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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-16

NEW DEPARTURE IN THE STEEL
TRADE,

The entire reliability of steel for shipbuilding is not
yet established. Lloyd's Committee of Register have
intimated that they can no longer accept vessels
built of Basic steel made from cheap pigs. It has
for some time past been known that Lloyd's were dis-
satisfied with the quality of certain of the steel that
was being put into their vessels. The presence of phos-
phorus in excessive quantities is the main cause of the
trouble, and some plates have been discovered which
contained as much as a quarter per cent. sf this ira-
jurious element. Firms in the North of England and
Scotland producing Thomas-Gilchrist steel are just
now strongly contending, however, that the defects
are not confined to their metal, but that experience is
daily revealing that the Bessemer and even the
Siemens-Martin steel is not always uniform. Bessemer
masters who do not share these views are confidently
pointing to the increasing use of their metal in the
manufacture of steam boilers as an evidence of relia-
bility. The best of the acid steel makers are not,
therefore, afraid of courting inquiry. It is, however,
abundantly clear that there is yet much necessity for
further earnest work in the perfecting of steel manu-
facture, na. rticularly in the direction of the elimina-
tion of the phosphorus. Meanwhile the new position
which has just been created as affecting the gnat
steelworks in the North which have adopted the
Thomas. Gilchrist process for the production of ship.
building material cletuands first attention.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-16

THE USE OF MORPHINE:

A Paris correspondent writes: "The use, or rather
abuse, of morphine seems to be steadily gaining
ground in this country. From time to time protests
are raised against this practice, which is becoming
more and more popular with the fair sex. Some
facts which have recently transpired at Macon show
to what an alarming extent the habit is spreading. A
chemist in that town has been prosecuted for selling
morphine without medical authority to different
persons, and among them to the wife of a doctor, who,
unknown to her husband, consumed it on a large scale
in injections. During the trial several physicians
declared that a great number of the inhabitants gave
way to this pernicious habit, and one of them, Dr.
qembon, who is attached to the Hotel Dieu, stated
that more than a dozen of the lay nurses in that
hospital' regularly injected niorphine into their
bodies."

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-16

THE "COOPERS' DANCE."

A curious cnstom, known as the "Coopers' Dance,'
is being observed in Munich, from the second week
of this month until Ash-Wednesday periodically. The
custom dates from early in the sixteenth century, and
originated as follows: During the plague of 1517
Munich gave way to most abject terror. In order to
buoy up the spirits of the inhabitants some followers
of the art of coopering adopted the very original
course of performing dances in the open spaces and
streets of the town. Thus a less melancholy feeling
was created, and he courage of the people was revived.
Since this time it has been customary to commemorate
the dance of coopers every seventh year, and the present
year the time-honoured observance comes round again.
A number of journeymen coopers—the most amiable
and attractive fellows to be found —are chosen to
Ottnce to an old melody in public places and before
the dwellings of leading citizens. The dance is a sort
of ballet, and the dancers have in their hands hoops
bound with green foliage. As nearly as possible the
old costume is imitated, and everything is done to
reproduce the quaint spectacle which the good folk of
Munich laughed at in the midst of their terror over
three hundred years ago. Two buffoons accompany
the dancers, and their duty is to harangue the public.
This year's celebration of the "coopers' dance"
promises to be one of unusual interest, as the town
has presented the coopers with a costly banner, and
in return the descendants of the "Bottcher-gesellen"
of 1517 intend to do more than customary honour to
the observance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-16

BRIIERLIT SILL BRANCH 87.31i00L.

