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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

AN AMERICAN PILGRIMAGE.

A society called the Catholic 'Union has organized a
pilm gsiage from the United States to the grotto of
" Our Lady of Lourdes," and thence to Rome. The
band will be composed of gentlemen and ladies from
various States in the Union, and is to leave New York
in May, accompanied, it is said, by the Bishop of Fort
Wayne. After one or two days of devotion at the
shrine at Lourdes, the pilgrims will proceed to Rome,
and pay homage to his Holiness Pius IX., to whom
they are to carry a contribution of 'Peter's Pence"
from the Catholics of America. After a sojourn of
seven days in the Eternal City the pilgrimage will
terminate. Each person, however, will be furnished
by the Committee of Managsmesst with a first-class
return ticket for home rid Jfavre, Brest, or Liver-
pool. The cost of the journey, estimated at :00
dole., gold, will depend on the number of devotees.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

A SOUVENIR OF LOUIS PHILLIPPE.

An American paper states that I..cuis Phillippe
D'Orleans, Comte .de Paris, has recently sent a beauti-
fully engraved full-length portrait of his grandfather to
Professor Potter, of Cornell University, with an auto-
graph inscription as follows A Nlonsieur is Pro-
fessor Potter Souvenir du Rot Louis Philippe. Donne
par sue petit tile Louis Phillippe 1/Orleans.- Ac-
companying the gift was a letter, a portion of which
ran as follows e---
" I send you at your address an engraved portrait of
my grandfather, as a praof of my gratitude for tho way
in which his visit has been rememtiered in Your family.
Re had brought from America also the best remem-
brance of the hospitality which he had enjoyed among
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

HALESOWEN.

APPOINTMENT OF OVERSEERS AND SURVEYORS.
—At the Police Court, on Tuesday, before Mesers.
F. Barre and H. Howard, the usual appointment
of Overseers and Surveyors took place for Has-
bury, Halesowen, Romeley, Hunning.fton, Ridgacre,
Lapal, Illey, Hawn, Cakemore, and Hill.
SURVEYOR'S ACCOUNTS.—The yearly accounts
of the Surveyor's were passed for the following
places :—Halesowen, Lapal, Hunnington, Cake.
more, Romeley, Hawn, Ridgacre, Illey. and Frank.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

A SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN LONDON.

Mrs. Deeding, the wife of a gentleman living at
Kennington, murdered her infant child on Saturday
night. During the absence of her husband she was
left at home with four children, all under twelve years
of age. About eight o'clock in the evening Mr.
Morgan, who occupied part of the house, heard loud
screams proceeding from one of the upper rooms and
immediately afterwards one of Mrs. Dowling's
children (a little girl) came down stairs and said,
" Oh, do go up stairs; mama has done something
bad." lie at once went up, and upon entering the first-
floor front room he saw Mrs. Dowling standing against
the fireplace with her hands saturated with blood,
which was also running down the front of her dress.
She pointed to a corner of the room, saying, "I did it;
I did it." The police were sent for, and upon their
arrival they discolored the body of Mrs. Dowling's
child, a baby eight months old, lying head first in an
small tin bath, with its throat cut from ear to ear. Mrs.
Dowling was in a very excited condition, and upon
being removed she exclaimed, "I did it; I could not
help it." The police searched the room, and under the
bedstead a large knife WWI found covered with blood.
Upon being removed to the police-station Mrs.
Dowling became in such an excited state that it was
deemed necessary to have her removed, in custody of
the police, to Lambeth Infirmary.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

ley. The accounts for Hasbury were not passed— ,
as Mr. Coley complained of the way the aceonnts
had been lumped together by Mr. Harris, the col.
lector, one item IDES for horse hire, £74; another
of .644, and several other sums. Mr. Harris said
the accounts had been examined and passed in
vestry. The passing of these accounts was ad-
journed for 14 days.
CHARGE OF BEING DRENA AND DISORDEBLY:-.
Anthony Jones, uailuiaster, Rowley, was charged
on remand with being drunk and disorderly, on
the 6th ult. Mr. Stokes defended. After hearing
the evidence:of Henry Millward, landlord of the
Pheasant Inn, the Bench dismissed the defendant
with a caution.

HIGHWAY OFFENCE.—Joseph Adams was charged
with obstructing the highway, on the 15th ult.
Police-constable Dennant proved the case. Fined
5s and costs; in default 14 days.
FRIENDLY SOCIETY CASE.—John Jones, trustee,
and Thomas Rudge, president, were summoned by
Josiah Shilvo:k, for illegally applying .f. 5 monies
belonging to a Friendly Society called the Inde-
pendent Friendly Society, held at the Natiotuil
Schools. Mr. Hoinfray appeared to prosecute and
Mr. Stokes defended. The case was adjourned
for the production of certain books and papers,
and the question of costs reserved until the
is heard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

AN IRISH WOLF.

