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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

THE GENERAL ELECTION AND DIS-
ESTABLIbHMEN T.

In view of the approaching general election, the
Electoral Committee of the Liberation Society has just
issued a manifesto and a series of instructions to its
supporters throughout the country with respect to the
Established Churches of England and Scotland.
Referring to the Church of England the document
says :-

"Of all national institutions the Church established by
law is that which most closely affects the great mass of the
population. It is in possession of a large amount of national
property; its bishops sit in Parliament; and its clergy have
exclusive privileges. It exerts great political and social in-
fluence, and that influence is, for the most part, used in
opposition to Liberal principles and to the disadvantage of
Nonconformists. There is nothing else in the country which
so divides the people and so hinders changes which are
necessary to promote their welfare."

Speaking of the Church of Scotland the committee
says :-
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disestablishmens Qs the Church of Scotland. In Eli nburgh
it is a minority of one-sixtts ; in Glasgow of 1 20b; and in
other large towns it is in the same p•mitton. In the high-
lands is is still weaker, it Churches being nearly empty.
while those of the Free and other Churches are well at-
tended. The people have left the Establishment, which,
nevertheless, has a revenue of about £300,000 a year, some
of which is wasted on ministers with only nominal congrega-
tions."

Referring to this tests on this question which should
be put to candidates for the representation of the
people, the manifesto remarks :
"Every Ltberal candidate should be asked—' Will you
vote for the disestablishment of the Church of Scotland ? '
or, it the question be objected to in that form, it may be
put thus—' Da you agree with Lard Hartington that when
the majority of the Scottish people express, through their
representatives, their wish that their Church should be Ws-
established, the Liberal party should comply with that
wish?"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

REPORT OF TAG IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.

Your Committee report progress in refc•renee to
Foster Street and Brook Street.

The annual report of ti,e Volunteer Fire Brigad,
was laid before the meeting. The brigade had
been called to six fires during the year, but none of
them were of a serious kind, and the to.al datnage
was about .21,000. The brigade succeeded in saving
a good deal of property by their prompt response
to the calls.

Mr. Kelley drew attention to the bad state of the
roads under the new railway bridges, and the clerk
was instructed to communicate with the railway
authorities on the subject.
There was no other business of importance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

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FLASHING SIGNALS FOR LIGHT-
HOUSES.

Sir William Thomson (the Daily Telegraph states)
proposes to extend to lighthouses the Morse flashing
code, which is brother to that now employed by tele-
graph clerks upon land. For instance, a ship sights
a fixed white light, which every alternate minute, and
at intervals stated in " Findlay's Lighthouse List,"
resolves itself into two dots and a dash, indicating the
letter "U "—the initial letter, let us say, of Ushant.
In this mannsr every lighthouse in the world
might, by flashing forth its initial letter, or whatever
letter was attached to it in the official list, indi-
cate what it was, and whert situated, It is impossible
to entertain any doubt that sooner or later—and, so
far as this country is concerned, we trust sooner rather
than later—every civilised nation will follow Sir
William Thomson's advice, since never yet was
there a reform invented more conducive to the
safety of ships upon the seas. "My proposal,"
says Sir William, "is to distinguish every fixed
light by a rapid group of two or three dot-dash eclipses
—the shorter, or dot, of about half a second duration,
and the dash three times as long as the dot, with
intervals of light of about half a second between
the eclipses of the group." Then it would come to
pass that the Lizard would cry "L," the Start " S,"
the Wolf "W," &Ed the Eddystone " E" to the ap-
proaching ship, and the result would be such an
assistance to navigators as has not been conferred
upon them since the erection of the Pharos at Alexan-
dria, the first lighthouse of which history bears
record. It is a satisfaction to learn from Sir William
Thomson that his dot-dash system has, since 1874,
been in operation with perfect success at the Holly-
wood Bank Light, which is the leading guide for ships
entering Belfast Lough. Upon this spot previous
to 1874 stood a light in a red glass lantern, which
was only visibls for five miles, and was constantly
mistaken for a sailing vessel's port side light. For
this red lantern was substituted a fixed white light,
which can be seen ten miles off, and by two dots and
a dash indicates the letter "V," which is set down in
the officisl list as meaning " Belfast." Obviously, it
will not be long before Sir William's suggestion is
universally adopted, and, aided by the electric light
—the value of which in lighthouses cannot be ever-
stated—it will at once make the English -Channel
better lighted than any other ocean highway in the
world.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

STATISTICS OF STAMMERING IN
FRANCE.

