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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-12-25

KIDDERMIWSTER TOWN COUNCIL.

The Mayor (Mr. T. Tempest-Radford) presided at
tl:e monthly meting of the Council on Wednesdar.
A communication was received drawing attention
to competitions in March next for some open scle3l-
- in c mnection with the Royal College of
Music A resolution was passed authorising the
Corporation seal to be affired to a contract with the
Guardians ss t) the treatment of pauper cases at
the borough infectious hospital on terms befo:e
agree 1 upon. Mr. Herring drew attention to tie
fact that they were buying chaff and litter for the
herses use I by the Corporation, when they ought
to be a,b'e to get what they required from the sew-
age farm. Mr. Bythewey said the Corporation
some tire az) entered into a contract with Mr.
Dailey to en :ply them with chaff, and till the c
tract expirel he took it they could DA make an 1.1•
teration. Mr. Holdsworth, in moving the adop-
tien of the Dra'nage and Waterwerks Cotnmitte3's
report, expressed sa,ti=faction that the action of the
Dro.twich Rural Sanitary Auth irity as to the se .v-
-age farm was practically settled. The report re•
ferred to the acceptance of a tender from Mr. Ge
Law for £l2B 7s for making a storm overflow in
the Ball Ring to take off flood water. Mr. Herring
said there was formerly a good brick drain at the
spot, but the surveyor substituted a nine-loch pipe,
with which he was dissatisfied at the time. M. J.
P. Harvey said they ought to have a balance she t
showing what was the cost of morking the sewage
farm, aryl the Chairman of the Committee said this
should be supplied The report of the Commiet3e
was adopted. In the Improvement Comte's. report
was a statement on the subject of the enlargement
of the retail market, A memorial was presented to
the Council some time ago urging the importance of
enlarging the market. The Committee recom-
mended that the property belonging to the Cor-
poration in Worcester Street should be taken down
and the site, added to the market, which it would
increase by an area of 6,354 squire feet. They
asked to be empowred to obtain plans and estimates
for giving effect to this recommendation. The re-
ceipts from market rents were .2592 lOs Si, and the
interest on leave and expenses of the ma ket were
£ll5 16s 81, lithe market was enlarged it was
calculated that the revenue might be increased
something like £2OO. The report was adopted.
Mr. 13ytheway remarked that the Baths Committee
wcre about going to the expense of roofing-over the
pres at swimming bath ; out in face of the Mayor's
prop isal and the probability of their having new
an m handsome baths presented to the. town, he did
not think they should ge to the expense of roofing
the existing swimming bath, . (Hear, hear.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-12-25

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regulates the bowels, and is the best know remedy for
dysentery and diarrhoea, wbether arising from teeth-
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is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at is lid per
bottle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-12-25

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

VITAL STATISTICS OF NEW YORK.

The Deputy-Registrar of Vital Statistics in New
York has furnished some interesting details concern-
ing the mortality from so-called plagues in the city
and the mortality from other diseases. There have
been five epidemics of Asiatic cholera in New York,
occurring in the years 1832, 1834, 1849, 1854, and
1866. The total number of deaths from this scourge
was 13,201. In the five years from 1880 to 1884, in-
clusive, there were 25,700 deaths from consumption
in the city, 10,123 from pneumonia, and 7389 from
bronchitis. The earliest recorded epidemic of yellow
fever was in 1805, when 270 persons died from the
disease. In 1822 there was another epidemic, which
carried off 166 persons. Since then the epidemics
have been few and not destructive. The deaths from
yellow fever all told number 540, while in each of
several recent years the deaths from whooping cough
have numbered nearly 600. The deaths from small-
pox have varied greatly in different years, but have
averaged less than 300 a year. The worst epi-
demic of the disease which ever occurred
was in 1875, and it destroyed 1280 lives;
but in 1878 only two persons died from
smallpox. In 1884 there were no deaths from
this epidemic, but there were 1090 deaths from diph-
theria, 608 from scarlet fever, 762 from measles,
748 from croup, and 490 from whooping cough. In
1850 977 persons died in the city from typhus fever
and 156 from typhoid fever. In 1870 there were 96
deaths from typhus and 422 from typhoid. Only
three persons died from typhus fever in 1880, while
the deaths from typhoid numbered 241. There was
an epidemic of typhus fever in the over-crowded
lodging-houses in 1881, which carried off 160 persons.
The deaths from typhoid fever have been steadily in-
creasing for some years past. In 1817 the total
death-rate of New York per 1000 inhabitants was
20-86. The smallest death-rate during the century
was in 1844, when it was only 2079,. although the
population was three times larger than in 1817. In
1877, when the population had nearly trebled again,
the death-rate was 24.50, which was about the aver-
age death-rate for the years preceding 1844. In 1884
the death-rate was 25.82. Statistics show that the
death-rate of a city does not necessarily increase in
proportion to the increase of population.

