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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-28

ISMAIL PACHA'S CLAIMS.

On Monday afternoon the settlement of Ismail
Pacha's claims was (says a Cairo correspondent)
finally arranged. After a long interchange of tele-
grams, Mr. Marriott received full powers to sign, and
affixed his signature to the agreement, after which
Prince Hussein signed, and the document was then
submitted to the Khedive and his Council, who added
their names. The following are the terms agreed
upon: The allocations will remain as fixed in 1886,
and are compounded at 14 years' purchase, and a
sum of £EIOO,OOO is allowed for crops on the lands
ceded. Furthermore, the ex-Khedive receives She
Palaces of Ghezireh and Kasr All at Cairo and that cif
Emirghian at Constantinople, together with all
the furniture and plate that they used to con-
tain restored. Some £E250,000 will be paid in cash.
The rest will fall upon the Domain lands. Amongst
the allocations not yet included in the present
arrangement are those of Mahmoud Pasha, his
mother, and the Princesses Mansoor and Jemileh, which
bring up the total allocations to £E116,000. At 14
years' purchase, they equal a present capital sum of
£E1,630,000. The greatest credit is due to all who
have been concerned in the negotiations; and the
results, while very fair in view of the state of
Egyptian finance, are more advantageous than could
have been expected by Ismail.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-28

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PEANII,A SUNK AFTER COLLISIOII.

NINETET4.3N PER.SOSS DROWNED.

A ittuter's telegram from Paris says :
Several of yesterday's jonrnals report that
the French merchant steamer Snez was ran
down by a German stea,mer near Lisbon
before daybreak on Thursday morning.
Nineteen persons are sated to have been
drowned. The remainder, ,1 2in number,
succeeded in reaching ,Liebon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-28

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THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS
FOR ENGLAND.

A Melbourne correspondent writes:—Eight of the
Australian cricketing combination for England, which
will consist of 13, exclusive of the manager, Mr. C.
W. Beal, have already been chosen, and, what is more,
have accepted the invitation to make the journey;
while the remaining five may be iegarded as more
than probable—indeed, without Moses the team would
be minus one of the best batsmen of the day. McDonnell
will officiate as captain, the other representatives
from 'New South Wales consisting of the two crack
bowlers Turner and Ferris; together with Jones, who
is already familiar to, Englishmen. George Giffin has
also obtained leave to undertake yet a further
journey, whild larvis will again go out as relief to
Blackham. Palmer cannot get away, but Boyle is
certain to form one of the side, on which Spofforth's
name no longer appears. All the above are certain. -
The " probables " are Moses and Lyons, of South
Australia, and T. Horan,—Trumble, and Worrall, of
Victoria, of whom Horan and Trumble have alone
taken part in previous visits. Should thlse all visit
England the side will be the strongest that has yet
been sent out from this country, not excepting that
of 1882. They leave in the Messageries Maritimes
s.s. Marseilles, about March 20, and are due Lou.
don before the Ist of May.
ROBBING THE IRISH MAIL.
The Greenock police have ascertained ,that the
name of the man in custody for robbing the Irish mail
is Samuel Dixon. He owns a farm in the north of
Ireland. Dixon claims to be a partner in a well-known
firm of Irish seedsmen. He states that he purchased
the postal orders from a man in Greenock on the morn-
' big of the robbery; but he declines to say why he,
passed some under the name of Wilson. He has
travelled frequently in Scotch and Irish steamers when
passengers were drugged and robbed. He his been
convicted of theft•at Belfast. He came from Belfast
on the steamer when the mail was robbed. His com-
sppoanniodnesnt h?ativtee,ninot
rbefeeernentereaceodibaAinaßiellrfoabst
ecry°l.llllon
board the Alligator, every effort is being, put forth
discover :the guilty party. The Alligator was in
Belfast on Sunday on her usual run, and the matter
was being- inquired into on board -that vessel. Mr.
Shepperd, the postmaster at Belfast, requests all '
• people in the North of Ireland who, On ThurSday of'
last week posted letters containing money or postai
• orders; or 'other valuables for Edinburgh or places
• adjacent thereto, to communicate with him giving
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SHOP-DOO It THEFTS AT WALSALL.