"J. G. M. writes to Land and Water :

"I beg to offer you the following information con-
cerning the reported appearance of a wolf in the
county Cavan. During the past two months large
numbers of sheep have been destroyed, and in such a
manner as to lead to the belief that it was the work of
Rome animal other than a dog. I know of 42 sheep
having been attacked in one night on three separate
townlands. Every one of these sheep showed the same
marks viz., of having been seized across the nose just
below the eyes. Some that escaped showed merely the
scores of the teeth, but others had the bone
crushed and splintereiL The sheep that were killed
had their throats cut behind and below the ear, nearly
always on the left side, and their blood sucked, but
none of the flesh eaten. Great efforts were made to
kill or capture the animal, which has been seen and
fired at. From the description given he would appear
to be longer in the body than a dog, stands low, runs
in a series of bounds instead of a trot, tail bushy and
drooping but curving up at the end, colour grey or
tawny, white breast and belly, thick long tuft of hair
hanging below the jaw and throat, footprint described
as longer and narrower than a dog's two toes pointing
straight to the front with strong claws, that leave their
print from a quarter to half an inch in front of the ball
of the toe. More may yet be heard of him, as though
he seems to have quitted the scene of his first depreda-
tions, I believe he killed ten sheep some seven miles
off. His first attacks were made periodically on Mon-
day nights. A letter just received informs me
that last Monday night seven more sheep were killed
close to the village of Croesdowrey, and the animal seen
in the street of the village about a.m."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

POTATOES,

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l'he supplies of notatorBi on sale are but moderate. Sound
qualitim command a steady sale, and are very Arm in price,
but otherwise the trade In SioW Last week's imports
amounted to 3,282 sacks and 801 tons from Dunkirk, 11,4€8
'seeks and 232 tons from Antwerp, 138 tons from Rouen, and
96 bags from Hamburg. Regent*, 110 e. to 140 e ; flukes', 1205.
to 170 s. ; Victories, 120*. to 130. ; and rocks, kite. 03 100 a. per
ton.

HOPS.
The market is very far from active, and the efforts on the
part of holders to obtain more money are apparently useless.
Foreign hops are dull of sale, and the advance recently
established in the value of Belgian descriptions is to some
extent lost. The imports into Loudon lmat week ,•onstaSs`i if
221 hales from Antwerp, 20 from Cal Mk, 3 from Hamburg, 25
from Terneezen, and 20 treM itottenlam FAA Kent #old-
Ine, 4.4 lea. to £7 101, Mid Heide, £4 4a to AO 15e : e•l't
of Kent*, £4 t..) iss 12s , Sweet, a 10s to EA lbs Worcester.
£4 10s. to kb FarLhanis, Lot, £6 6e country, £4 Its to Lb
Ye.rlin" to 4:4 4A , Bavarians, La to £2l
2.2 124 to 48 15a Alsace, .C. 45 to Lb its : and Preach, t 4 10s.
to Lb 13.

PIBIL
Pickled cod and other torte of rah fish vory scarce and dear
the demand, however. coturldering the season, is very slack.
Otlr SkeeriPtions, at the following prices :—Pickled 004. 300
to oos oitto herrings, Zia. to 4(,.. rod ditto, 12.4. to :
roused ditto, lila. to 3.3.. per barrel ; kippers, Is 6d, to to 6d.
Per box bloaters 2s. 44. to 514 per blisket ; traoked haddocke,
20. to :tit per barrel ; trawl ditto IE4. to 19s ; date plaice,
lea. to 225.; ditto, wh.ting, it, s. 'I'M. i.erbaskat , soles, is. lid.
to 4. 6d. per pair : turbot. G.. 134.1. to 14.. to 40 of
,in, 3a. gd, eQd, per soLire erhoped
ditto, to t 13t.: tunuird, It. to 35 etas ; hilmters. 12s. to
aes. eraba, 100. to 2.5 s :14d mullet, ss. to St. ; Irish mackerel,
30. od. to 54. per dozen ; salmon, ls. 4d. to Is. Bd. ; trout,
10.5,1 t. Is. 7d eel.. la. to told per lb native oysters.
£9 to 410 10e pearrdltto, Es to summon ditto. Us. to
SO.. per bathe].
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

"A volume of poems by George Eliot is in the prees,
and will shortly be issued by Messrs. Blackwood lind Sons "
—Athenaeum

The Committee on the Liquidation of Napoleon HI. 's
Civil List have decided that the Chinese collection at Fon-
ainebleau and the Armoury at Pierrefonds are the property
f the State, and ought not to be restored to the Empress.
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Hydrophobia has broken out among Earl Fitz-
leilliam's hounds at Wentworth, and a number of the animals
have been shot, to proveat the dibease from spreading.

Mr. Palmer, MP., and Mr. Gourley, .M .P. had an
Interview with the Earl of Derby at the Ydreign'Ofliee on
:Saturday upon the subject of a revision of the Treaty of
Is6o With Fraooou regards the tariff relating to the glass
trade.

A French gentleman who WM a Prefect in a depart-
ment in which the Prince Imperial was to make his first pro-
gress, related recently at Chlsiehuret that the Emperor sent
for him to the Tuilenes, anxious) went over with him all
the details of the reception, and said, "Ji cutelreit my eon.
the- to you. Take gnat care of him, ter I levs ••
whi."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

THE BISHOP OF MANCHESTER ON
ENGLAND'S DUTY TO INDIA.

