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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

BRIERLEY HILL.

APPOINTMENT OF OVERSEERS.—The following per-
sons were appointed overseers of the poor for the
districts stated :—Upper Arley : Henry James and
Thomas Price. Amblecote : Thomas Robinson and
Josiah Morris Gething. Bobbington : Thomas Web-
ster and John Jordan. Enville : William Henry
Yardley and John Knowles Himley : Richard Horse-
pool and Isaiah Boddison. Kingswinford : Benjamin
Whitaker and Elijah Mllman. Kinver : Henry
White and John Phillips. Trysull : Thomas Earle
and William Izon. Wombourn : James Edwards and
Joseph Aston.
ROBBERY OF COAL.—At the Police Court on
Monday, before Messrs. F. Evers and L. Freer
(magistrates), David Fisher, Noah Elwell, and
Alfred Wall, boatmen, were charged with stealing
a quantity of coal belonging to Mr. Henry Bowen,
Brettell Lane. Whilst prisoners' boat was passing
one of Mr. Bowen's boats Wall pulled some coal off
the latter, Fisher seconding him. The two were
sent gaol for twenty-one days, Elwell, who was in
front of the boat with the horse, being discharged
with a caution.

GAME TRESPASS.—Benjamin Craddock, timber saw-
yer, and Joseph Fletcher, ironworker, were charged
with trespas,ing in search of game on land occupied
by Mr. William Dudley, in the parish of Kitiver.—
On the 21st ult., a keeper named Steadman saw de-
fendant setting snares in a lane adjoining Mr. Dud-
ley's land,—Defendants were each fined ss. and costs,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

THE LATE PRINCE WALDEMAR.

Last Saturday forenoon the remains of Prince Waldemar of
Prussia were deposited in the Friedenskirche at Potsdam,
whither with military escort they had been conducted during
the previous night. The oeremony of interment was per-
formed with all the sacred and solemn pomp due to the
princely rank of the deceased, and of which the Berlin Cor-
respondent of The Times gives the following account :

"Soon after ten o'clock a special train left Berlin,
conveying the Empress of Germany, the Princes and
potentates, the high officers of State, and of the Royal
household, the field Marshals and other high per-
sonages who were to assist at the funeral service. Her
Majesty Queen Victoria was represented by her Ana-
bassador, Lord Odo Russell, who was accompanied by
Mr. Edeeinv, Mr. Nicholson, Ur. Maude, and Lird
Frederick Hamilton, secretaries and attach6s of Her
Majesty's Embassy. The most prominent figures in
the sad and touching ceremony were the Empress,
the Crown Prince of Germany, and his eldest son,
Prince William. The Crown Princesses herself was
too much overcome with grief to be present, and
waited prostrate in the castle till a solemn salute of
36 guns at the conclusion of the service announced
that all was over. A guard of honour was furnished
by the Prince's Regiment. The grand Duchess of
Baden, aunt of the deceased, appeared leaning en the
arm of his brother, Prince William, while close to the
altar might be seen Princes Frederick Wharles, Albrecht
Alexander and George of Prussia, Prince August of
Witrtemburg, the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Mein-
ingen, and others nearly related to the Royal Family
of Prussia. Many fresh and lovely flower offerings
were deposited by loving hands on the coffin of the
young Prince, conspicuous among which were two
beautiful wreaths of white roses, white camellias,
and passion-flowers, placed there by Lord Odo
Russell by special command of the Queen as a last
loving tribute from Princess Beatrice and herself
to the lost nephew and grandson. The tolling of
the town bells, the solemn strains of the organ, the
booming of cannon, and the signs of grief in the
mourners combined to make an impression which
will not readily be forgotten by those who felt it.
An nrinpnf VEMSI /..,...fteh
on the youth and hopeful promise of the Prince
and the sources of consolation available to his grief-
stricken parents. Not an eye was dry, and after all
was over the Crown Prince threw himself in prayer
before the coffin and kissed the covering that concealed
his son from view. Then, endeavouring to compose
himself, he approached his Royal mother and sister and
assisted them tenderly from their bended knees. After
the mourners had left the church his Highness returned
for a moment with the weeping mother, when both the
afflicted parents muttered a broken prayer over the re-
mains of their son before they were finally deposited
beside the ashes of Prince Sigismund, cut off also in
very budding-time of life."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

LETTER FROM MR. SPURGEON.

On Sunday morning, at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, the
Rev. Jackson Wray officiating, the following letter was read

from Kr. Spurgeon.- :

"MiutToNl3, March 26, 1879."

"Dear Friends—Accept my most loving salutations.
May all grace abound towards each one of you and
I
may your joy and peace be multiplied thereby. feel
daily improving in health and strength; only my
knees remain feeble. I still adhere to my determine-
tion, if the Lord will, to preach on Lord's day, April
13. May His presence, then, be with us. I earnestly
entreat the prayers of all who know how to plead with
God, that when I return among you it may be in the
fulness of the Holy Spirit, and that my usefulness may
be increased a hundredfold. Surely all the sufferings
I have endured, and all the rest I have enjoyed, should
bring forth some good fruit unto God. Yet se feeble
are we that we profit nothing unless the spirit of the
Lord quicken us. By all the affectionate interest
which you have hitherto shown in my ministry, inter-
cede for me, I beseech you, that I may yet be made a
blessing to myriads.—Yours in heartiest love, C. H.
SPURGEON."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

OLDSWINFORD.

