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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-28

A SORTIS FROM CAND L.HAR.

The Timee of Wednesday published the following from
their Correspondent :
CAICDAHAR, Aug. 21.
All is well up to the present. The sortie on the
16th was successful, but our loss was great. General
Brooke, Colonel Newport, of the 28th, Major Trench
and Lieutenant Stayner, of the 19th Native Infantry,
Lieutenants Marsh and Wood, of the 7th Fusiliers;
Captain Cruickshank, R.E., and the Rev. Mr.
Gordon were killed. General Brooke was shot while
attempting to bring in Captain Cruickshank, who was
wounded. The enemy is making no attempts at a
regular siege, but shells the city occasionally.

The following telegram from the Viceroy, dated August
24, has been forwarded to the papers from the India
°Mee :

"Following from St. John, Canda,har, 21st :
Sortie took place, 16th, against village on east face of
city; has secured us from further molestation on that
side, but loss very heavy. Brigadier-General Brooke,
Captain Cruickshank, R.E., Colonel Newport, 28th,
Major Trench and Lieutenant Stevenson, 19th, Lieu-
tenants Marsh and Wood, Fusiliers, and Rev. Mr.
Gordon, killed. Wounded.—Colonel Nimmo, 28th,
Major Vandeleur, 7th, and Lieutenant Wood, Trans-
port, all severely; Colonels Malcolmson and Shewell.
Casualties among men, about 180. Lieutenant Mir.
laine, Royal Horse Artillery, reported missing after
Maiwand, prisoner in Ayoob's hands, but well treated.
Enemy throws a few shells into city occasionally, and
keeps up fire on ramparts from sharpshooters, but
does little harm. Investment entirely trusted to Can-
dahar troops and Ghazis ; Cabulis being encamped
round. Ahoob three miles off, on Herat road."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-28

KiDDERMINSTER.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The Rev, R. P. Turner,
who presided at a meeting of the Board of
Guardians, held on Tuesday, said the first business
would be the election of a chairman in the place of
the late Mr. liiteley, deceased. The large attend-
ance of u.:einbers showed they were fully alive to
the imp( rtanee of the election. They had hitherto
been mot fortunate in atheir chairman, and he
thought one of the necessary qualifications for the
office should be that the person appointed should le
an ex-officio member of the Board, so as to ensue a
greater permanence than if he were elected by
the popular vote. He should also be a near
neighbour, and should possess a certain amount of
influence in the district, and be a large ratepayer,
as yell as a mau of business. Mr. Briuton, the
11 gentleman w:lorn he meant to propose, fulfilled ad
these requirements in the most complete and satis-
factory manner, and would, if elected, be a worthy
successor to Mr. Kiteley, He had great pleasure
in proposing that Mr. Brinton be elected, and hoped
that would be carried unanimously. Ur. Baugh
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-28

GALLANT RESCUE BY A LADY.

A young lady named Westlake, residing at 47,
York-street, Plymouth, had a narrow escape from
drowning on Saturday. About a quarter past seven
she was bathing in the creek to the west of the ladies'
bathing place, under the Hoet and got on a rock, by
the side of which is a deep pat. By some means she
slipped into this pit, and was out of her depth.
Finding such to be the case she struck out, but
her nerve failed her, and in two or three minutes she
sank, going down bead foremost. By this time an
alarm had been raised, and the bathers in the neigh-
bourhood rushed to the spot. The girl rose again but
sank for the second time. Miss Rogers, who was at
the time of the occurrence bathing in the basin, came
upon the scene, and immediately swam out to Miss
Westlake, who directly she was laid hold of again
sank. Miss Rogers, however, quickly dived after her,
and brought her to the surface, but her charge was
too heavy for her, and she called for assistance.
Police-constable Hewings, the constable on duty in
the road above, had by this time come down, and he
went into the waterwith his clothes on. Miss Rogers,
however, had managed to drag the girl a little way,
and after the constable had got in as far as his waist
Miss Rogers delivered her charge over to him, who
brought her ashore, and after some time animation
was restored.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-28

A TRAIN THROWN INTO A STREET.

On the sth blatant a collision occurred on the New York
elevated railroad. and an empty train was precipitated into
the street below. A New York paper, describing the acci-
dent, says :

At Fifty-ninth-street and Ninth Avenue the trains
of the Sixth and Ninth Avenue elevated railroads
stop and exchange passengers desiring to take either
branch. At ten minutes to five o'clock in the after-
noon a locomotive of the Ninth Avenue line, with
one car in train, was on a side track, waiting for
a Sixth Avenue train with four cars to pass. The
switches and signals gave the Sixth Avenue train the
right of way, and it came dashing along at its usual
rate of speed. The other train started to leave the
track at the same moment by the switch, and the two
engines came in contact. The collision was slight, for
the engineer of the Ninth Avenue locomotive reversed
the engine, and the full force of the collision was thus
averted, but the locomotive began to back with light-
ning rapidity. The engineer, Walter Kent, and the
fireman jumped from it on to a narrow footway
alongthesideof the track. The locomotive and
its car ran to Sixty-first-street, where both the ele-
vated structure and the track ended, and a bumping
block was the only protection. The car struck it and
it fell away like snow, and the car and locomotive
fell crashing into the street No one was injured, al-
though several persons had just passed over the spot
on which it fell. The wildest excitement prevailed,
the whistle of the engine shrieked, and a cloud of
steam rushed from the safety valve. Workmen, with
derricks were at once set to work, upon the wreck,
and the fire under the boiler of the engine was raked
lint.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

THE CHAINMAKERS' STRIKE.