At Wahal.: yesterday, George Mason, a
boy, was chi -god. with stealing a pair of
troasers frota outside ths shop of Frank

HoViand., Stafford Street. The Chief-Con-
stable Said that since January Ist there had
been seven robberies from the front of shops.
The Bench dismissed the accused, the
Mayor saying that the magistrates felt that
in such eases they could not convict. It
was a great temptation to needy people to
expose ,c,,oods outside shops. William
Shirley, Anis= Street, Birmingham, who
on Wednesday was remanded, charged with
stealiag from the same shop, was also.
discharged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-28

ATTEMPT TO MURDER LOUISE

MICHEL.

Quite a flutter was produced on the Paris Boule-
vards on Monday morning by the news that Louise
Michel had been shot on Sunday at an Anarchist
meeting at Havre, and was in a very precarious state.
The intelligence turns out to be perfectly true. The
" Vierge Rouge," as she has been styled, had pro-
ceeded to the Norman seaport for the purpose of de-
livering a lecture on the subject so near her heart.
Two thousand persons had assembled in the Elyse()
Music-hall but the proceedings had often been
interrupted. Just as Louise Michel had risen
to her feet to make a few closing observations,
a man named Lucas, who is in the service of a local
merchant, drew a revolver from his pocket, and fired
two shots at her. Louise Michel did not stir, and the
first impression was that she had escaped without
injury. The excitement, however, was intense.
Bystanders rushed up to Lucas, while cries of" Lynch
him ! " rang through the hall. The would-be assassin
was half-killed, and it was some time ere he could
be extricated from the grasp of the infuriated
people. He was then led, covered with blood,
to the nearest police-station. Citizen Dumas, a
prominent Anarchist, who had occupied the pre-
sidential chair, had vacated the platform on the first
alarm, leaving Louise Michel to her fate, and it was
soon seen that the poor woman, though she bore her
sufferings with stoical fortitude, was hurt seriously.
One bullet had pierced the lobe of her ear and the
other had struck her behind it. Her friends wanted
to remove her at once to the hospital, but she re-
fused, expressing a wish to return immediately to
Paris. She had already been so disconcerted at
her reception that she had declared that she would
never be induced to revisit Havre. Her wounds
were promptly examined by two surgeons, who,
however, were unable to extract the bullet, which
had lodged at the back of her ear. While they were
in consultation Louise Michel talked quietly about her
home and her favourite cats, and asked that her
assailant might be released. She is now at her abode
at Levallois-Perret, and speaks even merrily about
her adventure. She says that she had remarked
the "sinister face" of Lucas before he fired at her,
and that when she saw the flash issuing from th 6
revolver she called out, "Citizens, don't be afraid; he
has used blank cartridges !" Lucas is described as a
steady man, who had hitherto been remarkable for
his quiet demeanour, but it is presumed that on
Sunday he was the worse for liquor. He is at the
Hospital at Havre in a critical condition owing to the
rongh treatment which he sustained before his re-
moval by the police.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-28

THE ALLEGED GREAT

FINANCIAL FRAUDS.
At the London Mansion House on Tuesday Mr.
Henry Leonard Ellington attended before the Lord
Mayor in answer to an adjourned summons charging
him with conspiring with another person to defraud
Mr. John Thomas Aldred. Mr. Horace Avory con-
ducted the prosecution; Mr. Besley and Mr. Bodkin
appeared for the defence. In opening the case, Mr.
Avory said the defendant was charged with con-
spiring with another person to defraud his partner,
Mr. Aldred. In 1879 the prosecutor, Mr. Aldred,
entered into partnership with the defendant and his
father, and put a sum of £BOOO as capital into the
business, which was that of an upholsterer's
warehouseman in the City of London. Mr.
Aldred from time to time paid various
other sums into the partnership, so that in July
1885, when the matters occurred which formed the
subject of the charge, he had something like £ll,OOO
standing to his credit in the capital account of the
business. In the partnership deed there was a provi.
sion that no partner should draw or accept accommo-
dation bills. About July, 1885, Mr. Aldred discovered
by the merest accident that the defendant had ac-
cepted an accommodation bill in the name of the firm.
Mr. Aldred insisted upon the defendant being expelled
from the firm, and he was; whereupon bills of a
similar character, accepted by the defendant in the
name of the firm, which had never appeared
in the books, of which there was no account
whatever, and of which Mr. Aldred was perfectly
ignorant, came in to the extent of £20,000. Claims
were made to the extent of £20,000 in respect of bills
accepted by the defendant without authority, of which
no entry appeared in the books, and for which the firm
had received no value. The result was that the firm
had to go into liquidation. The defendant was
examined in the course of the liquidation, and in his
examination he had admitted that he accepted bills of
this character in the name of the firm to the extent of
£10,840, and being asked what had become of the
money proceeding from the discount of the bills, he
said a person named Segala had to account for £B9OO
of the money. There had been no business transactions
between Segala and the firm. The defendant at one
time suggested that the money had gone to the credit
of the firm, which was untrue. Evidence would be
given to show that some of the bills were discounted
by Segala, part of the proceeds being paid into his
banking account and some into the defendant's
private banking account. The prosecutor, Mr.
Aldred, gave evidence in support of the charge. Mr.
Besley asked to be allowed to reserve the cross-ex-
amination, and remarked that the case involved
rather a wide question with reference to the in-
solvency of a firm some years ago, and the case did
not appear to have a criminal aspect. Some other
evidence was given, and the further hearing of the
case was again adjourned, the defendant being ad-
mitted to bail as before.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-28

