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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

A BRAVE FEMALE WARRIOR.

An appeal is made in the German military papers
for subscriptions for the preservation of a granite
obelisk which stands in a disused burial-ground near
Dannenberg, a small Hanoverian town not far from
the Elbe. This was erected to the memory of
Eleonore Prochaska, who served in the Lutzow Rifles
under the name of August Renz, and who, mortally
wounded in the battle on the Garde on the 16th of Sep-
tember, 1813, died in Dannenberg on the sth of
October, 1813, and was buried with military honours on
the 7th of October, 1813. She joined the Lutzow or
Black Rifles, as the corps was commonly called, as a
volunteer in the spring of the year in which she was
killed, and succeeded in concealing her sex until she
fell mortally wounded during an attack upon a French
battery. Her voice only was remarked as peculiar,
and she was much laughed at by her comrades for
speaking like a woman; but, to allay suspicion,
she gave out that she was a tailor; and, as
it was considered as only natural that a tailor
should have effeminate characteristics, she was left
in peace. The subterfuge, however, br...ught her plenty
of work, since all her comrades whose garments wanted
repairing naturally came to her for assistance. For-
tunately, 3}le was expert with her needle and always
ready to do all she could; and as, moreover, she was
a good c:-,ok, she not only became very popular in her
company, but was spared much rough and hard work
by others volunteering to do it for her.
The burial-ground in which the obelisk stands (and
in which there is also a stone bearing an inscription
stating that, sitting on it, Theodor Saner wrote his
well-known war-hymOn 1813) being no longer used,
the fence surrounding it has decayed, and therefore it
is now proposed to raise a fund for the purpose of
buying and enclosing the small plot of ground on
which Eleonore Prochaska's obelisk stands.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

RESCUE OF TWENTY-FOUR LIVES BY

A LIVERPOOL STEAMER.

The steamer Illyrian on her last outward voyage to
Boston was instrumental in saving 24 men, the
entire crew of the large American ship Isaac Webb.

It appears that the Illyrian left the Mersey on the
17tErult., and on the 25th, about midnight, she ob-
served signals of distress from a vessel in lat. 42.30
•by 59.20. She at once bore down upon her, and found
her to be the Isaac Webb. This was about half-pmt
one in the morning, and the captain of the Illyrian
immediately set about rescuing the crew, the whole of
whom being soon placed safely on board the Illyrian.

It seems that the Isaac -Webb was a vessel of 1,497
toms register, and was bound from Antwerp for New
York. On the 24th, the day previous to the rescue, a
gale of great violence sprang up from the south-
east, during which the ship made a heavy lurch
to leeward, shifting her cargo and coming round
to the wind, when she was thrown on her beam
ends. There was a high confused sea running, and
to save the vessel from capsizing altogether her main
and mizen masts were cut away, which eased her con-
siderably. The crew then set to work to trim the
cargo and pump the water out of the ship, which was
then leaking rapidly. At ,two p.m. the foremast
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broke, carrying away with it the ibboom and spars.
The vessel was entirely at the mercy of the waves, and
the crew could do nothing to help to keep her afloat.
A consultation was held, and it wag decided to leave
her at the first opportunity. Several hours passed,
during which time she was gradually settling under
the men's feet, but fortunately at half-past one on the
following morning the Illyrian hove in sight. The
Illyrian was bound to Boston, at which port the men
were all landed by her. When last seen the Isaac
Webb was fast sinking.

TUE TniarrY RAM —Naturalised Cockney. "What
are we going to have for tea? Well, what do you say
to some shrimps 1 "—Unsophisticated parent (on a
visit from the north). "Na, na, laddie ; nane o' yer
Lunnon extravagances fer ree."—[Orders a cold
chicken, and proseede to sermonise on the holiness of
pinin
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

HALE SOWEN,

ALLEGED CBUELTY TO A Cow.—At the Police
Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. F. D, L, Smith,
11, Howard and E. B. Phillips, Joseph Smart,
farmer, Oaten-flelds, was summoned for causing a
cow to be conveyed so as to cause it unnecessary
pain and suffering, and a man named Henry Wake.
fell was summoned for conveying the animal.-.
Inspctor Ituan, one of the Birmingham Inspectors
for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, said that on the 18th ult, he saw Wake-
field driving a float along Dudley Street, Birming-
ham, in which was a cow lying on its side. The
animal's near hind leg was broken. He ascertained
that it had been brought from defendant's premises
and that it was being taken to be slaughtered,
having been unable to get a butcher to slaughter
it at the latter place. The cow was after wards
slaughte-ed it in the float.—A veterinary surgeon
gave evidence to the effect that he did not think
it was an act of cruelty to remove the cow to Birm-
ingham.— The summonses were diemise_d on pay-
ment of costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

HOP.

