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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

A PAINFUL SUICIDE.

An inquest has been held at the Vestry Hall, St.
leorge•sinthe•east, London, relative to the suicide of
Mrs. Howie, aged thirtyaeven years. James Howie
said that the deceased was his wife, lie was a mariner,
and the deck antal while he was away at sea had formed
the acquaintance of certain parties, and he believed
she was afraid ,of him ou that account. On Friday
last he told her that he would go to Green's Home on
business. It appeared there was a ship's Carpenter
there who knew the man that she was in the habit of
meeting him, and no doubt she was afraid that he
would learn all about the affair. She had herself told
him that there was something wrong, for he would do
her the jwitire to say that she was a woman incapable
of telling a lie. When he came back from Green's
Sailors' Home he found her in great suffering and
cramped up on the bed. There was a smell of some
poisonous mineral in the room, and 'won going to the
I.:rawd he noticed the same islour in her breath, lie
sent for Dr. Morrison, and everything possible was
done to save her life. 11” had no doubt that she
poisoned herself for fear of his hearing all about her
infidelity at the Sailors' Home. The winds ro.on was
in great disorder, everything was overtorned. There
was is glass and a bottle in the room, with the remains
of the poison in them.
. _

Alive Field said that the deceased called upon her
at ten o'clock on Thursday night, in a state of great
distress of mind, awl gave her three duplicates to keep.
She walked I. ickwarils awl forwards, :uhl seemed to be
almoht desperate about sonething that troubled her.
The next morning witness wOB called in by the hus-
band, and told that oleceased had poisoned herself.
Mr. Morrison, surgeon, proved that deceased had
taken a very large duantity of sulphuric acid, and had
so poisoned herself. She must have taken the poison
some three hours before she was found dying by her
husband. The Jury returned a verdict of 'Suicide
while in a state if unsound mind."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

CE,ADLEY HEATH.

BERM ra.—On Sunday last Mr. W. Reynolds, an itine-
rant lecturer against Popery, preached two sermons in
the Four Ways Baptist Chapel. After each sermon a
collection was made in all of the society Mr. Reynolds
represents. A tea meeting was held on the following
day, at which a goodly number were present. It was
made public that the above gentleman would deliver a
lecture on Popery; but owing, we believe, to his preach.
Ing some beterodoxical doctrine on the previous day, he
was not allowed to do so. Other gentlemen addressed
the meeting in his stead.
THE RELIEF Vum).—gubseriptions continue to flow
in, and the efforts to alleviate the distress punctually
made as when first commenced. Many a poor hungry
person has been made to forget his sufferings foes mo-
ment by the timely aid imparted. The Committee work
as assiduously as ever, forgetting their own inconveni-
ence. The subscriptions hitherto received amount to
near CIO. About £l.i is expended weekly, and it is es-
timated that the distrihittiOn of relief will be extended
still for tea or twelve Weeks'.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

INCIDENT OF THE AMERICAN WAR.

During "Price's raid" in 1864, a skirmish took*
place on the line of Charlton and Howard C.osnties,
Missouri, some four miles from Glasgow, in which one
of the rebs was left on the ground dangerously
wounded in the neck. While in this condition, Miss
Sarah J. Smith, a selimA teacher in the vicinity, hap-
pened to k,ass by. Seeing the wounded man, she
went to him and staunched his wounds, probably
saving his life. She remained with him until flex,
nightfall, when he requested her to leave, as his co-
would probably conic in the night and take
him away. If not, she would find him where he Wa.l
in the morning, living or dead. He said that he was
known by the name of Tucker, but that his real name
was H. C. M`Donald, and that he was from Louis-
ville, Ky. Next morning M`Donald was gone. and
Miss Smith knew nothing concerning him afterwards.
A few slays ago, says the Glasgow (U.S.) rimer.
Miss Smith (who still resides in the neighbourhood)
received a letter from the Administrator of If. C.
M'I)onall, Sr., informing her that she WM named in
the will of the deceased as the legatee of 50,000
in consideration of her having saved the life of hid
nephew and only heir, the H. C. M'Donald named in
connection with the incident of ISO. This is all die
story, and Tic Tioics indorses its correctness.

A NICE LOT !—A gang of women rob Lem has
just been suppressed in Paris. They were under the
command of a stout ceiddle.aged woman named
Catherine Keller, who planned the operations and
distributed the parts. Her lieutenant, who did the
active work oat of doors, was a young Gcnevese
Marie Antoine, who found an ally in her sweetheart,
Eugbne Havana. The various women used to be
posted at the omnibus stations of Paris. A very use-
ful member of the sisterhood was a big 1101180,111 who
bustled about in the crowd, making vigorous play with
her legs and arms, while her companions prolitrd by
the disorder thus created to rifle the pockets of by-
standers. The pa 2/sanne has escaped, but Nell, r,
Antoine, and Legon have been convicted and sen-
tenced, the first to six months' imprisorunent and two
years' surveillance, and the other to four months' ha-

prisonuint.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

THE "ALABAMA' CLAIMS.

