The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-03-29 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

SIAM AND taltil*N.

The railway authorities are considering the subject
of a redaction of speed, and also of the narnUer of express
trains.

It la most probable that the new cable to ;Irate the
New with the Old World will be suceenfully laid le May.

The King of the Greeks has ordered a national
mourning for the late Sir Richard Chur,..h.

The ~:zoisa Times announces that it will publish a
special Vienna edition during the forthcoming Exhibition.
Three leading colliery proprietors in the Barnsley
district on Monday further advanced the price of coal ts.
per ton.
A telegram haa been received from Mr. Thomas
Cook, dated Jaffa, March 23, announcing the safe landing of
the last section of Messrs. Cook's "Palestine parties."

The King of Siam has established two schools under
English matters at Bangkok, for the suns of the nobles.
An advertiftment appears in the New York Herald,
offering for sale, for 3,000 dollars, a shekel supposed to have
belonged to Judas Iscariot.
The trial of twelve persons accused of being membeis
of aSe .rot soitty commenced on Moods) at the in the
Department of the Drome.
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A carpenters' strike has been on some time in New-
port, and now a bricklayers' and masons' strike Is threatened,
unless a penny an houror shorter day. are allowed.
A disturbance, almost amounting to a riot, occurred
in the Irish quarter of Bury, Lancashire, on Saturday night,
an .ut 2,ooo:persene congregating.

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A literary gentlrman who hai travelled over the
whole world 6sys thst the ladles of the Royal Family of
Russia cannot tie matched fur permal beauty.

!he Shakere, in their new organ, put their deaths
under the head of Harvested " When they are hurled,
they probably call It "Planted."

A °nation of £1,1)00 has been added by Messrs.
Ilargreave and Ilussey, a Leeds firm of manufacturers and
merchants, to the fund in course of formation for a college
of science in Yorkshire.

Although the average daily produce of the a dition
fishing in the Tweed continues good for the season, the
number of fish taken is not so large Rs it was during the un-
usually good fishing a few weeks ago.

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The Birmingham Town Council on Monday rerpdved,
by a msj nity of two to one, to reject the precept of the
Scho.3l Board for t. 13,500, and will It h stated, resist the
action of the Board snould that body. apply for a mandamus.
The Manchester Examinee Pays that wife lr-ating has
become so common at Button that the magistrates hare de-
termined to inflict the severest penalty on persons brought
before them charged with that offence.

The wife of a money-taker a: the Nottingham
Theatre has, while in a state of temporary insanity, de.
strq)ed her life by swallowing a quantity of powder in-
tended for pnuming vermin.

James Gardner, a carver and gilder of Glasgow,
claimed in the Court of Set sion, Edinburgh, as compensation
for injuriee received in the Kirtlebridge accident, 43,000, of
which £2.0,)0 was awarded by the jury.

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Two Parieian ladies were lo 'king for the little daugh-
ter of one of them lo a group of baby carriages. "Do you
are Wm r asked the friend of the mlther. 'him lam
looking for her nurse." " Her nurse " Yes all children
look alike. I know the nurse, and I can find the child hest
In that way." ‘• As for msself, I think all banner look alike."
'flow do you find yours, then?' "Oh, I know the soldier
who is her beau."

We must look to our homicidal laurels. S ivaunah
promises to surpass New York in the number at least of her
mu der cases, for she has now seven of them on hand, al.
though with this difference, that not one of the murderers!,
under arrest. Tile News hastens to ensure the world that
the Savannah courts "are among the purest and most in-
corruptible In the country," only there is "a screw loose
somewhere." What the "loose screw" is, the News does
not say.—New Fork Tribune.
On Monday afternoon a serious accident happened
at Messrs. Glasbrook's new coal pit at Muuntain Ash. Four
sinkers were engaged in examining the sides of the pit, when
the ciigs of a machine used in lowering the stage, upon which
they were working, broke The stage was precipitated, with
the four mcn, to the ground, a distance of 25 yards. Two of
the men are not expected to live, and the others are also
very seriously injured.

At the (A ,th balls, Leeds, on Saturday, complaints
were great of the price of coal, which manufacturers declare
must lead to a very general adoption of short time. Cthe
manufacturer Illustrated the effect by saying : t' Though
my goods are beginning to grow on my bands because I can-
not sell at prices I must ask, yet the week's advance In coals
will make them cost t, me 1-.1 a yard more than before—just
sufficient to destroy the profit."

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The reported discovery of coal at Hartland Point,
about twenty-two miles from harostapie, Is creating a great
deal of interest in North Devon. Some twenty years ago a
vein of colm was discovered about half a mile from Bideford,
and was worked at a pima for about ton years, shn it be-
eline exhausted. It is thought that this vein at Hartland
Point is a continuation of tho same that was discovered near
Bideford.