VESTRY MEETING.—A vestry meeting was held
in the School room, on the night of the 28th ult.
Mr. W. B. Collis in the chair. There•was a large
attendance. The chairman read the notice calling
the meeting, which was to nominate overseers, and
appoint a surveyor. The following overseers were
nominated :—Messrs. J. Gillam, J. Barlow, W.
Fletcher, and W. Clulee. Mr. W. Fiddian v‘ as re-
elected as surveyor. It was resolved to remove 7
lamps, the division of the roads being now decided
by the Oldswinford and Stourbridge surveyor, and
to erect them in other places. It was also resolved
to purchase a fire proof iron safe, to put the books
and documents in, belonging to the assistant over-
seers and surveyor. A vote of thanks to the
chairman closed the proceedings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

A CURIOUS AND IMPORTANT POINT.

In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, before
the Master of the Rolls, the cause of "Raymond v. Charring.
ton" has been heard, and the case raised a curious and
Important point as to whether certain letters constituted a
binding ante-nuptial contract.—We extract the following
report of the case from Me Times
It appeared that in the month of August, 1869,
Dudley Raymond. then a Lieutenant of her Majesty's
14th Foot in India, proposed to marry the plaintiff, a
daughter of the Rev. Mr. Ellis, of Lucknow, and Mr.
Ellis wrote to Mr. W. C. Raymond, the father of the
intended husband, and who was then in England, re•
questing him to make some settlement on his son. On
the 22nd of September, 1869, Mr. W. C. Raymond
wrote to his son as follows :

" Of course it you marry Miss Ellis she will be to me as a
daughter, and in the event of your death would receive your
share of what property I might lea, at my decease. More
than what I have written to Mr. Ellis I do not see my way
clear to do without injuring your brother and sister; and
you, knowing my affairs, will see it in that light."
A letter had been previously written to Mr. Ellis,
stating that Mr. Raymond would allow his son 2150,
but Mr. Ellis replied that this was not satisfactory,
and Mr. W. C. Raymond again wrote to Mr. Ellis on
the let of December, 1869, as follows
"I am moat anxious that there should be no misunder-
standing between us. I have already told you what I am
disposed to do—namely, to allow Dudley £l6O, and in the
event of your daughter becoming his widow and surviving
me, to leave her the share which Dudley would have taken
under my will. Beyond this I cannot go."
On the same day the marriage was solemnised in India,
Dudley Raymond died in his father's life-time, and his
widow now claimed one-third of W. C. Raymond's
estate, he having made a will whereby Mrs. Raymond
received nothing.
Mr. Chitty, QC., and Mr. White, for Mrs. Dudley
Raymond, contended that the letters constituted a
valid ante-nuptial contract, and that Mrs. Dudley
Raymond was entitled to an equal share with the tea-
t,ator's children.
Mr. Roxburgh, Q. 0., Mr. Inca, Q.C. Mr. Davey,
Q.C., Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Crossley, JAr. Cecil Rus-
sell, and Mr. Mulligan, for the parties interested under
the will, opposed.
The Master of the Rolls said that the letters merely
stated what might happen, and were never meant to
bind Mr. Raymond to give his Eton any definite share
'of his property. The letter of the 22nd of September,
1860, was not agreed to, and the letter of the let of
trecember hail not arrived in India when tbP =Plage
tbok place; to the marriage could ult haVe been toteM.

nized on the faith of it. There was, in fact, no con-
tract, and the claim must be disallowed. It reminded
him of the old saying, "A civilian is worth £3BO a
year, dead or alive."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

AN ECONOMICAL INSTITUTION.

The Eferbcrge, for the protection and shelter of work-
ing women' which is managed by a committee of Ztirich
ladies, must surely be the cheapest institution of the
sort in Europe, if not in the world, (says the Echo).
The second annual report has just appeared, from
which we gather that the house in the Seilergraben has
60 beds, And a kitchen in which meals for 100 persons can
be conveniently prepared. The weekly cost for women
who remain more than eight days, only amounts to
8 francs 40 centimes, or is. a day. A bed for a single
night coats 40 centimes, breakfast 20, dinner 50, and.
supper 30. More than 2,000 guests have been re-
ceived since the publication of the last report, 1,174 of
whom were Swiss women and girls, the remainder
being mostly Germans. The committee are assiduous
In trying to find work in domestic service or elsewhere
for the visitors. Those who obtain places through the
intervention of the institution are expected, after a cer-
tain term, to contribute a donation of 2 franca to its
funds.

The clAronqa to Ct. ..Ar HMSO, Ostisectby the fire,
are eatiate4 atat .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

AY, APRIL 5, 1879

PUBLIC NOTICES.

TN the matter of the " Gls and Waterworks
Facilitisa Ace, 1870.' and of an application of the
Siourbrid4se Wa:erworks Company for a Provisional
Order uuder the said Act.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
THE BOARD OF TRADE HAVE MADE THE
PROVISIONAL ORDER OF WHICH THE
FOLLOWING IS A COPY PREVIOUS TO
ITS BEING INTRODUCED AS A CON-
FIRMATION BILL.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

THE GLASS TRADE DISPUTE.

