The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-28 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, AUG. 28, 1880.1

During the past 11 days eviction i on an extensive
scale have been going on in the district of Gweedote,
co. Donegal. The total yearly rental involved is null
£5O, and the cost of the 150 policemen and bailiffs,
including the hire of some 60 cars, has amounted to
£lOO a day. In some instance the evicted pers‘nia
were reinstated in their holdings as caretakers. Tu.o
people are said to be hopelessly in arrear with the -
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rents.

A train ran off the line the other day near Guin, On
the Fribourg-Berne Railway. Several passengers were
injured.
On Sunday morning as the schooner Annie, of
Preston, with a cargo of coal, was proceeding to fea
from the Bute West Dock, Cardiff, she collided in the
entrance channel with the steamer City of Exeter.
of Exeter' light, for Cardiff. The steamer was driven
ashore, but was assistad off, and taken into Bute East
Dock. The schooner went down, and in sinking car
sized. _ The crew saved themselves in their boat. _

On Sunday the dedication of the window placed ia
the Royal Dockyard Church at Sheerness to the
memory of the officers and men of the Royal Navy and
Royal Marines who were killed in the Egyptian at
Soudanese war and Khartoum Relief Expedition took
place, by the Chaplain-General of the Fleet. There was
a large congregation, including the Prince and Princesq
of Leiningen and Princess Albertine. The crews of
her Majesty's ,hips Tourmaline, Duncan,Py lades, Trent,
and other vessels were also present.
The dead body of a gentleman was found in a first-
class carriage of the Midland express from London, (,0
its arrival at Leicester at 20 minutes to three 00
Saturday morning. On the step of the carriage lay a
six-chambered revolver, and death had been caused by
a shot in the head, where there was a severe wound.
A season thket from London to Manchester, found ou
the deceased, bore the name of James G. Lowe, 4,
Langley-place, Victoria Park, Manchester.
k The "Experiments Committee" of the Essex A gri•
cultural Society paid a visit on Friday to the experi-
mental field on the farm of Mr. Roiling, of Chelmsford.
The crop under experiment is mangolds. and the object
is to ascertain the comparative values of dung and of
different artificial manures employed in different wa)s,
proportions, and combinations. The artificial Illalltlfes
used are superphosphate, sulphate of ammonia, nitrare
of soda, sulphate of potash, and salt; and the plois—'
each a quarter of an acre—are 14 in number. The crno
in its present stage already shows very considerable
variations, in accordance with the dressings avolied•
Dr. Croke, Archbishop of Cashel, on arriving f't
Miltown Malbay on Saturday, was accorded a verY
hearty reception, and in reply to an address preeoted
on behalf of priests and people, referred to the present
eondition of the country. His grace sai:i that, while
the people should maintain an attitude of moderation,
they should yet be firm enough to show the GOVern*
ment that if it intended to make war upon them the,'
would have firmness enough to resist it. They should
respect the laws, no matter by whom made, and, above
all things, commit no crime; but at the same time the,/
should show that they held by the doctrine of rba
necessary agitation they were so spiritedly sustaining.
By such conduct they were certain, not alene in ale)
future but the very near future, to obtain the love.'
desired restitution of their country's rights

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At an icquest held at Bath respecting the death of
an old lady named Heard, it was ascertained that she
had died from shock to the system caused by the sting
of a s asp.
A mile race for £2OO between W. G. George, of
Worcester, and W. Cummings, of Paisley, took place
at Lillie•bridge Grounds, London, on Monday. Georsa
won in four minutes and 121 seconds, thus beating
previous records.
A solemn requiem for the late Rev. J. W. B.
Bennett was performed in the church of St. Barnabis4
Pimlico, London, on Monday. The funeral toot placa
at Frome, the whole town being in mourning.
For begging by means of a petition, at South-grove,
Higbgate, London, David Wechler, a Russian Jew, wa6
at Clerkenwell sent to prison for a month as a rosuo
and vagabond. When arrested, the prisoner had letter'
from Baron Rothschild, the Bishop of Bedford, aud
Canon Mac Coll in his possession.
The epidemic of fever which has existed for several
weeks at Hare Island, off the coast of Cork, nter
Skinbereen, still continues, amongst its latest victims
being two sisters of mercy, who had been attending the
sick. A servant who accompanied them is seriouslY
ill. Fresh cases are reported from the island acd
from the mainland close by.
A man named Barnett was committed for trial on
Monday from the Worshipetreet Police-court, for
obtaining money by imposing on the credulity of the
public. He sold purses into which he apparently FOO
silver coins, exceeding in value the amount asked f9r
each purse and its contents. One person invested 81%
shillings, but on opening the purses he found the,'
only contained a few bronze coins.
Several Liberal Welsh members of Parliament have
addressed letters to the secretary of the Congregational
Union in the principality, chi the subject of forming a
Welsh Parliamentary party to carry forward certain
objects pat forward by that association. For the most
part the members appealed to are in favour el the
movemenl-,but there are one or two exceptions.
Rioting is belived to be at an end in Belfast.

Hop picking began in Surrey on Monday. The crop'
will, on the whole, it is expected, be a paying one,
though not fulfilling early anticipations.
A remarkable Nationalist demonstration took nines
on Monday at New Ross. An enormous procession
passed through the town to the Workhouse, whither
they were accompanying 13 families evicted from the
Marquis of Ely's property. A "ward of honour" P 755
specially prepared in the Workhouse for their receptien•
Oiders were given at the War Office on Monday f°'
the early embarkation of about three thousand ofNee.`:
and men, to reinforce some of the cavalry regimen''
and infantry battalions now in India, these tv0029
being in addition to the artillery drafts which have
also to be sent out.
Major-r: cneral E. G. Bulwer was appointed to the
post of Deputy Adjutant. General of the Force.; en
the t .clquarter state of the army in the place d
General Sir Redvers Buller, whose special ap-
p,..intment in Ireland was recently announced..
An inquest on the body of Last, a Norwich miser, ter-
minated on Monday in a verdict of wilful murder against
George Harmer, a hammer in a box addressed to hitri
at Wandsworth-road Station being found to ,fit accu-
rately the wound on Last's head. -

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances of the
death of Constable Barrett, Leicestershire, concluded
on Monday in a verdict of wilful murder against Japer;
Banton and Joseph Gadsby, who are in custody.
On Monday afternoon the Duchess of Teck, who wail
accompanied by the Princess Victoria of Teck, la; d
the memorial stone of the Church of St. Mary, Stant-
ford Brook, Starch-green. Her Royal Highness was
received by the Rev. NV. E. Freeman Greene, London
Diocesan Home M:ssionary, the incumbent designate,
Bishop Wilkinson, and General Goldsworthy, M
A bouquet was presented to the duchess by Miss
Gladman.
The Press Association understands that the Govern-
ment has decided to appoint a Commission to inquire
into matters affecting the spending departments. 9
is probable that Mr. Chamberlain will be the chairman.
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-An English clergyman officiating at Chantilly hal
been expelled from France for presenting an address of
sympathy to the Duo d'Aumale when the latter vial
exiled.
At the Marlborough-street Police-court, Edward
Weeks, residing at Finsbury, was fined £5, with the
alternative of a month's imprisonment, for assaulting
Mr. Pulaski, proprietor of the American Hotel, St.
Martin's-street, an establishment now closed.
Sentence of six month's imprisonment, with hard
I,bellr, was at the Middlesex Sessions, passed on Job
Outer, a jeweller, for stealing a purse and t 2 12
from a lady on her arrival at tee St. Pancras Station