No. of students examined, 1884, 26; 1885, 24
Papers worked, 1884, model 13, freehand 17.
geometrical 4 pr rapective 3, total 37; 1885, m
10, freehand freehand 13, geometrical 7, per.pective 0, total
30. The. udents who w. re examined are 45 Fer
en tof the total number at'er.dme the sch
against 34 pr cent last year. Six papers wer,
.narked "erlellent," and ouiy oue in 1884. whi,e
others “pa,la i" this year, awl 16 las,. The "faii-
.lr s" this year were 18, as compAred with 20 i!•
tBB4. Tie percent to of au(tetss was 45 in 1834
,nd 40 in 18. Fifty students sent up 307 w.rks
t-o the Seienc • and Art D,pa,rtmout as against 825
works sent by 46 pupils last year.
Ti,e Chairman sp )ke in high terms of the satis-
factory report rtsci by Mr. Wortbiw..ton. He said
he was pleased to find they had so altered the ap
pearance of things at the School of Art. in pLice
of the ill—ventilated, badly -lighted, ill-provided
,00ms he used to see there, they now had coinfor-
able rooms. Everything was greitly improved
and they had :itnost all that wa.. necessary for thi-
work the school was intended to promote. All tbet.
wanted now to make the scoool what he should
wish to see it was plenty of enthusiastic student-.
Looking at the population of the neighh .urtiriod,
it was lamentable that there shill be proportion
ately 0.) few students. It was not only desirable
but ab,iolutely necessary, that every artisan, what-
ever his occupation, should have a knowledge ot the
art. He did not tridertand why eitny young Mall
.n.l wouisn who hsd to make his or her way in lie
did not c ns4lsr it the ,-teatest privilege to hate
the advantages of sach an institution at their dis-
posal. It did not matter whit their occupation
might be, it was n-c entry every man should ti
able to draw; tie mrbt hAve a knowleige of art V
he was to rise ab ,ve his lelownien. W,erth.
looked at the glair and pottery trades, in which
the development of art WAS unlimi,ed, he was as
tonishi:d that a nauoig lar4er number of stu,lewe
than was mentioned in the report did act attend.
He hopal that by uex y-ar th 7 would have very
duff rent account o: vie number of students If a
man was to be a successful glasainaker, and to
r)rose,•u'e his work wi'hnit trouble and di& •uity
to hitus -If, he Lova h,vi a knlwledge of dtawiu.:,
and, however slight awl slementary it iniOit he, he
would fir.al the benefit of it in his work. He r..-
gretted that only two youths had entered in time
glass-makers competitt in, There was some little
h-sitation by the eouunittee as tc giving them
pcizes, •.5 the work was not thought of sufficient
merit. He %%Wrier) was appealed to, aid h,
*al at one (giva the u a prize' for the•.
eoaiin out from the others.
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COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS.

SIR JOHN LUBBOCK'S Shop Hours' Regu-
lation Bill, to be introduced in an amended
form this session, will have a fair chance of
becoming law. It is understood that the
bill will be so modified as not to provide for
compulsory inspection, while yet aiming
directly at preventing children from being
)verworked in shops. This concession does
%way in a measure with the opposition of
-mployers. Sir John's efforts for the eman-
ipation of the young slaves of the shop have
he sympathy of every humane heart, and
ihould command the support of the great
weight of public opinion.
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THE formation of a Volunteer Medical
-taff Corps is reported from Woolwich, the
aatural birthplace of such a valuable acces-
don to the auxiliary forces, since it is the
head.quarters of the Army Medical Staff. It
.s proposed to extend the Volunteer corps
to such an extent as to include members all
)ver the country, attached to the various
Volunteer regiments. In place of surgeons
tnd assistant-surgeons appointed haphazard
with no special knowledge of military sur-
.:ery, and have no supplies of military medi-
al surgical appliances, there will, if the
project prove successful, soon be trained sur-
4eons in connection with every Volunteer
3orps, conversant by experience with
unbulance and military hospital vvgrk, and
well equipped with professional necessities.
Ile Volunteer Medical Staff Corps idea,
'zarried out with thoroughness and liberality,
would be a distinct benefit to our valuable
iystem of citizen soldiers, and deserves, there-
iore, every eucouragement.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-16

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buyers and prices ruled film throughout. Ft
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

FRENCH ANARCHISTS.

