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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

JOHN BROOKS, Deceased.

PURSUANT to the Act of Parliament, 22
and 23 Victoria, cap. 35, intitaled .` An Act to
further Amend the Law of Property, and to Relieve
Trustees." NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that all
Creditors and other Persons having any CLAIMS upon
or against the ESTATE of JOHN BROOKS, late of
Coalbournbrook, in the County of Stafford, Painter and
Glazier (deceased), who died on the 2nd day of October,
1873, and whose will was duly proved in the Lichfield dis-
trict Registry of Her Mujesty's Court of Probate, on the
17th day of November following, by Mary brooks and
John llusselbee. the Executrix and Executors theerein-
named, are hereby required on or before the 6th day of
Joy, Iti74, to send in the particulars of their Claims or
Demands to John Hesselbee, of Wordsley, in the said
County of Stcfiord, Innkeeper, the surviving Executor,
or, to my, the undersigned, at the expiration of which
time the mid Executor will distribute the Assets of the
said John Brooks, amongst the Persons entitled thereto,
having regard to the Claims only of which he shall then
have had nodee. And such Executor shall not then be
the Assets to be distributed, to any Person of
whose DMA or Claim he shall not have Miti notice at the
time of such I fistribution.
Dated this 4th day of June, 1874,

I'HOMAg WALL,
Stourbridge,
Solicitor to the said Executon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

CREMATION AND BODY SNATCHING.

A Canadian paper, the Argenteuil Advertiser, advocates
cremation, on the ground that it would put an end to the
practice of robbing bodies from graveyards, which, it seems,
exists in parts of the colony. The Advertiser says :--
A painful rumour was current a few days ago to the
effect that the bodies of certain persons who have died
in Lachute during the past winter have been removed
from the coffins deposited in the vault of the Catholic
burying-ground at Carillon, where they awaited
inhumation when the earth was sufficiently thawed.
The rumour appears to have arisen from an inci-
dent said to have occurred at Cote St. Pierre. We
understand that one night during the winter two men
driving a box-sleigh put up at Desjardin's Hotel at
Cote St. Pierre. In conversation with the landlord
the men stated that they had been to St. Andrew's to
buy pork. On looking into the conveyance three
human corpses were discovered, apparently destined
to form "subjects " for medical students. '1 he matter,
however, appears to have been kept dark till last
Saturday week, on the occasion of the funeral of a
young man named Belanger, ,d Lachute, whose death
we chronicled in our last issue. At this funeral, a
Laskute gentleman who 1‘11.4 present, requested per-
mission of the priests for the opening of the coffins of
the supposed missing corpses. Permission was refused,
on the ground that the remains of the deceased persons
were Church property, and could only be disturbed by
authority of the bishop. Subsequently, the matter
was brought to the notice of Al. Bourget, Roman
Catholic Bishop of Montreal, who declares! the theft
of bodies to be impossible, and stated that proceedings
could not be taken until the corpses seen at Cot 6 St.
Pierre were identified with those supposed to be
missing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

PUBLIC NOTICES.

LODGINGS for One or Two Respectable
WORKING MEN.—Apply, for Address, M tb•
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ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.
[ STOURBRIDGE DISTRICT.

GRAND FETE AND pICNIC

ON MONDAY, JULY the 20th, Is 7 I,
IN THE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS OF rIiDMORX
HALL.

?THE COMMITTEE are now prepared to
RECEIVE TENDERS for the following:—Two
for the SALE of ALE, WINE and SPIRITS; one for
CONFECTIONERY, TEA, COFFEE, ; and also
from Pasties wishing to obtain STANDINGS or Erect
BOOTHS for Outdoor Sports or Amusements.
All TENDERS to be sent in Sealed and Endorsed,
Not Later than MONDAY, JI:NY the Bth, directed to
W. FINLEY,
Holloway End,
Near Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

Sir Julius Benedict briefly respond.'
Lord Hou,ghton expressed his personal thanks to
the hidies and gentlemen who had gratuitously given
them their assistance.

During the evening, Mr. John Byrne (the secretary)
announced a list of contributions amounting to up-
wards of £l,lOO, including I:100 from Mr. liMicheret,
£2.'lfrom the Prince of Wales, and I-20 from the
Duke 14 Somerset.

The artistes who contributed so much to the pleasure
of the evehing were Millle. Marie Krebs, Mdlle.
Gaetano, Mdlle. Risarelli, Miss Rose Her.,ee,lle.
Macvitz, Madame von Hesse, Mr. Edward Lloyd.
Signor Parkins. and Sir Julius Benedict.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

DUDLEY SCHOOL BOARD.

On Wednesday afternoon, an ordinary meeting was
held in the Hoard loom, Town Hall. Dudley. The
members present were Messrs. George Tuompsun (chair-
man), Cooper, J. Napier, T. keynolda, and the Rev.
J. J. Slade.

The last named gentleman said he would ask a question
before the Board proceeded to any business. Of course
those present were aware that since their last meeting
two members had been deposed by order of the Magis-
trates, and as their Chairman's election had been secured
by their votes, he was not sure that Mr. Thompson was
legally elected. He had no personal feeling in the mat-
ter; he merely wanted the business carried on is a legal
Wanner.

