biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

A WELCOME HOME!

Woolwich was all alive on Saturday evening on the
occasion of the return to their old quarters of the
Army Service Corps who went from thence to
Zululand twelve months back. News of their arrival
at Portsmouth had preceded them to Woolwich, and
for several hours the streets leading from the Royal
Arsenal Station to the Barracks were lined with
crowds of people to greet them on their arrival, for
the corps had been long stationed in the garrison,
and its members were associated by various ties with
the local population. Many of the men left behind
them wives and children, who were naturally the
most eager of the throng about the railway
station, and the patience of all had to be exercised
during a long period of waiting. It was past seven
o'clock when the special train arrived from Ports-
mouth, and it was received with a loud and prolonged
cheer, to which the troops heartily responded from the
go windows. The ovation continued until the
tuts the barracks, from which as many of the
pmnatn
contrived
osibl et 0 wgeerta c laundde d
zhealthtohueghrecea
pgtoi oo dn
assumed another olaaracter. As soon as the arade
was dismiased, each man was carried off by his com-
rades for private entertainment previous to partaking
of the special dinners provided in honour of their
return, at which dinners the non-commissioned officers
in their mess-rooms and the men in the largest of the
barrack-rooms were presently afterwards assembled
and sumptuously regaled. Another party o-f the same
corps went on to Aldershot, and a few to Chatham.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

irsocat ant( g, btrict Z3eWs.

HALES OWEN.

THE LATE FATAL ACC:IDS •T —The adjourwyd
quesi touching the death of Thomas Bissell,fdriner,
formerly residing a Webb's Or en, was reined
\londay at the New Inn, befr. Mr R. Docker. Mr.
Green, who was in company with the deceased
when the ac- ident ~ccurrod, and wim was also
suriously injured, attended all ;vv.! ev.dence. Th-;
joy ve, ditt "9.,-c:dentol death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES

ICTORTA A.LL
BELL .'I.RELT, STOURBRIDG.!:

A

THE BEST FLOOR IN THE MIDLAND CoUNTIES

NOTICE TO TILE 1' U 1:1 IC GENERALLY.

The alinve pcuular place of report
(SOW UNDER NEW MAN.A.GEDIENT)
OPEN FO4 •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

H AtiLl4:V.

HAGLEY Srocx SALE.—On Nlonflay lait there
was a god supply of pig, and a moderate quantity
of sheep. At ex. ra good lot of beef was in very
good demand ; calves were Eold particutarly dear.
Next Monday" being the sale immecliatly preceed-
ing Mid-let there will be a special entry of fat
calves and it is aaticipated they will :e in great
request.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

CRADLEY HEATH. HALESOWEN, AND

Opposite Stourbridge & Kidderminster Bank

.31wea ansultuaoppm 2g aplactanols elpoddo

tj

1 - t
tzi
N

. • —.b....8.m,,

-
THE EDUCATIONAL SHOW ROOM IN BIRMINGHAM IS THE LARGEST IN
ENGLAND.

Visitors to Birmingham are invited to inspect the splendid and complete stock of
PRIZE BOOKS, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
STATIONERY AND FANCY GOODS,
CHRISTMAS CARDS IN GREAT VARIETY
Clergymen, Superintendents of Day and Sunday schools, and Teachers generally can ob tai
very article required in Churches, Chapels, Schools and Classes, at the lowest prices.
CATALOGUES SENT ON APPLICATION TO THE MANAGER
The MIDLAND ]DIARY for 1880, Price One Shilling,
THE BEST AND, MOST CODIPLETE, IsinT 8,,E401,

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, I€3Bo

NIANUrAcTuREI
BYSPECIALWARF

,U N SIJR PAAEM:

RE-OPEN.

THE ROYAL 0 AK,
HOLLOWAY END, STOURBRIDGE.

THIS OLD ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS
IS NOW RE•OPENED BY

JEYORS TO 14.R.H.
PRINCE OF, WALES.

MR, EDMUND LOWNDES
(Late Sergeant Ist Battalion Royal Sects)
Who hopes by strict personal attention to business to
merit a share of the public patronage
he house which has recently been thoroughly renovated
consists of Bar, Smoke Room, Tap Room, with large.
Club Room attached, &C.
_ _ -

-----
anSdpaitrittne,aAnlpeadeCesig.ars, and Tobacco of :Le lest quality

THE RoyA.L °AK,
EQuowAy .EN,Di isToulow.Da,,

TRADESMEN S' ADDRESSES.

PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS have for
twenty-five years held the first world
iff as ttr,
ctnal antidote to lodigeoton the Stomach,
Biliousness, and all complain io Arisine fr,'"
state of the Stomach, I;cwels, or Lit, r. Tf
&Wio unit purifying thy form the be rMedy extrui,
Of all Clic:mists, la lid and 2o 9d per Va., or ot
PAG
D. WQODGOGIii Calved itt•ehtitsffighi Amp.
_

t
' tsstkk P 114•41
Tflh .
•-
...„-----------mA ,
•
GOLD mt.°
--- 14 1 1)r ,
:/, 3'.<1.... t.. 1,,, 44, v i
~...,;10..„.4. 1 k) till__,VA,l.,; *O, '
pArlis v.,---2-- EXHIBITION --z-T-- _---,-' HONOURS
-_----, 4.:‘,..4 --.-. • ',-,-.:
404.1*,,,
PARIS -:-', 1373
'lB7Bric
fiiit's, "mfa
AL TH E CE) .
~,_4., __;_p -..-- #IDO-. •41 ~ iioss
4.
- :41pi °LI— 'S HEN
OFTHE KNIGHTro
• ;,.,1-/' ,:z Or THE LEGiON ~
-- 0
' 1,74 ilik';'•
. i c , :---ASKFOR
--,--Q U A LITY ---=;—
----.
GENUINE OR
UNIFORM
AND-- '-' OF HONOUR DOUBLESUPERFINE
INSQUARETINS. .
~..
' MUSTARD,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

IMPORTANT TO FEMALES.

Fro, by Post. in Envelope, Six Steuips,
DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMAN.
(Req. the Cense. symptoms and Cure. I his
bonii published for the 4re:el us,- of F tuAltt.s, anti it
Pririzt. Guide .(); the i'!e..tnie•At of at:a:mute
p,gallar CG Ft,p.ate Csoista:trt,o..
AnY oad of the ab •vs r :Le tnree in ~ne
V lope, wili e I,Jruer,le, l(reet, Pool, 10.e,..ve.upe,
O.
a, risseioli by lett,r u: the Author.
the pr•Ter tiresttiaGia is pilated out in a manner
be svide:aii.uod be Le regler
DR. HENRY SMITH, 8. Burton Cres-
oJnt, London. W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

A STRANGE CASE OF PETRIFACTION.

A most singular story of a child at Philadelphia,
whose body is gradually turning into stone, is related
circumstantially in a recent impression of the United
States Courier. The details of the case, which are
stated to be absolutely reliable, are worthy of attention, i
since the present, it s alleged, is the first known
instanse of the whole body undergoing petrifaction.
The patient is a child aged three years, who, six
months ago, enjoyed excellent health. The strange
malady by which it was attacked towards the end of
last summer is, His conjectured, one that has affected
the tissues between the flesh and the skin. During
the progress of the malady, the case was watched with
interest by scientific men, but at ;the present
moment all hope of a cure is given up. The
child's flesh is as cold as marble, and nearly
as hard. He sleeps with his eyes widely
opened,
and presents, it is said, when thus sleeping, a
most frightful and unnatural appearance. When
awake he is powerless either to speak or move, the
utmost sign of life he can show being a scarcely
perceptible movement of the eyelids and lips. Whether
this i
more than semi petrified little creature is still
able to partake of any nourishment, s not stated;
nor whether it is conscious of any glittering. In any
case death will soon come to its relief, the metamor-
phosis from flesh into stone being, says the American
journal from which we quote, nearly completed.—
Evening Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

SALES BY AUCTION

UrONEY TO LEND, WITHOUT SURE-
LVJ— TIES, BY THE IMPERIAL ADVANCED
ANK.—DISTANCE NO OBJECT.—AII respectable
ouseholders, whether they are private Gentlemen or
adies, Shopkeepers, Farmers, Car Poprietors, Cow
..eepers, Tradesmen, or Clerks, can be acc-mmo•
.ated by this Bank with Sums of Money from 1:10
o £lOOO, repayable by easy instalments, extending
,ver one year and upwards, to enable th.m to increase
their stocks and afford them every kind of temporary
accommodation, without friends as sureties and without
any unnecessary delay Applicants would do well before
ipplyiog to any office to consider its respectability. This
..ffice was established in 1875, and since that time its
,•usiness in advances has been rapidly increasing, and it
ow has a very extensive. business in making advances
ithout security. Every information willingly afforded
~pply, either personally, or if by letter state amount
required, to
LEWIS SIMMONS, Proprietor,
27. South John-street, Liverpool.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

RONICLE.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

C_l EVEN PER 01-
.NT. PTIEFERENC'', 1--HARESI
0 of the LADIIi CO OVERATi VE SUPPLY
ASSO.CIATION (LAM ITED,) incorporated under
Act of Parliament, wl.ereby Shareholder do tot incur
any further hiabilit whatsover after payment of the
Ll per share due on allot men

Regi,te., ea C 100,000 Issue of 50 000 Prefer-
ence ,o be paid up in full on Allot-
ment, 1-ring ,torential Dividend at he rate of 7
Per cent. per annuta.

COMMI I TEC, OF MANAGEMI,INT.

I‘lrS. PO le. sTcATING
mrs., aius.
Mrs. Thomas.
):i's Gertrude IN te.
AN EFPCIENT W‘ND IS ENGAGED
( icy the consthution oftll.- A ssociation power is given i
to add (onticumn to thc C. limit tee of :Al anagerne nt ).
Aomi as o
TN L. H..- 1: q
J .A • '

:r Beek.
j Miss Ida !Vers.
I Mis. .

Mrs. Fraser.
Mrs

MORNING, AFI.

.NOON, & 1,..V1-,.:gNG,

:Mrs. ()rain
Mrs. Percy.

;=i-eeretary

• •
I rov-:

.*- -

' ' r, V.

Li

igsu2

VICTORIA

ANo

bIOURBRIDciE.

