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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

"LATEST INTELLIGENCE."

In • leader commenting npon the " Latest Intelligence " of
the newspapers, The Times remarks :-
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The column, or rather columns, of "Latest lnteUl
floe" have a look which they who can read looks
have to put their construction upon. We can decipher
anything in these days, from a fossil to a Moabite stone,
and we ought not to shrink from the brief and pithy
announcements which tell us the world is going at its old
pace—faster, indeed, than heretofore. What do they
all mean, and how shall we put together the broken parts
of the picture or the m rrative ? Here are piled be-
fore us civil wars, Royalist reactions, superstitions and
fanaticieme, rei iced dynasties and new-born theories,
Royal meetings, democratic Congresses, ecclesiastical
Councils and Synods; manifestoes., delegations, em-
bagoiee, complications; the old gams ended only that a
new game may uegin ; States altogether new, and
States that have still to find out how they are
to be governed; everywhere, finally, Church and
State with all their differences yet to settle,
It all comes upon us at once. This it is to have
destroyed time and space; to see all the kingdoms of
the world in a moment of time; to be omnipresent and
omniscient. Even the sanguine inventors who hung
the first nice and who laid the first cable did not expect
thus to stimulate the action of the world. We have, it
seems, tamed and mastered the most subtle of all
known material influences only to find man fiercer and
quicker than ever, and more disposed than ever to
waste his fiery eairgies in this or that direc ion.
While in a sense we are all one again, as in the old
plain of Shiner, and were at least in • fair way of
understanding one another, a confusion worse than
of tongues invades the reason, rather than the ear, in a
universal discord of i leas and opinions. Could all the
human race be collected under one vast dome, the din
would be intolerable, the epectacle grievous. But the
electric telegraph doss this for us. It is the pace, how-
ever, that kill.. The chief drag upon all human pro-
gress, or precipitancy, was the time and trouble
required for information. Whin it took days and
weeks to obtain the few facts necessary to every step a
Statesman or a soldier miqht take, wars, and even
revolutions, were spun out, and the party for things
ao they were always felt that time wai their best friend.
Time has deserted the cause of order. Indeed, thsre
Is hardly such • thing as time in politics now. Who
can say what will not happen tcemorrow, and throw
Europe into the Republic, the Reac ion, or the Empire?
The silence of the agency does hut mock the terrible
import of the news. Intelligence used to be a noisy,
ostentatious means, that brought even a message of
love and peace rattling and clattering, killing horses
and men, braving wind and waves; it is now voicelees as
the stars even when it tells us of an empire overthrown
or a Continent in a blaze.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

FANCY PRICES FOR CATTLE!

