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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-26

I CLARKE'S I

WORLD FAMED

BLOOD MIXTURE.'

Trade Mark,—" Blood Mixture."

Tut CREAT BLOOD PURIFIER & RESTORER
SK IN DISEASES, Eruptions, Blotches,
Ulcerated Sore Legs. Old Sores, Glandular
Swellings, Cancerous Ulcers, Spots, Pimples,
Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ringworms, Scald
Heads, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scarfs,
Discolorationa of the Skin, Rumours and
Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or
nature, are literally carried out of the system
in. short time by the nee of this world-famed
Medicine.

THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS FROM ALL PARTS.
IMPORTANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Cleanse
the vitiated blood whenever you find its im-
purities bursting through the skin in pimples,
eruptions, or sores ; cleanse it when you find
it obstructed and sluggish in the ve'.ns ; cleanse ,
it when it is foul, and your feelings will tell
you when. Keep the blood pure, and the
health of the system will follow.
As this misture is pleasant to the taste, and
warranted free from anything injurious to the
most delicate constitution of either sex, the
Proprietors solicits sufferers to give it a trial
to test its value.
CLARKE'S WORLD FAMED BLOOD
MIXTURE is Bold in Bottles 2s 3d each, and in
Cam. containing six time* the quantity, its each
siffleient to effect a permanent cure in the great
majority of lompstanding cases, by all Chemists sand
Passe Modieicke Vendors throughout the United King-
dom and the world, op sent to say address on receipt
al II or 199 stamps, by the Proprietor,
W. J. CLARILE,Cmartsr, Apothecaries' Mall,Lincoln.

- • .
Wholesale: All Patent Medicine Holmes.
LONDON DEPOT: 150 OXFORD STREET
[Mitered St Stationer' s Hall, 1140.1—PrIee le., or enclosed
post paid from the author for 12 stamps.
MANHOOD. A MEDICAL ESSAY on the
teuctione end Deordere of the reproductive organs
in youth, manhood, and eld ye, with obeerratlons OD the
treatment and cure Of Nsnocs EXIIAUSTION.
iIDIDLIIT, L0w,.,, Ow WITIIIITS, lte.. being the result of SO
year.' .Itereeefol prune" Ity J. L. Crime, WV( IS, ALDP•
114.1.11.1.2. rt, Lii CAOILLT, Low Dor W.

Buisirs-op Tull Puss.

" There is no member of Society by whom thin book will
not b. found useful—whether seas person hold the relMioo
of Permit, Preceptor, or Clergyman."—S., a, evening paper.
Cc•rts ore Man isoon.-77rir TNOLNANO—AbIy written and
plainly Inscribes the source of those ilimeasee which produce
decline in youth. and more frequently premature old age.—
retegrqpil, 27th March, ISO/.
Curate ON M•NROOD should he in the hands of youth and
old age. It I. • medical publication, developing the treat.
Went of • elites of painful maladies;which have too long beim
die prey of the illiterate and dosiguiug.—L'eired Serciee
Gezett..
" This work, based upon the result 0130 years' °moccasinl
practice in the treatment of a painful and dietreming class
of diseavia, will be found to contain plain directions for the
cure of many disouves hitherto abandoned as hopeless.—
dkieday Times, 23rd March, DISC.
London—Sold NW by Mang, Bookseller, 3P, Corubill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-26

FATAL ICE ACCIDENT AT TILE LYE.

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A fatal accident occurred at the Lye, on Sunday
afternoon last. A number of boys were amusing
themselves on a pool at the bottom of the Dudley
Road, when the ice in one part gave way, and two
lads were immersed. One of tlum managed to
escape, but the other, a lad of fifteen named Rich-
ard Griffith. sank, and before the body could be
got out life was extinct.