M. Chervin, who has founded several institutions
for the cure of stammering in European cities, and
especially Paris, has published lately some curious
statistics of this infirmity, and the conditions of its
Increase. A map of France indicating the degrees of
prevalence of stammering shows two pretty distinct
regions separated by a line from Bordeaux to Geneva.
South of this line stammering is much more frequent
than north of it. Paris has only six stammering
recruits in 10.000, whereas the Bunches-du-Rhone has
more than 153. The ordinary frequency, however,
is about five in 1,000 ; at least at the recruiting
age (for it seems to vary much with age). The pen.
Mediterranean departments, then, are extraordinarily
subject to stammering, M. Chervin also finds it
frequent in Piedmont, which is under much the same
climate and has a pretty similar population. Ha attri-
butes this greater frequency in part to the extreme
animation of speech of the southerners,
.accomya.nied
by gesture, demonstrations,
.and expressive mimicry,
which some push even to grimace. The words (like a
crowd issuing from a theatre) come out in a
jerking, irregular way, and impatience adds to the em-
barrassment. M, Bertillon has suggested (La Nature)
that the various nervous maladiescommon in the south as
result of hot winds may affect. some children with dis-
orders which produce stammering. The most common
cause of stammering generally M. Chervin considers
to be some sudden fright in childhood. A fire, a boat
accident, or the like, will make a child a stammerer
suddenly. The evil may, however, come gradually,
and sometimes from involuntary imitation of stammer-
ing in another. It is curious that men are much more
subject to stammering than women, All authors
agree in this, reckoning only 10 to 20 females in 100
stammerers, Country parts contain twice or thrice as
many stammerers as towns (according to recruiting
data), With this, may, perhaos, be connected the
other fact brought to light by M. Chervin, and which
is Fond ly oat , th At 1:1305%
schools have fewest stammerers. By learning to know
their tor gue, to d istiug uish, read, and wr.te the different
words, children must come to apprehend and articulate
these more distinctly and avoid stammering. In
savage countries, where grammar is an art wholly un
known, travellers have of been struck with the
number of stammerers. M. Patitot mentions a ttibe in
North America, the Litchaureas, of which all the
members stammered more or le us. To this frequency
may probably be attributed the frequent repetition of
the syllables in words of savages (as may be seen from
any geographical map of Africa or America). M.
Chervin shows that in France about 1,000 youths are
exempted annually from military service because of
stammering; and he considers the cure of the infix.-
mity should receive more attention in normal schools.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

EUROPEAN ARMIES.

The "Statesman's Year Book" for 1880, which
'uels just been published by Macmillan and Co., states
that the army of the German Empire was formed, in
October last, of 150 regiments of infantry, including
the.gtiards, 20 battalions of Per, or riflemen, 93
4'l'M:tents of cavalry, 49 regiments of artillery. 20
battalions of engineers, including a railway regiment,
and 18 battalions of military train. This enormous
foree of fighting men comprised on the war footing
31,195 officers, 1,273,346 rank and file, 281,542 horses,
142:1 2.700 guns. The strength of the Imperial army
111 the peace footing is 18,079 officers, 400,935 rank and
Lue. 97,389 horses, and 1,200 guns. Not included in
these totals are the troops of the field reserve, calcu-
lated to number 250,000 men, and those of the Land-
ettirm. It is estimated that, with the addition of the
11%te.r, Germany can place in the field at any time two
Millions and a half of armed men, without 'drawing
tinon the last reserves.
Is The total effective force of the French army, which
now in process of reorganization on the basis of
ttniversal liability to serve, was reported to the
Chanaber of Deputies in the season of 1879 to be as
follows :—lnfantry. 281,601 men (including officers and
l'enk and file), 2,649 horses; cavalry, 68 617 men,
59,023 horses; artillery, 66 331 men, 32,690 horses;
and the engineers, military train,, administrative troops,
and gendarmerie (the latter consisting of 27,014 men
and 13,667 horses) brought up the total strength to
t 02,697 men and 120,894 horses.
The Russian army in 1879 was reported to consist,
on a peace footing, of 852 battalions, 281 squadrons,
and 1,422 guns, the number of officers being 33,043,
and of rank and file 732,829. On a war footing there
would be 39,380 officers and 1,173,879 rank and file.
The regular army on the Peace footing consists of
460n7,C72 officers and men, and on the war footing of
ru8,670; the army on the first reserve on the peace
„,„'"Ati,lig a 180,740 and on the war footing of 127,923 ;
--""" the army of the seclnd reserve of 129,815 on the
Peace footing and 276,666 on the war footing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

THE TIGER DOG OF LA PLATA.

A new candidate for canine honours is coming
forward, hailing from South America; and it is
possible, that in a year or two the managers of dog
shows will have to make a new class in their com-
petitions for the "tiger dog," as. they recently had
to do for the ungainly "dachshund." A French
traveller in La Plata gives a very interesting descrip-
tion of this variety of dog, which appears to possess
all the virtues and few of the failings peculiar
to the genus. In shape and size it resembles the
bloodhound, differing from the latter, however,
in the fact that it is striped somewhat like a tiger.
This fact, coupled with its boldness in attacking the
jaoar—the so.called tiger of South America—has
given it the local name of " tigrero," r tiger dog. The
origin of this dog, and of another variety found in the
same country and possessing similar general character-
istics, but without the stripes, is unknown. It is
generally supposed to be a descendant of the dogs
which were introduced into South America by the
Spaniards, soon after the discovery of the continent.
At any rate, the tiger dog lends itself readily to
domestication, though in a wild state it would ap•
pear to be a iormidable adversary to both man and
beast. It makes its den in the forests, or rather
among the rocks on the edge of the woods, and does
not hesitate to attack anything that intrudes on its
privacy. If taken young, however, and properly
trained, it will become docile and obedient; the
Gauchos train it both for hunting purposes and as
a watch dog. As a hunter, it is fleet of foot, keen
of scent, and of unbounded courage, and its great
size and weight qualify it for attacking all sorts
of wild beasts, especially when two or more of these
dogs act in concert. As a watch dog it will "give
month " at the slightest sound, and, while it will
faithfully obey the behests of its master, it will not
admit any friendship with a stranger. Most of the
settlers in the interior of the country keep one or
more of these animals to guard their eatancias, and
they devote considerable attention to the proper breed-
ing of them, and to their training. It is curious that
the tiger dog should not have sooner attracted the
attention of some of the numerous English settlers in
La Plata, as the fondness of an Englishman for a
good sporting dog is proverbial. If one or two were
imported into this country they would, no doubt,
unless their good qualities have been overpraised, soon
become favourites. They might also prove valuable
, companions to the hunter of wild beasts in India and
Africa, where their mettle would soon be put to the
teat in pursuit of real tigers.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1880

