The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-09-25 00:00:00

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.
EVERY MONDAY.
TTIHE usual Supply of CATTLL, SHEEP,
PIGS.. &c.
OATES. PERRENS, & WOOLDRIDGE

PHCENI X FIRE OFFICE,
LONDON.
(ESTABLISHED 178 2 . )
INSURANCE AGAINST LOSSES BY FIRE AND
LIGHTNING.
UNDOUBTED SECURITY. MODERATE
RATES. PROMPT AND LIBERAL SETTLE-
MENTS.
Mn. PERRY, Solicitor, Agent for Stourbridge.

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TIJESbAY
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PRIDAY
From 11 t:it 5
At 120, HIGH STREET
STOUltrililDGE„
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ADDRESS -11AMSTEAD 90AD
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NOTICE!
TO PIANO ORGAN, AND
HARMONIUM BUYERS.
TT having been rumoured that Jossrit RILBY
-1- (known to the public as lIILET's) or one of
his Sons has openeu another place of b usiness,
be bes.r to state that such is not the case; .•
neither has he any connection whatever with a
Musical Instrument business, commenced in.
July last, ot the same nam9, and vchich is adver-
tised as having been es all shed 33 years.
JOSEPII RILEY also begs to say (notwithstand-
ing ali f tatemeuts to the con trar) ), th t prior to
July last h • was the on'y Ritsr is the Mhsical
instrumental business. Hi weil-snown metro.-
tuents are to b., obtained on'y at
25, CONSTI I UTION HILL,
N EAR S NOW HILL, BIRMINGHAM.
ESTAELISIIED 1851.
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Intending purchas rs should see the cele-
brated i lANO, bv Collard, Kirkman, Hopkin-
bou, steinuart, Broadwood. Carl Hardt, brine-
mead, Lange, a-id ILigspiel. Also the famous
Ot (iAlr a by Smitu, Clough and Warren, Wash-
ing tun Estey, Itusca, and Mason and Hain.th,
a,. popular p•R•es ant teiLaS.
150 11PrtIGOT iRoN GRAND PIANOS, £22 to
£B3.
150 Ot.UANS and HARMONIUMS, £1 to .C 94.
50 SELAThD HAND PIANOS, £9 to £2O.
50 NEW PIANOS, warranted, £l3 10e to £2l.
12 PIANOS, ORGANS; and HARMONIUMS
on View in Windows.
400 V.Ail INS; VIOLINCELLOS, BASSES,
BANJOES, GOD ARS, MANDOLINE
COR,ETS, MUSICAL BOXES, CON.
CELLS INAS, ME LODIANS, &c., on View
in the l's• ndows.
A Piano. Organ, o Harmonium is usually
the purchase of a lif,tnne, therefore great
care should be taken to buy off an old-es.ab-
lished house here References CAN be Relied
upon.
RILE 'll 'S
25,
iONSfITIITION HILL,
(NEAR SNOW HILL).
BIRMINGHAM.

Royal Colonization Lottery
DOMINION OF CANADA.
AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
A Grand Chance to Secure a Fortune.
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£50,000 TO BE GIVEN AWAY.
Over 2,200, Prizes Ranglng from
£5,000 aowizwarns.
IT WILL COST BUT 5 SHILLINGS TO TRY YOUR LUCK.
And it may bring you £5,000.
Bankers—The Bank of lliontreal, Montreal.
The first great drawing of the Loyal Colonization Lot
tery Dominion of Canada, wol take plaze in the City
nf .1114..5.cral
ON THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 1886,
when fiity toed and pounds worth of real estate aid
other valuab e Irtl.ry will be distributed. '1 he follow.,
tug is the
GRAND PRIZE LIST.
Va7ue
One Capital Prize, Real - ..... 1:5 01;0
Ore do do
One do do ..... 2 CO
Iwo Splendid Prizes, do £l,OOO each 2 out
Four do di 500 „
100 Bemesiead Farms at 200 „
50 'jowl, Lots at 100 „ . .
1(10 do at 50 „ . .
1000 Prizes at 4 „ „„„ 4,000
1000 Piizes at 2 „ 2,000
GrAnd total to be given away £50,000
C-T-ThP real estate is warra,ted to be worth the money
va ue paced upon it, an while the Llttery is to es.
Ins, a Lulor;z 'lion So.:,ty to settle the fertile lan
of the maguiticient province of Quebec, it is IT
pared to find a pur,laser for the lands 60
days from th de.y of the draw•rg at a di' cont of
five per cent, should winoces of prizes prefer cash.
'lieket, 5 shi.linpi each, wiLl be proinwly forwarded
on recelpt of price. lo Club, or iudividuals purcha.irg
' 10 tickets, 5 er cent discou..:t wi Ibe made ; 25 tickets
10 pe• cent oi cou..t ; 50 tickets, 15 per ceut d:ac. unt ;
100 tche a, 17i per cent, discount ; '2OO, 20 per c".•; t
' di,count ; 500 aid (yea. 5 per cent oiseount wiil be
made. 21 hunted numter of live agents wante).
All mow.), to be sent by registered letter, P.O. order
ur batik draft. Address,
JAMES A. ELLIS, See—Treas.,
157, T. JAMES ST., MONTREAL, CANADA.

