. Am sending back the people to their dis-
tricts. Difficulty of feeding them would be great. I
hold Indunas responsible that all arms are given up and
none carried. The road to Ulundi, beyond Emangeni,
could be seen for miles, and is reported good. Captain
Murray, D. A. A., and D Q. M. G., and Captain Poole,
R. A., accompanied Msjor Barrow for sketching and
reconnaissance purposes. Sea is moderate, Work of
landing going on. Tuesday, July 8, Lieutenant
Carey, 9th, Captain Evans, R.A.. accompanying,
embarked this day on Euphrates for England. Evans
ordered report arrival Adjutant-General by telegraph.
Has any change been made in future destination of
corps in this command since Quartermaster•Generars
letter dated 3rd last. Stop ordnance stores and staff
asked for, Pretoria, sth May.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

OLD HILL.

DRUNKENNESS-At the Police Court, held on
Wednesday, before Mr. B. Hingley, Joseph Crump
was charged by Police-constable Frost with being
drunk in the highway at Blackheath, on the 16th
inst. Defendant pleaded guilty. Ordered to pay
costs.—William Williams was charged with 103ing
drunk on the highway, at Blackheath, on the 16th
inst Police-constable Rowlands proved the case,
and defendant was ordered to pay costs.
CHARGE UNDER THE FRAUDULENT BAILEE ACT.—
Joseph Siviter, nailer, of Old Hill, was charged
under the Fraudulent Bailee Act, with illegally
selling goods belonging to William Lea, labourer,
of Gorsty Hill. Myra Lea, wife of Complainant,
said her husband went off in search of work, and
she went to lodge at the same house as defendant
was lodging at, tJI her husband could find work.
When he had found some work, she went to him,
and made an agreement with the woman whom
she was lodging with, that if she did not come back,
she was to sell the goods and send her the money.
Witness only stayed four days, and on returning
found that the woman whom she had been lodging
with, and the defendant were living in another
house. She went to see after her goods, and was
told that defendant had sold them. Defendant
denied having sold them. Mr. Hingley asked if
she had any witnesses. She said she had but they
were not there, as she thought it would not re-
quire them. The case was adjourned until next
Wednesday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

FLORAL

AND

Horticultural Exhibithn,

TO BE HELD IN

HAGLEY PARK,

By permission of The Right Hon. Lord Lyttelton,
On TUESDAY, JULY 29th, 1379.
The Park to be Opened at Twelve o'clock,
and Close at Seven.

MESSRS. SYNYER & GILMER'S
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

BRIAR

BENSON'S,

CLOCKS,

For Churches, Turrets, or Public
Buildings, Dining or Drawing Room,
Library, Carriage, Church, Hall,
or Shop, Perpetual Calendars,
Wind Mali, ac.
NOVELTY—" EARLY ENGLISH'
Clocks, in Wood and Ormolu, De-
corated with Blue China, Wedgwood,
kc.. from L 6 is. Mad. solely by
Baum
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

PO rATO.

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activity. The trade remains steady. New Jersey, rouud,
22502;h.. to 290.; ditto round, 2405. to 2605. per ton.
HOP.

much doing,
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The fian"ge in the weather had led to some improvement
the ne e ofifrnith,e
ambaarktebte,
better
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qualities,timesu,
Which planters
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ported scarce, are held for higher rates. The gardens at the
close of last week had begun to present an encouraging
aspect, but the present state of the weather is, of course,
opposed to any very satisfactory results. The following are
the quotations :—/lent, 1878, 355. to 125 s : Sussex, 308. to
103 ; Farnham and country, 70s. to 110 s. ; Worcester, 545. to
120. ; American, Bea. to 965, per cwt.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

WHERE THE TOYS COME FROM.

Toys and playthings are in continual demand wher
ever there are children to be amused, and the supply
of them grows larger and more varied every year.
Most of the toys which gladden little hearts in English
nurseries come from Germany, and the quaint old town
of Nuremberg is the centre of that kind of industry,
which employs a great many hands, and keeps the grim
wolf of poverty from the door of many an industrious
household. Thence come the wooden boxes containing
villages, gardens, sheepf olds, and Noah's arks; the grocers
baker's, and butcher's shops, which form such delightful
Christmas and birthday presents; the cube puzzles,
with pictures on each face of the blocks of wood which
fit so neatly into their box; the jointed dolls, now almost
out of date; the substantial-looking horses and carts;
and, last of all, the mechanical toys which are wound
up by clock•work, and perform such extraordinary man-
ceuvres that one could almost fancy them alive, The
tiny lamps, the bright reflectors, the shining balls, which
render our Christmas-trees so brilliant, are also imported
from Germany, as well as the ornamental and useful
articles made of horn, bone, and lacquered ware, which
make such capital presents for those young folks who
have outgrown the delight of dolls and wooden animals.
The Swiss peasants who in the summer time find plenty
of employment in tending their cows and goats,gathering
the baskets of Alpine strawberries that are piled up in
great dishes on every hotel table, and all sorts of
services for the great army of tourists who come annu-
ally to make a Peaceful invasion of their lovely land, are
frequently snowed up in the chalets and mountain
villages for weeks together in the winter, and employ
the long hours in cutting out bears from pieces of
beechwood, often with no other tool than a strong
knife, making wooden nut-crackers, match-boxes, and
the curious little cottages which slide in and out of
well-fitting boxes, and are universally bought by
travellers as momentoes of happy holidays among the
mountains.—Little Folks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