'rile following despatch from Mr. Seward to Mr.
Adams respecting British and American claims
arising out of the late civil war in the United Status,
was on 'l'uesday night laid on the table of the House
of Commons :
Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams Communicated to Lord
. .

Stanley by Mr. Adams, Det. 24.)
Department of State, Washington, Nov. a', 1867.
Sir—r. Ford has given me • copy of • letter which Lord
Stanley wrote to him on the 16th of November Instant,
concerning the question of arbitration upon the so-called
Aloha.. claims. 1 have submitted Lord Stanley's remarks
to the President, and have received his directions there-
upon.
The Government of the United States adheres to the views
concerning the proposed arbitration which I have heretofore
had occasion to make known through your legation to Lord
Stanley. we are now distinctly informed by Lord Stanley's
letter that the limited reference of the so-called .A laba •tirt
claims which Lord Stanley proposes is tendered upon tbe
condition that the United states shall waive before the
arbitrator the position they have constantly maintained from
the beginning, namely, that the queen's proclamation of
1861, which accorded belligerent rights to insurgents against
the authority of the United states, was not justified on any
grounds, either of necessity or moral right, and, therefore,
was an act of wrongful intervention, a departure from the
obligat ion of existing treaties, And a itbout the sanction of
the law of nations. The condition Wing inadmissible,
the propossd limited reference is therefore declined_ —I
am, (Signed) Wittism 11. sEwAB:,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

A DISPUTE ABOUT JEWELLERY.

The special cage of "Shelley v. Shelley" has been
heard before Sir W. Page Wood, in the Court of
Equity, and arose upon the will of Mrs. Ellen Parker,
late of Bath, widow, who died in May, 1838, having
bequeathed as follows :

Igloo my best long string of pearl earrings and bracelets
with diamond snaps, awl my pearl necklace and earrings,
and all my rings and pearls, diamonds, and emeralds mixed,
and all the rest of nip pearls and emeralds, and my diamond
and emerald bird solitaire, also my watch set with diamonds,
and my complete set of diamonds, consisting of necklace,
earrings, bracelets, waist-buckle, wheat-ear sprig, and small
sprig for the hair or bosom, to my nephew, John shelley, to
go Bud lie held as heir looms by him, and by his eldest son,
on his decease and to go and descend to the eldest son of
such eldest son, and so on, to the eldest son of his descen.
dants as far as the rules of law or equity will permit.
By a codicil she gave a quantity of other jewellery
which he described, to Elizabeth, wife of John
Shelley, and other members of the family, and then
gave the rest as an heir-loom, to go in the manner she
hail directed by her will. John Shelley died in 1S014;,
having bequeathed all the jewels given by the will of
his aunt, Mrs. Parker, to his widow, Elizabeth Shelley,
absolutely. He had five children, of whom three—
Edward, Aihn, and Elizabeth - were born in Mrs.
Parker's lifetime; and two Charles and George
Ernest were born after her death. John and
Elizabeth were dead without issue; Charles and
Georze Ernest had attained 21. Edward Shelley
claimed the jewels, on the ground that if they had
been settled like land he would have been entitled to
them, WI being the owner of the first estate of in.
heritance. Mrs. Shelley, on the other hand, ilaimed
them under her husband's will. The question was
whether John Shelley was entitled to the jewels abso.
lutely, or for We only, with remainder to his eldest
son.. . . -

The case was argued on the DO of January and
7th of February, and his Honour had reserved judg-
ment till Tuesday.
Tile Vice-Chancellor, after an elaborate review of
the cases, made a declaration that John Shelley was
bound, and Mee. Shelley, as his widow and executrix,
was now bound to execute the trust directed by Mrs.
Parker's will, to be carried into effect with reference
to the jewels, and that under such trust the late John
Shelley was entitled to the enjoyment of them for his
life, and that the plaintiff was also entitled to alike
enjoyment for his life; and that, after his death, they
are to be hell for the plaintiff's eldest son, if living at
his death, when he shall attain twenty-one, but if he
shall die in plaintiff's lifetime, or after his death, under
twenty-one, leaving an eldest son born in the plain-
tiff's lifetime, then in trust for such last mentioned
eldest son to be vested in him when he shall attain
twenty-one. Beyond that his Honour said he could
not go.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

FIRE ENGINES.

To the Edit°, ev. th, " Übseeecr.”