defendant was to keep the ladders as a security
until the money was paid. The Bench on hearing
this dismissed the summons.
DRUNK AND REFUSING TO QUlT.—Benjamin
Parker, miner, was charged with being drunk and
refusing to quit the Five Ways Inn, Cradley Heath,
on the 26:h inst. Defendant pleaded guilty and
was fined Is. and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

POTATO.

The demand for potatoes continues fair, and prioes for all
sound descriptions are firm : notch Regents, 140 s. to 160 s. ;
ditto champions, 140 a to 150 s. ; Lincoln, 140 s. to Ms.;
Victories, 160 s. to 190 s. per Lou; German reds, 6s. to 7s. 6d.;
Belgian kidneys, 6s. to 6s. Sd. ; French whites, as 9d. to 61.
per Dag.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

HOP.

The amount of business passing in hops has been small,
and no feature ot importance has presented itself. Good
hops are reported to be scarce; while holders are not
anxious to sell. Old hops are vary slow of sale. Kent,
11378,W.t 10s. to £ll ; Same; 2.4 10s. to £lO 10s. ; Farnham
slid. country, 25 to £ll ; American, 48 to £11; Belgian,
/.6 per ovrt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

A MART FOR MUSICIANS.

A relic of old Paris life, little known even to Pari-
sians themselves, may (says Galignani) be witnessed
every Sunday and holiday in the Rue de Petit
Carreau, itself a narrow crowded street of ancient
origin, which has so far escaped the destroying hand
of modern improvement. We allude to the market
or meeting-place of instrumental musicians wait-
ing to be hired. From morning till dusk small groups
of men, generally of shabby exterior, may be seen
loitering about the foot pavement on the eastern
side of the street, from time to time entering
the wineshop at the corner of the Rue Thtivenot,
where a reg.ster is kept and engagements are ratified.
The custom is of old date, and in the seventeenth cen-
tury the Rue des MESniStriers derived its name from the
Practice of going there to hire fiddlers and other
Players. From that locality the mart migrated to
the Pointe St. Eustache, which remained the rendez.
vous for about eighty years, until the commence-
ment of the present century, since when it has
been held on the present spot. The centre to which
the business gravitates is the house of refreshment
already mentioned, The professionals seeking em-
ployment enter their names in a book, with the
instruments they play, and the remuneration to
which they aspire, so that an entire orchestra might be
organised at a moment's notice. As may be supposed,
only the most humble and least fortunate members of
the profession have recourse to this useful interme-
diary, who derives no other benefit from his services
than the custom they bring him. The engagements
ars made for the evening or for the month. Here
artists are found to fill the vacancies which occur so
Sll .and frequently in the inferior music halls
u
saloons: The prices vary with ths instru-
ments, ulyciug
ts but it has been observed that the violins and
bass viols are the best paid, and. that the flute and
maddddena
clarionet Players are the least m demand and the
cheaPest.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL

The returns of emigration from the port of Liver
pool for December and for last year have been com-
pleted. During the month of December 43 ships
sailed for the United States, with 4,072 passengers;
6 to British North America, with 356; 3 to Australia,
with 64; 'T to South America, with 51; 5 to the East
Indies, with 49; 2to the West Indies, with 12; 3 to
China, with 12; and 3 to the West Coast of Africa,
with 37; the total being 72 ships, with 4,653 passen-
gers, and showing a decrease of 5,488 passengers as
against the previous month; but an increase of 2,217
over December, 1878. The figures for the whole year
show a very marked increase.
There sailed to the United States 478 ships, with
95,067 passengers; to British North America, 122,
with 18 592 ; Australia, 28, with 1 054: South Ame-
rica, 85, with 1,437; East Indies, 67, with 976; West
Indies, 31., with 142: Chins, 23, with 88; and West
Coast of Africa, 52, with 558, making a total of
886 vessels, with 117,114 passengers, Of these
61,861 were English, 13,004 Irish, 1,171 Scotch, and
38,239 foreigners.
The increase over the previous year, 1878, amounts
to no less than 76 ship and 46,762 passengers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

THE ELEVATED RAILROAD. IN NEW

YORK.

