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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

ON SATURDAY., MAY, IST.

The Hours of Opening and Closing will be as follows :
Morning, 11 a m. till 1 p m. ; Afternoon,2.3o.tlll 5 pm.;
Evening, 7 till 9.30 p m.
The niall Itink will be opened for Morning and After-
noon Exercises for Learners, only, at the times before.
mentioned.
There will be no re-admission without payment, except
to Season Ticket Holders.
The price for Admission en every entrance to non-sub-
ser‘ beri will be as follows :—Sispence ; hire of Skates on
each occasion, Sixpence.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

THE LYE.

FRIENDLY SOCIETY CASE.—At the Police Court, yes'
terday, at Stourbridge. Du Iley Hill, was charge! with
that he bcing a memb,n• of a Friendly Society, called
the For,sters union, No. 2,782. did collect and withhold
from the treasurer the sum of gl 12a. 6d. Mr. Wall
apaeared to prosecute, and Mr. Prescott defended.
Aft3r Mr. Wall's opening statement. Mr. Prescott
contended that the bnich hal no judgement, and the
case was adjourned for 14 days, to see the mei bearing
upon that sahjsct.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

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That A large proportion of.therbiteS of the tWo kinds of
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acts allizded.to in 4, and 5 are sufficient to account .
or the unmerited fecognition of the intravenous use of
nimOnia as an antidote or a mode of treatment in
rsoiscnin*from: Australian snaketi" Professor Half ord
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

MILLINER, 159, HIGLISTRLET.

MI. GABRIEL, the Old Established
DEN LEST_

BEGS to intimate that at the urgent request of numerous
inhabitants, patients, and friends, he 11, been thenced to
visit Stourbridge, every FRIPAY. and im.y be consulted
personally (free of charge), upon his recent improve-
ments in the construction of A rt,ticial Teeth and Gums,
whereby the-weight, bulk abd cost of the case or frame,
has been much reduced, to the great convenience and
advantage of the wearer. Teeth are bytbis ne, method
exquisitely fitted, without extracting stumps, or any pain-
ful operation.
Mr. GABRIEL'S prtictic,, (one of the oldest In Eng-
land) was established in 1815.
Particuitirly notice,

ArrENDANCE STOURIU;IDGE

EY 1.• RY FRIDAY,

At Mrs. Bennett's, Mini er, 159, H igh-stieet,
Personal attendance fun, 'Feu tEI Four and at
11. BENNETTS 11II,L, 11

(N• xt ;o Bank of I,ngi,tho)
BIRMINGHAM

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.k bi hat on the NEW sYS'f'Klil of 3111:!::(+. tor 'l,,
Three Yetirt,; Iter wiich. Rua without any iurtLer pay.
(Jaunt, to become the proi.ert) of the frirer.
merits had ot: thir :,14ter_t, or otheraibe. vAll La
En!lianged any tin.'. Six znont,hr for any other,if
not approved of, nrd returned carriage free. And far-
ther,after a trial of three years, any Pianoforteor Bar.
strinium would be taken back, at its original cost, and
the money returned, deducting the usuai .chargel or hire 7
thus offering greater advantageb than the London or biz.
mingliam tioubes.—Apply .F Pit.unfortt.:
Itlxner,tnd Tuner, Mr,ic VT,leliouse6o,Csllt-atxe.t,
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Painless Dentistry and Aitificial Teeth, at Strictly
moderate charges.
A single Tooth to a complete set supplied—warranted
for mastication and articulation.
Regular attendance at STOURBRIDGE every
FRIDAY, at
MR. BENNETT'S,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

TO THE STOURBRIDCTE PUBLIC!

'fa 14: r I lIL A DCO u NTT E
• 'lll VENING EXPRESS !

Pnbl'.ahed Da.i;y, at Three and Six p.m.,

IONTAINS Full Reports :if the Local Police
C.t;rte, all Important Events occurring in the
District, and is supplied with the Principal
IRON, COAL, CATTLE, CORN, AN t)
PROVISION MARKETS, by TELEGRAPH,
As well as
SPORTING NEWS
Of the Latest and most Authentic Cl.spro.cter,:by
SPECIAL CORRESPOND'.

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Offices :
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BRACKETS, BOOKRESTS,

READING EASELS, FLOWER STANDS,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

SATO' 11,0A.C, APRIL 1, NM.

ROWLEY.

