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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and
other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes, Bill
Heads.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks.

STOTIBBRIAQI3.

S. PIML ID
GENERAL PRINTER,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

BRIERLE Z HILL.

SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST Al ENGINEER.—At the
Police Court, on Monday, William Morris, an engineer,
lately employed at a colliery in the neighbourhood, was
charged with a series of assaults, and refusing to quit a
public-house. The first case was one in which Samuel
Williams, the landlord of the Crown lan, Bromley, com-
plained of an assault on himself and wife.—Mrs. Wil-
liams, said she refused to fill the defendant any ale be-
cause be came in drunk. He knocked her down, and
then assaulted her husband for interfering. Mr. Wil-
liams said the defendant shuck his wife two or three
times, and outside the house assaulted the witrtess twice.
—Police -constable Storer said he saw the defendant try-
ing to assault Mrs. Williams. As he was violent, witness
attempted to take him into custody, and then defendant
kiched him so badly that he had not been on duty since
the 19th December. He also kicked Police-constable
Keenan who said he never saw such a" wild many in his
life. —A woman named White corroborated all of the
previous witnesses, and added that four men had to lift
the defendant into the cart after his legs had been strap-
ped together.—During the examination of this witness
Mr. Addison, who defended, told her that her evidence
was rubbish, and that sic had given her evidence in a
most unfair manner, two statements which the witness
denied with considerable emphasis.—The defence was
that the landlord of the house commenced the row, and
that the police brutally trested the defendant.—Three
convictions of drunk and riotous and assault were put in
against the defendant.—The Bench said the police should
Le protected, and sentenced the prisoner to six months'
imprisonment, with hard labour.
AssArreT.—At the Police Court, on Thursday, before
Mr. Spooner (Stipendiary), Robert Colley was charged
with assaulting a miner named Isaac Brown, of Pensnett.
Mr. Waldron defended. Complainant said that on Christ-
mas-eve he was walking with his sweetheart in New
Street, when defendant met them, and, after using dis-
gusting language, struck witness on the lip and head. He
afterwards knocked him against a wall, and there corn•
mattd a further assault.—Fined 40s. and costs, with the
alternative of six weeks' imprisonment with hard labour.

DD DLEY.

THE CATHOLIC BAZAAR.—In the Public Hall, on Mon.
day, a "Grand Bazaar and Fancy Fair " was opened,
with the view of raising funds in aid of the Catholic
Church, Porter's Field. Well-arranged stalls Were erec-
ted round the floor of the hall, and there was a good sup-
ply of useful and ornamental articles on sale. Towards
evening a large number of visitors were present, and the
ladies who presided at stalls were particularly successful
in their efforts to allure customers. Good music was
well discoursed by instrumental and vocal performers.
Various other entertainments were provided, and the
bazaar proved to be very attractive dring the two days it
remained open.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

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AUSTRALIAN WAGES.

The Melbourne Argils, giving an account recently o
the wages paid in the colony of Victoria, mentions
that at the time of the year (the beginning of
November, when it is Spring in Australia) many
domestic servants take a holiday, .d the consr
quence is that employers hare to su 't to agr
deal of inconvenience during the ho 'ay seaso)
The wages in town are stated Vet' -4I to
a year for housemaids and nuries, £4O to £6O
for female cooks, 30s. to 80s. a week for male cooks;
but this last amount must probably be for very qi-
ceptional cases. t'On farms female general servants
have £3O to £35 a year; ploughmen, 20s. to 255. a
week. The following wages aria." withoutrations :"
Bootmakers irrtesr 'Shops, 10s. for Wellingtons,
7s. 6d. for elastics; good hands for ladies' boots scarce.
Plasterers, bricklayers, and carpenters, 10s. a day, the
day's work being eight hours ; labourers, 7s. The build-
ing trades are in full work. Cabinetmakers, from £4
'ften to 22`a ; less in the country. Tailors' earn-
's are frouiOa: ti. 60s. per week, in first-class estab-
_......ients lt-per.hour ; tailoresses in clothing factories,
Ifs. to 355. per Week; at shirtmaking, 12s. to 20s.
in factory hairs viz., frbm nifiti to six.
o'clock.- Good seal-engravers are acarce;-and can earn
as high as £6 or £8 a week; so can first-class
jewellers' enamellers, and hair-workers and jewel-case
makers are also much wanted, but there is not an
_opening for a large number of men in these trades. • In
the watchmaking trade the general rate of wages is
E 4 ii, week. Saddlers' earnings are from 255. to-50s. a
week, for nine hours a day. Miners are paid from
455. to 60s. a week, eight-hour shifts, but much work
is done by contract..
_Nay vies on the Government
railways get 9d: per hold:-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

A REPRIEVE GRANTED TO SARAH ANN

LIDDELL.

A few days since one of the gentlemen of the jury
who had tried the above culprit at the Worcester
Assizes, sent an eloquent appeal to the papers,
asking for a memorial to be got up with the object of
obtaining a reprieve for her. We are glad to see that
his efforts had been crowned with success, and that
the capital sentence has been commnnted, and that
theprisoner has been sentenced to 15 years penal
servitude.

