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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22

THE TELEGRAPH WIRES CUT.

Messrs. Rowlands, Sheehy, Co; and Gill, M.P.'s,
and Wilfrid Blunt, Ellis (a member of the Hackney
Working Men's Association), Pike (London), Father
Roche, and Mr. Dennehy (secretary of the Lord
Mayor of Dublin) also addressed the meeting, which
lasted till about half-past four in the morning. The
local police witnessed the proceedings, but the small-
ness of their numbers made them utterly power-
less. Woodford is about twelve Irish miles from
Loughrea, where the constabulary requisitioned
to enforce the observance of the proclama-
tion were stationed owing to the inadequacy
of accommodation here. The officer in cherge
immediately proceeded to the telegraph office to
wire information of the stolen march to Loughrea,
but it was found that communication had ceased in
consequence of the wires being cut. It has since been
ascertained that they had also been severed between
Woodford and Portumna, and between the latter town
and Birr, in order to deprive the authorities of the
power of preventing the meeting. The wires were not
only cut, but shortened by several yards wherever
they were tampered with. On Sunday morning the
telegraph linemen found that upwards of 60 yards of
the wire had been removed at one of the sections,
and up to one o'clock in the afternoon a staff of work-
men was unremittinizly, engaged in fitting the wires
again for the trannuission of intelligence. Tied to
one of the wires which bad been cut was a police-
man's helmet. The fors thought of those who
were interested in making the proclaimed meeting an
accomplished fact were amply rewarded, for the pot ice
stationed in Locghrea we re peacefully asleep while
the event which they had been congregated to prevent
was being effected. It was four o'clock in the after-
noon before messages could be again transmitted from

the Woodford telegraph office. The authorities here
seem to have considered it not unlikely that the
announcement of the meeting for Woodford was but
a " blind "to throw them off the scent. The police
left Loughrea on Sunday morning for Woodford in
about twenty cars, and took up a position a qua7ter
of a mile from the town. They are tinder
the command of Mr. Byrne, divisional magis-
trate, Mr. Townsend, and County Inspector
Byrne. Sunday passed over without further demon-
stration in the village. Mr. O'Brien and his followers
seem delighted with the success of their rase, and say
that they have scored a great victory over the
Government. Those wh,o arrived at Woodford on
Sunday morning in the expectation of witnessing
exciting scenes found almost a deserted village.
After the meeting the folk from the surrounding
country returned to their homes, and only the people
of the town remained to give the place an appearance
of life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22

SENTENCES ON RIOTERS,

Seventeen persons were brought up at the Bow-
street Police-court on Tuesday on charges of being
concerned in the riot in Trafalgar-square on Monday.
Several were sentenced to terms of imprisonment
varying from one to six months, and others were re-
quired to find sureties to keep the peace.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22

Ruptures Cured.

RUPTURES ! RUPTIMES

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Medical Prdss and Circular, Oct. 21. 1885
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UPTURES.—"HonGE's Patent Truss
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truPs, it gives an elastic pressure, possessing
a very great advantage. Adapts itself re1“1-
ily to the movements of the body, anl
very effective.' —Lancet, Oct. 3, 1885.
RUPTURES.—"VErtr ingenious and
successful truss."—Rtitigh Medical
Journal, May 23, 1885.

ItiUPTURES. "WymouT enlarging
j the opening as conical pads are apt
to do, while its resiliency ensures the pad
keeping its place without exerting injuriou
pressurc."—Hedical Time; October 10, 188. j
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nUPTURES.—"PossEss decided ad.
vantage both in efficiency and corn.
fort over all others with which we are ac-
quainted." Liverpool. Medical Journal, Janu-
ary 7, 1886.

UPTURES. —" A vERY ingenious
JLIL) truss."—Edbiburyh Medical :Aittrual
Feb. 1, 1886.