£lO TO £2,000
-MONEY.—WHERE AND HOW TO GFT IT.—
THE IMPERIAL ADVANCE BANK having
been established for eight years in Liverpool, has now
taken extensive Premises in London, where borrowers
will have the opportunity of oh:siting advances upor
the same equitable terms .which have caused the
- - nmrerial AO...cc Dank in Liverpool to become familiar
household words.
Householders, Professional Gentlemen, Farmers,
Shopkeepers, Licensed Vic:uallers, Lodging-house
Keepers, Tradesmen, Dairymen, Cab Propri.tors,
Gardeners, Clerks, persons entering into busioi as, and
ther responsible persons, in any part of Engh,nd and
Wales can obtain advsnces almost immediately, in sums
'trying from £lO to £2,000, NO SURETIES RE.
UIRED, either upon their furniture, a•rick, plan
lttle, crops, implements ithey retaining th' free uPe 0
1•. e), or upon note of band alone. Ben distraint,
other executions paid out. Advances extend
_rom one to five years. Easy repayments. No coat
mission's paid to agerts. borrowe's therefore reap the
benefit. Liberal aevazlces made upon deposit ot mer-
chandise. surplus stocks, jewe7lerv, furniture, deeds,
lifepolicies, scrip. and upon every kaid of valuable pro
perty with the strictest VriVaCy.
Further Morn anon by calling upon or writing
ating amount required) LEWIS SIMMONS, Princtva
Inoperiel Advance Bank,
'245. Tottenham Court Hood, London, W. C.

111 ONEY LENT WITHOUT DELAY
by the CHARING CI-MSS DEPOSIT BA NK
(Bigd.) 28, Bedford Street. Strand, London.
Capital £150.000. Beserve fund £50.000.
Advances immediately made up n promissory notea as
ollows, without ded.ctions,
Advan £25, 12 mourbiy repaymt nts of £2 5 10
111 11 11
50 411 8
100 9 3 4
Larger amounts the Fhime in prop ,rtion.
Advances of 1.25 to £2,000 grant.-d at a few hours
notice in town 0.- country, male or female, OD mortgage
of furniture, trade and farm stock, pant, crops, &c,
without removal, and to assist persons into business
Also on deeds, policies, and reversions, at 5 per cent.
for one month to 14 years. Distance DO object. Easy
repayments. Strictly private. Call or write.
Notice,—Before applying elsewhere, ask any solicitor
• uctioneer, &c„ in England and W.iles knowing I,i:is
3ank and you will at once find out you are treating with
an old establish (1870), safe and boon i fide Bank. flaying
large capital we do business cherper than others. Be-
sponsible raderal Farmers, and ethers can have money
without a till of sale. No good loan ever refused.
Current accounts opened according to the practice of
other banks. No charge for keeping accounts, or clear-
ng country cheques. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent.
Lowed on the minimum monthly balances.
Deposits of £lO and upwards received at 4 per cent.
annum, payable n demand.
...object to thre months' notet of withdrawal, 6 per cent
Subjec; to six months' notice of withdrawal, 7 per cent
Subject to twelv montbenutice of withdrawal, 8 per cent
Inter est,paid niontlly, quarterly. or as agreed.
A. WILLIAMS, Manager.

40! KIDDERMINSTER-ST •
STOURBRIDGE.
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MRS. GEORGE H. FIELD
Beg to inform the ladies of Stourbridge and the vicinity
that she la,ts come t reside at the above addreAs, and is
PREPARED TO RECEIVE ORDERS FOR
lAATLE
AKING9
Being confident that she can give perfect satisfaction in
STYLE AND FIT.

NERVOUS DEBILITY.—GRATI:,
A. Medical Work, showing sufnicers how they way
be cured without the aid of Quacks. Free on receipt of
postage stamp.
Address. SECRETARY, Institute of Anstomy,
Birmingham.