Sin,—Some time since a fire occurred in this district,
and then I remember some one wrote on the advisability
of getting a good serviceable engine stationed here. No
engine has however yet been so :stationed.
The value of the property round this locality is great,
and if a tire should c.inumenoe, Dudley and Stourbridgu
are the nearest places from whence as engine could be
procured ; mid there is every probability that before tho
services of these could be obtained, great loss would
accrue.

if some agent would promise that a fire engine from
h;s office should be stationed here, I am sure he would
sooa obtain such a number of insurances as would more
than cover the expense of such a step.
Again wishing that the inhabitauts wal testir them-
selves, and obtain ibis desideratum.

I remain, yours, &a.,
WATER.
Cradley Heath, Feb. 20th, 181.8.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

AN UNTIMELY END!

It will be remembered that some few months ago
a workman at the Crystal Palace, probably delirious
from drink, committed suicide by throwing himself
from the northern tower, then under repair. That
such misfortunes seldom come singly was deplorably
verified on Tuesday evening. A young man of fair
complexion, of probably some five feet six in height,
and about twenty years of age, applied at the turn-
table at the base of the tower to be allowed to go up,
and put down a penny and a threepenny-piece. The
boy in charge asked the visitor if he would take a
copy of the " Guide to the Palace," as the charge for
mounting the tower in but one penny. The young
man took up his money, told the boy he did not want
the book, and passed upstairs. The boy says that his
look at the time was rather wild. Having mounted
the tower, the young man was observed by another
visitor absorbed in reading a book, which, there is
little doubt, was a copy of the Church Service. The
latter visitorqieseended from the tower at dusk, and
left the youth reading. This was the last seen of him
alive. At about 5.30 the body of the youth was seen
to fall from the gallery of the tower by another visitor.
The body of the youth fell near the blacksmiths shop,
and only a few feet from the base of the tower. On
searching the body a Church Service was f.mnnil upon
it, the gift of a person whose name was not very
intelligibly written, to Thomas Lee, which, it is
believed, was the name of the unhappy youth who has
AO terribly destroyed his own life. The face is still
recognisable, but the body is much mutilated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

A MADMAN OR AN ASSASSIN-
WHICH?

We and the tollowleg in a letter trout rale :

On Saturday, at ;bout one o'clock, a well-dresdesl
man, under thirty years of age, of most gentlemanly
appearance, walked under the arch in the Place do
Carrousel, in the two nichesof which there are sentries
on horseback, as at the Horse Guards, climbed over
the railings of the closed gates with extraordinary
dexterity and celerity, and ran across the spacbms
courtyard towards the private entrance to the
Tuileries, on the left-band side towards the
Seine. The cavalry sentinels, sitting solemnly on
their horses, and never expecting to be called upon
for actual duty, did not know what he was doing.
He was psrceived from two guardhouses and pur-
sued, hut having a great start he got into the
Tuileries first. There he took the Cent Garde on duty
by surprise, and dashed past him, saying he had come
on urgent business, lie got as far as the ante.roons of
the Emperor's study before he was arrested. Then
he said, "I must speak to the ladies." He was
lodged in a lock-up chamber at the comer of the
palace, near the gate at the corner of the gardens
surmounted by two lions. A magistrate was sent for
to interrogate him, but he had not been in confine.
meat more than a few minutes before he dashed him-
self against a window looking out upon the river, and
fell through upon the quay. NVIu-n taken up he was
found to have a broken wrist and his forehead badly
lacerated. The Emperor's house-surgeon, Dr. Pietm
Santa, examined him, and after seeing in what a
erious state he was, ordered him to be taken to the
Charit., Hospital, where be now is. The man is a
German—whether a madman or an assassin is yet a
question.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

SAD END OF A YOUNG WOMAN!

The following sad occurrence Iva taken place sear
Lostwlthlel:

About ten o'clock on Friday night Sergeant New.
combo, of the county police, called at the house of a
labourer, named Tinney, who lives near Lostwithiel,
and charged the eldest daughter, Elizabeth Tinney,
with stealing a large piece of bacon from a Mrs. Burn,
for whom she had been working in the afternoon.
All the inmates of the house were in bed when the
constable arrived, and the accused came down, partly
dressed, and let him in. She denied the charge.
Newcombe found a large piece of bacon on a shelf,
and the girl called to her mother and Ankt.ll if it was
not true that she had bought it at Loatwithiel. The
mother replied in the negative, and said it had been
bought at Blazey. The sergeant then asked to sew
the shawl which she wore in the afternoon, and the
two went upstairs together. Ile saw the shawl, and
having pointed out the grease and salt upon it, said
that she must dress herself and go with hum In the
same room were the father, mother, and two children
in bed. The girl said, "I cannot dress before you!"
and the sergeant then went outside the door. In lea;
than a minute afterwards he heard something like a
stream of water running on the floor, and heard the
mother say, 'Go, Tinney, and lift her up." The
father called him in and said the girl had cut her
throat. Ile found blood gushing from her throat in a
large stream. He held an apron tightly over the
wound until a medical gentleman arrived. All aid,
however, was necktie, for the unfortunate girl died in
less than a optarter of an hour. A table-knife, covered
with blood, was found by her side. The mother said
the deceased had brought the bacon home, stating
that it had been given to her by Mrs. IMrn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

HORRIBLE DOUBLE MURDER IN
FRANCE.

