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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

TIT E STOURERIDGE OBSERVER.

lOs and costs for assaulting Ann Forrest, on the 21st
inst.

STFALING A PERAMBULATOR. - Mary Hill was
brought up in custody, charged with stealing a per-
ambulutor the propety of Henry Dorse, at Cradley
Heat%, on the 14th inst. Prosecutor's daughter
said that prisoner went to their house and asked
hcr to lend a perambulator to fetch her child from
Dudley Hospital. Police-constable Cartwright
ftaid from information received he went to a lodg-
ing-house in Stourbridge, and there saw the per-
ambulator. Prisoner was remanded until Monday
next _ _

CAUTION TO CARTERS. - Joseph Jones was
charged for that be being the driv,r of a hors 3 and
cart, was not in such a position as to have proper
control over his hose, at Gent, on the 14th inst.
Police, constable Wallace proved the case. Fined 8s
to include costs.

PITCH AND Toss.—Percy Compson, a boy, was
charged with playing at pith and toss at Wollaston
on the 11th inst. Trevis Richards proved the case.
Fined 2s Gul to include costs.

CRUELTY TO A HORSE.--.—David Taylor was charged
with cruelty to a horse by working it while in an un-
fit,state, on the 21st inst. Police-constable Webb
proved the case, which was corroborated by Police-
constable Moore. The defence was that the horse
belonged to Samuel Rhodes, of tha Lye, and he
took a load of clover for him, and he did not know
there was any wound on the horse. Adjourned for
7 days.
SERIOUS ASSAULT CASE.—Thomas Smith, was
charged with assaulting Elizabeth Yardley on the
18th inst. The complaint was that the defend-
ant came into her house, made use of bad language,
struck her, and knocked her down, and while down
knelt upon her, and pulled her by the hair of the
head out of the house. Dr Eagar described the in-
juries she had received, Fined lOs and costs, and
ordered to pay surecia'.-; fee ; in default 14 days.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—Maria Walters was charged
with assaultiag Thomas Merrideth, at Wollescote,
on the 19th inst. The assault complained of was,
that defendant rubbed her fist in hie face, and spat
at him. Complainant called two witnesses who
proved that complainant first used bad language to
defendant, and called her bad names. Case
dismissed.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—Th wQekly meeting
of this Board was held yesterday. Mr. Haskew
in the chair. There were present Messrs.
Lavender, Taylor, Kelly, Forrest, Rollinson,
J. Billingham, Newnan]. Hingley, a, B. Guest,
Pargeter, Wood, Mills, Homer, Hale, Langford,
Browning, Giles, Wright and Parks. Admitted
into the house during the week 32 ; discharged
16 ; born 0 ; dead 2 ; remaining in the house 509.
Corresponding period last year 483. Out-,:our
King,swinford district £34 5s Vid ; SLour-
bridge district £27 Os 64.1 ; Haiesowen ditrict,
£lB 9s. Od ; non-resident 4s. Total I:70 8s
Mid against £124 13s 9d last year. Mr. and
Mrs. Rollinson, of Pensnett, where elected as
Master and Matroa of the Workhouse.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY

AND QUICK TRAVELLING.

It was thought a marvel of swift travelling when,
some years ago, the quickest train from Leeds to
London made the journey in four and a half hours.
After a time the period was reduced to four and a
quarter hours, and when, four or five years ago, that
was further reduced to four hours, it was •onsidered
that we had attained a speed which could not well be
accelerated. The four hours' journey, however, is
already left behind, the latest achievement in quick
travelling being from Leeds to London, by the Great
Northern Railway, in three and three-quarter hours.
To the timid, who will be ready to ask if such a speed
is safe, the reply is that the saving of time obtained
over the journey in four hours is got rather by reducing
the number of stoppages than by actual increase in
the rate of travelling. The present fpur hours' train,
for instance, stops at Flolbeck, Ardsley, Wakefield,
Doncaster, Grantham, and Peterborough ; whereas the
new train, making the journey in three and three-quarter
hours, stops only at Holbeck, Wakefield, and
Grantham. The first train ran on Thursday. Leeds was
left at 9 15 a.m., and the passengers were stepping on to
the platform at King's Cross at one minute to one o'clock.
The run from Wakefield to Grantham, a distance of 71
miles, was made in an hour and twenty-one minutes;
and from Grantham to King's Oros., a distance of 105
miles, in two hours and five minutes. The averwfe
speed, including stoppages, from Leeds to London,
was about 49 miles per hour. The service is the
quickest in the world, and the next quickest is the
same company's bur hours' train from Leeds to
London. Following that the most rapid travelling in
the country is the "Flying Dutchman," from London
to Exeter, which accomplishes the distance of 194
miles in four and a quarter hours; and then next in
order is the "Wild Irishman," from Euston to
koly-
head in six hours and 35 minutes, the distance Being
264 miles.— Yorkshire Post.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

GENERAL INEWS.

