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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-04

BAXTER v. THE EARL OF GAINS-

BOROUGH,

The above cause has been heard in the Court of Common
Pleas Division (before Mr. Justice Brett aid a Special Jury);
and was an action for damages for injuries suffered by the
plaintiff through tha negligence of the defendant's servants
In leaving a ladder in the high road.
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The plaintiff, a -veterinary Burgeon living at Oak.
ham, in Rutland, was driving home with a friend on a
dark evening in December, 1872„ when his cart came
into contact, as, he alleged, with a ladder which had,
been used during the day by a man named Dawson for
the purpose of thatching a cottage on the road, and
had been left by him leaning against the cottage,
with the foot resting in the road. The plaintiff and.
his friend were thrown out, and the former had
his thigh broken, and was laid up for several months.
It appeared that Dawson had for some years past been
employed upon the estate of the defendant, and had
contracted to thatch the cottage in question at so much
per 100 square feet, but Mr. Patterson the defendant's
steward, overlooked the thatching and directed Daw-
son how to do it. There was some conflict of evidence
as to how far the ladder projected into the road, the
plaintiffs witnesses asserting that the foot of the
ladder . was at least three feet from a raised path
between the road and the cottage, while the defendant's
witnesses maintained that the foot, of the ladder
rested in the gutter immediately by the side of the foot-
path. The defendant's case was that the accident had
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-04

H(OWAYS PILLS

For all biseases ajfeetiny the St (n ac h, Li
Kidneys, and Bowels.

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These Pills can be confidently recommended as the
aaost simple and certain remedy for all diseases affecting
the stomach, liver, and bowels. They do not distress
the system, or weaken the frame, but thoroughly invigo•
rate the digestive organs. gently excite the stomach and
liver, sticutilate;the xidneys to perform their functions
efficiently, and act unon the bowels without griping or
any other annoyance.
Diseases peculiar to Women.

There is no medicine equal to Holloway's Pills for cor
recting the ailments peculiar to females. Their very
mild and painless action highly recommends them to
every household, as they may be taken with safety for
any irregularity of the system. Any mother, nurse, or
young person, guided by the directions which accompany
each box of Holloway's Pills, has at once available means
for checking disease, purifying the blood, and expelling
from the system all gross humours.

Weakness, Languor, and Debility. .

These famous Pills will immediately remove all-symp-
toms of debility, languor, and weakness, no matter the
cause, as they quickly eject all impurities from the
system, give tone and energy to debilitated constitutions,
and brace and strengthen the nervous system in a moat
wonderful manner.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-04

'WANTED, TWO GLASS-CUTTER
used to CRUETS and LIQUOR 'BOTTLES.--
Apply, E. 11. Jeffry, Jchuston-street. Wicker, Shetnei•

QEVERAL Two and Four-wheeled DOG
IJ C ARTS, New and Second-hard, for Sale, at W.
Moor':= Old,winford Carriage Works, Stourbiidgp.

Ti UNI EC EIANICS AND OTHERS.—Wanted
1. trustworthy and respectable men, to act as Collec-
tors for a well-lcu,,wn hone in London; will not interfer,
in any way with the duties in which the,' may be eh•
gaged.—Apply, in the first place by letter only to Ali
Mills, 4 and 5, Horse-shoe Court, E.C.. London.

W
a Steady GIRL, about 17,
If V GENI4;RAL SERVANT.—AppIy, F. AlabeN ,
Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill.

TENDERS are required for the LAYING of
GROUND, 40 yards rinare. A,hes found grati,
—.APPIY, E. J. Brooks, Hay Cirsen, Lyt., Stourbridge. •

'WANTED, a Trustworthy STEADY MAN,
as TIIII4:TSEEPEIZ, dirc.—Apply; at the Leath( r
Works, Stourbridge.

WANTED; a Good GENERAL SERVANT,
vot under2o. Must understand Plain Cooking.
—App/y, 29, Liagley-road, Stourbridge.

E NGLIKI FRET CARVING.

BxACKETS, BoOKRESTS,

READING EASELS, ILOWER STANDS

PHOTOGRAPHIC FRAME
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-04

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WINTER TREATMENT OF MILCH
COWS.