Mr. Cooper remarked that there could be no doubt as
to the legality of the Chairman's election.
Mr. Blade: But you know that two of your number
(Nonconformists) have been removed from this Board,
and you are no longer in a majority.
Mr. Napier: The converse is also true. At the time
of Mr. Thompson's appointment as Chairman of this
Board there was no complaint against any of the gentle-
men elected by the ratepayers.
'the Clerk : The complaint made against Messrs. Mill.
ward and Tatifield was made subsequent to the election
of Mr. Thompson as Chairman, and therefore I cannot
see how the late proceedings can affect his position.
Mr. Slate: But, according to recent decision, they
were not legally elected, and their votes secured Mr.
Thompson a majority. I repeat that I have no feeling
in this matter. 1 want what is right and legal If we
have been acting Illegally, we had better put ourselves
right as soon as we can. I thought we had better ap-
point a chairman pro tem. until we know hew the matter
stands.

Mr. Napier: According to that all the business transac-
ted at this Board since our election is illegal. If were
Mr. Thompson I should sit in the chair until it is proved
that his election was improper and illegal. What his
taken place since his appointment does not disturb his
position. It is truo we have lost two members of our
party. I suppose the real object rt this query is to re-
move the present chairman, because we have lost the
balance of power. That is the plain English of it.
Mr. Slide dissented.
Mr. Napier : Then why did you introduce this
subject'
Mr. Slade : I want us to proceed in order.
Mr. Thompson declared his intention to retain his pa-
sition as Chairman until he was told by the Education
Department, or some other authority, that he was not
properly and duly elected.
On the motion of Mr. Napier, the Board proceeded
with the ordinary business.
The Clerk reported that the expenditure of the Board
for the half-year amounted to £1,916, being £1,469 in
excess of the previous half-year
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

FARMING IN LANCASHIRE.

Some interesting details respecting Lancashire
farming were given in a paper on the subject read
at the meeting of the Chamber of Agriculture 4.4 that
county last week. The farms of Lancashire vary much
in extent, but as a rule the holdings are small. The
average size, as given in the agricultural returns col-
lected last year, is thirty-two acres, which is less than
that of any other county in England or Wales. Of the
724,000 acres in the county from which tetnrris were
received, 103,000 were in corn crops and 510,000 in
green crop and grass for pasture and hay. The live
stock was 32,000 horses, '233,000 cattle, 349,000
sheep, am! 39,000 Ow, and the total number of
garden allotments detached from cottages or other
houses was 992, averaging a tenth part of an
acre each. The Lancashire farmer has a great
advantage in being near good markets, and
in the fact that the population of the large towns of
the county earn good wages, and are thus able to pay
the best prices for all kinds of vegetable and animal
food. The commerce and manufacture of the large
towns also create a demand for green clover, corn, hay,
and straw for horses—all bulky and heavy commodi-
ties, the profit on which is largely affected by the cost
of delivery. The facilities of obtaining ample supplies
of town manure as a fertilizer is another advantage,
and Lancashire farming is also favoured by its proximity
to the stimulating influence of extensive commercial
pursuits. On the other hand, it is urged that with all
these advantages there can be little general prowess
under the present system of land tenure. Farm agree-
ments ought to be much lesss prolix in restrictions, re-
servations, and penalties for breach 44 covenant, and
should seek to stimulate enterprise 13y securing com-
pensation to tenants for improvements made during
tenancies in the event of quitting, and by engaging to
give a longer period of notice. Lancashire farming
has also to contend with the heavy burden of taxation
which the sanitary condition of adjacent towns renders
necessary in order to make them healthy places of re-
sidence, and the high wages given by the manufacturers
compels the farmers to pay thew labourers almost
equally well in order to retain their services. The ex-
tension of copper and alkali work: i:, ns weover, a I his.
advantage to Lancashire farmer:, 44 bo, nevertheless,
as times go, seem to be iii a condith 4, which need not
cause their friends any immediate 3!l,iety.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

RECRUITING FOR THE ARM U.

Lord Sandhurst, in moving an Address for certain returns
relative to the Army, adverted to the mode in which the
system of Recruiting was now carried on, mid observed
that at the young age at which recruits joined the ranks
they were physically weak and could not be called men.
He also stated that, with respect to the Army Reserve,
that there was no security that men belonging to it would
he ready to serve wben wanted, for the Secret:ay for
War had no legal mover to enforce their attendance. The
Militia Reserve. un the other hand, was a real and :dm
able Reserve, beemse the attemLume Cl the men “,ahl bs
enforced, and he thought that the late Government
acted upon the right principle in endeavouring, to pro-
duce a closer union between the Militia and the Line,
for that was a policy calculated to lead to greater con-
cord between the two senicea and to add to the strength
of the country's defence. Believing that we ought to look
to the Militia as the source from which to draw recruits for
the Line, he suggested that the Recruiting in future should
he for the Militia alone, and that sufficient inducements
should be held out for men in the Militia te volunteer h r
the Line. It such a system wem established he had no
doubt it would Inc attended with satisfactory results.

