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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-10

DEATH OF LORD RAGLAN.

The death of Lord Raglan occurred suddenly on
Saturday morning at the residence of his sisters, the
Hon. Charlotte and Hon. Katharine Somerset, 8,
Chesterfield-street, London. The late peer was the
only surviving son of the late Field-Marshal Lord
Raglan (his eldest brother Major Hon. Arthur Wil-
liam Fitzßoy Somerset, having died in December,
1845, from wounds received at Ferozeshah four days
previously), and was born 24th May, 1817. His dis-
tinguished father, better known as Lord Fitzßoy
Somerset, eighth and youngest son of Henry, fifth
Duke of Beaufort, was for forty-four years the con-
stant companion of the Duke of Wellington, and
was by the side of that great chief in
every action in Portugal, Spain, and Bel-
gium, and after the duke's death was on
Oct. the 20, 1852, created a peer of the United
Kingdom under the style and title of Baron Raglan of
Raglan, county Monmouth. The late Lord Raglan was
in the Ceylon Civil Service from 1841 to 1849, when
he accepted the post of private secretary to the King
of Hanover, which position he filled till he succeeded
in the peerage. His father, who was then Com-
mander-in-Chief in the Crimea, died at his head-
quarters before Sebastopol June 28, 1855. Lord
Raglan was for some years an officer in the Glouces-
tershire Yeomanry Cavalry. He was a Lord in
Waiting to the Queen from February, 1858, to June,
1859, and again from July, 1866, to December, 1868.
He is succeeded by his eldest son, the Hon. George
Fitzßoy Henry Somerset, who was born on the 18th
of September, 1857. He was a Page of Honour to
the Queen from 1868 to 1875, when he became a
sub-lieutenant, unattached, in the army, and was
appointed soon afterwards to the Grenadier Guards.

AN INVITATION FROM MR. DENIS
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-10

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1884 MI

said that he saw defendant fill his basket full of
coal. The coal was worth 3d or 4d. Fined 20s,
in &fault 14 days.
STE Lilco flArtt.E.y —Tian. T.-ylor was charged
with stealitm a. quantity' nr birley, on the 30th ult,
the proptaty o! B.(euel t3i.cet;.—Edward Smith
saici that he saw piisoner go fire a field and fill his
basket. \Vhcn he came out of the field he asked
him :if he knew what he had been doing. De—
fer-Cant then gave up the Mountney
said that from information received he arrested
prisoner and charged him with stealing a quantity
of bailey. He replied I did take it, I thought I
should like a bit for my pigeons." Fined 10s ;in
default 7 days.
TnßEATs.—Levi Oliver was charged with using
thieatening language towards Elizabeth Weldon on
the 30th ult.—Complainant said that defendant
threatened to knock her face off—Esther Strong
gave corroborative evidence. The case was dis-
missed.

PROFANE LANGUAGE.—Thomas Kirkton was
charged with using profane language on the 2nd
inst —P.C. Wickstead said defendant had been
turned out of the Chtistian Army Barracks and was
cui sing one of the officers. Fined Is and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-10

lALES BY AUCTION

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.
EVERY MONDAY.
T" usual Supply_ _ 9_f CATTLE, , SHEEP,
PIGS, &o.
OAS, PERAEIyg;" & WO OLDRID GE
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STOURBRIDGE STOCK
TUESDAY NEXT, MAY 1300884,
250 PRIME FAT SHEEP AND LAWBS.
30 HEAD FAT AD STORE CATTLE.
ITSLFUL HORSE, 15.2, good_werk^
4'bridge.

;art, trap

Or traces.
H. E:NCi, A

Alfred J. OTTER,

RAILWAY AND CANAL WHARVES.
STOURBRIDGE.

COAL of all the Best Qualities Delivered at Lowest
Possible Prices, and at the Shortest Notice.

Special quotations for Truck and Boat Loads.
USUAL TRADE TERMS.
Cheap qualities of Coal always in Stock, whit'
A. J. 0. can deliver at as low a price as anyone
in the trade.
Price Lists on application.

FURNISH YOUR HOUSE COMPLETELY ONLY
AT THE

BIRMING H LM

FUEL4I ISHING CO.

MANUFACTURING UPHOLSTERERS,

CABINET MAKERS & CARPET FACTORS
21, 23, 25, 27, 29, & 31, COLMORE ROW, &2,
6,8, & 10, Gl'. WESTERN PASSAGE,
BIRMINGHAM,

THE Largest and mcst Ccmplete Stock to c
from in the M!dlaLds

Substantial Goods at Moderate Prices,
Best Value possible Given.

BEDROOM SUITES in various Styles, Complete,—
£5 ss. to £6O. In every wood.

DINING ROOM SUITES in Leather, Complete—
£9 105. t £55.

DRAWING ROOM SUITES, in Repp, Tapestry
Silk, and Velvet, some being very bandsomely up
holstered—
£6 6s. to £6O complete.
BEDSTE A DS, Iron and Brass,;l2s. to £2O.
Bedding made on the Premises.

A. visit solicited before deciding elsewhere without
importuning to purchase.

All goods delivered find fixed free.

Designs and Prices Post Free.
pec:al arrangements can be mcde to supply go:ds
upon c edit, particulats upon application.

SUN FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES

ESTABLISHED 1710 AND 1810.,

FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Insurances effected in all parts of the United Kingdom
and in Foreign countries. Total sum insured in 1881
E 270,959 74.

LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Policy holders participate in 101 r-fifths of the Profits,
Claims paid immediately after proof of death and title.
Low rates of premiums for young lives.

MIDLAND BRANCH OFFICE-

112, COLMORE-ROW, BIRMINGHAM,
J. R. NEWSAM JAMES,
District Manager.

Agents at Stourbridge:
MR. H. JAMU, Birmingham Banking Company.
MESSRS. BERNARD and KING, Solicitors.
MR. G. RICHARDS, Station Master, G.W.R.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-10

ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

For ti . convenience of the
Public ani at the request of
numerous patients in Stour-
b. ridge, Kidderminster,
Be w dley, Crad ley, Hales.
owen, Wollaston, and Di,trict,

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SURGEON DENTIST,

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BRANCH DENTAL

SURGERY,

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STOURBRIDGE,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-05-10

THE PRICE OF SHEEP

The Daily Telegraph says the spring mare
kets and fairs of the past month show that
a depreciation in the price of mutton has
affected the rates of store sheep in a very marked
degree. At the great Lincoln Sheep Fair the general
average was 595. 20. each, whereas that of last year
was 675. 50., a fall of Bs. 3d. per head. Taking also
the general average of prices at this fair for
the eight years 1876 to 1883 inclusive, which
amounts to 655., the decline would be ss. 90. per
sheep. Nor is depreciation in values at all
confined to one part of the kingdom, as it
amounts to from 6s. to Bs. per head well - nigh
everywhere. So much the better, no doubt, for
those erazing WI-7E3ft who buy in lean, stosk largelv
at this period of the year, but on the other hand they
have made few, if any, profits from the animals
fattened during the past winter. The decline in
grazing cattle has been nothing like so much as in
sheep; indeed, in some districts they are reported as
realising full average rates of value, while cows and
calves and young dairy stock have seldom been dearer
in price. The abundance of keep and good pros-
pects of grass feed being plentiful no doubt suffi-
ciently aeicount for this, and may perhaps operate in
preventing sheep rates from declining below their
present level.