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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

A PRETTY HUSBAND.

Mr. George William Churchley, solicitor, attended
at the Bow-street Police-court on Saturday, before Mr.
Bridge, on behalf of Mrs. Blanche Minnie Bouverie,
and made an application against Mr. Francis Kenelm
13ouverie for a summons for alleged desertion. Mr.
Churchley said that Mr. Bouverie was a young gentle-
man of 26 years of age, residing at Delapre Abbey,
Northampton. He had already been twice divorced.
Mr. Bridge: Twice divorced? Mr. Churchley : Yes,
for adultery. Application Was made on behalf of the
third wife, who had brought her action for divorce,
and had proved adultery but could not prove legal
cruelty. Her husband had been recently committed
for trial on charges of fraud, but they were settled out
of court, and the Recorder allowed theindictment to be
withdrawn. He was married to his third wife 12 months
ago. She was 20 years of age, and had only been
married a week when he beat her. Five weeks after
he deserted her; and the object of the present appli-
cation was to secure an order for her maintenance.
Mr. Bridge: Take a summons. " Mrs. Bouverie
formally deposed that the above statement was
correct. Mr. Bridge have you a mother ? Mrs.
Bouverie: Yes, 1 have been depending on her. Mr.
Bridge: After what we hear of this gentleman, how
could you marry him? Mr. Churchley : He told her
after they had been married a week that she had
better get away, as he was always tired of a woman
in a week. Ile was living in great style, and said he
was heir to the,Delapra estates. Mr. Bridge granted
the summons; but as Mrs. Bouverie lived in Clerken-
well Police-court district she was formerly referred
to the sitting magistrate there,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

OUR AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES.

A digest of most interesting statistics in reference
to the Australasian colonies has been compiled by
Mr. Hayter, the official statistician to the Victorian
Government. Mr. Hayter says that if the Australian
continent were divided into 100 parts, Victoria would
embrace three such parts, New South Wales 10,
Queensland 23, South Australia 30, and Western
Australia 34. The area of Australia, New Zealand,
and Tasmania is 3,075,030 square miles, being 680,972
square miles less than that of all Europe, but 47,439
square miles more than that of the United States.
The Australasian colonies occupy three-eights
of the whole British dominions in area, but only
an eighth of the whole population; but the area
of Canada is slightly larger than that of Australasia.
The population of the latter in 1886 was 3,427,877,
and Mr. Ilayter calculates that if the population goes
on increasing as it has done in the last decade, the
population in round numbers in the successive decades
will be-1891, 3; 1901, 5; 1911, 8; 1921, 11; 1931,
16; 1941, 23; 1951, 32; 1961, 46; 1971, 66; 1981,
93 millions; while in 2001 at the same rate it would
be 189,269,663. The aggregate revenue of Austra-
lasia in 1885 was 23± millions, with an expendi-
ture of 25f millions sterling. In twelve'years the
revenue has increased from 12f to 231 millions, or
94 per cent., while the population in the same
period increased St per cent. The total debt is about
70f millions, or £3 3s. 9d. per head of the popula-
tion ; of this total 61 millions have been spent in
railways. The value of the gold obtained between
1851 and 1886 was about 324 millions sterling, of
NNlL'ch the share of Victoria was 217 millions. The
total assets of the Australasian banks amounted in
1887 to £135,134,300, and the Habil:ties to £98,115,160.
The average amount left by each person dying in
Victoria (which is taken as the average amount
possessed by each person living) in the years 1872-76
was £185; in 1877-81, £223; in LBB2-86, £305. At
this rate the national wealth of the colony of Victoria
alone in 1886 would be £285,527,885.

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THE CROFTERS ACT.

