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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

GENERAL NEWS.

MR. BRIGHT AND THE BAPTIST
MINISTER.

Rev. Thomas Evans, Baptist minister, Tenby
recently wrote of Mr. Bright: "fie was useful man
enough when he had Cobden and Villiers on either
side of him to keep him in the right path, but ho
has done nothing since except fillin; profitable
s uecures in the State." Mr. Bright's attention hay.
Lug having been called to this letter he s iys
is surprised that any minister of the Baptist sect
could write so vulgar and so untruthful a letter!,

ALLEGED FRAUD A.T WOLVEREIANIPi ON,
At the Wolverhampton Stipendiary Court, yester •
day, Thomas Jones, coal master and publican, Hill
Top, West Bromwich, was charged with forging
tithi uttering a prornissAry note with inteat to
defraud the Wolverhanpton Loan Society of the
sum of £23. As pritoner was only arrested on
Thuisday, merely &road evidence was taken and
he was then remanded on bail until Wednesday.
The case i a singular one. The prosecution allege
that the accusal induced a third party to sign the
name ofaanother mau to the note.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

SAD DROWNING I.'ll'

Thucity, th 4 ti :tight n• of Nit% llalry Lewis
tisnber welch Lit, was er,)s•i!k; th: rivet in
that town on 4,)lank, when she slippel in'o thu
w :tn., was earLol aw ly, anl cli'dwned in the
pre3euce of her sisters.

THE ALLEGED ENIBEZZLENIENT BY A
CORPORATION OFFICIAL.

DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ACCUSED.

At Walsall yesterday everything was ready foi
proceeding with fresh charges of embezzlemens
against James Ueorge Nicholls, late assistant-col-
lector of gas rents for the Corporation, but the
accused did not appear when cal:ed. The recog7
nisances, £5O each, of his two sureties were declared
forfeited, and ap execution was ordered against
his goah, and a fresh warrant isaued for his arrest.
The number of dtfalcations ascertained is 186,
having occurred after he received notice of 'lie
char,ze.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

A LOVE AFFAIP.

Conway yeater Jay, Ann Hugh, a fanner's
a se liter, liting at Penmaenmawr. wag leharg, d
w.th 2f.iAonirg her tater, with whom, it wa tllegsl.
3hi Lad qu itrelled reareeting a love aff dr. A
.e nun I fiAtell for by the police was granted. .. ;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

DEFECTIVE WEAPONS.

In the Houss OF COMMONS, Mr. Henbary gave notice
th it in Committee of Supply on the Army and Navy
Estimates respectively he should move to omit the
items for the salaries of the various officers between
whom, as the Secretary for War had stated, the
responsibility must be shared for the issue to the
men of her Majesty's Navy of disgracaally defective
weapons.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

A STRANGE AFFAIR,

A Parisian dentist, about 50 years old, has just
committed suicide in very tragical circumstances.
He had fallen desperately in love with a rather good-
looking woman, who was a singer in a suburban
café-concert. She did not return his affection. al-
though she continued to frequent his surgery. She
went there on Tuesday to have, as she said, one of
her to-oth stopped, and the dentist renewed his pro-
testations of affection; but, as she refused to give
him any encouragement, he suddenly locked the door
of the room, sat down and scribbled a few lines on a
piece of paper, and then deliberately shot himself.
While dying, according to the woman's statement, he
caught her in his arms and passionately embraced
her. This accounted for her clothes being covered
with blood. The neighbours state that, besides the

report of a rovolver,-they heard sounds of an alter-
cation in the surgery. The dentist was a married
man, but had lived apart from his wife for many
years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

FELONY BY A BIRVINGIABI

At Yeovil yesterday morning P. Rowland:V.lbl
lam, a confidental clerk to Mr. Denman, account t tt.
)f Yeovil, was charged wi h stealing meney from
employer's cash drawer. The capture wits
!ieverly effected by a policeman who, concealed in
3upboard, detected thel prisoner in the act of
:akin4 the money. The prisoner, who came f 4)11
113i-mingham a few weeks ago, was fined .410.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

ADRIENNE;

TLIE SHADOW OF THE PAST.
- CALL RIGHTS BILSBEVEN
• •

• CHAPTER XXIV.
M. MENroig and the priest reached Corona just as day
Was dawning, but deferred their visit to M. Lecour
until they had recruited their strength by an early
breakfast. This exposed M. Mendon to the divcrs in-
quiries of Madame Croyar, whose curiosity would not
be appeased. In cautious tones M. Mendon
..

