The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-22 00:00:00

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A Girl TO E DIN3I7IIoH.—On Stanldly a 0 "STAND NOT ON THII ONDllt OP
wee erected at the south end of George ' —An amiable Wfanager toys the which be
Klinbourgh, and elm the entrance of Issues for the Pit and Gallery are what in his opinion
Chtfrchyerd, to commemorate the constitute "the lower Orders."—Punch.
terrier .inamed Greytriara Bobby. The I Ttia Fran FitOBT ar bigllPHis.—Whill it
Peterbedd granite. Mande Tft. high, and i wee yet twilight people were out in the streets nethtnigg
is ny a lin tree- Bobbi•in bronze. The the teedeto eir of the purifying froet. Hem stooping
peiteed bears the following inscription :—" A trlbute down, one gatliered a handful of the glittering hoar.
to the affectionate fidelity of Ofteyfriars Bobby. In 1658 I frost, which, puce and beautiful, lay upon the earth,
VIM .14UfhPff dog Pli"Sla re""i°s of hit coaster to I and gazing loam it with somewhat of the gladdening
ththesedrorrtht oisf
epint witm Which the Israelites gathered the MIMS in
hGiareyati
.ti,ahrisn' Ciihnutre.hysTrdhe, and fingered
hed.nersh,,:fie.srpoeott,uan tit/
bt.inrabiag.,,exci aimed, "0 Gld, we thank
Omen came and touched with
Use x.pei.nniteofotibeLcaiitlyy
atuturdoertititeLloutte, anti with the
reverential fingers the pure, cold messenger_
_of health.
STANCES on' IDNOZTITY.—The obituary las if t satisfy themselves', like the balf-believing
e Times of Saturday, the 15th init., tentained Theresa of old, that the Savioar of the cites had de-
rrmtrkable illnetrutions of tontine, ed exiateuce mended from heaven to ears the people from the
permag,Viz nine"
.0111tienleIr and eight dmtroying angel of the pestilence. Gr.mps of men sad
lanes, but more particularly in the cane of five of women moved from place to place to prove by
the fewer e,X and four of the latter, velseee cumulative eviden in that incited it was frost, and not
uuitel ages sanounted to 781 year. giving an some optical di hirdell • that the wished-tor guest bad
average of gs years sod more than .idue inOutt.• Le not merely confined t:is visitations to one locality, but
each of thee° pirsone. The .uttedt. as usual,, wee a enjoyed the freedom of the chg. Strong men, bars.
member of the fair sex, who had reached the great age hen led anti hare-armed, walked excitedly hither and
of 95 years, the youngest of the IMMO sex b jog 84 Of thither, reidOing in the fact that a physician had come
the gentlemen, the oldest was 88, and the youneest 80 to whose nostrums the whole faculty must yield pre.
years of age. The respective ages of theee nine letiee cedence AS the only true panacea for the terrible yellow
and gentlemen w. re as folloWS, 80, three at 84, 84i, fever. Windows anti dome were thrown open, woollen
87, 88, 93. and 95 years. Of the eeptetagenwrittue t 'ere and cotton garments were exported to the disinfecting
were eight; viz . four of each sex, where united ages agency of the cold and rarefied &triaged everywhere In
emonnteit to 603 years, giving an averege of 75 years the city the entlithdarm wag mmkeklervent, and joy.
and more than lour months to eech. The united rites —Afrinphie Asrseal.
of these 17 ladies ani gentlemen sentenauted to 1.314 GRANDP4PA'S GlitattNAN.—" I say, Grand'pa,
years, Ovate an average of 81 years and tnere than four I call it very unfai,_Yon know my little sister,
months to each. 1.1 t, Le Eva? Well- when Vileleorte mitt everybody always
A Tana ANTlST.—Lndy's .Ittait4. "Please, co'''" now pretty she Is; end notio.iy
Ma'am, I with to Re-ign ! "—Leidy. "'Why, Patter? lays how pretty lam !"—" You're
You cline here only yesterday !"—Lady's Maid. .sen flattery, my dear! They say it
" I've been loath& over y nit drawers, fue'em and to me. Instead !"—" 0, come, grawd'ys, you're not
find your things are not up to the mark, ant wouldn't I "—Punch.
do me credit ! "—Punch, Tits 1.1.1P0F COAL TEADI.—The exports of
SUBDUING WIIITER.—An extraordinary pro- coal and coke trout the Vatted' EIMMOIn In October
,essnsed a certain eljeet, having amounted to
joeL has been snbmitted to the United States' Senate r . •
,146,197 tons, es comps with 1,191,981 tons in
Iranetoortatoon Committee by Ms. Clheesebrough, of
0 lobe, 1872 d 1,292 271 tous in Octoeer, 187 . L. In
New York, who prop ore to kite Erie Canal open an
p the Ethese totals the etportaT taermany filmed for 166.632
all wiuter by mean., of artificial beat. His plan con- ,ii__ . e e . .