grocic SALES.

RAGEBT —There was a large ettenday es of buy ere
froui all part at ley on Monday, 7fheu
Oates, Perrone, and Wooldrilge sold by ..uctitaA
forty hend of catt a, forty pane of ob-ep, thir.y-four
pone of pigs, and six calves. Pip, nut!, fat and
9 ore, tworo ia greater domand t• aa recontlr. ;
whilst fat cattle nod sheep were me,lily disp.,sed of
at good prieoa.
KIDDIMMINISIMA.—Mr. Charlos Jcseland el
hie blead fortnightly sale at this mirkot do Thee.
day, and toe entries of stock on this day r
nearlys^ns large as at the opening sale. The entries
cooprised 76 hood of cattle (viz.. 65 fat and 10
stores), 340 'hoop, and about KO pigs and oolven.
Th. stook irought to this make% is of first class
quality, and tke eounianding position of Kidder-
minster makes it convenient for caltomoce. There
woes a very largo admittance of farmers bstokerss
slid
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-28

PARCEL-POST DEVELOPMENTS.

The opening of a parcel post with France on Oct. 1
was the most impotrant event which happened in
connection with this service during the year 1887.
The opening of a parcel post with France paves the
way for improved communication with other parts of
the Continent. Thus Italy and Switzerland can now
be reached by way of France, and before long Spain,
it is hoped, may be made equally accessible. At
present parcels for South-East Switzerland appear
to travel by Pontarlier and Neuchatel, some-
times even by Geneva, instead of . the direct route
through Basle, a circuit which is quite inexplicable to
the non-official mind, and leaves the palm for quickness
to the route by Ostend, It is a fact worth remember-
ing that a parcel of 71b. can be sent by post to most
parts of Europe—except Russia—for less than half
a crown. The post vies in quickness with any
other mode of transmitting small packages, whilst
the saving in trouble and peace of mind is at the same
time very appreciable. The several post officers pass
the parcels through the Customs, undertaking all those
duties which in other cases must be performed by
agents. The colonial parcel post has kept pace with
the European. Tasmania and Western Australia,
besides many smaller settlements, have been included
in the scope of the post during 1887. The only im-
portant exception now is New Zealand, while the post
to Canada is still of a very limited character, the
maximum weight being 31b., and the post extending
to the toWris of some importance. With the
United States no arrangements have yet been made.
The number of foreign and colonial parcels despatched
from, this country increased by 1.50 per ,cent. during
the last eighteen months, and the numbers received
by more than 100 per cent. About the popularity of
the inland.parcel post there is now no doubt Nearly
130,009 parcels are said to pass through the post on an
average day, while nearly 40,000,000 .are carried in
the year. For the accommodation of the parcel
business the Post Office has, during the year, removed
to the disused Pentonville Prison, where there is plenty
of elbow-room to work in.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-28

A MECHANICAL BURGLAR ALARM.