IMPORTANT and SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT FI:
ONE WEEK ONLY, CO'oMI. NCING

MON.DAY, ..711.4RCH Bth, 188.1,

THE WORLD-RENOWNED

ERNEST FAMILY,

England's Gem, Musical Clowns, Italian Minstrels and
Vocalists. Hat spinning extraordinary. by LI 1 TLE
together with the Greatest Novelty of the Age
The Marvellous
MUSICAL WALKING STICK,

Combining 8 different Instruments. A full baud in itself.
The proprietor beg! to call the attention of the public
to Ih fa t that he ha, succeeded in engr_ging the above
Artistes at great expense, and hopes all thoL,e who ai;-
prtciate talent will rally round him on this occassion.

ROYAL SILVER SKATERS,
And Engl.nd's Premier Artistes, 4in number, including /
LITTLE "TARRY,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

THE STRUCE IN THE CHAIN i) E.

A la gely-attended meeting of chainmakers now
on strike wit: iiel 1 on Tu_sday, at the Four Ways,
Cradley Heath, Mr, William Bceakwell presiding.
MI, N. Forrest said he beliored ,he employers Would
not be able to resis'. the men much longer, as the
stocks in the warehouses were very low. He reported
to the meeting that five employers had consented to
pay ai.er,iiug to the.nevv list which the men had
demanded, and he men in their employ had been
permitted to return to worm. He had seen about
half a dozen of the masters with regard to the
prop, sal to establish a:Board of Conciliation in the
trade, and had ben most favourably received.
Without exception, they were all in favour of it,
and promised to do what they could to help the
movement forward.—The meeting unanimously re-
solved to play on until the employers concede the
4s. 6d. new resised list.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

IMPO lITAN T NOTICE

TO THE
IMIA.BITANTS OF STOURBIUDOE

AND NEIGHBOURHOOD,

AIR. J. F. APPERSON,

bURGEON-DENTIST,
tiMPSTEAD ROAD BIRMINGHAM.
IS very great pleasure in stating to the
inhabitants of Stourbridge and
neighbourhood that, he will in future attend
EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY;
from Ten till Five, at

MRS. HAWKINS'S MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,

HIGH STREET, STOURBLIDG

ARTIFICIAL TEETH fitted with the
Celluloid Base, It 116Vtly invtnteci
patented material ;bat cannot fsil to give
satisfaction and comfort to the wearer.

NITROUS
OXIDE GAS.
Objectionable Teeth or roots extracted
while under the influence c itrions Oxide,
and other anwathetics.

Ur. Apperson's Ant±zt•ptic Astringent Den-
tifrice, for cleansing, beautifyfug. and
preserving the Teeth; In boxes, is. said is.
6d.

A:lso his newly improved Tooth Brush, for
cleansing both Bidet of Teeth, 1. 6d. each.

MONEY LEI.T FROM XlO to 11,330,
ON easy Ten:is aid without Sureties to :0-
spe,mable 40--;-chold,r4, Fioru,ro
aowkeeptqs, Prutional Uentleraeu, Lodgingb9m;:,
told Otherb,
ArPL'i To

MR. T. B.V.C,TINGTO.r.
First Floor, 48, Union Passage, Birmingham.

LAz.tance LO übjezt.

MONEY! MONEY MONEY
CASH ADVANCED 13 to £530 ON EASY TEEMS.
r 110 Respt e!a Houeeliolde:s, Fart:Lenz, Cowheepirs.
;:1,1 Wi..bout Stireti,s, 07
isy6. Cr by ie.tt r.
S. liiue hirt2.ciugh&M, (Private Rebid TO),
utliees, 3, [. eet, Dly, aud 6, Elaine Street,
@Wear a

•.•,00,1 ...,•*0
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A censnr-taker out West rep3rts 8,000 colonels in his
district_ "There used to be more in that part of the
country," he says, "but a large number of them have been
raised to generals."

A Yankee proposes to ' grasp a ray of light from
the great orb of the day, spin it into threads of gold, and
with them weave a shroud in which to wrap the whirlwind
which dies upon the bosom of our Western prairies."
A farmer who came home suddenly to New England
from Texas, as a reason for his hasty exit from that South-
Western State, said, "I was attacked with a fever, and my
physician began trying on my clothes as soon as he wrotesa
prescti
property ltli)ble'f cured hmey'd hmirlexdthman
mbeedgi cainn et.o pack
kt
up
purendy ml
my malarial fever, and of my Texas fever also."
wr i totuc
tn
atog
000ndeyoofunt hgem9:
votin
altiltleillmogisenweroall
to
ou hpicsks
her
husband. She thought his experience with the mails would
give him an advantage in the selection.
A M :—" Fel-
ichigan paper publishes the following 'lltanr at
low citizens 1 It you are asleep—awake 1 If you are awake
—move I It you are moving—walk I If you an walking—
run llf you are mining—fly to the rescue I"
A Yankee resident of Kalamazoo writes to a
"school boored" in Ohio that he will take a school as he
"has tought 2 terms School and I attended lcolledge 4 years
at detroit, michlgan and am 211 yrs avage."
A sign in Montreal reads, " Boots blacked inside."
Most persons prefer the old way of blacking them on the
outside.
In a log schoolhouse in Wisconsin, placed con-
spicuously upon the wall, may be seen the following poetic
version of the eighth commandment :
" It is a sin to steal a pin—
It is a greater to steal a tater."
It is very sad to think that the best man who ever
lived would, if reduced to his chemical elements, amount to
nothing more than, as the German scientist has it, a panful
of water and a teaspoonful of phosphorus. The real difteren e
between the worst and the best is that some are a little
dry than others. e more
•
THE AMERICAN NAVY.—The enlargement of our
navy is in progress; they have got the water for a tremendous
fleet, though nothing has yet been done towards the ships._
Lowel/ Paper.