The curious discovery, it is reporte3, has been
made that a so-called workmen's congress held at
Lyons, last week, at which anarchi.t resolutions were
passed, and tne tricolour was oenounc.a
was subsidized by the Government. The proposal
had not been taken up by the trades unions at a dis-
tance, and was on the point of being abandoned, when
M. Lockroy, happening to visit Paris, promised to
obtain for the delegates railway tickets at half price,
and to contribute 3000 f. out of the public purse.
With this unlooked-for aid the congress was
held, the red flag was publibly paraded, and
every kind of confiscation was proclaimed, while one
of the speakers hinted that with a State subsidy an
international congress would be held in Paris in 1889,
when the watchword of the great battle (the over-
throw of society) would be agreed on.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

FOOTPADS IN CHELSEA:

Wm. Marlow, 18, a rough-looking fellow, who de-
scribed himself as a road labourer, but who is well-
known to the police, was charged before Mr. Part-
ridge, at the Westminster Police-court, on Saturday,
with being concerned witha man not in custodyin assault-
ing Mr. Eugene Aube, insurance agent, of Falcon-
terrace, Clapham Junction, and his cousin, Mr.
Charles L. Aula(.3, insurance collector, of Orford-street,
Chelsea. The prisoner is a stranger to the prose-
cutors, but in company with another man he accosted
them shortly before ten o'clock on Friday night as they
were walking out of Arthur-street into the King's.
road, Chelsea. He demanded money with a threat
that in case of refusal he would "knock it out of
them, a d at the same moment they were held on
either side. They declined to turn out their pockets,
and were both beaten in a savage manner. Mr.
Charles Aub6 said he had a fearful blow in the
right eye given him by the prisoner. His eye was
badly blackened, and quite closed. It had been
dressed by a surgeon at the police-station, and he was
obliged to keep it covered with a surgical bandage.
When he called for assistance the men ran away.
Constable Parry, 301 B, said he received information
which induced him to go in the direction of St.
Luke's Church. He saw the prisoner and another
man there, and on seeing him they commenced run-
ning. No doubt both would have got away, but the
prisoner stumbled by the churchyard railings, and
was caught before he could again get on his legs.
He was charged with demanding money from gentle-
men whom he afterwards assaulted, and he made use
of bad language, and said "It was not me. It was
another man." Mr. Partridge said he would punish
him as severely as he could without giving the prose-
cutors the trouble of attending the sessions. He sen-
tenced him to two months' imprisonment with hard
labour for each assault—consecutive periods.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

FINANCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT,

Your committee report that the treasurer's bal-
ances on the several accounts at this date are as
follows :—lmprovement Account, balance due from
the treasurer, £351 8s 7d; Highway Account, bal-
ance duo from the treasurer, £l9O 9s lid; Urban
Sanitary Authority, balance due from treasurer,
£392 5s sd; Loan Account, balance due from the
treasurer, £892 7s 2d; Summary of balances, total
due from treasurer, £934 33 11d. Your committee
having carefully examined the following accounts
and finding them correct, recommend that they be
paid :—lmprovement Account, £69 ISs d; I.igh-
way Account, £ll3 Sc 101 ; Urban Sanitary
Authority, £219 193 11d; Loan, £3O Os Id.. Your
committee have examined the vouchers of accounts
uttered to be paid at the last monthly meeting
and tied them to be correct, The committee re-
port that that the Board's instructions respecting
the opening of a Wages Account with the treasurer,
aria the weekly payment thereout of the total
amount required for wages, have been carried out.
A precept 13.,is been received from the Main Drain-
age Board for the sum of £6ll lis 41. A list of
amended assessments was produced and laid before
your Board to adopt. , The Clerk produced a state-
ment showing the cost of repairs of the streets and
roads in each year for the last seven years, which
was referred to the next meeting. Your committee
recommend that a cheque for £3 for one year's in-
terest on a deposit of £lOO due to Henry Williams
be signed.
In reading the report. Mr. Platt said the Finances
were in a very much bettor condition than they
were last year, and after all their bills were paid
they would have £B2O 3s 0.1 to their credit.
The report was adopted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

