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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

TO THE STOURBRIDGE PUBLIC

THE MIDLAND COUNTIES' -
14 VENING EXPRESS!

Published Daily, at Three and Six p.m.,
CONTAINS Full Reports of the Local Police
Curt, all Important Ell nts occurring in the
District, and is hupplied with the Principal
IRON, COAL, CATTLE, CORN, AND
PROVISION MA BEETS, by TELEGRAPH,

As well as
SPORTING NEWS
Of the Latest aml wost Authetitie Character, by
.SPLCIAI, COI:11E81'0N IWNTS.

• Stourbridge A guilt:—
S. FIELD, RIGII-STREET.

Proprietors: MARTIN and FORD,

Offices:-
1 and 2, 1:11:KE7-STREET,
IVOLVERRAMPTON.

PICTURES FRAMED
From the Cheapest and Dest 310n1ding,

A NEW SELECTION 1).""I'',1),:;'i
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Plain,. St ined, or Polished, Ironi 4 I.i•aeli.
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pLAIN PRINTS.
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SCRAP PICTITRES
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THE OXFORD FRAMING DI,,POT.

71, MOH 2ThEJJ, STO ULT
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.

We do not hear so much of emigration now as we
did in the days when the streets resounded with such
songs as "To the West !" "Far, Far, Upon the Sea !"
"Cheer, Boys, Cheer !" which held out such glorious
promise of the country where were "boundless
meadows rich with golden grain," and the rest
(remarks the Evening Standard). But it is made
evident from a report lately issued by the Treasury
Department at Washington that emigration to the
United States is still very extensively carried on; and
America is to be congratulated, for the economic value
of each immigrant is placed at 800 dollars, and as the
whole number of persons who have gone to woo
"skittish Fortune" across the Atlantic during the
fiscal year ending June 30 is 313,339, the Treasury
officials argue that a sum of 250,681,200 dollars has
been added to the material wealth of the country.
The chief contributor to the immigration list is Ger-
many, which has sent out 87,291 souls, and then is
placed Ireland, whence 53,707 have gone; England
follows with 50,935; China, 13,776; Scotland, 10,429;
Norway, 10,384 ; France, 9,643; Italy, 7,596; Sweden,
5,712; Russia, 3,960 ; • Denmark, 3,082; Poland,
1,795; Azore Islands, 1,551; Australia, 955; Cuba,
980; Sandwich Islands, 154; Turkey, 67; Iceland, 33;
Morocco and Algeria, 7. Of this number 2,476 are
described as " professional," 38,700 as following skilled
occupations, while 117,041 hsve miscellaneous occupa-
tions, and 150,889 no occupation at all. It is rather
singular that the professional people are headed
by musicians, and that no fewer than 572 dis-
ciples of the Heavenly Maid have gone to the
United States; and to those amongst them who
are instrumentalists hailing from Germany, we
very heartily wish every good luck, lest, being unsuc-
cessful there, they should invade this country. After
the musicians come persons who are rather vaguely
described as teachers, 482; and this number is run
close by clergymen, 445. Masons, miners, carpenters,
joiners, head the list of mechanics, and then at the
bottom of the miscellaneous occupations we find two
magicians, one from England and one from Germany.
Immigration, however, is declining; indeed, the drop
from June, 1873, to June, 1874, is very considerable.
The numbers are, in 1870, 387,203; in 1871, 321,350;
in 1872, 404,806; in 1873, 459,803; in 1874, 313,339;
making in all 1,886,501. The Treasury officials, how-
ever, believe that the disappearance of the late panic
will send up the statistics.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON.

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The Home Secretary's bill for the further security of
the persons of her Majesty's subjects from personal
violence has been issued. It provides that the justices
may, on a conviction for a common assault, require the
offender to enter into his own recognisances for good
behaviour. On a conviction for an aggravated assault
on a male child or a female they may require sureties
for good behaviour. A penalty of imprisonment for not
less than three months is to be imposed in cases where
an offender does not enter into recognisances or find
sureties. Clauses 5 and 6 are as follows :
In the following cases, that is to say—(l) whenever,
after the passing of this Act, any person is convicted
before any court of oyer and terminer or goal delivery
of any offence specified or referred to in the schedule
hereto; and(2) whenever, after the passing of this Act,
a person is convicted before any court of oyer and
terminer or goal delivery of the offence of unlawfully
and maliciously wounding or inflicting any grievous
bodily harm under section twenty of the Offences against
the Person Act, or of an assault occasioning actual bodily
harm under section forty-seven of the last:mentioned
Act, and there is proved against him a pre nous convic-
tion which has taken place either before or after the
passing of this Act of any offence specified or referred
to in the schedule hereto or any of the offences follow-
ing, under the Offences against the Person Act, that is
to say (1) of the offence of unlawfully and maliciously
wounding or inflicting any grievous bodily harm under

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ilt 811 iii , off a outl,(3' :'etirdoilt=y 0410 0;7 Under
4 tiqn,:p . ?I,...ile.e'ilir tliil'ts.st:iiie.Atioiio ;Act, or (3) of
Ani aisaule,s6 6addiaing,OpuarNeliTYVlrii`under section
fortyliiiiell'Of tliol2ol-m9ntionedi Act the court may in
its discretion, in addition to any punishment which
4uili oaiirt 'Might otherwise award, direct that the
offender, if a male, be once or twice privately flogged,
subject to the regulations in this Act contained with
reipect to such flogging. The following regulations
shall be enacted with respect to flogging under this
Act :-1. The instrument used shall, in the case of an
offender under 16 years of age, be a birch rod, and in
the case of any other offender be such instrument
as is specified in the sentence of the court; and 2. The
number of strokes to be inflicted at each flogging shall
be specified in the sentence of the court; and shall not
exceed 25 strokes. 3. A flogging shall not be inflicted
after the expiration of six months from the passing. of
the sentence; and, 4, Where the offender is sentenced
to penal servitude every flogging to which he is sen-:.
tenced shall be inflicted on him before he is removed to
a convict prison with a view to his undergoing his sen-
tenced of penal servitude.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

WILD MEN.