Good voluePr money is desired by all, with articles
that cinnot be judged of by appearance, careful pur-
chasers rely on the high standing of those with whom
they deal. For 30 year+, Horninisn'il Pure Teas in
packets have given genre satisfaction, being exceedingly
sire 11 of uoiforin good Inalit y,ood tredo ch-op. Agents :
Stout bridge—Clarke, 151, High-stroet ; Baker, 12-1, High.
Street; Hewit, Market Place; Morris, 136, High-street.
Bricrley Hill—Rawlings chemist ; Hidderimustor, 801 l
Ring ; llulesowea, Adam, cLemist ; Lye, Jones, chemist;
Woltbley, Turner, chemist; Fangswinford, Pearson,
Brettel Lane, Collings, chemist ; Birmingham, &inks,
Bull Bing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-26

manlier.

PI7BLIC NOTICES.

WANTED. thoroughly Yra• as
MANAGER of • BRICK Y -It •to .•
Oue used 10 the Mum('Leine. of RAlPtu'ith It
Ferns Cetus Work. rem,' 10, per sr- elt. and COMMi.
diOlL—Addrem, Wealq News oilice,litul'it..field.

LADY of Many Years' wh,
r- kdlera. 110 t. 0••••
aitinx LEssoNa an the..l.l:EN a_ H. GERMAN.
aud 11ALIAN LANOUACIr,S. No 0.j.-e to a
gaarning Engagetuent t a the wawa ham. •
tdaaon. 1%-rto• tu-d..rite —A : • • sr, .
tar ottne, 6tourt•ridge.

WANTED. by a YOUTLI, G.
PI I A TION to • Ket. tosi.o.nr
Office. Goo-I charsottr.—Adarrss, 0. r Paw,

CHRISTMAS 'HOLIDAYS!

COPN EXCHANGE, STOL7illell),:le.

A Grand Fashionable CONC. & B.LL,
wilt be lo It in the A buVe , on MOMMY,
DECIOd BED ..!8, 1671.
I'll, re will beo k LILL BAND for 1..) ,NCING under
thoLerdership of Mr. T. Alleoek.
. . .

will b. sem lied in
Rein ehnieurtA, oethe bibt Quality,
the above room, until Three oclo k the foliowiog kftirti-
Mg. . . .

Doors open at Seven o'clock; t con mence at Bight
precis, ly
Admission: One Shilling.

13 RIERLEY HILL BUILDING SOCIETY

Established 1851.

rpHE ANNUAL MELTING of MEMBERS
1 of this Society for the NOMINATION of OFFI-
CERS, will be held in Mr. CLALICS SCHOOL ROOM, rarer
the Whimety Inc. PetELLET HILL, oil WEUNKADAY
EVENINO, JANUARY 6th, 18.5, isC NoVell o'clock.

The lat bubeeriptlon Wetting a thus year, will be at
Brierley 11111, on the 2Sth, and Stoorbridge, on the 24th
Illfittrnt.

Members are rt quested to surd in their Pass Books
to be audited.

.1. M. GETHING, Secretary.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-26

POTATOES.

Sound descriptions of potatoes command a steady sale
and full prices, but otherwise the trade is slow. The sup-
plies on offer ere Moderate. Regehts, 905. to 110. ;
Vie-
',aortas, 110 s. to 120. ; Flukes, 1295. to loon.; Rocks, 60s. to
700 per ton. Foreign Potatoes. —Last week's imports con-
sisted of 396 tons and 2,101 bags from Antwerp, about 1,000
tons from Dankirk, 100 bags from Boulogne, aud 33 packages
from other quarters.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-26

110 PS.

The inquiry for hops Is moderately active, and prices con-
tinue very nrm. rhe quantity remaining tol the last growth
is extremely small, and will, it seems, be exhausted belere the
next crop is available. On the Continent trade is reported
healthy. The import of foreign hops into London last week
consisted of 633 lidos from Antwerp, 71 Hamburg, 54 Rotter-
dam, and 10 Bremer.

