The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-09 00:00:00

REVOLTING CRUELTY. T MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Mary Ann King, 41, married, was indicted at the
Surrey Sessions on Tuesday, before Sir W. Hard-
man, for cruelty to her step-daughter, Mary Ann
King.
Mr. Colam, with whom was Mr. Biron, prosecuted
for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil-
dren, and the prisoner was undefended.
It appeared that the girl was the daughter of a
man name i Xing and a woman now dead with whom
he had lived. King married the prisoner, who had
since treated the girl, who is now nearly twelve years
old, with systematic cruelty. One morning she was
told to get up at half-past six and light the fire, and
did as she was bid. The prisoner got out of bed, took
a lath from the bedstead, and beat the child about
the back till it was black and blue, and then struck
her in the eye, making it black. When the child ran
to the sink to bathe it the accused threw a jug of
water over her. On another occasion, also without
cause, she beat her with a poker, and soon after,
because a vase was broken, took up a long broom-
handle and struck her victim on the forehead, cutting
to the bone. The poor child was turned out of doors,
and slept for three weeks in the winter time on the
staircase, and would have starved but for the
kindness of some neighbours.
Dr. J. Rees Gabe, M.D., of 16, Mecklenburgh-
square, medical officer' of the society, deposed that
the scar on the forehead would be visible during life.
He also stated that the child was received at the
society's shelter on May 2, and was dirty and
emaciated through neglect.
The prisoner declared that the child was incor-
rigible, destructive, untruthful, dishonest, and dirty,
and further, that she had behaved as a model guardian
to her.
Miss Brooks, matron of the shelter belonging to the
society, stated she had had charge of the girl for
more than a month, and had found her a most docile,
truthful, and useful little thing. She had not occasion
once to complain of her.
The prisoner was found guilty, and the man King
was called forward with the view cf his giving his
consent to a home being found for prosecutrix, when
he said, in answer to a violent exclamation of his
wife, that the child was illegitimate, and he was not
the father. Upon this the girl was greatly affected,
and burst into tears.
Sir William Hardman was glad that good and kind
people would be found to take charge of and rear the
child, now bereft of any relatives. He denounced
prisoner's conduct as a disgrace to her sex. He sen-
tenced her to 18 months' imprisonment, With hard
labour.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S JOKE.—A joke from a man
in an official position travels far. Here is one perpe-
trated by the President, at a dull reception the other
evening, and repeated by the New York Herald. A Bap-
tist convention meeting in Washington called at the
White House to pay respect to Mr. Cleveland. One of
the body grasped the President's hand, and said, "My
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FROSTBITTEN AND EXHAUSTED.—Caetain Suiter, of
Maryport, has received a letter from the master of the
barque Jessie Morris, of which he is owner, stating that
on April 30, in latitude 45.25 and longitude 52.30, he
picked up two men in an open boat. They were frost-
bitten and terribly exhausted. The men were brothers,
belonging to the fishing schooner Jubilee, of St. John's,
Newfoundland. They got adrift from the vessel in a
fog, and when picked up by the Jessie Morris they had
been 12 days without food or water.
LADY BURNED TO DEATH.—Fire was discovered to
have broken out in the residence of a widow lady,
named Kelly, at Tramore, county Waterford, the other
day. On her bedroom being forced open the body of
the unfortunate lady was found lying on the floor
literally burned to ashes. It is supposed that whilst
going to bed she upset a paraffin lamp, and so met her
death.
DEFUNCT WEST OF ENGLAND BANK.—The liquidators
of this bank, which failed some ten years ago, causing
great distress in the West of England, and utter ruin
to many families, have just announced that a final
dividend at the rate of 65. 9d. or 65. 10d. per share will
be paid to shareholders during the present month.
This will make a total return of about £3 per £2O share,
which is considerably more than was at one time
expected.
COLUMBUS.—A monument to Columbus, which has
been erected on the central quay of the harbour of
Barcelona, was inaugurated recently by the Queen
Regent. The ceremony was attended by numerous
deputations from the academies and learned societies
of the kingdom. The King of Italy was specially
represented by Prince Tornielli.
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has been established by some charitable ladies in New
York. Poor people whose sight is failing, and who are
unable to afford good glasses, yet need to use their
eyes for their work can have their eyes examined free
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to them.
