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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

SLAUGHTER OF BUFFALOES.

Land and Water save :—" Great fears are expressed
by the Turf, Field, a:id Farm that the buffaloes of the
North American plains are rapidly being exterminated.
Only a few years ago countless bertha roamed at will
over the boundless prairies east of the Rocky Moon.
tame ; but during the last few years such a determined
war has been waged against them that scarcely any
are now ever to be seen, the only visible traces 14
being the countless millions of their bonee whic
whiten the pLi.in. The tremendous slaughter of this
noble beast is much to be regretted, as their flash is
never utilized, the hunters simeyskilling them for their
hides. A Mr. Laidig, who for several months
been on a surveying expedition in the regions where
two or three years ago buffaloes were to be seen in vast
herds, says 6,500 carcasses from which the hides had
been stripped were counted on one spot. The meat
was not touched, but left to rot on the plains. Only a
short distance further on hundreds more of carcasses
were found; and, in fact, the plains were literally
dotted with these putrefying masses. Mr. Lesaig esti-
mates that on the Rickaree river there are at least 2.000
hunters in camps waiting for the buffaloes; and he
came across one party of 16 who stated that they alone
had killed no leas than 28,000 buffaloes during the past
summer. Taking this as an average, the numbers
killed in a year would be incredible. Although the
prices of hides (now one dollar for a bull's, 60c. for a
cow's, and 40c. for a calf's) have greatly decreased, vet
such large quitutities are thus wantonly destroyed that
even the hunters say it lea very paying business. Mr.
Lessig says that such has been the slaughter during the
pact two years that no buffalo., except dead ones, can
now be seen on the plaius ; that there are but few to
breed from; and that, if they are not completely an-
nihilated, it will be many years before they regain even
a tithe of the numbers of the past two years, before the
indiscriminate slaughter began. Hopes are entertained
that the National Government will put a stop to this
wanton destruction.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION.

The International Exfiibition was opened to the
public on Monday morning, without any formal cere-
mony. Several departments are as yet incomplete,
including the Indian and French Courts; and it Is an-
nounced that the exhibition of wines, which will form
a most important part of this year's programme, can-
not commence before the first of May. The attendance
of visitors was very large, the crowding in some parts
of the building being at times so great as to impede free
progress. A concert given in the Albert Hall in the
afternoon by the united bands of the Coldstreams,
Grenadiers, and Horse Guards, led by Charles, Dan.,
and Fred. Godfrey, and by a distinguished array of
vocal artistes, was also largely attended.
The number of visitors during the day was 14,525.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

HARVEST PROSPECTS.

The Titneo. on Monday, published the following letter on
our Harvest prospects :- •

Sir—Two very calamitous years of bad harvests,
which have caused heavy losses to farmers and to the
country at large, are succeeded by one promising, so
far, a bright and more profitable result. Instead of
two costly and difficult winters we have been favoured
with a dry and mild winter, rendering fanning opera-
tions easy and comparatively uncoatly.
Wheats have planted well, without being too luxu-
riant, and the Spring sowing, so far, has been all that
could be desired. Of course, much will still depend
upoi the future. Let us hope, and reasonably expect,
tha4we may escape the fatal frosts which, on the 20th
of ay, and even later, in each of the last two years
proved so disastrous.
Live stock has been generally healthy and is rapidly
increasing in numbers. Fat sheep are fully 20s. per
heal cheaper than at the same period of last year.
There is much less variation in the price of beef. The
labour question is at present a very difficult and un-
pleasant one for the fanner, but must ultimately be
governed by the inexorable law ((f supply and demand.
Nd. doubt the present difficulty and advanced rate
will give an immense impetus to the use of labour-
saving machines, for which there is abundant scope in
agricillture. The agitation now exciting agriculturists
on various important questions indicates and forebodes
moje rapid progress and improvement, good, I hope,
for agriculture and the country at large.—! am, Sir,
your obedient servant, J. J. M.KeKI.
Tiptreehall, near Kelvedou, Essex, April 4.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

J. M. HICKS

B. S. RAYBOOLD.
BE-A; to inform the Tradesmen and Inhabit-
ants of Stourbridge and Neighboartmod, Yak
they have conaneuced the basuiess uf
RENT AGENTS At DEBT COLLECTORS.
find trust by strict attention to, and panclaallty •
Misusen to merit • share of their tistrosateit.
Any Amountt reretwed will be paid Cl spatytag be-
tween Two and Five o'clock, any Tau's,AT AlPTlalle.p.
at the Office. 5, Ilagleyktreet.
Ovitras

5, HAGLEY STREET,

186, LOWER HIGh STREN7
(Entracce ia ileas-eltes4).
STOURBUMIL

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.

CARTWRIGHT AND OTHERS r. KING AND ANOTHER.

