The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-05 00:00:00

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RENVERS ICENS,
return, moved for by
year ended 30th September

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tiSiiii[•ttigtaiid was 69,

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Nonce°
14,11ifte‘ ,64„t K27'
pb, ige • Of I)
on7the avamwpii, vitcl. The
bee of VOCtiltl7rs v.io txewe •ti en/ n •er
land wasOg4A/Wea.
; and
_cd_persons licensA,
~,vidaoS
Englanit:' The quan,tity'itf, (.. t't(e"A brt-
brehstSlvWliVEnglancV 41,1.94; I. „ :1111v,,a5/
land,. 4_2,46014 bustlple.; And 4d Lx4lbc'llß''2ls
bushels; -by vielnaller' s 9,,M5L. hashelo 'flies
4041keWal 6;718.1.. Thcilk, reipectifely ; and bY ,ntol
sellers -In' England only, 3,580,76 U bushels. ,1110:444
centgls *iptimals wall° „ ia. C28'1.3'1110
:kiln , learlB74' *as 51;72%1187 •to $1
- -
.410PQ1111t •of -dittY'42argEd, Eiw,4ot: 'the tc'for
amount paid ~);1 all -classes. of -,cougnik, brewersocto.
lie:epees • watt f4'52,24. 11'164 qieleV-0. • ":: ,rted
. ttenlJ4(.lB74,'-573,947:.7barre1i5-.-of 'beer Vas IDS
groin the Tnitee(xrulg*,..,tkii rieilarayvalue
TPurzitisi 1*be
2,508,88/ - - •
rENGLAND AND
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raonthly return giving the number of paupers 101 tie
land, and Wales, in, March, shows the effect C 'rho
state' of the coal and iron trades in South "%YAW. bi,
number in receipt pt relief at the end of the p°' ,e
-year, at Lady, day, 1875,j. was 776,501, which is Moo
than at the end of the ChriLtmas quarter Or
,paupers. The number in Wales comprised 5(v113,43,,
door paupers, an increase of only 494 over LadY-
" 1874, . but therp we 79,207 out-door
.paupers, An or
crease of 16,676 ; making alotal of 84,344 patiPelay,
no less then 256 pier cent. more than at Laik tho
1874. The improvement in all other pails bl lot
kingdom kept the total for England and Wales asSe,
as 776,504, being 11 per cent. fewer than ntL3'3sl. 0,0
1874. In the metropolis the decrease in lauPerB at.
8.9 per cent as compared with 1874, and 16.8 par
as compared with 1873. The improvement, as cos
pared with Lady-day, 1874, was 4-6 per cent ht
north midland division, 4.5 per cent. in the 111
western, 44 per cent. in the eastern, 31 per cene.
the south-ea,stern ; there was some, but a less.iiiiPF°
me.nt in the other divisions of the kingdom.,
AN EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPR ley rim P
—in extraordinary escape was
donficts from Sing Sing Peniten
the American Correspondent
Hudson River Railway passes
an arch, and in some way the
the line. Just at daylight, a
they jumped upon the engin
at the driver and stoker, corn
Detaching the engine from the
down the road. In a few minu
were aroused, avid a telegram
station, directing the pointsman
into the Hudson River' by e
.convicts, not understanding
gone far before they managed to
heads, and, abandoning the disa
to the woods. None of them
Two of the fugitives are convict(
SAVINGS BANKS FUNDS
Commissioners report that in L
accrued to them on the Post
Fund invested by them amoun
interest allowed to depositors
and the expenses incurred in the
jag together £624,176, thus lea
profit of £118,687 on the year's trausa...,,—.
interest accrued in the year to the Commissionerko,
the Trustee Savings Banks Fund being only £1,406151
and the interest allowed to depositors being £1,46715;
there was, -upon this account, a loss -of ga,v"be
and the interest accrued to the Commissioners on to,
Friendly Societies Fund invested was but. £23,...,197 to
while the interest allowed to Societies amonilt7tbs
£74,253, showing a loss of £50,445. Therefore(
tot
surplus on the Post Office Savings Banks ac.cc'to
being £118,687, and the loss on the other savings,„os,7
£111,460, and the net result was a surplus of
MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE.—ID. a special 61-fI,,P;
ebo bm-
plement the Nonconformist states that the incon4 „„tiefl
principal foreign and colonial missionary soen'tse
amount in the aggregate to £836,607. According 9
reports made at the recent May meetings, the reso.l*:,
of the five principal foreign societies were as foll0v9,:ho
Church Missionary, £175,835; Propagation .014 n
Gospel, £134,826; 'Wesleyan, £184,039; London
sionary, £103,554; Baptists, £50,121. There are ry
great societies supported by Christians of all denotanr,
tions. The Bible Society's total income, ,£222,191
exclusive of sales, £119,093. The receipts of th,fat
ligious Tract Society from all sources were £144,566 t of
missionary purposes, £23,278 (£5,000 additional Qo
the trade funds being expended in grants.).A list of 106 c,
ten home missionary societies is given, of whi.ell see
united income is £144,848. Together these three els: of
of.roissionary societies received in 1875 the anlOngier
£1,123,823. Probably, with a number of sgi
societies not accounted for, about a million
quarter sterling is expended yearly in England, 02t,
foreign, colonial, and home missionary enterprises 9"
side the regular church agencies.
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A CLERICAL ERROR.—MIS. Malaprop preS-
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her cotapliments to Mr. Punch, and begs to be- ~0.
formed whether the children of poor Curates may P-
perly be classed among the Surplice population."
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. THE POWER OF ENGLAND.—The.. -ano
