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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION AT
PERTH.

On Saturday morning an alarming collision occurred
at the General Station, Perth, by which a large num•
ber of passengers were injured. The six o'clock train
from Edinburgh had arrived at the south ticket plat-
form when a London and North Western tourist train
came up at high speed and darhed into it. The parcel
van of the London train was forced inta the end of a
c .mposite carriage behind it, entirely destroying the
end compartment, and the saloon and carriage follow-
ing were also badly damaged. In the rear of the
Edinburgh train there were, fortunately, two vans,
but the two rear carriages were partially telescoped
Both trains were well filled with passengers, and
about eighteen of them were more or less hurt or
shaken, and the wonder is that the occurrence was un.
accompanied by loss of life. A. number of the injured
were rendered insensible.
Not much damage was done to the railway plant
considering the serious character of the collision.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

T H E

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

THE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS BILL.

In the Horn or COMM, August 1, on the motion for
the third reading of the Agricultural Holdings (England)
Bill, Mr. Dundas said he wished to ask if the Government
would consider whether they could, "in another place" in-
troduce words which would make it perfectly clear in the
Bill that the test of the fairness and reasonahleness of an
agreement should be that it was fair and reasonable at the
time and under the conditions which existed when the agree-
ment was mace.

Mr. Dodson said he would consider the ciuestion.
eir M. Hicks-Beach said he could hardly vote for the third
re dine, of thP Pill were it not for the noPe Ind e lie that ft
matter in which be felt very great interest would be care-
fully considered elselvhere ; and not only so, but that it
would have the favourable consideration of Her Majesty's
Government, and that the result would be that something
definite may be settled which would enable two parties
when making an agr.ement to be sure that it would be
bending upon both parties, preserving them from expensive
litigation.
The Bill was then read a third time.

AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The cooPidention of this Bill in Committee was then re-
sumed at Clause 23.

On Clause 21. Sir U. Balfour moved an Amendment enabling
the tenants to borrow from incorporated companies by the
authority of the Sheriff, on security of the charge given
them upon their holdings, for toe pupose of purch.sing the
holding.
Mr. Balfour accepted the Amendmert, and the Clause was
agreed to, as were also the remaining Clauses, With slight
Amendments.

The Lora Advocate moved the insertion of a new clause,
provi iiiig that overseers should he appointed by the Sheriff,
on wilt:en notice being given by the laudlord or tenant, of a
desire that appointments should be so made.
The Clause was agreed to without discussion.

A prrposal of Ali. Wirelay to etititle tenants to compen-
sation for iinprovements executed within the past five years
was refused by the Lord Advocate, and negatived on a divi-
sion.

The Bill was then ordered to be reported, and the House
adjourned at six.

The annual sittings of the British Medical Associa•
tion commenced on Tuesday in Liverpool. A sermon
was preached in the Cathedral church by the Bishop
of Liverpool, from the words "Luke the beloved
physician," his lordship pointing out the fact that one
of four people chosen to write the Gospels wad a mem-
ber of their profession.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

THE CHOLERA IN EGYPT.

Writing from Alexandria on Sunday the Correspon•
dent of the Daily News says :
Although but few cases have occurred, cholera
exists in every barrack and hospital occupied by the
British troops, except in Alexandria. In no case of
cholera in Cairo has there been recovery, and tha
disease is described as of a very severe type, with
collapse from the first, and very l ittle cramp, sick•
nese or diarrhcea. There have been 16 deaths in two
days at Helouan, El Wardan, Citadel Hospital,
Abdin, Kasr•el-Nil, Ismailia, and Suez. Lieutenant
Croft, IL A., who was in hospital for sunstroke,
died of cholera. Thirty soldiers of the Egyptian
army have died of the disease. The sanitary office at
Cairo and all the nolice stations are now used as
sanitary depots. They have been connected with the
central office by the telephone company, and are open
all night. The official returns received from thirty-
six towns give from 800 to 1,000 deaths daily, but the
epidemic is raging in numhers of villages where no
medical recard exists. At Alexandria, with the excep-
tion of an occasional death of some one from Cairo,
there are no signs of the disease and the health of the
troops is good.

• During the prevalence of cholera in Egypt Lord
Hartinvton has given instructions that a special tele-
gram shall he sent to the War-office daily with regard
to the health of the British troops serving in that
country.

The following telegram has been received by the
Secretary of State for War from the General officer
commanding at Cairo, dated Cairo, July 30:
" Since my last Friday's telegram to you 31 admis•
sions and 23 deaths from cholera. Heat very trying.
Some cases of apoplexy in quarters and camps. In
other respects health as heretofore. Franciscan Father
Patrick, acting chaplain, dead of cholera. Surgeon C.
B. Lewis, from El Wardan, reported attacked with
cholera.

