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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-11-12

GENERAL NEWS

A DRUNKARD'S BRUTAL FREAK.

At the NottinghamAssises yesterday John
Eggleton was charged with throwing a boy,
namti Tyndal, over Carrington Street rail-
who, bridge last July. It was alleged that
the prisoner, while crossing the bridge in
drink, deliberately lifted the lad, who was
leaning over the. parapet, up by the legs,
causing him to fall on to the metals about
30ft. below. He ran away, but was captured,
and then gave a wrong addtess. The boy
remained unconscious ten days, and his
mental capacity is permanently impaired.
Defendant was sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment.

AN OCTOGENARIAN'S SUICIDE
At Plymouth, yesterday morning, an old
man named Singleton, formerly a chemist,
went out of his hou.se into the open air atl
blew off part of his head *by discharging a
pistol in his right ear. The deceased was
80 years of age, and no csnse is assigned for
the act.

IRS are so many conflicting statements
as. to the action of the authorities in arrest-
nag demonstrators and agitators, both in THE IRISH LAND WAR.
London and Ireland, and such a war of hA circular was issued yesterday, to Lord
words as to which are correct, police or Annesley's County Down tenantry, all of
people, that there seems justification for Mr. whom have entered the Land Courts, offer-
Mallock's suggestion in the nines that in- lug a reduction of 20 per cent, or the put.-
stantaneous photography should be pressed chase of their holdings. It is not expected,
into service at gathering's where disorder however, this offer will lead to a settlement
was anticipated, as a witims to th truf 1. of the Land War which has been going on
The sun cannot lie, and :ta evidence Ivor for the past 18 months between the Annex-
necessarily, be impartis'. Apropos, there ) ley tenants and the landlord, the former be.
been sone very ha:. swearing in 1. h lug determined to agree to nothing less than
directions in the Engli... capital as well as 50 per cent. redudction demanded a few days
La disturbed Ireland of late, both 1,1 son. / sec
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-11-12

PARISIAN SWINDLES.

An organised system of robbery has just been dis-
covered by mere accident. It appears that a waiter
in a Paris café showed his watch with some ostenta-
tion to a customer, who admiring the article, asked if
he wanted to part with it. A detective, who was
sitting close by, overheard the conversation, and
suspected foul play. He therefore asked the waiter
how he obtained the watch, and elicited the informa-
tion that it had been given to him by a German col-
league in one of the principal hotels. It happened
that many of the visitnrs to that establishment having
been robbed of late the proprietor communicated
with the police. A watch was set but nothing was
discovered. The whole system was now, however,
broiled to light, and it came out that "Waiter No.
1 " robbed the travellers of whatever he could lay
his bands upon, and that "Waiter No. 2" got rid of
the stolen property by selling it in his café. The
moral of the story is that travellers should not leave
their things about more than necessary, and that they
should lock their trunks when they leave their rooms.
A robbery has just been prevented by the presence of
mini of a workman. He was in his master's shop, a
saddler's, in the Boulevard Ste Germain, when a man
beckoned him to come out to speak to him. "So you
are out, are you?" said the stranger. "Yes, I came
out two days ago," was the reply, "but I don't re-
member you." "Don't you? Why, I was in cell
No. 2." The saddler had just eome out of hospital,
but the use of the word "cell" betrayed the secret
that his new friend had just finished his time in
prison, and that he had mistaken him for some
"pal." To make a long story short, the saddler pre-
tended to agree to the burglar's proposition that he
should join in breaking into his master's sho.,). Ho
opened the door to him the same night, but when the
late occupant of "cell No. 2" had made ready his
booty he was suddenly confronted by four policemen,
who had been sent for by the saddler. Like liars,
robbers should have good memories.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-11-12

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-11-12

MR. GLA.DSTONE ON IRELAND.

