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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

COST *OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.

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A supplementary Civil Service Estimate was issued
on Saturday morning for the sum of £130,091. The
chief amounts are £38,073 for the County Court
Department, principally additional salaries; £lB,BOO
-for grants in aid of certain colonies; £13,000 for
national education buildings in Ireland; £12,000 for
Irish science and art Imtildtngs ; £7300 for English
police; and £6550 for County Court officers and
magistrates in Ireland, £4375 being on account of the
additional expenses and salaries of resident magis-
trates. The Civil Service -Appropriation Accounts for
the year ended March 31st last show that the total
;rant was £20,085,435, while the expenditure was
28,684,142 leaving a surplus of £401,292.

AN Oswego woman horsewhipped a young, man
for kissing her daughter. Beats all how jealous women
are.
LIES dat ain't pulled up by de roots at lust, choke
de truf jis' as weeds do wheat in a fiel' dat a lazy man
cult'vates. •
• "PRAY don't let me disturb you," said a six:foot
Texan, as he dropped into a chair in the editorial
rooms of the Daily Bulldozer and coolly - levelled an
army revolver at the head of the editor. " I merely
called to ask an explanation of the personal paragraph
referring to Col. Kilgore in the last Bulldozer." "You
are not disturbing. me at all, sir," replied the editor,
calmly, as he removed an exchange from the table and
disclosed a double-barrelled shot gun, loaded ,with
slugs, pointed directly at the colonel's manly bosom.
"You see," continued the editor, playing a tattoo with
his jewelled fingers upon the triggers, "we are so
overrun with obituaries that we have very little time
to invest'.gate" But the colonel had Clisappeared,
and,the silence of the sanctum was broken only by
the sound of some, one falling down the steep and
gloomy stairway and bringing up against the street
door.
A GENTLEMAN travelling in a Pullman palace car in
Pennsylvania happened to say that lie was from
Texas. "Do you live in the western portion of the
State ?" asked a man opposite. "I do." "In Tom
Green county ?" "That's my county." "Live near
Carson ?" "That's my town. "Perhaps you know
my brother, William Henry Jones ?" "Know him?
Gimme your hand, stranger. I helped to hang
William Henry the night before I left. He was a
horse thief, but a good one."
THERE iS to be a national convention of tailors fa
Cincinnati. The goose will hang high over 0136
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gatherlng,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

A.

ONE AGAINST TWENTY.

Charles Moore, 24, a plateman ; William Pollard, 21,
occupation not tendered; and Robert Cripps, 20,
tobacconist, were charged at Marlborough - street,
London, on Saturday, with disorderly bebavour and
committing a series of assaults in the neighbourhood
of Charing-cross-road. The evidence was to the effect
that shortly after midnight an elderly man, named
Alfred Watkins, was proceeding along Shaftesbury-
avenue, when he was knocked down from
.behind,
without having seen or spoken to anybody. Con-
stable Church noticed Moore running from the
direction of where Watkins was lying and pursued
him as far as Oxford-street. Here, however, the
policeman was, so he said, savagely attacked by the
three prisoners and some others to the number
altogether of about twenty. These had, it
was said, previously been amusing themselves by
bonnetting everybody who passed by. Church seized
.Moore, whom they tried to rescue, Cripps striking the
policeman, knocking him down, and kicking him. He,
however, blew. his whistle, and several constables
came to his assistance. A .11-lan named Dealey had
Previously " collared " Moore, and received several
blows in Consequence, being eventually compelled to
let go his boll, while another and sturdier person met
with similar treatment; and it was not, indeed, until
the arrival of the other policemen that even the three
prisoners were secured. When in dock they said they
had o ;witnesses to call, but denied their guilt. Mr.
Mansfic:ld said Moore must go to prison for six weeks
with hard labour,- and the other men must pay a fine
of £76, OD be imprisoned for a month.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

KIDDERMINSTER.

BOAP.D OP GIIARDIANB.—Mr. Boycott presided at
the fo:tni4htly tneAing of the Board on Tuesday.—
On the recommendation of the Viviting Committee,
it eras reeolve 1 .0 obtain a t ow Cornish is tor
the woikhou,e, and to have the existing etesel pipes
covered.—A. le ter wit 4 read from •he Kin's Norion
Boa:d, pointing out that rate collectors' sa!aries bad
largely increased of late, and were in many eases in
excess of the eervices these cancers rendered. The
KiddermiastAr Guardians wee invltcd to join in
pelitioniag for s stntory power to revise sush eater-
ies frocu time to time. Bonvis of Guardians being
powerless in the inatt,r at pressle. 0 i tae sugges-
tion of the Chairnime, the letter was laid on tno
t,ible.—Sthne communications were read with to
gard to the proposed sendiux out of some boys to
Canada, and it was resolve,' to seed them out
through the a zency at Br minehani in which Mr.
Miditemore takes so warm an interest .rtle
resigu.stion of the soh° •lnaswer, Nix. Pritchard, was
received, and the C malrrnn evpres.ed re g et that he
was leaving. his 'int Os havin,r, been dis,:hsrged in
th • most satisfactory ma •n• r.
Trtx timcilittsr Lvr.ci outs.—The fifth lentare of
this seri..-s was t iv,la on Monday !lira, in the Town
Uall, aod there wa • us usual a v-ry large attenliuc.
Ald•irinan 0. W Grosvenor preside& and iu'roduced
the locturer, Dr. Andre w W:tsou, of Kdinbargh,
whose rubj,et was, •• Toe Heaii, an-i Its Work 11
Bioo(l•6retliation." Th 3 character of the lectures as
seienco lei.l;ur.-s for thQ e pla was tally maul mined
in th,.• one give-r bf Dr Wilton, whose lucid and
abh, treatment of P,ii4 e.,l:lject eheite-I frequent ap-
plsose.—A most hearty vuto of thanks was pissed
to him at the close.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

A BRIDE'S STRANGE SUICIDE.