A meeting of chainmakers on strike was held on
Wednesday, at Manchester Inn, Four Ways, Cradley
Heath. It was reported that Messrs. Williams, of
Halesowen, had offered to pay the men the new ad-
vanced list, and the operatives in their employ
were allowed to return to work. The others re-
solved to play on until the masters eoneeded the de-
mands made by the men.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

OLD HILL.

SHOPLIFTING AT BLACKHEATH. At the Police
Court, on Wednesday, before Messrs. VT. Bassano
and B. Hingley, Robert Hopwood, labourer, of
Whiteheath; Frances Parkes. a woman who resides
at his house; and Caroline Gould, a girl also living
at the same house, were charged with stealing a
shawl, a number of handkerchiefs, a dress piece,
and other articles, of the value of 305., the property
of James Clay, draper, Blackheath. Prisoners were
futher charged with stealing 18 yards of print, the
property of Richard Sharp, another drape; also of
Blackheath. It appeared that the articles named
wore stolen from the shops of the prosecutors on
different dates sometime about the 24th of July.
From something which Gould told the police
at Oldbury, where she Was locked up on another
charge, enquiries were made with the result that the
stolen articles above-mentioned were found pledged
at different pawnshops, and the print was at the
house occupied by the prisoners. It was proved
that the prisoner Parkes had pledged the articles.
Inspector Walters applied for the charge against
Gould to be withdrawn that she might be made a
witness against the other prisoners. This was
done, but the Bench after hearing the evidence
decided that it was not strong enough to convict
Hopwood. Parkes, who;,had been previously con-
victed, was found guilty, and sentenced to three
months imprisonment IA ith hard labour on elch of
the two charges, the sentences to run consecutive.
A SINGULAR CASE OF CRUELTY,--James Colley,
farrier, Great Bridge, was summoned for cruelly
ill-treating a colt belonging to William Cox, farmer,
Tividale. The prosecution was taken at the instance
of A. F. Wordtiouse, the local Inspector to the
S ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
Mr, Travis prosecuted and Mr. Hayes defended.
The evidence adduced showed that the colt had a
sub,tance formed upon its belly, and the prisoner
was engaged to remove it. In attempting to do so
he allowed the animals intestines to become dis-
placed, and, as he could not restore them to their
formal position, he cut a length of from three to
four feet off them, the result, being that the colt
died shortly afterwards, The defence was that the
act was done in ignorance of what the results
would be. The Mattistrates characterised the case
as one of gross cruelty, and fined defendant, who
has been previously convicted, .25 and costs, witl.
the alternative of ono month's imprisonment,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

ANNIVERSARY OF BELGIAN INDE-
PENDENCE.

On Monday the grand patriotic fete took place in the
Brussels Exhibition building, in celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of Belgian independence. It was
attended by the members of the Senate and Chamber
of Deputies, the Ministers, the authorities, and depu-
tations from every municipality in Belgium. The
King and Queen, accompanied by the members of the
Royal family, were also present. Various speeches
having been made, His Majesty delivered an address,
in which he described the progress made by the
country since 1830, and in conclusion alluded to the
friendly relations existing between Belgium and the
other Powers. It is computed that more than 100,000
spectators were present, and much enthusiasm was
displayed.
STORM AT BUENOS AYRES.

The following is taken from the Buenos Ayres Standard of
the 23rd of July :
"Not since the memorable storm of 1865 has Buenos
Ayres been visited by such a tremendous gale as that
which commenced on Monday last, and lasted, with
little intermission, till yesterday afternoon, when it
began to abate. The gale blew from the mouth of the
river, and the unfortunate Boca came in for most of the
damage. The scene there on Tuesday night almost
baffles any attempt at description. Gradually
the river spread over the low-lying grounds at the
Boca, and before ten o'clock p.m. the raging waters
had encroached so much on the land that, from the
General Brown Calle to the Boca proper was one
sheet of troubled water, the volume of which increased
every moment. The tramway rails were covered a
foot deep, and the managers wisely suspended the run-
ning of the cars. As the waters rose and the wind in-
creased in force the greatest terror seized on the in-
habitants, many of whom began to fly up town; but
the task was no easy one, as walking was almost im-
possible. Cries of distress and despair arose from all
the wooden houses, round which the waters were
rapidly rising, and hundreds of boats were taking
the families away. The Northern Railway from
Mazzini's statue to the Catalinas Mole was
much damaged, the waters making a clean
breath over the line. As night fell there was
great anxiety respecting some vessels in port
which were dragging their anchors, especially one
schooner, which was gradually approaching the
rocks, but her crew succeeded in keeping her off.
Most of the small craft had taken refuge at the Tigre
on Monday night, and so escaped. The streets were
almost impassable. So strong was the wind that
several people were blpwn off their feet and severely
hurt. Thirty horses were drowned between the rail-
way line and tramway. The most astonishing thing
about this terrible storm is the small loss of life.
There have often been twenty people drowned in the
port during ordinary storms, yet on this occasion we
have only heard of one or two lives being sacrificed."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

POTATO.

