The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-11-10 00:00:00

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

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high. on which it would be difficult to meet with den.
gers tu4ses the traveller were to thrust himself into
them erthh a rashness with which there is no keseon to
credit this particular tourist, who WAS, on theeentrary,
a steady 'and eensible man. The weather is-fine, yet
between the middle and the summit of this Inountain
be utterly disappears, leaving no trace: whatever
sleeve it to those of your readers who are acquainted
with the neighbourhood of Lucerne to conjecture fw
such an occurrence can have taken place. I feel sure
that every exertion was used, and every means that
could be thought of employed, to gain a clue to this
young man's fate. Liberal rewards were offered, and
the cantonal police roused to actin by express direc.
thins from the Federal Council. It would eplear,
however, that the help which the police can rendeP in
such cases is but small.

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the Mel_ -a, • younger b. 4 whom
had dubbed li. A honour of the Vicar of Woke.
tield, which, being .tiously pronounced through the
sour, became B ,' and beemx shortened became
Box." Bon 'Was familiartouseword to me long,
before I wad ap author, so I came to adept it." It was
this same "pet chilli," this "Dolpger btother""Bot,"
who died at Chicago ai.recorded above. sAugusc was
- horn Landport, peal-Portsmouth.
..poute ears
ago he went to Chicago with his family. At time
the late Mr. Cobden was residing there, and through
his influence Mr. Dickens ohtained, in July, 1860. a
position in the laud department of the Illinois Central
Itailrird, which position he retained till his death.
FIETAL ACCIDENT ON A ItielLWAY.—An inquest .
has been held at Ely, relptive to the death of Mrs.
Lane, confidential servant of. Mrs. Browne,the wife of the !
Bishop of Ely, when the following et idence was adduced:
—The deceased,, it appears, had arrived, in attew lance ot
tile Bishop's ftmily, by thesis p.m. Peterborough train.
Instead of'Using the rather inconvenient gallery to,
cross to the city side of the station, she followed
the Bishop and -Mrs. Browne, who were conducted
across thoruils some few yards in advance by the sta.
tionmaster. She had not crossed the rails when threw:
passenger carriages, moved in the usual way by a horse
to another part of the line, came up, knocked her
down, and fearfully crushed both her legs. Ampule-
thin was found to be necessary, and for a short time
great hopes were entertained of her recovery, but later
is the evening the internal injuries sustained were
manifested, and she expired about lialf-paat ten o'clock
the same evening. The jury returned a verdict of
"Accidental death."

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WIIAT THE ATLANTIC CABLX CAN ACCOMPLISH.
—The NEW York Herald of the 23rd ultimo &aye :

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By the Atlantic Cable we have a European news report,
with financial and commercial advices and marine Intelli-
gence, dated to yesterday evening, Gctobir 22.
THE Ear PRESS EUGENIE AM./ TIM PARIS WORE.
REN—Soldiera of every arm and rank travel, as is
known, at a reduction of fares on all the French rail-
ways. The Empress, in her solicitude on behalf of
the labouring classes, has long been occupied in de-
vising means of providing similar facilities for the nn-
niercus workmen of Paris and its environs, who live at
a considerable distance from their work In order To
meet this desire of her Majesty there is we (Ilaliganni)
learn, about to be organised, by means of the circular
railway, a regular service of trains which will permit
of its realisation. •

A RELIC PAUL JONIUL—A curious relic of
John Paul, the celebrated adventurer, better 'known
as Paul Jones, is in the possession of a Liverpool
gentleman, and some excellent photographic copies
have been made of it. It is a report of the burden,
quality, and contents of the ship John, of Dumfries,
seventy-five tons, hound from "Grenadoes" to Kirk-
cudbright with &cargo°, run), ginger, wool, and sugar.
The report is sworn before the collector and comp-
troller of customs, and signed by thew and by "Jno.
Pall," the captain. The crew number six men, and
the statement contains the curious declaration that "
have no foreign sails or sailolothron hoard." The date
of the document is Dec., 1770—three years before Paul
Jones settled in Am.rica, and before he commenced
his career as a privateersman.