EUSTIC STOCIiINGS

AND BELTS IN KVA.
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sed 'Envelope.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22

VI CT ORIA

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Are -replete with every novelty in PltioL
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ctock of Fur-lined Cloaks, from 25s (id.
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AGENTS WANTED to pusli first-claal Machiner
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22

CHAMPAGNE FOR THE VESTRY-
MEN,

A large public meeting has been held in the Great
Assembly Hall, Mile-end-road, East London, to pro-
test against the extravagance of the Mile-end Vestry.
Mr. F. N. Charrington presided. Mr. T. Richardson,
who is a vestryman, in moving a resolution condemn-
ing the excessive and unnecessary expenditure of
the Mile-end Vestry, made a number of charges
against the members of that body. He gave
several names of vestrymen whose houses he
alleged were rated at a lower amount than
their real rateable value. Ho pointed to a
number of discrepances and misstatements in
the demand-notes and estimates of the parish,
and he referred in detail to the expenditure
upon what he termed "guzzling?' He gave a
humorous account of the ways of the committees
which inspected the pavements, a work which, he said,
had a marvellous way of creating thirst. In one case
el 7s. was spent upon food for their dinner and
£3 ss. for liquids. The Assessment Committee alone
had consumed refreshments of the value of £BB
17s 2d. in two months. This same committee had
eaten a dinner at the Crystal Palace which had cost
£lO 65., among the drinks charged for being
"magnums" of champagne at 21s. a bottle. The
number of dinners charged for at the tariff price of
6s. 6d. a head was 13, whereas it could not be ascer-
tained that more than six members were present. The
resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Kemp, one of
the incriminated vestrymen, amidst some impatience
and demands for an explanation, was carried unani-
mously.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22

POTATO.

There was a pond supply of pltatoes on sale. Tht,
trade was dull, at the fohuwing r.r ems :—Mrgunm bonums,
[Os to 70s; regents, es to COs; Hebrons, 80s to 1 Os; earll
roses. 60s to Eof3 per ton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22

CURE OF DEAFNESS.

NOISES IN THE EARS.

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Itsv. E. J. SILVEETON invites sufferers to send for his
book showing the disease and the means of cure. Post
tree 6cl , wits letter of adyic.. it case can be stated.
Impetial Buildings, LuJgate Ci,co;, London. Free
congulttions daily.

ERVOUS D EBILIT Y.—GRATIS
IA A Medical Work, showing suff-rers how they mey
be eurei withi:ut the aid of Quacks. Free on receipt of
postage stamp.
Addrest SEcRETany, Institute of Anttorny,
Birmingham.

I.l2Avr Licerx Tex. An increase has heed re-
cently made in this Chi!iese Government tax; and
increased adulteration to an alarming extent— has
resulted. A comparison of real value, t supposed to
lowness of price is therefore imperative. Coin fare
and judge of the pure tea importei and sold ty
tlorniman's Agents. List of ;Ten's in this loiaity

List of Agents in this I.ealily : STOURBRIDGE
ClaTke, Chen-list, High :•tieet ; Baker. Chemist, High
trcet ; SelLek, 1315, High Street. Brlerley ilill:
Chemist. Kithleracinster : tewar Bull
:fitig.—Halesowcn : 1.-swtar, Chenlis!, lur.y St- Co.,
herois s Ly-- Grrenw,o Cliern.st. W .rdsley
White, Chemist.— Kiog sif rJ, Sfsle.—Brettell Lime
Collins, Chemist. Birmingham, Barks Az Co., Bul
Guseoigne, Chemist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-22

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Correspondent,)
TUE CAMBRID GES HI RE.

