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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

THE ETON FESTIVAL.

For more than a century the day which was kept I
as the birthday of King George 111., the 4th of June,
has been regarded as the Eton Festival, and it has
been annually celebrated from that time to this by
Speeches and a Regatta. The day itself is said to be
nearly always wet, but at all events this year the
skies were propitious, and Eton never looked more
lovely than it did on Monday, when there was a bright
sunshine tempered by a few clouds and a pleasant
north-west wind, which made it the perfection of a
summer's day. The proceedings were commenced by
morning chapel at 8.30, after which came the calling
of "Absence "in the school-yard, and an inspection of
the Eton College Corps of Rifle Volunteers by the Duke
of Cambridge, who complimented the officers and men
of the corps on their performance, with which he ex-
pressed himself very much pleased. At twelve o'clock
the Provost and Fellows took their seats in the Old
:Upper School, a long chamber with rude oak panels,
seats, and desks, very much in the same condition as
that which George 111. must have seen it at his
accession. Most of the speeches, especially those
in English and French, were loudly applauded. Lord
Ampthill's recitation of a passage from Schiller and
his pronunciation of the French in a scene from
Moliere were faultless in the opinion of the entire
audience. At the conclusion of the speeches many of
the visitors went as invited guests to the boarding-
houses of the various Masters, where luncheon was
going on from one till two, when " Absence " was
again called in the school-yard, and the Duke
of Cambridge and several of the more distinguished
guests sat down to " dinner " (for so it is styled in
the authorised programme) in the College Hall, where
the Provost and Fellows were the entertainers.
Speeches were made by the Provost (Dr. Hornby), the
Head Master (Dr. Warre), and the Duke of Cambridge.
The company next repaired to the playing fields,
where they listened to the band of the 2nd Life
Guards and watched a cricket match. There was
the usual procession of the college boats up the river
to Surley Hall, where the crews supped in tents on
the bank of the river. The proceedings of the day
were brought to a close by a display of fireworks on
a little island just above Windsor-bridge, after which
the visitors for the most part returned to London by
special train.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

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CRADLEY HEATH, HALES° WEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

REGISTERED FOR
TRANFMTSSION ABROAD.

SALE BY AUCTION.

SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1888.

TRADESMENS' ADDRESSES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

TUE NEW WINE DUTIES.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to Mr.
Childers, stated the result of his conclusions as to
the exemption of cheap wines from the new bottled
wine duty. He found that the total amount of wine
imported in bottles was much more than he had esti-
mated upon the imperfect data previously available;
and that by far the greater part of the wine imported in
bottle was sparkling wine, and that the proportion of
high-priced wine imported in bottle to low-priced wine
imported in bottle was very much smaller than
the proportion borne by high-class champagnes
to cheap sparkling wines. In the bill which he would
introduce, the additional duty of five shillings per
dozen would be limited to sparkling wines. This
would meet the case of Sarnur and other cheap spark-
ling wines. Where the wine was proved to be of less
value than thirty shillings per dozen, the duty would be
reduced to two shillings in addition to the duty on
alcoholic strength. On this basis the duty would yield
a revenue of £lOO,OOO, and, perhaps, the full sum of
£125,000, which he had originally estimated. He did
not propose to return the extra duty paid since March
on still wines.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

THE FA AL COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT
lOWLEY.

A MANAGER. SEVERELY CEN•iIIRED.

On Monday aft-rnoott Mr. Edwin Hooper ( south
Etatfordshire Coronor) held ai inquest at the New
Inn, Whiteheath, R iwley Regis, touching thi Cathe
of Will am n Franks (30) miner, Ross, and John
Robinson (32), miner, Mincing I ane, who were
killed be a fall ot coal at the Rowley Hall Co liery.
Mr. Scott (Government inspector) and Mr P.ckering
(assistant iusprctor) were in attendance, and Mr.
North represented the Rowley tiall Colliery Com-
pany.
Evidence of ithntification havilg been given,
Thomas Siviter said he was at work in a place near
to where the deceased were employed on Thursday.
61301113 alter twelve o'clock a heavy fall of coal
occurred and ths two men were buried. He
certainly was of opinion that the stall where the
accident occurred was inadequately timbered.
Christopher Bateman, stallnidn, said he con-
sidered the place to be safe, and that there was no
necessity for exri timber.
In r ply to the Coroner, witneis said he could not
accou, t for the coal falling, as it was very iirm
when examined,
Joseph Baugh, unierground manager at the
colliery, a id John Robinson (one of the deceused
men), examined No 14 stall, and witn-ss w s told
the place was safe. _ _

The Coroner: To the bed of your judg ent do
you c n3ider there was sufficient timber set for the
safety of the men?
Witness: They told me th- pce was safe,
The Coroner: That is not au ans•ver to my
question.
Witners : A shot had been fired.