Lord Pembroke stated that the Government, whose tenure
of office had not yet been long, were not prepared with any
echeme for altering the system of Recruiting, but were en-
gaged in collecting all the necessary information on the
subject. The time class id recruits did not volunteer fir
the Line as for the Militia, and that constituted an objection
ti the proposal to make all the inen wanted for the Army
pass through the NI alba, and another objection might be
urged on financial grounds.
Eventually, after is somewhat lengthened diseusnon, the
Address for the returns was then agreed to, and their lord-
ships, after transacting some other business, adjourned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
JOHN SKELDING,

(Late of the Old King's Head),

TAKES the present opportunity of thanking
I- his friends for their past support, and respectfully
solicits a continuance of the same, now that he han taken
to that well-known " hostelrie,"
THE COACH AND HORSES INN,
HIGH.STREET, STOCKBRIDGE,

And to more them that he is actuated by the removal,
still further to cater to their satisfaction, the Premises
being superior in every respect to his former Residence.
An ORDINARY every Friday at One o'clock, on the
Birmingham principle.
FOREIGN WINES and SPIRITS.
Good Stabling, Lock Coach.house and Yard.
sir Note the Removal.

EMIGRATION

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SOUTH

AUSTRALIA,

ASSISTED PASSAGES

UNDER THE NEW LAND ORDER REGULATIONS
The Government of South Australia are prepared to
grant passages to the following persons:-
1. Artisans, Agricultural and other Labourers, Miners
and Gardeners under 50 years of age.
2. Single Females Domestic Servants, or Widows
(without Children under 12) not exceeding 32 years
of age.
Subject to the payments as under.—
For Males or Females under 12 yeaas each
Ditto ditto over 1•2 and under 40.. 4 „
Ditto ditto over 10 and under 50.. 8 „
Persona paying their own Passage receive a Land War
rant of the value of £2O.
For further information apply to
Mr. M. PALFREY,
Ce2G Street, Stourbridp,
Selecting Agent.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

BANQUET TO THE AMERICAN
PILGRIMS.

The Catholic Club of Paris gave a grand banquet on
Sunday evening in honour of the American pilgrims.
Several members of the National Assembly and many
distinguished personages were present.
Mgr. Wgur took the chair, and proposed a toast to
the Pope and the American Episcopate. Dr. Fr6dault
proposed a toast to all the Catholics of the New World.
M. Claudius Hebrard read a poem written for the oc-
casion.

Judge Iheard, of New Orleans drank to the pros-
perity of Catholic France. He alluded to the friendly
sentiments entertained towards France by America,
who had not forgotten that she owed her independence
to Lafayette and Rochambeam Monsignor Zwanger
made a speech in English, expressing thanks for the
reception given to the pilgrims. Father Foubes also
addressed the guests in English in congratulatory
terms upon the union if the two worlds effected by
the pilgrimages. The speeches of Mgr. Zwanger and
Judge 'Meant were warmly cheered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

ENVILLE.

SEVIRN VALLEY FAktMERS' CLCB.—The annual sheep
shearing match in connection with the above club visa
held on Tuesrlsy, at Enville. These matches were
instituted about six years at', as mu eheouragethent to
the men employed in sheep-shearing, which is limited to
a certain number of persons whose skill tits them for
this particular class of work. A handy man will shear
ati cure aLd a bad of sheep a day; but the competition
eicouraged by the Severs Vallsy farmers is not to secure
quick work so much as good work. in the first and
second class in which prizes were I ,tiered, on fuesday,
the men were allowed three hours to shear for she •p.
although they could have been done in a much shorter
Cure ; but, in that crse, the sheep would probably not
have been so well shorn. After the competition, indeed,
some sheep were left. which the competition finished,
snd one of these, we noticed, stripped • sheep of his
Ileeee in as little a tittle as fourteen minutes. The shear-
ing tuck place in a field near the Stamford Arius Hotel,
where a number of farmers and others were attracted by
what WIN going on. The mullet operand I was very big!,
pie, ex. IA where a reluctaht sheep turned up, but the
animal even then was soon mastered. On the ph, ep
beihg dregg--d from the pen, the she o'er deftly set the
victim on end, held him firmly in a sitting posture, and
soon the lleeey coating was falling rapidly under the
shears, as they ran in rings round the exterior of the
animal. The whole fierce was removed in one piece, and
wound up, the style of winding being one of the points
the judgve took into comuleration. The animals were,
as a rule, well Wished IA and the quality of the work
was lady op to the atandard expected. The following
were the awards of the judges: Class 1 (opon to all
comers) : 15t joke (305.), W. Andrew., goat Hole,
Alveley ; 2nd puce (dic), (teorge Andrews, Aiveley 3rd
prize (1.06 ), John lirvia, Hagley.—Class 2 r:liren to bo sta
fide farm labourers in the empoly of members within the
a•e r of the club) : let prize 80s.), Harris, Morosely .2mi
prize ilss.), W. Haycock, jan , Alveley.—Chois 3 (for
under 18 years of age, open to all comers) . let Fria •,
205., Edwd. Walker, tihatterford ; 2nd prize, 10s., Ams.
worth, Alveley ; tied prize, 7s Gd., J. Howcutt Shatter-
ford.—After the competition the members of the club
dined at the Stamford Arms Hotel, a well-appointed and
well-managed hostelry.—Mr. Cross. hon. secretary to
the club, took the chair, and announced the result of the
competition, and he aftermucla gave "Success to the Sev-
ern Valley Farmers' Club."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

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Organs, in either sex: acquired or constitutional, Gravel

and. Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each. by

all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent fo 10t,e,1 lay the .
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OR THE BLOOD IS THE LIEE."—
a: see Deuteronomy, chap. xii., vi. e 23.