AVERAGE PRICES OF BR/TISII CORN..The following
are the average prices of British corn for the week
ending Feb. 21, as received from the inspectors and
officers of Excise :—Wheat, 935. id. ; barley, 358.113.)
oats, 22, 23. per imperial qr. Corresponding week
last year :—Wheat, 37e. 7d,; barley, 34a, 10d. ; oats,
20e. 3d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

JAPANESE LADY SEIZED BY AN
OCTOPUS.

Mr. Frank Buckland, writing in Land and Water,
says:—
By the kindness of my friend Mr. Bartlett, I have
been enabled to examine a most beautiful Japanese
carving in ivory, said to be 150 years old, and called
by the Japanese net suke or togle. These togles are
handed down from one generation to the next, and
they record any remarkable event that happens to any
member of a family. This carving is an inch and a
half long, and about as big as a walnut. It represents
a lady in a quasi-leaning attitude, and at first sight
it is difficult to lercoive what she is doing; but
after a while the details come out magnificently.
The unfortunate lady has been seized by an octopus
when bathing—for the lady wears a bathing dress.
One extended arm of the octopus is in the act
of coiling round the lady's neck, and she is
endeavouring to pull it off with her right hand;
another area of the sea monster is entwined round the
left wrist, whilst the hand is fiercely tearing at the
mouth of the brute. The other. arms of the octopus
are twined round grasping the lady's body and waist
—in fact, her pAsition reminds one very much of
Lsoooon in the celebrated statue of the snakes seizing
him and his two sons. The sucking discs of the
octopus are carved exactly as they are in nature, and
the colour of the body of the creature, together
with the formidable aspect of the eye are wonder-
fully represented. The face of this Japanese lady
is most admirably done; it expresses the utmost
terror and alarm, and possibly may be a por-
trait. So carefully is the carving executed that
the lady's white teeth can be seen between
her lips. The hair is a perfect gem of work • it is
jet black, extended down the back, and tied at the end
in a knot; in fact it is so well done that I can hardly
bringayself to think that it is not real hair, fastened
on fome most ingenious manner; but by examining
it under a powerful magnifying glass I find it is not
so—it is the result of extraordinary cleverness in
carving. The back of the little white comb fixed into
the thick of the black hair adds to the effect of this
magnificent carving of the hair. I congratulate Mr.
Bartlett on the acquisition of this most beautiful
curiosity. There is an inscription in Japanese cha-
racters on the underneath Part of the carving, and
Mr. Bartlett and myself would of course only be too
glad to get this translated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

IMPORTANT TO MEN

'Llirecpence, 164 pages, Fre., ay Po., lo k.uve:opn
DI:)bASES 2ECULiAR TO
LO.,SkIi 'MOM OR ACQUIP.EII THEIR
CON9EQUENCE:B AND TitEtfalE.tir by
the POSITIVE RtaIEDIES, being tho result of TrturtY
Irgsni &tout. PasCricn. All Diseases for which
Mercury, Sarsaparilla, and Copaiba are employed by
Phydicians, to the run of the Invalid's health,
ary crve.l by OR. SMITH'S POSITIVE RESIN:MKS.
Th3ussuds have been Cured by the Positive Medici, es
after the Doctors had given the case up as incurable.
Every man, whether young or old, should have R copy
of this book in his possession as a guide to the Cure of
Daseases Peculiar to Igen.
This work is of the first importance to men. young
sad old, who have failed to find a cure by the use of
o*.h.r remedies.
DR. LIEN BY sluts, 8, Barton Crescent, London,

gditions 180 Mei. Free by Post, in Envelope, Two
ti tamps.
it.BILITT: ITS CAUSE A:.-1) CURE.
A WARNING D CINLP YoU •Li
AND MANHOOD.
This Work gives ADvicz AND INSTR, CVO:NS, the real:LA
Of I.3taTT Y5tAR3' Pr%CtiCe, f3T tile care vf c-1-tesu firms
of Dt,hility re.,:uiting from Loss of Vita': Power, and all
Di:es,es of the Nerv.;us :system, Necvons Debility,
Aleuts: and Popsies! Depression. Palpitation of the
Heart. Noises in the MAUI and hare, Indecision, Im-
paired Bight and Memory, Indigestion. Loss of Energy,
Pains in the Back, Comitipation, Blushing. Hysteria,
Self-Distrust, Dizziness, Love of Solitude,
Gfoundless F-are, Muscular Relaxation, , resulting
from Exhaustion of Nerve Power, the effects of Over-
iii :4 Suelgies, Knervating Habits, and other abuses of
tue System. Gives the ADVICE and INSTRUCTION 6
by which Sixty Thousand have been relator° I to ut attn.
Our trAei by t:ases and Testimonials from grateful
PAtieLts, with means of cure used in each case.
li1::'1AY SMITH. 8, Burton Crescent, London,
s.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

FOOTBALL.