There's one town in Connecticut where they don't
fear smallpox. It's Haddam.
"I have been unfortunate in love matters," said a
well-known bass singer at tke Paris Opera the other
day. "My first sweetheart entered a convent, death
robbed me of my second, and the third—is now my
wife."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

THE FATAL ACCEDE \lr AT THE LYE
STATION.

THE INQUEST.

z..:Mr, R. Docker, Corouer, held an inquest at the
ioread Eagle Inn, Lys, on ‘Vvdnesday afternoon,
r !lative to the death of a man who is unknown, an:
met wi h his death Athe Lye Station as briefly
r Torted in our column last week.
.L,seph Gibson, engine driver, Stourbridge, said
t.a; on the lstin.t. be was driving tne 4.30 train
erom Birminghatn. When he got to the Lye he
stoppad one minuts He received the signal to
start from the guard and he started. About 150
yards from the station he felt his engine riss on on,

.le. He stopped ths train and seein4 the gu trd
seat him to get assistance, whilst he helped to keep
tit? plssenors in the train, as they were trying to
ret out. lie would be going at the rat. of 9or 10
'Ales an hour at the time. The guard asked him
.v hat was the matter. and said he had run over some-
thing. He saw blood about the engine, but he did
lot see the body. He had not seen any one upon
the line.

In answer to Mr. Ledbrook, who was present on
behalf of the Great Western Railway Company, the
,vitness seid he blew his whistle before starting.
and that there was a light in front of the engine.
George Richards, guard of Birmingham said he
was guird of the 4 30 train from Birmingham on
tne Ist inst About 120 yards from the Lye
StAtion he found the train stop. He put his heat
out of the window and saw Gibson coming down
he line with his lamp. Witness asked him what
was the matter, and he (Gibson) said they tad run
,ver something. He went will Gibson along the
Fee and found the body 5 or 6 yarls from the las
3,rriage The body was lying in the rails with tb.
~ead towards Stourbridge. It was badly mangle
and life was quite exiinet. One leg was across the
Witness then went and fetched the Oaf ion-
caster, and left him in charge of the body, and
then proceede lon with tne train. He hed not
aeen anytiiiug about the line.
P.S. Cope said that on receiving information he
'ook po session of the body, and had it removed to
he Spread Eagle Inn. The deceased was respect-
ably dressed, and the linen was very clean He
searched :he clothing and found threehalf pence
and a small alip of paper in the left breast pocket.
)n the paper was vencilled "Robert Ma,cEwin.
Ja thness. Superintendent Wheeler, had com-
eunicated with the police authorities at Caithness,
,nit had not received any reply. He had stepped
he distance from the platform to where the body
was found, and it was about 200 yards.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

LONDON, Will

This Appliance is POSITITLEY WHA.T IT PRO-
FESSES TO BE—an "ELECTRIC BELT." which
may be proved before purchasing by the Galvawometer,
he. It was explained and fuily tested before Mr.
Justice Hawkins and a Jury in the Court of Queea's
Bench, January 24th. 1881. Moreover, it ENTIEELI
punringe wilthiaco e4verdie4.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

MARR'YING THE WRONQ WOMAN.