192 ewe torus, sea z i.ect tons respectively ; and
eine in running hot water pipes on each aide and along ""aa
those to rineace fur 219,564 tom, 179,365 tone, and
its entire length, floating toe pipes a little below the
zee tons respectively. In the ten months ending
surface, and eupplyhig steam from boilers placed at '"
0 i
that
clot), r 31h ol year, we exported coal and coke to the
half a mile apart. It has been fount', he says,
the heat obtained from one ton of cod, properly extent of 10,593,661 tons, nosiest 11,289,504 tons in
the corresponding period of 1872, aid 10,651,001 tons
applied to the surface weter of a canal 70 feet wide sod ,_
the corresponding peel of 1871. In thew totals
halt a mile long, will preveet congeletien tor one day. ."
figured f 1 386 883 to 1 8 488
In the winter (of the State of New York) there are uot Germanyor Ds* • 44, tons, saig
more than 60 full days on which the temperature 2e is 109 025 tens reepectivety ; and Frame for 1,999,551
below the freezing-point. On this bads of calculation.
tones 1,836,806 tons, and 1577,285 tons respectively,
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the Erie Canal, 350 miles long, would re quire 42,0(0 the do eta have increased this Year to Sweden and
tons per annum, but double it and call it four tons, or Norway. Fiance and Brazil, but they have decreased to
Holland. Spain, Italy
even eight tons per mile per annum, and even then the Russia, Denmark, Germany,
the
cad
exmortei
c. at is as nothing to the magnitude of the results oh _
- ai xn trope t
tainecL from the United Kingdom in October was £11761082,
coddmred with El 301,409 in October 1872, sad
Ma. Low& AND THE LICENSED VICTUALLIRS. £645,838 in October 1871 'and in ten months ending
—ln London, on Saturday afternoon, a deputation of October 31 this year £11,100,354. against £8,5t0,17615
members of St. James's district Li tensed Victuallers' the corresponding period of 1872, and £5,135,800 in
Association waited upon Mr. Lowe, the Home Seers- the corresponding period of 187 L
tary, upon the eubjett of the workilig of the 26th cleave eectbz
OF
• CHANCSKT Burros —An
of the Licensing Act, which especially regulates the "' •inquest
hours of °login, of the licensed houses iu the neigh. has been held in London on the body of Joseph Miles,
aged 71, a meddler, who Lad drowned himself in the
bourhwd of theatres and places of public amusement.
• Regent's Canal. It appears that a short time slam
Colonel Heider-on, the Cried Cothatiesioner of Podie, . . •
l reative died, and the denture d administered to the
WAS present during the interview. The deputation was .h h c e bad
introduced by Mr. W. H. Smith, M. P. for West- a estate, to which advanced money. A lawsuit
ensued, which first deeded • * was at rstotu his favour, but
digester, who said the deputed es desired t submit to "La
till right hen. gentleman a statement re•pecting the
t property was subsequently thrown into Chancery,
operation of the 26th clause tit the Licendieg Act, and .
n the heit dividend day his dividends thereon
which gave the Cnief Commissioner of Police the were itt"i'Peit Thus preyed greatly on his mind, said
he was repeatedly saying he would never remver hie
power 'A granting licenses to houses near thtuttros to
keep open until one o'clock. The privilege had been money. On Wednesday mi ruing lest he attended
business as usual, bit went out at twelve o'clock, a
secured by a few only, and there was nothing to pre-
vent the Chief Commissioner extending it Loan licensed rather undsual circumstance. Not returning, a col-
vlctuellers in the immediate neighbourhood of theatres, league, saved Wright, went to the drawer of the des
ceased, and found that he had taken with him Ids
Toe lime Secretary, in reply, said Le was anxious to
have tide law alters I, but he d'd cot see his way clear. watch and chain and also his best coat. At a quarter.
past three the name afternoon, as two men were passing
He thought the pewee given to the Chief Corumnsieuer
of Police use a dangerous omit and he would support
down the Albert-road, Regont'o- mirk they RaW • body
i floating n the water. They pulled it to the side sad
an amendment to the clause. called for the aid of a policeman, who got it ashore,
STReaCift SORT oF BUSlNESS.—Lapryers BOMB- but life was extinct. The body was identified as that
times take • different view of things from ether of the deceased, but It was most remarkable that
persons; so perhaps they may underatand hue a Ste- neither his watch nor chain was found on his person.
tioner can think it Is to his advantage to give this All that was found was half-a-crown in his trouser.
pellic notice in him window,—" Deeds; abstracted."— pocket, fourpence in coppers, an empty purse, and a
Punch, silk hanekercldef. The coroner remarked that it was
THE COAL SUPPLT.—A " Welehman " writes a Common oecturence in these canal drowninp for
to The Times : bodies to be got out and robbed and put back seals.