Moderate supplies of potatoes have been on sale, and
transactions have progressed slowly, at barely late rates.
Kent kidneys, Is. ; ditto regents, Os. to 7s. ; English ditto,
48.; and Jersey kidneys, 6s. per cwt.
FISH.

Fresh herrings, Is. to 4s. ed. ; roused ditto, 45. to 6s. ; red
ditto, 3s. to Is. 9d. ; kipper ditto, 6s. 6d. to us. ; pickle ditto,
ss. 9d. to Sc.; bloater ditto, 7s. to 10s. Od. per hundred ;
salmon and grilse, 100. to is. 4d. ; and crimped ditto, Is. 9d.
to 2s. per lb. ; mackerel, is. ed. to Is. 3d. ; Whiting, 2s. to 6s. ;
lobsters, 10s. to 40s. ; crabs, 7s. to 355. ad.; mullet, es. to S&
and oysters, Is. to 4s. per dozen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

EXECUTION AT DERBY.

The execution of John Wakefield for the murder of
a girl named Eliza Wilkinson, aged nine, at Derby,
took place on Monday morning. The girl was a
hawker, and the prisoner, who is a young man, took
her into his house and cut her throat, afterwards
going to the police-station and giving himself up for
the crime.
During the last few days Wakefield told the prison
chaplain that he committed the murder because he
was tired of his life. He behaved very firmly on the
scaffold, and prayed fervently. Marwood was the
executioner, and death was instantaneous.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

TELL'S CHAPEL.

The Geneva Correspondent of. The Times writes "The rebuilding of Tell's Chapel on the famous
Platte by the lake of the Four Cantons (there is
another chapel near Kiissnacht), rendered necessary
by the dilapidated condition of the ancient structure,
was completed a few weeks ago, and the restoration
of the mural paintings is now in active progress. The
artist to whom, at the instance of the Swiss Society of
Fine Arts, the work has been intrusted is Herr Ernst
Stuckelberg, of Basel. Four scenes will be painted on
three of the walls. On the wall looking towards
Brunnen will be depicted the Apfelschuss—Tell shoot-
ing the apple on his son's head; on that looking
towards Fliielen, the Biltlischwur—the oath of the three
Switzers in the Ruth i meadow. The middle wall,
looking towards Bauen, will contain two scenes—the
Tellensprung, Tell leaping from Gesler's boat on to
the Platte, and the Meisterschass, the shooting of the
Austrian Vogt in the 'hollow lane.'
"Though the story of Tell may be a myth, it is a
myth dear to the hearts of the Swiss people, and the
artist is resolved that all the accessories of his pictures
shall be true to nature and to art. The primitive can-
tons have placed at his disposal their oldest paintings,
and he has the assistance of the most learned histor-
ians and antiquarians of the Confederation. The
apple-shooting scene will show Altdorf as it was in the
beginning of the 14th century. Its walls, its towers,
and its bann ' wood will be faithfully reproduced,
and the picture will possess a special interest in that,
while the costumes will lac the costumes of the pepiod,
the figures will be portraits of men now living. Gesler
and his Rothschimmel (iron-gray charger) will be
painted from life, and the model of Tell is a handsome
and stalwart peasant of the commune of Biirglen, in
the Schachtenthal. Herr Stuckelberg is now occupied
with his task every day from sunrise till one o'clock
p.m. During this time no one is admitted into the
chapel under any pretence whatever, to which effect
notices in the three languages of the Confederation
have been placed on the outer wall by the Government
of the canton.
"It is rather remarkable that this temple of a myth,
this re-consecration of a noble legend, still cherished
by the bulk of the Swiss as fact, should coincide with
the completion of that part of the S. G?thard Rail-
way which sweeps past the Bay of Uri, and from
which the traveller of the future,
.as the train skirts
the shores of the loveliest lake in Europe and the
cradle of Helvetic freedom, may look down upon one
of the most famous r?lics of the past."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

MEDALS FOR THE ZULU WAR.

The following General Order has been issued to the Army
by the Duke of Cambridge :—.