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BOARD OF GuAnnuns.—There were no contest in WO
parish; and the gentimen who have been elected to
Ifessrs. NV. .1 re7ll, Brley. and
Patler. The latter two .ta:.e the place estra. F.
G. li:4:Ts (i!ece.-ised), aud lie6ars 4. P. Hayos, yesigne

BRIERLEY RILL.
UNJUST WEIGH rs AND ScaLes.—On Thursday, at fW
Police Court, before Mr. I. Spooner (Stipendiary), the
following persons were fined for having in their possea.
sion unju,t weights and meacures :—Thomas Scrives,
provision dealer, £5 and costs, for a scale loz. agate°
the purchaser ; John Payton, provision dealer, Pelisse%
10s. and costs, for having a 2oz. weight one drachut
deficient; Sarah Jones, provision dealer, Gornal Woad:
£2 and costs, for having a scale two drachms agaias,'
purchaser; Emma Southall, provision dealer. 00004
£2 and costs for an unjust scale; Thomas Hobson, pro
vision dealer, Gornal Wood, £2 and costs, for three
deficient weights; Thomas Bate, coal dealer, tactical
Wood, 103. and costs, for a scale nib weight against
purchaser;tb
Lettie Guest, provision dealer, Gornal Wood.
£5 and costs, for refusing to produce her weights sod
measures when requested by the inspector. Me. Spooner
said the reason he inflicted such a heavy fine was t°
show people in business that they were bound to producs
their weights and measures when required to do so by
the inspector.—Joseph Jones, Gornal Wood. £5 and
costs, for an unjust scale, one ounce against the par;
chaser; George Matthews, provision dealer, 103. rtau
costs, for four unjust weights.—Samuel Jones, provisson
dealer, Pensnett, £5 and costs, for a scale one ounce
against the purchaser. In this case defendant wis°
stated he had no money, was to be detained in custs(:ll
until a distress could be levied on his go ids.—Job?
Round, coal dealer, Pensnett, 10s. and costs for an unjao
steetyard
ADULTERATED ALE.—Mark Fulford, landlord cl tbe
Park Tavern Inn, Dennis Park, was summoned by lifr•
Border, Inspector, for sellieg a quantity of adulterated
ale. Sonic ale was purchased from the defendant's
house, and on being analysed was found to eont4tir!
132-88 grains of common salt. The Stipendiery
a fine of £lO including costs —.William bloggeridgt
landlord of the swan lan, Kingswinford, was suminonsa
for a similar offence. The ale sold in this case coo;
tained
_OS grains of salt. Defendant was fined £7 arS'
costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

service in the army. The very little work to be done in
the altered conditions of existence in those far-off
climes outweighs, in the minds of many, any evil
effects likely to be produced by the intense heat ; and
this explains why so many young fellows in the army
volunteer for service there, before they really ought
to do so.

broken up into big and rough waves, which buffeted
him about until it seemed as if it would be impossible
for him to contend against them for another five
minutes. The wind was gradually growing stronger,
so Captain Boyton took down his sail for a quarter of
an hour, and had what he called a rest in the wateri
.holdißg on to the side of the boat. He was, the pilot
said, about twelve miles from Dover, the cliffs of
which Port could no longer be seen.
Judging by what the doctor had reported Ail the
appearance of the sea and Weather, the concluiliAl
arrived at was that strength *as failing Captain Boy-
ton on the one hand, while the state of the sea and
tide was opposing:him on.AO other. To the survise
of-all, however,etedf.oggain with his sal nailbed, ,
at a quarter to-ten 'Velock. A discussion ensued.
between the medical men and the brother onboard
as to the expediency of his continuing. his efforts
any longer. • - liiir,o7ton, however' as fl-i
dent that his I t4r,.. poSsessed 'pdwe o -
durance that would'' enable him to--- corn hi
his task, and a few minutes subsequently hav-
ing succeeded in paddling himself out of the
.orotnr-tuaeuts ltad-trwallteotte waves-of the-Tr
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into smoother water, the very tone .of hisphiviiv;swl
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PHOTOGRAPHIC FRAMES

MADE IN
oAIi,WA.L,NITT, OR MAHOGANY,

Ou the premises. "
ANY DESIGN OUT TO ORDER.

SWISS CARVED OODS

A large atsortment just arrived, unusually cheap.
Carved Carte Frames, 6d. each; ditto, to hold two. is.
each ; large Brackets, is. ; corner 15rackets,. s. 3sl. ;
Match Boxes, 6d.

ARCHER CLARKE,
71, HIGH STi:EET, STOURBRIDGE.

PICTURES FRAMED trill
Rsom the Cheapest and Best Mouldings.

A NEW SELECT/11A OF PATTERNS
tii L,A •In Best English Gold Work.
OXFORD FBAMES':';-:,
Plain, Stained, or Polished, from 4d. estah.
OLEGGRAPH, CHROALO, COLOLTBED AND
PLAIN PRINTS.
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‘Lebn.. Also
"!.tcrt./3 CRAP PICTURES.
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THE OXFORD FRAMING DEPOT.

