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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

THE HOUSE OF ORANGE.

By the death of Prince Frederick of the Nether-
lands, uncle of King William 111., which took place
at the Hague on the Bth inst., the reigning sovereign
of Holland and his only surviving son are the sole re-
maining representatives in the male line of the ancient
House of Orange. _ _

The deceased Prince Frederick, who was a field-
marshal in the Dutch Army, was the second son of
William 1., the first King of the Netherlands who
was proclaimed at the Hague on March 16, 1815,
and abdicated the throne in 1840. He was born on
February 28, 1797, and was therefore in his 85th
year.
Prince Frederick married, on May 21, 1825, the
Princess Louise, daughter of King Friedrich Wil•
helm 111. of Prussia, .and sister of the present Ger-
man Emperor, but was left a widower by his wife's
death on Dec. 6, 1870. The issue of this union was
two daughters, the elder of whom, Louise, became the
wife of Carl XV., King of Sweden and Norway, their
only child, the Princess Lowisa, being married to the
Crown Prince of Denmark. Queen Louise is de-
ceased, Prince Frederick's only surviving daughter
being Marie' who was born on July 5, 1841, and
married, on July 18, 1871, to Prince Wilhelm von
Vied, a lieut.-colonel in the Prussian Army.

,
The probable extinction of the House of Orange at
no distant date is likely to become a matter of the
highest political importance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

THREE MEN NEARLY CARRIED OVE

NIAGARA FALLS.
The Detroit Free Press gives the following account of the
narrow escape of three men from being carried over the
Falls of Niagara :
John Lehman and his son and John Greenwood, all
of Chippewa, Ont., a village a short distance from the
falls, crossed the river in the morning to visit some
friends on the American side. The two Lehmans were
in one boat and Greenwood in the other. They set
out just before dusk to return home, and pushed their
boats into the stream, hardly more than a mile above
the falls. It was an exceedingly foolhardy thing to
do, but they were familiar with the river, and thought
they could play with the rapids without being hurt.
They were not more than half-way across when the
river became covered with a thick fog, and the men
lost each other. It was impossible for them to guide
themselves in the darkness and mist, and they
began to shout for help. Their cries were
heard on shore, but nobody eared to venture
into the stream to run the chance of find.
ing them or of being hurried oyez the falls.
Their cries, however, were answered and the
whole town turned out to try and rescue them. The
church bells were rung and the large bell on the tan.
nery to direct the imperilled men which way to head
theii4 little crafts, but the roar of the falls drowned
every other sound, and the boats were meanwhtle
drifting rapidly towards the edge. Greenwood had a
small anchor attached to a long line in his boat, and
he threw it out. The anchor by great good luck took
hold of a rock and his progress was stopped. The
Lehmans drifted down to within half a mile of the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

GENERAL NEWS.

ILLNESS OF THE LORD
CHANCELLOR.

The Press Association understands that
the health of the Lord Chancellor is far from
satisfactory. His Lordship, who is staying
at Blackmoor, his country seat, in Hants,
was, on Thursday to have attended a meet-
ing at Petersfield, but at the last moment a
letter was received stating his inability to be
present in consequence of illness.

MILITARY DISPLAY AT ALDERSHOT.

Yesterday a grand military display, pro-
bably the last of the season, came off in the
Long Valley, Aldershot, The weather was
fine, and a large number of spectators were
present. The trotting and cantering of the
Horse Artillery and Cavalry, and the per-
formance of the sword exercise by the latter
advancing and retiring, presented a brilliant
spectacle. There were on parade about
10,000 men, 1,600 horses, and 50 guns.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.

A violent shock of earthquake, causing loss of life
and damage to property, was felt at eight o'clock on
Saturday morning over a considerable extent of ter-
ritory in the Abruzzi. At Chieti several buildings
were damaged, and the population, in fright, fled
from their houses. At Castel Frentano a great num-
ber of persons were hurt and many houses were
seriously damaged. At Lanciano two persons were
killed by the fall of a chimney. At Orsogna one
person was killed and several were injured. At
Atessa the church of Santa Giustina was seriously
damaged and at Pescara, where the shock was very
severely felt, the famous cathedral and many houses
were injured.

EARTHQUAKES IN PERSIA.

TABREEZ, Sept. 12.—Over forty shocks of earth-
quake have been felt at Khoi between the 28th ult.
and yesterday. Some houses were destroyed, but no
lives have been lost. Most of the inhabitants have
left the town, and are encamped outside. The direc-
tion of the earthquakes was from north to south. The
shocks were accompanied by rumbling noises.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

PRESIDENT GARFIELD.