So many things are being done by electricity In
the present day that it is quite refreshing to find a
simple piece of mechalliSal corning in for hon:ure
Stmh is the case, however, and th piece of
much:this:a ia question is a burglar alarm whilh ii 1
baing introduced by Mr. M Moser, at whose offi..u.
31. Southampton Street, Strand, we tec•ntly in I
speeted its working. It eons its of a bell atiached
to a small metal Darrel cont-iuing a coiled spring,
and having 4 cord wound round :he balm. tilw
apparatus acting on the principle of the spring.
roDer blind. The alarm ii held out of wino by
fte tension of the cord, and on this being lo.:sene.:
in eny way, immediately comes into action.
to fit the slam-, it ia only necessayy to screw the
bell into any suitable pouition, and te place a catch
Pig ist such a posi ion that the cord will stretch
aoross the window et- dent o be guarded. 'the
co. d is then pulled ff the barrel, which wi•tds
up the bell, the cord beruz adjust. s that the
slightest tcuch will release it Directly a orcrecte
door or window is opened the cord is re10a...,1 h)
being p.,121 eI off its Natih peg, and th„prini,
winds .1.) At the mouent the erd I. io teen..!,
the b. 211 is'in action, and remains ringing until the
slick of the cord has been taken up by the barr I.
Should a but glee cut out a pane, and attempt RI
entrance thrcugh the aperture, the intruder must
of necessity touch tke cord when the c,rd wilt
instantly slip off the peg mid start the
Should the cord be seen and cut. a similar
effect is prodeoed, as it would also be if by tire, in
which cue it would form a valuable fire alarm
By this simple contrivance a hen.* may bs sna-1,
burglar proof at a very smal ,:cot

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LYNCHING BANK ROBBERS.

A daring bank robbery, followed by speedy retri-
bution, is, says a New York correspondent, reported
from Limestone, in Indian Territory. Four masked
men broke into the bank in broad daylight, murdered
the cashier, who offered resistance to them, and finally
carried off a considerable quantity of money and
valuable papers. An alarm Was, however, soon given,
and a posse started in pursuit of the robbers, who were
overtaken before they had gone very far. A sharp
skirmish ensued, in which one of the thieves was killed
and four of the posse were wounded, but in the end
the robbers were beaten. One of them was imme-
diately lynched and the two others were brought back
to Limestone to await their trial.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

THE SHAM CLERGYMAN.

Edwin James Dent, 33, described as a tutor, pleaded
guilty before the Recorder, at the Central Criminal
Court on Tuesday, to various charges of obtaining
small sums of money by false pretences. Mr. Charles
Mathews prosecuted; and Mr. Horace Avory appeared
in mitigation of sentence. Dent, it appeared, re-
ceived a good education, but, in consequence of
domestic squabbles, he left home and joined the Royal
Engineers. His conduct there was not at all ex-
emplary. He was imprisoned several times for de-
serting, until at last in 1880 he was discharged from
the service in consequence of being an "incorrigible
and worthless character. After this he went to South
Africa, joined a missionary establishment there became a
lay reader, and ultimately a sub-deacon in the church at
Port Elizabeth. For some unexplained reason he left
South Africa and returned to this country eighteen
months ago. Representing himself to be a fully-
qualified curate, he obtained employment in that
capacity from the Rev. Mr. Giles, rector of Risely, in
Bedford, and taking advantage of his position there,
he stole several blank cheques belonging to the rev.
.gentleman, and came to London last November. By
means of these cheques he obtained some money,
. opened a small account at the Birkbeck, got a cheque
,book, and although his account there was soon ex-
:hausted, he continued to use the cheques, knowing he
had no money to meet them. His favourite plan was
to pay for his board and lodging by these worthless
cheques. There were several charges of this
description against him, the total amount of his de-
predations being about £63. The Recorder passed
sentence of fifteen months' hard labour.

WINTER FIIR-NlSlTlNG.—Sealskin.

A PARTY of working-men were sitting in a group
one winter evening, discussing the various North Pole
expeditions. Finally a quiet member of the party
was appealed to with, "Well, what do you think of
it, Pat ?" Removing his,pipe, Pat, with due delibera-
tion, remarked, "I think the man that put the pole out
there ought to go out and get it."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

Notwithstanding the favourable weather the cattle
trade has been wanting in animation. Business has
been affected by the heaviness in the dead meat market,
which appears to be over-supplied. A slow demand
has prevailed at Islington. Fresh arrivals of beasts
were not large, but they were sufficient. The best
Scots went at 4s 8d to 4s 10d per 81b. Inferior breeds
were dull and weak. Foreign beasts were in moderate
supply and slow request at late rates. The sheep pens
were fairly well filled. There was a steadier trade, and
prices were tolerably firm. The best Downs and halfbreds made 5s to 5s 2d per 81b. Calves and pigs were
quiet, at late rates. The following are the quota-
tions : Coarse and inferior beasts, 2s 4d to 3s; second
quality ditto, 3s to 4s; prime large oxen, 4s 4d to 45 8d ;
ditto Scots, &c., 4s 8d to 4s 10d; coarse and inferior
sheep, 3s 4d to 4s; second quality ditto, 4s to 4s ;
prime coarse-woolled ditto, 4s 6d to 5s ; prime South-
down ditto, 5s to 5s 2d •, large coarse calves, 3s to 45 ;
prime small ditto, 4s to ss; large hogs, 2s 4d to 3s; and
neat small porkers, 3s to 3s 4d per 81b. to sink the
offal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

goal an 9istrict

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The tr4nal monthly meeting of this Board was
7.e14 oa Monday, us the l'hibut 'Hotel, Nit-. I. Nash
-3 the chair. _