Mrs. Brown, the daughter of a Church of England
clergyman at Brisbane, mysteriously disappeared
during her voyage to England with her husband, to
whom she was newly married. At first Mrs. Brown
appeared in excellent spirits and delighted her fellow-
passengers with her playing on the piano and singing.
The steamer having called at the Queensland ports,
Mrs. Brown, without any assignable reason, became
very much depressed, and she was put under the
care of the surgeon of the ship. When the ship was
one day out from Batavia she told the captain she was
not feeling very well She then retired to her cabin,
and this was the last see or heard of her. Twenty
minutes later the stewardess went to Mrs. Brown's
cabin, and, not obtaining any answer to her request for
admittance, entered the cabin, which, to her surprise,
she found empty. The port, which had been pre-
viously closed, was open, and Mrs. Brown's bonnet
and cloak were on the couch. As soon as Mrs. Brown
was reported missing every search was made through..
out the ship, which was stopped, but no trace could
be found of her. It is supposed that she committed
4004 by ji-miong ovorboara through the eabhl pprt,
A I?)..Tiqi9 WWI 06ontly mairnod, trroetoloi-4 14 3
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

A THEATRE BURNT DOWN.

At one o'clock on Tuesda'Y afternoon a fire broke
out inlhe Union-square Theatre, at New York, where
Messrs. Robson and Crane, the comedians, were play-
ing in a piece called "The Henrietta," and in a very
short space of time the building was a ruin. Fortu-
nately., the theatre was empty, but the fire spread to
Morton House, 'which forms part Of the same build-
ing, and the fifth floor of the hotel, which was directly
over the stage of the Union-square, was totally des-
troyed. The guests at Morton House were much
frightened, and something like a panic occurred, but
no one was hurt. A serious,accident happened,'how-
ever, while the tire brigade were essaying to master
the flames in the theatre. Part of the blazing roof
suddenly fell with a terrific crash,' and six firemen
were struck and Much burned., /he Star ,Theatre,
where Mr. Irving and Miss Ellen Terry are performing,
was in great danger at one tinie;btit in the
.end t was
saved from injury. The lose et property is estiipAted
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

ONE PHASE OF CONVICT LIFE.

DEATH FROM EXPOSUKE.
William Robson, a convict under sentence of ten
years' penal servitude, has just died from exposure to
the cold in Portland prison. An inquest was held on
the body. It transpired that the deceased was en-
gaged with other men on what is called light work—
wheelin,.; barrows on in inclined plane; and Whilst so
engaged was observed to be lagging behind. He was
spoken to by one of the warders, who asked him if he
could not do his work. Ile replied, "Yes," but half
tn huar later, in returning with an empty barrow, he
fell, and died almost immediately. It was stated by
two convicts that the warder told the deceased to put
down his name to see a doctor, and that the warder
wanted to remove him. Deceased, however, refused
the offers. One convict stated that he did not think
the weather was fit for convicts to be sent out to
work. He should, he added, struggle with
his work and avoid seeing a doctor if
possible, as he should lose his marks, and
he would rather have hard labour, on account of
losing diet if he went on light labour. Dr. Lilley, the
principal medical officer of the prison, said that in his
opinion deceased died from syncope, brought on by
intense cold. The jury returned a verdict in accord-
ande with the ma.cal evidence, and, as a rider, ex-
pressed their opinion that greater caution should be
exercised in sending convicts out to labour in un-
mable weather, having regard to the exposed
position of the works. They requested that their
, recommendation should be forwarded to the governor
of the prison.
Viiihos IA) et .

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A BIG DECK CARGO. -
4
Captain Fry, of the steamship City of Lincoln, was
charged before the Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrate
with having arrived at Liverpool from New Orleans
With a deck cargo of 3404 cubic feet of timber, con-
trary to the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act.
Mr. Paxton, who prosecuted, said that when the City
of Lincoln arrived on the 10th inst. there were 3404
cubic feet of oak timber on the deck, this representing
34 tons. William henry Leslie, shipwright to the
'Board of Trade, stated that the timber was on the
main deck between the front of the poop and the end
of the forecastle. The average height was perhaps
not more than 14in. ; there was only a single tier of
-i:imber. The defendant said that a single tier of
timber on a ship of 3000 tons laden with cotton would
not imperil the safety of the steamer. „However, he
• would plead guilty of the offence, but lie wished to
say that lie had no intention of infringing the Act, or
of imperilling the safety of the steamer. Mr. Paxton:
But there were 34 tons of timber on deck. The de-
fendant: I dispute that. Ultimately, a fine of 4
was imposed with costs.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