The Daily Telegraph remarks—The priced catalogue
of the marvellous Cattle Sale, at the New York Mills,
upon the 10th of this month, was abridged in out im-
pression of Saturday, and the figures justify our Trans.
atlantic contemporaries in regarding it as "the most
remarkable event in the history of short horns." Four
cows fetched the immense aggregate of 133,200 dollars,
or about 06.640 in our money, thus giving an average
of fully £6,6430 per head. We doubt whether, in the
annals of any civilised country, four animals were
ever knocked down for such a collective figure, with the
single exception of Blair Athol, Gladiatenr, Breadal-
bane, and the highest-priced of the late Mr. litlenkiron'e
brood mares, which were sold when the "monster
stud" was dis,srsed under the hammer at Middle
Park. Four animals sold upon Mr. Blenkiron's
death, brought between them the sum total of about
£27,500, or nearly £l,OOO more than Mr. Campbell's
four cows; but in either case the sale may safely be
pronounced what our French neighbours, when
bidders go mad at the Hotel Drouot, call "so
&lire." It is simply Impossible that any horned pro-
digy in existence can be worth so much as ;
and the enterprising English bidders, when they have
successfully brought their costly purchases back to
, England, will be only too likely to discover that, in.
stead of having improved upon Transatlantic soil, some
of the " Belgravian mothers" for which such vast
prices have just been given are strikeu with sterility,
or in some other respect turn out lees valuable than the
enthumiiiiim of their new owners had anticipated. At
the same time we congratulate both England and the
United States upon possessing many buyers who think
nothing of £5OO when a peerless cow or heifer is to
be obtained. We have lately had abundant evi.
deuce of the accumulated wealth owned by hoarding
and parsimonious France; but was there ever
red a
induced
who, however wealthy, would have
to give 230,000 f. for a single cow? It is
by Englishmen and Americans alone that money, which
is often easily made, is always readily spent. Yet It
seems to no that American breeders of shorthorns
were better justified than their English rivals in
bidding extravagant prices at the New York Mil:
sale. To begin with, the cattle were actually on
American POil, and acclimatised. Secondly, there
is a far larger scope for improving the bovine
I race upon the vast Western continent than in
I our small and artificial island. In Texas alone
! there are nearly five million head of cattle, the in-
fusion into which of a little Duchess or Oxford blood
I cannot fail to be highly beneccial. But just as we are
of opinion that a single thoroughbred horse will never
, again bring £12,500, so may it be regarded as alinoat
' certain that no four cows will again be sold for an
, average of £6,100 api -ce. Mr. Blenkiron's and Mr.
Campbell's auction sales are unquestionably the two
great equine and bovine marvels of the day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

COUNTY COURT.

MAINTENANCE OF A WIFY.—At the County
Court, on Saturday, before Mr. Kettle, Judge, a
curious claim was heard. Samuel Perry sued
Charles Randle for the maintenance o his
daughter, who was wife to the defendant.—Mr.
Waldron, who appeared for the plaintiff, said his
client's daughter had been married some Hine to
the defendant, who at intervals had cruelly treated
her. On the 4th of July defendant came home,
after working all night, and went to bed. In the
afternoon he got up, caine downstairs, and at once
asked his spouse for some tobacco. She said she
had no money to buy him tobacco with, where-
upon he struck her in the mouth, at the same time
snatching a child out of her arms. After this she
returned home to her father, and the defendant
was summoned to appear before the magistrates
when the Bench bound him over to keep the peace
towards her. On the day the case was heard de-
fendant's wife went to him and asked if he in. tended to provide her with a home, to which he
replied in the negative, andthreatened to" smash"
her if she did not go away. Since that time the
wife had been living with her father, and the
action was brought to recover the cost of mainten-
ance.—Eliza. Randle was then called, but before
i,..isg examined the Judge asked the defendant if
he was willing to find his wife a home, to which he
replied that he was. Mr. Addison, who defended,
said Randle had always been willing to keep her,
but her parents were continually interfering. The
Judge, with a view of bringing about an amicable
settlement of the family dispute, asked the woman
to consider the advisability of accepting the offer
her husband to live with him, but she replied
that the home defendant offered was to live with
his mother, which she objected to accept. She
wanted a home of her own. Eventually, his

Honour adjourned the case till the October Court,
and intimated to the defendant that it would be
better for him to and his wife a place of abode in
the meantime, or the probability was that he
would have to pay pretty sharply if the case was
again brought before him.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

pp. 180 cloth, 15; post free for 19 Stamps.

Dour DISEASES TREATED BY HOMCE-
OPATHY. —By Jews, Moo, M.R.C.V.B.
London: James Epps & Co., Homeopathic Chemists,
48 Threadneedle-street; 170 Piccadilly ; and 112 Great
Russell-street. Stourbridge: J. H. Bland and A. P.
Morris. Bewdley : R. Newman. Worcester: T. With-
erington.
HOMMOTITHIC MlDlCll4ll.—Coution.—Each bottle or
tube of medicine is secured by a band over the cork beer.
ing the signature, "James Epps & Co., Homeopathic
Chemists, London," without which in no case can it be
maim.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

PRICES.

