The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-08-30 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

M. Bigot, Mayor of Pontgonin, who had been re-
voked by the Prefect of the Kure et-Lotre for mai-admit" -
tration, drowned himself in the river sure.
An Isle of Man paper, courting the ladies and their
patronage for the island as an autumn seaside residruce,
sa
the Isle of Man is most assuredly the place for ladles.
marauders having being approved by President Grant.
hanegaitasseinxt j3acrdkofsOnlotevre,
The Board of Inland Revenue acknowledge as
oath. enornteDdcoc.
olnntdhies.ns,, re
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" Conscience Money" the receipt of £4 2s. 6d., for unclaimed
Income-tax, from "W. T. E."
Dr. Relation is reported to be slightly better, and to
be gaining a little strength.
Land is very cheap in West Virginia. It in ad-
mirably adapted for sheep-growing.
The Derby magistrates have refused an application
made by the hemmed victuallers to extend permanently the
time of closing to twelve o'clock, instead of, as at present,
eleven o'clock.
M. Paul Ragier, who died at Belley, on the 24th of
January lest, has left to the cantonal hospital if Geneva the
whole of his fortune, with the exception of 171,000 i. be-
queathed to other charitable institutions.
By permission of the Russian authorities, some
German engineer officers have been permitted to proceed to
the Crimea for the purpose of inspecting extensive fortifica-
tions which are being constructed at Kertch.
A dreadful accident Ilea happened at the Taybridgn
works throngs the bursting of an air bell at the top of •
caisson. Fourteen men were at work on the pier below, but
only eight of them could be rescued.
The Cologne Govt.', states that since the 27th
October, 1861, the day of the promulgation of the ukase
abolbhing serfdom In Russia. up to the let of August het,
no less than 6,992,494 serfs and their families (not Included in
the above figures) have been converted into free landowners,
leaving out of account those serfs who were liberated by
private arrangement with their master..
The Cape drilla contains a long obituary notice
respecting Mr. Hugh Lynne. In early life, it says, the de-
ceased edited an influential journal In Dublin; In 1839 he
became Chief Clerk and Clerk of the Peace for Cape Town;
and when he died he had resided in the colony for 44 years.
The Richlands appear to have had unusual attnic-
tractions for ertists this season. among the visitors have
been Mr. Millets, who visited the west coast of Bathe:stand;
Mr. Thomas Feed, who is at the Manse of Lochcarron ; Mr.
James Carets. of Edinburgh ; Mr. Samuel Bough, Edinburgh;
Mr. Henry 0 Neil, Mr. Samuel Read, .to.
Mr. Gladstone's Secretary, writing to Mr. J.
Chamberlain, of the National Education League, says that
the telegraphic summary of the Premier's recent speech on
the subject of school boards does not, In Mr. Gladstone's
judgment, accurately convey the scope of his remark., as the
recommendation and argument which they contained were
founded not on any grneral rule, but on the local circum-
stances of the case at liawsrden, which, of course, it dose
not fully set forth.
The Globe states that the boxes placed in various
parts of St. Paul's Cathedral for the contributions of the
congregation have been broken into and their contents ex-
tracted. It appears the iron padlocks of the boxes were
sawn through, but the work was so well performed that
detection was not easy until suspicions wens roused It is
to be hoped that for the future the Catheural authorities
will fake care to have the boxes examined and cleared daily.
Two more railway accidents have occurred at Wigan.
The Stalybridge mail train, in paring through Spring Branch
Junction shortly after midnight on Sunday, struck a home
which had strayed on the line, and the engine and some of
the carriages were thrown off the metals, but no one seems
to have been seriously hurt. The other accident occurred on
Saturday, when a child who had strayed on tne fine, was
struck by a pawing train.
A telegram from Barcelona, dated Sunday, says that
the Caritas have burnt two bridges on the Gerona railway,
and thus destroyed the communication with Madrid, Valen-
cia, and France. It is further stated that they have entered
an Important place named MIA, and have ordered the
municipality of Gracia, a suburb of Barcelona, to pay them
quarterly tribute. All the profeeson of law, and nearly all
those of literature and philosophy, at the University of
Vittoria have refused to inscribe their names in the IDS of
volunteers, and have been dismissed in consequence.
A magnificent illuminated copy of Buddha's works
(says the indian Mirror) is being executed for a Mongol
Prince In the language of Thibet. The whole consists of the
usual 180 volumes, 80 of which are completed, printed In
letters of gold, and bound in embroidered elk with silver
clasp. For this the owlet is to receive £25,000. Tilers are
but very few of these c spied in existence.
It is said that an Irishman once on a time invented
a son that could shoot round the corner. Be that as it may,
• Scotchman of the name of Glen, in Edinburgh, has obtained
a patent for tramways turning round 'treat corners, and
superseding the change of gearing at a journey's end. Al
the Scotch say, "The proof o' the pad din's the pressing o'l ; "
we shall see how Oda curious patent worth
On Saturday evening the North Pole, • yacht be-
longing to Colonel Sharp, Perth, sprang a leak and filled In
the Firth pf Forth, between Portobello and Granton. The
yacht being lined with cork did not go to the bottom, and
Colonel Sharp and • men. Thome., Neilson, belonging to
Kirkcaldy, clung to one uf the gunwales. They remained in
that dangerous position, with the waves breaking over them,
for an lour and a half, when they were rescued by the cutter
yacht Jaaler Lily, owned by Mr. Darling of Ste North
British Railway Company.
The San Frontlet° Gazette has the following ad-
vertisement :—" Pathan, the most destructive and f rocions
fish for its sine that nature has ever produced hike " Caribe."
Those fish are the poste of m .st of the South Sussman
rivers. They go about in millions, and are so destructive to
anima life that they are called the " liondongueros" or
'trite eaters." These fish are bad enough, but bad whisky
In worse. The only way to make sure of raving the genuine
article is to go to Rotating and buy good old Cutter. ills
always good."