On Tuesday the Bishop of Exeter was a witness be-
fore the House of Commons Committee appointed to inquire
Into the working of the En lowed tichods Act of 18,9. In
the course of Ids evidence his lordship stated that he thought
gratuitous eduntion worked badly. Be also preferred
selection by merit to selection by patronage. With regard
to examinationa, the right rev, prelate said that when he
was heatniaster at Rugby he would rather that these had
been compulsory. He was upon the governing body of one
of the schools now under the statute of 1869, and he found
the system to act well, and believed that the general scope
of its working was beneficial.

ii,eaking at Sheftield on Monday night, the Rev.
Dr. Angus stated that the work of real-sine the New Testa.
ment would be completed in seven years, and the Old Tata-
moot in twelve years, If the committees continued, as at
present, to devote forty days a year to the work. The
Americans, he said, had also appointed two •Jouimittees to
whom the English work was referred for suggestion. The
completed work would therefore represent the united
scholarship of the Eugllsh speaking people,

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On Tuesday morning the Sheriff of Norwich pre-
sent./ Mr. Bar in Martin with a pair of white gloves, a
maiden asst. s having occurred Cr the first Mine shoe WIT
The learned 8.1.11, in accepting the gift, said it was credit-
able to a large city like Norwich to be so free from crime;
but it was oily a specimen of what was going on all over the
country. Ile thought this was due to the people being
hotter educated, better employed, and getting bottes wages.
This kept them from temptation, and enabled them to live
honest') and support their 'amides. lie hoped the pre3ent
state of things weuld long continue

The ans;zes of the county of Down have been ad-
journed until the 7th of April, when it is expected that the
trial of the persons amused at the Ilolywood murder will be
proceeded with. the adjournment has become necessary In
consequence of a misapprehension on the part of the Sheriff
as to toe mode of marking out a panel under the row jury
system. Mr Justice Keogh exonerated him from all blame,
and smgested the necessity of reconstructing the whole
system, °bin:living that unless the Sneriff was allowed to use
some eli,cretion as to the selection of proper persons it was
difficult to see how the ordinary administration of justice
could be carried on.
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On Saturday aft-moon two brothers named re-
spectively Duncan and James Ninirml—the latter an old
Adler and the former a private in the 10th Regiment of
Foot—had Men drinking together during the day, and In
the afternoon they visited a (demi, in whose house they
spent mv,ral hours. Ultimately James wished to go home,
hot Dialelin orelined ; win reupon the former. saying IS
would ratimr kill than part with tie brother, stalled Dorman
In the abd /111nI1 with a he-fe. The remnant, after a severe
etruggle, was secured and taken into custody, anti the
wounded man w a removed to the hilirmary, where he died
iii tau coarse of

"The beehion at gnat paste.; in Paris this winter
has been for the ladies to occupy an imposing circle in the
centre of the room, which the bisck.co.ted crowd is not
alaoreel to penetrate. By this arrangement the dresses
become the chef obj eta of admiration, and the observer.
outside the circle are or abled to eremite° at their CHU the
c atly arrangement of satin, lace, and gauze of all colours.
It is under such cirennistances posalhle to appreciate the
Ingeouity of the terilleurs peter dames, who have Invented the
eighty guinea dressee which is all the rage."—Court Journal
A fatal hunting accident occurred on kriday ir.
B elton Park, near Grantham. Mr. Clarke Coe, a farmer of
Fulheck, w.s riding through the perk to the meet of the
Duke of ltuelanda hounds, wheu in consequence of the
blinding sleet which was falling heavily, the horse an i rider
were prevented from obierving a tree which stood in their
path. On nearing it, however, it is suppamed that the
animal suddenly swerved te one aide and passed be safety,
but the head of the rider came into violent contact with the
tree, and he was thrown to the ground. No person actually
e itemised the accident, but a gentleman riding near, seeing
Mr. Ode upon the greeted', went to his assistance, and found
that he was dead.

By a majority of 397 to 213 votes, the French
As.embly has rejected a bill aVottlng a sum of 100,000 francs
for the purpose of sending French workmen to toe Vienna
Exhibition. The imprestion seemed to prevail among the
members that the International Society had been the result
of the visit paid by French workmen to the London Exhibi
lion in lent SI. 'I olsiu, who was himself one of the dole-
Co that Ethibitiou, denied that the International was
responsible for much with which It was charged He spoke
in favour of a small money grant being made to enable
French operatiww to see the best work of the Austriass,
who were booming foimbisble rival.. The 11111110 c, of
Commerce objected, however, principally on the ground of
want of funds, but also because of the danger of demoralleie
thin to which the workmen would be liable by thejoutney.