At the Worship-street Police-court, London, on
Tuesday, a very respectably-drtssed person, about 26
years of age, who was accompanied by an elderly
lady, appeared before Mr. Hannay, and made an ap.
plication for advice. She said that at Christmas last
she was married to a gentleman at a church in the
district of that court. After the wedding her husband
invited her to go to Brighton to spend the honeymoon.
They proceeded to Brighton, but within a day or two
he suddenly left her, telling her that he had married
the wrong woman, and that he never intended to
marry her. Mr. Hannay: Did he say he mistook youl
for somebody else? The applicant: He said he never
intended to marry me at all, sir. Mr. Hannay: It le
very singular. The young lady produced a fell
letters, which she said she had received from het
husband, who was now in London, and the corres:
pondence was handed to the magistrate, who rea9
some of the letters privately. Mr. Hannay rir
marked that it appeared to be a queer story, fe
the gentleman made an allegation in one of the lette
that the lady had drugged him, and bad got him t
marry her while he was in a semi-conscious conditiot
The applicant: Well, but I have been to see tb
clergyman who married us, and he says he is sure tb
gentleman was perfeotly conscious and clear at 43
time of the wedding. Mr. Hannay asked the 1.8
what she wished him to do in the matter, and shell
plied that she thought she might take a sumr-
against her husband for threats contained in
letters. Mr. Hannay, again 'referring to
letters, said there seemed to be a sort of threat the,
but the writer simply said he would carry out )3'
threat in the event of the lady persisting in makli
him live with her. It would not justify the grant,l
of a summons. The applicant then asked if Pi
might not compel the gentleman to support her,
Mr. Hannay told her the only oourse by meenB4
which an order for support could be made was 'e
the lady to throw herself upon the parisb„, and tb
, the relieving officer would take action in the
The applicant then withdrew.

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ENGLAND AND BURMAH.

The following telegram has been received at the
India Office:

" From Chief Commissioner, Mandalay, Jan. 4,

"18S3. _
"Prendergast reached Bhamo. Cordially re-
ceived by Burmese officials, who had kept place
quiet, also by Chinese merchants. No opposition on
river. Prendergast leaves garrison at Bhamo."

FATAL CONFLICTS WITH DACOITS.
CALCUTTA, Tuesday.

According to official telegrams received here -Da-
coities in -Upper Burmah continue in all directions.
Lieutenant Cockeram' of the 23rd Madras Infantry,
has been killed, and Lieutenant Lye, of the Hamp-
shire Regiment, and Lieutenant O'Meara, of the
Engineer Corps, have been wounded in recent en-
counters of this kind.

MANDALAY, Jan. 2.

General Prendergast reached Bhamo on the 28th
ult. The Burmese Commak,der Ceseetai, formerly
accused of the murder of Margery in Yunnan,
fled on the approach of the British, leaving the
command of the Burmese forces to the Woon of
Bhamo, who made his submission to General Pren-
dergast.
RANGOON, Jan. 5.

The Dacoits in Lower Burmah are still 'displaying
considerable vitality. A dispatch received yesterday
from the officer commanding at Shwegyin states that
he urgently requires reinforcements, as 800 Shans
are threatening to attack his force. A hundred men,
with some guns, were accordingly sent to-day to his
assistance, with orders to make a forced march.
Advices from General White, commanding at
Mandalay, state that the Dacoits are greatly
increasing in number. They are no longer
merely marauders, but follow the standards of pre-
tenders. In fact, a general feeling of insecurity pre-
vails, owing to the systematic terrorism practised by
these bands around and even within Mandalay. It
has, therefore, been determined to commence ex-
tended and active operations for breaking the power
of the rebels, and thus give proof of British ascen-
dancy. With this object three columns, about twelve
hundred strong, have been despatched against the
rebels.

The India Office has received the following tele-
genic : _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

CA.PTURE OF ARAB GGARS.

The following telegram has been received from
Lieutenant-General Sir F. Stephenson, addressed to
the Seentary of State for War:
"ABM, Jan. 4, 1886 (12.55 p.m.).
"Cavalry and Lotus, under Lloyd, have advanced
beyond Absarat ; IW-ter captured nine nuggars, with
banners, going south, laden with arms, ammunition,
and provisions, and made prisoners of some
dervishes. The following is a complete return of
the casualties which occurred on the 30th ult.
near Kosheh : Killed —lst Battalion Berkshire Regi-
ment, Lieutenant Soltau. Wounded-20th Hussars,
1666 Private F. Kerley (dangerously) ;. Mounted In-
. ..