The Court of Assizes of the Nord has just been en.
gaged in the trial if a young man named Jean
Baptiste Lacquenian for a double crime of fratricide.
On the II th January last the two brothers IA the
accused, aged eleven and fourteen years, left home at
about seven in the morning to go to school at Orchies,
a village about half a inile from the cottage in which
they resided with their parents. Au hour later they
were found lying near the path they had been follow.
cruelly murdered, their skulls having been
fractured with sonic heavy instrument. The accused
had also left home shortly before the two boys to go
to his work, in the same direction. The elder brother,
when accused of the crime, showed great embarrass.
ment, and spots of blood were observed on his clothes.
The suspicious thus excited were shortly afterwards
confirmed by an axe which Jean Baptiste had been seen
sharpening a few days before being found in a ditch,
still covered with the blood and hair of the victims.
In consequence of these proofs the accused confessed
his guilt. The prisoner was of a brutal and avaricious
disposition, and had been impelled to the deed by a
desire to reduce the expenses of the family and increase
his ultimate share of the little property their parents
possessed. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, with
the admission of extenuating circumstances, and the
court condemned him to hard labour for life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.

The Panama Star and Herald gives an account of the
following most horrible and mysterious murder committed
In the lloward-house, Aspinwall, on the night of the lOth of
January :
- - -

It appears that on the 4th two men, Carlos Fernan.
dez (who formerly resided there) and his partner,
dealers in cigars, arrived at Aspinwall from Cuba, in
the steamer Barcelona, and went to lloward-house,
where they carried on their business. They were but
little known, and an they appeared daily in the dining.
room, accompanied by a woman who also came in the
Barcelona, they attracted some notice. Subsequently,
Fernandez' s partner informed the manager that they
had taken a house in town, and wished to move early
next morning ; at the same time he paid the accounts.
About four o'clock next morning a heavy wooden box,
some 3ft. square, in which ciare had been packed, and
which bad been lying in I ernandez's room for some
time previous, was taken from the hotel and carried to
a house in one of the back streets. This early de-
parture created no suspicion until a servant discovered
their room saturated with blood. It was then found
that the box had been conveyed by two nel,sroes in a
boat to the other side of the bay. During the day it
was brought back, and was found to contain the
mutilated remains of Fernandez. He is supposed to
have been suffocated and the body dismembered in
order to pack it in the box. The partner of Fernandez
was permitted to decamps
The murdered man is said t, have had several thou.
sand dollars in his possession at the time of his death.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

THE CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY
STATION ON FIRE.

At two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a great lire
broke out in the Custom House department of the
Charing Cross railway station in London. At half.
past three .'clock it was extinguished. The clearing
house, with the goods stored in it, mainly importations
from the Continent, was dePtn Ted, and the large iron
and glass roof was much damaged ; the hotel was
untouched. For a time the excitement was terrible,
as several trains (lashed into the station in the midst
of the flames. Two firemen and a porter were rather
severely injured by the felling of great sheets of glass
from the roof. The porter was a brave fellow. S, dug
the two firemen fall, he neired their hose and played
on the roof till a shower (4 glass brought him down.
The land steam-engines did good service, and the
Thames If had the honour of putting down the last
attempt of the tire at mastery.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

CRADLEY.

NOVELEnvreEs.—The workmen of the New British
Iron Company's Works have instituted what to some
inny seem noVol services, hat to themselves very bene-
ficial means. By the kindness of Mr. T. Crowther, the
Ragged School of this place has been placed at their
.lisposal, and Cloy hold a preac"iing service on each Sat-
Erday mrirel,!/, *PIA eninmenees at ii.:lo am. Three
weeks ago the first was held ; and the vomiter attending
since have averaged from slaty to one hmilrial. The
sermons are delivered by some of the workmen them-
selves. The preoelicrs who have hitherto performed this
duty are Meisrs. Weinlll4l, Fellows, awl Cartwright.
It would I, Nv 01 if this Flan caald be adopted in oilier
large terhr,,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

HOPIS.

The market hat been very quiet, and ale.s have occa-
sionally been made at reduced quotations. On the
as well Sam America, business haa been much restricted. at,
about prevlows currencies The Imports into London dit
week consisted of 132 bales from Antwerp, 1,7 from
kirk, 295 from Ilamborgh, 252 from Rotterdam, 42 from
Boulogne, 235 from Calais, 953 from Bremen, and 4,
i xi
oisteul Slid ami East Rents, 81. oe. 1.091. Os; "t 4 eald
Of Koala, 61.05 to 81. 105; Sussex, 41. jut, 61.15.;
Farnham, 74. Os. to 04. 04 ; yearlings, 41. Os. 6.0 51. Os.

