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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

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COMAISSIO IRS' MEETING.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was
hold in the Commissioners Room, Corn Exchange,
Stourbridge, on Monday last. Mr. W. J. Yurney
in the chair. There were also present Messrs. Hughes,
Kelley, Haskew, rta,wes, North, Mills, Woolley,
Green, H. Turney, Griffin, Edwards, Bland,
stringer, and Allsop.
The chairman read the minutes of tho last meet-
ing, which were confirmed.

FINANCE REPORT.
The clerk read the following report showing the
various balances :—Highway account, balance due
to Treasurer £453 19s. id; Improvement Account
balance due to Treasurer, £47 6s Od ; Urban
Sanitary Authority account, balance due from
Treasurer, £2l 5s 9d. Your committee
having examined the accounts recommend them to
be paid, viz :—On the Highway Account £2l 15s.
9d; Improvement Account £.12 15s 8d ; Urban
Sanitary Authority £35 Os Od. Cheques were
signed for the various amounts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

ABDUh RAHMAN AND AYOOB KHAN.

•
The Candahar correspondent of the Standard writes, in a
telegram dated Monday :

I hear from a trustworthy native source that Abdur
Ralnnan is making overtures to Ayoob in order to
induce him to acknowledge his authority, and has
even, it is said, sent him a present of money.
The wisdom of such a policy is undoubted. So
long as Ayoub is hostile Abdur Rahman's position is
insecure. At the same time Ayoob himself is wholly
unable to organize an expedition against Cabul:
Such an arrangement might solve the deadlock at,
present prevailing. With Abdur Rahman acknow-
ledged on all sides as Ameer of Afghanistan, and
• Ayoob as Governor of Candahar under the Ameer,
accepting a British garrison, a possibility of settle-
ment would be presented such as no other combina-
tion offers. Whether Abdur Rahman would be
willing to see Ayoob in command of the resources of
Candahar as well as of Herat is doubtful.
The revenue of the province of Candahar is thirteen
laklis of rupees, of which six lakhs are raised by duties
imposed on the through traffic of merchandis3 between
India and Central Asia, a tax in every way most
objectionable.
It is generally believed that, should all Ayoob's
plans for raising money and organizing another ex-
pedition against us fail, and the negotiations set on
foot by Abdul- Rahman fall he contemplates
seeking a refuge in Russian territory, and there await-
ing events, as Abdur Rahman did for so many years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

THE IRON TRADE.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.

A moderate amount of business was transacted
on 'Change this afternoon, but more would have
been done if finished iron manufacturers and pig
iron makers had been disposed to accept con-
tracts for delivery six mouths hence at the cur-
rent low rate. This, however, they generally
declined to do except at an advance upon the
existing prices or subject to the rates fixed at
the ensuing quarterly meeting. While mer-
chants are still pressing to obtain lower rates,
they are less successful than heretofore, and the
minimum price for all descriptions of iron is
strengthening. One of the most satisfactory
features of the present state of thi, iron trade is
the constant readiness of demand, anal:led by
tkle large importations to the United States
which took place early in the year. Pro ;pects
of a renewed demand of any magnitude from
that quarter are virtually dispelled by the re-
ports showing large stocks of English and
Belgian pig iron, old iron, and steel rails which
remain on the American market, whilst the pro-
ductive power of the States has increased by at
least one-fourth during the twelvemonth. Al-
though coal is in improving demand, there is
no official alteration in the price of coal in the
thick coal districts, and therefore the colliers
are receiving no better remuneration. They
aro, however, in more regular empnymeut, and
work in the mines

TucosT IRRITATION.—Sorenesa and dryness, tickling
and irritaion, inducing cough and *floating the voice
For these rymptons use Epps's Glycerine Jujubes.
Glyeeiine, in these agreeable confections, being in
proximity to the glands at the moment they are excited
by the rct of s,tc ing, b.,c,iines actively healing Sold
only in boxes, 71.1. and Is. lid., labtlled "Jasazs LPPS
and Co, flomceopsthic Chemists, London. A letter re-
ceived : "Gentlemen—lt may, perhaps, interest you to
know that, after an extended trial, I have found your
Glycerine Jujnbea of considerable benefit (with or with.
out medical treatment) iu almost all forms of throat
dis....eae. They soften and clear the voice. In no case
ran they do any hartr..—Yours faithfully, Goan'tt
kionmss, Litt.C.P.S , Seuior rintieiau to the tdaniei•
pal tlargaS 11114 MIX lifiliallty.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN SCOTLAND

AND IRELAND.
On Sunday evening light shocks of earthquake were
felt at two distinct places in Scotland—one being Cal-
la,nder, in Perthshire, and the other Inverary, in
Argyleshire. The two districts affected are about
forty miles apart, in a line due east and west. .

Further particulars state that the shock was very
distinctly felt at Inverary, Oban, Callender, Bute,
Stornoway, and Sandwich. In several places the
houses . were much shaken, plaster fell from the
ceilings, and the bells were rung. Considerable alarm
was felt by the inhabitants. The shock lasted only a
few seconds.

