The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-09-05 00:00:00

SATURDAY, SEPT. 5, 1874.

In consequence of the so•essl of Socialism through-
out the piping the Russian Government have placed several
of their 'lentil-western provinces under martial law.
The Metropolitan Railway Company have at last
announced that smoking carriages will be atta:ked hence-
forth to all the trains running over their line.
A Parisian alluding to his having become grey, Welk,
with extreme politeness assured by his friend that it was a
mere nothing, • little of the dust of the road of We Movers
on to him
" Sunrise, sir," says the porter at the 1%1 ountaim
Hotel in the Alps, knooking at Jones's, from London, door .
Well, what of it " says Jones, fumping out of bed
" Nottislng, sir," says theleitrter, "only its the rule of the
house to n't,Ofy guests." I know a thing worth two of
that !" says Jon•I, jumping into bed again.
The aliiptamithe cl the principal iyards on the Liver-
pool sidit otthe Mersey-at on strike fee an advance of 3s. par
week. lhe employers are firtS is resisting the demand.
Owing to the inefficient guarding of human life its
Buenos Ayres, murders have become slantingly common
Seven persons were assassinated iii One week, the perpetrators
in most instances making good their escape. A deputation
of members of the Chamber of Commerce, representing
different nationalities, has been propostd to present a petition
to the Governor with a view to the adoption of better Mee,
eniell for preserving the public peace and satiety.
A Paris letter says —" Fans have shrunk back to
moderate dimensions once more, and it is now said that the.
class a fair dame belongs to can be told by her fan. If she,
carries a huge article behind which a dozen flirtations may
be carried on, she belongs to the S. air-monde. If she has et
very small one she may Se set down as one of the botatgeoisc.
But if her fan be of ni.lerate dimensions, neither too large
nor too small, she is evidently a high-bred lady."
The Channel fleet anchored off Fort George wan
visited by hundreds of persons on Saturday. and there was
great crowding. Two brothers named Gordon were returning
from the fleet in a small boat under sail, when one of them
attempted to climb the mast This rendered the boot top-
heavy, and she capsized. 110th men were drowned. The
sea was quite calm.
Mr. Morley, M. P., on Saturday, told his workpeople,
who were thrown out of employment by the recent destruc-
tion of his factories at Nottingham by tire, that he will
advance them two-thirds of their earnings until they siert
with employment. Some hundreds of persons are out of
work through the fire, which did damage to the amount el

£lOO,OOO. -
The nomination of Count de Jarnoc as Ambassador
from France to the Court of St. James elba, it would appear.
been received with general favour in Paris.
About 130 tons of mail matter are received each day
at the New York Post-office nearly '230,000 letters, or about
10,000 pounds of matter, being received at the drop-boxes in
liassaustreet.
The reports from the seaside stations of France
continue to be very satisfactory as regards visitors, an&
especially in the number of foreigners. At Dieppe the story
Is related, that a distinguished physician. unable to find a
I bed, was contented with a pillow and a mattress placed in.
bath, and was roused at cock-crow by the water having been
turned on.
To induce artisans and others to visit the Inter-
national Exhibition at .South Kensington, for the purpose
of obtaining technical instruction, the charge of admission
has been reduced to threepence on Mondays, Tuesdays, and
Saturdays, which are the free days at South Kensington,
Museum. The Exhibition will close on the 31st of next
month.
The visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Liverpool is
fixed for Monday, the 'lSth inst. His Royal Highness will
probably remain until the following Wednesday or Thursday.
He will reside at Sewnham House, where the Judges usually
stay during the assizes.
A conflict has occurred in Louisiana between the
whites and the blacks, and six of the leaders of the latter
have been arrested and lynched by the former.
As one of the results of Marshal MacMahon's tour
through the north-western departments' of France a general
movement is aanouneed by the Jeftraa Officiel amongst the
prefects and their subordinates Some of the former haves
been placed on the retired list to make way for nominees ok
a more orthodox colour, and 25 sub-prefects are to be-
similarly replaced. Further considerable changes are said
to be contemplated by the Government.
A brief abstract of the Australian Budget shows the
estimated revenue to be £4,511,182, and the estimated ex-
penditure £4,478,080. Duty on wine tine be increased, and
it is said that additional ad valorem duties will be imposed
In favour of protection.
The Leeds Mercury reports that on Saturday an
c'el:l7.V,raasthaldg'itil';3nrelottteoanbl'arth:, l‘th'ke'stieealecYbV.lNM.
Beaumont, M. P. It was estimated that nearly MAO persons
were present. Before returning home a resolution was
adopted expressing unabated faith in Liberal principly,s and
the fullest confidence in sir. Gladstone, and pledging those
present to use all legal means to carry selected candidate' at
Parliamentary and municipal elections.
The New York papers state that Mr. Toole made
his first appearance before an American audience on the#7th
Inst. at Wallack's Theatre, which was crowded. The Neu
York Times says that Mr. Toole "received a welcome so
hearty, so vociferous, so felinely ofcal towards the roof-tree,
and so prolonged, that he was obliged at last to break away
from his acknowledgments and dash headlong into the
business of the scene.- The piece was Wig and GOIVII."
Mr. John Shaw, the manager and secretary of the
South Eastern Railway, has been presented by the Crown
Prince of Germany with a gold scarf-pin as a remembrance
of his recent visit to this country, and as a token ol his
satisfaction with the arrangements made for his conveyance
over the railway.
Mr. George Dawson is having great sport at salmon
fishing in Cascapedia, Canada. In one afternoon he took
two of the fiats, weighing more than twenty and thirty pounds
respectively. Of trout he writes The trout here are very
large and very abundant, but we won't bother with them. I
gave an hour to it on Saturday last, and caught forty, one of
four pounds and four that weighed twelve pounds. We lose
our patience when a trout strikes."
Miss Robinson (better known 013 the "Soldier's
friend ") has at last succeeded.in establishing a Soldiers' In-
stitute at Portsmouth, notwithstanding the opposition with
which she has been met. It will be remembered that the
War Office, after giving land for the proposed institute,
withdrew the grant on the ground that a Bible-clasa which
it was proposed to hold would militate against the success
of the institute. The necessary funds have now teen raised
by private subscription, and what will be in fact a soldier's
club, containing nearly sixty rooms, sill shortly be partially
opened.