The Elevated Railroad in New York does not seem
to give universal satisfaction. Complaints are made
that it sadly interferes with domestic comfort; and,
to judge by all accounts, it must be rather an element
of disturbance in home circles. There has (says the
Nation) probably never been a more high-handed pro-
ceeding in a civilized and law-governed community
than the appropriation of the streets of New York by
the Elevated Railway Companies for their tracks and
stations. The lines run in all the streets on a level
with the second or third story windows on
one line close to the windows. In many
places they seriously diminish; the light. The
noise is incessant, and sufficient, especially in
summer, to make conversation in the front rooms
of houses difficult. In one street in the
upper part of the city, which is narrow and occupied
solely by dwelling-houses, the value of the property
has been lowered over one-half by the construction of
the railroad. The companies, which are enormously
Profitable , have refused compensation on the grounia
that the bed of the streets is not the Property of the
householders, having been ceded to the city for street
purposes; and they contend that the construction of a
steam-railroad is a legitimate street purpose, whether
the original cession to the city contemplated it or not.
The question is now before the law courts, and the
amount of money involved is enormous. If the decision
goes against the railroads it will seriously affect the
value of their shares.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

A NARROW ESCAPE.

A railway accident yery_eimilar to that known as

"the Tay Bridge disastei" was near happening at
Boston on the 11th inst., and was only averted by the
coolness and presence of mind of an engine•driver.
Early in the morning a large iron steam-vessel heavily
laden with coal was approaching the railroad draw-
bridge when the pilot rang the signal bell to
stop the engine. The wire broke, and the Engi-
neer failing to receive the signal, the vessel kept
on her way, striking the bridge with great force.
The timbers were badly twisted, the bolt which locks
the drawbridge was broken, and the railroad toracks
upon the bridge were bent about eighteen inches from
their proper position. No one was upon the bridge or
near the scene at the time, and the Sunday morning
passenger train on the New York and New England
Railway was rapidly approaching, a few hundred feet
away from the spot. When only a train's length from
the bridge, the driver saw to his horror the dis-
connected rails. There was not a moment to lose;
but he was equal to the situation. Reversing
the engine and applying the air-brake, he brought
the train, with five carriages full of passengers, to a
standstill about fifteen feet from the bridge. But for
their timely action, in a few seconds the train would
have plunged headlong into the water at the side of
the track, The engine driver has justly enough received
great credit, not only for the self-possession he dis-
played at a most critical juncture, but also for his
watchfulness in discovering the accident that had hap-
pened to the bridge almost at the instant of its occur-
rence, and thus being enabled te prevent a terrible
calamity.—Pall 51aU Gasate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

FISH

Smoked haddock, 20s. to 415.; pickle herrings, 30s. to 365. ;
fresh ditto, 15s. to 275. ; roused ditto, 18s. to 308.; red
ditto, 16s. ed. to 25e.; pickle cod, 40s to 425. per barrel ;
salmon, 2s. 100. to 4s. per lb ; lobsters, 108. ed. to Mi.;
cra be, 7s 6d. to 30s ; mackerel, 2s. 9d. to 4s. ; mullet, 6s. to
7s. 6d. per dozen; whiting, 10s. to 15s. per basket; oysters,
Ed. to 3s 6d. per dozen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS,

At a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries, held in
London the other evening, at Burlington honee,
It was reported by the secretary that a corn.
munication had been rectived, through the
Admiralty, from Captain SUIiVIII3, It N., on the West
Indian station, announcing that the remains of the
great navigator, Christopher Columbus had been
lately found in the cathedral of St. Domingo; the
chest in which his bones had been laid having
not Jean removed, as was supposed, ta Hav!ulnah,
but still remaining in the chancel of that cathedral,
with an inscription, both inside and outside of the
lid, giving the name of "Christopher Colombo, the
Great Admiral," Considerable doubt, however,
was thrown on the accuracy of this report by
Milman, who stated that the whole matter bad
been lately referred to the Royal Academy of History
at Madrid, who thought that the inscription was not
of contemporary date, He also said that the " trans-
lation " of the relics of Columbus in 1795 was made
with so much circumstance and publicity that a
mistake was not likely to have occurred, and that
the bones were probably those of a grandson of the
admiral of the same name. Mr. A. W. Franks,
director of the Society of Antiquaries, was disposed to
confirm the view entertained at Madrid. The thanks
of the meeting, however, were voted to the Admiralty
for the communication.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

A MAIMATTEE WEDDING.