The following message was received by
the Americ an Minister yesterday morning
from Long Branch :—The President's con-
dition does not appear. to have undergone
any material change, all his symptoms con-
tinuing substantially the same, except that
the expectoration from the right lung has
been rather less difficult, and less profuse.
He is still very weak, and as this weakness
is due to the condition of the blood, while it
continues grave anxiety must- also continue.
(Signed) McNEAoa.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

A REMARKABLE CASE.

There is a young person of nineteen residing in a
village near Dieppe, who, if what an eye-witness
relates to a French contemporary be true, deserves
the attention her case has created among medical
men (says the Evening Stemlaird). The correspon-
dent of the Liberte writes that in the Commune of
Villengreville, there is a young woman upon whose
person are to be found all the marks borne by our
Saviour after the Crucifixion. Her feet, hands, side,
and forehead are pierced to the depth of two centi-
metres, and round her head are to be seen the
traces of the crown of thorns. The wounds
bleed from every Thursday evening until three o'clock
on Friday, and during this period she suffers apparently
intense agony. Immediately after three o'clock has
struck, however, she experiences no further suffering,
but rises, goes about her work, and is as well as usual,
although the marks on her person remain. The
phenomenon was observable for the first time last
Whit-Sunday, and, in addition to this peculiarity,
since the 14th of July she has taken neither food
nor drink, not being able to swallow even a drop
of water when put to her lips. The correspond-
ent of the Libert6 says that he can vouch for
the existence of the marks from his own
observation, and with regard to her keeping not only
alive, but in good health without any sustenance what-
ever, the doctors have determined to ascertain whether
her fasting capabilities are genuine or not. She is to
be shut up in a room during three weeks, and a strict
watch kept over her night and day, in order to find
out whether she does not take nourishment surrepti-
tiously. The young girl is described as presenting
nothing extraordinary either in her manner or in-
telligence being a robust, average, country lass, with
no marked predilection for religion.

A HINT TO ENGLAND.
"The number of young ladies receiving University degrees
In France is increasing every year."—Standard.
We're hard upon Women in truth we must say,
For where can a lady here get an M.A. ?
She may take to study, show excellent parts,
Be sine dipZoma a Mistress of Arts;
So, why we deny her the name and degree
'Tis certainly not very easy to see.
The paragraph quoted will show at a glance
This is one of the things managed better in France.
—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

SALES BY AUCTION.

HARVINOTON STOCK SALE,
WEDNESDAY NEXT, SEPT EIMER, 21st, 18SL
ENTRIE S SOLICITED.
H. KING, Auctioneer,. Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

DEPARTURE OF KING KALAKUA..

King Kalakua sailed from Liverpool for New York
on Tuesday in the White Star steamship C4/tic. The
Mayor drove down to the landing-stage to bid adieu
to the King, who said he was much gratified with his
reception in Liverpool.
Among others who took leave of his Majesty on
board the Celtic was the Right Rev. Dr. Staley, for
nearly ten years bishop of the Sandwich Islands (1801.-
70), during which period Kalakua, the highest chief in
the kingdom, was intimately associated with the
bishop in planting a branch of the Church of England
in the tslanis. Kalakua was its most distinguished
lay member, grudging neither labour nor means in his
devotion to the Church, in which he was confirmed
and married by Bishop Staley.
On board the Celtic the King has had set apart for
him the captain's room as a sitting room and his
sleeping apartment is the first state room forward of
the saloon. The steamer is expected to reach New
York on Friday in next week. King Kalakua will
probably stay a week in that city, ana will then pro-
ceed by the Union Pacific Railroad, and home yid
San Francisco.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

IN TEM MIDLAND COUNTIES

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS.

In a circular respecting school savings banks Mr.
A. T. Corry, of the Education Department, observes
i
that wherever the experiment has been tried n a judi-
cious, business-like, and kindly spirit, these institu-
tions have proved very successful in inculcating thrifty
habits among the young. In the single town of Ghent,
after a six years' trial, no fewer than 13,032 scholars
in the elementary schools, out of a total of 15,392,
i
were found to have money n the banks. It appeared
that there had been a steady increase during the whole
period until the total savings had reached the sum
equivalent to £18,522, showing an average of 288. for
each juvenile depositor. In France the system is
stated to be rapidly extending, and instances of con.
siderable success in England are also cited. "These
results (Mr. Corry adds) have been achieved without
the pressure of any authority, and mainly by the
voluntary exertions of the friends and managers of
schools, and the intelligent co-operation of the
teachers."

The estimate of the cotton crop in the United
States vary, but the lowest represent the yield to be larger
than toli f,.r the last ten years, except that of last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

CO- OPERATIVE STORES in MELBOURNE.

