The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-09-17 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

A FeliOUß epidemic of measles at Ellesmere Port
Chester, has neceseitated the closing of the day
schools.
. It is announced in Belfast that Mr. Balfour will visit
that city at an early date, accompanied by Mr.
Goscben.
Mr. J. Bell, the owner of the Thistle, and Mr Watson,
the builder of the craft, have arrived at New York by
the as. City, of Rome.
The marquis of Hartington, who has been shooting
in the North of England for the past fortnight, has
re turned to Devonshire House.
Sir John Pope Hennessy, Governor of Mauritius, has
been sworn in as a Justice of the Peace for Cork
County, at the Youghal Petty Sessions.
The Queen, according to present arrangements, is
expected to reside in Scotland till towards the close of
November, when the Court will return to Windsor.
Mr. Gourley intends to press the Government for
further information as to the action of the United
States Government against British vessels in Alaskan
waters.
Despite all precautions which are taken to prevent
cases of swine fever in Kent, a large number of animals
have been slaughtered, and a further outbreak has been
reported.
The Rev. John Jolly, B.A. who for 17 years has been
the pastor of the General 8.A.,
Church at Boston,
has signified his intention of joining the Church of
England.
The Simeon Trustees have appointed the Rev. C. B.
Lilly, senior curate of Clifton Parish Church, to the
living of Emmanuel Church, William-street, Ken-
nington-road, worth £3OO a year, rendered vacant by
the resignation of the Rev. E. M. Walker.
The chief new proposal that the Lords of the Ad.
miralty will have to consider at Portsmouth this week
'-dvisability of building naval barracks, a scheme
nr..eared in the director of works depart-
- employ convict labour.
Aecotu...6 ' -IhAtin issued on Sunday
by Professors Braun and LJeitte._ ..10 general condi-
tion of the Duchess of Cumberland, our Vienna
correspondent informs us' continues satisfactory.
The 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, com-
manded by Colonel Trotter, arrived at Gravesend in
H M.S. Tamar from Dublin, on Saturday, and pro.
ceeded to Chelsea Barracks. _ _

A Renter's telegram from Washington says that Dr.
Virchow will be President at the next meeting of
the International Medical Congress in Berlin, in 189).
The Earl and Countess of Wharncliffe will entor-
tain a party at Wortley Hall during the Doncaster race
meeting.
Sir Clement Hill, of the Foreign Office, who has
been on a mission to Hayti, has_ returned to London. _

