The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-10 00:00:00

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NOTHING NEW UNDER THE Sew ! —The Paris
Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says :-
Irt j to learn, by a paper called L'Eehe fill hs Fronti,re,
that tie stql live in an age of miracles, and also that there
is a remedy against that dire dinette, cholera, more elicit-
cilia thin any in the pharmacoprels. At Valenciennes a
young girl was In the agony of death from cholera, when
amie nuns covered her with a cloak taken from the back of
the statue of Notre D., me IN Saint Cordon. Sue r. crerwl
btfore those holy altirm CqUid have said "halt Robins, u,"
, had thy wished—which is unlikely—to do to. They at GIICO
cut up the cloak, and selling it tor "charms," realised it
Mom onto profit for the convent. Again, Moronism-Ur de
Mem.. Bishopof Ilyttlent—inpartibus—lately contirme,l it
girl who was entlrey paralysed. Tae lost day the girl was
quite nell! Well, there is ...thing new under the sun. I
rrm,inher im old woman In E,ses who applied for a second
.confirm ition, oil the ground that she had heard It was ;Mod
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TALLY, Ho !—As Congresses are now all the
fowhion, the Cowkeepers propose to hold one at an
early date in the Pump Room, Bath. It will be known,
nor Social History as the Milk Diet. —Punch.

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PUSHING ON VIGOROUSLY !—The Brazilian ad
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vices regarding the late repulse sustained in the Para
guayan war are less diacouraging than wits to have
been apprehended from the first telegrams received.
Instead of 0,000 killed and wounded the total V! &I
3,701, of whom about half were Brazilian and half
Argentine. The Ines in the fleet was but one killed
and twenty wounded, and instead of three ironclads
having barn sunk the result was that only two were
damaged, and that these were able to withdraw. The
miscarriage on this ocesaion seems to have been fol-
lowed I.y no abatement of determination on the part
of he allies. About a thousand fresh troops had just
been despatdhed from. Rio, and the conscription and
enlistments were being pushed forward vigorously. A
levy of 1,600 marines had also been ordered, and two
itonclads were fitting out with all haste.

A ROMANTIC &MIT. —The following strange
story is going the round of the Paris journals:—
NI. ee R , having acquired a fortune in business,
retire:: to • handsome property he po it near Fontaine-
bl,au. Soon after, his daughter Julle, 21 years of age, was
a-boil in marriage by • gentleman of the neighbourhood,
and in suite of her opposition and avowed repugnance, the
seedling took place. In the eventug the bride was missed
and the result if the researches made was ouly to find that
the get oni's man, who had be-it • friend of the young laly:s
front ham., hut likewise disappeared. The father, like
every one else, believed in as elopement, and all the usual
means were employed to trace the fugitives, but MISUCCPS3,
fully. This occurred five years ego, an I M. de R— harm."
lately purchased some adjob tug property on which was a
quarry long out of nee, set some men to work, who found at'
the bottom of an old excavation two skeleton., which froth'
the remains of the clothe. and the jewels were recognised as
the missing bride and her lover.
Gr.,l ACCIDENT.—A sad accident occurred in
the woods near Itovingham, nine miles north of
Mahon, on Monday. Mr. T. Embank, sou of Mr.
Ewbank, of Ditlby-hall, after seeing his father off by
train at Hoviughain, returned with a groom to shoot
rabbits in the wixvis. After two or three shots Mr.
Embank handed the loaded gun to the groom, and in
to doing the piece wax accidentally discharged, the
contents entering Mr. Ewbank's chest. Being in the
woods, some time elapsed before he could be conveyed
home. The injuries are stated to be of so serious a
nature that a fatal termination is anticipated.
TIIE EXPENSE OF EIACrION COMMISSIONS.—
The reports, with the evidence taken before, the eled.
tion commissions, will be shortly furnished to the go-
vernment and laid before parliament for consideratiun.
Some idea of the expease may be gathered from former
royal commissions to inquice into alleged corrupt
practices at elections. Sum leiS2 there have been
ten commissions, and the expense, exclusive of la*
costa on prosecutions was 2,4,46 G/. Gs. GI., made rip if
three sums-12,1111. Ilie. Id., as "general expenses"
3,4153 f. its. 31. for " shorthand writing ; " and
5,591/. Os. itl. for "printing and stationery." It ap-
pears that there were eight prosecutions, and the costs
incurred amounted to 4,95 V. 3s, 4.1. A nulle
was entered in each case.

EMIGRATION FROM THE MINING ThsTiticrs.—
Last year a large number of Welsh colliers and miners
left South Wales for the United States, and the
exodus at one time threatened to become so general
as to cause serious apprehension at the iron and coal
works that there would soon be a great scarcity of
hands. Warnings were addressed to the men at the
time, and incontestable evidence was adduced
showing that the specious representations of in-
terested emigration agents were far from being borne
out by facts ; but this had little effect in checking
the movement. The drain was so great in particular
localities that many of the collieries had to go on
short time. At last, however, a decided ...bange has
henn brought about, a number of emigrants having
returned, and their account df the pdsition of the
miner in the United States is by no means flattering.
It is true that wages are about 20 per cent, higher on
the average; but, on the other hand, the cost of the
neaessaries of fife and other requisitiee is far in excess,
and in reality the c illier is better off in this 'country.
;Thels facts have had considerable influence on the
miners of the Smith Wales district, and many that
had expressed their intention of emigrating next
spring have already determined to remain in their
present employment.
Tog. TEMPORAL POWER OF THE Porz.—M.
Erdan, the well-informed correspondent of the Temps
at Florence, confirms the report that an arrangement
is contemplated by which the various Pi Avers are to
guarantee to the Pope a small portion of the territory
which he still retains. Ile says :—" A great many
people are convinced, and the Roman (revolutionary)
Committee and the Italian Government allying other.,
that the only practical settlement of the difficulty is
to leave the Pope the absolute sovereignty over the
Leonine City, and a strip of territory, excluding
Civita Vecchia, but including the port of Palo.
According to this plan all that Part of Rome on the
left bank of the 1.11)Yr and the Tristevere, as
far as the gate of Fort° Santo Spirito, would become
exclusively Italian. The Leonine City is walled in,
and the Pope could thus feel himself at home.

