The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-27 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS

BRITISH AND FOBEIGN.

From Simla we learn that the rebellion in Afghan-.
Wan against the Ameer is believed to have entirely
collapsed.
At the Olerkenwell Police-court on Saturday, in a
case in which a man named William Morgan was
charged with having assaulted George Colton, superin-
tendent of the Holborn Casual Ward, Police•constable
Thomas North denied that the prosecutor had struck
the prisoner in his presence. Other evidence having
been given, to the effect that the superintendent dtrt
strike the prisoner in the constable's presence, the
constable was recalled, and he admitted that that was
correct. Mr. Hannay at once dismissed the charge.
Four children, the youngest of whom is eight and
the eldest 10 years of age, were sentenced on Saturday
at the Greenwich Police•court, London, to receive six
strokes each with a birch rod, for having broken into
the Salvation Army barracks at Deptford Lower road,
and stolen a number of copies of the" War Cry."
The net fishing season for salmon on the river Tay
closed on Saturday evening. The season has been one
of the poorest for many years. This has been in a
great measure due to the low state of the river, owing
to prolonged drought.
It is estimated that the yield of wheat in East
Yorkshire will average fully seven quarters per acre.
The produce of a field at Driffield was fq quarters to
the acre. Best samples of wheat are making in the
district named 325. and oats Ns. per quarter.
On Saturday morning much excitement was caused
in the district of Knockerra, near Kilrush, by the
ringing of the chapel bell, and, it being reported that
the sheriff, accompanied by a force of police, was on
his way to carry out the Kiloarrol evictions on Mr.
Burton's estates, a large number of people soon
assembled and carried off all the cattle before the
arrival of the sheriff's deputy, who assured those
assembled that they had not come to carry out
evictions, bnt to execute decrees for shopkeepers' goods
and loans. The sheriff's deputy and police sub-
sequently left.
At the Royal Dorset Yacht Club Regatta, held on
Saturday at Weymouth, there was a race for one of her
Majesty's Jubilee cups, of the value of 100 guineas.
There were 13 entries, embracing the beet racing craft
The Irex won the cup, keeping the lead throughout,
and beating the Genesta by about 16 minutes over a
course of 40 miles. _ _

The prisoners, Fitzpatrick and Cranny, who stand
charged with the murder of Pat Meany in October,
1880, at Carlow, were on Saturday brought before Mr.
Vesey Fitzgerald, R.M. at Carlow' and a number of
witnesses having been examined, the accused were
committed for trial. . . _ _

The shock of an earthquake was distinctly felt at
Samaden, St. Moritz and Pontresina, about 11.15 on
the evruing of the 16th inst. The ahook lasted for
about 20 to 30 seconds. No damage was done, but
many people were alarmed.
On Saturday Theresa Rooney and Joseph Lester,
who were charged with the murder of Colonel Feudal',
were married by special license at St. Chad's Roman
Catholic Cathedral, Birmingham. The event excited
great interest among the rough element in the town,
and a great crowd assembled outside the church.
On Saturday there was launched from Messrs.
Palmer's shipyard at Jarrow a steel vessel, which that
firm has built to the order of M. Felix Depeaux and
Son, of Rouen. The dimensions are—length 220 ft.,
depth 17ft., and beam 32ft. She is intended to take
the highest class at Lloyd's, and will carry a dead weight
car go of upwards of 130 J tons.
Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the
appointment of Mr. W. J. Courthorpe, of the Educa-
tion Department, as a Civil Service Commissioner, in
the room of the late Mr. Theodore Walrond.
The Railway Commissioners now in Derry have for
some days been hearing the application of the Harbour
Commissioners against the Great Northern Railway of
Ireland. They have postponed their decision till
November, allowing the London and North• Western
and Dundalk and Greenore Railways to be included as
respondents. In the meantime the result is regarded
as being in favour of the application.
On Saturday at Derby an inquest was held on the
bodies of Alfred Ling and his three children, who
were found in the canal ander circumstances pointing
to murder. The evidence showed that Ling was very
low spirited, and in his pocket was found a note
charging some of the Midland strikers with treachery,
and attributing his end to them and the directors. An
open verdict was returned.
Samuel Oliver, a van driver, was charged at the
Stratford Petty Sessions on Saturday, with having
caused the death of an old man named Frederick
Smith, on Bank Holiday last, by running over him
while driving a mineral water van. Evidence having
been given, it was stated that the Treasury would Con-
duct the prosecution, and the prisoner was ccmmitted
for trial at the Central Criminal Court, bail being
refused.
A meeting of landowners in county Limerick was
held at Limerick on Saturday with reference to the
Land Bill. Lord Monteagle presided, and, after some
conversation a resolution was adopted asking the
Ministry as they were reducing the rentals of the Irish
landlords by the contemplated measure to make pro.
vision for lightening the burden of landowners in that
county by relieving them of a portion of the claims for
mortgages, tithe rent and charges, and other incum-
brances on the land. _ _