The Melbourne correspondent of the Globe writes :
Money is cheap, and speculation is getting more and
more rife. Several new companies have been started,
amongst others a company for providing the public
with cheap clothing on the co-operative principle; an-
other for the purpose of forming a co-operative butchery ;
and a third for a co-operative bread store. Besides
this, we have a Mutual store, where you can buy
everything, from a scrubbing-brush up to a consign-
ment of English fish. This latter pays ten per cent.,
and its shares are at a premium. I may remark that
the English salmon is sold at 6s. per lb., and
numerous complaints are being made about the high
price. The fish, however, does not seem to lose
any of its flavour by the process of freezing,
and when it can be sold at a reasonable rate
in our markets, there is every reason to think
that it will be regularly looked to as an article
of daily consumption. Were I one of the British
public, I should in return demand that Australian
hares, whose name is legion, and might, from their
destructive qualities, be Apollyon, should be deli-
vered at a moderate price in England. In many parts
of Victoria they are as plentiful as rats, and are sold
at about the same price as a live rat to the proprietor
of a rat-pit. Everything seems to increase and mul-
tiply here exceedingly with the sole exception of
mankind. And yet the numerous families which you
see in all parts of the colony would seem to contradict
the official figures of the census. But it cannot be
too frequently repeated that the rate. of wages for
good working men is constant and unfailing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

CRICKET.

LA.WNESWOOD V ROCKS HILL SUNDAY ScnooLs.—
A match between these teams was played at Lawnes-
wood on Saturday last, and as will be seen from the
following score re,ulted in an easy victory for the
home team. For Lawneswood A. Conipson played
well for his 43 not out, and Newnam made 10.
The following is the score

LAWNESWOOD.
F. Cooper, c Patrick b Simpson ~.. 8
H. Corbett, rim out 0
D. Mason, run out
T. Newnam, c Skidmore, b Simpson 1
A. Compson, not out 43
S. Lowe, b Carpmail
J. Bridge, c Skidmore, b Simpson 1
J. Newnam 1. b. w. b Seymour 0
H. Grainger, b Carpmail 4
S. Newnam, c Price, b Carpmail... 10
S. Smart, c Skelding, b Carpmail 8
Byes
Leg byes 1

Total 82
ROCKS HILL SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
T. Skidmore, c Mason, b Bridge 1
J. Carpmail, cJ. Nowna,m, b Corbett 5
M. Price, thrown out Cooper 8
S. Simpson, cMason, b Corbett 1
J. Cooper c Smart b Corbett
J. Skelding, b Corbett
G. Simpson, b Corbett 2
M. Simpson at Mason, b Corbett 1
S. Smith, c Bridgo, b Cooper
J. Gibson, b Cooper
J. Pat rick, not out 0
Byes 2
Leg byes

T0ta1....., 26

BOWLING MATCH.

On Monday afternoon, a match et bcwles was
played on the green at the White Horse Inn, the
Heath, between the. White Horse Club, anal the
Rowley, which after a very pleasant game, resulted
in a win for the home team by 21. After the
match the two teams sat down to dinner in the
marqee, and a very convivial time was spent. The
following is the score :
White Horse. Rowley.
J. Lewis
W. Walker 2 Jukes
Cadwallander
P. Lewis .. 9 Parsons
Seagar
W. Packwood
H. Davis
A. Parkes
Hill 9 Cope
E. Stanley • 3 Crump

Total 76

Total 55

BIRTH.
SMITH.—On the 9th ult., the wife of B. Smith, o
a daughter.

The Old Established Shop
92, High.-St,.
STOTTRBRIDG-E.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

METHODIST CECUMENICAL

COUNCIL.

This Conference resumed its ninth sitting
this morning, the chair being occupied by
the Rev. Wm. Arthur, M.A. The topic for
the day was "Home Missions," on which on
essay was read by the Hon. John McDonald
of Toronto. He referred to the number of
outcasts that were thrown upon the world,
and suggested home missions as a means of
reaching them in order to stop their down-
ward course.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

MR. BRIGHT AND RECIPROCITY.

Mr. Bright has sent the following letter to a correspon-
dent, who asked whether we should, not adopt the system
of reciprocity in the case of France:—
"One Ash, Rochdale, Sept. 2, 1881.
" Sir,—l do not know what you mean by a system
of reciprocity; if you mean that we are only to trade
purely without duties at our ports with nations who
will do the same to us, then I am against reciprocity
as a stupid and impossible proposition.
"If you mean that we are to put on duties at our
ports with the notion that we shall compel other
nations to take off their duties, then I am against it,
from the conviction that such a plan must fail, as it
has done in all past time. For 30 years before our
free-trade times this plan was made use of and offered
to foreign ports, and it entirely failed, as it would
fail if again offered.
"If you begin to put on duties at our ports the
protectionists of all other nations would say we were
adopting their policy and admitting that our free-trade
policy was unsound, as we had repented and begun to
adopt theirs.
"The true course for England is to open her ports
as widely and completely as possible, whatsoever may
be the tariffs of other countries.
"I am, respectfully,
" JOHN BRIGHT."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

THE IMPORTATION OF CEREAL
PRODUCE.