_.........._.. .
WOOL.
rho market for colonial wool has conthfued very ,poet. a 0 ,
late rates Ike arrivals for the next series of public
which will Ife commenced on the 2701 inst., poem, to
61,E;11 bales, cousiBting of 2,466 labs from New South IV..les
and Queensland, 13,222 from Victoria, 13,462 from
South A.tralia, 782 flolll Waft Australia, 529 from
New Zealand, and 27,613 bales from the Cape of
Good Hope There has been an improved demand
for English wool, at an average advanee of in 4.1. per lb
Current prices of Engliah wool :—Fleeces.—Southdawn
gets, Is. 2d, toll. rid. f hall-brevbf, Is. ft to la. 4.1
Stares, la. Id. to la. lid. : Southdown ewes and wet'
la, lid. to Is tHi. ; [Mader ditto 11. 14, to in Sitt. pc .
torte f clothing. Is, 2d. be Is f. Yd. ' 60Mhing, la 24, to Ifs WI
pet lk.

1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

WORDS'LEY.

WAIIE4 Cisn.—At the Potty Sessions, on Monday last,
before F. Evers and T. Y. Lee, lisgrA ,William Baker
W 39 summoned by Thomas Miller for refusing to pay him
In lid waqr.4, which he allegi•d was due to liiin. From
tile evidence of complainant it appeared that he worked
for defendant, as a boat loader, and that the above sum
was due ta him. The Bench made an order for the
amount, and eogtS.
en MOE Or PLAYING AT TITC/1 AND TOSS. DAniel
ilething, William Wood, Times Bill, and John 'Polley,
ifur youths, were charged by Superintendent Mills with
playing at pitch andloss, on the highway in King William
street, Dennis Park, on the 10th instant. Mr. Burbury
defended. Filice.constable Freeman said that he saw
the fonr defendants playing at pitch and toss ; and that
complaints had often been made to himself and the
Police.sergeant. Mr. Burbury contended that it bad not
been proved that it was a public highway, and asked the
Bench to dismiss the case. The Bench considered there
was no ease, and dismissed the defendants.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

DUDLEY.

MAGISITAITAL.—At the Borongh Nlitut Conti. an Wed-
nesday, 1e•f.i..0 Wert, et 14. e, I Ilt itt,
Price, Ed xard Gritlith., Wathrook, pit Idler, was charged
with stealing A purse and Is 84 from the person of Eliza-
beth McClellan, a married woman, of Tipton. On the
previous night the prosecutrix found the prisoners hallti
in her pocket, and at once caught hold of him. ge was

given into the custody of Policeseemstable Milhaehm,
au a when before the Magisneates pleaded guilty. 110
Ws sentenced to three mouths'vrl Isloar.lhe °tl"
eve, ty,e trivial.
glItA CONIIREO tTIONAL gels ocs.—A series of
popular lectures was commenced on M.. •
milav evening. at
•s
the above sch•iols, the lecturer being 12ie.hev. D. A.
Owen, of Smethwiele, snit the subject me55t.31.
and moral culture." The lecture. which was h...1h1Y
structive, arid ably deliv,•red was listened to by
appreciative audience. Next Monday, the flee.— Mar.:•
den, of Kidderminster, will be the lecturer. As these
lectures are intended for the benefit of the working
classes, we trust that they will prove successful.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

T F von want n aelicionn Relish, try Loverock's
EVEIIY MAN'S SAUCE. or Curl ie
Relish for the million ! For rna,t or cold Most, Hashes,
Steaks, Stews, Cutlets, Fish, Chot.. Carries, Game,
Poultry, Soup, Salad, Cheese, Seasoning, and all made-
dishes. This is universally esteemed for its pecu-
liar delicious-rich flavour, and is relishing in the highest
&Tree. with every kind of kfaiinfactured only by
Henry Loverork, Chemist, Coventry, tr. ut. Stourtri-dge,
and sold Wholesale and Retail, in botths, lid, Is, and 211
acli.e—Agents wanted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

ASTOUNDING EREAK of NATURE.

A WoIIAN CHANOED INTO A MAN.