At the Liverpool Spring Assizes, on Thurs-
day, before Mr. Baron Amphlett and a Special
Jury, this action was tried.
Mr. Russell, Q.O , and Mr. French (instruicted
by Mr. Bretherton, of Warrington), appeared for
plaiotifn ; Mr. liclker, Q.C., and Mr. Crompton
(instructed by Messrs. Corser and Walker, of
this town), for the defendants.

The plaintiffs, Messrs. Cartwright, are glass
bottle manufacturers, and have extensive works
at Warringt m, and the defendants are fire brick
manufacturers, whose business is carried on at
the Lye, in Worcestershire. The action was
brought to recover damages for breach of con-
tract entered into by the defendants, that con-
tract being to supply a special kind of brick,
known as tank brick, for the purpose of being
used in the erection of a glass tank, and the
complaint was that whereas they should have
been reasonably fit and proper bricks for the
purpose for which they were alone specially
a lapted, they were not so but on the contrary,
that they were entirely unsuited. The result
was very injurious to the plaintiffs, which ended
in the destruction of glass material, much injury
to their trade, and the pulling down of the tank
itself and the construction of a new one. The
plaintiffs paid £l5O for the tank, and the dam-
ages beyond that which they had sustained were
calculated to be from £350 to £4OO. The de-
fence was that the bricks were of the pi oper
quality, and that the damage was occassioned
through the tank being improperly constructed,
it being built of bricks of different sizes, the
consequence being that the c3ntraction of the
bricks by the action of the was unequal. The
jury found for the defendants.

Bryant and May beg to direct special attention to their
New Oval Pocket Yenta Boxes, with Patent Spring Coy.
era, which are entirely free from all Rough Edges and
.harp Corders, and admit, ed by every one to be the Be•t
and Cheapest Pocketßox ever prodaced. Retailed every-
where at One Pearly. Patentees and sole manufacturers,
Bryant and May, London. E.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

COOKERY IN VILLAGES.

"A Country Parson' writes to the Globe :

There is no subject at the present time so important
among the poor, and indeed all classes, as a knowledge
of cooking. The shameful waste of food in almost
every household, and the slovenly, dirty way in
which it is frequently served, are a disgrace to our
civilisation. My duties bring me into daily contact
with the homes of agricultural labourers, and I
often go away with a sorrowful heart because I
cannot see how to remove this lamentable igno-
rance. Their wages, not very extravagant at
the best of times, are chiefly spent on beer, fat
bacon, and potatoes, and if it were not for occa-
sional lumps of white bread, which would be all the
more wholesome for being a little browner, they must
starve, because neither beer nor bacon nor potatoes, nor
all of them together, can sufficiently repair the waste
which is constantly going on in the body of a working
man. Haricot beans, peameal, oatmeal, milk, Indian
corn, and maccaroni may by cooking be made savoury,
palatable, and wholesome food. But how is this
knowledge to be brought to the cottages of the poor?
Tracts—and I have distributed a good number in my
time —sermons, and speeches and common-place plati•
tildes do but little. We want the practical teaching
of what we talk about and recommend. It has seemed
to me that during the summer there is no way in
which the talents and ability of Mr. Buckmaster could
be better employed than in visiting such villages, or
groups of villages, as were willing to receive hint,
and, with an assistant, who could perhaps be obtained
in the village, show the poor practically how to cook
and what to cook. I feel sure the clergy and their
wives and other ladies would give him every assistance
and a hearty welcome. Surely cooking is as useful in
a js.or man s Is use as drawing, music, and geology, all
of which are partly taught at the national expense. A
portion of the money voted for public education ought to
be devoted to instruction in cooking, and localities
would doubtless make up the deficiency. The poorer
the district the greater the need of this instruction,
and if Mr. Buckmaster could only be induced (that is,
if it could be made worth his while) to throw into this
work the same energy he has shown in starting science
and art classes all over the country, the homes of the
working classes would soon be made more cheerful and
more happy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

DUDLEY.

Santors Casio:m-0n Wednesday, at the Police Court,
before the ex-Mayor (Alderman Hodge) and Mr G. Thom-
ton, a lodging-house keeper, named Charles Lacy, of
Oakeywell Street, 1.43 charged with cutting and wound-
ing Ann Lloyd.—The prosecutrix. who appeared in the
witness•box with her forehead tut and her .hair clotted
with b,ood, stated that she was is married women. I,ving
apart from her husband. She lived in lodgings, at
defen lants's house, and on the previ ots night L icy came
home drunk, and quarrelled with his wife and daughter.
Ile then tried to force his sway into witness's bed-room,
where she had a dead baby. As he did do he cursed, and
swore he would throw the -- corpse cut of the
window." She screamed for assistance, and the defend-
ant kii .cked her down and kicked her on the bead three
or co4r times. Her head was cut and she became
insensible —A daughter of Lacy and Police-constable
Harvey proved that the defendant was "speechless
drunk,' and that he made an uproar in the street for
some time His daughter and wife were afraid to ap-
proach him.—The Ex-Mayor : This is a bad case. and
it is not the first tins you base been in trouble —Defend-
ant : I never have.—The girl Lacy : Oh, father—twice ;
once ;for beating me and once for beating mother—The
Ex•ll.tyor then sentenced the defendant t 3 one months
imprisonment

