The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-06-19 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

As a result of the late elections Dr. Juarez Celine°
has been proclaimed President of the Argentine Be'
public.
Several vessels have been lost off Valparaiso during
a northerly gale within the lest few days, including the
Chilian barque Pondicherry. Thirteen persons were
on beard at the time, end all perished.
On Saturday morning two boys, on passing a ditch
containing 4ft. of water, near Lake House, discover
the dead body of a child named Wood, four years old,
whose parents live at Lynton House, Forest-gate. The
boy was seen alive on the sth inst., playing on WAY
stead•flats. .

A barley mill, a large grain store, and a threshing
mill, occupied by a Mr. Whyte, at Crieff, were d,„e"
stroyed by fire on Saturday morning, the meal ono
only being saved by the sustained exertions of the
firemen.
During a dense fog on Saturday morning, the Danish
schooner Terpsichore went ashore at the Isle of Sandals
Orkney, and will probably become a total wreet•
She was bound from Shields to Iceland with a cargo of
coals.
A daring robbery was committe 1 on Saturday 0'
Zurich by an individual who entered the postal van
of the train standing in the station. He succeeded
in abstracting :30,000 francs but was subsequentll
captured, though none of the money was found 00
him
Charges against persons for allowing their dogs to hO,
at large and not under proper control came before
several metropolitan magistrates on Saturday. In more
than one case reference was made to the uncertaiaty
of the law ors the subject, and the need for the decision
of a superior Court.
The Australian cricketers were entertained at dinner
on Saturday evening at the Lion Hotel, Cambridge, II
the Cambridge University Australian Club. Mr. As
Clarke (Jesus College) presided, and in proposing the
health of the team, said that the visits of the
Australian cricketers had done more than anything I
else for the Colonies in bringing them before the British.
The two students at the School of Pharmany,
were arrested during the disturbances which occurred
recently in Paris, on the occasion of the re-opening ox
M. Chatlin's botany lectures, were on Saturday con;
demned, the one to six and the other to four dal°
imprisonment, and to a fine of fifty francs each.
A boy, named William Fleming Bailey, son of al
insurance agent at Nottingham, while gathering wi,11.1
flowers on an embankment of the Midland Railway 10
the southern suburbs of that town, on Saturdai
afternoon, was caught by the engine of the expresa
train from London, and received fearful injuries, causing
his instant death.
Mr. Alderman Cory, of Cardiff, has offered to give
£lOO towards the endowment of a cottage in the
grounds of the Liverpool Homes for Aged Mariners, on
condition that £9OO is raised by subscriptions i°
Liverpool and elsewhere The Council of the Mercan"
tile Marine Service Association of Liverpool have
accpted the offer, and efforts are now being made to
raise the money.
The man who was decapitated on the railway near
Faversham a few days ago, either by accident or designs°
has since his interment been identified. His wife OW
a report of the inquest, and the description answering
to that of her missing husband, she went to Faversharn
on Sunday. The grave was opened, and the lid of tbe
coffin removed, when the woman recognised the bodi
as that of her husband, Conrad Ketterer, a clocks
maker, of Clerkenwell, who left his home a month
ago.
Black fever is raging in the upper part of the
Rhondda Vach Valley. There have been eight ecore
cases during the last fortnight, and 21 patients ha/
died. There are about a hundred eases of Earle
fever also. The epidemics have caused great attain.
A conference of ministers, medical men, and layrne°
have decided that prayer meetings shall be discos'
tinned in the homes of all persons lying ill from the
malady.
An extraordinary affair occurred on the mountain
side about two miles from Tralee on Sunday. After
mass a young girl, named Foley, accompanied
country girl to her home. That girl went after a pig
which was wandering- up the mountain, and on her,
return found Foley with her throat cut. Foley died ab
night, and, though she was able to speak, declined to
disclose the meaning of the occurrence. No other
marks of violence were on the body. Deceased was of
a nervous temperament, and the theory of suicide ia
accepted, as no other cause can be assigned.
On Sunday morning a man named John MorrissYs •
broke into the Abbey Protestant Church, at Ferry's
bank, near Waterford, and carried off the Bible,
together with some other articles belonging to the
church, and then consumed some wine intended for
church use. He was arrested by two passing policeraeo
as he emerged from the building.
On Monday morning Mr. A. Moulds, residing
Upper Kent-street, Leicester, perceiving an escape
gas in one of the rooms in his house, took a light te,
search for it, and the result was that a sorions explosion
occurred, the doers and windows were blown out iot°
the street, the furniture was wrecked, and the wall
stripped of their covering. Mr. Moulds was knockeu
down and severely shaken.