THE NEW BUDGET.

On Thursday morning was issued a Pailiamentai y
return showing the financial effect of the substi,u-
tion of beer for malt duty, Tbe Budget e,limw
of malt and sugar is X 6,050,000. Tae total amount
receivable under the proposed change is X. 3,270,000,
showing a gain by the beer duty of 4210.000.
There is, however, a loss from drawbacks, rep:2aled
licenses, and additional salaries of £,1,359,000,
giving a net loss of £1,149,000.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

SERIO CiS THUNDERSTORMS.

On Tuesday evening the Midland Counties were
visited by a heavy thunderstorm. St. Matthew's
church, Leizester, was struck and set on fire. The
flames were extinguished by the fire brigade. It was
found that the electric fluid had knocked down a stone
cross and made a rent in the roof. A house in Bir-
stall-street VMS also struck.

During the height of the storm three men named
Hillery, Hides, and Griffiths, who had been working
on the Midland Railway at Radford, and had taken
shelter under a hedge, were struck by lightning.
Hillery was killed, and the others were very seriously
injured. A bay named Derrick was also killed by
lightning on the side of the River Trent to the south
of Nottingham. Considerable damage has been done
to property in different park of the borough.
A thunderstorm of great violence lasting for several
hours, ‘isited Abingdon on Tuesday. The rain
descended in torrents for six hours without inter-
mission, and the basements of a large number of
houses were flooded.

There was a heavy thunderstorm also at Sheffield.
It commenced soon after two o'clock, and lasted
upwards of an hour. The lightning was very vivid.
The storm was accompanied by a tremendous fall of
rain which flooded the streets and for the time con-
verted them into miniature rivers. One house was
struck by lightning, but no one was injured. The
river Don has swollen a good deal, but there are at
present no apprehensions of its overflowing its banks.

When the storm at Wolverhampton was at its
height, two houses were struck. One was occupied by
Edward Luce, and here the force of the lightning was
very great. The chimney and the roof fell in, and
the furniture was smashed. If the accident had hap-
pened a few minutes earlier several of the family must
have been killed, as they had just moved from sitting
round the fire. A child, too, had just been taken from a
bed in a room which was destroyed. The second
house was tenanted by William Powell, but here the
interior sustained most damage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE TICHBORNE CASE.

The writ of error in the Tichborne case was
argued on Thursday in the Appeal Court. Mr.
Benjamin, for the plaintiff, submitted that the
sentences should have been concurrent, as the
alleged offence of perjury, though committed in
separate courts, was one and the same.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

FRUIT AND FLOWER SERVICE.

In London, on Sunday afternoon, an attractive
service was held at Berkeley Chapel, when all the
children attending the usual children's service were
invited to bring an offering of either fruit or flowers.
From early in the afternoon the streets were thronged
with bright groups of parents and children. At the
altar rails the incumbent received the baskets of fruit
or bouquets from the children as they entered, and the
whole chancel was filled with the fragrant offerings.
The Princess of Wales and her five children, with the
King of the Hellenes and the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught, arrived at 3.30, and the young Princesses
and Princes presented beautiful offerings of both fruit
and flowers. The usual children's service followed,
the sermon being preached by the incumbent, the Rev.
T. Teignmouth Shore, Chaplain to the Queen, who
chose as his text, "The King's garden." The fruit
and flowers were afterwards taken to various ehildren's
hospitals and distributed personally by ]dies of the
congregation, the Princess of Wales heading the list.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

The foundation stone of a new Roman Catholic
church at Caterham, Surrey, yesterday was laid by
by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark. The
buildings, which are in active p regress, will com-
prise a clurcii, school, and presbytery, and are
rendered necessary by the increase in the numbers
of Roman Catholic resilents in this part cf Surrey,
and by the recently erected Guards Depot. A
drawing of the work is in the Royal Academy
Exhibition.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