The following startling statement of alleged
fact appeared in a New 'York paper which had
copied it from tho Cross" Demoeoit : A cor-
respondent writes us from Waterloo, lowa, ask-
ing if we know of one Edgar Barnham, and of
his history. We do. And as it is a grangetrue
talc, known to hundreds, we give it in the Nino-
rote as it is, and we may correct some errors
those who speak of him may have fallen into.
Eight years since, when we were engaged as
city editor of a Milwaukee paper; there lived in
the state an editor named Powell, now connected
with a Chicago paper, we think. He is, unless
he has quit it lately. In 1'402, Powell WitS mar-
ried to a Miss Ellen ntirnhant, of Broadhead,
Wisconsin, after A courtship of some months.
Miss Burnliam's parents were old residents of
Broadhead, and of high respectability. The
daughter taught music, had a large number of
and was very attractive. Powell lived
with her as a husband two years, site tieing all
that time ft good wife in all respects—presenting
him with hilt one child. At the expiration of
abant tivo years, when about 21 years of age,
Mrs. Powell's voice changed, she grew light
whiskers, aid gradually changed her sex, devel-
oping into a man in all respects, /Is if Nature,
anxious for a fro tk, had tarnci a portion of her-
s() f wrong side out. Tim linihand and wife cc-
patted when the wife becanie a man, and Mrs.
Ellen Powell took the mune of Edgar Burnham,
donned male attire, sought and obtained em ploy-
meat as a clerk in Chicago. and lived a single
young mum for one year. Daring this time he
fell in love with ft niece of Senator Morgan, of
New York, but did aot inurey her for reasons not
Wrtineut to this article. Bat about the end of
the year he did marry a young lady of Broad-
head, Wisconsin—a Miss Gerta Everett, who
was a music pupil of his when he was Miss Ellen
Burnham, over three years previous to tho mar-
riage. TiliS marriage was about two years ago.
Soon after this marriage " Edgar" llurnhain and
wifa removed to Waterloo, lowa, where they
110 W reside, or did not long since. The former
girl is now a man, the former wife is now a hus-
band, the former mother is now a father, the
former young lady teacher of a young lady is
now that young lady's husband ! Truth, is in-
deed, stranger than fiction, sad the above simple
statement of facts borders so on the marvellous
we could not believa it, did we not personally
know nearly all the parties. Any one can be
convinced, by writing to the parties in either of
the places we have named of the full and entire
truth of this most wonderful transformation,
which puzzles not only the medical, but the en-
tire scientific world, and which fact appears now
for the first time in print, though the partieu-
lars have long been to us and to many other
newspaperonen and prominent citizens of this
state as to nearly all the eizens of Broadhead,
where the parties so long resided.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

A TRAGEDY IN ITALY.

The Florence correspondent of the London Standard
relates the following details of a tragedy felt enacted at
Ventimiglia, in Italy, but he will not vouch for their perfect
exactness :
A tragical event, which is ta t without a certain
political importance, has just taken place at Venti-
miglia, the extreme limit of the Italian kingdom, on
the road from Genoa to Nice. A certain Colognese
lady, named Emilia Mavuzzi, by marriage Baroness
Buggi„ had formed a very intimate friendship with
the young Count of Villafranca, one of the 90118 of ,
the deposed Duchess of Parma. In the course of 1
time the youthful count, either cloyed with the
mature charms of the baroneas, who was some years
older than himself, or from certain other reasons,
desired to drop the connection, gave the lady the slip,
and took refuge in Nice, whither he was speedily
followed by his jilted mistress, who taxed him
with his heartless ingratitude, and no obstinately
refused to be separated from the object of her pas-
sion, that the latter, at his wit'a end, wan fain to

have recourse to the strong arm of authority, and
obtained from the French Government an order
for the expulsion of Baroness Ruggi from the Ina.
penal territory. The lady was escorted to the Italian
confine, and took up her residence at Ventimiglia,
within sight of the spires of Mentone, in that
pleasant land of France which she had been forced
to leave with a bleeding heart. But even here the
fugitive was not left long undisturbed. She was still
too near to Nice for his Itoyal Highness the ex-Duke
of Parma, who applied anew for protection to the
French Government, by whose instrumentality an
order was obtained from Florence directing the hapless
lady to choose another place of residence, at a greater
distance from the frontier. She was summoned to
Porto Maurizio, and enjoined to take her departure
from Ventimiglia within a specified period. The
baninees, however, whom the sequel proves to have
been a woman of spirit and resolution, resisted the
order, alleging her rights as an Italian subject, and
declaring that she would never be removed alive from
the place in which she had fixed her abode. The de-
legate of Public Security in Ventimiglia hail received
his instructions and announced his intention of carry-
ing them into effect. The baroness telegraphed to
the central government, but without effect, and when
the delegate went to the Albergo del Sale on the day
appointed for the removal, the baroness was found
dead in her sleeping-room. She had suffocated her-
self with the fumes of burning charcoal. On her table
were found a few lines in writing; they ran as fol-
lows:—"! ant weary of life, and seek
.for relief in death.
The Count of Villa franca is the cause of my death,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

THE TRIALS FOR SEDITIOUS LIBELS.