Captain Plunkett, divisional magistrate for the son, h
of Ireland, has acceeded to the application of Mr.
Hobson, sub-sheriff of the county, for a protective
force to proceed to the evictions on the estate of the
O'Grady at Herbertstown.
Samuel Stephenson, aged 28 years, employed as
porter on the London and North-Western Railway
at Warrington, was creasing the line on Saturday,
when he was knocked down by a train, and received
such severe injuries that he died almost immediately.
Sir Robert Loder, Bart., has ordered the recasting of
the belle, and the addition of two to complete the peal
in the parish church of Whittleburg, in the com-
m moration of the Jubilee. About 15tt. will be added
to the tower to give it the requisite heigha
The Devonport magistrates on Saturday committe 1
for trial Ellen Hayes, one of the head nurses at the
military hospital, on the charge of inflicting grievous
bodily harm upon Edward Poynter, corporal of the
medical staff. The alleged outrage occurred two
months ago, but the prosecutor had been too ill pre-
viously to attend, his life for some time being despaired
of. He had been keeping company with the defendant,
and she, becoming jealous, invited him into her room,
and is stated to have thrown a basin full of:vitriol in his
face. He appeared in court terribly disfigured, his
head encased in bandages. The prisoner fainted twice
during the hearing.
News has been received at Kendal of an explosion at
a tunnel at the Rise, near Ambleside, where works in
connection with the Thirlmere Waterworks of the
Manchester Corporation is being carried out. A man
named John Blenkhorn had an arm broken and his
face badly disfigured.
An extensive fire broke out early on Saturday
morning at the straw hat manufactory of Mr. F. M.
Wills, Luton. About half-past twelve a servant girl in
an adjoining house saw flames issuing from a workroom
at the rear of the premises and raised an alarm. A
number of boxes were stored in the gateway entranee,
and when these caught fire the conflugration rapidly
spread, and all attempts to subdni it were fruitless. The
premises were entirely gutted, leaving only the front
wall standing. The damage, which is estimated at
about £4OOO, is stated to be half covered by insurance.
At 0.30 the following morning the Fire Brigade were
still playing on the ruins, and their efforts had pre-
vented the spread of the fire to surrounding factories.
The Bishop of Salisbury has written a letter in which
he says: "As regards candidates for election to Par-
liament, electors should not hesitate to ask them such
questions as the following—(1) Will you resist any
motion which directly or indirectly leads to the
disestablishment of the Church of England? (2) Will
you support any bill in Parliament for the benefit of
the Church and • the promotion of religion in the
country that has the sanction of the Convocation of
the Province of Canterbury and of the House of Lay-
men?"
The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon is quite restored to health
and vigour. He officiated on Sunday morning and
evening at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington-
butts, London, the congregation on each occasion being
a crowded one.
Mrs. Ann Thomas, who died at Plymouth, her birth-
place, a few d lye ago, in her 79th year, was the widow
of Serjeant Thomas, a well known advocate, who was
concerned in the defences of Frost,
Williams, and
Jones, the Newport insurgents. When the Serjeants'
Inn dissolved Mrs. Thomas was presented with £6OO as
the widow of a serjeant, of which mention is made by
Serjeant Ballantine in his " Reminiscences." Until
within a few weeks of her death she was a contributor
to literary journals on questions of technical interest,
and was meditating notes on the various editions of
Burns's poems, which she considered Englished and
corrupted. Serjeant Thomas was the last of his family,
as she was the last of hers. She leaves three sons—
one a solicitor and author, one at the Bar, and one a
painter and an exhibitor in the Royal Academy,
A Renter's telegram from New York announces the
death of Professor Spencer F. Baird, head of the
Smithsonian Institute and of the United States Fish
Commission.

- The following gentlemen who competed at the exami-
nation recently held at Burlington House for appoint-
ment as surgeon in the Royal Navy have been granted
commissions: James Bradley, George Hewlett, Geo.
Alex. Waters, William G. Stott, O. S. Woodright,
Michael O'Brien, Jonathan Shand, William A. White.
legge.