In the north of Ireland, during Sunday evening and
also the earlier hours of Monday morning, several
decided shocks of earthquake were experienced, espe-
cially in Londonderry and its vicinity. The disturb-
ance was more particularly felt kt Inishowen, and it
seemed to travel across the bed of the river Foyle to
the country Derry side, where_ the effects were felt
strongly.

. .
MER. FOB MOTHERS.—A weakly child should be
brought up by a Monthly Nurse.—Punch.

•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

THE RITUALISTS AND THE LAW.

THE REV. T. PELHAM DALE.

The Bishop of London has addressed the following
letter to Mr. Henry A. Browne, in reply to one con-
veyinga copy of "resolutions unanimously passed at
a meeting of the religious societies, lay helpers, and
congregation of St. Vedast, Foster-lane, on Novem-
ber 5 ":
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

EXECUTION OF THE ST. ALBANS

MURDERER.

On Monday Morning, at eight o'clock, Thomas
Wheeler, who was sentenced to death at the last
Chelmsford Assizes by Mr. Justice Hawkins, was
executed at the County Gaol, St. Albans. It will be
recollected that Wheeler was found guilty of shooting
Mr. Anstee a farmer, on the 22nd August last.
Shortly before eight o'clock the procession started
fromvthe condemned man's cell to the scaffold, which
had been erected in the coach-house, the chaplain
preceding Wheeler, who was deadly pale and
trembled violently. When placed on the drop
Wheeler said, "Good-bye all forgive me ! " and at
the same tune had to be supported. Marwood quickly
adjusted the rope and then pulled the bolt. Death
appeared to be instantaneous, Only the representa-
tives of the press were admitted to the execution. A
large crowd assembled outside the gaol to see the black
flag hoisted.
Since the unhappy man's condemnation he had
made a full confession of his crime. On Sunday he
said, "I am guilty; I shot him " ; and he then pro-
ceeded to narrate in detail the circumstances of
the murder. He also admitted having on the
Wednesday previous to the commission of the
crime set tire to some hayricks belonging to Mr.
Wollat, farmer. His object n doing this, lie
said, was to get possession )f a gun which he
knew was in the house. On the ni4bt of the murder
he placed himself under Mr. Anstee's window, with
the gun in his hand, and called cut in a loud voice,
" Master, wake up, one of the vows is ill." He then,
having heard Mr. Anstee get out of bed amid come
towards the window, raised his gun and pointed it in
that direction. He stated that at this momeut con-
science seemed to restrain him, but something said to
him, "You came on purpose." Just then the window
opened, and Mr. Anstee called out, "What's amiss?"
Upon hearing his voice, Wheeler fired in that direc-
tion, and immediately after he heard a fall. He then
ransacked the holise.
Wheeler has frequently shown great anxiety to
obtain Mrs. Anstee 's f otgiveAs, and to express his
sorrow to her.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

FLORILIEII I—FOR THE SIETE AND 8.124 TH.—A
few drops of the liquid " Floriline" apruskied on
'wet tooth-brush produces a pt.Nasant lather, .which
thoroughly cleanees the teeth from all parasites es
Impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops
decoy, gives to the teeth a peculiar 14:v1Y-whiteness,
and a delightful fragrance to the vdrwith. It removes
all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth or
tobacco smoke. "The Fragrap.t loril heiug com-
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the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of the age.
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lid. and 2s. 9cl:--Agent's for Stourbridge, Mr. Bland
nd Mr. B. Hughes, Chemists, High-street.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

THE MOST POWERFUL CRANE IN THE

WORLD.

The colossal crane at Woolwich, which has been
upwards of four years in process of erection, assumed
a definite shape on Tuesday in the operation of fixing
the great girder. The immensity of the work is
illustrated by the weight of the iron employed in its
construction which, in the aggregate, exceeds 1,800
tons, while die brass bearings alone amount to more
than three tons. When completed, the crane will be
capable of lifting three or four 100-ton guns at once,
but the purpose for which it has been provided is not
to do work which other appliances could accomplish
in detail, but rather to meet the probable necessity
for dealing with specimens of ordnance so enormous
as to defy all the means at present available for
mounting them in their carriages. The motive
power will be steam. Although calculated to raise
1,200 tons in case of need, the apparatus will also be
fixed for raising small weights at accelerated speed,
and it is anticipated that, even in the ordinary daily
work of the Royal gun factories, to which department
it belongs, it will prove a valuable auxiliary.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

TO GET RID OF WORMS IN CHILDREN.
—Procure a tin of

" }KEATING'S WORM TABLETS."
This unique medmine'is certain to cure, and may be
taken with absolute safety by the youngest child.
Price is. lid., el all Chemists.

By a Medical man of thirty—yea—re practice, free
to al for 2 stamps.

!A TREATISE ON NERVOUS DEBILITY.
THIS little work is a valuable Medical Friend
It gives a graphic 'description of the Cause and
cure of NEitVOUS DEBILILY, Indigestion, Palpita-
tion, Loss of Brain Power, Memory, &c. All persons
who, from various causes, are depressed in spirits.
shaken in nerves, or weakened in frame, should send
for and read thit work.

Address—J. Bams, See.. 7. To.istrwAr She( t,
Bedford Square, London, W.