A niaetin g of the electors of t-be-E-as—t—er—n- District of
.Midlothien wai held at Dalkeith on Tuesday night,
when addresses were delivered by Sir Horace Davey,
Q.C., Mr. J. Balfour, M.P., and others. The Chair-
man reed the following letter from Mr. Gladstone to
' the meeting
My Dear Sir,—l am glad to find you are to hold
meeting of interest and importance, in Dalkeitb, on
the 1 rish Question at so early a date. Even before
that date arrives frebh novelties may come into view.
The excesses of the Governmem have gone beyond all
expectations, and have reached a point at which,
through the officers whom they appoint and encourage,
they who are paid as well' as bound to support the law
have become the most gqring offenders against it. The
rejection of Home Rule has in the natural course been
followed by coercion. Coercion, professedly aimed at
crime, has been d irected against the press and the rightot
public meeting. The arbitrary prohibition of public
meetings was not enougli, and has been followed at
Mitchelstown by their most wanton and most dis-
orderly disturbance, with those .deplorable and fatal
consequences of which the Ministers )iave declared
in Ireland their aPpro ,ial. These events, deplorable
in themselves, will at least make plain to the nation,
and not least to Scotland, the true question before
They have already. exposed the ruiserable

hollowness of the profession that the Union as now
administered gives Ireland equal rights with our-
selves, and have proved that the spirit of the old
tyranny is alive in the hem t 3 of the present Irifh
Administration, although happily it does not posefts
the power of Strafford or of Cromwell, or of Clare.
I need not say how sure I feel that the Dalkterh
meetings will powerfully aid in exhibiting the truth
to the country.
"Believe me, faithfully yours.
'W. E. GLADSTONE."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

NEW PEER.

In the HousE OF LORDS on August 1 Earl Percy took
the oath and his 'seat on elevation to the peerage as
Lord Lovaine.
• THE ,NEW. HERRIDES.
The Marquis of Salisbur itatedi in reply to the Earl
of Rosebery. that buregaF thaeoatinued occupation
i..of the New Hebades by $ ,French with great regret. 1
The attention of-tie Fr . h government had been 4
_fully called to the-gravity with which the m Ater w554'
' regarded both in this country hod also in the Colonies,
and be repeated the hope that before long its expressed
opinions might be translated into practice. The French
Government had desired to oncluct side by side with
-tbei-e-iiegaliations the negotiations with respect to the
Suez Canal, and her Majesty's Government had no
objection to that, but they would demur to either set
of negotiations being the cause of the other being
delayed.

LONDON
.3105/3. .
The Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Bill
was opposed on the motion for going into committee
by the Earl of Wemyss and the Lord Chancellor, and
on a division was thrown out by 30 to 12. The Legiti •
macy Declaration Act (1858) Amendnient Bill was
read a third time, and passed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

MURDERING A BABY.

At the Warwick Assizes, on Tuesday, before Mr.
Justice Wills, Catherine Dodd, 47, and Fanny Goldby,
20, were charged with the wilful murder of the infant
child of the younger prisoner. The prisoners started
from their home, at Moreton Murrell, early on the
morning of the 26th April, Goldby carrying her baby
wrapped up in a shawl. They returned home at four
o'clock the same afternoon without the child, but
bringing with them the shawl and the baby's clothing.
Two days later, the body of an infant female child was
found wrapped up in a brown paper parcel at Wootton
Court. The skull was fractured, and the body, simply
wrapped up in four napkins, was destitute of other
clothing. On the brown paper wrappingbeing closely
examined by the police, it was found to be marked
"Dodd, passenger to Milverton." On being arrested,
both women made false statements as to the where-
abouts of the child. The defence was that the mother
dropped the child while conveying it to the father's
friends at Stonelegb, and accidentally fractured the
skull. The jury returned a verdict of "Guilty," ac-
companied with a recommendation to mercy, against
Goldby, and found Dodd "Not guilty." In passing
sentence of death, his lordship described the murder
as a cruel one.

how cheena.g is the domestic hearth: How corn.
toeless when you owe for coals, have burned all you
had, and can get no credit!
HAVE you heard "Sing to me only once again ?"
she asked sweetly,—No, but I shall be delighted, he
said with unnecessary fervour.
THE man who is too busy to be a gentleman during
his active business life generally finds it impossible to
be one When he retires from trade.
How hollow it sounds said a patient to the doctor
pounding his chest.-01:! that's nothing, the doctor
said, wait till we get to the head.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

THE IRISH LAND LAW BILL.

The House then resumed the consideration in Cora-
mittee of the Irish Land Law Bill.

At the instance of Mr. A. J. Balfour, the bankruptcy
clau.es and the clauses providing for the remission a
local rates on unlet land were struck out, and a number
of Lew clauses were inserted admitting perpetuity.
leaseholders in certain cases to the benefits of the
Land Act of 1881, and including in the scope of
the Act certain hol dings on which sub-letting took
place.