71, HIGH STREET, STOTIRBRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

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A.ICE ONE PI-4,J\ 1.

PUBLIC NOTicEs.

rl A. HEAPITY. 73, Hivh-street, tour.
. bridge, requirea a YOU t'f au APPREN tit E
to the CLOTHING and OIJTFITIING.

TWO FURNISHED hOOMS and nttendance
wanted at Clent, for two La.lioi. State Lowest
Terms and all parienlars, " G.," Post Office, Great .3,141.;
vern.

ONDON.—Commodious and Ligbt SHOW
J ROOMS for GLASS, &C , opar littiDorn Vitr,,et
First Flocr. Irmo( dixte Pusse,si at Hot
born Rill.

PUBLIC NOTIOD,
TIIIS is to Give Notice that Itbe undersigned
1 Richard Fiddian, of Cradiey Heath, will not;tie is-
sponsible for any debts ray wife, Louisa Fiddian, muy
contract after this notice.
Signed,
Richard Fiddly).
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

BLACKHEATH.

AN OLD WOMAN BURST TO Devra.—An Old NOMAD.
named Lydia Payne, 71, was burnt to death on Tueruay
aft-rno.m. It appears tha the unfortunate old women
tided with her son in the Biriniughsra-road, wh4 went
at ten minutes to four and on returning at ten win-
, be -Nand her a (marred corpse. An inquest was
on the Lody sad • vordiot of" Aceidental death
was recorded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-17

['GRAINS gt HEALTH:

(RKGE, TERM*
' BEALTEI, STLENOTH & ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
The enj,yroent of life iu the ettalnroent of "A Sour.d
mind in a Sound Body." This desirable brit ilidy be
obtair ed by usitg " GRAINS OF HII;ALTit," a fastcless
pearl coated pill, on the first Symptoms of any derange-
ment of the Stomach and Bowels. . •

Sohrby Chemists and Medicine Vendors everywhere,
in &see, at Is lid. aid 2s. 9k.. each, or sent to any ad-
dress fur 15 or 36 penny stamps direct faom the Pro pri-
etocs, 1, Bum Housomf, LorzooN, W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

"Unmanned by the loss of her husband" is the
latest style of indicating a widow's grief.
San Francisco has a woman who lifts several
hundred pounds with her teeth. She's a comfortable sort of
woman to attach herself to some one.
josh Billings' last contribution to philosophy is—
The only way to get thru this world and eskape censure and
abuse iz to take some back road. You kant travel the main
turnpike and do it.
Everybody now-a-days is a "lady" or "a gentle-
man." A St. Louis paper recently informed its readers that
"two gentlemen and a lady left for the penitentiary last
night.'
All bachelors are not entirely lost to the refinement
of sentiment, for the following toast was lately given by one
of them at a public dinner :—" The ladies, sweetbriars in the
garden of life."
In a Detroit hotel recently a gentleman snapped his
finger to a bootblack, and as he put his foot on the box he
said, "You seem like a good, smart boy." "See here,
mister," replied tha boy c,s he rose up, a brush in either
hand, "I've had that game plaied on me dozen times, and
now I want to know whether this is a cash shine, or whether
you're going to pat me on the head when I get through, and
tell me that I'll be Governor of Michigan some day 1"

"Idiot 1" exclaimed a lady recently coming out of
the theatre as a gentleman accidentally stepped on her trail-
ing skirt. "Which one of us ?" blandly responded the man.
—Court Journal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

CAPTAIN BOYTON AT o§tOitkit.

The following is an extract from the letter of a CATes-
pondent of the Daily News, written from Cowes on Monday
night, describing Captain Boyton's exhibition of the capa-
bilities of his life-dress, before her Majesty
As the Queen is now in residence at her marine
home in the Isle of Wight, and as Captain Boyton ex-
hibited his life-dress and its capabilities before her
Majesty this morning in the Medina, it is, I presume
quite competent for me to write of the matter as an
appearance of the young American life-saver at the
Court of the Eenglish Sovereign. And surely never
did human being aforetime present himselt at Court
in such a costume as the indiarubber snit in which
Captain Boyton made his bow to the Queen on the
quarter-deck of the Royal yacht, where for
the time the Court was held. In quiet, un-
pretending Cowes the world moves so slowly
that nothing was known of the intended exhibition
until it had actually commenced. It was a "private
view," and the secret had been well kept. By the time
the performance was fairly over dwellers in the remote
corners of the celebrated yachting metropolis awoke to
the knowledge of what was happening, but not before.
. . . Over the way at the Trinity Wharf landing stage
lay the Alberta, clean as a new pin, and eminently
genteel from stem to stern and from truck to keel—the
common condition of a well tended yacnt. ,pm the
flagstaff on the lawn floated the Trinity House flag—
as it ought to have done. But a few moments'
scrutiny revealed more significant signs and tokens.
Man-of-war's-men were preparing the halliaids, and
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standing by with another flag upon the award;
serving met and women from Osborne were
lioarding tlistylat ape, pliAavae4gui iyhtheAtiate-
rafd ; rrnAGl offi`cer fil'irwar-plinr*eldf the
rounds to see that everything was ship-shape; and,
lastly, there stole out from an East Cowes nook a
small boat over whose stern trailed a blood-red banner,
bearing the words "Harbour Master." These things,
certainly meaning something uncommon, were noticed
one by one, and worked out by the gathering throng
at the ferry steps as one works out a problem in Euclid.
At last a waterside patriarch was found possessed of
the information which everybody craved, and he im-
parted it generoholy,—" Why," he said, jerkin his
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

