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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

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A PROPOSED AMERICAN BALLOON

VOYAGE.

What is stated to be the largest balloon ever con-
structed has recently been built at San Francisco by
M. A. P. Van Tassel. It has a capacity of 150,000
cubic feet of gas, and has been constructed for the
special purpose of enabling that aeronaut to undertake
a journey across the North American Continent from
ocean to ocean. The height from the floor of the
wicker car to the top of the gas reservoir is 119 ft..
and of the dilated reservoir alone 681 t. The envelope
of the balloon is made of finely-woven cloth, manu-
factured expressly for the purpose, and is varnished,
as usual, in order to make it gas-tight. The car will
accommodate 15 persons. It is 21ft. in circumference,
and its sides are 31-ft. high. The supporting ropes
are kept in placs by the usual concentrics. Hydrogen
gas will be used in inflating the balloon. The cost of
the structure is stated to be 6000 dols. M. Van Tassel
has had considerable experience in aerial travelling,
having crossed the Wichita Mountains, 15,000 ft. above
sea level. His present attempt is more ambitious
than any he has yet made. A careful study of the
aerial currents leads him to believe that, by seeking
the proper stratum of air, he can be carried eastward
at a high speed—possibly 100 miles an hour. The
greatest- obstacle to successfully navigating the balloon
across the continent will probably be met with at the
Rocky Mountains, which change the movements of
the air currents over a large area of North America.
Should the balloon survive the trip it is to be taken
back to San Francisco, where it will be placed on
exhibition.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

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Cures Ulcerated Sore Legs.
Cures Blackheads, or Pimples en the Face.:
Cures Scurvy Sores.
Cures Cancerous Ulcers.
Cares Blood and Skin Diseases.
, • Cures Glandular Swellings.
• Clears the Blood from all impure matter. •
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As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and warranted
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF TEE

CORPORATION OF LONDON,
A statement of the corporation receipts and ex-
penditure for tho year 1685 has becu prepared. The
total receipts amounted to £485,362, and include,
among other items, rents and quit rents, £136,195;
Metropolitan Market, Islington, £32,997; London
Central Meat, Poultry, and Provision Markets,
£85,657; London Central Fish, £6293; Billingsgate,
£27,049. Under the head of expenditure is the cost
of civil government, £69,536; erection of London
almshouses, £10,584; police expanses (City's pro-
portion), £27,744; expenses of magistracy, £9393;
Metropolitan Market (Islington), £40,112; London
Central Meat, Poultry, and Provision Markets,
£71,104; London Central Fish, £17,196; Billingsgate,
£2l,63o.—City Press.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

KIDDERMINSTER TOWN COUNCIL. ;

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The quarterly meeting of the Town Catincil was
held on Wednesday, the Mayor (Mr. Floldsvirdith)
regard to :the expected
.visit of
to Colonial and Indian party on Friday, te tele-
c-ram had been receivei stating that the visit Would
not tAke place then. The local committee had met
!c, conFider the matter, and had passed a resolution
o:at the reception committee be informed that as
I`.layor and other members and the Town, 'Clerk
v:ould be away at the date proposed for. the post-
-I,id. visit of. the Colo.nial and .visitors to
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

TH:.I EARL AND THE ACTRESS.

Miss 'Violet Cameron is on a theatrical tour in the
North of England, and was playing last week at New-
castle. On Friday night she was sitting in a private
room at the Turk's Head Hotel with the Earl of
Lonsdale, her partner in the theatrical speculation,
when the lady's husband, Mr. De Bensaud, entered
the room, Lord Lonsdale asked him to retire, and
on his refusing to do so turned him out of the room
with some violence. Proceedings were taken before
the local magistrate for the assault, in the course of
which Miss Cameron stated that she had commenced
proceedings against her husband in the Divorce
Court for cruelty. Lord Lonsdale was fined forty
shillings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

OLD HILL.