We are now able to ascertain the extent of our im-
ports of cereal produce into the United Kingdom
during the agricultural year, viz., from September to
August inclusive (remarks Bell's Weekly Messenger).
During that period the imports were nearly 56,000,000
cwt., against 59,813,000 cwt. last season. A feature
in the return is that the imports from Russia have
declined from 4,820,758 cwt. in 1879-80, to 2,255,226
cwt. in 1880.1; while from British India they have
increased from 2,486,182 cwt. to 5,178,551. Australia
has also contributed the large quantity of 4,237,712
cwt.

From Germany, the exports have fallen from
2,386,690 cwt. to 689,808 cwt., but the importations
from the United States have not varied materially
as far as wheat is concerned, the total being 37,662,181
cwt., against 38,138,730 cwt. That country has, how-
ever, sent us about one million cwt., more flour—viz.,
8,198,628 cwt., against 7,026,966 cwt. in 1879.80.
The total value of our importations of cereal pro-
duce during the season is estimated to have been
£61,083,500, against £65,701,000 in 1879-80.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

BALLOON SIGNALLING.

The Times has published the following letter from Mr.
Henry Coxwell, Tottenham :
Sir,—During the past week experiments on this sub-
ject at the Crystal Palace have been frequent and suc-
cessful. The twin balloons have ascended in the
vicinity of the north tower, hovering around and
above that conspicuous building at an altitude more
or less than 500 ft.
The relative position of the respective balloons, and
the signification of their forms colour, and dimensions
will be explained during the forthcoming public illus-
trations. My present object is to rescue ballooning
from the imputation that it is not susceptible of useful
application.
I hope to demonstrate that whenever telegraphic com-
munication by wire is interrupted by accident or
design, and also when the heliograph is rendered in-
active for want of sunshine, there yet remains the
auxiliary aerial appliance, which in experienced hands
may be made to do good service, and which, to my
thinking, might have aided military science during the
war in South Africa in preventing regrettable dis-
asters.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

THE STOPPAGE OF COTTON MILLS

IN LANCASHIRE.

The secretary to the Cotton Spinners'
Association report this morning that there
seems to be a growing inclination to close
their mills on the part of the spinners and
manufacturers with the object of defeating
the cotton corner, and promises to stop are
continually being received from the outside
districts. It is estimated. that, so far as the
users of American cotton are concerned—
this being the cotton which is cornered—
about seven-eighths have stopped already, or
on the point of stopping. The effect of
stoppage, the secretary reports, has already
been felt in the market, which is described
as very "flabby," the actual sale on Thurs-
day being at a decline of one-sixteenth to
to one-eighth of a penny as compared with
a day or two previously. The brokers
offices are now crowded with samples.
Many firms have written to the committee,
suggesting that a week's stoppage will not
be sufficient, and volunteering to keep
holiday for a longer period; some of them
even offering to stop for a*month.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

FARMING EMERGENCIES.

The present harvest-time has been one in which
farmers may, in some districts at least, have learnt s
lesson likely to be very useful to them in the future
(says the Globe). It has been one in which a skilful
organisation of labour has here and there effected im-
mense saving of crops, whereas in other places the corn
has lain rotting in the fields, although by the exercise
of more prudence and energy much might have been
rescued from the pitiless rain, Never, probably, in
the history of agriculture was there a year in which
the alternations of fair and fine weather demanded
such vigilance and promptitude of action on the
part of the corn-grower and never has success de-
pended more entirely upon what may be called
strategical skill in the marshalling of labourers at the
right moment. Time after time when the prospects of
the harvest looked desperate, has come a bout of really
fine weather lasting some two or three days and nights,
and the desponding agriculturist has taken heart again,
and thought once more of harnessing his horses to the
carrying waggons. In those cases where the thought has
been quickly followed by action, whole fields have been
safely carried and securely covered in with thatch-
ing or lodged under shelter of some kind. Occa-
sionally the needful work has gone on late in the
evening or night, and the cultivator has made hay or
gathered in wheat or oats, as the case may be, not
only while the sun shone, but under the friendly light
of the harvest moon, But in too many instances the
golden moment has been wasted. A continuance of
fine weather has been too rashly counted upon,
and the storms renewing their vigour, have spoiled
the sheaves which, a few hours before, might have
been garnered in. It is only fair to the farmer to say
that in many of these cases he has been unable to act
upon his own judgment. He has seen the weather-
glass falling, and feared a fresh downpour on the
morrow, and yet has been helpless, owing to the im-
possibility of getting labourers to act. Almost the
only cases where a farmer can struggle with any
activity against an adverse season are those in which
he is lucky enough to have a good large family of able-
bodied sons ready to back him up with all their
force.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

A NEW USE FOR THE TREAD-MILL.