The hop market continues to show strength. Supplies of
both home and foreign growths are much shorter than was
expected, hence values axe well maintained. Really choice
hops are getting very scarce, the bulk of the supply offer-
ing being of second rate quality. Quotations are as
follows :—East Kent goldings, £6 6s. to £9; Mid Kent
ditto, £5 lbs. to £8; Weald of Kent. £8 15g. to £8 19a ;
Sussex, £3 12s. to £6 12..; Farnhams, £6 15s to ; mun., trY
dial), £6 6s. to £7 15s. ; Worcesters, £7 to £8 Si. ; yearlings.
£3 10s. to £5 5a.: Bohemians, £3 18s. to £5; Bavarians, £4
163. to ; Americans; 47 to £8 Si. per cwt.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

EXECUTION OF TWO RUSSIAN
NIHILISTS.

A telegram from the St. Petersburgh correspondent
of the Daily News says that the two Russinn prisoners,
Kviatkoffsky and Presniakoff, who were recently con-
demned to death by the Military Tribunal were
executed on Tuesday morning in the fortress.
Although the public were rigidly excluded from
the 'fortress, with the courtesy generally distinguish-
ing high Russian officials one or two foreign
correspondents were readily admitted on pre-
sentation of their credentials. At 7.45 a.m.
the two prisoners were taken from their cells in
the criminal car, riding with their backs to the
horses, with the placard, "State criminal," fastened
on their breasts. Their arms were pinioned to iron
uprights. Their legs were tied loosely. They main-
tained their resolution undaunted. Presniakoff en-
gaged in continuous conversation with Kviatkoffsky
until the foot of the glacis was reached. Here they
descended from the car, and walked up the incline to
the scaffold erected on the wall. A battalion of
the Finland Guards Regiment, which was doing duty
at the Palace on the night of the explosion, was
paraded on the ground. The sentence was read, the
priest approached the condemed men, who kissed the
cross presented by him and listened to the last
prayers. Then they were arrayed in a coarse linen
garment confining the limbs and shrouding the head.
The executioner having made the usual preparations,
the execution took place. Four sturdy convicts from
the city prison were brought as usual to assist in
placing the corpses in the coffins.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

STRENGTH for the WEAK

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prussion, Palpitation of the Heart, Drowsiness, In-
digestion, Singing Noises in the Bead and i• are-
Loss of Memory, Want of Appetite, Neuralgia, Pains
and Aches, Wasting Diseases, Loss of Euergy,
Ire-
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with dulness of perception and delusions and all
other low states of the system indicating the prescnee
of disease, which if not attended to in time may be-
come serious
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

AN EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.

tlie.ule following extraordinary scene is to be added to
ettirAtianY illustrations of the present state of the
writes the Dublin correspondent of The
toi47) it is described in a report from Loughrea,
gild? Galway. Some time ago a widow and five
kiiießle were evicted from a farm situate about eight
tielv),-- 'eta Loughrea, the house on which was knocked
,4sse„-,,, At midnight on Sunday night about 500 men
'he ,Zulecl and went to work to rebuild the house for
e'dttir,"'w- Some were engaged building walls, others
scallops, and others collecting straw. ManyPive- Irish songs rang out
,on the cold night.
s u'reled policemen were present. At the sug-
a...k.°4 of the police a fire was lit, At three o'clock
Lskad car arrived with Mr. O'Sullivan, of. the
the League, and q, wild cheer went up. At siicn
k c.f.:1411g the house was finished, and subsequently
Vlalie.-",,4 was held. Mr. M. O'Hallora.n.a took the
-Lhe widow and orphans occupied place
he chairman on the platform. A crowd
4hd p-11,ng some thousands attended. The Loughrea
1- „
• "r'ernna bands were present. The usual Land
teedgilie resolutions were adopted. During the PP.:;
Nva,y I.lgs the man who occupied the land mad? n_
the platform and was warmly received.
c!
farrlikkt he was very sorry he ever took the witlow s
Pest Re came there in response to the re-
Itrizi, of the Land League and gave up the
414 lariasa he had made a mistake in taking
iave He had no more to say but that he
• b 11. P the land. (Cheers.) Mr. O'Sullivan 5r541
Skizieed'etved that was one of the greatest victories
Ltla t,TY the League. It was. then announced that
4:1114-;:lew had taken possession of her new house.
toil,1"-3 warmly received by the crowd, who marched
kveiit3 the land, headed by the two bands. In the
1441,4'4 the victorY was celebrated in Loughrea, the
110edtallaying through the streets, followed by several
-4,41 People cheering for Mr. Parnell and the
"-eftgue.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

