The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-06 00:00:00

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traordinsry power only „
Company are now working between Valenti& and
Heart's Content with a battery of onl-• twenty
cells. It in, in fact, remarkable how grerAly the
'meow of the 'present/ pear hap diseipated the sup-
posed difficulties of distant or deep-ees aslegraphy.
USES oF True ASANTIC 04131. Z. —The lie,. Dr.
Osgood of New Yoe*, oligervew an ailvantaga in the
Atlantic cable which may not have been noticed by
aIL In a sermon which he has been preaching upon
the subject, and in the couatof which ite_proctarred
a piece of the !eau,' alit its conetruCtion might be
better understood, lie enumerated, among the "lessons
taught by it," that a charge of 5 dole, a word bi a
wonderful stimulus to the power of abridgment. The
rev. doctor avowed his wish that public writers had
been taught in some such laconic school.
STRANGE Fir anomgeorg.The " Nebraska City.
News 'S says • shower of minute Insects visited that
place on the 24th of lard month. The News says:—
Th. air was filled with winged insects resembling in their
flight' the blow of, the cottonwood borne by the wbsdiC of
spring When viewed in the rays of the inn • heavy fall of
snow seemed Impending. The curious little Insecte were in
two strata—the tipper stratum passed in a direct course to
the west, impelled by the stlif east wind which had been pr.
railing for some days, the lower layer was moving in
every direction Some of them would strike against the
house sides, others again would sell towards the earth as,
if with the purpose of alighting, but if any lit upon the
around they could only be seen while looktlg towards
the sun.
Tilg " CHAMPION O`F ENGLAND ! "—The follow-
ing story illustrative of the interest taken y Victor
Emmanuel in all matters relating to fighting ran the
rounds of Florence last winter. Among the English
resident/ in that city was a reverend gentleinan, who
by failure of male lame has succeeded to the chem.
pionehip of England. It no happens that this gentleman
is of very moderate mtature, and by no means a good
physical representative of a royal champion. Being
informed that he was the champion of England, the
King exclaimed. "Die mio I e posnibile ! how could so
little a man have beaten the big boxer Heenan? Tell
me all about it?", •
- • • ''—The Indian •jr,-

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INDIAN SCANDALS."—The Indian .journxls
indeed are seldom without es ezoilw,nacul, pt an in.
tmmely personal charades (We are quoting from
the (Jornhill Mapatine for October.) Soiruebodyli
reputation is being tried in the balance. As soon an
the country ceases to be convulsed with .war, the
conflicts of peace commence. A drowsy cantonment,
or a bustling hill station may be the scene of strife.
The contention may be purely among the men ; or a
woman, if not the cacao leterrima triO, may be mixed
.uli with it, and "aloes embroil the affray." In some
cases, perhaps, there may be grave infractions of the
moral law; but In others the story is encrusted with
, the pettiest personalities, which, however exciting
they may be on the spot, are regarded at a distance
simply with contempt; and the pity of it is, that
often great and honourable names are assaciaied with
these small and discreditable'scandals"l'he
general inference then is, that there is something in
an Indian sun that "breeds maggots," not only in
"dead dogs," but also in "live bons."

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SHOCKING DEATII-A form labourer, named
John Collings, employed on a farm near Newport,
Monmouthshire, has met with • horrible death, caused
by an attack of a boar pig. It appears that the boar
was with a sow In the ford yard of Park Farm, in the
occupation of Mr. Scard, and Collings, having once.
,sion to go there, began teasing the animal until it got
into • rage; he continued his foolish condudt, when
the hoar sprang at him and bit him most SavagelY
about the upper part of litith thighs. The wffe of the
bailiff, who was in the dairy, hearing Collings ;cry out,
"Oh, God! oh, God !" as in great agony, ran out, and
saw him rushing from the fold, followed by the boar,
who tore up the ground with passion. She describes
the blood gushing forth from Collings in a stream as
thick as one of her fingers. The unfortunate man
succeeded in reaching the passage of the farta-house,
when he fell down from loss of blood, and in • few
minutes expired. He was fearfully mangled on both
thighs just below the groin, the flesh being toin away
to the bone, and the femoral artery was divid•d. At
the inquest held on the body the jury returned a
verdict of "Accidental Death."

A CHALLRNOK TO PRINTISRB.—Georce A.
Barber, of Detroit, America, has published a ckallenge
to any printer in the world to a trial of speed for ten
hours, or one week, at the rate of ten hours Per day,
to net "solid, straight matter," for from 2,000d015. to
5,00Gd015., the race to come off within three Months
after the acceptance of the challenge.
Tit It LORD MAYOR OF LONDON', CHALLENGE
It is much better to be a lord mayor than a prophet
(remarks a smart contemporary). NN hen Samuel retired
from office he called upon the people to witness against
him whose or he had stolen, or whose an he had
stolen, or whom he had defrauded. Vhen Mahomet
was dying, he asked every one to whom he had done
any wrong to smite him on the cheek, and he paid
with usury for all that he had taken unjustly. But
when Mr. Alderman Phillips resigns the dignity of
Lord Mayor of London, he can take a much higher
ground than either of his models. It is his proud
boast that "if there he any one among you who has
anything to say in condemnation of uty conduct, or
any charge to make, all I can say is, ' Come forth,
thou slanderer.'" No wonder foreign nations have such
a profound respect for the Lord Mayor of London
when it is shown on such authority that it is slander
to say a word against bin,. Yet the duties he has to
perform are so onerous that we might allow for human
weakness being s.anetiines unequal to them. There
must be some direct inspiration breathed upon the
Lord Mayor to purify him from all the stains of earth,
and to raise him above the possibility of human
censure.

Br RIM) A tivx.—The Basle journals relate the
following strange incident :

At the funeral • few days dace of a man named Pierre
Wyse, at Taurreleti, now this place, the genre-digger, while
throwing in the earth, thought he been,' • sound as If two
blows had been struck In the coffin. Ile acc,,rdlogly in.
formed the clergyman, but this latter, believing that the
man was under an Illusion, would not allow the ooMo to lie
opened The matter kering come to the knowledge of the
authorities, the next day they ordered the eshumstion of the
body, when the man was found to be still alive, but expired
forty-eight boon afterwards.