SATURDAY, Jr= 26, 1880

ants. The fittings and furniture are of the beet
description, and have been selected by the House
Committee, assisted by Mr. Charles Hale, whose
judgement was of great use in recommending
appropriate articles for the various rooms. The
billiard room is fitted up with modern lights and a
perfectly new Burroughs and Watts table. On
Wednesday night Mr. ii B Sheridan, M.P., at-
tended the inaugural dinner, at which the Major
(Mr. H. M. Wainwright) presided.
IMPORTANT TO MlNERS.—Whitehouse v. Mason
and Son.—At the County Court on Tuesday before
Rupert Kettle, Esq„ Judge, the plaintiff, Isaac
'Whitehouse, who is a miner, residing at .erinces
End, sued the defendants, who are the owners of
the Toll End Colliery, Tipton, to recover the sum of
41 17s. 6d., being the amount of a week's wages
which he alleged was due to him.--Mr. Stokes
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Shakespeare for
the defendants.—Plaintiff was engaged by defend-
ants as a pike holer, and his case was that he had
to set his own sprags and cogs. The cogger had to
fetch out the sprags and cogs, to fetch down the
".`lamb," and buildup the "gob," One of the days
in May the deputy told witness and others that
they would not be paid unless they fetched out the
cogs. Twenty-four men refused to go to work on
the new terms, but the deputy (Lewis) said he
could not alter the order as it issued from Mr.
Lloyd, the competent person." Defendant was
then seen, and he also said the work must be done
ai the pit was not paying him. The consequence
was that plaintiff ami the other men played for a
week, at ths end of Nhieh, on the 22nd of May, they
wei e told by defendant to resume work on the oid
terms, and had Nince worked at their old ''stint.'
—Cross-examined: It was not the practice of the
pit to get away the lamb.—Evidence to support
plaintiff was given by two witnesses, —For the de-
fence, Ll3yd, the certificated manager, gave evidence
to show that ,he miners had of late been complained
to about the inann-r in which they had spragged
the loose lamb, and been in the habit of leaving it
hanging, and. after one such complaint, th,y ìeed
to do it better.—William Lewis, underground
manager, said Lloyd merely asked the men to do
the work more decent. Did not tell plaintiff he
would have to get the sprags out of the "gob."--
Thomas Wilden, the night deputy, aso said he had
complained to plaintiff about men not doing their
work properly, and told them the order was to get
part of the lamb off, hole the work better, and
clean the work out.—His Honour gave a verdict in
favour of the plaintiff for 41, ith costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

GREECE PREPARING FOR WAR.

A Vienna telegram to the Standard says :—" The
Hellenic Government, being convinced that none of
Great Powers will be appointed or undertake to
execute the decisions of the Berlin Conference, is
pushing forward its preparations, so that it may, un-
aided, be fully equal to the task of occupying, if
necessary by force, the frontier districts which may
be adjudged to Greece. The Greek Government
hopes to be able to muster not less than 60,000 men
for this purpose. In addition to numerous voluntary
subscriptions from Greeks belonging to other esuntries
as well as the Hellenic kingdom, the Greek Parlia-
ment will be asked to vote a sum of twenty millions
of drachmas as the primary cost of the mobilization.
Turkey, on her part, is making counter preparations,
and is commencing to mobilize the reserves of Epirus
and Thessaly. The supreme command of all the
Turkish forces in those provinces will be in the hands
of Ahmed Mulis Pasha. The Porte is also about to
despatch a war fleet to Cretan and Greek waters.
The commander of the Turkish fleet will be Assim
Pasha."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

CHASING A CHIMNEY SWEEP.

An exciting scene was witnessed in Birmingham
on Ihursday morning. A chimney sweep, atter
robbtng some children's money boxes at a gentle-
man's house, was chased on to the top of a roof,
and was there captured, with some difficulty, by
the police, in the presence of a crowd of excited
spectators.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE KING OF GREECE IN LONDON.

His Majesty the King of Hellenes visited the
Greek Church, Moscow-road on Thursday afternoon
to attend a special Te Deum in comment, ation of
the birthday of his second son, Prince George, who
is now in St. Petersburg witn his mother, the
Queen of Greece. His Majesty, who was act-!om-
pm:led by his suite, and the Greek Ambassador and
Attache, was received at the church door by the
churchwarden, and on his entrance by the Very Rev.
Archimandrate Dr. Myrianthens. The Gospel was
preented to the King, who kissed the book. Tile
services, which were of an impressive charActer,
wtre conducted by the Archimandrate, who was
assisted by the Rev. Macarios. The Archima,ndrate,
at the close carried the cross to the King. which his
Majesty also kissed, and thereafter withdrew with
his suite. A very large congregation attended the
S -rvices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

EXPERIMENT FOR I:IYDROPHOI3L3.

The Naples Correspondent of the Daily News
writes :—" An interesting but unsuccessful experi-
ment has just been made at the Hospital of the In-
curabilb on a patient suffering from hydrophobia, in
consequence of a bite in the finger received some
months ago. A decoction of the herb cynoglossum
officinale (dogs-tongue) was given as the sole medi-
cine on the fifth day of the attack, when symptoms
of paralysis had begun to make their appearance.
After the second dose the medicine produced
effects which deserve notice. The muscular
spasms decreased, the acts of respiration and deglu-
tition became easier, and abundapt perspiration took
place, followed by a sensible dimmution of the fever.
The mind of the patient was in a lucid state, he could
drink milk and water freely, and it was possible to
preserve his strength. This. improvement continued
about four days, when mama recommenced, followed
by syncope, when death speedily ensued. It would
thus seem that, though powerless to cure hydro-
phobia, cynoglossum will be of use in lessening the
agonies generally suffered during the progress of the
terrible disease."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

OLD HILL.

