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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

ROWLEY.

SCHOOL BOARD.—Mr. .. W. Bassano (chid min
presiding at the monthly meeting of the Rowley
School Boar], held on Monday, in the boardroom at
Oa Hill. Mr. Green having stated that he tound
the teachers in the Board Schools received Is per
head for each of the scholars who reached anything
like a standard in reading, it was agreed, upon his
motion, that drawing shoull be taught in all the
schools except one.—The attendance officer (Mr.
Hodgetts) reported an increased attendanc2 at al
the schools, though he found it difficult to persuade
the parents to aend their children to.school, even
when th it fees were remitted, on account of want
of food and clothing. The distress in the district
was daily increasing, many people were said to be
obliged to go two or three days without fowl, and
the'r children were almost naked. The number on
registers showed an g4regate of 2,910, v‘itli an
average attendance of 2,155,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, TULY 3,1880.

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Turf Correspondent.)
CUMB'tRLAND PLATE
AND

GOOD WOOD CUP.

Betting on future events will assume vitality
this coining week, and with the decision of the
Cumberland Plate, several candidates chances will
have been brought to light therefore, until the re-
sult is known I shall hold my Goodwood Stakes
notes over until next week. The chief event next
week is the Cumberland Plate, distance one mile
and three-quarters, and as 300 sovs. is added to a
sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each there should be a fair
field contest. Fred Bates will depend on the quasi
favourite Reuben 7st., but I do not like his chance
here. M. Dawson will no doubt send Mycento who
will have the crusher of 9st. 81b. to carry, still as
the hadieap is on a heavier scale, I think Mr. F. C.
Vyner's hor e will have a good look in. Harry
Ball's two are duffers. Brown George is not
worth much. LAnson with Uailria and Adamite
might cause F, suprise, although both have Venty of
weight, still if Umbria can stay the mile and three-
quarters he should be near the winner. The Lam-
bourne stable will send Essayez who is just now in
form. Clearh(-ad did not run in ,the Northumber-
land Plate owing to money matters, and might be
allowed to try here. Siayphus is well treated.
Marsh's Carnethy cannot stay. Osborne will no
doubt depend on Novice who won the North Derby
at Newcastle SO easily, and at present is the
favourite. Perrin will again send old Jagellon,
and if the old one can be persuaded to try might
cause a " War"
surprise. Seringa is exceedingly
w i
well treated, but f I depend on two to test the field
they should be
MYCENIE and NOVICE.

Although Umbria has a taking appearance. As
regards the Goodward Cup, it has not yet been
definitely decided whether Isonomy will run for Mr.
Gret' on but it he depencts on Westbourne—then his
chance is not great. Blinton with Thurio 9st 71b,
if Isonomy does not run will take some doing on
his Alexandra Plate form. Discord on his running
this week at Winchester is not in it, The Ameri-
cans will depend on Wallenstein, who is a fair three-
year old. Cannon will run the 2000 Guinea winner
Yetronel. Hayhee has two stayers in Favo and
FaAion. I.Anson with Roehampton and Dresden
China should trouble the winner. Peck's Derby
windier Bend Or cannot stay the two miles and a
half. Alec Taylor has two engaged—the best
should be Bay Archer if he is saved for the event.
Wallow only accepts with one Chippendale, and so
good is this animal th It if the great horse Isonomy
is indulged with a rest I should not look els,:where
for the victor.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

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GARDENING- ILLUSTRATED.
Suburban, Cotiage, and rown Gardening Win-
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post, lid. Vol. 1, 700 Illustrations, 76 6d. 37, South-
ampton Street, Strand, London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

AFGHAN GHAZIS.

The following incident (says the Daily News) took
place in one of the late engagements fleas' Cabul known
as "Colonel Rowcroft's action of Syadabad," Syadabacl
being about half way between Cabul and Ghuznee,
where a strong force of Ghilzais occupied sanghas on a
steep hill-side, and had been driven out of them by the
4th Goorkhas with detachments from the 24th Punjab
Infantry and the 9th Foot, with two mountain guns of
De Latour's Battery. The action lasted nearly the
whole day, and the Goorkhas behaved splendidly,
charging sangha after sangha and sending the Ghilzais
in confusion further up the hills. It was at the close
of the day's work, when a little Goorkha, who was
among the skirmishers, had just fired his rifle after the
retreating Afghans that two of them started up from
a shelf of rock just at his feet. They turned out
to be two Ghazis, who in the name of Allah
had devoted themselves to death•in service of the
Faith of Islam—thus ensuring for themselves an
inAtant translation to the bliss of Paradise. One of
them instantly struck a dagger into the Goorkhas
throat, and the other followed with a desperate blow
of a tulwar (sword), cleaving his head in two. The
movement was sudden and determined, but the
retaliation was equally so.—Lieut. Govan of the 9th
Foot, instantly killed one of the Ghazis, acting on the
moment with great nerve and presence of mind. The
other..Ghazi fell almDst At the same moment, having
been shot by the rifles of the Goorkhas, who, seeing
the fall of their "bhaee " or comrade, got enraged,
and drawing their kookries, at once fell on the two
Ghazis, and cut their bodies into pieces. Colonel
•..wcroft •was acting•in this engagement under the
c.....unci-of-General•Boeff alikr Geverat4ttugoia. •

All kinds of pottery are going up in price. The
other day I saw one of the Albert Smith willow-pattern
plates in a dealer's window, suoh as we used to buy at the
Egyptian Hall for a shilling. On inquiring the price I dis•
covered it was two pounds. The dealer ' informed me that
he only knew of another in London, and that one was
crac,kol.—The World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

A CROWN-DIAMOND WEDDING.