The latest intelligence from the West °oast of
Africa gives no confirmation of the reported death of
Mr. H. M. Stanley, but direct news is shortly expected
at Boma of the progress of the expedition towards
the interior. _ _

The Prince of Siam has arrived at New York after
encountering a rough passage and heavy tidal wave on
the Atlantic News Is also to hand of serious floods
in Augusta, Georgia, by which property had been
destroyed to a large amount.
M. John Brinton, of Kidderminster, on Monday
prp,sented a public park to the inhabitants of the
borough, the gilt being one associated with the Jubilee
of the Queen. The park is pleasantly situated a little
way out of Kidderminster. The ins.ugural proceedings
were attended by Earl and Countess Beauchamp, Lady
Lyttleton, Lady Crossley, the Bishop of Worcester,
Sir R. and Lady Harington, Mr. Godson, M.P.. and Sir
Savile Crossley, M.P.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

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A FIGHT WITH REDMINS.

A desperate battle between whites and Indians is
reported by the St. Louis correspondent of the New
176rk Times to have taken place on thie 9th July in
the southern, suburb of Carondelet :—"Three Indians
were shot, and for a time it looked as if ;he remainder
of the band would be lynched. Three weeks ago a
party of six Indians, Pawnee Tom, Indian Charley,
Black Hawk, Moose Head, Little Chief, and Gray
Eagle, camped just south of the city limits, offering
for sala Indian goods and medicine. On July 4
Little (lief attempted to punish a small boy who was
annoying him, but was prevented by a man named
James Rose. To-day the Indians got full of bad
whisky, and while passing in front of the Star Hotel
met Rose. Little Chief drew a knife and started
for Rose, and was shot through the body. The
others then retreated to their camp, and arming
thainselves with Winchesters started after Rose.
He and a number of friends retreated to a room
on the second floor of the hotel. The Indians
began firing at once, and 'advanced on the
hotel, everyone in the building except Rose and
his friends escaping through the rear. Just as the
Indians were entering, the whites poured a volley into
them with their revolvers, and then two more Indians
went down. The whites thea ran to the rear, jumped
out of the second storey windows and escaped. The
Indians riddled the room doors with bullets, and fired
at every white man they could see. Their aim was
wild, but they had plenty of ammunition, and was
soon in complete possession of several blocks. The
whites retreated towarde the bluffs, and, securing
guns, began to advance. The three Indians who had
not been shot assisted two of the wounded back to
camp, the other remaining on the spot where he fell.
The whites surrounded the camp, but Gray Eagle,
Winchester in hand, walked around the tent and
challenged them to fire. He drew his gun up threat-
ingly every time a hostile demonstration was made,
hut no one fired, and finally, after an hour's siege
Gray Ea:le surrendered to a physician, stating that
Little Chief was dying. The polica,who were the most
frightened element, then came up and took the three
Indians into cuAody. Little Chief and Indian
Charlie were shot through the abdomen and wounded
in the arm and 'head. Pawnee Torn, who was picked
up where he had dropped,was shot through the groin.
None of the whites were hit. The physician stated
that Little Chief and Pawnee Tom will probably die.
Rose was arrested.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

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FOREST OF DEAN ELECTION.

The result of the poll for the election of a membe
was announced on Saturday at Newnham. The figure
were:
Samnelsozi (G.L,) 4286
Wyndham (C.) 2736
-Majority ... 1550 .
• At the last general qlectioia Mr. Blake (G.) polled
4922 against 2415 for Mr. F. L. Lucas (Liberal
1/4nionist) ; majority, 1407. In 1885 the figures were:
Blake, 514?; Plunket (C.), 2421, or a majority of
2722. -

Mr. Samuelson, in returning thanks for his election,
sitid tfie result would have the same effect upon the
Government as the other bye-elections, as it showed
that on a heavier poll there was a larger Liberal ma-
jority. The electors were coming round to Mr. Glad-
stone's views.