"The Queen, in consideration of the arduous duties
performed, and the successful conclusion of the opera-
tions referred to in the next paragraph, has been
graciously pleased to command that a medal be (=ranted
to her Majesty's Imperial Forces, and to such °of her
Majesty's Colonial Forces, European and Native, as
were regularly organized and disciplined as combatants,
whether raised by the Colonial Government or by the
General Officer Commanding.
"The medal will be granted to the forces employed
against (a) the Galekas, Gaikas, and other Kaffir
tribes, from September 26, 1877, to June 28, 1878, in-
clusive; (b) against Pokwaine, from January 21 to
2S, 1878, inclusive; (c) against the Griquas, from
April 24 to November 13, 1878, inclusive; (d) against
the Zulus, from January 11 to September 1, 1879, in-
elusive; (e) ; against Sekukuni, from November 11 to
December 2, 1879, and including the troops that were
stationed at Fort Burghers, Fort Albert Edward,
Seven Mile Post, Fort Oliphant, Fort Weeber, and in
Sekukuni's Valley; (f) against Moirosi's stronghold.
"Her Majesty has also being pleased to approve of
a clasp being attached to the said medal on which will
be indicated the year, or years, in which the recipients
of the medal were engaged in the late wars the prin-
ciple being that the year, or years, on the clasp, cover
i all the operations n which the , recipient !DAY have
been engaged in such year or years. ,
"Those troops employed in Natal from Januar9.ll
to September 1,1879, but who never crossed the bog
into Zululand, will be granted the medal with 0t
t
clasp. The medal will be that granted by Her Majesty
to commemorate the successful termination of q
previinoas.
wars in South Africa, and those officers, non(comiois
• sinned officers, and men who are already in possession
the
s n
s
of this medal, will, if they have been engaged
clasp
operations referred to in P the Paragraph 2, receive asp
with the year or years inscribed thereon, in accordance
with Paragraph 3."

It is stated that a capture has been made at
Stranraer of a Colorado beetle. It is said to be about three-
quarters of an inch in length. There was a quantity of
larvas on it when caught, and now, two days after, a number
of lively little beetles were disporting themselves on potato
and cabbage leaves in their glass prison.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LAN-E.-MOND/T.
A: dull tone prevailed at Mark-lane. The fair weather and
satisfactory reports respecting the progress of harvest affairs
exercised a weak tendency on the market. Very little Eng-
lish produce was offered, but foreign wheat, oats, and maize
were plentiful. English wheat was in slow request, and Is.
to 2s. per qr. lower on the week. In foreign wheat the de-
mand was quiet, and the prices realised were is. to 2s. per
qr. easier. Malting barley was neglected, but grinding
steady. Malt realised full prices. Oats, under the weight
of large foreign supplies, were depressed, ruling about ed.
dearer on the week. Maize was quiet, but stronger;
American prices checked a decline. Beans and peas were
quiet,'and about the same in value. The flour market was
dull, and prices were drooping.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MoNneY.
More firmness was observed in the cattle trade. Supplies
were short, and prices hardened in consequence, notwith-
standing that the demand was not active. The receipts of
beasts from our own grazing districts were less than usual, the
harvest operations having possibly interfered with the de-
spatch of a larger supply. Prime breeds were held with greater
firmness in consequence, and the best Scots and crosses com-
manded ss. 10d. per 81b. From the Midland and home counties
we received about 1,000, from Scotland 17, and from Ire-
land 30 head. On the foreign side of the market there was a
moderate supply of beasts. About 450 Canadians were offered
and some Danish. With a moderate inquiry prices ruled
firm. The sheep pens were fairly well filled. A rather better
trade prevailed, and full rates were obtained. The best
Downs and half-hreds made 6s. 10d. to 7s. per 81b. Lambs
were steady at 7s. to Bs. per 81b. Calves and pigs were quiet
on former terms. At Deptford were about 2,500 beasts and
7,000 sheep and lambs. Inferior beasts, 48. 2d. to 4a. 6d.;
second quality, 4s. 6d. to 55.; prime large oxen, Is. 6d. to
Is. Bd.; prime Scots, ss. Bd. to ss. 10d. ; inferior sheep, 4s.
6d. to Is.; second quality, 58. to Os.; prime coarse wooiled,
6s. 6d. to Os. Bd.; prime Southdowns, 6s. Bd. to 75.; large
coarse calves, ss. to Is. 4d; prime small ditto, Is. 4d. to ss.
Bd.; large hogs, 4s. to 4s. 6d.; small porkers, 4s. ed. to 4s.
1O&; lamb, 78. to Bs. per 81b. sinking the offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—Mortner.

A fair average supply of meat was on sale here to-day, and
the trade was slow at the subjoined currency :-Inferior
beef, 2s. 10d. to 3s. Bd.; middling ditto, 35. 10d. to 4s. Bd.;
prime large ditto, 4s. 841. to 55..; prime small ditto, ss. to
ss. 4d. ; veal, 6s. to es. 4d. ; inferior mutton, 3s. to 4s. ;
middling ditto, 4s. 4d. to 6s. 4d. ; prime ditto, ss. Bd. to es. ;
large pork, 35. Bd. to 4s. 2d.; small ditto, 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd.;
lamb, 58. Bd. to 6s. 6d. per 81b. by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

