The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-07-20 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

A student at Syraorsee, New York, has a tiouble
role-, aod tjoqs two parts of a sung at the same M.o. the
effect of in sii.giog La zaid t 6 he won,:orfuL

A forged chorine for £7OO has been presentc I at a
bank in I bind ee, and the money paid on it. !No trace o the
forger Ina been obtained.

Mr. Jefferson of "Rip Van Wiakle " fame, is
gradually recoverthg his sight, which It was feared, a short
time ago, he had permanently lost.
The Cricket Match between the Eton and Harrow
Oneir rehonle be lven won by tbe reyrarntatives of tht
former, with six wickets to go down.
In consequence of having a di:mg-moment with the
oft,er of the meet Colour Serjoant Clumin, of the 3rd Buffs,
ontnrnitteri suicide by blowing out his hralus, on Saturday
morning at Fort Burgoyne, Dover.

A paintia:y hue just baeu Bold ut the public auction
room, of the Rue Drcuot that MU executed by the Ducheaa
de berry, mother of tte Comte de Chambord (the lagithottet),
ax.,d that signal 1,1, her. its autdehticity had not beau
disputed, and it only letcted 50. f.

By order of Marshal liTacirahon all the men of the
army of earls are to be asexinated or revaecivated. The
moor. were to attend by companies at the Academy of
Medicine, Rue des Saints-Pros, far the purpose.
A California paper reports that au hotel chamber-
maid laid Aside !ler broi,na a taw days ago, and, on calling for
a settlement, told bar employer she ha o baen dabbling in
docks for a year or more, 444 Lag .zig,,itiircmcvl,l,2
2,4,1 AN duilisfa as a zsoult.

negroes have commenced building a new town
near Birmingham, which ill known as Baconaides.
Little Japanese paramoLa, apparently made of atraw,
are [ha latest novelty nawked about Broadway, New York.

Pa-thment will probally be prorogued .on the Biath
of next month. _ '"

The first number of a new monthly magazine, called
the Bieetera is to appear on the Ist of August next.
It is is believed that the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer will IiVEI all increase of income of seven Oliiiiolll to
show. next year.
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The Paris Jeered informs the world that the House
a COMM. sittings leaves oft at sit in the morning, and
that 2 Ae liaaaea print& all the debates by .even.

In the Court of See:none, Edinbujgh. on action has
been raised by the Eul of Mar ttgliust the Earl of Katie for
the recovery of the entailed estates of Mar at Alicia.

" Rom.— Why have ou not written torso long ?
Surely you must be ah 43 mw. I have Ixeu Ee.ity, and
krvly eat t.:lange 1 hays 0 get uway boon, though fur
a very short lsee. Will you sot write before Igo
eel tisenient In The Times.

It is stated that the Queen has bestowed Bagshot
Park, Surrey, upon Prince Arthur, as a couotry seat, and it
is expected that his Royal Highness will occupy his nee re-
sidence in May nest. The ests.tes are Crown property, and
at present turd, the custody of Sir James Clara.
The early herring fishing on the Northumberland
and Berwickshire coasts this season has le-en very unpro-
ductive, and Wits want of success ft ei delayed the cowmen..
went of the general herring fishing. Luring the past week
the tett:shave been very various, and prices WI.
A Paris correspondent has heard that among the
ornaments which "adorn" the walla of a tavern its London,
where the Communist refugees most congregate, is a clay
pipe, well coloured, which was formerly the property of M.
Gambetia, and to which is attached the following iuserip•
tion :—'' The pipe of a traitor.'-

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It is " calculated " by a writer in an American
journal that the open mouths of the 25,L00 silicas at the
great Boston Musical Festival, being supposed to measure
about four store inches, would,.if placedtugeUler, form avast
cavity of 7;:0 square fret!

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On 111,nday the Court of Asbitration met at Geueva,
and the sitting lasted from two no Lii four o'clock. As before,
absolute secrecy will he maintained by the members. It is
thought. that the Court will continue to sit for six weeks or
two months.