The return of Mr. Samuelson maltaa.no change in
the balance of parties.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

A CURIOUS WILL CASE:

A singular will case was heard at Liverpool A.ssizes,
en Tuesday. An action was brought to establish the
will of the late Mr. Edward Brown, whose stage
name was Trevanion, and who was lessee of the
Adelphi Theatre, Liverpool. He had been married
three times, his third wife being an actress. Be died
from consumption the result of a cold, and was
nursed in his last illness by his sister and mother, it
was alleged that the will had been made to the disad-
vantage of the widow through the undue influence of
deceasea's sisters, and that they had falsely repre-
sented to the testator that his wife had been guilty of
adultery. Mr. Brown, when questioned as to leaving
his wife out of the will, said she had treated him
badly, and he made a will leaving all his property to
his mother, sister, and niece. Under great pressure he
added a codicil leaving his wife £5O, on condition that
she gave the executors assistance in realising the
estate. After the ease had opened a consultation
took place, and a verdict for the plaintiff was agreed
to, the charges of fraud and undue influence being
withdrawn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISIONg
THIRTY PERSONS INJURED.

A railway collision, in which 30 persons were
injured, occurred on Monday at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
It appears that the 5.10 p.m. train from Blaydon
was standing outside the central station waiting for a
goods train to get through. and while in that position
the empty carriages of a North British return excur-
sion train to Edinburgh Came up from the sidings at
Scotswood and dashed into the train standing on the
line. None of the vehicles of the passenger train left
the rails, but the van—a composite carriage having
compartments for passengers as well as accommo-
dation for the guard--was partially telescoped, and
considerable injury done to the occupants. The train
was occupied principally by workmen from factories
at Blaydon and Scotswood, and they were mostly
workmen who were injured. One man had both legs
broken, and mother had one leg fractured; while
the remainder of the casualties consisted of cuts and
bruises of a more or less serious character. The acci-
dent happened immediately beside the Newcastle
Inarmary, to which the injured persons were
removed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

VISCOUNT CROSS AT CHARD.

Speaking at. a Jubilee fete under the auspices of the
Chard Habitation of the Primrose League, on
Monday, Viscount Cross said that the enemies of the
Government wished the Cabinet reconstructed.
They would have Lord Salisbury step aside and Lord
Hartington take his place. This done, the Glad-
stonians would say, "It was had enough when the
C...mservatives were in rower. They had 215 members,
but the Unionists have only 80, and they are bound
to obey what the Conservatives tell them; we will
turn them out a: we did the Conservatives." What-
ever was said the Government was determined to
retain office, because they knew their principles were
true and right, and because they knew they had the
Liberal Unionists to back them. Viscount CroA
urged the importance of Liberal Unionist candidates
being supported. With regard to the Crimes Act, the
Government was determined to make use of every
one of its provisions as a means of bringing back to
the Irish peaple the .hberty they had lost. He ac-
cused the Irish members of wilfully obstructing the
business of Parliament, but the primary blame rested
with Mr. Gladstone, whose conduct in this respect wat
a di qcre3it and a 'disgrace to a man who was once a
great statesman
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

ACCIDENT TO AN EXCURSION
TRAIN.

A serious accident occurred on Tuesday morning
at the Normanton Station on the Midland Main Line.
At ten minutes to two o'clock a trip train from
Bradford to Bristol arrived at Normanton, and, ac-
cording to the report of the station inspector, the
signalman, forgetting that a light engine was standing
on the line, signalled all clear, with the result that
the Bradford train ran into the stationary engine,
though the force of the collision was somewhat
lessened by the application of the vacuum brake
as soon as the engine - driver saw the danger.
Both engines were considerably damaged, and
the guard's van and two carriages were par-
tially telescoped, the rear end of the second carriage
bein? knocked in, and the carriage lifted from its
frame. The permanent way was torn up, eight pas-
sengers cut and bruised, and most of the others were
badly shaken. The train contained a large number of
excursionists, amongst whom there was great con-
sternation. The eight most seriously injured were
Mrs. B. Rhodes, Beighley ; Thomas Laycock, Leeds;
A. Rowland, Leeds Arthur Bottomley (guard)
Staveley ; Jas. Heal, Halifax; Hannah R. Nash,
Leeds; W. H. Atkinson, Leeds; and Morris Haley,
Cleckheaton. Dr. W. S. Mackenzie was immediately
summoned, • and the passengers, having had their
wounds dressed, were forwarded to their homes by an
ordinary train. Both the up and down lines were
blocked by the wreckages for three and a half hours,
and i was not until half-past nine' that trade could
be resumed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