Diseases peculiar in lomen

There in no medicine equal VI Holloway's PEN for o
reeling the ailincets peculiar to females. Their lery
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

ROWLEY LOCAL BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board war held on
Monday, Mr. A. H. Barri in the chair. There were also
present :—Messrs. Penn, finest, Bennett, Taylor, Hunt,
liodgetts, Biel...an, Nawell, Hackett, Parkes, said it-
hams.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and con-
firmed.

Ile.rs. Parsons and Wilson attended the Board to
complain of a nuisance existing on their premises, caused
iby Mr. Lister allowing a quantity of gu water to run
utit their drain.

Mr. Parsons said their private drain was sit feet by.
low Mr. Lister's, and that gentleman had cut into their
drain, thereby creating the nuisance complained of. It
was very injurious to health, and ought to be removed.
The Chairman said they could not do anything in the
matter, suit was a private drain. No one had aright to
interfere with their drain, and they had their remedy.
After some further conversation the inspector was in-
structed to see Mr. Lister respecting the nuisance.
With reference to the appointment of inspector of
nuisances, the Clerk said the mover of the motion was
Mr. Bassano, and as that gentleman was not present be
(the Clerk) would ask the Board to allow the matter to
stand over for a month.

Mr. Whitehouse. the present inspector, said he was
willing to retain his office for another month, and the
subject dropped.
The Clerk said a correspondence had taken place
between the Great Western Railway Company and him-
self, with regard to a nuisance existing on a loop-liue be.
longing to the company, near Corngrsaves, awl arrange-
ments had been made to remove the nuisance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

INCOME-TAX PAYERS.

An Inland Revenue Department return states that
in the financial year ending the sth of April, 1872, ,
the number of pensms charged to Income-tax in the
United Kingdom under Schedule D, which is for :
returns of profits made in professions, trades, &c.,
was 490,763, no person being chargeable whose entire
income was less than £l6O. The number is below half
a million in a population approaching 39 millions. In
England and Wales the number thus taxed was
417,510 in a population of nearly 23 millions • in
Scotland, 49,251, in a population of about 3,376:000 ;
in Ireland, 23,972, in about 5,385,000 people. The
City of London presents returns from no less than
31,117 of these payers of Income-Tax on business
profits ; Westminster, 15,!;25 ; the Parliamentary
borough of Finsbury, 12,719; Marylebone (which in-
cludes St. Pancras and Paddington), 12,591 ;
Tower Hamlets, 7,467; Lambeth (which includes
Camberwell), 5,866 • Hackney, 5,671; Chelsea,
5,213; Southwark, 4,873; and Greenwich (including
Deptford and Woolwich), 2,B37—making 104,039 in
the Metropolitan district, or more than a fourth of the
whole number in the United Kingdom. In the returns
for other Parliamentary boroughs we find 16,338 of
these tax payers in Liverpool, 12,615 in Manchester,
and 1,22.5 in Salford; 8,689 in Birminghhm, 6,229 in
Leeds, 5,5:4 in Bristol, 5,128 in Sheffield, 4,007 in
Bradford, 3,385 in Hull, 3,238 in Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, 2,984 in Brighton, and 2,909 in Nottingham.
Scotland shows 11,016 in Glasgow and 7,111 in Edin-
burgh; Ireland, 5,168 in Dublin and 2,705 in Belfast.
In the United Kingdom there were 135,881 assess-
ments inerea.sed by the additional commissioners and
surveyors of taxes. There were 24,935 appeals against
the increase, and 17,459 were more or less successful,
the appeal being sustained in 8,409 cases, and the in-
crease reduced in 0,050 cases.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

ENVILLE GARDENS.

JpY kin 4 permission of the Right lion,
the Earl of Stamf, rl mid Warrie glop, these
beautiful GARDENS mid GROUNDS will be thrown
OPEN Vi the PULED.; every ILEaDAY and lamer
throughout the season.
Admission Free (by Tielmt only), to be obtained at the
Stamford Arms Hotel, Enville. .

Conveyances of all description to he had at the Talbot
Hotel, Steurtridge, on most r.,asonnble terms, on applis
cation to the Manager, Mr. J. Bridges.
Dinner Partlea contracted for.

The Use of
THE GLENFIELD STA IICH
Always Secures

The Delight of the Lanudreas,
The Admiration of the Beholder,

And the Comfort of the Wearer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

CUTTINGS FROM ANIERICAN PAPERS.