Co:ouer suid he ehuuld decline to ask the
witnePs another qu-stioh. He evideutly war) • Ito
Shirk biS r& 8p nubility. _ _

in reply to juryman, witn,3•4B said he e.a-
siderei there was sufficient timber

A juryman said he considtred that Baugh was to
I.lame tor the accident.

The Coroner: Tiler: is no doabt that ha l Baugh
examilied the %Norkings he would have found
fault) piace, and the lives of tnese uafortanate
men tutt„ht have been saved.
Aft ,r other witnesses had been called, Mr
Pick ring, ass'st,ut inspector, stved he examined
the %% or.it.gs on the Ist inst,
Tne place wam not sufficiently timbered, alai there
wai no tree under the coal %hie' gave way. Ihe
ac ideni, in Lila opinion, was due t.) a want. of
titu ber,

The Coroner, in strnm:ng up said the evideace
s owed that Robinsoa and d %ugh were greatly to
blame for Lo having done tateir duty.—Bau4h was
very much to blame tor not having examine& t e
place, dild it would be for the jury to say as la
whether he had been guilty of culpable nt g:icence.
Th.- jury returned a verdict of Accidental death"
and added that Baugh %gram, deserving of severe
Lensme for neglect of duty.
Baugh WWI called into the room and the Coron3r
in ormed hi u of the decisi in of th juty. He
adthd that he had narrowly escaped t Lk mmitt Ll
for tuanslaughter, and he trusted wha ttu tak •
place would be a waruing o Lim, .:.€1 .h.t
would in future do his duty,
.baugh. I won't rely on the w irlmeu in futile.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

Whilst the whole civilised world must rejoice at
the relatively favourable turn which the malady of
the German Emperor has recently taken, it is im-
portant (the British Medical Journal remarks) from
every point of view, that the true significance of the
facts should be clearly understood, and hopes should not
be excited which are doomed to disappointment. The
illustrious patient has, no doubt, recovered to a con-
siderable extent from the severe local inflammation
which not long ago caused him so much suffering,
and even placed his life in jeopardy; and this result
is, of course, in itself, highly satisfactory. It may be
well, however, to remind the public that this distress-
ing complication was after all only an incident of the
disease, the essential nature of which remains un-
affected by its disappearance.— British Medical
Jaurnal.

r rnsr Literary Man: I say, old fellow, do you
know the real cause of this man Donnelly's gai,i;iimi
about Shakespeare and Bacon ?" Second Literary
Man: "To make money, I suppose." First Literary
Man: "No, sir; the root of the whole affair lies in
the fact that Mr. Donnelly is of Irish descent, and
Shakespeare in the whole of his works never once
introduced an Irish character, so by way of revenge
for such an injustice to the inhabitants of "the first
gim of the say," Donnelly introduced the Cryptogram.
"SCIENCE enumerates five hundred and eighty-eight
species of organic forms in the air we breathe." Just
think of it! Every time you draw in your breath a
whole zoological garden drops down your windpipe,
and no free tickets to the press.
"CAN you decline a mine ?" interrogated a tutor.
"Yes, sir," said a sharp pupil, "if it's a Welsh gold
mine I wouldn't have one at a gift." " Ah, but I
mean grammatically, remarked the tutor. "Humph!
—positive, a gold mine; comparative, a gold miner;
and superlative, decidedly mitius."
"WHAT is the meaning, my dear, of the expression
'beating a man hollOw ?' " inquired & loving wife
Why—er—it means—er—it sigtdfleg—er—er—th.
knock the stuffing out of a fello'w," replied her
FLY)use.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

-ADELINA PATTI.

NIDNE ADELINA PATTI writes: —"I have found
P -oop matchless for the hands and complexion.
(Siguee) ADELIN rkTTI P. are' roap for the Toilet and
Nurse'. specistly pLepared for the delicate skin of ladies
and chilhron and others, sensitive to the weather, winter
sad 41111' men Prevents rodayss, roughness, and chapping.
~here. in tablets, is. Lsrger sizes, 1e 64,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

MR. DALGLEISH'S MURDER.