TRY YOUR WRIGHT I—Hydroleine (Hydrated Oil)
has proved of the hithest value as a food in con-
sumption and all wasting diseases' invariably pro-
ducing increase in flesh and weight. This preparation
of Hydrated Cod Liver Oil is tonic, digestive, and
ten times more nourishing, as well as far more
pleasant to taste than plain cod liver oil. Hydroleine
will nourish and produce increase of weight in those
cases 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 Hydroleine.
Of all chemists, 4s. 6d. New depot, 83, Farringdon
Land, Loiudon. Pamphlet free.

ADVICE TO MOTEltitSl—Are you broken in your
tcst hy a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting
teeth? Go at once to a chetp.ist and get a bottle of
MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTIIING SYRUP. It will relieve
the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm-
less and pleasant to taste, it produces natural,
quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the
',laic, cherub awakcs as bright as a button." It
soothes the child, it softtns the gums, allays all
pain, relkves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the
beet known r.mcdy for dysentery and diaracea,
whether ari,inl from teething or other ceases. Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealer'
OVllywhos• et 1a lid. per bottle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

PRINTING! PRINTING! 1 PRINTING I 1

S. FIELD,
GENERAL PRINTER.

92, lIIGH-STREET, BTOU.RBBIDGE.

PRINTING DEPARVNIENT.

STATIONERY.

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Cor cert, and
other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes, Bill
Heade.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks!

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New

Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, Om
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Toy Books, Spelling and Rending Books,

GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENT.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

THE LIQUOR LAWS OF AMERICA.

I 4 London, on Tuesday night, a lecture on the above
subject was given at the Shoreditch Tabernacle, by
..Mr. J. W. Manning, who was one of the Commis-
sioners appointed by the Canadian Government to
visit Maine and other States and report as to their
liquor laws.
The lecturer was accompanied on his official tour by
a colleague, who, at the 'outset, was opposed to any in-
terference with the liquor traffic in the Dominion,
but the result of their investigations convinced
them that legislative interference in the matter would
be beneficial to the community which they represented.
Acting on their joint report, the Canadian Govern-
ment, Mr. Manning pointed out, had introduced certain
laws which were calculated to stem the tide of intemper-
ance in that colony. The Commissioners were absent ten
weeks on this duty, and travelled 4,000 miles, during
which they had opportunities of conversing with. all
classes concerning the laws which operate in Maine,
Verthonf, Illinois, Indiana, &c. Mr. Manning stated
that the Maine liquor law did not prohibit private
consumption of intoxicants, as many people supposed,
but simply forbade their sale in public. This fact, he
thought, should be borne in mind by their opponents,
who were in a continual state of alarm at the possi-
bility of an infringement of the liberty of the subject
if any such law were extended to the mother country.
At the close of the lecture a resolution was adopted
urging upon the Government the vital importance of
at once redeeming its pledge to deal with the liquor
laws of the country in the spirit of the Local
Option resolution recently passed by the House of
Commons. •

The Italian Chambers have granted a subsidy of
five hundred thousand lire for the great Italian Industrial
Exhibition, which is to be opened in Milan next year.
A deputation of the Independent Republicans from
New York City have visited General Garfield at Washing-
ton, for the purpose of urging the question of civil service
loin hholpsatttoentai,e the ion.lnhisepl37, the President
co-operation
of
Congress in
'Aesta.blishing a legal basis for routine appointmftts- to office,
thereby placing it beyond the power of anybody, even of the
President of the Republic, to remove a capable and faith-
ful officer from his post during the term for which he was
reform
s'afudp e
hoped h
appointed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

and would eaarcely be =tinned year after year if the
responses to them were not accustomed to be made in
a liberal spirit. Christmas becomes more and more a
time of activity in well nigh every department of
industry. Christmas gifts of all descriptions, cards,
annuals, almanacks, illustrated books, and all the other
additional engagements of the season, are the cause
of circulating a considerable amount of money
amongst the working classes by reason of the extra
labour which is then called for. Cynical allusions are
often made to the universal celebration of Christmas,
and there is no doubt that in both hemispheres, and in
England's vast colonial possessions at the Antipodes
as well as in the mother-land at home, no commemora-
tion is anticipated with keener interest, or observed
with greater heartiness, than this Christian festival.
But the experience of every year shows more and
more that it is not merely a time for songs and feast-
ing, but a season at which trade is quickened and
stimulated, and an impulse is given to that lave
.of
charity which, according to the dictum of St.
C'nrysostom, should permeate all earthly things.
A new head of the Supreme Court of Judicature
has been appointed, and—following the precedents of
upwards of a century before tho elevation of Sir
Alexander Cockburn to the chief seat in the Queen's
Bench, the new Chief Justice has a seat in the House
of Lords. The Earl of Mansfield, the Earl of Ellen-
borough, Lord Tenterden, Lord Denman, and Lord
Campbell, were all peers of the realm, and now Lord
Coleridge, who like his predecessors has presided over
the Court of Common Pleas, takes the chief seat in
our system of judicial administration. The Council
of Judges which assembled on Saturday under the
provision of the Judicature Act met to consider the
propriety of recommending to Parliament the aboli-
tion of two important judicial offices which have been
in existence for centuries, the Chief Barony, and the
Chief Justiceship of the Common Pleas, and the sub-
stitution of two ordinary Judges. The whole of the
courts would thus be merged under the general title
of the Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice being
president; and the distinctions of Common Pleas and
Exchequer being altogether done away with.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