When a lover returns after a long al.senee, and hears
the parrot shouting, "Kiss me, darling," as soon as his
beloved enters the room, his interest in " Enoch Arden"
naturally begins to deepen, and he suspects some ardent or
hardened villain has supplanted him in her affections.

Mosquitoes are fond of nmsie--so an American in.
vestiestor has demonstrated. Recently he put one of them
under a microscope, and sounded a'tuning-fork, when the
Mires of its antennas vibrated sympathetically, the largest
fibres keeping time to the grave notes, the aloe ones to the
higher. Really, there is no telling what a promising insect
like this might he taught to do !

The Courier Journal having been informed that
Baltimore has 16,000 more women than men says "We
never go to that blessed city but the number and beauty of
the girls there don't make us long to seize a couple of car-
loads of them and fly to the bosom of the Mormon Church as
a qty of refuge."
. .

The following, according to the Montgomery Ada,
tiser, is is specimen of the intelligence of the Alabama
coloured statesmen—" Would you convict a man on cir-
cumstantial evidence ?" queried his Honour. "I dunno wat
dat is, jedge," answered the statesman. 'Well, what du you
think it is ?" interposed Governor Watts, "Well, 'cordin'
to my lodgment, ssrcumstanshil is 'bout din: Ef one man
shoots minder sr, kills him, lie orter be hung for it of he
don't kill him, he orter to be allowed to du so 'for he be
Moo,"
. . . . .

The American poet-laureate Smith did this when he
was wet through :--
" "rwas ever thus from childhood's hour,
That chilling fate has on Inc fell ;
There always conies a soaking shower
When I've got no mnbrell !"

Tight-lacing is coming into fashion again. Thiswill
he sad news for single-hearted and long-anned lover.. In
the old style a fellow just manages to encircle her to a T,
but the new style will necessitate "running " two girls.

A clergyman says, "I once married a handsome
young couple, and as I took the bride by the hand, at the
close of the ceremony, and rave her my warmest congratu-
litions, she tossed her pretty face, and, pointing to the
bride,,oom, replied, "I think he is the one to be cCavlra-
tulated."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

LAND BILLS, REAL PROPERTY BILLS, &C.

The HoTslit or Loons reassembled on June 1, after the
Whitsun Recess, when the Lord Chancellor's three Land
Bills -namely, the Real Property Limitation Rill, the Land
Titles and Transfer hill, and the Real Property Volllol'9 and
Purchasers Bill—were read a third time and passed, with
sonie amendments.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

SHOCKING MURDERS IN INDIA.

Kaira, says the Times of India of the 9th inst., is
justly called by the inhabitants of Goozerat the prin-
cipal haunt of murderers and robbers. Not many days
have passed since a number of murders were commit-
ted in this zilla. We have now to report two atrocious
murders committed last week. Strange to say that
one of the miscreants lA a female of the potter caste.
The first murder was committed by a Srawuk Bahia, wh,
as a rule, are averse to destroying life. The scene was a :
village belonging to the Gaekwar in the Petlad pergunna.
In the village is a Srawuk temple, where last week
a number of Srawuks had assembled to perfigin certain
religions ceremonies. There was to be a grand pro-
cession on the next day, and amongst those who were
engaged in making preparations one Veerchund
Khooshal was the most conspicuous. This Khooshal,
a young man of about 20, had on his person gold
ornaments worth about 1,200 rupees, which excited
the cupidity of another person named Tarachund, who
resolved to possess himself of the valuables. He went
up to Khooshal and took him to his house on promise
of supplying him with a horse for the proces-
si,m. The unfortunate man fell into the snare. Tara-
chund administered bhang to his victim, and when the
latter became utterly senseless, tied up his hands and
feet, and gagged his mouth. Having satisfied himself
that all was right and the coast clear, he took up a
hatchet and severed the poor youth's head from the
trunk. The managers of the pros:m.44in, however,
requiring the presence of Khooshat came searching
after him to the murderer's house, but finding nothing
there wsnt away, and gave information to the police.
I llnt Tarachund was not destined to escape so easily.
He tied up the body in a bundle and attempted to let
it down on the road through a window. When half way
from the ground, the cord gav e way, and the bundle fell to
earth with a heavy thud. This attracted some police-
I men to the spot. They arrested Tarachund, who is
I still in custody awaiting trial. The deceased was the
I only son of his parents. The other murder has been
committed by a woman of the potmaker caste. The
victim was a lad of about ten, who had on his person
ornaments worth 20 rupees. The murderess cut the
boy into pieces, and making them up into a bundle,
hid the bundle somewhere in her house. The whole
thing was subsequently discovered by the police.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

CANINE SAGACITY.