Further details as to the murder of Mr. Dalgleish,
the well-known eixplorer of trade routes in Turkestan,
have come to hand by the Indian mail. The mur-
derers, whose sole motive seems to have been rob-
bery, followed Mr. Dalgleish from Leb in Ladak.
They made use of the trail in the snow formed by the
traveler's caravan in crossing the Karakorum Pass.
They appear to have overtaken Mr. Dalgleish's party
a short distancli, Poeyond the summit of this very
lofty and difficult Pass. After firing at ani
wounding the unfortunate traveller, the scoun-
drels nearly severed his head from his body
with a sword. Mr. Dalgleish's inseparable com-
panion—his faithful dog, Dash—next fell a victim.
The rest of the party, Mr. Dalgleish's Thibetan
servants, were spared, but their pigtails were cut
off; of course the greatest disgrace that could be
inflicted on them. No suspicion of complicity in thA
crime rests upon these servants. After looting the
baggage, which fortunately contained little of value.
the murderers made off, and all trace is at present
lost. Every effort is being made to bring them to
punishment. The bad relations at present existing
between the Indian Government and the Thibetan
Lamas will, however, render this difficult. It is only
fair to say that the murder seems to have been an
isolated act of savagery, such as might have occurred
in any country. As a general rule the inhabitants of
Chinese-Turkestan are well disposed to strangers, and
give travellers every assistance in their power. Mr.
Dalgleish himself had for years lived unmolested at
Yarkond, and always spoke highly of the treatment
he received.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

FIGHTING THE LOCUSTS

The locust plague in Algeria is getting worse and
worse. All efforts to combat the invading hosts have
been unavailing at Jemmapes, Souk-Arras, and Oued-
Zenati. At llama 20,000 hectares (500,000 acres) of
growing crops have been laid waste, and Setif is
literally o_, vered with the swarms. It is found
impossible to conduct the railway traffic between
El-Guerrah and Telergma ; and that too, though the
Arab tribes have been mobilised to do battle against
the locusts. It is in vain to attempt in Algeria or
any other Continential country what the British
Govermnent is doing to extirpate locusts in the island
of Cyprus.

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

On Saturday the Queen's Birthday was officially
celebrated. The customary trooping of the colours
ok place on the Horse Guards Parade, before the
Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge,
and other members of the Royal family and a large
and fashionable company. The usual Ministerial
dinners took place in the evening. The customary
military display at Aldershot was witnessed by about
10,000 people. There were on the field 9300 men.
Woolwich Arsenal and Dockyard were closed, and a
g• and parade and review of troops took place on the
common. At Queenstown and other places the occa-
sion was celebrated with flags and gunpowder. At
Windsor volleys were fired in the Long Walk facing
the Castle, and at the Cavalry Barracks. In the
evening the illuminations were pretty general at the
West-end of London.

WIIY is a hard-worked literary man, who goes into
the country for a rest, like a soldier on half .pay ?
Because he's a pen-shunner (peasioner).
WHAT is the difference between a sailor and a beer-
drinker ?—One puts his sail up, the other puts his a e
down.
IT was in the ancient city of Gloucester on the
evening after the Friendly Societies procession. One
amiable Gloucestercian, under the influence of rough
cider, had upset another, and was engaged in the
most business-like manner in jumping on his stnmach.
"Over, moo," exclaimed the victim, "shoot wryt), doo
—yel shoove arl my brains oop inter my vori."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

ROCHESTER DIOCESE.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, which reassembled on
June 4 after the Whitsuntide recess, the Bishop of
Rochester moved the second reading of a bill to provide
for the creation of a Suffragan Bishop for the diocese
of Rochester, and stated that a house for the accom-
modation of a suffragan had been presented by an
eminent London publisher. Viscount Midleton trusted
that the adoption of the bill would not preclude the
consideration, at some future time, of the question of
forming a new see in the diocese of Rochester. The
Marquis of Salisbury assented to the second reading of
the bill, which was then agreed to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

THE :)IWPPOSEO MURDER AT BRIERLEY

}I'LL.

On Thursday, at the Brierley Hill Police Court
—hetore Mr. Nev,lle, the stipendiary magistrate—
J ,hn We! h (26), ironworker, Brierley Hill was
charged en susinci..n with having caused the death
of Mary Ann Mill ward (12), under circumstances
already reported. Superintendent Woollaston
stated that on S Juday afternoon the girl was missing
from h( r home in Potter Street, and from intorma-
tio' hi received he apprehended the prisoner, and
caused Lim to be brouAht to the station. The pris-
oner then said he had not seen the girl (a .he
Sun ay sinci half-past two in the atternoon. On
the following day tile body of the girl -vas Lund in
the lock near Mill Street. In the most positive
menu r he reiterated hi denial of being with the
girl after the time atated. but half. a-dozen witnesses
could be called to :-bow that Welch and the girl
were together at 8.30 p m., and again at 10 p.m.,
within a quarter of a mile of the place where the
body was iound —Mr. Neville: [lave you anything
to sit), W wiiy you should not be remanded?
The rt,soner (coolly): No, sir; I. leave it with you.
—W,lch was then remanded until Monday next,
two dos before the adjourned inquest.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

LICENSING DUTIES.

In the Housz OF COMMONS, Mr. Ritchie informed
Mr. Summers that the sum of £300,000 per annum esti-
mated as the amount that would be received from the
20 per cent, increase of the license duties was calcu-
lated for England and Wales alone, and did not include
the Sunday licenses.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

TII F, LIVING OF ROIVLEY REGIS.