A GRAND BAZAAR

Will be Held in the
CORN EXCHANGE, sroURBRIDGE, ON

---
MONDAY& TUESDAY, D'WEMBER 6111 & 7th, 1880
In connection with St John's Church, fr thv turpoze
of raising funds to dischirge existing on tne
DAY SCHOOLS, the SUNDAY Soso°Ls, the CURATies FUND
SCRIPTURE% liE.O.DEk'es Form, and other parochial matters,
under the fullo.;ing niztinguished patronage:
Ihe flight Honourable the Earl and Countess of
Dudley, the Right Honourable the Earl and Countess of
Stamford, the Eight Honourable Lord and Lady Lyttel-
ton, he Light lionourabie the Lady Ward, the Eight
Rev. the Lord Biahop 4,f ;:t. klh,-..ns, and the Honourable
Mrs. Claughton ; ihe V.r) Rev. the Dean of Salisbury
and Mrs. Boyle, the Rev. C. S. and Mrs. Worclaworda,
W. 0. Foster, EN., and Mrs. Fester, Arley Hall,
Bridgnorth ; J. .srinton, .Esq , M.P., and Mrs. Brintnn
Moil. Hall, Stourport, James Foster, Esq., and Mrs.
Foster, titourton, Mrs. Roberts, Field House, Colonel
Fletcher, Lawees wood.

I be Bazaar will be opened on Monday, December
6th. at 2.30, by
THE RIGHT HON. LADY LYTTELTON.

Donations in work, or money witl be thankfully received.
Xrticles in Glass wil be made in the room and be for Sale

A.S RING BAND will PERFORM at INTERVALS
DURING EACH DAY.

A REFiiESHMENT STALL WILL BE PROVIDED,

Admisaion t—From 2 3.') till Op to., on Monday, is, ;
after 6 o'clock, 6d. From 2.30 till 6 o'clock on 'Thesday,
61. ; after 6 o'clock, 3d. Children half-price on Monday
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

DEATH OF MR. MARK FIRTH.

Mr. Mark Firth, who was recently seized with apo-
plexy and paralysis, lingered until noon on Sunday when
he died at Oakbrook, Sheffield, in his sixty-second year.
By his death the town loses one of its greatest bene-
factors. Mr. Mark Firth was the son of Mr. Thomas
Firth, a steel melter, employed at the works of
Sanders9n Brothers many years ago in Sheffield. In
1843 Mr. Thomas Firth commenced business in a
small way as a steel manufacturer, and was assisted
by his two sons,.Mark and Thomas. The determina-
tion and tact with which Mr. Mark Firth pushed the
business were remarkable ; and in 1849 the firm of
Thomas Firth and Sons erected the Norfolk Works,
in which an enormous business was developed, not
only in gun-making, but in steel for various purposes.
The immense wealth possessed by Mr. Mark Firth is
solid evidence of his marvellous success as a man 'of
business, and that he applied his riches wisely is
apparent from his enormous acts of munificence. His
first gift of any magnitude was £l,OOO which he added
to a legacy of. 5,000 left by his brother Thomas for
the erection of a college!' for the training of young men
for the New Connexion ministry. In 1869 he erected
" Mark Firth Almshouses "at Ita,nmoor, near his own
residence, at a cost of £30,000. In this building there
are 36 houses, accommodating 39 persons, which are
left to the poor of the town for ever. The inmates
have free occupancy, and receive a weekly allowance
of 10s. for a married couple and 7s. for a single
inmate. His next munificent act was the gift
of " Firth-park "to the town. He purchased the
Page-hall estate for £29,000, anti set apart 36
acres for the benefit of the people of Sheffield. The
park was opened in 1875 by the Prince of Wales, who,
with the Princess of Wales, was for some days Mr.
• Mark Firth's guest. But the most useful act of his
life was the foundation of Firth College, in Sheffield,
opened by Prince Leopold in 1879. The college,
which forms a prominent part of a pile of imposing
educational buildings in the centre of the town, was
erected and fitted up by Mr. Mark Firth at a cost of
£20,000. A believer in the importance of extending
higher education, Mr. Firth took great interest in the
University Extension scheme, and, in order to give it
a local home, not only built the college, but endowed
it at a further cost of £5,000, and gave it a Chair of
Chemistry worth £l5O a year. The endowment fund
now amounts ta £20,000, and a great educational work
is being carried on in the institution.
Mr. Mark Firth filled th 3 offices of Mayor and
Master Cutler with honour and dignity, and gave his
support to nearly every movement calculated to
benefit the town and to elevate the condition of its
inhabitants.