•
'

" I-will tell you nr,w, dear madame, what must
• goon become known to you at any rate. Strange and
Incredible as it seems, Father Eustace is the son-in-
• law of M. Lecour. He has confided to me that he is
-• the Julien Durand who eloped with his daughter, and
after her death, in disgust with the world, he resolved
_ .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

SATITRDAT NAT 14, 1887.

_
AN AlkiilNG DEM
Afflicting tillmer.olls.Cl
THE disease com-
mences with a slight
derangement of the sto-
mach, but, if neglected,
it in time involves the
whole frame, embracin
the kidneys, liver, pan-
creas, and, in fact, the
entire glandular system,
awl the afflicted one
drags out a miserable
existence until death
gives relief from suffer-
ing. The disease is often
mistaken for other coin-
plaints but if the reader
will ask himself the fol-
lowing questions, he will
be able to determine
whether he himself is
one of the afflicted '
Have I distress, pain, or
difficulty in breathing
after eating Is there a
heavy feeling 'at-
tended by drowsiness?
Have the eyes a yellow
tinge? Does a thick,
sticky, mucous gather
about the gums and
teeth in the mornings,
accompanied by a dis-
agreedble taste? Is the
tongue coated? Is there
pain in the sides and
back? Is there a fulness
about the right side as if
the liver were enlarg-
ing? Is there costive-
ness? Is there vertigo
or dizziness when rising
suddenly from a hori-
zontal position? Are the
secretions from the kid-
neys scanty and highly
coloured, with a deposit
after standing? Does
food ferment soon after
eating, accompanied by
flatulence or a belching
of gas from the stomach?
Is there frequent palpi-
tation of the heart?
These various symp-
toms may not be present
at one time, but they tor-
ment the sufferer in turn
as the dreadful disease
progresses. If the case

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be one along standio
there will -be a A,
hacking cough, attepOP:
after A time by expector;
atioh. In very advanee° •
stages, the skin assumes
a dirty brownish appear;
ance, and the hands anu,'
feet arecovered by acola, -
sticky perspiration.. M •
the liver and kidneYs•,
' become more and mor6
diseased, rheumatic •
pains appear, and the
usual treatment prove°
entirely unavailing
against this latter agoir
isi.ng disorder. TV
origin of this malady
.10
indigestion or dyspepsiaj,
and a small quantity _Ol, •
; the proper medicine
remove the disease
•1.
taken in its incipien6
It is most important that
the disease should be
promptly and properli
treated in its first stages
when a little medicine
will effect a cure, and
even when it has ob.
tamed a strong hold the
correct remedy. should
be persevered unta
every vestige of . the.
disease is eradicate&
until the appetite has
returned, and the di.
gestive organs restored
to a healthy condition.
The • surest and most
effectual remedy for this
distressing complaint is
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Price 2/6 per bottle:
This Syrup strikes at
H the very foundation of
tile di sease,and drives it,
root and. branch, out of
the system.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

HOP GROWERS' GRIEVANCES.

The East Kent Farmers' Club held a special meet-
ing at Canterbury on Saturday evening to discuss the
scheme put forward by Mr. Ambrose Warde for
placing a Customs duty of 28s. per cwt. on foreign
hops, and a tax of 20s. per acre on English hop land.
Mr. Warde said that in an interview he had nad with
the Ch- ncellor of the Excheque; Mr. Goschen ad-
mitted that the coraumer would not in this way be
affected in the s!ightest ; it was a matter between
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the hop growers,
and the brewers. Mr. Warde intimated that he
should shortly nave another interview with Mr.
G-:schen, and they would soon learn what the
Government were likely to do.
.Considerable diver-
sity of opinion was expressed by the speakers,
and, while several leading hop planters spoke in
favour of the scheme, many others took ob-
jection to it, especially to the proposal to im-
pose a tax on hop land. Mr. Amos said that if they
could not get an import duty on foreign hops unless
they agreed to pay this tax, they had better go with-
out it. He believed that a duty on foreign hops
would drive the second rate hop land out of cultiva-
tion. Mr. J. Robinson objected to a depressed indus-
try such as agriculture being taxed to relieve an im-
portant industry such as the brewing trade. Be urged
the hop growers to ask for a protective duty, without
taxing themselves. Mr. J. Day, as an old free trader,
said he saw no reason why foreign hops should not
be taxed. But it must be remembered that foreign
bops had not competed with the home growth to any
extent worth mentioning during the last season. Mr.
T. L. Collard thought it would be ample time for the
hop growers to agree to pay a duty of 20s per acre
when the Government suggestsd it. Eventually the
debate was adjourned.