The Ca:nt)rid,g-eshire is the all absorbin4 topic in
turf circles, and such being the case I must try to
soivethepuzzlo for my readers. 13-ndigo has a
crusher to carry in 9st 13th, but for all that I do
not care to oppose him. After his mexi.orioas
performance in the long di,it nco handicap, and
!illewise after his running in the Champion Stakes,
bu I don't think he gad'e Sr, Mirin more than a
71'o beating, therefore it looks any odds o i the
Kit .;oclere crack beatinz !dm in the Cainbri.igehre
Ia a also dispos...il to thinh taat t, ay Hermit as a
chi•nce, the distance will be more tr) ais likeing. and
I roue put him dowa as likely to pr0v..,,. the Man-
ton's 13,st, and one that will take 80.00 bet&lig.
The market points to Kilwarline as the beat of
Jawitt's pair, and it would be bad po icy to
uaderate his claims. Hatnbletonian is much
fancied by his connections and is ‘vott!,y of some
respect. Bessic has plenty of admirers, a:4l Sor-
rento, it is reported, has proved the better of
Tyrooe ia a gall p at home, but I an of cylniom
that all being well
ST. MIIUN or GAY HERMIT _

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Cocoa. Mr. Kpps has provided our breakfast tables with
a delicately flavoured beverage which may save
many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of
such articles of diet that a constitution may be grade..
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ency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies ars
floating around us ready to attack wherevei there is a
weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by
keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a
properly nourished frame." Civil Service Gazette.
,qade simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in
rckets. labelled-I.Jamli EPPS & Co., Homceopatiro
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

A SOMERSET DAIRY FACTORY.

An influential meeting of Somersetshire agricul-
turists and others was held the other day for the
purpose of considering the advisability of establishing
a dairy factory. It was pointed out that butter of
first-class quality was manufactured in the neighbour-
hood; that the establishment of such a factory would
also be valuable from an educational point of view;
and that consumers would likewise be benefited by
being guaranteed butter, milk, &c., of first-class
quality. A committee was appointed for the purpose
of inquiring into the working of dairy factories in
other parts of the kingdom, and a substaniiial
guarantee fund was formed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

Ruptures [lured.

R PTURE • ,
P 7ITTITEVIN",
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.AUFOMATIC '
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is the most perfect we ever examined."--
Medical Press and Circular, Oct. 21, 1885_

ItYPTURES.—"HODGE*9 Paten; TIUSB
is the most comfortable and elective
truss, it gives an elastic pressure, possessing
a very great advantage. Adapts itself read-
ily to the movements of the body, au I is
very effective.' —Lancet, Oct. 3, 1885.

RUPTURES.—"VERT ingenious and
successful truss."— Tint/sit Are(lical
Journal, May 23, 1885.

UPTURES. "WITHouT enlarging
the opening as conical pads are apt
to do, while its resiliency ensures the pad'
keeping it place without exerting injuriou
pressure."—Medical Times, Octoberlo, 1885

nUPTURES.—"PossEss decided ad-
vantake both in efficiency and corn.
fort over all others with which we ore ac-
quainted." Liverpool Medical Journal, tlona.
lry 7, 1886.

ItUPTURES. " A VERY ingenious
trnss."—Edinbargh 31edical Joarnal
Feb. 1, ISBG.

MASTIC STOCKINGS
AND BELTS IN STOCK.
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sed Envelope.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

Wad DeCause kleien was cleed that he was talking
about her .like that. He had of course shared the
general concern about her, aud be had liked her as
everybody had done. Poor Helen, what had become
of her? And then a cold chill crept over her as she
remembered some words of her father's one day anent
Mr. Gayford's evident admiration of his cousin's be-
trothed wife. _ _ _ _

' Helen !' again the name came from bet husband's
lips, with such an intonation of tenderness that she
shrank away from him and bent her head lest he
should see the tears that would foroe themselves
through her clasped fingers.
My own Helen! It was for your sake. ft was
your beauty that lured me on till I lost myself body
and soul for you. It was not Murder, Helen, it was
madness, and all for you-Tall for you!' _