The Prince of Wales telegraphed on Monday from
Sandringham to Mrs. Mark Firth, expressing the
sorrow with which the Princess and himself had
heard of the death of her husband, and their sympathy
with Mrs. Firth and her family.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

The 3
Opto. ...Y. John fitheward, of Milton, Kent, wrote
dp "erl 29th, 1878 :—"My nerves were so shattered that
pillielided the simplest duties, and lost all energy and
unre in the performance of them. The despubdency
POtTer,.,s,ed became almost unbearable. Since taking
liatt:Tazi'S PILLS the change in my health for the
Itot-it La vill7 marked. I have lost that horrible clepres-
heahl,"3l7 nerves are much stronger. fll L.i general
trulv—ijerY greatly improved. I ' canrot exp-eis how
0144:"Itukful I feel for the remark.b.e .id pleasing
ktOtre• COBDEN'S QUININE AND PLIOSPRO-
S
PILLS gives strength, energy, and vi.gorous
NilY to constitutions in any way enfeebd. i
t)thelpt/21agia•—lsk for " COBDEN'S Puxs," and have no
if th-. 11, 2s 94 and 4s 6a. Any Chemist will' get them
ou ;Y are not in stock, or they will be sent Post Free
lauesee,"LiPt of BB or 64 stamps (great saying), by the
kt EIZA"rLug Co., 135, Queen's Road, Brighton, Agent
‘"1 Mr. Burgess, Chemist, Market etc.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

HALESOWEN.

THE lIALESOWEN INSTITUTE. At the Pclice
Court, on Tuesday, before E. Gem, H. Howard, G
R. Adkins, and E. B. Phillips, Esqs., upon the
application of Mr. William Hinton, the secretary of
the Halesowen Institute, a license for the perform-
ance 'of stage plays .by the Halesowen Amateur
Dramatic Society, was granted for a term of four
months.

STEALING PIGEONS. - George Webster (19),'
striker, Birmingham Street. Halesowen, was
brought up in custody, charged with stealing six
tame pigeons, of the value of 65., belonging to
Richard Ro,a ney. hairdresser. High-street.--Mr. W.
Hayes defended.—On the 26th of November pro-
secutor discovered that four of his pigeons had been
stolen from their pen on his premises, He com-
municated with the police, and Police-sergeant
Raybould, on examining the spot, discovered a
footprint which was sub,equently found to corre-
spond with prisoaer's boot. It was also ascertained
that prisoner Ind on the day following the robbery
sild four pigeons to a man named Henry HoOgetts,
the keeper of a pigeon cage, in Moor -strezt, North-
field.—Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sent 'need
to three months' hard la l our.

COMMITTED FOR TRlAL—James Basterfield (28),
labourer, Haleso wen, was cbar„red with stealing a
dead fowl, the property of Edward Pearce, black-
smith, Rumbow, Halesowen.—On the night of the
20t ult., a woman named Wilson, who lives at
the prosecutor's house, met the prisoner coming
out of the house with something concealed under
his jacket. She accused him of having stolen a
dead fowl which was in the house, but he rushed
by her and got away. He was subsequently arre•ted
by Police-constable Roper, and the fowl found at
his lodgings.—Having been previously convicted
for felony, he was now sent for trial to the Sessions.

THE oCI-110L ACCOMMODATION QUESTION.—The
committee of delegates recently appointed by the
variou4 parishes in the Union to consider the beet
means of providing* the additional school accom-
modati n necessary to meet the requirements of the
Education Dep i_tment have, after much delibera-
tion, unanimously decided in favour of a voluntary
tate. They are also agreed that the best plan will
be for the rate to belevied under;the direction of the
representatives in each parish. This scheme will be
laid before a general meeting of the ratapayers in a
few days, and if approved immediate steps will be
taken to carry it out.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

CAPTURE OF WILLIAM SMITH INSTONE.

EXCITING CHASE.

Information was received by Superintendent
Wheeler where Instone was concealed, and on
Thursday evening he went to 'A ribbenha,ll, accom-
panied by PJlice-sergeants Jones and Herman.
On arriving at the place Superintendent Wheeler
entered the house, the officers remaining outside.
On going up stairs he found the man, who, on see-
ing him got out of bed and throwing the window
open jumped out, with only his shirt on. Superin.
tendent Wheeler jumped after him, and in doing
so, received some injuries to his back. He at once
called‘to the officers, who, with lighted lamps, gave
chase, but the night being foggy and dark, the man
ran into a gentleman's garden at Wribbenbal, and
was lost amongst a quantity of laurels, Additional
assiAance was obtained and an exe;t;ng chase took
place. At 11-30 on Ftiday morning Sergeants Jones
and Herman found to prisoner concealed in some
building belonging to Mr. Richard Williams. Light
Marsh,. Wribbenhall where he was captured, and
taken to Stourbridge, and will in due course be
brought before the Magistrates,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

MURDER OF A BRITISH OFFICER
AND SIX SAILORS.

The Secretary of the Admiralty has sent to the
papers the following telegram, dated Adelaide, Novem-
ber 30th, which has been received from Commodore
Wilson :
"Sandilg, arrived Sydney yesterday, reports Lieut.
Bower, and Venton, Cam, O'Neill, Paterson, Dickle,
seamen, murdered, whilst detached two days surveying
east coast Florida. Sub-Lieut. Bradford landed ; re-
covered bodies, destroyed village, one seaman killed,
oxie wounded ;no quarrel or cause given. Boat's crew
divided, some bathing; one saved by swimming,
rescued five days after; will despatch Emerald."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

HURRICANE IN THE ATLANTIC.

