The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-11-13 00:00:00

13, 1880

hat the Baroness Burdett-Contts,
)ndition of the poor and deserving
ted Kingdom, has expended over

.P. for Renfrewshire, died on
ering illness, at his town house,
park, London.
s of the Eastern of France Bail-
)y the electric light on the
rials in the goods station, has
passenger station of the Lyons OA

Y.
,pondent of the Daily Telegraph
has the emigration from Bremen
[one as in the present. 74,000 emi-
, Bremerhaven on board the stearnerg
loyd in the course of this year—four

eded in securing a good potato
2. al prevalence of disease, the croP
lave been the largest of the centurY•
2torias have been grievously affected,
Likewise suffered. In Fifeshire
ted Bogs have all shown traces of
one, although not equally affected.
t. In the Highlands proper but little
d from heart disease at his resi-
ar York, on Saturday morning, Nov.
a deceased peer, who was Lord Lieu
-
ling, is succeeded in the title by his
,wley.
irrangements are in progress for
War Medals to mark the services of
have done duty with the several
service in Afghanistan, and it has
the decoration to all those who have
than frontier.

-
, 'one of the numerous grand:
sed, informs us (says The Times ot
Johnson died on the Ist inst. at
, at the age of 101 years. 'She was
near Knaresborough, in September,
ood health, besides retaining all her

isease has been discovered on a
; is sappoeed to have been imported
) most stringent measures are being
prevent it spreading.
man writes to the Chdmsford
le cultivation of flax in the wheat
sex.

e Australian, and James Riley,
:rom Putney to Mortlake on Saturday
hundred pounds. Riley led over a
the course, but towards the close of
I went to the front with ease and vion

tin a mine at Bodie, California,
lied.

ndition of the principal mercantile
3gdom is, according to the Standard,
of inquiry by a committee of naval
vho will report to her Majesty's Go-
ne to be adopted for adding to the
taut places.

• of Metropolitan pauperism shows
of paupers on the last day of the fifth
7,450, of whom 49,632 were in work-
ived outdoor relief. Compared with
ks in the years 1879, 1878, and 1877,
increase of 2,795, 9,385, and 8.352 res-
er of vagrants relieved on the last
1, of whom 675 were men, 206 women,
sixteen.

from Melbourne, Adelaide, and
on for the past month have been :
Wow, 3,200 casks; copper, 800 tons ;
wheat, 44,000 qrs. ; flour, 6,100 tons;

rincess Beatrice, attended by‘the
ie Court, are, aceording to present
:d to leave 13almoral on the 19th, and
le on the 20th instant. Her Majesty
ter to Windsor by special London and
arriving at the Castle early on the
Rowing her departure from Scotland.
uit grower this year sells about
tons of a single variety of pear for
He will sell about the same number
Lety of grape for shipment, and say
iother sort. His fruit crop will bring
D dollars.

7ally News the other day about
an immediate effect which singularly
the modern Press. Upon the evening
Dps of bakers selling the new form of
literally besieged, as though London

on Monday that the amount con
the Hospital Sunday Fund in Man-
nd to the Hospital Saturday Fund

, aged 54, a carrier, met his death-
South-Eastern Railway, under veil.
mees. He alighted at Headeorn
, before the train had stopped, an.cl
.en the train and the platform, his
ailed and all but severed. Death re-

lee more a godmother. At the
m of Count Esbach-Schonberg, which
ler Majesty was represented by the
The godfathers were the Grand Duke
ice Henry of Battenberg, the Prince of
end Count von Gronsf( ; and the
the names of Victor ,S,lgius Henry

Russia has been advised by his
dvadia for St. Petersburg as soon as
nd cold weather has set in at Livadia
Coast.

Division, on Monday, the Court
iether under the will of Lord Londes-
LS6O, his widow was entitled absolutely
alued at about £15,000, his lordshiP
all objects of vertu and taste," or
ly entitled to them for life under the
hip the leasehold house in Canton-
"the statuary, furniture, and other
llor Malins decided that Lord Londes-
it the pictures should pass with the
,nce in Carlton-house-terrace, and that
ritzgerald) was not entitled to them
iring her lifetime.
rton, speaking at Worsley on
lation of the borough and county-fran"
)t think it would do much harm in
people were educated for thefrseveral
L that the agricultural labourers would
ptators, and therefore he urged that
postponed for a few years until the
:d their education.
le Manchester School Board was
,nsider tLe report of the special Can-
to Sir William Harcourt's letter, Which
of opinion as to the way in which the
eatment and punishment of juvenile
iended, especially with a view to the
prisonment of young children. The
he committee to abolish the power to
common gaols were adopted unani'
le correspondent of the Manchester
gram, says :—" The Turkish Govern'
iendous efforts to be in a position to
at a short notice. A large number of
Le necessary stores, was shipped of
I remain in the magazine at the Dar-
Lcing without delay—Whitehead bat'
and torpedo-boats at the mouth of the
e-money will be furnished from the
been quietly forming for some bile

•
ie, M.P., speaking at Middles-
le conversion of the majority of 114
awson's 'notion in the last House of
ority of nearly 30 for the motion in
at, was due to the work of the tem-
le previous six years, and it was ob-
ping of social questions in the back-
lection. He believed that when Mr.
Irought in it would contain the prio.
iwson's motion, if the constituencies
'ged temperence reformers to accept
using measure, if it contained a veto.
uade in refusing 3fr. Bruce's Bill ten
passed it would have by this tiro°
• of public•houses, and done awaY
iterests in the liquor traffic.