MQ.lical ()dicer's rkport stated that the
•1.• flth -ntte for the past . raavh was 319, and th
rtla-rato 27 3 per tixous7-nd, Oa this the
virdical Officer ream:iced ; "The death-rate has
lacreasnA ve-y rnu I.non'.h, owing to the
ativ,r. Ten deaths oat of twenty-,ix had been
due V) lung The death-ate
.is higher
than the birth-r Ate, whieit is a very unusual oceur-
ronce. i 0 ues.ths have been caused by zyinotic

Clerk was instructed to, give. Mr. J. D.
l'onmy fourteen days' notice. to -terminate the
..t.,:r?e:ne:it for t 44 hire of the asa-trably an..i.o;her
at the ta.bot. Hotel for tho maetings of the
iioaed an,i other parp..)ers, the notic:s to expire flit,
lay after the second Friday in k.ebr4ary.
The open.hg.of tha new Corn Exchange, for
:carket Partotes, 1 t...d for the third Friday in
Fehru-try.
It vtae Agreed to let the Corn Exchange to
Ciptain, iiaanteo!,d. for. drill purpos:s for the
vAutve-ra, at a. rental of £3oa year.
were presaiiti2d for a .pire to the ROMatt
COuret. ix Kidderminster &twit. and, the
samo ws.e kass4d. . .
I',4e Cier:c was ineructed to wlite again to Mrs
•:athcart, as to a Iltli4411:38 arising to vie f,otpata
it l'eiver UIU and itecl Rill from hr property'
ind to wale that legal proceedings will be taken
.ntriss the Luisancite complained of are removed at
one
. .

Ali.. Wooliey moved, a re6olution expressing tLe
4yuloa.thy of ~.hei3lri with the widow of the Ilk.
%IL J. 0. Addyea Scott, on the sadden death of IT,r
ans,,;and, whose uarno and family had b3en so long
,u‘i 'honourably connected with tne town, and that
dePutatiou be appointed to attend his
Mr. Z. Stringer seconded the moLoa, which was
!4app.,rte.l by Mr. IL tiughei, and carried. •

COLLEGE OP RaECEPTORT LOOAL
!.EXA.MINITION:

The Chri9tma2 examinution of pnpi!s by tho
c•Joilage of Pit-c3p..ors Was hell at the Biriniughani
:entre in DeoonlOr last. .There wore in 311 270

tiiiidaks, 115 ioys nal 155 girls. ,22 entered for
-OA? tlrht eLis, of whom 11, ; 131 entered fo
the ..!tecond- chss,oi whim 6 pil333d; f/tpl 117 for
te third class, of wh:An 7 pasied ; while 50 ob
•:lined certificates of a lower class than that for
which they entered. Thus, of the 270 cau.iitlate6
,xaniiited, 205 pe.st€4l, or 7.6 per c:nt. Ste nutnber
edid4tes wno entered for the Ohrigttn,s
thr.)ogliout the coautry wie 9 (J2l, of -whom
.7,33) pasaed, cc 76 per tent. ; ani the total nombei
canclidAtes examined for certidcates by the Got-
eze of preceptors during the year endA ChrisLnas
37, was 15,590. The following Li a list of tonal
,atidi latex at the Biriniughani c nue who obtained
:•irliittAtes, with the 64.1i:t001s from which they
• amo:—
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

SHEEP SHEARED BY
MACHINES.

