The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-01-04 00:00:00

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strict watch *ill be kept in future by ths crew of the
Donepel as to effectually check an similar attempt to
destroy the vesseL" On inquiries,— however, being
made on board the Donffhtl, the inquirers were assured
that there was no foundation whatever for the rumour
that apyvared in the ..Iferrnry, ami they were requested
to contradict it, and at the same time, state that there
has been such • strict watch kept on tniaril, in 'Mai.
Von 0 the steam launch keeping guard round her,
tL d it would he imioes Ile for any boat or torpedo
to come near the snip will:tit buin; immediately
discoven.d.

COME, WAKE 1:r !—Christmas will soon be
over, let us get ready to pitch iuto one another again.
Mr. John Bright is a public. benefactor. Ile has pre-
pared the way for a jolly row who Patliament
weets, or sooner. In alluding to Lord Derby and the
way the Tories had " done " their friends on the
Reform gnestlon, Mr. Bright said, "Turf Morale will
nt do in polities." Hooray, and Lord Derby has
rnee.horsea There'll he wigs on the green and Tories
too. We will take care to keep the epi,zraut beford
the eyes of all whom it can possibly annoy. "More
Ate,--stir them on."--Pan rh

GALLAKT Co-gm:cr.—The Royal Humane So-
ci
ty's medal for iot in; life was, on hursday last, tlm
231 b int., pr.,. ate 1 by the vicar a 1k to Alfred
14...g0ry, one .tf the p aters on the p.er, for saving the
JFe.o a by 12 years of ago, the son of tbe Et,. R.
Wikiits, of Ityde. It appears that the youth Was
fl-110; at the to I of the pier on the lifla of November
lod, a hen he suddenly fell into deep water and WM
driftel out try the tile, runaing at the time is •
uestmly direction. Ile was just siu'iing for the seon
time, having never got his head above water since hie
burner:ion, when Gregory most gallantly plunged in,
Mt, catching him by the feet, brought him safely tq
shore. This II the . tit life raved from drowning by
the porter G zegory, though he now teCe:Vc3 the inewlal
for the fast time.

PI,RIIB OF TIM Pitt 5.3.- Stdlll.oll write*
to a Lutfalo paper -
by some fantastic trick of your type-setter my speck la
Si.l ussr 1161 ott Saturday CI caing is suddenly terminated,
and as to that ut 'sir. Train's, that I am made to ruts
off 1,1 an entirely new vein of eloquence. antoog tunny °Cur
exploits, I am made toll ,ast that I neither nmoke. nor chew,
nor drink, nor lie, nor steal. nt.r swept mif such accomp-
lishments were usual among Anwrican women la the
Buffalo Exmlas won,s use to vote for •. liberty and
,tte,,l of ".r..t .loin asid equality." In a speech not
long sin, 1., m•ler 1 ic sr t. lo boomed countrymen us
"white s," I ant r. ported as bating addressed them a
" white- unites '' All these are good jokes if credited to the
printer devil, but not to t nom who represent an unpopular
idunatel carefully weigh their wnrds.

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A (nrwAm IaTirERIOnT Dififigrfole.=Tl4 *
Pope has iSSTied a deco e againit the gise or /profane
language ite-Ronie and the extravagant style of dresi .
aehliged bythre Roman ladies, lie cort>lains that the ,
llonians.seem to forest Out a 'cbuielt in 'the hOuse of
God, and on that " probably the cause of this evil Is
to be found in the conduct of the women, whei.when
they go to church dress as if for A theatre Or al:Sabina'
alibi lavanermule." • -tie recommends as • renitidv 14
this state of things that a member of ladle}, slinuld'foivit.
themselves into a society with the gel,ject.of " coangef,
acting by their example reenl influence a luxury whieb
produce the ruin Of faudlies, and lends to immorality."
The- °Aram! Vicar, in publishing this decree, an.
flounces that woolen with extravagant In:ad dyes*/ ;.
shall in flan, e leg bc a Imitted to the communion-
table, and that any persons taking the !mine of God,
the Madonna, or the saints in Tama shall at onew Lie
dismissed from their employment, or, If the offeticeiis
committed in the street, be arrested fey the police.
A HINT TO SronTsmgx.—As to the covering
of the feet, let all idea of keeping out the wet be
abandoned, and with it the choosy jack-boot that
conics above the knee (remarks a writer in Once us
Week). A short sort of Wellington boot, with thick
role, and stiff, wellolresse.l leather top, large enough
to ads it of the trousers being tneked inside, it, perhaps,
as good for the purpose as any that can be devised;
but so long as freedom in secured to the foot and leg,
and the boot is strong, it matters not in the least of
what shape it is. As regards the rest of the costume,
a stout, easy-fitting suit, with coat and waistcoat lined
with flannel, should he worn, ant by all means ft
"sou-wester,"---not the wretched eulistitute palmed
off upon the unwary as "a much lighter article, ' and
called sometimes the sheplwas hat, but the real thing
which sailors love. It is the most independent head
dress that can be worn, for it protects against aft
weather, and the stronger the wind the more closely
i it adheres to the head.

I Mn. 1101ISMAN ON FENIANISII.—Captain Dick-
inson gave him annual dinner to the members of the
Stroud Rifle Company, in the Subscription Rooms at
S!rozol, ~11 Saturday eveniwr. The Right Hon. E.
Homman and Mr. Whiterbotham' the members for
the borough, were among the guests. Mr. Honnnap,
speaking of Fenianism, observed—
' I most say myself that I don't feel It is entirely an Dish
movement. The midi, and nucleus may be Irish, but I
cannot help believing that it has extensive ramification*,
and Unit it is the centre of a great deal of English Matto..
t ion which finds realy toil, of mischief in the Irish people.
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• blowing

But 110 W, when we find tint it is a question of the
Up of arsenals and prisons, and the use of other inventions
of mischief, we feel that the wif is no longer against the
government Int against society, and that, at whatever coat,
it must be suppressed.

ANOTHER SWEETHEART MURDER:—OR &Om-
'day an inquest WM held at I lroylselen, near Manchester,
on the body of Man; Hammer, who was found by the
jury to have been brutally murdered by an Irishman
named-Flaherty. Deceased woos single woman, about
dli yearsof age, employed in a cottoamilL Flaherty
wished to pay his addresses to her, but she declined to
have -anything todo with him on account of his
drnnken balite. On Christmaaday Flaherty called at
her Inele4nl and said he"was going to Ireland. It is
Tirnbable that he tenewed him suit and she her refusals,
for he apperirito have attacked her sen'tli•he per,
and whorr she ran intothe next roote, he felled her to •
the ground, and killed her with repeated blows before :
any one could prevent him. Ile was coiruritfed for
trial by the eon:Hier: . .

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A SCSPICIOITS Mill:W.—A story Wliiek fol. its ,
munificence recalls the wonders of the Arabian Irighli,' ;
ii how, we are informed, hying t... 1.1 iu. ,j 1 f.,44)oeif •
P.rid. The sawn', 'luring his sofunin:he reNic7ltall .
returning from St: Cloud- (iit'agnito,. tititi„-,fia4 ltrti,VAll a
at the quays, when he-heard joyout Asit4.•Jsg:, • lira.'
quireil of his interpieter the can th se VA b idn-smg. .
is an artisan's wedding," anSersted id.c? interpr.,il " ~.
'. tip; pier wretches are fore'itiir; Limit. nil: Tiuß'filt, a
immueut in older to fete - their friemir •Tht., lii
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