Mr. James Perry, of Cradley, writes to say that
Mr. Jesten Homfray, solicitor, of Brierley Hill, drew
up a petition on behalf of the prisoner, which Mr.
Perry gel signed by all the principal inhabitants,
with one exception—much sympathy being felt in
that district for the woman, on account of the hard
treatment to which she had been subjected, and which
no doubt drove her into a state of madness, at the
time she killed the child. Other correspondents mite
to the same effect. One of them, a member of the
Coroner's jury who heard the case originally, says :
—" The promoters of the petition did as ' Juryman '
suggested in the Post called upon the Vicar of this
parish, Cradley, who most obstinately refused to sign
or take part init. I myself, being one of the Coroner's
jury, and knowing the facts stated by 'A Juryman
to be true, hope and trust that the petition will have
the desired effect of saving the life of one who, no
doubt, was driven insane by the ill-treatment she
had received at the time she committed the sad act."
Another correspondent states that the petition was
willingly signed by the Dissenting ministers, magis-
trates, professional men, and tradesmen, by all indeed,
except the Vicar. In order to show the interest
felt in the case, we may mention that a large number
of the Birmingham magistrates, who met at the
Mayor's dinner on Tuesday signed a memorial to the
Home Secretary, praying for a respite—not knowing,
at the time, that a prayer to this effect had already
been granted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

THE LYE.

At the Police Court, at Stourbridge yesterday, James
Wood, and Alexander Billingbam were charged with be-
ing on enclosed premises on the 18th ult, toe property
of Messrs. Wood and Co , with intent to steal scrap iron.
John Woodsley said that he saw the two defendants in
lhe yard about six o'clock. Defendants had no right to
have been there, as the works were closed, and they had
been ordered out of the yard before. The next morning
he found scraps of iron all over the yard. John Place
Coddington, foreman, said that many tools had been
taken away, and the defendants had been ordered out of
the works. James Wood, who is an old offender was sen-
tenced to one month's imprisonment, and Billingham,
discharged on payment of costs.
ASSAULT CASE.—George Smith, Henry Hayes, and
William Penn, were charged with assaulting Joseph
Crockett, on the 28th ult. Complainant said that he was
in charge of a horse and cart when the defenadnts began
to snowball him in the Ham Lane, Charles Newey, a
little boy gave corroborrtive evidence. Defendants de-
nied the charge and called witneaser. Fed is each
and coats. 9s 84.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

FATAL ACCIDENTS AT HALES OWEN.

An inquest was held on Monday, by Mr. Ralph
Docker, Coroner, at the George Inn, touching the
death of Maria Hackett, the wife of Joseph Hackett,
sexton of the parish church, who died from burning
on the 24th inst.—Sarah Ann Jones stated that about
four o'clock in the afternoon she was passing de-
ceased's residence, the Cemetery Lodge, where she
saw and spoke to her at the window. She appeared
to be in a state of inobriety. Nothing wore was
seen di doomed until fitoo'ollok, wheattlin Mg-
t% who WM apposikos Ow* au amid Nalii at
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

STATIONERY.

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stock of kLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patter's.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, Scc.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, tlzo
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

FOR PICTURE FRAMES,
GO to the Practical Maker,, where every de&
cription of PICTURE FRAMES, WINDOW
CORNICES, dm, are manufactured on the Premises,
Wholesale and Retail, by ,
D. LAMBERT,
House Decorator,
Gilder and
Picture Frame,
Manufacturer,
OLDSWINFORD, Near STOURBRIDOI6.

OLD PICTURE FRAMES, CORNICES,
AND MOULDINGS,
Of every description,
CLEANED, REPAIRED, or RE-GILT.
OLD PICTURES, Carefully Cleaned, Lined, and
Restored.

T\
• L. having had 20 years' practical
experience in all the above different Branches,
begs to inform the Gentry and Public generally that he
has now every facility for executing any order that may
be entrusted to his care, which will meet with his perso-
nal and prompt attention.
Orders by Letter will meet with strict attention.
Fatimates given and Nen of each Branch sent to any
part of the country.
Gentlemen may have their Pteture Frames re-gilt on
their ova Premises, if desired.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

THE IRON TRADE.

THE WAGES QUESTION.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.