The exorbitant wages demanded by sheep-shearers
In Australia (writes the United States Consul at
Sydney) have led to various attempts in Sydney and
Melbourne to invent a process of shearing sheep by
machinery. The great difficulties have, it is believed,
been overcome by Mr. Woolseley, of New South
Wales. The machine is very simple in construction,
being on the same principle as the cutter of a mowing
or reaping machine; the knives are worked by means
of rods within the handles, which in their turn are
moved by a core within a long flexible tube,
which is kept in a rotary shaft, and wheels
driven by a stationary engine. The comb is
in the form of a segment of a circle, about
three inches in diameter, with 11 conical-shaped
teeth. Each machine is worked by a shearer, and as
he forces the comb along the fleece of the animal the
fleece is cut. One of the principal advantages of the
machine is that it does not require a highly skilled
person to work it. Its advocates claim that it effects
a saving of fully 10 per cent. The first cost and the
rust of the motive power are more than counter-
balanced by the efficiency of the work done by it.
At the first trial 50 or 60 sheep were shorn in a day
of 10 hours; 80 or 90 is a fair number for a good hand
with a pair of shears, and even 150 have been done;
but in every sheep shorn by the machine there is
said to be a saving of from four to 12 ounces of
wool. It is objected that the machine cuts the wool
too close to the back, as the sheep presents a uniform
pink colour from the tip of the nose to the end of the
tail.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

GREAT FIRE IN NEW YORK.

A destructive fire broke out on Monday morning in
Broadway, New York. A block of five large business
houses, comprising the odd numbers from 545 to 553
inclusive, occupied by various firms, were destroyed.
The loss is estimated at two million dollars. The
buildings were on the west side of Broad-
way between Prince - street and Spring - street,
extending back to Mercer-street, and were
all four or five stories high. Much damage was
done to adjacent property by smoke and water.
Several casualties to firemen are reported. A later
message adds :—The fire in Broadway completely des-
troyed Nos. 547, 549, 551, and 553, while Nos. 545,
555, and 557 were greatly damaged. Altogether, 15
firms are sufferers by the disaster, all of them being
wholesale houses dealing in dry goods, millinery, orna-
ments, Chinese fancy goods, laces, straw hats, artificial
flowers, feathers, trimmings, Src. All the buildings
were provided with iron fronts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

THE RUSSIAN ARMY.

Advices from Warsaw state that the military
council held there in the first days of January, whict
was presided over by General Gourko, called the
Emperor's attention to the fact that an offensive war
in Poland is an impossibility just now. To complete
the fortresses 20 million roubles are necessary. All
the railways must be provided with a second line of
rails, all the bridges reconstructed, and the roads
improved. Provisions are also wanting. A defensive
war would be more easy, since all the railways might
be destroyed, and the provisions burnt. Ultimately
the war council asked for a large sum of money.
Another paper states that the Caucasian Army Corps,
which is said to have quite lately received orders to
remove from Tiflis to the Austrian frontier, is the
strongest which the Russian army musters. The
report that this corps has been ordered to the Austrian
frontier is, however, very much doubted in Vienna.

AN OLD MATRIMONIAL RAND.—He, before the
wedding, anxiously: "You are sure you won't be
nervous at the altar ?" She, four times a widow,
with the utmost confidence: "I never have been yet."
A CRITIC who has evidently never been a favourite
with the ladies says, "Women cannot be satirical,
' any more than they can be humorous." They can't
eh? How it it when a man proposes after
courtship, and the girl exclaims, "Oh, G
60 sudden !"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT

BILL.

A largely-attended meeting of the council of the
Association of Municipal Corporation has been held
at the Westminster Palace Hotel, the Mayor of Salford
being in the chair. The annual report dealt with the
proposed County Government Bill in the following
terms: "The Government have expressed their
determination to introduce in the next session of
Parliament the long-promised County Government
Bill. Such a measure must necessarily engage the
very sezious consideration of all municipal corpora-
tions, and the position that cities and boroughs will
be required to take in any scheme of county govern-
ment will naturally be watched with the greatest
jealousy. The municipal institutions of this country
have during the last 50 years grown and flourished to
an unprecedented extent, and the good order and
health which generallyprevail in towns are in no small
degree due to the wise administration of the municipal
and sanitary laws in force in each town. It would, in
the opinion of the council, be a great misfortune to this
country if the local government of towns were in any
way interfered with, or the responsibility of town
councils weakened by any new controlling authority.
No scheme of county government would, therefore, be
deemed just or satisfactory which would place muni-
cipal boroughs under the jurisdiction or control of a
county board; a town so placed would lose its inde-
pendence, and be reduced to a position similar to that
which a vestry bears to the Metropolitan Board. The
council have no knowledge as to the contents of the
proposed County Government Bill, nor have they any
reason to suppose that the Government intend to deal
otherwise than justly and fairly with the municipal
bodies of this country. But they have expressed the
above opinions to warn the association of possible
dangers, and to bespeak their earnest consideration of
the measure when introduced. The council trust that
the bill will be introduced at a very early period of
the session, and will be issued in sufficient time to
enable town councils to consider its provisions before
the second reading. The council recommend the re-
appointment of a special committee to consider the
provisions of the bill, and to report thereon to the
council, and to co-operate with them in taking such
steps as may be necessary to protect the rights and
secure the independence of municipal chrporations."