CETEWAYO' S RATIONS.

The following memorandum (appruved) of the scale
of ratiouq, tea be driwn by Cetewayo and his
atteUdints appears in a Blue Book of correspondence
respecting South African affairs just issued :—For
Cetewayo and women-151b. beef (fresh), 91b. bread,
61b. sweet potatoes (or other kind, 11b. coffee, 21b.
sugar, 3oz. salt, 2 candles (per week), 301 b. coal or
100 lb. wood (the wood for preference), 1 bar soap (per
week). For four men attendants—four ordinary native
rations, viz.-41b. mealie meal, 61b. fresh meat, 2oz.
salt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

A GALLANT ACT.

Pa
oytl i 1 have been received of the disastrous
.ItieN;6l,.e of the steamer Titania which left Dundee for
en the 11th ult.
raomteenla that the vessel was on the t2nd_of he sameer '4 oyertaken by a strong S.S.E. gale, wtdolubnl;
es•sed
into a terrible hurricane, with tremendous
"lowi causing the vessel to labour heavily. After
tvar,l for five hours the wind changed to the east-
With terribly high seas. About two hours
all the after-hold was found full of water, and
illio4lllllPs were got to work. An examination
that the spare propeller in the itween
ilole "ad broken all its ring bolts, had been
Voth°t,ll hurled about and had maie breaches in
4014tvedtrtibbesotauhreodsi.up,ftha a
the vessel, The cargo also got adrift
an
portion of it had to be thrown
uie, Next morning the Bel Air hove in sight,
°own on the Titania, which was then in. a
the-2,e.ritieal Condition, The Bel Air came as near
;4vaii „„teartia as she could with safety, and an attempt
'otit t-Lade to lower the boats from the latter vessel,
4„0 AY were smashed against the side. Seeing that
trie 1,„ tr2nnicationcould be established by t.Ans means,
'laldra'e .0f the Titania plunged into the sea, a d
in D. 7 struck iota for the other steamer, and sueFeed74l_
arrla'ining the de4k of the Be! Air' After making .a.ll
to tlllegenients for the Bel Air to accompany his PITT
ter, th.4estaaraetat port for fear anything should
an swam
s m
T happen
ack to
the eagain !prang into the water,
thite notable that the resent month has witnessed
4,14/31ssue of a Lendon Uel ity list in whieli the J3.A.
granted to letly

THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

The boat race for the Championship Challenge Cup
and a stake of £2OO a side, between Edward Hanlan,
of Toronto, the Champion of Canada, the United
States, and England, and Edward Trickett, of
Sydney, New South Wales, who, after defeating
Sadler, of Putney, in 1876, claimed to be Champion of
the World, was rowed early on Monday afternoon from
Putney to Mortlake, and resulted in an easy victory
for the Canadian sculler, who won by four lengths..

