The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-19 00:00:00

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The price of Wallsend coal in London was quoted
on Monday st Et per ter.

Mr. ,ietry Graves, of Pallmiall, Lowdow, printaeller
to has yreaected to the Xtyal Cale lontsn As gura.
a unmoor ot fins proof engravings, Winwrating
suhjeals, and worth more than ICO guineas.
At Monk's Farm, Ooggeallall, two ai.tera named
Kate and Mart Dennis' kited with their brother, and kat
b.ttut day morning about ten o'clock the tiatera were play' e. g
ith e .ch other in the house, when Starr mid to her mister,
'.l will_ inaction ;" awl at owe schwa the gua abod shot to.
sister, lerlifibe her owionvy.
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The official monthly ratan for June of the number
out iticd t.f foreign en! olebrmght to tl5 ccuntry att. cted
with conta4oaa rhlre•inaa vlvea a tote! of ou'y Eaton head—
thrt e cattle a.' four sheep.

Speaking to Earl Fitzwillianis colliers, who have
jot resurue4 work atter the prolonged Wane and lockiout,
Mr. Normensell, sezretary to the nuth Yorkshire trams,
said they htd g 8 oat ot • disagreeable star very well, sad
he hoped they would never pt tato such another. lin ad.
d them to eschew pley-das," and never to strike
except atter consulti g the Orion. In reference to the
charges of extravegance mode spina colleen, Yr. /Core
n.annell said they were as mink entitled to the sweets of
life as any other class.

On Sundae morning', while the steamer Slork was on
s rod age from London to Granton, and abut ten miles off
blamboronah Head, one of the passengers suddenly jump,.l
overboard. 11.0 steamar was imme,.rde'y Ntoppcd and a
boat lowered, hut no trace of the man cad be folio! Ife
was dressed In • light brown loose coat, and was apparently
about thlrty.flva years of age His hat, which he threw
dons on tie ck of the stram,r before jumping over.
boat d, Is all that he bas lett to load in auy way to Ids
Identification.

On Saturday the first of seventy-three schools which
the London School B e‘rrl contemplate en ding for the acorns.
mod ea not 102,000 childron was opens i In the presence of Lord
Lawrence most of the members of the Board, and many
»alto». The new school occupies • central position in the
densely popu'ated districts of aboreditch, Bethnal-green,
and WhitectuspeL
In the Court of Session. on Monday, William R.
Bald, a corn.brolor, in Glogow, sued the Oiled oral -in It %H-
-efty, for demotes foe Injuries stolahr•d by him at the Kul»
Bridge healer» last October. The jury, alter hearing evi-
dence In the case rave *verdict foe the punner, assessing
the damages at fi,600. - The pursuer claimed £12,600.
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The competition for the Queen's Prize at Wim -
Merlon sem decided on Tnesrlsy Thla year the h‘mour hss
been carried i if by Sergeant Arohibitto Menzies, of the 1,4
Edinburgh C .rps. lie tan i.rLdhor of Captain Menz,es& gen
lin...a allot, end of two other senaemen hot dnit ..fficlal rank
In Olttagnse and &Intuits', Sergeant Menzies, who Is One.
ate ut twenty years of ego, first appeler.ot at A public rifle
eogypesittm in the All Comas' Ass, elation meeting In
the Scottish cap.tal lest year. Ey profersion he I. a law
endent.
From April let to the 12th inst., the Trot, ury re•
oelpts amounted to L 19,208,814. DS against £20,100 Spa ne the
oorreeponding period of last year. Tee expenettere bagi emu
dit7,225,6e8. On Saturday last. the Waren In the Reek oi
England we. minor ova ono million skalinn.