TEACHER: What part of speech is the word
egg '?" Boy, hesitatingly Nextuh.tir.": .jreaciiew Is it masculine, fethinine; •or neuter 2"
Boy, look.
'ng sharp "Can't say. Ifir, till it' hatched."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

7f, a.

quantity surely, .nrthienee on the part of the
shop-folk should _have suggested further
ieciniry and corroboration or otnerwise of the
st ,ry.. Seconthhand book-dealers, however,
as it may or may not have been in this case,
aro not always overscrupulous when goods
are obtainable at tempting prices, and have
been known to ignore investigations which
might depiive- them of, a bagain. Such
gentlemen ought to be made remember the
old axiom, that if there were no receivers
, there could be no thieves; and if there be
any of the kidney in Birmingham who have
done aught to render the plundering of the
people's library by a dishonest lad easy, they
3bould be brought sharpl, to book.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

METROPOLITAN MEAT.

There was a very large supply, and trade was bad.
Prices were drooping all round, except for the very'
best Scotch sides, which occasionally realised the
exceptional price of 4s. 2d. The following prices
were realised. Inferior beef, 2s Od to 2s 8d ;
middling ditto, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; prime ditto-
-3s 8d to 3s 10d; Scotch ditto, 3s 10d to 45 Od ;
American, Liverpool killed, 35 6d to 3s 8d; ditto
killed, hind-quarters, 35 4d to 3s 6d ; ditto, ditto,
fore-quarters, 2s ; inferior mutton, 2s Od to 2s 8d;
middling ditto, 3s to 3s 8d; prime ditto, 45 Od to
4s 4d; Scotch ditto, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; New Zealand
ditto, 2s 4d to 25 8d; large pork, 2s 8d to
3s Oil; small ditto, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81b. by the
carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

Pl!Til!1

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and other Baths. Price &I.
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Action of U e Turkish and other Baths. Delivered be.
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Sent post free from his establishments in Bristol, Bath, Bir,
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Bloomsbury. London, W.C. Established 1862.

The. Late

on education, wrote on Oct. 14th. 1887 :
. . . The whole of my working life,
as a learner of new thin, has been
turned round and doubled in efficiency
since I heard Dr. PICA. . . . I work
by Dr. PICK'S instructions myself,
and I only wish everyone had the
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same. The system is short, simple,
and effectual. . . .
For Syllabus, dm., Address,
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81. ?few Inn, Strand, London,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

A PERILOUS PERFORMANCE.

Pezon, the wild beast tamer, was near being killed,
says a Paris correspondent, on Monday night by a
black bear. His menagerie was at Chalons-sur-Marne,
and he had just entered the bear's cage to put it
through its usual exercises, when
.the animal pulled
him down on the floor. The spectators were seized
-with panic. Some fled out of the menagerie and
others screamed; but Pezon's son at once entered the
cage to rescue his father, though the young man was
without any weapon. He attacked the bear with furious
kicks, which had but little or no effect, and he would,
probably, have failed to save his father, and, perhaps,
have himself fallen a victim to the bear, if a soldier,
who was one of the spectators, had not drawn his
sabre and handed it to young Pezon through the
bars of the cage. With this he stabbed the bear. At
the first thrust the infuriated animal left the eldez
Pezon, and, standing on its hind legs, tried to hug the
son. The latter, however, plunged his weapon several
times into the bear's stomach. The animal was not
then, however, killed, and continued pursuing liis
adversary. In the meanwhile the young man's fathez
had got up and left the cage. The contest was at
length put an end to by one of the men employed at
the menagerie fetching a gun loaded with big shot.
Firing in the bear's face both its eyes were blinded,
and young Pezon was able to make his escape out of
the cage. His father was not dangerously injured,
though two of his ribs were broken.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

who would rise in life. It se4s tc enforce
VICTORIA anew—and the endeavour is excellently
timed—a principle which should over be
paramount in individual training in
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FAltirSl
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

DEVOURED BY WOLVES.