A telegram °from Toronto states that throughout
Canada the greatest jubilation was displayed at
Ilanlan's victory, and congratulatory telegrams were
immediately sent from every part of the Dominion to
its hero in London. The result was made public
almost simultaneously by the Dominion Telegraph
Company in Ottawa, Quebec, Toronto, and London,
Ontario. Immediately after the result was known an
organization was started for the presentation of a
testimonial to Hanlan, and a 'programme is already
being arranged for a reception of the Champion on his
return to Canada.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

MORE TROUBLE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The Pall Ma/I Gazette, in its " Occasie,nal Notes,'
remarks :
" Another arid a most formidable complication has
arisen in South Africa. The Transvaal Boers have at
last exchanged passive discontent for active resistance,
and a collision with the Imperial troops seems in-
evitable. The Boers, who have never recognised
British rule and never taken the oath of allegiance,
have always declined to nay the taxes which the
Government has levied, and. on this the whole Trans-
vaal question turns. If the collision, as now appears
inevitable, takes place upon this question, it is to be
feared that the whole of the Dutch population may
unite in resisting the Imperial troops. Potchefstrom,
the former capital of the Transvaal, where the Boers
are reported to have resisted the execution of the
sheriff's writ, is about one hundred miles from Pretoria
and some seventy from Rustenberg, the point from
which troops have 'been despatched. There are, or were,
three infantry regiments in the territory—the 21st,
the 58th, and the 94th, but no cavalry, the Ist
Dragoon Guards having been sent on to India. The
Boers are all mounted, well armed, and are to a
large extent animated by bitter animosity towards
the British Government. The prospect at the mo-
ment, therefore, cannot be called hopeful. The situa-
tion is all the more disagreeable beeause this Trans-
vaal question is distinctly Imperial. The trouble in
Transkei, where Pondos, Tambookies, Griquas, and
Basutos are in arms against us arose out of the un-
just action of the Colonial Government; but even
there it seems only too probable that the native rising
may become matter of Imperial concern."

The Daily .News (in a leader) says it is the duty of
the Ilonae Government to consider whether the Cape
Government can any longer be entrusted with the
management of large native populations beyond the
limits of the colony. "It is, we think, the duty of
Great Britain to resume the direct control of those
native territories. It would be well if the Bunt, s,
the Griquas, the Tembus, and other tribes were also
attached to Natal, which is in the position of a Crown
colony, and therefore not liable to have its tastily
policy made the football of mere party."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

EXECUTION AT DURHAM.

William Broi,vnless, aged 22, a shoemaker, was
exeeuted in Durham Gaol, at eight o'clock on Tuesday
morning, for the murder of his sweetheart, Elizabeth
Holmes, at Evenwood, on the 18th of August.
Marwood, who acted as executioner, entered the
gaol at 7.30 a.m., and pinioned the culprit in the
Governor's room. At about three minutes to eight he
was led to the scaffold, accompanied by the Under
Sheriff, the Governor of the gaol, the chaplain, the
surgeon, and warders,
13rownless appeared to be perfectly resigned to his
fate, and when placed upon the folding doors he
glanced upwards, and muttered faintly a prayer.
Marwood, having adjusted the rope around his neck,
drew the bolt, and the culprit fell into the cavity
below, The fall was Bft. Gin., and death was instant-
aneous. Brswnless was very penitent during the
night.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

THE CASE OF DISTIN.

The Lancet says :—" It is impossible not to feel that
a grave public scandal will be created if Distin, the
convict awaiting execution at Bristol, is hung without
a medical inquiry. This maa nas, it seems, attempted
suicide on no less than seven several occasions, once by
taking vermin-powder, twice by trying to drown himself
in the harbour, once by jumping over a bridge, once by
.jumping out of a window, once by hanging, and once
by cutting his throat. Had he died on either of these
occasions the verdict would doubtless have pointed to
"temporary insanity "as the cause. Is there no ground for
suspecting insanity now that he has, in a fit of jealousy,
killed his paramour? There is also a history of injury.to
the head, and it seems his mental soundness has been
actually suspected, as he was once submitted to medi-
cal examination by a surgeon now deceased. In the
face of such a tale as this, we will not question the
common sense and humanity of Sir William Harcourt
by supposing that he will hesitate to interpose. With-
out waiting for any agitation or pressure, it is the
plain duty of the Home Secretary to order a medical
instuiry, whatever the result anticipated may be."

