The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-17 00:00:00

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Smith :—" Well, I can answer for their
wranglers, if that's anything. The house is like a ,
garden." Syren :—" And what does 'the Guv'nor,
as you call him, say to that, poor man ? " Smit
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A LOCOMOTIVE IN THE Sumo.—To a reporter of
the San Francisco Bulletin an engineer of the Central
Pacific Railroad said :—" It's a lueer thing. There's
my engine in perfect order and one of the best in thit
State. She's only twelve years old, and able to .
run or pull with the best of them. A month
ago I hadn't the least bit of trouble in making time, I
no matter how the track was or the weight of 06 j
train. She was ready at the word, held her stealtt j
beautifully, and she seemed to understand evert j
word I said. To-day she is down in the round'
house, growling and sputtering, and acting, as if
she wanted to pick a fuss with a gravel pit." `AnY"
thing out of gear?" "Not a thing. She has beeri
looked over twice, and we can't find the least excuse
for her conduct. She is simply sulking, the same as
a child or a woman. But I know what started it.
Three weeks ago, while on my run out with the night
express, she just wanted to light out for all she was
worth. She took the bit like a running horse, and if
I hadn't choked her off she would have beaten the ;1
scheduled time by twenty minutes. She acted rued '
right away, and in running twenty miles she gave ine .
more trouble than I had ever had with her in a run of
three hundred. She lost steam, tried to foam over,
choked her pipes, and when I wanted more steam
she'd slide on her drivers. She went right back on nio
that night, and has been sulking ever since."

QUAILS IN ENGLA.ND.—The quail is a bird Mtl
known in a wild state in this country except In
one or two counties, and his virtues aze chiefly aP"
preciated on the table (says the Globe). To such to
extent has the importation of quails for the table
grown, that an experienced dealer was recently heard
to declare that within a short radius from where he
stood in London he could find 300,000 or 400,000
birds. Although but an uncertain visitor here, the
bird swarms in enormous numbers on the southern
shores of Italy and on the islands of the Mediter-
ranean, and it is from this part of the world that our
market is mainly supplied. Large numbers come
from Egypt also, but the Italians supply what are
considered to be the best and plumpest of our quails,
and the greatest number of them. They are con'
veyed in boxes about the size of ordinary egg chests,
and just deep enough to permit the bird to stand up-
right, the top of the box usually being of canvas.
They are not fit for market when they reach us, but
have to be fattened. They feed on millet, hemp, and
so on, and within about a fortnight have so far re-
covered their normal condition as to be fit for the
table.

KILLED ON THE RALLWAY.—A terrible accident took
place at the Cheshunt Station on the Great Eastern
Railway on Friday evening in the last week. A yougg
lady, about 2P years of age, who had been on a visit in
the neighbourhood, was at the station about eight
o'clock, and was in the act of crossing from the down to
the upplatform at the time the express train returning
from Newmarket Races was approaching. The driver,
seeing her, whistled loudly; but the unfortunte lat.lY
was struck by the engine, pushed along for some do-
tance, and killed.

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS. —Pensions have been granted
by the Queen as follows :—Lady Goss £7O a year, and
her two daughters £6O a year, jointly, in consideratior
of the services to music rendered by the late Sir Jol
Goss; Dr. Henry Dunbar, £BO a year, in considerat
of his services to classical literature; Mrs. Brov,
£75 a year, in consideration of the services to scienk
of her husband, the late Mr. J. A. Brown, F.R.S.
Lady Fothergill Cooke, £5O a year, in recognition 0
the services of her husband, the late Sir W. Fother
gill Cooke, in connection with the introduction of th,
telegraphic system into this country; and Mi°
Georgiana Jackson £4O a year, in recognition of tl2'
value of her philological researches.
THE SINGULAR DEATH IN THE RIVER LEA.—
deputy coroner for East Middlesex has held an incl.
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at Hackney, on the body of Mr. abez Hurren,
46, a builder, whose body was found in the River
on Tuesday afternoon the 6th inst. Henry Will
publican, said he was on the marshes near Lea "
on the day mentioned, when his attention was
by some boys to the banks of the river. He there!ss
the deceased in the water in a kneeling posit,-
fully dressed, hat on, and the trunk completely ou,
of the water, but the face just bent forward
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nese thought it probable that the deceased had '
shelter during the storm on that day, and was
with lightning and fell into the water. Other evident
went to prove that the deoeased could not have cor
mitted suicide, but no medical evidence was called,
being stated that the Middlesex magistrates objeot
to such proceedings on the ground of the expenses
curved. Eventually a verdict of fourid dead in
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