IT would appear that, partly owing to extremely
bad harvestspartly
e as f
h and to the fall in prices, Russia is
arvlosing her power to compete in the wh3ut-markets of
oiria a
bdgeerenatbenautmenb,erfireotf
years
losingEuro p e .
her hold, and
by the United States and now
PsypelnrmiaUaentAlys unable
to
can be judged at present, she
to produce wheat at existing prices.
Great excitement wss caused at New Rrompton near
Chatham, on Saturday evening, by what is supposed to
have been an atteroptepvife murder. It appears that
a hammerman eroplo)eu in Chatham Dockyard, named
Robert Newland, went home at four o'clock, when, t
alleged, he knocked his wife down with a poker, and
then jumped upon her and beat her with his fists. One
of his children witnessed tiv,e,oottgeece, gaud, slushing_
to his grandfather's house, gave an alarm. Several
neighbours rushed into the house to the assistance of
the woman, and Newland, who thereupon left the
place, was followed by an excited crowd, who tried to
lynch him. At length, however, he succeeded in
getting away from the crowd and barricaded himself
Indoors. The woman, who was in a delioatu state of
health, lies in a precarious conditiou
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

ALLEGED HARSH TREATMENT.

At the Walsall Guardians' meeting, yes emit',
Maurice BPddows claimed compensation for havin
been brought back from Liverpool, when just start•
n g for America, on a wrongful charge, as he said,
iof deserting his wife and family. When he was
before the magistrates on Monday his 'khard treat.
meat, ks it then appeared, won him much corn -
=aeration. His answers to the Guard'.Ana, however,
were very unsatisfactory, and several added that he
had to their knowl•dgo rieglootod hts .family for
MP, aPPlintos WM WSW,.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

ROWLEY REGIS.

UNJUST WEIGTS. At the Public Office 011
Wednesday, before Mr. J Walker and Mr. W.
Holcrift (naagistrates), William Lloyd, groc r,
High S,reet, Old Hill, was summoned for having
four defective weights in his possession.—Defe•td•
ant said he hid no knowledge that the weights
w4re deficient.—A fine of 55. and costs was im-
pea d.
'CUE eiIA.RGE OF WOUNDINIi.—Xt the same Court
Wm. Woodhall (22), labourer, Wjidrnill End, was
charged; on remand with unlawfully wounding
Frederick Priest, also a labourer.—The two young
nam are employed as labourers at 31ssrs. Hingley's
blast furnaces, Old Hill, and on Sunday night, the
Ist just, a dispute took place at sapper time
batween them with respect to seats. The prosecutor
claimed that the prisoner had got his seat, and
kicked him off k scuille afterwards took place,
during which it :As alleged that the prisoner
stabbA prosecu under the shoulder with a knife.
—The tnagistrat 3 fini the prisoner £2. and £2
6s. 6d. costs, or in default one month's imprisonment
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

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A PRINCESS ON NEEDLEWORK.

On Saturday afternoon Princess Christian dis-
tributed the prises in connection with the annual ex-
hibition of the Prize Scheme for Needlework in the
Town Hall, Oxford. At the conclusion of the prize-
giving,

- Princess Christian said: I have been asked by your
president, Mrs. Liddell, to say a few words to you. I
feel very diffident of doing so. as such a task has
never before devolved on me. You must let me begin
by saying how much pleasure it gives me to meet you
all here to•day, and to give you the prizes you have so
justly e irned. (Cheers.) I am much struck by the work
I have seen, by its neatness and general excellence, and
I trust that you will not be content with merely work-
ing well in school and under teachers and for the
sake of winning prizes, but will take a pride in carry-
ing the excellence into your homes, and putting it into
practice for daily use. (Cheers.) I myself personally
take a keen interest in needlework—in fact, I go so
far as to think that every woman, in whatever sphere
of life, should be taught to work and to know how to
use her needle. I fear that there has been a great
tendency to overlook the necessity of girls being
taught good plain needlework. It is, therefore, a still
greater satisfaction to me to see here the results of the
Oxford prize scheme for needlework, and I feel sure
that you who enjoy the advantages connected with it
will know how to value and profit by them. Needle-
work is essentially a woman's province, as to them the
occupation is neither irksome nor unnatural. I know
from personal experience the many pleasant hours I
have spent in doing plain needlework, and the pride I
have felt when I had done some that was really good
and useful. 1 am sure you feel equal pride in
your work exhibited here. I congratulate you
warmly on your success, and my good wishes
are extended not only to those who have
won prizes, but to all who have competed. I can
only encourage you to persevere, and to believe what
a warm interest I take in your welfare. (Cheers.)
It has been a special pleasure tome to be present here
this year, which is not only the tenth year of the
foundation of this excellent scheme, but also because
of its being the jubilee of my beloved rcother, our
Queen. (Loud cheers.) I feel sure that these prizes
will, therefore, have a double value to those who have
gained them. One word more. I must say that being
so closely associated with the nursing work in Oxford,
and taking such a warm interest as I do in all works
connected witb the improvement and progress of edu-'
cation in all its branches among the women and girls
of this country, I therefore acceded with thk. greatest
satisfaction to the request made me by your President
to distribute to you these prizes to-day in Oxford.
(Cheers.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