The jury ultimately returned • verthot of "Suicide
It way luterest your readers to know that, In consequence ,
rich- lessened demand for We'sh h steam cas at the ports of Iflnle Of unsound mind."
Cardiff and Swatters, the Coals worn' smociatiou at Cereal
hers determined toerirk th.dr moteries roe five day. 0,01
to tho week, and, by circular addressed to the or, printer. of
ocher a dderies tot in the A.W•elatiOA, are honing make
the arraup went general 01 culvert this aliens*, to I:mit
the supply of coal Is not mace for the &thyme ol anstaining
the present high prices, for Itive not the c,alownert torough
out the recent time of 'Tetchy been a 111 kg to let m re
come forward It their men would only wore, and, at ihe barns
time, imputed all the hugs profits to the metchants and
others?
'fag ‘`Rx.ki." ZOOLOGICAL GARDE/T.—The Stock
Exchange, considering the place filled in it by the
movements of Bull, Lion, and Bear.—Punch.
ANIFRICA AND Srsur.—Advioss from Cuba
received hi New York state that 17 more of te crew
of the tired/true were executed on the 10th inst. six.
teen of the victims are sailip be British eubjects. The
punishment wee carriid oilfriotwithetamiteg a protest
from the fereige representatives, including the Br,' ieh
end American Ctesuli. The latti r was tereetened
wlth the wVhdrawal of his exequatur owing to the
fiorts he made to nave the men. A Cabinet C
was held at Woshingtou on Friday evening, at which
it Was reaolved to take definite steps to maintain the
dignity of the United States Government in seem-
deuce with the sentiment if the country. Stiehl all
be called upon, it is believed, to puuieh the authorities
responsible for the executions, and failing to do so, T-
trerne measures will on adopted.
NoTHING .Nsw.—The " Block Sys em." It
was known in media cal timee. Oilier than Railway
Kings found it big, ly convenient for getting rid of
people. But they used it only in the ea.ss of the
Fast Clans We have abolished that odioua
acetic rule, and kill all round. King Block is no
King Leg--Pooch.
ENGLISH AND Gritaraw NearLrrr.—lt appears
from l'Almonach imperial, published annually at
Vienna, that the following British Bull, clie, either
born or netnridised, hold titles of nobility in the
ancient German, or (sit is generally styled) rue Holy
Remake Empire :—L Rudolph William hiseil
Earl of Denbigh, demesided from a branch of the lint
penal Heed' of Hapsburg; a Count of the Holy
Roman Empire. Neither date nor pstent now extent;
both probably, however, are of the 13th or gaily in the
14:h century. 2. John Francis Arundel!, Lord Arun.
dell ot Wardour, a Owlet of the Holy Roman Empire;
date of patent, 160 L This h. 14011? Wee conferred on
Sir Tnienas Artnidell, surnamed "the Valiant," for
having taken the itandard of tie Turks with hid own
hands at the battle of Gran, in Hungary. 3 John,
Count De la Feld, natnralieed in Austria; descended
Iron the ancient counts of that name in Aleace ; his
ancestor created a Count of the lily Ron an Empire
after the battle ef Zeutha, in linewary ; date of said
patent, 1697. 4 John Winston Spencer Churchill,
Duke of Marl -*rough ; his ancestor was created a
Prince of the Holy Reiman Empire at ter the battle of
Bieeheim. by the title of Prince of Mindeleheim, in
doable. 5. John, Count on Sails, naturalised in Eng-
laud, descended from the ancient Cutouts of the saute
name in the Grisons ; his ancestor created a Count of
the Holy Human Empire; date of the patent, 1748.