Writing on Monday the Alexandria Correspondent
of the Daily News says :

The cholera still P mottlders in all the barraeks of
Cairo, but does not burst out violently. Three deaths
have occurred among the English troops at Cairo, twa
at Suez, two at Ismailia, none in Alexandria.
The official returns yesterday were much the same
as previously, but private advices speak of the disease
as increasing. Ninety-six deaths are returned in a
lump for several villages in the Galioubirh province
and at the Barrage, where the people are encamped
who were evicted from Bonlak.

The Sanitary Inspector reports having buried 567
carcases and 1,500 portions of carcases of diseased
cattle fished out from the Nile.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

WATER CONSERVATION IN
AUSTRALIA.

Engineering says that the South Australian Com-
missioner of Crown Lands has laid before the South
Australian House of Assembly an exhaustive report
by the Surveyor General upon a water conservation
scheme for the colony, a matter which has been en-
gaging his attention for a considerable time. He
begins by stating that already no less than £104,299
15s. 4d. has been spent by the colony in water cal-
servation works, and proceeds to elaborate his scheme
for irrigating arid districts, one of the essential prin-
ciples being that every inducement should be held
out to Crown lessees and other landowners to conserve
water and distribute it for fertilising the land. Four
different methods are enumerated in the report,
having for their object the securing of a water supply
for stock, pasture, or the irrigation of crops. The first
is applicable to the hill country, where gorges are
numerous, and large voltunes of water can be imprisoned
by the construction of narrow weirs. The second may
be made available in undulating country. It consists
in the selection of a natural depression, or water-
course, and the construction along its length of small
dams at different levels, the upper one giving off its
surplus waters to be caught by the second, the second
in its turn feeding the third, and so on. The third
system contemplates the raising of water from wells
by mechanical means or the use of the artesian prin-
ciple where practicable. This method is, perhaps, the
only one feasible on the flat lands which are far dis-
tant from any possible source of permanent supply
ahoy,' ground. The last expedient suggested is that
of making use of runlets and sluices to convey waters
from rivers such Us the Murray, or from lakes, such as
those to be found in the southeast of the colony, and
to some extent in the pastoral country around Mount
Hopeleu.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

MR. S. MORLEY ON MIDDLE- C LASS

EDUCATION.

Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., in distributing the prizes
at the Bristol Grammar School on Tuesday, giadly
expressed the thankfulness which he felt at the abun-
dant evidence they had of the substantial and rapid
progress which was being made in the quality of
middle-class schools. He believed it was Matthew Arnold
who said that the middle classes of England were the
worst educated in the world. If this statement had any
truth in it, which he greatly doubted, he thought it might
be said that they were rapidly removing the reproach.
He was anxious to call attention to a subject which he
believed needed increased attention—the establish-
ment among them of commercial schools, such as were
rapidly extending in Germany. German clerks were
competing very often and successfully with English
youths for situations which constantly became vacant;
and, while he defended their right to do so, if able, he
felt sure he expressed the language of large numbers cf
employers in saying that they would infinitely prefer
to engage English youths.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

AMATEUR ,CLASS.

CucUmßErts (in braces).—lst prize, 3. P. Bache
2nd, Mrs. Haynes ; 3rd, W. Badharn. Extra prize
A. Hyde,
COLLECTION OF FRUIT (Six sorts).—lst prize, W.
I3adham ;2nd, J. P. Bache; 3rd, J. Williams.
GRAPES (black, two bunches).-ISt prize, J.
GRAPES (white, two bunches).—lst prize, J
Williams.
COLL'ICTION OF VEGETABLES.---16t prize, T. B.
Bache ; 2nd, J. Williams ; 3rd, F. Grove.
The 'judges were Mr.T. Hewitf, Solihull Nurse: _
Mr. 11 ff. Vertegans, Chad Valley; Mr. J. Pope
Kins Norton; and Mr. J. Brown, gardener
Ehndon Hall.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

FRUIT.