STOURBRIDGE V WOODSETTON.—PIayed on Sato- -
day last, on the ground of the former, resulting in
an easy win for the home team by three t,.0
three tries, and several touches-down to nit. Two
of the goals were placed by Simms from tries by A.
o,ter and Clulee, the other goal being dropped by
Plant from a free kick. "lhe tries were obtained by
Astor?. Otter and Clulee. IVoodsetton played on:
short.— Stourbridge : Back, F. Edwards ; tree-
quarter-backs, F. Webb, G. F. Simms ; half bad,
T. Clulee (captain) ; quarter-backs, W. it. Pens;.
Chapman ; forwards, J.AAon, A. J. Otter, E. F.
Otter, W. H. Stevens, W. Barnard. R. Everi 1,
J. H Darbey, S. Fiddia,n, A. W. Plant.—}lroodsetton, :
Back, W. Z. Mason ; three-quarter-back, Holder ;
half-b,icks, Hickman, Barrs ; quarter-backs, L.
Fos er, W. Whitehouse ; forwards, Smith (captain),
Ashmore, Franks, S. Mason, Betts, Weston, Thom as,
Evers.

WHITE Rose V. STOURBRIDGE HEATH.—PIaye
on the ground of the former, at Aston, and was won
by the Rose by two goals to one, after an hour un
ten minutes hard and fast play. Play commenced
by the Heath kicking off, and the ball passed fr•all
goal to goal in quick succession, a goal being ob-
tained by both sides during the first half. In th,.;
second half, however, the Rose added another gool
to their score. -The visitors played plucky and w&1,
but could not pass James, who played back excellent
for the Rise. White Rose. Goal, Taylor ; back, A.
James ; half-backs, Eccles (captain), Leadly, Dem-
ing ; forwards Middleton, Wliatson, Bashfurd
Brown Ellis,. Williams. Btourbridge Heath
Lewis; backs, Duggan (captain), Chance ;
Courtney, Walton; iorwarils, Turn.-y, Biddle,
Perkins, Lowe, AuAins, Bidmead.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

COME A.:•Z SEE LITTLE HARRY,

The World's Wonder, on the Rollers, agca 7 years.
Acknowledged to be the Champion Skater of the World,
as he appeared before HR. 11. Duke of Connaught.

MISSES CLARA AND LAURA. ERNEST,

The most graceful Lady_ Skaters ever seen. The Belles

Of the Rink.

The ERNEST FA I.Y w:11 appear in Dardsome
Rusbidn Costume, std their Ecieuttlie Skating
Entettainment by Air. A. Ernest's
NEW PTENL POWERFUL LIME LIGHT AT 8.

Stick, Musical
Evening.
avve fro
no: ksfroficaanalmeivEalvkeirnyg
The lifCahr
Clowns, Hat Spinning 14 atraordinary, italian Minstrels,
Comic Sketches, and °att. NoveLies will be intrcduced
during the week.

N.B.—The aLcve ArtitAes Lave created a lerfectfurcr
at mo. (,1 the prlncipal lii ks end Hails in England,
cutland, and Wales.

COME AND SEE TiIEIC

SE ATING Al TEItVALS.
ADMISPION, ' H U OF ,-KA 6

NEAI ti tiAltßuUlt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

SIX PER CENT. MORTGAGES.

ri,HE COMMISSIuNERS of EAt.h 1.4.A.R-
-JL 6011 1171 NNALt.b. iuv.te ec.l),crptii».i
for their XIORTG-MIES, mining Irom 5 to 10 Nt-
rm date. 'The preatnt bud eat.niatid I evenur is rip, 4:
to meet all chug( b aud hum a Sinkii;,
' Application to be niaae to Mr. ..aiceo .t.r.=
1, Drapers' Gardens Loudon E.C., of valo, ati al 0 ul
Mr. KE3II THillt/CE, rk to the Cbniatissiouera, at Neuth
An:l information way be obtained.

MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

OFFICIAL CATALOGUE. .
THE ONLY ONE IN THE ENGLISH LAN UUAGE
THAT WILL BE ADMITTED INTO THE
GItOUNDS, CR, THE EXHIBITION BUILDING

All APPLICATIONS for extended ADVe..RTISE-
NIENTS bcyond the .three lines allowed by the Corn-
misioners must b! made direct to the officially ap-
pointed Agents,
GORDON and CEO t CH, 15, ST. BRIDE

STREET, LONDON. E.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

I-
Could Placa,
c.,,argedi Up,
PFticipator

FIVE PILOTS NEARLY DROWNED.

