The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-31 00:00:00

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iCAVALriY SWORDS.-After the Wlntauutade vacation
Sir. Charles Phipps intends. to ask the Secretary fore
War whether it is a feet th.at many of the swords lately'.
supplied to tilt 16th lirtssars were found, when tested
by Me regimeltal arinoUrer sergeant, to be soft, not-
withstanding tht fact ila,t they had been passed at
Woolwish as fit fet. service •, Whether any of the swords
that had ieen lately supplied to any.other-caialy- regi-
ment have-been found' to be of A similar. chareter ; and
whether mcre.effectirid steps Cannot he takenlto render
the issue of defective altos an impossibility. i
AVERAGE VAICES OF, titriT.SEt: Coßri.-:.-The following
are the averagt. prices of Bridal:Own for task week, as
teoeived from he inspect/ors...and Offinerlll4 Excise:
Wheat, 385.; bArley,• 9,T4-: ,4*; :omit,' • 20s. 7d. per
Imperial qr. CoLiresponding week ,laist
,year Wheat,
43k. 7d.; • barley, 31s; td.; roiritajj:22e: .2d.... •
CkFlVE•ix's Bintmtrc..lls,ei interior ;of he plain
little house in ECeleiSchsar, in Mak gatfile
has just been overhauW,•And seVeltl
,nitergsting relics
placed cithia it. Mri.:.AlexanderlAitkeniCarlyle, who
recently purchased the iYuf.3e, wae•tvateflil .ii. executing
the altenttfons`th have t'ge Old doc.M&e., :retained. In
the room. `!. the OmbrageitiS man's-de'St;"irrhich the
stranger 611 reverend aspEet -appearz.,& te. old 'Andreas
Funeral andliiwife, and left, theni:Cr
= esa to take
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charge of der' petalties,;zas' descrilvd-ifeth •chapter
" Genesis " i2e"-Sartor. Ressrtns," the-plice: •re the
little Carlyle' " wore drivel-bihs and . ilvo on spoon-
meat," there :iiive been plACeilhii. easx'Adaa. of the
sage, a mahogany t#e AvhieVitilynioprcit.n imagine
, from the numers- '' 'sPots,lt Seittitostla* seen a
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' good deal of ser,feet and' aii -a 'fii' ' iki-fd, kcase,
eensisting- of a :-3erieS '-.4rif ;slil4ooocd-ii•l - with
Carlyle's works), 3ttported by %ft.664l.igllar - at the
' side and • hung against :the rwak.,l Photugrpphir of
' Carlyle: his ..birthplos#::, and other:4o/4.otions, bre- did-
' nlawed in the room 444401,9 ('9111,j,(,.1:i i -
THE PARCEL POST.--. 4.1. .
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idsued directing that •Niii**,:,".any pt-ilf4t.ii-tin issible
by.Tarcel post, vvhich fithzi'sAv'wOrda,'Siirizi4•lr's hereon, t
or -other external evid...te,-itiiiiiais 't-YlislVe be'
terded; for transmission :-..5 A parcel,e
b,Wilich as
beelq.eudered fle tranimiision 'SS a **l, hut has
post3d as a Post-office 'ii•aer'boi, or••-othe' - . _
according to the' manner mrSocribed: hy.i.7lllo'.' reamity
warraut of June 29, ,18M‘Trajlie`•, postip:s of ' arcelt
may, :re the discretion of. ~.e.totv,tirl:-.,qtftierAieFler ,either
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be detained and retiirnk.(T6VV,e4lll:lozt .• • s. ' der, or
be dealt*rith as follortlia',.-...eito s'ay.' At' ;•/'f ihe'' saial
packet i, fully prepaici:;%6l-14-ifilltillttre ~ ../3 paeket'
rate of postage and othei '' ' l‘siiifti •S' . ;ince, retch?.
tions as tto the letter br•lgeht4tisi; tUesaWindy he -
forwarded w a letter.gr. beek:rileket;itkthet4e'lnity.'
be; (2) if the said packet is ad rtialy:prepaid*th the fl
letter or book-packet rate of poStlo,•the saint ~:al4, he'
forwarded Witsdestination as a pnter pharged'irith the.
sum of 3d. in addition to all othetiieStage Paya-46 titan,.
such packet at a parcel."
PAPER-MAKING ON THE CONT'iNI";-L-SOM6 Iniiidilti‘
statistics as to' paper-Making have tireently been coin-
piled on the Continent. It seerns'ttnt ihE.re'aie 3$ ..
paper mills on the faceof the eart,h,'iniOhichanunallY-',
1904 million pounds of paper are ma:'lnfaetured, ' H.H
of this paper is used for printing; 661 Million younds '
only for newspapers, the consumpticn*.bf Whrlch.
risen by 200 million pounds during • thalast ten year4s.‘,
As to the use of paper by individuals', s'an AvEfrage"Cif 7
111-Ib. is used by an Englishman. 10/Ib. by an Americare;q--
81b. by a German, 7ilb. by a Englishman;
3L -11 A by an
Italian or Austrian, 'vb. by a Spaniard, 11h. by a *man,
and 21b. by a Mexican.
FATAL COLLISION AT SEA.-40n, SundaY-morriing thi;'
screw steamship Skellings, of ' Glasgow, CaPptaiit'Joli
son, from Lame for Liverpool, 'with • a generak'eargo, .
come into collision seven miles north of the Chicken
Light with the schooner Daring, of Wick; • -with 'salt.,•'.
from Runcorn for Lerwick. Both Vessels sank within
a quarter of an hour: Three men weredrawned;-in- •
eluding the captain of the schooner. The remainder
took to the two boats of the steamer, and were
.picked .:
up by the steamship Dynamic, bound. from Liverpool
for Belfast. There was a strong breeze at .thelime'of '
the collision.

