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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

AN AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE.

John Hopkins, the wealthiest citizen of Baltimore,
and its greatest benefactor, died on the 24th of Decent
her. His parents, ea) the New York Tribune, were
Quakers, descended from Etgli.h ,et•l is, and be
was born in Anne Arundee County, Mars la al,
May, 19, 1795. He received a plain eclumsti
and at the age of 17 went ti Baltimore, where
be entered the grocery trade, in the wholesale
branch of which he afterwards engaged, with very
little capital, on his own account. The young trader
was very succea-fol, and in due time tsccuum-
Lsted great wealth. His house rivalled the-oldest in the
city and for twenty-five years ranked the first in the
trade. He then retired from the grocery trade and
engaged in banking and railroad enterprises, wherein
he was likewise very fortunate. He was elected,
many years ago, President of the Merchants' Bank,
and retained that position until his death. In 1847
he became director of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company, and in 1855 Chairman of its Finance
Committee. In 1857, when that corporation was
seriously embarrassed, Mr. Hopkins voluntarily came
to its assistance and endorsed its bonds, risking
thereby his private fortune, but happily without lows.
He manifested a warm interest in the advancement
of Baltimore, and eventually displayed remarkable libe-
rality in the use of his vast wealth, which has been
estimated at 12,000,000 dollars. Last March he gave
property valued at 4.000,000 dollars to found a hoe•
pital in the city, which is to be free to all indigent
sick, irree oective of race or colour. He provided that
there Khali be a training school for nurses connected
with that institution, and established a home also for
coloured orphans. Mr. Hopkins further devoted
3,0110,000 dollars to the endowment of a university,
and presented the city with a public park. He never
married, and was in all respects a most exemplary and
estimable citizen. He was prominently identified
with all the leading commercial, banking, and railway
enterprises of Baltimore, and his death is regarded
with deep concern by the people of that city, the flags
on the public buildings and shipping being displayed
at half-mast in respect for his memory.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

REV. MR. SPURGEON ON PRAYER.

I n Tuesday Ft' t !noon the Rev. C. 11. Spurgeon de-
livered an address at a prayer-meeting at the London
Tavern, in connection with the series of religious ser•
vices being heti in the City of London during the
present week. Mr. MArthur, M.P., presided.
The rev gentleman coalesced that he had been
rather puzzled as to what bubject he should select to
speak upon when he first thought of taking part in
these Cif y sorvices. There wf-ro thonoamls fi.f topics
from which he might choose, and this made the mattor
all the more difficult. After !Mlle conaideration, it
Amok him that as his audience were this week
celebrating the end of one yea. of prayer and the
beginning of another, tho bisit suliject he could select
was prayer. With faith, and with • proper desire to
Elmgood works, we might present our prayers t)
h as much confidence of their being answered
as we should have in presenting • cheque at any of our
banks. There had been much prayer during the past
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

FlBll.

- —•
Pickled boning., 2el. to 38.. ; gel ditto. tbs to 235. ; tOIII,
ditto, 19 83. to 28$. p.r barrel , klrpc. ditto, 83. to SS
bloaters, 2.. Sci. to as. 103. pgr boo , smoked hafideck, 2 s
to 110. per barrel ; trawl ditto, 16s. to IN. ; ditto plaice,
18.. to 225. ; onto whiting, 18s. to 17s. 6d. per basket ; soles.
11. 84 to 3.. 103 psr pair turbot, Bs. to IS.. brill, 2. to
4..; cod, be. to Sr. 6d. each.; mackerel, 1.. 63. to b. .
lobsters, 181. 6d. to 30. . crab., 13*. to Va. per dozen ,notiro
oysters, 4.10 13* ; pearl ditto, £3 6.. ; common ditto, 13. to
4,1 101. per bushel.

ithEll.
lONDOW, Monday, Jan. s.—There was a limited quantity of
Rid English Cloverseed offering. The superior qualities WM
held at extreme prices, but of theses small prop 'Mon come.
forward, whilst commoner aorta are more abundant, and
Offering at very moderate rbt.g. Foreign Bed Clo,ergood was
held at some advance In price, w Mai Wont d to check nue.
new tine Trefoil was held with more Samoan; but sal.s
were not numeroua. White Mustardated remains lxii, hat
hol' ere retuned to accept lower prices, and there h vt ry little
painting In Brown, only a Small quantity of gor.d offering.
Callan seed mu taken slowly on shout Vrmer terns. Large
Hempteed was quite as dear. Forel. a New larea nerd lu.Cd
at et 'lanced rates, but not IMICh bushman yet entered Into.

PROVISIONS.
LONDON. Idenday, Jan. -1 he arrivals It seek Ivso
Ireland were 414 firkins have, and :8,671 tales bacon, atd
Into Inrelgn ports 22,474 ,s butter, 934 bales aud 180
boxes bacon 'ln Utah there U scarcely Llotlooo
passing in sales. Foreign ayesdy Isle, and prle,s are
Is. tigher, best Butch 1110 r. to 14tts no Bacon market A
firm, no change in value ot WatertarJ, finest harnlyau
advancelto 73s
Butter,

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butter

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

DEATHS BY VIOLENCE.