THE POST TO AUSTRALIA.

The Colonial Conference met for the last time ma
Monday at the Colonial Office, Sir Henry Holland
presided. Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P., who was at
the Colonial Office as the Conference was assembling,
was congratulated upon the success of his endeavours
to cheapen the rate of postage to the Australian
Colonies. The Press Association is enabled to state
that almost immediately the postal rate to Australia
will be threepence instead of sixpence, but by the
cheaper route letters will be three days longer ir
transit. At the same time the „sixpenny postage will
be kept up: • The mariner in Which the Conference
has carried out the reduction is by saving three-half-
pence on the continental postal rates, and a contribu-
tion of three-halfpence on the part of the Govern-
ment. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

THE STATE OP IRELABD.

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland prohibited the
Nationalist meeting and counter Orange meeting
announced to be held at Armagh on Tuesday, on the
ground that either meeting would lead to a breach of
the peace. Great excitement prevailed, and a large
force of police was drafted into the town.
Messrs. Leamy, M.P., and John Redmond ad-
dressed an open-air meeting at New Ross on Sunday
night. Thirty police pushed their way towards the
platform to protect the Government reporter. They
were stoned by the people, and the reporter was
hustled and finally had to withdraw. The police drew
their batons but did not charge. A detachment of
constables armed with rifles subsequently reinforced
those already on duty, but their assistance was not
required.
The Lord Chief Baron delivered judgmant in Dublin
on Monday in the action by Mr. Dillon, M.P., against
County-Inspector O'Brien and District-Inspector
Davis for assault, arrest, and seizure of money in the
Plan of Campaign rent office at Loughrea. He held
that the seizure was justifiable.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

THE GHILZAI INSURRECTION.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS Sir J. E. Gorst informed
Sir H. Tyler that the insurrection of the Ghilzais
against the Ameer of Afghanistan still continued, and
engagements had taken place, in which each side had
claimed the victory, but there was no reason to suppose
that the Ameer was not•holding his own. The defences
of Herat had recently been strengthened bi the Ameer:
No plan for extending the Quetta Railway to Candahar
had yet been adopted.
"PARIsIELLISM AND CRIMH."

•
Mr. A. O'Connor, as one of the Irish members men*
tioned in the article on " Parnellism and Crime," to
which the attention of the House was directed last
week, observed, by way of personal explanation, that it
appeared from their conduct on Friday last *hat the
Government were perfectly willing to make party
capital opt of the allegations and insinuations made
against the Irish members. Under these circum-
stances he did not consider it becoming that he should
continue to serve on the Royal... Commission upon the
Administration of the Civil Service, to which he had
been nominated by the present Government, and he
had therefore requested the chairman to have his name
removed from the list of the commissioners.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

CRICKET.

STOURBRIDGE 47. CALTHORP - h's ell wai
played on the Stourbridge Groan I oa
last, and after a pleasant gani r, dolin t draw in
favour of the home team The lio :ling on beh
sides was weak, but the Sto trbri riwn ti Hod
capitally. Score:—
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

A COMING MARRIAGE.

The London correspondent of the Irish Times
says :—Tii ere are rumours of a coming marliage
between one of the Gaiety beauties and the eldea
lon of a popular poor, the bums for which are to
proclaimed ant week. ards
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

FISH.