To-day there was only a quiet market, with
very little business. Scarcely any of the mills
and forges have resumed; and in the few cases
in which mills have been restarted, to complete
old orders, full work cannot be done for want of
coal, which is kept at the pits by the canals be-
ing frozen. Good prices could have been got
for coal this afternoon, if only prompt delivery
could be secured. The making of pig-iron is
likewise being impeded from the same cause.
Eighty furnaces are blowing; but forty more
could be restarted if coal and ironstone were
chean enough. Native ironstone keeps very
dear, and it is cheaper to import it from other
districts than to get it at present rate of wages
and short hours. Cornwall hematite is being
brought into the district, and sold delivered at
20s. per ton ;'yet the prices of all pigs showed a
tendency to further ease. Consumers of finished
iron decline to buy "at quarter-day prices."
They prefer to wait till it is known what those
prices will be. Makers of finished iron speak of
being junable to drop prices to any serious ex-
tent. If wages should fall from 10s. 9d. to 9s.
9d., which seems likely, the benefit will be only
about 4s. per ton upon finished iron. There
must, therefore, they urge, be a good drop also
in fuel and pig-iron, if the product of the mills
and forges is to be sensibly reduced. Wages
questions are being much discussed. As to fin-
ished iron, no different wages arrangement can
Le wade (unless by private egreewent) until
summer ; and not even 'then unless notice to
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

HAGLEY.

Palsarr.trrow.—The members and friends of Court
Lyttelton, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, to the
number of 50, met on Saturday last, at the house of Host
Tompkins Prince of Wales Inn, Bagley, for the purpose
of presenting to their late secretary, Mr. Thomas Hunt,
a suitable acknowledgment of the valuable services he
had rendered to the Court. Aftsr the oompany had dia.
posed a irst-class dinner, got up in the worthy host's
usual style. Mr, Tompkins was voted to the chair, and
Mr. W. Wells to the vice-chair. The usual loyal and
patriotic toasts having been drunk, the Chairman gave the
Ancient Order of resters, which was responded to by
Brother Thomas Perkin, P.D.C.R. The Chairman next
proceeded to make the presentation, thanking Brother
Hunt for the watchful interest he had always taken in
their affairs, and speaking in eulogistic terms of the pro-
gress the Court bad made under his guidance. Brother
Hunt responded in a very neat speech, thanking them for
their handsome present, and stating his willingness to be
their adviser in the future as he had been in the past.
The present took the form of a splendid timepiece from
the establishment of Mr. Stringer, of Stourbridge, and
bore the following inscription :—" Presented to Mr.
Thomas Hunt, by the members of Court Lyttelton,
A.0.F., as a mark of respect, and for services rendered
to the above Court, Dec. 26, 1874." The remaining
toasts were the "Visitors," " Host," and the "Ladies
and an evening's mutual enjoyment was brought to a
pleasant close.— Communicated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-02

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

EXECUTION AT DUMBARTON.

On Tuesday morning at eight o'clock, David
Wardlaw, a working shoemaker, was executed
within the County Prison, Dumbarton, for the murder
of his wife. The crime was characterised by no little
atrocity. Both parties were of intemperate habits,
and during their years of married life in Bouhill
frequently aquarrelled. On the evening of the 6th
July last, Mrs. Wardlaw called at the police-
station, and desired that her husband should be appre-
hended, as she dreaded violence at his hands.
She was dim intoxicated. A constable went with
her to her house, and remained there till Wardlaw and
his wife retired to bed. Subsequently she was com-
pelled to fly from the house to avoid his murderous
attacks, and took refuge on a stair. Charging her with
immoral conduct he ctragged her back, when he began
a savage assault upon her, and Eterally battered her
to death. At Stirling Circuit Court, where he was
tried, he was sentenced to death. Although the jury
reeommended him to mercy, the Home Secretary de-
clined to interfere with the execution of the law.
On Monday night the prisoner retired early to bed,
but had a very broken sleep. Rising at six, he partook
of a slight breakfast, and then engaged in devotional
exercise. Shortly after seven he was visited by the
prison chaplain. A few minutes to eight he washand-
cuffed and led to the scafhld, having previously told
the governor be bad nothing to state beyond what he
had said to the chaplain'. On the gay to the scaffold
the prisoner was assisted by a constable and turnkey.
At the drop the prisoner shook hands with the chap-
lain and governor.. The bolt Was then drawn, and death
followed almost instantaneously.
As the top of the gibbet reached above the prison
wall, the curiosity of the public was excited, and many
people stationed themselves on neighbouring trees and
on the roofs of houses from which places, it is said, they
witnessed the execution,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

AMERICAN HUMOUR.

A suburban printer who left a candle burning in the
office to scare thieves away has no office left to watch now.
Miss Lucy Lankey, of Ohio, aged 12, is 44 inches
round the waist, and weighs 395 pounds.
When an editor receives a letter saying :—" Sur—
stopp ml papper, kuss yew I" he doesn't feel half as badly as
If the writer had put his words in straight English.

Matilda R. Cross—Cairo—single woman—weighs
422 pounds—says she wants some one to love her for herself
alone.

A subscriber writes to an editor out West: "I don't
want your paper any longer." To which the editor replies:
"I would'nt make it any longer even it you did; its present
length suits nie."

A MisaiBsippi pl2nter, who owned 'many slaves in
the bad old days, now boasts that all his " niggers" have
tuned out well; not one of them has been elected to the
Legislature.