The question of the reduction of wages in the
glass trade was discussed at a meeting of the men
in Union Hall, Stourbridge, on Monday afternoon
and evening. There were about 400 present, and
the proceedings were at times very animated. The
discussion was private, but the men, or at least a
strong body of them, urge resistance to the reduc-
tion by a strike. Whether they will strike or not
is however, to be determined at a meeting of the
representatives of the whole trade, to be held in
Liverpool in the course of a week or two. Till
then the men in the Midland district will continue
at work under a provisional arrangement made
with the masters, under which the exact rate of
wages they are fo receive will be hereafter deter-
mined.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

SARAH GROVE,

To Masters of Workhouses, Poor Law Officers, Parith
Clerks, and others.

TNFORMATION is required as to the
marriage death or whereabouts of Sarah Grove or
any issue of Sarah Grove. Daughter of the late Charles
and Maria Grove, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire.—The
said Sarah Grove left her home at Stoarbridge in 1838.
and has nset been heard of there since 1843.—She, if
living (or her issue) is entitled under,. her Grandfather
William Nock's Will, and a settlement made by her
Grandmother Sarah Nook to two sums of money stand-
ing in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division.—
On the assumption of her death a Petition has been pre-
sented for payment of these sums to her Brother and
Sister.
Information to be given to Messrs. J. and F. Needham,
of 10, New Inn, London. W.C.

VICTORIA .11ALL ANDItINIE

STOURBRIDGE.

THE RINK IS NOW OPEN DAILY
MORNING EXERCISE 11 to 1
AFTERNOON „ 2.80 „ 5
EVENI G
II - 7 ~ 9.80.

ADMISSION 6d. USE OF SKATES, 6.

• Ne•r4a..
SUM.
TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES,

J. E. c ORNFORD
_
(Late R. THOMBON)
IT A_ MI OPi
LINEN AM) WOOLLEN DRAPER
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING
Made to Order, on the Shortest Notice.
STYLE AND FIT GUA.BANTICHD.
•••••1.10011M..111EP
L UqES' JACKETS, SHAWLS, DRESSES, ege.
14 and lb, BAGLEY bIBEET, 810IIRBIUDGB
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES.

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their
ore legitimate objects of their craft. They
doubt consider the dolphins, which exer-
cliagßveryetdeonhorrguentpitys shmol
e musical powers of Anion, as far beneath
their consideration as the means by which that
musician tempted the sporting " fishes " to come
within his reach, but undesirable as the presence
of these cetaceans may be in the midst of a
shoal of mackerel or of salmon, which they will
Inevitably disperse or destroy, to the chagrin of the
fisherman, they are not without a certain intrinsic
value. At one time, indeed, the dolphin and porpoise
—for they are very nearly allied—were considered
great delicacies, and their flesh was eaten with relish;
in fact, at the present day, there is a certain sale for
"Folkestone beef," which is nothing more than dried
porpoise flesh, Large numbers of these creatures
exist all round the British coasts; and last year they
committed great havoc among the salmon in the Hum-
ber, the Menai Straits, and other narrow waters,
where they had their prey pretty well at their mercy.
Besides the advantage of killing off such destructive
creatures, there is the additional benefit that they
produce articles of commercial value. The skins make
good leather, the blubber affads a useful oil, and
the oil pressed from the liver is of a very superior
quality for, medical uses. The so-called "white
whale," of which a specimen was lately exhibited
alive at the Westminster Aquarium, is nothing more
than a species of porpoise, which is the object of
a regular fishery off the coast of Labrador. The
Canadian fishermen are wise in their genera-
tion in organising annual raids on the shoals of
porpoises which enter the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
and the value of the oil thus obtained is very con-
siderable. Costly expeditions are annually seat out
from Dundee to the Polar; regions in search of whales
—too often with little or no success, and at very great
risk—while the smaller game at our very doers are
despised, notwithstanding the execration in which
they are held by the fishermen. Seamen and fisher-
men are notoriously superstitious, but they can
hardly be suspected of harbouring any sentitaental
ideas about the destruction of the fabulous aril once
venerated dolphin.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

MAY & DECEMBER

Tobias Scattergood, cletk to Davy Mil:er. .. MR. U. DAY
Beck, a pattern Domestic.. MISS AMY L. RUSSELL

MR. E. W. GOUGH
In his Befined American C)loared Imperao'lationg, in-
cluding his Laughing Trio.

After which the Olympic Comic-DrAms,

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.

Sir Arthur Lasselle By the Members of the
Jasper Plum KEUBLE DRAMATIC CLUB
FrederickPium.. Who have kindly volunteered
Harris .. their services.
Toby Twinkle .. .. MR. R DURANT
Martha Gibbs .. „MISS AMY L. RUSSELL
" aszug Jr 'PTV MORRIS
Lady Leitherbtidge MISS MELSGAt

MR. S. SIMMS'S ORCHESTRAL BAND.

Reserved Seats, Ss. Steond Seats, 2s. Promerade, ls.
Gallery 6d.
Doors open at 7 ; Performance to commence at 7.30„
A. plan of the Reserved Seats may be seen and places
scoured of Alessrs. Mark and Moody, Stationers.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

EASTER HOLIDAYS.

ON THURSDAY APUIL 10th, a CHEAP
EXCURSION TRAIN for RUABON, Llan-
gollen, Corvien, Bala, Wrexham, CUESTER, Birken-
head, LIVERPOOL, Stockport, and lANCH ESTER
will leave WoucEsTER at 2 5; Droitwich, 2.17; Kidder-
minster, 2 41; Stourbridge, 3.7; stourport, 2 45; Bewd-
ley, 30; Bri iguorth, 3 38; Coalport, 3.50; Ironbridge,
4 0 p in ; lemming on following Tuesday.