• MELoNs (single specimen).—lst prize, H. A.. '
Parry; 2nd, W. J. Thornton.
GRAPES (black, two bunches).—lst prize, Mr. W.
IL Hill ; 2nd, Mr. W. Bassano ; extra prize. W.
Gould (gardrmer to L:rd Hampton). Grapes
(wi-ite) : Ist prize, W. Gould ; 2nd, W. J. Thornton
(gardener to Mr. W. Bassano).
PEACHES in dishes).—lst prize. W. Gould;.
2nd, George Bowen (gardener to Major Wiliiams);
extra prize, H. Lea (gardener to Mr. Henry Lowe).
NECTARWES (s; x, in dishes).—lst prize, G.
Bowen; 2nd, W. Herne (gardener to Mr. T. Hall).
APRICOTS (Six, in dishes),—lst prize, W. Gould ;
2nd, H. Lea.
PLoms (twelve, in dishes).—lst prize, W. J.
Thornton (gardener to Mr. W. Bassano) ; 2nd, G.
Bowen.
STRAWBERRIES (in dishes).—ist prize, W. Gould;
.2nd, J. Pritchard (gardener to Mr. E. Gem).
GOOSEBERRIES (red, six heaviest).—lst prize, J.
Price, Sedgley ; 2nd, Mr. E. Whitehouse, Kidder-
minster, Gooseberries (yellow) : Ist prize, J. Price;
2nd, Mr. E. Whitehouse, Kidderminster. Goose-
berries (green) : Ist prize, Mr. E. Whitehouse,
Kidderminster; 2nd, J. Price. Gooseberries (white):
4st prize, J. Price ; 2nd Mr. E. Whitehouse.
COLLECTION OF Fntrir (eight dishes).-1s o prize,
W. Gould; 2ad, J. Plevey. Extra prizes to W. J,
Thornton and W. Herne.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

THE REVOLUTION IN HAYTI.

A Lloyd's telegram gives the following: " Advices
from Port au Prince, dated July 10, state that the re-
volution in Hayti is making slow but sure progress.
The insurgents are still confined within their lines at
Miragoane, and for upwards of three months have de-
feated the forces of the Government on every occa-
sion on which they have been attacked. The latter
have lost an immense number of men, especially
officers. The greater portion of the South of the Re-
public has now pronounced in favour of the revolu-
tion, and the rest of the country, especially the Nor-
thern districts, is in so disorganised a state that there
Is no doubt of its joining the movement as soon as it
reaches the capital, which is daily expecting an attack
by the insurgents from the South, which it is utterly
incapable of resistirg."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

A NEW RESERVOIR AT BIRMINGHAM.

An important addition to the resources of the
water department of the Birmingham Corporation
was made on Saturday by the formal opening of a new
storage reservoir at Shustoke, near the Whitacre
station of the Midland line. The re4ervoir, which has
occupied about two years in constru :tion, ranks
as the largest construction of the kind in the Midlands.
Its area is nearly ninety acres, and in form 'it is an
irregular parallelogram, 1,300 yards long by 400
wide, and its capacity 400 million gallons. The
depth varies from 181 t, at the upper end to 25ft.
at the lower, the average depth being 20ft. At
the bottom is a natural bed of solid clay, and the
artificial embankments are rendered impervious
by baying in their structure a "puddle" trench
Uft. 6in, wide at the base carried from a depth of
141 t. below the natural surface of the ground to a
height of 3ft. above the top water lsvel. The
greatest height of embankment is at the Whitaere end
—namely, 30ft. 6in., and this has a thickness of 234 ft.
at the base and 201 t. at the summit. The inner slopes
are protected by substantial layers of concrete made
with Portland cement, while for two yards above and
below the top water level boulders are pitched in the
eonrrete to resist the wash of the waves. After pass-
ing through the reservoir, the water flows by a line of
pipes to the filter beds, seven in number, at Whitacre
pumping station, which are capable of passing 12i
million gallons in 24 hours, and thence the water win
be forced through a Min. main to Min worth, where
It meet the water from Plants Brook, aiol flows on in
divided streams to Aston. By this exteneive addition to
their works the Birmingham CorporaTion have raised
their storage accommodation to 607 million galloi,R, a
quantity which would enable them in time of drooght,
and ~uppo-ing he regular supvly from wells and streams
were euldenly to fail by one half, to dispense 14 mil i
gallons of water daily for 100 days, which is believed
to he anuple to meet the requirements of the district for
many years to come.

The broad riband of the Persian Order of the Lion
and the Sun has been presented to M. do Lessem
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

EXCITING SCENE AT A FIRE.