A crowded meeting of clerks in the employment of
the Great Eastern It illway Comp :fly was ltell on Alonday
evening, at which it was received to memorialise the directors
for the general increase of salaries at the rate of 20 per cent,
and for an overtime allowance after specified hours.

The ships comp, ising the American Equadron Will
assemble in the Nouthampton Waters, in slew days, when a
public banquet is proposed to be given to Admiral Alden and
the Wheels. It is understood that on the list instant the
Prince and Princess of Wales will visit the fleet.

'rite dearth of coal still coutinutes the social topic
the day. Throughout the trade a fear Is 6preatiiir- bat by
the early daf a of October, uot to veat of a possibry severe
Christmas, tbeprice of this, which has been called the second
necessity of life, should ho as aggravated that
utterly beyond the reach of the poor.
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Sunday' being the anniversary of the capture of the
Bastille, banquets in celebration of the event were to have
taken place in Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, nordeaux, anti other
large French towns. The authorities, however, prohibited
these demonstrations. At Ferte sous Jouarre, h,wceer, •
banquet was allowed to take place, and M. Ganibetta made
a political speech, which Suet with much applause.
"A certain remedy is to procure some bracken,
Pteris avnalina, Or C 1.111110,1 fern, plentiful on commons, and
put it down about tlie house at night The black beetles
is ill eat It ravenously, and 80011 the. and their relatives ciii
pick their bones. It to commonly used in the Nortk of Eng-
land.- -E miliA Mechanic.
Reference being made to Mr. Justice Keogh in a
village church at Termini, Ireland, Captain Keogh, who was
present, rue and left the building The mob, under the tin-
preision that he was the Judge, displl ed so threatening an
attitude that he was obliged to bank the protection of the
police.
Advices from America inform us that the eight hour
labour strikes in New York are about °ivied, the few strikers
who held out having abiunioned the movement. The " eight-
hoar" business this season may be set down 88 a failure, ex-
cepting in the Government workshops, and in some of them
it is only taken advantage of to secure extra pay for longer
hours. . . . . .

The Tichborne Claimant arrived iu Stuiderland on
Monday, and had an enthusiastic reception from the large
crowds at the railway atation and en 'woe to the local com-
niittee-rooin, where lie was presented with an address. The
Claimant mil Mr. Guildford (hallow, M.P., appeared at the
balcony and harangued the crowd ; and in the evening a pub-
lic meting wan held in the Victoria-hall, when they addrebaed
the sasembly. -

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In one Irvih city, at least, crime appears to be on
the decrease. ou ,pet.ing the Silii2C3 at Kilkenny, Mr.
Justice litrerald was pr, seated with a pair of white gloves,
thvre being no criminals for trial, mid it was stated at the
same time that a similar ceremony had been perfumed at
the last visit of the Judges.
A ea=e of suttee is said to have occurr...d recently n
lii,kaneer, one of ,he Rajpootan ,tates. The woman was
paraded openly through the Village. followed by crowds of
peop!e, and burnt on the funetal pile audd Coe plaudits of the
surrounding multitude.
The " Twelfth of July" has passed over in Ireland
MOM peaceably than has been known for many year.. Theta
was not only a complete abreuce of disturbance or any ex-
pression of but a marked prevalence of good humour
in all places which wore the scenes of Orange demonstra-
tions:

In Gloucestershire the weekly returns if the feot-
wid-mouth diseaso from the various ilistrict, io th!
show a continued inerea e in the number if cues of this
disease. List week there were Ledt animals suffering,
against 1,74 e In the previous week. There were 8.51 fresh
attacks during the week, an-i only EM of the previously
affected animals had recovertd.
One of James Gordon liennett's queer fancies was
an immense bird-cage, the occupants of which he likened to
contemporary public men. Pointing to the robin, he would
any that is Henry Wilson ; the woodpecker is Ben Butler;
the old p.p.° is Sumner; the sparrow is Logan ; the owl is
ffra the parrot is Gerrit the 01l gobb!er Is Conk-
hog ; the cow is Feed Douglass; the Hawk is Wendell
Phillips, and the canary is Sunset Cox. This large house
cage is still to be seen at Washington Heights.
The Agricultural Department of the United States
has published a statement of the growing wheat crop et the
country whiell, as compared a ith last year, shows a small
redact...li butts in acreage awl condition, the fat-user of 2 per
cent, and the latter of e per cent. Last year's wheat crop
yielded 230,000,400 bushels, while this year's crop is esti-
mated at 220,000,l 01 bushels. The largest crop of wheat ever
grOSSII in the United &sites was that of ISe9, which yielded
257,000,000 bushels.

The introduction of "Polo" or "hockey on horse
back" into the list of English sports, was marked by the
onset:ice of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and
Duches of T.,h, and a fashionable company, who as,rmbleti
In the Great Pork at Windsor, to witness a contest between
six officers of ho lanes and nix ti the 9th Lancers. The game
which lasted for two hours, sod gave considerable delight to
the spectators, furnishing as it did examples of splendid
horsemanship, resulted in a draw.
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A Paris Correspondent says that the anniversary of
the taking of the Bastille was eery generally observed in
many parts of the oily. Shops were strut up at an early
hem', and people in some cases went out to dine on the
Marne, beyond the limits of the state of siege, where they
were at liberty to snake pchtic d fpeeelies and propose
toasts. In Paris itself no diatrders of any kind took place,
hut as a measure of precaution Arena petrels were sent to
the "fighting faubourgs."
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The Queen ban recently obtained pocsession of a
very interesting art treasure, in a copy, namely, of the bust
of Charles 1., by &mini, which was or;ginally placed in
Whitehall. It is well known that Vandyke painted his cele-
brated "Three Meads of Char:us I." to eusolle Bernini, in
Italy, to produce this bu=t, and that whilst in Whitehall it
suffered from tire. Fortunately, a marble copy had been
previously made, and this it in which her Majesty has
obtained, and placed with the picture In the Vandyke Room
at Windsor.

The Right Rev. Dr. William Turner, itoulan Catholic
Bishop of the diocese of Salford, died at his residence in
Marlborough. square. Salford, on Saturday afternoon. In
the morobig the bishop was preparing to go to Stonyhurst,
where he was to have administered the smrament of con-
firmation, when he suddenly fell ill, and died after about
two hours' illness, of anjina pectoris. The last rites id the
Churn w, re administered after Dr. Noble hat been sent for,
ant huhu u the doctor arrived the bishop died.
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In the House a Commons, on idonday evening, in
reply to Mr. Pim, the Aitorney.General said that und, the
Nl:waled Womeu's Property Act, 1870, if a woman poseessed
of property awl owing money, and marrying without having
any aettlement effected. transferred her property to her
husband, neither her husband nor herself, nor the property
was liable for In-r debt 3, and added that that woo not the
worst result winch might follow from the present state of
the law. Ile could not, however, on the 15th of July,
undertake to introduce a bill eielling with the injuatlces under
the Act.

Dr. M'Lean, of Portland, has had a narrow escape.
The doctor, it appears, has been doing duty for the rogehir
medical officer of the conviat establislanent, and as one of
the convicts complained of illness Dr. NI 'Lean vi,ited him,
but finding he was feigning sickness refused to presciibe for
him. This, it seems, masperateil the man, wino, as the
doctor was descending the staircase leading to the ground.
floor, threw titian up ~n him a small form, which struck
him violently, injuring him so severely that he at present
lies in a very precarious state. The convict was at once
captured and confined In the cells.

An official return eloiws that irt the year 1871 there were
consumed at the Houses of Paramecia 12,5tri,000 cubic feet
of gas, costing. at ;is. sd. per 1,000, ,307. Of this mm
was the cost of gee for the public departments, and Cali for
the private rcsideaces at the Houses. The cost of liahting by
oil lamps in tile private residences at the House of Lords was
£7O (including the cost of a safety-lamp used for carrying
about the building), atd £l77&t the Rouse ei Commons. The
staudiutt illumbritutf quafity of the cannel-ea:a 3m supplied
Is Used at a mininnon ot 23 catriltil.