GREAT MEETING OF ORPHAN AND DESTITUTE
CHILDREN.

Messrs. Moody and Sankey held a special service on
Tuesday afternoon for orphans and destitute children
at the Agricultural Hall, which was crowded in
every part. From a distance of twenty miles round
London children came by rail, omnibuses, and vans.
Conspicuous in the closely packed assembly in the
body of the hall were the redcoats of the Shoeblack
Brigade. In more sombre attire were the boys from
tLe Farningham Schools. In another part of the
hall were the boys from the London National Refuge
—the home!ess found in the streets at night. There
were also girls from the Princess Louise's home at
Wanstead, girls from the Cripples' Home, girls from
other refuges, and girls from the Ilford Orphan Home,
but most picturesque of all were the children of the
Alexandra Orphanage. who as they pas4ed in excited
universal admiration. Of the large body of poor chil-
dren from the Cripples' Home nearly every one had to
be carried to a seat. In addition to the very large
number of the inmates of these homes present, there
were many other children brought by their parents
who were fortunate enough to have obtained special
tickets for the spectators' galleries. The service was
an exceedingly interesting one for children, and
The singing of the hymn, "Safe in the arm' of
Jesus," brought the meeting to a close; but, owing to
the difficulty of getting the children out, a number
of other hymns were sung while the hall was being
cleared.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

Messrs. Burgess it Turner, Elastic Web Manufacturers,
Birstall Street Works, Leicester.—" We beg leave to
compliment you on the manner in which you reply to
our inquiries, they being so prompt and reliable. We
believe if business men were to act a little more on your
advice and replies, the commercial atmosphere would be
very much cleared of that amount of insolvency it f...t
present retains. We are pleased with the system you
adopt of sending a number of inquiries obtained from
different sources, and when we find them agree with our
private ones, it gives Ii . greet confidence in, ui.dstiii,fac•
iron with your plan."
Messrs. Tomlinson & Buck, Carlisle, and at Manches-
ter, Bradford, and London.—" The only time we wade
a bad debt (since we were members of your offices) was
when we did not act upon your caution. "—Members seven
years.
Messrs. Croskill & Sons, Agricultural Implement
Manufacturers, Beverley.—" Minute and valuable par-
ticulars given promptly—specially recommended this
feature most valuable Accounts promptly recovered.
Cheques handed us at once."--Members six years.
Messrs. George Murray & Co., Engineers and Iron.
founders, Newcastle-on-Tyne.—" Prompt, efficient, re-
liable—Never been misled."
Messrs. Huntley & Palmers Biscuit Factory, Reading.
—" Recommended."—Members seven years.
Messrs. Wm. godless & Co., Sewing Machine Menu-
lecturers, Airdsle Works, Keighly,—" No bad debts
where we Lave followed out your instructions during the
last four years."

Messrs. Yassavaut & Son, V trchants, Leeds.—" For
Continental information the importance of your
nuetboci of obtaining informstion from more than one
channel speak., for itself—pleasure in recommending
your offices."
Messrs. Buckley & Sons, Manufacturers, 3,4, and 5,
Greek-street, Leeds and 79, Basingliall-street, London.
" Superior to any other office."
Messrs. Lister and Co., fdanningham Mills, Bradford,
Yorkshire.—" Reliable, which we attribute to your
exeellent rule of insisting on several independent
souoces of information in each case."

Messrs. Robinson & Clay. 37, Albian•strest, Leeds.—
"Your Further'' and 'Final' reports must ensure
accuracy—specially recommend this valuable feature."

To those who wish to join these Offices as Members. The Year commences on the first of any mouth. Cheques
crossed National Provincial Bank to FLINT and CO.
Subscriptions £3 3s £5 Ss, £lO 10s, and upwards, per annum.
apikarsilease sod tor a Prospectus, tree on application to Agent for litourblidgesAls.l3.lllXLD.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

THE FATHER OF CRICKET.