With iron weddings' as humorously described by
Max Adeler ; and with silver, golden, and diamantine
weddings, as celebrated in Continental countries, the
British public is tolerable familiar, at least by hear-
say (says the Daily Telegraph.) So far as we know,
however, a " Crown-Diamond" wedding, such as was
celebrated a few days ago at Maibuell, in the island
of Alsen, is a ceremony altogether without precedent
in matrimonial annals. Having completed his sixty-
fifth year of conjugal bliss, Claus Jacobsen and his
venerable spouse' both of the above-named place,
were solemnly blessed by the parson of their
parish, in the presence of a crowded congregation,
and went, for the fifth time in their long-wedded
lives, through the form of mutual troth-plighting
before the altar at which they had for the first time
been united a few days before the battle of Waterloo
was fought. The united ages of this Crown-diaman-
tine couple amount to one hundred and seventy-eight
years; and Claus Jacobsen, despite his ninety
winters, still works daily in his carpenter's shop at
the handicraft by which he has unintermittently
earned a living for himself and his family throughout
more than two-thirds of a century.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

WANDS WORTH ROAD, LONDON

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also to Chancery proceedings.

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tq Mr. John Collis, the High
use, Oldswi
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

BETWEEN

12 OF CANADA,
AND

12 OF STOURBRIDGE,

ON
MONDAY AND TOES DAYJULY 12 & 13.
The STOURBRIDGE BRASS BAND IS ENGAGED

Adru!isiou Gd. Graudstand Is extra.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

THE FETE NATIONALE IN PARIS.

The manifestation and public rejoicings of the 14th
of July promise to become as important, as those of
June 30, 1878. The mayors have posted bills in every
quarter notifying the distribution of alms to the poor
of their arrondissements, the names of the members of
the decorating committee of each quarter, and a re-
quest to the inhabitants to decorate and illuminate
their houses. The national rejoicings will also be felt
in the prisons; those condemned for light offences will
be released, others will have their penalties reduced,
and an extra distribution of meat and wine will be
made in every house of correction. Thousands of
people are now busily engaged night and day in
making tricolor flags and -Venetian lanterns; petty
dealers and hawkers are in hopes of making fortunes,
no less than 18,000 demands for stalls having been for-
warded to the administration. A model of the statue
of the Republic will be erected on the Place du
Château d'Eau on the spot prepared for the marble
statue. Preparations have already begun for the de-
coration of the Tuileries and principal thoroughfares.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

MEDICAL CAUTION.

THE Special Treatment adopted and used
with such great success by Dr. Hunter for the
ast thirty years, can only be obtained at 44. Great
Charles Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonials
with advice how to regain Health and Manly Vigour
and Directions for Self Treatment, free to any addres

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS,

A Detroit young woman tried to be aristocratic,
and did not look at the money that she gave to the horse car
conductor, but he meekly gave her back the lozenge on which
was written, " I'll never cease to love thee.! "and said he
was an orphan with five little brothers to support, and must
be excused.

" Yaas, stranger," said a Missouri steamboat captain,
"George Washington was purty great an' high, an' the father
uv his country, an' lust in peace an' war an' other things,
but he'd been nowhar in racin' any boat he ever owned with
this yere scudder, the River Queen, on whose quiveriu' deck
you now stand."

A girl in Georgia brought a suit against a recreant
lover, claiming ten thousand dollars damages, but she com-
promised for four bales of cotton and a new parasol. Her
lawyer took the cotton for his fee, and she kept the parasol
to heal her wounded affections. •

A Lafayette (Ind.) man, just as he was approaching
the shining shore, took his wife's hand, and said :—" Susan,
you've been a good wife! We've liv'd together thirty-two
years, and I never found a button off my shirt. I'll :Teak a
good word for you as soon as I get than '

A Vermonter has had three dollars damages
awarded him for being butted over the fence by his neigh-
bour's bull. The smallness of the sum is due to the
plaintiff's avowal that he was trying to get over the fence as
quickly as possible, so that the bull only helped him in
carrying out an intention conceived of his own free will.
A pretty girl "out West" told her beau that she
was a mind-reader. "You don't say so !" he exclaimed.
"Can you read what's in my mind ? " "Yes," said she;
"you have it in mind to ask me to be your wife, but you're
just a little scared at the idea." The wedding-cards are out.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS BY THE
CHINESE.

A Reuter's telegram from Simla says that a
despatch received there from Cabul announces
the arrival in that city of a party of Khokand
travellers who 'made the journey from Oratippa
in one month. They report that the Russian army
which was marching from Khokand, yid Osh and
Gulsha, for Kashgar' had been completely defeated
b,y the Chinese in the Terek Pass. The Chinese,
following up their victory, entered Russian territory,
and again engaged the Russians at Kizil Kurghan,
forcing them to retire to Osh with the loss of their
supplies._ The Chinese had reached Gulsha when the
travellers started for Cabul.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

CRICKET.