During last season Mr. Bond,. an Indian surveyor,
while at work in the Madras Presidency, to the south-
west of the Palanei Hills, managed to catch a couple of
the wild folk, who live in the hill jungles sff the Western
Ghats (says the Academy). These people sometimes
bring honey, wax, and sandalwood to exchange with
the villagers for cloth, rice, tobacco, and betel-nut, but
they are very shy. The man was 4ft. 6in. high, he had
a round head, coarse, black, woolly hair, and a dark
brown skin. The forehead was low and slightly retreat-
ing, the lower part of the face projected like the muzzle
.of a monkey, and the mouth, which was small and oval,
with thick lips, protruded about inch beyond the nose;
he had short bandy legs, a comparatively long body,
and arms- that extended almost to his knees, the back
just above the buttocks was concave, making the stern
appear to be much protruded. The hands and fingers
were dumpy and always contracted, so that they could
not be made to stretch out quite straight and flat; the
palms and fingers were covered with thick skin (more
especially the tips of the fingers), the nails were small
and imperfect, and the feet broad and thick-skinned
all over. The woman was the same height as the man,
the colour of the skin was of a yellow tint, the hair
black, long, and straight, and the features well formed.
This quaint folk occasionally eat flesh, but feed chiefly
upon roots and honey. They have no fixed dwelling-
places, but sleep on any convenient spot, generally
between two rocks, or in caves near which they happen
to be benighted. Worship is paid to certain local
divinities of the forest. Although the race has been
reduced to a few families their existence was not Linz
known, but this is the first time that they have been
described with any minuteness.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

SHOCKING DEATH OF A MISER.

The Birmingham Gazette records the death, on
Sunday, of an old inhabitant of that place, under
very singular and painful circumstances. The deceased,
whose name was -Samuel Whitehead, was between
60 and 70 years of age, and lived alone. He was
respectably connected, and some years ago was
employed as an engineer, but afterwards became beadle
at St. Luke's Church, which -position he relinquished
some time since. His mother, Who formerly resided
with him, was burnt to death about twelve years ago.
Since that period the deceased lived a most secluded
life, and seldom allowed anyone t'o enter his abode.
The house was in a most dilapidated and filthy con-
dition, probably never having been cleaned in any way
since the death of the deceased's mother. The dwelling
has three rooms—a kitchen, bed-room, and attic. The
lower room was almost devoid of furniture, and the floor
was in a filthy state, and even the charred renuains of the
dress his mother was wearing when burnt were plainly
visible. In the bed-room on the first floor there were
a few boxes of clothes and some papers. The attic in
which deceased slept contained a small chest of draWers
and a wretchedly small and dirty flock bed, which lay
in a corner of the room. The deceased had not fol-
lowed any occupation for a considerable period, and
how he gained his livelihood was a mystery to his neigh-
bours. The police were called in, and upon a search
being made considerable property was found. As
each drawer was broken open small parcels of money
were found. Beneath the bed there were three
packages containing money, which no doubt had
been there for years, as the coins were tarnished and
mildewed. Up to Monday evening upwards of £lOO,
in sums varying from a few coppers to as much as £ll
and £l2 had been discovered. The deeds of some
freehold property were found among his papers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

HARVEST PROSPECTS.

The Times, on Monday, published the following letter on
the harvest prospects :

Sir,—The well-planted wheats of autumn, checked
in their luxuriance by a long, severe, but dry winter,
are now luxuriating in a three weeks' release from the
icy grasp, with most suitable moisture and heat, so
that, on all well-farmed wheat lands, especially the
stiff sorts, there isAhe prospect of a full crop, and pro-
bably not much, if at all, behind the usual harvest
time. If we escape late May and June frosts, fruit
and all other crops will probably give satisfactory
results.

On this farm there never was a better prospect,
especially on 62 acres of steam-ploughed wheat, sown
with one bushel per acre. Steam cultivation is making
its way rapidly in Essex.
It is fortunate for the general welfare that only one-
half the United Kingdom is in permanent pasture,
for, judging by information which I have received
from grass land districts, the want of cattle food has
been most severely felt.—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant, J. J. MECHI.
Tiptree-hall, Kelvedon, Essex, May 15.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and
other Pesters.
Circulars, Colds. Programmes, Bill
. Heads.
Cliti Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in .Black or
Colourad Inks.

STATIONERY.

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
RILL PAPER, PENS, INK, ,tc.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,

Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, ke
Q F. begs to thank his kind supporters for the liberal patronage be has received since his
kJ • noninsenceniest in the above Business, and Smits, by strict personal atteutiot, to 'Refit • continuance of
their eapport.

ALL ORDEAS NIECUTED WITH PEOMPTNESS AND DISPATCH. ON

REASONABLE !SLIMS.