In the first place, the mulch cows ought to be pro-
vided with warm, .well-ventilated byres, comfortable
and clean; they should be kept tidy, and be well
curried to prevent disease from being engendered in
the system; and they ought to be fed liberally and have
plenty of water. Most cows in milk are very sensitive.
They should, therefore, receive the kindest of care and
treatment in every respect. Their feeding, watering,
milking, etc., should be done at regular hours, in
the same order, and so far as possible by • the
same individual, especially the milking, and all to
the least annoyance of the cows. We beFeve
cooked food in winter to be the best and most
economical. The fodder should be cut fine; it
may be mixed of different qualities, or all alike,
but there should be a proportion of good hay; it
should then be packed in a box, which may be a
bin, in one corner of the barn floor, mixing in two
quarts of corn meal and bran or shorts, mixed in
equal quantities, to feed each cow for each mess ;
scatter it evenly through, and wet down with boiling
water ; pack and press tight, giving water all the
feed wilt absorb, and then cover tight to steam ; in
about twenty-four hours the whole mass will be
equalised and in the best condition to feed, almost
equal to green fodder. It is a good plan to have
two bins; one can be filled each day, and while one
is cooking the other can be fed. Give this feed
twice a day, morning and evening, and other fodder
at noon. A few carrots or sugar beets may be given
in addition, but the main dependence should be on
the chopped fodder and grain meal. This will bring
out the good butter, whic,), with the constant good
care of the cows, if the dairy•woman understands
her business, will equal grws food.-L-Froyithe " Live
Sto^k Journal and Fancier's Gazette."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-04

CRADLEY HEATH.

FURIOUS DRIVING IN A CROWDED THOROUGLIVARE —At
the Dudley Police Court, on Wedues lay, John Williams,
scrap dealer, Four Ways, Cradley, was cha-ged With
driving furiously in Hall Street and King Street.—Mr
W. Challingsworth saw the defendant driving down Hall
Streeteat the rate of nine miles au hour. An old mati,
named Gilbezt, as knocked down and badly hurt. Wit-
ness ran and told the driver what he had done; but tht.
latter thrashed the horse into a faster gallop, and so got
away.—The Bench said the,case was a bad one, and. lined
Williams, 40s. and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-04

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1875

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THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION AT
WOLLASTON.

Another of the persons injured by the boiler
explosion at Messrs. Norris's spade works, Wol-
laston, died at midday Wednesday. The deceased
Edwin Wooldridge, was one of those whose case
appeared the worst from the beginning; but he
Ipis lingered since the Ist week in October to
the present time. becessea was forty-six years
of age, and a spade-finisher by trade. This
makes the fourth death from the accident.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-04

under the shrine or canopy. Years have elapsed since
the model for this statue was commenced. The late
Baron Macochetti designed one, but was displeased
with it, and, before he could complete another, he died.
Thrn the work was turned over to Mr. John Henry
Foley, one of the most eminent sculptors of the time,
but Mr. Foley was frequently ill, and the modelling
was consequently delayed. Now, two years •and a
quarter after the death of that lamented artist, the
statue has been raised to its position. It is nearly 15
feet high, and weighs seven and a quarter tons. It
presents a gigantic appearance, the head being two feet
in height. The portrait, upon which Mr. Foley
bestowed immEnse pains, is a splendid and lifelike
one. The deceased academician alto saw the hands and
the legs completed, although he did not live to see the
finishing touches put to the work by which his name
will be best remembered. The Prince is represented
as sitting in an easy attitude, hab,ited in the robes, and
wearing the insignia of the Ordeiof the Garter. Prac-
tically, with the raising of this statue, the memorial
of the Prince Consort, which has been in hand over
thirteen years, may be said to be completed.

December is a month which to many thousands
of homes in these islanda brings memories of com-
fort and rejoicing. Christmas is in sight— Christ-
mas with all its glad aociations for old and young!
Up to the reign of William the Conqueror the
English commenced their year on the 25th Dec
her, but it wa3 altered to the Ist of January
because William was crowned on that day, and the
beginning of the year was therefore made to oorrespond
with the moat remarkable period in the national
history. Five hundred years afterwards Charles IX.
of France published an edict, the last article of which
ordered the year for the time to come to be constantly
and universally begun on the Ist of January. Pre-
viously to this the Merovingian kings of France began
the year with March, the Cailovingians sometimes
with Christmas, and often with Easter, which being a
moveable feast led to much confusion. But it is
somewhat remarkable that, although the Ist of
Januory was fixed by the Conqueror himself, it was
not until the passing of an act in 1752 that the year
legally and generally began on that date. It is now
the beginning of the new year of Christian nations,
almost without exception.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-12-04

PREMATURE.