Land and Water says—" Few names are better
known to students of the history and antiquities of
cricket than that of Mr. Edward Hayward Budd,
whose death last Monday, at the zipe old age of 90, is
just announced: He shared with Lord Frederick
Beauclerc and Mr. William Ward the credit of being
the best amateur cricketer of the early part of the
present century, and was in some respects superior to
either of his memorable rivals. One of the best fielders
and bowlers of his day, he was certainly the hardest
hitter, and performed many a wonderful feat, including
a hit out of Lord's old ground where Dorset-square
now stands, in a Surrey and England match, in 1808;
and a forward drive for nine, fairly fielded, and run
out, on Woolwich-common. He first played at Lord's
in September, 1802, was chosen in gentlemen players
in 1806, and continued the game for fully fifty years,
playing well to the last, and ready to take any place
in the field. He and John Jackson, the celebrated pugi-
listic tutor of Lord Byron, were reckoned to be, about
the time of Waterloo, the two best made men in Eng-
land, .and he stood up to the fastest bowling of his
day without any further defence than an extra pair of
stockings rolled down so as to protect his ankles from
being severely hit. Few men have ever been so dis-
tinguished for prowess in all athletic sports, and very
few have lived a healthier and happier life. In his
first recorded match he played with James Aylward,
who was born soon after 1740, and knew cricket from
its earliest start into fame. In him we lose the last
connecting link between ourselves and those who first
did their best to maks cricket what it now is, and the
place that he filled is empty for ever. It is probable
that he was at least twenty years older than any
cricketer of note since W. Beldham died, at 96, in
1862, and that he was the last survivor of the old school
of underhand bowlers, who were superseded, for all
practical purposes, when James Broadbridge and Ws
Lillywhite introduced the present system of bowling
in 1827."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

ONE Box of CLARKE'S B 41 Pills in
warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinar
Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, (her
and Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 45 6d each. by
all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent la
any address for 60 Stamps by the Maker, F. J. CLaait's
Consulting Chemist, High-street, Lincoln.—Wholesale
yySoto, London, and all the Wholesale
enta, BaItOLAY &
MU.

Oravet
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

MR. BENNETT'S,

MILLINER, 159, HIGEI-STRAET.
AIR.
tL GABRIEL, the Old Establisliea
DENTIST
BEGS to intimate that at the urgent request of Annierous
inhabitants, patients, and friends, be has been induced to
visit Stourbridge, every FRIDAY, and may be consulted
personally (free of charge), upon his recent improve-
ments in the construction of P. rtificial Teeth and Gums.
whereby the weight, bulk and cost of the case or frame,,
has been much reduced, to the great eonv,,nience and
advantage of the wearer. Teeth gre hy this nes method
aquisittly fittt-d, without exti acting stumps, or any pain-
ful operation.
Mr. GABRIEL'S practic (one of the oldest In Eng-
land) was established in 1815. '
Particularly notice,
REGULAR ATTENDANCE AT STOURBRIDGE
EVERY FRIDAY,
. . .

_
At Mrs. Bennett's, Milliner, 159, High-street,
Personal attendance frCni Ten till Four and at
11, BENNETTS HILL, 11

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(Next to the Bank of England)
BIRMINGHAM

pIIOICIGEAPHY.

ARCHE.II-CLARKE,

STOUBBIIIDGI,;.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

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be most eminent S
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

FARMERS' "GRANGES IN AMERICA,

The farmers' granges in America are a decided suc-
cess (says the Pictorial World.) In the few years
since they were started they have been erected into
20,000 lodges, with some 3,000,000 members; and
meanwhile they have succeeded in getting the railways
to take their grain to market far more cheaply than
they were accustomed to do. The lodges of the
"Patrons of Husbandry" in America are managed on
something like the Freemasons' system, and the Grand
Master has just been giving his message. Here is p.
little bit of it, worth reading as an exercise in grandi-
loquence. Says he :—" From the snow-clad bids, the
flowery vales, the golden shore, and prairie lands, we
meet together by the historic palmetto. Not as
Nomads who gather at a shrine in obedience to a sen-
timent do we come, but as chosen representatives of
the fraternity whose object is the moral and material
advancement of the greatest industrial interest of the
great Republic. Standing, as we do to-day, upon the
narrow line which divides the past from the future,
about to step forward into that time which is all unseen
by human eye, it behoves us to well scrutinize the
track behind us, that we gain thereby some clue to the
path before. One year ago we met beyond the
Father of Waters and congratulated ourselves on the
growth and strength of our gigantic young order.
To-day, by the ever-sounding seas we proudly
proclaim that our members have increased one hun-
dred-fold." By-the-way, these granges differ from
Masons' lodges by having women as members; and
there is a story of two farmers, too timid to commit
themselves by joining, who sent their wives instead.
The wives joined and liked it, but when the husbands
wanted to follow them there were always two black
balls excluding them. So they stay at home and mind
the babies, while their wives always attend the lodges
and enjoy themselves. This is turning the tables
effectually.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

"FREEDOM IN FARMING."