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Butter, per cwt.: a a Cheese, per cut: a. e.
Done; 140 to 150 Cheshire ...... ... 74 Se 84
Friesland 124 128 Dble. Glotic.,new 76 84
Jersey . ..... lO6 12, Cheddar .. B2 96
Bug. Fresh, per dos 16 17 AMOTIO0,11
Bacon, per cwt: llama: Yolk OO 120
Wiltshire, dried 00 90 Cumberland
Irish, green, .... 89 96 Irish
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

TIPPLERS' TAXES.

LET us drink, and pay our share
Of the taxes, 0 my friends
Partial burdens are unfair :
Toping, let na make amends,
Doctors, Issuers, artlds. clerks,
Incomeetax on earnings pay,
We go free, as blltbe as larks
Carolling at dawn of day.
If we drank not as we do,
They'd be forced yet more to pay;
limit, through drink, the Revenue,
In a measure, we defray.

When a tax the Gatherer screws
Out direct, for him who pays,
'Tis as pain a tooth to lose,
Which no chloroform allays.
Paying whilst you drain the pot,
Or enjoy the sparkling glass,
Is as having, feeling not,
Teeth drawn under laughing gas.

Mome'at we, ln every cup,
Poorer better chum mare
Therefore let ur liquor up,
And their burder e help to beer—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALICANTE.

The Times, on Tuesday, published the following from their
Apecial

ALICANTE, Rept. 27.

off er.d.

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A final Effort made yesterday by the foreign rest.
dents to obtain further delay has failed, and the
I ntransigente Commander w.tified to the Consular Body
that the bombardment would begin this morning. All
Englishmen bat three repidente left the town, with
other foreigners. The English Conimi Colonel Baine,
remained. Many inhabitants who had waited on to the
last moment, not believing in the poesibility of a bom-
bardment, left during the night. There are scarcely
any noncombatants now in the town, through the
streets of which one wanders without seeing any stn of
life. The bombardment was expected at five o'clock, but
did not begin till 6.45. The foreign vessels were mean-
time getting out of the way. The Numancia gave the
signal by a blank charge, and then, after a long
I pause. a shot struck the hill below the Fort.
The Battery almost immediately replied. Since then
firing on both sides is kept up stubbornly, but very
Tbe firing of the ships is extremely bad,
especially that of the Mendez Nunez, which is often so
wide that it is impossible to may what she is aiming at.
Several shells have fallen into the town, and various
houses have been struck, but perhaps unintentionally,
since the ships appear to have attacked only the batteries.
There are five batteries. Their tiring is very superior to
that of the ships, which have been struck several times.
About 10 nelsons are killed and wounded in the forts,
and among them one woman. The people at fired were
scared; but they are now getting accustomed to the
cannonade, and show great spirit. There are no signs

of a disposition to surrender, but, on the oontrary. the
Alicantinoe declere they will not listen to any terms if
offered. Two shells struck the railway station, so the
trains cease to ran. Great indignation is expressed
against foreigners on account of the non interference
of the foreign squadron.

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The Fernando el Catolieo requisitioned 2000, dole. at
VilleJoyoss, with which she bought provisions there.

MADRID, Sept. 29.

All in over. The Numancia and the Mendez Nunez
are now steamiog back to Cartagena. The Com-
mander of the Intransigentes rent on board the
French flagship at one o'clock to say he could no
longer continue the fight. He acknowledged that the
Numanria had been twice etruck, and wae asome-
what damaged. Here it in believed that Me bee MU
merious. The Alicantinoe are in a great state of delight.
They thoronghly deserve their suceeem, sot they have
shown great spirit. It Is hoped here that this crush-
ing defeat will finish the Cartagena ineurrection.

MADRID,_ Sept. 28.

The failure of the bombardment of Alicante hits
caused much rejoicing here. It is expected it will be
quickly followed by the termination of the Cartagena
rebellion. The conduct of England and her squadron
is much censured here by the newspapers, which can-
not understand the niceties of international law.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

DISTRIBUTION OP PRIZES AT THE

ASSOCIATED INSTITUTE.