In the HOUSE or COMMONS, Dr. Clark obtained
leave to move the adjournment of the House to call
attention to the imminent danger to law and order in
the Highlands and Islands of Scotland in consequence
of the complete break down of the Crofters Act. He
complained that the part of the Act which gave the
Crofter Commissioners a power to increase the hold-
ings of the Crofters had never been put into operation,
and he also insisted that the Act should be extended so
that all Crofters might get the benefit of it.
The Lord Advocate said the Government saw no
reason to depart from the opinion it expressed in the
debate in the early part of the Session. The only
remedy for the evils of the Highlanders was emigration,
as the population was too numerous for the extent of
the territory.
In the course of the debate, Mr. Chamberlain said
the insufficiency of the holding was a greater grievance
with the crofter than the amount of his rent. He pro-
tested against the Government being called upon to
find money to enable the crofters to stock their land,
and the conclusion he arrived at during his visit to the
Highlands was that the remedy lay in emigration.
Mr. W. H. Smith supported the attitude taken up
by the Lord Advocate, and contended that no one had
pointed out any means by which private capital was to
be obtained, or how money was to be advanced by the
State for the purpose of setting up the crofters in
enlarged holdings. The motion was defeated by 205
to 99.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

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concert tour in the North, which would be of great
advantage to her. In another letter she spoke of the
probability of the tour being postponed.
Mr. Hugh Lawson, house surgeon at St. George's
Hospital, said he saw the deceased on her arrival at
the hospital on Thursday evening of last week. She
was insensible. There was a punctured wound on
the left and on the right side of her forehead. She
died from the injury to the brain, at 3.25 a.m., on
Friday morning. The revolver must have been held
in a horizontal position. She could not have stood up
after the shot was fired.

The coroner told the jury to consider whether the
shot was an accidental one, or whether it was fired
by her at a time when her mind was unhinged. There
was the circumstance also, which they must take into
consideration, as to her taking chloral, as her brother
had deposed.

The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in
an unsound state of mind."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

TIIE QUEEN'S COURIER.

The remains of the lath M. Joseph Julius Kann6,
director of the Queen's Continental journeys, were
interred on Monday at Brompton Cemetery, in the
presence of his relatives and many personal friends.
Among the mourners were the Prince of Wales,
General Sir 11. F. Ponsonby (who represented the
Queen), Sir John Cowell, Major Bigge, Sir Francis
Knollys, General Sit C. Teesdale, Major-General Ellis,
Colonel Clarke, Lord Colville of Culross, the Hon. 11.
Tyrwhitt-Wilson, Dr. Vintaas, and tlxe Hon. Ralph
Dutton. The Burial Service was read by the Rev.
Nathaniel Liberty, the senior chaplain. Iler Majesty
sent from Windsor Castle a handsome wreath of
everlasting flowers and foliage, to which the in-
scription, "A mark of regard and grateful remem-
brance from Queen Victoria," was attached; the
floral contribution from the Prince and Princess
of Wales bearing the words, " As a last token of
sincere regard and deep regret from their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales." The
latter- was placed upon the remains by the Prince of
Wales, Sir Henry l'onsonby arranging the Queen's
chaplet and another forwarded by Prince and Princess
Henry of 13attenberg. The domestics of the Royal
household were represented by Mr. F. Clark (ono of
the Queen's Highland attendants), Messrs. Ilyams,
Schobert, and others. M. Kanne, who was 70 years
of age, was one of her Majesty's most faithful and
devoted servants. Ile had for many years the per-
sonal supervision of the Queen's Continental journeys,
the illness to which he succumbed occurring only a
few days before the Royal departure for Italy, and
just as he had perfected the arrangements for the
visit to Florence. The deceased was an Austrian by
birth.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

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DRIVEN TO DEATH.

The Central News Cambridge correspondent tele-
graphs: "A petition in bankruptcy has been filed
against Mr. Ephraim Wayman, who for many years
has held the position of clerk to the borough magis-
trates of Cambridge and agent to the Conservative
Party for the East and West Divisions. Mr. Wayman
was the head of a respectable firm of solicitors,
and enjoyed the greatest public confidence, so that
large sums of money have passed into his hands
for investment. Owing to the disappearance of
Mr. Charles Turner, another solicitor, arid promi-
merit local man, a short time ago, public confidence
became shaken, and there has been a very con-
siderable run upon Mr. Wayman, which he appears
to have managed to meet until the 19th of April,
when he left by rail on the assertion that he was
going to Brighton for a brief rest from the worry.
Mr. Wayman has not returned to Cambridge, and
revelations as to the condition of his estate leave a
reasonable supposition that he will not do so. The
liabilities are said to amount to nearly £lOO,OOO,
and as Mr. Wayman appears to have been realising on
all available property, the assets are not expected to
be large. The most terrible consequences are likely
to follow the failure, following so close upon that of
Mr. Turner's, whose estimated deficit was £20,000.
Several bankruptcies have already resulted, others
are hourly expected, and the County Coroner has had
to investigate the case of alleged suicide of a farmer
named Phypers, of Chesterton, on receiving official in-
formation of the failure. The scenes at the office have
been heartrending. The petition against Mr. Wayman
has been filed by Mr. Dennis Adams, one of the
borough justices, for £1530.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