MATRIMONIAL RCMOUR.—The Florence corres-
pondent of The Times says :

The projected marriage between Prince Amadeu of Savoy
and the young Princess della Cisterna is very generally
talked off and thought likely to take place, although few
seen. to suspect by what Influence it ban urea brought all ut.
The lady 'a mother is of tne de Mermie fatuity, and a fervent
Romaniat. I hear that she is connected with the Marquis
de Breme, one of the great courtdignitaries. The daughter has
no particular personal charms; ete is said to have a fortune
equal to 400,000 f stetting It cun hardly he supp eel, however,
that money would have any weight lathe cue of a Prince of
Italy. Morganatic nurricges, so common in parts of Pro-
testant hun.pe, tieing inadruissible In Catholic countries, the
children resulting from the union, would, In their turn,
Inherit the crown of Italy. In short, the rrtari Inge would
be in all respects regular, and would tal.e place with the
consent of all parties concerned, the only peculiarity being
that the Prince would marry one of hls father's subjects, and
a person not cf ro)ai blood

AN l': X ERAORDINAhY SALMON ADVENTURE.—
Mr. Wood, one of the best rod fishers in Scotland,
succeeded, a few days ego in hooking a salmon, con.
sidered to be the largest that has ever been hooked in
the Northesk. the skilful minim:tyres of the angler
were brought into play, but stiil the salmon was as
strong as ever. All arts had been tried. but the
enemy was too wary. Mr. Wood had held his rod
and kept his tackle fast for lni hours, hut the work
proved too nauch for him, and he. relinquished his rod
with groat reladtanoe into the hands of Mr. Bower in
order to •alfsiw of a little repose. Butioesinently Mr.
Wood got the rod into his hand again that he might
have the honour of landing him while another party
went for the clip. But all these preparations were of
no avail. At nine o'clock there was still no appear-
ance cif the fish surrendering, and several meetings
of rod tistkers were held to consider what should be
done in Ilth circumstances. lint Master Salmon
struggled manfully and baffled all the combinations
that were formed against him, until ore o'clock, when
he made a clear run into the stream, and the hook
cams out of his mouth with a piece of the fish at-
tache& For 19 hours and -Vs minutes, with the excep-
tion o) one brief hour, slid the salmon contend with
one of the keenest and best fishers in the three king.
dome, and to the great mortification of Mr. Wood
eventually escaped. The fish Was twice or thrice seen,
and by men well able to judge he Was supposed to be
about COlb. weight.
HIS SPCRET GONE WITH HIM !—The funeral of
Mr. Jacob Snider, the inventor of the breech-loader,
and who was an American, took place on Wednes-
day last week at the KensalsGreen Cemetery, Isondon.
A large number of American friends attended at the
Cemetery, anti others came with the funeral cortege.
The services were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Stewart,
who Was followed by the Rev. C. W. Denison. The
latter said iu the course of his address:—

Only. few hours before his death Mr Solder informed a
trend at his be.iside tout he had a new secret with regard
o a groat principle of national de'ence, more important
than any he had )et discovtred. .1 sill tell you the Remit
to-morrow," said be, "when you call to see me." That
morrow came, and that frb nd came with it to that bedside
again; but the man who laid upon it was dead. Ills secret
was deal with him; and to-day we consign it, as we catnip'
him, to the darkness and silence of the grave.

" MARRIED IN iiviTg."— A curious marriage
is reported to have occurred near Bay City, Michigan.
It appears that a farmer lost his wife by death, and
that the said wife died early in the morning. The
fanner did not appreciate to be left alone in the world,
and ere his wife's eyes had hardly closed in the sleep
that knows no wakin he decided to marry again.
Hitching up his team, P., takes in the servant girl and
pies to Bay City to buy garments for the dead.
While there he insrried the girl, and returned to his
hien« the same night with his second wife, so that by
actual count he was not a widowee twelve hours. The
new wife appeared at the funeral the next day in deep
black, and was one of the principal mourners over the
body of the first wile.
As IT SHOULD BE!—About twelve mouths
since a mutual improvement clasA wokt4 formed by the
young men in the house of Messrs. }high Jones and
Co., Wood-street, London. Every Fiiday evening
recitations and readings have li-en given, after which
a discussion has taken place upon the various aubjects
introduced. On Friday evening last the close invited
the members of the extablishinent to an evening's en-
tertainment. Several gentlemen gave highly inteieet-
ing and eloipient recitations, others sang amusing and
popular Bonet+. "The glee singi-rs," for a first attempt,
acquitted themselves most satisfactorily. (Inc striking
and pleasing fact was noticed, namely, that some of
the gentlemen who took a prominent part in this public
entertainment were so nervous on the establishment
of the.clatie that they could scarcely utter half a dozen
sentences without stammering and hesitating. Friday
night, however, practically proved what may be accom-
plished by a steady perseverance in well-doing. A
highly interesting evening was spent.
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A SHOCKING DBATII.—On Sunday morning
Madame Schwabe, a Germany lady, aged forty-six,
in affluent circumstances, residing at 79, Oxford-
terrace, London, committed suicide under the follow-
ing dreadful circurnstaxiCes :
X it. minute, before ten o'clock the lady was noticed to
fully open one of the bedroom windows on the second it-tor
After walking, in an excited manner, Several time. acr,ss
the room, She got on to the window coping, and then preci-
pitated herself upon the iron ralkings beneath. Her bent
came in contact with two nine-inch iron spikes, which
snapped otf, and remained fixed in the head. Dr. Kerby
and Mr. Lam/Mime' surgeon, were called in, and (amid that
death had been instantatteotie. IC has been ascertained that
she has for some time past been in a desponding state, and
the Inference ii that she committed suicide when in a state
of temporary insanity.