The city of the Gaekwar has been for some time
en fete. Dnrbar has succeeded durbar at the Palace
or at the Residency. Gorgeous processions with
military bands, State elephants, finely. dressed
Sirdars and Ministers, Arabs beating "tom-tome,"
and European carriages, have been the order of
every day. Salutes of 21 guns have been fired, and
guards of honour have been continually mounted;
Mr. Melvin, the British Resident, has drunk his
Highness's health, and his Highnees has returned
the compliment in Baroaa fashion, by offering our
countryman rice, the emblem of prosperity; while an
institution called the Gymkhana has poeitiyely given
a dance, at which the little dignitaries of Baroda con-
descended to amuse themselves after their usual
solemn fashion. To be brief, this ordinarily tranquil
anti humdrum Hindoo capital has been thrown into a
state of excitement and hubbub by the festivities pre-
ceding and attending the marriage of her Highness the
Princess Tarabai with his Highness the Raja of
Sawunt Wad. The account of the accompanying cere-
monies is quaint and curious enoue h to have been
taken out of some Hindoo fairy tale. At 8 a.m. on
the propitious day the branches of the tree welled
Asopalava—so says the Baroda Court Newsman—
Were strewn before the house where the youthful
bridegroom was residing, This initial ceremony was
followed by a dinner-party to certain Brahmin
ladies, the object of which, we are told, was to make
it all right with the deceased female relations of the
bridegroom. Then the bridegroom with his "best
man," or rather best men, proceeded to the palace
and there formally requested the consent of the
bride's parents, the bridegroom testifying his satis-
faction at the consent accorded by bestowing there
:led then certain valuable jewels and dresses upon the
bride. As the bridegroom's procession proceeds
through the city to the temple of the god Rajara-
j,,hwari Mahader, it is met by his Ri4mess the
G,,,kwer and the Dewan Sir Madava Rao. In the
temple certAin roligions rites are performed, and then
there is a general stern oede to the S.irkarvado, where
the
oupbleri r e
the
found. Here the hands of the happy
joiued—which is the simple way of marry.
MLll3:ltettetei
nsg—oaffn do
fafillreiws
oorkves72ztobtel?e
couple
is
jug among
firing of guns and :2
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

MEDICAL CAUTION.

THE Special Treatment adopted and used
with such great success by Dr. Ilunter for the
sat thirty years, can only bo obtained at 44, Great
Charles Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonials,
with advice how to regain Health and Manly Vigour,
y address
anklhreetione for Self Treatment, free to an

SALES BY AUCTION.

rbAT AFFECT/ONS AND HOARSENESFL-All suf.
firing from irritation of the throat WI Iparsei!ese
Will be agreeably surprised at the almost nal"
relief afforded by the use of " i3rowa's
Troches." Those famous " lozeages " are now soul
by most respectable chemists in this country. at
is lid per box. People troubled with a
" hachng
cough," a "slight cold," or bronchial affections, can-
not try them too soon, as sin troubl us, if allowed to
progress, result in serious Pulmonary and AsthinatiC
affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial
Troches " are on the Government Stamp around
i
each box.--Manufactured by Joini I. BROWN & SoNs
Boston, United 54t4x, Dopt, 4i1049rd-streek
Imam —-

'Opposite Stourbridge & Kidderminster Bank

BENSON'S,

CLOCKS,

For Churches, Turrets, or Public
Buildings, Dining or Drawing Room,
Library, Carl iago, Church, Hall,
or Shop, Perpetual Calendars,
Wind Dials, &c.
NOVELTY—" EARLY ENGLISH"
Clocks, in Wood and Ormolu, De-
corated with Blue China, Wedgwood,
&c., from £0 6s. Made solely ny
BENSON.

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TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSESP

ITaOUSANDE, (lat Ty.A.

" as or,
PAGE WOODCOCK'S 'WIND PILLS have for
disordereci
twenty-fiye years held the first rittre h, th world
,tractual antidote to Indigeston. Wiud on the Stomach.
Biliousness. and all complaints ariei.ngfrom a
tbe extim
state of the Stomach, Bowels, or Dyer- Tonic, invig,
sting and purifying they frirw best remedy
Of all Chemists, is lid and 2s 9d per !)3i., Or of PA tiE
for stew pa,
D. WOODCOCK, Calrart Street,NorWlch

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSBS.

Ilol!may's Pirs.—Though good health .is pref...rabl-
to high h-nonr, lirJ7v regariless people,often avc, of tho
former—how etovetou oi7 the latter! tiffany suEr Vieir
strength to drain iiway are maturity is reached , thr.ltiOa
ignorance of the fac:ility afforded by tbeve iNconirrable
Pills of checking the first untowerd syrrotooss of
&Tau rernent, and reinstating order with interfering in
the 1,84 with their plc o.urea ,•r pursuits. To 01..33,0:t0g
cispec!ally it is impertant to maintain the highe4
live efficiency, without nhich the growth is stunted, till
txuseles become lax, the frame feeble, and tbe mind,
slothful. The removal of indigeetion these Lila is
5,) €.6sy tltst r,,ne 4,! ye the most, thouzbless would ve7n.iit
it to sap the opriugs of life. • -.4
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

MR. PARNELL IN AMERICA.

