The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-11 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1887.

George Steer, 80, labourer. was indicted at the
Middlesex Sessions on Monday for maliciously wound.
log Thomas Herbert. Mr. Douglas prosecuted. It
appeared that the prosecutor and the prisoner on the
night of the 26th ult. were in a publics house at Uz•
bridge Moor, when they had a dispute about a shilling,
aLd a fight ensued, during which the prisoner bit the
prosecutor's ear nearly off. He was obliged to be
attended by a surgeon, who deposed that it required 13
stitches to sew on the ear. Prisoner was convicted
and sentenced to 20 months' hard labour.

The anniversary meeting of the Salvation Army, it!
connection with the work carried on in France and
Switzerland, was held on Monday night in Exeter Hall.
Marechale Booth. Clibborn presided over a large
gathering. After the report had been read, an appeal
was made for funds to aid the army's labours in the
above-named countries, and a collection took place.
Mr. Parnell was at the House of Commons for a
short time on Monday evening, and looked certainly
better in health than upon the occasion of his last
visit.

According to present arrangements the Queen and
Court will leave Balmoral for Windsor on Friday, the
17th inst.
Dr. G. Danford Thomas held an inquiry on MendaY
afternoon into the circumstances attending the death
of Henry Klein, aged 14, son of Herr Klein, a teacher
of languages, residing in Bentinck-street, Cavendish
-
square, London. The deceased, it was stated, was very
fond of The stage, was constantly learning plays and
reciting at home, and imagined that he was destined
to become in time a great actor. He possessed himself
of a revolver that was in the house, and going =Moira
to a room in which was a younger brother, he drama-
tically placed the weapon to his head and pulled the
trigger. The charge exploded, and, entering the
unfortunate lad's head, produced death. A. verdict of
"Death from misadventure" was returned.

Sarah Elizabeth Paine, aged 37, caretaker of the
Bloomsbury County•court, who had been in a despond'
ing condition for some time p -et, at eight o'clock on
Sunday evening was tound by her mother sitting at the
third floor window in her nightdress. Upon the latter
expostulating with her. she pushed her on one side and
jumped out of the window into the yard beneath, a
dist ,nce of 60ft. Assistance was speedily rendered,
and the unfortunate woman was conveyed to the
University College Hospital, where she died shortly
after admission.

The death is announced, in his 95th year, of Captain
Beharlipp, the last survivor of the 200 Berlin volun-
teers who, on March 17, 1813, presented themselves to
King Frederick William for the purpose of serving
against the great Napoleon. He fought at the
battles of Leipsic and Waterloo and received the Iron
Cross. It is said that there were only twenty one
holders of that honour. .

The British Consul, in going from Mosul to his post
at Van, was attacked by brigands near Seert, and
every thing was stolen from him. Being unable to
obt, in any redress, he telegraphed to the Bliesh
Embassy in Constantinople.
A Renter's telegram, dated Toulon, Monday, says:
The vessels forming the torpedo squadron will shortly
disperee. Six of them will join the evolutionary
squadron, and the remainder will return to their usual
stations, and be attached to the reserve class. It is
believed, in naval circles that the new Minister of
Marine, in view of the experience gained from the
recent manceuvres, will again assign to the torpedo
boats the duty fr which they were originally in-
tended—namely, the defence of the coasts.
Monday's bulletin relating to the Duchess of Cam.
berland gave a very encouraging account of the pro-
gress of the Princess and of her general physical and
mental condition. During the pact week the depres-
sion from which she has been suffering gave place to
calmness and even cheerfulness, which enabled tho
Royal patient's attendants to engage her in various
hit eresting occupations.
Ismail Pasha, the ex-Khedive of Egypt, left London

on Monday en route for Paris.
By the premature explosion of a quarry blast near
Tyrone. Pennsylvania, OD Saturday, nine men were
killed by failing rocks, and one man was blown high
into the air, his remains falling in hundreds of pieces.
A petition having been forwarded to the Home
Secretary from Chatham. praying for the remission of
some portion of the sentence of 16 months' hard labour,
passed upon Oolonel Browning for extensive embezzle,.
ment while paymaster of the Royal Engineers, he has
replied that he sees no reason to interfere with the
sentence. _ _ _

An explosion occurred on Monday night at a carte.
ridge manufactory at Moulin Amboise, in the Com-
mune of Ormesson, France. The building was destroyed.
and four of the workmen were killed, four others being
injured.

in'elligence having been received at Zanzibar that
Dr. Karl Peters, representative of the German East
African Society, had raised a military force at Dar Es
Salaam, and was compelling the Sultan people to sign
treaties, the German Consul proceeded in a man-of-
war to make enquiries, and found the news to be
correct. The military force was accordingly ordered to
leave Dar Es Salaam. It will probably be taken by Dr.
Karl Peters to Pangani, where further difficulties are
annrebended. _ _ _

Mr. Chandos-Pole and Mr. Hamar Bass have accepted
the joint mastership of the Meynell Hunt for the
ensuing three years.
The Corporation of London has voted a donation of
100 guineas towards the P1(100 required by the Bethnal-
green Free Library Committee for the further develop-
ment of the institution.
The British residents in Italy are subscribing for n
silver model of the Roman fountain, known as the
Fountain of the Turtles, as a gift to Queen Victoria
on the occasion of her Majesty's Jubilee. The sub-
scription is fixed at a -maximum of Pl. Contributions
have already been received from 300 persons. The
model will not be ready until about the end of the
month. The presentation will be made to her Majesty
by a derutation of British residents.
Arrangements were made for selling, - on Monday,
the stock seized on five farms near Conway, to meet the
tithe distraint by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners.
Watchers were posted on the hills to give warning of
the apprnach of the auctioneer, so that a large body
of farm labourers might be collected to resist the
sales, but neither the auctioneer nor the agent put in
an appearance, and the sales were consequently post.
poned.
At Gateshead Police-court, on Monday, George
Ellison, a clerk, was remanded, charged with em-
bezzling money of the Corporation. The prisoner is
charged, with another man not yet arrested, and the
total alleged defalcations in the rate department
amount to over ECK 0. Great interest is excited in
the neighbourhood, since, in Newcastle, defalca-
tions in the engineering department amount to about
£7 00.

Irwin the arrival of the North British Railway Edin-
burgh express at oowlairs, on Monday morning, a
gentleman, supposed to be Mr. Archibald Glendinning,
aged 40, was found dead in one of the carriages. As
no ticket %as upon him, it is surmised he had not
time to purchase one, and ran so hard to catch the
train that death from heart disease ensued.
The first of a series of meetings in support of the
Hospital Sunday movement was held on Monday at
Lambeth Palace, when a resolution was adopted
calling upon the clergy and others to unitb in the en-
deavour this year to raise the fund to a hundred
thousand pounds.
A German named Emil Gregory was charged at Marl-
borough-street Police-court, London, on Monday with
stealing a watch and chain. The articles in question
belonged to a fellow-lodger, who missed them one day,
and found in their place a letter in German, stating
that the writer (the prisoner) had been obliged to go
to Paris, and had taken the liberty of borrowing the
watch. Subsequently it was found that the watch had
been pawned in London. The prisoner was committed
for three months.
Further reductions of the number of English troops
in Egypt are expected to take place during the present
month. Sir E. Baring left Cairo oa Monday for
V.ngland.