RAILWAY MEN AND TEMPERANCE

The fourth anniversary meeting of the members
of the United Kingdom Railway Temperance Union,
which is promoted by the Church of England Tem-
perance Society, was held in the Holborn Town Hall,
London. Previous to the meeting a procession
was formed in front of the Euston-station, which,
headed by the brass band of the Willesden branch
and the banners of the Great Northern and
Kentish Town (Midland) branches, marched to
the Town Hall. The chair was taken by Mr. H.
Tennant, general manager of the North-Eastern
Railway. The platform was filled by gentlemen
connected with railways. Mr. Charles Ernest Trit-
ton, treasurer of the Church of England Temper-
ance Society, congratulated the travelling public on
this movement among railway employes as tending
to public safety in travelling. The Secretary read
the annual report, from which it appeared that con-
nected with the various railways, Metropolitan and
Provincial, there are 83 societies affiliated to the
Union, numbering altogether 10,012 members all in
the service of the different railways, being an increase
of 2515 on the preceding year. The Chairman moved
the adoption of the repott in a speech in which he ex-
patiated on the great loss to the community and to
individuals from the use of intoxicating liquors. The
motion was seconded by Mr. C. Brooker, station in-
spector of the London and North-Western Railway,
and agreed to. The meeting was also addressed by
Mr. T. J. Cleveley, engine driver; Mr. H. Tidbury,
fitter; and Mr. G. Wriglaton, guard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

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AFFAIRS IN BIIRMAII.

A military post has been established at Zebingyee,
to the south-east of Mandalay, within the district of
the Shan-hills. Other posts will soon be established
in the Shan country. The negotiations with the Shat
Tsanbwas are proceeding satisfactorily. The Govern-
ment assures the Shan chiefs that their rights and
privileges will be as fully respected as they were under
the most favourable times of the Burmese Monarchy
but insists that they must acknowledge Britisr
supremacy. The Thebaw Tsaubwa, one of the most
powerful Shan chiefs, who some years ago, while visit-
ing Rangoon, was tried by the Recorder and sentenced
to death for shooting one of his servants, but who
was subsequently pardoned by the Gursznment,
has written in grateful terms. He states that
he will gladly welcome the British officers, and
that he is urg'ng other chiefs to submit. It has
been decided to send Mr. Pilcher with a strong es6ort
as Commissioner to the Shan States. If the Shan
States are successfully incorporated our boundaries
will be advanced until they reach the Chinese and
other civilised frontiers. The armed reconnoiss.ance
towards the ruby mines has advanced about 30 miles.
Mr. Burgess is vigorcusly eradicating the abuses which
existed in the administration and in the police force
at Mandalay. Mandalay is steadily progressing to-
wards an orderly condition. A Madras sepoy has
been sentenced by court-martial to receive fifty lasbes
for insulting the Burmese religion by scraping the
gold from the pillar of a shrine at Mandalay.
According to an official return just issued, the
British losses since crossing the frontier into Upper
Burinah and up to Sept. 15, were as follow: Killed,
or died of wounds—British troops: Five officers and
20 men. Native troops: Five officers and 65 men.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