"The termlA-ttorney ' is now abolished."
No more Attorneys? What good news 1
All fears of law it banishes.
• Alas ! too bright these roseate views—
,
'Tis but the name that vanishes I—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

A STRIKE IN THE CARPET TRADE AT

KIDDERMINSTER.

Some more troubles have occurred in the carpet
trade at Kidderminster, and singularly enough
they arise out of the anticipated settlement of dif-
ferences which Mr. T. Hughes's award was in-
tended to secure. Although the arbitration went
in favour of the weavers on the point of their re-
ceiving remuneration when working without creel
boys, it will be remembered that they subsequently
took exception to some of the new regulations
drawn up, and after a conference between the de-
legates of the manufacturers and weavers, the
former agreed to certain further concessions to the
men. The latter have now, to use a common
phrase, "turned rusty" on another point, and this
has led to the strike of 120 weavers at Messrs.
Humphries' mill, and seems not unlikely to bring
about more serious consequences. Mr. Hughes's
award provided that when weavers had to work
without the assistance of a creel boy they were to
be paid 8d per day extra. At Messrs. Humphries,
in common with other firms, a full supply of creel
boys cannot be obtained, and certain of the men
have been receiving the additional money referred
to since the date when the award took effect. It
appeared that part of the duty of the creelers was
to clean certain parts of the looms they attend
upon every Saturday, and the weavers had been
expected to do the same, those, that is, who receive
the extra money above mentioned. The number
who objected to do this has been diminished by
degrees, and on Monday, as one man who had not
cleaned his loom on Eaturday still refused to do so,
orders wore given for the strap to be knocked off
his loom, and we believe he was told that he would
not be allowed to go on working till he agreed to
clean his loom. The man ViiloBo work was stopped

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

OLD HILL.

A SINGULAR CASE.—At the Police Court, on Wednes-
day, before Messrs. N. Hingley and W. Bassano, David
Hackett and William Wellings were charged by Enoch
Morris with having, on the Ist mat, attempted to pass a
counterfeit balf-crown. Morris said he had not got a case
against defendants. They tendered him the half-crown
in payment for ale, and as he said he did not think it
was a good one they gave him another. Defendants said
they thought the coin was a good one, when they gave it
to Morris. They did not hear anything more of it until
they were arrested by Police-constable Kettle an hour and
a half afterwards, and they were then kept in custody for
II hours. The Magistrates, Mr. Hayes (Magistrates'
Clerk), and Mr. Superintendent Mills examined the coin,
and they were all of opinion that it was a good one al-
though there was a slight crack in it. Defendants were
dismissed, and the half-crown handed over to them.
NEGLECT OF Wosx.—Ada Griffin, a girl, was sum-
moned for neglecting the employment of Messrs. Henry
Doniton and Co. James Hargreaves, manager to the
complainadts, said defendant had left her work without
giving notice, and they claimed 5s as compensation.
Hargreaves said they were greatly annoyed by the girls
leaving their work in the brickfields, and added that they
went off "like a flock of sheep." Defendant was tined
ss, and ordered to return to work.

STEALING IRON—John Jeff, a lad, was charged with
stealing a quantity of iron the property of Messrs. J.
Wood Aston and Co. at Cradley, on the sth inst.
George Jordan proved the case and defendant pleaded
guilty, and was Eked 2s Gd
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

CHIMNEY SWEEPERS ACTS OF 1840

AND 1875.