IEA in our COLONIES.-1 he system of direct supply
from tea f.rowing districts ;o the Colonies, eisur s a
pure article at moderate cost ; precisel-.- as bernimae.'s
system in England guarantees at a fixed pr,ce the best
tea in the world. Full rich flavour, emazing st, ength and
perfect freed,ro fri m all adulteration guaranteed.
List of Ager ta in th.s h.cality c DOE:
Clarl-e. Chemist, Fligh i-treet ; Biker, t. Ihm•st, High
Street ; f•elleck, 136, ii lab street ; Bughes & lyatt,
• Chemist.—Brierley 1111: Eawlings, chemist—Kidder.
minster : Hewitt, I nil Rig.— iislesowen : Lawton.
Chemist. Lye : Greenwood, t. In mist Vtionsie% :
: —Biettell I an. ,
Collins, Chemist.—Birmintzhain : itsiks & Co , Bull
ing.
MRS. L NGTRY
MRS. LANGTRY rites:—"l ha% e much pleasure in stat
ng that I have used your Soap for sonic time, and prefer
tto any other.' (signed) LILLIE LANGTRY. Pears' soap,
or Tiolet and Nursery, specially pt epar. (I for the U. licate
kin of ladies and chiluren and others sensitivo to the
feather, winter or summer. Prevents redness, roughness
nd Chapping. Soil ver3where. Large Scented Tablets
nd suieller (unscented), 6d.
INE FOX nf CLAeKc.S B 41 PILLS iswarranted to cure
discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either sex
equired or constitutional 6ravel and Pains in the back
old in boxes, 4s 6d each, by all Chemists and Patent
adicine Vendors ; or sent to an address for 60 Stamps by
takers THE LINCOLN MIDLAND COUNTIES' DRUG
omvasir, Lincoln, Wholesala Aents Black& t & Son
id all tie wholesale houses.
DR, WILsuN writes:— LAI; PLOUGH'S FYRiTIC
&LINE "is far and,away the safest and bes ej It is a
ntle aperient, (taken in quantity) an inva,uable do
estic medicine, a bo n to the nursery as child ied will
,k for it, aid most efficacious in Headache, Liver
erangements, sickness, Fevsrielitie s, teariburn.
Excitement, likep!cesnass, Blood Poi, on s,
eagles, Sni,i 11-pcx, end all kindled ailments, as abun.i.
it medical and other testimony (such as no other malice
• salt can chow ) with each b. ttle will p ove. It allays
.irstinia remarkable manner, and is consicereu to have
•evented more disease than any other medicine.
emoves the ill effects of excessive eating or dunking.
r. WILLIAMS writes ;—" We simply cnmet do without "
C. TURLEY wiites.—l have bad 40 cases of Choleraic
iarrhees,and required only your admirable pi epration
rthe successful trealmei.t of. very one oi thrru." 132, -
.RE OF lEJUP.IiiIIS IMITATIONS.

Alfr6d J. OTTER,
RAILWAY AND CANAL WHARVES.
STOURBRIDGE.
COAL of all the Best Qualities Delivered at Lowest
Possible Prices, and at the Shortest Notice.
Special quotations for Truck and Boat Loads.
USUAL TRADE TERMS.
Cheap qualities of Coal always in Stock, which
A. J. 0. can deliver at as low a price as anyone
in the trade.
Price Lists on application.
SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR -WINTER
STOCKS.
MALTING COAL. GAS COKE.
FRESH LIME AND GAS LIME ALSO
SUPPLIED_