S. PIEJLD
GENERAL PRINTER,

STOURB.RIDGE.

5,000 PIANOFORTES & HARMONI-
UMS have been TUNED by G. F. GREEN
ProtessionalTuner, 260, CASTLE-STREET, and 168, HIGH
STREET, DUDLEY. Pianofortes Re-silked, Re-strung,
be Ham:Deis Re-cov-ered with Patent Felt,as used by
be in oat eniintut fi
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

• CRICKET.

STOURBIUDOS V. BELBROUGIITON.—The first match of
the season was played on the ground, at Belbroughton,
on Tuesday last. Belbroughtou won the toss, and put
the Stourbridge club to bat, who sent to the wickets,
Messrs. Barker and Myles to the bowling of Mr. Hobbs,
and the Rev. L. Woodard. Steady play was the order of
the day, and when 12 runs were made, Bibles was run
out for three singles. Green then joined Barker, and
euntinued to make runs until the former was bowled out,
by J. G. Hobbs, for 7 runs. G. B. Hingloy, was the only
man who made double litotes, exaept Barker, who made
32 runs in fine style, git'Thg only one chance, going in
first, and stopping until 8 wickets were down. Stout.
bridge only played 10 men, and the whole were out for
63 runs. The Belbroughton then sent in Messrs. Best
and J. Hobbs, end both were out for three runs, and
dinner was announced. Rev. L. Woodard made the
champion score, 32, but was missed at cover point when
one run only was made A. Hayes, scored 16, one being
A hit for six, and T. Hobbs, scored 13. In the second
innings, Messrs. Woodhall and Myles went first to the
wickets, and 29 runs were down for the lose of one
wicket. The following is the score:

STOURIMIDQII.
H. Barker, e Hobbs, .. 82 Myles, not out .. .. 10
R Myles, rua out 8 Woodball, b Woodard 10
W. Grewn, bJ. L. Hobbs 7
J. H. Woodball, b T. Hobbs 0

G. B. Hinglay, s Bat. L.
Woodard .. .. .. 10
H. A. Moore. b _ ~ _ 0

!{.H. Hingley,..o J. Hobbs 3

_ ..
J. W. Parkes, b „ 2
C. W. Oates, b Rev. L.
Woodard, 0
H. Smith, not out .. .. 8
iLitras .. .. 3 Extras .. .. 9

63 29
BEILEIROUGLITON.
A. W. Best, c b Moore .. 1
J. Hebbs, b More •2
J. Ha)es, run out „ 3
Bev. L. Woodard, c Moore, b Oates 92
T. Robb, b Moore 13
A Hayes, bC. W. Oates .. 16
Smith, b W. Green .. 8
Underwood, run out, b Green .. 0
Trencher& e Hingley, bJ. Parkes 5
Goodyear, not out .. 5
Moore, b Oates 0
itrae . . . . . . 19
105

BIRTH.
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Ot the olith iest, tit High Park, Wollattep the iti+o°
Mr. T. 0111 Hit. I'T ii daughter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

PLAGUE OF INSECTS.

A report of the Ontario Entomological Society, pre-
pared for the Commissioners of Agriculture, has been
printed by order of the Legislative Assembly. The
subject is felt to be of urgent importance. The
Colorado potato beetle has dovered the whole Province
of Ontario, and will, probably, it is thought, visit
Quebec in myriads during the present year; means of
defence, however, have been pointed out in previous re-
ports, and have been advantageously employed by many
farmers in Ontario. The cabbage butterfly, described as
an European importation , has spread its destructive way
westward of Quebec. Canadian grape-culturists are
in fear of another pest—the grapevine phylloxera—but
Mr. Bethune, President of the Entomological Society,
says :—"I am glad to learn that its ravages in the
vineyards to the south of us were comparatis ely
trifling in 1874, and that in all probability the summer
droughts, to which we are so liable, will prevent its
ever being as formidable a foe as was at one time
apprehended."
The present report takes up the subject of the locust
or grasshopper. The Province of Manitoba has had

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t ravages .aia vtiAntitolol6o.44i4tlth4 bieriffe :WOW
.t the north-4*Wiluogckbaf-411040411046;dtagri., .
..c ltural regi* drAme4',:o;t49,•sAskgtehewaak..iiirer.'!'
• e hope, and w9,are Stiongty, 1110illea 0 "tixiniri 'that
t e plague, if aticpable. at. 041cii there !trifling in
character and moderate ;in; ' extent... ahould it be
otherwise—should that 'fertile belt' be :as subject to
these visitations as the States to the south of it un-
happily Are—it must prove a great hindrance to its
rapid settlement. If, on the other hand, it possesses
an immunity not shared in by the Western
States, it will certainly draw from them, before many
years are over, and as soon as railway facilities are
afforded for transportation of goods and produce, a
very large portion of those settlers who are now eaten
out of house and home. We fully expect to see the
tide of immigration, which for a few years past has
been setting so strongly towards the plains of Kansas
and Nebraska, turned towards our own more highly-
fwvoured, even through more northern, regions of
Assinibome and Saskatchewan." It is stated that the
locusts west of the Rocky Mountains are eaten by the
Digger Indians, and the example of John the Baptist has
been cited; but locusts are said to be an unhealthy
article of diet. The best way of getting rid of them
is thought to be the destruction of their eggs in the
fall of the year, and the places where they are found
should be ploughed over two or three times. The ex-
tensive breeding of domestic fowls and the use of heavy
rollers at night where a thick mass has settled are
among the methods mentioned by Mr. Bethune. The
report contains papers on methods of destroying many
other unwelcome visitors of the field, the garden, and
the orchard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

GRAINS HEALTH

(IZEGI-ThREL).
HEALTH, STIZENGTH & ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
The enj.yment of life iu the attaiurneut of "A Sound
mind in a Sound Body." This desirable rult may he
obtained by using "GRAINS OF HEALTH," a tasteless
pearl coated pill, on the first Symptoms ot any derange-
ment of the Stomach and Bowels.