A memorial, signed by a large number of parish
loners, his been forwarded to the kird Chancellor
praying his lo dsnip to appoin a cle.g)man not
connecte.l with the district to the living of the
Parish Church, Rowley Regis. Copie sof the
memorial were on Monday forwarded to Mr.
Staveley Hill, M P., Mr. Brooke Robinson, 31. P.,
and Mr B. iliagies, NI.P„
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

SUEZ CANAL SHARES.

The resolution allocating all dividends received after
1894 in respect of the Suez Canal Shares to the repay-
ment of the principal of the amount borrowed was
under discussion when progress was reported at mid-
night. The other orders having been disposed of, the
House adjourned at 25 minutes past twelve o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

ZULULAND.

In the HOUSE or LO-R-D-S-,7q1---dune sth, Lord Knnts-
ford read a telegram with reference to the outbreak in
Zululand, adding that he had that day telegraphed to
Sir A. Havelock to take all means to put down the in-
surrection as speedily as possible.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09

A WORCESTE SIIIRE WILL CASE

The Ilous of Loris, on meeting after the
Wh tsuntide helidays, took up the appeal of Price
v, Gregory, which raises the quetion whether the
personal refreqeie.a.ives of Thomas Price were
entitled to share in £3,000 bequeathed by Thomas
Price, sen , who by Lis Will gave all his freehold
prop .rty at Lye, near &ourbridge. 'Worcestershire,
along with certain sums of in rney, to his wife, in
satisfaction of all claims she might have upon his
real rr p,Tsonal estate by virtue of the antenuptial
contract. The will was dated 1867, and the testator
gave to his tru4ees £35.000 to be invested, t ie
interest to be paid to his wife for life, and aWr
her decease the capital and income to be in trusr.
"for all and every child or children of my said
brother, Charles PH e, saving and except his eldest
son Thomas (who I have already provided Vr in
my busine,s), living at the decease of the survivor
of myself and my arid wife, who being sons or a
son shall at ain the age of 21, or being ditutht.rs,
shall attain that age or marry, to be equally divided
between and among such children, if more than
one„in equal shares, and, if there be but one such
child the whole to be in trust for that one child,"
By a codicil in 1869 the testator gave £2,000 to the
excepted an, and by a later co icil in 1870 he
revoked the exception of Thomas Price, "it being
my will that he should share in the sum of £35,0.0
jointly wi h his brothers and sisters." Thomas
Price surbived the testator, and he c;ied in the
lifetime of the widow. She was now dead, and the
question was whether Teomas Price could share
with his brothers and sisters who survived him in
this legacy Of £35.00 ). Mr. Justice Kay found in
favour of the appellant, but the Court of Appeal
reversed his jaagment . For the appellant, George
Herbert Price, it was contended in the Rouse or
Lords that according to the will only the ceilore
living at the death of the testator's widow, ad ni
others, were. entitled to the £35.00; and for tee
responden , Horatio Gregory, that the will an
codicil ha en exactly opposite effect. Toe trustees
of the will took no art in the appeal.—At the
eon ..usion of a lor ief argument the Lard Oland-nor,
Lor t Wilson, Lord Maeneghten, and Lord
Fitzgerafd. woo heard the case, reserved judgment,
On Thursday the appeal was sustained fled
the judgement of the Court below reverse.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

SNOW-STORMS.

In London on Monday the weather was bright
and sunny, though bitterly cold. In mazy parts of
the country snow fell heavily during Sunday night,
and in some places continued throughout Monday.
In East Lancashire a storm of wind and snow had
prevailed for 48 hours. Several farmsteads have been
snowed-up among the hills, where the drifts are of
very great depth. In Derbyshire it had been snowing
for more than 30 hours. Where there has been no
drifting the average depth was estimated at 18
inches, but there were drifts 10 and 12 feet
deep. In Wales snow fell for 36 hours. Re-
ports of continued snow-storms were also sent
from the Lake district, from Notts, Cheshire, Stafford-
shire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Gloucester, Somerset
and Kent. Among the roads which were blocked was
the'London road between Sittingbourne and Dover, on
which there were drifts six and seven feet deep. There
was a renewal of the snow-storm throughout the
south of Scotland, and with a strong north-easterly
wind drifting was general. On Monday trains were
running late owing to the drifts on the lines, and many
roads were impassable. The North-Eastern Railway
between Kirkby Stephen and Barnard Castle was
blocked, there being five trains buried in the snow.
Gangs of men were on duty all Sunday night trying to
clear the line, and they reported that it was the most
terrible night they ever experienced. Two of them
stood over a pair of points and tried to keep them
clear of driving snow; but they found it impossible
and were forced to leave the task. Travellers from
Tebay and Fenrith were obliged to turn back and
travel via renrith and Carlisle to Newcastle, Darling-
ton, and Middlesbrough. The new snow-ploughs which
were specially made last summer proved inadequate.
The Midland Railway in the same district was also
drifted up, but covered cuttings protect the line from
serious block. The highways were in many places
blocked with drift, and thousands of sheep have been
buried on the hills. The snow-storm in Merioneth-
shire has been particularly severe. The Festiniog

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

OFFICE OF WORKS.