STOURBRIDGE v. PICKWICK (BinamsronAzi).--This
match was played on St. Paul's Ground, Camp
Hill, Birmingham, on Monday last, and resulted in
a close contest. Stourbridge won the toss and
elected to go in. RUBS were made very slow, the
howling be ng good. J. W. Parkes made top score
10 after being at the wickets more than an hour.
The first three wickets fell for 9 runs, and the
whole were disposed off for 44. The bowling of
Talboys and Preston was very fine. At this point it
looked well for Pickwick, as they had the best bat-
ting and bowlling team they have had this season,
but the bowling of W Webb and Edge was so good
that 7 wickets were down for 30 runs, after making
24 - at the fall of the first wicket. The
game now got very exciting, as it was any ones
game. Albu gave a chance, an easy catch, but was
missed. Atioter catch Was missed which lost the
g ime. Pickwick having scored 52 runs In the
second innings of Sturbridge they scored 104..
The following is the score :
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

CORONATION DAY.

At Windsor, on Monday, the forty-second anniver-
sary of the Queen's coronation was celebrated with the
customary honours, the bells of St. George's Chapel
and St. John's Church ringing merrily at intervals
during the day. Her Majesty very graciously per-
mitted the members of the Rochester Sunday School
Union to visit the State apartments, which, under
otdinary circumstances, are closed to the public when
the Court is at Windsor. The excursionists numbered
upwards of 2,000.
At Chatham the Royal Standard was floating the
whole of the day at the Citadel, the dockyard, &c.,
and at twelve o'clock a Royal salute was fired from
the Cornwallis Battery at Fort Amherst. Thg„ dock-
yard, the gun wharf, and other public establishments
were closed for the day, and the troops in garrison were
also granted a holiday after the morning parades. At
Sheerness the anniversary was observed as a general holi-
day. The dockyard was closed, and all the workmen had
a day's leave. The ships in the harbour were "dressed,"
and at noon salutes were fired from Her Majesty's
ship, Duncan, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald
J. Macdonald, K.C.5.1., Commander-in-Chief at the
Nore, and also by the Royal Artillery. There was an
enormous exodus of excursionists from Sheerness, and
also an immense incursion of holiday-makers both by
boat and rail. At noon a Royal salute was fired from
Edinburgh Castle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

STOURBRIDGE.

J. Lewis, c William b
Preston 0 0 Fletcher b Glover 0
C. C Hicks, run Out 4 b Price 1
E. Otter, b Preston... 0 c Altbutt b Preston 20
J. Edge, b Talboys ... 9 b Preston
J. W. Parties c and b
10 b Price 1
Preston.
W. Webb, b Talboys 0 b Preston 6
............ 7 c and b Price
H Turney,
4 not out
J Jones,c& b Preston . ... 22
T. Brown, c Price b
run 0ut.... . 0 J. Webb, b T lb
Pre-t,m ... ........ 5 c Price b Glover 0
a oys 30
Boskelt,
_ Newman not out 1 run out 4
Extras ............ 4 Extras
--
104

44'
BIRMINGHAM PICK WIC K.

T. Glover, b W. Webb
A. E. Williams c Pries b Edge
A. Fletcher run out
'
Hague, h W. Webb 0
W. Elliett,b Edge ...
T. H. Price b }lap
J. Presto:l, S. Tuuney b Edg ,
3. S. _Pavel!, b EclB-e
• •
A. 11. Allbutt. b Edge ll
IL, Quo; b Edge liwittimlet•mmino., 4
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

JUDGMENT IN THE TICHBORNE CASE.

The arguments in the writ of error in the case
cif the Tichborne claimant were brought to a con-
clusion on Friday in last week, when the Lords
Justices delivered their judgments, unanimously
dismissing the appeal and upholding the sentence.
The question raised was whether the judgment
against the defendant that he should undergo seven
years' penal servitude on each of the two counts
on which he was convicted of perjury was valid. The
criestion arises on the terms of the statute of George
11., which allowed of a sentence of transportation
(for which penal servitude has since been substituted)
for perjury, and the terms of which are as follow :
"That it shall be lawful for the Court before whom any
person shall be convicted ef wilful perjury to order such
person to be transported beyond seas for a term not exceed-
ing seven years, and that thereupon judgment shall be
given that the person convicted shall be transported accord-
ingly, over and besides such punishment as shall be
adjudged to be inflicted on such person agreeably to the laws
now in being."

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That is, "over and besides "fine and imprisonment,
which might be inflicted either at common law or
under an Act of Elizabeth.

Lord Justice James was of opinion that the writ of
error had been improperly issued, and that it was
monstrous to suppose that the law would allow any
number of perjuries to pass with but one punishment
because they all formed part of one scheme.

Lord Justice Bramwell, in concurring, pointed out
that if a man could not be punished on more than one
count for two distinct offences the Crown would have
to wait until the first sentence had expired before
prosecuting for the second offence ; it was consequently
thoroughly unreasonable to urge such an argument.
Lord Justice Brett also concurred.