FISH.
Sidmon, 41. 6d. to 51. per lb. ; turbot, 7s. t. 14e. each
soles, la Gd. to 41. Gd. per pair ; brill. 2s. Gd. to 3. each ;
cod, £5 to £3 per .core. whiting, 12s. to 154. pet basket ;
mackerel. 111. 6d to 3s. per dozen bloaters, '2B Cd. to ts.
Per box ; native oysters, £lO ptr ruihel; pearl ditto, a per
bushel ; aid columOil ditto, 134. to 308. per bushel.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-12-26

OLD HILL. '

CIIAROK or GAMBLING.—At the Police Court, on Wed.
bet,re Messra. W. W. G. Berri and N. Ringley,
William Hodgetts and John Mole were charged with
gambling on the highway. Mr. Addison defended. This
case has been adjourned for a month for the attendance
of a witness, and as the witness did not attend on Wed•
neadsv, the Bench dismissed the case.
-

Hai Fis_Brntnans,l
Hooper wig. fiord 14 and
costs, for being drunk and disorderly, on the 18th inst.
CHARGit or FrOUeKBREAKINO. Viliiaui 14 a was
charged with feloniously breaking into the house of
Emois Bockley. at Brierley Hill. Th.. evidence of Sac ,h
Hill showed that she saw defendant go into the house.
A qualgity of braes taps, window blinds and other pro-
perty had been stolen from the place. She followed the
defendant into the cellar and caught hold of him by the
hair of his head. She said he was the thief, but she did
not aeo.what ho had in his hand. Ohs then went tor the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

THE EMIGRANTS CANADA DOES NOT
WANT.
A 'Covii Scotian paper hu the following remarks on Mr.
Arch's notion of emigration to Canada:—

"If there are any permone who suppose that the visit
of Mr. Joseph Arch to Canada would result in a largs
immigration of farm labourert, they will be dissa-
pointed. Mr. Arch. no doubt, came out to this coon.
try with a sincere device to pre wht-her it woubi be
wise for the agricultural labourers, shom he represented,
to remove from E. gland t.. America; and, if PO, what
part of the continent offered the best proepecrs for them.
He did not have a chanoe to roe the Lower Provinces or
those of the Far West, but he travellvd extensively in
Ontario, and as he declares that the condition of arlairs

In that no. province is not suck as would Induce &tw-
itch farm labourers to make their bowies there, we may
conclude that the Dominion does not contain a suitable
place for them. But if Mr. Arch does not give us immi-
grants, he (lore give Nome information which enables us
better to understand what the English farm labourers
are. and which doubtless makes some of us
think we have wasted valuable sympathy on
them. The principal fact learned by Dlr. Arch
in Canada was, that if his labourers came here
and desired to obtain homes of their own, they
would have to 'rough it' for some time and work
hard. This, it app-arc, would not suit Mr. Arch's
friends. Indeed, if we may judge from the toe id
the diecuesion in the English papers, work is the
chief grievance of the agricultural labourer at home
and the one that he is most anxious- to avoid. Hs
wants to bud a country where he Can ct a well.
cultivated farm and homestead for nothicg, where
he will not have to work, and where he can live on
the fat of the land. What his master, the Englidl
well-to-do farmer, is now, is what the labourer expects
to become the moment he arrives in the new world.
Canada does not want Mr. Arch's labourers, or any
other 'modern emigrants,' on these term-. Ours ii
working country. Everybody works here, or should
do so, and thew, who do not are not thought the more
of for their idleness. Our farmers especially, except
jog such as are advanced In years, work hard them-
selves and will see that their servants do the same. If
Mr. Arch'slabuurera are willing to work there is em-
ployment in Canada for thousands of them, at good
wages—wages that will enable them to maintain their
families comfortably and respectably. In • few years,
if they are induetriona and saving, they can acouire
land and bee Imo their own masters. Work— hard work
—is the secret of success; and as this does not seem
adapted to Mr. Areh'm friends, Canada will be the
better for their not coming."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

OLD HILL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

ANY PERSON who SAW the MAN on the
23rd cl Augud limit fall rya the Bridge at Old
Hill Railway Station, will oblige by communieating
wilk

MR. BENJAMIN RINGLET.
Grocer,
Crsdley,
Now Morley nil.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

A NOBLE RAG-PICKER.