The new Act for the enforcement of the law of 1864,
which prohibits the use of climbing boys, will come
into operation on the first of December. The Act of
1840 contained provisions for the construction of flues.
These rules have been almost universally ..neglected,
and it is thought desirable that the attention of
buildeta and surveyors should be directed to therm
The provision in force on this subject is as follows (3rd
and 4th*Vict.., chap. 85, sec. 6) : "And whereas it is
'expedient, far the better security from p.ccidenta
by fire or otherwise, the improved construction of
chimneys and flues provided by the said Act be
continued: Be it enacted that all withs and parti-
tions between any chimney or flue which at any
i,itne after passing of this Act shall be built or rebuilt
shall be of brick or stone, and at least equal to half a
brick in thickness; and every breast-back and with
or partition of any chimney or flue hereafter to be
Luilt or rebuilt shall be built of sound materials, and
the joints of the work well filled in with good mortar
or cement, and rendered and stuccoed within; and also
that every chimney or flue hereafter to be built or re-
built in any wall, or of greater length than four feet out
of the wall, not being a circular chimney or flue twelve
inches in diameter, shall be in every section of the
same not less than fourteen inches by nine inches; and
no chimney or flue shall be constructed with any angle
therein which shall be less obtuse than an angle of one
hundred and twenty degrees, except as is hereinafter
excepted; and every salient or projecting angle in any
chimney or flue shall be rounded off four inches at the
least, upon pain of forfeiture, by every master builder
or other master workman who shall make or cause to
be made such chimney or flue, of any sum of not less
than ten pounds nor exceeding fifty pounds: Pro-
videl, nevertheless, that notwithstanding this Act
chimneys or flues may be built at angles with each
other of ninety degrees and more, such chimneys or
flues having therein proper doors or openings not less
than six inches square." The police are empowered by
the Act of 1875 to enforce the above provision of the
Act of 1840, without prejudice to the right of any
other person to institute proceedings thereunder. The
Act applies to England and Ireland.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

AMERICAN HUMOUR.

In A rkansas, when a man walks into a house and
shoots the proprietor and others he is styled "an intruder."
Every woman is in the wrong until she cries, and
then she is in the right immediately.
There are six girls to one young man at Niagara
Falls and Saratoga. Young men do not go to such places
any longer, or it they do, they never marry anybody they see
there.
A New York gentleman has discovered that a new
sealskin jacket will effect an instantaneous cure upon his
wife when she is troubled with a prolonged tit of mental de-

pression.
A Western editor insists that he wrote the word
" trousseau "as plain as a pike-staff ill connection with cer-
tain bridal presents. The printer, however, vulgarly put it
" trousers.'
get along with
general de-
An officer in the army laughed at a timid woman
because she was alarmed at the noisepoicfnaicc:ann_,oGnirwhhewnitah
salute was fired. He subsequently married that timid
esaotmae in climbing trees or
committinghhis
obituary
woman, and six months afterwards he took offt, hishobwoomtsucinh
the hall when he came in late at night.
The New York Mail is much puzzled to know how it
Is a woman, who is twisting up her back hair and has her
mouth lull of hairpins manages to key on talking.
New York young ladies lace tight to show economi-
calorresemiengthlyt,obcceurforien
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suicide, interviewed a reporter, and dictated the particul
notice.
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A lady being asked by a gentleman to be his wife,
wrote the word "stripes " Ile was startled at first, and
took it as a hint what he was to expect in married life; but
-being a man of letters he worked the word about and pro-
duced "persist." At this hint he spake.
A Massachusetts man is currying favour with the
fair sex by a tract in which he seeks to show that there are
two heavens, one for men and one for women. The latter
are to pass into their heaven without discrimination, but the
men are to be sifted before admission- lie is surprised that
his tract is not a success, and thinks now that the girls don't
like two localities,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

R. THOMSON,
D RAPER AND CLOTHIER

14 A 15, HAGLXY-STREET,
BTOUBBRIDOR.

EVRRY DESCRIPTION OF '
GENTLEMENI,S CLOTHING

MADE TO ORDER,
ON THU 1111ORTZ8T NOTION.

PRIIIIECT PIT 431YARANTNED.

Tenni on application.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

TIVIDALE.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident which, unfortunately,
terminated fatally, occurred to a man named William
Bushell (37), at the works of Messrs. Budd and Co., on
the 2nd inst. It appears that deceased was engaged in
unfastening a man lid, and had got all the pins out, with
with one exception, when the steam from the boiler
forced the lid off, and a large quantity of steam and water
was thrown over Bushell, and he was so severely scalded
that he died from the injuries he received at half-past
four, on the 3rd inst. Mr. Kendrick, surgeon, of Dudley
Port, attended deceased. An inquest was held on the
body at the Boat Inn, Tividale, on the sth mint, before
Mr. E. Hooper, and a verdict of "Accidental death"
was returned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

SAVING LIFE AT SEA.