The judgment, therefore, was affirmed, and unless
the Attorney-General gives his fiat fox another writ of
error, to be argued in the House of Lords, it is final,
and the second sentence of penal servitude, which
commences in February next, and will expire by
effiuxion of time seven years from that time though
it may expire earlier by "good marks," will have to
be suffered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

DECORATION FOR BRAVERY BY THE

QUEEN.
Her Majesty, at Windsor Castle on Saturday,
decorated Colour-Sergeant Booth, of the 80th Regi-
ment, with the Victoria Cross, for bravery and
meritorious conduct in the field during the recent
campaign in South Africa.
Colour-Sergeant Booth, who wore the uniform of his
corps and white helmet, arrived at the palace early in
the afternoon, and shortly before three o'clock was
conducted by the Court officials to the corridor, where
he awaited Her Majesty's pleasure. The Queen,
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of her suite,
soon Afterwards entered the gallery, when Colour-
Sergeant Booth was introduced to the Royal notice.
Her Majesty made kindly enquiries with reference to
the services of the gallant soldier, and appeared
greatly interested in the details of the action in which
he had been engaged, and, expressing her pleasure on
presenting him with the decoration, pinned the bronze
cross to his uniform,
Colour-Sergeant Booth, who is i4ative of Notting-
ham, was, in 1878, engaged under Colonel Rowland,
V. C., in the Secocoeni country. Upon the day of the
action Sergeant Booth and a small detachment of
some 170 men, conveying arms, ammunition and pro-
visions, were waiting to cross the Intorobe River,
wiln an army of about 9,000 natives, sent by Umbe-
lini and Cetewayo, swept down upon the little band,
which, overpowered by the enemy, was nearly anni-
hilated. Only sowa_orty escaped the massacre which
ensued, the retreafe nhe fugitives to Luneberg being
successfully coveß44ind protected by Sergeant Booth
and a few other catirageous soldiers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

A REMARKABLE JOURNEY.

Among the passengers who arrived at the Orleans
terminns in Paris a few days back was a grey-bearded
man, of about fifty, in Oriental garb, with eyes wide
open, but void of expression, the unfortunate stranger
being blind from cataract. He was led by the hand
by a little girl of ten, of interesting appearance,
also in Eastern dress. Both bore on their coun-
tenances signs of fatigue. The child guided her
father outside the station, and then, address-
ing a bystander, said, " Hospital ! hospital ! " This
was evidently the ottly word in French they knew.
A railway servant asgisted them into a cab, and ordered
the driver to take them to the Hotel Dieu, but there
they could not be received, as the affliction from which
the man was suffering was not one of those treated
there, and besides he had not the required order for
admission. The cabman then took them to the police-
station in the Rue de l'Arsenal, yhere the police,
moved at their distress, gave them food and allowed
them to rest on the couches. The inspector on duty
questioned them, but the only reply he could obtain
was the words, "Mahmoud. Tella, Jerusalem, hos-
pital." Later in the evening the commissary called
in making his round and tried the old man in Spanish.
The latter understood him, and clasped his hands
as if to thank Heaven for having sent some one
to whom he could speak. He then related in
Spanish the circumstances that had brought them
to Paris. His name was Mahmoud, and that of his
daughter Tella. He was a small shopkeeper at Jerusalem,
and while travelling in the desert had contracted a
blindness from which he could obtain no relief in his
own country. He then resolved to come to Paris to
obtain treatment, and leaving his business to his wife
and younger children he started with his daughter,
carrying with them some carpets and perfumery to
sell on the way. They sailed from Jaffa in a trading
ship, and landed at Bordeaux after a long and
fatiguing voyage. Finally they had reached Paris
with just a sum of six francs and two carpets, worth
about 60 fr., remaining. The Commissary of Police
obtained their admission to the Rothschild Hospital,
where Mahmoud and Tella will be kept while the
operation for cataract is being performed on the man.
—Galignani. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

A.N

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC GENERALLY.

The above popular place of retort •

(NOW UNDER NEW
.34NAGEMENT)

IS OPEN

MOItNING, AFfEkNOON, & EVENING.

AN EFFICIENT BAND IS ENGAGED.

ADMISSION SIX-PENCE.
INCLUDING USE OF i'LIMPTON'S SKATES

THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1875,
(38 and 39 Victoria c. 65).

NOTICE OF AUDIT.

SHROPSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE AUDIT
DISTRICT.

To the Improvement Commissi)ners of the Improve-
ment Aer, District of Stourbridge, and to Mr. J.
Taylor, their Clerk.

the Undersigned, e Auditor of Accounts
.1 th
9 relating to the relief of the Poor for the above
named Audit District, Hereby g;ve notice, that I have
appointed the A.ndit of the Accounts of the ab)ve-named
L wproveruent Commissioners and of their Offic rs for
the }ear ended, the 25th day of March last, to commence
on Wednesday, the 21st day of July, 18S0, at 9 o'ciLek
in the forenomi, at the Corn Exchange, Stourbridge,
when and where you the said Clerk of the said Cent-
witsioners, and also their several Officers, who are
hound to account at such Audit, are severally required
to attend, and proiuce all Books of Accounts, Bills,
Accounts, Vouchers and other documents 'containing or
relating to the Accounts then to be Audited in the
custody or power of each person respectively.
Dated this 28th day of June. 1880,
FBAS, W. SOUTHERN,
District Auditor.

The Accounts to be audited are deposited at the Office
of the Clerk, 56, High Street, Stourbridge.

STOURBRIDGE UNION.

PIGS FOR SALE.

THE Guardians of this Union will, at their
Meeting on FRIDAY, the 9th instant, receive
TENDERS from persons vii:ling to Purchase the Nine
BACON PIG-3, at per score or by hand, at the Work-
house, Kingswinford.
Tenders to be sent to me by the Sib inst., but the
Guardians do not bind themselves to accept the
higlicst or any Tender.