The words came in broken gasps, and the miserable
girl cowering there understood them all as if a sudden
gloam of light had been let into her life. Her husband
—the man she had thought worthy above all other
men—was the murderer of his cousin, and he had
done the deed for the sake of another woman. What
should she do? Where should she go? How could
she live all her life with this terrible secret weighing
her down. What if anyone else knew it, and the
officers of justice were to track them and apprehend
him. He was speaking again—more horrible con-
fessions. She would not hear any more, but the name
on his lips again arrested her as she would have gone
out of the room, and she sank trembling and faint into
her seat once more. He was tossing restlessly and
muttering still.
'Helen! Say you forgive me. You know all now.
You know how I struck him down for you—down--
down, till— Ah, he haunts me, Helen; stand
between us. You only can, my love, my life. Do not
let him drag me down after him.'
From a string of incoherent sentences the unhappy
Phyllis gathered these broken understandable words,
and moaned aloud in her misery, wishing she were
dead rather than the wife of the man she had chosen.
It was more than an hour before Horace Gayford
roused from that troubled sleep, and when he did it
was to see a waiter staring at him with amazement
and alarm, and the women of the hotel lifting the
insensible Phyllis from the floor' what she had lain
ever since she had gathered the true meaning from
his disjointed ramblings.

(To Iv eolitinua)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

G ENERAL NEWS.

ILLNESS OF LORD LORNE,
T 3 Press Association learns that the
Al •us of Lorne is suffering from a sore
tiui
r.

NUJ :aous EVICTIONS PENDING
IN MONAGIIA.N.

Nearly 500 ejectment notices for non-
payment of rent have been issued against
tenants on the Shirley Estate, in County
:Nlonaghan.

AN IRISH TORY PAPER ON SIR M.
HICKS-BEACH.

The Dublin Express, referring to Sir M.
Hicks-Beach's possible acceptance, of office,
says are not sure that his official career
as Chief Secretary redounds to his honour.
The Clanricarde correspondent' does not
exhibit it in a favourable light. We sin-
cerely trast that the election of Mr. Balfour
for the leadership of the House, though
well merited, will be postponed.

FALL OF A FLOOR.
SEVERA.L PERSONS INJURED.

The Press Association's Skibbereen cor-
respondent telegraphs : A startling acci-
dent is reported as having occurred at Glen-
dore on Thursday night. An amateur per-
formance v* ts being given, and the room
was so crow(iod that the floor gave way, and
those presen's, foil through the opening. A
n.umber of persons are reported to be suffer-
Lug fractures and other injures.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

REWARDING THE GODS.

A late number of the Pel.in Gazette contains a
memorial from two very high officials, one of them
being the Viceroy of Nankin, the other the Governor
of Kiangsn province, paying the Emperor to reward
two deities with tablets and honoritic appellations,
they having behaved very well for a number of years
past. The deities in question are the god of war
and the guardian deity of the city of Hsu-chow, in
Kiangsu, where both have temples: ;In times of flood,
of drought, or other distress they have never failed to
remove trouble and restore peace and happiness.
Thus in the summer of 1876 there was no rain for
three months, and the crops were being burnt up. A
bands of rebels took advantage of the situation to
work upon the feelings of the starving people, and a
crisis was expected. But on prayers being offered to
these deities seasonable rain fell in such abundance
that the rebel following melted away. Again, in 1879
and 1882, when tke crops were deluged with floods,
recourse to the same deities had the effect of securing
good weather. Early in the summer of the present
year, when the country was suffering from a scarcity
of rain, the people repaired to the temples to
ask the intervention of these gods. The same
day a response was given to their prayers in
the shape of plenteous and refreshing showers. The
present application for the bestowal of honours on
these deities is made at the request of the people of
the neighbourhood, and the memorialists conceive
that the cases of the beneficial divine interposition
cited above are sufficient to justify the Emperor in
favourably entertaining the application.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

THE WARWICK BANK FAILURE.