Limo soles it 6cl to 24 6d ; er pair ; ditto, Rd to Ir 4
per lb ; Irish mackerel, 2s 6 to 34 per dozen; Conti h
ditto, 2s 9d to is per seo e; large lemon s les, a to Is :421
per pair; hooked whtt,ngs, 1,6 d to 2s 61 per dozen; trawl
ditto, 9d to is 6d per sco,a la,ge turbots, 1:s 61 to 28
each; salmon and grile, s 6,4 to Is !id pet lb ; sm 11 erabi,
5s to 8s per do en ; large (EV°, 2s to 3s each; smelts, Is
to 14 td per d ,zen; trout, Is 4,41 to is 7d per lh ; lure
lobsters. 2s 6d to 36 6d each; and red mullets, 5s to 8s 6.1
ptr dozen.
POTATO.
There was a good supply of potatoes on sale. The trade
was ste dy at the annexed rates: Old, Magnum bonums,
70i to 1::0e; regonts, 70s to 120 a: Victorias, 908 to 130. ;
champions. 70s to 80s per ton. New, Lisbon ronud, 118 to
14s ; Malta round, 12s to 14s.

- .SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1887.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

THE CRIMES BILL.

The House again went into Committee on the
Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland) Bill, resuming the
consideration of Clause 1. Upwards of 30 amendments
having been disposed of, Mr. Marum moved a proviso
that any witness appearing at a private inquiry held
under the clause should be entitled to have present at
the examination counsel or attorney on his or her
behalf. This was opposed by the Government and
debated at some length, and on a division was negatived
by 193 to 131.
An amendment entitling any person accused of a
crime respecting which a preliminary inquiry had been
held to be supplied-with copies of all depositions taken
at the inquiry having, at the instance of Mr. T. Healy,
been agreed to, Mr. Warmington moved an amendment
requiring that the examination should be conducted-as
if some person were accused, and so as to exclude
hearsay evidence. This, however, was negatived by
272 to 193.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

The cattle trade has beea rather wanting in animation.
Busine:s has throughout been quiet. Fresh arrivals (
home fed le tsts were not large, but were sufficient f r the
Inquiry, which was at no time strong. Sales throughout
progressed slowly. Prime breeds were tolerably firm ; the
beat riots and crosses sold at 4s Cd to 45 2d per fills.
Foreign beasts werd in short supply and rcoderate r•que 3t
at abcut last week's prices. The sheep pens were fairly
well filled. A quiet but steady t ade prevailed, and prices
were firm. The best Downs and half-Ire Is bold at 45 ca
to 48 8d per Sib. Lambs we e quoted at 7s to 7s 6d per
Subs. Calves and pigs were quiet, on former terms.
The following are the quotations :—Coarse and i ferior
beasts, 38 Od to 3s 6d; second quality ditto, is 61 to
is Bd; p-ime 1 •rge oxen. 3s 10d to 4s Od; ditto 4eo s,
3c. ~ Od to 4s 2d; eoarFe and inferior sheep, 311 6d to
is 10d; second quality ditto, 4s Od to 4s 2d; prime coarse.
coarses
s6d ;
calves, is Scl
to . s
woolled ditto, is Od to is 61; prime Southdown ditto, 4s Ed.
to 44sa B,cld;
;p 1 units,the 7s Od
Odatod
ditto
td,;
llargeto
2s 4d to 3s 4d; and neat small porkers, 3s 6d to 4s Ed For
81b to sink the offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARIO T.
The supply was very larg., and trade ix eptio^aFy
f.}r all nese ip ion% q u tatio, s being nomina . Inferi. r
beef, 2s Od to 2s 6d; middlinz ditto, 23 Fd to 38 41; prim
ditto, 3s 4d to 3s 6l; Scotch ditto, 3s 4d to 38 6d; American,
Liverpool killed, 38 Od to 3s 4d; ditto, killed, hind quarters,
38 2d ti 3s 8d : ditto, kil'ed, fors quarters, 2s 2d to 28 8.1;
English veal, 38 4d to 4s 4,1; Dutch ditto, 3s to 3s ,•
inferior mutton, 28 4d to 2s 8d; middling ditto, 3s od
to 3s 6d ; prime ditto, 3s 6d to 4s Ott: Scotch dit 0. is od to
48 4d: New Zealand ditto, 2s 4d to 2a 8d : lamb, es od
to f's 81; large pork, 2s 8d to 38 4d; small ditto, 38 8d to
4s 4d per 81b by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

PETER'S PENCE.

At a meeting in Dublin Roman Catholic Cathedral
on Thursday, Archbishop Walsh presiding, it was
resolved to make special eflo ts to collect large
( fferings of Peter's pence to be given to the Por
in commemmoration of his jubilee.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

THE TRIPLE MURDER IN PARIS.