On Monday some male wearing apparel and a small
black leather osg were found on S. uth Sea Beach, Ports-
mouth. sod Inside one of the pockets was dlscoverel
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photograph of a lady, and a lettei addressed to London. It
I, supposed that the owner of the clothes he. tommitted
Suicide.
According to an official return just published, during
the first half of the current year 5,186 horses, mules, or
donkeys have been eaten in Parts, that bi to say, 803,840
kilogrammes (about 21b. each) of meat, exclusive of heart,
liver, brains, tongue, &o, which are eaten in the same way as
those of uten. During the lirst six months of 1870 (before
the war), 1892 such animals were slaughtered in the French
capital, and only 893 in the corresponding period oft 867.
The same increase of emsamption has, it la stated, titan
place in the provinces.
At &fad at Foix, close to the Pyrenees, a public ball
was among the features of the rejoicing., and the chef
d'orchestre• who seems to have some humour, advertised
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among the dances • " Liberation" quadrille, a " Fusion'
polka, and • " Dissolution " waltz. M. is Prole' considered
these titles " subversive." and punished the unfortanate
preStsrio by prohibiting the ball altogether.

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A correspondent I. at a lose and says—" Can any
one adduce an instance of. really new surname having been
adopted by any person within recent years I I am cognisant
of persons having changed their surnames, but I have not
heard of any one (except in fiction) coining, or striking ant,
sew surname."
Seventeen persone who had made a pilgrimage
near &mar brought an action against the Echo de edusArrois
for mentioning their names as pilgrims, because the French
law forbids journals to speak of affairs pertaining to the
private lives of individuals. The Echo was sentenced to pay
to each of the pilgrims 1.0 I. damages.
The Metropolitan Police report for 1872 dates that
In that year 10,188 dogs were seised by the police in the
streets of the Metropolis. A few—namely, 828—were restored
to their owners, and 34 succeeded in making their escape.
The main body, as many .e 9,820. were sent to the Home for
Lost and starving Dogs at Battersea.
A youthful genius and some office friends fastened
several yards of etring to an umbrella, end then stood the
article In the door of a public staircase. In the Genres of
half an hoar eleven different persona saw the umbrella, and
wanted them to take charge of it, carried it the length of
the string only to let go of it, and wondered what the laugh-
ing was at in that Government office, and why her Majesty's
servants were not better employed.
A hint to home houses of btainees may be obtained
from the fact that the attempts made by the building trades
at Berlin to extort higher ernes or reduced hours of labour
from their employers have resulted in utter failure. The
command of the market Is said to have parsed into the
• —. ...cis the high terms conceded laat - have

masters' hands. The high year ha,
attracted great numbers of hands both irom the provinces
and from foreign countrier There are, for instance, no ley
than about 600 Italian 10,0110111W01 at this moment em-
ployed at Berlin.
The Manchester Guardian's London correepondent
writes : —ln win:motion with the arrangements for the English
pilgrimage to the shrine of the Sacred heart, I hear that a
person has given a lamp of the value of 100 guineas to be
placed in the sanctuary at Pam Is Monist, and it is expected
that the comteittee will provide, out of funds to be subscribed,
an endowment of zest:dug the lamp burning in perpetuity.
At the Breotford Petty Sessions two boys have been
charged with stealing two sheaves of corn, valued at ls. 6d.,
ftperlildlnend.dtrtgethtewmo
the property of Mr. Phillips, farmer, of Heston, Middlesex,
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ale-ayes of wheat from .__pr -._,,,
through the hedge William Harding, prosecutor's foreman,
stated that the boys had no business In the field. They did
not permit gleaning while the corn wu standing in sheave..
In defence the bey, said they took the wheat aa one of theo
other lads had asked them to do Sc in order to feed the cows.
The Bench ordered both children to be sent to the relthain
Reformatory for three years.
An excellent story Is current, and deserves record.
A most gallant, decorated, and di.tinguished officer of our
force was lat. ly president of a court martial If e had sworn
a witnees, • raw Irish recruit, and held out his hand for the
Bible. Judge of biz aatoolsliment at finding it—the hand not
the book—grasped and heartily shaken by Pat, who in the
very broadest brogue said, " It'. myself who le proud and
pi ailed to bould the hand of ye, sir, and may Saint Pathrick,
and all the Saints ot ould Ireland, bless your honour."

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