The family and friends of ore Pietro Venetossi, an
Italian nobleman, have, rays an American paper, for two I
or three years vainly endeavoured to ascertain his where- '
shouts. The Italian Vice-Consul has been assiduous
in his exertions in their behalf, and has lately suc-
ceeded in tracing Venetossi to k bride, where, for
some time, he is reported to have lived in obscurity,
often, pursuing the occupation of a rag-picker, and
at other times gathering MOM in the woods and dis-
posing of it to dealers. in this unchristian and ignoble
manner the main figure in quite a romance is sup-
posed to have concealed his existence and managed •
to eke out a subsistence. It seems that Venetossi belongs •
to an ancient family of Parma, and possesses large
wealth in undivided estate, which yield a revenue of
70,000 dols. to 80,000 dole, a year. His own share of
this handsome income, amounting to more than a third,
has been accumulating since 18119, from which time
Pietro Vensrowi has been lost to his family. In 1867
this gentleman fell into a love-serape with a beautiful
young girl in Milan, by the name of Ferrara, an old,
rich, and hist rical family of Italy. The girl WWI
scarcely sixteen years of age, and the father, who still
occupies a high position In the social and religious govern-
ment of Milan, strongly resisted the approaches of Vene.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

*'ocal anb pistrict geins.

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this Board was held
in the Board-ruoni, on Monday last; Mr.
McEwen in the chair. There were also present:
Messrs. Hughes, Kelly, Perkin,
,Mills,
Lam, Woolley.
The Clerk read the minutes of the last meat.
ing, which were confirmed.
FINANCE COMMITTEE'S BErour.
Your Committee report that the treasurer's
balance at this date is as follows : due from
treasurer on the Highway Account,4l93 3s ;
doe from him on the Improvement Account,
£515 18s lod. A number of bills were exam-
ined, amounting to £175 19s 7d on the Highway
Account, and £436 Ills Id on the Improvement
Account, which included £356 Os Bd, for divid-
ends on Market Hall Bonds.

On the motion of Mr. H. Hughes, seconded
by Mr. Kelly, the report was adopted.
The seal of the Coniniissioners was affixed to
two mortgages for .t1,01)0 and 4500, to repay
the loan advanced by Mr. F. T. Rufford, some
years ago, It was also agreed to devote £5OO of
the Sinking Fund to the liquidation of this
debt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

Holloway End, illontbridde•

STOURBRIDOE LICENSED VICTUALLERS'
PROTECTION SOCIETY.

THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the
1 above Beesetv, tell be bead at the TALBOT florin.,
Bronchium, on THOUSLUY NLIT, the Bth of JANCARY.
it. PAUL AMPHLEI"I, Esq., Q.C., M.P., in the
Chair; MAJOR WALKER, in the Vice-chair.
Dinner on the Table at Half-past Four for Five o'clock.
Tickets Five Shillings Each.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

REPORT OF TIIE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

Your Committee report that they considered it
desirable to defer the followiug works until the
beginning of the year: Tue sewerage of West-
street, and the condition of the sewer on Beauty
Bank; also, the forming of a footpath in Tab
but-street.

11,1ilsray A emnintod,ltinat. -- Your Committee
beg to lay before the Commissioners a copy of
the deposited plan and section of the proposed
line from the passengers station to the goods
station at the bottom of the town. Also, the
Parliamentary notice from the Railway Company
to abandon the line of 1860, and a notice refer-
ring to the various roads and streets in the line
of the prodosed work.
. . _

The 'report was adopted, and it was agreed to
lay the plans of the new railway before an exami-
nation committee.

THE ENDOWED SCHOOL SCHEUE.