Although this Is not the season to "talk of graves
and worms, and epitaphs," a contemporary has done
good service by bringing under the public eye, in a
singularly effective manner, the statistics of death by
violence in England In 1671 and several previous years,
as presented in the Registrar-General's report,. facts
and figures which ought to suggest to political partisans
the propriety of leaving politics and state-tinkering for
a while, and paying greater attention to those social
questions which in a much higher degree affect the hap-
piness and the very existence of the people. It appears,
then, that during the year named no fewer than 16,850
persons in England met their deaths by violence, a fact
which in the article referred to is rendered still mere
vivid by being considered in varied and striking lights.
Thus it is shown that, if the whole population of Lan-
caster, or of Bedford, or of Winchester, or of Margate
and Melton Mowbray combined, had been put to
death during that year—not simply killed, but killed
in many cases by mutilation and torture, the victims
would have been fewer than died in England by
violence during 1871, or 1872, or 1873, or what is of
more consequence to the WU riVOlll, will inevitably die
under the same circumstances of violence and cruelty
in 1874 Again, in the twenty years, from 1850 to
1869, out of every million of Englishmen and English-
wvimn then living, 764 each year came to an untimely
end from some form of violence—smashed in railway
carriages, blown on in explosions, crushtd by ma-
chinery, or choked by carb .nic acid; while out of the
same population, only 1,407 died in the same periods
from old age. "The English," concludes the writer of
this ghastly narrative, "are being slain —steadily,
certainly, and remorselessly slain— at a rate which
every two year' sacrifices as many victims as the
Massacre of St Bartholomew. Every day of the year
forty-seven Engloth people are killed with suffering and
mutilation of the most excruciating kind. Every hour
of the year, day and night included, two of our fellow-
countrymen are carried off by horrible deaths." Truly,
lif "Peace has her victories," she has also her victims,
"no leas than those of war."—lrott.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

LORD SFIAFTESBURT ON THE IMPRO-
VIDENCE OF LABOURERS.

A series of articles on " The Agricultural Labourer" haying
been reprinted from raser's Magazine, Lord Shaftesbury
contributes • preface, to which he says :
" The author refers to a certain earl who advanced a
few shillings to several of the younger labourers as a
basis of accumulations. Ile asked the reason why
some of them refused the offer. A few, I have
reason to believe, stated their unwillingness to let
the farmers know that they were in the possession
of money—with the same motive, no doubt, as an
Irishman desires to hide his affluence horn the
priest. Since this preface was written I have
btaired the results of the experiment mentioned
In page 83. Out of four parishes small in point
of populatton—members, 60 ; those who paid in duriog
the year, 31 ; the ages varied from fourteen to twenty.
one ; sums paid into the savings bank in every degree
from 35. to 20s. ; but some few made greater exertione.
One paid in £3 10s.; cue, £3 17s. ; one, Id ; one,
£2 lls., one the astonishing amount of £ll. lam
certain that by the institution of habits of thrift and
economy we shall place the agncultural labourer in a
vastly improved condition. It should be added that
of the sixty some have left their home* so we
mold not arrive at their books. One declared that
he would begin to ere for future necouttiwiall 110011
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

DEATH OF A GREAT SWORDSMAN.

The Press ought not to pries over without comment
the dezeame of the celebrated profeeeor of fencing, Leon
Gil!emend, who hail placidly breathed away hie life,
after a long and zealous career no an sccompli-hed
eworlcrnan (remarks the Court Journal). It may sound
somewhat strangely to thoae who witneesed the
eni rgy he displeyed on the occaeion of his final
retirement at Willim's Rooms in IS6B, to hear
that he wee pregent at the battle of Waterloo.
About forty years back he vieited England, accom-
panitd by Matthien Coulon, then in the zenith of
his popularity. and PO cordial was hie reception
that he took up hie abode among us, and, with the
exception of occasional visite to his native land,
made England his adopted country. For many years
he was fencing mast, to the London Club, and it is
gratifying to know that through the kindness of the
-oembers his latter days were pegged in comfortable
iteciudon. We may mention that the Emperor Napo-
leon, among whoee fault; want of generosity,liberality,
and sympatby for men of merit in all grades of life
could not be reckoned, allowed hi. Gillemand a liberal
pension for many years, which ceased only with hle
dethronement sera conseqneot deprivation of Weelle
to continue the mu ttudinons bounties of his
1 ttiperial life. M. Gillemand, we have religion
to believe, felt much the loss of his pstron,
through motives of gratitude am well as intermt.
At en assault of arms given some half-dozen
Foxes back by the let Surrey Elites, M. Gillemand
came into contact with an English bandmaster, who
lied also been at Waterloo, and in the came capacity,
that of a drummer boy. The Euglieh drummer-bori,
we may mention, were ordered to the tear daring the
action by the homane commander , but the French
accompanied their regimente, and eustained their share
of the casualties of the flght. M. Gillemand was
no less a protioient with the sabre than with the small
sword, and it is not many years since the veteran
engaged in a dangerous encounter with sabres with
an English amateur at an auaut d'arma, on which
occasion he displayed a:tire and activity whieh could
hardly have been expected at his age.

ANOTHER CLAIMANT.
(From the °lamely News
In the Sheriff Court of Chancery, Edinburgh, on
Monday, before Mr, J. M'Clareo, the case of Fulton
r. the Earl of E4linlon wan called. Mr. R Menzies
appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Blair of Menace..
Hunter. Blair, and Cowan) watched tlm case on
behalf of the Earl of Eglinton. The petitioner cork,
to have it declared that he ie heir of provieiou under
the law of entail to the title held by the Earl of
I.:Onion, and the Eglinten etates, which include
thelande of Eglinton, Dreghorn, and Eagleshatn.
The claimant maintsine that he in the great
grandson of JIM-, Foulton, who was a full brother
to the eleventh Earl of Eglinton. The latter wee
• younger son, and being something of • seapegren_e, he
eloped with one of his father', domestics, aimed Mary
Wallace, whom he marled. For thie Act he gos Into

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

PENSNETT.