At the Warwick County-court on Tuesday Messrs.
Gray Bros., drapers, of Leamington, sued Thomas B.
Bone, relieving officer to the Warwick Board of Guar-
dians, for the recovery of £l5, being the value of
three £5 notes on Greenway's Bank, which plaintiff
cashed for his accommodation the day before the
bank stopped payment. The defendant repudiated
his liability. Sir John Harington, the judge, gave
judgment for the defendant with costs, remarking
that, independently of the statute, he was bound to
hold, on the authority of the Bank of England v.
Newman, that the transaction between the parties
was a plain sale of the notes. As several other actions
depended on this one, his Honour gave leave to
nliPeal, and stayed execution for 21 days for that
purpose.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

FORGED BILLS,

A. London correspondent writes ,--Another un-
pleasant case of bill forgery has occurred in the City.
It seems that an old and trusted clerk of a firm of
well-known warehousemen in Cheapside, has been
obtaining the genuine acceptances of his principals to
false bills in a manner similar to that employed by
the clerk of Messrs. Vaginal° and Co. The fraud
was almost accidentally discovered before the losses
went very far—they are not expected to much exceed
£15,000, if they reach that—but the man's methods
will raise again the nice question, who is liable for the
loss? There was, we hear, but one thing genuine
about these forged bills, and that was the firm's
endorsement. Will their signatures on the back of a
fraudulent document make them liable themselves
for the money. If not, who will be liable? Equit-
ably, the loss ought to fall on the firm forged upon in
this instance, but the law of bills of exchange does
not seem to have much affinity with equity. So
there may be another nice case for the law courts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

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increased adulteration to an alarming extent has
resulted. A comparison of real value, is oppo. ed
lowne,s of price is therefore imperative. Compare
and jute of the pure tea importei and sold by
Horniman's Ag,nts. List of agents in this lo.:ntit
List of Agents in this locality ; STOURBRIDGE
Clarke, Chemiwt, High Street; Baker, Chemist, High
street ; Selleck, 13e, High Street. Beerley Hill :
Rawlings, Chemist. Kidderminster: Steward, Bull
Ring.—Halesowen: Lawton, Chemist, Murray dr Co.,
Chemists Lye: Greenwood, Chemist. Wnrchiley
White, Chemist.— King, winford, Male.—Brettall Lane
Collins, Chemist. Birmingham, Banks & Co., Bel
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day morning on the premises at 8,9, 10, and 11,
White Hart-street, Strand. The building has been
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the whole of the premises. The interior of the build-
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emitted from the rooms and passages was sickening.
Over 70 families, it is said, occupied the place, and
although notices bad been served on them, many
of them refused to leave. Consequently, shortly
after 12 o'clock on Tuesday morning the sheriffs'
officers entered the bu'lding, while a small detach-
ment of police remained in the street, in order to
be at hand in the event of their assistance being
needed. The work of eviction then commenced.
The furniture, such as there was in the rooms, was
taken into the street, and a number of women and
children were compelled to follow. In one or two
cases it was with difficulty that the occupants could
be induced to quit the premises, and in one instance
the assistance of the police was needed. The work
was ultimately completed, and the houses cleared,
but for some hours afterwards women and children
remained in the streets, in many cases without hats
or shawls, sitting beside their scraps of dilapidated
furniture. The reason of the eviction is, it is stated,
that the ground landlord has been unable to obtain
his rent, and that the person occupying the houses
had paid no rent for the past twelve months.
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THE MURDER OF CONSTABLE WHELAN.

The trial of the men eharged in connection with
the affray in which Head Constable Whelan was
killed at Ballygasta, near Lisdoonvarna, county
Clare, was concluded at Wicklow, en Saturday night,
before Mr. Justioe O'Brien. This was the third day
of the tzial. All the prisoners, Michael Murphy,
Peter Murphy, Thomas Leary, Mnrty Curtis, Michael
Hehir, Andrew Lawler, and Daniel Leary were
charged on indictment—lit, for an armed attaok
on the dwelling-house of Sexton; 2nd, for breaking
into the dwelling-house; 3rd, for an unlawful
anembly at night: 4th, for conspiring to murder
Sexton; and sth, for wounding Constable Andrew
Donohoe. The jury retired at 5.30 and at 6.10
returned with a verdict of guilty against Daniel
Leary, Andrew Lalor, Michael Hehir, Murty Curtis,
and Thomas Leary. They could not agree as to
Michael and Peter Leary. Thomas Leary was sen-
tenced to 10 years' penal servitude, and the others to
seven years' penal servitude. Its Murphys were put
back, their sentence not having been decided upon.
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EXCITEMENT IN PARIS.