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ATLANTIC WAVE.
The steamship Umbria presented a badly battered
appearance when she reached dock in New York on
Monday evening. She encountered very heavy seas.
On Tuesday, last week, a thousand miles from
Queenstown, an immense wave fell upon her with a
deafening roar, bringing the ship to a standstill, and
causing much damage to the decks. Stout bram rods
an inch in diameter that formed the railing about the
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end they were broken off. The railing about the
house on deck was torn away. On the spar deck the
fore hatch was torn away from the combings and
burled against the cabin bulkhead with such force
that it was crushed into splinters. The stays that
supported the port light tower were carried away,
and the lamp itself was destroyed. The crow's nest,
where the lookout stands before daylight, was
broken into pieces, but in some •way the look-
out himself escaped injury. Even the .big
whits light which the vessel carried at least 60 feet
above the water line, to let other vessels know she
was a steamer, was extinguished. The second and
third officers were on the bridge, but saw the wave
coming, and gave warning to the crew. When the
wave struck, the officers were buried in 15 feet of
water, but clung to the stanchions, and escaped un-
harmed. A number of sailors who were going for-
ward from amidships on the lee side of the house
were caught and hurled against the rail, but beyond
bruises no damage was done. A steerage passenger
did not escape so well. He was in a compartment
devoted to the unmarried men, and on the third deck,
below the one where the hatch was carried away.
The flood that poured down the hatchway knocked
him across the deck, inflicting a deep gash on his left
leg ahem the knee. An eye-witness, who had made
13 ocean voyages, theta describes the occurrenzo :
"The look-out saw the wave coming, and the
course of the vessel was altered so that she met it
obliquely, while the speed of the engines was
slackened. As I saw the huge wave it looked like a
black mass of water with white waves on the top, and
it rolled higher and higher as it neared the vessel.
When it struck her she shivered from stem to stern,
and the combing of the wave fell with the weight of
tons on the deck. The wood cover of the forward
batch was splintered in pieces, while the water poured
in torrents into the hold, but the bulkheads were
closed. The bridge was broken, and the iron
stanchions were twisted with enormous force, while
the turtle back was flattened by the tremendous
weigl7a of the water. There was almost a panic
among the passengers, most of whom were sleeping
in their berths. When the force of the wave was
felt the thought the ship was going to the bottom,
and many in their nightclothes rushed into the main
dining room. Of course the danger was past, as the
wave rolled by and the excitement subsided.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

PAINFUL SCREE AT AN EXECUTION.

Alfred Sowrey, pawnbroker's assistant, aged 24,
was executed at Lancaster Castle at eight o'clock on
Monday morning for the murder of his sweetheart,
Annie Kelly, at Preston, on May 18. Kelly was a
servant at the Bull Hotel, Preston, and Sowrey
having courted her about six months, she left her
situation to be married, afterwards intending to sail
for America; but Sowrey wished the marriage to be
deferred until they arrived in that country. About
three o'clock that afternoon Sowrey and Kelly went
to the Clarendon Hotel, Preston, the former ordering
dinner, and while it was being prepared be shot
Kelly in the right temple with a revolver, bought the
day before, death being 'almost instantaneous. The
murderer then attempted to shoot himself, but
the pistol did not go off. The prisoner was in
a state of great mental prostration at the trial, and
this has continued since. On Sunday night he slept
fairly well, and the prison chaplain was early in at-
tendance with him on Monday morning. Berry, of
Bradford, was the executioner, and he stayed in an
hotel in Lancaster. Entering the castle at an early
hour in the morning he went into the condemned cell
at about a quarter to eight. The culprit violently re-
sisted the pinioning. The procession, consisting of
the chaplain, warders, and culprit, entered the chapel
yard. As soon as the culprit saw the scaffold he
began moaning and uttering exclamations of horror,
and had to be pushed along by three warders. He
was got on to the scaffold with difficulty, two warders
having to hold him until the drop fell. When the
rope was put round Sowrey's neck he gave forth a
loud exclamation. The diop fell about a minute be-
fore eight o'clock, death being instantaneous. The
culprit, who was a slightly built man, was allowed a
drop of sft. Gin. He made no confession, but left a
message for the parents of the murdered girl.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

DEATH OF M. KAMPF.

AT. Katkoff died at four o'clock on Monday after-
noon at Snamensky, his country seat, near Moscow.
M. Kathoff, the celebrated Russian journalist, whose
death is announced above, was born at Moscow in
1820, and was consequently 67 years of age. He
studied at the University in his native city and then
went to Berlin, where be was the pupil of Schelling.
He afterwards visited this country, and was a great
admirer of its institutions. Ror some time be occupied
the chair of Professor of Philosophy in the University
of Moscow. but in 1856 he became a journalist, and in
the paper be Conducted was an ardent advocate of
Liberal opinions. In 1861 he became the editor of
the Moscow Gazette, and henceforth his name was
identified with that vigorous organ of the old Russian
patty.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

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THE sifisoovir (B4m—GETO4)

"•-• = " ''ELECTION.