INQuEsT.—An ingneet was held on Wednesday last,
at the Fountain Inn, before Mr. Phillips, touching the
death of William Henry Talbot, two years old. From
the evidence it appears that the deceased gut his foot
upon a pot of boiling hot water on the 16th ultimo, and
died from the effects of the scald on the 6th instant.
Mr. Bradley, burgeon, gave evidence aa the injuries
caused by the water, and the Jury returned a verdict of
.` Accidental death.-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

A NEW RAILWAY BRAKE

A gentlemen writes to The Tees
I yesterday witnessed the trial of a new Gernmn
railway brake upon the London and North•Wastern
Railway, and I am so impressed with the complete
efficiency of this system, and of its value for preventing
some of those frightful railway te:cidenta which
have recently occurred eo often, that I venture
to write to you about R. The great merit of the
plan is that a separate brake is applied, at
pleasure, to every pair of wheele in the train, includ-
ing those of the engine, and all these brakes can be
instantly and simultaneously applied by merely pulling
a string like an ordinary bell pull. Theose bell-pulls
are under the control respectively of the engin...driver,
the guard In front of the train, and the guard in the
rear carriage. Thus, any one of these three men can,
by merely pulling the string, stop a train travelling at
the highest speed In &marvellously short space of time.
Moreover, in the event of any accident occurring to
any one of the carriage, the brakes are, ipso facto,
applie i to all the train.
I submit that the subject of railway brakes gene-
rally is one of supreme importance to the public, con-
sidering the great speed at which we travel nowadays,
and that it is quite as desery mg of the attention and
investigation of a Select Committee as that of
Ordnance or anyenther question. It is imperative that
the best system of railway brakes should be weer.
tabled by thorough and impartial trials, and then at
once adopted upon every line in the kingdom.
.150. 1.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

ENVILLE.

THE LATE UNLAWFUL ASSAULT.—At the Staffordshire
Sessions, en Wednesday last, John Powell (21), hawker,
was charged with uniawfnlly and indecently assaulting
Emma Parsons, on the 21th November, 1873, at Compton,
near Enville.--Mr. T. B. Hose was for the F nowt:titian],
and Mr. C. Smith defended the accused.—Prosecutrix, a
married woman, living in a lonely house, said that on the
day named the accused went to her house and proffered
to sell her fancy articles. She refused, and he than took
liberties with her, kissing, and attempting more serious
familiarities. Witness called out to her husband, who
was in bed—his employment being that of night.watch•
man for the Nail of Stamford. He did not, however,
hear her. but she contrived to escape Irons her assailant,
and ran up-stairs to her husband, whom she awoke and
told what happened.—George Parsons, the husband of
the last witness, said that on receiving information he
followed Powell and overtook him. Powell admitted
having insulted the prosecutrix, and witness gave ham
auto custody. Mr. Smith admitted that he oould notion.
tonal against the evideuce, but srgued that nothing more
than a common assault had been made out, as the prose.
cutrix, beiug alarmed, would naturally be led to exagge-
rate the conduct of the accused. The defendant was
found guilty of an indecent assault, and sentenced to oue
year's imprisonment, the prospect of which at once
.• melted him to tears."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

Mahe& as I hope I have done. that ROOM Tiebbollllll wee I
not tattooed, I will call your attention to the evidence for
the dashes which proves that the defendant is Roger
Ilehbonse. The number of wttneeses who have been
called by the defendant in his favour is really very enor
moral, Commencing why 13,418 downwards. The learned
counsel as All real cordonr extracts from lUe evidence.
Bugle's evidence In 60 ur of the defendant ems as t•ue as
Ira. could be, unless he was the king of all rotor• Raving
concluded his anarysis of the Paris and Stonvharet- evidence,
the learned counsel said he would In the morning c 3111.3111
on that referring to Tichhorne.
The Court agait. adjourned.

EXECUTION AT LIVERPOOL.
At eight o'clock on Monday morning, Thomas
C, r. Igen, & dock laliourer, who killed his mother, at
Liverpool, by juoil.ing on her and t orowing her down
stairs while in a Cate of furioui tot ,xication, wan exe-
wed at Kirkdale Gaol in -the presence of the prison
officials and the representatives of the press. Corrigan,
who had been very att-ntive to his religious dot es since
his coarlemnation, att-nded chapel on Son 'ay, whop
Father Barite, at hie spec al request, preached a aermun,
pointing out the dangers resulting from giving way to
drunkenness and from wanti of self discipline. lie
remained in prayer with Father Bute until past
midnight, and then slept from about one o'clock to
five. lie partook of breakfast about seven, and was
then taken from the condemned cell to another part
of the gaol where the scaffold was erected, the usual
fuueral proces.ion being dispensed with. All the
time he prayed fervently and incessantly, and to the
last he denied that he ever intended to kill his
mother, nor was he aware of what he had done
until he became sober. He manifested no serious
emotion while being pini anti, and when the cap was
placed over his face, his lips constantly moved in prayer
an Father Boots intoned the religious servicee for the
died and dying. Wren the bolt was withdrawn there
was no severe struggle, though for some minutes tie
muscles of the face could be observed working under
the cap. After hanging for some time the cornea was
out down, and a formal Inquest held over it by the
coroner.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

THE IMPROVEMENT OF LAND.