SATURDAY, ArGIVI 91. 10

Mask, who has gone on improving daily. With re
gard to the "chief piece de resistence" next week,
the Great Ebor Handicap, a general resume may be
of use to your readers, therefore, as W. l'Auson's
stable is just now in form with Dresden China and
Adamite, their chance with Roehampton looks par-
ticularly "rosy," especially with Jim Snowden in
the saddle. Roehampton has received a specia
preparation for this event, and he will hold all thel
middle weights safe, I only opine danger from some
of the 3 year olds or a leniently thrown-in old'un
although a commission has been worked for Robbie
Burns, who I fear will not stay the two miles.
Advance is doing good work, and the circular
course might just suit him. Stitchery is well
enough treated, but the stable may wait for some-
thing be, ter now. Fernandez, some of the clever
sharps say will not run, but wait for the back-end
handicaps, still I think from what I heard that he
will run, and althougl not favorably weighted that
he will take some doing. Alchemist, if not more
than a miler, would canter in, as the horse is doing -
good work at present. Ellangowan, 6st 71h, must A
on her Great Northern Handicap form alone, com- •.1
mand respect, and as I know of one or two shrewed • i
divisions who are standing her, I shall swim in the
same boat. Novice is not within pounds of Victor • '
Emanuel's° I: shall not stand her. Reynard is
doing good work, and a reported starter. If it is
Grantham's journey he will take some beating,
therefore, the market should be watched. Blue
Beard can stay, but I fear will be found too slow,
honest horse that he is. Matt Dawson with
Stackmar has been supported for a lot of money,
and the stable should not make a mistake. White
Poppy may be a market horse, but a 4 year old with
only 6st 71h to carry if wanted, on any form that she
has previou-dv exhibited must be dangerous here
Finally I shall take
ELLANGOWAN and WHITE POPPY
to represent me, with a wholesome dread of
Fernandez and Grantham.

1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

CRICKET.

WOLVERHAMPTON v. STOURBRIDGE,—This match
was played on the ground of the former on Saturday
last, and after an exciting game resulted in a
victory for the home team by seven runs. The
following is the score :
WOLVERHAMPTON.
R. Clarke, b Yate3
b Otter 4
lA.. I\l
6
28
T. B. Cope, c Fothergill, b Yates l3
Bahukrche, r'
b 1 b
Foley..
Bustard, b Yates 1
Cleverley, b Fotbergill ...... ..,,„ 8
_ Fowler, c Lamb, b Timmis „. 6
W. Bruford, b Foley
J. Ludlow, not out
_ Pafford, b Timmis
A. Prodman, Timmis
Extras

Total 73
STOURBRIDGE.
E. Otter, b Cleverley ... 11
Gilbanks, b Cleverley 1
J. W. Parkes, c Ludlow, b Cleverley 18
W. Yates, c Cleverley, b Prodman 8
J. Fothergill, b Cope l5
G. Timmis, b Cleverley
Price, b Cleverley 0
P. Foley, c Fowler, b Cope 1
W. Green, b Cleverley 0
C. E. Davenport, not out 2
Lamb, b Cope 1
Extras 6
Total 66

OLDSWINFORD SUNDAY SCHOOL V. BOWLING GREEN
LANE.—ThiS match was played at the Racecourse,
S itarday last, and resulted in a victory for the
school by 12 run 9. The following is the score.

OLDSWINFORD.
' F. Southall, b Timmins ............... 3
J Chance, run out
........ 1
H. Evepon b Hill ......
.... 0
A, Parkes b Hill
...... 1
A. Perry b Timmins .. 2l
H. Pearsall run out ......
T. Howell run out
J. Adams b Timmins ......
J. Hall b Timmins ........
A. VPrnon, b Hill 1
0
F. Taylor, not out
8
Extras

Total 44
Bowurro GREEN LANE.
J. Timmins, l.b,w. b Parkes ..... .. 3
J. Merchant, run out ........ .. • . 0
--Maley, run out ........ ... 2
—Hill, e Eveson, 14 Southall 4
—Hatton, b Southall .. .......
—Allen, b Parkes .. .....
—Harris, c Chance, b Parkes 0
A. Wainwright, not out
--Mahon, c Chance, b Perry.
A. Merchant, c Adams. h Southall... 1
J. Hill, c Chance, h Southall ....... 0
Extras....

Total

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Turf Correspondent.)
The Stockton Meeting did not throw any light
or 'aria° event, , although the re.,ult ,:f t• e
to: Tr:L UCfl a.Aiicap must ha ct Ii v,iy
stii cry t yoite reaters We taink that 131,eii-
thorn thould have won. Betting on future events
•was confined to Itoehampton for the Ebor Handicap
and Bend Or for the St. Leger, but still we think
that it will take the favorite all his time to upset
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

i 32, he carrie, on, ill I
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A SHEEPDOG STATE PENSIONER.