A scene of great excitement was witnessed on
Sunday morning at a fire which occurred on the
premises at the Mercury Office, Bridgwater. The
editor, Mr. Dunsford, with his wife, four children.
and a servant, retired to rest on Saturday night
between eleven and twelve, leaving, as he believed,
everything safe in the house and offices. Shortly
after two o'clock, however, Mr. Dunsford was
aroused by a strong smell of smoke. He at once
attempted to reach the lower part of the house,
but was driven back by suffocating smoke and
intense heat. He then made for the children's
bedroom, and succeeded in arousing the little
ones; but in his attempt to take them to the
upper rooms he fell more tban once, overcome by
the blinding fumes. His three little girls—Ethel, aged
three years; Edith, aged about nine ; and Maud,
about eleven—were burnt to death. Mr. Duns-
ford, Mrs. Dunsford, and the remaining children
appeared at the top window of the house, about forty-
five feet from the ground, and shouted to the panic-
stricken crowd below to fetch the fire escape. In the
meantime Mr. Dunsford threw a bed out of the window
in the hope that he and his wife might jump upon it.
The lady was prevailed upon to try the fearful leap,
but instead of falling upon the bed she fell with
terrible force upon the pavement, and was taken up
bleeding from a severe wound on the head. She was
removed to the Bridgwater Infirmary, when it was
found that her right arm and leg were hroken and her
ribs fractured, and she was in such a critical condit'on
that her life was despaired of. Mr. Dunsford had been
driven by the heat of the rapidly spreading flames to
the window sill of the upper story, and there he clung
for som6 minutes, the 6re scorching his hands, while
a ladder was fetched, and he was rescued terribly
exhausted.
The fourth little girl, Florry, was rescued by being
handed through the window to a neighbour. The
servant girl made her way to the roof, and was rescued
by the fire-escape. The premises were completely
gutted,;and not a vestige of furniture or clothing was
saved.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

MEDALS FOR FIRE BRIGADE MEN.

The Metropolitan Board of Works has decided on
the recommendation of the Fire Brigade Committee,
to institute a medal for long service and good conduct
in the tire brigade. The medal is to be given to every
man who shall have served fifteen years in the brigade
with zeal and fidelity, and against whom no offence
shall have been established. It is to be of bronze, to
distinguish it from the silver one which is given for
bravery; the figurative representation on the obverse
side is to be the same as that of the silver medal, and
the reverse side to bear the words "For long service
and good conduct." These bronze medals are in future
to be distributed once a year at the same time and in the
same way as the m-dals for bravery, unless there may
be special circumstances rendering some other course
expedient.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

C HARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST AN

IRONINIASTER.

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At. the Birkenhead Police Court, on Wednesday
before Mr. C. S. Samuels. deputy stipendiary,
Benjamin Wood, ironfounder, of Stourbridge, was
charged with having committed an offence under
the 15th section of the Debtors Act, by havin g
pledged a qu,ntity of manufactured iron which
had bun delivered to him under a contract by the
Wigan and Ince Rolling Mills Company in Sep-
ternba last, aud for which no payment had been
made. • Mr. Mulholland, of the Northern Circuit
(instructed by -Messrs. Pearce and Ellis, of Wigan),
appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Alfred Young,
of the Oxford Circuit (instructed by Mr. C.
Herbert Collis, solicitor, Stourbridge), for the
defence. The case for the prosecution was
that the defendant having obtained a con-
tract for a supply of a large quantity of wrought-
I, on fencing-posts for the Indian State Railways.
made a sub-contract with the Wigan and Ince
Company for the supply of 750 tons of goods. Two
lots, amounting to nearly 80 tons, were delivered
early in September to the defendant's order at
Birkenhead, Where they were immediately pledged
by him to the local irondealer.for the sum of £200.,
and a subsequent lot was pledged for a futther sum
of ,2110. On the 10th of Ocfober following he filed
his petition far liquidation in the Stourbridge
County Court, and his estate was liquidated accord-
ingly. This, it was submitted, was a distinct viola-
tion of the provision in the Act as to any person,
being a trader, who had within four months of the
filing of his petition disposed of any property ob-
tained on credit, and which was not paid for other-
wise than in the ordinary way of his trade, with
intention to defraud.—For the defence, Mr. Young
contended that there was no foundation whatever
for the allegation of fraud. At the time that the
advances were obtained the defendant had £3,300
owing to him by the Indian Oovernment,.payment
of whial he expected, and every farthing of the
£3lO which he obtained on the iron was spent in
paying wages and the legitithate carrying on of his
business, Tne advances were also obtained bef ore
any payment was due to the prosecuting company.
—His Worship, after hearing counsel at length,
expressed his opinion that a prima facie case had
• been made out. It was not his business to decide
whether the defendant was or was not guilty ; but,
as the case had been pres inted to him, he con-
sidered that a suffie,i?nt gr.?und had been estab-
lished for further investigation before another
tribunal —Defendant was therefore committed for
tidal, bail being allowed, himsAf 1.1 £5OO and two
sureties of £250 each.