Some experiments were made at Vincennes, on Sun-
day, before certain officials of the Ministry of Marine
and other gentlemen with Messrs Rogers and Ander-
son's cone-block Systeth for saving life at sea, now being
shown at the Maritime Exhibition. The value of the
invention was shown by a projectile weighing 21b.
being thrown a distance of 90 yards out of a mortar
weighing 81b. and charged with only 1 oz. of powder.
The double line carrying the oone and block was laid
exactly across the object fired at; though there was a
strong breeze blowing, the line, which was about the
consistency of a window cord, threw an inch-and-a.
half rope with great ease. The projectiles were then
tested in other ways likely to occur in cases of ship-
wreck, such as seaweed accumulating on the lines or
knots being formed by tbe action of the wind. The
experiments were, says, The Times correspondent, en-
tirely successful, and are likely to lead to the adoption
of the Rogers and Anderson system by the French
Government. ~
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

HALES OWEN.

DETERMIND SUICIDE. A carpenter. named John
No wden, upwards of fifty years of age, a natty, of Wor-
cester, aommitted suicide in a determined manner on
i
Tuesday night. The deceased WU n the employ of
Messrs. Collins and Cullis, who are building a new bank
at Halesowen for Lloyds Batking Company, Limited,
and has, during the last fortnight, been drinking and
neglecting his work, and was in consequence, on Satur-
day, discharged from his employment. On Wednesday
morning, about six a.m., upon spine of the workmen
going to work they found the deceased lying upon the
floor of one of the passages in the band with a broken
piece of rope round his neck, and the other portion of
the rope tied to the staircase. Mr. C. W. Bloxham,
sur-
geon, was at once called to the deceased, but he pro-
nounced life to be quite extinct, and, in his opinion, had
been for some hours. It seems that the deceased pur-
chased the rope from an ironmonger in the town early on
Tuesday morning, and it would therefore appear that he
had been for some time contemplating the commh,sion
of the fatal act.

DUDLEY.
Tam MAYOR'S BANQUET. - On Wednesday night, the
Mayor entertained the members and officers of the Cor-
poration at a banquet given in the Assembly Rooms
Dudley Arms Hotel. The menu was of the mo.t
recherche description, and the arrangements in eve' y
respect gave unwonted satisfaction. Amongst the 140
guests of the Mayor were nearly the whole of the Tow.
Council and some of the leading men of this and adjoin-
ing counties. • 416
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

THE BURIAL BOARD MEETING.

A meeting of this Board was held in the Com-
missioners' Room in the Corn Exchange, on Wed-
nesday morning last. Mr. Shepherd presided; and
there 'ere also present :—Messrs. Evers, King,
Stringer, Haskew, and Billingham.
The minutes of the last meeting were then ap-
proved and signed.
The Clerk reported that the Treasurer's bond
had been completed and examined.
The Clerk next read a letter from Mr. Taylor,
reporting that he had settled with Mr. Wooldridge,
on behalf of Mr. Parkes, for .2120, and stated that
possession would be given when requested.
Messrs. Bernard and King were thereupon in-
structed to prepare a provisional agreement with
Mr. Parkes. Accordingly, arrangements are to
be made for taking possession on the 26th Decem-
ber next. The agreement specifically includes the
growing crop and fences, which are meanwhile to
be protected by the vendor, and provides for the
payment by the Board of the surveyors of the_res-
pective parties.
It was proposed by Mr. Haskew, seconded by
Mr. Stringer, and carried unanimously, that they
apply to the churchwarden of the parish of Old-
swinford to call a meeting of the vestries of the
parishes of Stourbridge and Upper Swinford, on
Saturday, the 16th instant, at eleven a.m., at the
Corn Exchange, Stourbridge, for the following
purposes: To approve of the agreements with the
Rector of Oldswinford and Mr. Parkas for the pur-
chase of glebe land for the site of a cemetery; to
sanction the borrowing from the Public Works
Loan Commissioners of any money requited for
providing and laying-out the burial ground- to
approve the Clerk's salary of .220, and to appoint
auditors of the accounts of Board.