SETTLEAIENT OF AN AGRARIAN

DISPUTE.
The long pending dispute betweed Sir Henry Burke,
of Marble-hill, and his tenants in the Loughrea dis-
trict has just been settled. Twelve months ago the
plan of cArlpaign was adopted on the estate. The
settlement now arrived at is substantially as follows:
Five tenants who were evicted to be reinstated, and
the value of their crops to be settled by the Rev. P. J,
Flanagan, Sir 11. Burke, and L. Egan; all tenants who
pay one sc.ar's rent before April 1 to have 25 per
cent. reduction, and those owing more than one year
to have a proportionate reduction on the amount:paid.
The legal proceedings taken to be withdrawn upon the
tenants paying one year's rent, less 25 per cent. Law
costs to be forgiven. The cost of maintaining evicted
tenants since eviction to be borne by Sir H. Burke,
the 'pill not tr) 07(M5d £lOO. kart of tho Watt) 14
ppar Woalfc24, lateqy took out 70
opttropt tiocriva, 'the toitol4 110144 1)(Oppe tg
VICttoM
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03


A Large and Well-selected Stock 01

ME E SCII A Li P 1

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II 0 L 1) t: s

BRIAR AND OTHER
BIZGANT CIGAR CAtliX,
WillS'S, Cope't,;

Arch er's,

INI) OTHEr

PI PE:I
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

CASUALS IN CHINA.

China is undoubtedly an interesting Country ; but
visitors had better not include the casual ward at
Pekin among their objects for inspection. Here is a
picture of one night in it :—" Nearly eight hundred
people are congregated there, the weather at present
being so intensely cold that sleeping out of doors is
impossible. On an average about fifty people occupy
the great brick platform which, in each room, supplies
the place of a bed. They are expected to lie there
'straight as a corpse,' and when they seem to be as
closely packed as herrings in a barrel, an attendant
comes along, and with his heavy feet presses two
apart till atl Lird can be wedged between. Ventilation
there is none; in many of the rooms no air comes in
except when some one enters or leaves the apartment.
So oppressive is the air that men and boys by the
score prefer the risk of freezing to death in the rooms
which have neither brick platforms for beds nor paper
pasted ovet the empty window-frames." No wonder.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

11.N.L.E3OWEN.

A•sluvriso A WIFN —At the Lialesewen Pollee
Court on Tuesday, %Valiant 'ruberrilla Of Stour-
bridge Road, Haissomea, was charged wiTh aveatat-
ing Jai wiio on the 14tn last. Harriet Tub,irville,
..vrta. said that for 5..) na past she lihd bon sub-
jected to a series of assaults from her linamnd
wit in he was intozient:d Oa the I ith inst. ; rhesher
rot a khife and ran her with it and threatened what
ha ',you'd do for her. \Vitae.' we., ohnpelled to se:ik
refuge at a neigh eater. sari ia ronsequenco of his
brutality towards her she *se afraid to lire with itim.
She therefore asked tn• Bench to grant a separation
order. The Be,.eh granted au order of separatiea,
and directed the pritiner to pay 7e. 6,1, per week
for his wit.. usaiLiceusuce.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

A GRAVEDIGGER'S FRIGHT,

A circumstance of a very extraordinary character
has occurred at the Leeds Cemetery at Woodhouse.
It appears that on Friday of last week, an interment
took place at the cemetery, the deceased being a lady
whose body had been conveyed to Leeds from Wake-
field; and after the ceremony a layer of earth was
shovelled on to the coffin in the usual war. Some
time afterwards one of the upper gravediggers re-
turned to the grave with the intention of filling it up.
Descending into the cavity he commenced to draw in
the gravel from the sides, when to his horror he felt
several knocks beneath his feet, and also felt a slight
upward motion. Jumping out of the grave he ran
off to another part of the cemetery, where other men
were employed, and, with pallid face and quivering
voice, begged them to return with him to the grave,
as he believed someone was alive in. a coffin. The
men accompanied him to the spot, but ridiculed the
man's story, declaring that he was the victim of his
imagination. He persisted in his story, however, and
the men agreed to endeavour to detect any further
sounds from the coffin. Their attention was not re-
warded, however, and ultimately the grave was filled
up; but the man still persists that he was not mis-
taken, and that he heard the sounds and felt the
movement described.—Leeds Evening Express.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

EVIL COMMUNICATIONS.

At the Middlesex Sessions, Percy Albert Thornton
came up to receive judgment for having participated
in extensive "long firm" frauds. The prisoner, with
another man named Hodge (now undergoing eight
years penal servitude), rented a large shop in Oxford-
street, where they carried on business as surgical
implement makers, and inserted in a large number of
newspapers advertisements for which they never
paid. A double set of books were kept, one for
the use of Hodge, and the other, as one of the pri-
soners said, "for the use of the creditors," in the
event of bankruptcy. The police became suspicious,
and it was found that Hodge had secured
£l6OO worth of goods for which he had not paid.
It appeared that Thornton, who at first entered into
the employ of Hodge as a servant, subsequently set
up in the. ostensible business of a bag manufacturer,
but stored away a large number of goods in no way
relating to the business. llodge also hired rooms and
kitchens, where he hid, in some cases up the
chimneys, goods he got by fraud, including a plate-
chest, with 111 pieces of plate, valuable screens,
chairs, sewing.- machines, bicycles, and altogether
valued at £OOO. Hodge, in his statement to the jury,
exonerated Thornton from any share in the con-
spiracy. The jury, however, found them both
guilty. Thornton was now sentenced to 12 months'
imprisonment. his wife, crying bitterly, exclaimed,
"Oh, my poor husband I" and was with difficulty led
from the court.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

TECHNICAL TEACHING IN

BOARD SCHOOLS.