The above was the title of a paper read on Monday evening
at a meeting of the Farmers' Club, held in London, at the
" Salisbury ' Hotel, by H. Nield, Esq., of the Grange,
Worsley, Manchester. There was a fair attendance of mem-
bers, and amongst others present were Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, M.P., Mr. N. M. de Rothschild, M P, Professor
Fawcett, Mr. Leeds, Mr. Corbet, Mr. Sidney, Major Dash-
wood, and others interested in the political aspect of farming
questions. In the absence of the President, T. Honey, Esq.,
of Leamington, was elected to preside.

The Chairman said he might state that the com-
mittee had been engaged in arranging for the discussion
of the Agricultural Holdings Bill, introduced by the
Government. The Club felt that they could not allow
the Bill to pass without taking some action in the
matter, and the subject selected for the May meeting
would be postponed to permit of the members expres-
sing their views on the new Bill. This being the case,
he thought it would be best to refrain from discussing
such references to that Bill as Mr. Wield might make
in his paper; and reserve themselves for the special
consideration of the matter at their next meeting.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Wield said his`paper would make some reference
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

TB E STOURBAIDGE OBSERVER;

ETEALTICGi PIETOL. At the Wercesterstire
Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday last, before Mr. B.
Harrington, William Merchant (15), labourer, and
John Pugh (11), moulder, were indicted for steal-
ing a pistol, the property of George Nicholls, at
Stourbridge, on the 3rd of March. Mere'rant
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to twelve
months' imprisonment and eighteen strokes with
a birch rod. Pugh was found guilty, and sentenced
to fourteen days' labour and twelve strokes with
the birch rod.

PLAYING AT PITCH AND TOSS.— At the Public
Office, yesterday, before Colonel Fletcher, Messrs.
R. L. Freer, and J. Holcroft, William Whitehouse
and George Trustan, of Cradley, were charged
with playing at pitch and toss, on the sth instant.
Police-constable Tarrant proved that he saw the
defendants with money in their hands, tossing it
up in the -air. The defence was that they were
going to play at a game of marbles abd were only
tossing which was to go first. The officer was re-
called and said there was no marbles, but tossing
for money which was a very common thing in that
district. Elijah Jones was called for the defence,
and said the defendants were tossing which had
the first "bunt" at marbles. Ordered to pay 6s
6d each and costs.

ASSAULT CASE.—Charles Hayward of Oldswin-
ford was charged with assaulting Sarah Ann
Adams, on the 3rd inst. Complainant said that
she lived near the defendant's house and on the
above date was putting some coal on the brew-
house fire, when the defendant kicked her on the
knee, and threw a shovel at her and struck her on
the breast. She had not had any peace since the
last trial. Defendant did not appear, and the
Bench fined him 5s and costs; in default 14 days.
RAILWAY PROSECUTION.—Thomas Williams, of
Westbromwich was charged with being drunk at
the railway station on the 2nd inst, and with re-
fusing to give up his railway ticket. William
Ellis, ticket collector, said that on the above date
he saw the defendant who was drunk and refused
to give up his ticket. Defendant was given into
custody. The case was not pressed as they be-
lieved defendant did not know what he was doing
and the Bnch fined him 5s for being drunk and
dismissed the other case.

TRAN,FERS.—At the Public Office, yesterday. before
Colonel Fletcher, Messrs. R. L. Freer, and J. Holcroft,
the fillowing transfers took place :—The Spotted Cow,
Union-street, from William Hill to Joseph Nock; the
Garibaldi Inn, Longlands, from William Davey to
11,chard Bateman; the Barley Mow, Wollaston, from
Thomas Timmins to James Hill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

A RIOT IN DAMASCUS.