The Committee appointed to consider the
Free Grammar School scheme (revised draft) for
the school of King Edward VI., in their report,
called attention to the alteration which had been
made in the e.r-rllicio governors of the school as
first published. The Chairman of the Stour.
bridge Commissioners was proposed to be one of
such governors, but on the revised scheme the
Chairman of the School Board had been substi.
toted. The committee could see no reason for
this alteration, and reported in favour of the
scheme as originally drawn. In clause 14 it was
proposed that a quorum should be constituted
whenever oue4hird of the governors were pre-
sent, The committee recommended that a quo-
rum of five should be fixed. They recommended
that the salary of the second master should nut
be less than .C 1.50 per annum. In the latter
part of clause 52 it was provided : " The gover-
nors may direct that if there is not room for all
applicants, their priority shall he determined by
competitron." The committee objected to this
plan. In clause 69 it was provided that, in de •
fault of fit candidates for the exhibitions from
the elementary schools, the exhibitions should
be thrown open to general competition. The
committee recommended that it should be to
" public " competition, as in the case of boys
referred to in clause 58, and the Clerk was din.
ected to send a copy to the Endowed School
Commissioner s.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

JOHN MIDDLETON,
HORSE CLIPPER, Jo.,
RESPECTFULLY inform. the Gentry and
Inhabitants of Stourbridge, that he has made
arrangements with MR. T. PENNEY, to CLIP and
SINOP HORSES at his Veterinary Forge, Market
-
street, Stourbridge.
I.M. returns oineere thanks to his patrons for past
favors, and trusts by assiduity and attention to business,
to merit • eontinuance of the same.
Any appliCASlOn made at Mr. T. Penney'', Market.
West, will meet with prompt attention.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

BATI7R DAY, JAN. 3 1J74.

OLD HILL.

A BRUTAL FELLOW.—.it the Police Court on
' Wednesday before Messrs. F. W. O. Barrs and
Bingley, James Oliver, was charged with assault.
lug Eliza Green, on the 26th ult. Mr. Prescott,
appeared for defendant. Complainant said she
sided at Waterfall Lane with her husband. Between
twelve and one o'clock in the day time be was stand.
in" by her door when the defendant came up. He
used abusive language towards her and struck her
several times on the face making, it bleed. She did
not give him any provocation. Mr. Hingley to cot.
plainaut : Did he hurt you much. Mr. Hayes:
She appeared to be very mach hurt when she came
for the summons. The Bench said it was a very
brutal thing to strike a woman in that manner, and
tined defendant los and costs, in default fourkell
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

COAL AGENCY.

AN Old•establishea Firm of COLLIERY
PROPRIETORS, in booth Wales, are opea to
receive PROPOSALS to be REPRESENTED in the
MIDLAND COUNTIES for SALE of ANTHRACITE
and WELSH STEAM COALS.—Applications are invi-
ted by those who can inifuenee business, and produce
the highest refereuces.—Apply, "D.E." care of Mesans.
Penne and Brown, Swansea.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

The MARRIAGE SERVICE at PRESTON.

It has long been customary at the Preston parish
church, and, indeed, at roost of the parish churches in
Lancashire, to receive just prior to any of the great
festivals of the year a large number of notices of mars
nage from working people in town and country, all to
be solemnized on the same day—such as Easter Sun-
day or Monday, Whit Sunday or Monday, Christ-
mas day, &c. The crowd of young men and
women having gathered before the communion rails,
where the marriage ceremony is about to be coin
rimmed, each pair 1 e'ng attended by its little coterie of
friends, the brides and bridegrooms are "sorted out"
by the clerk or verger, whose endeavours to prevent
mistakes are not always successful, as instances have
occurred in which the wrong persons have been married.
The preliminaries having been thus arranged, the mars
riage ceremony is then gone through in a wholesale
manner, one reading of the service enticing for
all, no matter how many couples may be present.
The Rev. Dr. Lee. curate of Treetop, however, has
conscientious Si copies about this way of going through
the solemn ceremony and has resolutely Pet his
face against it. On Christmas Dsy morning
beet no fewer than 22 couples presented themselves for
marriage at the Preston parish church, bat, undeterred
by this large number, the rev, gentleman read the
whole service of the solsmnisation of matrimony for
each couple separately. The ceremony began shortly
after nine o'clock, and was not concluded until eleven,
the ordinary service for the day being delayed half an
hour, during which time a large congregation witnessed
hree or four of the last m yrriag cc.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

LETTER FROM THE DARLINGTON
MURDERER to his PARENTS.

