The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-16 00:00:00

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Ten men were remanded at the Marylehone Police—
court, on Monday, charged with offences arising out of
a "riot rear the Marble-arch on Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Poland, who prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury,
called police officers who described the conduct of the
defendants, Chief Inspector Sheppard stating that on
a signal being given, 4000 or 5000 persons rushed across
the park, and "swept everything before them into
Oxford-sti eet."
For being drunk and annoying the congregation of
St Silas' Church, Kentish-town, a scaffold builder
named Mocotta was sentenced on Monday at the
Marylebone Police-court to two months' hard labour.
The magistrate characterised the offence as.ti monstrous
outrage, which was much too common and should be
stopped.
Mr. Joseph Malin a presided over the 18th annual
session of the Grand Lodge of Good Templars, held at
the Memorial Hall, Farringdon•street, London, on
Monday, and recommended that temperance education
should be more systematic.
A telegram from Rome announced that the Pope has
recently had several long conferences with Cardinal
Simceni on the Irish question.
Daring Divine service on board the training ship
Impregnable, at Devonport, on Sunday, two or three
boys, who attended in charge of sentries for leave.
breaking were mildly reproved by the Rev. J. B.
Smythe for their unseemly behaviour. When the
reverend gentleman was about to proceed to the com-
munion table, one boy deliberately aimed a prayer-book
at him, and another threw his cap The book missed,
but the cap struck the chaplain. The boys were sen-
tenced to receive 24 strokes of the birch, and to be im.
prisoned for seven days. The act of insubordination
is one of a class resorted to by boys anxious to secure
discharge from the navy, and occurrences of the sort
are not rare.
The newly-appointed Governor of Mcntana, Preston
H. Leslie, of Kentucky, was an orphan driving a cart
at 14, at 15 a ferryman, and afterwards a farm labourer,
and at 22 a lawyer. He was elected to the State
Senate, and made President of that body. He was
finally elected Governor of Kentucky by a majority of
37,150.
The committee of the New York Yacht Club ap.
pointed to make the necessary arrangements for the
contest for the America Cup have accepted the
challenge from the owner of the English yacht Thistle;
but they deem it unwise to fix the date of the races
until the arrival of that vessel. If the dates suggested
by the Clyde Club should then appear suitable they will
be accepted. The committee consider that three con-
tests for the cup are sufficient, and are unwilling to
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make any change n that respect.
A Socialist demonstration, attended by about 10,000
persons, mostly miners, was held on Monday afternoon
at Horton, Northumberland, Mr. J. Fielding, of London,
presiding. A resolution condemning the system
"which makes life so hard for the worker, so easy for
the idler, and so degrading to all," and pledging the
meeting to organise for a free labour system was pro-
posed by Mr. H. M. Hyndman, seconded by Mr. A. K.
Donald, and carried unanimously. Resolutions were
also passed sympathising with the miners on strike, and
condemning the Crimes Bill. Mr. Wm. Morris, of
London, also addressed the meeting.
Joseph Edward Curteis, tte Plymouth solicitor, and
clerk to the Stonehouse Local Board, who absconded,
and was arrested at Calcutta, on charges of embezzle.
ment and falsification of bonds involving nearly
£15,000, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, In the
steamship Australia, in charge of Police-sergeant Bright
and Constable Haunaford, of the Devon Constabulary.
The officers state that Ourteis was very cheerful during
the first part of the voyage, but latterly was very
melancholy, and a strict watch was kept over him
night and day.
The Manchester magistrate on birthday remanded
Harris Astor, a Polish Jew, on a charge of bigamy.
The prisoner married his wife at Wilna, in Russia, but
deserted her and came to England. The wife acci-
dentally ascertained where he was, and, accompanied
by his sister, made her way, chiefly on foot, from Wilms
to Manchester, where the case was taken up by the
Jewish Board of Guardians. The necesssary certi-
ficates, including one from the Rabbi of Wilna, were
put in, and evidence adduced of a pretended second
marriage.

Joserh Barker, aged 45, master at the Worksop
Workhouse, pleaded guilty at the Newark Quarter
Sessions on Monday, and was sentenced to nine months'
imprisonment, for embezzling sums of money the pro-
perty of the guardians. He bad previously borne a
good character, and before going to Worksop had held
two appointments as workhouse master.
The parish church of Hatfield, near Doncaster, sus-
tained damages by fire to the extent of £5OO on Sunday.
Mr. Rolls has decided to present Monmouth with a
new hall, which will cost £6OOO to erect, as a Jubilee
gift.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson's health would not allow him to
address meetings of his constituents at Easter as had
been arranged.
Herr Alexander Ziegler. of Ruhla, Thurinpia, the
well•known writer of books on travel, has died at
Wiesbaden.
The Skinners' Company of the City of London have
given £5OO to the Lord Mayor's fund for the Impetial
Institute and the City Commercial Museum.
The Biological Society of Paris has elected for its
president M, Brown•Senuard, of the College de France,
in the place of the late Paul Bert.
Professor Ranke's valuable library has fallen into
the hands of a North American University. The Prus-
sian Government refused to.buy it.
The operations of the Knights of Labour are to be
extended. Grand Master Workman Powderly will
visit Europe and organise affiliated branches.
The Rev. Talbot Hindley, Vicar of Holy Trinity
Church, Margate, has accepted the living of St.
Barnabas, Holloway, offered to him by the Simeon
Trustees.

A new decree has been issued, requiring all French-
men who wish to stay in either Alsace or Lorraine to
obtain the preVious permission of the German autho-
rities.