ON EASTER MONDAY, an exoureion train
for BIRMINGHAM will leave WORCESTER
(Shrub Hill), at 10.30 a.m ; Droitwich, 10 42 ; Hartle-
bury, 10 54 ; KIDDERMINSTER, 11.6; aud STOURBRIDGE,
11 35 a m,; returning same evening,

SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE -AT

. OXFORD.
ON GOOD FRIDAY, April 11th, an Excur-
sion Train for OXFORD w,ll leave Dudley at
7,10 Lin; Round Oak, 7.15; Brettell Lane, 7.25; Stour-
bridge, 7.35; Kidderminster, 755; yruitwich, 8.15; and
Worcester (zihrub iiill), 6.30 a m. ; returuing same day.
See special bills.
J.G.ieraon, General Manager.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

A QUEER CONVEYANCE,
OR HOW TO GO TO THE RACE.

"How are you going down?" says Smith to Jones,
as they met in Change Alley.
"In a hansom," replies the latter. "And you?"
"Oh, the governor objects to my being at the race
al ell • we aro a. buay At thy chop '
"Then you are not going ?"
'lndeed / aim 1"
"How then?—on the steamer ?"
" No ! on the sly I "
"But suppose you are found out?"
"Well, I shall go down just the same."
"Pardon me, but you will not."
"What do you mean ? "
"Why, simply that if you are caught, you will then
go dawn an your governor's estimation; and a very dis-
agreeable sort of conveyance you will find it, I should
think."

Tableau and curtain. -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

DOG LICENCE PROSECUTIONS:

The Secretary of State, being of opinion that the
police have special facilities for conducting the prose-
cution of persons for not taking out dog licences, and
that it will be for the public interest that the police
should avail themselves of the powers of section 23 of
the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1878, has just
issued an order that the police are to enforce the law
Imposing a penalty of £5 for keeping a dog without a
licence, or a greater number of dogs than the number
licensed, and are to make inquiries in cases of complaint
against persons for keeping dogs without a licence. If
a person complained against does not produce a licence
within a reasonable time, he or she will be liable to a
penalty of £5. Constables are to be specially em-
Rloyed, if necessary, with the sanction of the Commis-
sioners, to detect persons evading the law. Upon con-
victim one half of the penalty is to go to the Commi.s•
goners of Inland Revenue, and the ether ball for the
benefit of the Police Superannuation Fund. No
prosecutions are to be instituted in the month of
January, as licences terminate on the 31st of December,
and a reasonable time will thus be given to owners of
dogs to take out or renew licences.
The police orders of the 7th of July, 1874, and 13th
of April, 18719, as to "dogs, have been cancelled.

COSTIIMM YOB TEE Com WIWTHEB. John Bat
with his Cape on his back I—Pursc7ze
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

quiet.' I went to pay her when they were removing the
goods. She refused to take the money and thought there
was something wrong. I vent back into the house and
told Church tnere was some noise being made. He said,
' I'll go to Porter and say I think there is aomething
wrong abDut this. Don't move the things.' Church
added, Ton will have to clear out and go to your friends;'
and I left soon after. lit knew where I was going. He
gave me a card with his aldress, and said I was to write
to him, and he would i,top at home and brazen it out. This
was on Tuesday, the 19th, and I reached my 'uncle's house
on the following Friday aright. I wrote to Church to his
address in Hammersmith, telling him I had arrived safely.
Before leaving it was partly arranged that I should remain
at home for about three weeks; that he would send me
money to come back with, sad then we were to go to
Amerma. I never laid a hand on Mrs. Thomas, and had
nothing to do with murdering her; but I knew Church had
done it All the money in the house belonging to Mrs.
Thomas was a a note and is. This note I changed at a
fishmonger's in Rtchmond. Church and Porter were with
me at the time. I intend to tell the whole truth, as Ido
not see why I should he blamed for what Courch has done
I would not accuse my greatest enemy of anything wrong,
let alone a friend, which Church has been to me up till
now."

Mr. Pollard farther ststed that the prisoner Webster had
made an addition but pith that he would not now trouble
the Court.

Robert Porter, 16, was then called. He said—My father
is Henry Porter, and I live with my parents at 10, Rose-
gardens, Hammersmith. I lave known the prisoner as
" Kate " from her living next door to us In Rose-gardens.
I was asked by Kate to carry a box. She was at my
father's house on the 4th of March, and she said to my
father, "Harry, will you ht Bob come with me to
Richmond ? " This was about half-past six in the evening,
and my father allowed me to in on her saying that I should
return quickly that night. Ste had a Us& bag with her.
She, my father, and I left our louse about seven o'clock, and
she said that she wanted to tee a friend over Hammer-
smith-bridge at Barnes. We tlree went towards the bridge.
I carried the bag as far as the ' Angel " publichouse, King.
street, Hammersmith. Then my lather carried it, for I
found it heavy. We went to tie " Oxford and Cambridge"
beerhouse, in the Bridge-road, Hammersmith. We had some
beer, and the prisoner said, ":11 take the bag now." Father
said, "It's heavy; I'll carry 11;" but she said, "Oh, no; I'll
carry it," and took it. We vatted at the beerhouse while
she went towards the bridge. She came back to us in ten
minutes or a quarter of an bur, and said she had seen her
friend. She showed us some photographs—one the size of a
shilling. The landlady also saw them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 16th,

•-
?Jr. H. DAY wilt appelr as Tobias Scattergood .
The Pirformatice will coo:mecca with the Popn ar
itob.,inian Comedy Drama, originally p!ayel at the
Prince of Wales Theatre. Birmingham, entitled.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1879

OLD HILL.