The Bishop of Manchester preached in the Manchester
Cathedral last Sunday on the occasion of a special collection
for the relief of the sufferers by the Bengal famine. The sum
collected was divided between the Society for the Propaga-
tion of the Gospel and the t'hurch Missionary Society, to be
dispensed h) their agents already in the country In providing
for the famishing without any expense for agency.
The Bishop took for his text the words of the 24th,
25th, and 2tsth verses of the 12th chapter of the First
Epistle of. Paul to the Corinthians, " God bath
tempered the body together, having given more abun-
dant honour to that part whicb lacked; that there
should be no schism in the body, but that the mem-
bers should have the same care one for another; and
whether one member suffer, all the members suffer
with it; or one member be honoured, all the
members rejoice with it." He said :--The ques-
tion may be asked, "What have we done for
India?" India has been the nursery of great soldiers,
administrators, financiers, statesmen, yet even to this
hour she has hardly been governed with higher aims
than as a field in which cadet* of English families may
pooh their fortunes, or as a market in which English
merchants may with advantage sell their wares. There
is much more alarm, and much more anxiety, I am
afraid, in Manchester about the import duties that
have been laid upon cotton imports into India than
about the relief of the distress caused by dire famine.
English taxpayers were annoyed at the prospect of the
possible disappearance of their surplus and of their
dreams about a "free breakfast-table." A free break-
fast-table for WI who " live at home at ewe," and in
luxury, while millions are starving in Bengal, where
life has to be prolonged—it can hardly be said sus-
tained—by a pound of rice ! But, in these days of
political chicanery, the catastrophe was regarded by
men who hated Clive more for his Indian reformation
than for his Indian misdeeds as an opportunity for
reviling the great Captain and still greater statesman
by whom our Indian Empire had been consolidated
than as an opportunity for introducing into
that vast dependency a well-organized system 44
beneficent and remunerative public works, which
might make the recurrence of such a disaster,
humanely speaking, impossible, or if not impoesi-
ble, comparatively harmless. I quite admit the
rano at such a crisis of any expression of national

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

A SERIES OF CRIMES.

According to the Continental Herald The Anise
Court at Berne has been occupied with the hearing of
a mass of crimes preferred against a man named Meier.
In June, 1869 he attacked upon the road a woman,
whose cries having attracted the attention of some
people palming by, Afeier gave her a blow which
knocked- her down, the result of which was a broken
leg. He was condemned to imprisonment for 30 days,
the light penalty being given in consequence of the
well-known immorality of his victim. In December,
1872, he attacked, after dusk, with evil intent, a young
girl, whom he threatened to kill if she resisted.
At the approach of a child he fled, after having so
fearfully maltreated the girl that she bled from
the mouth and nose. Four or five other charges of
a like character occurring at periods not far re-
moved from each other were preferred against him.
These occurred in the country about Boujean,
Mailretech, Bienne, and Nidau. In November, 1872,
he hired a carriage at Nidau, and went to the fair at
Berne, where he met a girl whom he knew. He paned
himself off as a widower, although he had a wife and
five children at the time, and induced the girl to en-
gage herself as a governess for the latter. She returned
in the carriage with him, and when near Maikirch he
sought to strangle her, and got possession of the few
franca she had in her possession. She succeeded in
escaping from the carriage, but he pursued her into the
forest, where he gave her fifteen blows with a knife,
knocked her down, and kicked her with the heels of
his boots, leaving her bathed in blood. She IVAA not
dead, however, and ultimately recovered. On the
6th of March last year, he was at a ball at
Bienne. A voting girl quitted the ball-room and did
' not return, l'ffeier had also left the room a short time
after her. Three weeks subsequently the body
of the girl was found in the water where the canal of
Suse eaters the lake of Bienne. Meier had returned
to the ball-room, not long after he had left it, pale and
nervous. There was, however, an absence of direct evi-
dence to connect him with her death. Towards eleven
o'clock on the smile night, Meier again quitted the ball
at the same time as a young woman belonging to
Bonjean. Another girl, xho had been subjected to ill-
treatincia from the accused some 'mans previously,
saw them leave and followed the couple, but loot sight
of them in the meadow crossed by the Keeselgraben.
The next morning the girl was found dead with marks
of violence upon her in the loose. There were 42 wit-
nesses summoned to give evidence. The jury returned
a verdict of guilty without extenuating circumstances,
and Meier has been condemned to death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

BRIERLEY HILL.

APPOINTMENT Or OVIERSEERI.—At the Police COWS,
on Monday, before Messrs. H. 0. Firmatone and B.
Smith, overseers were appointed for the following please :
—Upper arley,lAmblecote, Washington, Kilmer, &wills,
W ombonro. Himlev, and Trysail. The overseers nasal-
nate.' for Kingswiaord were objected to by Mr. lialletL
BROOCH oe TME Pcsca.—Obadiah Morgan and Henri
Barker were charged with committing a bresels of the
peace by fighting, on the 21s1 Met, at Kingswinford.
, Morgan wee also charged with being drank and dia.
orderly, at the same time and place. Police-constable
! Mee proved the cases. Morgan was fined 20s and mete ;
in default one month, and Barker was ordered to pay
C osts.

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DHUNIEVINESS.—Joseph Wool was charged with be.
lug drunk and colons at Brockinoor, on the 28th ult.
Police•constable Cotterill stated that he was sent for by
defendant's mother, in consequence of defendant threat-
ening her. Defendant was one of the worst character,
in the neighbourhood. He was frequently rodaeyi.g
about. Defendant: If I was half such • rodney as you,
I'd cut my '• yes! " off. Defendant'. mother wan called
and she said her son threatened her on the shove date,
and be was drunk. Re only created a disturbance when
he waft in drink. Defendant was lined 10s and emit.;
in default 14 days,and was also bound over to keep the
peace for sin months, himself in £lO and two sureties of
£5 —Frank Johnson was charged with being drunk and
riotoue, on the 28th ult, at Brierley Hill. Police-ton-
stable Cooper proved the case. Fined ss.
.

eirtios TO Boy.—Richard Pheysey. John Harrier
ton, and George Harrington, three boys, were charged
with willully damaging a fence belonging to the Hari of
Dudley, on the 22nd tilt. Police constable White proved
the Cave. MT. Lucas, head-keeper, stated that the ile•
fendants were constantly trespassing. Fined to each, 61
damage, and coot ; in default 7 days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

A NATURAL MISTAKE.