Tonga ("Invaluable in ii i•ituralgia."—Medical
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

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I.ENIEDY FIIKE l—A victim of youthful impru.
deuce causing Premature Decay, Nervous Debility
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irernedy, has iiimpaverell a simple self-cure, which be
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

THE LABOUR MARKET. •

A general dulness prevails in nes:aly all the staple
trades, and there is a farther depression in the
cotton market. There is no improvement in either
the home or export trade, and in some districts .
manufacturers find it difficult to keep their run-
ning. The woollen and worsted industries are very
quiet. Staplers have large ?tacks in hand. The
i steady improvement in the hosiery trade s well main-
tained in classes of goods, and the operatives are
working full time. Lacemakers are moderately busy.
The tone of the iron market is more animated, and a
larger business is being done. Finished iron manufac-
turers are in a favourable position to accept contracts,
as nearly all the workmen lately on strike in Stafford.
shire have returned to work at the reduced wages. The
coal trade is somewhat better, and business prospects
are brighter. In all districts the colliers are in work,
and at present the agitation for an increase of wagea
has ceased. Business in the hardware branches is mode-
rately good, hut prices are very unsatisfactory owing tc.
the severe competition. The nail and lock branches are
improving, and the nut and bolt makers are now on
kid time, some heavy orders being in hand. Braes
workers are in steady employment, and engineers in
some localities are making overtime. A fair amount
of business is being done in all departments at
Sheffield, especially in the heavy branches. There is
god demand for ship :..nd boiler plates, and also for
s. eel rails. Edge tool manufacturers are well em-
ployed, and file makers, now the strike is over, find
plenty of work. In the metropolis builders and engi-
neers are especially busy, and both artisans and
labourers in all parts of London are as wed off for
work as they have been for many years past.

F c
cieSsßs ; BcrißstoelferWrlnorgkhouse,
to the
success
d IN
inners
KaliaE t OtUhe
the chairman of the Board of G4ardians said letters
or hNeE tißssh
had been received from all parts of the country seek-
ing information as to the saving effected by the fish
dinners. The deputy-chair Man said he had personally
inspected the fish on artival from Grimsby, consistir3g
of cod, haddock, and plaice. The consignment was
well packed in ice and quite fresh. On one dby they
used scwt. of fish, costing, with carriage, £5 11s. 4d.,,
In place of 2icwt of I.eef, &eating, at 655. per cwt.,
as 28. 6d. They gave the inmates of the workhouse in
weight offish twice as much ise they gave of beef, and
yet they saved £2 us. 2d. on one day's ceasumptiott
as compared with meat diet. „,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

RECOVERY of CAPTAIN WEBB'S BODY.

The body of Captain Webb was found on Saturday
below Lewiston, perhaps five miles from the starting
point. The body bore evidence of the fearful violence
of the struggle which the unfortunate swimmer had
undergone. His bathing drawers were torn to frag-
ments, and on the centre of the head was a deep cut,
which left the skull exposed for three inches. This
would seem to indicate that Webb had been dashed by
the resistless force of the current against one of those
jagged peaks of rock which he himself specified as
amongst the greatest perils of his journey. The other
bruises on the body were but slight and unimportant.
A jury was immediately summoned, and an inquiry
held in due form, at the close of which a verdict of
found drowned was returned.

The New York Correspondent of the Daily News
says:--
The outopsy on Captain Webb's body showed that
no bones were broken. There was no wound sufficient
to cause death save one, three-and-a-half inches long
in the cranium. This wound was made after death.
None of the symptoms of death by drowning were
revealed, and it was concluded that death resulted
from the shock from the force of the water in the
whirlpool rapids coming in contact with the submerged
body with :Inch force as instantly to destroy the respi-
ratory power, and in fact all vital action. The shook
was of sufficient intensity to paralyse the nerve cen-
tres, partially dessicate the muscular tissues, and
forestall death by drowning.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

THE PLAINEST FACE is redeemed by
a lovely skin and colour ; the most beautiful is
not perfect without it. Paints, powders, and washes are
absurd to the eyes of beholders, and deceive none but
the silly wearers of these ruinous applications. KALOS
is the only known remedy for pimples. tan, freckles,
black spots, srnall-pox marks, redness, roughness, and
all disfigurements, and is the only cosmetic that can be
relied upon for producting a pure, brilliant and radiant
complexion. and natural loveliness to the skin, which is
thevery bloom of health. Sent free on receipt of 18
penny stamps, by Dr. THOMSON, 55, Bartholomew
Kentish Town, London. "My free was covered.
with tan and freckles ; your Kalos removed them." P.l:ss
Grey. "In scores o: cases of eruptions of the face I
hay, used Kalos with success' Dr. E.lnes.
CHEAP TEAS, In America recently, a cargo of four
thousard cheats of Tea, was condemned under the new
law which forbids the sale of tea 'that is colored or coaqd
whereby damage is concealed." For 60 :tears Hornin4au
& Co , have imporlei Pure Tea, and guaranteed it as
such it is strong, rich & delicious. Sold in packet,'
List of Agents in this . locality :—Ciarke, Cherui6t,
and Baker, Chemist, High Street, Hewitt, Market-
place .; Mollie, 136, High Street.—lirierley
:Rawlings, chemist. liidderminster, Hewitt, Bali
Ring,— lialesowen, Adams chemist. Lye, Jones,
chemist, Wordsiey, White, chemist. Kingswn-
,ord, Pearson. Brettell Lane, ,Collin, chsmist,—
Birmingham, BAs, Buil Bing,—Quarry Banc,
chemist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

MR. IRVIN G' S FAREWELL.