DRUNKENNESS. At the Police Court, on Wed-
nesday, before Mr. R. L. Freer, Elijah Hingley was
charged with being drunk on the 29th ult, at Haden
Hill. Police-constables Rowlands and Parker proved
the offence and said defendant inade use of abusive
language, Fined 5s and costs.—Matthew Evans was
charged with a similar offence on th 9 30th ult, at
Rowley Village. Police-constable Styles proved the
case and defendant was fined 2s 6d and cdsts..—Ben-
jamin Pearson was fined 2s 6d and costs for dru~2k-
enness on the 29th ult, at Five Ways. Cradley Heath.
Police-constable Gaskin proved the charge.—Joseph
Parkes, an old offender, was charged with being
drunk on the 29th ult, at HaleEowen Street, Old Hill.
Mr W. S. Hayes defended. Police-constable Row-
lands proved the case and defendant was fined lOs
and costs.
THREATS.—Benjamin Tranter was summoned for
using threatening language towards Lucy Tarrant.
Case dismissed.

•
HARVINGTON.
HARVINGTON STOCK SAM—Mr. Joscelyne held
his monthly sale of fat and store stock, at the Dog
Inn, on Tuesday last, which was well supplied by a
superior quality of Stock, viz.-175 fat sheep, 32
head of cattle, a quantity of pigs, and several fat•
calves, sent by Jno. Harward, Esq., (Winterfold) ;
S. Hollii s, Esq., (Sion House) • P. A. Williams,
Esq.; Messrs. W. Nicholls; T. House);
C. Blakeway,
J. A. Cooke F. Blakeway, Mrs. Blakeway, T.
Boulter, P. flaskew, Lawley, Lippitt, Tudge, and
others. Eight fat heifers and bullocks, belonging
to
Mr. Haile-, (Harvington), averaged £l9 2s 6dper
he td; 2 shorthorn bullocks, belonging to T. Wight
Esq., (The Monks). made £3l 5s Od, and £24 5s 0:1,
the former being purchased by Mr. Wagstaff, of
Droitwich. Fat tr,gs made 57s 6d per head; ewes,
67s 6d. There was a large attendance of purchasers
from all parts, and the stock made good prices.
This sale has been established now nearly 12 months
and still continues to be successful, it being held in
the centre of a good feeding district, and easy of
access for purchasers to attend. It is hoped the sale
will continue to grow as up to the present,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

REPORT OP TFIE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

Nzw
BUILDINGS.—PIan9 for the erection of two
new houses at the Gig Mill, subject to them being
in accordance with the byelaws, particularly the
height of the bedrooms. The following letters were
laid before your committee, viz.—From Mr Lovatt
and W. Owen, CE., respecting Foster Street; from
Mr. Grazebrook, respecting broken cinders; from
Mr. Roberts, C.E., respecting the sewage of the
town; from Mr. Marcy, respecting Enville Street;
from Mr. W. W. Webb, respecting catch pit in his
field.

NEW CEILETERY.—The proposed plan and scale of
fees and charges were laid before your committee.
The clerk read a letter he had received from the
gas company, in answer to the One sent by the clerk,
asking them to reduce the price of gas. The letter
stated that the directors had considered the ques-
tion, and could not deviate from the one previously
sent to the commissioners, and said the company
were willing to increase the illuminous power of
gas, one candle. This would be equal to a still
further reduction., (laughter.)
The clerk next read a letter he had received from
Mr. Owen, engineer to the Great Western Railway
Company, with regard to Foster Street, and the
work to be done by the Railway Company, and to
the work to be done in Church Street. The clerk
said that he did hope that Foster Street would have
been opened that Gay, as it was important, and he
might say that he thought it would be open for
traffic on Wednesday.
Mr. Allsop called the attention of the Board to
the short turn in Foster Street. He was afraid that
if some alteration was not made, there would be a
smash some day. He had seen Mr. Leadbury, who
he thought would be willing to treat with the COM-
missioners to sell a portion of his land, and so widen
the street. A plan was produced showing what
alterations could be made. The plan was referred
to the Railway Committee.
The Clerk read several letters he had received
from Mr. Roberts, C.E., with reference to the drain-
age of the town. The Clerk said he had written to
Mr. Roberts stating that the Cemmissioners were
not in a position to go on with the Sewage matter,
and asking him to send in his charge for his report:
Mr. Roberts replied that his charge for the reports
and expenses was fifty guineas, and as he thought
the Board met on the last Monday in the month, he
should be glad to receive a cheque by the 41st. The
Clerk said he had written to ask Mr. Roberts for
details ot his charges.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

THE LONDON ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

Last Batur3ay, as nearly as could be ascertained,
900 engineers on strike in London received relief pay, an
analysis showing that of that number 530 were society
and 370 non-society men. One shilling each was paid for
760 children of society men, and 460 childrem of non-
society men—in all for 1,220 children. The maximum
weekly amount paid the engineers was 155., with is.
for each child; but it appears that the Central Exe-
cutive Committee expect to be able, through the pro-
mised action of other trades, to increase the amount
of relief pay in the course of a few weeks, probably to
20s. a head. Close upon £BOO was disbursed in strike
pay last Saturday, which brings the total amount paid
to men on strike during the seven weeks they have
been out to over £6,000.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FOOD

SUPPLY.