nicicrnu Dr 5Th OF AN OLO MAN —.Oa Wednesday
afternoon, at the White Hose, King Street, Mr. IL J.
Watts. deputy coroner, held an inquest on the body of
Edward Finch Ne)ler, aged 63, who died in a lodging
-
house in King Street, on the previous evening.—Eliza
Parr, of the Green Dragon Inn, acid ths deceased lodged
at her house. He was poor and all, and frequently took
too much beer and no food. Ile was afraid to go to bed
for fear of being choked. He had consulted a doctor,
who had said that he only wanted nourishing fond. His
last meal in their house was one of boiled rice, sprinkled
sill' salt. No one came near him —lgmly Heeley said
the deceased came to her house on Saturday night last.
Witness never saw the deceased have anything to eat in
her house. A W0L129/1 offered him some broth, but he
refused it. He had two pints of beer on the day of bill
death. He always wished to sit by the fire, as though he
was starved. Os the previous evening she found him
dead on the stairs, and witness wont for a doctor (Mr.
Allen), who said the deceased had died from too much
drink and too little food.—The jury returned a verdict of
"Death from natural causes."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

BRIERLEY HILL.

PI DRVNKISNNIB9.—At the Petty Sessions
held on Monday, before Colonel Fletcher and Mr. H.
Hall, Edward Saddler, of the Crown Inn, Commonside.
was charged with permitting drunkenness in his house,
on the 28th ultimo. Police-constable Goodfellow said be
visited the defendant's house on the Jamie date, and
saw sevorM persons in the house, drunk. There was
also a number of girle and boys up stairs, dancing to a
l'oliee-constable Giles gave corroborative en.
deuce. he defence was that there was no one drank.
Three wituesees were called for the defence, to prove that
no nue was drunk; but they were only .term. The
liencb considered the case proved, and lined defendant
20a and coats.

M tSTMR !OA) SIiRVANTS CASE.—Williflol MOTOR WILI
charged by Edward Davi+, hit muster, with neglecting
his tedlk on the dud April. Complainant said that when
he engaged the defendant • mutual agreament was made
to give ant take one inonth's notice. Oa the above date
defendant refused 'o work. The defence was that the
deheedsnt had been up two nightx, and was unable 1.,
work. Defendant agreed to return to his work, and pay
Costa.

w,..mes QUARRELS.— kgnee Grary was charged wh
avaloiting Blotto Longruore, on the Mu ultocio. The
evinclaivant tattled that ehe wet the deleudant, who
atritik her, pulled oil her bonnet, and trod it under her
fret. Several attuesaes were called on both aide., said
the Bench decided to bled both paities over to keep the
peace forge months.
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CAUTION TO A PPR.. N TlClSS.—William Thorn, an appren•
Lice t,, Messrs. Stewart and Mill., glass manufacturers,
of M ~rdaley, was itharged with unlawfully absenting him.
sell from their employ without any just excuse. De-
fendant pleaded guilty. Alfred Weaver roved the case,
and s aid the loss was 10s. Ordered to pay lOs and casts ;
in default 14 days.—Jubu Thum, an apprentice, was slay
char;ed with neglect of work. This defendant having
been convicted before, he was fined 20s and costs.
BILEACH or TUN PEACE.-1/NAI4 Pearson and Dsvid
Joseph Capewell were charged with committing • breach
of the peace by lighting, on the 30th ult. Defendant
plesdr,d guilty. Ordered to find one surety each to keep
the peace for six month,.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

A BIT OF GOLDSMITH'S WORK NEW
GILT.

When lovely woman, once so jolly,
Finds, late in life, that hair grows grey,
How make her case less melancholy,
How hide Titne's step that none can stay?
The only way his track to cover,
To mask her age from every eye,
And if she have a spoon for lover.
To keep him still • • spoons " is—to Dye !—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT CATASTROPHE

IN CHINA.

The North China Herald, ef the 26th February, re
cords a terrible accident as having taken place at
Hongkong on the 13th to the snail steamer Wan
Loong, which plied between that port and Canton.
It appears, says the Herald, that the vessel started
from Messrs. john Burd and Co.'s wharf at seven
o'clock. She carried a cargo, but Recounts vary as
to the exact number of passengers on board. It is
generally believed, however, that there were between 200
and 300. A very large crowd of Chinese assembled on
the Freya to Bee the vessel start. She got clear of her
moorings all right, but in taking a turn to come under
the stern of a small German yacht lying near, he gave
a roll inwards, in the circle she was describing. On
her upper decks were a large number of Chinese, and
at the sway they all canto the other side, a movement
which at once brought the vessel over. The dead
weight at the low side kept her from righting herself
again, and her slanting attitude prevented those on the
top from getting to the high side. So the vessel went
right over, and at once sank. Just before she went
down, a wild cry arose from those on board, which was
at once caught up by those on shore, and some hun•
dreds of spectators rushed along the Prays, to see
what was the matter, and the excitement became in-
tense. Several house boats were immediately on the
scene. Inspector Stroud was prompt in getting all the
police boats available to the scene, and a large number
were thus saved, although it is feared that about 100,
if not more, have been drowned. The saved were
brought on shore, as they were picked up, and the
police had the ambulances ready to carry away the
dead. From some articles that have been picked up, it
supposed that at least one European has been
drowned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS,