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HALLOWE'EN AT BALMORAL.—Her Majesty,
who hail in former sessions ex ererwed a desire to he
present at the celebration of Hallowe'en in the High-
lands, had an opportunity of gratifying her desire on
Wednesday last week. To a Lowlander, the sight on
Hallowe'en in the if ig Mande is very interesting. Every
farm and cotter's bones Is provided with a bonfire,
and each child is armed with a "sonnik" or torch.
Thus prepared, thh children, as soon as darkeese sets
in, go along the hillsides and glens, waving their light..
Although the old style," is more generally observed,
a good number of the people celebrated the' new style"
on this occasion, owing to her Majesty's wish to
witness the proceedings. Several bonfires were erected
within the policies of Balmoral, and a number of " son-
nike" were prepared. The day was very wet, hut to-
wards evening the rain abated, and the darkness
favoured the display., A number of the tenants, armed
with their " sonniks, ' assembled in large groups just
before night set in. In an instant almost the hillsides
voirie lighted up with hundreds of torches, and the bon-
fires being lighted at the same time, the effect was
very fine. Her Majesty and the members of the royal
family were outside, and admired the sight very much.

'fun A LLICOr D ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE
EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.—A letter from Prague, in the
Vetterland of Vienna, says :--
The great subject of conversation of the moment Is haturally
the incident at the theatre on the evening of the 27th October.
There are still doubts at to whether the man am slit really
meant to take the life of the Emperor. The individual was
interrogated on the following day, and a critninal prosecu-
tion is being prepared. Of course nothing has yet been made
public as to the result so far obtained by the inquiry, but,
as we have remarked the doubts as to the Importance of the
event tend rather to increase than to diminish. In the first
place some information should be obtained respecting the
English Captain Palmer who atomic down the hand of thq
pretended criminal, and an opinion is becoming more and
more general that the whole affair was a plan carefully coini•
blued by this Englishman to produce • sensation. There it
the more reason for that supposition that the tailor Antony
Post has hitherto borne an ire: proachable character, and
his antecedents do not authorise the belief that he was cap-
shin of such an act. I must remark that at the police office
Putt denied all participation in the crinie Captain Calmer
cannot besides swear that the object the accused held In his .
hand was really a pistil, and the more so that the arm— '
which by the way, is a yen had one—eat only handl on the
spot an hour later. There Is also reason to observe that Punt
lived with his wife In a most precarious position, mid for
some darn past hail been renticed to great distress by her
16CC. mehe 'nem —R,sidrding the recent attempt 011 the life 01
the Emperor of Austria, it is mentioned as Mina Mar th,t,
while his life was 01. this occasion saved ly Mr Palmer, en
E.,alidirnan in 1053, • similar attempt to I.6l.llillate the
Emperor was frmtrated by an Irishman, Count Olioneel,
ENGLISH THIEVES IN FRANCE.—TWO Kslhiinh
thieves, who had already made many victims among
jewellers in different towns of France, have just been
arrested at Lyons. Three days previously they had
called at a shop at Marseilles, and while pretending to
examine different articles stole from the window a