Mexico is a territory in which some of the largest
flocks and herds in the world are pastured; both sheep.
and cattle are counted by thousands and tens of
thousands, and these are in the majority of cases
carefully guarded by the ranch keeper's dogs. These
dogs are marvellously well-trained, and the amount
of sagacity displayed by them rivals that of Scotch
sheepdogs. In the territory of New Mexico
it is their daily practice to take out the flocks in the
morning to pasture, guard them all day, and at night
return them to the fold or corral. This work of the
Mexican dogs is so common and so faithfully per-
formed that it is look° upon as a matter of course
and nothing more than should be expected from a.,
well-trained dog. This being the case, it would
appear that the dog worthy of the pension the Legisla-
ture of that territory has just recently bestowed
must have performed some very marvellous feats
indeed, and something out of the common line of
canine achievement, which according to a Mexican
contemporary he did. He did not save his mistress's
life from the murderous fury of the savage, nor her
child from being brained against a door-post or being
chocked by a huge black snake, for his master was
not married, and had no wife or babe, but led a solitary
life in solitary ranch in a very solitary part of
New Mexico. It seems that the dog in question,
on returning of an evening with his sheep to the fold,
discovered that his master did not meet him at the
door of the shanty, and the next eveningit was the same.
True to his appointed duty the dog went out with the
sheep and oared for them while they cropped the her-
bage on the hill-sides. This went on for two years (as
ascertained by data left by the ranch-man whose
skeleton was found in his hut) and the faithful dog
tended the flock committed to his charge. The animal,
it seems, killed a sheep whenever he wanted food, but
carefully guarded the rest. The flock increased in
numbers, and when, at the end of two years from the
time of the death of the proprietor, the ranch was
visited, and the remains of the poor fellow found,
the dog was still at his post of duty, jealously
guarding his flock, and driving them to the best pas-
tures every day, and to the fold at night, before
which he slept, to keep the wild sheep-eaters of the
plains at a civil distance. Such fidelity excited ad-
miration wherever the story was told, and the legis-
lators of the territory, in a fit of generosity and en-
thusiasm, at their session, granted a pension for life
to the dog, to be paid from the State Treasury, as a,
reward for his flddlity, and no doubt as an encourage-
ment to all other shepherd dogs in that territory to be
good and faithful.—Land and Water,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

INCREASE OF EMIGRATION.

Emigration returns from Liverpool during July
show an increase of over 5,000 as compared with July
last year. Close on 13,000 left for the -United States,
English and foreignen make up a total of nearly 21,000,
the Irish contingent being nearly 1,500. There left for
British North America over 3,000, nearly two-thirds
being English and one-third foreicrners.
All the steamers' cabins now laving Liverpool for
New York and for sorne weeks to come are fully
engaged, and in consequence the Cunard Company
will each Saturday send out two steamers for New
York, to accommodate returning American tourists.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

OUR AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

Upon this subject The Times has published the following
letter:—

Sir,—The pecuniary interests of so many land-
owners and tenant-farmers depend on the result of
this year's harvest that it is being looked forward to
with more than ordinary interest and anxiety.
A favourable result cannot as yet be said to be
assured, but if the present fine weather continues it
is almost certain to be so in the course of another
month. _

Wheat is well headed, and being short and stiff in
the straw has been in most places comparatively little
laid by the late severe storms of wind and rain, and is
not unlikely to yield an average product of 28 bushels
an acre.

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Barley will exceed an average crop in quantity,
though now much laid and deteriorated in quality.
Oats have received more benefit than injury from
the late excessive rains, and are likely to reach a full
average crop.
Pulse crops are generally good ; potatoes are an
extra crop throughout the three kingdoms • but, un-
fortunately, are now being extensively blighted. I
have dug some of my own on that account before they
were fully ripe, and think they will exceed eight tons
an acre, but doubt if they will keep sound throughout
the winter. . . _ _ _

For want of sun and rain in early spring, mangold is
only half a crop, but the deficiency will be more than
counter-balanced by extra crops of Swedish and other
turnips.
Hay is the deficient crop of the season, and much of
that which was mown early was injured by rains and
carried away by floods. Some bulky crops, however,
have lately been cut and carried, so that the quantity
saved may reach an average.
Cattle and sheep were severely pinched in spring
for want of keep, and very much reduced in condi-
tion; but there is now abundance of grass, and many
farmers are letting it at nominal rents for want of
stock of their own to graze it.
Notwithstanding that we shall probably produce
double the quantity of wheat this year that we did
last—namely, 12 million quarters instead of six—and
have only to import 12 instead of 18 million quarters,
as is likely to be done by the end of this cereal year,
arable farmers' prospects in this country are not very
brilliant, as we know that America is increasing its
arable area at the rate of a million acres per annum,
equal to a surplus product over the increase of its
population of one million quarters, which they will
probably continue to send us at very moderate prices
rather than retain it at home,—I am,_ Sir, your

obedient servant,
Knaphill, Surrey, Aug. 13.

THOMAS C. SC' OiT.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

THE PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES.

The Times of Tuesday says:—" It has been offi-
cially announced by a circular, issued by the Rev.
Lord Archibald Douglas that the pilgrimage aboutto be made to Lourdes will be undertaken in repara-
tion to the Immaculate Mother of God, and to im-
plore her intercession with the Sacred Heart of Her
Son for the Conversion of Sinners, for the return of
England and Scotland to the F4ith, and for France.'
It will be headed by Cardinal Mannimg, snd the
Banner of St. George, the Patron Saint of England,
will be borne by the Duke of Norfolk. The (late of
departure will probably be either the Bth or the 9th of
September, and the route chosen will be that by New-
haven, Dieppe, Paris, and Bordeaux.