The subj dned letter, whioh we reproduce verbalios it
literatim, nes been received by the ptrvnts of Charles
D.wson, now tinder Sentence of death in Durham Gaol for
Irmtally murdering MB paramour

" December 20th. _ Dear Father and Mother,—l
got your letter this morning. I am in good spirits,
and you need not knock yourselves alccut, and try
to keep up your hearts for i will keep up mine for
I have not anything to be and° to die for, for
i an say with a honest hart t i did not know what
was done to t woman t night for if i wished
to be parted from her was it not in my power to
turn her to t door any time i wanted. If elle had gone
home with me first when she seed t i was in such a
state, no doubt this never would have happened, her
conduct has not been right it is plane to see. But I
can die happy for her, for I had now wish to cause
her death, for I thought to much of her for that
i would of been sorry to parted with her I never cd
of been in my mind to do anything like to the woman
I thought co much about only a few minutes M.A.
God knows i wished her well we went down the town
as happy as cd be, plenty of thinge for the coming week,
and how this came about i cannot tell it cannot be
helped now, so /on must not believe any tales tie got
up about her and me, for they will try to make all
sorts of lies up it grieves me t i cannot be buried
aside her i do not know anything t need be afraid to
die, for i can say before my Maker with a honest harte
that i had now wish to kill her, for she was a good
woman to me, and therefore i can die happy for
her . . . —CHARLES DAWSON."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

PHCENIX FIRE OFFICE

MH. Age(lntEfOorifsGut:riaiP4E,Rßbelg'a, t
iufSOLICITOR,othi,u
lic that thc PHCENIX wag for many years the only
Fire °dice that kept a FIRE ENGINE iu the town, and
to infcrm them that it dill keept one tht re.
For the kcytt uf the Engine llootte,apply at the Talbot
Hotel ; or to W . Jones, Blatlantith, Fut ilie-atrect. the
engineer ; and for Terms of Imotranct., apply to tho
Agent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

POR PICTURB YRANES,

(. 0 to the Practical Maker, whirs every dos.
cription of PICTURN lektiMilti, WINDOW
CuUNICE.B, 'co., are maaufactureA on Om l'reshea,
Whotesta. and Retail, by
1). LAMBERT,
Roam Decorator,
Milder &ad
Piatore Frame,
Manufacturer,
OLDSWINNORD, nor TOVRBRIDG.E.

OLD PICTURE FRAMES, CORNICES,
AND MOULDINGS,
Of every doseriptios.
CLIANID, ARPAIRRD, or 130ILT.
OLD PICTURES, Carefully Closest, Lined, sod
Restore/.

L. having bad 110 years' practical
• experience in all the above dithient Branches,
begs to inform the Gentry and Public generally that be
has now evary facility for executing any order that may
Ise entrusted te his care, which will meet with his pars°.
nal and prompt attention.
Orders by Letter will meet with strict attention.
F.atimatea given and Men of •&alt Breach sent te any
part of the country.
Gentlemen may bays their Natant Irmo. en
Asir own.Pruaisss, du irtd.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

THE LYE.

CHARGE OF INDECINT ASSAITLT.—At the Stour-
bridge Police Court, yesteaday, Henry Pritch and
Samuel Round were charged with committing an
indecaut assault on Elizabeth A ttwood, on the 22nd
ult. Mr. Perry defended. The ma. was not
proved, and the summons was dismissed.

C4ADLEY.
DRUNK AND DEFUSING TO QUIT. -Al the
Stonrbridge Policy Court, yesterday, before Major
Fletcher and Mr. Scott, David Kendrick was
charged with being drunk and refusing to quit
the Old Mogul Inn, on the 26tb ult. Mr. Perry
defended. Thomas Fellows, landlord, said the
defendnnt came into the house and called for some-
thing to drink. Defendant asked witness to drink
with him, and on his refusing to do so he pulled
off his coat and wanted to fight. Witness or-
dered him out and he refused to go. On cross-ex-
amination, witness admitted that he was related
to defendant's father. Defendant did not appear
drunk. Mr. Perry addressed he Bench for the
defence, and contended that complainant was the
agressor. He called witnesses as to defendant's
sobriety. The Bench remarked that the land-
lord's evidence was not sufficiently strong for them
to convict, and dismissed the summons.