The s final stage of the contest in the Bridgeton
division of Glasgow was reached on Tuesday. There
was much interest in the eontest, as it was the first
bye-election in Glasgow since the redistribution of
seats divided the city into seven divisions. When the
roll was last made up there were 10,095 electors in
the division, 6434 in the first ward, and 3661 in the
fourth ward. The roll at the last general election
contained 10,009, so that the roll upon which the
present contest proceeded had 36 more. Great efforts
were made by both parties to discover migrated
electors, and nothing was left undone to have every
vote recorded. As the weather was brilliant
the streets were crowded in the vicinity of the
polling station, and business was practically at a stand-
still. At the breakfast hour there was a rush of
voters, many brought up in cabs and vans, bat after
hat there was a lull until between one and three,
when the clerks were again kept busy. Shortly after
nine o'clock the Hon. Evelyn Ashley drove up to the
school house and was received w lh cheers and groans,
and although there were shouts for a speech he re-
mained silent. Sir George Trevelyan visited the
polling station between ten and eleven, and he, too,
got a similar reception, but the shouts for a speech
were on this occasion briefly responded to. Sir
George Trevelyan also visited Turren-street at a
quarter to eleven, and amidst great uproar he made
his way into the school, and on emerging addressed
the crowd from his carriage,

During the afternoon the polling was carried on
somewhat fitfully, but towards evening it became
very brisk. The crowds who thronged the streets
indulgedin noisy expressions of their political senti-
ments, but there was no violence or disorder shown
on either side. The gates of the polling stations
were closed promptly at eight o'clock, and the boxes
wore taken in omnibuses to the county buildings,
where the enumerators started work at nine o'clock.

Shortly before eleven o'clock the result was an-
nounced as follows:
Trevelyan ..• ••• elm cu. 4654
Ashley ••• ••• •.. 3253
1401

Majority

At the last election in 1886 Mr. E. B. Russell (G)
obtained 4361 votes, and Mr. Colin Mackenzie (C)
3ãG7; the former winning by a majority of 79c.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

HALESOWEN.

Csason or lionsanassicmci.—At the Public Office
on Tuesday, before Niessn. J. Garrett and J. F.
Reay, William Smith (451, New Meeting Street ;
Beajatnin Ke tits (40), T.),ikslitreet ; Ed ward Charles
Jow s (31‘, Union Street; and Richard Evans (32),
Br ,dley Village, labourers, all of Oldbury, were
c iarged with breaking into the dwelling house of
Charles O[ 'wee, of Lower 'Hey. and stealing various
articles of clothing. lec.. of the value of £6. on the
2itb July.—Proseuutoi was living at th,t Low r
Illey Perm as a careaker, and on the date in co( stion
he went out with his wife, leaving the house locked
up. Upon their return at night the house was
found t have been broken into, an entrance being
gained by one of the kitchen windows Upstairs
the conteute of leveral boxes had been spread about
tne room, and a number of articles of wraring
apparel were missing. Subsequently the prisoners
wore found lying in a quantity of straw in the stable,
and the inisriog articles vv,!re found in their posses-
si.m.—Prisoners, who all donie.l the charge, were
c3inmitted to the Seslims for trial.
FORESTERS' MEISTING.—The members of Curt
Loyal Snenstone. No 4:433, hold a meeting on 31on
day, at which ab nit 180 were present. A procession
was formed, and, headed by a band, attend d service
at the P.rish Cnureli. In tho afternoon the wan-
hers partook of dinner in the Drill Hall, and in the
evening an entertainment was given, at which Mr.
W. Somers presided. The pro,:evii will be
to the benevolent fund.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

ADVERTISING FOR A WIFE.