Mr. S'.' An, of the Weekly Noes, has been brought
in guilty on all the nine counts of seditious libel
except the seventh. The Attorney• General, whom
the counsel for the defence afterwards charged with
being highly excited, quoted freely from the articles.
One of his extracts wound up thus :
The Impatience of English domination that stirred the
pulses of Ireland then in ilBO3 has not passed away, Sill,
1007, as In 180$ and 1798, the gaoler and the hanmmin form
the twin pillars upon with the edifice of British rule in
Ireland Is supported.

- -
He read a passage from Milton's "Areopal,-itka " to
show that books ought to be looked after as well as
men:—

I know they (book) are sa lively and as vigorously pro-
ductive se those labulou. dragon's teeth ; and being sown up
and down, may chance to spring up anneal mem
- - - - - - • • - •

_
The articles he bad read might become dragon's
teeth. For the defence, the insinuation of Fenianism
was repudiated. Mr. Sullivan had only advocated the
policy of nationality- the true union of the kingdoms
under one sovereign, but with the distinction of the
national life and national aspirations of Ireland. Three
of the alleged libels were woodcuts, and Mr. Dennis
Sullivan, brother of the defendant, and sub-editor of
the paper, was sharply questioned by the proancutiou
as to their meaning. The Attorney-General contended
that a certain ugly female figure in the picture "Jt is
done," represented the British public. 'No, only a
section of the British public," said Mr. Sullivan ; " the
section who danced round the scaffold at Manchester,
and who at Windsor stoned those who went to petition
for mercy." " What do the three crowns in the
'Angel of Justice' represent ?" said the Attorney-
General. 'Are they not crowns of martyrdom?"
The witness hardly knew what crowns of martyrdom
were like; he did not know that there was any
peculiar shape about them. The Attorney-General :
"Would you say they represent martyrs' crowns?"
Witness: "No."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

A TOURNAMENT AT CANNES.

The Paris correspondent of the Mor niag Post writes :
" A brilliant fide has lately been given at Cannes,
where a number of distinguished English noblemen
awl gentlemen formed the bulk of the gay gathering,
and which is due to the initiative of Mr. Bateman, a
well-known member of the fashionable British society
now becoming naturalised in this pleasant town in the
south of France—a town which may be said to rival
Nice in the elegance and refinement of its social
pleasures. A tournament took place ins moot pic-
turesque 51st, a beautiful meadow, partly enelmesi by
the Gulf of Napaule, and the picturesque mountains
to the north and west. The cavaliers, all young men,
were armed like the knights of the middle ages,
but mounted after the manner f Sancho Panes,
on the classical animals from the stable of Don
Quixote, announced at the beginning of the tour-
nament by a heraldat-arms on a beautiful white
palfrey. These emblaxoned knights were Messrs.
Vallez-Long, Levalt, Lord Stafford, Messrs. Moss,
Campbell, Thomycroft, llildell, (!ochrane, Brougham,
and Goldschmidt, who all put in a very elegant appear
ance. After the combat the conqueror was duly pro-
claimed, and rewarded with a crown of orange flowers
at the hands f a beautiful young lady. Among the
company at this recherclV meeting were the Earl and
Countess Kintore, Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil, the Earl and
Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe, M. and Madame
Levalt, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Brougham, lady Coch-
rane, M. Be'anit de Beanvau, and many other eminent
personages. After the tournament came donkey races,
jumping in sacks, and such rustic games as are cam.
mon in the rural fetes of old England, which extra.
comic exhibitions in the classic vicinity of a French
town did not fail to excite uproarious laughter, in which
all present felt it their privilege to indulge without
the least restraint. It is quite evident that these f6t,eB
had an English initiation."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

MURPHY RIOTS AT ACCRINGTON.

SEVERAL PERSONS INJURED.

Murphy, the anti-Popish lecturer, is now at
Accrington. Being unable to obtain the use of
any of the pnblic halls in the town, he erected
a large tent, and on Tuesday night it was cram-
med almost to suflbcation. A large mob wait-
! lug to gain admission, congregated round the
! outside of the building ; and from their conduct
! it was anticipated by the police Oct a riot would
ensue. A number of special constables were
engaged to be in readiness to act in any emer-
gency. As soon as Murphy made his appear-
ance for tha purpose of lecturing, he was hooted
and groaned at by a large number of Irish, who
threw stones at him, and did a great deal ot
damage to Om tent. One poor woman had her
arm badley injured. Murphy drew out a re-
volver, and worked his way through the crowd
to obtain the Bid of the police. As soon as he
got outside the tent a regular forest of sticks
and bludgeons were brOllght out by the Irish.
and a general ith,/r ensued. Staves were then
placed in the hands of the specials, and they
charged the mob. One man was dreadfully
beaten, and was carried into the tent covered
with blood. Another man had his leg hurt, and
several persons were more or less injured.
When Murphy got back to the tent a man was
observed to cut the ropes, and this was the sig-
nal for another encounter between the police
and specials and the mob, the latter being pur-
sued a considerable distance from the tent.
The police and special constables patrolled the
streets during the night. Another riot was ap-
prehended on Wednesday night.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

LOANS AND MORTGAgES.