-The court of inquiry held at Keyham into the cause
of the breakdown of the machinery of the Amphion,
Cruier, during the recent operations, has resulted in
Mr. Ramsay, the staff•engineer of the ship, and the
the whole engine.room staff being exonerated from
blame. The court held that the accident was one for
Which no one on board could be held responsible.
On Saturday the result of the exhaustive inquiries
made by the police authorities in connection with the
finding of the human remains in a jar buried. in West.
Nuare, Southwark, a few days since was made known.
It , ppearB that about five years ago a medical student
occupied apartments in one of the houses in West.
square, where he studied. His landlady, who still lives
in the same house, has a distinct recollection of the
student handing a jar to the then keeper and gardener
(since deceased) to bury, at the s 'me time remunerat-
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found as the one in question. Mr. Langham, the
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—Admiral Lord John Hay, Naval Commander-in-Chief
at Devonport, on Saturday promulgated amongst all
the flag officers, captains, and commanding officers of
the ships under his command at Devonport a
memorandum in which he says: "The Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty have directed me to
acquaint all officers in command of squadrons and all
oth era mid men who were engaged in the late opera-
t•ons that their lordships most iully recognise and
appreciate the zeal, energy, and resource which have
been displayed during the whole of the operations, and
feel hssared that much prictical experience of great
value to the naval service has been the result of the
very satisfactory mantra in which the whole of the
work in connection with these °mations hes bee 4
carried out by all engaged."

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1887.

The Manchester county justice' on Monday re•
manded William Beasley, labourer, on a charge of
attempting to murder his sister and an old gentleman
named Thomas Brook. The prisoner attacked his
sister with a butcher's cleaver, and when Brook inters
feted, he turned on him and struck him several violent
bows on the head. Brook's life was for some time
despaired of, and the doctors are afraid of a relapse.
Beasley is said to be mad.
The Liverpool police visited a house in Gill•street on
Monday, and after a desperate struggle with the
occupant, a powerful man, named Heavyside, they
overpowered him and captured a complete plant for
Inanufacturing base coin, also some base florins in
process of manufacture. A woman was also arrested,
charged with passing spurious coin. Both prisoners
were taken before the magistrate and remanded.
A disastrous explosion occurred on Monday morning
at the mills of the Junction Spinning Company, near
Oldham. At a quarter•past six o'clock a loud report
from the boiler-house was heard, and it was discovered
immediately afterwards to be a total wreck. The
force of the explosion blew out the windows of an
adjoining mill, throwing a heavy piece of iron into a
third storey. The connections of the boiler with the
engines and flues were also destroyed. A fireman was
injured by falling debris, but not seriously.
Charles Rupert Budworth, cabinet maker, was
charged at Leicester on Monday with causing the
death of his wife on the 3rd inst. The pair went to
Manchester by an excursion, and returned home early
the next morning. A few hours afterwards the sister
of the deceased found her in bed with severe injuries
about the head and face. She said the prisoner had
beaten her, but he denied it. The woman lingered
till Sunday, and then died. The prisoner was red
manded.

Mr. Archibald Gloog, of London, died in f!,e publio
swimming baths at Dunfermline on Monday.
He had walked with a younger brother from North
Queensferry, and on plunging into the water we's
seized with syncope, which proved fatal in a few
minutes. The deceased, who was 19 years of age was
the son of Major• General Gloog, late of the Royal
Ariillery, and now staying at North Queensferry.
John Kerley, employed in the boiler shop at Keyham,
Devonvort, met with a terrible death on Monday
evening. About five o'clock he was engaged in working
a heavy travelling crane, which was erected about 20
feet from the ground, and used in transporting heavy
goods from one part of the shop to the other. How
the accident occurred was not at first known Almost
the first intimation his comrades had of it was the
ghastly spectacle of his head rolling on the ground.
His clothes had become entangled in the revolving
shaft, which carried him up into the air, and then flung
him with awful force on to the sharp edge of the iron
platform, thereby severing the head from his body. An
arm was also torn away. As soon as possible the
maehinery was stopped, and the mangled remains were
removed to the mortuary. The deco sad as 45 years
of age, and leaves a wife and four children.
Edward Stephen Harris, School Attendance Officer
under the Bromley Local Board of Health, was on
Monday summoned by the Inland Revenue Com-
missioners, at the Brom'ey Petty Sessions, fo: keeping
a carriage without a license. Mr. Barham attended in
support of the summons, and said the defendant had a
light spring cart in which he paid his visits, and
which should be licensed, not being used wholly for
the conveyance of merchandise. The defendant said
it was the duty of the Inland Revenue Commissioners
to-prove that it was his cart; but Ur. Waring (the
chairman of the Bench) said it was his duty to prove
that it was not; the Bench had no doubt of his
liability. He was liable to a fine of £2O, but under the
circumstances he would only be fined l Om. and 9e. costs.
The defendant said now he was satisfied he was liable
he would take out a license.