Last week them were again, no arrivals of live stock
at Liverpool from the United States or Canada, no
doubt owing to the operation of the provisions of the
new cattle regulations, which require that all cattle
from the above-named places shall be slaughtered on
the quay. There was, however, an Increase in the
quantity of both fresh beef and mutton last week when
oompared with the previous one. The steamers
were :—The Wisconsin, with 2,220 quarters of beef
and 650 carcasses of mutton; Nevada, 1,742 quarters of
beef and 450 carcases of mutton; Athens, 1,048 quarters
of beet; Republic, 704 quarters of beef and 300 car•
oases of mutton; and City of Bristol, 776 quarters of
beet 200 carcases of mutton, and 205 dead pigs. The
totals were :-6,490 quarters of beef, 1,600 carcases of
1 matton, and 205 dead pigs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

THE COTTON TRADE.

Last Saturday afternoon the adjourned meiting of
weavers from all parts of North and Nwth•East
Lancashire affected by the proposal of the misters in
the cotton trade to reduce the wages of operatives by
a further reduction of 5 per cent, was hell in the
Exchange hall, Blackburn, to decide finally what
course they should take. A ballot was tale!). on the
question whether there should be a strike, with the
following rerun ;—Against a strike, 474; fr a strike,
373; majority against a strike, 101. This riay, there-
fore, be said practically to be a settlement of the
wages dispute for the present, as there is very little
doubt that the spinning and carding bran:Ales of the
trade, who have been waiting to see whatthe weavers
would do, will abide by their decision.

On Tuesday evening the operative spielers of Black-
burn held a meeting, and decided to submitto the proposal
of the masters in the cotton trade to flirt& reduce wages 5
percent,, with a proviso that when trade renved the masters
would cancel both this and the 10 per ceit, taken off last
year. The oard-room hands have passed asimilar resolution.
This completes the submission of all brpiches of the cotton
trade in the Blackburn district.

Some rare animals have reached Jalais on their way
from China to the Jardin des Plantes t Paris under the care
of fire Weedsls. They comprise a stiffalo, two ostriches,
and a- claim_ oxen which. present retemblince to any
European breed, being white, hdrlAu, ablitit Wee feet in
height, and with longsilky hair.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

A LECTURE

Will be delivered in Aid of the Wollaston Church Fund,
as above, by the
REV. A. S. MACLEAN.
Vicar of Longton.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

ITALESOWEN.

OPENING OF A BAPTIST CHAPEL.—OLI Monday
afternoon the first sermon was preached in a place
of worship which has been just built by the Baptists
of Halesowen. The service was conducted by the
Rev. H. Plotteri, of Birmingham, and the Rev. J.
N. Rootham, of Stourbridge.—Mr. T. Adams pre-
sided at a meeting held in the evening, at which it
was stated that the site of the chapel cost £lOO,
and the building itself £250. towards which £llO
had been collected.

THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SUNHAT LIQUOR
TRAFFIC.—On Monday night a meeting was held
in the Infant School Room for the advocacy of the
_suppression of the Sunday liquor traffic. There
was a full attendance, and Mr. E. Gem, who pre-
sided, was supported by the Ven. Archdeacon
Hone, the Revs. E. Hacking, A. Moon, H. Hardy,
Messrs. B. Hingley, T.P., H. Howard, J.P., and
others,—ln opening the meeting Mr. Gem said the
Central Association under whose auspices it was
held was a most.important one, and the results of
its.action would be most beneficial to the country.
He saw from the annual report that 200 meetings
had been held in different places, and there were
only thirty-five persons who dissented from the
principles enunciated. With few exceptions the
publicans themselves were in favour of Sunday
closing, while where steps had been taken to as-
certain the feeling of the people, it was found that
on an average only 10 per cent. were dissentients.
Whereever tested it was found that the great desire
of the people :was that the public-houses should
be closed —(hear, hear), It must be palpable to
everyone that there was a vast amount of drunken-
ness, which if it went on unchecked would be the
ruin of the country; and he therefore hoped the
influence of the people would be exerted upon
members of Parliament so that any measure brought
forward with that object should pass.—The Rev. S.
Knell, who attended the meeting as a deputation
gave an address, and other speakers followed.—
The usual resolutions protesting against the
Sunday traffic were passed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

THE MINING ACCIDENTS IN GREAT
BRITAIN AND PRUSSIA.