VERNING BY ASTROLOGERS.

Holkar's Minister, says the Times Calcutta corre-
spondent, has retired from Indore. His position, it
seems, had become intolerable, in consequence of
persistent maladministration. Little wonder if the
following statement from the Pioneer be correct:
"By placing trust in intriguing astrologers and worth-
less favourites the maharajah has alienated the one
man who honestly desired his welfare, and now
stands in a critical position. The maladministration
of Indore is too nOtorious to be allowed to proceed.
Reform from within is hopeless. The Government
must interfere and reform the abuses."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

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QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.

The annual report and accounts of the Governors of
Queen Anne's Bounty for last year have just been
published in a Parliamentary paper. The grants
awarded amounted to £17,000, and benefactions were
thereby attracted to he value of £19,953. Grants
were made in respect of 70 applications ; in 12 cases
the livings were under £lOO a year ; in 29 under £150;
in 15 under £175; and in 14 under £2OO. The net
amount received from first fruits and tenths was
£14,687, which with a surplus of general revenue
of £5991 leaves a sum of £20,678 for distribution in
1888. The trust funds held by the Governors amount
o a capital sum of £4,677,435 and comprise 6694 open
taccounts. The expense of management for the year
was very little over 1 per cent.
AN OFFICIAL TRUSTEE.

Mr. Warmington, Q.C., M.P., has introduced a Bill
for the appointment of an 6' official trustee" to dis-
charge in certain cases the office of trustee, executor,
administrator, and other offices of trust. The scheme
provides for this officer and a staff of clerks being
appointed by the Board of Trade, which would also
make regulations for the conduct of business in his
office. When anyone desires to appoint this officer
to be trustee of any property, the bill enables him to
do so, unless the trust be for some religion or
charitable purpose. Where, however, the official
trustee's consent is not previously obtained, he need
not accept the trust. Under a power of appointing
new trustees the official trustee may also be ap-
pointed the sole trustee in place of all the existing,
retiring or deceased trustees, where all the persons
beneficially interested assent, or, if they are not of
age, where the Chancery Division gives its sanction.
With the sanction of the Court also an executor or
administrator may transfer the estate to the official
trustee for administration. Public property may also
be placed by order in council under his control. The
official trustee is intended to have all the powers,
duties, and liabilities of an individual trustee. As to
the expenses of his office, the proposal is for them to
be defrayed by a certain commission on property
received by him in respect of management, collection,
and distribution of the trust estate. This commission,
however, does not cover costs of litigation and other
law costs, &c. With regard to responsibility the official
trustee is made liable to make good all such losses
as an official trustee is now responsible for. The
money paid in respect of this liability would in the
first instance come out of the Consolidated Fund; but,
except in cases where the Board of Trade orders other-
wise, might be recovered as a debt due to the Crown
from the official trustee.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

A SHOCKING CRIME.

A shocking crime was committed in Wolverhampton
on Monday morning. A young man named Ernest
harper, 21, son of a publican, got out of bed and
attacked his brother Thomas, aged 17, with a knife.
The brothers seemed on good terms on Sunday night,
but next morning Ernest, after rising early, obtained
a carving knife, and returning to the bedroom
deliberately cut Thomas's throat, inflicting such a
wound that death must have been almost instantaneous.
The murderer then attacked another brother named
John, who called for help, and the father went to his
assistance. Ernest is described to have made a noise
like a wild beast while he acted like a madman. No
sooner had the father entered the room than he sprang
through the window, alighting on some spiked rail-
ings, gouging one of his eyes out. Ile lies in the
hospital in a critical condition, but it is thought that
he will recover. He has been very strange in his
demeanour over since his return from abroad, he
having lived a seafaring life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

PANIC IN A MENAGERIE.