The Sart Francisco Chronitic publishes the following from
a correspondent;—
_ _

" In passing thniugh Slack Canon on Sunday, the
Bth of February, I called at J. C. Flores' saloon.
Deputy Sheriff T. W. Cheek had a Mexican under
arrest, who was suspected of being one of the Vasquez
gang. The Deputy was holding him over until
Monday, interiding to take him before Judge Ales-
worth for trial. One Thomas If. Hunt, a lawyer of
considerable ability, was there waiting to prosecute
the Mexican. Hunt, having copiously quaffed the flow
ng bowl, was asleep in the saloon, when a body of
armed men, painted and attired as Indians, broke in,
and, mistaking the lawyer for the prisoner, put chains
on him, and, passing a rope over one of the beams, put
a noose round his neck and drew him up. But for the
great bravery and presence of mind displayed by the
Deputy Sheriff, who, at the peril of his own life, rushed
in and cut the rope, the lawyer would have been sue
cessfully hanged. During the excitement the Mexican
got away, and has not been heard from since."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

OLD HILL.

A Wins BEATER.-At the Police Court, on Wed-
nesday before Messrs. Barns and Hingley, Joseph
Westwood was charged with assaulting his wife.
The case was adjourned for a week.—Solomon
Roberts was fined 2s 6d and costs, for aasaultiug
Thomas Roberta—Reginald Plant was fined 2s Cid
and costs, for being drunk and refusing to quit
Mr. Wilson's public-house.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

STOURBRIDGE STEEPLE CHASES.

r TAYLOR begs to inform the Gentry and
11. Public gener ally, that be ha* contract", with
Mr. W tilt; I lc, nf WAmS bIL UItOVI, for the uie of
his I blhL., or to HALE DAY, and can accommo•
date upwar,ta of 300 Horses.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

OFFICE

WESTMINSTER FIRE
Established A. D. 1717.
AGINTS are required for this old rstst.l.shed F. r SW,
in Towns "here It is not fully represented.
Mills, Factories, .nd tieutral Risks insured.
LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID.
APPLICATION TO NA NADA to the SICANTART, At ha
27, King Street Coto lit Garde. , Lordon.
W. IL BZOWNIII, Secretary.

J. M. HICKS

B. S. BAYBOULD,

OEG to inform the Tradesmen and Inhabit-
est.l of Stimrbridge and Neighbourhood, that
they have coname•ced the business of
RENT AGENTS & DEBT COLLECTORS,
kod trust by strict attention to, and punctuality in
business to merits share of their patronage.
Any Amounts received will be paid on applying be-
tween Two and Five o'clock, any 111 CRIMAY AVIERNO: pt
at the Office, 5, Hagley:itreet.
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5, ITAGLRY STREF,'T,
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STOURBRIDGF.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

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Secret o.y Me. hhAllUfhl. :1111U, Starter. MIL F.
MLAKEW.I.I,,CIerk of Scales and Judge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

DEATH OF LORD ROSSMORE.

The accident which happened to Lord Rossmore on
the 20th inst. has, we regret to announce, terminated
fatally. On Friday he appeared to rally, but mortifi-
cation ensued, awl he died on Si turday morning, the
28th inst. His lordship's mother, who had been sum-
moned from Pau, with his brothers, was present at his
death. The death of Lord Rommore occasioned much
regret among the officers of the Household Brigade
and among the inhabitants of Windsor and the neigh-
bourhowl. On Sunday morning, at Holy Trinity
Church, Windsor, the Rev. Arthur Robins, the rector,
and chaplain to the Household Troops, preached
before a very crowded congregation, including the 2nd
Life Guards. The sermon dwelt chiefly on the death
of Lord Rommore. At the conclusion the "Deed
March in Saul" was played on the organ.
The deceased nobleman had but lately entered on
his twenty-third year, having been born on the 14th of
November, 1851. He WM the eldest son of Henry
Robert, third lord Rommore in the peerage of Ire-
land, and second Baron in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom, by his second wife, Julia Ellen Josephine
Lloyd, second daughter of Mr. Henry Lloyd, of
Farinrory, county Tipperary (now re-married to Major
Stackpoole, of Edeuvale, in the county of Clare). He
was educated at Eton, entered the let Life Guards as
Cornet in 1869, and was promoted to Lieutenant in
1871. As Lord ltossmore was unmarried, the Irish
and English titles both pass to his next brother, the
wi lion Derrick Wae iWilliam Westenra, Sub Lieu-
tenant in the 9th l.ancers, who was born in Febraarv,
1853, and was educated at Rugby. The father of the
nobleman thus prematurely cut off was for many years
M. P. for the county of Monaghan, and his grandfather
was created a Peer of the United Kingdom at her
Majerty's coronation in 1838.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

EXECUTION AT NORTHAMPTON.