fantry, 1001 Private W. Major, Royal Highlanders
(seriously) ; Ist Battalion Berkshire Regiment, Lieu-
tenant Wigan; Privates, 7 J. Harper, 2377 W.
Smith, 180 H. Bunter, 699 R. Paddock (since
dead), 81 A. Bonny, 2259 S. Askill (slightly) ;
Ist. Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, 2792
Private J. Burke; 2nd Battalion Durham Light
Infantry—Corporals, 338 Baker, 13 J. O'Donnell;
Privates, 188 S. Mason (since dead), 1291 11.
Crapson ; Ist Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, 573
Private J. Jones; Ist Battalion Cameron High-
landers, 560 J. Stevenson, 960 J. Thompson, 1296 J.
Smith, 1622 W. Nathan, 1413 W. Foulkes 144 J.
Redfern, 1456 Harris. Egypt:an Army: Killed- -Ist
Battalion, Lieutenant Mohamed Hamdy and four
men. Wounded Ist Camel Corps, Lieutenants
said Redwan, Mowssan Hatnoada ; 9th Battalion,
Lieutenant Farnam Effendi, and eleven men. Sir F.
Stephenson reports that there are two bad cases
among the wounded, and that the remainder are
doing well."
(Renter's Telegram.)
CAIRO, Jan. 4.

General Grenfell telegraphs that on Saturday the
stern-wheel steamer Lotus, together with cavalry and
mounted infantry, moved up the Nile to Absarat,
thirty miles south of Abri, the present British head-
quarters, and ascertained that Mafici, with a few fol-
lowers, was at Dulgo. The mounted men have returned
to Sayid Effendi. The Lotus overtook and captured
nine nuggars, laden with arms, ammunition, and
clothing. Many prisoners were also taken. The men
in the nuggars fled at the approach of the Lotus, and
the villagers also beat a hasty retreat. Dervishes
were seen all along the Nile. The Ist Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment will return to Kczosko imme-
diately. Moukhtar Pasha has been in official com-
munication with the ex-Mudir of Dongola and
others on the Soudan question, but he has not ex-
pressed any opinion either to the Khedive or to Sir
IL D. Wolff on the subject of the employment of
Turkish troops.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

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MASSACRE AT THE SOLOMON
ISLANDS.

The following appeared in the South Australian
Register of November 27, 1885 (received per Orient
Line steamship Liguria, via Naples) : "By telegraph,
Sydney, Nov. 24. A telegram was received here
to-day from Captain Hampton, of the Maranoa, at
Cooktown, stating that the Kildare had brought on a
survivor from the schooner Elibank Castle, which
was wrecked on the Solomon Islands. The survivor
brings intelligence that Captain Routch and the whole
crew except himself were massacred immediately
after the vessel was wrecked. The Elibank Castle
left Brisbane a few months since on a copra-trading
expedition, in charge of Captain Routch. On a pre-
vious cruise two of her crew were massacred, she
being then owned by Captain Routch, but not sailed
by him. On the last trip he determined to take
personal charge, in order to work up a friendly
business with the natives. He was between 50 and
60 years of age, and his wife and family reside in
Edinburgh."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

EXTRAORDINARY MINING
PHENOMENON,

Great excitement prevailed throughout the Rhondda
Valley on Friday, through the report that a terrible
explosion had occurred at Pen-y-Graig Colliery, and
crowds of men and women hurried to the pit mouth.
The miners had been driven out of the colliery, some
of them without their jackets, through a sudden out-
burst of gas. The men were engaged in driving a
heading through the solid nine feet sham, when they
were suddenly alarmed by an extraordinary vibration
of the earth about them, followed by the sound of
distant thunder. Fortunately, the manager, Mr.
Thomas Williams, was present at the time, and
ordered the men to immediately withdraw. A terrible
crash was then heard, and dense masses of crumbling
rock came rolling through the beading towards the
men, followed by rolling volumes of gas, which made
itself manifest by blue lights dancing within the gauze
of the miners' safety lamps. The manager instructed
the men to move out cautiously, with their lamps
carried low; and it is believed a terrible disaster was
thus averted. It was afterwards found that a great
lodgment of water and an immense blower of gas had
burst in the mine.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

MATRIMONIAL KNOTS IN A TANGLE.