One of the "drunkest" pressmen ever seen in the
street stated that he and his brother were engaged in the
advancement of the temperance cause, adding, "Me lectures
on the evils Of drunkenness, while I set a 'frightful
example.'"
At one of the railroad depots the other day a lady
walked up to the ticket window and smilingly said :—" I
know just how women are, and I don't propose to bother any
one. Answer me a few questions, and I'll sit down and say
nothing till train time. How far is it to Grand Rapids?
What's the fare? When does the train leave? When du we
arrive there? Where do they check baggage? Wh'cli track
will the train start from? How can I get to Muskegon from
Grand Rapids? How far is it? What's the (are? Do I
change cars? Is there a palace coach on the road? Shall T
get a layover ticket? Can I check my baggage clear through?
Is there a conductor to this road named Smith? Do you
allow dogs in the passenger cars? and can a child ten years
old go fill' nothing ? " Having been answered, she kept her
promise to sit still, and the depot policeman never had the
least bit of trouble in seeing her off
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

JOHN MIDDLETON,

scc.,
_RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentry and
Inhabitants of Stourbridge, that he has made ar-
rangements with Mr. T. PENNEY, to CLIP and SINGE
HORSES at his Veterinary Forge, Market-street, Stout-
bridge.
J. M. returns sincere thanks to his patrons for past
favours. and trusts by assiduity and attention to business
to merit a continuance of the same. .

Any application made at Mr. T. Penneyib, will meet
with prompt attention.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

The American papera state that Mr. Anthony
Tro'lope arilved in San Francisco on the 26t1i of September
from Australia.

At a recent meeting of German women held at
Gotha, it was stated that it was the task of the first of
German Courts to set tho example of simplicity and good
taste in feteale fashion. Frau Morgenstern, of Berlin, replied
that there i 3 no Court in gurope in which the princely ladies
a-e distinguished by simplicity and modest toilett.-s so much
as at the Berlin Imperial Court, and that at Berlin it is the
plutocracy which favours extravagant fashions, and is, un-
fortunately, much more generally imitated than the Court.
Mr. Childers, M.P., presided 'over a numerously
attended meeting of Turkish bondholders which was held
in London, at the "City Terminus " Hotel, on Tuesday. Re-
solutions were passed instructing the Council of Foreizn
Bondholders to take such steps as might be deemed advisable,
declaring that no negociations should be proceeded with
which did not in the first instance protect and guarantee to
the respective bondholders that/ special rights, and calling
upon the Government to take tine matter in hand.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

MR. C. S. REED ON LOCAL TAXV'ION.

On Friday evening in last week Mr. .0. Se Read,
M.P., Parliamentary Secretary of the Local Govern-
ment Board, attended the annual dinner of the
Blofield and Walsham Agricultural Association, at
Blotield, Norfolk. In revonding to the toast of
" l'he County Members," Mr. Reed said the Depart-
ment of which he was secretary had been complained
of as meddlesome and fussy, hut he did not mind that.
When they had to cheek, perhaps, rather harshly
some Poor Law Guardians for being too fond of
giving outdoor relief, to procure mandamus against
other Guardians because they would not put the
Vaccination Act in operation, and against others
because they would not sewer the towns, they were
sure to be meddlesome and to interfere with such
persons, therefore it was no wonder they should
be to some extent abu4ed ; but he regarded it as
a backhanded sort of compliment. They might say to
him, "Where are your old opinions and the reforms
you used to talk about l' Since then he had been
enlightened ; but he still retained the whole of his
opinions. He did not, however, believe they could get
any real reform in local taxation r other inatters until
they had some good county representative authority.
Then they might be certain that county rates would he
augmented rather than diminished. He did not see why
local authorities should net choose and dismiss their own '
officers or manage a lot of minor details•which the
Local Government Board had been in the habit of in-
terfering with. Mr. Read then spoke in reference to
the Agricultural Holdings Bill. He would reserve for
a future occasion any lengthened remarks on this sub-
ject, but he must now say he believed that Bill would
be productive of great good throughout the country
wherever it was acted upon. If landlords were not
inclined to act upon it he should not be much surprised
if in the course of a few years, another Parliament
should say, "We think you ought to act upon it," and
therefore pass a compulsory measure.

The aborigines of the Isthmus of Darien have at-
tacked a camp of indiarubber gatherers. The latter, to the
number of 800, were dispersed, and fifty if them killed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

THE LYE.