By order.
THOMAS WALL.

Workhouse, Kingswinford
2nd July, 1880.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

SUFFERERS from any disease should make haste and
take BRANDRETH'S Prtts, They do good invariably
relieve and oft3n cure at once. it Is now conceded by
all medical men that BRANDRETECS PILLS are the bzut
cle4nsing medicine, taking hold of what is Reed , d o
remov,l from the bowels and b!oo.1 when we are ILL,
nd such safe removal usually cures. Sold b y aim
Chemists, See "Be BILLIMUSTIe On littaaP.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

E.-4
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re irEron AMMONS AltD HOASINIESS.-All sof-
faring from irritation of the throat and hoarseness
Will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate
relief afforded by the use of "Brown's •Brouchial
Troches." These famous "lozenges" ari. now sold
by most respectable chemists in this country at
is ia per box. People troubled with a "hacking
cough," a "slight cold," or bronchial affections, can-
not try them too 5001:1, as similar troubles, if allowed to
progress, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic
affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial
Troches" are on the Government Stamp around
each box.—Manufactured by Joni I. BROWN & SONS,
Boston, Unitond States. Depot, 493 Oxford-streak
losettso.

TRY TOUR WEIGHT t—Etydroleine (Hydrated OH)
has proved of the highest value as a feed in‘ con-
sumption .and all wasting diseases, invariably pro
-
clueing increase in flesh and weight.
This preparation
of Hydrated Cod Liver Oil is tonic, digestive, and
as
ten times more nourishing, as well
far more
pleasant to taste than plain cod liver oil. klydroleine
will nourish and produce increase of weight in those
eases where oils or fat, not so treated, are difficult or
impossible to digest. All tendency to emaciation and
loss of weight is arrested by the use of Hydroleme.
Of all chemists, 4s. 6d.—Address, !‘ Hydroleine Com-
Nun" 493, Oxicad Wallet, Saision. kaigiihist Ll"'

vagai44/ 4.4"i‘ca

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Opposite Stourbridge & Kidderminster Bank

Auva aolsupluopplx 2g o2Nacianols elpoddo
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE.—On Monday, June 28th, there was
a fair entry of every class of stock and a good at-
tendance. Beef and mutton a shade better in
price, Pigs were well sold. Calves were not so
dear. A few good fat lambs ranged from 475. to
Vs. per head.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

VIOLENT THUNDERSTORM IN SCOT

LAND.

In consequence ot the violent thunderstorm which
broke over the north of Scotland a few days ago,
great damage has been done to property, especially
in the valleys of Dorbeck and Lochy. Several
brilliant flashes of lightning, followed by loud
peals of thunder, were the prelude to a downfall
of rain the like of which has not been experienced
since the great flood in 1829. The River Lochy,
usually a small stream, swelled into a torrent, and
came down carrying destruction with it everywhere.
The Bridge of Brown was swept away, and smaller
bridges were much damaged. The roads in the dis-
trict were so cut up that they became impassable. In
fields of corn and turnips the drills were either washed
away or covered up, so that the crops have been
destroyed. Several persons had narrow escapes from
'being engulfed. In the stream at the farm of Inver-
lochy, 400 sheep and lambs were carried away and
drowned. The water entered a number of dwelling.
houses, and did considerable injury to property.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

GIGANTIC CUTTLE FISH.

Many interesting facts relating to the North American
giant cuttle-fish have been recently laid by Professor Verrill
before the Connecticut Academy.
The banks of the Newfoundland coast would seem
to be the head-quarters for these cephalopods. One
was seen on the beach at Lance Cove, Trinity Bay,
still alive and struggling desperately to escape. It
was being. borne in by a "spring tide" and a high
inshore wind. In its struggles to get off it ploughed
up a trench or furrow about 30ft. long, and of con-
siderable depth, by the stream of water which it
ejected with great force from its syphon. When the
tide receded it died. On careful measurement, its
body was nearly llft, long, its short arms were 131 t.
in length and much thicker than a man's thigh, and
its tentacular arms were each 33ft. long.
But this was scarcely more than half the size of a
specimen taken at a place called Thimble Tickle.
Stephen Sherring, a fisherman, was out in a boat
with two other men. Not far from the shore they
observed some bulky object, and supposing it might
be part of a wreck, they rowed towards it, and to their
horror found themselves close to a huge fish, having
large glassy eyes, which was making desperate efforts
to escape, and churning the water into foam by the
motion of its immense arms and tail. It was aground,
and the tide was ebbing. From the funnel at the
back of its head it was ejecting large volumes of
water. At times the water thrown out was as black
as ink. Finding the monster partly disabled, the
fishermen plucked up courage and ventured near
enough to throw the grapnel of their boat, the sharp
flukes of which having barbed points sank into tha
soft body. To the grapnel they had attached a stout
rope, which they carried ashore and tied to a tree.
As the cuttle fish found itself moored, its struggles
were terrific, and in a dying agony it flung its ten arms
Wildly about, and as the tide receded it became ex-
hausted and died. It was a splendid specimen, the
largest yet actually measured being. 20ft. in length
from its beak to its tail, and with arms upwards of
35ft. long. Such a cuttle fish as this met with on the
surface of deep water might well give rise to exaggl4
rated accounts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

ELECTION EXPENSES.