An important confession was made on Sunday by
the porter of the house in the Rue Montaigne, Paris,
in which recently a fearful crime was committed. He
had talkod about a mysterious individual whom he
had met in the evening of March 15 on the staircase
with the collar of his coat turned up, and it may be
remembered (says the Paris correspondent, to the
Telegraph) that Pranzini had actually been compelled
to walk up the staircase similarly attired in ot der that
the janitor might say whether he was or was not the
man whom ha professed to have seen. On Sunday,
however, the porter admitted that he had trumped up
the story, that be had been in bed and asleep by
eleven o'clock that night, and that he had not per-
ceived a soul about the place. Other evidence has been
forthcoming which distinctly shows that the crime
was committed at five, and not at six o'clock. It has
been found that Pranzini, b3fore leaving Paris, eagerly
asked his employer to say, should anyone inquire for
him, that he had gone to London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

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GYMNASTS IN THE DIVORCE COI7RT.

In the Divorce Division, on Monday, Sir James
Hannen had before him the case of " Reisley v. Reis-
ley." The petition was that of Mrs. Jenny Reisley
for a divorce by reason of the cruelty and misconduct
of her husband, Mr. Adolphe Reisley. The petitioner
and the respondent are gymnasts, her professional
name being "Miss Lawrence," and his "Mr. Adolphe
Livingstone." The infidelity charged is with Miss
Zeila Zampa, also a gymnast. Mr. Barnard appeared
for the petitioner, who deposed that she made the
acquaintance of the respondent in America. and that
she married him on the 21st of October, 1877, at New
York. She was 24 at the time, and he was 26. She
knew his parents were of German extraction, but he
was born in America. She lived with him after the
marriage first at New York and afterwards at various
places on the Continent. He always expressed his
intention of making this country his home, and it was
always their "headquarters" for professional engage-
ments. He always treated her badly, and she had
neva lived happily with him. He used violent
language towards her. When in Brussels he
throat attempted to strike her, being prevented from doing
so by her sister. The following May, when at Ant-
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him, bruising his face. Subsequently they came to
England, where they lived until he left her. Since
that time she had resided in this country, with the
exception of being away now and then to fulfil en-
gagements in the provinces. Her husband left her,
saying that he was going to Paris to obtain work.
She first heard of his living with Miss Zelia Zampa
last year, and soon afterwards she commenced these
proceedings. Mr. Nicholas Castle and his wife
(sister of the petitioner), both of whom are gymnasts,
gave coroborative evidence of the cruelty, both at
Antwerp and Brussels. A theatrical agent gave
evidence to the effect that at the end of last year the
respondent came to the office and asked him to obtain
an engage meut for Zelia Zampa, which witness did
at the Royal York Music-hall, Southampton, last
January. Testimony was then adduced as to the
respondent and Zelia Zampa living together at a
house in Oriental Cottages, Southampton, and of her
acting at the music-hall, with the respondent, in even-
ing dress, et•corting her on the stage. His Lordship
granted a decree nisi, with costs.

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THE memorable assembly known in English history
as the Long Parliament is so called because its
sessions continued for 13 years. This was the Par-
liament that arrayed itself against Charles 1., precipi-
tating the civil war between the Cavaliers and Round-
heads, and eventually bringing the Monarch to the
block.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

A STEAMER IN COLLISION.

A Lloyds telegram states tbat * collision occurred
on Thursday night about a mile below the Nore
Ightship, between the ship DarlinglDowns, of Lon.
don, homeward bound from Melbourne, and the
4teamer Britannia, of, and from, Dundee. The
Ddrling Downs was sunk, but the crew were saved
u(I taken on board on the Britannia, which pasif-d
Gravesend at 1.40 yesterday morning from Dun lee
for Wapping, with bows severely damaged. The
Darling Downs belonged to MPesrs. Taylor, Sons,
and Co., London.

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HEISISWORTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

The Archbishop of Ycrk moved an addiess praying
that the Royal Assent might be withheld from the
scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the manage-
ment of the Free Grammar School and Hospital at
Hemsworth, Yorkshire, and its removal to Barnsley ;
but the motion, after some discussion, was negatived by
61 to 38.

CREMATION IN ENGLAND.

Lord Forbes moved for a return of the number of
cremations in England during the last five years, and
asked by whatautbority and under what regulations they
were permitted.—Lord Salisbury replied that it was
impossible to give the return, as, cremation being a
matter of individual discretion, there were no official
reco.ds of the number of times it had been performed.
The practice Was hardly common enough at present to
call for Parliamentary interference.—After a few
remarks from the Ear) of Milltown the motion was
withdrawn.

TITHE RENT-CHARGE.