CHARGE OF WILFUL DAMAGE.—At the Police Court,
held yesterday, at Stourbridge, before Colonel Fletcher
and Colonel Barrows. Squire Hill, was charged with wil-
fully breaking six panes of glass, on the 20th nit property
of Uriah Hill. Jonah Wooldridge proved that he saw
the defendant with a brick in his band, and brake the
window. Complainant proved that the damage done
that day was 4s. Fined is and costs, and ordered to pay
4s the damage.
CHARGE OF KILLING A PlGEON.—William Taylor war.
charged with unlawfully shooting a pigeon on tile 18th
alt, the property of Eli Baker. Mr. Perry defended.
Complainant said that he let a pigeon up to fly, beard a
gun go off, and saw the bird fall. It was worth 20s and
he had been offered that sum many times. The bird
was a "homer." On eross-examination complainant
admitted that the pigeon was flying for a wager. Alex-
ander Wire proved that he saw defentant shoot the pigeon
and he asked the defendant not to do so, •hen he threat-
ened to shoot him. hitnessee were called for the de-
fence to prove that the pigeon was only worth 14 6d.
Fined 2s. and coats, and ordered to pay !ie ed. the valae.
ANOTEHII Wivs Lisersa.—Sitas Bonier, was 'eltarged
with beating his wife oa the 12th alt. Jtaaily Homer
said that the defendant was e collier and some Mau came
to eall him up to go to work, he refused to to get up
When she asked him to get up to work like a man the
defendant struek her several times. Defendant pleaded
Ruilty, and said he was very sorry. Fined 2s 6,1 and
coats and ordered to find one surety in £5 to keep the
peace, and himself in £lO for one month.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

EXECUTION IN ALGERIA.

A cerrespondent, writing from Tlemcen, gives an ac-
count of the execution of Siben Ali Ould si
ben Mausour, condemned to death by the Assize Court
of Oran for a triple murder. The criminal belonged
to a family of marabouts highly esteemed in the pro-
vince, his ancestors being reputed to have performed a
number of miracles, as well as claiming descent from
the Prophet. On the strength of this relationship, Si
ben All could not understand why he should be re-
fused the women of his choice to fill his harem. Meeting
a mother and her two daughters one day hedemanded the
elder, but his claim not being complied with, he killed the
three. On the morning of the execution, the prisoner
was told to prepare for death, and the tale b (native priest)
exhorted him to make a confession of faith but he
steadily declined, protesting his innocence and demand-
ing justice. He objected to the mode of execution on
account of the Arab belief that at death the angel of
Mehemet seizes the body by the hair of the head and
transports it to Paradise ; butif the members are severed
heaven is lost. A large crowd had collected around the
guillotine to witness the terrible scene,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

FOOD AND FOOD REFORM.

Mrs. Amelia Lewis delivered a lecture on the above
subject on Thursday, in last week, to the working
classes at the Town Hall, Brighton, it being in con-
tinuation of a lecture she gave the previous Friday at
the Dome in connection with the Sanitary and Educa-
tional Exhibition.
Mrs. Lewis maintained that she represented national
interests in her review of the food question. Our body
required constant support and sustenation ; this was
got from the animal and vegetable kingdom mostly,
but it depended on the way how it waE got, both in
supply and in preparation, to be efficient. England
had come to a sad pass. Being an island, it was not
in (Erect communication -with any other country, and,
if it disregarded its food supply, could be starved out at
any mompt that the other countries clime to unite for
such a purpose. If it happened, as it did in the be-
ginning of this century, that the pints of the Con-
tinents were blocked against England, the consequences
would be positively disastrous, and no ships of war,
no ironclads, no armies, no money, and no commercial
Interest could help England. America cculd not supply
it sufficiently with food • just because England was an
island, it was of the highest importance that it should
become more independent in its food slimly, and it was
becoming more dependent every day; orly those who
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

PARIS BEGGARS.

The prefect of police at Paris has determined to
reduce the number of beggars with which the capital
is infested. From the returns which have recently
been presented to him it appears that there are no
fewer than 65,000 persons who make their living by
asking for alms, consisting of 14,000 men, 26,000
women, 12,000 boys, and 13,000 girls. These beggars
are subdivided into various classes. First of all come
the vendors of matches, pencils, buttons, pens, &c.,
some of whom follow people in the streets whilst
others take up their post under a doorway. The latter,
known by the slang name of arcasineurs, do not beg in
the streets; they consist, for the most part, of women
accompanied by a child hired at so much a day with
a view of exciting public compassion. Next to the
arcasineur comes the ramastiqueur (a person who
picks up something). This is the beggar who plays
on some instrument or chants a ditty, the favourite
air at present being "The Cuirassiers of Reich-
shofen." The ramastiqueur, fortified with the permis-
sion of the concierge, is free from the intrusion of the
police inside the courtyards, where he exercises his in-
dustry, and often makes ten francs a day. At the
gates of Paris, the beggars, placed between the city
police, whose authority extends only to the barriers, and
the rural police, who do not come nearer than the outer
limit of the fortifications, drive an excellent trade in
what is known as the "military zone," and, counting
upon impunity, insult the people who refuse to give
them anything. There are also the chiffonnier who
cannot continue his round because he has not the few
sous necessary to buy the oil for his lamp, the appren-
tice who has lost some money belonging to his master,
the young man who is faint and hungry but who
smells of brandy, and the widow thrown out of work
with a large family to provide for. The prefecture in-
tends to deal leniently with the blind and the infirm
and the aged beggars, but those who are able-bodied
will be compelled to turn their attention to some other
calling.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.