Under date Jan. 25, the Philadelphia Correspondent of
The Times says
- - - -

Mr. Parnell, at Cleveland on Saturday night ad-
dressed an aadience of 5,000, contributions to the
amount of 2,000 dole, being raised. Mac m, Georgia, con-
tributes 700 dole. towards the Irish relief fund, sent
chiefly to the Archbishop of Taam ; Dundas, Ontario,
800 dole,, which will be sent to the Duchess of Marl-
borough's Fund; Baltimore subscriptions reach 1,700
dols. Archbishop Gibbons directs a collection in all
the Baltimore Catholic churches to-day for the relief
of Irish distress. Hartford sends 500 dole, to the Lord
Mayor of Dublin this week. The New York Com-
mittee has up to the present collected 9,823 dole., of
which 9,215 dole, have been sent to the Lord Mayor
of Dublin. The New York Fermanagh Fund reaches
5,020 dole. St. Patrick's S3ciety, Brooklyn, informed
the Lord Mayor of Dublin by cable on Saturday of the
receipt of 1,000 dohs. The total American collections
now aggregate 70,000 dole., of which Mr. Parnell's
fund makes 15,000 dole. The general impression is
that Mr. Parnell's mission has balm meagre in its
direct results, though his agitation has contributed
materially to awaken American interest in Irish
distress. Relief collections are going on generally
throughout the -United States, the money raised being
sent mostly for distribution to the Lord Mayor of
Dublin an the Catholic clergy.
Springfield. Ohio, contributes 800 dols, towards the
Irish Relief Fund, and lialifax, Nova Scotia, 1,200
dole, The Philadelphia Irish Relief Committee began
work to-day; 3,890 dols, were contributed, and 36
barrels of flour and provisions.

Under date Philadelphia, Jan. 27, The Times of Wednes-
day published the following telegram:—
The collections in the Philadelphia Catholic
churches for Irish :elief reach 3,000 dole., which will
ne sent to the clergy in Ireland for distribution. The
Toronto Relief Fund on Saturday sent 1,250 dole. to
the Ducheee of Marlborough. In St. May's Cathe-
dral, Toronto, on Sunday, the collection amounted to
700 dole. The Newark Relief Fund on Monday sent
2,300 dole, to the Lord Mayor of Dublin. The
Buffalo collectiore reach 6,000 dole.

Mr. Parnell spoke at Buffalo on Sunday. At Wor-
cester, Massechussetts, the Catholic churches collected
1,782 dole. on Sunday.
Drexel, Morgan, and Co. announced a remittance
of 2,750 dola, to the Land League, Dublin, on Mon-
day, for Mr. Parnell's Relief Fund, making the total
remitted to that date 11,500 dole.
Tbe total of American collections now reaches
87,000 dole,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

A SINGULAR ACCIDENT.

toess i 11

An inquest has been held at Aston by the county
coroner, Mr. Poole, on the body of Augustus Breder-
mann, a musician in the orche3tra of the Aston
Theatre, who was killed on the night of the 20th i„t_
through taking hold of the brass joints connecying the
whes to the electrical machine used for producing the
electric light.
James Skelmatdaun, a musician, belonsiog to
the same band as the deceased, said that
nr:aun was an euphonium player, and wai pleh, lug in
the band on the night of the accident. Oreder•
At about
right o'clock the deceased and witness wentiout for
p4yrt_intervt>i, A,s, they were going through the
passage leaclng fidia" the orohestra the deceased
took hold of the two joints of the electric wines,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

THE REVENUE IMPROVING.

Our anticipation that after the turn of the year the
effects of reviving trade would begin to show them-
selves on the revenue his been conspicuously realised
(says the Globe), From the lust published weekly
return it will be observe 3 that the heavy deficiency
under Excise has already been considerably rethiced,
and it Beetlits not absolutely itopo,stble that the
modest estimates of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
may yet be realised. It will be remembered that
towards the close of the year the amount received
under Excise was about two and a quarter millions
sterling below the amount at the corresponding date
of 1878. Fur the week ending 24. h Jauu,ry the
reduction is under a mill (in and a half, so that
the income from this source is less unfavourable
than it Was at its worst point during the fiscal
year by about three-quarters of a million. And this
although there is one day less included in the return
for 18SO than in the corresponding return for 1879.
There can be no doubt that this indicates a recovery
in the spending power of the population, and now that
it has begun we may fairly expect that it will make
steady progress to the end of the quarter. Cintuns,
relatively, are less favourable; hut here, too, the same
process reveals itself. The large gain under Stamps
continues; while under Property and Income Tax the
increase is over half a million, Other branches of the
revenue are all well maintained; Pnd although " Mis-
cellaneous " are no test of the state of the country,
windfalls under this head are always welcome,
and it is gratifying to find the amount exceeds
that for the same period of the previous year. The
total of the revenue is £1,200,000 worse than at the
same time in 1879; and if we allow £200,000 for the
odd day this brings the net reduction down precisely
to a million sterling. The greater portion of this will
be yet recovered if Excise continues to advance in
anything like the same propoition as
ihas been
experienced during the last two weeks. Ihe upshot
of the whole matter appears to be that the prospects
of the Chanceller of the Exchequer, in spite of all the
dull times and the agricultural distress, are a good
deal more cheerful than Sir Stafford Northcote him-
self, even in an optimist mood, probably expected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

THE MARKETS.

MA RK.LANE.-MONDIY.

to
quiet. The severe
more tone g
o onae the market, but failed
to produce animation. Supplies of English produce were
At
weather Mark-laneggave
somewhat ba st e s
ms w
short, but from abroad there were liberal receipts ot wheat
and oats, but short of other articles, English wheat changed
hands quietly, and was lower to sell. For foreign wheat the
demand was on a somewhat restricted scale, at drooping
prices. Fine malting barley was firm, but grinding weak.
Malt realised late prices. Oats were steady and about 6d.
dear on the week. Maize changed hands slowly on former
terms. Beans and peas were quiet but steady. The flour
market was inactive at previous currencies.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARLET.-ILON DAY.