The cost of the South-West Lancashire election, so
tapas Sir Richard Cross and Colonel Blackburn were
concerned, was £10,968. The expenses of Messrs.
Rathbone and Greenfell were two thousand four
hundred pounds less.
The account of the expenses for the election of Sir
Chas, W. Dilke, Bart., M.P., and Mr. J. F. B.
Firth, M.P., for Chelsea, shows an expenditure of
£3,715 12s. sd. The expenses of Lord Inverurie and
Mr. Browne were £5,631 13s.
The expenses of the unopposed return of the Right
Hon. A. J. Mundella, M.P., on his acceptance of the
office of Vice-President of the Education Department,
amount to £57 is. 6d. „
The expenses of Mr. John Walter, M.P., in con-
testing Berkshire at the late general election,
amounted, according to the account published, to
£4,752 11s. id. The account of the Conservative
members has not yet been issued.
The abstract of expenses incurred at the general
election by Dr. Thomas 11. Tristram, the defeated
Conservative candidate at Hartlepool, shows that the
total sum is £l,Oll 2s. sd. The returns of the Liberal
candidates were previously issued, and were consider-
ably hikher, but r. Tristram's candidature was Much
shorter than that of the Liberals.

The following cable message was received at the Lon-
don office of the New York Herald, from the Herald Weather
Bleutraueact d,
Bureau, New York :—" A disturbance will arrive on the
Norwegian, affecting the North British coasts, between the
attended DY rain And 4rwlg Wia(ll3."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES'

" ALWAYS OnOD ALIKE." Through Messrs. Horn!man,
London the publik: are supplied with a strong, rich and
delicious tea ; and this Firm's system of supplying their
special import (in Packets) through appointed Agents
only ; secures to the buyer the same reliable Prticle at
the same fixed price in every City, Town and Villee in
the kingdom.—List of Agents, in this locality:—
i,:larke, Chemist, 151, High Street ; Baker, Chemist,
1`24, High --Street ; Hewitt. Market place ; Morris, 336.
High Street.—Brierley Hill, Rawlings, chemist ;
I<id rininster, Ilesit, Bnl Ring ;
eietni 1 ; , inues ; IVi:r ib!ey , b tee,.
chemist; Kingawinford, B I ettell Lane. Collins
chemist; Birmingham Banks, Bull Bing; Quarry Biaik,
Watts, chemist.

.tooY 4i4 tiVia'4ll-74ii
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

*out aab :!?istrict,

COMMISSIONERS' MEE LING.

The usual monthly meeting of this body w(is
held on Monday last, Mr. W. J. Turney pzesidi!q.
There were also present Messrs. Edwards, Hughes,
Woolley, Mills, Kelly, and others. The Clerk
read tt,e minutes of the last meeting nod they were
confiimed,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-03

HEREFORD RACES.

ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. JULY
Bth and 9th, ClihAP EAST EXCURSIONS for
HEREFORD, will leave Rirming am (thnovi Hill) at
9.40. a.m., liockley 9 45., Wolverhampton 9 0., Bilston
9 8., Tipton 9 20., Dudley 9.35., Round Oak 945.,
zimethwick Junction 9.33., Oldbury 9.39.. Rowley 9.44.,
uradley 9.54.. btourbridge Junction 10.5., and Kidder-
minster 10.20., a.m., returning same dAys. Passengers
on July Bth can obtain tickets to return following day.

ON SATARDAY, JULY 10th, a CHEAP
EXCURSION for RUABON, LLANUOLLLN,
COBWEN, BALA, Witt! ELAM., CaEsiER,
%his:HEAD, LIVJHWO3L,STOCKPOR 1, and MAN-
udbSTER, will leave Worcester at 2.5., Droitwich
2 17., Kidderminster 2 41., Stourbridge Junction 3.7.,
ztuurport 2.45 , Bew.iley 3.0., Bridguorth 3.38., Coal.
port 3,50 and Ironbridge 4.0., p.m., to return July
121 n or 15Lh. For fares dc., see special bills.
J' GRIERSON, General Manager

CANADIAN CRICKETERS.

A GREAT MATCH

WILL BE
PLAYED AT STOUE,BILIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30

A PERILOUS VOYAGE.