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LAIR' ,
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The excruciating pain is
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iu a ftw days by this cele-
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Tata° Hits require no
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use, and are certain to pie-
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WORTH ..,..1- GUINEA A BOX,
BEEC.RAM'S PILLS
A RE admitted by those
CH 4 .'..,,,, 171_sands to be worth above
~„,-,'s, a GUINEA A Pox for Billions
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"Aur '' '''''.k and Nervous Disorders
AtS:l such as wind and Pain at
\ ~.1.3. the Stomach, Sick Head-
\'o k ache, Giddiness, Fulness
1;A and Snelling after meals.
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9 P: L LS, ia:', Dizziness and Drowsiness,
v:11,, _................,_ i.,7 Cold Chile, Flushings of
cfj Heat, loss of Appetite,
•?!., , ..‘-ir' Shoitness of Breath, C 05....„
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..iv,/, tiveness, t. curvy, letches
on the Skin Disturbed
Sleep. Frightful Dreams
7:44 and all nervous and 'ltem-
burg Sensations, &c., &c.
The first dose will rive relief in twenty minutes.
This is no fiction for they have done it in thousands
of cases. The Proprietor of the Pills having obtained
a great expense) a P,, oat for them, he chailenges the
whole world to prodt.o.a..medicine equal to then for
removing the above...amed complants, send restoring
the patient to sound and lasting health.
Every sufferer is eranestly inViteJ to try one box of
etc Pills, and they will ba acknowledged to be.
WORTH A .GUINEA A BOX.
For females of all ages these Pills are invaluable, as
a few doses of them carry off all gross humours, open
all obstructions, and bring about all that is required.
No female should be without them. There is no remedy
to be found to equal BEECHAM'S PILLS for removing
any obstruction or irregularity of the system, If taken
according to the directions given with each box, they
will soon restor e females of all ages to sound and ro
bust health.
For a weak Stomach, impaired digestion, and all dis-
orders of the liver, they act like "MAGIC," and a few
doses will be found to work wonders upon the most
important organs in the human machine, They
strengthen the whole muscular system, restore the
long-lost comp:exion, bring back the keen edge of
appetite, and aronse into action, with the IiOsEBUD of
health, the whole plresical energy of the human frame.
These are "FAcTsr'aomitted by thousands embracing
all classes of Society, and one of the best guarantees to
the Nervous and Debilitated is, BEECHAM'S PILLS
have the largest sale of any Patent l!dedicine in the
world, .
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Beecham's Magic Cough Pills.
As a remedy for Coughs in general, Asthma, Diffi-
culty in Breathing. tortness of Breath, 'lightness and
Oppression of the Chest, Wheezing, Etc., these Pills
stand unrivalled, and anyone labouring under any of '
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that they are the best ever offered to the public for
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sense of oppression ane, Difficulty of Breathing which
nightly deprive the the patient of rest. They give
almost instant relief and comfort to those afflicted with
the above aistressing and, when neglected, dangerous
complaints. Let any person troubled with any of the
above complaints gi-4, Beecham's Cough Pills a
trial.
The most violent Cough will n a short time be
removed.
CauTioN.—The public are requested to notice that
the words. "BEL:crimes Pans, St. Helen's," are on
the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Pills
if not on, they are a tcrgery.
Prepared only, and sold wholesale and retail, by the
proprietor, T. Beecham, Chemist, bt. ileleu'i3
Lancashire, in boxes at is, lid. and 2s, 9d, each. Sen
post free tor 15 or 36 stamps.
Sold by all Drugvists and Patent Medicine Dealers
in the U, ited Kingdom.
N .B.—Full Directions are given with each box.

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WORMS IN CHILDREN,

riIHE SUBSTITUTE FOR 71-111 E MANNA CAKE
CASTOR OIL. BEN.
.1_ is an tMcient Worm
NETTE'S MANNA C: RE, Cake. Children take it as
price lid. each (not a pstent Sweetmeat,
medicine). One Cake equals It is perhaps the most
half-an-ounce of Castor Oil, suitable aperient known
without its griping glad sub- for use during pregnancy.
segment constipations. It has Order from Chemists
a mild but certain actio,.. It only or Post Free, 3
is mainly sugar flavoured with for 6d. ; 6 for lid ;12
liquorice juice. for 1 9d. ; and 36 for 4s
From sole Agent. Mr.
H. Bland, chemist,Ti
Hiph Street, Stourbridge,