The New York Times reports an incident of extraordinary
canine affection which was brought to light in connection
with the dreadful calamity on Mill River, Massachusetts. It
says :
- - - - - •

- -
Colonel Joel Hayden, one of the sons of the late Lieu-
tenant Governor Hayden, owns a noble dog of the St.
Bernard species. He has long been a village favourite and
a pet of the school children who are taught near the
Hayden residence. 'Mr. Ira Bryant, the father of Mrs.
Colonel Hayden,an elderly gentleman, something over 6.0
years of age, was a great favourite with the dog. He was
delighted to be with him, uneasy when Mr. Bryant was
away, and always when he could accompanied him on his
walks about the village. Mr. Bryant was lost in the
disaster, and so were many of the dog's friends. It is
said no human being ever expressed a deeper sense of
sadness than he. His movements, even in the bustle and
confusion, were noticeable. He intruded himself upon
the family, and was in every part of the house sniffing
about. A.n old pair of boots of Mr. Bryant's received
his repeated attention, as did articles of clothing.
(in Sunday afternoon he started out, and fol-
lowed the searchers for bodies on the meadow lands.
He was seen on Miller's flats, pawing in the
sand, which caused an inquiry, and when he was
visited it was found that he had dug quite a trench, in
which were discovered the lower portions of a man's
limbs, the toes of the boots being upturned. The
next half hour revealed the form of Mr. Bryant. As
the workmen prosecuted their digging around the
body the dog lay at their feet. As the face was
exposed, he seemed for a second overjoyed, but when
a cloth was wrapped around the rigid form and the
removal was begun the noble creature seemed bowed
with grief, and followed the little party home. Dilli-
gent search had been made for these remains, but it
seemed hardly possible that any human being could
have found the imbedded corpse.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

LOCAL LAW CASE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WESTMIN.

STER.-FRIDAY.

Sitting ot Nisi Prime, before if,. Justice Denman
undo MoWeser Common Jury.
HOLMES r. SCOTT AND WIFE.

This was an action for slander, the allegation
t,,-in g that the female defendant, Mrs. Mahlai
Scot, said of Us plaintiff, a police sergeant, "An
opera glass and a filter have been stolen from my
bed room, and I look upon you as the thief ;"
and further that she said, " Innocent persons
have been convicted before tmday." The only
plea on the second was one of "Not guilty."
~
Mr. Torr, Q.C., said that the consequences of
UEETING AT BRUMLEY HILL. this action were of the greatest importance to his
On Monday night a mass meeting of col- client,
for
ohiws
al7realei
sergeant
aosfutrheeth.pend upon
de Metropolitanu
P n
hers was held in the Parkes Street School 1 it. It was noteworthy that there was no plea of
Room, Brierley Hill; Mr. W. Winwood pre- justification The defendant, Mr. Addis Scott,
siding. After addresses from Mr. Southall, was a gentleman of considerable position, who had

The 'meeting was brought tut n close by

0. Leiner; awake, the Rtrike is at hand,
With helmet and ahMkt. anti swore in your hand,
To meet the bold tempter so, tette lebely go.
And stand like tba brave with your face to the foe;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

anb District etn.
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Grainger, in the chair. There
were also present : —Messrs. Brooks, Hollinger),
Rhodes, Fiddian, H. Billingham, Guest, Hall,
Wood, Baker. J • Billingham, Phillips, Homer,
Williams, Thompson, W. Rollinson, Raybould,
Wright, Weston, Oilcs, and Oliver. The min-
utes of the last meeting were read and con.
firmed. Admitted into the house during the
week, it;; discharged, ; dead, 1; born, 0; re-
maining 317. Corresponding week last /ear,
337. Out-door relief, Kingswinford district £25
7s 114; Stourbridge district, £l7 17s 44 ; Hales.
owen district £lB 53 1.1 ; non-resident paupers,
its Bcl. total Xtill 10s ; against f 64 Os 31d
last year.

A...letter was read from the Local Government
Board, enclosing a copy of a letter received from
Mr. Prescott, asking the Board to appoint ano-
ther Guardian for Oldswinford, in the place of
Mr. John Griffin, deceased.
The Mork was directed to write to the Local
Goaeriiniant Boar.l, to the effect that the Board
had not been inconvenienced by the non-attend•
ance of Mr. Griffin during his illness, or since
his death. Neither had the ratepayers com-
plained of not being represented.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

To those who wild' to join these Offices as Members. The Year commences on the first of any month. Cheques
seossed National Provincial Bank to FLINT and CO.
Subscriptions £3 3s V, Is, £lO 10s, and upwards, per annum.
N.llo.4lease send for a Prospectus, free on application to Agent for Stourbridge, Mr. S. FIELD.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

[From Punch )
SYLVAIN VAN DE WEYER.

Dorn at Amsterdam, lio2. Lied in Lon,don, Ma y 2S, 187.1.
PEAT', the great Belgian, who was English too
By instinct, mid who taught us that a State,
Although its wealth lie small, its people few,
By freedom may grow great.
Dead, after such a life as few rum live,

Freed.un waxed taint when be struck In to save it.
What tribute to his memory shall we give?

" Libem, Übe., alnavit."
lie knew, none IA tter, that of liberty
Comes happiness, prosperity, and culture ;
That baffled still, where thought and word go free,
Swoops the despotic vulture.