CLADI FOR WAGES—At the Public Office On
Wednealay, before Messrs. Henry A. Wiggin and
J. Walker (magistrates), Mears. North and Wright,
the proprietors of the Rowley Hall Colliery, were
sued by Charles Wright, pikeman for wages amount-
ing to .23 15s.—The plaintiff stated that after he
had carried out a contract for removing coal in a
gate-road, and also doing other work, the defend-
ants refused to pay him the amount of wages he
claimed.—The defendants' man', ,-er stated that no
money was due to the plaint -The magistrates,
after examining the accounts, gave a verdict for the
plaintiff with OAS.
ASSAULT AT CRADLEY FIRATH.—At the same
Court, William Woodhouse, chainmaker, Five
Ways, Cradley Heath, was summoned fcr assault-
ing Leonard Woodward, also a chainmaker.—lt
was allaged that on the 27th nit. the defendant
met the complainant and remonstrated with for
not joining the trade association, and eventually
struck him.—The defendant, who denied the assault,
waa fined lla. 6d., or in default fourteen days'
imprisonment.
ASSAULTING A BAYLIPP. -- Sarah Tibbetts, a
married woman, residing at Old Hill, was at the
same Court charged with assaulting George Clarke,
a bailiff.—On the 22nd tilt, the complainant went
to the defendants husband's house for the purpose
of levying distraint. The defendant became very
excited upon his entering the house, and with a
knife destroyed a new bed, and afterwards broke
,a set of bedsteads. She subsequently struck the
the complainant on the left hand with a knife and
indicted a slight wound.—Fined ss. and costs.

Although you dwell on an unhealthy soil,
Y6ll need not fear, you have St. Jacobs Oil

;‘t Jacobs Oil is sold by Chemists at 2s. Gd. a bottle.
or by post 2s. 9d., from the Charles A. Vogeler Corn.
any, sole proprietors, 15, Farringdon Rout, Loudon,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

CANADIAN PLUCK AND ENERGY.

The Canadian Premier, Sir John Macdonald,
received an address at Victoria, British Columbia,
from a crowded meeting on Friday night. In reply-
ing, Sir John Macdonald referred to Lord Salisbury's
determination to aid in establishing a first-class line
of steamships for the Pacific Ocean in connection with
the Canadian Pacific Railway. He said the Canadian
Government was determined to have a swift line of
steamers on the Atlantic, and he added that the
British military authorities had determined upon
fortifying certains points in British Columbia, making
this province, with Vancouver Island, the base of
operations, and causing a large expenditure of money.
Referring to the Reciprocity Treaty and the Fisheries
question, he said that Canada would be glad to have
enlarged arrangements with the United States. He
was sanguine enough to believe that some arrange-
ments would be made for extended trade relations.
He said: "Canada will not go down on her knees
because we are large enough, rich enough, energetic
enough, to generate home trade. The Government
has always been willing to renew the Reciprocity
Treaty. We propose to press for as large reciprocity
relations as were contained in the treaty of 1854."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

THOUSANDS of TESTIMONIALS.

Sold in bottles 2s 9,1 each, and in cases, eonts,ining
six time, the gnantity, 11s each—suflinent to effect a
permanent eine in the great majority of 10Pg standing
eases, bY C HEM I STA and PATENT MEDICINE
VENDOE.S ti.roughou: the world, or sent for 33 or 132
stamps by the Propietors, Inn LINC3LN AND MIDLAND
COUNTILS IMOD COMPANY, Lincoln.
(Trade Itiark—"Blood Mixture.")

ADVICE TO MOTHERS I—Ara you broken in your rest
by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeeth
Go at once to a chemist and aet is bottle of Airs. Win-
slow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor
sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and
pleasant to taste, it produces natural, quiet sleep by
relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub
*wakes "as bright as a button." It soothes the child
it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind
regulates the bowels, and is the best know remedy for
dysenlery and diarrlicea, whether arising from teeth-
ing or other caueles. Arm Winslow's Soothing Syrup
is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is lid per
bottle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