A terrible panic occurred in a menagerie at Prague
on Sunday night. The structure is a wooden one,
and is capable of holding about fifteen hundred per-
sons. Suddenly,when the building was tolerably full,
a cry of "Fire !" was raised—it is said by pick-
pockets—when there was a wild rush to the doors.
Men, women, and children were knocked down and
trampled under foot, and the scene for some time was
terrible in the extreme. At length, when quiet was
restored, it was found that six persons had been
killed and a very large number more or less seriously
injured.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

CHURCH DISCIPLTSII3.

In the HousE OF LORDS on May Ist the Church Dig
cipline Bill was committed pro
.forma, amended on re-
port, and recommitted for the 11th of May.
Lord Denman moved the second reading of the bill
to shorten the duration of speeches in Parliament. Lord
Cranbrook pointed out that the House could regulate
their proceedings without an Act, and he moved the re-
jection of the bill. The bill was rejected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

A.N OLD POCKET BOROUGH.

According to the London correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian, the estate of Gatton, near
Reigate, is for sale. It is the property of Viscount
Oxenbridge, better known as Lord Monson, for many
years past the Liberal Whip in the House of Lords,
and now chairman of the Committee at the National
Liberal Club. The property, though only some 2000
acres in extent, is or was worth £5OOO a year, and as
London extends further and further into Surrey it is
likely to increase enormously in value. The chief
interest of Gatton is that it was one of the most
glaring instances of "pocket boroughs" included in
shedule Aof the first Reform Act. It contained only
a single dwelling, a great mansion in the middle of a
fine park, and from time immemorial the two members
had been returned at the will and pleasure of the
owner of the mansion, whose servants usually nomi-
nated and seconded the candidates. Early in this
century the Lord Monson of the day, a distant cousin
of the present lord, gave £lOO,OOO for the property
and the two seats in Parliament which it commanded.
And the purchase had been completed only a very
few years when the blind fury of reform came with
the "abhorred shears" and cut off Gatton from the
list of Parliamentary boroughs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

RGLAR OR BRIDEGROOM?

he Lanarkshire police wanted a young man named
acis Irvine on a charge of housebreaking. The
aberland county police received information that
fugitive had le-ft Carlisle on Thursday morning of
week by train for Silloth, and instructions were
, to the policeman at Abby Town and Silloth to
a look out for the robber. In the meantime,
'ever, a newly-married couple from the west
"umberland, who intended spending the day at
)th, got into the same compartment as Irvine.
Abbey Town, when the train stopped, the local
ceman got into the next compartment, and on the
4 pulling up at Silloth, the bridegroom, as he
iped on to the platform, was collared by the
ceman, who commenced rushing him off towards
Ipolice. The latter protested his innocence in vain.
n the newly-made bride's entreaties were lost
h the hard heart of the officer. The captive
legroom was led out of the railway-station, a crowd
wing and jeering at him. Just outside the rail-
r-station, however, a mutual friend was met, to
mi the bride appealed. This gentleman assured
policeman that his captive was not the man he
ted, and it suddenly dawned upon the policeman
[, he had made a mistake, and letting the bride-
em free he departed crestfallen. Irvine, who had
a the first part of the scene, enjoyed it immensely,
L quietly got out of the way. However, he was
on captured.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-05-05

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A STRANGE STORY.

A correspondent at Cambourne, says the following
story is fully authenticated: The wife of a miner at
Dolcoath named Davis, of Cross-street, Camborne, had
been ill for some months, but could obtain only partial
relief from the doctors of the town. She stated that
for some thr e she had felt something alive in her
stomach which amost choked her, and the choking
was evidenced by the colour in her face. On Thursday
of last week she went to a doctor of a neighbouring
town, who was satisfied as to the truth of the woman'a
statement of her symptoms, and he managed to extract
a four-legged coloured reptile, measuring 31 inches,
from her throat. He attributed its presence in the
woman to the drinking of impure water during the
draught last summer. Mrs. Davis is fast recovering
her usual health.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

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ROWLL .i.