valuable diamond necklace, and then, after ordering r
ceetsfin articles; and viiing a false address, made off.
Thrajewelleelliscovered the robbery shortly after, and
gave infokfiddion. to ,the ppolioe, but although the itee
prosiihes W,tice railway stition were watched, nothing
i a
. fieen of.jbe' ei, as they - had probably left the
tOwn. kiescri ' 'on of them was, however, sent to
that,ri
tall sh 'of the same kind in the largest
toss o , min AIM lately a tradesman of Lyons
b g o ' ved firOlmen !Ike those described hover-
ing liter his ifting;-mi've inTormation to the polioe,aiad
agents were immediately set to watch them. The men,
finding they were observed, attempted to get away by
entering an omnibus, and on the vehicle being stopped
one of them leaped from the top and tried to escape
by running off. They were, however,- bath napturei,
and their trianks at an hotel having been searehed;the
aiammid neeklace was found in it. The jeweller from
Marsesles having Peen sent for did.: notlieiweveript
first retogaise he !Wen, although Xheit acitinowfildgfid
that they were the parties who had visited his shop.
, The men are believed to be connected with two exten-
sive jewel robberies at Geneva and Frankfort.
A MORMON TllRATRE.—Brighant Young takes
'care that there shall be no lack of amusement among
Ikm- ' disciples and he makes the aatuarrnearts themeetves
a source of incitement to the agents employed to
produce them, lie has built a theatre at the Great
Salt Lake City, which is described as 'a rare triumph
of art and enterprise." In capacity and elegance it
vies with the best theatres in America, nor are its
various properties inferior in richness and Mete. What
distinguishes the Mormon theatre from all others is
that all the actors and actresses are amateurs—
merchants, mechanics, the wives and daughters of
citizens; and their acting and singing would do credit to
any professional troupe. A performance was int.
provised in honour of speaker Colfax, winch went off
with the most complete success. Yet the two principal
masculine characters were performed by a day labourer
and a carpenter; one of the leading female parts
was sustained by a married daughter of Brigham
Young, and several of his other daughters took
part in the ballet. Brigham, it appears, whilst thus
getting his performers for nothing, charges a good
price for admittance, and therefore must make a large
profit out of his theatre. _

RED-TAPEISM IN THE EXECUTIONER'S DEPART-
MENT.—The singular formality with which executions
in Spain are accompanied has just taken place again at
Madrid. In this instance the criminal was a young
Mac, an engraver, named Sans, who had been arrested
fir Isarticipati6n in the events of June last. The
gendarme who fulfilled that mission appears to have
acted with a certain brutality, and Sans, on being
acquitted, resolved to take revenge, and, lying in wait
for the other, stabbed him to the heart. Being
arrested and tried, he was condemned to die by the
garrotte, and the sentence was carried out a few days
back. After the executioner has performed his office
in Spain, he is surrounded by gendarmes, loaded with
chains, and taken to prison, and thence before an
examining magistrate, when the following dialogue
takes place :—" You are accused of having taken the
life of a man." "Yes," answers the executioner, "it
"What was your motive for the crime?"
"To obey the law and fulfil the mission confided to
me by justice." An indictment in drawn up, and on
the fidlowiog day the man is taken before the tribunal,
which immediately pronounces an acquiital, and the
prisoner is liberated, after his confinement of 24 bouts.
UNSEEMLY DISPUTES.—The Paris COTTeSIIOII-
- of the Daily Sews writes :
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The theological currents which are at present so strong In
England have been disturbing our atmosphere also, but their
action here is for the moat part restricted to certain
',cantles. episcopal palace. ..1 newspaper tlims. Following
suit to Mgr. Litipauloup, several of the oth•r bishops have
taken occasion from tt.e late inundations, the cholera, the
invasion of lotnats in Algeria. and other phenomena, not
forgetting the slight earthquake of last mouth, to deduce
that the Almighty punishing by such Mil...atom; the nations
whichMiaplease Him they do not atmg he* however, but
specify some of the sins which brought much judgments on
the country, greatly to the indignation of certain schools of
philosophy, who find their pet virtues unceremonloinly de-
flounced as sins. Even the vestment and fly spoon contro-
versy In England does not excite more violent, although
perhaps more general emotion, than the quarrel of these
who, seeing the finger of God in all that passes, undertake
to explain the hidden moti•ea of Ili. action, and those who
deny that there is any ruling Providence In the universe.
There has been a good deal of rather uncharitable declama.
tion on both sides, but it seems to have con. to an end, each
party of course unconvinced by the other, but content to be
silent in the general apathy of the public, whieLhas some-
thing else to think of than the quarrels of churchniiii and
no-churchmen, the only sect, into which French society is