Thomas Chamberlain, a shoemaker, was executed on
Monday morning within the precincts of the Northamp-
ton county poi for the murder of John Cox Newitt, on
the3oth of .N ovember, at Wood Bureote, near. Towceirter.
Mr. Newitt was a fanner, and occupied the Lodge-farm
at Wood Burcote. On Sunday evening, the 30th of
November, he stayed at home while the other members
of the family went to church. Shortly before eight
o'clock the murderer made his way into the kitchen and
attacked the servant with a cutlass. The blow fell upon
her chignon, which it is thought saved her life. She
closed with the assasein, and a scuffle ensued. Her
master heard the noise, and at once went from the
drawing-room to the kitchen. The murderer released
his hold of the girl and attacked her master, knocking
him down with the cutlass. The made her escape
and ran for assistance, but Mr. Newitt died before
she returned. The murderer was taken into custody
the same night, and owaa condemned to death at
the recent assizes. He never alluded to the subject
of the murder, though he conversed freely with
his gaolers. He paid little attention to the minis-
trations of the prison chaplain, and told a Baptist
minister, who had obtained au interview with
him, that he need not trouble himself to call
again. Subsequently, at the last interview with
his wife and children and a brother, he said it would
take a great many parsons to change him. His con-
duct shortly before the execution and on the scaffold
was in keeping with his whole previous demeanour.
While being pinioned he smiled, and flippantly re.
marked that he was being strapped tightly. On
arriving at the scaffold he ran up the steps and placed
himself on the drop, and then smiled again and nodded
familiarly to the warders. His death was almost in-
stantaneous.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

A FRESHET IN CANADA.

The New York Times publishes the followtag despatch.
dated Halifax, Nora Scotia, March It) :
" Immense damage was done in Sherbrooke, Guys.
borough County, about 90 miles from this place, by a
freshet on Wednesday. The St. Mary's River was
swollen by the rain and thaw. A couple of miles above
Sherbrooke, there is a natural dam of rocks across the
river, beyond which for several miles it is called Still-
water. The ice on this portion of the river broke up
in consequence of the freshet and flooded the whole of
the valley. On the left bank of the river, where Sher-
brooke is situated, the scene was a fearful one, The
flood brought down thousands of tons of ice and great
,numbers of logs. Whole trees were uprooted from the
bank in the course of the torrent. The solid ice below
the village remained firm, and the hate upon which
Sherbnoke stands became a boiling sea. Every house
was flooded. The cattle were driven out of town by
persons on horseback. The women, children, and aged
people were taken away in boats. Many families aban-
doned their houses altogether, while others took refuge
in the upper stories. 'two bridgee in the village and a
large bridge over the St. Marys River are gone. A
new vessel, nearly ready for launching, was destroyed,
and mesh timber carried away. The day after the
flood the mountains of ice and the logs, trees, and other
debris, became frozen solid, so that the village is now
embedded in af rozen sea. The ruin is indescribable;
it extends • mile and a half in length by a mile in
breadth. In the event of a sudden thaw the village
will be quite destroyed."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

SCENES FROM THE BOAT-RACE.

A_ Correspondent of the Daily News thus describes the

Boat race :L

The crowd that now lines both banks of the river
stands motionless and silent. There is not a sound on
land or water save what the wind makes in rushing
through the trees, or in sweeping over the river, lash-
ing the mimic waves into fruitless fury, and flapping
the countless Rags against the innumerable mastheads.
The starter stands in his boat between the two crews
with hands uplifted. Looking from one to the other,
he says, 'Are you ready ?" A nod from the coxswains,
and the hands fall and nee to the deliberate intonation,
" One ! Two! Go!"

In the " Day Dream" Mr. Tennyson dreamt we
know what followed the breaking of the spell that
wrapped in sleep the denizens of the fairy palace.
how at .

A touch, a kiss ! the charm was inapt.
'There rose a noise of striking clocks,
And feet that ran, and doors that clept,
And lurking dogs and crowing cooks;
The maid and page renewed their strife.
The palace banged, and buzzed, and chtekt,
And all the long-pent stream of life
Dashed downward in a cataract
Something like this followed upon the final falling of
the starter's hands. The two tqat.s leap forward bow
and bow together ; the four steamers privileged to ac-
company the race follow with snorting gamps of steam-
engines, and dash of revolving paddles; the silent crowd
on the banks break into a mighty shout ; handkerchi4a
are shaken, hats are waved, m..n and boys lsegia taciag
along the tow-paths, and, in brief
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

coNDITION9-

R. fore any obi dimo eon be ntertaioed. the parties
mokolf tee objeetton tou.ov.tapeeit £5 in the had of
the .lon. Seen-ht,., and 4 such jeett.n ha frtruloos.
• v. to its.. ,tre.• Ythd.

• ,•f 1,,•• -t -wank... or whGtosoever they
, cad tire a U 0 appeal whatever to
• I - r resp,ra the Itraud Nations;

•
~,• rl' nntrveci.
• kYpon ilit•lt Chase) bona
_fide
d I,: 111 start for escb race,

,•• e • , !_ 11 with Slavin. We...
t 0 tile 'ow Etitci, .L a clear week

,:ntorrow, Egg , Talbot Hot, 1.
4,,ttl 10th, and Stakes to be
•c.I nos, W,ights. and Ages
Pa, and any tleatleuou,
II id, 01.41 Soy, to be paid
on env person Riding

tarl.sge, with 4 Horses.
ss. 5a141.,
sd. e'en, aid each
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

'HOLLOWAY S OINTMENT

nronehitis, Diphtheria, Coughs, Cads, and "17
Derangements of the Throat and Chest.

In any of the above diseases, immediate and permanent
relief is obtained by effectually rubbing thm detergent
Ointment twice a day upon the neck, chest, and back, and
buck, and in all stagee of influenza, arttled cough, and
wheezing at the chest, the same treatment may be fol-
lowed with efficiency and safety.