An American paper has produced the following
metaphoric paragraph :—Chicago has a man mean
enough to steal a 600 dollars bond from his blind
mother. The person who could steal acorns from a
blind hog has an easy superiority in meanness.
- - ••

A guest at a western hotel, finding a long hair on
the butter, ordered the waiter to bring him some
"bald-headed butter."
A Duluth paper says one of the streams running
into Lake Superior, from the North, is called "Tem-
perance River, because it is the only one of all the
tributaries of the lake that has no bar at its mouth.

A Californian poet has bought a mule, and a
brother poet chronicles it as a remarkable instance of
self-possession.

The following argument was put forth by a lady at a
recent women's rights meeting :—" Old bachelors do
not live as long as other men. They have nobody to
sew on their buttons, consequently they catch cold, and
there is nobody to make them tea, consequently they
drop off."
Most men like to see themselves in print. Ladies
like to see themselves in silks and velvets.

The American poet-laureate Smith has a rivaL His
verses to the moon begin thusly :
" Reveel, I begg, the madgie spell
Thou are so pail thou are onwell."

"I've helped to bury every man that ever aold me a
drop of liquor, except one, and I am after him night
and day," was the cheery, good-natured remark of a
temperance orator at Springfield, Mass., the other
day.
" •

An American orator, who had raised his audience to
a great height by his lofty roarings, exclaimed, "I will
now close in the beautiful and expressive language of
the poet—l forget his name—and--and I forget what
he said, too."

Josh Billings says, "If a man hain't got a well-
balanced head, I like tew see hiin part his hair in the
middle."

One who wishes the world to know what he knows
about farming, says that the best way to raise straw-
berries is with a spoon.

A German in New York being asked how much
saur-kraut he had put up for winter use, replied,
" Die not got much; little more as ten barrels, shust

For sickness."

A Yankee writes to a frien4 for four dollars, "be-
cause he is so terribly short," and gets in reply the
following resporwe, El.o.as I do—stand upon a chain"
_ • •

According to the decision of a Kansas Judge, both
husband and wife are entitled to enter a place of
amusement on a ticket reading "Admit one."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

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131,41)EN THE NEW LAND OilDElt Mai 1 A )lONS
The Government of South Australia are liravared to
grant passsgea ro the follawitia perbous
Artisami, Agricultural and other Lalartners,
and Gardeners under 50 yi am (fade.
2. Single Females lhani stie Serviret.., or WI two
(without Children under 12i not exeredneh 35 1. are
of age.

duhjrct to the payments no ulab r :
For Males or Females 111101 T 12 yea. £3 emit
Ditto ditto om r 12 and under 40 . 4 ~
Ditto ditto over 40 and under fAI S..
Persons pa)ing their own Passage receive a Land War
rant of the value of £2O.
For further information applv to
Mr. M. PALFIII.:I,
Coen Sir,, t, St. arbridge,
Agei.t.

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The Delight of the Lanndreso,

The Admiration of the Beholder,

And the Comfort of the Wearer.

FOR PICTURE PRAXES,

G 0 to the Practical Maker, where every des.
cripoon of PI II FRAMES, ‘%1N0,./19
CORNICES, 64c., are manufactured on the Premises,
Wholesale and Retail, by
D. LaMBERT,

noose Decorator,

Gilder and

Picture Frun

Mujufacturer.
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OLD PICTURE FRAMES, CORNICES,

AND MOULDINGS,

Of every description,

CLEANED, REPAIRED, or RE-GILT.
OLD PICTURES, Cfully Cleaned, Liurd, and

Ite.torrd.

L. liming had 20 yeara practical
experience ui all the above Mit.. at Branches,
begs to inform the Gentry and l'uhiic pinerally that be
has now ettosy facility ft r exr tiling any order that may
be entrusted to his care, which will meet with his perso-
nal and prompt attention.
Orders be Later will meet a ith strict attention.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

FORTUNE FAVOURED HIM.

