The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-25 00:00:00

AMERICAN HllMO:tilt.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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It is announced from Rio de Jane.-,.
°# 1011
Emperor of Brazil will start on his American s,
tour on the 26th of March.
The report that Colonel Baker, on the
his period of confinement, intends entering the
is emphatically contradicted.
Fashionable street-sweepers is the name girfiros'°
new costumes in Paris. We are told it fits
grazes the ground at the sides, and runs off 111 st
peak, trailing a full yard on the ground.—Cour -
Madrid has a college for the instruction
men in the art of hairdressing. .
The consumption of hams from forelPlo 491
Increases. wa
This year the value imported •
year, X. 175,120.
At a sale of old coins in London the c'ticlisestl
penny of Prince Henry of Northumberland, strs -
n the reign of David I. of Scotland, brought A
It is stated confidently at Berlin th9A,
coming census will show over a million of Ler' in
city. In 1675 there were about 10,000, sh'
100,030.
On Saturday Robert Edwards wag
trial by the Norwich magistrates on the
murdering three boys, named Martin, LaceY,
at the Norfolk and Norwich llossLtal on 31(
Inst.

The anniversary of the shutting of the
was celebrated on Saturday (the 18th).-
turbance, which may be considered rems.
there is "a division amongst the Aperentil
marched to the Cathedral in two distinct proc
Montreal advices state that on the 17th
destitute labourers, after asking for relief at
plundered some beer and bread waggons, a
slight encounters with the police. Relief wes
Council, and the Mayor promised to find
men.
Tho Prince of Wales has attended.
Madras, in which 14,000 children of all castes
was afterwards present at a public tent
railway terminus, which had been especi
the occasion. In reply to an address from le
the Prince said that from what he had eel b,
concluded that the result of British rule bee en
all classes of the population in sincere loyaltY 0
The Portsmouth Times states that in
the want of the necessary accommodation e ,eettie4
prison at Lewes far the increasing number o_tPooeip
are being committed to it, it is intended tel°,7;ro.o ,
prison at Portsmouth for the reception of Pl''"" tee
e
to short terms of confinement. ee Yeise
An accident took place on the rlliree:;p4,o,
Invercauld House, Balmoral, on Friday cr°,.es o"tei
farm servants—three men and 'a woman-17:e of
river, when the boat lurched and filled. erteensiefe
pants, William Duncan and Janet 31119.1,4 eteew e
ashore, but Charles Catternach and Donee' 00
carried off by the rapid current and droweed- ,ei s bse.,lllo
• 0410
Washington society is stirred to its dav
_fa 0t000,,0r
the Japanese Minister's wife has a little Mare 11i51 15e Peet
native embroidery about one of her dressek_e
eeey ed 01100
duplicated for money. She cannot under
stier ,
words spoken by the ladies, but she sees the boiv
h r' 101
looks, and is made just as happy. ebere ceps ee
The Ceylon Times states that at a neWo 0(540
bo
to be opened at Dimbula, in that island, clierceilt eeei
and Presbyterian services are to be held, th,e eEt
t
land service to have the precedence, at hallo a '
morning, and the Episcopal liturgy to fe
nine. lAefil‘
g
Pull-bac:l;s have their drawbacks, 0,0,,e;t1; „seiori
found when she went to an entertainment, 'eeletiereeeeee
looked at the banquet table with horror, eJeteesit egg'
escort, "Good gracious! Are they going,"e for P
didn't expect that---I—I—" Ile founds Pt" tire
side the mantel-piece.—Court Jturi bl•
The island of Ceylon possesses a bstiiclr
known as the "Lion of Pollannaruwa," wbiefor o°oo,lo
removed from the jungle where it has l 5 lion fin 0e D 0
the new museum at Colombo. It is a hege„e beeelee sr
tured in white atone, and is said toolls'lll
judgment seat by the Singalese king, .0"-eettirleeteeto
reigned at Pollannaruwa in the twelfth
ee c,
" ece hire
rival of the lion has caused some exciteine "oetifylp
A letter from her Majesty the Qtreere'eargell'aellsel"
birth of the daughter of the Duke of -'l;isteoo
Saturday presented to the Sultan, at a Pr. 100 eioe'
Sir Henry Elliot, the `British Ambassador,
etots ,
ously assured that all the recently-decreed r' gelee
punctually and promptly carried out. _t the'
- Cardinal Manning preached a eernee
Catholic Church, Duncan-terrace, London,'
and referred to the indulgences genersll9
mas time. He strongly urged his hearers
excesses, and advised them not to ente
during the four days immediately
tide.
A correspondent states that the
which the Prince of Wales 3nadel'
was of fine gold, worth £lO,OOO.
were of cloth of gold, and the at.
others in the procession, wasebeautill
wise decorated.
The South of India Observer
worn by the little Guicowar of Bar(