The Montrouge marriages affair, which some time
Ago alarmed many families, has entered a new phase,
remarks the Daily _Yews correspondent complacently.
The question tried before the Court of Cessation was
this—the law ordaining that a civil marriage be
celebrated by the Mayor, sub-Mayor, or in their
absence the senior municipal councillor of the
arrondissement or commune, would it be legal if,
instead, any of the council officiated, between whom
and the oldest elder ones intervened? The highest
tribunal gave a negative judgment. Now, as the
Mayor and sub-Mayor of Montrouge bad a deal
of private business of their own to attend to,
and as the senior members of the Council did not
live near the Mayoralty, a good-natured junior, who
did live close by, often obliged them by joining
couples in, as he :thought, lawful matrimony. After
the decision of the Court of Caseation many of such
pairs contracted fresh unions. Some of them are
now bringing actions against the obliging Councillor,
both for the moral prejudice he caused them and to
make him defray the necessary expenses of their
second wedding. All over Franca: the :reports of
these actions will be read with the deepest interest,
there being so many persoes everywhere who were
united in matrimony by junior members of Municipal
CounciLs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT AT AN

IBISH HUNT.

There was a meet of the County Limerick hounds
on Monday at R.ockhill, near Buree. Before the
hunt commenced the Rev. Mr. Sheehy, of Buree, who
was arrested during the land agitation, attended, ac-
companied by a large gathering of the country people.
The rev, gentleman went to Mr. John Gubbius, the
master of the hunt, and asked him if he was pre-
pared to settle with his tenants. Mr. Gubbins
replied that he had offered his tenants a reduction
of :35 per cent. The Rev. Mr. Sheehy rejoined that
what was required was a permanent settlement.
As a result of the interview, Mr. Gubbins
refused to be dictated to, and said he was not
prepared to refer the dispute to arbitration. The
Rev. Mr. Sheehy threatened that until Mr. Gabbing
settled with his tenantry hunting would not be per-
mitted. The crowd, who backed up Father Sheehy,
cheered him enthusiastically, and it was evident from
their aggressive demeanour that they would have
offered violence if Mr. Gubbins had persevered in the
hunt. Some of the dogs were beaten off, and Mr.
Gubbins, seeing the state of feeling shown, decided to
return home. It is not expected, says the Times cor-
respondent, that Mr. Gubbins will continue hunting
for the remainder of the season, and the breaking up
of. his establishment must entail a serious pecuniary
loss on the district.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

FAIR WHITE HANDS
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SOFT HEALTHFUL BICINO

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for the delicate skin of ladies and children and others
sensitive to the weather, winter or summer. Prevents
minus, roughness, and chapping. Sold everywhere, in
. Tablets, is each. Larger sizes, is ed and 2s 6d.
The medical profession are now ordering Cinxtrior's
(*cox Ermine) in thousands of cases, because it contpine
moss nutritious and flesh.foraiing elements than any oiler
beverage, and it is preferable to the thick starchy Cocoa
ordinarily sold. When
:you ask for Cadbury's Cocoa
&mince be sure that you get it, as shopkeepers often push
imitations for the sake or extra profits. Makers to the
44). et L. DlLlib Depot, 90, Pauborough at. Honore.
"rOlit TIMM I Bober pay half•a-erown to a
Druggist for a bottle of Tizzoni and keep year teeth than
I sit-a-crown to a dentist and los• them. Tikhoel cures the
Tic, Faesache, Neuralgia and nearly every ease of Tooth
ash., safely sad speedily. Relief is round in
eltakti suinutos. Bold by all Chemists and Patent Medicine
Votdora at fis Id. Parcels Post, free to Id in stamps or
111.0.0. from the iiitoolootuaro. Clarke ,Blossdalo 801 l and
lark.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

BANKRUPTCY OF A BETTING MAN.

In the case of John Forsythe, the Official Receiver
of the London Bankruptcy Court has issued the
statement of affairs, together with his remarks
thereon, to the creditors. The debtor, described as a
turf commission agent of 293, Camden-road, N., had
a receiving order made against him upon a creditor's
petition about a fortnight since. He had -filed ac-
counts showing gross liabilities £BB3, of which £548
is unsecured; and assets nil. The debtor states that
during the last twenty years he has made a large
amount of money; but has spent or lost it all through
unsuccessful speculation, race-horses, &c. In 1880
he took the Holborn-circus Restaurant, paying £215,
and taking over a bill of sale for £l5O, but the land-
lord seized for rent, and the business, which had been
conducted at a loss, was closed. He attributes his
failure to losses in connection with the restaurant and
to his expenses having exceeded his income from his
precarious business; he further states that large sums
are owing to him in respect of racing debts, but that
they are not recoverable.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

OUR ARMED FORCES.