The Court Journal narrates the following :—" An
officer in the army who was going out ta India to join
his regiment recently made all his purchases at one of
the famed West-End establishments, where the boast
is—and truthfully—that everything can be had there
cheap and of the best. The customer was such a large
buyer that the worthy proprietor, contrary to usage,
stepped forward to thank and to express a hope that
the officer was perfectly satisfied, and had been able to
find everything that he required. The captain thanked
the proprietor, and answered, "Nearly all." "Not
all ? " was the quick query of the proprietor, " not
all? I hoped, sir, we could find you everything."
"Why, it is a little out of your line, Mr. —." "Out
of our line? Not at all, sir." "Oh, you are quite
sure of that, are you, Mr. —? " "Quite certain,
sir." "Well, then,'-' continued the captain, laughingly,
"I want a wife." "Step this w-ky, sir," and the as-
tonished military man fo; lowed. He went throughstrange
labyrinths, and up and down stairs innumerable.
En route the proprietor cmimunicated these facts.
About three or four months prior a beautiful, highly-
educated girl, of an exeellent family, who had lost her
parents, and with them all resources, applied to him
for employment. He had, after listening to her story,
though she was a novice to business, been touched by
her friendless situation, and employed her. He had
not been disappointed. He had found her a worthy
and exemplary girl. The captain was piqued. He
saw and admired. He bought of her, and introduced
himself. He came often, bought more, and, upon
inquiry, found all particulars to have been truthfully
stated. On her side his manners and appearance pleased
the girl, and when he told her the story of how his last
want had been mentioned to the proprietor, of the
establishment, and been promptly met, it' emiet in a
hearty laugh on both sides—but after the laugh within
three days they were married, and she is on her Way
to India. Finally, this is no romance, but a fact which
we can vouch for."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

A GOOD SUGGESTION.

A correspondent ("T.") sends the following to The
Times:—

I am glad to see that the subject of English watering
places has been discussed at the Sozial Science Congress
with especial regard to infection. Will you allow me
to make a suggestion which occurred to me, but which
I have never seen made public?
It is that sanatoriums for the upper classes should
be established at seaside places, to which persons re-
covering from infectious complaints resort. They
should, of course, be separate or isolated buildings, and
with grounds sufficiently spacious for air and exercise,
in which persons should remain till all fear of infec-
tion was removed.

I think it is impossible to estimate how much the
spread of disease might be arrested, and how much
trouble and sorrow averted, by the adoption of this
very simple plan.
Those in charge of such an establishment would, of
course, be in possession of every sanitary appliance and
precaution, and it might easily be placed under the
charge of a responsible medical man.
How much anxiety and fear would thus be saved to
the healthy families who go to seaside places for
pleasure and refreshment only I think we can all
imagine.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

THE WHITECHAPEL-ROAD MYSTERY.

On Tuesday Henry Wainwright and Thomas Wain-
wright were removed from Horsemonger-lane Gaol to
the gaol of Newgate, preparatory to their trial, which,
in ordinary course, would come on at the next session
of the Central Criminal Court, which will commence on
Monday, the 25th. The prisoner Thomas appears to
have quite recovered from the illness he was suffering
last week, and which prevented his removal at an
earlier period, an was at first intended. They were
removed in the ordinary prison van with thirteen
other prisoners, who were charged with committing
different offences in the county of Surrey. Very few
people were aware of the intended removal of the
prisoners. They were received by Mr. Sydney Smith,
the governor of Newgate, and were at once taken to
separate cells in the prison, where they will remain
until their trial. Although the case will, in the orsli-
nary course, stand to be disposed of at the approach-
ing session, it is pretty well understood that an appli-
cation will be made to postpone the case until the fol-
lowing session, and when the judges take their seats on
the bench on Wednesday an application will probably
be made on behalf of the prisoners that the trial
should be postponed to the November session. The
witnesses will not go before the grand jury until Tues-
day morning or perhaps later, and the bill will not be
returned by them until late in the day. The ground for
the application for a postponement will probably be
that the counsel for the prisoners require more time to
prepare for the arduous task that has devolved upon
them. Another ground for asking for a postponement
may be that, in consequence of the excitement
created in the public mind by the recent publica-
tion of the evidence, the prisoners are likely to
be prejudiced and not to have a fair trial, and
that it is advisable that the trial should not pro-
ceed until the public mind has cooled down a little
with reference to this terrible affair. It is not ex-
pected that the counsel for the Crown will offer any
opposition to a postponement of the trial, as there are
more than thirty witnesses to be examined for the pro-
secution, and some time will absolutely be necessary
to prepare the case for the prosecution to be properly
laid before the jury.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