THE DAILY LIFE OF THE POPE,

The Pope, now 78 years of age, leads a very regular
life, and is in a fair condition of health. At six a.m.
he celebrates mass in his private chapel. At seven he
takes breakfast, consisting of chocolate and milk, with
sometimes raw eggs beaten up. Immediately after-
wards he receives the visits of his court, and Cardinal
Jacobini reports what has occurred in the world,
aud gives him an account of the letters received
on Papal business. Besides these official letters,
others arrive in great numbers from all parts of
the world, most If them being from priests,
missionaries, monks, and nuns, while others contain
sums of money from penitents, and many are peti-
tions for a blessing, pecuniary aid, or advice. After
these letters, in all languages, have been translated,
and their contents briefly reported to the Pope, they
are placed in the Papal archives. Hundreds of tele-
grams also arrive each day, the greater part asking
for the benediction in articulo mortis, which naturally
often only reaches its destination after the petitioner
is already dead. For its telegraphic correspondence the
Vatican makes use of a numeral cypher. The greater
part of the morning is thus passed in business. At
one o'clock the Pope dines, and afterwards retires to
his private room until the heat of the day is past.
At 6 p.m. he repairs to the Vatican garden, where his
carriage awaits him. At the prettiest spot in this
garden there has lately been erected an elegant
kiosque in Eastern style, and there the Pope remains
for some time, taking coffee and other refreshments,
and surrounded by his intimate friends. The conver-
sation runs on the topics of the day, and on the
articles concerning the Pope or Papal politics that
appear in the Italian or foreign journals. Precisely
at sunset the party breaks up, and the Pope returns
to his Palace, his physicians having advised him never
to remain out of doors after sunset on account of the
malaria which prevails in the valley below Monte
Mario. At about nine o'clock, after praying on his
knees far half-an-hour, his Holiness retires to bed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

BLOWING UP A SHARK.

The) following curious story, contained in a letter
from a young sailor who formerly lived in Ashiord,
has been received there: "We were lying .iff Natal
the other day when a most exciting occurrence hap-
pened. We saw two or three monster sharks playing
round the ship for some time—the largest of them
measuring about 14ft. long—so we baited a line with
a small piece of pork and dropped it out to him. He
calmly swallowed the bait, hook and all, and cut the
line with his teeth, taking no further notice of it.
We then had recourse to strategy. The breast of a
buck, which had been hanging up some time and
was rather high, was weighted in order to sink it,
and a hand charge of guncotton inserted therein,
the whole being connected by wire with a boat's
battery. No sooner had the venison reached the
water than the shark made straight for it; but, just
as he opened his mouth to swallow the bait the
charge was exploded, his jaws being completely
shattered. The monster turned on its back and sank
in the bay."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

FAIR WHITE HANDS

BRIGHT CLEAR COMPLEXION

SOFT HEALTHFUL SKIN

PEARS' SOAP, for Toilet ar dNursery, specially prepared
for the delicate skin of lathes and children and other:
sensitive to the weather, winter or summer. Preventi
redness, roughness, and chapping. Sold everywhere, iii
Tablets, is each. Larger sizes, Is 6d and 2s 6d.
TIO MAU DELICIOuS CllsTera• WITHOU EGGB.-411111 Birth
Custard Powder. The Original and only Genuine. A great
luxury. Saves half the cost and is half the trouble. Bold
verywhere, in 6d boxes sufficient for three pints, ad in
bo-es for seven pints.
EECIEELLZu'S ROSE wa.—The best for th Toilet
IF YOU ARE INTERESTIiD in the search for a cure oi
Rheumatism and Neuralgic Pains you are hereby directed
to obtain of any chemist POWELL'S RHEIIIILTIO XIISKOCA.
TION. Its extraordinary efficacy has been attested by Earl
Clarendon, Lady Waldegrave, the Countess Of 'Radnor.
General Wood, and many other eminent persons.
external application only. Sold in bottles a IL
:a Gd lw all Chemists.