The cattle trade without being active was firmer in tone.
The cold weather strengthens the market. Marmites of stook
were about the average. From our own grazing districts
the receipts of beasts were tolerably good, but prime
breeds were not plentiful. Scotland and Ireland oon-
tributed lees freely. The demand 'hewed more firmness,
and prices were hardening. The beat Seots and crosses
made Si. 10d. to es. per alb. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex,
and Cambridgeshire we received about 1,650 : from other
parts of England about 250; from Scotland 140; and from
Ireland about 300 head. The foreign side of the market
was more freely supplied with beasts. There were about
160 head from Canada, besides Danish, Spanish, and
Swedish. With more life in the inquiry, prices were quite
as high. The sheep pens were fairly well filled. A slow
trade prevailed, with values barely se good as last week.
The best Downs and half.breds made 6s. ed. to es. Bd. pee
81b. At Deptford were about 120 beasts and 3,3C0 sheep.
Inferior beasts, 4s. to 4s. 6d.: second quality, 45. ed. to Sat;
prime large oxen, bs. 6d. to be. bd. ; prime soots, Os. Bd. to
(Is.; inferior sheep, tis Bd. to is ; sacond quality, Si. to
ss. 6d. ; prime coarse woolled, Cc. 44. to 6a. 6d ; prime
Southdowne, es. ed. to (3s. Bd.; large coarse calves, ss. to
bs. ea.; prime small ditto, Os. ed. to es. ; large bogs,
as. Bd. to 4s. ; small porkers, 4s. to 41. ed. per 811), sinking
the offal.

METROPOL IT AN MEAT MARKET.—MoRDAY.

There was a large supply ot meat on offer, and notwith-
standing sharp frosty weather, trade remained exceedingly
slow :—lnferior beet, 21. 4d. to 31. midd:ing ditto, 88. 4d.
to 4s, 4d.: prime large ditto, 4s. Bd. to 51. ; prime Scotch
46. 10d. to bk 2cl. ; veal, bk to bs. 4d. ; inferior mutton,
2s. 8d to 3s. 4d ; middling ditto, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. • prime
ditto, 41. 4d. to 5..; large pork, 3s. 81 to 4..; small pork,
4s. to 4s. 41 per Sib, by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

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34ozat cuth IJlgrut
•

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this Board was held on
Monday last, Mr. Hughes in the chair. There
were also present Messrs. 'Turney, Kelley, Icke,
Hicklia, North, Moore, E..iwards, Perkins, and
Green.

The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting,
which were continued.
T,,e Clerk read a draft copy of the agreement,
where the committee held a meeting on Friday
nig,tt, Mr. Hughes in the chair, when it was agrae4
to give £2O towards the expenses incurred in
getting the Clent Hills regulated, and to give £lO
annually towards the expenses.
The seal cf the Commissioners was attached to
the agreement.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The treasurer's balances on the several accounts
at this date are as follows:—Highway Account,
bllance due to treasurer £599 13s 11d; Improve-
ment Account, balance due to treasurer £453 5s 2d.
Urban Sanitary Account, balance due from treasurer
.266 103 sd.—Your Committee having examined
the various accuunts, recommend that they be
paid. Highway Account, 91 1438,1 ; Improvement
Account, £2O 93 6d.; Urban Sanitary Authority,
£36 5s 4d.

On to motion of Mr. Green, seconded by Mr.
Kelly the report was received.
It as also ueconimended that Hipkiss's salary
be increased from £7O to .280. and that he du the
whole of tie work in future, without coming to the
Commissioners for any further assistance.
Mr. Kelly moved that the collector do the wholc
of the work, wholesale and retail, and that he does
not come to them for any extra money.
Mr. Edwards said that as it was agreed to raise
the salary, he understood that Mr. ilipkiss would
not come to the Board for any extras.

- ---
Mr. Turney seconded Mr. Kelley's resolution,
but afterwards withdrew it, and said he considered
it bad to raise salaries, and ccnsidered it better to
give a sum of money in the way of a bonus, and
proposed that the question be again referred to the
committee.

REPORT OF THE GENERAL PURPOSES COMIITTEE. I
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH'S REPORT.— N um-
ber of deatbs registerea in the township for the
month ending January 26th, 1880, 14. The death-
rate for the last month is much lower than the
preceeding one. There has been no zymotic disease.
Number of births registered in the same period is
25, viz :-14 male. and 11 females..
TOWN OFFICE'S REPORT. - Nuisancei brought
forward, 19 ; reported during the month, 28 ; total
47. One case of over-crowding has been reported.
Night soil removed, 81 privis, 86 ash pits, belong-
to 1.96 houses, have been e:r.ptied and cleansed ad
their contents removed. Tile siaugh;er-houses and
the lodging houses are reptrted to ba in good
sanitary condition. In regard to the property
Beautv Bank and Market Street, your committee
rliort that the Medical Officer of Health's in.:true-
dons have been carried out.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

THE FLOODS AT ST. KITTS.