CAUTION TO PIGEON. FLYERS.—At the Police
Court, cn Wednesday, before Messrs. R. L. Freer,
H. Howard, and B. Hingley, Jeremiah Cranton,
William Price, George Taylir, Philip Weaver,
Henry Tucker, Willtam Guest, Edward Griffiths,
George llport, George Hickman, bury Leedham
Thomas Haneox James Yarnell, William Price,
' Amos 011iver, William Rutter, John Sutton,
Thomas Horner, and James Round were summoned
for causing an obstruction in the highway at liadtua
Hill, Old Hill, on the 14th inst. Pace-constable
Sylvestre said from complaints that had been made
he went in company with Police-constable Wick.
stead to Pig Lane, and there saw the whole of the
defendants, who were taking part in a pigeon fly-
ing match. Police-constable Wickstead gave c,.r-
roborative evidence. Leedham's case was dis-
missed, two witnesses being called who proved that
he was at work. The other defendants were fined
is. each and costs; in default 7 days.
ASSAULT.—AIice Bloomer, of Cradley Heath, was
charged with assaulting Mary Jane Morgan, on the
11th inst. Mr. Addison appeared for the com-
plainant. On the day in question complainant was
passing the defendant's house, and in consequence
of a filthy expression made to her by the defend-
ant's sister, she, went back to the house and asked
the defendant w.iat she meant, upon which the de-
fendant struck her twice. Defendant pleaded not
'guilty, and called two witnesses who said that she
was struck first and that they were both fighting
together for ten minutes. The case was dismissed.
DRUNK AND ASSAULTING THE POLICE.-11101IMS
Holcroft and William Dingle, quarrymen, of
Perry's Lake, Rowley, were charged with being
drunk and disorderly in the highway, on the 21st
inst. Dtfendants were further charged with assault-
ing Police-constable Styles on the same date.
Fran the evidence of Police-consables Styles and
Fro,t it appeared that they were on duty at Perry's
Lake, Rowley, where they saw the two defendants
siting on a door step, very drunk and using bad
language. On being asked to go home the defend-
ants began to use bad language towards the officers,
and Holcroft rushed at Frost and struck him in the
mouth. Frost then drew his staff and struck Hid-
croft, upon which Dingle struck Frost with a
poker and knocked his helmet off; and also kicked
him. Dingle was again going to strike Frost when
Police-constable Styles caught hold of defudant
and took the poker off Lim and handcuffed him.
Defendants refused to walk to the station, and the
officers hired a trap to take them. Defendants
were hued ss. each and costs for being drunk and
disorderly ;in default 7 days, and were sentenced
to lit e months' batdl,,bur for the assault, on the

no; ice.
COAL STEALING.—PhOebe 11011117 MO B.
Woodhouse, both of Cradley Heath, were charged
with stealing coal the proper y of the Earl of Dud-
ley, on the 29th ult. Additional-constable Taylor

provod that defendants were taking coal from No
24 pits, Saltwells Colliery. Defendants were each
fined ss, including costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACCESSION

TO THE THRONE.

Sunday being the anniversary of her Majesty's
Accession to the Throne, the special form of prayer
and thanksgiving appointed to be used on this occasion
was introduced into the morning service at the
churches, and in many cases the preachers availed
themselves of the opportunity of remarking upon the
numerous gessings which have distinguished the
reign of our beloved Sovereign.
It is a noteworthy circumstance that the anniver-
sary of the Queen's Accession, the 20th of June, has
fallen on Sunduy on seven occasions during her
Majesty's reign—namely, in 1841, 1847, 1852, 1858,
1869, 1875, and in the present year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

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Edwards and Sons, 167, Queen Victoria Street ; New
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ORDER OF ANY CHEMIST.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

TENANT'S COMPENSATION.