The report referred to by the Solicitor-General he hie re-
cent speech at Oxford is the report agreed to in July by the
Select Committee appointed by the HO9lO of Lords, on the
motion of the Marquis of Salisbury, to loquire Into the
facilities afforded by the law to limited owners of land tot
the investment of capital in the improvement of such land.
This committee oluerves :
Mr. Bailey Denton, who has given especial atten-
tion to this subject, states as the result of his calcula-
tions, that out of 20,000,000 acres of land requiring
drainage in England and Wales, only 3,000,000 have
as yet been drained. Mr. Caird, the Enclosure Com.
miesioner, speaking not only of drainage but of all
kinds of improvement, estimates that we have only
accomplished one-fifth of what requires to be done. It
is, however, admitted that the difficulty of obtaining
labotu would, in many districts, impede a very rapid
extention of drainage; and it is right to note that in
the absence of specific information Sheen eatimates are
of a speculative character."
Mr. Curd's evidence referred tads as follows :—" Q.
Is it your belief that any large quantity of land still
remains capable of Improvement by loans tinder the
Improvement Acts?" " A. I have very little doubt that
a very large quantity of laud does remain still capable
of improvement profitably. It is impossible to
offer anything like a certain estimate of that
amount, some say ten times what ham been already
improved, some say five times. I much prefer to
adopt a moderate calculation and say that probably
we may have done one-fifth of what is requisite to be
done with our present knowledge of agricultural enter-
prise." "Q. Does that apply both to drainage and to
buildings ?" "A. I should say so. I may say that
of the amount which has been sanctioned under the
Enclosure Office, which is a little over £10,000,000,
£8,000,000 has been applied to eritinage and other tin'
provements, not includieg buildings, and £2,000,000 to
buildings exclusively. I imagine we may say that by
this £8,000,000 of expenditure on drainage 2,000,000
acres have been drained (that, indeed, may represent a
tutel acreage of at least 4,000,000 acres, for there
ia scarcely any case in which more than half of any
estate requires to be drained), and if you multiply
the 2.000,000 by five, you get 10,000,000 acres,
which would be a moderate estimate of what was re-
quired to be done altogether. We have laid out
18,000,000, and we may suppose that that hi a tifth
of the whole requiring to be done." "Q. What price
per acre do you estimate the work at?" A. • 'Ed where
you drain at very wide Intervals; where you have to
drain at close intervals it is more expensive, but, taking
the early period of drainage, £4 to I% would probably
"i be the cost." Mr. Caird afterwards states £6 7s. as
of the about the average cost for draining at the present time.
fortablo
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

PERSONAL STATISTICS.

Thu oldest member of Her Majesty's Privy Council
In Lord St. Leonardo, aged 93; the youngest, his
Royal Highness Prince Arthur, aged 24. The oldest
Duke is the Duke of Lsinster, 83; the youngest, the
Deke of Norfolk, aged 27. The oldest Marquis, is the
filarqhle of Tweddale, aged 67 ; the youngest, the
Marquis of Camden, aged 2. The oldest Earl is the
Earl of Leven and Melville, aged 88; the youngest,
the Earl of Ilooetoun, aged 14. The oldest Vicsount
is Viscount Moleeworth, aged MO ; the youngest,
Viscount Clifden, aged 11. The oldest Baron in Lord
St. Leonardo, aged 93; the youngest, Lord South-
hampton, aged 7. The oldest of the titled heirs of
peer. is Viscount Kirkaldy, heir to the Earl of Leven
and Melville, aged ; the youngest is Lord Oxman-
town, heir to Earl of R *se, aged 1. The oldest
member of the House of Commons is Mr. William
Hodgson Barrow, ALP. for South Notts, aged 90 ; the
youngest is the Hon. Charles French, M.P. for Ros-
common, aged 22. The oldest J 100 in England is
the Right Hon. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Lord Chief Baron
of the Court of Exclaquer, aged 78; the youngest, the
Right Hon. Sir George Jesse', Master of the Rolls,
aced 50. The oldest Judge in Ireland is the Right
Hon. J. H. Monhan, Chief Justice of the Court of
Common Pleas, aged 70; the youngest, the Right
Hon. Michael Morris, Common Pleas, aged 47. The
oldest Scotch Lord of Sessions In Hercules T. Robert.
son, Lard Benholme, aged 79; the youngest Lord
Shand, aged 46. The oldest prelate of the Church of
England is the Bishop of St. David's (Dr. Connop
Thirlwall), aged 77; the youngest Dr. Edward Parry,
Suffragan Bishop of Dover, aged 44. The oldest
prelate of the Irish Church, in Dr. James T. O'Brien,
Bishop of Ossory, aged 80; the youngest, Dr. William
Alexander, Bishop of Derry, aged 53. The oldest
Bishop of the Colonial and Missionary Church is the
Right Rev. Samuel Gobat, Bishop at Jerusalem, aged
75 ; the youngest the Right Rev. Alfred Willis,
Bishop of Hawaii, aged 38. The oldest Bishop of the
Sxitch Episcopal Church, is the Right 11ev..1tobert
E ten, Bishop of Moray and Ross, aged 79 ; the
youngest, the itight Rev. Alexander P. Forbes,
Bishop of Brecht's, aged 57. The oldest of the retired
Bishops, is the Right Rev. Charles R. Sumner, late
Bishop of Winchester, aged 84; the youngest, the
Right Rev. Edward Twelle, late Bishop of Orange
River, aged 46. The oldest Baronet is Sir George
Chomley, aged 97; the youngest Sir Arthur Victor
liumbold, aged 5. The oldest Knight is General Sir
John Bell, (~C.13., aged ¶l2; the youngest, Sir Charles
Henry Firth, aged 38. The oldest recorder in England
is Thomas Batty Addison, Recorder of Preston, aged
ST; the youngest, George E Dering, Recorder of
Faversham, aged 33,—Who's Who in 1874.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