The Marquis of Salisbury, in postponing the Com-
mittee of the Tithe Rent-charge Bill until Monday
week, intimated that in deference to the representa-
tions which had been made to him on the subject, he
did not propose to retain the clause giving 5 per cent.
discount to the tithe-rent prayers.
Their lordships rose at tea minutes past seven
o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

STOURBRIDGE

J. Hingley, c Byrne, b Simpson.. 5
T. Hingley. b Byrne l6
W. Wooldridge, ct and b Byrne .
T Greenway, c Wilkiuson. b Dani 11 3
F. Corbett, b Byrne.. .
J. Elcock, b Mitchell 3
A, H. Sidaway, b Byrne .........
E. Wilcox, b Byrne... ... 6
G. H. Harrison, not cut 3
J. Crossley, not out . 4
A, Dams, to bat

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Total for 8 wickets 68

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

STRANGE DISCOVERY.

An ex.raoninary discovery is repGrte3 In at,
oil trial pit. slut% in an outlying district of Mer-
thyr, a m.tn bead the cri2.B of a child. A group of
men collected, and lowered one of their number,
with the result that a well-dressed child, about 18
moaths old, was found alive in the debris at the
bottom, and was rescued.

THE ACCIDENT TO MR. E. P. WILSON.
Mr. E. P. Wilson, the well-known gentleman
jockey, who was thrown on Thursday at Worcestei
raacres; receiving irincussion of the brain, was, at til
n t
st solicitations of his friend-, allowed to leave
e
tl.e infirmary on Thursday night, and was taken
home to Stratford-on-Avon, Yesterday Mr Wilson
was slightly
.bet'er. but he occasionally relapsed
in to unconsciousness.

SUDDEN DEATH ON THE HOUSE TOP.
On Thursday evening, a plasterer named Rol!.
Robinson was working on the roof of a house
Aberdare, he was seen suddenly to fall, and on
youth going to his assistance he was surprised t
find the man dead.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

The efforts he made to speak were shocking to be-
hold, and at length a hoarse cry burst from his lips,
and he faintly muttered—
" Baffled—baffled at last! Who but the White
Terror could have come to her rescue? I know it,
and I am indeed accursed."
Father Eustace went on—

"We discovered nothing which can throw any
light upon the fate of this poor child, except a letter
which I removed from her portfolio. Perhaps this
may furnish some clue to what has become of her."

The priest drew from his breast the warning which
had so strangely reached Adrienne on the previnus
night, and read it aloud. M. Lecour listened intcntly,
and then motioned to have the writing held in such a
position as would enable him to examine it. After a
single look he closed his eyes, as if to shut it from his
sight, and slowly muttered—
. _

'' It is the same—the same. Whence could it
come?"

Father Eustace could get nothing further from him;
he lay like one in a trance, until the spasms again
attacked him, and the priest finally said to M.
Mendon—

"My duty is here, and I cannot leave this dying
sinner until he is in a frame of mind to receive the
last offices of the church. I came hither with ven-
geance in my heart, and the will to stain my priestly
hands with blood, but God has vindicated his own
words, and left me nothing to do but watch over the
passage of my enemy to the solemn judgment of
Him who uttered the awful warning, Vengeance is
mine, and I will repay.' To the hands of his Maker I
must commit him, but you can follow up the slight
clue in our poEsession and endeavour to discover
what has become of Adrienne.*

"I think I had a better one than you are aware of,
furnished me by madame mere just before I left this
morning. I will not consume time which should be
better employed in exp,aining now, but proceed at
once to the house to which I think Mademoiselle
Durand may have been conveyed."
The priest gave him a penetrating glance, but he
assented to the proposal by saying—
"Go, in God's name, and endeavour to clPscoveg
whither she has gone."
(To b• continued.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

WOR DS LEY.

CIIANGE RINGING.—On Satur.lay last a !nix° I
band of ringers paid a visit to Holy Trinity Church
and rang a 720 of Bob Minor, 16 bobs and 2 sing' s,
in 26 minutes, by the followinz : C. Banat 1, J.
Guest 2. T. Lees, E. Chapman 4 E. Bourne 5, W.
A. Pugh 6. Also 18 score of Grandsire Minors,
in 13 minutes: W. A. Pugh 1, I'. Lees 2, J. Guest
3, W. Jones 4, E. Bourne 5, E Chipman 6, con-
duct-d by Lees and Chapman. Mthiars. Lees, 1111411
and Barratt are members of St. Thom s'a, Story-
bridge ;Jones and Bourne St. Mary's, Kings winf
and Guest Brierlsy Hill. The ringers adjourned to
•the Peacock, kept by Mr. Husslebee, where refr au-
men were were provided. Some very g( od :olgs wera
given and a jolly evening was spent
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