The Evening Standard remarks :—" When Sir
William Thomson was enumerating the various powers
of winds, tides, and waterfalls which could be pressed
into useful service by being made to accumulate elec-
tricity to be stored up and used when wanted, he seems
to have omitted one power, to which, however, atten-
tion has now been drawn. Why,' we are asked,
should not the power of the tread-mill, which is now
utterly wasted, be made to generate electricity to be
stored in accumulators and used, in the first instance,
for lighting and heating the prison V The author of the
idea seems to have a rather extended notion of the
amount of work to be done by the treadmill, for he
speaks of a possible surplus of power to be used in the
neighbourhood, or, still better, by the Post Office.
The Telegraph Department uses a good deal of elec-
tricity, and obtains it from batteries supplied
with acids and metals. The utilisation of any
waste convict labour for supplying power to our
telegraphs seems a rather good idea, if it will
bear economical investigation. The treadmill is
not the only appliance by which labour could be
utilised for achieving the same end. Theoretically,
we believe, a horse power is reckoned at three-man
power or thereabouts, and if so it should not be a very
terrible task for a healthy man to charge one of the
Inindred and fifty pound accumulators, one of this
size being capable of storing the equivalent of one-
horse power for an hour. but is there not another
side to this question of utilising ths treadmill work?
Was not the mill at one time made to grind the
prison flour, and did it not appear that the moment
the labour was found to be useful it ceased to be
penal? The theory certainly has been not only
propounded, but acted upon, that hard labour to
be really a punishment to the criminal must
be as useless if not as violent as a flogging, and that
the model of such punishments was that which set a
man to pile up heavy shot into a pyramid at one end
of a gallery, simply in order to take them down and
pile them into another pyramid at the other end of
the gallery. The question is one to be decided by ex-
perience of practical results rather than on paper.
When the results of particular systems of punishment
are known, we can say whether or no they answer our
expectations."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

THE BUSLI FIRES IN CANADA.

A Renter's telegram, dated Toronto, Sept. 13, says
that bush fires are still raging in the northern and
north-western districts of Ontario. Great damage
has been done in the vicinity of Owen Sound, Parry
Sound, Gravenhurst, Otterville, Stratford, Eden
Mills, Burton, and Zurich, and it is said that timber
to the amount of about 1,000,000 dols. has been de.
stroyed in the Parry Sound district.

The August returns of the gross earnings of 45 rail-
way companies in the United States are 19,871,781 dols.,
or an increase of 3,712,038 dols. over the earnings of August.
1880.
Mr. Gladstone arsived at Hawarden Castle from
town on Saturday evening, having been preceded a few
hours by Mrs. and Miss Gladstone. The Premier travelled
from Euston by the afternoon express, arriving at Chester at
half-past seven. On alighting at Chester, the Premier
looked tired and careworn. On Sunday morning, in the
expectation that he would read the lessons at Hawarden
Church, large numbers attended from Liverpool and Chester
and the country side, the church being crowded in every
part. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone were present, accompanied by
Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P. The Premier looked some-
what refreshed after the rest, but evidently stands in need of
retirement. He did not read the lessons as he usually does.
On emerging from church he returned the salutations of
the large eoneoarse who had assembled by raising his hat.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

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DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC IN RUSSIA.

The Russian journals .publish some terrible details
of the diphtheria epidemic in Russia, which is stated
far to exceed in intensity and in the extent of its range
all the previous visits of this disease, so peculiarly
fatal to the young. In certain communes and parishes
it is reported to have carried off all the children up
to fifteen years of age. From the official statis-
tics of the Medical Department it appears that
the origin of the attack dates from 1872, when it
made its first appearance in Bessarabia; since then it
has spread far and wide over the southern part of the
Empire, whence it has lately begun to make rapid
progress towards the east and the north-west. It is
observed that it follows the direction of the prevailing
winds of the southern portion of Russia in Europe.
The latest provinces affected are those of Tambof,
Saratof, and Samara. In Pultowa, a province of
inhabitants
there less than two millions of
there have been 45,543 cases, of which no fewer than
18,765 have proved fatal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

AN ELECTRICAL STATIONARY
BALLOON.