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SUICIDES IN VIENNA.—In Vienna, where it is said'
that, since the great financial debacle eleven years ago
the suicide mania was never so acute as at present, the
latest suicides reported are that of a mine owner froln
Leipzig, who killed himself in an hotel ;a theatrical
manager, well known throughout Germany, at earisc'
bad; an engineer, who drowned himself in the Danube -
at Vienna; and a private in an infantry regiment.,
which was engaged in celebrating the 75th anniversary -
of the victory of Aspern.
MORTALITY IN AMERICA.—For the week' ending
April 19th, 1884, in 29 cities of the United States, -
having an aggregate population of 6,937,900, there died -
2866 perdons which is equivalent to annual death-rate
of 21.5 per AKA, a slight increase over that of the 'pre- -
ceding week. For the North Atlantic cities the ratc •
was 20-9; for the Eastern cities 228; for the Lake •
cities, 183; for the River cities 187; and in the
Southern cities, for the whites 191; and for the
coloured 40.2 per 1000. Of all the deaths 371 per
cent, were under five years of age the proportion of
this class being highest in the Lake cities—viz., 47.4
per cent.
TWEED SALMON FISHING.—The takes remain, very
poor, in the lower as well as the upper stations, and the
fishings continue in an unsatisfactory condition. The
prices on Saturday were—Salmon, is. 9d., and -trout,
Is. Bd. Very few grilse have been got, the first being
caught last week. The price on the corresponding
week last year was is. 7d. for salmon, Is. 6d. for grilse,
and is. sd. for trout. Thirty boxes of salmon arrived
at Billingsgate for the week ending May 10, compare 3
with 44 for the same period in 1882.

THE ROYAL Aca.DENv.—With the title" The Royal
Academy Illustrated" a brochure 'forming a compre-
hensive guide to the galleries of the Royal Academy,
has just been issued by Mr. Henry Lassalle, containing
nearly 200 facsimiles from the original drawings of
exhibiting artists. The sketches, which are mostly
full page, have been effectively reproduced by the
Lefman process of photographic etching; and the
work is valuable not only as a handy guide-book, but
also as a souvenir' of the productions of the leading
artists of the year.
CHARGE OF Munnsn.—At the Leominster Police-
court on Monday, a hawker, named John Eggerton,
was charged with killing William Hedges, 16 years of
age, a native of Hereford, on Saturday last. The prisoner
comes from Tembury, in Worcestershire, and earns a
livelihood as a hawker. The deceased was employed
by an uncle at Hereford, who is also an hawker. On
Saturday the prisoner and the lad were at a farm out-
side Leominster gathering rushes when the 'prisoner,
after quarrelling with the deceased, knocked him clown
and fatally kicked him. The Bench remanded the pri-
soner to await the result of the coroner'sinquest. -The
inquiry was held on Monday evening, and a verdict of
"Manslaughter " against Egg-erton was reformed. •
Mn. CLIFFORD LLOYD.—At Cairo' on %unday, the
Minister of the Interior- and the heads of Departments ,
who have served under Mr. Clifford Llciy4l presented
Mr. Lloyd with a handsome service of antique silver -
plate, on the occasion of his leaving Egypt, as a..token
of remembra.nee and of their appreciation of the ser-
vices he hen rendered this country. They also pre-
seated Mrs. Lloyd with a valuable ring. This mark of 7
sympathy was totally unexpected by r. Lloyd,-who
answered the givers in fitting terms, stating that if he.
had been able to do anything it wns owing greatly to
the hearty co-operation of his suberZnates.
FIRING CommoNs.—At the County Police-court,New...
bury, on Monday, two agricultural labourers named.
George Smith and Harry Marshall, each about 20 years
of age, were committed for trial at the l3erks Assizes.
for wilfully setting fire-to furze on Bucklebury-comrago
on the evening of Sunday, the 11th inst. Witness sam
the prisoners light the furze with matches, the rezult
being an extensive conflagration. The magititrate
refused to admit the accused to bail. On Saturday
evening the furze on Greenharn-common, situate on.the
south side of Newbury, and adjoining Crookham .cpm
mon, together many miles in extent, was fired. - • The
furze being very dry, the flames spread rapidly, raadAhe
fire raged fiercely throughout the , night and also on
Sunday. 'Upwards of 100 acres were burnt.
THE FoRTH BRIDGE.—On Monday afterneon-. the
South-west Queensferry caisson of the Forth-bridge
was successfully launched in the presence. of heLord
High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland and a large number of speets.tors.
The caisson is 70ft. in diameter, and the total weight is
about 200 tons. Its depth, when launched, was
and when finished it will be about 55ft. This is the
first of four caissons required for the bridge. The cere-
mony of launching was performed by Miss Phillips,
daughter of the managing partner of the fiatb c WA.
tractors. Messrs. TancreCii.rrol, and Co.