—civil, diplomatic, naval, and military—
should be overhauled and examined, for the
purpose of eliminating abuses; putting an
end to extravagances, and securing that effi-
ciency which, with good management, ought
to go hand in hand with economy, On
these points, happily, there are no violent
party disagreements; for we have such prac-
tical Tories as Lord Charles Beresford, and.
such uncomprising Radicals as Mr, Peter
Ryland in entire accord as to the necessity
for sweeping reform. Foreign affairs need
cautious and watchful treatment also now,
as always, for Britain's interests are world-
wide. In this direction, if we are nationally
wise, we shall, have less clinging to precedent
policy and old traditions, and more regard to
the strict rule of right. Our country should
stand fast and firm in the van of the Great
Powers for a high ideal of international
morality-, and refuse to enter into any treaty
or combination which has any savour of
securing advantage by mere might.
Surely in such a line of action a foreign
policy may be framed upon which Liberal
and Conservative may be in complete work-
ing agreement. We are not without hope
that this will be. • Then Bulgaria and Bur-
mah, Egypt and Afghanistan, Zululand and
the Hebrides, China and India, and every
other land, near and far, will cease to cause
grave concern to the British mind. Russian
land-hunger, French jealousy, and German
thirst for conquest cannot avail against a
policy of integrity, and we earnestly trust
that each and every political combination in
our land will direct its endeavours to the
attainment and maintenance of such an un-
assailable and honourable position.

COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS.

TitE recent Ordnance scandals and dock-
yard disclosures, coupled with the disquieting
accounts which have got into the papers
concerning British guns that will not shoot,
cannons which burst, sword and bayonets
that bend and break, and ships that refuse
to float, have made the public mind very
much uneasy concerning the state of our
fighting services ; and the official inquiries
which are to take place are awaited with
much expectation and the hope that they
will be thorough and searching. If we are
to have investigations whose real object is
more to cover :facial failure in duty, and, it
may be, official corruption, the inquiries will
be worse than empty mockery. Whereever
inefficiency exists it ought to be ruthlessly
swept aside, na matter how high or import-
ant are those at fault. There must be no
shielding of men who are not properly ful-
filling their trust, or the public will not re-
new its confidence in officialdom. Lord
Charles Beresford spoke his mind at the
London Mansion House on Tuesday, and
his views are borne out by the people.
What is wanted is adequate equipment, and
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

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A MILITARY TRAGEDY.

The last mail from Madagascar brings intelligence
of a tragic event which recently occurred in that
island. Two officers, a Major Toureng and a Captain
Lefebure, belonging to a Marine battalion, having
quarrelled together for some unknown reason, the
captain, after having partaken of a plenteous repast,
took his revolver and went to the quarters of Major
Toureng. The latter was writing, and as be turned
round to see who was coming in Lefebure fired, and
lodged a bullet in the lower part of Major Toureng's
body. The injured man, after baying staggered a
few: paces. fell forward on his face, and died.
Lefebure then blew his own brains out.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

THE FULHAM TRAGEDY.

RECOVERY OF MRS. LEADER'S BODY.

T-I;;I:o-dY of woman answering the description of
Mrs. Leade:, who is supposed to have drowned her
four children in the Thames at Fulham, and then
committed suicide ten days since, was picked up
early on Monday morning in the river, off Mortlake.
The husband was communicated with, and he pro-
ceeded at once to the spot, and identified the body as
that of his wife. Early in the morning Mr. George
Wells, foreman to the Mortlake Brewery, was super-
vising the unloading of two barges at the brewery,
when his attention was direcimd to a corpse floating
under the stern of one of the barges. On taking the
body ashore it was seen that the dress corresponded
with the description of that worn by Mrs. Leader.
A sum of 79. in silver and some bronze money was
found in her pocket. Mr. Leader was much affected
at the sight of his wife's body.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

RETURNING FROM A WEDDING.