"To urge upon the Government certain amend-
ments in their Technical Instruction Bill" was the
object of the visit of a deputation from the School
Boards of England and Wales to Lord Cranbrook, at
Whitehall. Mr. Diggle (the chairman of the London
School Board), succinctly explained that they desired
to,give to those who would hereafter become handi-
craftsmen, such instruction as would enable them to
carry to their own specific trade afterwards that
intelligence without which the commercial prosperity
of this country could not be maintained. They
particularly asked that all School Boards should be
exempted from the necessity of taking a poll of the
ratepayers before adopting technical instruction.
They asked, too, that no scholar should be required
to have passed a certain standard before any
payment could be made out of the local rate for
technical instruction, and they would exclude certain
subjects now obligatory in favour of technical instruc-
tion. "What time," asked Lord Cranbrook, "would
you suggest should be devoted to technical instruc-
tion out of the time now employed under the ordinary
code." " Something like an equivalent ,of the time
now taken by girls in cooking and sewing," replied
Mr. Ellis. Lord Cranbrook, in his reply, whilst ex-
pressing the opinion that handicraft labour was itself
a recreation to those who had been engaged in study,
ventured to ask those who were interested in the bill
if they did not get all that they required, to be con-
tent with a beginning, and not be too
anxious to press extreme conclusions which
might raise oppositions that did not at
present exist. His lordship made no more definite
statement, beyond saying that the Government were
thoroughly in earnest in bringing in their bill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-03

CONSECRATION OF NEW

SUFFRAGAN BISHOPS.
On the Festival of ' St. Matthias; the Venerabl
Alfred Earle was consecrated as Bishop Suffragan r
Marlborough, to assist the Bishop of London, and th
Ven. Sir Lovelace Tomlinson Stainer, baronet, we
consecrated as Ei3hop Suffragan of Shrewsbury, t
assist the Bishop of Lichfield. The ceremony too'
place in St. Paul's Cathedral, and there was a
congregation. The Dean and the Cathedral c 1(
met the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Assis•,„
Bishops (the Bishops of London, Lichfield, Bedf(on
Dover, and Bishop Bromby), and the Bishops-Elect 1
Wellington or South-West. Chapel of the Cattle
A procession was formed in the usual order.

Bishop of Lichfield was the Epistoller, and the Biel()
of London the Gospeller. The sermon was preache,
by the Rev. Prebendary Sandford. At its conclusio
the Bishops-elect were conducted to the apse (behin
the reredos) to put on their rochets. They were thei
in turn, presented to his Grace by two Assis'
Bishops. The oath of Canonical obedience ha-
- administered, the Litany was sung by one of
minor canons, the Bishops-elect kneeling on the'st
in front of the Archbishop's chair. The Prifna
afterwards put the Questions of Examinatioh,
Bishops-elect retiring a second time to put on thl r(
of the episcopal habit, On their return the Ire
Creator Spiritus was sung. Then came the s en
"laying on of hands" by the Archbishop an t:
Bishops present, and the Sentence of Consec ti
then being duly pronounced. After their consec tic
the newly-consecrated Bishops took their seats t
south side of the sacrarium.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

A NAVY LIEUTENANT'S PAY.

The lieutenants of the Royal Navy are very thank-
ful to Lord Charles Beresford for the support he is
giving to their request for a redress of theiz
grievances. As their hard case is well known, it will
be very strange if another year is allowed to pass
without some attempt to ameliorate their condition.
What the naval lieutenants ask for is progressive pay
and the certainty of promotion to one grade higher
after a fixed time. They point out that in 1841 lieu-
tenants received 10s. a day; in 1887, 10s. rising to
125.; whereas in 1841 masters received 7s. a day; in
1887, 12s. rising to 225. In 1841 assistant surgeons
received 7s. a day; in 1887, us. ed. to 275. In 1841
naval instructors received 7s. a day; in 1887, 12s.
rising to 225.; and paymasters the same. In every
rank, therefore, except that of the lieutenants, the
progressive rate rules; while the pay and certainty of
promotion have also increased for every rank except
theirs. As this grade is the nursery of our future
captains and admirals, it would surely be well to pro-
mote contentment in it.—St. James's Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

A SWORN ,TATE • ENT.

The Hull News say.: followi ig is re liar tsh
prof of t,;le won :erf..l paivers of au aiirtiniqhin
new remedy : llfllY Codes, of 11, Chf.alhant l'lsceg
Ad.laide STffeer., Ulill. railwly employ.% IIJ ~ad,
terrible sufferer fur many years from
rh ntnatisrn in i s worst f-rin3, having teal of it,
c;i:11, write) his ben ,tten
with the met t-xtraordinary results) and boing
anxious hat tis experience ehonta i.e known
ther sufferers, tie, determi, ed to bring it
ench a nial.ner as to Is vn no posslble now.t
fis reliab lily St },.E,
,tOpeaeil before Mr. E
SinTleton, a commissioner, and inaclei'' Oa h ris,
::—He 'affirmed that he -fattd be n totallv';
unable to work fo: along time, and heel beea c
tined tri his
,bed for it.c.maiderable period; that hls
-:.sd -Tried va ions doctors and rmaciy remedies, out
ig...;•44c0r-se jai ead of better; tht at that.,
hires ro'sij inta,vrsre not
tt.o.it's"an4 fist cruteyes were It:tr.-11y sill ;lest
t efippo7t him Arrei finvitig4'hira of st.
,J;lcot.p,
Oil e puril':hsed .a"kr'we' In • twslve
:t und t il an i pL:rsers,itig lU its ti,e, lie is iiw
!cured of 11(ianiittitii, works daily, and otsan not o ly
p)44/"*,, :.a.)=6.',/skt. A.. stick- bu. can, ran ; lie
euthuisistiaaly reeomtnends this great tetne4 ti
any on, 11, aff,r. rig iota any form or. r hely-110*aq) ,
as it nas uoi only done a enders for him bat many
o- his fricnis. . E.efeTrm,.l to he foregoing, D. 'l'.
Waraker, LL.D., Int r a 1-giate Lsw Lecturer
at Cambridge U lye city, writes from his raid, ace,
5, Scroops Terrace. Cambridge: " I have wuch
pleasure ia ststm4 tha.), haviug been oonviLiced
float well.authenticated cases within my personal
knowledge of the great etlCCt55 which has attended
the employment of Jacobs Oil in cases -of
rheumatism and neuralgia, I have reconraended it
to several tie da, and it has been it,ed in my
tinuae for these affections will very benefit:kilt
results."