So many persons waste their lives in vain attempts
to make their fortunes that it is pleasant to hear of
one case at least in which a large fortune was suddenly
and unexpectedly made by a stroke of good luck
coming in the very" nick of time." The Ballarat Star
relates the following story of a gentleman, "now
rolling in riches, and a well-known Sandhurst specu-
lator" (says the P,ll Mall datettc). This gentleman,
having invested all his money in a mining venture
at Sandhurst, found himself without the means of
meeting the fortnight's expenditure, which amounted
to 1:240, and the prospects below being no cheerier
than before, the men began grumbling, and refused to
continue their work unless their pay was forthcoming.
The bank was appealed to, but, secure in its posses-
sion of the plant, declined to advance another copper;
and it was in fact preparing to place its paws on the
property. Thus situated and feeling disconsolate
enough after his unsuccessful appeal to the bank, the
luckless speculator sat on the trace with some of the
men and explained the position of affairs. A number
of the miners had come from below to get their wages,
leaving only two underground, who wished to finish
putting in a blast before coming up. Of course no
money was forthcoming to those on top, and just as
they were about to leave off work the sound of the
blast below reached their ears, andthey waited for their
matescomingup. Their astonishment may be imagined
when the men appeared with several pieces of quartz
studded with gold. The drive was eagerly visited, anda
number of willing hands soon had another blast off,
which disclosed the reef they had been vainly searching
for during the long weary weeks previously, and
which they had reached at last. All danger of ruin
was now at an end, and the bank, meanwhile hearing
of the good news, supplied the required cash, even
sending their messenger with it in post haste to the
claim, and a friendly intimation that as much as was
required could be obtained. The gentleman referred
to has still a large interest in the same claim and
others adjoining, and in dividends alone he has netted
since November last no less a sum than £144,000, or
I about £35,000 per month.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

MARRIED.

ClARHE—Ricturiosolc.—On the 7th int, at St Peter's.
by the Rey. F. J. Travener, Vicar of Sltegby, William
Henryieldest eon of Mr. John Clarke, Kinver, to Lucy,
only daughter of Mr. William Richardeon, Garden
Road, Mansfield, Notts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

HOPS.

7 - There is very little business doing in hops, and that Is
wholly consumptive, notwithstanding the comparatively low
sales ruling for most chases of the home growth. Foreign
markets generally are dull, and prices favour buyers in nearly
all instances. The imports into London last week consisted
of 243 bales from Antwerp, 57 from Rotterdam, 25 from
Terneuren, and 46 from Hamburg East Kent goldings.
SA 10s. to £7 105.; siitlXeut, £4 kv. to £6 141. ;lteald of
Keats £4 to £5 12s. ; Sussex, £3 10s. to £4 155. ; Worcesters,
.24 10s, to th ; Farnharns, £5 to if, Oa ; country, £4loa. to £6
yearlings, CI to £4 Is ; Bavarians, £5 to R. 43 65. ; Belgian/I,
42 12a to £3 155.; Alsace. £5 to £5 155.; and French, £4 105.
to £5 12a

POTATOES.
Good potatoes, either English or foreign, continue in steady
request, and tend upwards tp price ; but inferior deseriptiont
realise slowly, and with difficulty meet sales. The import
into London last week consisted of 492 tons and 8.547 hags
from Antwerp, 840 tons 3,180 sacks and 370 bags from Dunkirk,
120 sacks 249 bags from Boulogne, 3,602 bags from Ghent, 168
bags from Terneusen, 47 bags 3 baskets from Rotterdam, .59
casks fnun Valencia, and 9 boxes from Lisbon. Regents,
115 a. to 1405. ; dukes, 125 e. to 1655. ; Victories, 120 s. to 140 s ;
and rocks, 90s. to 1058. per ton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

SEED.

fine English Cloverseod, which commanded high prices,LONDON, Ilorelay, April 1-3-..---;here was a limited supply of
and
all other sort, were taken off steadily at the full rate:, of hist
week. Trefoil was in moderate demand, and previous quota-
tions were well supportod. White Millitinninilied ,01.1 in small
lots on former terms, hut there was nothiez ine•en* m
brown for want of supply. Canaryseed commanded previous
values Germ"Bemfiseru sold on former Irises steadily.
Spring Tares were in uood request at quite a. much money as
last week. English 'tapes-oaf WM purchased for immediate
useprt quite.aa hlh ran.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

"FOUND DROWNED."

On Monday fortnight Mrs. Bethiah Donne, a lady
of independent means, residing in Jewin-crescent,
Aldersgate-street, London, left home to go for a walk,
and was never again seen alive. A few days ago the
body of a lady was found floating in the river Ouse
at Bedford, and has since been identified as that of the
missing Mrs. Donne. At the inquest held upon the
body, at the " Ship " Hotel, Bedford, Mrs. Annie
hums. a ls ariling-house keeper, of 15, Jewin-crescent,
London, said that the deceased had with her a gold
watch by Benson, attached to a jet chain, a !gold
chain, several gold rings, and a brooch. The
watch and the brooch were now missing. Inspector
Haynes, of the Bedford police, said that when the body
was taken out of the river he searched it, and found
21s. loose in the pocket, a purse containing £l6 in gold,
and two florins. In another pocket he found a packet
containing five gold brooches, a pair of hair bracelets
mounted with gold and stones, and a bunch of gold
trinkets. lie also found in the same pocket three gold
rings, and in another pocket a mourning ring set with
diamonds. The jet chain to which the watch had been
attached was hanging loose round the neck. There
was no evidence to show how the deceased got into the
water. The jury returned an open verdict of "Found
Drowned."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

THE LAND LAWS.