On Monday, Mr. S. Morley, M.P., and Mr. Fry,
M.P., met at Clifton a 'deputation representing the
promoters of a memorial to the Home Secretary pray-
ing for a reprieve of the condemned man, William
Distin (under sentence of death for the murder of
Emily Daniels). Mr. Waterhouse, solicitor, of
Bristol, introduced the deputation, and laid before
the hon. members the grounds upon which the me-
morialists asked for a medical inquiry into the state of
Distin's mind. Messrs. Morley and Fry promised to
co-operate with the promoters of the memorial and
make prompt arrangements for presenting it, when
signed, to the Home Secretary.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

WINTER SCENES AT CRONSTADT.

Intelligence received from Cronstadt states that the
early advent of winter has occasioned scenes which
have not been witnessed for many years. As a rule
the merchant moles are usually deserted the moment
the ice makes it appearance from the Neva, and the
average date of the close of the navigation is so well
known to shippers abroad that vessels rarely visit
Cronstadt after the 15th of November. This year, how-
ever, the remarkably early freezing over of the Neva
found the moles crowded with steamers, most of which
were under instructions to make another trip to Cron-
stadt before the close of the season, if not two. Buoyed by
the belief that the ice, according to the local proverb,
having "early come, would early go," the shipping
agents made no haste to get their vessels away, and it
was not until last Tuesday, when the ice was beginning
to become dangerously thick, that a stampede took
place. In the morning 0 steamers, nearly all Eng-
lish, left the merchant mole for the Baltic, following
one after another along a channel in the ice mit by two
English steamers that had tried to get away on the
previous Friday. These had been unable to proceed
beyond Fort Alexander, where the 10 steamers in
course of time came up to them. On Wednesday
morning 200 men were sent from Cronstadt bo cut a
channel for the ships, and commenced breaking a road
in front of the 12 steamers, which were forcing their way
slowly through the frozen masses to the open water
beyond. It was believed that they would be ulti-
mately successful in their efforts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

MURDER OF A LAND AGENT IN
IRELAND.

A young man named Wheeler, the son of a land I
agent, was murdered on the borders of Limerick and
Tipperary en Friday afternoon in last week Wheeler
had been collecting rents for his father, and was taking
a short cut across some fields, when he was suddenly
confronted by a man with a blackened face, by whom
he was shot dead. A herd named Moore, by whom Mr.
Wheeler was accompanied, says the man sprang from
behind a hedge, and raising a double-barrelled gun,
fired. The slugs struck Mr. Wheeler full in the mouth,
and he fell. Moore rushed away, and then looking
back saw Wheeler get up and attempt to run, but he
was followed by the assassin and shot down. Moore
says he heard two more shots, and then ran two miles
to the Oola Barracks. The police found Wheeler
lying dead. Near his body lay a large stone,
and this was stained with blood. The body was at
once removed by the police to the house of Moore, and
there it was seen by Dr. Ryan, of Pallas, who was sent
for. The doctor found that the lower lip and a por-
tion of the lower law had been carried away together
with several teeth. The bullets or pellets, which
entered at the mouth, appeared to have passed out
Pear the ear at the
Fight side. There were marks of
pellets on the forehead, but these did not fracture the
bone. A second wound was apparent at the left ear,
as if a bullet had entered, and the doctor was of
opinion that more thanolie 1-iot must have been fired
i
to cause such terrible njuries. The police from the
surrounding stations were soon summoned, and a
close search was made at the place where the deceased
was first struck. Some of his teeth were found, and
the ti'aces of blood marked his progress to the spot
where he finally sank. No arms was found hidden
and though the district was scoured, no clue was
obtained as to the perpetrator.
An inquest was held on Monday, when the jury
found a verdict to the effect that the deceased died
from a gunshot wound inflicted by some person or
persons unknown.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

MURDER OF AN IRISH WIDOW.

On Sunday a widow woman, named Mary Farrelly
was found murdered in her house at Clonasilla, near
Virginia-road Station, on the Great Northern Rail-
way of Ireland. A young man named Daly, near
whose father she had some cattle grazing, went to the
place on Saturday, and on arrival found the door half
open. On entering he found her lying on the ground
dead, with a piece of wire used for fencing twisted
tightly round her neck, her hands being also tied.
The cause of the murder is alleged to be robbery, as
her box was found broken open, and, it is said, she
had a moderate sum of money for one in her station,
occupying only two or three acres of land. Deceased
had no children, and lived alone.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

Testimonial from Sir CHARLES LOCOCK
Physician to the Queen.

