The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-07-25 00:00:00

"FIE! FILE!"

There was an alarm of tire on Monday, and at tine time
Vie oropeitritneee were somewhat sermon. Promiscuous
Moiling Moot of p.m—lights .:ra the part of the Volunteers
has litetn pretty neer, y teruainata al, int it seems that a enro-
lees traveller by tin- tram,, ay huhu d 1,15 pipe or clotr as lie
Was bOlLg nit., inn aln ug. and cast away tine twee whoa lie
hail oloits whh it. It fell, unfortumate4, tor.t nrriy opoo
the allied and la (Aden surfs,e of the Common, but among
Or le close prol2tloll3 to MOW: of itt gorse which lies lie a een
the lice and t..tee,y tuAl the lofty wooden Indian: that akilts
the e.,clnn ury of the A aoctatlon. In a few naiments thick
Coeds of lame amok,' lone op into the air, and the Volun-
teers anal lostanders becoming alarmed le=t the fire should
spread to Co palings, lilOl tO the houses
opposite, to,minim the wooden ..kirting. nll.l wit In Coe :r.
Jaunts end.. vowed to heat lenin the Vrealil.g diane. Littn,
however, in the way of effectual suppression was done till
the at riv,l ..f In ,pasta DraLc, the Engineer ottio r in charge,
with a patty of the Gnards, whin, ha% ,at“ nr..l 1e4.0.e,1
molo to' t fun 0 ith LIR Olen o
Win, in Lae ton-t Pejo.- 1,1114 lot 410111.. Lt to in St ninth (if CI.
to this owaino the flamos were pr-auptly Eu:.dued ; hut tie
lid:Went affonled a fresh feint, if any -nen mole 1
the amfttan.t wwelifia!neas over little thruga ahjch is no
peieruptutily required at Witnbledun.

THE EFFITTS OF PASS! rothv Verclen-
baleen, 1; n !lady • f the '•Wellinctnii Arms," Rote Hires
highway, had a dispute with her husband at dinner
the other day. After so e angry words, hestruck her,
and she retaliated, ins moment of passion, by stabbing
him in the side with a carting knife. He died of the
wound on Sunday last, but not before Lis vile had
given, in his presence, a full account of the unheunate
occurrence to the police institctor. On that occasion
the deceased said the qua rel wa, his own foult. The
defendant was remaisiled, but itclinit.••il to bail. —An
inquest was held on the body of tie deceased, u.),
We.loeaduv, aid a verdiet if 'Manslaughter" was
returned against Mrs. VertielillkiVCll.
_

THE P.iiis OF llexivatot. —At he Livprpo, 1
Coroner's Court on Wednesday, an inquest was tell
upon the body of, man who, iii COUSOTIeiI, od being
lgital, had for a number of (.11,1 enjoyed a loaudsome
%%Aunt:toy income. It arpeano that on Monday night
he di ank several pints ot leer. and had three or flair
glaules oof rum. (In Tue.t'ay nio rain the hind 1011,
wu, found olead. It arpears that the devea.,l begor
livad least luxuriously, anol en;oyeal a far better tahle
shun men who lrul to work—Another haqUtSt WRP
held upon the horlv of a no:dolle-arsed woman. who f. .r
several (ear,. had been begging 81.1011 i towv. She wee
founol oon the precious oi ty burnt to :ea h in the boon
in whieh she lived. It sultioginentk, it auspired that
heuri,, Wi 'man aunt to her loegings druuk,
and not heraelt on Ere.

A DOG GALE IN LONDON.

On the netioe boenl. ,knet!e the varione pallets
stations f the metr.,islia t4ere might Law twen
,bserre,l,at er..y thse atuing ths past wsek, t.a follow-
iag edvcrtisetueLt

SALE BY AUCTION

Of a number of vsluable dogs, seised under the Metro-
polit an ,trrets Act, 12417, and now to the porue.slon of the
pollee.
•• On Saturday, 10th My. t2!°, at! o'clock, In the grounds
or the Warble E:.,1 Tavern,' King's-road, Cht.hea. neat to
Cremorne-eardeui. setters, retrievers. greyhotrols, 31141111Cial.
-doe aud other ten fern, and a lot of limey tinfri generally.
1.. be sold without nacles, by olden of the t ounnisaioneis
Pollee, to be raid for at the fall of the hammier, and removed
at the same thug."