The Ne
from SG York payers of the 14th inst. publish a telegram
• Thomas, West Indies, giving particulars of the dis-
ra•ye A llooda in the island of St Kitts Two hundred lives
been lost by the inundation, property to the extent of
!I_Xtarter of a million has been destroyed, and the whole
and devastated.
...The land sweeps up from the shore slowly at first
through a rich, fertile, and cultivated soil, and then
tootints abruptly towards the central mass the rugged
Peakwhereof is known by the name of Mount Misery.
xhe elevation of this summit is nearly 4,0001 t., and it
'overhangs the broken walls of an old crater, the last
remnant of an inner cone that has been washed away.
The mountain is clothed with pasture and woodland,
and at its skirts in the rich valley of Basseterre is the
arable portion of the island, which is mainly devoted
to sugar. The island itself, known as the Mother
of the Antilles," is 23 miles long, five miles broad,
and covers an area of OF square miles.
The floods occurred on Sunday, the 11th of January.
xhe temperature had been unusually high for the time
13f Year; the winds were blowing from the S. at early
mornirt,c- ; towards noon they changed to the N. 8.,
and the temperature fell suddenly. The streams on
?Is Mcruntatn side rapidly became torrents, converging
Into a gulf at the foot of Mount Misery. They rose
Arum their narrow channels and poured down upon
the arable land in a resistless stream. The inhabitants
'Were at once alive to their danger. There was a
general damped° towards the coast; the confusion
Was terrible; blacks and whites natives and English,
all made for the nearest point of safety. The torrent
rolled on into the town of Basseterre among the
mewly.built houses and public edifices, carrying with it
roofs, trees, timbers, and branches of trees. Landships
added to the terrors of the scene. Sugar fields were
Levelled to the ground or torn up in masses, deep gullies
Were washed in the roads, sugarhouses and dwelling
places were borne bodily away, and the waters rushed
tkeadlong to the sea with their freight of drowned cattle
and struggling human beings. The scene was pitiful.
The whole population of the island does not exceed
25,000, and of these 200 perished, and many of thereat
Were homeless. People huddled together on the roofs
Wild with terror. The authorities went immediately
to work to relieve the distress, but the task was too
great for them. Large quantities of provisions and all
!..Ye sugar ready for shipment has been !swept away.
Ritta has known no such calamity since 1722, when
tialterrific
2 hurricane nearly destroyed the island; but it
d. fulicalar that on July 3, 1867, Basseterre was
tZ"roYed by fire, when all the business portion of the
"wn and most of the churches and dwellings were
reduced to ashes e.nd five lives lost.
Movement is being set on foot for the relief of the
meUttated island,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-31

THE TAY BRIDGE DISASTER.

Up to Toesday night thirty-two bodies had been re-
covered. 'Oa Tuesday, while one of the police watchers
Was walklng along the shore at Wormit, on the south
Ede of the river, he found the body of a little girl on.
the beach. It was taken to Dundee and there identi-
ied as that of Bella Neish, five years of age. She and
her father, who was a e,cboolmaster and registrar at
L?cheo, nehr Dundee, 'Gad been on a visit to some
friends at Kirkcaldy, and were returning home on the
Sunday evening whe,n they were drowned. The body
of the father was fsand a fortnight ago, and now the
Widow has the 133 elancholy satisfaction of having the
remaina of her dnughter restored to her.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

HALI4JSOWEN,

MEETING OF CREDZIGES.—A meeting of creditors
of W. S. Hayes, was held at the office of Mr. A. G.
Hayes, Mr. C. Evers in the chair, gr. C. Blox.tui,
Mr. Thomas, Mr. Goodman, and Mr. S. Field were
present, Liabilities .2201 Is 3d. Total asses,
.230 17s Od. Mr. A. G. Hayes, solicitor to the
debtor, said he had no offer to make , and it was
resolved to liquidate. Mr. C. Evers was appointed
trustee, and Mr. A. G. Hayes to register th 3 re-
solution.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-25

system should continue; all that he wanted Wan
ciettr understanding on the subject.
Some of the man were anzi,us that the matter
should be settled forthwith ; but both Mr. Smith
and Mr. Jefferies uiged that it would be far batter
to do no more than discuss it, and appoint a time
for a formal aczeptance Of the old system by each
pit's company.
This was g•-anerally acquiesced in; but neverthe-
less a resolution was proposed and carried to the
effect that ttlose present were desirous to contract
themselves out of the Ac by continuing the system
of accident fund n iw in foroe at the ea Ts collieries. -
—ln the course of the Ascussion, Mr. Smith said
that if the delegates of the men were to take part
in the settlement of the ma.: ter they should be
particularly careful to state whit was tram', He
had seen a meeting at Netherton reported, at
which st ttements were made by Mr. Breakwell
which were not warranted by the facts of the case.
TU,-_,sday next was ixed to receive the reports of
the pit., and the proceedings closed with a vote of
thanks to Mr. Smith and Mr. Jeffries.