Mr. Chaplin's Bill for amending the Agricultural
Holdings Act of 1875 proposes that every future agree-
ment between landlord and tenant with regard to the
14ter's compensation shall be either according to the pro-
visions of that Act or according to a certain system
scheduled in the Bill, or shall be a "reasonable " one. If
no such agreement be entered into, the Act of 1875 will
be made to apply. Should any difference arise as to the
reasonableness of any special contract, it is to be settled
by a reference at the end .of the tenancy in the manner
directed by the Act; and when the contract taken as
a whole, regard being had to the situation of the
holding and the other circumstances of the case, is
found to be unreasonable, the tenant's compensation
is to be according to the scheduled -system. At the
same time, however, the tenant is to be entitled to
claimother compensations that are included in the
special contract, and, with certain restrictions, those
comprised in the Agricultural Holdings Act.
According to the scheduled system, allowances by
way of compensation for unexhausted improvements
are to be made to the tenant as follows :-1. For half
the cost of linseed cake, cotton cake, and rar cake
which have been consumed on the farm during the
last year of the tenancy ; but in no case is the quantity
allowed for to exceed the average of the two previous
years. 2. For the whole cost of artificial manures
used with the green crops during the last year, and of
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,includingco9 f limethe
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cost of railway carriage, cartage, and spreading, on a
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seven years' principle—that is, the allowance being
reduced by one-seventh each ear until seven years
have expired after the spreading. 4. For the cost
of marling, on a seven years' principle. 5. For the
cost of claying any fen land, also on a seven years'
principle. 6. For the cost of dry bones on grass land,
on a seven years' principle, the time being reduced to
three years if the bones are dissolved. But the bills
for bones must be certified by the landlord or his
agent during the year in which thy are used. 7.
For the cost of under-draining, on a seven years' prin-
ciple if the landlord find the tiles and the tenant the
labour, the time being extended to ten years if the
tenant supply both tiles and labour.
Mr. Chaplin's Bill excludes from its operation
leases for long terms. The 'minimum length of these
is, however, as yet unspecified. Moreover, it is not
proposed to effect any rights that exist independently
of the Act of 1875 under the custom of the country,
or by virtue of any law with respect to improvements,
tillages, Stc.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

4ONEY.-XlO to £1,000.-MONEY.

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apply at a Loan Office, where the respectability of such
office is questionable. For this reason borrowers are
asked to read the following announcement :
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business in making advances has increased so rapidly,
that the Principal has had built, at the address below, a
block of offices named Imperial Buildings, which is con-
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Liverpool, and valued at over £2o,ooo,—where advances
are now made to all respectable HOUSEHOLDEttS,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

_INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.

In connection with the above subject, .... President of
the "International League of Peace and Liberty," Mr. Ch.
Lemonnier, has addressed a short letter to Earl Granville
apropos of Mr. Henry Richard's motion on European disar-
mament. This letter suggests that the conclusion by dif-
ferent countries of "treaties of permanent arbitration
with one another would be the most effectual means of
securing the desired end. The principal clause of such
treaties, it is submitted, might be to some such effect as
the following :—" For 30 years from this date the contract-
ing parties undertake not to employ against one another
any means of war; they engage, on the contrary, to submit
all the differences which may arise between them to the
supreme and final decision of a tribunal of arbitration ap-
pointed in conformity with the rules herein indicated." Such
a treaty, it is urged, would be an alliance neither of offence
nor of defence; it would leave to each of the contracting
parties full liberty of action, and would not involve either
armament or disarmament, while the principle involved,
if once recognised, might be expected to extend in its appli-
cation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

CII.IIIG E OP FR.U.:DIJLENTLY REMOVING G00D:3.-

Mary Richaids wns charged will fraudulently re
moving her goods on the 14th inst, with intent to d -
fraud JamesGadd, her landlord. Complainant said
he let the hou,to to the defendant at is 9d pr week,
anl there was now duo .22 18s 3d. He had se 'n
goods in defendant's house worth more than ZI-
A woman named Crampton proved that she saw the
defendant and her daughter removing some goods at
one o'clock in the night. Police-constable Oakey
also gave evidence that he saw the defendant a
little before 2 o'clock in her own house, which was
empty. Case adjourned for a month.
THE CHARGE OF STEALING TIMBER James
Kirtou was brought up on rernant charged with
stealing a piece of limber the propeity of R.raiben
Brettln. The case was adjourned for Mr. Freeman
to attend, as the prison:' alleged ha had bought it
from him. , Mr. Preemln was called and said he
had known Vie prisoner for years, and oft.ni sold
him timber som,thing like that produced. He
always found him hon._ st. He had timber like that
produced in March, 1830 Mr. Freer said that after
hearing the evidence of Freeman thy had a doubt
in their mind,, and should give the prisoner the
benefit of i hat doubt, and remarked that it wAs a
case of grave suspicion. Pri=oner was then dis-
charged.
TILING A SnAwL.—Mary Ann Leed.ham (14),
was charged with stealing a shawl, from a brick-
yard at the Lye, the property of Fanny Wood, on
the 16th inst. It appeared that the pros.]cutrix
works at Mr. Hickman's brickyard and on the day
in question at about one o'clock she left the shawl
in one of the stoves where the prisoner was stand-
ing. She went to another part of the yard and on
retaining a short time after wards found that Vie
shawl had been taken away. The shawl produced
was her property. Sarah Ann Hieklin, pawnbroker's
assistant, at Mr. Whitwell's, High Street, proved
that prisoner pawned ti e shawl produced at their
shop. Prisoner was fined 21s. including costs; in
default one month.
A D RUNKEN WOMAN.-.Sarah Jimes, of Worcester,
was fined 5s including costs for being drunk and
disorderly in High Street. Stourbridge, on the 17hinst. Police-constable Webb proved the case.
DRUN IL AND DISORDERLY.-Franeis Evans, of
Church Street, Stoutbridge, was fined 2s 61 and
costs for being drunk and disordoily in the highway
on the 12th inst.
AN APPLICATION.—Am application was made by
Mr. John Mills, Relieving Offi-Nar, to the 13e,;e1), -
•under the " n ttiC Asylum's Act "of 1653. 16
ajd 17 Vie: chap. 97 sec. ph which provides" that
Poor Law Atitlerni ik,s, are entithd to rec.. ive moult
tonging to lunatics confined in public Asylums,
subject to an order from the magithateg. In this
c •so Richard Lello, had left bitn under will, a share
of ptoperty in the estate of the late George Scott,
and tin applicatiou by Mr, Millis was that
_the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE.