Considerable amusement was eau9ed in the
vicinity of the Seven Houses on Wedn,sday when
it became known that a lady was making iuquitia
there in answer to an advertisement whien waa
inserted in the Birmingham Daily Times about three
weeks ago headed' Wanted a wife, Ste." It seems
that two w.:11-known wags had persuaded an old
man, 73 years of age, to enter into this foolis
arrangement, and on Wedneedey morning he went
to the Junction Station, arrayed "all in his Sunday
clo'hes to meet his future bride. She, however,
had come to the Town St tion, and. cousequentiy,
had missed them. As soon as she found out the
domicite of this veteran dealer in earthenware pots,
she fount she was the victim of a hoax, and imme-
diately took her departure under the escort of a
luA.iing member of the Church Army. We have
been informed that this weli-dressed and laii;hiy
respectable looking lady is huu-ekeeper to a geu:ll-
- mat L .auungton. In response t‘l the advertise-
ment the old geutieman had four applications. It
is a pity that the hundred women who were wai jag
about aid at eaten had of the perpet ators of the
joke and adadnister to them the punishment they
So richly deserved.
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3111. DILLON- AND TILE HOUSID.

Mr. Dillon complained of the publication in the
"Trowbridge Chronicle" of a statement, which he
'characterised as disgusting and offensive, to the effect
that he and other Irish members had received with
cheers and langhter the announcement that in an
attack upon a party of school children in Ireland a
daughter of the agent of the Marquis of Sligo was
struck by a stone and her face out open.
Mr. Halsey, Mr. R. G. Webster, Mr. J. Maclean, and
Captain Price having declared that the statement was
true, a heated scene ensued. Mr. Dillon, with much
excitement, insisted that the publication, which he
attributed to some member of the House, was part of
a system of infamous and atrocious falsehood by which
it was Bought to hound the Irish members out of public
life _ -

-- -
The Speaker having rebuked the hon. member for
making such charges, Mr. Dillon referred to the cort
roboration of the statement given by four members who
had risen in their places, and asked whether Irish
members were to have any protection in that House
The Sosaker replied that he did not understand that
any of the hon. members had imputed that what Mr.
Dillon had said was not true, but that they had only
intended to convey their opinion as to what took place
on the occasion in question. He was satisfied that
the whole House would believe the hon. gentleman
when he said that he did not do anything of the kind
attributed to him.

Mr. Maclean said that unquestionably when the
matter arose in the House laughter came from the
Irish benches at the mention of an assault made upon
a girl, and the Conservatives indignantly cried
"Shame !" He, however, readily acquitted Mr. Dillon
of having taken part in the laughter.
Mr. Dillon persisted in demanding the protection of
the Chair, and asked that the members who hAd said
the charge was true should be required to withdraw;
but eventually, upon the Speaker declaring that he
had settled the point of order which had been raised,
and, he believed, in a manner satisfactory to the House,
the matter was allowed to drop.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

ATTEMPT TO POISON A REGIMENT.

A correspondent sends the following information
to the Indian Railway Service Gazette: Very con-
siderable excitement has been aroused at Agra owing
to an attempt that has been made to poison the Man-
chester Regiment stationed there. It seems that some
70 men belonging to this regiment, shortly after
visiting the canteen, were seized with violent attacks
of vomiting, which created a suspicion that something
was wrong with the beer. The beer on tap was
accordingly examined, when it was found to contain
arsenic. Several other hogsheads were then examined,
and, to the consternation of those engaged in the tests,
the beer in everyone of them was found to be poisoned
by the introduction of arsenic. The dastardly attempt
is not considered to have been made with any political
object, but it is somewhat strange that only casks
containing beer for the Manchester Regiment were
found to have been poisoned. A cask that had just
been tapped at the Sergeants' Mess, Royal Artillery,
was tested and found to contain arsenic • but it had
been previously marked for the Manchester Regi-
ment, which strengthens the belief that there is
nothing political connected with the attempt; for,
had there been, all the troops in the garrison would
have been served alike. The whole of the beer in
store at Agra is undergoing a strict chemical analysis,
and samples of each clsk are being taken and sealed.
Every inquiry is being made, and rewards have been
offered to try and discover the authors of this
diabolical plot.
SOON after the death of the poet Wordsworth, a
man met a farmer of the neighbourhood, and said to
him: You have had a great loss.---What loss ?—Why,
you have lost the great poet.-ou, ay, cried the
farmer, he is dead; but I has no doubt the wife will
carry on the business, and make it as profitable as
ivver it was.
GENTLEMEN of the jury, said an Irish lawyer, it,
will be for you to decide whether the defendant shall
be allowed to come into coart with unblushing foot-
steps, with a cloak of hypocrisy in his mouth, and
draw three bullocks out of my client's pockets with
impunity.
Youzio man, we eat all the rind here, said a board-
inghoutse-keeper to a boarder, who was taking off the
outer portion of a piece of cheese.—All right, replied
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