The health of the troops quartered at Assouan an
at other stations up the Nile is very unsatisfaotorls
No less than 150 deaths have occurred lately frorn
enteric fever and heat apoplexy, while no invalids are
under orders to leave for Cairo.
A telegram from Seaham Harbour reports a murde!
on board the schooner Beresford, of West Hartlenool'
On the Ist inst., shortly after leavinq Port Said, tsc°,
firemen quarrelled and went on deck to fight. One (I'.
them drew a knife and stabbed the other to the hears.
The murdered man was buried at sea. The assailant
was secured.
Llandudno was crowded on Monday with excursionist,
from Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, anal
other places. The weather was bad, rain falling
torrents nearly all the day. A fatal accident occurred
to an excursionist from Liverpool, a man named
Clement Dollinson, who climbed over a wall on the see
ward side of the marine drive on the Great Ornseo
Head. He missed his footing, and fell headlong dog')
the steep cliff, sustaining injuries which resulted in hie'
death.
A very successful regatta took place on the Severn
at Shrewsbury, on Monday, in the presence of thous
sands of spectators. The principal coateat was for the
West of England Vase, valued at 100 guineas, for fear*
cared galleys; open to all amateurs throughout Eng"
land. The vase is the property of the Regatta Co°.
mittees of Bath, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Worcester;
and Tewkesbury. The competing crews were the St.
Thomas, Burton, and Royal Chester Clubs. The latter,
after a splendid race, beat the Burton crew 'oy two
lengths and won. The winners will hold the vase for *
year, and will also receive a presentation of prizes value
30 guineas.
The Eleventh Annual Midland Counties Meet ot
Bicyclists and Tricyclists was held at Leamington on
Monday. some 200 riders, representing the principal
, cycling clubs in the county, attended, and rode in pro*
I cession to Warwick and thence to the Jephson Gardener
where they were entertained to luncheon. " Succeso
to the Midland Meet" was proposed by Mr. Jowett, øí
Northampton, while the Mayor of Leamington pro;
posed "The Visiting Clubs," which was acknowledgeu
by Mr. A. Illingworth, of Bradford, and Mr. Wanaer,
of Redditch. The silver-mounted bugle for the club
most largely represented was won by the Coventrl
Junior Cyclists.
The procession of children attending the varione
Church of England Sunday Schools in Manchester to0l!.
place as usual on Monday. It has been a recogniae",,
institution on Whit-Monday for half a century, a 0"
year by year has grown in magnitude and importance
as a yearly holiday. The children assembled early i°
the morning in Albert-square in front of the, Toul
Hall, and when the whole of the contingents ha'
arrived they completely filled the large space covered
by the square. The number present would amount to
20,000 persons. The schools were arranged in the Pre'
cession according to the date of the consecration of the
church to which they are attached, the eldest corniet
first. Every school was denoted by a magnificen
banner, and the contingent was headed by a band of
music. It took !about two hours and a half for the
juvenile processionists to file out of the square. Tht;
processionists marched through some of the principa;
streets of the City, and attended special services
various churches, after which refreshments were serve
to them, and the afternoon was spent in field sporta.
The weather was not very favourable.
An outdoor fete took place on Monday at Eaton
Hall, near Chester, in aid of the building fund of the
new museum at Chester. Rain fell nearly the sch°le.
day, and the temperature was very low and the weathes
cold. Arrangements had been made for the acconsrav
dation of 50,000 visitors, but not one-half that no°3;
her was present. The Duke of Westminster, who 0.%
the site and £4OOO towards the building fund of t'a.
Museum and School of Art, kindly threw open the new_
hall at Eaton, the gardens and conservatory, and thel!,
entire park, and allowed his celebrated Derby wino
Bend Or to be exhibited. In addition to these attraca
tions there was advertised a Yeomanry Tournament
prizes and a review and march past of one thoualsa
bicyclists belonging to 44 clubs. The Countl;
Grosvenor presented the prizes to the winners in 14e
tournament, and the Mayor and Mayoress of Cheo'a4
presented bugles to the two smartest bicycle clubs nr_t,
sent. The prize winners were Marston, NorthvilTs';
West Cheshire, and Tranmere Clubs respectivey„,
Subsequently there-was a balloon ascent by Mr. Jac'
son, the Midland aeronaut.