KEEP rotor TEETH Better pay half-a-crown to an 3
Druggist for a bottle of TIIEHEEL and keep your tettk than
half-a-crown to a dentist and lose them. Tikheel cures the
Tic, Faceache, Neuralgia and nearly every case of Tooth
ache, safely and speedily. Relief is round in
kfteen minutes. Sold by all Chemists and Patent Medicine
Vendors at 2s 6d. Parcels Post, free 2s 9d in stamps or
P. 0.0. from the Manufacturers, Clarke Bleasdale Bell and
Co York.
For a sustaining. comforting, and nourishing beverag
drink tad bury's Pure Cocoa, and do not be persuades
to sccelit a substitute.
EECIELAEIeB Ross SoAr.—The best for the Toilet
BRIGHT'S DISEASE AND LIVER COMPLAINT.—Tbt
,HOLICAN PAD' has a national reputation through its wonder
ful efficacy in all ailments that have their origin in a torpii
liver or diseased kidneys, and is endorsed by thonsatitk
of earnest, intelligent witnesses, who will tell you that the
'HOLMAN PAD is a cure for these diseases. Read the pia-
phle entitled 'Nature's Laws,' sent free to any suirou
Holman Pad Co., 2,Great Russell Street, Loudon. Price
of Holman Pad, 10e.

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That Complexion has always been held to be the mor.
yely In which the rose anct lily contend for master.
in wl.ich their beanty is blended. Great sacrificed ar‘
made to produce anappearance corresponding with th.
courbin,tlon, but they never succeed. It cannot ap
Froach Nature. The only arrangement that can be made
to ren.ier man 9C W0C.1711.11 indeperkent of all expedients ik
to freely na, MAONO: EtALJL. it preserves the
skin from pretouure writik.ed s.d furrows—reuders it
smooth and supple, and features he hue which lag have
aded through illness, exposure to a noxious atmosphere
the heat of summer Or the frosts winter. To be ob
tallied all Chemists and Perfumers throughouht
World Price Be, 64. Mamma Depot 114 andlit
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.

An account has been published, by order of the
Souse of Commons, showing the receipts and expendi-
ture in respect of bankruptcy proceedings during the
year ended the 31st of March, 1886. From this
account it appears that the total receipts for the year
from various sources amount to £198,103 14s. 11d.,
being an increase over the receipts of last year of
£31,040 18s. 4d. This increase is derived from the
amount of fees received in cash, from the net amount
received by the Inland Revenue for stamps issued in
respect of bankruptcy business, and from dividends
on funds invested under section 76 of the Bankruptcy
Act, 1883. The total expenditure amounts, for the
year, to £173,171 Is., being an increase over that of
the last year of £20,032. The particulars of expendi-
ture show, however, an important decrease in two
items—viz., £3025 in stationary, and £3726 in pen-
sions and compensations.

MISLAID.—" Why didn't you get some eggs from
the hens' nests this morning ? " asked a farmer of
his son, who answered: "Because there weren't any.
If the bens laid any they mislaid 'em, so't they can't
be found."

"That friend of yours is rather a disagreeable per-
son, isn't he r asked a gentleman of a humourist,
who replied: "Well, I must say that he is usn.ally
as disagreeable as the circumstances will permit. '
"Is it possible Miss, that you don't know the
names of some of your 'best friends r "Certainly!
I do not even know what my own may be in a year
from this time."

A PRACTICAL JOKE ON KR.
GLADSTONE.

Considerable amusement was caused in Downing
street on Saturday morning by the arrival of a
number of vans and carts belonging to dealers who
had received post-cards from 10, Downing-street,
summoning them to bargain for and remove some of
Mr. Gladstone s belongings. One of the postcards
was in the following terms "Come without fail to
clear away several dozens of old collars, in good con-
dition, old office coats, dust-c3ats, old boots and shoes
and old bats, all in good condition, for which there is
no further use." As early as six in the morning one
man with a van arrived, and as the day wore on
others followed, only to discover that they had been
hoaxed. One of the Tans came from as far as
Brixton. A well-known repository proprietor was
also drawn to Downing-street by a spurious post-
card.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-07

RANGERS.

IT. Jones, b Lloyd .. ........ .. 31
H. Harrison, run out ...... 4
-W. Webb, b Lime.... ...................... 0
P. Green, c Lim?, b Lloyd 6
W. Anson, b Lime..
P. Giles, run out
H. Rogers, c Lowe, b Swallow 6
P. Roberts, not out t
'P. 'Hardwick% b Swallow .. 0
11. Law; run out i , 4
'l'. Dommett, b Swallow 2
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