_
The Clerk presented a statement of prospective
expenses up.to the 25th March next, amounting in
the whole, as regards the parish of Stourbridge,
to .4;6 15s 2d; as regards the parish of Oldswin-
ford, to .293 4s 10d.
At this stage of the proceedings, precepts to the
overseers of those parishes to pay the above sums
to the treasurer, on or before the 6th November
next, wewereaccordingly signed by the Chairman,
and Messrs. King, Ha.skew, and Stringer.
There was no other business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

THE PERILS OF THE SEA.

Iron remarks: Although the "Wreck Register and
Chart" for 1873-4, presented to Parliament by the
Board of Trade, and just published shows that the annual
number of wrecks on the coasts of the United Kingdom
has varied little for the last twenty years, still that is
encouraging when the great increase in shipping
during that period is considered. Nevertheless the re-
turns in question indicate a fearful loss of life and
property, the 31,168 shipwrecks included in these re-
turns reptesenting at least the loss of forty millions
sterling, and 14,457 valuable human lives since 1854.
The number of ships lost or damaged in the 1,803
wrecks, casualties, and collisions reported to have oc-
curred on and near the coasts of the United King-
dom during 1873-4 was 2,191, representing a tonnage
of upwards of 507,000 tons. 1,609 of these were
registered British ships, 151 of the same nationality
unregistered, and 1,170 were employed in the
coasting trade. Of the wrecks thirty are reported as
having arisen from defects in ship or equipments, and
in 19 of these the vessels foundered from unseawcrthi-
ness. Two of the vessels that thus suffered wreck or
casualty were between 90 and 100 years old, and two
over 100. Of the 270 steamships lost or damaged, 226
at least were built of iron, 42 of the sailing vessels were
constructed -of the same material, and 8 were com-
posite vessels. It is remarkable that the disasters to
comparatively new ships bear a very high proportion
to the whole number. 506 lives were lost in all by these
casualties, much the larger proportion in vessels driven
on shore, although 101 were lost on missing vessels.
The danger to life by disasters on the coast is best met
by the lifeboat service, and this, as well as the rocket
and mortar service, is now of the most efficient
character. During the year in question, 713 ship-
wrecked sailors were
175 by the latter. saved by means of the former, and
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

ORADLEY HEATH. '

Surcroa. —An inquest was held at the Talbot Hotel,
High-street, Cradley Heath, on the let mat, before Mr.
E. Hooper, on the body of Sarah Bateman, aged 60. It
appears that deceased and her husband slept down stairs
on the night of the 30th nit, and at four o'clock. the
husband awoke, and saw his wife fast asleep, He missed
her about six o'clock, and on going to look for her he
found her suspended from the ceiling. She was Imme-
diately cut down, and Dr. Standish was sent for, but on
his arrival he found that life was extinct. It was proved
that deceased had not been in her right mind for ths
Past six months. The jury returned a veadict ot
" Suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-09

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Trni UNION Wourcuouss. —As an instance of the
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no less than £135 17s 6d, as compared with the previous
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TER NEN.? EMPLOYERS' ARO WORKMEN'S ACT. -- The
only case of interest at the Petty Sessions, on Tuesday,
before Captain Bourne and Messrs. A. R. Ryland and R.
Smallwood, was one in which Ambrose Spooner, baslet-
maker, was summoned by Joseph Phillips ,for refusing
rind neglecting to teach him ths trade of basket-making,
complainant claiming £5 as -compensation. Mr. W. E.
Simmons, Redditch, defended.

Itappeared complainant, who is partially blind and
somewhat defective in intelect, was apprenticed to de-
fendant for one year to learn his trade, .f 5 beiag col-
lected from some benevolent persoas and paid to
Spooner as a premium. Complainant alleged that de-
fendant refused to teach him the business, wanted him
to go out and sell baskets under the false pretence that
he had made them, mid also to sell fish aid go out with
a shooting gallery. He called a witness, who stated
that she had often heard defendant say hi should not
teach complainant the trade, as he had got the money,
and that was all he wanted. On the other hand, it was
shown that complainant knew something of the trade,
and that oily half the premium was paid At drat, the
half being paid at the expiration of six months, and it
was argued this would not have been done it all was
true that complaiaan stated. The magistrates dismissed
the case, but hoped defendant would teach complainant
the business to the best of his power. and they advised
complainant if he had anything more to c‘mplain of to
come to them again before expiration of his indentures,
and they would grant him another summons.