The Hone publishes the following extract from a letter
just received from a gentleman in Adelaide, resident there for
thirty-five years, and who for many years was the Chief
Officer in the Land Office, and therefore conversant with the
land registration laws there :
" You speak of 'our boasted land law.' Now, I for
one am no admirer of it—have no faith in the 'Real
Property Act.' I think it is most dangerous. I con-
sider it as a mere holding by registration, and after a
few more years the researches, now very cumbersome,
will become Bo uncertain (not to say impossible) that
the wrong names will get upon the registry, and its own
weight will work its destruction. Already there have
been some serious misadventures. It takes no notice
of trusts, but conveys it as if trustees were possessors
in their own right. However, it has served the ends
of many, and may be useful in future aims. Fxcept
among well-informed men here, it is iheresy to say a
word against it. Still. I fervently hope that England
may never take it upon trust.?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

CREMATION AT BERLIN AND VIER:VA.

The German News says that the Society for the Cre-
mation of the Dead at Berlin has been joined by such
a number of members that shortly a general meeting
for its definite constitution is to be held. In order to
overcome the prejudices of many of the residents of
the capital, the founders of the society intend publish-
ing a pamphlet on the subject, in which it will be
shown that cremation is by no means a new idea, but
has been practised for thousands of years, and that its
present revival is due to important sanitary considera-
tions. The pamphlet will then proceed to show how
the practice of burying the dead has, according to the
latest scientifie investigations, been the cause of many
epidemics, and that regard for the living impera-
tively demands that the practice should be abol
ished. The pamphlet will next advert to the
religious part of the question, and show that crema-
tion is not contrary to the tenets of Christianity,
and that its introduction need not prevent the
observance of the rites now performed at burials. The
preservation of the ashes of the deceased would replace
the present system of preserving the graves. The rules
I of the society have now been drawn up, and it appears
from them that it is intended to promote the object in
view privately, and also publicly, by public meetings,
newspaper articles and pamphlets of all kinds, by
public lecturers, by founding and assisting societies
having the same object, and by assisting scientific
men in their experiments for the discovery of the most
practicable method of cremation.
In Vienna (a correspondent writes) a lady of the
advanced age of seventy, to whom the question there-
fore begins to assume an aspect of personal importance,
has subscribed 30,000 florins to the Cremation Fund,
with directions for a furnace to be erected without de-
lay.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

THE LICENSING ACT.

Mr. Melly asked the Home Secretary on what by he pro-
posed to bring in the Bill to Amend the lutotivating Liquor
Act 1672.

--•-•
Mr. Cross said he hoped to be able to introduce n hill for
that object in course of next week, probably on Monday.

Lord Robert Montagu put a long question to Mr Disraeli
touching the accuracy of certain passages in his speeches at
Buckingham and Newport Pagnell, reported in The Times.
They referred to the severe and stringent character of the
existing Coercion Laws, and Lord Robert wished to ascertain
from Mr. Disraeli whether he now judges that these laws are
necessary for the government of Ireland. Mr. Disraeli,
though he had not read them, assumed, from the known
reputation of The Times Reports, that they substantially
represented his views. As to the necessity for these laws,
there could not be much difference between February and
April but, as he had refrained from pronouncing an opinion
then, so he declined now to give any, holding it to be highly
inconvenient that the views of the Government on a
matter of so much consequence should be announced at
question time.
I,rd Robert Montagu then proposed to ask whether Mr.
Disraeli did not think it the duty of the Prime Minister to
remove laws which were unnecessarily stringent ; but Mr.
Newdegate interposed, and asked the Speaker whether it was
not straining the usual practice to put questions of this kind
tuft Minister when the House could have no opportunity of
expressing an opinion on the reply given. Mr. Speaker said
there was nothing out of order in the .iner tion. but it would
be competent for the Prime Minister to decline to answer it,
as it involved matt:, for argument. Lord Robert Montagu
thereupon said lie WOUili ask the Premier whether he declined
to answer the question, to which Mr. Disraeli replied by
silence.

Mr. Eyton moved a Resolution declaring that the Land
Tat ought to be levied and assessed on the Poor Rates
Valuation, but, as no seconder was found, the motion fell to
the ground.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

STOURBRIDGE STEEPLE CHASES.