The outward voyage of the steamer Arizona (which
recently arrived in the Mersey from New York) was
conducted for the most part in the teeth of strong
winds and heavy seas, while the atmosphere on nearing
the American coast was so bitterly cold that, on the
30th ult., the forepart of the deck and rigging were
encased in ice. On the 2nd inst., as the steamer was
taking on board a pilot some fifteen miles south of
Fire Island, a circumstance occurred which was
both exciting and alarming, About two in
the afternoon the Arizona stopped for the pur-
pose of receiving a pilot. A very heavy sea
was running, with a strong wind, and the steamer lay
to in such a position as to shelter the pilot yawl. The
men, however, in the boat pulled in the opposite direc-
tion, when it was struck by a sea and capsized, the
occupants being thrown into the water. A boat was
launched from the Arizona and one from the pilot
schooner, and each picked up a man. One of them was
floating with the aid of a lifejacket and an oar, and had
got some distance before being rescued. The sea was
so rough that the man saved by the steamer's lifeboat
had to be hauled on board with a line, Meantime, the
other boat was making its way to the pilot cutter,
when it also was capsized. The Arizona's lifeboat
had by this time been slung on board, but as soon
as the perilous position of the men was seen, Mr.
Arnold, the chief officer of the steamer, who had
charge of the boat previously, again called for a crew,
which was at once forthcoming, and the boat was
despatched on its life-saving mission. The steamer
had backed towards the drowning men, and
this time was so close to them that bowlines were
thrown to the four poor fellows in the water, who
were by this means hauled on board and saved. On
the return of the lifeboat an attempt was made to sling
it on board, when its side was stove in against the
steamer. Fortunately, the crew bad been previously
hauled on board with lines. Capt. Price, not caring
to risk life any further, allowed it to drift out to
sea. During the whole time the excitement on board
the steamer was intense. The rescued pilots subse-
quently addressed a letter to Captain Price, express-
ing their heartfelt thanks at the prompt and seaman-
like manner in which they were saved from drowning.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

THE TELEPHONE AND THE
TELEGRAPH.

Mr. Preece, in a recent lecture, mentioned the fact
that Profsseor Bell and himself had carried on a con-
versation by means of the telephone through a coil
representing a distance of 10,000 miles of telegraph
line, but without the defects incidental to an actual
wire carried on posts across country. Experi-
ment have been made recently in America with
the ordinary telegraph lines, in order to test the
actual capabilities of the telephones. The distance
was 410 miles, and, although there were a few inter-
ruptions owing to the swinging of the wires in the wind,
conversation was carried on with ease, the enunciation
of the words being perfectly distinct. The experiments
were made at a time when few, if any, messages were
passing on wires in close proximity, and they esta-
blished the fact clearly that for all practical purposes
the telephone will soon supersede tip ordinary telegraph
Instruments on lines of moderatelength, and possibly
altogether in cases where it is possible to isolate the
wires throughout the whole circuit. The advantage of
the telephone method can be readily estimated by re-
membering that it is the difference between simply
speaking and spelling a message—the spelling neces-
sitating, moreover, about three movements of the
needle or three strokes on the bell to each letter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

SOME OF fiiE PROPOSED DEPARTMENIS OF
Lu AUCIATION, VIZ :-

Groceries and Provisio. s, Fruit, Poultry, Dairy Pro.luce,
Fancy Goyim orinolu, Grass, Brushes aria
Ouurbs, Baskets, Pertuwery, hoots aria shoes, Fund-
Macalues,
ture, carpets, I thuery,
.-ekiner U eds, ludialubber aria Waterproof Goods.
ii Liam°, ruins, Miscellaneous Musics.
teeiro-piate, Jewellery, clocks,
% cucs juuet, Druss, Toys, Optical Instruments,
Parasols, U brehas. Pe raiuhrilators. Pau lograpliv,
C,lering of knuta,grapris, Artists Colors, Artists
,ssaterials, j3os, stlther, Domestic Mani inery,
Gloves, liostei, Lit:nerd, Dispery, Baby Linen: Shanis,
hubh,us, heathers, 1101iVer.,,, Furs, Lace,
Moire Antique, Satins, sliks, 'Velvets, Malley Dress
Materials, kalglish, scotch and Irish 1.1, inespuns,
French and sax°. uutiut 4.11.11i.t.1kth, Velvet,e.jFolic)
k..osturnes, Di,s•ea, Braiu,sdialits' Lourt
hones, k.."l IL • ~es, hAching Tuiiets, Dinner
Dresses, • . . .es, Man.les, Uliera Cloaks,
holies tie Ciu.iu ..ago Dresses, Habits, Special
l.,:parluient for t•ii, Handiwork of Shareholders, itc.,

to seekiog employuaent, and competent to fid
p ou IL. cith,r uf the proposed Depaitulents,
end iu writLeu appileattous addressed to
the cecetUJ •

APPLICATION FO U SEINItE MAY BE MALE
IN kVtiliiMi 101.,LUWiNGWOium
ViZ

tht3 LaAes' Co-upenoave

LUti.)

I request into. L.vu 511, .0 tire-
tereuL:e 6u•Lre, of ,t 1 I, a lug a Yiutureutial
..D.v,uruu u:•7 pur a lo 4-aadiC3' Co-
l/putative .UjJ thy (: t), aud I agyee to
a,2014 Lv ;..t) —.41) aulvuut f.tlpur
aLare thereon ou a:uttneL.t., tilereLy ireeiug we from
any turthL r

Name in futl
Yrattialou or theup3,sol,
Address iii fad .
Date..