The Pall Mall Gazette remarks.—" The labours of
the Mines Accident Commission give special interest
to a comparison, based on facts supplied by a technical
paper, as to the comparative frequency of mining
accidents in Great Britain and Prussia. In Prussia it
appears that from the coal mines in 1877, there were
produced 94,891 tons of coal for every life lost, while
In Great Britian 118,778 tons of coal are produced for
every life lost. But Prussia produces only about a
fourth of the coal that Great Britain does, and to do this
she needs to employ a larger number of miners ; still, it
it is found that the deaths in Prussia amount to 1 for
every 443 persons employed about and in the mines;
while in Great Britain there is 1 death to every 423
persons employed. In reo-nt years Prussia has gained
in the scale of comparative immunity from accident,
while in Great Britain the movement has been in the
other direction. The source of the lose of life may
be more fully indicated by the detailed eomparison,
from which it anpeare that in Great Britain
there were 1,152 accidents, and in Prussia 439 acci-
dents. Taking the percentage, it appears that in Great
Britain `L9 60 per cent, of the accidents were due to
explosions, and in Prussia only 5.01 per cent.; from
falls of stone and coal we had 36.63 per cent, of acci-
dents, and the Pruasians 39.4 Z per cent.; of accidents
in shafts, Great Britain had 10.77 per cent., and Prue-
id& 14.81 per cent., while the miscellaneous under-
ground accidents were hare 14.93 per cent., and in
Prussia 31 89 ; the accidents on the surface being in
Great Britain 8.07 per cent., and in Prussia 8,88 per
cent."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

THE REPORTERS' GALLERY AT
WASHINGTON.

The Washington correspondent of the New Yark Tribune,
writing on the 18th of March, says
The reporters' gallery of the House is nominally
reserved for the use of correspondents, whose duties
require them to watch the proceedings of Congress.
The number of these gentlemen is so great that there
are not seats enough to accommodate them all, and
cards of admission not entitling the holders to seats
are issued to some. On ordinary occasions, the
rule excluding persons not journalists from the
reporters' gallery is pretty well enforced. As
not half of those who are entitled to be there
are in the gallery at one time, there is seldom a
crowd. But on extra occasions every correspondent
in Washington is on hand, and those who have
work to do are, under the most favourable circum-
stances, subjected to great inconvenience. Of this
there is no complaint; but it has also become the
custom of the Speaker when all other galeries are full
to issue orders to members for the admission of their
friends to the reporters' gallery until it becomes the
worst crowded portion of the House, and work there
becomes an absolute impossibility. On the last day of
the late session the jam of outsiders in the reporters'
gallery was so great that those who were.in could not
move, and a correspondent who was outside not only
found his seat occupied by some lobbyist, department
clerk, or friend of a member, but was unable to reach
it at all. To-day doorkeeper Field gave several
hundred cards of admission to the reporters' gallery.
A few correspondents who went early got their seats,
but each of them was obliged to work for more than
four hours bearing up the weight of three or four
outsiders who leaned upon him, and it was impossible
to move or even sit erect. Many of the correspondents
of leading journals of the country, to whom are assigned
some of the best seats in the gallery, but who did not
arrive until about noon, were unable to get inside the
door, and except for their admission to the floor (in
violation of the rules) they would have known no more
of what was going on in the house than if they had
not been at the Capitol at all. If this evil grows as
rapidly as it has recently done, the correspondents of
the leading journals of the country will soon become
the only class of men who are excluded from the
reporters' gallery, and the only ones who are denied
the opportunity of witnessing the proceedings of the
House.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

DUDLEY,

MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL ON TUESDAY.
The Mayor (Alderman North) presided on Tuesday
evening at a quarterly meeting of the above Council,
and there was a large attendance.—An analysts of the
water from the Corporation sinking for baths showed
that the liquid was specially fitted for washing put-
poses,—The medical Officer reported 82 deaths in the
month, or a death-rate of 22.8 per 1,000. Scarlatina
had carried off 10 and fever 2.—The report, of the.
Streets and Gas Committee recommended that a pro.
posed tramway in the Birmingham-road should not be
allowed. Alderman Bagott thought it would be a
great privilege to Lord Dudley, and should be granted
to him, because he was the largest ratepayer. The
report of the committee, with the exception of the
portion relating to the tramway, was adopted.—
Several reports of no public interests were read and
adopted.—The Clerk reported that the estimates
showed a want of £12,964 16s. 2d. for the year, and
a 2s. 6d. rate would: be necessary This was agreed
to.
THE GUEST HOSPITAL-6n Tu,,sday, at a meeting
of subscribers, Mr. M. A. Messiter, M. R, C. S., was
elected an honorary medical officer of the above
Hospital. Mr, Messiter received 141 votes, against
41 for Mr, Ber, of Rowley.
DEATH FROM BURNS.—Elizabeth 'Tones (10), Scott's
Building, Dudley Port, was admitted to the Guest
Hospital, Dudley, on Saturday, suffering from severe
burns, and she died on Sunday afternoon. Deceased
and other children were playing upon an ash bank and
she was accidently pitched into the fire. -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

TRADESMEN AND CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETIES.

An adjourned meeting of the conference of dele-
gates from vestries and district boards with reference
to the question of Crown servants engaging in trade
was held in London, on Monday evening, at the offices
of the Westminster Board of Works, in Great Smith-
street, to take into consideration a report issued by the
executive committee. Mr. Z. D. Berry, chairman of
the conference, presided.

The committee reported that they had sent a copy
of the minutes of proceedings of the conference to the
governing authorities of cities and towns within the
'United Kingdom, and to the members of the House of
Commons. Many of the municipalities had fully
concurred in the views of the Conference.