A BOOK THlEF.—Captain Grandmange, of the 45th
Regiment, who was arrested some time ago on a charge
of having stolen a number of valuable books from the
public library at Evreux, has been condemned to a
year's imprisonment. He has abstracted altogether
118 volumes and 27 engravings.
BURNT TO DEATIL—A Kelso telegram states that
John Huggan, sen., belonging to Greenlees met his
death the other night by the burning of a wooden farm
at Hunter's Hall, about a mile from Kelso, where he
had taken shelter for the night. He was under the
influence of drink, and it is supposed that he caused the
fire while lighting his pipe. A cow and two pigs were
also destroyed. Only the charred skeleton of the man
was left.
2500 ON STRIKE.—A great strike has occurred at
Tredegar Ironworks, 2500 men and boys having stopped
work. The difference has arisen owing to an impres-
sion that the company intend saddling the hauliers
with the responsibility of their horses, and also making
the colliers responsible for the safety of boys under 16
years of age who may be under their control.
"JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." The German
Empress was informed a few days ago of the proposed
memorial in Tewkesbury Abbey to the author of
"John Halifax, Gentleman." The Empress at once
wrote to express her great interest in anything relating
to Mrs. Craik, and forwarded 300 marks (a 5 as her
contribution to the memorial.
THE EDELWEISS.—The Alpine " Edelweiss " is grow-
ing very satisfactorily in the Botanical Garden, Regent's
Park, just now in flower, together with other mountain
plants, like the " quamash," or edible bulb of the
Canadian Islands, and the Linncea borealis, the little
breeping shrub, with its pink bells, which the Swedish
naturalist called after himself.
AFRICAN DNVIRFS.—Mr. R. G. Haliburton writes
from Oran, Algeria, that a few hours after he had
read the account of the recent soirée of the Royal
Society, at which two skeletons of Akkas, sent by
Emin Pasha from Equatorial Africa, were exhibited,
the discovery, made by himself in February last, of
the existence of another dwarf race in North Africa,
also only 4ft. high, and called by the same name,
Akkahs, was confirmed by the receipt of a letter on
the subject from our late Minister at Morocco, Sir
John Drummond Hay.
VANDALISM.—We (Academy) hear, on good authority,
that .the Town Council of Christchurch, Hants, have
resolved to pull down the remains of the Norman
domestic buildings existing near the Castle keep, and
have obtained the permission of Lord Malmsbury and
Sir George Meyrick for this "improvement" in order
"to open up the view of the Minster." The ruin,
now overgrown with ivy, is one of few examples re-
maining in this country of the domestic architecture
of the period; and the beautiful round chimney may
be called unique.
POPULATION OF PARIS.—The Statistical Bureau of
the Municipality of Paris has just issued the returns as
to the population of the city and of the department of
the Seine at the end of 1886. These returns put the
total population of the department at 2,961,089, of
whom 2,344,450 were resident in Paris itself. At the
beginning of the century the total population of the
Seine was only 631,585, so that it is now more than four
times larger than it was, increasing to 1,200,000 in
1840, and to 2,400,000 in 1876. It has, therefore, in.
creased by about 600,000 in the last 10 years.
MR. THOMSON'S EXPLORATIONS.—A letter has been
received by Sir J. D. Hooker from Mr. Joseph Thom-
son, dated Mogador, May 6, stating that he is on the
eve of starting by a route through the province of
Shedina to Saffi, where, after a short stay with M.
Hunot, H.B.M.'s Consul there, he will go direct to De-
menet, an entirely unexplored part of the Atlas, north-
east of the city of Morocco. Mr. Thompson describes
the past season as having been exceptionally late and
cold, and with an extraordinary rain and snowfall, the
season's rainfall at Mogador having been more than 32
inches, against an average of less than 18 inches.
PROTECTION IN Russes.--The higher protective
(Mit s in Russia are telling against the importation of
coal from this country, as well as other products. Ac-
cording to the report of Mr. Gerald Perry, our Consul
at Odessa, their operation explains the smallness of the
import last year. Some of the Odessa factories find it
preferable to use English coal, notwithstanding its
enhanced price; but those in the country districts are
unable to do so, the land-carriage, added to the duty,
rendering it too costly. In consequence of the block-
ing of the, railways by snow last winter, no Russian
coal could be brought to Odessa, and prices rase to vs
fabulous figure, involving great suffering to the poor.
The English coal imported into Odessa last year was
but 47,226 tons, agairq about 310,000 tons imported as
recently as 186;'•

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