A Bucharest correspondent says the snow storms
are terrible, and the accidents frequent and serious.
At Vames the snow is said to be nine metres deep,
and after the railway track was cleared the trains
had to pass between high walls of snow. Three sol-
diers belonging to the Black Hussars were recently
attacked near Braila, by a pack of wolves. A despe-
rate fight ensued, the men using their carbines with
deadly effect, but in the end both the hussars and
their horses succumbed to numbers, were torn to
pieces, and partly devoured. This is only one of many
similar incidents. So severe a winter has not been
known in Roumania for over ten years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

WHY LORD C. BERESFORD
RESIGNED.

Lord Charles Beresford has explained before a
public meeting of his constituents his reasons for
resigning the post of Junior Lord of the Admiralty.
He maintained that the reduction of the salaries in
the Intelligence Department would tend to impair the
efficiency of that department--which he regarded as
of vital importance to the navy—and that the First
Lord of the Admiralty ought not to have the power
of representing his own• views as those of the whole
Board. In the present case the Board of Admiralty
as a body differed from the First Lord when he
agreed to the reduction of the salaries.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

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A NOISY COCK.

At Westminster, the Rev. Hugh R. Haweis, vicar of
St. James's, Marylebone, residing at 16, Cheyne-walk,
Chelsea, was summoned on Monday before Mr.
D'Eyncourt for unlawfully and injuriously keeping a
cock, by whose loud and annoying crowing Mrs.
Helen Ratcliff, the resident of No. 3, Cheyne-gardens,
Cholsea, is greatly annoyed and incommoded. Mr.
George Elliott appeared for the defendant. Mr.
Duerdin Dutton, who appeared for the complainant,
the widow of Colonel Ratcliff, J.P, of Birmingham,
said that his client resided two
.houses away
from the residence of the reverend gentleman, who
kept a number of fowls on a plot of ground
adjoining his garden. The lady, for a period
of nine or ten months had been terribly annoyed
by the loud crowing of a cock bird belonging to
Mr. Haweis, and although there had been a great deal
of correspondence between the parties the noise con-
tinued. At first the defendant did something towards
stopping it. Perhaps the noisy bird was confined for
a time, but there seemed little doubt that he had been
restored to the full enjoyment of his liberty, for on the
morning the summons was taken out—on Jan. 23
he crowed no less than 28 times between six o'clock
and half-past. (Laughter.) The complainant was a
lady in delicate health, in fact she was suffering from
spinal complaint, and medical evidence would be
called to show that the cock crowing shattered her
nerves and prejudiced her chance of recovery. Mr.
Elliott said his client was unable to be present in
Court, owing to an engagement with the Bishop of
Manchester. He thought perhaps if there was an
adjournment there would be an amicable settle-
ment. The matter might have been arranged
before, but there had been a little irritation,
and when that commenced it was regarded as a
question of right rather than for mutual concessions.
Mr. Haweis made one suggestion to the lady—that he
would allow her own carpenter to come in and con-
struct a fowl coop in any part of his garden.
(Laughter.) The only answer the lady made was to
send a lawyer's letter. Mr. Dutton remarked that
complainant's neighbours complained of the bird.
Mr. Elliott said he was differently instructed. The
testimony of some ladies near to Mr. Haweis was that
they rather liked it. (Great laughter.) Mr. D'Eyn-
court thought it was a case in which the parties
might agree. Mr. Elliott said Mr. Haweis, as a clergy-
man, would no doubt do what was right. Certainly
he was not aware that the complainant was seriously
ill. The case was then adjourned by consent for 14
days, the understanding being that there should be
an amicable arrangement if possible.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-04

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A CLIMB FOR LIFE.

Additional details of the recent pit disaster in Van-
couver, by which 50 lives were lost, state that the
first man who came out of the pit climbed by means
Df the cage wire-cable through the shattered timbers
to within 100 ft. of the top. A rope was then lowerel
to him, and he reached the surface exhausted. A
second collier similarly escaped, but the third, when
near the top, fell dead to the bottom of the shaft. Two
searchers were sent down, who found that the mine
had not been set on llre. They reported that they
heard calls from below. A temporary cage was made
and lowered for some distance, the colliers climbing to
it on ladders. By the afternoon 103 of the 160 men
who had descended the pit had been rescued. The
explosion occurred in the lowest level. The bodies of
26 white men and as many Chinese have been re-
covered.

IN THE Box.—" You must have taken great palm
yotirielt,"'iaid-a"*iitttlitteigertOa thin witness';' ,
I "you could not naturally have been so stupid."