Most scandalous and regrettable scenes ooeurred in
the Palais Bourbon when the news of the attempt on
M. Ferry's life became known in the lobbies, offices,
and tribunes of the Chamber. The Opportunists were
almost besides themselves with rage and grief. They
blamed the Radicals for having conducted a fierce
campaign against the ex-Minister and for having
excited the popular frenzy against him. M. Rochefort,
who had been in the Chamber in the afternoen,
made himself scarce after the tragic occurrence, and
his last diatribe against M, Ferry in the Intransi-
geane was warmly discussed. One journalist who was
present proclaimed openly that the article was the
cause of the crime. To this M. Vaughan, one of
M. Rochefort% men, loudly demurred, and also de-
nounced M. Rouvier, who was near him at the time,
for having, as he thought, made a gesture of con-
tempt in passing him. Other Extremist writers who
were in the place at the time were also taken to task,
and the quarrelling was becoming tumultuous. Cards
were exchanged angrily, and duels were arranged in
hot haste and as Quickly countermanded. Finally the
verbal combatants were separated by the officials and
sent about their business. Aubertm is a small. sized,
thin visaged man, with long hair and beard well
streaked with gray. He described himself as a
manufacturer of ornamental glass, and reiterated
his statements that he belonged to a band. It is
said that another man was seen with a revolver
in the Salle de la Paix of the Chamber before the
attempt on M. Ferry, and that M. Goblet had
some days ago received a card from Aubertin.
The papers found in Aubertin's possession show that
he must be crazy. On one was written a full account
of what he was going to do to M. Ferry, and a mad
statement was also interpolated to the effect that he
had already revenged himself on the "Prussian Bis-
marck." A sum of sixpence and several samples of
ornamental glass were also disinterred from his
pockets. He was bleeding from the temples during
his examination by the police-magistrates, and his
talk was wild and incoherent. He was taken to a
house in the Rue de Richelieu in which he said he
had resided with his partner, a Madame Grangier,
but he had put the police on a false scent, as he had
left that place some time ago. Madame Grainger
was, however, found in the Rue de Montpensier, and
made a statement.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

THE BREED OF HORSES.

The London Gazette contains her Majesty's warrant
for a commission to inquire into the best means by
which the Royal bounty may best be expended in
prizes to be bestowed at the agricultural shows in
Great Britain for the purpose of encouraging the breed
and maintenance of a race of sound horses. The
members of the Commission are: The Duke of Port-
land, Master of the Horse; the Earl of Coventry,
Master of the Buckhounds ; Baron Ribblesdale, Mr.
Henry Chaplin, Major-General Frederick George
Raveahill, Mr. Jacob Wilson, representative of the
Royal Agricultural Society; Mr. John Gilmour, re-
presentative of the Highland and Agricultural Society;
and Mr. John Bowen Jones, representative of the
Central Chamber of Agriculture.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

SUDDEN DEATHS.

The number of sudden deaths which have occurred
during the course of the current year is an alarming
consideration and a serious illustration of the uncer-
tainty of the tenure of life. Another sad occurrence
of this character has to be added to the list through
the sudden death of a witness the other day at the
London Law Courts. Since the public opening of the
Royal Courts of Justice five years ago four instances
of sudden death have taken place within their
precincts. Mr. Albert Steele, who was called as a
witness in the case of Irving v. Sanger, had just com-
pleted the evidence he had to tender and was descend-
ing the steps from the witness-box when he suddenly
fell down in a fit and almost immediately expired. A
doctor who happened to be in court was in instant
attendance, but too late to render effectual assistance.
The cause of death was pronounced to be heart
disease. In respect of these incidents, whenever and
wherever they occur, it can only be averred
that they arise from the sudden stoppage of
the action of the heart. There can be no doubt that
the pressing arrangements of active life under the
altered circumstances of the present era are mainly,
it not altogether, responsible for the frequency of
these untoward occurrences. Everything we do has to
be done instantaneously, and consequently in more or
less of a hurry, and the extension of individual opera-
tions necessitates the daily traversing of vast distances.
When men lived in close proximity to their places of
business they were able to walk in calm serenity to
the shop or the counting-house. Nowadays the inter-
vening ten or fifteen miles demands the adjustment
of home arrangements to suit those of locomotion.
With the extension of area comes a compulsory in-
crease of exertion required at inconvenient and un-
suitable times. The practice is habitual, and generates
a feverishness of action for which increasing numbers
have to pay a heavy penalty.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