Under date Durban, June 12, the Correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says :
A private letter received by Captain Baynton,
agent of the Union Steamship Company, states, that,
on June 3, the Empress Eug6nie left -the spot where
the late Prince Louis Napoleon lost his life, and is
now returning, vii Greytown and Maritzburg, to this
city, at which port she will embark on the 26th inst.
on board the union Company's new steamship Trojan,
which will be sent up specially for her accommoda-
tion.
It is stated that the Empress Eughie is in
good health, but was much unnerved during her stay
at Ityotyozi.
On June 4 the party rode over the exact path
traversed by Prince Louis Napoleon during his re-
connaissance on the Ngatu. On the following day
they visited Rorke's Drift. The weather during the
journey was remarkably-fine. - •

The Paris Correspondent of the Daily News says
that the Duchesse de Mouchy has communicated to
the Gaulois a telegram sent to the Queen stating that
the Empress Eugenie passed a night on the spot
where her sun was slain, and supported the trial
bottot thall could hug lavou 9xpictfot.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

DIVORCES IN NEW ENGLAND.

Judging from statistics, the married state is not the
most blissful condition of existence in New England.
The new number of the North, American Review con-
tains an article by Dr. Nathan Allen, from which it
appears that, according to the judicial records, there
has been a steady increase in the number of divorces
obtained in the New England States during the past
twenty years. The proportion which these bear to
the number of marriages is very considerable.
Omitting decimals, the averages for the five
years ending with 1878 were :—ln Vermont, one
divorce to every 15 marriages; in Connecticut,
one to 10 ; in Massachusetts, one to 23 ;
in Rhode Island, one to 12. Deducting the
alliances and divorces of Roman Catholics, by whom
marriage is regarded as a sacrament, the bonds of which
can only be severed by the Church, the proportion is
still greater. The foregoing figures, moreover, only
represent the successful petitions; the records show
that in some of the States fully twenty-five per cent.
of the persons seeking divorces fail for various reasons.
Then, again, numbers of persons consult attorneys for
this purpose, or begin cases which never reach a trial,
and many married persons separate without the
formality of legal proceedings. It must be remem-
bered that divorces are more easily obtained in New
England than on this side of the Atlantic; desertion,
intoxication, abusive treatment, neglect to support,
imprisonment, and other pleas being considered each
sufficient to justify the annulment of the marriage.—
Pail Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

THE LOCUST PLAGUE IN RUSSIA.

By the newspapers received from Russia we learn
that upwards of 20,000 men are at present employed
in various parts of the. Caucasus endeavouring to check
the plague of locusts. In the Sig,nach district such
immense numbers of insects have been destroyed that
the air is tainted, and instructions have been given to
bury the locusts for the future. At Arboshinsky the
Archimandrite of the Nina Cathedral, on observing
the approach of a locust cloud, rang the church bells,
and, placing himself at the head of the assembled
populace, worked for twenty-four hours in destroying
the insects, leaving, at the end of his exertions, none
alive in the district. At Dushetsky 5,000 persons are
engaged killing locusts; at Telaff, 2,000; at Ksan,
3,000; and on the shore of the Caspian, near Baku,
4,200. In many places the populace have been rein-
forced by troops. At Dushetsky the locusts, when col-
lected in heaps, are sprinkled with naphtha and then
burnt. The area affected by locusts stretches from
Kars to Astrachan, and from Astrachan to the Black
Sea. The damage done this year has been immense.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

A SINGULAR RESULT OF IMPROVED
FIREARMS.