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On Saturday last the Balloon Society inaugurated
their winter session by a meeting at Lillie-bridge,
West Brompton. The weather was rather unfavour-
able. About 1,000 persons were present. A balloon
ascent was made at about 3 45 by Sir Claud Crespigny,
two photographers, and Mr. Dale, aeronaut, assistant
to Mr. Wright, to compete for the society's medal for
the best photograph of London taken from a balloon.
Owing to the dull state of the atmosphere the photo-
graphers were not very successful. The balloon des-
cended at Wimbledon.
On the balloon leaving the ground, the photo-
graphers, Messrs. Burton, Cutching, Hepworth,
Debenham, and Borley, took instantaneous views of
the balloon as it ascended. The best photograph taken
would entitle the photographer to.a medal.
An address was given by the president, Mr. W. H.
Le Fevre, C.E., on an electrical stationary balloon in-
vented by M. Jules Godard and M. de Fonvielle.
A new application of electricity was about to be
made, which-t was true did not enable one to
propel a balloon, but by which the system of
aerial navigation would be considerably improved.
The first step to be taken in making a balloon
stationary was to prevent it gyrating. Messrs.
Godard and de Fonvielle had overcome this by means
of a disc somewhat similar to the face of the
compass placed in the centre of the car poised
on a vertical axis. When one side of the car
was lower than the other the disc or plate
became instantly affected. An electric current was
instantaneously transmitted to a magnetized point
immediately opposite, which had a contrary effect,
and placed the car in equilibrium. The Plantd-Faure
battery which produced the electric current would at
the same time act on a small shaft running at
the bottom of the car and turn a small screw.
The balloon would Om= neither ascend nor descend.
This principle had been carried out successfully and
practically recently on a rnall scale, and he believed
would come into general use in a very short time. He
considered that this was the most extraordinary dis-
covery in connection with the storage of electricity
that had ever been made. The result would be that
the law of gravitation would be overcome, and that
we should be able to suspend a body in the air at any
altitude and in any position.
A resolution was then proposed by the President,
and seconded by Colonel Hope, V.C., and carried
unanimously by the meeting, that a volunteer balloon
scientific corps should be constituted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-17

THE AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

A telegram from St. John's, NewfoundlP nd, dated
Sept. 12, says that on Sunday the stearr.dr Proteus,
owned by Mr. James Stewart, member of Parlia-
ment for Greenock, aprived from Lady Franklin Bay,
having successfully landed the American Arctic Ex-
pedition on the 11th ult. The Proteus brings back
the English Arctic mail deposited on Littleton Island
in 1876. Last winter was very mild, and the ship
could have penetrated farther north, there being open
water as far as the eye could reach.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-10

A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL IN NAPLES.

The Naples Correspondent of the Daily NOW writes :
" On the last Sunday in August one of the oldest
and strangest feasts takes place in Naples in honour of
Santa Maria della Catena (the Holy Mary of the
Chains )in front of fir) church dedicated to her, facing
the sea at Santa Lucia. Soon after daybreak of
the above-mentioned day crowds of people are
lining the embankment opposite the church, dressed
in strange paper costumes adorned with squibs
and crackers, some carrying umbrellas of the same
materials and with some adornments, others large
baskets with fruit, decorated likewise with fireworks.
At the first stroke of the church bell for early mass
the fireworks are let off, the fruit baskets emptied on
the ground, over the contents of which hundreds of
children begin to fight, undaunted by pails of water
which are freely emptied over them. A second bell is the
signal for hundreds of the crowd to throw themselves
in various states of dress or undress from the embank-
ment into the sea, women and children included.
Invalids even are brought to take a dip, and those
who are unable to swim are assisted by others.
This curious freak originates in the belief that the
sea-water on the last Sunday in August is a sure
remedy against infirmity, present and future. The
Madonna della Catena is believed to work the
miracle she did centuries ago when the church was
built in her honour, according to the following
legend
"At the time when the shores of the Mediterranean
were infested with pirates some inhabitants of Santa,
Lucia were captured by the Turks, and a heavy ran-
som demanded for their release. Some fishermen,
with the aid of the statue of Madonna, which they
had opportunely found near the seashore, succeed in
collecting the amount asked for the release of their
captured friends. The pirates were asked to bring
their prisoners and to receive the ransom on
a day which happened to be the last Sunday
in August. The pirates, however, afraid of some
treachery, but not wishing to retain the prisoners,
took them to the seashore at some distance from Santa
Lucia, and, having chained them hand and foot, threw
theminto the sea. The people of Santa Lucia, not.
thqlistance and the chains of their friends,
succeeded in saving them, and attributed this to a
miracle of the Madonna, in whose name this ransom
had been collected, and in her honour a church was
erected in the year 1576, and named Santa Maria della
Catena."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-10

A PLETHORA OF WHEAT.