SIR WILFRID LAWSON'S FUTURE
POLICY,

The Political Action Committee of the English Grar.d
Lodge of Good Templass having asked Sir Wilfrid Lawson
what were his definite intentions as to the introduction of
his Permissive Bill or his Local Option resolution next
Session, with a view of the Committee directing the action
of the membership, Sir Wilfrid has replied to Mr. liempster,
the chairman, as follows :

" I very gladly give you my view of the present
situation in regard to the prohibitory movement—that
is, BO far as lam concerned, The ` resolution' which
I moved last March in the House of Commons was
preliminary to a Bill which would have given a
popular veto power to those localities which desired
to prohibit the drink traffic within their borders.
As the ' resolution ' was not carried there was no
use in introducing a Bill, since the House had already
decided by its vote against the principle for which I
contended. As you know, I act in this matter, entirely
on my own responsibility, believing that if once we
can get the House of Commons to condemn the system
by which drink slit Ps are forced upon unwilling commu-
nities, we shall soon secure legislation in that much de-
sired direction. I therefore at present think it will be
the best way to fight the battle through the medium of
the 'Resolution, and not to bring in a Bill until I have
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

QUAKER PRINTERS' PROVERBS.

A curious collection of Quaker printers's proverbs comes
to us from across the Atlantic (mays the Graphis):—

"Never send an article for publication without giving
the editor thy name, for thy name oftentimes secures
publication to worthless articles.—Thou shouldst not
rap at the door of a printing-office; for he that
answereth the rap sneereth in his sleeve and loseth
time.—Neither do thou loaf about, nor knock down
type, or the boys will love thee as they do the shade
trees—when thou leavest.—Thou shouldst never read
the copy on the printer's case or the sharp and hooked
container thereuf, or he may knock thee down.—
Never inquire of the editor for news, for behold it is
his business to give it to thee at the appointed time
without asking for it.—lt is not right that thou
shouldst ask him who is the author of an article, for it
is his duty to keep such things unto himself.—When
thou dost enter his office, take heed unto thyself that
thou dost not look at what concerns thee not, for that
is not meet in the sight of good breeding.—Neither
examine thou the proof-sheet, for it is not ready to
meet thine eye that thou mayest understand.—Thou
shouldst not delude thyself with the thought that thou
bast saved a few cents when thou hast secured a dead-
head copy of his paper, for whilst the printer 'nay
smile and say it's all right, he'll never forget thy
meanness,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. •

On Saturday morning the Empress Eugdnie visited
the tomb of the late Prince Imperial in St. Mary's
Chapel, Chislehurst, her intention not being known
even to her moat confidential attendants until the
actual moment. The Empress, wearing a deep black
veil, entered the church alone, and advanced up the
nave to where the remains of the Prince are tem-
porarily deposited, and there, kneeling by the sAe of
the coffin, she remained for more than half an hour.
No one was admitted to the building during the visit,
at the conclusion of which the Empress returned to
Camden-house.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

WRECK OF AN ATLANTIC STEAMER.

The Times of Saturday, (July 19th,) published the follow-
ing telegram under date Philadelphia, July 18 :

The steamer State of Virginia, which left New
York, on July 10, for Glasgow, ran the following
Friday into a fog, which continued dense throughout
Saturday. At eight in the evening of that day the
ship struck on a sandbank seven miles off the south
end of Sable Island. She had seventy-four passengers
and a crew of sixty-two on board. Efforts were
unsuccessfully made to get the steamer off, the cargo
being thrown overboard. On Sunday minute
RUM( were fired, promptly bringing Mr. McDonald,
Governor of the island, in a surf boat, to the
assistance of the steamer. With this boat a
landing began, twenty-one safely reaching the shore.
Two boats were next diseng^ged from the State of
Virginia and set off with 18 people in them. One of
these boats, however, at a distance of 50ft. from the
shore capsize 4, four women and five children being
drowned. All the others were safely landed, as also
60 cattle out of 104 on board. On Tuesday part of the
crew went in a boat to the mainland, landing on Wed-
uesday, after a rough passage, at Port Bickerton.
Thence they arrived yesterday at Halifax, bringing
news of the disaster. The vessel will probably be a
total loss. Part of the cargo has been washed ashore.
The survivors on Sable Island are made as comfortable
as possible in the Government buildings there.
Arrangements are being made to send a steamer from
Halifax to bring them off,"

A Time telegram from America says that the
steamer Glendon landed all the surviving passengers
of the wrecked steamer State of Virginia at Halifax
on Sunday night.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

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Opposite Stourbridge & Kidderiainst r Bank.

