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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

HINDOO EMIGRATION.

The Daily Telegraph remarks :—" Emigration from
India to the coloates has long ago passed from the
stage of interesting experiment to that of accomplished
success, and during the past year nearly sixteen thou-
sand souls have left British India for British colonies.
It is a common error to suppose that the 'caste' of
Hindoos forbids their crossing the seas, but caste is
rapidly losing its power to forbid anything to the
middle and lower classes of India, for where money is
concerned caste traditions are now easily overlooked.
The railway, for instance, is a great destroyer of caste
etiquette; and so are education, commerce, and,
in fact, every phase of civilization. Among the emi-
grants from India, therefore, it is not surprising to
find than nearly fourteen thousand of the total number
were Hindoos, and of these fourteen hundred were
Brahmins. Another feature of interest in this Indian
emigration is the place which is being taken by the
Fiji Islands in Hindoo estimation, The Chinese have
lately been swarming thither in large numbers, but
they will find in the docile, industrious, and thrifty
Hindoo—f or such is their ch aracter in Trinidad, Jamaica,
Mauritius, Natal, Demerara, and all the other colonies
which they affect—a formidable rival in the labour
market."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

RESCUE OF A SHIP'S CREW.

During the last voyage of the British and African
Royal mail steamer Kinsembo, from the West Coast
of Africa. she was instrumental in saving from what
appeared to be inevitable death the crew of the French
schooner Victorine.
The Kinsembo, under the command of Captain W.
S. Folland, had left Madeira only three days when
she sighted a vessel, disabled, and lying very low in
the water. Distress signals were flying, and Captain
Folland at once made for the vessel, which proved to
be the Victorine, and getting as near her as was ad-
visable a boat was lowered, and the unfortunate
Frenchmen were taken off the sinking schooner
and taken on board the Kinsembo, though they
were so exhaueted by exposure and privation that
most of them were helpless and had to be very
carefully attended to, It was ascertained that
the schooner was bound from St. Nazaire to Mil.
ford Haven with a cargo of potatoes, and she had
been fourteen days out. At one time she got within
30 miles of Scilly, when she encountered a series of
heavy gales, became unmanageable, and was driven
600 miles out of her course, The crew of four hands
had suffered terribly. The captain had been struck
on the chest with the main boom, the mate had fallen
from aloft and was severely injured, the third man had
one of his eyes badly cut, and the fourth member of
the crew, a young lad, was unable to walk from the
constant exposure.
When fallen in with the Victorine was 220 miles off
Vigo and was quite a wreck, her sails and yards being
gone and three feet of water being in the hold. She
was settling down fast, and the poor fellows on board
were too worn out to make any effort to keep her
afloat.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

WINTER SPORTS IN VIENNA.

Writing to Land and Water, a correspondent says :
I send you a short account of how we amuse ourselves
in winter. The first series of sledge-race meetings
arranged to take place at the military parade grounds
of the Vienna garrison, in spite of the intense cold,
caused a large number of sportsmen and sightseers to
congregate at the" Schmelz." The racecourse-1,000
metres in length—was crowded at the time appointed
for the meeting, both sides of the course being lined
by thousands of spectators. Twenty-four sledges
started in the first race, the distance of running being
9,000 metres. The first prize was won by the mare
Schwarz,. One of the competitors, considered the best
sledge-driver of Vienna, Jell off his sledge during the
third round, his horse continuing the circuit with the
empty sledge. The second race-5,000 metres distance
—went off without any mishap. Six competitors
started, the first prize being won by the Wallachian
horse Gogl, which kept the lead from the commence•
ment to the end of the race. _ .

A rather interesting feature was the cabmen's race,
in which the most renowned of the Vienna drivers, in-
cluding the champion driver took part, the sledge of
the champion being the first to reach the winning•post,
closely followed, however, by the winner of the second
prize. A great deal of hilarity was caused by the
peasants' race, without saddle or stirrup, nine corn.
atartins. One of these fan off his horse soon
after starting, but, nothing daunted, he quickly re-
mounted, and by overtaking five of the competitors,
succeeded in gaining the fourth prize,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

William Evans, landlord of the Rifleman Inn,
Pensnett, was charged with being drunk on his
own licensed premises, on the 11th inst. Mr.
Waldron defended. Police-constable Flicklin said
that on the night iu question he was near the de-
fendant's house, in company with Police-constable
Gana, when he heard a noise in the house. De-
fendant's wife came out and in consequence of
what she said they went in the house and saw the
defendant who was very drunk. The summons
was dismissed because Mr. Waldron contended that ,
the defendant's house was not a public-house after
it had been closed for the night.
ASSAULT.—WiI dam Cartwright, caretaker of the
; Board Schools, Moor Street, Brierley Hill, was
charged with assaulting Henry Scriven, a pupil
, teaclie.• at the above schools. The evidence showed
that complainant was in the school doing, his
lessons when the defendant went in and asked com
plainant to go out. Complainant said he should
go out when he had finished his lessons. Defend-
ant then struck complainant in the face. The case
was -not pressed and defendant was ordered to pay
costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

THE UNDEVELOPED RESOURCES OF

AMERICA.