"B." sends to The Times the following account he has
receiTed from a correspondent in Beyrout of an attack on
the Christians of that town, and of an assault on he
English Consul in Damascus :

"In the morning of Tuesday, the 9th of March, a
greatnumber of Mahomedans of both sexes and of all
ages, armed with knives, sticks, and stones, assem-
bled in a suburb of Beyrout and assaulted every
Christian they met, breaking the windows of the houses
they pissed. As all the Christian men of that part
(chiefir,he labouring classes) were either at work or at-
tending he Lent services in the churches the women
and childzen wereunprotected, and shut themselves up
in their houses, fearing that such another massacre as
occurred in 1860 was imminent. The roads being in pos-
session of their assailants, therewas no means of conamu-
nicating with the authorities, and the riot continued for
more than two hours before any help arrived. At
length a body of police came up, and endeavoured,
but in vain, to drive back the mob, and were forced
to retreat a considerable distance. Eventually they
were zeinforced by a number of horse and foot soldiers,
and succeeded in clearing the streets. The person in
command, finding the country roads filled with the
Mahonedans, stationed soldiers at short distances
ta pre-cent any further outbreak. Twelve Christians
were found to have been badly injured, but a great
number must have been seriously maltreated be-
fore they could find shelter. Six Christians and five
Mahomedans were arrested, but, as there was no
charge against the former, they were released. An ad-
vice of the 12th states that 'one victim of the Maho-
medan vindictiveness has succumbed, and two others
are reported to be in danger. The Mahomedans pre •
serve the same attitude towards the Christians, and
there have been several skirmishes. About a week
prior to the first attack the English Consul in Damascus
met several Mahomedans, one of whom, though it was
broad day, drew a dagger and attempted to stab him.
The Consul drew a small pistol and presented it at his
assailants. Taking advantage a their momentary
fright, he succeeded in escaping, though that would
not have been so easy had his adversaries known that
the pistol was unloaded. They were afterwards
arrested, but the result is not yet known.' "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

APROPOS OF "ROSE MICHEL."

The Paris correspondent of Appleton's New York
Journal tells the following story respecting Fargueil's
cry of " Assassin ! assassin !" in Rose Michel, a piece an
English version of which has just been produced at the
Gaiety :—During the rehearsals (she says) the great
actress tried in vain to utter this shriek so as to satisfy
the ideas of the somewhat exacting author, M. Ernest
Blum. He tried to explain to her how he wished it
done, but she either could not or would not comprehend
his idea. At last a happy thought occurred to him.
He remembered how, in his festive and Bohemian
youth, he was in the habit of going out with a party of
wild young fellows to spend his Sundays in the country
near Paris, and how one of the amusements of the day
was for one of the party to conceal himself in a clump i
of trees, and, at the approach of an honest and peace-
ful bourgeois family, out for a day's pleasure, to utter
piercing shrieks of "Assassin ! assassin !" to the in-
finite horror and discomfiture of the worthy citizens.
This young man had made a speciality of this cry, and
prided himself greatly on its wild and lamentable tone.
M. Blum seized a directory, hunted up the name of his
old friend, and went in search of him. He found him
transformed from a wild Bohemian into a steady-going
business man, and father of a family, and but little in-
clined to revive the talent of his youth for the profit of
M. Blum. " What !Igo to a theatre and give lessons
in screaming to an actress !" quoth the regenerated
shrieker in horror. Remon4rance was vain, however;
the ardent author hustled him into a cab forthwith,
and in a few minutes he found himself on the boards of
the Ambigu, and face to face with the celebrated
actress. Mdlle. Fargueil, much amused at the whole
proceeding, soon persuaded him to exercise his-talents
in her behalf; she caught the tone from him exactly;
and that is how she learned to utter the shriek with
such thrilling and realistic effect.

The Parliamentary vote proposed to be taken for the
expenses of the Mint includes a sum of £30,0W to cover loss
on worn silver coin withdrawn from circulation, the coin
being received at the Mint at its nominal value, notwith-
standins its deficiency in weight.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

DIED.

MYATT.—Mrs. Myatt, King's Heath, eldest daughter of
George Doody, Stourbridge, aged 32. Friends will
kindly accept this intimotion.
ItartE.—On the 24th nit, at Kinver Edge, Kinver, Mr.
Joseph Astle, aged 87 years.

A COMFORTABLE NIGHT'S REFRESHING SLEEP IS INSURED
BY Dn. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS —Mr. John Pearson.
67, York•street, Wolverhampton, writes :—" I had no
sleep for five weeks till I tried DR. Locoon's WAFERS,
and I have not had a bad night since, and had such relief
to the cough that I coAd not have believed."—Asthma,
Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Gout, Rheumatism, and all
nervous pains are instantly relieved by DR. LOCOCK'S
WAVERS, which taste pleasantly. Sold by all Druggists
at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. per box. Beware of countafeits.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

A LADY IN A DIFFICULTY.