The recent marriage of Mdlle. Leferriere, the
daughter of the well-known French comedian, with
M. Paul Rolier, brings back to one's mind the
singular adventure which befel the bridegroom ten
years ago, during the siege of Paris. M. Roller was
an engineer, but during the war turned aeronaut, and
in November, 1870, departed from the besieged city
in a balloon, taking with him a number of despatches
for Tours. He quitted the Northern Railway
terminus in the car of the Ville d'Orleans, with
one companiop, and two hundred and fifty kilo-
grammes of precious paper destined for the dele-
gation at Tours. The wind was blowing strong, and
the ship of the air was carried along with amazing
rapidity towards the sea. The two gentlemen heard
the distant sound of the waves beneath them, and to
add to their difficulties an impenetrable fog enveloped
the balloon, which prevented them from distinguishing
anything. After a time the fog cleared off, they dis-
cerned below them a sea and ships. But what sea? The
situation was critical in the extreme; the wind rose
again, the balloon was whirled through space at a.fright-
ful rate, and the travellers gave up all hope of their
At this juncture a carrier pigeon was sent off bearing
• the despatch, "Lost, but Vice la France." Suddenly, the
Ville d'Orleans began to descend; till it all but touched
the water. Death seemed waiting for them, when
hope was again revived by the sight of a strip of land.
A sack of letters and journals were thrown out, the
balloon thus lightened rose again going towards terra-
firma. Soon trees were beneath it, and by the aid of a rope
J. Rolier and his friend reached the ground bruised,
exhausted, and half-insensible. When they came to
themselves they looked around to see nothing but snow.
Something moved in the distance over the spotless
plain, and on approaching this " something "
they found it to be three wolves. After walking
many hours in silence and solitude they reached
a hut, from the chimney of which smoke issued, thus
revealing the presence of living beings. Two men pre-
sented themselves, who, when asked by M. Rollier
where they were, shook their heads to intimate that
they did not understand the language used. One of
them, however, guessing perhaps the sense of the
question addressed to them by the strangers, drew
from his pocket a box of matches, and pointed to the
word Chi istiana written thereon. They were in
Norway, and the voyage had been accomplished in
fifteen hours !—Erening Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30

LYE.

FATAL ACCIDYNT AT A LEVY.L CROSSING.—Mr. It
Docker (district coroner) held an inqaest on TIE:8-
day, at the Spread Eagle, Lye, on the body of
111)nias Phillips (71), blacksmith, Camden Street,
Birminzliam, who was kiltal at the Lye S ation oa
Fridey hight.—William James Morgan, station-
master at ths Lye, said the deceased came to the
tiek t office at five minutes to eight on Friday
nig,ht and took a ticket ta Hock ey. The booking
oftiee was on the clown side, and the train for
flockle went from he othsr side. Pa,sengz:rs had
to cross the line on the Lvel fr.,m 0113 side to the
other, The train for Birin,ngham came in at
eight o'clock precisely. As soon as it st .ppe,d, th:!.
driver, Thomas Dance, called his attention to Cie
decea od, who was under the firebox of the
Thero was a sev,re wound on the head, and other
injuries, and deceased was dead. The train bad
come in at a slow speed, against caution signal.
All the lights were lighted a the station.—Jamcs
Cartwiight, of the Lye, said he saw deLeased
crossing the line as the train was coming in.
tners saw r.iin ten yards in front of the engine
just before he was run down--Thomas Dance, ti e
driver of the traia, was also examined; He
n-ticed something unusual with the brake as he
came into the station, and afterwards found
deceased under Vie engine, lie whistled before he
o,lllle into the station,—The jury returned a verdict
of "Accidental death," and wished the attention
of the railway directors to be called to the mcessity
of a bridge for crossing the line. The coroner said
he woul t write to. the directnrs on the subject.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30

THE LABOUR MARKET,

From all parts the reports of the labour markets
continue favourable, and the state of trade fully shows
that the improvement already manifested is fairly
sustained. In most of the staple industries of the
country there is more activity, and business on the
average is fairly good. The iron and coal trades taken
all through exhibit increased firmness and show a more
cheerful tone, which no doubt is due to some good
orders already received and the prospects of the future
being more hopeful than previously. The cotton and
woollen trades show a considerable improvement. In
the engineering and shipbuilding trades labour is more
plentiful, and business is more active and general.
The stable trades of the town of Sheffield are steadily
improving. The steel trade is fairly brisk, particularly
in steel required for ship building purposes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30

COLLISION WITH AN ICEBERG.

The Allan steamer Hibernian, which has arrived, in
the Mersey from Canada, brought four of the crew of
the Brixham vessel Belle, which was abandoned after
collision with an iceberg and by which the crew
had a narrow escape with their lives. The chief
officer of the Belle states that on the 17th of Septem-
ber she was abOut 85 miles south-east of Belle Isle,
when about four o'clock in the morning she came in
collision with an iceberg, estimated at about 200 feet
high. The iceberg ran ram.-like for some distance under
water, and during the whole time kept knocking
against the vessel. The sea was somewhat rough and
the iceberg was constantly moved by the motion of the
water, each time catchinz the vessel with the jutting
ice beneath the surface, and forcing her from side to
side in an alarming manner. In this way the masts
and rigging were forced out of the vessel, on the deck
of which large quantities of ice kept tumbling. The
men, with the exception of the boatswain, escaped,
but he had his arm injured by the falling ice. Find-
ing that nothing could be done to save the vessel,
which was rapidly sinking, a boat was lowered, and
the crew, six in number, left thei.essel. Their craft
was so small that they could not take any of their
clothes or instruments, and could bring but little
provisions with them, owing to the smallness of the
boat. The men were in the boat from the Friday
morning until Sunday morning, pulling with the oars
all the time, and at last they arrived at an island
called Fishingship Island. They were kindly treated
by the inhabitants, and were subsequently taken to
St. John's in a steam tug.
At the time of the disaster there was a very 'dense
fog, which prevented the iceberg being seen. When
abandoned by her crew the Belle was very low in the
water, and it was believed she could not possibly
float longer than an hour. The men on arrival at
Liverpool were taken care of by the Shipwrecked'
Mariners' Society. The Belle hailed from Bt rixham,
and was a vessel of 149 tons register.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30

"AFRICA'S GIFT TO AMERICA."