On Saturday, at Uxbridge, William Wilding, a coal
dealer, living in London, and John Marshall, a man
in his employ, were charged with assaulting William
Lavender and John Bowden, at Ruislip, on the pre-
vious night. The prosecutors and a witness named
Collett stated I,hat they formed part of a company
of handbell ringers who had been ringing a Mr.
Ewers, a resident of Ruislip, home after his
wedding; and as they were moving along in
line, ringing their bells, one of the prisoners'
party (they were in company with a Mr. Churchill,
with whom they were staying), pushed up against
them violently, knocking some of them over in the
mud. This was about eleven o'clock. Marshall
"wanted to know who was the besb man," and struck
Lavender in the eye. A police inspector said that
the men came to the station all smothered in mud.
He took the prisoners into custody as they were
strangers, or they would have been summoned in the
usual way. Wilding had been discharged by the
magistrates for want of evidence against him. Mar-
shall stated that he and Churchill and Wilding were
returning home when they heard the sound of bells, and
stepped to listen to them, "as they thought they were
so pretty." The bellringers passed them in line, but
when they had got by, Collett (already mentioned)
turned round and accused them of having broken
their line, and struck Marshall violently on the head
with his bell. A general row ensued, and the bell-
ringer would have murdered him and Wilding had it
not been for the arrival of the police. The magis-
trates discharged the case, making remarks to the
effect that it appeared to them that the wedding bell-
ringers had been the aggressors.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

THE AFFAIRS OF BASUTOLAND.

Further correspondence respecting the affairs of
Basutoland was issued on Saturday in the form of a
Blue-book. This traverses the period between June
and September, and chiefly relates to the negotia-
tions in the Orange Free State with regard to the
beaconing of the Basutoland frontier, to extradition
questions, and to the trial of burghers and residents
accused of crimes in Basutoland. Much of the
trouble existing in the Free State Border was attri-
buted to the refusal of the Volkgraad to take action.
Within 20 miles along the Western boundary there were
five well-known illicit canteens, two of them on farms
belonging to Orange Free State officials. Basutoland
maintained a force of over 200 police for the pre-
servation of order on its side of the frontier, while the
Orange Free State had none for border work. The
revenue of Basutoland for the year was £6786, which
was considered fairly satisfactory. This correspond-
ence closes with a dispatch to Sir Hercules Robinson,
the High Commissioner, from the Right Hon. E.
Stanhope, requesting that Sir M. Clarke, the Resident
Commissioner in Basutoland, may be informed that
her Majesty's Government highly appreciates the
valuable services he has rendered, and expressing
satisfaction at the self-control exercised by the
Basutos in co-operating in the prohibition of the
liquor traffic; requesting that the High Commis-
sioner will urge upon President Brand the importance
of at once constituting a small body of border police.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

THE SERVICE RIFLE.

The committee which has for some time been
sitting to inquire into the best sf rvtee gun f•tr the
army, although it has made no otlicial report, has de-
termined that further experiineuLs should teace,
which in some of the departments at the tiroverenieut
Small Arms Factory at Enfield has entailed is tem-
porary cessation of work. The commit ue Las deter-
mined that the pattern of rifle which was m ecurke of
manufacture might be improved upon, alineugii iii
the barrel itself very small alterations have been sug-
gested. The suggestions made are tha: the locking
bolt, the brush, and the wooden hand guard should
be done away with. They have suggested some
slight alterations in the arrangement of the barrel
and upper band, and a modification with regard to
the lever and extractor and the cleansing rod with
the jug combined. Another iniportAnt point
in the manufacture of the Enfield-Martini,
which the committee seems desirous of ridding
themselves of, is the system .ef sighting, and they pro-
pose for the service a much simpler method. To rest
the latest suggestion in the way o: small arms, orders
has been received az Enfield to manufacture .50
' rifles with the alterations before indicated, and these
will be put in hand at once. It is expected that they
will be completed in every reTect within a fortnight,
and forwarded to the School of Musketry at Hyde
for trial. Should the trials prove satisfactory it may
be expected the men will again be in full work in a
very !short period. At present some 700 hands have
been suspended, about one third of .the nominal
strength of the factory, and it is quite possible other
branches may have to cease work for a time. Mean-
while extra buildings and accommodation are ..)eing
prepared and rapidly pushed forward to Ine,-t any
emergency, and this the worktuoi regard es heieg
sign that the factory will be busily occupied the
moment the committee deteruline upon the class of
gun to be manufactured.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

DEATH OF ONE OF M. PASTEUR' S

PATIENTS.

Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an
inquest on Saturday at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the
body of Joseph Goffi (otherwise Smith), aged 36, a
porter engaged at Brown's veterinary institution at
Wandsworth-road, who died under circumstances of a
peculiar character. The evidenee of several witnesses
wont to show that on the afternoon of tha 4th ult.
Goffi was occupied in his duties, when he was bitten
by a large black cat on the left hand. He was treated
for the injury by a local surgeon, and subsequently
sent to M. Pasteur at Paris, where he was treated for
hydrophobia. On the 9th inst. he started for home
apparently well. He resumed work at once, but a
day or two after complained of pains in his stomach,
and on the 19th inst. he was admitted to St. Thomas's
Hospital, where he died on Wedneseay last. Mr. H.
W. G. Mackenzie, resident physician at St. Thomas's
Hospital, deposed to receiving Goffi on October 19,
when he complained of pains in his stomach and loss
of power of his legs. He was treated for an obscure form
of paralysis of an acute nature. This condition was
brought about by the exposure to the cold and
elements while returning from Paris. His death v as.
not due to the bite of the cat, but to natural causes
The jury returned a verdict accordingly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

A BRIDE ii.triM.P.lS SUICIDE.

An extraordinary affair has just occurred in the St,.
gulpice Quarter, Paris. A youngWuilutH, whose
mother keeps a millinery establishment iu the loca-
lity, was married the other day to a man riot much
older than herself, and is a native of Fours.
After the ceremony the young couple went to a hotel,
where they took rooms for a day or two previous to
their departure for Tours. The It morning the bride
was seen to open the ably ter4 of cue ~f the winnows
of her room, climb over tI-.e bA!ciitiy, and throw her-
self headforemost into space. Sle was picked up
'asensible by a priest and another person passing
by at the time. It was found that she had rcvniveit
no external injuries, but the blood flowed pr;ueely
from her nostrils. The girl has recovered com,cious-
ness, and is apparently well, but she ref used to dis-
closb.to..her mother the motive which impelled her
to attempt suicide in so determined a .inannet. --'Sbe•-• •
is only 18 years old, and land left a convent,
school just before her marriage. lier husband was
so overcome when he saw her brought back to the
bridal chamber covered with t0.,0d that he could not
speak.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

THE MAINTENANCE OF A DIVORCED
WOMAN.

At the Liverpool County Magistrates' Court on
Saturday, Thomas Constable and Valentine Constable
were summoned to show cause why they should not
support Mary Constable, their mother, who is at
present chargeable to the West Derby Guardians.
Mr. A. J. Cleaver appeared for the guardians, and
Mr. Hull for the defendants. Mr. Cleaver explained
that Mary Constable was divorced from her husband,
who was still living, but he was not liable to support
her. The non-liability to support the woman only
applied to the husband, and had nothing to do with
the sons. Under an Act of Elizabeth, which he
quoted, they were just as much liable as if there bad
been no divorce; blood relations, were liable to main-
tain their relations. There had been no case decided
on the point in dispute, but he held that the sons
were liable. Supposing the mother were entitled to
property the sons would be entitled to administer, and
on the other hand the mother would be entitled to
administer to the effects of the sons. Mr. Hull only
wished to raise the point of argument, because it was
a case never yet decided. Under a deed of separa-
tion the husband had to allow the woman 14s.a week.
In 1870 a decree of judicial separation was made,and
the Court ordered 12s. a week for maintenance. In
1877, in consequence of an act of adultery by the
woman, a divorce was granted, but the Court made
no order for maintenance. Since 1866 this woman
had been living apart ffom her husband. The sons
were 24 and 26 years of age, and had no consideration
for that which they were called upon to pay, the
woman not having taken the place of a mother to
them. The Bench, after consideration, said they
were of opinion that it was a hard case for the sons;
but if the woman destroyed her right to maintenance
from her husband, the deficiency must be supplied by
them. They must make an order, leaving it for the
sons to take it to a higher court if they liked. It was
then agreed to accept 3s. a week from one, and from
the married son, Thomas, is.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