EIGHT PER CENT, DEBENTURE
tat K —lesue of £25.000 Debenture Btoek of
• 11, CO-OPi,,:ttA.IIVE UPPLY ASSOCIA-

.—.IISHILD,) in sums of £5, £lO. £2O. 1:60,
£lOO, and £5OO each, bearing Intereht at be rate of
eight per cent, por annum, payable quarterly,
,be lbt January, Ist larch. ht. June, and let September
'LI each year. Ibe Debentures are isbued for A term of
one, Two, or Three Years, at the option of the appli-
cant.
-

Applications for any of these Debentures may be
wade in writing, iu the following words, viz.
To the Ladies' Co-operative Supply Association,
(Limited')
8, Regent Street, London.
I request that you will allot to me £
of the Eight per uent, Debenture Stock, and I hereby
agree toarc, pt such Stock, and to pay the amount due
ie ailotAn u

Name in fu1!...,
Address jli nil• •
Period oi D,benture (say if required for
t'Ao, 01 three ye,.rs)
Late

The Assciation is duly Incorporated pursuant to
Act of Parliament, and is Registered with an Authorised
Share Capital of £lOO.OOO. Li,: present Committee of
Management are :
Mrs. Bell Mrs. Bouillon Mrs. Orwin
Mrs, Rains Mrs. Beck Mrs. Fraser
rtdrs. Percy. ;I rs., 'I homes Miss Ida Byers
Mrs. Hall Zai,s Gertrude Whyte Mrs. Poole
By order,
,

JUL. BENNLTT, Secretary,

~.")( GBANVIIiLI7., As,i,Laut Secrctary.
liegistored ()Likes, 8, Regent Etlreut, jA944011,W.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

CURIOUS ORIGIN OF PRUSSIAN
REGIMENTS.

A paper has lately been discovered in the State
archives of Saxony which contains some curious par-
ticulars concerning the corps long known in the Prue.
Man service as the "Porcelain Regiment" and from
which the present Ist Dragoons and the 3rd, 4th, and
sth regiments of Cuirassiers claim to have sprung.
According to tradition, the regiment was bought by
King Frederick William of Prussia from the King
of Poland for some sostly porcelain vases; and the
documents lately found in the Saxon archives show
that substantially the tradition was correct. King
Frederick William, it appears, possessed a number of
very beautiful and precious specimens of porcelain,
and an attempt was made by King August 11, of
Poland, who was also Elector Saxony, to purchase
some of these through an agent in Berlin. King
Frederick William declined to sell any of his porce-
lain; but King August, knowing his Royal brother's
passion for soldiers, offered him 600 dragoons, without
horses, arms equipment, or officers, in exchange for
certain pieces. The negotiations were carried on by
Privy Councillor von Marechall on behalf of Prussia and
by Lieutenant-General von Schmettau for King August,
and ended in the transfer of Woe 600 dragoons to the
King of Prussia, and of a number of the vases in
the first Owe to Dreaden, where some were added to
the Royal collection of china" and others were placed
in the Johann Museum, where they are still distin-
guished as the "dragoon vases." The men were
valued at 20 thalers each, and the whole regiment
consequently at 12,000 thalers ; while the porcelain
given in exchange for them was considered to be worth
considerably more, though it had been purchased by
the deceased King Frederick I. for a smaller sum.
Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

THE EXECUTIONS AT CABUL.

The Indian Government has issued an abstract
statement of the executions at Cabul, from which it
appears that the charges against the persons concerned
and the number executed and acquitted were as
follow:
Dishonouring the bodies of officers of the Embassy
—executed, 4. Possessing property of the Embassy—
executed, 4, released, 4. Being armed within five
miles of the camp—executed, 6; released, 15. Attack-
ing escorts with a view of releasing prisoners—
executed, 4. Murdering camp followers, participation
in the attack on the Residency, inciting people to rise,
treacherously killing wounded soldiers—executed, 69;
released, 57,
Total executed, 87; released, 76.---
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

EINGSWINFORD SCHOOL BOARD

ELECTION.

CONSERVATIVE VICTORY.

The result of the polling in the above election
was made known on Tuesday afternoon, by Mr.
Wall, returning officer. Five Conserv,itives and
four Liberals were returned. The vot s recorded
were as follows:—
Barlow (Liberal) 3,066
Bennett (Liberal) 3,111
BoAngton (Liberal) 3,199
Carder (Liberal) 2,877
Chambers (Literal) 2,741
C1a,..0-ht on (Conservative) 3,781
Cole-Webb (Conservative) 3,176
Haines (Conservative) 4,380
Mullett (Independent) 394
Plaetsier (Roman Cath,dic) 2,529
Sin:th-Casson (Conse,vative) 3,106
Waldron (C .nservative) 3,005
Wood (Independent).
The rejectA. candidates •A ro Chambers, Plaetsier,
Wo-d, and Mullett. by t him election the positiop
of parties i? reversed, the Liberals foi the pa4t three
yeais baying been in a majority on the School
Board.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

THE DISTRESS IN IRELAND.

