The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-07-20 00:00:00

Out of .!1.8 Alsatians domiciled at Nantes only Ogee
have chosen the Prussian nationality.
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Among the latest reforms spoken of is that of a re-
formation of botanical names.
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Adykes from Venezuela inform OR that the leader
of the revolution, Sahizar, has been captured, and sentenced
to be executed on the 17th of Juno.
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At the very moment that James Gordon Bennett,
the veteran tie gap per editor and publisher of New York,
di,gl, the lintel stone over Ids private !ace, which be oc-
cupied for nearly a ,niarter of • century, fell with a crash.
The Prefect of Nike has given orders for prosecu-
tions to he immediately instituted against all the sonmtm-
bulists of Paris not provided with an atithormati,a ! It
appears that the number of them, every day Were:talus, now
exceeds 800.
The Gazette de irons states that a strike ham taken
place at ten coalpits in, the neighik.crhood of that town.
Strange to say, the men do, net Jeutaid any illCl,llee of
wages, but have left their work to enjuy themselves tin Idle.
The Atemori-al Diphriaalique htates that on the re
er.seutations of the friendly Powers the sultan has abandoned
the project of changing the order of succession to the Till k-
ish throne.
About a fortnight ago, the daughter of a French
officer living In Jersey, was abducted from home, and con-
veyed itt a Iniumer to Frew., where she was met by her
:nether, who is separated from her husband. A servant
In charged with aiding the abduc'ion.
The public will be gratified to learn that the services
of Mr, Arthur Helm the Cleo k of the Privy Council, but
better kmovn as the author of " Friends in Council." have
been recognised by hie being made a Knight Counnauder of
the Bath.
Dolly Varden seems to have died m suddenly as she
came into itopulailly in New York. At the last race meeting
at Jo rome Park, which was attended by over 2,000 of tho
most fashionable ladies of New York, not a shied' Dully
Varden could be neon. All the old cu tans had even
used up.
The Guatemala Government had. decreed to extin-
guish the company of Jesuits in that country, and to con-
fiscate their properties lor the public benefit ; has also
acrecti with San Salvador to expel the Jeauits trout
Nicaragua territory.
The ddellt BM of Sir R. Baggaqay, Q-C., M.P.
dropped down dead on Friday night. Ile was at a p.,rty
Mr. Arthur Kekektich's in itecent'apark. Jemion, after the
match, and at a moment's notice leant On 4, the tit. to and
died. Ile was a barrister, aged about twenty.three.
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On Friday the body of a child was warthed up at
Blackpool. The head, arms, and legs had beon out uti, and
were washod up by the tide. Dr. Cocker, of tbackpoot, ex-
amined the body, and he pronounced it to be the body of a
full grown child, born alive.
A deannultration of the South Yorkshire and Derby-
shire miners was held at Barmiley, on Monday. when 0,0041
then, accompanied by a large number of bra., bonds and
bearing baiaters and flags, marched in proceAsion. At a 'facet
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lag held afterwards, the principles of conciliation and arbltra-
lisli were affirmed, suit a resolution advticating the abolition
of the truck system was paseeri.
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The June return of the number of diseased foreign
animals brought by sea to ports in Great Britain, just pub.
lished by the Privy Council Onice, gives a total of 022 head.
OI these 396 wore cattle, 266 sheep, and lOU swine. Forty of
the sheep were affected with scab, and were re.shipped to
Norway; the rest were slaughtered at the places of landing.
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The farm labourers of Oxfordshire having served
their employers with a notice ',midi tug them to conform to
the rules of the Labourers Agricultural Utdon, a largely-
attended tfleeting of farmers was held on Saturday. It was
resolved to re,ist to the utmost the rifles sought to be en•
forced by the Warwickshire Union, and a committee was ap-
pointed to protect the farmers' interests.
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The Ber ia Gazette has published the law excluding
the Society of Jesus from the territory of the German Em-
pire. It aso contains an ordinance for enforcing the above
law, inhibiting the Jesuits from in .y way exercising the
duties or their Order especially in churches, schools, or mis-
sionary work. The dissolution of the hrauches of the Society
Is ordered to be carried out within six months. Other regu-
lations on this subject are left to the puhce authorities.