Four lads between the ages of nine and 15 were
charged, at the Liverpool Police•court, on Monday,
with stealing chocolate from the Automatic Sweetmeat
machines placed at the Exchange Railway Station. A
detective officer employed by the Lancashire and York •
shire Railway Company watched the lads, and found
them obtaining a number of packets of chocolate by
putting into the machine pieces of lead and cardboard
Instead of pennies. The magistrate rematked that
the machines in question offered a great temptation to
youths, which it was a pity should be put in their way.
The prisoners would be discharged upon their giving a
promise not to offend again. The undertaking, of course,
was at once forthcoming.
The Board of Trade have awarded their silver medal
for gallantry in saving life at isea to Mr. William Reid,
chief officer of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's
steamship Santa Rosa, in recognition of his services in
saving, at the risk of his own, the life of a Chinaman
who jumped overboard from that vessel in a state of
frenzy, in Callao Bay, on April 18, 1887, and in
attempting to save the life of the boatswain of the
vessel, who jumped overboard and wan drowned off the
port of (lama, on June 5, 1887.
At the Viceregal Lodge, on Monday afternoon, the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland conferred the honour of
knighthood on the following gentlemen: Mr. James
Hamlett, Mayor of Belfast; Mr. Thomas Leaky, Mayor
of Londonderry Alderman George Moyers and Alder-
man Henry Cochrane, of Dublin • Mr. James Spaight,
Limerick; Mr. Patrick Maxwell, President of the
Incorporated Law Society; Mr. Robert Herron, Chair.
man of the Kingstown Township Commissioners; and
Mr Howard Grubb, telescope manufacturer. His Ex—
cellency afterwards entertained the new knights at
luncheon.

BJore the Deputy-Judge of the Lord Mayor of
London's court on Monday, a case was heard in which
a Uity solicitor sought to recover from a married lady
the sum of fifteen guineas, being the amount of a bill
of costs incurred by her husband, which she had
guaranteed to pay. The question turned an whether
the defendant had a separate estate which could
be levied against. In the resul the plaintiff was non-
. suited.

Charles Glover, an omnibus conductor, appeared at
Bo w •street Policeotrt, on Monday, in answer to a
summons charging him with refusing to convey a
woi king man in the omnibus of which he was in charge.
The plea raised by the defence was that the complain.
ant was attired in dirty clothing, but this wars
contradicted by the evidence, and the magistrate
imposed a fine of a shilling.
It is announced officially that the Emperor William
continues to improve in health.
According to a telegram from Cairo petroleum has
been found at the works at Djemseh in sufficient
quantities to give hopes of good results being obtained.
To celebrate the annual festival of the Catholic
Total Abstinence League of the Cross, which was
founded by Cardinal Manning sixteen years ago 31,000
persons asgembled at the Crystal Palace on Monday.
His eminence delivered an address, and a children's
concert followed.
On Monday morning the German Crown Princess
crossed over from Osborne, in the Royal yacht Alberta,
to pay a visit to the Sailors' Rest, Portsmouth. Her
Royal and Imperial Highness, who was accompanied
by Princess Victoria of Prussia, Countess Perponcher,
Count Seckendortf, and Lieutenant P. Tillard, was
received by Miss Weston and Miss Wintz, and in-
spected the institution, expressing great satisfaction
with everything that came under her notice. The
Crown Princess intimated her intention to endow a
cabin in perpetuity, as a momento of her visit, and
also promised to aid Miss Weston in her work at
Devonport.
The Spanish Mission to the Moorish Court returnep
to Tangiers on Saturday from Rabat on board the
Spanish ironclad Navarra. The Spanish Minister will
immediately proceed to Madrid to report upon the
result of the mission to his Government.
The Portuguese Council of State on S tturday
submitted for the King's approval the laws last voted
by the Cortes, including the financial measures by
which the Government hopes to reduce the expenditure
and to increase the revenue of the country to the
extent of 20,000,0 francs These measures are the
tobacco monopoly, the new Customs' tariff, the esta-
blishment of a bank for the issue of notes, the conver-
sion of the 3 pet cent. Exterior Debt, and a reformed
system of collecting the direct taxes.