Mr. Henry Irving on Saturday night, at the
Lyoeum Theatre, amid a scene of the greatest enthu•
siasm, bade farewell to the London public. In the
course of his speech he said :
Soon an ocean will roll between us, and it will be a
long, long time before we can hear your heart-stirring
cheers again. It is much consolation, though, to think
that we shall carry with us across the Atlantic the
goodwill of mal.y friends who are here to-night, as
well as of many who are absent. Here, in this theatre,
we have watched the growth of your great and
generous sympathy with our work, which has been
more than rewarded by the abundance of your
regard; and you will believe me when I say I acutely
feel this parting with those who have so steadily
and staunchly sustained me in my career. Not for
myself alone I speak, but on behalf of my comrades,
and especially for Miss Ellen Terry. Her regret at
parting with you is equal to mine. You will, lam
sure miss her—as she will certainly miE-s you. But
we have our return to look forward to, and it will be
a great pride to us to come back with the stamp of the
favour and goodwill of the American people, which,
believe me, we shall not fail to obtain. The 2nd of
next June will, I hope, see us home with you again.
We shall have acted in America for six months, from
October 29 to the 29th of the following April, during
which time we shall have played in some forty cities.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

EXAMINATION OF O'DONNELL.

In a telegram dated Tuesday, the Cape Town Corre-
spondent of the Daily News says :

O'Donnell was examined to-day before the magis-
trate at Port Elizabeth on the charge of murdering
James Carey, the informer, _

_
According to the evidence given Carey and O'Donnell
were drinking in the second-class cabin of the Melrose,
half-way between Table Bay and Algoa Bay.
O'Donnell suddenly shot Carey in the neck with a
revolver. Carey etaggered away. O'Donnell fol.
lowed and shot him twice in the back. Carey died in
twenty minutes.

No dispute took place before the shot. O'Donnell's
own account is that he was a Californian digger, and
had lost largely in a silver mine. He did not discover
the identity of Carey, who was travelling under the
name of Power, until seeing the fact stated in a Cape
paper. From that moment he determined to kill him.
O'Donnell is six feet high. He has grey eyes and
dark hair, He has evidently been drilled, He is
about 45 years of age.
A supposed infernal machine found in the possession
of O'Donnell proved to be only an ordinary galvanic
battery. O'Donnell is paralysed in one hand.
The identity of Carey was suspected by the steward
and another of the crew of the Kinfauris Castle soon
after leaving Dartmouth, from his likeness to the por-
traits and from the number and names of his children.
He was clean shaved at first, but could not shave him.
self. His razors were all new. His identity was not
really established until his arrival here.
Mrs. Carey, this afternoon before the magistrate,
said after her husband was shot she asked O'Donnell,
" Did you shoot my husband?' He replied, "Yea ;
I WWI sent to do it."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

WORTH A GUINEA. A BOX.

tor females of all ages these Pills are invalu4ble. as
a fog iloseo of them carry off all gross humours, open
all obst•ustions, and bring a,out all that i r,quired.
No female should be will:tout them. There is no remedy
to be!. laud to equ4l BE'.(3IIAM'S PI LLS for removing
any obstruction or irregularity r f the syde.n. If taken
according to the directions given with each box, th y
wit soon resto a finna:es of all ages to sound snd ro-
bus h alth.

For a ws-sk F.t,mach, impaired dige.stim, and all die-
ordure of the Lev, they act like “MAorc," nd a few
doses be found t.. work wonders u-. on ti.e mot
important orgwer in the human machine. They
strengthen the whole muscular system, ros'oro the
long-lost comp axiom, bi- vtg back th keen edge of
appetite, slid areo..e i• to action, with the ROSEBUD of
health, the whole physical e orgy of the human framd.
Those are -FAcTs" a :raitted by thousands embracing
all ettes-s of F:eciety, an one of the beet guaiantees to
the Nervous and Deblitated is, BEECHAM'S PILLS
hay., the largest sal. of any Patent Medicine in the
world.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

THE NEW PARCELS POST.

Mr. Healy asked the Postmaster-General whether the
rural letter-carriers of Ireland under the new Parcels Post
system were to carry 831 b. weight; and, if so, what increase
of pay they were to get, and how much; how he would deal
witk rural letter-carriers on circular routes who had from
fourteen to sixteen miles to travel in single journeys and
might have to carry such weight to the end of their walk;
and if arrangements could be made that where vacancies oc-
curred in a post-office or extra hands were required, rural
letter-carriers of over ten years' service should get the pre-
ference.