In Court, and Cabinet, and Library,
Wholesome aml lofty influence he could wield ;
Yet he was jest as satisfied to see
His Berkshire farm's good yield.
Proud was he armed as preux of journalists,
With pen for lance, In honour's stainless armour,
Yet just as proud to enter the home-lists
As a keen English farmer.

Farewell, clear thinker, absolute logician,
Whose words and works shall long in memory dwell
To prove the freest happiest was yonr mission,
.tncl you fulfilled it well,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

"TROOPING THE COLOURS."

A large number of people. assembled at he Horse
Guards on Saturday morning, lining the ground in
every part three or four deep to witness the ceremony
of " trooping the colours' (says the Daily Nor 8). The
fact that several menthe's of the Royal Family were to
be present had been noised abroad, andas a consequence
several parties of roughs arrived early on the ground and
took up the most m lvantageous positions they could find ;
when the military who had sole charge of the arrange-
ments came later they found it impossible to entirely
remove them, :Ind the space which was to have
been occupied by the ladies and gentlemen provided
with tickets was tilled with a most heterogeneous as 2
semblage. The numbers present rendered all means of
elevation greatly in demand, and the quarters close at
hand were quickly denuded of every available chair
and seat. The battalions on parade included all the
Household troops in London,the ground being kept by
the Grenadiers, whose tall busbies rendered seeing a
difficult matter for all under six feet in the ranks of
sightseers behind them. The Princess of Wales, in a blue
costume, accompanied by three of her children, appeared
at ~ne of the windows at the Horse Guards soon afterten
o'clock, and she was joined there later on by the Duchess
lif Edinburgh and the Duchess of Trek. Almost imme-
diately afterwards the Duke of Cambridie, accom-
panist by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh,
who wore a volunteer uniform, the Duke of Con-
naught, and Prince Christian, rode upon the ground,
coming from the direction of Buckingham Palace. The
lines having been inspected, the troops marched past,
first in slow and then in quick time, and it WV diffi-
cult to say at which pace they went bzst ; the small
troop if cavalry were especially admired as they rode
by. The cereal my called "trooping the choirs'
f.II. m•ed, the Hags used being the Royal Standard of
England, only brought out for notable occasions such :1,1
this. The Duke if Cambridge and his staff then net-
off, followed almost immediately by the Princess an, I
the Duchess, in an Ipen carriage. The troops were
marched back to barracks, and in a little square :'t
the back of St. James's Palace the band played sons,
half dozen pieces to a large, and sometimes, noisy,
audience.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

AS IT OUGHT TO II

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Horn ima n's Wacidionse, and took smiqdes of Tea
ready kr consignment to their Aoi:sys,& mi a nal) sis
I found them & tio,t eitnility."
"At the Docks, I took samples of I 'oral ma it's
I analyzed, &found l' via; ; the quality

beiht; equally
" I purchased Foam's from ..:Igents for
lloeninfon'x 7;.a,' the contents I find correspond M
Pc ItITY DIA excellence of quality, whit the tea
olitain ii frem their stock at the Docks."
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

A SOLICITOR ORDERED TO BE SENT

TO GAOL.

At Wrexham, on Wednesday, a judgment
summons was heard, in which the Provincial
Insurance Company were the plaintiff's, and
Mr. I Len ry Saunders, jun., solictor. of Kidder-
minster, the defendant. The defendant had
neglected to forward to the office of the coin.
Ftny the premiums he had received as agent
and judgment was obtained against hint in
January. Thirty promises to pay were
handed into Court, together with a cheque
for the amount claimed, but inasmuch as two
cheques sent previously on the same bank
hail been dishonoured, the plaintiffs con.
sidemd that it was of no value. The Judge
said the circumstances were most disgraceful.
He was frequent ly called upon ti P send work-
ing men to goal for not paying their debts,
but in this ease an attorney had not only not
paid his debts, but had sent three cheques,
two of which hail been dishonoured. He
ordered the defendant, who did not put in an
appearance, to go to gaol for the full term
forty days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

BRIERLEY HILL.

POACHINO.—At the Petty Session• held on Monday
last, before Messrs. H. 0. Famstone and H. Smith,
Henry Thomas, James Thomas, Richard Haycock, John
Edwards, and James Silva+, of Dudley, were charged
with trespassing on land in search of game, on the Eitb,
belonging to Earl Stamford. The evidence went to
show that the defendants had five do, with them, and
were beating for game. They were tiled 101 each and
costs iii default 14 days.
' • .

CllAttliE OF TIII,SPAYII. Joseph Hyde was charged
with being on laud at Himley, belonging to the Earl of
Dudley, on the sth ult. in search of rabbits. Defend.
ant pleaded guilty, and was fined di 61 and costa.—Wil-
Main Dovey was charged with being on land at Enigma,
ford, belonging to the Earl of Dudley, and using dugs in
search of game. The evidence went to show that the
dogs were chasing a hare. Pleaded guilty. Fined 2.0 s
Ind coils; in default one month.

_
STEALING HAY.—Edward tioodman, boat labourer,
was charged with feloniously stealing two trusses of hay,
on the 30th oh, the property of Memra. Trotter, Haines,
and ,!orbett. The cam was proved, and the defendiuit
pleaded guilty, and the Bench aenteaced him to one
nionth's hard labour.