THE EIGHTY CLUB.

Lord Granville, together with Lord Spencer and a
number of members of Parliament, was the guest of
the Eighty Club on Tuesday evening at a dinner given
at Willis's Booms. Lord Granville delivered an ad-
dress, in which he apressed the opinion that some of
the Dissentient Liberals would rejoin the Liberal
party and some go over to the Conservatives. With
respect to Irish measures, it would be the duty of the
Opposition carefully to examine anything that was
submitted, to take nothing for granted, and to seek
for the truth, but not to shrink from examining and
criticising what might appear, from their knowledge
of the facts, open to censure.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO BLOW

UP A FORT.

With reference to a report published in New York
and telegraphed to London of an attempt to blow up
a fort at Halifax, the following are the facts as
officially stated by the authorities
About eight o'dock at night three men were dis-
covered on George's 'Biland, in the vicinity of the
gun-cotton tank. A sergeant's daughter overheard
one of them say 'to his companions, "Don't
leave me here. Do your dirty work." She
immediately gave the alarm, but the men
esraped in the boat before the guard arrived. A
snowstorm was raging at the time, under cover
of which and the darkness they were lost sight of.
Steps were immediately taken to search the vessels
lying in the harbour for intruders, and other precau-
tions were adopted, but no clue to the affair was
obtained. There is no evidence of any attempt to
injure the tank or to do other damage, but the cover
of a new tank in coarse of construction was found to
be open.
The authorities are of opinbn that the individuals
observed were half-drunkensailors who had landed on
George's Island in mistake for the mainland. Every
precaution is, however, being taken, and extra guards
patrolled the island dnring the night.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.
At Mark-lane the grain trade was still firm. The sales ot
nome-grown wheat in the leading markets of England and
Wales during the first 16 weeks of the season were 989,681,
qrs, against 769,855 qrs last year, at an average of 29s 9d,
against 31s 2d per qr. ; barley, 1,336,785 qrs, against 1,205,996
qrs, average 288 9d, against 27s 5d ; and oats, 103,695 qrs.
against 137,789 qrs, average 15s 4d, against 17s 6d per qr.
English wheat met with only a moderate amount of altera-
tion at late prices. A slow bu6iness was done in foreign
wheat at about previous prices. The flour market was
inactive, at late rates. About an average buqiness was
paesing in barley. Malting produce was firm; grinding
quite as dear. Oats met a steady' sale, at full currencies.
Maize was firm, at the late advance. Egyptian beans, from
29s 6d to 31s 6d per 4801 b; other sorts, rather cheaper.
White peas, steady. Calcutta, 6d dearer, at 22s 6d to 24a
per 5041 b.
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LORD SELBORNE ON MR. GLADSTONE.