A serious accident has just otcurred at Dragnignau
(Var). The Judge de Pais, the registrar, sal a barrister had
occasion to drive to a part of the cantou to settle aome dis-
pute relative to a piece of land, and as they were returning
the horse ran away, and the vehicle was overturned into a
deep descent. Ihe registrar had both legs broken and died
soon alter; the advocate had one broken, and the driver is
so much injured as not to be expected to recover. The
magistrate escaped with only some severe bruises.
The Swiss National Rifle Meeting opened at Zurich
on Sunday, and promises to be a very important gathering.
One hundred and ten targets have been erected, and silty
mixes are to be competed for, the total value of which is
abut 1312,000. A coin of £O,OOO has been speit in the pre-
parations which have been going on for the last six months,
and great efforts have been made to secure the comfort of
the foreign riflemen who take part in the proceedings.
The dfauchater Examiner records the death of the
Bight Rev. William Turner, D. D., Roman Catholic Ashop or
Salford, which took place at about fifteen minutes to 1 p in.
on Saturday, after on illness of only a few hours' duration.
Dr. Turner was born at Preston Olt the 25th of September,
1100. so Coat lie was in the seventyithiril 3 ear of his age. He
connueneed his lila Ma missionrry priest at Backdate when
quite a young rum.
An Indian correspondent writes : There has been
lighting going on south .west of Phanio between the Burmese
troops stud certain Shaw, aud it is said that the Bin-mead
have been decidedly worsted. Anyhow, the people of Bhamo
are in a state of panic, apprehending all attack at any
moment, and they have each and all been obliged to comply
with a n quisition for arum and ammunition oil the part of
kite Woon or Governor of Vino.,
"Few persons," liaNs the Petrie, " form a correct
Idea of the number of cites, smoking-places, and wine shops
exieting ill Paris. The recent census shows that there are
5,8 0 establishment where liquor is sold, employing about
15,000 individuals; and that the average amount of businins
roaches Ir,o million francs per annum. The gratuity to tho
waiters, an involuntary tax on the consumption, stands for
aix million francs."
One of the most sensible movements which have been
maile by the labour agitators has taken place at Baltimore.
The Bricklayers' Union of that city resolved by &unanimous
vote that, as their masters were hustling contracts which if
interfered with by strikes would involve ruinous heavy
loivies, they would take no actian on the question of ax
eight hour chimge in the hours of labour during the present
year.
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Last Friday afternoon a boy waa bathing ill the
Warwick and Eirimugham Canal, near the Proof House,
Fszeley,treet, when he got out of his depth and cried for
help. A nun named Jerome, who was eating Ids dinner on
the canal bank, immediately jumped into the water to save
the lad, but the latter seized Jerome by the neck, and they
both sank. In a low minutes after a youth named Foster
dived into the water and rescued the two bodies. Every
effort was made to restore animation, but without effect.
Jerome leaves several young children.

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On Monday the employers in the London building
trade issued a notice that, "having agreed to terms d com-
promise and conceded a reduction of hours and an advance
of wage's, and the shops being opened accordiegly, tiny will
fed it their duty to decline receiving any deputotion having
for its (o,p:et the disturbance of the arimmement." On the
other hand, the worsmen of the various brauches—smitlis,
house painters, builders, plasterers, dc—have formed an
amalgamation of all their societies with a view to greater
union in their action, one of their rules being that iso com-
munication shall he mitered into with the masters miens by
permission of the joint committee.

An amusing ;tory is told of one of the carriers who
piles his trade in a rural district. On • recent occasion a
parcel was given Mtn addressed to a lady in the country, and
endorsed "per ," the name of the carrier being ailed.
The carrier seems to have been troubled with the endorse-
ment, and by the time he arrived at the destination id the
parcel, he had worked himself up into a state of great indig-
nation. " Look here, miss." he said, as he handed the parcel
to its owner, "I don't mind being called some nanies, but
darn melt I'll stand being called per any m..re, and an you
had better tell your blends so !" Ohs explained what a
respected and noble name per se was, and he was at length
contented.