The latest returns of the British army show that
there are about 250,000 men available for service, of
whom 205,000 are with the colours, nearly 40,000 in
the First Class Army Reserve, and nearly 7000 in
the Second Class. Of Militia, including the Militia
Reserve, there are about 114,000, and the Yeomanry
Cavalry about 11,500. The men of the Royal Navy,
including those on coastguard service and the Royal
Marine Artillery and Infantry, number some 60,000
officers and men. The volunteers at home reckon up
220,000. Th 9 Indian native forces, allowing for the
additions which have been made lately, must approach
150,000, and the Canadian active militia account for
over. 45,000 of all :ranks. Thus that portion of the
military strength of the Empire which may be con-
sidered more or less in training and certainly always
in possession of arms, uniforms, and accoutrements, is
approximately 850,000.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS aLd LIVER PILLS
ere wrapped in a square green package.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

THE ALLEGED GENEVA WATCH
FRAUDS.

At the Bow-street Police-court, on Tuesday,
Thomas Murray, whose name has recently been
brougEt under the notice of the public in connection
with circulars emanating from " Williams and Co.,
Geneva,' attended before Mr. Vaughan to complain
of the action the police had taken in the matter. The
details of the application were submitted in writing,
and the magistrate having perused the document in
private, said, on taking his seat on the Bench, and
addressing the applicant, "I have been through your
paper, and I decline to offer any opinion or give any
advice with regard to it." The applicant: Then may
I ask your worship —may I claim your protection
from being followed about by the police and from
having my portrait shown? Mr. Vaughan: You had
better make an application to the Commissioners of
Police. The applicant: I have done so, and have
received no reply. I can get no redress. I have
applied to a firm of solicitors, but they decline
to take the matter up. Mr. Vaughan : I cannot
help you. The applicant (leaving the court): Thank
you.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

A BENEFIT SOCIETY CASE.

A member of the Victoria Lodge of the Improved
Independent Order of Oddfellows (London Unity)
applied to Mr. D'Eyncourt at the Westminster Police-
court on Tuesday for a summons against the secre-
tary, as representing the executive for refusing to
comply with the neceesary formalities which would
enable him to appeal against a fine of Ll inflicted
under what was known as the 60th General Law,
which provided for "disparaging the Order." On
the sth of October he applied to the court, complain-
ing that the weekly contributions of the younger
members of the lodge were raised without legal power.
He was referred by the magistrate to the Registrar of
Friendly Societies, who at once stated that the in-
creased demands were altogether illegal. This action
was construed into "disparagement of the Order,'
and he had been fined. The applicant said it was
really a very serious matter to him. While the fine
stood against him he was precluded from all benefits,
and if he were to die to-morrow his wife would get
nothing. Mr. D'Eyncourt did not think the secretary
could be summoned, and advised the applicant to con-
sult other members and employ legal assistance with
a view of enforcing his contention.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

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A NEW METHOD OF PROPULSION.

The idea of proplling ships by forcing water out
of pipes sternwards has, as is well known, been put
into practical application. An analogous method,
which consists in forcing gases against water, and
thus establishing a means of propulsion, has been
devised in Brooklyn, U.S.A. The system will, says
the Eketrzcian, soon be given practical trial, the ship
with which it is to be made having recently been
launched. The method employed, briefly stated,
consists in compressing a small quantity of air,
'which is then impregnated with petroleum spray.
This is then exploded by an electric spark, and the
large volume of gas generated is forced out at the
stern.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

