The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-31 00:00:00

Roam ~011EIGN, AND COLON

NT tic SBA KsPEABE, BUT lIIIITOBICAL.--
When Eirnem Wood was reported as coming to
Dansinuue. Macbeth inquired eurcebtically, if “riel
tree we bringir‘g it+ o,n trunk?" The firet imitate,
on noord of • Scotch iota. —Punch.

M PORTA!. T SC COMMON C APR .—The Scotch
Court of Session gave ita decision on Friday in the rata
of Mr. Henry Padwick against Sir William Stewart,
Bart., of Murtbly and Cerandtuliv. Perthshire. h
may be remembered that in 1671 an agreemoot wee
entered into between Mr. Padwil and Sir Wiliam
Stewart, who was then proprietor of Murthly,
the estates at Sir William's death to Mr. Patheick fot
£330,000. Sir William died in April, IS7I,
Padwick brought this action to have it found that the
agreement for the sale of the estates was an rte.:Mel
one. Sir Anthibald Donglaa, Sir William's brother,
who wat. the next heir of entail, maintiined that the
entail of the estates was a valid one, and barred eee
cab. The court decided against Mr. Padwick, eaa
the cam will now in all probability be carried to tilt
House of Lords.

GREAT MEN'S WEAKNESSES. Celebrities
have a weakness for favourite dishes; thus, Thiess ism
fond of mitre as Veltivire ; Rossini bad • psrtiality fur
inaccarcni when prepared by his own Lande, as he
often did to surprise his guests ; Schiller loved ham;
and Napoleon I. roast chi,ken ; Napoleon 111. de,
lighted in a mutton stow, sucl Leasing Nag as happy gi
a king over • dish of lentils ; Charles XII. doted ea
bread and butter, sod Taseo, on preserved fruits and
j stn. Marshal Alsailabon's gastrononiic leaningje
for the " birds of Venus," less poetically known
pigeons.
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DYEING A LOVE.—The Clialo‘se states that
a young tradesman, who was aeaiduouely courting the
wife of a dyer, having been erurprised by the husbanj
was by his orders plunged in a vat of blue dye, aed
thereby eo thoroughly coloured as to be incapable of
appearing in public. When urged by the friends of
the victim to dye it back again, tha angry boohoo,'
replied that the colour wee no well fixed that with the
beet int.-name in the woeld he could do nothing better
than change it to violet or green.


DEATH FROM HYDROFROBIA.—The ,sh,ffidd
Daily 7eleyraph reports the death of John Eli's, a
mason of that town, from hydroohobia. On the tAth
of December the dtceased was bitten by a cat in the
thumb and hand. Toe wounds soon healed, having
only. some slight sears, which gava him DO lawn
vemence. Oaths 19 li inst. he complaine iof a numb.
Mg pain ia the arm, attributing it to rheumatisn.
Next day he went to work as usual, but in the alter.
noon lila pain became so acute that he was obbged to
go home. The same night the dresdful symptoms of
hydrophobia developed themselves. He shnwe I great
self-control and, when spoken to soothingly, made
strenuous efforts to calm himself during the horrible
paroxysms which Come over him. Death relicytd him
from his turnings on Thursday night.

DEAR BRIS•D AND CHEAP FLOUR—The in.
crease which ban recently been made by the Liverpool
bakers in the retail pgice of bread has aroneed conalder
able attention, from the fast that there has been no
corresponding increase in the price of flour, which
would justify such a course (says the Liverpool itit,ion),
It is foun I that bread sold at 241. per lb. is equivalent
to floss at lie. 111 per barrel of 196-be., and that sold
at 20. per lb. is equal to 50s. 41. per barrel. An ex.
ainimition of the ruling prices shows that barrel floor
of firstmass quality can now be i urchase i on the
Liverpool Corn Exchange at Mi. per barrel, and the
millers all through the country are complaining of the
low price they are making for flour, and are not he
dined to increase their stocks. In addition to this
great difference in the coat and selling prices, the
baker, can realise about one ehilling each for the empty
barrels, thus further reducing the cost, as these barrels,
when full, are not weighed an so much flour, a tare of
201bs. being allowed on each.
THE IKISH PEERAGE.—Lord Ratbdonnel re.
minds us (The Times) with reference to the view that
Mr. Gladstone can recommend Her Majesty to create
a new Irish peerage, that by the terms of the Act of
Union twelve months roust elapse from the date of the
last of the three required extinctions before a new
Irish peerage can be made. Cone< quently there can
be no such creation before the 18th of January. 1875.
Lord Eathdonnell is of opinion that Westmeath
and Howden do not count. Westmeath still exists as
an Irish earldom, and Howien, being a post-Union
creation, is not available. The three extinctions that
can be used at the expiration of a year are Strangford,
Moira, and Blayney."