6. Francis Thomas 11a Cauy Cowper Earl Cowper;
his ancedter crested a Count of the RA3, Roman Em-
pire ' • date of patent, 1758. 7, Charles Rudolph
Francis Joseph Taaffe, Viscount Trestle, in the peerk.e
of Ireland, naturalised in Austria, created is Count of
the Holy R,lllAll Empire, date of patent, 1781. 8. Sir
Horace St. Paul, Bart., a Count of the Hedy Roman
Empire; date of potent 1786. •
ToMMY OxsLow.—From Archibald Constable
and his Literary Corresponclants.—" Itat.hor a meagre
day 'shout shows, but no inne losit, however ; the greattet
treat! saw Wil4 Sir John Lade the famous whip, in
his baron he and four—a wonder'fully handsome, faeh-
ionable, etupid, gay man. Tommy thislow, now Lind
Crauley, is on the whole reckoned the hest whip 01 the
two. The following lines on his lordsnip ze good :
What can rommy °eel do?
We) the cat' dime a o:re'on ,nd two;
tau Tommy Ondow do no more /
Yes, he can drive a phretou and Iseult.
" Saw aid Q. peeping out at his wiriAow, in a state
of mete existeuce apparently—a got d picture of a
debauched old man, who had enjoyed everything this
world Can produce—n) far WS money can purchase."
CHILD MURDZit Id NORTHERN hints.—The
Calcutta correspondent of The Times writes
As all our Ex, cotOro mr•Ttres to prevent female Inlet,
Heide among the Reboot council Hort._ ro Lolls had failed,
an Act .411 pa,sech end .epreasive rules came iuto fore, he
menthe ao uuder eh. WiliTun Muir. It was tier, e to-it
every village In which not wore than 40 girls were f one to
every tun' tred clldren shut i to "or. ,chimed e lire
Standard guLt has sine been reduced to S 6 grls, Toe
receded the spe:tal poem sgelicy hee been this, that in a
e'lrolation of Dearly half a .11lien IRO fewer than 12,864 tires
totes been saved. Yen may Imagine tile frhrldful dram...por-
tion of the mr-s wheo I say that, evert alter thla geln, there
nu, milt in that guilty popula lon only Oa 712 girls to 101 092
bus. It wal be 12 ',ars before the enacts of past chill
murder can he oblltrrated uucer our Act' auci a new genera-
tion may ari.6 who will forget the horrible custom of their
father. Strict as the rules are, the teAtee, under Mn!
Demetty, meet with all sorts of tricks to avoid team. Lest
)ear its 'meg. constab'es, 11 midwives, and 247 heeds of
females were punished. Qat of 1,010 inquests en dead
nitrate children and 031 post nesrtent exaMliwthma, hi sup
vicious cases were totted. Tim kniirect affect of the Act on
neighbouring viliteges ourpestat, but nol it bl sd.red," has
been good. But fate,* still report the birth of a boy when
• girl Si.. been. Ocru, tu the hope that when the death el the
child Is stoeiegeeney anniineced, tied play may not be no.
melted. the rules will be adapted to inset this and other
subterfuges.
THE klaw POSTIIASTER•OZNERAL. —Dr. Lyon
Play fair, CE., who has definitely accepted the poet id
Her Majesty'. Postmaster-General, in succession to
Mr. /domicil, is a son of Dr. George Playf talc, of St.
Andrew's, N. 8., by Jessie, daughter of Mr. J.
Ross, and nephew of the late Colonel Sit Hugh Lyon
Playfair. He wee torn in 1819. He was educated at
St. Andrew's, subeenently studied chemistry at Glas-
gow, and eventually became a pnpil of the late
illustrious chyans; Liehig. He has been successively
Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution, a
Commisaioner On the subject of the sanitary conditim
of our chief towns, Chemist to the Museum of Practical
Geology, Joint Secretary of the Direartment of Science
and Art, I nepector•Geueral of Government Museums
and Schiele of Science, Professor or Chemistry in toe
tinivernity of Edinburgh, and a membered the Board of
Menufacfureri of the Board of Fieberiee in Scotland.
He was one of the Committee most, actively employed
in the early orgauization of the fleet Great Exhibition
of 1851, and his laboura in the manufacturing districts,
which he visi ed in order to consult with the leiehig
manufacturers as to their contributions to the "world's
!Mow," led him into close anti coufidenhal nrelations
with the late Prince Consort, He was no', mated a
Cempanion of the Bath, Civil Division, iu 18.51 in re.
cogunion of these services, and he organized i he depart-
ment of Jur, .re in the oecond Great Exhibition of 1862.
Dr, Lyon Piayfair is a member of very many learned
societies and foreign orders of distinction; and he was
chosen the first member for the combined Univerdties
of Edinburgh and St. Andrew's at the Int Gleteral

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