In the HousE OF Loims on February 20, Lord Lam-
ington called attention to the constitution of the Office
of Works and Public Buildings, and to the unsatisfac-
tory state of public buildings in the metropolis. He
recommended thalt a permanent official should be ap-
pointed to superintend the Office of Works.
Lord Henniker admitted the desirability of making
greater progress with public buildings, but pointed out
that the Board could only proceed with works which
had received the sanction of Parliament. The depart.
merit was getting drawings prepared with the view of
carrying out the proposals of the Select Committee of
1885 for the construction of new Admicalty and War
Office buildings.

FEVER AT DUBLIN GARRISON.
After some further discussion the subject dropped:
and a motion by Earl Beauchamp for a return of cases
of febrile disease in the Dublin garrison having been
agreed to, their lordships rose at six o'clock.

NEW MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS Mr. J. F. B. Firth made
the affirmation and took his seat for Dundee, and Mr.
R. B. Causton took the oath and his seat for West
Sbuthwark.
THE NEW REBRIDES.—VENIZI7ELA.
Sir J. Fergusson stated, in answer to Mr. Bryce, that
the French troops had not yet been withdrawn from
the New Hebrides, but the French Government had
undertaken that they should be withdrawn within four
months from the signing of the agreement on the 16th
of November last. In reply to Mr. Hanbury-Tracy,
the right hon. baronet said there was no truth in the
report that her Majesty's Government had undertaken
or contemitlated naval or military operations against
Venezuela. Negotiations had been for some time
going on with respect to the doubtful territory
between British Guiana and Venezuela, and proposals
for arbitration made by Venezuela had not been
accepted by her Majesty's Government, not because
they were averse to the principle of arbitration, but
because they could not agree to the bases suggested.
The negotiations had, however, been stopped in con-
sequence of the suspension of diplomatic relations.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

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I_3 UPTURBS.—"Vm ingenious awl
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

THE ITALIANS IN ABYSSINIA.

Telegrams from Massowah confirms the report of
the severe defeat of the Goggiam Army, under the
command of the King of Goggiam and his son, by the
Dervishes. The encounter occurred near Gondor, and
was not of long duration, though particularly severe.
The Negus, though much concerned at the news of
the disaster, remains at Adifalas. King Menelek is
said to be in the Sultanate of Dowe, to the north-
east of Shea. The concentration of the Abyssinians
at Asmara is now completed, the force including the
garrisons of Keren and Kelamet, which have now
completely abandoned the country to the north of
Asmara. A reconnaissance was made on Saturday in
the direction of Ailel, Sabarguma, and Baresa, and the
troops returned to Massowah on Sunday, reporting
that there was a complete absence of Abyssinians in
the country below Ghinda.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

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radministra.ion order Mr. Hooper supported, and
31r. G,rbst an i Mr. Dawes opposed, the application.
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llonoar. iii the cours? of the ca.; , point 1 out th
of ii em were for In‘uries. Apnli-ant said
wilc,n at ork hi 4 average wages were 17s , but he
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.ler was made as in the previo .s case.—Jaap-s Bill
l-ckia dyer, also applied for an adthioist, all n
order. Mr. Thursfi supph ted, and Mr Corbett,
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plicant's sclie_lulea debts were £l9 lOs GI., an 1
he sai.l his average wages ••ere about 184. It turned
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his spouse. Mr. Da•aes elicite I that; 13,1110,,A ha I
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-oh..,dule an I his Honour refus -d to make an o der,
reynarkiag he that tied wiifully left ova& c,cditor,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

THE RETURN AT DUNDEE.

The polling for the election of representative in Par.
liament for Dundee, in the room of Mr. Lacaita (G.L.)
resigned has taken place, the candidates being
General Sir H. D. Daly (Liberal Unionist) and Mr. J.
F. B. Firth (Gladstonian Liberal). The borough is
divided into nine districts, in each of which there was
t polling station. Many of the supporters of each
candidate were present when the polling stations were
thrown open, accompanied by bands of committee-men.
During the first hour the voting was slow, but by nine
o'clock and during the breakfast hour of the work.
people the polling stations in the more populous
districts were quickly crowded, and some excitement
began to be manifested. The candidates visited the
polling stations during the day, and the interest in
the contest seemed to be stimulated during the dinner.
hour. On the whole, the polling was much quieter
than had been anticipated, comparatively little interest
bay,- shown generally, notwithstanding the activity
displayed by the candidates and their agents. The
result was declared shortly after eleven o'clock as
follows : -

Mr. J. F. B. Firth (G.L.) 7856
General Sir H. Daly (U) 4217

Majority 3639

This result does not affect the position of parties.
At the last election the junior Gladstone member
polled 8210 votes, and the senior Unionist candidate
3545.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

A DEPARTMENT. OF AGRICTILTCRB.