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A CO?dPARISOPT. —Judge B—, now on the
Supreme Bench of California, was recently trying a
case where a farmer claimed damages against a mining
company for blowing " vaginae" on to the farmer's
land. A witness tee ified as to the effect of a stick
lying in the stream of water carrying the vailings and
obstructing the Fame. Judge B— (to witnees): How
large was Vie sick you speak of I—Witness : I don't
recollect.—Judge : Can't you approximate to
the sizel—Witneee : Well, no ; I didn't measure ft.—
Judge B— (growing impatient) Well, eir, was it as
thick as my wriet I—Witness : Well, yes, something
bigger; from my recollection now, I should judge it to
have been about as thick as your heal.—A jocular ex.
preeston seemed to play upon the features of the
audience, the size of the etiok having Lien fairly
" approxim gted."
MR. haLCHER'S AGCTIJN. —Tito annual sale
of pew. was held on the 13th of January at Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn. Previime to the opening of the
sale, Mr. Beecher said he bad been invited to vidt
England to preach the missionary sermon of the
Loudon Missionary Society. He regarded the invitee
thin an an honour as well as a great courtesy. lie bad
not yid. sent a reply, but he was greatly dieinclined to
He did nil, indeed, expect to go, except the pew-
hoiders actually forced hie to do Co. He then intro.
c'uced the am:tier:leer, Mr. Hoyt, of New York, who
commenced the sale of pewe. The first was sold at s
premium of 400 dole. to Mr. Obington. Phe total
amount realized wise 55,430 dole., 47,000 dole, being for
premiums alone. The receipts exceeded those of hitt
year by 121 dole. Mr. Beecher expressed hie:well
highly satisfied and grateful at the result.
A WARNING NOTE ! —The Times, in a leader
on Tuesday mid—
i: to but three days since Mr. Gladstone's Manifesto, se
tonisbed the coultry, bat the leaning tact. of our weed
poritton and the point, which should be stesdily kept is
clew by the elector, of the Kingdom are feet becoming bears
undentood. It Is already recognised as an object of the
highest importance that constituencies should tetrad, their
powers. far as possible to even of Independent and honed
judgment. The rest Parliament will awureeily eshibil
• strange assortment of Parties, end the only security we
can have that It will not be drawn Into strange con.
elusion, is to be found In the easeful soli dim at the be
ginning of men whose <pinions are self formi d and self
maintained. This was not of so much importance
IS% The Route of Commons wee than elected to pro
mote the accomplishment of certain dt-finite bc:lemes el
legislation; but, apart from this, 11w', soon seen that the
.nee was singularly defddent in independent elements
whirls could he ti mite d to matte their Reticence felt by lied
chb-fs :slier the Met entlin.lssen was over. So great was the
di artb t'ust a stogie man cspahle of terming an honest opinion,
asd of standing by It wheel formed, bccame at once a
sunless of power. The eminence to which Mr. Fawcett
ins rapidly &testy. i was not so much due to the range el
his polivcal shay as to the ft ree and stesdin.es of his
convictione lie was speedily detached ircou among the
c end of members ab, ut him sea man Who knew what he wee
about and adhered to it ; and ose among many restate WWI
that the settlement of the Irish University %nettled
came from his heni'r. But the new Parliament wit
to, It Is not too much to say, disorganised from the twee.
ring. It is admitted that there will be no clear predominance
of Parties, lain. It le more than poeal ble tint the balanced
power may rest In the hands of • ormparallvely small see
lion, In whore minds libe Interest. et the nation will be
subordinate to the promotion of objects the overwhelming
majority of the nation would repudiete. Let us, then, he
caroml to select, calorie we can, men who will not consent
lobe led, whether upon the Invitation of Mr Gladstone or of
Mr. Dieraell, to give vote upon vote which in tie hidden
corners of their hearts they empect—nay, content -ti be
prejudicial to the natimal welfare. In locking f trwerd, as
We fear we rou.t, to a period of Incoherent ant floating
majsrlties, It will be • sstisfaction II we are able to diners
ma both tidee a sprinlrlisg of men of clear principle., wan
rented not to give way tinder the mere force of the current
about them.
A NOVEL RAILROAD.— There has just been
completed at the machine shop of Lafferty and
Brothers, Gloucester City, N.J., a four- ton locomotive,
deafened to run on one rail. It is built for a street
railroad company in Georgia. Thin engine can with
proprlety be called a steam velocipede, as it cretonnes
two wheels, one following the other. The rail or track
open which it is in ran is styled a " Priernoid, or one
track railwiey," and is composed of several thiekreseel
of plank, built up in the style of an inverted keel of e
vediel, with a flat rail upon tizie apex. Upon a trial,
speed of strait twelve miles an hour was attained, and
the inventor an patentee claims that tho speed can be
almost doubled on a lengthened track.
THE SHIP WHICH THE DUKE OF EDINBCEGII
HAS NOW GIVIEN UP.—The Court-Ship.—Ptench.
Tun Aurtii 021 Z&D VERSION. —The revisere of
the Awhorized Version of the New Testament met on
Tuesday at the Jerusalem Chamber for their Atli
sesedon, and sat for nevem hour-. Tee members present
were the Biehop of Gloneieter and Brietol, who pre-
sided ; the Archbishop of Dubl'n. the Bishop of Salle.
bury, the Dean of Rachester, Archdeacons Blekersteth
and Lee, Canon Lightfoot, Professors Erviie' Moulton,
Newt!), and Edwin Palmer, Drs. Aneus, Scrivener,
and Vance Ebnitb, Prebendary Humphry, and Mr.
Bort—in ell 16, with Mr. Troutheek, the gecretary.
The oonipany revised the sth chapter of the Epistle of
St. James, and part of the let chapter of the let
Epistle of St. Peter.