The above races took place on Monday last,
over some ground at Wassail Grove. The day
was wet end miserable in the extreme, and the
consequence was that the ground which had been
already well soaked by the rains of the preced-
ing week, became Tinder the constant tramping
of thousands of feet, a perfect quagmire, with
red sticky clay into which pedestrians sank
ankle-deep at almost every step, interspersed
with little brooklets or streams of water at the
distance of every few yards, into which unwary
persons would suddenly find themselves plunged
' almost op to the knees. To add to the general
discomfort there would every now and then come
down a drizzling rain, which, added to the north-
eat wind that blew constantly all the day
i helped to make race.seAug an unpleasAnt
occupation. One would naturally have thought
that under each dispiriting circumstances very
few whose business did not compel them to go
would have been present, and that, at all events,
the fair sex—to use a familiar phrase—would
have been conspicuous by their absenc... But
the reverse was the case, for there were literally
, swarms of persons of both sexes, who toiled op
the steep way through the Ham Dingle, whilst.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THE DWELLINGS OF THE WORKING CLXSIIEH.

In the Home of Commons, Aprlll3, Mr. Kay-Shuttlewerth
gave notice that on the bth of May he would call attention
to the present condition and future improvements of dwel-
ling places for the poorer classes. and move a resolution
declaring that the question deserved the early attention of
her Majesty's Government.
MIMING OF MUSEUMS ON SUNDAYS.

Mr. P. A. Taylor gave notice that on the Bth of May he
should move a resolution declaring that it was desirable to
to give greater facilities for moral and intellectual recreation
by permitting the opening of museums, libraries, and similar
institutions on Sundays.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

KINVER

KINVETt SCHun BoAnn.—A mee,iug of this Board
was held on Tuesday last. at the (Eris. School, Kinver.
Bolton (viee-chlirmani prcsided.—The other
members present were Messrs. Bunn and Jordan'—The
Clerk was instructed to apply to the Education Depart-
ment for their sanction to reduce the fees of children
under seven years of age attending the Infants' School
from 21. to 12. per week, such sanction being necessary
under the provisions of the 17th section of the Educa-
tion Act, 1870.—The aczount of the Returning Officer's
charges for the recent election, amounting to £l5 08.7 d.,
was laid before the Board at the last meeting, and was
referred to Mr. Jordan for revision.—Mr. Jordan now
stated that he had examined the account and had foand
that several items wcre charged for making preparations
for • contested election before the time had expired for
the withdrawal of nominations, and, as a contest had
been avoided, the auditor would perhaps disallow these
items. lle had, therefore, requested the Clerk to ask
the Returning Officer if he would repay whatever amount
the auditor disalloweil.—The Returning Officer replied
that he would do so, but at the same time considered it
would be very unfair if the auditor disallowed any item,
, as the arrangements he bail made would, in the event of
a contest, have saved the Board much expense.—lt was
then resolved that en this understanding, the account be
paid—Mr. Smith, the architect, attended the meeting,
sad reported that the works connected with the erection
of the girls' new school had been completed.—Thero.
upon it was resolved that the school be opened at once.—
The returns from the teachers were laid before the Board,
and showed that in the last month 15 children had been
admitted, and 11 had left. Number remaining, 300. or
an increase of four —The average attendance was 199 ;
corresponding month last year, 221 ; decrease, 25.—The
amount of school fees in arrest was £26 16s. Id.; pre-
Vielts month, £23 18s. Si. ; increase, £1 4s. 10E—The
visiting officer reported, that by direction of the Board,
he had taken proceedings before the magistrates against
the following persons, for not causing their children to
attend school regularly, and they had been tined in the
amounts as under—Samuel Horton. Stourton, 55. ; John
Cox. Smarten, 10s, ; James Blunt, Meddeus Lane, Is.;
Henry Grainger, Mill Lane, 62.; Thomas Griffiths,
Workhouse Yard, is.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

TALLOW.

lontion, Monday, April 13.—The Tallow market is steady,
and a fair speculative business is doing for the last three
months of the ear;y tut the demand for Y. C. on the spot is
quiet at 375. 61. per cwt. Town Tallow makes 365. 641. net
cash, and Rough Fat Is. 9d. per bibs.
a. s. d.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 39 6 Rough Staff, per cwt. 14 0
Rough Fat, per (511 A .. 1 9 Graves ~ 10 0
Melted Stuff, per cwt. 27 6 Good I)re6rs „ 6 0
Yellow Russian, new .... 375. ed. per cwt.
Ditto Ditto old .... O. (4.1. „
AustralianDiuttonTallow 375. 61
Ditto Beef Ditto. 365. 61
RAY.

LONDON, Saturday, April 11. —With a large supply of had
and straw OD sale, trade at this market has been brink. BOY
prices Lave ruled as under. Prime clover. 056. to
inferior, 005. to i'os. Prune meadow hay, 755. to t; Wert"
Sus to 705.: and Straw, Ws to 40s. per load.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

Ales, Ftstidas aad Intern& "Inflammations.