"I have for ;lime years recornm, ncled
"CHE ICAL FOOD in cases of gateral ill-heilth
"with the most beneficial results I find it to be a
very pure preparation, containing amongst other
"thins free and unozydized Phosphorous highly
"diffused, and when persevered with has always
seemed to give fresh life to the languid and
"exh..usted, and health, strength, and energy.
"By its use the dull, the sluggish, tie lazy and
"languid arise in the morning well and refreshed,
'wilts an ap}:etite for food, and fit for study,
"society or business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

CUTTINGS PROM AMERICAN PAPERS,

A school-teacher at Easthampton, Mass., tried to
hrash the whole school at once, instead of taking a dozen
at a time. Twenty-seven bites will prove fatal collec-
tively. _

A recent wedding at Williamsport, Pa., had a
gloom cast over it by the discovery that, through some unac-
countable mistake, the bridesmaid had been married instead
of the bride.

A Minnesota tourist and his intended bride were
ith,pecting a group of statuary, in a local museum, and she
asked him who that female figure was. He said he wasn't
certain about it, but he supposed it was a bust of Sahara—
at least it was a barren waist.

A Chicago editor received a gold pen for a present
from his admirer, ; hut he doesn't use it. He says it is not
half so handy as his old pair of scissors in getting up
editorial articled and leaders.

In an obituary on a strolling cow, a -Kansas paper
says: "There is not a farm waggon in the country that she
has not stolen something out of; not a gate in the town she
has not opened; and the stones that have been thrown at
her would make five miles of turnpike."
An Indiana barrister, writing home from New.
Orleans, dwells with evident gusto on the generous dimen-
sions of the drinking glasses used in the saloons of that
city. He says it made him feel at first as if he was drinking
out of a churn.
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A young woman in Chicago who lost her speech by
a severe cold, had twenty offers of marriage in one week.
• "Willie, ray boy, what name shall we give to baby?"
said a new York lady to her firstborn, a quick-witted boy in
his fifth year. After a moment's reflection Willie laid his
hand on the infant's head and replied: "Oh, I know, call
him Archie bald 1 '

As a citizen of Cincinnati, late at night, was sitting
by his window for a chance to hurl a missile at the cats that
worried him, it neighbour passing by said to him, "I sup-
pose you have an object in view in sitting up there so later
"Yes," was the reply, as he held up a boot,jack, "and I
also have an object in hand ready for the other object."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-20

ROWLEY LOCAL BOARD.

Mr. W. Bassano presided at the monthly meeting
of this Board, held on Monday last, at the Public
Offici s, Old Hill. The question of lighting the
streets at Cradley Heath came up for consideration.
petition from the ratepayers of King Street, ask-
ing that this street might also be lighted, was pre-
sented by Mr, Barker.
The Clerk stated that the total assessment of the
district included, in the improvement Echeme was
£3.065, 16s 6d.. and that the cast of lighting would
be £136 46 per annum, and this would require a
rate of lid in the pound to be levied, in addition to
the general district rate, upon the particular district
interested.

The Chairman thought it w ould require a shilling
rate, and Eugge:+te d that the money should be raised
by aapph mentary dis Pict rate. It was decided not
to include King Street, in the estimate. It was
then resolved that the portion of Cradley Heath
concerned in improvement scheme should be separ-
ately he.essed for a general di,trict rate, to include
the cost of such lighting, and that the rate be col-
lected with the general district rate, in April next.
The clerk was ins'ruct&l to enter into an agreement
with the Gradley Heath Gas Company for the
ghting of the said diztrict for seven years
The officer (Mr. Beasley) reported 38 deaths for
the past month again-t 44 for the previous month,
the death-rate being 18.3 per 1,000.
The assistant medical officer, in his report for the
lower divi.ion of the parish, stated that 22 deaths
had occurred, this b _nig three less than the number
regi•tered in the previous month. The death-rate
was 196 per 1.000. There had been an outbreak of
typhoid fever at Reddall Hill. Several cases were
under In atment, and one case had proved fatal. He
was inclined to think that the outbreak was attribut
able to contaminated wells which supplied the
holt-es with INater.