Sold by Chemists and Medicine Vendors verywhere,
in Bsxes at Is. 1d aid 28. 9d. each, or sent to any ad-
dress for 15 or 3f; penny stamps direct faom the Propri-
etm m, 1, Mon HOLBORN, LONDON, W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

THE LOSS OF THE " SCHILLER."

Upwards of 30 of the survivors of the Schiller were
on Saturday morning embarked on board the Eagle
Company's steamship Leasing, which arrived at Ply-
mouth from New York en route for Hamburg. During
their stay in Plymouth the men have been located in
the Sailor's Home, where they have received every
possible kindness and attention from the officials.
The Leasing left New York some days before
the wreck of the Schiller, but the news of her loss had
been conveyed to those on board by the pilot
who boarded the vessel off the Lizard before reach-
ing Plymouth. The cabin passengers had set on
foot a subscription for the survivors, and suc-
ceeded in collecting 700 dollars, which they hope to
increase to 1,000 dollars before arriving in Hamburg.
On the survivors arriving alongside the Leasing in the
steam-tug Volunteer, they received a welcome which
they will never forget. One lady on board the Leasing
had taken her passage in the Schiller, and had gone on
board before the vessel left New York, but finding
that the ship was crowded, and that her accommoda-
tion would not be all she wished, she went ashore
again, preferring to await the departure of the next
steamer. Every person on board the vessel was eager
to see the list of those saved, and after carefully scan-
ning this inquiries came thick and fast on Mr. Stevens
as to whether bodies had been recovered. After the
survivors had been put on board the Leasing and the
Volunteer was moving away, they gave loud and pro-
longed cheers for Mr. Thomas Jones Stevens, the
Eagle Company's agent at Plymouth, who had done
everything possible to secure their comfort.
A box, containing ladies' dresses, shawls, under-
clothing, several gold rings, gold pin, silver dollars,
&c., with the name of " Haack " marked on several of
the articles, has been picked up at Porthleven by the
fishing lugger Perseverance off the Land's End. The
body of Mrs. Haack has been picked up at Scilly.
Bags of feathers, boxes of papers, portions of farm
implements, &c., have also been brought into Porth-
leven.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

A NOTORIOUS CHARACTER.

A shocking tragedy is reported by the American
papers as having occurred onthe 3rdinst. in Plymouth,
Massachusetts. Two police officers, named Baxter
and Attwood, went to arrest Christopher Stoddard,
a notorious desperado residing in Emerald-street.
Finding this man at his house they attempted to serve
the warrant, when Stoddard seized a gun and shot
Baxter dead. Mr. Attwood retired, being an old
man, and a crowd quickly gathered, deter-
mined to lynch the murderer. He barricaded his
house and defied all hands, being half crazed by
rum. It was proposed to burn him in his nest, but
an alarm of fire being given, steamer No. 1 was
soon on the ground, and the building was flooded.
The utmost excitement prevailed. The windows and
doors were broken in and an opening in the roof made
before he was started. During this time Stoddard
fired four shots into the crowd, but hit no one.
Baxter was killed about 10.30, and the arrest was
made about 11.20. The crowd was with the utmost
difficulty kept from finishing him on the spot. A
rescue was attempted, and the cry, "Lynch him!
hang him up ! " was raised from hundreds of throats.
He was finally locked in the dungeon of the Old Gaol.
The murderer is a reckless character, and was brought
from Plymouth to Scituate many years ago, and lodged
in gaol for some minor offence. He has been in gaol
for petty offences many times since, and at the time
of the killing he was wanted for being concerned in a
disturbance. It was at first reported that he was par-
tially intoxicated, but the arresting officer denies this,
and says he saw no signs of liquor about him. He
lived at one time in a house which he owned, and was
possessed of some little property which he had acquired
by work and trading. He is a cooper by trade. The
house was nearly torn to pieces by the excited crowd.
When Stoddard was arrested at his house two pistols
were taken from his person. Two guns were found
also inside his house. On searching him at the cell, a
seven-shooter was found in his coat pocket, with two
chambers discharged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

CLENT.

SUDDEN DEATH THROUGH DRUNICENNESB.-011
Thursday morning, an unmarried woman named
Martha 'Waldron, about 40 years of age, wee found
dead in the house of her brother, at Client with her
head resting on the table in the kitchen. It le
stated that she had not been sober for several
days, and on the previous evening, before her
brother's children went to bed, she sent one of
them for a quart of ale and half-a-pint of gin, for
her evening's revelry. An inquest will be held upon
the body.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

CRICKET! CRICKET ! !

AGRAND MATCH will be PLAYED on
the ANBLECOTE GROUND, STOTTRBRIDOE, on
WEDNESDAY and 'THURSDAY, the 26th and 27th MAY,
between 14 CLOWNS and 11 of SI OURBEII)GE
CLUB.
A AIILITARY BAND will be in attendance.
Befresbuients will be provided ou the Oronnd.
Admission :—South Side, One Shilling ; Ea,t. Side,
Sixpence.