T()ANS of not less that .t 100, granted for a
A to rni of ear, at a reao. nable Tate of interest.
Seta rat Sums, amounting to 1:1900. to be invested by
way of Mortgage, at rates varying 11 rn three and a half
to five per cent.
Apply to Messrs. A ',IIV. 25, Great ./.uues•atreet, Bed-
ordrow, London. t.:tablished 18:4.

PIANOFORTES.

DIANOFORTES, HARMONIUMS, &c.,
for Sale or Hire, new and second-hand. A Liberal
discount for Cash; or may be had on the TUREE YEARS'
PRINCIPLE, from
.....

H. SIMMS,
100, HIGH-STREET, STOURBRIDGE.
Old Pianos takes is exchange.

JOHN PAGE,
MALSTER,
CROSS KEYS INN,

NEW STIZEET, KTOYRARIDGE,

TTA S the honour of announcing to the Gentle-
-1 men and Inhabitants generally of Stourbridge and
Neighbourhood that he has token to the above Old-
licensed and weldknown Old-e.tohlished BUSINESS,
replete with every convenience for the comfort of the
Public, combined s ito moderate charges.

K. JOHN STOKES,

AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER,

HOUSE AND LAND AGENT,

OFFICE S,-U NION-STREET, DUDLEY.

Begs to inform the inhabitants of Dudley and surround-
ing neighbourhood that he is prepared to advance Money
upon Household Furniture or Stock of any description
for sale, at the shortest notice, and the charges reason-
able,

CHEAPEST PASSAGE
• Atl t.". TO ALL THE COLONIES.
-ow

NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA, CAN-
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by Steamers and Sailing Vessels, regularly des
patched from Londrn. Liverpool, ite.
Apply to Edam d Bent, Emigration Offices, Bent-
street, Itrierley•hill.
Information given fr3e to intending Emigrants. PAP-
sage Warrants and Bounty Tickets attended to. Outfits
always an hand, and may be had at theshortest notice.

PHILIP DREWRY,
APPRAISER AND HOUSE AGENT,
PI Olt nyh,i in-street. Stourbrlllye.

BEGS leave to tender his sincere thanks to
the Public generally for the kind patronage ex-
tended to his late uncle, Mr. Richard Webb, for the last
lifty years ; and, in succeeding to the Rosiness, he blots
by diligence i.tal attention to until a shore of tin public
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TO FARMERS, ke.

BROAD and AGRICULTURAL SALT, at
111..antartari is. Priem I.y rail or canal, to any
part. —Apply, 0. J. 1.% t ton, Rail' a Coal VI hart, Stout-
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8 1 0

0 10 1 10
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-02-22

BPLENDID POCKET BAOAMM BOARD.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

ABONA-FIDE MONEY SPECULATION
of £l2 MOAN) alerling, Guarantee.' by Gowan-
meat. ia to be allotted in yari,n• sums upward.. to
£25,0011. Any ono, h investing fl. may obtain £2l (Mit
sterling. For Pra.meelu. (which will be sent orratial,
apply by letter, addreasid Mr. J. A. Rinea, 14, Duke
area, Adelphi, London, W.C.

WHOLESALE & RETAIL TOBACCO

WAR r.norsE.

FIVE WA IS, CRADLEY HEATH.'
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FOR Cliesp PRINTING. BOOKBINDING
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T. HOMER.
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HENRY nower.irFE !iron to return
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Rttrntl.nL toWoexa t well' a eautlimaaael their
form.,

WINES. SPIRITSI, & ATER OF TNT nen QUATIFT•

AN ORDINARY AT ONE O'CLOCK,
On County Court Days.

NEW PIPE INN,
lIIGII-STREF.T, CORNER OF FOSTER-STREET,

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„ rid 4d „
fel In or Out.
London Porter .. 441 „
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xxx.

These celebrated Ales now an popular throughout Great
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stand nnsurpassed—in fact the connoii pro-
nounce them tT,Eor i 1.1.1,11 at the respective charges ;
and while the Proprietor with confidence depends upon
ti, keen di.mernment of the inhabitants of Stoorbride•
and neighbourhood, lie will, nevertheless, make it Ilia
future and com-tant .tudy to merit a continuance of their
custom,

Bowl el Me se spiceeslid Ales, tostaistioeg 18 Ga15.,17141.
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Porpos.ot, stoves, AO., to kept at Stourheid•ze Rail-
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And Coke Merebant, Stourbridae. Truck Loads COAL
Coke, Lime, Salt, ac., sent to any Station.

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11'1 of Music. High-etreet. Crudley Heath.
N.B.—All kinds of Nuideal luttrionenta tuned and
repaired.
New Mune at lialf•priee.