The Anchor Line steamer Utopia, Captain A.
M`Ritchie, from London for New York, with 253
steerage and 12 cabin passengers, put back into Ply-
mouth Sound on Monday morning, after having been
500 miles west of Scilly. The Utopia left London on-
the 20th inst., and was off the Scilly Islands on the
22nd. Stroll,* weather was experienced from that day,
and on Thursday, the 25th, a heavy gale commenced.
It continued to increase, and at four in the afternoon
blew a perfect hurricane. The passengers were then
sent below. At 8.30 a fearful sea came over the star-
board bow, struck the funnel, and carried about 40ft.
of it overboard. Three or four boats were damaged.
Three seamen were also seriously hurt. The Utopia
lay-to till morning, when, it being useless to attempt
to proceed, the vessel's head was turned to the Channel,
and she came on under sail to Plymouth.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

WANDS WORTH ROAD, LONDON,

S . W.

Chemists are cautioned -joins: making or offering for
sale preparations and calling tueni "Chemical Food" as it
was decided in the c se of Liebigf Scully, that we wars
the originators of the sa.me and had the sole right to use it
and all persous selling other ar ides by Ms name not
only render themselves liable to an actien for damages but
altio to Chancery proceedings.

SUFFERERS from any disease Fhoald make baste and
take BRANDERTII'S Pri.Le, They do good invariably
rel:ev.- and oit-In cure at once, it is now conceded by
„AI medle.l men that BRANDR:.TTI'S PILIA are the beet
coo nsinu medicine. taking liold of %hat is neetied o be
il:e Utrici-!s rind b Cl when we i:re tick
And such isafe removal uanaily cures. Sold, b y ell
choinwah deo Baiawana" stamp.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

If there is any Lady or Gentleman who has not yet
tried BUDDEN'S BALSAM of HOREHOUND and
COLTSFOOT for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, or any
affection of the Chest or Lungs, let them do so at once,
and thoy will find that one dose will give relief, and one
bottle, in most epees, effect a most complete cure.
12.,•:,'t be persuaded to take any other kind. Bottles is.
ILL and 2s. 9d Agents for Stourbr,dge sir. J. 11.
Bland 75, High Street, and Mr. S. Hushes, 11,4, High
Street, Pharmaceutical Chemists.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

BELL END.

F:kTA.T. ACCIDENT—A. man named James Cart-
wright, met with a fatal accident on Wednesday,
at Bell End, a few miles from Stourbridge. He
was assist ig in felling timber on the Fen Farm,
and a 1.1rg..., tree, roped in the usual way, was nearly
severed at the base, when it Juddengly fell in a
contrary direction to what was expectd. Cart-
wright was on that side and Was unable to escape
The tree fell on him and he was so injured that he
died in half an hour. An inquest was held on the
body at tie Vine Inn, Cleat, yesterday afternoon,
before It. Docker, Esq., Coroner, and a verdi t of
"Accidental Death " was returned,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

CRADLEY HEATH.

FATAL PIT ACCIDENT.--Un Wednesday, James
Painter (38), who resided in Two Furnaces-row,
New Dock, Dudley, met with a shocking death.
whilst engaged sinking at the.Cradley Park ColHely
belonging to Messrs. Harper and Moore. He was
standing on a scaffold in the staft when a piece of
iron fell upon him and knocked him to the bottom
of the shaft, where he was afterwards found lying
dead. Uis body was shockingly mutilated.
Deceased leaves a widow and Seven children.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

THE ALLEGED DIFFERENCES IN THE

CABINET.

The Daily News (in a leader on Tuesday) believes
that the hopes loudly expressed from day to day of
splits in the Liberal party and even in the Cabinet
itself, are not destined to be fulfilled. Prophecies
of disruption of the Ministry are easy, and to
opponents pleasant. But the crisis is far too grave
for the kind of personal self-assertion on the expec-
tation of which these statements are based. Any
possible measure must be a compromise between what
any individual staktesman may regard as desirable,
and what others may think to be possible. Every
member of the Cabinet probably feels, quite as much
as any outsider can do, the necessity for putting aside
personal views and preferences in this matter. A.
secession, such as some of our Conservative contem-
poraries talk of, which should break up a Liberal
Cabinet before it had been in power a twelvemonth
would involve those: who were the movers in it in a
most serious responsibility.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

AN INSURANCZ APPEAL.