When breech-loading fire-arms were substituted for
muzzle-loaders, it probably was not foreseen by any-
body that one of the results of the change would be
an increase in the number of suicides among soldiers.
The Avenir Militaire, however, believes that this has
been the case, at all events in the French Army.
During the last few years, and especially this year,
there has been a great increase in the number of
suicides in the French army, and the French military
paper maintains that this increase is due, in any
case in some degree, to the greater ease
with which a man armed with a breech-loader can
destroy himself. With a muzzle-loader the pro-
cess of loading is, it is argued, comparatively slow;
and while engaged in charging his piece the
would-be suicide had time to • reflect, and often
changed his mind as to the expediency of the act he
was about to commit: while, moreover, it was more
difficult for him to find an opportunity of killing him-
self unobserved by his comrades. The Avenir
taire, therefore, recommends that the ball cartridges
issued for the purpose of practice and exercise shall not
be left in the hands of the men, but shall be kept in a
copper case similar to those in use on board ship
i ,
which again is to be placed n a wooden box, closed
with a padlock and placed in custody of the sergeant-
major of the company. That it is very desirable that
ammunition shotild not be indiscriminately left in the
possession of soldiers is manifest enough; but at the
same time it must be admitted that the suicides in the
French army cannot be of a very determined charac-
ter if the precaution suggested largely decreases their
number.—St. James's Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

ADVANCE AND PAROLE

be allowed to try conclusi,ns one should win—with
the wholes wale dread of Victor Emanuel.

OLD HILL.

FELONY.—At the Police •Court, on Wednesday
named Thomas
before B. Ilinglcy, Esq., a man
Fletcher was brought up in custody charged with
stealing a duck on the Isth inst. Prisoner was
remanded for a week. Dunn, labourer, of
DRUYKENNESS.—WiIIiattI
was charged with being
Pcr„wav Real, Rowley,
&mak in the highway, ou • the 16th inst. Pollee-
Cooper proved the case and defendant was
sergeantfino 15. costs.—John Burgess, miner, of
1 was charged with being drunk and
Crailey Hestia,
on the 29th ult. Police-constable
disorderly
proved the case. Niue previous eonvic-
Sylvester
io were proved against defendant and he was
tfi-n-Iteas 2s 6d. and. cost.—John Levett, butcher, of
Garratts Lane, Old Hill, was charged with being
licensed premises on the 11th inst.—
drunk on
Police-constable Rowlands said that about 10.:).O.
on the morning of the day in question he visited the
Duke William Inn, Old Hill, and there saw the de-
! feridant who was drunk ,and making use of bad
language. It beincrthe first time that d,fendaut
hat been summoned he was let off with pl. rig
cost --Benjamin T canter, nOier, of Tivi,laie, was
sti cli I Osts for being n 11..; -
w h Ci S e2t, Ti%
Corngr.aves .Load, Cradley fleaLt, was lined ..L.3 CCAT
and costs, for being drunk in the highway on the
12th inst.—Thomas Downes, labourer, Tividale,
was charged with being drunk in the highway. on
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

KIDDERMINSTER TOWN COUNCIL.

The. monthly meeting of the Countil was held
on Wednesday; the Mayor (Alderman Naylor)
presiding.
The Mayor read communic thong he had received
from the Town Clerk of Blackburn with regard to
the Extension of the Hours of Poling Bill, the last
one stating that Mr. Ashton Dilke was willing to
accept an amendment with the view of makinc, the
measure a pernatssive one. The Mayor said he
thought it was desirable thl't they should express
some opinion in the Council on the t.ubji ct. His
own feeiing was that an extension of hours from
four in the afternoon till eight at night would be
quire unnecessary in a town like Kidderminster.
(Hear, hear.) They had never experienced any
difficulty, so far as he knew, in polling all who
were entitled within the eight hours at present
allowed by law, and he could see great objection to
an extension of the hours till eight at night,
especially when an election happened in the winter.
After a short discussion, a resolution was passed in
favour of the retention of the present hours, or, in
the event of the bill being proceeded with, of giving
local authorities poWee t.) fix their own hours.
The Improvement Committee, among other
matters, recommended additional asphalte p .ving
in various streets, and also that a trial be made of
asphalte macadam for the horseroad in Comberton
Mil. The report was adopted.
Mr. D. Corbet, medical officer, reported that the
numuer of deaths last month was 23, giving a &nth
rate of 13.5 per 1,000, and the number of births was
73. He called attention to the defective sanitary
state of many streets in the town, and to the
dangerous state of the end of Georga Street, near
the junction at Comberton Hill.
The report was received, and it was statad that
matters therein referred to were receiving attention.
The Mayor drew attention to the public provision,
and proposed a resolution instru3iing the Baths
Committee to consider whether it was desirable to
erect a swimming bath, and, if so, to bring up plans
and an estimate of the east at the neat meeting.
Mr. W. 11. Greea seconded the moti.rn which was
carried.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

BitiERLEY

CHARGE AGAINST A: PAUPER—At the Police Court
on Monday, before Messrs. H. Han and G. K.
Harrison, William Whitehouse was charged with
neglecting to perform the 'ask set him to do in the
Workhouse. Jo eph Hb.klin, superintendent of
lahkair,.said,the defendant was a pauper -in the
Workhouse and if was his duty to break 5 cwt. of
stone a day. Inst al ot doing this he had only
broken 4 c‘vt, in five days. Defendant said he was
not able to do the work. The witness said the, de-
fendant had previously performed the task and he
was in a fit state at the present time to do it The
Bench sentenced him to 14 days' imprisonment
with hard labour. _ . _