STEALING WATERCREI.9.—CharIes Abernethy, a y 'nth,
was charged with damaging • watercress bed, the property
of John Bench. he case was proved, and the damage
asseseed at W. Defendaut was tined tid and costs, and
lid damage; in default seven days imprisounieut.

ABUCC7fLUN CA$E.—At the Police Court, on Iluraday,
before Mr. Isaac Spooner, Stipendiary, Samuel Metcalf
(il), labourer, was charged, by Richard Powford. with
unlawfully taking away his daughter, a g.rl under Id
years of age. Mr. Addison prosecuted; and Mr. Wal-
dron defended. The prosecutor showed that the prisoner
took awe/ his daughter, and laughed at him when be
asked for her back. She was sixteen next July, but ate
had been away nearly twelve months, living with the pri-
soner as his wife. lu croineexaminaton, however, he
said that the pair had been living within a dooro f him all
the time, and that he had never thought of taking en,
steps in the matter until he and Metcalf bad a quarrel.
He had had,drink with his daughter and the prisoner,
and the girl had been in his house Once or twice for food.
—The btipendiary said it could not be held iifter that
that the father was unwilling for the girl to go away.— In
further examination, tue prosecutor said he was living
with a woman who was not his wife.—The Stipendiary (to
prosecutor): lob are as bad • man as the man who took
her away. The idea of a girl so depraved ta shocking ;
but it probably arotu from the fact that you have been
living with an abandoned woman. Such a state of things
can only end one way. (To both prosecutor and priaos
nee) Go away, the pair of you, you are a disgrace to
mankind; this is one of the most painful cuss I hive
had before me.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

MARY JANE AND THE LADY!

The following is from the Pall Mall Gazette

" Nothing Would more tend to an improvement in
the present relations between 'mistress and maid ' than
that the former should learn to 'know her place'
better than at present. With a view to instructing
her in this, we give publicity to the following whole-
some rebuke to a mistress who had in an unguarded
moment suggested to a newly engaged housemaid that
the railway station at which she would arrive was
'only a short walk' from the house, awl that a
donkey-cart would be sent for her luggage
Madam,—l received yr letter and the characters quite
safe, but when I come to read at the end of your sending a
donkey-cart to meet me i feel horror-strken ; it as entirely
set MO against the place, and what with the donkey-cart
and the restriction on Dress i fear that i shall never be able
I, abide to yi iur rules, for i have never gone 1% ithout rings
In my ears since i was 4 years oln. Ditfrent other little
things i have thought It over seriously since i sent yr letter
away, and when i went to Lady - —s to live the coachman
and gromn were both sent to meet inc with a splendid spring
cart, and when I went to Mrs ---s to live the carriage was
sent to the station to meet me and the under-housemaid and
scab was ordered to take our luggage. I never heard any-
thing so poverty-strikes as sending a donkey-cart, i an,
quite took against the place, and iii come I should never do
myself any good, and then it would only be giving Mrs--s
a had nanie and putting you to a great expense and also
putting you out of the way to be changing again so soon,
altho' i always dress very neat and plain tilt at the same
time i do nit like to be under restrictions as to what I may
be slowed to wear and what i may not and i think it much
betterlor melts be candid, i am Madam your Humbly servant
MA ni Jane ---."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-06

COLLIERY FATALITY AT HIAILEY.

On Wednesday morning, Mr. W. H. Phillip., deputy.
coroner, opened an inquest at the Cross Inn, Kingswin-
ford, respecting the d. ath of William Roberts, aged ill,
described as a banksumu The evidence showed that the
deceased had been lately emplo3cil at the bottom of the
shaft, at No.l pit, as a cagcr, tustead of in his ordinary
work on the bank. Ile was found badly crushed by the
cage. The whole of the witnesses, five in number, swore
that the deceased was capable of doing the work, and
that be was of sound mind ; but the brother et deceased
affirmed that be 1,18 billy," and IV AS not tit to go down
the pit, although he could do the work on the bank.
Mr. Spruce, the mine agent, said it was far more
dangerous for a man to be on the bank than in the pit,
he was of unsound mind.

The Coroner said thM at present all the midenee was
in favour of Mr. D..rhy, the eliartermaster, who was not
aware, either by experience or notice, that tLe deceased
was incapable; but to give the relatives of the deceased
au opportunity to bring evidence, he should adjourn the
enquiry until Monday next.
Mr. Stokes represented Mr. Darby.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-11-14

PROVISION.

Log Dog, Monday, Nov. 9.—The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 072 firkins Butter cud 4,044 bales Bacon, and
from foreign porta 27,107 packages Butter and 2,204 bale%
Bacon. In the Butter ml rket the demand has been slow, la:
fluenced by the wildness of the weather, and prices genetallif
were in favour of buyers. Beet Dutch 1445. to 1404 The
Bacon market ruled slow, without alter ation in the price a
Irish, but [lambing declined 24. per cw 4, and Amorican
singed sides no.