ill& DANGER OF INTERVENTION.—A Paris
corrt spondent f the Pall Mall Gazzils w,jteg thot on
Fridoy a duet was reported to hove been fought on the
Swiss frontier between two gentlemen welhknown in
('ado. There were two wounded men —one of the
combstante, who was sli4htly touched in the arm, sod
the dower I It seems thrt the no, dical gentlemon on
Ret ing blOOd WAR either over MIXiOIII3 to render hie
Berrie( nor wished to separote the ad ventarien, when he
ceived a sword thrutt in the thigh of a dangerous
character.

THE WELII IN THE UHITED STATES.—WeIeb
emigrants in the United States appear to be as
tenacious of their ancient language and literature as
Welshmen at home. Oa the 7th id last December
great Eigtedifod was held at Pittsburg, with all the
proper form] and ceremonies, and is said to have beim
the largest and most suoteatful ever seen in Ainerics.
On Christmas-day another was held at Lucerne, to
Pinney Ivania, and etters, about the IMMO time, took
place at Plymouth and Hyde Park, in the came State,
and at (incinnati, in Oldo. Tin re are four societies
est srilisheol in New Ymk for benevolent purposes and
for the enimuragement of the study of Welsh lettionags
end 10.mM-ore, and no fewsr than six newainners ar,
iotay tiohlwhed in the Wdsh language in 0)1
different towns, Yet more radifying to Welshmen
most he the statement that in New York no Welsh
haupsrs tied no Welsh criminals are known to the
authorities,; and, what is migrated as being equally
creditable, no Weleh officsiaeekers. The Welsh are
most rumeroue in Penneylvanta. One of the mining
dittetots in that State is known as" Little Wales.'
Altogether they apptar to make ad nirable emigrants,
and to prosper ell the b-dter for holcliat wit each
other and to the customs and traditions of home. I