" 3zy chine° I got a bo•tle of St. Jacohs
.a.ya Mr. K J. B Ile of Ferns, C )unty Wexford
It land. It tv.eC Inky chance sorely, as he ts title
th it the pain in hie 1-.1.(2.k disappeared comp:we'
aftr ihe MIA vigoroue rubbing,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE
NEAR -CREWE.

ATTEMPT TO WRECK A TRMN.

The detectives of the London and North
Western Railway are investigating a serinns
outrage which occurred on the rails Nay, be
ween Crewe and Wrenbury, on Wednesday.
A. special train, laden with cattle, was pro-
between Wrenbury and Crewe when
.;e7t.ogine encountered several obstructinua,
f.rich,l*ought it to a stauds,ill On exam-
ining the lineslhe officials found Several fish
plates and iron Chairs "Which, frona. their po-
sition, mast have been deliberatly laid
across the rails. One of Alia .obs,tructiens
had been cleared by the wheole,=und-the
engine had mounted another when 'it ..lvas
stopped. A passenger train had passed the
spot Just previously. The detectives heJise
they have a clue to the miscreant. It is a
singular circumstance that an attempt W•is
made only a few months ago to wreck
train near the name spot.

MR. WILFRID BLUNT'S CASE
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

ENGLISH TRADE IN BULGARIA.

The latest complete returns of Bulgarian trade have
not been made up to a later date than 1883. A sum-
mary of these, however, by Mr. Charles Hardinge,
second secretary to her Majesty's Agency and Lega-
tion at Sofia, contains various points of interest to
English manufacturers and exporters. It appears that
in products of the textile, cloth, and felt industries
Great Britain has a strong preponderance over her
commercial rivals. The sale of cotton prints has very
much decreased, owing to the large emigration
from the Principality of the Mussulman population,
who had always been the best customers for this
class of goods. The demand for cloth fabrics is,
however, regarded as certain to increase among
the urban populations. There will be no sale among
the peasantry, as the dress of the Bulgarian peasant
is entirely home made. A few months ago prospectuses
were issued and tenders invited for cloth and other
materials for clothing the army. This was officially
made known in England, but no tenders were forth-
coming. The compiler of the report regards it as
astonishing, considering the well-known superiority of
British products of this class, that no efforts were
made to secure an opening in a trade which has been
hitherto entirely in Russian hands. Much benefit
is anticipated by Mr. Hardinge to British trade
from the opening of the Bulgarian section of the
new international railway linking Western with
Eastern Europe. After a little while the British
exporter may hope to have his choice of three railway
routes to points in Western and Southern Bulgaria.
In view of these increased facilities Mr. Hardinge
urges the establishment of depots in the different
commercial centres. By this means British manufac-
turers might hope to compete successfully with
Austrian exporters, who offer to the consumer inferior
articles. A largely increasing British commerce
might be looked for as the result of good manage-
ment, and intelligent watching of the wants of a
population which, however backward it may be at
present, is gradually awakening to Western ideas, and
to the need of Western civilisation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

ANOTHER PRIZE-FIGHT.

For some time past considerable rivalry has existed
between a hairdresser named Bennett, residing in
North-lane, Canteibury (well-known locally as an
expert boxer), and a bricklayer named Brett. They
tried conclusions with the gloves some time ago, but,
failing to settle the question of superiority to their
liking, the present encounter was resolved upon.
About 40 or 50 persons assembled to witness the
fight, which was brought off without any interference
from the police. The North-lane boxer is about
6ft. 7in. in height and somewhat heavily built, but he
is, nevertheless, very active. His opponent is about
Mt. 10in, in height, and weighs about 12st. Fourteen
rounds were fought, and a fair amount of punishment
was inflicted. The faces of the combatants were
somewhat damaged, but no serious hurt was sus-
tained. The North-lane boxer seems to have followed
the tactics of Kilrain in the recent international prize-
fight, for he repeatedly threw his opponent, and his
friends claim that he also had all the best of the
fighting, delivering several knock-down blows. By
mutual consent, a draw was agreed to after about
three-quarters of an hour's fighting. The shorter man
has expressed his willingness to meet his rival with
the gloves to fight eight rounds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

AN OLD MAN SUFFOCATED.