ROWLEY LOCAL BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was held on
Monday afternoon; Mr. A. It Barr s in the chair. There
were al,o present: Msrs. Bassano, Penn, Guest, Tay-
lor, Lewis, Ilodgetts, and Bennett.
The minutia of the last meeting were read and con-
firmed.

The mortality returns for the past mouth were RS fol-
low i elnllrou under one year, 18 ; persons aged 60 and
upwards, 5; smad-pox, 0; foyer. 7 ; dlerrh,ra, 2 ;
cholera, 0; other causes, 22; total. 18.

A namber of persons were excused train paying the
Local Board Rates.

The ch,rh read the followieg letter which he had re-
ceived from Colonel Rich, in reference to the late rw:lway
accident at Old Hill Station--

" Railway Department, Board of 'lrmle,
" :51h December, 1873.

Sir.—l have the honour to report for the information
of the Board of Trade that in compliancwwith the in-
strueSons contained is your minute of the 17th Novem-
ber, 1673. I have inspected the bridge over the public
road at Old Hill Station, on the Great Western Railway,
which was complained of by the Board of Health, in a
letter dated 101.11 November, 1873, as being dangerous to
the passengers on the railway and in the public road.
" The bridge in question is at the north-east-end of
the station, and no close to the end of the platform thst
that down trams frequently stop at the station, while the
hind coaches we still on the bridge. In two cases when
this has occurred at Ili jlit, passenger+ have thought that
they were at the platform, and have got out of the car-
nage in which they were travelling, and have fallen over
the iron girder of the bridge into the public road 20 feet
helo e. The last passenger that fell over was killed rod
was very nearly failing on afoot passenger on the road.
"The RAN at Old Hill Station bats very much
increased since the railway was opened, and the station
is not tit for the work that is done there. The dean
platform which has bees considerably lengthened is
alsout.loo.yards long. . . . .

" The Boarding requires to be repaired, and there is
cover except a wo,den but about 1011. squaie, for the
booking clerk.

" There is a small bridge ander the railway at the
south-w. sit end of the up platform, whiAl is also danger-
ous, in that carriages are stopped on it when the trains
are longer thou the platform, and 'amen-rig are also
liable to fall over it into the road below. These bridges
at the north and south end, of the station, shonlil have
hand rails or parapets of the same height 11,4 the carriage
window,. Tar platform shou!el be lengthened, shelter.
waiting•rooms, water closets, and urinals, should be pro-
vided on both platforms, with proper access from the
roads below, au as to avoid the necessity of people grout.
tug the railway. The signals and the points should be
interlocked, and the sidings s'oould be controlled with
blind sidings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

NO PILLS REQUIRED.

CATHERY'S SELZINI APERIENT
A NEW, pleasant, refreshing, and safe
medicine for Billions Affection,ludipsstion,
heart Born, Acidity of the Stomach,
Costiveness, Gout, Loss of Appetite,
Affections of the Liver, Scc.

DECIDEDLY the most agreeable and one
of the most useful medicines ever offered
to the public, and possessing the Medieal
Properties so beneficial in all the above
complaints. It immediately relieves the
distressing pains of Nervous Headache.
For Blotches or Eruptions of the Skin it
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

"1 have, dm,
(Signed)

Ricn, Colonel ME."

It was proposed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr.
Lewis, awi. carried, that the Cleiic acknowledge the
receipt of the letter.

The Clerk read a letter date Whitehall, 4th December,
1873, stating that Dr. Ballard would he instructed to
visit Rowley ltegis, and asking the Board to instruct
their °nicer to afford Dr. Ballard all the assistance in his
pewit.
Mr. Whitehuuee was ordered to attend on Dr. Ballard.
The tender of Messrs. Blakeway and Mason, for emu.
beast; the houses and placing plates at the ends of tnt.
streets, amounting to 171 3,8 t was accepted.
The In.pector reported a nuisance existing in Chapel.
street, aud be was ordered ti give the householders orders
to abate the nuieauce, and if they did not do so be was
to teIIUAIIIOIIII them.

The salary of Mr, Burgess, assistant surveyor, was
raised tu £25 per annurn.

•
With reference to the question of the School Board
occupying the Local Board Room for their meetings, it
was decided that the rent of the room should be increased
La £2O, that being ia acknowledgment of g 2 from the
School board.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

EXECUTIONS AT DURHAM.