In a telegram, the Correspondent of The Times says :
The exports of American wheat are impeded just
now by the high prices ruling here, which do not
warrant shipping ventures in the face of European
prices. Ocean freights therefore suffer, while the
accumulation of grain, almost amounting to a blockade
at the seacoast elevabors, awaiting Atlantic shipment
has led the railways to impose, or threaten to impose,
an additional charge of lc. per bushel for each ten days'
storage. This may break the blockade i
, by causing
holders to sell stored wheat at a concession n price.
From Chicago railway freight to New York is 48c., to
Philadelphia 40c., ocean freight to Liverpool from
New York, 35d., from PhiNdelphia, 34d.; elevator
expenses and transhipment from car to vessel, 6c., all
per quarter; through freight from Chicaga to Liver-
pool, 29c. per I,oolb. The cost of delivery of No. 2
red winter wheat at Liverpool, including all charges,
is 545. 20. per quarter.
The blockade of grain at the Atlantic ports is im-
mense. All the elevators are full, as well as great
numbeys of canal barges, owing to land storage not
being available. Long lines of unloaded cars stand
on the railways waiting to discharge their contents
into the elevators. Meanwhile tonnage is idle, await-
ing cargoes.
For bacon the through freight from Chicago to
Liverpool, vid New York, is 42c. per. 1001 b. ; from
Philadelphia, 40c. _ _ .

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For cattle the freight from Chicago to Philadelphia
is 23c. per 100 lb. •, to New York, 25c, The ocean
freight is 50s. per head.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-10

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HALL SOWEN.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY AN OVERSEER.—At the
Police Court, on Tuesday, before H. T. Hickman
and E. B. Phillips, Esqs., John Church (68), car-
penter and beerhouse keeper, of Illey, and ovr-
seer for that parish, was charged on remand with
attempting to commit suicide on the 28th of July •
last. William Rudge, quarryman, ley, stated that
0.1 the date in queston.he called at the defendant's
house on his way to work, and as he had to pass
the spot where the defendant was employed, Mrs.
Church asked him to take her husband's breakfast.
He could not find the defendant, and returned to
his house with the breakfast, when Mrs. Church
asked him to prosecute a search for her husind
They both went out together for that purpose, and
witness found the defendant lying behind a hay
rick with his throat cut. Mr. Phillips, surgeon, at-
tended, and dressed the wound. Police-constable
Roper deposed to finding a long bladed pocket
i,nife produced, and a neck stock, both smeared
with blood, behind the hay rick mentioned. Police-
sergeant Raybould said whilst sitting in the room
with defendant after the occurrence, the latter told
him "he didn't remember cutting his throat. He
was sorry for what he had done, but he had had a
lot of trouble of late. On the morning in question
a pain shot through his head, and he remembered
no more until he found himself in bed, whither he
was removed." Mr. Hickman said he had placed
himself in a very serious position. Whether he
had trouble or not he should have been able to face
it without inficting an injury upon ,himself, He
would be discharged.
ROBBING AND ASSAULTING A FAHMER...-Fredk.
' Willctts (47), navvy, Halesowea, was charged with
stealing potatoes from the field of Thomas White,
farmer, Lutley, and further with assaulting Mr.
White. On the previous Wednesday prosecutor
caught the defendant stealing potatoes from one of
his fields. He gave him the opportunity of giving
up the potatoes and going about his bdsiness, but
instead of accepting the offer defendant commenced
a violent attack upon him, and knocked him through
a hedge with a stick For each offence he was fined
5s and costs, with the alternative of a month's im-
prisonment,
ROBBING AN ORCHABD.—Enoch Homer, Zachariah
Faulkner, John Homer, Joseph Faulkner, Ebenezer
Knowles, and Joseph Jones, all of Halesowen, were
each fined—the first-named 5s and costs, for steal-
ing apples from the orchard of James Hinley,
Spring Farm, Clent, on the 28th ult.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-10

STOURBRIDGE UNION.

rirliE GUARDIANS of the STOURBRIDGE
UNION HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that at the
Meeting of the Board to be held on the 23rd SEPTEMBER
IYBT, they will receive
TENDERS

from persons willing to supply the undermentioned
articles for three mouths, viz :
Bread (41h loaves)
Flour (best seconds)
Beef, Mutton, Suet
Ale (XX)
Bacon, (best South Staffordshire and American dry, and
English in sides, complete with the hams), &c.
&c., &c.
Contracts for 3,6, or 12 months.
New Milk.