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It in rumotrind that Dr. I.ushinuton's secret about
Lord Byron has set died with him, alld will be made public
before long.
It has been shown by a Parliamentary paper just
bailed that in logland and Walea hi the year ended March
31 the duty on carriage licences was 476,291.

Any ',creel now selling adulteratel article, is liable to
a penalty of CO kr the nrst offence, and rix Inoittha' im-
prisonment with hard la,rour for the second.

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A Reform Association has been formed in Sheffield
for prom..twig a reeueti.m a the county franchise, interim.
Menai arbitration, reduced expenditure, kc.
The 46th Regiment, stationed at the North Camp,
Aldershott, his bren supplied with the new pattern of the
tiartini.klenry ride, with which the men ars. delighted.
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The work; for the drainage of Windsor Castle, Frog-
more House, and the Crown buildings alluded in the Horne
Park have been completed, and are now Intuit operation.
The colliers of South Staffordshire and East Worces-
tershire have made a demand for an advance of one shilling
per day upon the present rate of wages..
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Five bright, beautiful little girl pager., sari the
Springfield Republican, brighten the legislative halls of
Kansas, while the min, r offices of both Houses have, for five
or six years, been principally filled by women. _

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An Indiana Sunday-wheel man wriMa to a Bible
firm in New York Bend me on some Sunday-school
papers and books. Let the books be about pirates and
Indians as tar as possible "
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Mr. Bigelow, of Worcester, Mans., is going to put
In operation at the Vienna Exhibition a model Yankee shoe
factory, doing all the steps of the work by machinery, and
turning out a finished shoe in seveu minutes.

At Yokohama an enternrieing trader recently im•
ported 22 rabbit, which the Japanese eagerly bought up at
enormous prices. The 22 creatures realised upwards of 1,100
dollars.

A German in Manbeim, I's, of an enthusiaatic and
Idealistic tun), ban, for the honour of Fatherland, made
sausage weighing over two tons An American engineer has
proposed to make a tunnel tluough It.

expenses attending the recruiting of the army,
which this year amount to £10,200, sod are computed at
£B,OOO for nest year, will, now that the brigade depot centres
are established, be absorbed in them.
Quartermasters of the Royal Marines who hove
reacried the age of fifty-four will, by an Admiralty order,
shortly to be promulgated, retire compulsorily on an allow-
ance of £250 per annum, with the rank of captain.

The Dundee Advertiser says that all the tenants of
Lord Kinuaird on tie clay farms are to receive a reduction
of one-fourth, of their rent now duo, in consequence of the
lows sustained by them owing to last year's bd harvest and
the failure of other crops.

Great hopes are entertained by the holders of rail-
way stock that Mr. Lange motion for the abolition of the
passehger duty (to be brougrit for ward the let of next mcmh)
will be succes,l ully carried, the railway interest being no
powerful; represented In the House of WMIIIOIIII.
At Carrickfergus Assizes Mr. Justice Keogh has
been presented with a pair of white gloves, and congratu-
lated the Grand Jury upon the fact that, although there
weretlo, 00 inhabitants in the district, there were no pri-
soners to be tried.

At Manche-ter inquests have been held on the body
of Mary bilishorough, aged 51, the wife of a warehouseman,
and Joseph Richardson, aged 0, the son of a stonemason. In
both cases the juries returned verdieta that death resulted
from the bite of • mad dog.
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A number of Nfunbeis of Parliament are going to
watt upon the Home Secretary to ask for the release of Mr.
Roupel. Ulreumatancen have curve to light, they say, which,
had they been known at the time of the trial, would have ma-
terially ail ecte4 the decision.

Explaining the meaning of the word phenomenon,
an American lecturer said—. a cow Is not a phenomenon,
nor Is an apple tree ; but when you see the cow go up the
tree, tall foremost, to pick apples—that will be a phe-
nomenon."

At the Kildare aseizea the head porter of the Great
Southern and Western Railway at Newbridge was convicted
on a charge of manslaughter for negligently allowing a
fanner to bring a cart en tie line without Wag proper pre-
cautiuns, in consequence of 'which the man was killed by an
engine, The Chief Baron seuten,ed him to three months
imprisonment.

The Yonkers Gazette has the following fine art
notice :—" Miss Lewis, the coloured American sculptress In
Rome, is short, stout, and rather fine-looking. Her hair,
which is slightly curly, is parted on the aide and cut short.
She dresses en a short black skirt and roundabout jacket, and
wide roiling collar. Iler appearance Is masculine and her
S oice hard and gruff."

M Raoul Duval, a noisy member of the Right in
the French Assembly, has composed an epitaph on M.
Tillers, which, to say the least, is very (Anted. It is as
follua s