The Court of Appeal had before than on Monday
the cause of "Winspear V. the Accident Insurance
Company (Limited)," and it was an appeal from a
judgment of the late Lord Chief Baron and Baron
Huddleston on a special case, and involved the con-
struction of the terms of a policy of insurance. The
plaintiff was the executrix of one William Winspear,
deceased, with whom, on the sth of February, 1879,
the defendant company executed a policy of insurance
containing the following proviso
"The insured shall not be entitled to make any
claim under their policy for any injury from any ac-
cident unless such injury shall be caused by some out-
ward and visible means of which proof satisfactory to
the directors can be furnished, and this insurance shall
not extend to death by suicide, whether felonious or
otherwise, or to any injury caused by or arising from
natural disease or weakness or exhaustion consequent
upon disease or by any medical or surgical treatment
or operation rendered necessary by disease, or to any
death arising from disease, although such may have
been accelerated by accident."
While the policy was in force, on the 26th of May,
1879, the insured, while crossing and fording a stream
or brook called the River Rea, in the parish of
Edgbaston, in the borough of Birmingham, was seized
with an epileptic fit, and while in such a fit fell down
into the shallow water and then and there was
drowned. The insured did not sustain any personal
injury to occasion death other than drowning. The
Exchequer Division having decided in favour of the
plaintiffs, the defendants appealed.
Mr. Cohen, Q.C., and Mr. Gainsford Bruce argued
for the defendants; Mr. F. 0. Crump for the plain-
tiff.

Mr. F. 0. Crump, for the plaintiff, was not called
upon to argue. -
Lord Coleridge : I am of opinion this judgment
should be affirmed. The insured died from drowning
in the brook while in an epileptic fit. Drowning has
been decided to be an injury—that is to, say, an in-
jury causedby accidental external and visible means.
The cause of death was not an injury caused by or
arising from natural disease or weakness or exhaustion
consequent upon disease. The death was caused by
the accident of drowning, and the words of the pro-
viso have no application te this case. The defendants
are clearly liable, and the judgment of the Exchequer
Division must be affirmed.
Lords Justices Baggallay and Brett concurred.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-12-04

agent at Stourbriage.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

IMPENDING FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

Reports of death and poverty are now (says the Sb.
Petersburg Correspondent of The Tinte-d, filling the
columns of the Russian Press from all parts of the
interior. Even the judicious organ cf the. Foreign
Office does not scruple to reprint the alarming intelli-
gence of the more outspoken native Press for the
enlightenment of its foreign readers. The lifewenger
of Tver not only deplores the general want of rye
in that province, but declares that the most
fortunate among the peasantry are those who
have enough for their own use till the Ist of
next month. Many have been quite unable to sow
this year. In the province of Vladimir, according to
the local Press, very much the same is the case, and in
one of its districts, that of Soursdal, the fields have not
been sown at all. The Voroye Vremya contains the
most distressing news of the impoverished state of the
rural population in the province of Semara, where the
exorbitant prices of all necessaries of life he started a
general emigration from some districtsto the little better
favoured soil of adjoining provinces. One can judge
of the state of affairs by these figures :—The Zerostvo
of Saratov caloulates the. rural population of its,
district at 167,853 souls, arid the amount of bread-
stuff on hand and forthcoming will not supply more
than one-third of this number. At the rate of
one pood of rye per head it will be necessary to
disburse 738,553 roubles. The one small district
of Kanyschine solicits no less a sum from the
Imperial exchequer for food and seed (-rain than
2,000,000 roubles, and the great difficlay. tha,t
there is so little grain anywhere in store.
One paper says that at Taganrog there are 119. w
scarcely any granaries that are being rapidly
emptied for interior consumption. The general state
of the country in this respect is most deplorable, and,
as the Noveye Vremya remarks, it is not to be supposed
that the Land Assemblies, deprived of unity of action
can put a stop to it. The economical crisis is a general
one, to be overcome by general measures only.

. The American Stockman (Chicago) is decidedly of
opinion that it would be of no benefit to Witish farmers to
be able to import United States store catfl,
.be.cause they
can be more cheaply fed there than here. lhis i pwcisely
onr own ,ipinion of the matter from tju 84.11 e point of Mew,
and quite independent of the ,sanitaionsideratious which
now stand in the way.—lark 4XrPresB.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH'S CHARGE.

Dr. Joshua Hughes, Bishop of St. Asaph, delivered
his triennial (Jiarge in the Cathedral on Monday.
There was a considerable attendance of clergy. Dr.
Hughes adverted to the increased difficulties of the
clergy in Wales, owing to the existence of two living
languages side by side. Although the children could
best understand religious ideas in their native tongue,
he believed that they must learn English to get on in
life.
Speaking on the Burials Act, his lordship said that
now the long-standing dispute was settled, the clergy
would find that they had not lost much, for all their
former legal rights in churchyards still remained, ex-
cept the prevention of funerals without Church of
England services. He had voted for the Bill because
he foresaw im-Tense difficulties to their beloved Church
if that concession NTT not made. He would counsel
them, while mainta.m i
ing their legal rights,-to accept
the Act, and carry 4 out n a Christian spirit, and not
raise needless objections themselves, but realise their
high position as parochial clergymen.
The rest of the charge dealt with the fondamental
doctrines uf Christianity, justification by faith, and
ordinances of
Baptism, and the Lord's Supper,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