Mr. Fawcett said in reply: The importance of a letter-
carrier not being overburdened either with parcels or letters
is fully recognised As bearing on the question of fixing a
maximum weight of 35th., I may mention that the weight,
including clothes, carried by a soldier when in marching
order is now between 541 b. and 551 b. The pay of rural
lettencarriers iv in all cases adjusted to the amount of
work they have to perform. There is no rule excluding
rural letter-carriers from appointments as town letter.
carriers, and such appointments are not infrequently made,
but the town letter-carrierships are chiefly recruited from
the telegraph messengers, and if it were not for this ar-
rangement is would be difficult to find employment for the
latter class.
In reply to a further question by Mr. Healy, Mr. Fawcett
said instructions had been given to the officials to see that
the parcels post in no case interfered with the punctual deli-
very of letters.
THE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS BILL.
The Agricultural Holdings Bill, as amenied in committee,
weil further considered, and on Clause 1 Mr. Dodson moved
to strike out Mr. Balfour's amendment, fixing the actual
outlay of the tenant as the measure of compensation for his
improvements. This was carried by 166 to 76,and Mr. Dodson
then proposed to substitute words excluding from the esti-
mate of the value of improvements under Parts it 41 2of
the first schedule what was justly due to the inherent
capabilities of the soil. On a division this was agreed to by
93 to 41.
Numerous other amendments were considered, but no
further alterations of importance were made in the Bill;
and ultimately the third reading was fixed for Wednesday.
The Scotch Agricultural Holdings Bill was further oon•
sidered in Committee.

Some other business was disposed of, and the House ad-
journed at a quarter past two o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

A SINGULAR SUIT.

The Evening Standard says that a very singular suit
was lately tried in the Sixth District Court, New
York. It was a claim brought by a negro named
Banks, against a telegraph clerk, to recover 192 dol-
lars, in payment for eight ounces of blood. The clerk
went to bed in an hotel one night, and before lying
down, blew out the gas. He then fell asleep, was
found in a state of asphyxia, and remained for
several hours unconscious. The doctors who were
called in agreed that the only way to save the
man's life was to transfuse some blood into his sys-
tem, and thus counteract the excess of carbon; but
where to obtain the blood was the difficulty, none
of the medical men themselves caring to suffer in
the cause of science. The proprietors of the hotel
suggested Banks, who at first refused, but finally con-
sented, on the understanding that only a few ounces
of blood, eight or ten, were to be taken, and that he
was to be paid ten cents a drop. The sufferer, who
was not a party to this contract when made, is declared
to have accepted it when he recovered; but he only
paid Banks five dollars for his blood, and a claim was
made for 192 dollars—eight ounces of blood, contain.
ing 240 drops each, at ten cents per drop. Blood, it
was maintained by one aide, had no commercial value.
The other side, however, held on their part that, as it
had saved life, it was valuable. The court reserved
its decision.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

E3LAIR'S GOUT PILL.
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
I'OR GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
THE excruciating pain is quickly relieve; and cured
in a few days by this celebrated Medicine.
These Pills require no restraint of diet during their
'wet and are certain to prevent the disease attacking any
watal part.—Sold by all Chemists, at is. Id. end 2s. 3d
Per box.

k victim of youthful impru
REMEDY FREE!
_ deuce causing Premature Decay

Nervous Debility, Lost Manhood, etc., having tried in
vain every known remedy has discovered a simple self
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Address J. H. REEVES, ESQ., 43 Chatham St., New
York City, U. S. &.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS,

A lady stood patiently before the receiving-teller's
window in a Chicago bank the other day, but no one
took any nctice of her till she attracted the attention
of the money taker by tapping with her pa-a.oI on the
Ones. "Why don't you pay attention to we?" she
asked, petulantly. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but we don't
pay anything here; next window, please," was the
polite response.
"There is one thing connected with your table,"
said a drummer to a Western landlord, "that is not
surpassed even by the b-st hotels in Chicago."
"Yes," replied the pleased landlord; "and what is
that?" "The salt."

WV... •
To attract customers, a Chattanooga tobacconis
put up an electric clock in his ahoy, and was terribly
annoyed by boys running in to inquire the time of
day. The other evening a little shaver came in with
the usual " Piease,, sir, tell me what time it is."
"Why, I cave you the time not it minute ago," said
tho a;tonishecl tobacconist. "Yes, sir," replied the
lad, "bat thi,.4 is for another woman."