CRADLEY HEATH.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A. serious accident occurred to
a man named Thomas Jeffs, under the following dream
-
stances. It appears that the unfortunate man, who is
21 years of age and was shortly to have been married,
was engaged at his ordinary work, in No. 25 pit, Salt
Wells, on Saturday last, when a fall of coal took place
and he was so seriously injured that his .left leg had to
be amputated. Three medical gentl3men were at once
in attendance, and the unfortunate raan is doing as well
as can be expected.
STEALING STRAW.—A.t the Worcester Sessions, before
Mr. R. Harrington, Frank Rodway and William Brown.
were indioted forlabourers, stealing a quantity of straw,
the property o; Samuel Leonard, farmer, of Cradley, on
September Bth. Mr. Godson prosecuted.—Prisoneis
were wagoners in the employ of the prosecutor, and wtr
sent to Wordsley with two lyads of wheat. To protect
the latter some straw was placed on the top of it, ft,,d
this the prisoners sold at Stourbridge They had taken
a much larger quantity of straw with them than was
usual or necessary.—Rodway sail he thought he was
entitled to the straw by the custom of the country, and
Brown, who received some of the„money, said he did so
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

PRINTING! PRINTING ! I PRINTING !1 1
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ALL ORDERS EXECUTED WITH PROMPTNESS AND DISPATCH, ON

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their support.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

THE PRICE OF MEAT.

The following suggestions have been sent to the Hour, for
publication :
- - - -

Sir,—Several projects are mooted by which to meet
the threatened meat famine. One very excellent way
to face the difficulty is to eat less animal food—most of
us eat too much • and to be more economical in our
methods of cooking. Unlimited flocks and herds stand
bleattng and lowing, or pensively chewing the cud, in
our colonies and other countries, waiting for a better
fate than merely to be slaughtered for their hides and
tailovv. The import of cattle from Texas has proved
tolerably successful, and the importation of the beasts
in a frozen state also promises to be a success. The
tinned meats from Australia have been many years in
the market. There is another means of supply, which
I think would help considerably to meet the difficulty
—that is, to send the meat over either corned or salted.
If the meat were placed in large tanks of pickle in
Canada, it would just be corned and ready to eat on
its arrival in England; it takes fourteen days to corn
meat. There need be no difficulty about salt meat,
that would be sent over in casks in the usual way. At
the Clarence-yard, Gosport, Dal t meat, after it has been
cake a certain time, is sold, and it frequently fetches
more than it costs, leaving a profit to Government.
Then, cannot Chicago help us in the way of lard, and
Canada and Australia send us over corned suet, and
bring the prices down from 13d. and I.ld. respectively
to one-quarter the price? This time of the year is par-
ticularly favourably for the curing and transport of
meat, and I see no reason why thou-ands of tons should
not come across the Atlantic before the hot weather

cc;mes again.--Yours truly,
ARTHUR H. GILMORE.

Junior Carlton Club, October 19.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

TALLOW.

sinsBo,3.llrunet.
Y. C., new, being still quoted at 533. and ditto old, from 503.
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R9ugh Fat, per 81b3 .. 2 51 Greav, s I) 18 cp
Melted Stuff in r cwt.. £GO 1 Good Dregs ~ ' 6 0
Yellow litusian, new. 533. Od. per cwt.
Ditto Ditto old
Australian Mutton Tallow Ns 0/1.
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Ditto Beef Ditto
SE ED.

quantity of
eirC•r2
supply of
English iD74 comesndaYf wOacrtd ,
French offering for future nelivery, at very moderate prices:
sales, however, were only effected to limited extent
Trefoil of fine qualPy was fully as dear, wlth few buyers of
such. Trifolium brought full rates id small lots Canaryseed
was held at farther enhanced rates, which checked the
demand, and few buyers of this article wouid take more than
hlSut—tChleorveeisrse a edlib :
they wanted for immediate use. Winter Tares were scarce
and very dear. Foreign for spring sowing of go,,d quality
are offered freely for future delivery at very moderate prices
—at or under 60s. per qr White Mustardseed commaude
Pill rates; there is very little brown offering as yet.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

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Stocks and Furnitrre of every descriptions bought, and
Cash advanced upon ail goods seut fc/
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

FIVE SHILLINGS REWARD.

OST, on Saturday last, a White Pomeranian
A DOG. Answers to the name of " Prince."—Any.
one bringing him to No. 15, Hagley-street, will receive
the Above Reward.

THE SPEEDY COMING OF OUR LOia)
JESUS ;CHRIST.

SIGNS OF HIS VERY NEAR APPROACH, AND OF
. THE TERRIBLE JUDGMENTS COMING UPON
THE EARTH. ;
GOD'S SPECIAL MESSAGE concerning
the Restoration of the Pentecostal Gifts and Min-
istries in the Church; the Staling of the 144,000 ; the
First Resurrection and the ranslation ; the comlug
Great Tribulation, and the Revelation and Doom of the
Last Antichrist.
A SOLEMN TESTIMONY on the above momf.,y.ttous
Subjects, will be delivered in the CORN EXCRANON,
STOURBRIDGE, On the Two WEDNESDAY EVENINutt, OCTO-
BER 27, and NOVEMBER 3, at Eight o'clock, by an Evan-
gelist serving under the, Lord's Restored Apostles.
Admission Free.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

The most perfeat confidence was felt in the stability
of Turkey as a state, and lathe honour of her financiers;
and only recently a case came under my own knowledge
in which a man who had worked hard all his life had
put his money into Turkish bonds, which brought him
in ..-c:200 a year. The measures of the Constantinople
Government reduce that amount just one-half, and the
bonds are well- nigh unealeable. If an investor can obtain
ten:per cent. for his money instead of five, he likes to
do so; but in transactions of this kind it should not be
forgotten that high interest may mean poor security.
The fluctuations in foreign stocks have been contri-
buted to by the varying intelligence from China, and
by the uncertainty whether we should after all be
called upon to send an expeditionary force to the
Peiho river.