A fire broke out at five minutes past five on Mon-
day morning at 60, Gowrie-street, Battersea. The
house was a private one, occupied by Mr. W. Menton,
who let out the back room on the first floor to a
lodger named Charles Saby, aged 67. At the time
mentioned Mr. Menton and his wife smelt fire, and
when they opened the door tound that the room occu-
pied by Saby was on fire. The house was nearly
filled with smoke, and it was found impossible to ap-
proach the room, so the firemen were sent for. By
the time they arrived the room was well alight, and it
was some time before the flames could be subdued.
By that time the room was burnt out, and serious
damage was caused to the house of seven rooms and
the contents. On a search being made the dead body
of the old man was found, death having evidently
ensued from suffocation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

THE RUMOURS ABOUT MB. GIBSON,

lii.P.

The Dublin Express says : It has been
definitely decided that Mr. Gibson will
vacate the ktorney-Cenoralship and take a
seat on the Irish Bench on the 11th inst.

Up to yesterday morning the leaders of
the Conservative party in the Walton Di-
vision of Liverpool had received no official
intimation from Mr. Gibson, Q.C., of iii
acceptance of the vacant Trish judgeship,
though the contingency is by no means con-
sidered improbable The right hon. gentle-
man has arranged with his principal sup-
porters in the division that he will commtini
cate with them the moment he arrives at a
decision.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

CiIIGARS

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buciget anticipations, lost,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

ROBBERY AND MURDER IN
MOROCCO.

News just received from Tangiers states that a
band of Moors, after cruelly beating the native in
charge of the English post near Rabat, robbed him of
his mails. The British Minister, Sir Kirby Green at
once sent a strongly-worded protest to Sid Mohammed
Torres, the Moorish Minister of Foreign Affairs, with
a demand for compensation, and orders have been
sent to the governors of the provinces to make every
possible search for the robbers, and also for the
missing bag of letters. The Moorish Government has
received from the Spanish Minister a claim for
20,000 dols. as compensation for the death of a
Spaniard who was killed by the Moors.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL.

WHEN IT WILL BE INTRODUCED.
/ believe, writes the Leeds Mercury's London corre-
spondent, that the introduction of the Local Govern-
ment Bill will not be delayed till after Easter. The
Government undoubtedly intend to proceed first with
the Procedure reform, but the appearance of the
Local Government Bill will not be put off till the
work of Procedure has been completed. The progress
of that particular business will be interrupted for the
purpose of allowing Mr. Ritchie to bring in the
measure which the Government hope will revive
their waning popularity. The greatest secrecy is
maintained as to the character of the bill, but Mr.
Ritchie recently told a Member of the House of
Commons that it would be one of the most thorough
and comprehensive bills ever laid before Parliament.
The President of the Local Government Board belongs
himself to the Tory Democratic school, and he is con-
vinced that the measure will not fail in consequence
of its nnt being sufficiently broad.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

OIL ON THE WATERS.

The success of the various experiments made with

oil as a means of calming the roughness of the sea
has been so marked that it has now come largely into
use, and accounts are continually appearing of the
manner in which vessels caught in violent tempests
have ridden in comparative tranquillity after getting
out oil bags. It is, then, a matter for regret to find
that, as pointed out by the Gazette Gtographique, the
use of oil is not without danger—not only to the craft
using it, but to others which may follow in her wake.
The oil almost completely stills the waves within the
area over which it extends; but beyond that the
waves rage more violently than elsewhere, and a boat
passing out of the calm zone into the troubled waves
will, for a moment, be in imminent danger. We
should doubt whether the waves at the edge of the
smooth area are really more violent than elsewhere,
for there does not appear any reason whatever for
such extra disturbance; but it is easy to understand
that the passage of a boat from smooth water into
violent waves would be attended with great danger.
A boat in a rough sea gets into a regular rise and fall,
as the waves meet her, and is, therefore, prepared for
the coming of each; but issuing suddenly from
smooth water into such a sea she would be taken
suddenly, as is a ship with a violent squall. This draw-
back to the use of oil will matter little to vessels far
out at sea; but it is certainly an argument against its
general use by small boats in passing over the bars of
harbours. It is clear that great care will be necessary
to get boats away from the side of a wreck when oil
has been used to still the water while the embarka-
tion has been going on.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

BRIGANDAGE IN FRANCE.

A story comes from France which seems incredible.
According to information just received from Perpignan,
the chief town of the Department of the Pyrenees
Orientales, a young gentleman of about 17, named
Pedro Espart y Molas, member of a rich family, had
recently gone out shooting with two friends, and, in
beating for game, had separated a short way from his
companions. When 200 or 300 yards distant from
them he was suddenly seized by five masked men, who
blindfolded him, and led him away into a hut. They
then compelled him to write to his parents, saying
that the brigands insisted on having a ransom of
40,000 francs for him. The Espart family were afraid
he might be murdered, so they sent the money, after
the receipt of which the young man was liberated, but
not without repeated threats of assassination in case
he should reveal what had occurred. It is supposed
the brigands are in biding in the neighbourhood of Wirr is a talkative young man like a young ig ?
Bourg Madame, which is not far from the spot where —Because if he lives, he is likely to become a peat
the crime was committed. bore.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

THE MARKETS.