An accident of a shocking and fatal nature haa taken
place at Liverpool, to a man named Timee whilst engaged
working a travelling crane at Inc George's Ihiek Basin. For
some time past a large number of Emu Mice been employed
In tilling up the above basin in connection with Ito new
duck approaches ; and on Tuesday morning, as the deceased
was working the crane, which hail a large block of granite
attached to it. It suddenly toppled over, burying tile poor
fellow beneath it, and crushing his skull in such a manner
that death most have been instantaneou.s. The deceased
leaves a widow and three children.

On Tuesday a me•-tin; of EnvHA. -Homan Catholics
was held at Vs jUice Rooms, t•• prof., at agatnsi the action of
the Italian Goveniment towards the Papal authorities and
against the ixceot I, gislation in the German Parliament in
respect of the Jesuits and other teaching orders. The chair
was taken by the bake of Norfolk. Amongst the speakers
WE re Lord Howard of Glossop, Monsignor 04.1, the Esti of
Beubigh, Archidaiom SlSOLlitig, Sir C. Clifford, and Sir
George Bowyer. The resolirtions declared that the suppres-
sion of religious orders in Ileum was a blow struck at their
existence throughout the world ; and that the recent legis-
lation of the German Empire no it affected the Jesuits was a
wrong done to nll natural right, and an injury inflicted on
the Catholics of all natio..
Considerable surprise was excited amonfot English
marksmeu at Wimbledon on Ssturday, by eight of the beat
Snider shots that tie- Uuited Kingdom cau produce beirg
defeated by eight Canadians, after the limit exhibitiou of
skilful shooting that has ever horn witnessed. Such spler,did
scores were made on both titles that Ow loser, though van.
oulabed were not dishonoured, more t Specie/1y as cme of
their number, Private Coats, the silver medailist of the year,
made the IdgE:st individual score, btating the best on the
side of the Canadist sby four marks. the estigretulations
of the vUtors on their success wcre Universal and c Mom
Last week the mortality in IA tidon and 2t) other
large towns of the United Kingdom was at the rate of 20
deaths annually to every TOO persons estimated to be
living. In the inetrop.dis 2.172 births and 1,26,5 deaths
were registered, the tracer having been 7, and the lattcr
191 below the average. Ts enty-six persons died from
measles. 12 from scarlet fever, 3 fr. diptheria, !-.8 from
witootottg-enegh, 20 from different trios of fever (of which
4 were certified as typhus, 11 RS enteric or typhoi... and 5
as simple continued fever), and 146 Hour that dime. The usual
summer epidemic of disrrhtea appears to have set in. The
deaths referred to Ells disease in Loudon, sshtch io the two
previous weeks had been 37 and 61, rote last is, ek to 148, of
which 121 were of infants ender one year of age, sal 16 of
children between one arid five years.

Some of the Continents,' pa- tiers report that the cap-
tain of the German ship A-envie had on the 25th of March
bast an audience of the King of the Fiji islaude. To the
r:ommunication that the Gorman Emperor intends eventually
to establish a consulate at Fiji, the King replied, " I know
that Germany ha; throtula for union become a great Stare,
and I have during the late war followed the leafs of the
great nation svi`h the ernate,t ioLtrett It is n'y in ention
al o to form a strooff empire through the union of. the differ-
ent races art through cirefulnera I tin interests of the
foreign coloniata It wili hr. the greatest how.ur for me if
his Majesty the Enperor will grant me his help mail renfig-
nitlon by the nouanatton of di consul " The nest German
thip of war which is to Visit Fiji tato carry to King Thakotu-
bau a wawa 01 VIKA) CALLICiIib end bii:44l-144444 gIIZA