Lord John Manners intimated tha-t-ii;Government
fully recognised the severity of the depression, and
that they intended to substitute for the existing Com-
mittee of Privy Council a new Department of Agri-
culture. Any measures which they could propose
would have but a small effect in diminishing the evils
from which agriculture suffered; but within the limits
of our fiscal system they were prepared to do all they
reasonably could to revive the failing energies of agri-
culture.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

A PRINCE IN PRISON.

Prince Pakitanoff—an amateur artist of no mean
merit, who has contributed to the Paris Salon—has
had an unpleasant experience at Pau. He had driven
to a pleasant spot just outside the town, and, alight-
ing from his carriage, had settled down comfortably
to make a sketch when a busybody in the shape of an
individual with a gun on his shoulder, who had gone
out after some rabbits, took it into his wise head that
the artist must be up to some mischief with his
pencil. This idea developing in his imaginative brain,
he arrived speedily at the conclusion that the stranger
must be a spy. Leaving the rabbits to their frolics,
the sportsman hurried off to the police with his ex-
traordinary piece of news. The authorities lost not a
moment in following their informant to the snot—
there was the artist sketching away, and that was
enough for them. In spite of his remonstrances,
Prince Pakitanoff—who as his name makes it need-
less to say is a Russian—was marched off to prison
and kept under lock and key until nine o'clock in the
evening, when he was taken before the Public Prose-
cutor. A full explanation soon set matters to rights,
and the Prince was released, with many apologies;
but for hours he had been kept in durance vile with-
out any effort being made to ascertain his identity.
He had referred the police to the priest of the local
Russian church, but in vain. _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

BROMSGROVE.

B )ARD OP GII XRDIANB. —At the meeting of this
Board, oa 'ruesaay —Mr. Wright in the chair—?lr.
Barrett (clerk) produced his estimate of the expen3
diture o! the union for half-year ending Aliehae ma
amouuting to ..t5 439. in common fund charges.
and in county rate and separate chars to £3.60.'
a total of £9,018.. c .mpsied with £9,093 in at
corresponding haif of last year, and calling for rates
of 81 is R.auld on common mud account, sill 5 1-82
ou county rate and sverate oharges.--11r. T. D.
Thomas (treasurer to the union) sent a letter re-
signingth onst, and the resi_n ii ti wa.a arzeptod.
A. I ng discussion took place on the Bound tries Act
and the proposal ma ,o at the meeting at oh,
last week, to make that pari.h a non 'worThouse
u ,ion, or ti o centr • of s non- e °delouse uu.Ga, the
g:neral opinion b iag that tt is not desirable thie
sholvii be d .ne. At the co, elusion it was proposed
by Mr Parry, seon..ed by Mr. Jeffries, and re •
solved unanimons'y. "1:h it the Bawd snook' offer
opposition to the inforniation of a uou-workhousa
uni•trt at Itelditci:, an hat the check 'ne inairncte.l
to write to Messrs G. W. Ha tings an'l J. Coroatt,
the local members of Padiament, and ask them tit>
oppose such iuterniation, and that a committee ae
tunur(l t,, watch the meaSure." cum iiite, w 59
tonned of the Goer tiens flout Redditcrt and Brom
win Motsrs. It lodes ail W. theon.-1 was
decitied to stpport a twono:ial of the kibiA's Nor; or
fioatrd ot tj,tirjians. ;eking that CI wind ats might he
'll*.! etrd ith eoatrol over the sli.riee of their ot,l-
-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

A FARMER'S BREACH OF
PROMISE.

"I am going to make Agnes my wife." The breach
of this definite promise to marry Miss Agnes Richards,
aged 21, described as a very prepossessing girl, was
the subject of an action heard at the Taunton Assizes
the other day, the young man who thus broke his
lover's vow being Mr. Robert C. Palmer, a farmer, of
Broadway, near Ilminster, Somerset. The couple be-
came acquainted in 1884. They walked out together,
and amongst the topics of conversation was a state-
ment by the defendant that he was going to take a
farm, and spend £2OOO to stock it. He went to
London, and upon his return Miss Richards found him
rather colder than she had anticipated. This was pro-
bably due to the fact tilat he had during his absence
made the acquaintance of a barmaid at Chard, whom
he married. Such was the tale told by the plaintiff.
The defendant, however, denied that he had made the
promise as stated. But the jury believed the girl, and
awarded her £2OO as damages. It was mentioned at
the trial, as an unusual circumstance, that no love-
letters had passed between the young couple. •

MR. HOOPER, M.P., RELEASED.