TWO GRAND CON CEItTS

WILL be given in the CORN EXCHANGE, on
the Evenings of the 26th and 27th 'NMI when
the following talented Artistes will appear :
MR. T. W. CASEY, MR. TOM ROBSON,
THE BROTHERS BALE,
MR. W. J. WALTON, MR. HUGH CLAREMONT
MONS. WILHELM VENARO,
MR. LLOYD CLARANCE,
AND
MISS KATE FIOLLING'SWORTIL

Pianist, Mons. DUVA L, late of the City Hall. Glasgow.
Admission : Front Semis, *2s ; e cond. is; Pron....de
6d. Doors- open at Ilalf-past St you ; Enier tainment it
Eight.

1-40WER GROUNDS, ASTON.
THESE BEA 1711 OBOUNDS ARI N
DAILY. AltMls• ioN—ALULTF, 3d. .
CHILDREN under 12, 2d. ; CHI LDIIEN uutltr 6, LC
SPRING DISPLAY OF FLOWER S.
BOATING on the Lake, which Las btin enirti p land
made perfc,tly safe bv the %%lA.I 1 it. hl 411. Go d. •p
all over.
THE NEW' SKATING IhIS NOW OVEN.
be Hours of Opening and Clersir g t%llll It as f•dlow+:—
Morning. 11 a 1 p ni. ; A Racoon, 2 :;0 t 1:5 p.m.;
Eveitirg, 7 till 9.30 p .
'1 be price for Admission en t very entrance to it n.sub.
ser burs will Leas follows :—Sixreuce ; hire of Skates on
each occasion, Sixpence.
14;very Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, SIN YER
anti GILMER'S CELEBBATED BAND : every lute-
day, Thursday and Friday, POUNTEY'S BRASS BAND
from three CH dusk. Season Tickets may be obtained!:
Family Tickets, 21s ; Siugle Admission, lOs Gd.
H. G, QUILTEE, Proprietor.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

BELBROUGHTON.

HIGHWAY 01'110:CIL—At the Police Office, Stourbridge
Noah Bills was charged with allowing his horse to stray
on the highwry on the 13th inst. Police-constable Payne
proved the case. Fined 5s and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

A THRILLING SCENE.

An incident )ccurred on a recent trip (says an Ame-
rican correspondent) which I made over the Union
Pacific that may be of interest to your readers. We
were rolling along between Salt Lake and Omaha
when I made my way into the smoking-car to enjoy a
cigar. I noticed a group gathered in the centre of the
ca!, and crowding my way up, found two men gam-
bling; one was a well-dressed man, but bearing the
general appearance of a blackleg; the other was a
veritable miner, just as he came from the mountains,
with long grizzled beard, rough, coarse, and dirty
clothes, but with lots of gold. The play was for quite
large stakes, and I heard whispers that the gambler
was about to fleece the miner, and much sympathy
was manifested for him. The game—draw-poker
—still went on with hardly a word spoken by the
players, till finally, when a large sum was on
the board, the gambler being called to show his hand,
threw down three aces and two queens, and reached
for the money; the miner stretched over and held his
hand and laid down two aces, showing, of course, five
aces in the pack. He then reached back and drew a
large navy revolver, cocked it, placed the muzzle
directly betwees the eyes of the gambler, still holding
his hand. Not a word was spoken, but each looked
steadily into the eyes of the other. Soon the
hand began quietly to move from the money, the
form of the gambler to draw back, and still the
revolver followed. He stepped into the aisle,
and here the scene became so uninteresting to me
and several others that we dropped under the seats.
The (rambler slowly backed towards the door, with the
revolver following till the door was reached and he
passed out. The miner coolly let down the hammer of
his revolver, replaced it in his pocket, swept the money
from the board into his pouch, quietly lighted his pipe,
i
and settled back in his seat as f nothing had happened.
The strangest part of the whole business was that not
a word was spoken from the time the gambler laid his
aces on the board till he passed out of the car-door. I
took a seat near the miner afterwards, and
.chatted
with him about his experiences in the mountains, and
he seemed pleasant and intelligent. We did not refer
to his little episode with the blackleg. I have never
witnessed such a thrilling scene, or one in which such
extreme coolness was manifested by the miner, and,
for that 'matter, by the gambler.—Pictorial World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

TEMPERANCE MEETING IN HYDE
PARK.

In London, on Monday afternoon, a meeting, con-
vened by the Metropolitan Open Air Temperance
Mission, was held at the "Reformer's tree," Hyde
Park, to support the Permissive Bill of Sir Wilfrid
Lawson, M. P. The attendance did not come up, in
point of numbers, to the expectation of the promoters
of the meeting, scarcely more than 250 persons being
present. The chairman was a Mr. Thompson, who
told the meeting that the new organisation which
had nnvened that meeting meant, by means of
open-air meetings, and the circulation of tem-
perance literature, to create a healthy public
opinion in favour of teetotal principles. The Rev.
Dawson Burns, in 'moving the adoption of a petition
to the House of Commons in favour of Sir Wilfrid
Lawson's Permissive Bill, said that it was quite
evident the publicans were afraid of the vote ot the
people upon this question. At no time in the history
of the country had people been more addicted to
drinking than at present, and at no time were its
effects more disastrous. He stood there as the repre-
sentative of the United Kingdom Alliance, which
simply wanted the people to enjoy the right of shel-
tering themselves from the consequences of the liquor
traffic unrestrained as it was.—Mr. Hawley seconded
the motion, which was carried; and other speakers
having addressed the meeting, it separated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

A ROAD OF TOMBS.