Mr. Gladstone, accompanied by Mr. Henry Glad,
stone, was on Saturday afternoon engaged in tree'
felling in the woods adjoining Hawarden.
The Seamew, gun vessel, and the Mermaid, cruiser,
left Sheerness on Saturday for the North Sea, to join
the fleet employed in fishery protection duty.
The Trades Union Congress concluded the business
of its annual meeting at Swansea on Saturday, after
passing a long series of resolutions, among which two
were in favour of free education and the Sunday
opening of museums
Two keepers in the employ of Baron Sackville
Saturday found two men trespassing in Knole park,
Sevenoaks, and, after some altercation with them, they
ran off in the direction of the village of Seal. The
keepers followed, and found the men in a public.
house at Seal, and proceeded to take them inta
custody, whereupon a desperate struggle ensued
between the keepers and the men. Eventually the
men were locked up. One of them, named Crouch,
has only just been discharged from gaol for a brutal
assault upon Lord Sackville's keepers, who found him
wi h others poaching.
Several of the crew of her Majesty's yacht Victoria
and Albert were brought before the magistrates at
Newport, Isle of Wight, on Saturday, charged with
smuggling cigars and tobacco. Penalties amounting to
upwards of £4O were imposed. Some Revenue officers
from London seized the contraband tobacco, done up
in parcels, which the defendants alleged were for the
post, on the post boat of the Royal yacht at Cowes
about a fortnight ago, but the men serving on one of
her Majesty's vessels could not be summarily detained.
The captain surrendered them on his return from the
late voyage to Flushing.
A challenge shooting competition between 20 picked
representatives of Birmingham rifle volunteers and a
similar number of Bristol cores took place on Settle-
day at Avonmouth, each team including several Queen's
prizemen. The Bristol 20 gained the victory over the
Birmingham team 24 years since, and have never been
beaten in any county match. Matters changed on
Saturday, the visitors beating the Bristol corps by 55
points.
While four coopers were crossing Lerwick Harbour
in a small boat on Saturday, the boat was caught in a
squall and sank. One man was able to swim, and was
picked up by a boat from the shore, but the other three
were drowned. The men belonged to Aberdeenshire,
and had been employed in Shetland during the herring
fishing season.
In courrequence of an outbreak of pleurcopneumonia,
1 ED cows were slaughtered on Monday, by order of the
Dorking Local Authority under the Contagious
Diseases (Animals) Act. Ten or a dozen animals bad
been previous y killed since the existence of the
disease was discovered about a week since; but there
, is reason to fear that the cattle were affected some
time previously. If so, the consequences may be very
serious, as a portion of the herd has been sold, and
; the animals so disposed of have been sent to various
parts of the country.
Edward Heavyside and Sarah Heavy side were
brought up, on remand, at the Liverpool Police-court,
on Monday, before the stipendiary magistrate, charged,
the former with making and the latter with uttering
base florins. The prisoners lived at 62, Gill-street,
and when the police visited the house a number of
• base coins were found. The woman was met with in
the lower part of the house, and the man upstairs. She
shouted up to him, and before the police could reach
, him he had disposed of the moulds, ladle, &c., through
the back window. Two genuine florins were found
In the house, and it was found that the spurioue
• coins, which ere very cleverly moulded, had been
cast in moulds taken from these genuine coins. Tne
prisoners, who are man and wife, were committed for
trial.
A conference of Cheshire farmers was held at
Dunham on Monday evening, representing a large milk.
producing district in Cheshire, in order to take Into
consideration the price to be asked for the winter
eupply of milk to the great toeing. Mr. Jefferson pre-
sided. A communication was read from the Warrington
Farmers' Club, urging them to appoint delegates to
attend a great conference of milk producers at Man.
chaster, and subsequently such a deputation WAR
selected, consisting of the chairman, secretary, and one
member from that gathering. An interesting discus-
sion took place, and it was unanimously de:ided that
the Cheshire farmers should ask, in the case of twelve
months' bargains, 2s. 6d, per dozen quarts for the six
winter months, and 2s. per dozen quarts for the six
summer months. In case the bargain was solely for the
winter months, the price to be asked is 2s 9d. per
dozen quarts. The meeting instructed their deleSates
to Manchester to bring up the subject of excessive
railway rates .for the carriage of milk.
The following annual death-rates from scarlet fever,
measured by last week's mortality, are given in the
Registrar-General's return: Liverpool, o'6; London,
; Sheffield, 013; Manchester, 10; Birkenhead 11;
Oldham, 12; Bristol, 1.4. The fatal case of scarlet
fever in London exceeded the number returned in any
week since the beginning of December, 1883
In London last week, there were 2619 births, and
1349 deaths. The annual death-rate per 1000 from all
causes was 16.7, against 16.6 in the preceding week.
There was not one death from small-pox.
Alexander Hoppenheim, master of the barque Rona,
was charged at Liverpool on Tuesday with not hanging
out side lights on the high seas when on a passage
from Kingston, Jamaica, to the Black River. The
prosecution was instituted by the Board of Trade, and
the penalty incurred was £lOO. The defendant was
fined 40s. with costs.
Mr. William Dl‘Farlane made an application on
Tuesday to the Aberdeen magistrates for a renewal of
- the license of her Majesty's Theatre, of which he is
lessee. In view of the disaster at Exeter, the applica.
tion was deferred for a week, during which time the
magistrates will visit the building and inspect it.
A circular despatch has been sent from the Colonial
Office to the colonies, in accordance with the promise
given by the First Lord of the Treasury, in no - -•nr to
Mr. Kimbor in the House of Commons, on the eueieet
of assisted emigration to the colonies.
Mr: David Starcsevics, who has taken a prominent
part as a Croatian political agitator, has been tried for
sedition end condemned to six years' penal servitude.
He is also deprived of the titles of Doctor and
A Avocet°.
ureat satisfaction was felt at Sheerness Dockyarn
by the receipt of an order from the Admiraly directing
the steel and iron corvette Champion to be refitted for
another term of foreign service. This will obviate the
discharge of a large number of shipwrights.
The funeral of the late Earl Compton, son-and-heir
of the Marquis of Northampton, took place in the
churchyard at Castle Ashby, the Northamptonshire
seat of the family, on Saturday afternoon. A large
concourse of people assembled, including all the
tenantry from the local estates, and the mourners
were the Marquis of Northampton, Lord William
Compton, Lord Alwyne Compton, Lord Douglas
Compton, Earl Cowper, Earl Brownlow, Mr. H. Graham,
the Hon. F. Leveson.Gower. Captain Maxwell Heron,
Lord Northesk, Lord Rosehill, and Colonel Dickens.
The grave, which was near to that of the Marchioness
of Northampton, was lined with moss and white
flowers. The Bishop of Ely (uncle to the deceased
earl) and the Rev. A. H. Cole-Hamilton conducted the
burial service.
The Countess Grosvenor on Saturday laid the
foundation-stone of a new Sunday School in connection
with the Church of All Saints', Hoole, near Chester.
The Bishop of Chester delivered an address, in which
he said they wanted to see Sunday Schools better
taught, better organised, and better manned, the
Sunday School teachers and scholars improved, and
their appliances made quite as perfect as those in day
schools.
Mr. William Nelson, head of the publishing firm of
Thos. Nelson and Son, died at his residence in Me.
burgh on Saturday from an attack of bronchitis. Hs
bad recently restored St. Margaret's Chapel and Argyle
Tower, Edinburgh Castle, while at his expense workmen
are now engaged in restoring Old Parliament Rail
Mr. Nelson wee 71 years of age, and leaves a widow,
son, and four daughters.
The Kitchen Committee of the House of Commons
have presented a report strongly recommending that
the kitchen should be removed from the basement to
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The Festival of the Three Choirs was brought to a
close at Worcester with a performance of the" Menish,"
conducted by far. ne. The largest audience of the
seek VMS attracted to the cathedral for this Worm.
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