The three murderers, Dawson, Gough, and Thomp•
son, sentenced to death at the last Durham gaol de-
livery, were executed on Monday morning in Durham
Gaol. The culprits bad been attended on Sunday by
the prison chaplain, the Rev. J. C. Lowe, and the
Rev. Mr. Batman. The Rev, Canon Consitt waited
upon Gough, who was a Catholic. They retired to
rest at ten o'clock on Sunday. Gough was wakeful,
but the other two slept soundly until els o'clock,
when they all rose. After a light breakfast
they were joined by the clergyman. They were
conducted to the press-room at a quarter to eight
o'clock. When all was in readiness the journey to the
scaffold was commenced, the Under Sheriff, Mr. R.
Bowser, and his officers leading the way. As they
left the room Thompson said, "I die for her I love ; I
have nothing more to say." They were conducted to
the scaffold in the eastern area, where Dawson and
Thompson were attached to opposite ends of one cross-
bar, while Gough VIM placed in the centre of another,
and stood behind them. The other preliminaries were
Boon arranged, and at eight minutes peat eight the exe-
cution was completed. Thompson suffered severely,
but the other two died almost immediately. •

An inquest was afterwards held on the hadies, which
were interred in the afternoon in the western yard of
the gaol. About 150 persons assembled outside the
prison while the execution was proceeding.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

THE COAL QUESTION.

The Executive Committee of the Coal Reform League
agreed, on Saturday evening lad, to the following reeo-
lutions, to be submitted to the Congress to be -'
held at the " London" Tav,nn.
Ist. "That the present high price of coal places that
neceesary article almost be 3 oud the reach of the poor
and struggling, which is much to be deplored, as
warmth is as necessary as food and shelter to the
people, and justifies this Congress, in recognising the
gravity of the cage, in considering what means can be
adopted to effectually and permanently remedy the
fluffuations in the coal trade, as regards eupply, price,
and quality,"
2nd. "That coal being a necessary article for daily
nes, ehould be sold in open market*, established at the
different railway termini, under Government super.
vision ; as by this means, weight, fluidity, and, to B
certain degree, fair prices would be insured to the
consumers.'
Sod. "As all manufactures have bren brought to
their present flourishing position, andwill bepreserved,
through the aid of coal, the supply of which is
it is expedient that an export duty should be placed
upon that article.'
4th. "That it is expedient that some measures be
taken by Parliament to reconcile the present struggle
between Capital and Labour, which would give con-
fidence to master and man, and leave the law of supply
and demand to their natural action, instead of being
arrested from time to time by stenos and lock-outs,
rendering the production of all manufacturee and
works uncertain in quantity an•l price."
5. "That railway companies, being the mode of
communication between the inhabitants of London and
the pit's mouth, and of transmitting coal for a favoured
few only who povese their trucks, form a part of the
coal monopoly which urgently calls for Parliamentary
interference, providing uninterrupted traffic at a fixed
tariff,"
ii "That the 'Duke of Norfolk be requested to take
the chair at an aggregate meeting of the inhabitants of
London, to he held at the Acrieulturabball, for the
purpose of petitioning both Houses of Parliament upon
tide question.

Following rs.,
shortly

he had Raved £5 'to buy a watch," luxurious
taste which many would bepraise sa they bepraise
the love of dress, styling it a legitimate spur ta
exertion; but mainly the ol.jectors preferred present
joymeht to remote comfort, replving—and here is
opened up the whole question of the Poor Law—. Why
shouldn't I spend my money as I like? Let the wor-t
come to the worst, there Is, elwa7 the w,ekbouee !'
Our author is entitled to the thanks of the publio for
tre abl , thoughtful, and hearty manner in which he
has inveetigated and handled the whole quegtion--
perhaps the moat serious of the present day. For my
own part, I am satisfied that if, by honest industry,
I the labourer can attain a power, in all disputes, to
I assert his due, and be independent of the employer, he
will, equally, has e attained both the power and the
will to be independent of the agitator and the revolu•
tioaist."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-10

TREASURE TROVE.

A most valuable discovery of hidden treasure has
been made, or, to speak more correctly, ds about to be ,
made in California. A Spaniard, named Pedro !
Pedrillo has, according to the So,, Diego World, lately
arrived at San Diego. For two weeks he has been
down in the Jape country "prospecting" in the Cocopah
Mountains. While thus engaged he came upon a rude '
cross, with an inscription in Spanish telling the explorer
to dig below. Upon removing the soil he found a tin
case, and inside the CABO a scroll. On this scroll, in
faded ink, evidently produced from some species if
!berry, was written a narrative of the wreck of the brig
Isabella Catoltea. off the coast of Lower California
in the year 16!,2 Tne narrator was Jesus Anroa,
and he was captain of the ceased, which was 800
tons, a piratical craft, and carried fifteen guns.
With twenty-five of his crew he made the shore in the
ship's cutt,r. The pirates landed in an almost destitute
condition, but having with them five cut'asees and an
old arquebugs. They had also rescued provisions for
five days, With the view of finding game they struck
out in a north-east direction to the Cocopah Mountains
Here they found deer and even hear in abundance, and
their single firearm proved of great service. For eight
months they lived on the western elode of the moun-
tairis without encountering a human being. They
were not, however, idle or unprofitably employed.
Several of the pirates had been engaged in
mining in Pens and their attention was soon
attracted to the large quantities of "sand gold" to be
found in the mountains. The Beason was wet. '
They at once began to gather and wash the gold,
storing their treasure as they cillected it in the hope of
future deliverance, when they intended to carry it
away. They thus stored and secreted immense quan-
tities of gold-dust, when one day a band of painted
warriors, of great size and with enormous bows in
their hands appeared on the scene, and at once put
an end to further gold washing by diacharging a cloud
of arrows on the pirates, killing one and wounding
two. The rest of the pirates wisely commenced a
retreat, but were pursued by the big warriors, and at
the time the narrative was written there had
been two days' fighting, the pirates retreating and
the warriors pursuing. The writer expressed a not
unnatural fear that the next day would probably
bring death to every member of the devoted
band, and accordingly gave minute directions as to
the spit where the accumulated treasure was hid-
(it'll. He then busied the chronicle, hoping it might
fall into the hands of some good Christian, whom he
solemnly charged to devote a portion of the treasure
to buying a golden candlestick for the altar of San
Diego at Seville and to the saying of masses for the
writer's souL Pedrillo has now gone up to Vallejo to
equip a party of twenty, who, armed with Henry
cities, are to invade the Cocopah country and return
laden with spoils—Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-31

TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED.

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and for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers who cannot visit
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-31

THE STOUT EIITDO-E OBSERVTR.

to see the effect of a combination of employers for this
purpose.
In the Archbishop's speeah we have the subject treated
by one too secure in his position to be wroegly influenced,
even though in some of his recommendations he may not be
entirely practical. In the speech of the Solicitor-General
we find the some subjeet dealt with as we feel in our
hearts that Parliament deals with it—that is, on prin-
ciples by no means lofty, and by compromisfl not
quite Intelligible Nothing can indi:ate better the omen-
tie diversity of • the two views than the rem-irks of the
solicitor-General with respect to the magnitude of the
trade. lithe Archbishop be right, that trade is an evil,
and the vastness of the sums embarked In it, commensurate
with the immense yearly expenditure in drink to which he
referred, only shows that the nation must make a radical
reform. The Solicitor-General, on the other hand, looks
upon the magnitude of the trade as a redson why the Govern-
ment should be studious to consult its Interests. The trade
of the Licensed Victuallers, said the speaker, was one of
enormous and supreme importance, for the amount of
capital invested almost equalled the am, nut e Nested is the
cotton trade, the woollen trade, and the iron trade put
together. They had a capital of 117 million. In the whole
speech of the Solicitor-General we cat not find anything to
Indicate that he recognizes an element of evil In this enor-
mous troth, According to him, the publicans detest this
disgraceful and disgusting vice of drunkenness, and have done
their best to suppress the habit. Thew who think that
licensed victuallers are the cause of drunkenness are fanatics
; and visionaries 'the licensed victuallers have been a very ill-
treated class. They have had enemies more dangerous than
Sir Wilfrid Lawson and his followers, for these, at least, ap-
peared as free and outspoken opponette, while the enemies
whom Sir John Bother has iu his eye attack their vic-
tims indirectly. "He did nat wish to say anything rash
against thorn, but they would perhaps excuse him if he
said they appeared in the light of meet assassins." This,
It must be allowed, is thoroughgoing advocacy. Descend-
ing to details, the Solicitor-General defends the Act of last
Session generally, but admits that there are other grievances
which have not yet been remedied. He is disposed, for in-
stance, to make eleven o'clock the universal hour far
closing in the country, thus getting rid of the difficulty of
" populous places." In short, if tile Solicitor-General's
speech be taken as a sign of the deposition of the Govern-
ment, the publicans need not regret their exertions at the
late election. As is usual in such addresses, a picture is
given of the working man being brought to sobriety by the
lafluenee of edocauon and other moral causes but the
publicans may feel perfectly sure that their interests are safe
in the hands of the present Administration, which will
steadily defend them from Sir Wilfrid Lawson and all their
enemies.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-31

AT WHAT A SACRIFICE!

A very painful scene occus red in a church in Bucks
township, Ohio, a few Sundays ago. It seems from the
account given of the affair by the Dover Reporter that
the church has lately been undergoing repairs.
Among other improvements a new coat of paint
was placed on the pews, followed by a coat of varnish;
the result NA., most pleasing to the eye, but unfortunately
the varnish had been applied so late in the week that
it had not had time to become hard before Sunday,
when the congregation flocked to their seats. Na appa-
rent inconvenience was suffered until the clergyman was
about to deliver the benediction, when the congregation
were horrified to find that they were unable to stand up
—they were, in fact, glued, or rather varnished, to their
seats. Their spasmodic efforts to rise were most dis-
tressing to witness—in vain did the clergyman exhort
theinfrom the pulpit, to resignathei. They were seized
with a kind of panic, all the MOM frightful because they
were for the moment powerless; at last, by what
seemed to be a simultaneous al herculean jerk, they
managed to tear themselves from their sittings; but
at what a sacrifice ! The pews were literally covered
with fragments of Sunday apparel. Shreds of silk,
lawns, calico, broadcloth and eassimeres were left as
souvenirs of the tenacity of varr.ish used in beautifying
that church, and the hapless congregation, rushing from
the i/Aors, hurried homewards with an expression on
their faces as though their hearts were even more
severely rent than their garments.—Pull Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-31

PUBLIC NOTICES.

STOURBRIDGE CHORAL sOCII,TY

WILI. 011,11 a

CONCERT
1N THE CORN EXCHANGE, STOURBEIDGE,
ON MONDAY NOTIMBER 2sul, 1574.