Scion Itcann.-03 Monday night the monthly
,neeting, of this Board was held, under the presi-
aeucy of NI:. G. Green.—A. later was read from the
Rev. F. R. Keatch, stating that cud child en wh
absented themselves frem the Blackeeath Utturch
S,thools. had not been vusited ey the at:endance
officer. hfr. Kibbl-r stated that the absentees had
not been reported to him unti last week. He wished
the Board to understand that if tney were reported
as should be unable to visit the authorities from the
Board Schools. The visiting in the Black lies.th
parish was heavy, and he would be compelled to
omit eith-r tee Board Schools or the Church Schools.
If he visited the Charch Schools he should be giving
his services to the ratepayers in Vale II desowen
parish at least one day per week. The matter was
4.dr:ward for a month. The estimated expenditure
up to the 29th of September was X 4.690 4s. 10d.,
tad receipts £3,189 7s. 4d. Tee I,ni net required
rota the oversee' s was £1,700 17s. 6 I. I.lr. Lenney
said that from time to time cases o savre puu,sh-
went had ,ome before them. There was a rule that
Assistant teachers should not strike uh chitinn,
I and he considered that the practice should be put.
lowa with • strong hand. A case of undue sevtrity
had taken place in the Cradle! 'death Boys' Sr:Loot,
'vhere an assi3tant teacher had inflicted injuries to
I the kead of a boy wtth is wooden pointer. He there-
foie proposed the toll wing resolution, .1 That C.
book be kept in which to enter the names of teachers
who administer undue punishment to scholars, and
upon the matter having been proved and reported
to the Board, such entry shall tell against the
teachers receiving inereaaed stipends or promotion
tinder tha Board." Mr. Cooper a,couded, and upon
being put to the meeting the resolution was earned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

HOW THE POOR LIVE.

Mr. William Carter, coroner for East Surrey, has
held an inquest at the Duke of Cambridge, Mansion
House-street, Kennington, on the body of Joseph
Henry Marten, aged ten weeks, who was discovered
dead at No. 19, Opal-street, Upper Kennington-lane,
under circumstances of a very shocking character.
From the evidence of the father, a labourer, it ap-
peared that he and his wife and five children occupied
one room on the top floor. They had but one
small bedstead. He and his wife, with the
deceased and two of the other children, slept
at the top of the bed and the other two at the
foot. About six o'clock in the morning he
was alarmed at the deceased's appearance, and woke
his wife, who called in a police-officer and Dr. Farr.
Dr. George Frederick Farr, of 175, Kennington-road,
stated that he was surgeon to the L Division of the
police. Last Friday morning, on entering the passage
of 19, Opal-street, he found the boards in a ricketty
and rotten condition and the plaster on the walls
falling down. In the front room a shocking scene
presented itself. The parents, with four children,
were in bed. In a cupboard, where the food
was kept, he found the dead body of the deceased.
He had no doubt that death was due to suffocation.
The doctor said that the condition of some of
these houses was a disgrace to the parish of Lambeth,
and be could no:, understand what the sanitary
officials were abffut. He found the ceiling of the
particular room all down, and the rain was rushing
in. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death
from suffocation," at the same time stating that they
were of opinion that the sanitary authorities should
be at once communicated with. Dr. Farr informed
the Court that the houses were totally unfit for habita-
tion. The coroner promised to report the matter to
the proper authorities.
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MR. GOSCIIEN'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