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TWintoresthslanygst?!., Minnesota,
In the State of Minnesota alone on the first of
January, 1879, the official records report upwards of
ten million acres unsurveyed and unoccupied belong-
ing to the "United States. Three million acres of Sur-
veyed lands belong to the States, and about the same
quantity is owned by the State of Minnesota. For
these the appraised price is 2 dole, per acre for lands
situated within railway limits and 3 dols, for those
without the 20-mile limits. A considerable proportion
of the most desirable of these State lands has already
been taken up under pre-emption, homestead, or timber
Acts. Nearly seven million acres are still in the hands of
the five competing railway companies who have con-
veniently " gridironed" the State of Minnesota with
iron roads. For ten and occasionally for 20 miles on
each side of their lines they have received each alter-
nate section of a square mile, and these sectione they
are disposing of at prices varying, according to eligi-
bility, from 2 dols. to 10 dole. Credit may be aken for
payment, which may usually be made at the rate of
1 dol. or 2 dols. per annum, 7 per cent, being c.l.
.rged
on the deferred payment'.

Some idea may be obtained of the undeveloped food
resources of America when it is thus recorded that in
this one State alone there are 23 million acres of un-
occupied landw, while in several other States and Ter.
ritories an equal or greater extent of unclaimed lands
Is to be met with, Here in Minnesota is an owner.
less, unoccupied tract two-thirds the extent of Eng-
land. Supposing one-fourth of this area were in
wheat and produced only 13 bushels per acre—the
average yield of the State daring the last two unsatis-
factory years of drought—there might here alone be
grown 74 million bushels of wheat, or rather more
than hall the wheat exports of the United State*, I
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

CLARK 143 HIGH STREET STOURBRIDCE.

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RHEUMATISM.
_RHEUMATISM, Gout, Lumbago, Pains
in the Head, Side, Back, Joints, and Limbs
cured by DAY'S RHEUMATIC PILLS. Price is. lid.
per box. Sold by Mr. Pugh, Patent Medicine Vendor,
61, Coventry Street, Stourbridge; and; all Cherniets
Wholesale by all the London }louses.

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

0" BOX. 'of CLARKE'S B 41 Bill is
wnrrranted to sure all discharges from the Urinary
Organs, in either ax, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
and Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 4,6 d each, by
all Che.Aists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
any taircss for 60 Stamps by the Maker, V. J. CLAIIKIC,
Cosolting Chemi,t, ApothceAries' Hail, Lincoln
Wholesale Agents, BALOLAY & dos, London, and all tiro
Wholesale Houses

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PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES

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BELL STREET, STOURBP.U').I;I•;.

THE BEST FLOOR IN THE lIIDLIND COUNTL'S

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

The above popular place of rcscrt
(NOW UNDER NEW MANAGE3fENT)
IS OPEN FOR
SKATING-

2,101,Nnd, AFTr.RNOON, & EVENING.


AN EFFICIENT BAND IS ENGAGED.

ADMISSION SIX-PENCE,
INCLUDING USE 0F PLIMPTON'S SK4TES

GRAND SKATING FESTIVAL

ON
TUESDAY & Wi-:,DNESDAcY, JAN. 20 & 21,
take pi a-oe teak?. v.txr;vt Rik a'iütnbr of
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Entrance Fee ta the Races 6d. to be made at the Rink,

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ADMISSION WITH USE OF SKATES 6d.-

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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

BIRMINGHAM PANT-MUSES.

CIN MONDAY, JANUARY 1904, a CHEAP
EXCURSION TRAIN for 1111:111..NGRAM
leave Worcester (Foregate Street), at 1.30 • Shrub Hill,
1.45 ; Fearual Heath, 1.50; 2.4; Hartlebury
2.10 ; Kiklerminsttr, 2.20 ; and Steurbridge Junction,
2.45 pan. i',eturning stttLe day.

ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th, AN
LXCURSION for.BillUal(lllA..ii will
it-use orckster, (Forega rket), at 1.25; Droitwich,
1 40 ; Raztlebury 1-50; liiddermiter, 2.0 ; Stour bridge
Junction, 220 p.m. Ret:.rning same da3. See Linda!
bills.

J. GRIERSON, General Manager.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

• BRIERLEY HILL.

DROWNED.—On Sunday as a man named Albert
Pugh and a companion Were walking along an arm
of the canal at Bremley iron bridge they discovered
the body of a man in an upright position in the
water. When got out the deceased was recognised
as John Hardwick (30), a platclayer, in the empioj
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-17

HATTER, HOSIER, GLOVER, AND. SHIRTMAKERI

lIRD AND SOFT

PALTS IN GRZAT VARIETY,

SILK HATS, 4 c.,

ALL SORTS OF GENTLEICEN'S HOSIERY,

Gloves, Shirts, &c.