TRANS-PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE;

The following resolution, passed by the executive
committee of the Imperial Federatioa League, has
been forwarded by the Earl of Rosebery, chairman of
the League, to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer: "That. in view of the fact that
successive Administrations have acknowledged the
Imperial a(lvania?,e to be derived from connecting
Vancouver and Hong Kong by a line of British mail
steamers, and having regard to the long delay which
has taken place in coming to a decision on the
Canadian proposals as to the joint provision of the
subsidy necessary for the establishment of such mail
service, the executive committee of the Imperial
Federation League hereby express the unanimous
opinion that it is most desirable that the decision of
her Majesty's Government on the Canadian pro-
posals should be as speedily as possible announCed.
Tne committee cannot conceal their apprehension
that prolonged delay way prove seriously prejudicial
1 to the best interests of the Empire at large, and
thel have every reason to tear that the carrying
tra-3a of this important route may pass into The
ha Os of foreign competitors should the decision be
any longer delayed." au; uula

MURDER OF A BAILIFF AT
TIVERTON.

An inquest was opened at Tiverton, on Monday
morning, on Archibald Reed, water-bailiff of that
town, who was found dead on Saturday morning on
the banks of the river Exe, under circumstances
which leave no doubt that he was brutally murdered.
The evidence showed that deceased had suspected a
gang of poachers, and that on Friday night he went
down the river to watch, having heard that they in-
tended to net a pit. Efe was not seen again that
night, but about six o'clock on Saturday morning his
body was found in a shallow part of the river. The
face had been hacked and the throat cut. The
deceased had previously stated to his wife that a
man named Western, a thatcher, well known in the
town, had threatened him. The inquiry was a?
journed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

A TIN MINE ON FIRE.

At Tincroft Mine, West Cornwall, on Saturday
evening, smoke was seen issuing from one of the
shafts, and on Sunday was issuing from several shafts
of the mine. It was ascertained from the exploring
parties that some old " stalls " were on fire, caused
no doubt by a careless miner having dropped a lighted
candle snuff. The fire spread to some abandoned
workings, and the scene, with the falling of the tram-
ways and the explosion of dynamite charges, was very
exciting. An agent and two men entered the work-
ings, and went so far that they were almost over-
powered by the smoke. Two of them managed to
save themselves by crawling. A miner named Lux-
more had, however, to be left behind, his strength
having failed him, but he was rescued by another
exploring party. Smoke was still issuing from the
shafrs on Monday, but it was expected that the fire
woul I soon be subdued, with no very great loss to
the shareholders.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06

MARGARINE.

On the order for going into Committee on the Marga-
rine (Fraudulent Sale) Bill, the Earl of Wemyss urged
the postponement of the measure until their lordships
had had an opportunity of reading the evidence taken on
the subject of a bill before a Committee of the House
of Commons. Lord Stanley of Preston suggested that,
as there was a general desire to proceed with the
Bill, the discussion of the question as to the change of
name from " margarine ' to " butterine " should be
postponed to the report stage. On a division the motion
to go into Committee was carried by 50 ,gainst 15, and
the bill then passed through Committee with verbal
amendments.

BILLS FORWARDED.

The Allotments and Cottage Gardens Compensation
Bill, the Secretary for Scotland Act Amendment Bal,
and the Statute Law Revision Bill also went through
Committee, and the Merchandise Marks Bill was read a
third time and passed.

Their lordships rose at ten minutes after six o'clock.
PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBERG.

In the House OF COMMONS, Lord G. Hamilton stated,
in answer to Mr. W. Redmond, that Prince Louis of
Battenberg held the naval rank of commander, which
was that of the senior executive officer on vessels of a
certain size and complement. It had always been the
practice to give the captain of a shin a voice in the
selection of his senior executive officer; and in this
case, a vacancy having arisen in the post of commander
of her Majesty's ship Dreadnought, Captain Stephenson
had applied for Prince Louis to be appointed. The
Prince entered the navy 19 years ago; he had passed
all his examinations creditably, and had been well
reported upon by every officer under whom he ha'
served. So far from the appointment to the
Dreadnought giving him an undue preference, there
were 22 commanders junior to Prince Louis now
holding appointments almost similar to that which was
about to be conferred upon him.