ROBERT THE DEVIL

THROAT lanrrart)N.—Soreness and dryness, tickling
and irritatioa, inducing cough and cffecting the voice.
For these symptons Use Epp.s's Glycerine Jujubes.
Glycerine, in theao agreeable confections, being in
proximity to the glands at the moment they are excited
by the act of sucking, becomes actively healing. soid
only in boxes, 74d. and is. lid., lab lied "JAMES EPPi
and Co , Homceopsthic Chemists, London, A letter
: "Gentlemen—lt may, perhap 4, interest you to
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Glycerine Jujnbel of considerable benefit (with or with.
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tan they a., any harm.—Yours faithful y. GounoN
HoLmEs, C.P.IS , Senior Ph sieian to the Mantel.
pal Throat and Ear Infirmary."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

The Landon Gazette of October 1 announces that
the Queen has signified her intention to confer the
Victoria Cross on Sergeant (now Lientenant) Robert
George Scott, of the Cape Mounted Rifles, for con-
spicuous gallantry and devotion during an attack on
Moirosi's Mountain, on the Bth April, 1879, in volun-
teering to throw time fuze shells, as hand grenades.
ovor ft lin of stone bajricades, from behind which the
enemy were bringing a heavy fire to bear on the
Colonial troops, and which it was impossible effec-
tually to return. After causing all the men of his
party to retire under cover, lest the shell should burst
prematurely—by which precaution many lives were
in all probability saved—Sergeant Scott advanced in
a most deliberate manner under a heavy fire, and,
having got under the wall, made two attempts to throw
shells over it. At the second attempt, owing to some
defect in the fuze, which he had just lighted, the shell
exploded almost in Sergeant Scott's hands, blowing
his right hand to pieces, and wounding him severely
in the left leg.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

THE SCOTCH HARVEST.

An exhaustive report on the Scotch harvest shows
that the average yield of cereals is 10 perJcent. above
the averagd in quantity and generally satisfactory in
quality. The potato and turnip crops are heavy, the
former being the largest known for some years.
Blight has appeared in some districts, making great
ravages. Probably seven tons per acre will generally
be lifted, while near Edinburgh twelve tons of regents
potatoes are raised.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

FLAGGING CONVERSATION.

A "Simple Code" of international signalling for
the Fleet, says The Times Correspondent, has at last
been decided upon ; the British Admiral-in-Chief
having determined to limit himself to the very fewest
and most palpable signs, and to those only likely to
be in any practical request. Here they are :
A German Sausage.—" Pound 'em into mince-
meat,"
An Austrian Blanket.—" Give it 'em warm."
A Strip of Russian Leather.—" Now for a good
hiding."
A Bottle of French Polish.—" Take the shine out of
'em."
A Pound of Italian Paste.—" Stick to your colours."
A Britannia" Teapot.—" England expects every
man to be upon his mettle."—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

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DEATH IN THE POT. "It is not at all satisfactory to
know, that the Family tea pot is often little less than %
receptacle for all sorts of spurious rubbish, under the
name of Tea. The manufacture of spurious tea by the
Chinese, is a recognised business, and not only are large
quantities of willow and other leaves manipulated so as
to simulate our favorite herb, but refuse and exhausted
leaves are dressed up in large quantities for our consump-
tion, "&e Anti-adulteration Review. Sep. 1880. Con-
sumers of Horniman's Tea, secure a strong. wholesome
and delicious beverage.—To avoid spurious imitations
observe that genuine packets are always signed W.H.&F
J. Horniman & Co., London.—List of Agents, in this
locality ;—Clarke, Chemist 161, High Street; Baker,
Chemist, 124, High Street ; Hewitt, Market place ;
[Morrie, 136, High Street. Brierley Hill,Rawlings,
'chemist Kidderminster, Hewitt, Bull. Ring ; Ualesowen,
Adam, chemist Lye, Jones chemist; Wordsley.
Whitwell, chemist; Kingswinford, Pearson, Brettell
Lane. Collins chemist; Birmingham Banks, Bull Bing;
Quarry Bank, Watts, chemist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-10-09

THEEFIRST PRINTED BOOKS IN
SCOTLAND.

If one or two ef the Scots who travelled abroad in
search of fame and fortune could have made up their
minds to return to their native land, the art of print-
ing might have been introduced into Scotland at a
much earlier date than 1507. As it was, it took
thirty years for the new practice to travel from West-
minster to Edinburgh. The first printing-press in
Scotland (as was stated at the recent meeting of the
Library Association) was established- in that year
somewhere off Cowgate by a printer called Walter
Chapman, who was employed in some capacity about
the court, and was presumably permitted to set it up
in payment for some services he had rendered to his
patron. The first books printed were a volume
of " Metrical Ballads " and " The Aberdeen
Breviary," in two parts. Of the former work
there is but one copy in existence ; the latter
was printed under the superintendence of a,
Bishop of Aberdeen, and four copies are still pre-
served, though only one possesses a title-page. No
other works were printed until 1531, but from that
year to the end of the century a vast quantity of
printed matter was struck off for the benefit of the
nation. Most of these volumes were no sooner in
existence than they seemed to have perished. We
know from the wills of the printed that in many
cases they left behind several hundreds of copies of
particular works, although the most learned biblio-
grapher can only now tell the habitat of one or two of
them. What became of the rest is. a question which
has puzzled many minds. possibly they were thumbed
by their owners out of their,lives.—Pall Mall Gazette.