" Africa's gift to America" is what New York
calls the Egyptian obelisk shortly to be erected in that
city (remarks the Daily Telegraph). The corner stone
was recently laid with due Masonic formalities, and
"the obelisk pageant" occupies accordingly a pro-
minent place among the occurrences of the day. The
preparations made were evidently worthy of such an
august occasion, for when "a platoon of police swept
the broad avenue of the line of march from kerb to
kerb," every available window had been made
"bright with happy faces." At two o'clock the
great procession of the troops commenced, and
while "the marching of the Knights Templar, pro-
verbially correct, was commended" by all the
spectators, "the decorum and dignity of the Masonic
lodges were praised on all hands." Reaching the
site of the ceremony— "the knoll which is to be made
historic by the monolith from the quarries of Syenne "
—the Masons grouped themselves round the stone,
and "the spectacle was superb." The hills, the paths,
and the reads were, we are told, "a parterre of high
hats, fall bonnets, and upturned faces," and "on the
south-west of the cornerstone" floated "the beau-
tiful flag of the greatest Republic the world has ever
seen." In due course the foundation-stone was laid,
and while one dignitary scattered corn upon it,
another poured wine over it, and a third anointed it
" with the oil of peace," and then the ceremony ter-
minated, after an address by the Grand Master—in
which lie warned the craft against hastily concluding,
from the presence of triangles and circles on the
obelisk, that the Egyptians were all Freemasons—
with a Masonic cheer. It has been propo-ed, We see
in New York, to use the needle as 'the finger of a
monstrous sundial, and the idea is certainly charac-
teristic of the practical people across the water.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30

A TERRIFIC TYPHOON.

The numerous friends and admirers of Sir Samuel
and Lady Baker, the well-known African travellers,
will be glad to hear some news of him and his where-
abouts. The last letters received were dated six weeks
ago from Hong Kong, and give a very flourishing ac-
count of his travels through most parts of India; they
stayed some weeks at Simla, where Sir Samuel killed
three tigers—one of which, the terror of the neighbour-
hood, had devoured several natives just before Sir
Samuel's arrival. Travelling from Calcutta yid Penang
and Singapore, they had a rough passage iii the Bay of
Bengal. But when within the Straits, just twenty-
four hours' journey of their destination at Hong Kong,
they were caught in one of the terrific typhoons,
which make those seas so dangerous. This fearful
storm raged twenty-two hours, and the vessel and all
in it were in the greatest peril of being sunk by the
violence of the waves, which flooded the saloon-cabins
and washed over the ship. Nothing seems to have
struck these great travellers so much as the ceaseless
activity and industry of the Chinese people, and the
river is loaded with boats all filled with busy mon.
The World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30

HOP.

_
There is little change to notice in the hop market. The
better qualities conunand a steady sale, but there is not
much inclination to operate in the inferior growths. Medium
kinds are in rather limited supply, and prices remain firm :
East Kent goldings, £6 to £8 155.; Mid Kent ditto, £5 12s. to
£7 75.; Weald of Kent, £3 3s. to £10; Sussex, £8 3s. to Zei;
country Farnhams, £5 15s. to £7 108.; Worcesters, £5 155. to
£8 Bs.; yearlings, £3 105. to £5 Ss.;
Bohemian, £3 10$. t 9
£4 10s. ; Bavarian; £4 10s. to £6 15s. per cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30

MONEY. MONEY. MONEY.

IMPORTANT TO BORROWERS.

ONEY ADVANCED AT ONE DAY'S
fl NOTICE. from £lO to £lOOO to Householders.
Tradesmen, Farmers and others on their own security
without Loan 0111,7 e routine. and in strict confidence,
by MR. FL. unN lOC, at his Private Office 48, UNION
PABSA.GE, 1-11.1t1IINGFIAM. N.B.—Genuine applies-
ti.)ns immediately atter.ded to. Distance no object. The
Loans can be repaid weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,
arranged to huit convenience uf 13urrower.!
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-30

A MEMORIAL TO VICTOR EMMANUEL.

The Times of Monday published the following :

Sir,—l am requested by his Excellency the Minister for
Foreign Affairs in Rome to bring to the notice of artists in
England the fact that it has been determined upon to reise
a national memorial to his late Majesty King Victor Em-
manuel, and that there will be an open competition for the
design, to which artists of all nations are invited to contri-
bute. The conditions of the competition are explained in
the accompanying notice, to which I should feel obliged if
you wonld kindly give publicity.—l am, Sir, your obedient
servant, Robert A. Heath, Italian Consul-General. Consu-
late of U.M. the King of Italy, 31, Old Jewry, London,
Oct. 23.

The letter referred to states that the cost of the
monument is not to exceed nine million Italian lire
(i:360,000); that the competitor is subject to no con-
ditions as to design or style ; that the competition will
terminate at five o'clock in the afternoon of the 23rd
of September, 1881 ; that the projects must be left
after the 25th of August next with the secretary of
the Royal Commission at the Home Ministry; that
before judgment the works presented will be exhibited
in public ; that three prizes, the first of 50,000 Italian
lire (k 2,000 the second of 30,000 Italian lire (1,200),
the third of 20,000 Italian lire (£800), shall be res-
pectively and in rank of merit awarded to the authors
of the three best designs ; that the Government is
not bound as to the choice of the projects to be exe-
cuted; and that the execution of the design selected
will not necessarily be intrusted to the designer.