"It is arranged that the pilgrims shall break the
journey for one night on the outward journey at Paris,
and for the second night at Bordeaux; and they will
reach Lourdes on the third day a little before 3 p.m.
The time of stay at Lourdes, it appears, is limited by
the railway company to forty-eight hours; and
though negotiations are being carried on to have the
time extended to sixty hours, the French railway
company does not seem disposed to relax the rule. In
any case, however, it is announced that the pilgrims
will not leave Lourdes until Monday, the 13th, the
preceding day being the Feast of the Holy Name of
Mary, when the general Communion of the pilgrims
at the hands of the Cardinal Archbishop will be
held.

"The pilgrims are warned by Lord Archibald
Douglas that they will have to travel, not, as on pre-
vious occasions, by a special train, but by an ordinary
slow train. It may be added that the little town of
Lourdes is situated in the department of the Hautes
PyOndes, on the banks of the river Gave, between the
hillsithat terminate the Plain of Tarbes and the abrupt
steeps that commence the Grande Montagne. On a lofty
rock above the town is the almost impregnable Castle of
Lourdes, which once was the key of the Pyrimees, and
which withstood a siege from Charlemagne. In the
Middle Ages it was occupied, sometimes in the name
of the English, and sometimes in that of the Counts
de Bigorre, as the home of a body of brigands, who
were the terror of the surrounding districts. Towards
the middle of the last century it was turned into a
State prison, the 'Bastille ' of the district ; but its
doors were thrown open on the outbreak of the first
Revolution to receive criminals of a different stamp—
namely, those suspected of disloyalty to the new state
of things. Lourdes is now a resort of bathers and
tourists, an has long been a sanctuary of devotion to
the Virgin. In 1858 its name came into sudden note
as the scene of an alleged miraculous appearance of
the Virgin Mary at noonday to three peasant children
who were gathering wood on the banks of the Gave,
near the rocks of Maosabielle."

THE STING OF IT.
(According to the muddled Owner.)
Confound all these new-tangled habits!—
As if land didn't bring enough cares,
Without making us give up our rabbits
To fellows who give themselves hares !—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

THE IRON TRADE.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.

Although the amount of business transacted
on 'Change :shift afternoon was not large, a very
healthy tone prevailed. The marhet ruled firm,
with aslight.upward tendency, and it is expected
that within the next week or two very extensive
orders will be placed. Orders for the commoner
classes of bars were given with a certain degree
of freedom, and in this department, many makers
are fully employed. The makers of -branded
iron are not so well off, but their prices remain
firm. Unmarked bars were quoted at £6 and
upwards, and marked bars at .1:710s to Good
orders for sheets. were on the market from
Russia, and inquiries were made on behalf of
consumers at the Cape. There was a fair de-
man(' for hoops, Numerous and extensive in-
quiries were made by the London and North-
west ern Railway Company for general engineer-
ing work, such as eXtensions to viaducts, erec-
tion of warehouses, &c., and at the present time
one or two local firms have in hand some very
heavy work for the company. Indian State
raiiways are seeking to place rather large orders.
wils litile. bosiness done in pig-iron.
h Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and North-
amptonshire makes are quoted at £2 12s 61, but
makers made areduction of is or is 6d per ton
on large consignments. Coaltnasters speak
more hopefully of the state .of the coal trade.
There is no alteration in prices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

GENT'6 BOOTS,

Soled and Heeled, with or without Blackey's cele-
brated Boot Protectors, 2s 6d; LADIES, Is 6d.

ORDERED WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
MADE ON THE PREMISES,
At Exceptional. Low Prices.

Boots Repaired while customers

wait at

O'DOI/VD & Co's.,
91, HIGH STEEET,

STOURBERITIGE,

Next door to the Observer efEce.

EIGHT PRIZE

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

GAME AND POULTRY.

Grouse, 2s. to 3s. 3d.; quails, 9d. to is. 2d.; hares, 3s. to
4s. 6d. ; conies, 9d. to is. 3d.; rabbits, is. 6d. to 2s. 3d ;
pigeons, 6d. to is.; ducks, 2s. to is. ad.; goslings, 6s. to
7s. 9d. ; chickens, is. 6d. to is. ; pullets, 2s. 6d. to 45.; capons,
6s. to 7s. 6d. ; haunches of venison, 255. to 41s. eack. ; fora-.
qu*.rtors of ditto, Bki. to 100. per lb.
HOP.

The accounts received from the plantations during the
week have been of a variable character, and the crop pro-
mises to be very disappointing. There is a considerable
quantity of mould in several localities, but in some districts
there will be a very good yield if the weather should be
propitious. In Worcestershire and the high-lying counties
the crop will be a small one, but good quality is anticipated_
The trade has bee' rather firm, and prices have been welj
supported.

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CRADLEY HEATH. HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

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SCHEDULE 11.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

HARVEST PROSPECTS.