divided.
SErrunn IT AMICABLY !—The Middle LeveL
Commissioners have decided not to carry the suit known
as the case of Coe e. Wise, to the Hodge of liirds, Wit
have deepted it advisable to make arrangements for
adjusting the damages and settling all claims noon
them, consequent on the bursting of the Great Western
Bank of the Marshland Bloke in the month of May,
1,412. The claims which have been sent in amonnt to
77 7ls/., but this is considered to he much in excess of
the sum which will have to be paid. The income of
the Middle Level Corporation is about 25,0001. a year,
and this is nearly all of it annually expended on the
works, drainage, and tides in connection with the im-
provement of the fen lands of the Isle of Ely and the
surrounding district. The Board of the Middle Level
Coramissionere are therefore going to Parliament in
order to obtain powers to borrow the money to enable
them to pay the damage claims which are preferred
through the failure of their ontfall sluice in 1562.
Should Parliament as- ent to their proposal the money
so borrowed will be repaid by means of an acreage tax
of Is. 6d. on all landit inAhe Middie Level which are
liable to be taxed under the provisions of the existing
Middle Level Act. It is caleuloted that it will hake
thirty years to pay off the principal and interest of the
Proposed loan.
YORKSHIRE STATUTE FAIRS.—For a year GY
two past efforts have been made to Myr°, e the
statute hiring. for farm and domestic servants, by
offering inducements to the girls to separate from the
men and lads in the open market places. By these means
it is hoped to elevate the character of the servants and
to put an end to the immorality too frequent at
statute fairs. These fairs for the hiring of servants
commence at Melton on Saturday next, and in
view of their annual recurrence a meeting of
magistrates, clergy, and gentry has been held
to consider what steps should be taken. It was re-
solved to appropriate the Conn-exchange (lent by Earl
Pitzvrilliam) as a room for the use of the female ;irr-
itants, and also—interfering as little as possible between
employers and their servants—to establish a system of
registration, without charging any fee. A committee
was formed to carry out the establishment id a system
of cheap dinners and terse, as as to avoid all excuse for
entry into a public-house. The co-operation of the
clergy in the various parishes is asked for, and they are
desired to form registers in their several parishes of
young women requiring places. It is hoped. ;should
this effort prove successful, to extend it to the men-
servants of future years.
IN FAVOUR OF DR. COLENSO.—Lotd Romilly
rave judgement on Tuesday in the action brought by
Dr. Colenso against the trustees of the Colonial
Bishoprics' Fund to recover the amount of his salary,
which had not been handed to him since the sentence
of deprivation had been pronounced against him by
the Bishop of Capetown as his metropolitan. The
learned judge said that no questions of heresy or of
personal misconduct came before him, or indeed were
urged by the defendants ; the sentence of dej rivation
had been set aside by tha Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council ; and he had therefore to consider the
question merely BA one of contract between the parties.
lie held that Dr. Colenso had performed all the duties
devolving upon him as a bishop, and that he was
therefore entitled to his eatery. The judgment was
consequently in favour of Dr. Colenso, and the de-
fendants; were ordered t r pay the arrears of the salary
and all the costs.
ITALY AND THE POPE .—The '• Independanee
Beige" says:—
At the moment when the Pope again declares and parade*
hie irreconcilable oppoldtion to the new order of things in
Italy, and more than ever refuses to cons,- lidate his position
either by concessions or aniline.. the Rattan government
gives him a noble example of tolerifue and niesteration A
circular of Baron Ricasoll tutors,. the prefects that Italy
hems; delivered from foreign occupation, no motive of poll-
Hem security any longer prevents the return of the bishops
absent from their episcopate...
FALSE ALARM !—The express train from
London to Exeter, which leaves the Waterloo Station
of the South Western Railway at 10.50 a.m., and is
fitted with Mr. Preece's electrical apparatus for Cam-
municatinum between its passengers and its guard, was
A few days ago, subjected to a false alarm, A mis-
chievous fellow wantonly broke the glass by which the
handle setting the machinery in motion is protected,
and rang the hell. No inconvenience, however, ensued.
The guard, seeing that there was nothing wrong with
the train itself, did not stop until he coald safely do
so' and readily ascertained by means of the broken
eer's the identity of the individual who had plaied the
stupid trick. The train then proceeded, and the cul-
prit will of course be prosecuted by the company. The
objection raised by those opposed to this improvement,
that passengers will always be playing similar
tricks, might equally be raised against placing belle in
coffee-rooms or at street doors. In practice, we do not ,
find that they are always being wantonly rung,
although there is no doubt that the contingency some-
times does occur. 1
A NOVEL REMEDY FOR SWEARING. The
California Christian Adrocatc, commenting upon the
great temptation to the ein of profanity in that country,
says:—
An Intelligent lady of our acquaintance, whose little boy
was beginning to talk, anxious to express to her child her
horror of profanity, hit upon the novel process of washing
out his mouth with soap-suds whenever he swore. It was
an effectual cure The boy understood his mother's sense of
the corruption of an oath, and the taste of suds together,
which produced the desired result.