On (the motion of Sir C. Russell, M.P., a Select
Committee had been appointed "to inquire into the
constitution and operation of certain societies trading
under the name of co-operative stores' and to ascertain
whether they are exempted from the taxes or imposts
to which the trading community are liable." The
executive committee, having had an interview with
the members for Westminster on the subject, were
preparing evidence to be laid before the Select Com-
mittee of the House of Commons. In conclusion,
they recommended that the Prime Minister should
be asked to receive a deputation from the Conference,
and submitted a statement of observations upon the
whole question of Crown servants conducting trades.
This statement testified to the disastrous consequences
which would result from a continuance of the present
system, and asserted that the federation formed by
public officials must be resisted. Crown servants, he
maintained, enjoyed exceptional privileges, but they
were not free agents, and therefore ought not to be
allowed to act in the double capacity of well-paid
public officials and vendors of general merchandise.
The advantages which they enjoyed as an honoured
and protected class must necessarily be discontinued
if they persisted in entering into competition
with tradesmen. It was evident that if the shops
or stores of Crown servants were destitute of special
privileges, and forced to succumb to the inexorable
laws of political economy, they would not have
succeed in producing so much mischief as had been
done through them. The statement argued, besides,
that the regulations and restrictions of the service had
been set at nought, and that the theory of Crown ser-
vants conducting trades was inadmissible and indefen-
sible. The allegation of carrying on the stores merely
because exorbitant charges were made by certain
trAdesmen was a frivolous excuse in these dal s of
eager competition. In conclusion, taxpayers were in-
vited to support the action of the metropolitan dele-
gates in their endeavour to bring the question to an
issue.
After a brief d'iscussion, the report was adopted, and
the conference then adjourned until the result of the
application to the Prime Minister was known.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

KIDDERMINSTER.

THE INDUSTRIAL CO OPERATIVE SOCIETY.—The
report of the above for the last quarter shows that
the sales during that time amounted to £12,822
2s. 11d., and yielded a profit of £1,391 is. El. This
enabled the committee to recommend a di\ .iend of
is. 9d. in the pound on the members' and Ii if the
amount on the non-members' cheques brought in.
Ninety-one members had been enrolled during the
quarter and seventy-nine had withdrawn. The
total number on the books is 2,664. The amount
added to the reserve fund is £72 Bs. 6d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday:

There was but a small attendance to-day and
trade was dull, merchants preferring to wait
until quarter-day before incurring fresh obliga-
tions. Sales were only for early wants. In
marked bars, common bars, and boiler plates
there was scarcely anything doing. Some fair
sales, however, were made of sheets, tin plates,
strips, and some of the smaller sizes of iron.
The prices for these articles were firm, and
there is no likelihood of their being altered at
the quarterly meeting next Wednesday.. In the
pig branch the business transactions were
almost entirely in the foundry line, forge pigs
being nearly a drug on the market. Some of
the ironfoanders were buying for forward de-
livery at the present cheap rates, below which it
is unlikely that they will be able to buy again.
Cinder pigs were a little more sought after, but
only in small quantities. For best thick coal
there was a stronger demand, consequent on the
threatened flooding of the Tipton mines, which
though disastrous to the owners of those mines,
would considerably enhance the value of the
property of the colliery-owners on the Dudley
side of the district. A general belief, however,
prevails that the money necessary to keep the
engine going in the Tipton district will be
subscribed upon commissicners' bonds, and that
the serious calamity that was feared will, if not
wholly, be partly averted. A circular has been
issued by the railway companies carrying goods
to London, which states that after the Ist May
next they will discontinue the payment of dock
dues and wharfage charges. This decision of
the companies will make a difference of is. per
ton, and will prevent delivery being quoted free
on board. The Chamber of Commerce is to be
called together to consider the new difficulty
thrown in the way of the trade of the district.

If there is any Lady or Gentleman who has not yet
tried BUDDEN'S BALSAM of HOREHOUND and
COLTSFOOT for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, or any
affection of the Chest or Lungs. let them do so at once,
and they will find that one dose will give relief, and owl
bottle, in moat eases, effect a most complete cure. Don't
be persuided to teke any other kind. Bottles is. lad
41 a 2s. 9,1. Agents for Stourbridge Mr. J. IL Bland'
75, High Streo, and Mr. B. Hughes, 154, High Street
Pharmaceutical Chemists.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-05

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

In an Indiana church She best-looking young ladies
are selected to pass the contribution boxes. The idea is not
patented or England, and on be adopted free ot charge.
"If you want tew git at the circumference ov a
man," says Josh Billings, ',examine him amung men • but if
you want tew et at biz aktual diameter, measure himl at his
fireside."

A New Haven wife has petitioned for separation, on
the strong and satisfactory ground that her huiband "hasn't
any style about him."
A Santa Fe paper gives twelve years' subscription
for a male and two for a dog.
Josh Billings wishes to know if it takes long to dis-
cover which is the one, when a clergyman has made a
woman and man one.
A Chicago man advertises for a wife with a know-
ledge of music, and remarks that no 'Maiden's Prayer" or
"Sliver Threads" kind of a girl will answer.
"That's our family tree" said an Arkansas youth
as he pointed to a vigorous hemlock, and added, "A good
many of our folks have been hung on that tree, for
borrerin' bosses after dark."

The editor of Cincinnati Saturday Night discovered
that his girl wore two sets of gold-mounted false teeth, and
he sat d.own and wrote a poem entitled, "Rich and rare
were the gums the wore."
The Chicago Journal thinks there is a great and
growin demand in this colmtry for girls whose front names
do not end in "is." It wants to go back to the days of plain
UV'