The Standard of Monday, in view of the approach-
ing general in-gathering of the crops, prints to-day re-
ports from its correspondents in every part of the
country upon the prospects of the harvest. The
reports agree in saying that the rain and storms
which prevailed
in
recently have injured and
delayed the getting n of the hay, have caused
mildew and blight to some of the cereals, and
have induced a commencement of the potato disease
in some parts. But the warm sunshine of the past
week has revived the farmers' hopes and the prospect
is at present that the harvest will be above the
average. Barley is spoken of very favourably in every
district. Fruit, generally speaking, is expected to be
scarce, but the root crops for the most part, promise
plenty of winter feed for cattle.

The Mark Lane Express says that the brilliant sun-
shine of the past week has to some extent relieved the
farmer's anxiety with regard to his wheat crop.
Harvest has now commenced under far more favour-
able conditions than appeared likely ten days ago.

Madame Rosa Bonheur has just made a present to
the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, of a lion and lioness which
have served her for a picture she has been painting for the
Viceroy ot Egypt.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

THE FATAL LANDSLIP IN FRANCE.

Details of the catastrophe at Vieux-Portes (Indre-
et-Loire), by which twenty-four persons lost their
lives, and several others were more or less seriously in-
jured, have now reached Galignani's Messenger.
Twenty-six men went to work at the lime-kilns be-
longing to M. Gris, of Nantes, and situated at the foot
of a hill together with a dwelling occupied by M.
Tissier, the manager, and his wife and family. The
latter building and its appurtenances are close to the
road, and at some distance from the kilns, which are
right under the hill, having, in fact, been established
in its interior. Besides the twenty-six workmen
engaged on the premises three carters had entered
the galleries leading to the factory, with their horses
and carts, to fetch some lime. Suddenly a noise
like thunder was heard in the neighbourhood and
across the Vienne, which flows by. The earth shook,
and the vibration was even apparent in the remotest
houses of the village on the other side of the river.
The inhabitants, rushing out of their houses, saw the
hill above Vieux-Poits enveloped in thick clouds of
dust. These gradually rolled off, and then a shocking
spectacle presented itself to their astonished gaze. The
front portion of the hill had fallen for a distance of
about 100 metres, and buried the dwelling-house,
factory:, and stores under an enormous mass of rock
and earth, which had not only swept away every
vestige of human life, but had rolled across the road
and into the river. The appalling ruin was dominated
by two or three chimneys which had only been partially
destroyed, and still sent forth their sinister flames.
M. Tissier was found with his head and feet
terribly crushed. His son Albert, who was less
seriously injured, scrambled out of a dangerous posi-
tion, and, after fetchiag a lever, managed to release
him, but he is lying in a precarious condition. Mdme.
Tissier, her daughter Aglantine, aged 25, another
daughter and two sons, and a servant were all crushed
to death in the house. Another child, a boy ten years
of age, who was playing in front of the house at the
time of the disaster, was carried along with the
boulders into the river, and he managed, with some
difficulty, to save himself. Eleven bodies, some of
them horribly burned and disfigured, have been extri-
cated, and 13 others are still missing.
The authorities of the district, who showed great
activity immediately on the alarm being raised, have
opened public subscriptions for the relief of the
widows and orphans. The Government has for-
warded 3,000 fr. for their immediate relief. Contribu-
tions are being received at all the Mairies.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-08-21

FLOODING OF A CHAPEL IN
DONEGAL.

A flood of a most unusual and extraordinary cha-
racter is reported from the Gweedore district, in the
county Donegal. During Divine service on Sunday,
and while the priest was engaged in the celebration of
the Communion, a mighty volume of waters rushed
down the glen and swept through the little Catholic
chapel. Not a moment's warning was given, the
torrent rushing into the building to the depth
of ten feet in a few minutes. Several were
washed away in the flood and drowned. The
priest just managed to climb the altar on to
the chancel window before• the waters reached
him. The destruction of property amounts to £3,000.
The flood is ascribed to a water-spout which fell in the
immediate neighbourhood of the church and into the
building, and it appears that a portion of this water-
spout must have fallen on the chapel itself, as the roof
is reported to have been demolished, and many of the
congregation maimed by the volume of water which
fell. The chapel is known as the Catholic Church,
Derrybeg. Much excitement prevails in the district,
az.ld. commiseration is general for the unfortunate
victims. Four corpses were recovered, and eleven
bodies were missing, which it is feared were carried out
to sea shortly after the occurrence.

Further particulars which have been received of this dis-
aster are as follow :

An appalling peal of thunder was followed by a
downpour of rain, comparable only to a waterspout.
In a few minutes the brook was swollen to such an
extent that the arch under the chapel was not spacious
enough to permit the rapid volume of water to
pass through. The flood then formed into a lake
on the upper or mountain side of the build-
ing, and a quantity of the water passed be-
tween the chapel walls and the cliffs, which
formed a lake on the seaward side of the building. The
people were engaged in their devotions, and although
water was observed trickling along the floor no serious
alarm appears to have been felt. The doors were fast
closed, and no considerable body of water could enter
the building by these means. Suddenly the increasing
volume of water burst open the doors, which are about
Bft. wide, and a great wave rolled into the building.
In two minutes the church was filled to a height of
12ft. from the floor, and in almost an instant men,

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