Ituva alsuptriopplx it dpwixttols elisoddo

BENSON'S,

WATCHES.

Of every Description, enitableifor
all eh/Kates, from 2 to 200 guineas.
Chronographs,Chronometers Keyless
Levers, Presentation, Repeaters,
Railway Guards', Soldiers', and
Workmen's Watches, of Ixtra
Strength.

CIGAR

HOLDERS,

MEERSCHAUM PIPES,

SANTIRDAY, JULY 26, 1879.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

COFFEE TAVERNS.

Mr. Walter, M.P., delivered an address at East-
bourne on Saturday, on the occasion of the opening of
a coffee palace. He said he was strongly in favour of
such places for political as well as social reasons.
Referring to the enormous proportions which the vice
of intemperance had assumed, and viewing public-
houses as totally incapable of supplying the real needs
or even desires of the working man, he said he had
come to the conclusion that coffee palaces, properly
arranged and managed, would prove an eminently
sound agent in the cause of temperance. He despaired
as to the result of legislative action on the subject.
Permissive measures and Sunday Closing Bills were
from time to time brought before both Houses of Par-
liament, but they rarely came to much. He hoped to
see the multiplication of coffee palaces and temperance
refreshment rooms, as he fully believed they would
produce far more beneficial results than all the Tem-
perance Bills it was possible to introduce into Parlia-
ment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

QUOITS.

WORCESTER VAUXHALL CLUB V. STOURBRIDGE
VICTORIA CLUB.—A match was played on Satur-
day last between these clubs on the grounds of the
former, in which the home club was victorious.
The scores wereas follows ;—Trauxhail W. Walters
8, Armstrong 9-17; W. Partridge 5, G. Armstrong
9-14; H. Rowbery 13, G. Frear 8-21; W. Mc.
Ewen 10, E. Cabo 11-21; total, 73 —Stourbridge
W. Glaze 14, E. Cattier 7-21; W. Waugh 9, J.
Baker 12-21; W. Oliver 6, S. Jones 4-10; W.
Macfarlane 6, R. licKennell 11-17; total, 69.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

THE AIR TELEGRAPH.

The transmission of messages and packets by means
of atmospheric pressure through tubular passages is
far from being unknown in England, and the system
has long been utilised for official purposes in parts of
the metropolis (says the Globe). The public has not,
however, hitherto been invited to make use of this
means of communication, nor is it, perhaps, for the
most part aware that the apparatus exists in work-
ing order in London. It has been reserved for Paris
to extend the advantages of a similar system to
private purposes, and allow " tubular " messages
to be sent from certain parts of that city to
others. For some time past workmen have been
engaged in laying down the underground pipes
between the Central Post Office and some of the most
important branches, such as that of the Grand
Hotel, the Bourse, and the Avenue de l'Opera. The
advantages of the new arrangement over the
wires are not very difficult to explain. They save
at any rate the labour of copying down the messages
at the place of delivery, even if the trouble of working
the wires is supposed to be counterbalanced, which in
practice it could hardly be, by that of working the at-
mospheric valves. But besides this the amount of skill
required in sending eft and receiving messages through
the tubes must manifestly be very inferior to that of
sending and reading a telegram, so that an economy
both of time and money could not fail to be effected.
As for the public, they have now an opportunity of
writing in their own handwriting the words which
they wish to send—a boon which those ladies who are
devoted to the use of italics and dashes will highly
appreciate. Whether the messages thus sent are
allowed to be sealed up in an envelope we are not able
to say ; but it would seem that if this is the case there can
hardly be any limit fixed to tho number of words to be
sent in each missive, Nor would it greatly matter to
the Post Office, provided the weight of the letter were
the same, whether it contain 5, 50, or 500, or even a
greater number of words. This consideration, and the
secrecy which would be ensured by the use of enve-
lopes, would soon make the use of the new system
general in crowded districts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-26

B UOUSUROVE.

TRANSFER OF CAM ILL SCHOOLS.—On Monday
an extraordinary meeting of the School Board, to
consider the above subject, wds hold at the Board
Room. Pre&..nt Rev. G. W. Murray (chairman),
and Mr. J. R. Horton (vice-chairman), and Messrs.
Saywell and Cole. The transfer was signed, the
Board taking to the schools on the first of August.
The schools will then to named, "The Catshill
Board Schools." The Chairman and Vice-chairman
nail Mr. Cole, were appointed a committee to
arrange with the managers of Catzhill Schools for
the purchase by the Board of the school furniture,
books, and stationery.