A New Yank telegminn state' tkat tMlllamong
have abandoned their Inimsfilon of removing to Aflame& the
pioneer of the expsdation having returned disheartens!.
A condemned murderer at Meriden, Missimippi,
considerately requested to be hung on the 4th of July, so as
to increase the attractions of the celebration.
A monster fite was held on Tuesday in Blenheim-
park, the rest of tics Duke of Marlborough, In aid of the
widows and orphans' fond of the Great Western and Bristol.
and Faster itailways' PlOWltteltt Sudety.
The R-visere of the Authorized Vereion of the New
Testament met on Tuesday at the Jerusalem Chamber for
their 32nd Bruton, and sat for six loom. Eighteen members
were present—the Bishop of Giocester and Bristol ( oho pre.
sided), the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishop of St. Andrew's,
' the Deans of Westminster, Rochester, and Linooln. Arch-
deacons Bickerateth and Lee, Canon Lightfoot, PtOf•Stett
Brown, litiligan, Moulton, Newth, and Roberts, Doctors
Sartvener and Vance Smith, Prebendary Bumphey, and Me.
lion. The company revised the translattou of part of the
19th chapter of the Acts of the Apastles.
At. a meeting of the Glasgow School Board, held on
Monday aftemsoon, este of the BOWLS Cathollo mambo's
stated that he had taken legal opinion as to the legality of
01.14 MDR the meetings of the Board nibprayer an, that the
answer he had received was that prayer at misetiogs Plied
t I the transaction of business, and composed of reprelenta-
tires of different ?engine', nw" illegal.
A man (at the time unknown) fell a distance of 300
feet funs the top of • cliff near South Shields on Saturday
night, and was, of course, killed on the spot.
An attempt to burn the Vienna exhibition him been
I rostra' eI. A plug of touch-paper wait found soituuldering
in the p -faction' gallery.
It is said that all Berlin is running to see the maid-
nterteciten, Adrtn Jeftichjeu and his little son Fedor, from
the province of Kostroma, In Great Itullitt. The pecullatity
of these individuids is that their faces and their bodies as
well are covered with hair, as thick, at all events in the
case of the lather, as any wild beast's. The learned are dis-
puting about the causes of this strange phenomenon, of the
genuineness of which there can be no doubt. An eminent
physiologist of Berlin is said to have sited tears of I ,y when
be cast eyes upon those hairy specimens of humanity, and to
have expressed the hope that " therm* would out be allowed
to die out !"
'ridings from the seat of war at the Cape have reached
Liverpool, the latest date being the 23rd of June. On the
ISth the British bad bombarded Eimina, destroying the re-
bellions quaiter of the town in twenty minutes. Runaways
from the Askant.. Camp had reported • deterinlostion of the
chiefs to attack Cape Coast Castle. 80,000 of their Pghtlng
men being within fifteen miles of the town About a tenth
of their number ventured to attack the English force, Im-
mediately after the bombardment of lilmlna, but were re-
pulsed with great loss.
There were revere) tumultuous scenes in the French
Assembly on Saturday, arising originally out of the usual
motion that the minutes of the previous sitting should be
confirmed. So great was the disorder that, at last, M.
Beimist d'Azy. the Acting President, put on his hat and sus-
pended the sitting. When the proceedings recommeneed.
m. Gambetta made a speech explaining the meaning of the
term couches sociales, which he had employed at Grenoble.
In the course of his remarks, M. Gamboa& reproached tbe
majority with forming culpable designs against =leered
suffrmne, and said that the existing Government was panning
the policy of the old sngime. hi. Ernoul defended the
Government, suit the sitting closed.
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A peasant riot has occurred in the Patna district of
India. The prasante. who are liindoos chiefly under Me-
humedan lax diords, agreed to win-Ih, Id their rent. sod roe.
in force, brining and plundering a few houses. The bands
dispersed on the arrival of the magistrates.
The Village Homes for Little Girls, named after the
Darken of Tuck, have, on the occasion of their second aunt.
versa, undergone measures for extension. On Saturday
the foundation stones of three new cottages were laid by
la Iles who had pronged liberally for their conatruction,
little fete was afterwards given to the children.
Mr. Blanchard Jerrold is engaged, with the special
sanction of the Emprraii EngSule, on The Life and Times of
Napoleon the Third, the drat part of which, Illustrated with
poi traits from the family collection, will appear about the
end of the year.
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A clever mechanic has invented a drag by which he
can sup in a very short time a vehicle going at full speed,
and, better still, he stores up the Impetus and renders a
available for starting the vehicle again SO 40011 as the drag Is
removed, something nn the some principle as Captain Won.
cried used the recoil of the gnu to restore it to its prow
position.
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A public park for Ashton, Ettalybridge, and the
neighbourhood has just been op mad by Lord Stamford. The
grounds are named Stamford Park. The banquet In connec-
tion with the event was held en Satarday ennlng at the Drill
Hall, Ashdon.
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The cab proprietors of Dundee have withdrawn all
their cans from the streets, in consequence of the Pollee
Commissioners having decided that each carriese should
have on the back of it • large netmbeir, aimilar to that elle-
plaj ed on the back of the London gabs