mAnK-LANE.
At Mark-lane a fair business was done. The sales of
home-grown wheat in the leading markets of England
and Wales during the first eighteen weeks of the
season were 1,161,309 qrs., against 918,645 qrs. last
year, at an average of 29s 11d, against 31s 9d per qr.
barley, 1,601,527 qrs., against 1,504,333 qrs., average
28s 9d, against 27s 2d; and oats, 127,667 qrs., against
173,377 qrs., average 15s sd, against 170 6d per (1r;
English wheat was in fair request at an advance 0'
about is per qr. on the week. Foreign wheat wrs
firm, and about 9d to Is dearer on the week. The flour
market was firm, at 6d advance. The barley trade Was
steady; malting produce was firm, and fully as dear.
Oats changed hands at full prices. The maize market
was steady, and prices were rather higher on the week:
Beans were 6d cheaper. Egyptian, 29s to 3.15'
Smyrna, 28s to 29s 6d. White peas nothing doing-
Great Calcutta 3d and 6d dearer, at 22s 9d to 216'
-Lentils unaltered; Egyptian, 28s to 295.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

KIDDERUINSTER,

CHARGB OP PIM! PRETINCHII.-- At the Borough
Police Court on Monday, before Messrs M. Totrikin-
sen (the Meyor), T. Banks, and r. S. Harvey—
Louisa. Parsons wads brought up on a charge of
having obtained a pair of biota by false pretences
in September, 1894, from the Co operative Seciety.
Prisonle etated that since that time she had been
sentenced to five yeers' panel sery tude at Derby,
end was released on Saturday owing to her good
holia.ienr. She was truly sorry for her past life,
end if the Bench would give her one more chance
3tie would in future live an honest life. She
el, a-led guilty- to the charge.—The Bench com-
mitted her tor trial at the Quarter Sessions.
MAIM' tOIC olf TRH VICAR OP ST. GISORGed.—
. l'he utarriege of the lLov. Theebald V Chereh
Vicar of it George's Kidlerminwer, wile Miss
eletion Etizebe:h Gibbons, oldest daughter of the
B. Gibbons, ef WereeLy liotise, Liertlebury,
Velar of Stourport, took place on Tuesday, at the
e'erish Church, liarilehury. The p .pnlerity of the
wide and bridegroom had caused a greet amount
it interest to be taken in the event add the chwoh
was crowded to overthwing. l'oe bride, who was
eeee.l in a d..es of white corded silk trimmed
with Honiton lace, and a wreath of orange blossom
Wttioruatuents of pearls, was given away by her
fit:nee aul toe cerenemy was perform- l by the
Bishop ot Worcester, assisted by the Rev. Canon
Ciaughton trid the Rev. G. Gibbons, brother of the
brile. The bridesmaids were eight io nutn,er,
including the fe tr sisters of the bride, and wore
drelees of point de Bruges trimmed with yellow
silk, with bonut ts to match. After the ceremony
the p.rty returned to the house of the bride's
father, where the wedding breakfa3t was served,
and ohortly afterw trde the bride and bridegroom
left f-n. ondon The wedding presents, which
were ‘ery costly and hendenne and included
several cherves, number d about 250, many being
from public institutions with which the bride and
bridegroom are connected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

EXAMINATIONS IN COMMERCE.

The Council of the Society of Arts have had for
some little time under consideration the question of
modifying or enlarging the system of Commercial
Examinations, which have now for many years been
carried on by the society, in view of the recent de-
mand for imp) oved commercial education. The ex-
periment of holding examinations simultaneously at
local centres was first tried by the Society of Arts in
1856, and the principle has since developed into the
Examinations of the Science and Art Department, the
Oxford and Cambridge Locals, &c. During the 30
years these examinations have been carried on the
system has undergone various modifications: At pre-
sent, examinations are held in subjects covering pretty
much the same ground as that defined in the
new scheme of the Oxford and Cambridge Local
Examinations, but certificates are awarded in
single subjects, not on the general result
of the examination. For some years the experiment
of awarding general commercial certificates, instead
of the separate certificates, was tried, but was found
less satisfactory to the candidates generally. Before
deciding on any course of action the Council have .
sub-
mitted a draft scheme to the Examination Boards in
union with the Society of Arts, and are awaiting the
result of their inquiries before making any public
announcement. In any event it is not likely that the
system of separate certificates will be abandoned,
though it is not improbable that it may be supple-
mented by the issue of general commercial certifi-
cates either on the result of the present examinations
or of examinations to be specially held. The society
has already received a promise of £lOO for a travel-
?mg scholarship from the Clothworkers' Company, and
it is hoped that further assistance mar be received of
the same kind. The object of these travelling scholar-
ships is, of course, to enable the holder to acquire that
practical knowledge of foreign countries which can
only be attained by actual residence abroad.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

THE PELSALL BOILER EXPLOSION.

Yesterday Nfr. Thonerroft, the deputy
coroner, resumed the inquest at Petsll
touching the deaths of Thomas Elwell,
William Lever, and Thomas Ledbury, who
were killed by the explosion of a boiler at
No. 9 colliery of the .Pelsall Coal and Iron
Company. on the 14th December. John
Ward, 'boiler smith, said he properly
repaired the boiler when it was placed at
the pit abot seven years ago, and he con-
sidered it then 4 go9d boiler, capable of 10
or 12 years' resonable work without repairs.
He had never thought a removal ot the
brick casing necessary, bat a thorough
examination was not possible without such
ramcval. Joseph E. Bullock, general
manager, Said the boiler was about 17 or 18
years old. It was used in the ironworks
about 10 years at a pressure of about 401 b,
per i:!.;11.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

MR. 11ERBERT GLA.DSTONE AND
IRELAND.