MEDICAL—A Sculptor friend, who has strd-
bismus, consoles himself with the thought that he can
always keep his profession in view through having a
cast to his eye. —Punch.
THIS JEWS AND THE FRIINCH INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION.—" The Rabbis of Europe,' says the Ga-
zette de Fraser, "are to assemble in a great council in
Paris next year, in order that the Sanhedrim may take
place in conjunction with the Universal Exhibition.
l'he central Jewish Committee of Paris has taken the
initiative of the meeting, which will be especially called
upon to decide the following questions l'he abolition
of the prohibition uf certain articles, of food; the sup-
pression of the polygamy which exists among the Jews
in Algeria; and the recognition of female children as
equally qualified to inherit, in that country, with males.
The French Government in said to be very anxious for
the realisation of the Reforms relating to the African
colony, as there are in Algeria 40,000 Jewish families
composed of industriouli people, who are not suoject
to the general laws of the civil code."

RUMOURED DIETURBANCtS IN AMERICA.—The
Arcw York Tribune makes the following announce.
flout:—

--Int; Startling report that the rebels of New Orleans intend
a massacre of Union citizen., November 1, eeems improbable
—but the premeditated massacre hi July entitlee the rumour
to serious investigation.
A despatch from New Orleans says :
The Louisiana Radicals are fearfully alarmed by the dis-
covery by detectives of about 5,000 stands of arms and four
pit ces of artitery, which they claim, belong to the reed
associations, but which in reality are the property of the
Knight. of Amnia, who are believed to he fitting pt an
expedition. Lieutenant Harding, of pirate Shenandoah
notoriety, left New York In the Evening Star for tide per ,
with others, to complete the arrangements tor sailing, but as
he went down in the ill-fated venal, It la probable teat the
expedition will be delayed.
WITHOUT TEE MEANS !—When the Irish priest
rebuked his parishioner for drunkenness, agui toll him
that "whenever he entered an ale house ho drink, his
guardian angel stood weeping at the door,"—" And if
he had sixpence he'd be in bin:welt," was Pat's reply.—
"Cornelius O'Dowd " in Blackirood's Magaelts for
November. ;
A FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE.—A distressing ease of
suicide hail taken place at St. Ann's Well-road,
Nottingham. The victim of this rash act was a young
man named Baker, a clerk in the office of a solicitor.
Decefteed was twenty-five years old, and on Tuesday
morning his wife sent one of the childgen ultefaire to
ask if her husband would have a bloater for breakfast.
The child returned with an answer in the affirmative,
and shortly afterwards deceased's wife sent him up some
warm water to shave. Mrs. Baker was alarmed a
few seconds afterwards by the screams of her daughter.
She rushed upsta& and saw tier husband leaning half-
dressed upon the bed, covered with blood. A pistol
was near him. Mrs. Baker immediately procured a
neighbour's assistance, but he was quite dead. He
had shot himself in the head, but strange to say,
neither his wife nor children, nor the neighbours had
heard the report of firearms. He was a young man
of good character, and greatly respected, and no
cause has been assigned for the conainittal of the
rub act,
BRIGANDAGE IN IxAmr.—Brigandage still exists
in the Abruzzi and Calabria. There are hopes that
the appointinent of General Pallavicini to the com-
mand of second of those provinces will improve the
situation. A few days back M. Mancini, the celebrated
advocate and deputy, with M. de /introit, agent of
Prince Torlonia, narrowly escaped being captured,
while returning from Lake Fticino, the propertyof the
Prince, by the inhabitants, leagued with the Fuoco
band. According to an official return embracinii the
period betwen July 1 and October 24,35 brigands have
been killed, 76 captured, and 146 have surrendered
voluntarily; thus reducing the number of thsbajocial
pests by a total of 257.

M. DICICZNB' " Doz."— The death of Mr.
Augustus Dickens, the brother of the great novelist,
occurred at Chicago on the 254 of Octiber. Mr.
Dickens was the younger brother of Charles Dicker.,
the illustrious author--the " pet child," whom the
latter more than once alludes to with a peculiar ten.
dernew in his prefaces as the one from whom he derived
the sobriquet of Boz," a name famous in literaturn.,
In his preface to the Sketches, Charles relates how he
came to adopt the name of " Boz," which was a
familiar nickname given in childhood to this younger
brother; and again, in a recent edition of the Pickwick
Papers, he recurs to the subject. " Bog,' my signature
in the Morning Chronicle, appended to the monthly