The Mom isig Star thus &scribes the affair s

The tale w lilch look place • ft Siturtley was wit:mut TO
inert, nil the auctioneer did rot o Mete hotel, time. It was
a cam of pay ou delively. to prevent. mistake/1." Ton bought
our dog, psil.l fo, him, and acre out of the PlaCe with
celerity wh'eh might be Imitated in Itialmr (mat tyre. One
yontig fellow paid for a iii, and the annual, which clearly
WAS or when on the auctiomer $ table, expirwl
nefr re Inc eta Idol 'lit of the !dace. There was no help for
t ;ho aol paid Lb ni in. y, and couldn't get it lack. Viler.
11l not radi yin high, y• t they were high twitch Pa
Oe Wad dY or'eted. The •' top price '' a the
day woe fetched hy a really stiteniiiii dog, ehicli
tic auctioneer—who arintly remelt ked into two breel.
of tloga, the rttrie‘er awl the tenter, and simplified class t-
esti,,o materially by acting u accordance 0 ill, the rue—
abitounced an a re' rimier. The .log in reality was As iiio
spectiou it the Scot Ch collie as al ever retamulter to have
,ett, with a head fall of int elli_ence, a beautiful Coat, and a
splendidly carried tail. The majority had 110 idea what be
was, bet to., 14.Iders evidattly knew what Ids atyle was,
and were very sweek. On hint. One appeared to be a pro-
fwid• nil fancier ; the other we a iris or, whose (trait
.untied to the to hie dog. The bidding became very Woflti
between th•se too, but the droe, r had the looTer pure,
or the st meg, deteruilicitimi, and wou him for
37s ; a tood Bum for A drover to pay on npeo, httt
rot half the value of the dog. Ilia was the top prhie.
At the other end 44 the Scale Was a wracked noutgiel,
hich the catalogue, atilt a playful Set ton ddiplaying
little force of Information in its compiler at led a ' half
Maltese." Judging by the inteme ugliness of tide '' hal.
Maltese? it may he lobed um. as a special providence
that no ° whole ylaitese" Was included iu the catalogue. A
man in A hairy cap—per ups prompted by a .1,1 myous
sympathy betw.,l the belly cap uti tic hall, AcT—
robly bad eighteenpem e for hint. lie looked as
If he repented ere the S-01.1K were well out of
month ; but timck at thought the hammer WAS than,
all I thr lad we 'ow f him and his pulite e wan after tile
a to was over. mitdde the public-lions, —the 111 All C. ultra,
plating his put-chew, which tat COll portly squatting int his
hate., ellh a look In a liii•h thereat'. lniapier,t th•g slaughter.
There se,i a nine', of pOrtry 10101 A aiime of the pui chimed
A act an wi'h a child try her side had been waiting a long
Mae a.tt.i a sertalti dogged patience a hich port violet.' tent
farp,e. Pre rally A ragged ilerisi of a mongrel ten Mr was put
In front Of the auctioneer. The mother's face tightened at
erica. ,•1141 the .11110 with a clap id her hands,
'• litre s Snip, uoither !" It was char enough that Stdp,
whirls had li en the house pet of the humble family , had
fallen into the cl..tches of Sir Itichard'e satellites, and that
Ms owners hail sent a deputation here to redeem MM.
The iiiiimeut the aintiatia voice bark halfoi-croa 10'41
trembling amp pricked up lilt ears and tittered a whine
of rec. 'million. Somehow, there is always a marplot
ha such matte's. A malevolent fellow in a red
weistroat ran poor Snip Cr and up till cc feared after all
that he would git b -yar'h the reach of (hop or worn., ; but
at last, the child gave a joyful cry aa the 111411111 AT fell to her
brother 'o " eleven Shindies," arid in another at, merit Snip
was in her mina I lie sale professed lore without reserve.
awl to it 11,4, A brute which attained a bad pre-etunirme !
eras a curious spei Mien. The catalogue Call th•tt,ly d. scythed
loin as poodle." For on ;lit sit distill, tit/micro about
litut, he !night es well have lawn trial ai tat-lA.I Si
hail donkey. Ile was a felting retch, alth Weak
ryes. bandy legs, no tail to speak o and in an
advanced t age lit mange The anctiower did Id bet a ith
loin Ile stiggieted that a proMematimil value attached to
Inc lire,. of et least Si teatald wenty pound:, ;110 called
1,11•1111 no the condition of his treta, winch, Si Ia lard
Wrir 10 oil's, welt, very Strollatt ''r fitcil lot lie could not
0 jiile a bid out of anybody Inc this CUl.Ottal quadruped, and
he was Igo, Maioltsly led away—o-hether to condign extiipto
lion or iii rettum tO the Hume cue how not. The class of
dogs which "etc sold cheapest was Engibh terriers—a fact
which we at tril•ute tome aleence of tic homy. Time %ere
dotgusth
e'of nit
I•l7rY koirudth a
i me ;
, tii,e o
The ticaleat were the •i rot clevers," and meter
that riestle lippellittioll classed every dog a Filch Was WO
i‘tt I
big for • terrier and nut big sundial fore Nee foundlaud.
THE TOBACCO MONOPOLY IN FRANCE.

It was menticmcil recently that the Emperor
Napoleon lnui grsiiteil • tobacco shop to the aidow
of a aorktnan actideto ally billid (luring rifle practice
at Vincennes. Ihe following particulsrs as to the
manner in which the lovermnent maintains the
Monopoly of tobacto shops is curious :
Every morning the Finance Minister Fends in to the
Emperor sn. root Ti pent of the lumber of vacant debits Is
the, and of their reppective value. The Emperor and Ent-
ine:a, insert; e ou t he °ppm ite eolnnin the mattes of the per,ona
in whom hey are interested the paper is sent hick to the
Finance Yanister, mho gigue the nominations thns made. lu
preordinit reiens tobacco .11.. P. were In the ell of the
Mi..istsr of 111111111,X, or in tine of tile Director-General of
Tones I hose tunctimuries have now only the disposal of
shops, the value of which Is est'mated at lees than £4O •
year. The value of a Paris shop elutes from £lOO to E 00 a
year, and the most reproductive • e reserved for the benefit
of Vie allows and dauelitets of generic, and ot Tamils
who hove rendered snnh atavi -e to the country, but who
were unable adequately to provide for their hianilita