..---
rEANSFERS.—The following transfers were al-
lowed: The Vine Inn, Delph, from rh mas
Attwood to Joseph Attwood ; Red Lion Inn,
Wordsley, from William Cliallin,>4swort h to Thomls
Guest; Four Furnaces Inn, Level Strew, Brierley
Hill, from E. Oakes to Laura Jackson ; Lion Hotel,
Pensnett, from James Gee to James Smith; Black
Horse Inn, Delph, from William Worral to Eiias
Itarriss; Unicorn Inn, Brettell 'AMA, from Henry
Bowater to Arthur Guest; Buck Makers' Arms,
Tansoy Green, Pensnett, from Alfred James Lewis
to John Nickolls Boden ; Cross Jun, Level Street,
BrierleY Hill, from Abraham George to Edward
Walker.

DAMAGING MOWING GELASS.—James Wassail, a
boe-, of I.`ansey Green, Pensnett, was fined 54 in-
cluding costs for damaging mowing grass, the pr o-
pezty of Gabriel Jones on the 9th inst.
COAL STEALING.— Joseph Westwood, (12), of
Bromley, was charged with stealing coal, the pro-
perty of the Earl of Dudley, on the 10th inst.
Additional-constable Taylor proved the case, and
the Bench imposed a fine of 53 including costs.
CHARGE AGAINST A PUELICAN.—SamueI Stevens,
landlord of the White Hart Inn, Kinver, was
charged with selling intoxicating liquors to persons
when drunk, on the 27th ult. Mr. Waldron de-
fended. Edward Nash, landlord of the Stecip ney
Hot 1, said thaton. the 27th ult, he was standing by
his 'car window and saw a wagon aull two carts
pass. 24. an vaii'..lvans was in cam g, of ten,:
ag n an,l Field as in cl-Lage of a coit,• ir,
. about four o'clock. Field was dreinit end holding
himself Up by the snaft of the Cart. They went in
the direction of Kinver. The third carter did not
' appey to be drunk. The carters were in the
employ 0 ar..1308t, Thomais Bradley, a boy, of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

THE SUNDAY CLOSING QUESTION.

The Bill which Mr. Pease and Viscount Castlereagh have
brought into the House of Commons has been issued. The
hours during which public-houses are at present open on
Sunday are as follows :

_
In the metropolitan district, from one o'clock p.m.
to three o'clock p.m. • from six o'clock p.m. to eleven
o'clock p.m. Elsewhere, from half-past twelve o'clock
p.m. to half-past two o'clock p.m.; from six o'clock
p.m. to ten o'clock p.m.
-

- It is proposed by this Bill to reduce the evening
hours of opening in the metropolitan district, so that
houses may remain open from seven o'clock p.m.
until ten o'clock p.m. ; and elsewhere, so that houses
may remain open from seven o'clock until nine o'clock
p.m. Outside the metropolitan district it is proposed
to prohibit any sale of intoxicating liquor duringthose
hours, except the sale of beer, &c., for consumption off
the premises. It is not proposed to alter the present
law as regards a bona fide traveller, or as relates to
railway refreshment rooms.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

THE PROPERTY OF MARRIED
WOMEN.

Mr. Hinde Palmer, Q.C., and others have brought
into the House of Commons a Bill to consolidate and
amend the Married Women's Property Acts 1870 and
1871.
The Bill contains 17 clauses. Its objects are to
render married women capable of acquiring, holding,
alienating, devising, and bequeathing a real and per-
sonal estate, of contracting, and of suing and being
sued, as if they were femme sole; to enable them to
hold such property as if unmarried, whether the mar-
riage took place before the Bill becomes an Act or
nob; and to claim their earnings as though no cover-
ture existed.
Other clauses enable a married woman to effect a
policy of insurance.
A husband is not to be liable on his wife's con-
tracts before marriage, nor is he to be liable for his
wife's torts.

A wife is to be liable to the parish for the inainten-
ance of her husband and children.
The 11th clause provides that a gift, settlement,
conveyance, or transfer of real or personal property
made after marriage by a husband to or for a wife or
child, or by a wife to or for her husband or child,
shall not, " by reason of anything in this Act," have
any greater force or validity against a creditor or
trustee in bankruptcy of the husband or wife by whom
it is made than it would have if made by or to any
other person.
The law relating to husband and wife has occupied
a prominent position for the last ten years. It would
not be surprising if, during this or an early Session of
Parliament, the rights of a husband to make nuntial
settlements to the detriment of his creditors should be
considerably. limited,
_perhaps, as a step in that
direction, we may have an amendment tO clause 11
proposing the omission of the
.words "by reason of
anything in this Act."—Law Times.

For the last month it has been fashionable to wear
no necklaces, but bracelets from the wrist to the shoulder.—
Court 'Journal.