In accordance with an announcement previously
made, a meeting was held in the Lecture-room at
the Associated Institute, on Monday evening last,
for the purpose of presenting the prizes which
were awarded at the close of last session to the
successful students of the Evening Classes which
are held there under tho auspices of the "South
Staffordshire Association for the Promotion of
Adult Education." The chair was taken by Mr.
Alfred Freer, w ho, man excellent address,pointed
out the great socialiadvantages which werelto be
derived from a study of those subjects intended
to be carried on during the winter. It was an
absolute gain to the town that such classes should
be established; and ho concluded by earnestly re-
commending those present to take advantage of the

excellent opportunity now offered them for obtain-
ing higher intellectual culture.
The Rev. D. Maginnis then read the following
report :
EVENING CLASSES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.
(Under the swim of the " South Staffordshire associa•
tion for the Promotion of Adult Education."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

''OR SALE, about 20 Tong of SOOT.—
Apply to Harris and Pearson. Stoorbridge•

FOR SALE.—FOWLER'S MAP and Refe-
tepee of the Pariah of Kingswinford,—For part-
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TO GROCERS AND OTHERS.
T°
be LET, that Large and Commodious
PREMISES, situate next door to the Pascoe's
Vaults, in the Horse Fair, Kidderminster. The Shop
IS suitable for a Grocer, or any Retail Business. This is
t.rire opportunity for any energetic man, m the situa-
tion commands a good thoroughfare. For particulars,
%if to Mr. W. H. Ludemon, Nacos& Vaults, Kidder.
CuAz.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

LORD CARNARVON AND WORKING
MEN'S CLUBS.

On Monday a Working Men's Club was opened at
Carlton, near Nottingham, by the Earl of Carriarvon.
The club will be carried on in a spacious building in
the centre of the village, and its establishment is due
in a great measure to the efforts of the Hon. and Rev.
0. Forester, uncle of the Countess of Carnarvon, and
rector of the parish. The Rector read a letter from
Mr. S. Morley, Ml'., apologising for nomattendsnce,
and expressing his wads to enter an earnest protest
against the self-Indulgence which prevailed, not only
among the working classes but other clams of society.
here was, he thought, the greatest possible danger to
the future of Eng Lin i in the tendencies to be witnesred
in that direction. He (Mr. Morley) was not conscious
of b-ing an alarmist, but he confessed he was greasily
staggrred when be saw how small a proportion of the
enormous increase of wages had found its way into the
savings banks.
The Earl of C arnarvon, in the course of his addres.,
remarked upon the advantages the building afforded,
stating that it contained a lecture hall, with rooms for
reading and writing, for refreshments and smoking.
There were some people who viewed the amusements
provided with distrust, but he did not—he heartily
concurred in them. He valued these chubs, because
they brought about a kindly and friendly cooperation
of different classes with each other. We lived, no
doubt, in a time when there were inequalities of
fortune, and when in many respects the state of
society was artificial; but, on the other hand, be fully
and honestly believed that there was areal kindly feel-
ing between class and class, and they desired to be
drawn more toward each other, and were disposed to
bear with each other's shortcomings and to do the best
to perform the duties of one great and united family.
In this country there was great reason why this
state of feeling should prevaiL We were only
a small country, a little hit of an island in the sea sun.
rounded by very powerful neighbours, many of them
very jealous of us, and if we could not hold together as
a united family in some of those dark and trou.desome
times which come u.san um, this England of ours would
fare very badly. There were some persons who made
it a sort of profession to put enmity between classes,
but he did not think they would succeed very well. It
was like thunder that turned the milk sour (laughter);
but, on the other hand, there was a sort of milk which
they could not turn sour, and that was the milk of
human kindness which lived in the heart of their rector
more than any other man he ever met. (Cheers).
After explaining that the Working Men's Hall was
intended as a memorial to the late Earl of Chesterfield,
he declared the building open. Other addresses having
, been delivered, the proceedings terminated in three
cheers for the Queen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

POTATOES.