WORK AND WAGES IN THE UNITED

! STATES.
The New Xork Commercial Agency has prepared
some tables ilrith regard to the condition of the work.
m
en out of e ployment in 21 of the States, and from
these it ap ars that while. in ISBO the number of
workmen ei ployed in the different factories, &c., was
2,450,479. a is now 350,000 less, despite the greatin-
crease which has taken place in the population of the
country. The agency has received replies to its inquiries
from 272 cotton factories, of which 30 are closed, and
from 187 woollen factories, of which 55 are now closed.
The woollen factories of New England have dis-
charged 21,000 workmen, and in Lowell county, Dias-
sachusetts,lthere are 2300 fewer workmen employed
than in 18!. In the textile industry most manu-
factories mite only working three-quarters time, and
in the Statle of New York alone there are 14,000 hands
out of emOloyment. :Wages have fallen 20, and even
25 per cent., and, according to a circular of the Fall
River (M 'ssachusetts) weavers, the price for a piece
of cloth 2 yards long, which was 30c. in 1873, is now
only 18c. In Canada, out of 1417 manufactories in
the province of Ontario, 72 are either closed or work-
ing short time, and 3089 workmen have been dis-
charged, while 2470 are working half-time. In the
province .of Quebec wages in the wool and cotton
factories have fallen 10 per Cent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

TEE X&RKETS.I

XARK-LANE.

Business was on a quiet scale, and prices were much
about the same. American advices give the shipments of
wheat from the Atlantic ports to Europe last week as
120,000 bushels, and of Indian corn as 1,610,000 bushels.
. The quaaitity of home-grown wheat disposed of in the
leading markets of the United Kink.dom during the 18
weeks waft-4497,457 as against 1,189,658 qrs. last year, the
average being 303 10d against 32s Id; the sales of barley
werd'l,Bso9l6 against 1,963,099, at an average of 3Ce 3cl
3461, Aid; and of oats, 172,f59 against 195,038, tLe
average beifig'lBs 4d against 10s 3d per qr. English wheat
Warifr fiery ,quiet request at late rates. Foreign wheat
Aid Aka napatt with much attention at barely previous
'cur&tdes."--' Tb:e flour market was dull at late currelnies.
,-Not muqh business was passing in barley, but the trade
wiui firm or both malting and grinding. Oats were dealt in
steadily; at 3d per qr. advance. For maize the demand
was very firm, at full prices. Beans were id to is cheaper.
Peas and lentils quiet and unaltered. Cottonseed cakes
fell 2s 63 per ton. Linseed cakes unaltered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-09

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EXPECTED FIGHTING IN THE
SOUDAN.

According to the _Daily Telegraph, recent private
accounts from the Soudan state that the rebel Arabs
are gradually concentrating in considerable force
within a short distance of Wady Haifa. It is said
that already there are 5000 dervishes a short distance
to the south of that place, and that in the course of a
month they will be joined by the successor to the
Madhi, when an attack will be made upon the
Egyptian outposts. From fugitives who have escaped
from Khartoum it is learned that the rebels have two
Englishmen at Omdurman, who are said to have
strayed from the late Sir Herbert Stewart's Desert
Column, and fallen into their hands. One of the two
prisoners referred to, it is thought, may be the
missing war correspondent, Mr. Gordon, as the de-
scription answers to that gentleman's appearance.
Mr. Gordon lost his way in setting out to overtake
the Desert Column. Both prisoners are said to be
with Lupton Bey.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

A DIVE FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE.

A printer named Donovan dropped from the centre
of Brooklyn-bridge on Sunday morning, striking the
water squarely with his feet. He came up soon and
swam towards the shore, near which he was helped
inta a boat by his friends who were watching him.
He was somewhat exhausted, but uninjured. Dono-
van had prepared himself for the leap by bandaeing
his legs and loading the soles of his canvas shoes
heavily with lead in order that his feet might strike
the water first. He and his companions rade upon the
bridge in a waggon in order to escape the notice of the
police. The latter did not discern Donovan's purpose till
they saw him swimming, and arrested him when he
landed. The jump was made on a wager of 500
dols., and the distance was nearly 140 feet., Donovan
said afterwards, "When I let go the sensation was
queer, and lasted pretty long. Just before I struck
water I felt myself swaying a little. Still I got there
feet first, and with my legs pretty close together. Of
course, when I got under water the motion was a
good deal slower, but still I went down at a great
rate. I began striking out with my arms as soon as
I could, and wasn't very long before I came to tl.e
surface. I felt all right, although there was a ting-
ling sensation all over me."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

A BRITISH COMMANDER STABBED.