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Last Monday evening Mrs. Gladstone held a ramp-
ehi h &a. hen ttred by the presence of the Prince and
Pi-n.(86 of Val. s, the Glaud Ddenass Cessrevna, and the
Duke of (2-an hrulge. Luncheon wars reed In the drawing-
room for twenty-leer guests inhlus Ye of the Royal party,
Att,b sr :a a numeron &company asaembled In the venous
rooms. wlrch were thrown or,rn for the rucaslom a- d In a
r, aviun on the tarrane facing the Park. The colours& vocal-
ists formirg the Land of so-salted "Jubtlee Singers" were
to attendance, and tar g a uaLbar of sacred awl secular
pieces
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but week the returns under the Bankruptcy Act
for last yrdr sere 'minted. The total number was 6 035 of
bsnkrupteles, liquid&Pons, and compositions, against 6280
of the previous year. and 50 / of 1870. The total for the
three :4, ears was 18,117. Out of 587 bauk rnpteies closed,
di•kends were paid in 340. In 182, chi, fly small estates,
the as•ets were absorbed by costs, and In 65 caws no assets
were realised...ln two years the law costs were wore than
one-ball of the charges of realisation.
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Moat emokers like meerschaum pipes so well that
they wi uld afro like to have them a listle cheaper. Cm.
rui•try now undertskes to supply this desideratum, and to
make meerschaums out of potatoes "peeled, soaked foe
eh at thirty-six helot in water, to which eight per mink of
sulphuric add MO been added, dried in hot .and for several
(Ilya on plates of dials or phis Peru, and
at the tame time. They cant oil, and"Zitran
excelleut imitation of nieersc
At Marlborough House is Inark•book is kept to
show how the Royal children in their studies, awl
how far their general conduct te praiseworthy. Thia marks
hook is diligently inspected by the Prince of Wales from
time to time, who takes the greas est interest in his children's
pronclenny and behaviour. The Que n's ;loam& tells us that
this was the practice of the late Prince Consort, and per-
petusted by tik son, lit. an evidence of the good elfecta of
early training.
A hint for any active Englieh reformer may be got
from the fact that a curious propos/ Von ham been introduced
Into the Ohio coustituttonal conveniion. It Is to establish
what is called the principle of " recall " in case of members
of the Legislature ; that is, permitting the majority of any
constituency to recall cud dismiss their representative from
the service whenever they get tired of him, whether his term
has expired or Lot.

Shocks of earthquake have occurred in Italy, at
R mo, Froslnone, and s-voral oil er placew Al Isola the
wortmtn left the manufactolies, and some houses were
damaged.

IF. Colo' e retirement from public service in now
completed, and the Treatury have awarded to Dim the full
pension usually granted to fibers who have completed fifty
y art of public service. Although Mr. Cole quits the South
Kensinetou Museum he will c .uttnue to assist In promoting
the dilinsiou of Science and Art applied t r productive in-
dkutry as the acting commlwioto r for the estate purchased
out of the surplus funds of the Exhibition of 1851.

The first school actually built by the London School
Bard. in Old Cutle-atreet, Whitechapel, wu formally
°peer d on Saturday. The occasion rue one of much Interest
In the neighbourhood. Addresses were delivered by Lord
Luerence, the chairman of the Ruud, Mr. C. Reed, M.P.,
the vice chairman and clesirman of the Committee of Works,
Mr. Morley, M.P., and ember gentlemen.

At Wimbledon, on SAurday, the International
Chall-nre trophy was won by the Engßah team, with 1,1130
points, Scotland scoring 1.166, and Ireland, 1,472 Amongst
the other competitions of the dry were those for the Bel Man
Challenge Cup, the China Vase, the Maribd Challenge Clip,
the National Arms and Ammunition Companies prize, and
the prize offered by the Secretary of State for War,

" The hop harvest is the English vintage, and good
news from the gardens Is welcome. Aewordlng to the latest
reports, a week of showers, Interspersed with sun, has done
a vast amount of good. The hop Is a fanciful and somewhat
catrtclons plant, needing no small COLICSIIIOIII2 from that
omnipotent personage, the Clerk of the Weather. But at
present the tiding. are all favortrable."—Dsify Telegraph.
The numb,r of pianos exported from the port of
11,1 are illes, and manufactured terra or In Pads, Lyons, or
Nimes during 1372 was 1420, representing • vane of
1,13, 9491. In 181,2 only 341 instruments, of the valise of
272 837 f. were shlpped ; and In 1882 only GOO, worth
478,575 f.