Bad I:egs, Bad Breasts, Old Sores, Wounds, and
Ulcers.

By rubbing this Ointment perseveringly upon and
around the affected parts twice a day, it will penetrate to
the tissues beneath, and exert the most beneficial influ-
ence; the inflammation soon diminishes, the pain
becomes less intolerable, the matter thickens, and a
cure is soon effected. In all long standing cases Hollo-
way's Pills should also be taken,aa they greatly assist in
expelling all depraved humours from the body.
Skin Diseases of all kinds.

In this class of complaint., no:matter the age, the sex
the place, or under what name the disease may be classi-
fied, immediate ease, and ultimate cure. may with cer-
tainty be procured, if this Ointment be plentifully
rubbed upon the part affected, while Holloway's Pills
are taken in appropriate doses night and morning, to
purify the blood.
Gout, Rheutnatistn,'and Glandular Suollings.

Every one suffering from these excruciating complaints
should have recourse to these purifying remedies. as they
have rescued thousands from • life of torture, after all
other means had failed to give them relief. The Olut-
meat and Pills used conjointly will act so searchingly
and certsinly, as to effect cures in the most hopeless
ease,.
Pune, Fistulas nail Internal !inflammations.

Persons afflicted with these distressing complaints will
find in this wonderful Ointment instant means of relief,
and all can effect their own cure without explaining their
infirmity to anyone. Holloway's Pills, if taken in small
doses, greatly assist the Ointment, se they purify the
blood and regulate the stomach in an extraordinary
manner.

• The Ointment and Pills are sold at Professor Hotta.
wxv's Establishment. 633, Oeford•street, Loudon ; also
by nearly every respectable Yewlore} Medicine through.
oat the Civilised World, in Pots and Boxes, at le lid,
2a 91, 4u 6d, lls, 92e, and 33s each. The smallest Pot of
Ointment contains one ounce ; and the smallest Rox
of Pills four dozen.

Full printed directions are affixed to each Pot and Box,
and can be had in any language, even in Turkish, Arabia,
Anarenian, Persian, or Chinese.

LOANS AND MORTGAGES.—Money to
lend in mums of A5O and upwards on personal
irocurity, at .f:5 per cent. lowliest. Term from one to 7
years. Also several ',rims upon Mortgage of Freeholds
or Leaseholds from 33 per teat. Term : 10 to 21 years.
No Commission charged.—Apply, personally (preferred)
or by letter, to Mews. Bevan, No. W, Lincoln's Inn
Fields. London, W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

FRENCH INVITATION TO ENGLISH
VOLUNTEERS.

A meeting WM held at the 111 ansion House, in
London, on Monday, to consider an invitation which
had been received by Captain Men kr from HAVTO,
that the English Volunteers should compete in the
coming rifle contest among Voluntcerc to be held in
that city, as they recently did in 11. ulu. Colonel
Gourley was elected to the chair. liptain Mercier
read a letter from the Prince of Wale, through General
Sir W. Knollys, acknowledging the receipt of an in-
vitation to be present, and expressing his Royal
Highness's appreciation of the courteous request of
the City of Havre, but considering that an opinion
on the mode in which both the courtesy and
invitation were to be acknowledged and met must one,
question so affecting the government of the Volunteer
force, came within the province of the Secretary for
War rather than within his own, Lord Derby had re.
plied that, in the event of a considerable number of
'Volunteers visiting Havre, her Majesty's Consul there
would no doubt be ready to make any arrangements m
his power to promote their convenience. A resolution
was adopted accepting the invitation, and a committee
was formed to carry out the arrangements.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

THE DANGER OF PET DOGS.

The recent frightful death by hydrophobia of a lady
well known in the dramatic profession brings( vividly to
mind the danger which lurks unthought of and un-
heeded in many households at this moment (says
the New York Times). According to one au.
thority, not more than one in twenty-live of those
who are bitten by digs are infected by hydro-
phobia, and probably not more than one in a thousand
is ever bitten; but the chances are multiplied by
habitual association with dogs, especially with (logs of
kind most liable to infection. Hydrophobia, is a
disease as in ysterions as it is appalling. Tex; wrience, how-
ever, has shown certain facts which it is prudent to
recognize and follow. Male dogs are attacked more
frequently than females, and mongrels oftener than
thoroughbreds. The genuine Skye terrier, it im mid, never
goes snail; but mongrels ought, on no account, to be
allowed in the household, especially where there are
children. Their temper is usually uncertain and
treacherous. They snap on any or no provocation, and
an unregardell bite may, perhaps, instil the fatal
venom. The dog which gave the lady we spoke of her
death-wound hail been a family pet for years, and was
hardly suspected to be sick at the time of its attack.
The indications of rabies are, indeed, almost always
obscure, and often deceptive, and the mischief is some-
times I lone before the warning is given. It is, of course,
difficult to persuade leople that household pets so en-
gaging as dogs often get to be a possible source of danger
and death in its most agonizing shape. It is consis-
tent with human nature for each man to believe that
his neighbour's dog may go mad, but never his own.
Yet the possibility of hydrophobia, however slight, is
so terrible, and the peril incurred so entirely dispro-
portionate to the pleasure derivable from the com-
panionship of any beast that too much care can hardly
be exercised in selecting doge for household companion-
ship. Animala of pure breed ought in every case to
be preferred, and mongrels resolutely tabooed. As we
have said, the whole thing is a question of chances—
infinitesimal, perhaps, for people who do not keep dogs
about them, a trifle greater for those who have clogs of
pure breed, still more pronounced for such as surround
themselves with " mongrels and curs of low degree."
Parents, we trust, will not be slow to observe the die-
tinctiou.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

A WILD CAT STORY.