Capta:n Marx, of her Majesty's ship Swinger, has,
it appears, from information just to hand, had a very
narrow escape of being killed at the hands of some
treacherous natives. The Swinger was engaged
cruising in the South Seas, and the attack was made
on Captain Marx as the vessel lay at St. Aignon, in
the Louisiade Archipelago. Together with the
doctor of the ship, Captain Marx went on shore, and
was engaged trading with the natives for fowls when
one of the men struck at Captain Marx with a large
knife. Unfortunately the attack was so sudden and
unexpected that Captain Marx was thrown off his
guard, and two wounds were inflicted before any pre-
ventive action could be taken. Captain Marx was
stabbed in the neck and in the wrist, and was con-
veyed at once on board his vessel, which soon after-
wards left for Dennis Island. When the dispatch
was sent off Captain Marx was much better. It was
not mentioned in the intelligence if the Swinger took
any measures to punish the natives for the offence,
or to capture the treacherous native who made the
attack.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

DEATH OF LORD HENRY GORDON
LENNOX.

The death of Lord Henry Gordon Lennox occurred
at Wilmington House, Eastbourne, on Saturday morn-
ing. Lord Henry was taken seriously ill the week
before last, and on Wednesday, the 18th Aug., his
condition caused the gravest fears. On the Saturday
following he rallied considerably, and it was thought
he would recover. However, at the end of last week
grave symptoms manifested themselves, and resulted
in his death on Saturday. The late Lord Henry
Gordon Lennox was the second surviving son of Charles,
fifth Duke of Richmond, by the Lady Caroline Paget,
eldest daughter of the first Marquis of Anglesey, and
was born on the 2nd of November, 1821. He was
cated at Westminster School, and afterwards proeeeded
to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. in
1847. In February,lB4s, be was appointed precis writer
to the Earl of Aberdeen, when Secretary of State for
Foreign affairs, and discharged the duties of that
position till February, 1846, when he resigned 9
being returned to Parliament as member for Chi-
chester. He was a Lord of the Treasury from March
to December,lBs2, and again from March, 18E8, to
March, 1859. On the Conservative party again suc-
ceeding to office, in July, 1866, he was appointed
Secretary to the Admiralty, an office he filled to
December, 1868. On the late Lord Beaconsfield
succeeding to office he was appointed, in February,
1874, Chief Commissioner of Works, and was added
to the Privy Council. He relinquished office in 1876.
Lord Henry had continuously represented Chichester
in the House of Commons from 1846 to November
last year. He married, on the 23rd of January, 1883,
Amelia Susannah, widow of Mr. John White, of
Arddarroch, county Dumbarton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-04

A WHIPPER WAN-TED.

The Prison Commissioners for Scotland, in their
report issued on Saturday, say: "Under the regula-
tions in force at the commencement of the year for
the whipper of jnvenile offenders, it is the duty of
the sheriff of the county to approve of a person to
execute the sentence, which mast be inflicted in a
prison. The work is generally performed by a prison
warder, who has signified his willingness to under-
take the duty, and has been named for the duty by
the sheriff bat in several districts of the country,
where there is a strong local prejudice against this
salutary method of punishment, considerable difficulty
has been experienced in submitting the name of a
person willing to perform the work for the sheriff's
approval. No such sentence has been passed for
many years in the town of Aberdeen, and no whipper
was approved for the prison of Aberdeen; but on
Sept. 21, 1885, we were informed by the governor
that one of the magistrates of the city had signified
his intention to sentence a juvenile then before him
to the punishment of whipping, on learning that
it could be carried out in the prison. We
intimated to the magistrates that, owing to
the peculiar local prejudice existing in Aber-
deen against such sentences, there was no
officer of the prison willing to allow his name to be
submitted to the sheriff for the duty, and if such a
sentence was passed, it would be necessary for them
to submit the name of a person willing to inflict the
punishment. The case against the boy was accord-
ingly delayed, and he charges was ultimately de-
parted from because a whipper could not be found.
We brought the matter under the consideration of
the Secretary of State, with an expression of our
opinion that it was an unnecessary aggravation of
the punishment to direct that in all cases it should
be carried out in prison, and suggested that the regu-
lation might be so amended as to permit of the
punishment being carried out in a police cell or court-
room, under the direction of the police or court
officers, and the regulations so amended were after-
wards adjusted and approved of by the Lord Advo-
cate and the Secretary of State. Under these regu-
lations numerous sentences of whipping passed on
juvenile offenders have been inflicted during the year
in court-houses and police cells, and the boys dis-
charged at once, without undergoing the degradation
of being sent in many cases tea distant prison, as
formerly.'