HOW HE BEHAVED AT TULLAMORE.

Mr. John Hooper, M.P., was released from Tulla-
more Gaol at an early hour on Saturday morning,
having completed the term of two months' imprison-
ment to which he was sentenced under the Crimes
Act, for publishing reports of meetings of suppressed
branches of the National League in his newspaper,
the Cork Herald. The hon. gentleman looked a little
paler than when he went into prison, but his appear-
ance was not otherwise changed. He, however, under-
went special punishment on several occasions for
refusing to take exercise with ordinary criminals,
but in other respects he complied with the prison
rules, and his bearing while in prison has been
commented on by the prison officials with approval.
After paying a visit to the prison chaplain, the
Rev. Dr. McAlroy, with whom he breakfasted, Mr.
Hooper left by the half-past eight train from Cork. A
number of people gathered at the station and cheered
him as he passed in accompanied by some Cork
friends. A congratulatory address was, however,
previously presented him by the members of the
Tullamore branch of the National League, to which
Mr. Hooper delivered a short reply. Personally, he
said, he desired to thank the whole people of Tuna-
more and the district for the many tokens of sym-
pathy on their part that awaited him on leaving gaol.
He also felt bound to testify to the courtesy he had
received at the hands of the prison officials. They
had done their duty, often an unpleasant one, in the
most humane manner. These observations particu-
larly applied to the attentive and efficient surgeon of
1 the prison.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE.

Mr. H. Gardner blamed the farmers for hankering
after Protection: and in reference to proposed legisla-
tion, expressed a hope that the Tithes Bill would be a
more real measure than that of last session.
Mr. Howard Vincent attributed much of the existing
depression to the one-sided system of Free Trade, which
admitted foreign products into our markets, whilst our
own goods were excluded from every quarter of the
globe. He declared that he and his friends would not
relax their efforts in directing the attention of the
country to this subject; and though the struggle might
be long and difficult they would not flinch from it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

NEWS FROM THE FAR EAST.

The mail which arrived in London from China OD
Monday morning brought the following news: A Naval
Court at Hiogo has investigated what are called the
Macedon atrocities. This vessel sailed from Phila-
delphia to Japan, and on arrival at Hiogo it was
found that every one of the thirteen seamen had been
attacked with scurvy, and that five had died from
the disease or from accidents caused by compelling
them to work when rendered unfit by illness.
Charges of cruelty against the mate and boatswain
were made, and they artisnowrOn their trial for man-
slaughter, charged with triceing up a man suffering
from scurvy to the mast, forcing another when ill to
work aloft, whence he fell, receiving injuries from
which he died, and dragging a third along the
deck on several occasions, more especially on the
day of his death. The Court found the charges
of cruelty proved against the mate and
boatswain. The evidence revealed shocking
inhumanity to members of the crew while
prostrate with scurvy, and neglect of the statutory
precautions respecting the distribution of lime juice.
Disastrous fires had taken place in the foreign settle-
ment at Foochow, several large mercantile warehouses
and premises being destroyed. The Canton authorities
were officially notified of the recent eclipse of the.
moon, and were instructed what to do when the event
took place. They were to. wear Court dress, beat
gongs, and save the moon from being swallowed up
by the sun as usual, as long as the moon is above the
horizon. When she disappeared they were to make
one low obeisance, but she need not be saved when
below the horizon, notwithstanding that the disc
would still be practically obscured. The disturbances
in the Portuguese colony. of Timor have of late in-
creased so greatly. that naval and military forces
have been despatched from Dilly and Macao to repress
them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

THE MARKETS,

MARK-LANE.