In the HOUSE or COMMONS on March 26, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer made his Budget statement in
Committee of Ways and Means. He said that the
total expenditure for the expiring financial year
amounted to £87,424,000, a saving of £612,000 as com-
pared with the total estimate; and the revenue to
£89,589,000, or £1,454,000 more than the estimated
Budget receipts. There was a realised surplus for, the
year of £2,165,000, the largest since 1873-4. The total
expenditure for next year was estimated at £86,910,000,
a diminution of £612,000 as compared with the present
year, and the revenue at £89,287,000, or £302,000 less
than last year, showing a surplus of £2,377,000. He
explained that under the arrangement proposed to
be made in view of the new scheme of local government,
by transferring certain licences and duties and with-
drawing grants in aid, £2,900,000 would be granted in
relief of local taxation. It was proposed to put a duty
of £1 on every vehicle exceeding lOcwt. in weight,
exempting agricultural carts, and half-a-crown per
wheel on every cart over 2cwt. in weight. It was also
proposed to put a duty of £1 on pleasure horses and £5
on race horses, allowing horse dealers a composition of
£l5. A new scale of duty was proposed in regard to the
carriage tax. There would be a small relief to payers
of income tax under schedule A, relating to lands. The
licence duty of X-I upon hawkers would be re-
pealed. He proposed a stamp duty on the transfer
of all securities to bearer which are now circulating
without having paid the 10s. on their issue, to raise the
stamp on the contract notes of stockbrokers from a
penny to sixpence, to tax new companies to the extent
of £1 per £lOOO, on registration, and to put a tax of
ss. per dozen on bottled wines, in order to provide a
sufficient balance to reduce the income tax by a penny.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

GOVERNMENT IRISH LAND BILL.

After the discussion on the Budget in the House of
Commons on Monday night, Mr. Arthur Balfour moved
for leave to bring in a bill to make provision for tho
better disposal of the business under the Land Law
(Ireland) Acts. Mr. Parnell was speaking at twelve
o'clock, when opposed business ceased.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

ROYAL MAUNDY.

The ancient Royal charities designated the Royal
Maundy were distributed, with time-honoured cere-
monial and formalities, at the Chapel Royal, on Thurs-
day. The distribution took place at the afternoon
service among 68 aged men and 68 aged women, the
number of each sex corresponding with the age of
her Majesty. The Right Rev. Lord Alwyne Compton,
D.D., Bishop of Ely (Lord High Almoner), the Sub-
Almoner, and the Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal (the
Rev. E. Sheppard, M.A.), and the clergy of the Chapels
Royal attended to assist at the ceremonial, besides the
rectors and vicars of some of the principal metro-
politan parishes, and children from the National
Schools of St. John's and St. Margaret's, Westminster,
selected to participate in the ceremony for their good
conduct. The Minor Bounty, the Discretionary
Bounty, and the Royal Gate Alms were, in accordance
with ancient usage, distributed at the Royal Almonry
earlier to upwards of 1000 aged, distressed, and
meritorious persons who had been previously recom-
mended by the clergy of the various parishes in and
round London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

WAGES IN THE WROUGHT-NAIL TRADE.

A meeting of workmen was held at the Spring
Hill Reading Room, Halesowen, on Monday night,
under the auspices of the Midland Trade Federation,
Mr. T. Stocker, of Halesowen, presidea.—Mr. Price
remarked that labourers ought to be bitter o.gln-
isod than they were at the present time, especiaLy
im mast the spike nail makers. Their Wages had
bern re uce,d in consequence of not having joined a
e y —Mr. Higgins said that the eonditioa ,1 the
u ilra of that district as well as others was most
,teplo-abie rhey were willing to assist their f 'low
workman to batter their condition.—Mr. B. Win-
woo I said that the society could, if the workmen
hoss, be made a defensive organisation th tt very
few capitalists would dare to attack. If only 20,000
.nen p Lid one penny per week it would realise the
um of .033. 65. 8.1. per tn-mth. It was no the
.orrer of money so mach as the combination at mem-
he-s couspriAed of all trades that would be joined
'ogetner, and always ready to assist their fellow
irtisans who might be attacked wrongfully at any
moment.— A resaution was pissed pledging the
nemoers to join the Midland Trades Federa Lai
3 was stated that it was anticipated that in conse-
inence of a deviation from the advanced pric I list
.vh oh had lac!en obtained a short time dgo, the spike
ilers would ask for an advance of wages.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

ATTACKED BY SQUIRRELS.