Everybody has read about the Appian Way (says a
gentleman writing from Rome). It was the great line
of communication between Rome and Southern Italy.
Before you reach the old road you see the colossal
ruins of the baths of Caracalla, which occupy the space
of nearly a mile, and accommodated 1,600 bathers at a
time • but this is surpassed by the size of the bath of
D iodetian, which accommodated 3,200 bathers at a time.
The baths were the favourite resorts of the poets and
philosophers, and were.adorned with porticos and vesti-
bules for the idle, and libraries for the learned ; they were
also decorated with the finest objects of art in painting
and sculpture, and placed in the midst of fountains and
shaded walls. Along the Appian Way were built the
tombs containing the urns with the ashes of hundreds
and thousands of Romans who lived and died thousands
f years ago. These tombs are temples above ground,
built of solid stone walls, inside of which were placed
the urns, while outside were carved the beautiful
decorations and inscriptions, oftentimes including ex-
quisite statuary to designate the dead. Many of their
busts were found centuries after inside, and as you now
ride along this still solid road you see the remains
of costly sepulchres, with the fragments of their marble
memorials and highly. wrought statues. You would
think that this road of the tombs would be rather a
mournful affair, but the Romans had strange notions of
death. Their funerals were jolly feasts, and they liked
to have their villas and their merry- meetings near the
houses of their departed relations and ancestors. For
miles the relics of the graves extend along the Appian
Way. One of the nibst curious of these sepulchres is
the tomb of Cceila Metella, erected sixty-seven years
before Christ, to the memory of Cwceila, the daughter
of Quintus Metellus, the conqueror of Crete, the wife
of Crassus. It is a circular tower of massive construc-
tion and enormous strength, and has seen many changes.
It was a fortress or feudal stronghold in the Middle
Ages, and sustained great injury in the sixteenth cen-
tury when Rome was besieged. To-day it stands in
solid and solitary grandeur, as if grimly defying the
ravages of another 1,900 years.—Pictorial World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

HOW THE ANGLO-SAXONS RISE.

The growth of Australia is almost as great a phe-
nomenon as the growth of the United States (remarks
the Baltimore Sun.) There seems to be a vigour in the
Anglo-Saxon breed that triumphs over all obstacles,
whether physical, political, or moral. Twenty-five
years ago New Holland, as Australia and New Zealand
were designated, was dotted with penal settlements,
and its white population was only two hundred and
forty thousand. The outcast and condemned criminal
classes of Great Britain were thrown upon its shores.
There is now a population of two millions of
prosperous Britons. Instead of little habitable
land, as was then supposed, one-third of its surface
(which comprises an estimated area of three million
square miles) is fit for cultivation. It has thousands
of miles of railroad, and is no longer a penal colony.
The descendants of some of the old convicts occupy
such high positions that, as a contemporary remarks,
it is dangerous to ask who a man's father was. Our own
pilgrim fathers were poor, but, in general, honest,
whereas the pilgrim fathers of Australia seem to have
"left their country for their country's good," and, as
it turns out, for their own too. Australia appears
to have the advantage of us in this respect, that
crime has been succeeded by honesty there, whereas
here—but perhaps the least said about that the better.
The population of Australia is nearly as large as that
of this country in the great rebellion of '76, but its
wealth is said to be ten times as great. It produces
large quantities of gold, agricultural products, and
manufactured wares, and, next to Hindostan, is said to
be England's most profitable colony. It has lines of
steamships plying between it and Europe, and is now
opening lines of communication with California. The
progress of the English-speaking race in America and
Austglia seem to justify the prediction of the late M.
Paradol, ther French minister to the United States,
that the Anglo-Saxon would at length become the
dominating population of the globe. A more important
truth than this, and. one of more universal interest,
has been added by the experience of Australia to the
philosophy of history. It is that even an inheritance
of crime may be overcome by opportunities to live
a .new life, and by increased physical comforts.
There is no penitentiary in the land which contains
more desperate convicts than those cast out from
England upon the shores of Australia,. It is the moral
change, far more than the material, which is the strik-
ing and encouraging past in Australian progress. And
yet this truth has been more than once illustrated be-
fore in human history. Macaulay says that the early
inhabitants of Briton itself were little superior to the
natives of the Sandwich Islands. The demonstration
of the element of recuperation in the most savage and
depraved characters must be of profound and practical
interest, and of cheering augury to all who labour and
hope for the reformation of the criminal classes and
the general advancement of mankind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

A FLOWER SERMON.