For Hunting and Rough Wear.
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The Hunting Editor of "TEE FIELD" says:—
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1884.
ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET FREE.
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better method for answering the question put to the
Royal Commission than the Commission itself. The
details of the measure were open for consideration in
committee, and there could be no doubt that Mr. Par-
nell and his friends would be willing to accept modi-
fications rather than that the bill should be shipwrecked.
The landlords, he reated, were making a grievous mis-
take in demanding the rejection of the measure; while
from the point of view of the Executive everything
was to be gained by avoiding such relations as were
too likely to take place if tenants unable to pay rents,
from causes beyond their control, were evicted.
Mr. Chaplin described the bill as not only the most
extravagant, but perhaps the most impudent proposal
ever submitted to Parliament. It was nothing more
nor less than a proposal to suspend all proceedings for
the recovery of one-half the rental of Ireland for an
indefinite period of time in all cases, and in many cases
for several years to come. He contended that Parlia-
ment could not interfere further with the rents of Irish
landlords until the expiration of the statutory period
withcut a distinct breach of solemn obligations of
brz.our and good faith; that the necessity for the bill
had not been proved, and that even if it existed there
were other means of relieving the distressed tenants
which it was open to Parliament to adopt
The Marquis of Hartington dissented from the cons
elusion at which Mr. Gladstone had arrived, and pointed
out that the right hon. gentleman had abstained from
committing himself either to the proposals of the
measure or the arguments by which Mr. Parnell had
supported it. He could not find in the terms of the
reference to the proposed Royal Commission the ad-
mission upon which the right hon. gentleman justified
his support of the hill, and he noticed, moreover, that
in his speech on Mr. Parnell's amendment to the
Address, after the reference had been made known, the
right hon. gentleman had actually declined to joie the
member for Cork even in an expression of opinion as to
the impossibility of the payment of judicial rents
during the ensuing autumn and winter, though he now
supported legislation which he then declared it
would be unfair for the House to enter upon.
No such overwhelming case had been presented to
the House as was necessary to justify legislation of a
totally unprecedented and somewhat revolutionary
character. The bill might be more accurately described
as a bill for stopping altogether for a time the collec-
tion of rent all over Ireland, and for rendering eventu-
ally the collection of more than one-half of the total
rental a matter of extreme difficulty; and there could
be little doubt that it was introduced as a preliminary
to the agrarian agitation which it was intended to carry
on in Ireland during the winter. It destroyed one of
the most vital principles of the settlement of 1881.; it
destroyed the security of the statutcry tenancies which
had been created; it deprived the landlords of the
rights secured to them by the Land Act, and it laid
down the principle that in a period of agricultural
distress the whole burden was to be placed npon one
class of the community only.
In it° course of subsequent discussion, Mr. R. T.
Reid, Mr. Wallace, and Mr. Barclay spoke in support of
the second reading, while the measure was opposed by
Mr. King-Harman and Mr. T. W. Russell, the latter
declaring that Mr. Parnell and his supporters had
grossly exaggerated the state of things in Ireland; and
that, being convinced that the Government recognised
the gravity of the situation, and honestly intended to
deal with it, he was content to wait for the results of
the searching inquiry which they had set on foot.
Sir M. Hicks-Beach contended that if the bill became
law it would be regarded In the south and west of
Ireland not as a temporary measure, but as breaking
up the settlement of the Land Act of 1881 and as con-
demning the main principle on which that settlement
rested. The result of its acceptance would be to inflict
a death blow upon purchases by tenants of their hold-
ings ,under the Act of 1885, and to give to high
tenants, irrespective of their necessities, a large
slice of the property of their landlords. He denied
the assertion that in fixing judicial rents the
Land Commission had not taken into consideration a
possible fall of prices ; and asserted that at the pre-
sent moment the prices of Irish produce were distinctly
rising. With regard to Mr. Morley's references to the
question of social order, the right hon. baronet said the
Government were conscious of the difficulties with
which they had to contend, and that the position of
affairs in Ireland was such that it might well be that
they would have to ask Parliament for powers to deal
with it on an earlier date than had been expected.
They had, however, no right to try to secure peace and
harmony with the Irish tenants by means which
they did not believe to be right. They took
their stand upon the settlement of 1881 until
it was proved to be wrong, and they would
not attempt to govern Ireland by a policy of black..
mail It was because that attempt had been made
so often by Liberal Governments who had yielded to
the dictation of the Nationalist party, in spite of what
they knew to be right, that we were now landed in
the
great difficulties that surrounded the Irish question,
lndthat the member for Cork had been emboldened to
place before the House a Bill which was a gross in-
justice and confiscation to the landlords of Ireland.
Sir W. Harcourt, after remarking upon the tone of
violence and menace with which the right hon. baronet
was entering upon his peaceful mission in Ireland, and
repudiating as indecent and unfounded the charge that
Liberal Governments had resorted to a policy of tlacks
mail, proceeded to argue that a strong prinaCi, facie ease
had been made out that in regard to present prices
rents in Ireland might be and were too high. A
declaration on the part of the Government that there
was nothing in the state of Ireland which would lead
to that conclusion would be an unmistakable encourage-
ment to the landlords to demand the uttermost
farthing and to evict tenants who did not pay in full.
The Government were pursuing the policy of the
landlords, but he asked what course the Liberal
Unionists were going to pursue? Where were the
Radical Unionists, and why was the voice of Birming-
ham uttered only by a Tory Minister? The course of
the Liberal party at all events was clear; they would do
all they could to prevent oppressive exactions and to
avert the dangers to which the policy of the Govern-
ment must lead.
The debate was continued by Mr. Dillon.
The House divided at two o'clock, when the numbers
were:

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