remarks—lf France had had a body of 60,000 -or
good English troops to fall back upon in FebuarY,
we may be sure that the disposition of the nation_,
the question of prolonging the struggle rather We;
yield the terms actually conceded, would have b,e,,
different indeed; and that, on the other hand, the
mans would have seen at once the enormous inIP9A,
twice of offering such terms as might have been ay
cepte‘ even by a still hopeful antagonist, A et.kilke
flow of good troops frnm an impregnable bale 1";:c1
England would be an advantage hardly to be exaggerel;
in improving the armies and the morale of any C°ld
tinental nation, and the alliance of English credit'
be a resource, if possible, of even higher value. are
this would really mean to any Continental 'auY
might have, be it Germany or France, or ItalY9be
Spain, or Holland, or Denmark, or Sweden—U6
case of Austria alone, we admit, there would be
greatest possible difficulty in our rendering this
. for to supply her with it by way of Trieste w0u115,.,;
so costly. and laborious as to diminish vastly the 'gaga
of the help rendered—would be this, that they ve!...>
have the power of indefinitely protracting the sys' et
if the worst came to the worst—if they. could L
reasonable terms. Now the power of adequately 13,,rhue
tracting a war carried on by armies of such size as 'am
present is a terrible power—a power which is V";
sufficient to bring any Government, however sggre
sive, to reason.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.— Valetudinarian'
(in the course of Conversation with intelligent Passenge:
whom he takes to Fe a Dignitary of the 'Church). "N°4
'what should you think was my Weight 7"—C/era/env'
:in Black. " W ell, Sit-:-let me see—you stand abGtla
N'ive Feet Eleven, Thirty Inches across Chest, Lni.;
at,ll say Eleven Inches deep—well, I should WI
peaking at random, you would 'Lift' at about Blocs':
,tun' and Three Quarters l"—[Horror of Invalid-11'
Pellow-passenger was an Undertaker
POSTAGE STAMPS.—The following has
issued from the Post Office :—" The best in'
securely affixing postage stamps is to wet sllh
corner of the envelope on which the
_stamp is
Placed and the gummed side of the stamp, and
gently to press the stamp on the envelope until
firmly fixed thereon It is -objectionable to dit
Stamp in water, because, unless it be immedi
withdrawn and care be taken, by the Use of blot
paper or Eome other absorbent, to remove any elver,
of moisture, the gum may be washed ,off, or the.stan4".
May be rubbed off the letter."
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ORIENTALISTt
The third Session of the International Congress:°`
Qrientalista will be held in the month of September; ,
1876. The sanction of the Emperor of Itipsia
holding the third Session of this Congress was
ia April last, and the Russian Committ9e appola7
the carrying out the programme
.find that it Is utter.
*possible to finish the preparatory labours in time fs,'
holding a Congress in -th'e month of Septemher. tblo.o
y4ear. It has therefore beendecide4 that the Ciingres'.
shall be held at St. Petersburg in September, 1876. •
THE Cn.ors:—The Magnet, speaking 'of t,he
appearance of the crops, last week, says
' have again had an eminently favourable week. for's-PIT
cops. Rain has fallen throughout the country, tillf/
although more is still desired, there has been sufficLenr...,'
tc, promote a luxuriant appearance in-vegetation.
growth of the grass has been wdhderfully stimulaleoc,
arid the gloomy anticipations as to the result' of 11.
hay crop have thus been in some measure dissipate
Tao young .wheat plant looks healthy, and 'spring'
sOwn corn suggests promising expectations. Cow •
tinental advices are also equally favourable."
ri" ' lAA/I/RICAN GRAIN CROPS.—In the early rt r a .Of
My the condition of winter wheat in 330 counties WI
rekorted to the Department of Agricplture. Abonu
304 counties of the valleys of the Missouri and 0.1119
wqe represented, which last year produ'ced 70,000,0nv
buihels of winter wheat, or 60 per cent, of the product . •
of seven States from Ohio to Kansas. The average IA ,
the condition in these States is stated at 63 per cent.,
indicating only live-eighths of a full crop if no in 3;
prOvement occurs. In Kentucky the average is
percent. ; Ohio. 57; Michigan, 62; Indiana, 66; Illinois,
63 ;i Missouri, 59; and Kansas, 87. The proportion to
be
Wept,
in other crops averages 14 per cent. in.the
or 1,260,000 acres in a breadth of 9,000,000 ,
'soros seeded. The largest proportion is 27 per cent.;
in yissouri, and Illinois 27. There will be very jittlef '
replanting in the Middle States, except in New York..
The! Toledo (Ohio) Blade, of the 13th of May, pub
lushes- a report compiled from statements by competent
parties at 150 points in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mis.
soul% and lowa. These statements indicate that
"from one-quarter to one-third of the crop of winter
wheat has been killed, but that has been nearly offet
by the increased number of aeres sown, and the quail' '
tity of spring wheat • will; if everything is favourable
henceiorth, bring the whole production up to that of -
an average crop. About one quarter of last year
crop still remains in the hands of the farmers. Ic°
considerable quantity of wheat ground is reported_,
having been ploughed. The amount of corn
put in this year greatly exceed* that of last"