In London, on Tuesday evening, the annual flower
sermon was delivered at the Church of St. Katherine
Cree, Leadenhall-street, by the Rev. W. M. Whitte-
more„ D.D., rector of the combined parishes of St.
Katherine Cree and St. James, Aldgate. The occa-
sion was the twenty-third since the institution of the
service, and the special sermon has, without exception,
been preached by the rector. The discourse is intended
wholly for the young, and the especial peculiarity of
the service is that all attending it are requested and
expected to carry with them a bouquet of flowers.
In the course of the ordinary evening service
of the Church, Jackson's Cantate Domino and
Deus Misereatur in F, and a number of ap-
propriate and cheerful hymns were sung. The
preacher, after some introductory observations,
announced as his text a portion of the 11th verse of
the 6th chapter of the song of Solomon—" I went into
the garden to see whether the pomegranates hare budded."
His congregation knew, he said, that on these occa-
sions he never took any notice of grown-up people.
Many grown-up people who ought not to be there
had smuggled themselves in. The church doors were
open and could hardly be closed against them, but
this service was especially intended for boys and girls.
He thanked a friend who for the past twenty years
had on these occasions sent him a nosegay to set in
the pulpit as a text for his flower sermon. Twenty-
three years ago he had resolved to have a garden
wherein in place of flowers and fruit he would train
children, and on this especial day he had ever since
come down to see how the young plants grew
and devoloped—he came down into the garden to
see whether the pomegranates budded—whether his
plants gave in the youthful flower of their habit and
inclination any promise of future piety and usefulness.
In the course of his introductory remarks the preacher
lamented that, owing to the old-fashioned and box-like
form of the pews, it was impossible for the flowers
borne by the youthful members of the congregation to
be seen, and expressed a hope that by the time at which
the next flower-sermon came to be preached a donation
of £5OO would have put it in his power to modernise
the internal arrangements of the church. The sermon
was followed by the hymn, "Beautiful the morning
Light.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

THE IRON TRADE.

Birmingham Thursday.

The attendance of ironmasters at the Ex-
change this afternoon was not very large, and
comparatively little business was transacted.
Most of the iron works and forges in the dis-
trict have been closed since Saturday, owing to
the Whitsuntide holidays. Work will be re-
sumed in some cases to-day, but in the majority
of instances, on account of the scarcity of orders,
the men will be alloyed to play longer. The
trade continues in pr itty much the same state
as reported last week. Inquiries are rather
more numerous than a few weeks back, pur-
chasers being desirous of getting:in supplies be-
fore the hot midsummer months come round.
They still press for lower quotations, but mak-
ers do not show much disposition to yield ; in
fact, they assure their customers over and over
again, that with the present high rate of wages
and the advanced cost of raw materials, they
cannot possibly sell at lower prices. There is a
fair demand for sleets and hoops. Iron of
medium quality is t ilerably firm at £lO 10s.
Soeets are not to be had under £ll 15s. Pig-iron
is still in plentiful si p,)ly, and prices range from
£5 to ss. per ton for all-mine hot blast, cold
blast being quoted at £6 7s. 61, and cinder pig
from £3 to .£3 ss. Considerable interest was
evinced as to the m eting of the shareholders of
John Bagnall and Sons (Limited)., which was
held at the Great Western Hotel, today. It
was expected that the unfavourable report and
balance-sheet presented by the directors would
give rise to an angry discussion. The proceed-
ings, however, passed off very quietly, the re-
port being adopted and the director re-elected.
The chairman (Mr. J. Richardson), in moving
the adoption ef the report, pointed out that the
loss which the company had suffered (amounting,
to £8,953 net) had been due chiefly to the slack-
ness of trade and the disastrous strike which
lasted 16 weeks. He strongly condemned strikes,
and said he hoped the men had gained wisdom
by their past experience, and that in future all
disputes between capital and labour would be
settled by conciliatory measures.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

AN INTERESTING CEREMONY.

A great many people went from Paris to Nanterre
on Sunday to witness the ceremony of the coronation
of the Ros!ere, who this year is a young orphan named
Marie Louise D4sir4e Thomas, aged 17. At two o'clock
the Municipal Council and other officials went to the
.Rosiere's house, and accompanied her to the church,
which was hung with blue and white, the Virgin's
colours, and decorated with flowers. The Rosiere
was accompanied by her godmother, and a
number of young girls dressed in white. The
ceremony was very simple. The Rosiere of last year
first removed her crown, which was placed upon
Mdlle. Thomas's head, and her godmother then adorned
the young girl with earrings, a brooch, and a watch
and chain. After the ceremony the Rostiere was re-
conducted to her house with great pomp, and a general
holyday was kept in Nantere. The .Rosiere receives
500 f. from bequests left for that purpose, the only
condition being that she shall not marry within twelve
months.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

HA.GLEY.

Pic NIC.—A grand pic-nic HSI held ii Bagley Park, on
Monday last, under the auspices of the Lye Co-iperauve
Society. A large number of members in connection
with the Lye early in the tuorning, and headed by two
excellent brass band., passed through Stourbridge en
route for Hagley. The parties were conveyed in brakes,
wagonettes, 6tc, and the attendance was large. During
the day, a ,siumber of peices were performed by the
bands, and other amusements were provided, and the
whole was a success.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

CRADLEY HEATH.

At a Public Meeting held at the Railway Hotel, Lomey
Town, the following resolutions were unanimously
passed.
pI.SOLVED, that we as Delegates from
various Friendly Societies in this District, repre-
enting 4,060 members, do deplore the language made
use of at the late trial, viz , " That if we wish to me et
to feast and drink at our funerals, we must not meet on
Sunday," thereby creating an impression that we meet
Only for that purpose, a statement we indignantly
repudiate, and consider the Stipendiary ought to kur.w
that we as bodies of respectable working men' are united
for higher purposes and that such remarks from such
a solace are calculated to injure friendly societies if
ithcontradicted.