The Irish mail train met with an acedent near Staf-
ford on Saturday night. A farmer's horse took fright and
pulped over the gates at a level crossing as the train wee ap-
proaching. The engine struck the horse and threw It with
great violence against the south gate, which it broke in two.
So great was the shock that for a few seconds the engine-
driver and fireman im wined that the train lied left the rails,
and were about ts jump off. Fortunately, however, the
engine stowdeit Itself, and neither driver, fireman, DOE pas-
senors sustained any hurt beyond a slinking.

On Sunday last, a private in the Rifle Brigade
stationed at Portsmouth, shot himself in a cellar at She
Clarence Barracks. Deceased was found with • shot wound
in his breast. A rine was beta., en Ms loge, and a piece of
swipe was fastened to the trigger and to Ws groat toe.
Jealousy Is supposed to have been the cause of the occur-
rence.

Archbiohop Manning has lamed a Latin citation
cAing on lb, n.", an Cathllic Ciergy to meet In synod In
th,, hall of St. E Irouthi'a College, at War', Ilene, en the
22.1 ',at There s.yoodt, which are lutended t, promote
virtue and piety In the Church, have not sat for the peat
kutteen )eare.

There it now at the Royal Polytechnic Institution,
In I,ndiat, an American gentleman, Professor Hutchings,
who exhibits some marvellously rapid feats In the addition
sod multiplPation of figures. He will cast up three loom
rows of figures placed upon • hoard by any one of
the audience In the tehtkling 41, an rye, and he is equally
succ,setil in loots of simple aid compound multiplication.
The results are invatiahly correct. The astonishing part t
Mils mental pert ama•ice Is the magical rapidity whit which
the t, tale in thousand• or millions, in pounds, shillings, and
pace, or d liars, are arJaped and tr tusierredto the board.
, During the recent visit of the Shah to this country
' an whims wee presroted In hie Majesty by the gyangelical
Alliance, praying for the continued protection of CA, Nes-
torian cormnuAty in Persia, and that toleration might Ma
thiruith the kw, and administration of his Jiajeaty's govern-
mon!. The Shah was pinned to direct that a reply should
be made to the Wirer., stating that such toleration was
already universal in Persia, no one, whether Christian. or
Jew, or Parsee, being subjected to err/mention Or Mired.
meat on account of his religion. His Inaje.ty was pleased
to add that Its would continue in this Cone", of even handed
justice, regarding all clause of his subjects; with equal care
aid solicitude,
M. Comaid-Vcrenne, aged twenty-pig, • clerk at
the Ministry of the Interior, committed suicide a few dais
ago, by throwing hinutlf fr..in the Pont du-Change Auto the
hennie
,Aoy
rich
ben
ich
..re.ecmcaner,i,e.
o oanly fit
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despair at
buathtav7angs
hll. ter: aloe ru=het out of the house, end Hung hisa
self tint, the rly,r. The Paris Jourena termite that a most
promising student at the C liege litnri IV destroyed him.
aelf hy hanging on Friday in one of the claw.rooms of the
school.

llnring the week ending last Saturday 5,087 hirthe
and 2 e 47 destine/ere reentered in London and t weedy other
large cities and towns of the Unh el Kingdom. The natural
Inure. e of population was 2,2, .1. The mortality from all
CAM' In thesc towns was at the rate of 29 deaths annually
to en, ry 1 00) person. estimated to be living. In the metro-
polis 2,217 berths and 1,181 deaths were regiatend, the
former having been 13, and the latter 320 below the average.
Three persons died from mall pox, 24 from measles, 6 from
scarlet fever, 5 from diphtheria, 98 from whooping emgh,
20 from different forms of fever, and 100 from Marring.. M
thus to the seven principal diseases of the minotic class 191
tuatba were referred, agatreit 148 and 187 In the two pre.
e-ding weeks. The mean temperature at the ItOyal Obser-
vatory, Greenwich, mts 62 degree., arid again slightly exceeded
the mean for the comaponding week In 50 years.
, A certain Mr. Groot, styling himeelf "L'Homme
' Voisin.," who, after much adverti.ment made an attempt
oii orem L en ems, has come to grief. When only two Or
three feet from the ground he igm orninlously name down,
talilne 'n 1,1% Nee. The Ugh th mt had cambered grew furious
at the disappointment, and tore to ',noes the balloon that
was to have ph.yed a animor,Loste part In the marformanea.
After all, there 1, nothing so Innen tons in a fl‘ lug man that
Mr. Groot ihonld have attracted so much attention.
Men have been known, semi tri this oonntry. to dy—aug over
to fivinele tee—after 'Melee OAS. debt • Mil& BSI. lobe
, man, they don't as a rule, advertlao in the papers vL o
Ilkley are golng.--Judy.