Colonel J. L. Culbertson, of Edwardspot, Indiana,
tells this story of his experience in 1854, the time of
the great migration of squirrels from the East to the
West. The Evansville Courier, which publishes the
story, says that the Colonel is a gentleman of "un-
questioned truth and honesty." He was a young man
then, and one day took his rifle and went about a mile
from town to hunt. He was going through the woods
when he met the army of squirrels. They became so
thick around him and seemed so fearless that he stood
in amazement. Finally he struck one with a stick.
The squirrel uttered a sharp squeak, and instantly
myriads of squirrels from all directions rushed to the
defence of their associate and attacked Mr. Culbertson,
who kicked them off and clubbed at them with his
gun. They climbed up his legs, jumped upon his
back and on top of his head. He fought desperately,
but the more he succeeded in hurting the louder the
chattering and screaming around him became, which
only brought greater numbers of the infuriated little
animals to the attack. They bit his legs and arm/
and gashed his face and neck and lacerated his hands,
fairly scrambling over each other in their assault. He
dropped his gun and retreated as fast as he could,
fighting as lie went. Blood streamed down his face
and neck and hands. They bit him through the ears,
and held on until they actually tore their hold loose. He
got out of the woods, and still scores followed him
and clung to him until they were pulled off by men
in a store into which he rushed for assistance.

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SATURDAY, MARUH 31, 1888.

POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.

A particularly daring robbery was discovered on
Monday morning to have been committed at the
Smithfield Branch Post-office in Charterhouse-street.
Acccording to custom, the office was closed shortly
after eight p.m. on Saturday, but when the men came
on duty on Monday morning at seven o'clock they
found the entrance barred. Obtaining the aid of
Born...butchers, the door was forced, and it was then --
seen that the office had been broken into, and that
coins and stamps to the value of about £l6O had been
abstracted from the safe. The burglars had
apparently gained an entrance through the roof fr.oin
the a djoining premises, which are unoccupied.
Having done so, they must have turned their atten-
Nunter and in full view of the police,
Ven to the safe, which was placed under the
are able to look through the windows from the street.
The thieves moved the safe to another part of the
premises. In order to cover the place where it had
been standing, they blocked one of the drawers and
put it under the counter. They then evidently Went
to work very leisurely, for they broke open the
lockers belonging to the employes, and prepared
cocoa, Sze., in doing which they destroyed a kettle.
The authorities believe that the thieves must have re-
mained on the premises all through Saturday night
and Sunday. They must have exercised great
caution in leaving on account of the number of men
engaged at the Meat Market, who commenced Werl
at about three o'clock on Monday morning. who
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-31

SENSATIONAL ROBBERY.

An extensive robbery of gold coins and jewellery
took place early the other morning at the Paris estab-
lishment, in the Rue de Louvois, of Messrs. Rollin and
Feuardent, dealers in coins, medals, gems, and an-
tiquities, and carrying on business both in London
and Paris. The metal value alone of the gold coins
taken is estimated at 80,000 francs, representing a
weight of nearly 1000 ounces. The apartments occu-
pied by the firm are on the first floor of No. 4, Rue de
Louvois. The earliest intimation of the burglary was
given by a servant in their employ, who, at seven
' o'clock in the morning, discovered a window broken
in the vestibule leading to the apartments on the first
floor. A search revealed the fact that the place had
been ransacked. A number of cabinets had been forced
open, and from these had been taken almost the entire
collection of gold coins, said to have been the largest
and the most valuable in France. These included coins
and medals of the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine
periods, and a complete series of French coins. A
number of Greek silver coins were likewise taken, as
well as some antique jewellery. The burglars left
r.othing behind them except a kitchen chopper. They
appear to have carried off their booty in a leather bag
stolen from some apartment belonging to the con-
cierge of the house. It is supposed that, prior to the
robbery, the men had concealed themselves in the
Louse, and made their way to the spot where the
valuables were collected when all was quiet, break-
ing a window in the vestibule, clambering over a
little balcony, and easily effecting an entrance to the
apartments. The glass was very clumsily broken, and
this has induced the suspicion in some quarters that
the visitors did not belong to the class of professional
burglars. Messrs. Rollin and Feuardent are prepared
to give double the metal value of all the property
restored to them. The matter has been placed in the
hands of the French authorities, who have com-
municated with the police authorities in London.

RABELAIS says, "The attorneys are to the lawyer
what the apothecaries are to the physicians, only they
do not deal in scruples."
A PHILOSOPHER says, "You require in marriage pre.
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ages—absolute confidel4ca."