The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05 00:00:00

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1888.

A clue has at length been obtained to the whereaboutS
of Mr. William Stephen, jun., who suddenly disappear
from his father's house in Dundee last month. It has
been ascertained that he went to Liverpool, and took
passage by the steamer Aurania for New York. A tele-
gram has been sent to the New York police to try and
discover his whereabouts. At present no reason la
assigned for the young man's absence.
The question whether a covenant to pay all rates
contained in the lease of a warehouse in EastcheaP in-
cluded the water rate came on Saturday before the
Queen's Bench, which upheld a decision of the City of
London Court against the exemption claimed by the
lessee.
At the Central Criminal Court on Saturday, FlenrY
Hazeldine, who had pleaded guilty to stealing a
quantity of jewellery, was sentenced to 10 years' penal
servitude. A woman named Jones, who was found
guilty of receiving a portion of the property from him.
knowing it was stolen, was sentenced to 18 months'
hard labour.
According to native reports, the Mandi has been
assassinated by his lieutenant, who has assumed power
in his stead. A proclamation, signed by the Mandi,
has been freely circulated in Upper Egypt, calling upon
the people to side with the dervishes, and announcing
that the Abyssinians have been beaten and the
foreigners forced to flee.
The Turkish Minister at Athens has been summoned
to Constantinople for causes which are explained by a
correspondent at Constantinople,where the suddenness
of the event has given rise to considerable comment.
President Carnot was entertained on Saturday even-
ing at a banquet by the Municipality of Bordeaux. He
urged his audience to be united in support of the
Republic.
There have been some further Boulangist demon-
strations at Nancy, and the military had twice to be
called upon to break up the mob. There was also a
serious disturbance at Toulouse, where the gendarmes
had to charge a crowd.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the
Foreign Office. The Ministers present were the Mar-
quis of Salisbury, the Right Hon. A. Balfour, Earl
Cadogan, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chancellor of
Irelaud, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount
Cranbrook, Viscount Cross, Lord George Hamilton,
Sir M. Hicks-Beach, Lord Knutsford, the Right Hon.
H. Matthews, the Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, the Right
Hon. W 11. Smith, and the Right Hon. E. Stanhope.
The cholera is increasing in Cashmere.
The Transvaal Republic enjoys a surplus revenue for
1887 of £115,479.
About 4000 women are employed by the American
Government at Washington.
Craig-y-Nos, Madame Patti's Welsh castle, is now
simply replete with burglar-catching apparatus. Alarms
abound, which are connected with an indicator in the
agent's room, by which the whereabouts of the unin-
vited guest may be seen at a glance.
Mr. Anderson wishes to create in maritime counties
District Fishery Boards or Councils.
Colonel King-Harman will probably be found in his
place immediately after the Whitsun recess.
The Baptist Union objects to the proposals of the
Local Government Bill in regard to licensing.
M. Sardou has, so it is said, received something like
£2OOO from Mr. Hare for the English rights of "La
Tosca."
A woman named Elizabeth Arnold, who has just died
at Lynchburg, Virginia, is declared to have attained her
118th year.
The King of Siam is obliged to wed with all his first
cousins, and at the age of 35 he finds himself a father
for the seventy-third time.
It is said that in Brazil, where the inhabitants con-
sume every day considerable quantities of coffee, alco-
holism is completely unknown.
John McMillan, of Elgin, stabbed his son Ebenezer
in the right breast during a drunken quarrel. The son's
condition is very critical.
Mr. Cunninghame Graham's latest declaration is
that, betwixt tyrannical Tory and harlequin Liberal,
there is nothing to be done for the working men.
In eighteen wards of Philadelphia, where there have
been 3134 licensed taverns heretofore, there are to be
only 732 licensed for the year beginning with June 1.
A Kilkee lad named Henry is said to have thrown a
stene while at play with a companion named M'Neill,
which struck him on the head, causing his death.
In the fourteen days ending April 24th, Edinburgh
received on an average 15,044,000 gallons of water per
day. This is equal to 4061 gallons per head of the
population.
It was not exactly an excess of devotion which in-
duced Henry Cambridge to steal a cassock and prayer
books from the Walsall churches. So he has received
four months' imprisonment.
A woman whilst travelling on the Metropolitan Rail-
way the other morning, gave birth to a child. On the
arrival of the train at Royal Oak Station mother and
child were removed to a house. _

The statement is made regarding London public-
houses—with what truth we don't know—that not one
can be found occupied by a man whose father and
grandfather preceded him in the business.
Glasgow is excited over a terrible mystery. The
face of a body—which was discovered in the canal near
Maryhill—was found to have been frightfully hacked,
whilst the limbs had been torn from the trunk. .

Mr. John Jones of Stepney, London, a relieving
officer, says, that having carefully gone over 7000 cases
of applications for relief, he found that not more than
1 per cent, were from total abstainers.
Madame Limousin and General Caffarel received no
advantage in their appeal to the Correctional Tribunal.
Madame's sentence of six months' imprisonment and
the General's fine of 1000 f. are confirmed.
It is singular that in the regular semi-annual black
list just published by the American railroad officials of
those who loan or sell their passes, no names appear
but those of clergymen, judges, and legislators.
The America' mackerel fishing has for two or three
years been greatly diminished. It seems they have
harried their fishing grounds, and have thoughtlessly
almost killed the goose that laid these golden eggs.
During the year ending March 31st the total quan-
tity of champagne forwarded from the champagne
districts was 20,334,324 bottles, this being an increase
of 1,249,450 bottles as compared with the previous
year.
Aro we to have an autumn session? There is said to
be a strong disinclination against it in certain Conser-
vative quarters. These gentlemen mean to ask the
Government to wind up the business of the session in
October.
A body of Englishmen are, it is said, negotiating
with the Emperor of Austria with a view to buying a
piece of ground belonging to him in the Prater at
Vienna. Their purpose is to construct a theatre, to be
called the Alhambra.
The prosperity of the year in China is believed to
depend greatly on the direction of the wind when New
Year's Day breaks. This year a lucky wind blew at the
dawn of the fresh twelvemonth, so that the Chinese
nresaA a a year of plenty and longevity.