The Vicksburg (Miss.) Thnes tells the following hi Its Imo
of March 4 :

"One day last week the residence of Mr Powell, near
head of navigation on Sunflower River, was attacked
by a gang of wild cats, Mrs. l'owell and the coloured
servant only being at home. The door being cloifed,
one of the eats jumped through the window, when Mrs.
Powell threw a blanket over it and threw it out at the
back door. This one was soon followed by another,
which she killed with a small axe. By this time the
coloured cook was attacked a short distance from the
house, and she alarmed a white neighbour, who was at
work near the place, who came to her assistance and
killed the eat u ith a hatchet, but n.it until the cook had
been pretty well " chewed " bv the kitten. The
gentleman then went to the relief of Mrs. l'oa ell, at
the house, when two of the cats attacked him and in-
jured him quite severely before he succeeded in dis-
patching them. Four of the pack were killed, and
several wounded before they could be scared off. The
hides of the four cats that were slain were brought to
this city oti the steamer Lizzie yesterday. A day or
two after this attack the carcass of a deer was found
buried near this place, with evidence of its being the
work of this same pack of cats_ This account comes to
us through a reliable source, and we can vouch for the
veracity of it. The natives attribute the attack to
hunger."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

A BUDGET OF INTERESTING FACTS.

The sixteenth annual report of the Registrar General at
births, deaths, and marriages in Scotland contains the fol-
lowing Interesting facts noticed by the registrars, says the
Lancet :
During the year,i a giant Irishman died at Hawick,
who was ift. Bin, n height, measured 58 inches round
the chest, and weighed 22 stone. From the imperfect
meaner in which the old registers were kept, it is often
impossible to procure satisfactory evidence of the ages
of those who die at extreme old ogee. It hi, however,
one of the peculiaritiee of the Scottish race that they
use every effort to ascertain the exact age of the de-
ceased, no that, as a general rule, the age at death may
be relied on as being correct. During the year 1870
there were 9 males and 17 females whose ages were
entered on the register as being atBwe 100 years of age
at death. Of the 9 males, 2 had completed 100 years,
1 was 101 years, 2 were 102 years, 1 was 103 years, 1
was 104 years. I was 108 years. and 1 survived to his
110th year. Of the 17 females who died above 100 years,
9 had completed their 100th year, 2 were 101 years of
age, 7 were 102 years, 2 were 103 years, 1 was 104
years, 1 wan 107 years, 1 wee 108 years, 1 was 110
years, and 1 was reported to be in her 115th year of
life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

TO TIIE
INEIABITANTS OFZISTOURBRIDGE

AND NEIGHBOURHOOD,

"t fR. jr- II APPERSON,
AL•

BURGRON•DENTIST,
HAMPSTEAD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM.
HAS very great pleasure in stating to the
inhabitants of Stourbridge and
neighbourhood that, he will in future attend
EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY;
from Tea till Five, at

MRS. HAWKINS'S MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,

HIGH STREET, STOURBRIDGE.

ARTIFICIAL TEETH fitted with the
Celluloid Base, a newly invented and
patented materiel that cannot fall to give
aatndantiun and comfort to the wearer.

NITROUS
OXIDE GAS.
Objectionable Teeth or roots extracted
while under the influence of Nitrions Oxide,
and other anesthetic..

Mr. Apperson's Antiseptic Astringent Den-
tifrice, for cleansing, beautifying, and
preserving the Teeth; in bones, ls. and Is.
6d.

Also hi newly improved Tooth Brush, for
cleansing both sides of Teeth, Is. ed. each.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

anb isi&t San.

THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was
held at the Commissioner.' Room, in the Corn
Exchange, on Monday evening last. There were
pr,sent : Messrs. M,Ewen (Chairman). Walker,
Billingham, Stringer, Wall, Scott, and Prescott.
Mr. T. Smith (the architect for the Board), was
also in attendance.
The Clerk read the minntes of the lad meet-
ing. which, on the motion of Mr. Billinghatu,
o ,nded by Mr. Wall, were confirmed.
At the lost meeting of the Board, it will be
remembered that a petition was presented from
some of the ratepayers in the vicinity of Mrs.
Wilson's property, protesting agaiust the intr.
(muse of that land by the Brutal for the purpose
of building a school. It having since been ru-
moured that the Board had changed its original
intention, lind now contemplated purchwing a
portion of Mrs. Baylie's land in Heath-street, a
second petition was received by the Board from
ratepayers in that locality, and
The Chairman said tho first business would
he the c3nsideratiou of that memorial which
had been forwarded to the Board. He then read
the memorial, which, with an accompanying
letter, ass as follows :
• Looglands, Stnurbrigde,
March 00th, 1874.
Dear Sir.—Here•ith I beg to hand you • petition
signed by 88 names of property holders. householders,
nut ratepayms, which yon wia greatly oblige by laying
before the meeting of the Board this day, and we ear-
nestly hope it will be favourably considered.
I am, dear sir.
fsithfully yours,
WALTER W.
George Perry, Elul