Also Tenders for the Supply of
CLOTHING.

Further particulars, with printed forms of Tender
may be Lad on application at my office, 175, High Street,
Stourbridgo, or of the Master of the Workhouse, at King-
swinford

Tenders must be made on the printed forms, ,which
alone will be received and sent with samples of articles
tendered for to the Workhouse, addressed to the Clerk to
the B card of Guardians of the Stourbridge Union, on or
before the 22nd day of September inst

The Guardians do not bind themselves to accept the
lowest or any other tender.

By order,
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9th September, 1891,
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CATTLE SHOW IN ITALY.

On Saturday last the King of Italy, on his way to
the autumn manceuvres near Padua, inaugurated the
National Agricultural Show at Milan. This show of
horses, horned cattle and sheep had excited immense
Interest throughout Italy, and increased crowds were
thronging Milan which was already crowded by
visitors to the National Exposition.

The show of horses evidenced the immense progress
of Italy in the last ten years. The stallions, especially
for agricultural purposes, were superb. It had been
intended to exhibit camels from San Rossmore, with
the horses, but their presence caused such alarm and
disturbance among the latter that the camels were
obliged to be sent away.

The King was received with the usual enthusiasm.
The weather was splendid after the rain, and the in-
auguration was a great success.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-10

A NIGHT ON BEN NEVIS.

The Daily Telegraph has published a letter from one of
the three young ladies who recently spent a night on Ben
Nevis, in consequence of having been overtaken by dark-
ness :

"We were detained on the mountain by the dark-
ness setting in so rapidly that we could not follow
the track to descend in safety. We reached the
shortest and steepest descent, but could not see two
yards before us, and feared to go on. We then re-
traced our steps to the Loch, intending to take the
pony track used daily by Mr. Wragge, and impossible to
lose in daylight, but the intense darkness prevented us.
We could scarcely see each other. We therefore
decided to remain on the mountain till daylight, know-
ing well the dangers that surrounded us. Finding a
dry rock--a haven of refuge after the many bogs we
had gone through—we settled there for the night,
covered as well as we could be in our plaids, and with
our umbrellas overhead as a tent. The night was fair,
though cloudy, and very cold, but no rain or hail fell,
as has been stated. We remained on our rock till 4.30,
being unable to move before owing to the heavy clouds
.over us; we could see the time before that at inter-
vals only. Then we heard shouts, and a bell ringing far
below us, and we shouted in return ; but were told
afterwards that our responses were lost in the clouds.
As soon as possible we made our way to the pony
track, upon which I was standing when I saw the
welcome figures of the Rev. H. AlColl (clergyman of
the English church, Fort William), and a guide
coming towards me in the distance. We were certainly
very tired, and the sight of friends was most encourag-
ing ; but, instead of being exhausted, as one paper
says, we were informed by one of the guides, who
arrived later on, that we were 'the right sort to be
out on the mountain all night, we looked so cheerful
and well.'
"It was natural that our friends should be more than
anxious at our not returning at night, and the know-
ledge of this was our greatest trouble. We cannot say
too much in expressing our thanks to Mr. M'Coll,
who comforted them by his kindness and ready
help, and who started at one in the morning with a
party of guides to find us. It was a dark and
dangerous walk, and his assistance was most truly
disinterested and unselfish. We are glad to say
we are none the worse for our experience. We en-
joyed our expedition so much—with the exception of
the night—that we advise all those in this vicinity who
can stand a hard day's work to take the same trip—in
daylight. The road is plain enough if care be taken to
follow it, but extremely rough, and at times both feet
and hands and knees are required, and also a steady
head."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-10

DATRUCTIVE WHIRLWIND IN
HUNGARY.

Letters from Galantha, near the Little Carpathians,
in Hungary, describes a hurricane of unexampled
violence which has just occurred in that place (says the
Vienna Correspondent of the Standard). About half-
past seven in the evening the sky became suddenly
overcast, and in a few minutes it was as dark as night.
Suddenly a violent storm burst forth, and amid
uninterrupted lightning and peals of thunder
a destructive whirlwind arose, which completely
destroyed the railway station and all the ad-
jacent buildings. The passengers and goods
stations were levelled to the ground, and the neigh-
bouring sheds and dwelling-houses unroofed and par-
tially blown down. The largest trees for a consider-
able area around were uprooted, and there was hardly
a house in the entire village whose roof was not carried
away. The streets of the village were a picture of
desolation, being filled with the debris. Three houses
were set on fire with the lightning. The whirlwind
which caused the destruction lasted barely a quarter
of an hour, after which the rain fell in torrents. The
damage done by the whirlwind is very great, but
fortunately there was no loss of life to deplore.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-10

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