If good wishes could bring back the Prince of Wales
safely from India, he will return in the spring quite
well and in good spirits. The "considerations as to
climate," to which Mr. Bright referred some months
ago in the House of Commons, do not appear to be
of a very formidable character, if we are to put
our trust in the statements of the medical
journals; and during the cold season the Prince will
be in no more peril in Hindostan than in this country.
Our Governor-Generals of India, the Governors of
Madras and Bombay, and other high officials live in
that warm land for years, and yet we seldom hear of
any of them breaking down through ill-health. The
chief difficulty in India is that connected with the
water. The supplies from the clouds are so uncertain
that the people have to depend to a great extent upon
surface water, and that may mean that those who im-
bibe it contract a more or less serious disease. They
have had floods there lately, as in most other parts of
the world this year, but more often drought prevails,
that kir instance of two years ago having brought
about the famine of which we heard so much.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

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To avoid fraudulent imitations, see that each packet bears
our name and trade mark (a star).
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5 000 PIANOFORTES & HARMONI-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.

TLiu D 1 of Eng'wad lip every light sovereign that
comes into the Bank. The weighing of every sovereign
is accomplished quickly ; they weigh 3,000 in an hour with
one machine. Mr. Palmer, the Deputy-Governor, in-
formed the House of Commons Select Committee of
last Session on banks of issue that last year the Bank
of England weighed coin to the amount of £23,100,000.
and rejected £BlO,OOO, or about 36 per cent., as being
light gold. For this last amount the Bank ,
paid the
value, making a deduction for the deficiency of weight,
which is generally about 3d. or 4d. per light sovereign.
It was stated to the Committee that boxes of correctly
weighed gold, sent by the Bank of England to Scotland,
frequently came back without having been opened, and
Mr. Palmer stated that there is then some reduction
for light weight. He explained this by adding that
the mere shaking of the sovereigns on the journey will
make a slight difference. There is a point at which
every sovereign becomes light, and many sovereigns
turn that point on the 'journey, Mr. Hodgson, M.P.,
a Bank director, stated that in a box of 5,000 sovereigns
the number which would be found to have turned the
point would generally be about eight if they have not
been disturbed; and he added, "You are aware that
the sovereign which is in your pocket at eight o'clock
in the morning is not the same sovereign at twelve
o'clock at night." After this rather alarming announce-
ment it is satisfactory to find Mr. Hodgson stating
also that the charge for light weight on the eight de-
ficient sovereigns would be about 2d. per coin, making
only 16d. on the box of £5,000; BO that, says he, "it
really amounts to nothing."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-10-23

THE PRINCE'S INDIAN VISIT.

Bell's Weekly Messenger says :—"lt is well known
that the late Prince Consort marked out, at consider-
able length, and with his usual sagacious precision, the
routis of foreign travel which he thought it advisable
and proper for his son, the Heir Apparent to the
Thr.ne, to follow. Each and all of these have been
carried out as they were intended, save the visit to
India, which those best informed positively state was
amongst the Prince Consort's most urgent recommenda-
tions. Whether it were so or not, is by no means now
to the purpose. The Prince of Wales has gone to India
—so it is given out autheritively—to cement that feeling
of affection which the mutiny may be supposed, in some
quarters, to have lessened between the people of many a
province and the British Crown. Devoutly is it to be
honed that such a result and many other equally aus-
picious advantages may be experienced! If his Royal
Highness only strives—as undoubtedly he will—to
carry out those high and noble principles which were
so pertinently and practically enunciated in West
minster Abbey by Dean Stanley last Sunday afternoon,
his journey connot but be propitious. That he is
resolved to do his best and utmost thus to fulfil the
high mission he has undertaken is, indeed, well assured
by the fact—of which, singular to say, the daily press
has taken no notice—that on Monday afternoon, only
a short time before the hour of departure, both he
himelf and the Princess drove down quietly and unos-
tentatiously to the Deanery to take leave if his former
travelling companion and much esteemed friend, as
well as of his wife the Lady Augusta Stanley, who
unhappily is just now a great invalid, and to express
the earnest hope that, long before the six months'
absence shall have expired, she may have wholly
recovered health and strength, so as to gladden the
hearts of all who have, as the Prince and Princess have,
the satisfaction of her friendship and acquaintance."