Prince of Wales are estimated at two e,
principal features were a Plume of diem:o3-01j
and a large bunch of pearls fringed etitil
the famous diamond Star of India, the Pe*
tbB„ge,4„et"
nearly broke the Banda exchequer.
erselee 't 10" ere
The obituary of The Times of ll1jOOO °tit* 0(
Inst., contained some remarkable illustratio eterogeeel
In seven persons viz., five gentlemen and ee afe„ ori
united ages amounted to 625 years, gieieg
h .a3O
-- years and more than three months to eac-00;
the gentlemen gentlemen took the lead; the oedest d si reooe
youngest 81 ; the two ladles were 82 °level e'r eel
The following were the ages of these se' eeteee
99, 94, 93, two at 86, 81, and 83 years. 00'0°,0'
At the last Major Examiation of the Pros, 801411'!
Society, Miss Isabella G. Clarke, having Poreeto4loorie'esetBe°
tion satisf ectorily, was admitted a phartna 00
i here are several *ladies on the register ore 0; P
druggists," but this is the first instance Laatioo oja,
which a lady has passed the Major Rev:nu"-
i
i i
maceutical chymist. joeeeioll' tot d
The Philadelphia C-ntennial Exel
h-1 replefe; #O,l
to report, will fully sustain the Aieericei3o.ooooaVri
"big " things. The Exhibition is to be the ee greee,leeee
The btiVll t' main buildings cover 48e acreet eel° wieeevn
not only is the whole of the space taken, 1),%`, tiltoro.ooo
additional buildinizs are being erected e eebteeetfoi
department alone there will be about 1. 30ee tbe Foto
Government of Japan has given £112,000 frtii prOd
making a display of the natural aud artilla 110$11
f the OS
empire. ye o.,yodd
The Mackintosh of Mackintosh, n, ces410 130.44
A t
landed proprietors in Inverness-shire, die'iee
twenty-eighth year, after a brief illuese eeett ,11.,000:ec
married a few mouths ago to Margaret, goer loloo'
eldest daughter of Sir Francis Graham, eriee a
of the Duke of Somerset. The presuronliee
tensive estates of the family in Inverness-8 oniir
of the deceased, Mr. Alfred 31ackintosn- /0,01/
ntie• lig 4) 01
A. return to the House of uoralllifence°,o Vete
Mr. James, M P., has been published of oto rio. gott; V
140
Vaccination Act of 1867 for neglecting 0003 ere
vaccinated, and re'using to obey the orderseedal eeteor
regard to vaccination. The offences iire,i;ry „1„11, ao
the let of January, 1870, to the 151 of Ja:iiist LP" 1;•1
before justices, and so niunerowi are the' -
OftlA
extends to 93 folio pages.
essrs. Moody and Sankey be
gangthe
d
M ,ioo,aattekeoltl:!,
their services at Philadelphia on' er be l d d
tif
Grant,. the the neembers of the CabineE.eeteele npa
G t°
Supreme Court, the Governors of Penns/"'te el e ."
af lie l)
States, several distinguishe senatore„,, oven ie veet
HoUsseqtßepreietititilites, as well as bellet jec
csie 0d 1101
Ihe W '
and eminent divines, were present. tna ti ag ii"
services have been held is the. largest on eepe„reoso,,,l
tiuent,seating over 10,000 persons, but iterestfee/ •te),,e
often been taxed to the utmost. The intbeeee rtpc
unprecedented, anci4-ile inquiry Ileums ter
„iieee
On Tuesaay• the Proourator-FiscaU cirpdh
Edinburgh' concluded an inquiry into ty:esi6fiterrtel
attending the sudden death of L'idY OP' e 11° jll.o'
" Alma" AtiteL oh Friday Wt. Her la,lloo, tereivelet,e,
from Dublin, west allen suddenly ill, au% Deeo # isoj
was dead. From the inquiries that haleeeeee ee epee "
pests tba,death was caused by an 01"„eesehypetwi,
The deceased was married In 1856 to the e
terfielde fthe had preceded his LordshiP vote
v, it. to Edinburgh.—The Times. tbeto P 19/
o! pe
A large block of buildings, knon w r litst, or 00(c
Riunis, which has 'been since Septenahee pet bA
transformation intoit Circus, was opene" beeo Be'stre 'ee`e
In Paris. No less a sum than £48,000 he's 000
verting the Magasins .R,ittnia to their feeitige teepV
,proprietor etel organizer Of this tledeFe..es °,ct r 40
Myers, is f those hard. working cittee'e ae 04,0'
States IV% . v'. rueuaged,to acquire neeitee 0130131'
In their profesiion. the general vale '
shoe
night was that foreigners had opens.' a •
will be, one of the sights of Paris. 0
rontiono 0,
The Frankfurter Zeitung
before the war Berlin had only 20)
now 2,400. They are mostly stucco...o,ost_
tapisseure, and designers, and are 11,
and punctuality. Prince Yon riel"lbe erefe
men exclusively, 60,1,1 number, in
.v...eing
ReIIIMPIRTICe mansion, the architectd
to
Paris. who is now being consult()
furniture. A large portion of tla,e feueeeltie,
orders to PaTis, beingeeetter and ell,enreLeed
In Berlin. rill:lee Palms hes e.! 000
fem. the neeght) urh ood of Pelee lees 11,11tiee
Reegen, the cost with freigh, being.,
matetial. Ihe French workraell,...7o xet7
earn from Of. to 201. ts daY, sur
muster every fAturday night at a

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