THREATENING. -At the Stourbridge Police
Court, yesterday, Charles Ilaywood was charged
with threatening Thomas Nicholls, of Bobbing.
ton, on the 30th November. The evidence was to
the effect that defendant had threatened to shoot
complainant, and he had said he would make
Bobbington a " little hell ' before he had done with
it. Defendant was ordered to find one surety in
£5, and himself in £lO, to keep the peace for air
months.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

FIRE HOSE.

On the motion of Mr. Hughes, it was decided
to have some additional fire hose to the stand
pipes, so as ta be ready in case of fire or any
emergency.
There was no other business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

CANTATA FOR CHRISTMAS-TIDE.

Recitativo.

TAB festive sehson is, we knew,
The season of gratuities;
Of paying more than what we owe,
And gorging superfluities.
Aria.
Christmas comes but once a year ;
When It comes, it costs us dear.
Brings us hears of heavy bills,
And a lot of other iii.;
Christmas ire uhlesome appeals,
Christmas mettle gs, Christmas meals,
Christmas games and to, levies,
Christmas toys and Christmas trees,
Christmas carols at your doors,
Christmas boxes, Christmas bores—Punch.

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.
A stonecutter keeps ready-made gravestones with
the name Smith" cut thereon.
A star actor out WeAt was announced by the local
paper as one wha will show "001 benighted citizeus how
Shakspeare ought to be slung." _ _ _

An Amerman literary gentleman saye—" I find
plenty or people who are wilting tew tell all they kno, if
you tell them all yew hue, but the L311,,y of the trade 11,
they don't Imo mu,h."

`• Men are what women make them," la thelitle of a
new be oh. It may be true, but some fearful specimens of
the article In question reflect badly either upon the material
or the maker. _

Iwo lawyers, members of the same firm, have gone
to law with each other. This Is regardel as one of the saddest
things that have occurred for • 1-mg time pest.

Thin is the way that the Peoria Rcv,cw puts it:—
"The scarcity of new hats on the streets shows that very
littie interest was taken in the election."

A gentleman said that Nantucket horsee were cele-
brated for their general worthlessness, Imbecility, and
marvellous slowness. Ile gelds citizen sold one to a cavalry
officer during the war, and warranted him to be a good war
horse. The soldier came back afterwards In a towering pas-
sion, and said he had been swindled. "A. how r said the
Nautucketer '• Why there's not a bit of go in him, and yet
you warranted him as • good war horse." "Yes, I did, and
by Ge ego he is a good war horse—he'd amncr die than

• •
A scientific paper has the inhumanity to make the
tot owing base atatement, without any attempt to prepare
its readers for the blow :—" Spiral shells are only straight
cones twisted rounds central axis." But then plum puddings
are in.• 7 ilwraboidal parallel. crams c,oglornerated into pre.
hemline globes, and the mos: centrifugal marble that evcr
waltzed down the ringing grooves of change—small change,
of course, as msrbles are twenty a penny—began Its career
of Iniquity Lithe pilisallelopipedon of synchronou chunk of
protoplastic clay.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

THE STOUrtiIitIDGE OBSERVER.