THAT we, the Representatives of various
Friendly Societies numbering 4,000 Members, at
a Public Meeting held on May 4th, do pledge ourselves
to AGITATE for the ALTERATION OF THE LAWS
AFFECTING FRIENDLY SOCIETIES, seeing that
we as self-supporting and respectable bodies of Working
Men, whose only object is to relieve aud alleviate our
distressed brethren and to bury our dead, and as Sunday
is the only day we can spare without losing our time,
which is our capital, that we obtain our livelihood, by,
and as we cannot meet on that day at our club rooms
without being treated as Felons under the existing laws,
and whereas gentlemen's clubs are exempt from any police
supervision whatever, we, as a body of working men who
strive to aid each other arid be respectable, only ask fora
portion of the privileges enjoyed by the Gentlemen's
Clubs, viz., that we be allowed to meet at our Club
Houses on a Sunday (for the purpose of burying our
dead, when required) without Police Supervision.
And we earnestly invite the Co-operation- of all So- -
cieties for the above objects.
Resolved that the next meeting be held at the Railway
Hotel, Lomey Town, Cradley Heath, at 7 p in., May 25th,
IN hen all Societies are invited to send Delegates.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

KINVER.

The Members of Court Hope, of Kinver, 53tour-
bridge District, Ancient Order of Foresters, celebra-
ted their anniversary on Whit Monday last, by as-
sembling at the Court House, thc Lock Inn, and pro-
ceeding from there (headed by the worthy Minister)
to the parish Church, where an excellent practical
discourse was given. Afterwards the procession was
reformed and accompanied by Band, Banners, &c.,
marched through the town to the Court House,
where a first class dinner was served and done ample
justice to. After the cloth was drawn, brother T.
Perkin, P.D.C.R., of Stourbridge, was voted to the
chair, and the Rev. J. Hodgson, to the vice-chair.
The usual Patriotic toasts were given, and duly hon-
oured, the Rev. Vice-chairman gave success to court
Hope of Kinver, stating that it gave him much
pleasure to be present with them that evening. Ho
hoped they would carry the day through as creditably
as they had commenced it, the chairman then gave
success and prosperity to the Ancient Order of For.
resters, and in the course of a lengthy speech quoted
some valuable satisticts to show that Forestery was
worthy of the support of every person that wished to
make a provision for sickness, accident, or old age.
The remaining toasts were the "Fete Committee,"
the " Visitors," the "Secretary," the Ladies," Six.,
concluding with the toast of the "Chairman," ac-
companied by "the Foresters Fire," the greatest
credid is due to the committw for the good taste tney
difplaysd in the procession which was arranged as
follows :—Robiu Hood and Little John Mounted on
grey horses, Large Banner, Rev. Mr. Hodgson in
academical gown and cap, Visiters, Committee, wrg-
gou with tree and childasu, Shepherds, Mounted men
Foresters in Costume, &c. Upwards of eighty took
part in the procession dinner, and the whole affa r
passed off withoel a twitch of any kind to Mar the
enjoyment of the day.—Commuoicatsd.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-22

THE HOME SECRETARY ON THE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Mr. Cross, the Home Secretary, on Tuesday laid
the foundation stone of a new church for the parish of
Garton, near Liverpool. After the stone had been
laid, Mr. Cross after some introductory remarks,
said he would ask them for a few moments to consider
the miserable—for he could call it nothing else—the
miserable pittance which was doled out to many of
the hard working clergy of the Church of England
from one end of the country to the other. He was quite
aware that there were endowments, and he valued them
as highly as any man, but we sometimes were apt to
rest too much upon endowments. When we wished,
and expected, and required to have a highly-educated,
first-class set of men to work as clergymen throughout
the country. we should ask ourselves this question,
"What is it we can offer them in the shape of re-
muneration ? " There were numbers of clergymen
who were living at the present moment on far less than
many a hard-working artisan gets. He said they did.de-
serve sympathy and support. He did not recommend
the revival of anything like Easter offerings or Easter
dues when collected of right, because he objected to
that collection very much as tending to a great deal of
heart-burning, a great deal of anger, and sometimes to
a great deal of hardship; but surely there were in every
parish in England some well-to-do persons who might
not rest content with the mere fact that their clergy-
man is endowed with a miserable £2OO, or it may be
£3OO, a year, and who might out of their great wealth
and luxury offer to the churchwardens some Easter
bounty which might be handed over to the clergyman
1 as a token, at all events' of the sympathy of the laity
with him in his work. There were many responsibili-
, ties which rested deeply on the laity of this country.
• With regard to the churchwardens, he regretted to say
that not very long ago the office of churchwarden had
practically sunk to a great extent into disuse. He be-
lie ved that the office of churchwarden was one of the most
valuable institutions of the Church of England, and he
Ihoped and wished, as he believed was becoming really
. the case now, that many of the best and most wealthy
1 persons in all parishes should be willing not only to
' take that office, but to devote a great deal of their
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-07-10

THE LYE.

BREACH OF THE PEACE.-At the Petty Sessions
at Stourbridge, yesterday, George Davis and
Joseph Barnbrook were charged with committing
a breach of the peace by fighting. Police-con-
stable Harrison proved that he saw the two de-
fendants fighting on Sunday night, the 4th inst.
Defendants pleaded guilty, and were ordered to
find a surety each in ..t6, and themselves in -CO.
to keep the peace for six months.

DAMAGING- MOWING GRASS.—Sarah Davis was
charged with damaging mbwino• grass on Sunday
last, the property of J. Brook Fisher. Police-
sergeant Rea proved the offence, and said the
damage done would be one penny. Defendant
agreed to pay filo costs.