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COMMISSIONERS' MEETING

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was
held on Monday last, Mr. W. Platt in the chair;
the other members preFent being Messrs. Stringer,
Palfrey, AV. Jones, Woolley, Hughes, J, E. Jones,
C. H. Collis, Hicklin, Walker, Purkis, Parkes,
Grif6:l, Jams, Baker, Newnam, and Skelding.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed
Mr. S. A. Brooks made the usual declaration and
took his seat on the Board,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

. .
sideration, having been taken exactly eight
hundred years ago, our antiquaries have this
week been celebrating the event by a con-
certed examination of the ant:que ma,nu-
scriot records, and by reading papers and
holding discussions on various topics cog-
nate to the central subject. The fine old
Doomsday record has been well described
already often enough, but the people gen-
erally will learn something from the reports
given in the daily papers cencerninc, the ut-
terances of our learned Dryasd.usts there-
anent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

ALLOTMENTS.

Several experiments with the view of extending the
allotment system are at present being carried out in
South Bedfordshire and North Hertfordshire. In
response to a repeatedly expressed wish on the part
of the Luton Horticultural Society, Madame de
Falbe and his Excellency the Danish Minister recently
intimated their willingness to let portions of land on
the Luton Hoo estate for small gardens for the use of
working men of the town. The offer has been largely
taken advantage of, applications having been received
for more than 10 acres. The land is situated within
easy distance of the town, and the rent to be charged
is very moderate. Sir J. B. Lawes, of Rothamsted-
park, who already owns a large number of allotments,
has broken up two or three more fields close to the
village of Harpenden. A committee has been formed
to supervise the allotments, which are let out in
plots of from 10 poles up to an acre. For the first
year the tenants are to pay only tithe charge and rates,
and afterwards at the rate of .E 2 an acre. At the
neighbouring village of Markyate Street, garden
allotments have been laid out on the estate of Sir
John Sebnght, Admirals FeHowes, C. 8., and Mr. J.
W. Smith have made einink successful attempt in the
same direction at Stevenage. Mr. Smith has relin-
quished some of is Lana, w 1,1,1,
rented, and several acres have been staked out in
plots of ten or 20 poles each. At a meeting held
recently, Admiral Fellowes, along :with the Rev. G.
Lilting and Mr. S. P. Nash. met a large number of
the labourers of the neighbourhood, and the allot-
ments were all taken up at the following rates: 4d. a
pole to labourers, 4,3 d. to mechanics, and bd. to small
tradesmen, including rates. Out of 33 lots, 30 were
let at 4d., the rent to be paid in advance. An agent
and collector has been appointed, and any profit which
may be made will be divided equally among the
holders in seeds, manure, or tools.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-10-30

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CONFLICT BETWEEN SKYE CROFTERS

AND POLICE.

While a sheriff's officer named Grant, from Inver-
ness, was proceeding to the house of a crofter at
Bornaskitag, near Kihnuir. Skye, on Monday, to serve
a writ for arrears of rent, he was met by a crowd of
people, who appeared to be determined not to allow
him to get near the house. Grant was escorted by a
number of policemen, who endeavoured to disperse
the crowd. A conflict ensued, the police using their
batons, and the mob using sticks and stones. A de-
tachment of marines happened to be close at hand,
and, as the police seemed to he getting the worst of
the conflict, the military were ordered to disperse the
crowd at the point of the bayonet. There was no
resistance offered to the military. Six men were
afterwards arrested and taken to Portree on board
her Majesty's ship Seahorse. On the arrival of the
vessel the prisoners were landed and removed to
Portree gaol under a strong escort of marines and
police.

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