The Lord Mayor of London on Saturday received a
letter from the Duchess of Marlborough acknowledg-
ing the weekly remittance of 0,000 paid through his
his lordship to her Grace's fund, making in all £16,000,
besides £2,023 from the Baltic and the Corn Exchange,
£2,C00 from the Stock Exchange and other smaller
sums from the City of London. The Duchess says:
"While we have great cause for rejoicing and gratifi-
cation in feeling that the liberality of the nation has
enabled us to keep well ahead of the distress, yet we
are well aware that we must still continue our labours,
in full confidence that the supply will be equal to the
demand on our fund."

A. meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Duchess of Marlborough's Relief Fund was held on
Monday afternoon, in Dublin Castle. The Duchess
of Marlborough presided. Dr. Meredith announced
that the amount of lodgments was £63,042 18a. 4d.,
being as increase of £5,300 since the previous meeting
of the committee on ThurEday in last week. Her
Grace read a letter from the Bishop of Bath and
Wells, enclosing a cheque for £934 94. 2J, the amount
received from different parishes in his diocese. Her
Grace read a letter from Mr. H. Keene, 7, Clifford.
street, Bond•street, London, stating that he had been
desired by his brother' Mr. J. R.. Keene, of New
York, to transmit to her Grace the sum of 22,000 in
aid of the fund; also one from the Mayor
eryworoefvßoteelfdastot,
0o
enclosing an order for .
the donors. Numerous
committeenm de
eronsothmearcongrtrainbtus mtisonosuwnejng t
ereo-
ceived, and th
23,191 Ws.

At the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany's meeting, the chairman, Mr. Richard Moon,
told the shareholders that the Board had contributed
out of revenue a sum of five hundred pounds towards
the relief of Irish distress. It was an unusual thing to
do, but they derived so enormous an income from the
Holyhead traffic that they considered it only right
under the circumstances. He added that he thought
the company had done more to improve Ireland than
all the legislation of the century.

The subscription list started by the New York,
Herald fur the relief of Irish distress now amounts to
237,000 dole.
The Dominion Home of Commons has unanimously
voted the sum of 100,000 dole, for the relief of Irish
distren, as proposed by the Governor• General.
In the Ontario Legislature, the Premier announced
that the Government intended to demand a grant for
the relief of the Irish distress. The amount which
would be asked was not stated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

THE ALBERT MEDAL.

The Duke of Edinburgh has recommended for the
Albert Medal of the First Class George Oatley, gun.
ner's mate and gunnery instructor at Peterhead Bat-
tery, who, daring a gale, and with a very heavy sea
breaking on the rocks, swam off to the Swedish
schooner Augusta which had gone ashore, at 1.30 p.m.
on February 16tb, 1880, off Boddam, four miles from
Peterhead, by which teat, accomplished at very great
personal risk of life, the lives of live persona were
saved, under the following circumstances :
Two rockets had been fired, the lines falling over
the ship, but the crew, in spite of every endeavour by
signs, &c., to make them understand what to do,
would not haul on the rocket line. It was evident it
was no use firing any more rJckets, the crew being
utterly ignorant of the working of the apparatus.
Their boats had been washed away previous to strik-
ing, but no boat would have been of the slighteet avail
under the circumstances. George Oatley, stripping off
his clothes in the bitter cold, with a tremendous surf
breaking on the rocks, rushed into the water and
succeeded in swimming to the vessel, which was then
about 250 yards off. He was hauled on board and im-
mediately set to work to show the crew what to do.
The rocket line was picked up and the whip hauled off,
the block made fast, and the hawser hauled in and
secured, and in a short time the crew, five in number,
safely landed—Oatley being the last to leave the
vessel. There is no doubt whatever that had it not
been for this perilous performance on the part of
Olitley, the crew must have perished, they being much
exhausted and numbed by exposure and hard work,
and their boats gone.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-28

AMERICAN RAILWAYS.

During the past year the increase of mileage of
new railways was greater than in any year since 1873.
The new lines constructed in 1878 were 2,916; but
this was largely exceeded in 1879, in which 4,430 ,
miles were built, which makes the total mileage of thel
States 86,263, nearly one-half of the entire mileage ef
the world.
Of the last year's extensions, 923 miles, or less than
21 per cent., were of narrow gauge, while in the prill
ceding year 30 per cent, were built on this gauge. The
tide of railway activity is almost entirely turning west
of the Mississippi. The Eastern States have covered
their districts with networks of lines, and with
the exception of short feeders and connexions
between old-established systems there is no rail-
way construction going on worth notice, and,
indeed, there is scarcely room for it, In
the whole of New England the new mileage
during 1879 was only 42, and the same may be said of
Ohio and the adjoining States. But it was very
different in the group of States lying in the north-
west and in the bAsin of the Mississippi, where great
railway activity has been shown. In Kansas alone
544 miles were constructed last year, in lowa 472, in
Minnesota 451, in Nebraska 285; while Illinois,
Missouri, Wisconsin, and Dakota ran up the total to
3,187 out of the 4,430 miles.
There were 1,243 miles built in the States east of the
Mississippi in 1879, against 3,187 west of the river, and
the cost of railway construction advanced nearly 30
per cent, during the year, with prices dill tending
upwards.
Amor g the principal lines now in progress are the
Sioux City and Nebraska, making a through rcnte
between Omaha and St. Paul; the Vicksburg, Shreve-
port, and Pacific, in the State of Louisiana ; and the
Atchison (Kansas) and Nebraska line.