A. quiet business has been doing at Mark-lane, but the ,
tone was much better owing to the cold weather. The
sales of home-grown wheat in the leading markets of
England and Wales during the first 25 weeks of the
season were 1,551,317 qrs., against 1,216,369 qrs., at
an average of 30s 2d, against 32s 6d ; barley, 2,072,431
qrs., against 2,103,575 qrs., at an average of 29s 2d,
against 275; and oats, 183,137 qrs., against 245,479
qrs., at an average of 15s 7d, against 178 3d per qr.
English wheat sold quietly, at steadier prices. Foreign
wheat was in moderate request, at full currencies.
Flour was about the same in value, the demand being
quiet. There was no fresh feature in the barley trade.
Malting produce has been steadyat full prices. Grinding
sold at late rates. Oats were quiet at previous prices.
In maize a moderate business was done on former
terms. Beans and green Indian peas 6d cheaper.
White peas unaltered.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
The cattle trade has been steadier, with a better
demand. Supplies available were about the average,
and the quality and condition fairly good. The receipts
of beasts from our own grazing districts were moderate.
There was a better demand, and firmer prices were
paid. The best Scots and crosses realised 4s 10d to 5g
per 81b. Foreign beasts were in short supply and fair
request, and for choice qualities rather better prices
were paid. As regards sheep, the pens were moderatelY
well tilled. There was a steadier trade, and prices
ruled against the buyer. The best Downs and half- '
breds realised 5s 4d to 5s 6cl per 81b. Calves were
quiet and steady. Pigs sold at late rates. Coarse and
inferior beasts, 2s- 4d to 3s 4d; second quality ditto,
3s 6d to 4s; prime large oxen, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; ditto
Scots, &c., 10d to 5s Od; coarse and inferior sheep,
3s 4d to 4s • second quality ditto, 4s to 4s Sd ; prime
coarse-woolled ditto, 4s 10d to 5s 2d; prime Southdown
ditto, 5s 4d to 5s 6d ; large coarse calves, 3s to 4s 6d ;
prime small ditto, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; large hogs, 2s 4a
to 3s; and neat small porkers, 38 6d to 4s per 81b. to
sink the offal.
METROPOLITAN MEAT.
The supply was moderate, and the trade was rerf,
slow'. In a few instances higher prices were realise"
for exceptional quality, but generally quotations were
barely maintained. Prices as follow: Inferior beef,
2s Od to 28 8d ; middling ditto, 3s (kl to 3s 6d ; priine
ditto, 3s 8d to 46 Od; Scotch ditto, 4s Od to 4s 2tl,
American, Liverpool killed, 35 6d to 3s 8d; ditto
killed, hind-quarters, 3s 6d to 3s 10d ; ditto, ditto*
fore-quarters, 28 4d to 2s 8d; English veal, 4s Od to 4s 4d ;
Dutch ditto, 2s 4d to 3s 4(1; inferior mutton, 2s 4d to
3s; middling ditto, 38 to 38 8d; prime ditto, 4s 2d
to 4s 6d ; Scotch ditto, 45 4d to 4s 8d; New Ze_a-
rand ditto, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; large pork, 25
to 3s 2d; small ditto, 3s 8d to 48 2d per 81b. by the
carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

HAY GREEN.

BUISZLZY HILL VoLuxrxsa BAND.— This
band. Oa Saturday e'realug last, at the Three
Crowns Inn, Hay Green gave to a hi;hly appreei.
' ntive audience, a capital selection ot mu.io.
pieces chosen Were very well executed, and th:
wembera wLre well applauded a' the tiniAh of each
piece, particularly —The Death of Nelson" which
came in for • double share, The following is toe
programme: March, rournment ;" Overture, "Le
Barber of Seville ; " Selection ":daritana ;" Fan-
useia, Ev( ning Revels ;"13..1ka, (solo) ";The
Fusilhde;" Lancers,' Dorothy;" :•lection. "Dorothy
Valge. "Ni4ht and Morn ;" Selection, "The Death
of Nelson."

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quantity of Cocoa." CADBIIHY'S COCOA is guaranteed
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in health and sickness Elorniman's Pure Tea is
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

A BRUTE.

There is no other way of characterising a scoundrel
who was at Leeds on Saturday sentenced to 20 years'
penal servitude for a most atrocious attempt to
murder his wife. It is a marvel he did not succeed.
He would have done so but for the fact that the poker
with which he was beating the poor woman was
broken with the force of the blow. The case is all
the worse because the attack for which Booth Shaw,
—that is the name of this savage—now suffers, was
one of a long series of brutalities exercised towards
his wife by the prisoner. She had often forgiven
him, but once he had had to fly before the operation
of the law. On this last occasion he threw his wife
to the floor, and, having kicked and stamped upon
her, deliberately took up a poker and broke it over
her head. It would (said Mr. Justice Day, in sen-
tencing the prisoner) be an injustice to society to give
him less than 20 years. It would, indeed. Society
could very ,well have done without him for the term
of his natural lffe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-25

TILE DEBATE ON TUB ADDRESS.-AGRICULTURE.

The adjourned debate on the Address was resumed
by Mr. Chaplin, who called attention to the depressed
condition of agriculture, which, in his opinion, con-
stituted the gravest problem of the time. He confessed
that he was sceptical as to the possibility of any
material or permanent improvement in the trade until
we had a genuine revival in agricultural prosperity.
The depression in agriculture has cost us one-fourth
of outtrade, and would cost us still more in the future
if prices continued at the present level. Between 1881
and 1887 thousands of acres had gone out of cultiva-
tion, and the most lamentable feature was the terribly
large number of labourers throughout the country who
had been thrown out of work. The prolonged depres-
sion, he held, was not less important than the Irish
question, and the Government would be compelled to
deal with it at no distant date.