T:., Express says :—Mr. Herbett
Glad • I's presence in the North, after the
the ii ing language used by his father
and hiz f. would be regarded with indig-
nation, .)ecially by the members of the
Loyal 0... 1:;e Institution.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

H ALESO WEN.

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OBItCTING TO VACCINATION.—At the lialceovren
Pi lice C int, on Tuesday, Euo.h Harper,
flan, of Quinton, wae w_immoned for not havin./.
his -4.111 c, vdecirrAted, Mr. Trewin, relieving officer.
wks called and gave evidence in F uppurt ot the
,hadge. Colonel Phelps,•of tho Anii-Vaccination
oi ty, appeared for the defendant. Colonel
Prieto urged that the delendAut bad reasonable
excose for not; havi g his child vaccinated by the
tact that finother child of the d-fendatit's tad been
injured by vave notice. The Bench overruled this
objection, and made an order for the child to be
.a,cina!e.l wittin a montb.—Rutli Plant, mlrried
woalan. Coombes Wood, was summoned for a
ffence. Defendant now stated that she
was w.. 71g to have the child vaccinat and an
order n . • made. -

COODA.—GRATMVIII. AND COMPOSTING By
thorough knowledge of the natural laws which gover
the operations of digestion sod nutrition, end by care-
fel application of the tine properties of well-eel etc t
Cocoa Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables wi. h
a deicately flavoured beverage which may save te.
iattuy heavy doctors' bills it is by the judicious ese if
-itch articles of diet that a constitutioe may be gr -
illy built up until strong enough to resist every end
iucy to disease Hundreds of subtle in tladiem
dusting around us ready to attack wherevei tilet,. is a
weak point We may escape many a tat., shalt by
keeping ourselves well fortitied with pure blood and A
properly nourished frame." Civil 6ereice Ga.zette
Made limply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in
packets by Grocers, labelled "JXaa EPP3 & Co..
Heteceiopathic Chemists, London,"— A-50 makima of
Epp,. s A..teruoon Choc..late lisseece.
TIISOAT AXPEOTIONA AND tiJA.SigNS3I.--..3.11 sufl
lug 110111 irnt ition of the throat sell hlari,e,ie,s will
be agreeably surprised at the altuoat imeaediate reiiel
afforded by the use of "Brawn's Br !II chial it ,e!tes '
flies() fereone "lozenges" are now sold by most r,speet-
able chemists in tam c 'entry at Is lid per People
troubled with a' kicking cough." a 4-slizre.
brunchical affe.ctiona, cannot try them ho secri as
suinilu troucles, if allowed to progress, eeie-nit in
serious Pu:nionary and Asthmatic atlectiabs. See that
he woros "Brown's Bronchial Troches" are en the
Government Stamp 'round each box,—Prepared by
J.,IiN I. Baowit & 80145, Boston, U.S. European depot,
, 33, Farringdon Road, London
ITCHING PILKS—SYMP roms AND OUR.
The symptoms are mcisture, like perspiration, intense
itching, increased by scratching ; very distressing,
particularly at night ; seems as if pie-worms were
crawling in and about the rectum ; the ptivate peOs are
sometimes affected. If allowed to continue very serious
results may 111 W, "SWAYNE'i OINTMENT" is a
pleasant, sure cure. Also, for 'letter, Rea. Salt-Rheuzu
licald-Head, Erysipelas, Elotchrei, all scaly, crusty Bkin
Disewies. Made only by Dr. liwayne it boo. Philada
U.S. Price 2s. Sold by Druggists and Y. Newberry Si
lacm Loudon.

THE MATOR OF KIDDERMINIS int AND
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

CHEAP MEALS FOR CHILDREN.

Every day the experience of earnest workers makes
more obvious the possibility of supplying ample and
wholesome meals for the poor at a cost which formerly
would have seemed phenomenal. Such means can
be furnished not only at a penny, but at a halfpenny.
and at the same time almost, if not wholly, "pay
their way." The chairman of the London Vegetarian
Society favours us with some particulars concerning
work of this sort in which he has himself been latterly
engaged. At first, he says, the dinners were given at
a penny per head, and consisted of whole-meal bread
and of soup. Then he tried the experiment of a half-
penny "feed," which comprised a little whole-meal
loaf and an apple. This endeavour to emphasise the
dietetic value of fresh fruit and bread was not, how-
ever, a complete success, and for two reasons—
first, because the cost of the apples was
too great; and, secondly, because it was diffi-
cult to store them without waste. Moreover, as the
weather became colder, the children took more kindly
to the soup than to the apples. Then our correspon-
dent decided to reduce the charge for all the dinners to
a halfpenny, for which sum the purchaser received a
pint of soup and ilb. of bread. Some statistics are
quoted, from which we find that 4158 dinners were
given in connection with one school in less than three
months, at a cost of £l7 7s. Bd., while at another
school 1173 dinners cost only £3 15s. No charge,
whatever was incurred for firing, the coal being
supplied from the schools' stores, and, apropos of this,
it is well suggested that the cooking of the meals might
be undertaken by the female scholars, under competent
direction, with the advantage of giving them ex-
perience in the culinary art. In the case of some
dinners provided at Canning Town we read that the
promoters contrived for a penny to provide not only
soup, but a " second " course of bread and "syrup,"
which we daresay was highly appreciated. In this
instance the meals cost altogether a fraction over the
penny.— Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-07

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