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The pastas, that arrive from the various country district@
are dimmed, and in some cues to a considerable extent
Hence sales are premed, at the following price.: Regents;
70s. to 800. ; Ms.., 70. to 81..; kidneys, SOL to 100 s. ; flakes.
90s to 1201. per ton.
HOPS.

Flrmileas hai characterced—the market during the pad
wont and good descriptions of the new growth have further
advanced In price but very little attention has been directed
to inferior grades. The weather heal. all respects favoured
picking, and • large quaktlty has been secured in perhaps
better coviditton than anticipated. The arrivals of foreign
hops into London last week consisted of 668 bales from
Antwerp, 890 from HartibUrz, 39 from Bremen, 101 from
Rotterdam, 100 from Calais, 1 0 from Ostend, and 8 from
Boulogne :—Esst Kent geldings (new) tato £9 9s ; Mid Beak
£5 12s. to £9; Weald of Bent, Vt to £7; theses, 46 to it.
Worcester, Li to £8 rarrthm and Country, LIS to is, •
and Yearlings, 1872, £4 to £l3. 165.;
SEND.
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LONDON. 161.11claT, Sept -iI7:IZ tP.'ff samples of new red
English Cloverseed hers appeuv. quality not doe, and
prices not yet tired. Old uur:pies were he'd rather higher,
havlug tn re buyers for Lb; beet red •• d whits. Flue Trefoil
was takeu off sumewb over late rates. Caruu7 seed brought
enbensul values. hemp seed 6.1,1 steadily, at full prices.
Winter Tie; Wet i good sale, at quite u much money foe
the beet descriptions. New white llustardeeed nut ado,
sal., and inferur samples could be bought for rather leis
money. Elglish samples of kspermed were salesble on former
tonna

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PROVISION.
Lonnes, Monday, Sept. 29—The snivels bat week from
Ireland were 1,319 firkins Butter, and 9,264 bale. bacon, and
from foreign ports 26,245 packages butter, 2022, bales, end 60
boxes bacon. The butter mirket ruled slow last week, and
buyers parchaled clutlously. Best Dutch declined 2s. per
cut., may to 124.. to 12W. The bacon market continued qalek
without change in the value of best Waterford ; but for other
descriptions prices are very Irregular. The dealers purchage
very cautiously to apply their Immediate wants.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

J RROISTERND FOR I
1 TRANSMISSION ABROAD. J

NERVOUS DEBILITY.—Gratis a Medical
WORK, ehowing sufferers how they may be
eared without the aid of quack.. Free on reeeipt of
postage stamps. Add,..., Secretary, Institute of
Amway, Birmingham.

TN the interests of trade, and at a heavy ex.
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been established.
The Agents and Correspondents, both British mid
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telligence Offices of the United States, and the British-
American, Indian, Australian, and other Colonies.
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answer to a question is given.
Truth in the report, safety iii the transaction, is the
end desired and sought for.
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ENTITLED ro-40 Inquiries on Great Britain—three
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sent to three or four correspondents.
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(regular contains over a million
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-10-04

ENVILLE.

REVISING B•IIRLITIR'S COCRT.—Mr. 00011111 Brown,
Revising Barrister, held his court at the Stamford Arms
Hotel, Enville, for the parishes of Upper Arley, Bob-
bington, Enville, and Kinver, in the Western Division
of Staffordshire on Saturday last Kr. Jordan, of the
firm of Rogers and Jordan, solicitors, Stourbridge. ap-
peared for the Liberals, who made 6 claims and 2 ob-
jections for the parish of Kinver, all of which were
allowed. Altogether 22 Conservatives and 4 Liberals
were struck off the register, and 17 Conservatives, 7
Liberals, and 1 doubtful added.

Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, when OtePeri
authenticated, will be Insetted in the" Observer," free
charge.

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Saturday, October 4, 1878.