Persona afflicted with these distressingcomplaints will
and in this wonderful (hutment instant 1111 ails of relief,
sad all can effect Cita own curt without explaining their
infirmity to anyone. Holloway's Pills, if taken in small
doses, greatly es.iist the Ointment, as they purify the
blood and regulate the stomach in as extraordinary
manner.

The Ointment and Pills are sold at Professor HoLto-
WAT'd listnblishincut. 533, Oxf.,rd—trcet. Loudon ; aise
nearly .vory resp,ctabin Trudoi of Medicine through-
oat the Civilised World, in Pols .ad loxes, at le lad,
Is 94, 44 64, 118,22 e, snd 33s each. The smallest Pot of
Ointment contains one ounce; end the smallest Bo:
of Pills four doers.

Pull printed directions ore stared to each Pot and Box,
and ean be bad in any 11111 g vveu in Turkish, Arabic,
Aearenian, Persian, or Clam.,

NT ER VO US DEBlLlTY.—lanais a Medical
WORE, showing sufferers how they uoi)
cured without the aid of quacks. Free on receipt of
pasta.* stsuips. Address, Seeretiry, Institute of
Aastoaiy,l3irotinsham.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

" A Well Wisher to Both Parties writes from New.
market to the Standard :

Sir,—The Bishop of Manchester and other writers in the
newspapers have displayed such lamentable ignorance of the
real condition of the agricultural labourer in this district
that I trust you will find a space for these few lines
The actual cash receipts of two men In my employ, for
the last thirteen weeks, commencing with the year, are as
follows :—No. I, £l.) is., or within a fraction of Ins,
a week. His wife and a boy have received during this
period £4 115., or Cs. per week. This man's receipts
during the dullest months of the year amount to 235.
per week. No. 2, LIP ifs. Pd., also within a penny of
165. a week his children earned in this time £7 30 64„ or
Ils. per week, therefore, this man received in cash 275. per
week. Each received. including allowance for beer, 4.11 10s.
for eve weeks' harvest children and women, of course, earn
considerably more in the summer months. Both these men
have good cottages and a large piece of garden ground, at a
rental of only Is. per week, coals and all things carted for
them, and skim milk gratis, besides beer given for carrying
corn, or any extra hard work. My bargain with my men,
both for harvest and at other times, is to give the same as
my neighbours. consequently I believe this to be a fair state-
ment of the skilled labourers earning..
It is impossible to believe that any one, especially a
bishop, can interfere between the contending parties with
any other object than to promote "peace and goodwill." but
to speak of the acts of one party as " suicidal " and "insane,"
and to suggest to the other a "peasant war," is language
not calculated to lead to this result. The conduct of the
men has hitherto been most peaceful, and it is a libel on
their intelligence and good sense to suppose they cannot
carry on a civil controversy without a breach of the peace,
and I have the strongest hope that, if the public will
abstain from interference, and especially from inflammatory
language, the lamentable state of things now existing will
speedily terminate to the advantage of both, as farmers will
do with much less labour, and by paying by the pieee, and
for what a man does, rather than for the number of hours he
is on the land, a good man will earn more money.
Supply and demand must In future regulate the price of
labour. Ila man can get more money by going to the north,
of course he ought to go; but, for my own part, I believe
that the advantages offered on the sunny plains around
Newmarket will, with fair play, successfully compete with
any other country.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-04-18

HALESOWEN.

DARING ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY:OM
Monday night Mr. George Rose, gun.barrel manu-
facturer, was returning from Mr. Thomas White's,
Lutley, and when in a lonely part of Lutley Lane
he was seized, and rather roughly handled, by two
powerfully-built fellows of ruffianly appearance,
who demanded his money and valuables. Mr. Rose.
with great courage and presence of mind, had a
severe struggle with them, but Railing they were
more than a match for him, cried out for assistance,
and eventually succeeded in escaping from the
would-be thieves. We understand that Mr. Rose
will be able to identify one of the ruffians from his
peculiar appearance, and we trust that both will
be speedily brought to justice.
ImisParnirNo.—At Um Police Court. on Tuesday, be-
fore Messrs. V. W. (.1 Barrs and W. James, James Hill,
wit known character; WS. arged with bit gon land
at i Harg Farm, ttrut in search of game, on tilt
Titii ult. Thomas Sabin proved the en,. :cud as de.
is an out offender, the Bi oth Mind him Z. 2 and

EFVSING T • Q ClT.—Thomas Hodge, William Iludge,
anti I,lward Lowe were charged with r. fusing to quit the
SA.', Forge mu, Islington, wh, u requested. Fined 2s 6,1
each, <UM F.rtrtclge, and Benjamin Hol-
loway were charged with refusi,•g to quit the Lytteitou
Arms, Haiesowiti, wile, requested. Fined 2, 61 each,
.d coets.—Benjamin Holloway was fined 2. 64 and
rust-, fir &dotal:mg Joseph Attwood.