"Beg pardon," said A., "but could you pay that
five dollars you borrowed of me last month "
" What ! " exclaimed 8., " havEn't I paid that yet?
Dear, dear! I'm always forgetting mull things."—
" Yes," replied A., " you are always forgetting, but
eeldom, if ever, for paying. I may have been for.
-living heretofore, but I can't forgive a man more
-it sixteen timeu foethe elite "

than

SERIOUS COLLISION IN THE
CHANNEL.

Intelligence received from Malta states that the
steamer Glenegle, from London, via Suez, to Singa-
pore, Hong-Kong, and Shanghai, has put into tne
harbour at Valetta, and reports that soon after leav-
ing the Thames, when near the Sovereign Shoal
Lightship, she came into collision with the barque
Achilles. 556 tone register, which almost immediately
sank, three of the crew going down with her. The
remainder were rescued, and have been carried on to
Malta and landed there. The Achilles at the time
of the disaster was bound from Buenos Ayres to Aut-
werp, with a full cargo of wool, hides, &c., valued at
£15,000.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

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HE SUBSTITUTE FOR rpm; HANNA CAKF,
CASTOR OIL. BEN- d is an eflhient Worm
NETTE'S MANNA CAieE, Cake. Children take it sea
price lid.; each (not a patent Sweetmeat.
medicine). One Puke equals It is perhaps the most
half-an-ounce of Castor Oil, suitable aperient known
without its griping and sub- for use during pregnancy.
sequent constipations. It has Order from Chemists
a mild but certain action it only -; or Post Free, 3
is mainly sugar flavoured with for 61. ; 6 for lid ; 12
liquorice juice. for is, 9d. ; and 36 for 4s.
From sole Agent. Mr, T,
H. Bland, chemist, 75,
High Street, Stourbrilge,

DEAFNESS, NOISES IN THE EARS, C. DELLALS
ESSENCE FOR DEAFNESS should always be tried. as in.
numbers of eases,- accusingly incurable it has done
wonders. Slight Deafness, Uhatructions ru the Ears,
aud the incessant humming sounds so frequent . witu
affected hearing, are removed after two or three nights'
applications. Dellar's Essence can be spoken of as cure
to give some relief in any case of Deafness without
i!ausing the skhtest injury to the delicate organisms of
Ole ear ; and, however surprising, persons for y.,srs
Deaf have heard sounds after a fair trial of Dellu,s
Ensence. Bottles, Js. lid. and 2s. thi., bold by ail
tAemists, Post free for 18 Stamps sent to BoAliord
Laboratory Bayley Et.treet, London, V.C.

A DVICID TO Morenitn!--Are you brehen in yen:
.1..1)y a sick child euiferin, with the pain of o:t.-..q
4? Go at once' to a camist difct a I.)(s,ttletd
V? Ins..Low's It will relleyl-
- 2 F-7or sufferer iraniediatelY. It is perfectly haa
2,r,t1 pleasant to taste,- it produces natural,
-r...tiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the
ittle chevub awako was bright as a .button."- •
cootha the child, it softens the gums, allays: all
rzio, relievei3 WiEd, tegulates the bowels, and •is tht
Lnow' rc4 for dysentery and
tsllctlatz arising fru t&ctling, or other careie% latg.
-Wl2lllo*B Boothia:lg Syrup is sold by liedicins dealers
otopybits at ist. Pet Mt* • •—• •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

THE FATE OF CETEWAYO.

In a telegram dated Sunday nights the Durban
Correspondent of the Standard says :
Various accounts of the recent fighting in Zululand
have come to hand from native sources. The fate of
Cetewayo is still somewhat unoertain, but it is known
for certain that he was severely wounded, and that he
afterwards fled to the woods. There is little doubt of
his death, but up till the present all search for his body
has been ineffectual. The news of Dabulamanzi's
death is confirmed. as well as that of many of the
King's Chief's and Headmen.

All accounts agree in stating that Usibebu surprised
Cetewayo, and that the struggle was short and
decisive. The reason given for the attack is that
Cetewayo intended to invade Usibebu's territory.
The whole of the King's kraals have been fired ; but
it is not stated that any special eruelty has been in-
flicted on the women and children. Cetewayo's
warriors were pursued for miles, and the slaughter
was very great. For PO far, no European trader in
Zululand has been interfered with.

According to one account Cetewayo was stabbed
while crossing the sources of the White Umoloosi,
having stumbled and fallen over the stones. Other
accounts, however, state that he escaped, although
severely wounded. It is quite uncertain which
report is the more correct; but the strong probability
is that he is dead.

A Reuter's telegram dated Durban, July 30, says :
A contradiction is given to the intelligence of the
death of Dabulamanzi, who has arived in Natal terri-
tory. He admits, however, that Oetewayo is dead.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-04

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