A. BRUTAL HUSBAND HANGED.

Charles Smith, 63, a gipsy, was executed on Mon-
day morning at Oxford for the murder of his wife at
Cowley on February 9. The crime of which Smith
was convicted was one of the most brutal character.
For years past he had subjected his unhappy victim
to the grossest cruelty. For some time previous to
the.murder they and their two children lived in a
tent, and moved about from place to place. He fre-
quently beat the poor woman with a large stick, and
in the severest weather drove her from the tent.,
refusing to allow her to come near the fire to warm
herself. On the night of the occurrence the chil-
dren were awakened by the noise of their father
beating their mother with a hammer. He first
struck her with the handle, and afterwards with tho
iron head, about the head and various parts of the
body. The unfortunate woman crawled out of the
tent, and a short time afterwards was found by her
children dead by the side of a dLch, whither she had
gone to obtain water, and they and the father dragged
the body into the tent. On the arrival of the police
Smith denied that he had a hammer, but on searching
the tent one was found smeared with blood, and an
examination of the body showed that the skull was
fractured in several places. Since his condemnation
Smith has frequently asserted his innocence. He
walked firmly to the scaffold, but as the white cap
was drawn over his head he fainted, and fell into the
arms of the warders. At that moment the lever was
drawn, and the wretched man died almost immedi-
ately. Berry, who was the executioner, allowed a
drop of four feet.

The German Government has, in consequence of
irregularities in the Ostend•Dover mail service, given
notice that the German mails for England, which were
till now sent via Ostend, will from the Ist of next
month be sent through Flushing. Two Belgian officials
have been despatched to Berlin to try and counteract
this decision.

The Couocil of the National Rifle Association have,
It is understood, several propositions for the meetings
subsequent to that to be held at Wimbledon next July.
One suggestion,which is receiving a good deal of favour.
is to hold the meetings in the neighbourhood of
Brighton.

_
The commencement of the ,Grplyt NArth.,Sea.and.
Baltic Canal his beeh"flied "fUr Trine' 6, and it ig
expected that the ceremony will be attended by the
Emperor, the Crown Prince, Prince Bismarck, and a
number of German Sovereigns.
Collections of pictures belonging to Sir Thomas Fair.
bairn, Bart., and others were sold in London on Satur•
day, and realised upwards of 30,000. The highest
price (18100.) was obtaised for D. Cox's "Going to th 9
Ha) field,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

IRISH LAND BILL.

In the House OF LORDS, on May 9th, Earl Oadogsn
stated, in reply to Lord Fitzgerald, the Duke of Argyll,
and Earl Granville, that the committee 'stage of the
Irish Land Bill would be postponed until Monday next,
In order to give time for the consideration of the
amendments proposed by the Government.
LONDON SMOICII.
On the motion of Lord Stratheden and Campbell,
the Smoke Nuisance Abatement (Metropolis) Bill was
read a second time, and their lordships rose at six
o'clo k.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

RUSSIAN FANATIC'S/11:

The Odessa correspondent of the Daily New. gives
the following story as an illustration of the hatred
with which the Jews are regarded by certain classes
of Russians. Duriqg the recent Easter Holidays a
railway servant at Kryshopol went to Kief to visit the
holy places of the Russian Mecca. On his return in
the evening he accosted derisively the fint Jew he
met with the Easter greeting " Christos Voskress "
(" Christ is risen ''), at the tame time plunging a knife
into the Jew's abdomen. The next victim was a
harmless Jew standing by his little n.arket cart. Into
this victim the Russian plunged his blade to the hilt,
killing him on the spot. Six Jews were rapidly at-
tacked in the same manner, two of whom died imme-
diately. The murderer then proceeded to the Rail-
way Restaurant, where he called for some tea, and
when the waiter, who was a Jew, approached, he
attempted to stab him also. The waiter parried the
blow, and called in the gendarmes. As they were
attempting to arrest him the murderer again made a
rapid cut with his knife at the waiter, nearly severing
his hat.d from the wrist. The fanatic was finally
overpowered. A crowd of Jews rushed in to lynch
him, and the gendarmes had the utmost difficulty in
preventing them. In the end this murderous fanatic
will not probably receive more than a few months'
imprisonment at the hands of a dozen Jew-hating
jurymen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-05-14

COMPENSATION FOR BAD DRAINAGE.

At Glasgow yesterday Sheriff Rees awarded Mr.
John Ferguson, produce broker, £l5O. compensation
for the loss of a ehi!cl eight years of age, and the
serious illness of other members of his family.
owing to the drainage in his home being defective.