_ L _
toed for the hand of his daiiiiitea. Both the political and
the personal habits ui the gallant Pietro were objection
al, a to the dignified nignor of the house of Ferrara, and
he hoisted that Venetonal should abandon his hopelese
atilt. which, if for no other reason, compromised his
jaa tied i relations. Pietro was too ardently attached
t • the fair j•ding Milanese to be bluffed by any sudb
pa rental tlictati in, anti after several we.ks of ineffectual
remonstrance with the family and clandeatioe inter-
views with his fascinating -Delilah, he determined to
possess the prize at any hazard. The result was that his
distracted passion overcame his prudence, and an
abduction of the young lady followed. Pietro conveyed
1 his beautiful victim to Paris, when the enraged father
anon put the Italian potion on hie track. The pair
then sought refuge in Brittany, where the honest
peasants never tell tales nor curiously seek to dicover
ti em, but they were forced to fly to Lavoms, a small sea-
port town on the Gulf of Genoa; even there, however,
they were detected by means of a priest, whose loyalty
to Ferrara was paramount to the more charitable inc.
pulses of his nature. Pietro next fled to Monte Christy,
a small island near Sicily, whore he spent the winter
of 1868 9 in blissful happiness. But "the course of
true 'eve never did run smooth," and before many
months the furious father, who had succeeded in secur-
ing the all of the secret police of the Church, found
out the last lurking-place of Venetosai, who, with his
young charge, again sought safety in Parte, by taking
coaeter by way of Spain and Gibraltar. The two had
been married in Paris on their first flight from Milan,
after along hesitation not very unnatural to the young
girl under such circumstances • and although the epirit
of the Catholic rites had been obeerved, the forms
of the faith and the laws of Italy were ignored.
Finally, as Venietossi was one day taking his dinner
with his young bride and some confidential friends, his
apartments were entered by two strange women, who,
after being announced, undisguised themselves and re-
vealed an Italian secretary of the Milan p dice and a
French gendarme. Venetossi was arrested, and In the
heat of sudden anger drew a weapon and mortally
wounded one of the police and ousted the other from
his house, Ile tiblourment of the whole matter was
that Venetossi's wife and friends urged him to escape
to London, ausl Madame Ferrara Venetowd, in her sad
girlhood, was ultimately conveyed back to her sorrow-
ing home. Venetosai came to the 'United States,
hoping to devise sonar scheme whereby his inamorata
could join him in this country. In the summer of
1869 the yound girl died, since which nothing has been
known of Pietro Venetossi.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

STOURBRIDOE SCHOOL BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was
held in the Commissioners' Room at the Cern
Exchange, on Monday evening last, Mr. McEwen
(the Chairman' presiding. There were also
present: Messrs. Stringer, Walker, Billingham,
Prescott, Wall, aud Scott.

Tbe Clerk read the minutes of the last meet-

—.—. ...... ---
ing.
Mr. Billing,hatu moved, and Mr. Stringer
seconded, that the minutes of the last meeting
be confirmed.

This was seconded and carried.
TAKING AWAY TIIK PAPEIN OF THE BOARD.
In reply to a question from Mr. Prescott, the
Clerk said that, Mr. Scott had the report of the
General Purposes Committee in his possession,
for the purpose of making a copy of it.
Mr. Prescott strongly protested against this,
and said it was very wrong of the Clerk to allow
any person to take away the papers appertaiuiog
to the Board.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

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J. U. GETIIINU,
SecTebry.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

DEATH OF M. GALIGNANI.
(From Galignani., Mew )

-
It is with the deepest affliction that we announce the
death of M. John Antho..y Galignani, aged 77, the
elder of the two brothers who, many years back, by
their talent, energy, and perseverance' raised the
newspaper which bears their name to so high a point
of prosperity. But it was not merely as an able jour-
nalist that the deceased gentleman was distinguished;
for, possessing a worm heart and genial nature,
he had soon collected around him an extensive circle
of distinguished friends, and extending the kindly
feeling which animated him t suffering humanity,
he founded near Paris that most useful establishment,
known as the " Galignani Hospital," intended
specially for indigent English subjects; and, in ad-
dition, conjointly with his brother, defrayed the whole
expense of building, in the vicMi'y of their country
residence, the present large hospital of Corbell, in a
most healthy situation, and wi.h cute solve grounds
attache I. The deceased had, after the late war,
retired into private life; but, unfortunately, he has
not lived long enough to enjoy that leisure which his
lengthened exertions had so fully merited. lin-sten-
taticus in his habits, agreeable in manner, an, always
prompt to forward any work of benevolence, H. John
Anthony Galiguani leaves behind him a num-roue
crowd of friends and acquaintances to deplore hie
loss.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03

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