The Earl of Selborne addressed a large Unionist
meeting on Tuesday night in the Music Hell, Edin-
burgh. He said they should not, for the sake of the
Irish members, destroy the whole British constitu-
tion and reduce Imperial power to chaos. Referring
to the Colonel Dopping incident, Lord Selborne said
Mr. Gladstone told them that the idea never crossed
his mind that the rifle was loaded. Well, what on
earth did Mr. Gladstone make that speech for? All
such romantic tales were not fair game in carrying on
a great political question. He could not help think-
ing that Mr. Gladstone had forgotten a great many
things. He had forgotten the great position that he
occupied, and also the effect upon people's minds of
what looked like encouragement given to the forces
of disorder. He also thought Mr. Gladstone had for-
gotten that such things in the long run did not advance
any cause. He warned the meeting against political
Popery, and said that all infallibility at one time or
another was likely to be delirious.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

IMPROVED TRADE,

It is not always wise to adopt a pessimist view of
the times in which we live. There are plenty of
shadows just now in the social picture; our London
workhouses are fuller (remarks the Echo) to-day than
they have ever been at this time of year; there are
large numbers of men who would work, but who have
no work to do; foolish agitators lead still more silly
people to commit illegal acts; and winter, though up
to the present an open and mild one, is coming on
apace, and may at any moment changelts tone to one
of severity. But with all this there are lights in the
picture, and one of them is cast by the official
report of trade just published. For the
eleven months ending November 30th our
imports have increased in volume as compared with
last year of nine and a half millions, while our
exports have gone up nearly six millions. And this
is not the most satisfactory feature of the returns.
The increase in the exports has, for the most part,
consisted of manufactured articles of British make;
while the increase in the imports has been mainly
composed of raw material for such tnanufacturers,
and not food supplies—of which we have bought less
this year than last. It is a pleasing fact to exhibit
that at this moment our foreign trade is larger than
it ever was, reaching for the past eleven months the
enormous snm of £582,966,000. And beyond this
there is ground for congratulation in the fact that in
the iron, copper, and tin markets inquiries and orders
are daily increasing, and prices rising.

THE editor who saw-s lady making for the only
seat in the ear found himself crowded out to make
room for more interesting matter.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

FEMALE CRIMINALS IN GE.KMANY.

Statistics just issued by the German Imperial
Statistical Office regarding the prevalence of crime
during theyear 1885 show that the number of female
criminals was in that year four or five times smarer
than that of males. During 1885, 281,788 males were
convicted of miscellaneous infractions of the law, while
this number of females convicted was only 61,359. It
is noteworthy that there were 7 convictions among
unmarried males to 1 among unmarried females;
among married persons the proportion was 3.5 to
1, while widows and widowers were convicted
in equal proportion. It appears, too, that among
unmarried persons the criminal tendencies of
the sexes become more and more equalised
with increasing age. Thus, while among persons
of 18 to 40 years the male criminals are to the
female as 8 to 1, among persons of 40 to 50 years the
proportion falls to 4 to 1, and among persons above
50 years old it is 3to 1. The reverse is the case with
married persons, for the difference in criminality is
here least between the ages of 18 and 25 years.
From the 25th to the 60th year the proportion is 4 to
1, and then crime increases to the disadvantage of the
males. Considering female crime alone, it is found
that the most criminal age is from 30 to 40 years,
and the next to it is that from 40 to 50. Statistics
for the years 1882 to 1885 show that female crime
prevails most in the Duchy of Anhalt, the Princi-
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in the government district of Milneter and the
Wtirtemberg district of Waldshut.

A roma parent heard his daughter and her sweet-
heart plan an elopement. The next day the old man
waited upon the latter, and addressed him thus
You are a fine, brave youth, and I don't object to you
for a son-in-law. Here's a hundred to aid in the
elopement. May you live happy in the same house,
and may no accident occur to throw the least shade
on the sunshine of your life. All I request is that
you elope with my daughter—she's a mighty fine girl,
you know—but somehow her mother and I could
never travel smoothly with her; we don't know her
good points; elope with her to such a distance that
she won't return to her loving father and mother any
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more. Good-bye, Bonny, and may you be happy."
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young man went unaccompanied. He thought every-
thing could not be entirely right when the old man
was so anxious to get rid of the girl. The father
looks upon his act as a neat bit of strategy.
WHAT is the reason of a blow leaving a blue mark
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student. It's easily accounted for, was the reply,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-17

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