Filet Part.
F.S I) E I.SSOHN'S " HYMN OF MUSE,"

With Orelientall ACCOMpalliZaellt.
Second Part.
MISCELLANEOU S.

Solo Flute Mr. JAMES MATHEW&
Halrloloinninm• , Mr: A• i
. lrule.lito. Non.
Conductor, MI. S. SIMMS.

Doors open at 7.30; Commence at Right. Reserved
Meats, 0.: Second, 2s ; Back. le. Tickets may had
at R. Broomball's, where a Plan of the Room may ISO
SEOR.

THE OLD HARE AND HOUNDS,

HASAURT.

VISITORS from Birmingham or Harborna,
en mite through lislesuwen, to Bagley, Cleat
Dills, or Kidderminster, will And this Ancient Old Hots.
•• THE BARK AND HOUNDS," at 11ASBURY,

OPENED AGAIN.
Visitors will Sad every sccorashodation.
Spirits, Ales, Bitter Beer, acc., of the best 44,1'14,
JOSEPH NEIVEY,
Proprietor.
N.H.—The Ohl Houle is known as the resting plass is
the Fox Yawing Beason, for Refreshments, Inc

(MEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF

WALES.

oN TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, EXCURSION
TRAINS for BIRMINGHAM will leave Worces-
ter at 5.50. Droitwich 9.2, Kidderminster 9.22, and
Stourbridge 9.40 a.m., and return from Snow Hill Station
the same evening.
For Fares and full particulars see Handbills.

WORCESTER AUTUMN RACES.
ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER sth, a Cheap Fast
EXCURSION GRAIN for WORCESTER (Fore-
gate-Weil) will leave Wolverhampton (Low Level) at
10.15, Bilston 1023, Trinces End 1020, Dudli y 10.35,
Round Oak 10.42, and Breitell Lane 10.48 a.m.; and
return from Foregatewtreet at 6.40 p In. the same day.
N.B.—The Ilave Course to near Foregateistrect
Station.
For Fares and full particulars see handbills.

J.rORIERSON, Gvuer-t.tiManager.
Paddington Terminus.

ROYAL VISIT.
Bsr POSITION JN BLBinxeaaM

TRH ROYAL PROCFSSION WILL PASS THRICE
THINS. As the number of Tick •t 4 is limito,l, applica-
tion should h made at once to W. Coleman, 51, New
Street. and 17, Bennett' K Hill, wh, re Ea can be seen
end Se-te secured, from 7s. 6L
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-31

SPECIAL ATTENTION

1. given to Copyiug and Enlarging (even to Life Size
oh!, Portrait, and finishing the name either in Oil and
Water-colour, or pinto black-and-white.
OIL PAIN El NU, Miniatures, Cortes de Visite, Glass
and other Pictures of self or decanted friends, Copied for
the Album.
Cartes de Visite from 5s per dozen, taken daily.

ARCii ER CLARKE,

71, 111()/1 610111:131:IDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-31

ROWLEY REGIS.

SODDEN DEA H. —9ll the 22nd inst., a mte ndin, I
Joseph Pearson, boatbud ler, aged 75, died sullen, It
appeard that deeased resided at Spting Fields, sad on
the above date about three o'clock Le was l'ound dead
in a ditch.

liINVER.

SCHOOL BOARP.—A meeting of this Board was held on
Tuesday ; Mr. Thomas Bolton (vice-chairman) presiding.
The clerk was directed to write to her Msjesty's inspec-
tor, urging him to come sod examine the site proposed
for the new boys' school asearly as possible, as the Board
was being put to great inconvenience and delay through
not being able to purchase the land and erect the school.
—Scarlet fever being prevalent in Kinver and the neigh-
bourhood, the Board directed disinfectants should be
used in the schools and other precautions taken.—The
Board having formed itself into a committee to consider
the irregularity of attendance at school, ordered that
several persons be summoned whose children had not
been attending school regularly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-10-31

AN INSTANTANEOUS EFFECT!

The efficacy of the cat-o Mne tails in repressing
crime has been lately much extolled, but the result of
an experiment just reported ir an American journal,
made with a real cat upon a refractory steer, suggested
the possibility that we have all this while been neglect-
ing the substance for the shaolow, and entirely over-
looking the unusual qualifications for corrective pur-
poses of a most respectable animal. A young farmer
in Onondaga County, United States, lately went
out to try a yoke of oxen. The near steer lay down
in front of the house of me Jones. All the ap-
pliances usual in such casts were tried, and Mr.
Jones helped to get the ox out of the yoke, lest he
should strangle himself, after which relief belay down
flatter than ever. " Hang him," said his angry owner,
"I'd like to drag a cat across him !" "The very
thing," said Jones, darting into the house and reap-
pearing with a splendid tom. The cat was put on at
the shoulders of the steer, and drawn steadily and
carefully backward and downward. "The steer
kicked some," says an eye-witness, but he did not get
up, though the cat seemed to understand what was
expected of it. Again the intelligent animal was
planted well forward and drawn aft, but without
effect; this, no doubt, piqued the cat, which, just as
it was putting in its claws for the third drag, uttered
a few notes of that wild melody for which the cat is
adored by the neighbourhood. The effect was instan-
taneous; the steer sprang up, run home at full speed,
and has ever since broken into a sharp trot whenever
those sweet sounds are simulated by his driver.—Pail
Mall gazette.