Sudden changes in modes are often productive of
mistakes and discomforts. Perhaps this never was
more strikingly illustrated than in Hong Kong a
very short time since (remarks the Daily Telegraph),
According to the Standard and Mail, a young China-
man, who in that journal is described as " nobby-
looking," was enjoying his first visit to the English
colony, when he suddenly found himself in the imme-
diate wake of a European lady of fashion. It was a
windy day, and as the Celestial essayed to pass by the
dame, his pigtail blew forward and entwined itself
round the fair one's neck. Alarmed at this singular
occurrence, the lady essayed to relieve herself of the
encumbrance, and to this end pulled it with
considerable force. Meanwhile the Chinaman at-
tempted to recover his property, and caught bold of
what he conceived to be his own hair. Sad to relate,
he was mistaken. The long curl which he seized was
a false appanage of the lady's headdress, and when
with a sudden jerk the owner of the pigtail gave a de-
termined pull, the whole of the dame's top hair, to-
gether with her bat, swung pendant at her side. A
story is told of an American Indian who attempted to
scalp a man who wore a wig, and his alarm has been
depicted in colours more or less glowing. But the
alarm of the Choctaw brave, it is said, faded into in-
significance when compared with the undisguised
horror of the Chinese gentleman as he stood with the
coiffure of the English girl in his own right hand.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

THE FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT

DUDLEY.

On Thursday, the inquest on the bodies of Ben-
jamin Mason (40), Joseph Harrison (56), Joseph
Knowles (17), and Thomas Green (18), colliers,
who were killed at the Buffery Colliery, on the
sth of January, was resumed at the Dudley Arms
Hotel. Mr. R. J. Watts, deputy-coroner, conduc-
ted the enquiry. Mr. R. P. Baker, the Govern-
ment inspector, was present, as was also Mr. J. .E.
Underhill, on behalf of Messrs. Jones, the pro-
prietors of the colliery; Mr. J. Stokes for Mr.
Crew the mine manager; Mr. Sheldon for Mr.
Wright, the butty ; and Mr. Clulow for the friends
of the deceased.

Mr. Baker said he was sorry to inform them that
they were in no better position to tell about the
condition of the mine. The fire had evidently
continued, and the pit had been opened, closed,
and reopened, but at that moment it was not fit
for anyone to approach the workings.
Joseph Slater, pikeman, stated that he was
working at the dam on the evening of the day when
the fatality occured. He was working with the
deceased. The dam was finished all but a few
bricks, and they were left out to admit air. They
called Mr. Wright, who had been in the pit all
the afternoon, to look at it, and then the latter
went up to change his wet and dirty clothes. Ben-
jamin Mason, the night doggy, was left in charge
of the work, for he set witness to make a heading.
A little later Davies askei witness to look at the
dam, and Slater did so, saying that he saw some
steam.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

TERRIBLE TORNADO IN AMERICA,

The New York papers publish dispatches from
Georgia, reporting a terrible tornado as having passe.d
over that district. -Several towns had suffered severely
in the loss of life and property. . At Camac, -on the
Georgia' Railroad; several-houses were blown down.
One maityakkilleclAnd seyeral persons were wounded.
Near Thomson, 40 miles from Augusta, a large
amount of property was destroyed and several were.
killed. At Appling, in Columbia county, the des-
truction to property is reported to be great; several per-
sons are ;reported killed and many wounded. At Aiken,
S.C.' the Catholic church was entirely demolished.
The tornado caused fearful destruction along its track,
laying waste hOuses, tree, and fences, and killing per-
sons and stock.. .Thesl3l ~E 3 were holding A, meeting
at Elam poitb, ;Aar , Cifianao, .when Que.:l4loM
demolished itkiflTh afee-ired *oundifig t 4-efity-r-vti
persons. Residences and out•houses were demolished
on many plantations in Warren, M'Duffie, and Columbia
counties. In some places persons were blown a distance
of 60 yards. Every house on Mrs. P. E. Walton's
plantation, including her fine residence, was destroyed.
In Columbia county three negroes were killed and
twenty-five persons wounded. Ten houses on Dr.
Hamilton's place were destroyed.

i.ptis
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-04-10

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HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

CONSCIENCE MONEY. —The Chancellor of the
ExchPquer acknowledges the receipt of the second
halves of two £lO notes, one from B. S." and the
other from "A. B. C. D. ;" of DI 2s. Bd. in coin, on
laccount of Legacy Duty; of two £5 notes from " Con-
trol," sent by mistake to Mr. Disraeli; and of les. 3d.
in stamps from "A Poor Curate."
airelitEl4lßCli tHE ARGUMENT. —At St. Lopih,
Missouri, in September, while several boys were Play-
ing in the streets, a little son of Robert M. Boatright
was killed by a brick supposed to have been thrown
by a boy named Charles Woodson. It was not until
the 15th ult. that the trial came on in the Central
Court, and while counsel were arguing a legal point
another son of Mr. Boatright, about 16 years old,
stepped up to Woodson, and said, "You killed my
brother, I will kill you 3" and plunged a butcher's knife
to the handle into his abdomen. Woodson fell to the
floor. The wound is mortal.
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