To the Members of the Stourbridge School Board.
We, the undersigned ratepayers, householders, and
owners of property in bath-street, Lion-street. Brook-
street, Glebe.streei, and Olebe.road, beg very respect-
fully to hope ;hat y have eot decided upon Mr. Raylie's
field. or the lid mum. thee, off re.l by bt,STII.
Cor-er and M siker for pair not, I,ae4
We veuture to suggest that schools Imilt urns either of
the above sites wit esnye a tier, us depreciation in the
V dtle of IltAL•e property in this vicinity, and prove aeon.
durable sonorities to people living near.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

THE ENVILLE STEEPLE CHASE,

Of 5 soys. each, 2 Soya to the Fund. with 50 Son.
added by ii.. Ear of stamford. for solitz fide Hunters
tact have never been liable to Race Hone duty, sad
that have been rc gukrly and fairly hunted by their
Owners nit., Wore,terabire, Lord
Coveniry'a WhesUau. sir W. W. Wyin's, Shrewsbury,
Slirop.iiire, North and 800111 Star iruataire, North War-
w irk.hirc, the Men; ell, Atheraione, and Luthow Hounds.
12st act, About 34 MINIS. Uinners once, 7th.; twice,
11b. .tieutleuk n riders as qualified under Rule a.
Any rider over 50 years of age allotted
THE PEDRORE STEEPLE CHASE
Of 2 Sore. each, 1 Soy, to the Food, with 15 Soya, added,
for hiorlitlti under 15 hands, four to start or no race
Wright lOst. each. t% inners once, 71b.; twice, 14. b.;
thr. woes, 'nib tiara. About 3 miles. No restriction
riders.

THE TALLYHO STEEPLE CHASE
Of 19 Guip. wk. for Humes that hays not Won at this
Meeting, anl llttros regonirly Hunted with the Albrigh-
ton and V. hnetlsud Huns. la, same Welahts and Conditions
as tun Nte, pis kAia.e, alter which the Entries fur
Sits to b • Akait 3 !lilies Lutrance 1 Soy. h.
11,, Ft, i. I Hors. at this Merling allowed 71b
Gentleman riders.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

THE EIDDER.,,L;STEIt STEEPLE CHASE

0. Lieu risen, 2 Soy,. In the Fool, with £4O added,
/ 1,1 ~y A iirdut, E.g., M. P..) (er S cvi File iluoters
tint o,.ve not won • otetpi- Clie,e of £5O, i.r been liable
t linue Outer uuty PILO: 4/21,11144Ty Ist., 1873, and that
have beet. roaudsoy , noted by Owners duriug toe eec-
,cnn
41 10;3 end 1574 with the Allivightou, Worcester-
shiri heed 1.111, 1.4010,r, Sir W. W. Wynn's, Shrews-
bury, nor insister, North and hou'h Staffurdahire,
Atherstobe, the illeynell, Lord Coventry's and North
Warwiekiddre lltiuutis. 4 years old, 114. ; 5 year. old,
. . . .

12st.; 6 years and aged. 128. 7tb. Msidnsthe flat,
hurdles; or country, at time of starting allowed 716.;
1, macre Gees, Ski ; twice. 141 b.; three times. 211 b. extra
tiecood /lora. Li 01043 01l ntalto. Abflit Smiles. Gentle.
men relied en gaslitiee by Rule OS. Any rider over 50
yeare of ago allo,vot 716.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-04

STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE SUN.

The Medical Press and Circular has the following

The Scientific American, in a report of a recent lec-
ture of Mr. Proctor on the sun, gives striking illustrations
to impart an idea of the immense distance between us
and our great luminary. One of thou: supposes an
infant with an arm of the inconvenient length of
91,000,000 miles, who should stretch forth his Land
and touch the sun. Naturally he would have his
finger burnt ; but, so slow is the transmission of feeling,
he would have to wait until he was 135 years old before
he could be conscious of the fact. In this estimate Mr.
Proctor evidently adopts the rate of nervous motion ob-
tained some 20 years ago by the observations of Dr.
Hirsch, that is, about 111 ft. a second. The later and
more elaborate researches of Dr. Schleske show a
rapidity of conduction by the sensoty nerves of about
97ft. a second, which would require our sunburnt
infant to wait some years longer.bef ore discovering his in-
discretion. If he trusted his sight in the matter he might
become aware of the danger of his distant member in
the short space of eight minutes, so mach more rapid
is the speed of light than the movement of feeling along
the nerves. The passage of volition along the motor
nerves appears to be still slower; so that upwards of a
century and a half, perhaps, might elapse before the
mental order to withdraw the finger could be carried
out.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-08-08

MARYMN HARPER.
On befoul of RP.UIH.N HARPER.

'llO the Overseers of the Poor of the Townsio,.
1_ of Wellaeton, in the county of Worceeitdr, and h.
the Snpenntendent of Police of the Division of Stour.
bridge, in the eaid County, and to ali whom it 11111
cducern.

I, JESSE COOPER, now residing at Ridge Top, in
the township of Wollaston, in the county of Worcester.
beerhonse-keeper, do hereby give Notice, that it is int
intentdon to spply at toe General Amaral ogln g
M °dug to be holden at the Public Office, ...tout brotge.
in the Division aforesaid, in the said comity, on the 18th
day of August next ensuing, for a CENt ibit ATE to Set'
by Retail, FOREIGN WINES, to be consumed either
on or off the Premises, at a House situate an aidge to,
in the township of Wollaston, in the county of Worces.
ter, and being within the said Pivision.
The Owner of the House in respect of which the Certi-
fidate, is required Is myself
Given under my baud, this 24th day of July, 1874.